Not Funny or too Hot?

No. 745 The Nineteenth edition of the Night of the Singing Dead is now over. It is a musical revue with celebrities who departed this earth as its primary focus. Very funny. Even therapeutic. But wait — the most important death of the year did not merit a single fleeting mention. It was Osama bin […]

Trick or Treat!

Poor Richard might comment:

“When cometh October snow, ferocious storms commence to blow.”

A World Without Lawyers.

No. 743 If you watch Terra Nova on Fox on Monday night, perhaps you heard the comment that the colony, founded in pre-historic earth with the benefit of a time warp, doesn’t have any lawyers. Science fiction, of course, but they don’t call it science fiction anymore, they call it science fantasy. Is this lawyer-free […]

Third Chair is the Place to Look to Find Everything You Always Wanted to Know (but Were Afraid to Ask) About Free/Cheap Continuing Legal Education.

No. 742 We lawyers are required to complete 12 hours of continuing legal education every year, including at least one hour of ethics. Nobody thinks that lawyers should’t keep up to date, but for those of us who don’t have a law firm or employer picking up the tabs, the cost of fulfilling this requirement […]

China Law Blog Ranks No. 1 in AVVO Rankings. [Well, for a day.]

No. 741 UPDATE: Above the law bounced back today ( October 26) and reassumed the top spot. China Law Blog is second. As I surmised, Above the Law wasn’t rated by Alexa. This was the case with a significant number of other blogs, too. ******************************************************* China Law Blog has moved into the top slot […]

Can an Oil and Gas Lease be Rejected in Bankruptcy?

No. 740 Babst Calland, a Pittsburgh law firm with a substantial energy law practice, has posed a great question on their blog. Can a landowner reject an oil and gas lease as an executory contract under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code? But why would a landowner want to do so? At the present time, […]

Is Occupy Wall Street the Next Tea Party?

No. 739 Occupy Wall Street opened a branch office on Grant Street last weekend. It is probably the first time tents have been pitched at this location since Captain James Grant gave Grant’s Hill its name. Its a great country when a group of protestors against capitalism can pitch tents on land owned by the […]

May I Remind You That You Are Under Oath?

No. 738 As you may know, the bar results are in. That means that a new crop of lawyers will be sworn in. Many will take the oath en masse before the Supreme Court. But some, perhaps with urgent business before the court, will take it in a private ceremony. Judge Joseph Ridge, who […]

And Thereby Hangs a Tale.

No. 737 Once upon a time there was a Little City named Harrisburg that planned to hire one of the most prestigious law firms in the world, the feared Cravath, to handle its Chapter 9 Bankruptcy. The feared Cravath had a stable full of hungry, hungry dinosaurs in grey suits who looked fierce but were […]

Never Heard of Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code? You Will.

Yes, Harrisburg is about to make news. But not in a good way. The City of Harrisburg filed today for protection under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code. That’s the chapter of the code that provides for reorganization for municipalities. The most famous one was Orange County, California. The filing is in response […]

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