Sorry, Lawyers.com!

Lawyers.com is a highly reputable lawyer selection web site, operated by Lexis-Nexis. That organization was unaware of the ploy until it was reported in the AVVO blog. Conrad Saam, who posted the story on AVVO, was unaware that the ads, which appeared as tweets on Twitter, did not originate from Lawyers.com. So we were all fooled.

Help Not Wanted: Message to Future Lawyers.

Actually, the top law schools are only experiencing the conditions that have prevailed for the rest of us for at least three decades. Pittsburgh is a place where there has been a surfeit of lawyers for a long time. That means that you become a lawyer because you want to practice law — not because you are guaranteed a comfortable income. If you are going to be a lawyer, you had better love it. And, you had better be prepared to exercise ingenuity to make a living.

Arbitration Exhibits, a Strategy.

Presenting exhibits in a compulsory arbitration can be a messy affair, especially if there are quite a few of them. They are lying about on the table, out of order, mixed with the other party’s exhibits and various other pieces of paper. Then, when the testimony is complete, the chairman usually tells you to take your exhibits with you. Thus, exhibits you hope they will review during deliberation are gone.

300!

Pittsburgh Legal Back Talk recently passed another milestone: 300 posts. Thanks for reading.

Quick, Call the Mad Men! Lawyer.com Publishes Ads Which Would Have Been Mildly Racey in 1963!

Well, they might have sold something in 1963, but do they sell lawyers? In 2009? Give me a break!

Flat Fees and Alternative Billing Arrangements.

Of course, flat fees are nothing new. What’s new is that Biglaw is doing it. Small firms and sole practitioners have been performing many types of services on a flat fee basis for as long as there have been lawyers and clients. Of course, this varies with the type of practice. Civil litigation is prone to turn into a war of attrition and even a solo a lawyer (who presumably doesn’t have to pay others to work on the case) could go broke trying to dodge all of the brickbats the other side can throw if the maximum fee is fixed in advance.

Hearings on Statewide Foreclosure Conciliation Legislation Are Being Held By State House Committee.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle (c) 2009 The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported that hearings are being conducted by the Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee on HB 1042, sponsored by Rep. Michael McGeehan of Philadelphia, which would mandate Courts of Common Pleas in every County to establish conciliation programs which would attempt to resolve mortgage foreclosures before they […]

Maybe They’re Busy Robbing Casinos.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle Some interesting facts on bank robbery from the Freakonomics Blog. CLT

Goodbye PittGirl, Hello Virginia.

The exciting thing about blogging success stories like this is that anybody can do it. And lots of anybodies from anywhere have done it, are doing it and will continue to do it. If you can write interesting stuff like PittGirl did and Virginia Montinez does, you too can be a force. But the key word is “interesting.” Content is the soul of a blog. If you have it, they will find you.

Happy Birthday, Brian Walters!

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