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Blawg Review #174: The "Themeless" Edition

Brooke Powell
August 27, 2008 15:05

Blawg Review is "themeless" this week, but still highlights some of the best legal blogging in litigation, practice management and technology, as well as some interesting miscellaneous posts. No. 174 is hosted by D. Todd Smith at Texas Appellate Law...Blawg Review is "themeless" this week, but...

Blawg Review #173: World Record Swimming

Brooke Powell
August 18, 2008 19:48

Blawg Review is hosted this week by R. David Donoghue at Chicago IP Litigation Blog. No. 173 applies the principles for setting world swimming records to the blawgosphere....Blawg Review is hosted this week by R. David Donoghue at Chicago IP Litigation Blog. No. 173 applies the principles for...

Blawg Review #172: The Olympics Come to the Blogosphere

Brooke Powell
August 12, 2008 15:07

This week's Blawg Review, No. 172, is hosted by Jon Hyman at Ohio Employer's Law Blog who puts on his own Olympic events in both labor and non-labor categories....This week's Blawg Review, No. 172, is hosted by Jon Hyman at Ohio Employer's Law Blog who puts on his own Olympic events in both labor...

Redux: Just Say It: The War Against Legal-Speak.

Brooke Powell
August 12, 2008 14:49

One of our favorite posts on why legalese is useless, from February 2007: Lawyer-Speak and Legalese. Of all lawyer-centric institutions, only "Professionalism" and "Work-Life Balance" are more embarrassing or more likely to undermine clients--and at least those two originally had...One of our...

Olympics 2008: Beijing

Brooke Powell
August 09, 2008 16:28

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