Attention Walmart Shoplifters
By Marcel Strigberger | May 8, 2025 “My object all sublime I shall achieve in time — To let the punishment fit the crime” — The Mikado Interested in a free car wash? You might be able to get one if you’re willing to travel to Genesee County, Michigan. And maybe not yet. A judge, one Jeffrey […]
For all the brouhaha, law firms – and especially Canadian firms – are still “missing the boat” on wellness – and profit
By Julius Melnitzer | May 7, 2025 Sadly, the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Workplace Wellbeing Survey 2024 Analysis and Discussion reports that law firms still don’t understand “the importance of addressing workplace well-being challenges”. The heart of the problem seems to be that line managers, who are crucial to supporting mental health, “currently lack the […]
Canadian Arbitrators run Paris Marathon for Cure Leukaemia
The Leon Brothers By Barry Leon and Jeff Leon | May 4, 2025 As a fitting finale to attending the world’s largest arbitration conference–Paris Arbitration Week 2025–we gave our support to Cure Leukaemia, the blood cancer charity, by completing the Paris Marathon on Sunday, April 13th. Runner’s World described the 26.2-mile event and its 56,950 […]
Sometimes, I Just Don’t Care About The Client’s Damn Budget
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | May 1, 2025 A young lawyer named Eve called me today about a fee dispute. She had quoted an hourly rate without providing an estimate and issued an interim bill for the time spent. The client did not think it should have cost that much […]
Artificial unintelligence
By Marcel Strigberger | April 29, 2025 New York Court not crazy about surprise AI presentation. Humans 1, Technology 0. Sort of. A New York State appellate court allowed James Dewald, the plaintiff in an employment case, to submit his argument via video. The presentation, however, lasted but a few seconds after Dewald represented himself […]
A Masterclass on Quoting Fees For Lawyers Who Bill by the Hour
By Murray Gottheil | April 28, 2025 Estimating is what you do when you don’t know ~ Sherman Kent A young lawyer named Eve called me today. She had made the same mistake I had made numerous times in my first years of practice. She quoted an hourly rate for reviewing and reporting on a draft […]
BARE BONES BRIEFS: Lawyers’ fees approach $1/second | Cheap AI outperforms costly LexisNexis | Death sentence looms as counsel solicits sex in court | “Bimbo” is not a valid TM | Perry Dellelce receives Coronation Medal
By Julius Melnitzer | April 27, 2025 LEGAL FEES: A LICENSE TO PRINT MONEY? American law firms with more than 750 lawyers will be charging $1 per second within a decade, according to the latest annual trends report from LexisNexis CounselLink. An overview of the report in The Law Society Gazette notes that the median […]
Client gratitude: Is a free lunch a reality?
By Marcel Strigberger | April 24, 2025 Thank you. Thank you very much. But how often do we experience gratitude from our clients? Actually, sometimes they do make your day. George owned a coffee and doughnut franchise. Whenever he came to my office, he would bring fresh doughnuts. Once, I joked with him while munching […]
Lack of International Cooperation Threatens Chaos in AI Management
The hard truth is that there are currently no serious projects to establish internationally binding rules – Francis Gurry Divergent national approaches to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) have created a complex environment for global intellectual property (IP) rights management that cries out for the kind of international cooperation whose attainability seems far-fetched today. “The subject has […]
A Matter of Trust
Photo by Liza Summer at Pexels By Murray Gottheil | April 16, 2025 Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.~ Stephen Covey A Canadian grocery chain has just announced that it will launch a new brand to sell low-priced groceries in Canada. […]