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Doug Moe: Did you hear the one about the lawyer? Capital Times (blog) One little-noticed bit of fallout from the ongoing financial crisis is the decline of lawyer jokes. "I don't think people are as worried about lawyers as they are bankers and financial people," Marc Galanter was saying this week. |
Money matters will fill new AD's days and nights Minneapolis Star Tribune Morgan Burke was a lawyer and a senior vice president at a steel company nearly two decades ago, and he remembers how different the rhythm of his work week would feel. By Friday, after five days in the office, "you would start to wind down and relax," ... |
Italy's lawyers on war-footing against reform Reuters Italy's lawyers are treated with more respect than in the United States, where they are often seen as unprincipled money grabbers and are the butt of mocking jokes. But there is some impatience in Italy over their objections to reforms by Monti, ... |
 The Guardian | Leveson inquiry: James Harding, Dominic Mohan, Baroness Buscombe The Guardian Dom doesn't even seem to opinions, let alone jokes. 5.30pm: Jay asks about a Sun story in 2006 that Gordon Brown's son had cystic fibrosis. The Sun later said that a member of the public phoned in with the tip for the story and Mohan understood that ... |
Channel 10 says judge was 'too intellectual' in Nicole Cornes defamation ruling Adelaide Now Lawyers for Channel 10 today asked the Full Court of the Supreme Court to overturn Ms Cornes' $93000 defamation victory. She was awarded the sum last July, when Justice David Peek found she had been defamed by funnyman Mick Molloy during a 2008 episode ... |
Defense lawyer fights racism in death row cases Washington Post As director of the criminal justice unit at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Swarns, 43, is one of the most prominent capital-defense lawyers in the country — the rare black woman in a community whose public face is most often white and male. |
 Jacksonville Daily Record | Calling all ambassadors — that's you! Jacksonville Daily Record Yet this dynamic is drowned out by the lawyer jokes and lawyer bashing fueled primarily by misplaced anger and the few bad apples in our profession. We each must be ambassadors to set this record straight. That brings me to professionalism — not just ... |
 Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) | Witness: Murder, lover viewed as jokes Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) “She told me her lawyer could convince a jury that they were a joke,” Young testified. Defense attorney Jack McMahon dismissed Young's testimony, calling her a thief and a liar. The trial will continue tomorrow. For more details on Wednesday's ... |
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Part 2 Huffington Post (Was that a joke? So hard to tell... ) There is so much that goes on that we aren't privy to but boy do I want to know. The ladies seem to let a few things slip now and again which gets my wheels turning. Brandi was the first one on the hot seat. |
 Bellingham Herald | Mura to retire after 20 years as Whatcom Superior Court judge Bellingham Herald He found his job as a judge fulfilling - though he jokes he likes it because, unlike practicing law, he never loses a case - but he wants to retire while his health is still good so he can fly his plane around the country visiting old Army buddies and ... |
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