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Thanks to Heather Milligan, blogger extraordinaire of legalwatercoolerblog.com, for this fun and insightful post, reposted with her permission.

I read the news that Newsweek is being sold with a combination of disappointment and acceptance. Yes, while we have witnessed in recent years the sale and closure of many magazines and newspapers, somehow I didn’t think Newsweek would fall to the same sad fate. Its regular arrival at my house on Monday seemed to encapsulate what was on the nation’s collective mind. ... Read more

Though it may seem as if everything about the way lawyers market themselves today is changing, one thing remains constant - work is still gotten based on authority.

When I was a kid I derived great pleasure just from knowing the name of the largest corporation in the world. General Motors was the answer. So what happened? I think a few things happened along the way to today. Rising gas prices happened, energy efficient cars happened, foreign competition happened and internal complacency, internal politics and greed happened.