Arthur Gilbert, Presiding Justice of Division 6 of the California Courts of Appeal, Second District Known for his quick wit and concise, well-written decisions, appellate court Justice Arthur Gilbert is also known for his popular blog Gilbert Submits. LawCrossing speaks with the California-based Gilbert about his career as a judge. (6884 views)
Upcoming ruling worries extreme BlackBerry users Jason Wood professes his addiction to his BlackBerry, insisting that he never strays far from it. (7 views)
Case of the Prejudicial Buttons In the newspaper business, a truism teaches that one picture is often worth a thousand words. In a case now pending in the Supreme Court on a petition for review, one picture may be worth a new trial for a man convicted of murder. Then again, maybe not. (15 views)
Digital Couture - Fusion of Phones and Fashion Usually, terms such as ''spring collection'' are reserved for brands such as Prada, Versace, or, at the very least, Kenneth Cole. (7 views)
Big-time redesign: DTS assumes Caddy's flagship role from old standby DeVille Critics might say the Cadillac DTS is the same old hay being pitched with a new pitchfork. Others will see it as an ideal makeover for a flagship Caddy. (53 views)
Happy birthday, Rembrandt Spring may be tulip time in Holland, but all through 2006 everything's coming up Rembrandt. (194 views)
Champagne Tastes, Six-Pack Pocketbook Dear Dayana, I am at a crossroads. I spent my twenties living a life of excess and reckless spending. Now, having recently turned 30, I am beginning to panic when there is only $4 in my checking account the last week of the month, and I've already begun raiding my minuscule savings account to buy such necessities as toilet paper and Fancy Feast for my cats. (15 views)
Metadata and all the information on Legal Blogs Each week, I am charged with the task of compiling a list of the best and the worst of the Internet's legal blogs. I feed this list into a large computer, which was designed by NASA and is known as Deep Blog. The computer processes the information into a refined database of the week's most noteworthy blogs. I take this database and travel deep into the Himalayas, where I... (8 views)
Lisa B. Vessels; Paralegal; Duane Morris, LLP; Miami, FL The Crossroads of Changing Jobs Between her work for the Florida Bar's 11th Circuit Committee for Unlicensed Practice of Law, her involvement with the South Florida Paralegal Association, and her work as a paralegal in a BigLaw litigation department, Lisa Vessels said there is ''never a dull moment'' in her professional life. (217 views)
Law Schools Encouraged to Make Third Year More Effective Although many say that third-year law students experience a slump in participation and motivation, a recent study suggests the burden of inspiration should fall to the law schools themselves. (21 views)
Lawyers Looking for Love on the Internet In the 1949 Tracy-Hepburn film Adam's Rib, one character famously quipped, ''Lawyers should never marry other lawyers. This is called inbreeding; from this comes idiot children—and other lawyers.'' (1777 views)
David Wohl; Lawyer, Legal Analyst, and Investigative Reporter; CBS2; Los Angeles David Wohl is a lawyer in the morning and a legal analyst and journalist in the afternoon. LawCrossing talks with Wohl about his two careers and how he moved from the courtroom to network television. (7583 views)
Business mission statement should be to cut buzzwords Just to touch base and affirm our mission-focused repurposing, we're deploying you to be a change agent who will drill down with compatible bandwidth as we go forward toward a holistic solution. (319 views)
Back To The 10th Amendment in the case of Oregon's Right to Assisted Suicide Act The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision last week in the case of Oregon's Death with Dignity act was a double disappointment. Justice Anthony Kennedy's opinion for the majority was unpersuasive. Justice Antonin Scalia's opinion for the dissenters was unconvincing. And no one even mentioned the 10th Amendment! It makes you wonder what the world is coming to. (486 views)
The Bad Tech—Gadgets Hall of Shame Digital cameras, cell phones, laptops, iPods, HDTVs, artificially intelligent androids—yes, indeed, gadgets do make the world go 'round. (29 views)
Cayman S: Pure sports car, pure fun The hottest new Porsche isn't the most expensive in the lineup, and it's likely to extend an olive branch to diehard 911 Carrera owners. (83 views)
The islands of the Azores were formed by nature's fury If you left Washington, D.C., and traveled due east across the Atlantic Ocean until you hit land, the first place you would go ashore is - no, not Portugal, which lies along the same latitude - the island group the Azores. (1949 views)
Apathy, Spending Spree, or IRA? Apathy or spending spree — take your pick. Those are the two main choices Americans tend to make when handling money in a former employer's work retirement plan. (77 views)
Non-Attorney Legal Careers: The Crossroads of Changing Jobs While it has become commonplace for most people to have multiple careers throughout their lives, some professions, such as the practice of law, are largely considered to be lifetime choices. The time, hard work, and expense involved in attaining a law degree, and the subsequent paychecks, are strong incentives for a lawyer to remain in the field. However, more and more... (694 views)
Pay Scale and Firm prestige play an important role in motivating young legals Working in the field of placing lateral attorneys, I keep a close eye on trends within the legal marketplace. A recurring theme heard from candidates is how they place more emphasis on quality-of-life issues than compensation or prestige. (49 views)
Best And Most Noteworthy For The Gentle Readers Of Lawcrossing This week, saw Google go to China, Enron go to court, and John Kerry turn to the blogosphere for moral support. We bid a fond farewell to Sandra Day O'Connor and Alan Greenspan and offer a warm ''Wazaaaaap!'' to Sam Alito and Ben ''Party Time'' Bernanke. (4 views)
Good companies know how to make work a better place If creating great places to work was rocket science, there would be many more inspired workplaces. (20 views)
Those in Military Services still await Justice If I were a betting man, which I'm not, I would offer a nice proposition. This is it: I would bet you 1,000-1 — make it 10,000-1 — that the Supreme Court refuses to hear the pending appeals in Purcell v. U.S. and Kemp v. U.S. (20 views)
All grown up: Toyota's frisky new RAV4 is running with the big boys Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? (122 views)
Italy and Dalmatia sail away It was almost 9 o'clock that August night in Venice when I finally ventured out of the Hotel Cipriani's lux island oasis. Summer magic of some kind - I knew not what - was on my mind. A thrilling, 10-minute ride on the hotel's private launch carried me closer to the legendary architectural icons of the world's most ageless city. By the time I arrived at St. Mark's Square,... (124 views)
Mister Rogers' Money Tips For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers invited television neighbors into his two-bedroom bungalow in the neighborhood of Make-Believe. During that time — from 1967 to 2001 — the rest of the network TV neighborhood was going to pieces. Fast cuts, frenetic action, and product tie-ins became standard children's programming fare. Through it all, Mister Rogers stayed on... (43 views)
How to develop Negotiation skills ''Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser—in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.'' - Abraham Lincoln (283 views)
Projector Shopping for the Technology-Impaired Within the past year or so, video projectors for home use have seen a drastic price drop. (19 views)
Should It Be Blawgs or Law Blogs? It's time once again to take a peek at what attorneys are blogging about. This week, we learned less about Samuel Alito than we previously believed possible, deleted the cookies in our cache before the Attorney General could get his hands on them, and held onto our Blackberries for dear life. (6 views)
Michael Greco, President, American Bar Association As the current president of the American Bar Association (ABA), Michael Greco has set an ambitious and far-reaching agenda for himself and the Association. A longtime advocate for pro bono work, Greco's first task as ABA president was to appoint a commission called the Renaissance of Idealism, which focuses on finding ways for more attorneys to be able to perform pro bono... (111 views)