Coming soon: Pay for your groceries via fingerprints Supermarket shoppers may soon be able to walk out of the store, bags in hand, and leave only their fingerprints. (688 views)
A more refined Vue: Saturn fit and polish gets rid of the rough edges In my road test of the first Saturn Vue in 2002, I said it was a good first effort, but would take a few years to dial in refinement. (69 views)
Charleston's spectacular cultural cocktail Pudgy-faced Mike Daisey, a teddy bear endomorph of a guy who looks like comic actor Jack Black with 30 pounds more on him, sat on a stool center stage bathed in a spotlight, recounting one of his many stories about his life. Daisey's hands were like Steve Martin's happy feet, but on speed. (18 views)
Sonny, Can You Spare Some Change? College kids, stranded travelers, and Sex and the City stars aren't the only people who consider a credit card their lifeline. The silver-haired set is relying on plastic more than ever before. (7 views)
Fascinating Tidbits from the Supreme Court Files Coming to you from deep inside a volcano 400 miles beneath the ocean floor, this week's Inside Legal Blogs will shock and astound you...or at least irritate and perturb you. We've dredged through all the week's blogworthy news, and now we're distilling it into a pleasant and digestible format. Join us as we ponder the mysteries of the universe and analyze the goings-on... (12 views)
Freelance Paralegals: A Balancing Act Handling a career and a family at the same time can be difficult, especially if one is committed to a time-intensive profession such as the legal profession. So how does one with legal career and a family manage? (1241 views)
Taking advantage of the E-World in litigation and cases Need to find evidence? If you are an attorney, you will not likely be scouring through file cabinets to get the information you need. (48 views)
Life Outside the Law Firm: Non-Legal Jobs for Law School Grads If you are encountering difficulties landing a position in a law firm or legal department, a non-legal job may provide a great alternative. (23028 views)
The finer nuances of facing a job interview To many of us, those three words create one of the most chilling phrases in the English language. It's an emotionally wrenching phrase that connotes desire and vulnerability as well as success and rejection. (64 views)
The Praying Figure Was Folded Under What are the free-speech rights of a 5-year-old? A short and sensible answer would place his rights at plus or minus zero, but today we're talking constitutional law. The lad's rights may be larger than you think. (5 views)
Patients get doses of Internet Connie Sanders-Timian, a self-described news junkie, recently spent several days in an induced coma at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego. After she awoke, she was in serious need of a media fix. (6 views)
A certain sameness: Lexus, BMW entry-level sedans have lot in common It's often said that imitation is the sincerest of flattery. But it was English poet George Chapman who said: ''Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.'' (51 views)
Students plan magic carpet rides to Europe With the end of the school year clearly in sight, many students are dreaming of the ultimate recess - summer in Europe. Visions of playing in the Swiss Alps, Greek isles and great capitals have young people already making plans for the trip of a lifetime. The chance to go trotting off to Europe, footloose and fancy free, may never come again. (131 views)
Increase in Use of Blogs as Marketing Tools This week's legal blog roundup comes to you from the former-Soviet state of Blogovenia, a sovereign nation that exists solely online. Based on my expertise in matters both legal and online, I have been invited by the nation's Council of Elders to assist in drafting a Constitution/Terms of Service Agreement. In the meantime, chew on this assortment of news from the law... (29 views)
The shock of unknowingly sheletering a Thief under your Roof Brian Boucher was looking for a roommate to share his one-bedroom apartment, so he did what many modern-day housing hunters do — he posted an ad on Craigslist.org. (38 views)
Big-Firm Alternatives for Graduates Do you want to brandish your shiny new law degree in a big way, but aren't too keen on the idea of joining a big firm? Never fear. Alternatives are here. (73 views)
The Life and Career of Amy Lin Meyerson: President, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Amy Lin Meyerson: President, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association When Amy Lin Meyerson moved to Connecticut in 1999, she hoped to network with members of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) as she had while living in Atlanta. However, there was no local chapter of the NAPABA. Meyerson changed that; she started a Connecticut branch and... (348 views)
Millennial Attorneys Look for Quality of Life, Not Billable Hours Grueling hours, networking, racking up billable hours: Is this the life that young law students set themselves up for? (1460 views)
Workplace success often tied to social intelligence Management consultant Karl Albrecht says he can't count high enough to tally the times he has seen talented, inspired business people needlessly fail at their jobs. (2332 views)
Mac Marvel Mac Marvel What do you get when you combine one exceptional Intel chip; one sexy, slim Mac PowerBook; a super-stealth video camera; a teeny-tiny remote control; 15 inches of brilliant display; and a couple feet of magnetic attraction? Every computer geek's ultimate fantasy. (37 views)
Kia banks on numerous features, lower price to sell Sedona Kia is hoping that price and a long list of features are enough to sell its redesigned 2006 Sedona minivan. (35 views)
Grandtravel tour guides keep things moving Grandtravel tour guides keep things moving My grandson Beryn Staub-Waldenberg and I continued on the second leg of our Grandtravel Italy trip on a train to Florence. Here Janet Alsteen, of Long Grove, Ill., told me she takes each of her grandchildren on a Grandtravel trip. The first time, she asked each of her daughters if they wanted to travel with her. One was busy and... (23 views)
Learning How to Achieve Financial Freedom Blueprint for Financial Freedom Did you know that laying drywall together can make your marriage stronger? According to a 2003 survey by hand-tool maker Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, 54% of couples actually enjoy working with each other on home-improvement projects. And 9% of handy couples said that fixing up their homes together is — get this — romantic. (11 views)
The Attire during job interview makes a difference What to Wear to Work There is a story that has been passed down from attorney to attorney over the years concerning a young woman who went in for a job interview at a major New York law firm. According to legend, she showed up in the hiring partner's office dressed for a night on the town. She wore a short skirt, stiletto heels, and a low-cut top that exposed a tattoo. Her... (906 views)
Denise M. Cunningham: Paralegal; M. Lynne Osterholt, Attorney at Law; Louisville, KY Denise M. Cunningham: Paralegal; M. Lynne Osterholt, Attorney at Law; Louisville, KY Louisville, KY, a city boasting such quirky celebrities as Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and John Colgan, the inventor of chewing gum, is also home to Denise Cunningham, a paralegal for M. Lynne Osterholt, Attorney at Law. (602 views)
How Technology Redefines Law Practice Inside Legal Blogs After millions of hours of tireless research, we are prepared to offer this new installment of our weekly blogwatch. In this edition of Inside Legal Blogs, we delve deep into the law blogosphere and reveal its greasy belly. Come with us on a magical voyage across the Internet in a hot-air balloon made of love! (71 views)
The Humorous side of legal battles Sean Carter is the innovator of a hot new trend called ''comedic legal education.'' This is Carter's play on the acronym, CLE, that usually signifies continuing legal education, courses/seminars that attorneys are required to take in order to remain in good standing with their local bar associations. (131 views)
Associates Hop Firms Seeking the Partner Track Each year, many new associates are hired with the promise, explicit or implied, of a tangible track to partnership. (49 views)
Iowa city makes effort to curb young wanderlust There are people in this world who think that Des Moines, Iowa, is not all that bad a place to live and work. In fact, some are downright proud of the city. (35 views)
The case of protection of wetlands aginst prominent builders The nine justices, including the newest one, had no problems with ''hydrological.'' They know how to interpret out-of-town words. They were clearly troubled by a different and deeper meaning of ''connection'' — the connection, that is, between the powers vested in Congress under the Commerce Clause and the swampy few acres involved in yesterday's two related cases from... (15 views)