One thing I learned from my recent trip to Zimbabwe is that it is safe and welcoming, at any rate for tourists. Many people have expressed surprise at my destination, mainly on the grounds of a probably misplaced perception that the place is inherently unstable and unsafe. The picture below shows a scene of contented… Read More »
I confess that I had forgotten that there was a draft report on my trip to Southern California this spring lying unpublished in what passes for my junk drawer for this blog. Publication of the latest edition of the Commentary published by the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) has stirred me into action. You can read… Read More »
Vilified in death to such an extent that his bones have been moved on a number of occasions to prevent attempts at desecration, Hernando (Fernando) Cortes was one of the most successful conquistadors of the 16th century. The man who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico winning vast tracts of that country for the Spanish empire, once said… Read More »
In 1848, a certain John Russell Bartlett published a Dictionary of Americanisms. Mr Bartlett has it that the phrase slick as a whistle is “a proverbial simile, in common use throughout the United States. To do anything as slick as a whistle, is to do it very smoothly, perfectly, adroitly.” Possibly because I do not… Read More »
According to the National Leprechaun Museum, the leprechaun is a mythological Irish character. Usually male and dressed in green, the little man is often a shoemaker providing dancing shoes for fairies. Because fairies like to dance, the leprechaun is kept very busy. In fact this is the best way to catch one. If he is… Read More »
On the basis that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold, it is as well to take note of happenings across the water. Sharon Nelson’s Ride the Lightning service keeps me abreast of developments in the US. Sharon’s latest piece entitled ABA Survey Shows Rapid Rise in Predictive Coding [Ride the Lightning,… Read More »
How many is a billion? Everyone knows the answer. Or do they? Does it actually matter? The official answer is that what we in England used to know as a billion has been downgraded. Is this just another example of Governments massaging statistics? I suppose it matters if you are trying to make something look… Read More »
Thanks to all those who responded to my recent “Legal Process Outsourcing” survey – we had a respectable response rate of around 20% and some individual feedback for which we are most grateful. Here are some preliminary conclusions – Of those responding, a clear majority of about 70% had not outsourced and had no experience… Read More »
It may be this continuing chill frosting up my antennae but I have been a little late and somewhat inaccurate with my April Fool detection this year.. The origin of All Fool’s Day goes back to the late 16th century and the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in France under the reign of Charles 1X. I… Read More »
US law firm, Fulbright & Jaworski, has offices all around the world in places as disparate as Dubai, Munich, Riyadh, Hong Kong, London and Beijing. This is the 6th year that the firm has polled corporate law departments on the state of global litigation and the results confirm not only that there is an upswing… Read More »