I was in the office this past Friday and something was troubling me.  So I looked it up and sure enough, I was right (as usual): Thanksgiving is a one day holiday.  There have been four Presidential decrees regarding Thanksgiving.  First, George Washington asked that November 26, 1789 be set aside as a day of [...]

There is a lit clerk here, Ann, who has decided to create her own language with various “unique” grammer rules and punctuation decisions…we call it Annglish.  When drafting an e-mail that will be going to people who regularly have lunch with Senators and CEOs, phrases such as “out on Fri. k?” should probably be avoided.  [...]

One of my classmates (actually, she didn’t summer with us, so she’s considered last in our class), just took the last poppy seed bagel.  It is inexcusable.  Everyone knows to leave one, even all day, just in case the  litigation chairman wants it.  When he sees it’s gone, he is going to look for blood, [...]

Back in college and law school, I used to have thoughts and beliefs on issues that guided my conscience to vote a certain way. As soon as I became part of a larger operation, I quickly learned that the good of the firm outweighs whatever convictions I used to have. I’ll leave this type of [...]

WOW! That was close! I thought everything was fine with filing of our memo in opposition to plaintiff’s motion to compel until I realized, at 11:00 p.m., that I didn’t have any of the partners’ electronic filing number! We are not allowed to file under our own number for fear the court will know we’re [...]