No serious scholar or philosopher--as opposed to a self-promoting poseur (not pensuer) like Levy--would have made this mistake: When France’s most dashing philosopher took aim at Immanuel Kant in his latest book, calling him “raving mad” and a “fake”, his...

This story is one of the more scary items I've seen reported by the media. The New York Times ran a story about a nurse (Anne Mitchell) in Texas who informed state regulators that a doctor (Rolando G. Arafiles Jr., MD) at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine. What did she get in return? H ...

This story is one of the more scary items I've seen reported by the media. The New York Times ran a story about a nurse (Anne Mitchell) in Texas who informed state regulators that a doctor (Rolando G. Arafiles Jr., MD) at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine. What did she get in return? H ...

Good morning everyone!  Today is Monday, February 8, and it’s time to look back at Friday’s news… Clyde & Co opened its third US office in New Jersey… January was another bad month for the legal sector, with another 1,100 jobs lost… Bernstein Liebhard abandoned its ...

Go New Orleans! The Little Engine That Could! WaPo: At the moment the Saints won the Super Bowl and New Orleans would never be the same, they spilled through the doors of Sidney's Saloon at the corner of St. Bernard Avenue and St. Claude. They jumped and they danced and they hugged and they shou ...

I seem to be on a roll with the business novel form of literature this year. I burned through two TOC-related books, and I have another coming on innovation. This time I picked up Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni that I won at the Project Flow conference in September. I had no idea it was goi ...

Clyde & Co, a UK firm based in London, has opened its third US office in New Jersey.  The firm, the 17th largest in the UK, already has offices in New York and San Francisco.  It will temporarily operate out of Short Hills, NJ, while it looks for a permanent location. The office is being opened ...

We have five launches in total this week with topics covered ranging from construction law to human resources to employment and human rights to oil and gas evaluation to nano and clean technology. Whew, a lot. Whether these blogs cover your area of expertise or not, feel free to drop in and take a l ...

In this Case Egnotovich v. Katten Muchin Zavis & Roseman LLP, 604101/06 , Decided January 23, 2008 ,Justice Bernard J. Fried NEW YORK COUNTY ,Supreme Court Plaintiffs joined a vacation club in which they each deposited $ 400,000, and the group was to purchase or lease apartments or houses in pri ...

Financial reform efforts continued on capital hill this week with testimony about the so-called Volker Rule which some call Glass Steagall lite. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro met with her counter parts at the FSA in London to discuss coordination on topics such as rating agencies and hedge funds. The ...