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Old 11-11-2005, 05:44 PM   #3721
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[sadly] Yes, I know. I was trying to inspire him beyond his marginalised level of mediocrity [/sadly]
Because I am completely out of material, I'm afraid it is time for me to announce my retirement. I plan to start a blog, but it will be the most boring blog ever. I will sell boring coffee mugs, boring t-shirts, and boring thong underwear . . .

Heh. Boring thong underwear.

I still have it!!! No retirement for me!
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Old 11-11-2005, 05:50 PM   #3722
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Because I am completely out of material, I'm afraid it is time for me to announce my retirement. I plan to start a blog, but it will be the most boring blog ever. I will sell boring coffee mugs, boring t-shirts, and boring thong underwear . . .

Heh. Boring thong underwear.

I still have it!!! No retirement for me!
Plus, you know in a week or so Slave will be itching to resume his George/Martha/Virginia Woolf fueled arguments with an-lover, and you'll be back in gold material.
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Old 11-11-2005, 05:52 PM   #3723
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Let's say that you just spent the morning running in loops because a client just came back to you to question why your advice you just gave them is contradicted by a "client bulletin" from a large New York firm. Let's say that it eventually comes to light that the client bulletin was based of a prior version of the relevant bill, not the one that was passed, and the mistake was probably the result of some first year not knowing how to pull new laws off the relevant state's legislative web site.

The big firm is obviously trying to break into this area of the law, which is your bread and butter. Few people who get the client bulletin will actually bother to read it, but they may remember it when they have an issue relating to this area of the law and decide to call Big New York Firm.

Would you call Big New York Firm and point out their glaring and potentially dangerous error, out of professional courtesy? If you got such a call, would you send out a correction?
No Fucking Way. Do you think they'd call you up to advise you of the correction?
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Old 11-11-2005, 05:52 PM   #3724
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Because I am completely out of material, I'm afraid it is time for me to announce my retirement. I plan to start a blog, but it will be the most boring blog ever. I will sell boring coffee mugs, boring t-shirts, and boring thong underwear . . .
Mouse pads are the new coffee mugs.
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Old 11-11-2005, 05:53 PM   #3725
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Plus, you know in a week or so Slave will be itching to resume his George/Martha/Virginia Woolf fueled arguments with an-lover, and you'll be back in gold material.
Slave and Voldemort had sex?
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Old 11-11-2005, 05:55 PM   #3726
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Will someone google this for me?
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Old 11-11-2005, 05:57 PM   #3727
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Mouse pads are the new coffee mugs.
How do you make any money off of them? They'd be so small, you couldn't charge very much for them.
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Old 11-11-2005, 06:01 PM   #3728
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No Fucking Way. Do you think they'd call you up to advise you of the correction?
Question: Anyway some 1st year doesn't get fired over this? The only question is really whether the senior associate who oversees content goes down alos, isn't it?
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Will someone google this for me?
Done.
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How do you make any money off of them? They'd be so small, you couldn't charge very much for them.
Volume.
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Question: Anyway some 1st year doesn't get fired over this? The only question is really whether the senior associate who oversees content goes down alos, isn't it?
Worried?
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Old 11-11-2005, 06:05 PM   #3732
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Do I call them out on it?

"Despite misinformation sent out by Big New York Firm, the new XYZ statute does not actually require you to shoot yourself in the head."

Otherwise, how do I overcome the fact that the two bullitens are going into the same folder, and the prospective client may still go with Big New York Firm, because its Big New York Firm?
You don't call them out on it publicly or call the New York firm privately. You tell your client and all your other clients that the big New York firm made a huge error -- the kind of error that big New York firms tend to make because they have inexperienced, overworked, know-it-all junior associates working unsupervised on matters that are important to the clients you value. Keep a copy of it so you can do this over and over again. Hopefully they'll carry over the same stupid mistake next time too.

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Done.
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Old 11-11-2005, 06:07 PM   #3734
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Question: Anyway some 1st year doesn't get fired over this? The only question is really whether the senior associate who oversees content goes down alos, isn't it?
I'm sure Big New York Law Firm has a nice disclaimer on the bulliten that says something like "this bulletin is not intended, nor should it be used, as a substitute for specific legal advice regarding particular factual situations" that the first year can point to.
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Old 11-11-2005, 06:07 PM   #3735
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Write up a pitch and we'll pay Str8 a little visit.

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