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Jim Mille explains why his PR course will emphasize scholarship on cognitive dissonance.     .  .  .  .  .    Main Justice has a long, detailed article about whether the Office of the Inspector General will, or should, take over the OPR's role in investigating the ethics of DOJ lawyers.     .  .  .  .  .     Encyclopaedia Britannic has sued Dickstein Shapiro for $250 million over allegedly botched patent prosecution.     .  .  .  .  .     A Connecticut lawyer is accused of trading legal services for sexual relations.     .  .  .  .  .     If you're interested in the interplay between insurers and insured about how to notify the carrier and and to self-represent in liability cases, here's an article about a county counsel who allegedly informed the carrier just days before discovery closed of a tort action that was thought to be well within the $300,000 retention amount -- and that resulted in a $30 million jury verdict (since reduced to $19 million).  The county's trial lawyer is not liable to the carriers, according to a United States District Court judge.

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