Corporate Governance

OK, Blogger. I give up.

Posted on September 08, 2017
You're not letting me update my links, so I'm not posting to this blog any more.  My new site is here.

Why the Westin Cincinnati is likely the very worst Westin in the country.

Posted on April 28, 2017
How do we count the ways in which the Westin Cincinnati is a very, very bad hotel?First, the good news:  friendly staff and great location.  That, however, is the only good news.1.  Let's start with safety.  There should be at least one telephone in the room that works...

Predicted this in 2012.

Posted on April 20, 2017
The story on Whittier in the NYT is here.As I said in 2012, "[t]he world doesn?t need as many ABA-accredited law schools as it has already, just as the world has figured out that it doesn?t need as many U.S.-based BigLaw firms as it once did, and I wouldn?t be a bit surprised if some law schools closed over the next decade or so...

Well, Jeff now gets to use a Satan emoji to describe me.

Posted on March 18, 2017
Here's why:I was at the Burbank airport earlier this week, returning my rental car, and I heard a running sound.  The next thing I knew, a man (whose weight I've estimated at over 200 lbs--he was a big guy) had tripped, fallen into me, and caused me to drop my phone...

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How NOT to collect a legal bill.

Posted on March 05, 2017
We used a friend of ours, Mike Cenatiempo, to update our wills.  Mike used to work at Shannon Gracey, which is now defunct.  We paid our bill in December 2016.  We got a "past due" notice from the defunct Shannon Gracey law firm yesterday...

I have managed to alienate Blogger.

Posted on January 03, 2017
After I got hacked, I tried to change my administrative login credentials to my new email address, but Blogger doesn't believe me.  Let's just say it's hard to survive a hacking.

Lessons from being hacked.

Posted on December 04, 2016
Criminals are smarter than I am.Criminals are more dedicated to their jobs than I am--and I'm pretty darn dedicated.Computers can be used for E-VIL as well as for good.I have very smart, computer-savvy friends.People who have been hacked temporarily lose their senses of humor...

I love the First Amendment (and I can still deplore hateful speech).

Posted on November 28, 2016
Of course I'm angered and saddened about the increase in hateful speech across campuses (see today's latest story here).  I don't respect the people who say such awful things.  But I respect their right to say them.  Such speech reveals their darkest instincts, and acts as an early warning sign for me ("don't get too close to this person")...

Why I am frustrated with B of A.

Posted on November 11, 2016
In October, a B of A ATM ate a check that I was depositing.  I called Customer Service, and B of A  gave me a credit for the check while it was investigating what had happened.  (That was the last good part of this story.)  The representative explained that the bank would crack open the ATM, retrieve my check, and take care of the deposit...

Happy 241st birthday to my beloved Marine Corps.

Posted on November 10, 2016
So grateful to you and your fellow servicemembers for all that you do.  Here's today's birthday greeting.

About closing more law schools....

Posted on November 04, 2016
Yesterday, TaxProf Blog posted a story about the closing of Indiana Tech and raised the question of whether other law schools might close as well.  I think more will, and I said so in 2012, in Changing the Modal Law School: RethinkingU...

Lucy Kellaway is correct.

Posted on September 19, 2016
In today's Financial Times piece:If one employee offends against a bank?s vision and values, it is [his or her] fault. If 5,300 do, it is the bank?s. Wells Fargo has proved that its culture is a hopeless safeguard to anything. The people who have really transgressed are not the rank and file, but the top managers who set up the wrong incentives and who looked the other way as customers were stitched up...

Urban Meyer is one of my heroes.

Posted on September 14, 2016
And here's why.

Stephen Fry and depression---a great read.

Posted on August 10, 2016
Here.  For those of us who have lived through depression, it's hard to explain to those who haven't.  Thanks to folks like Stephen Fry, the Bloggess, and Hyperbole and a Half, it's possible to get an inkling of this particular disease.

Dear Hilton Corporation:

Posted on July 24, 2016
Why is it, that at least one Doubletree, you have set the systems running the televisions (according to the repairperson I met yesterday) to change, at random times, from the channel that I want to watch to the Movie Promo channel, thereby interrupting my viewing preferences?  The repairman told me that he is powerless to prevent the channel-changing...

Last-minute advice for bar exam takers.

Posted on July 24, 2016
On one of our other blogs (here).

Why I quit LVAC and switched to Lifetime Fitness, and why I'm really happy about the switch.

Posted on July 11, 2016
There's nothing wrong with LVAC.  It's a nice gym, and it's reasonably priced.  But I love Lifetime Fitness, even though there's a huge price differential.  So why did I switch?The fundamental reason has to do with my chosen sport, which is ballroom dancing...

R.I.P., Steve Zamora

Posted on July 10, 2016
Steve passed away suddenly, and my heart goes out to his family.  Steve was the dean at UH Law Center immediately before I came on board, and his graciousness and kindness showed what a mensch he was.  Always willing to pitch in and help in any way possible, he created a legacy in terms of international law that took advantage of Houston's own international flavor...

Shameless self-promotion over at our Law School Survival Manual blog.

Posted on July 04, 2016
Here.

Great minds think alike -- about compensation models for law firms.

Posted on June 28, 2016
I came away from Liane Jackson's ABA Journal article, $10K prize-winning hackathon team dreams up new compensation model for law firms, doing a happy dance:  not just because I liked the ideas put forth by the winner but also because I've been writing about this issue for a while, both by myself and with co-author Randy Gordon (see Nancy B...

Thanks, Susan Fortney, for a lovely review of Virtuous Billing!

Posted on April 21, 2016
Here. 

The passing of a true mensch: Ira Shepard.

Posted on March 29, 2016
To get a glimmer of this amazing man, see here and here.  May his memory be as a blessing.

Great advice for dealing with tiresome people.

Posted on March 22, 2016
From Above the Law and LawProfBlawg (here).

So proud of Rice University and of Rice's Jewish Studies Program.

Posted on March 12, 2016
See here.  I'm really glad that this program is thriving and that Dad, Jeff, and I have the opportunity to support its growth!

Intriguing development in Yucca Mountain.

Posted on April 01, 2011
See here.  Can't wait to see the responses.  But then again, I'm a Yucca Mountain supporter.

We're number 51, and I am NOT happy about it.

Posted on March 31, 2011
See here.

Thanks, SBLI & Georgia State University College of Law!

Posted on March 26, 2011
Having finished this week's visit to Georgia State's law school, courtesy of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, I just want to say thanks:  thanks to SBLI for funding this program and for choosing me as this year's visiting professor; thanks to the great folks at Georgia State who made me feel so at home; and thanks to the Boyd School of Law for being so nice about my taking a week away during the semester...

A tale of two bank experiences in today's New York Times

Posted on March 26, 2011
How do I know when the weekend has truly arrived?  For years, the weekend arrived at the moment that I sat down to a leisurely breakfast while reading Joe Nocera's column (and I guess, after today, I'll just have to enjoy reading his op-eds instead)...

Best thing about the Georgia Aquarium.

Posted on March 26, 2011
Whale sharks.

Wonderful op-ed by Leonard Pitts about gay marriage and human rights.

Posted on March 25, 2011
See here.  Couldn't have said it better myself.

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