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Au Revoir, Emily Kadens!

Au Revoir, Les Enfants, Or, Bad Day At Black Hat
The AP reports that three French reporters were summarily tossed from the Black Hat conference, currently going on in Las Vegas, for intercepting some fellow journalists' personal info...

Au revoir Dallas, Bonjour Paris!
Good bye Dallas! I'm going to Paris for a break while I'm on my "sabbatical!" As I have an unprecedented amount of freedom in my life right now, I thought why not do something completely selfish and go to Paris for a while to clear my mind, see some wonderful art, and have some great food! I've rented (I hope) a flat for the week in Montmarte, brought some good reading, and lots of optimism for a wonderful week! Hopefully I'll be updating the blog while I'm there as there is lots of wifi and I'm bringing my digital camera - if I can figure out how to use it...

Un bug dans le BOPI
Que s’est il passé avec le BOPI 2009/05 ? La quasi totalité des marques déposées en couleurs apparait sous forme de pavé totalement noir. Plus que pathétique ce gros loupé montre qu’il est temps de revoir la composition et l’impression de cette publication voire son abandon total...

Au Revoir to Renvoi
C.J.S. Knight has written a casenote in the Conveyancer and Property Lawyer on the High Court decision in Iran v Berend (Conv. (2007) November/December Pages 564-571). Here’s the abstract: Discusses the Queens Bench Division decision in Iran v Berend on whether renvoi has a place in choice of law cases concerning title to moveable property, in [...

Droit de la pub 2.0
Quelques heures après ma présentation auprès de membres de l'IAB Canada (Interarctive Advertising Bureau), voici ma présentation de ma courte intervention (ppt). Cela m'a permis de revoir des anciens du programme du commerce électronique (avec HEC et DIRO) comme Simon Lamarche et Guillaume Brunet (même année que Michelle Blanc) pour me dire que ma fois ces gens là sont bien formés et font sacrément honneur à ce programme...

(SOB) AU REVOIR JO HARAF
Jo Haraf, one of my favorite LTN edit board members, has finally done what she has been threatening to do for a bit -- leave legal tech! We are soooooo gonna miss her! I'll turn over the mic to her: After 10 exciting and productive years, I'm leaving my home at Morrison & Foerster...

JUDGE KAREN MILLS FRANCIS
AU REVOIR JUDGE KAREN MILLS FRANCISToday was her last day in court as she retires with a Sony Development deal firmly in hand for a Television show. Although we hardly knew her, we hear that this could not have happened to a nicer person...

Ma firme
Je lis ce matin que mon modèle d'affaires idéal se popularise. En effet, Law.com rapporte ce qu'écrit The Recorder à propos d'un nouveau cabinet virtuel...