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- Things That Get Better With Age: Fine Wine, Cheese, and Lawyers
One of my favourite mentees made the long drive to the country for lunch with Maureen and me the other day. I will call her Sara. We enjoyed the lunch, and Sara’s company was delightful, as always. I mentioned my advanced age, as I frequently do now that I am old. In a well-intentioned attempt […] T … Read more »
- The problem with ‘fairness’ in family business succession
“Being good is easy — What is difficult is being just.” ~ Victor Hugo The worst business succession plans that I have ever seen were created by good people who were trying to treat their children equally. Unfortunately, “equal” does not necessarily mean “fair.” Example #1. This is the story of Mike … Read more »
- The Law 360 Canada Pulse Survey: Murray Says WHAAAAAT?
The good folks at Law 360 have produced their annual survey of what lawyers think about their profession. Here is the part that I don’t get. 60% of Associates (and 44%) of partners say that they either feel stressed most of the time or all of the time. At the same time, 63% report being […] The post … Read more »
- Humans Practicing Law Inhumanely
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. ~ Edmund Burke Today I would like to weave together two disparate stories to make my point. The first is the story of my client, Sam, who was the CEO of a […] The post Humans Practicing Law Inhum … Read more »
- Refresher on Legal Ethics For Unscrupulous Litigators – Part Two
In Part One, I told the story from out west of a lawyer who I called Bill. Bill, apparently at the urging of his boss (who had bigger fish to fry), tried to dump a client by making a motion to get off the record a few days before the trial date, and returnable on […] The post Refresher on Legal Ethi … Read more »