I am continually stunned by the inept behavior of American Express, and its failure to use quality control. I care because its stupidity...

If you like GlobalTort, you may also be open minded enough to take a minute to toss in a vote for the blog for the ABA Journal’s process...

Law firm web sites offer sanitized, polite histories. Here’s a more human history related to the Paul Hastings firm, and a later in life ...

Zero, nada, zip, none bars of 3G service in Palos Park or Palos Heights, Illinois. The towns are in southwestern suburban Chicago, and...

For those who want an extra smile on Sunday morning. Hat tip to Wendy Harpham for the link. Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth "Video...

Yes, Virginia, Verizon has generated a myth about "the network." Yes, they’ve told you that it sends friendly Verizon people run around...

It seems Verizon may have an ongoing data network problem in Chicago. During yesterday’s morning commute, there was no data service....

There is a wide gulf between Verizon’s service claims and reality. The latest example is today’s more or less complete failure of data...

The ever blunt Epicurean Dealmaker has now contributed on the LIBOR fiasco. The comments are not on law or Twiqbal – just the facts and...

July 4 is the Independence Day holiday in the United States. Two milestones arrived for this year’s holiday. One milestone arises because...

Long term readers may recall my prior rant about the incompetence of Capital One with respect to actually canceling a credit card I...

Courtesy of Bruce Carton at law.com, I learned of this story of the London police blowing up a temporarily abandoned stalled car and then...

There are times you just have to cheer when learning a great story of courage and perseverance. Here’s a link to one young man’s story of...

It appears Proposition 29 was defeated by less than 2%, according to a page of the web site for the California Secretary of State. The...

On Memorial Day, a story on the awful costs of war. The opening paragraphs follow – the entire story deserves a read. "America’s newest...

Letters of Note has a touching new post highlighting intangible benefits arising from celebrity kindness, in this instance, Mr....

Opinio Juris brings the news that there is now a blog on Somali piracy. #Offtopic

Georgetown Law has kindly provided its students – and the world – a guide to pronouncing the names of various large and boutique US...

Christine Hurt of the Conglomerate blog is a University of Illinois law professor. For spring break, she took a law school class out into...

Targeted killings are back online at Opinio Juris due to the recent deaths of Iranian nuclear scientists. The post includes links to...