[Dukehorn]

COBRA is very expensive. Don’t plan on using it when you’re umemployed for long.

As for this “debate”, I always wonder why people arguing against universial healthcare always manage to ignore the children.

Is it your contention that kids should be punished for the “crime” that their parents are poor or unemployed? Remember that kid that died from his cavities in DC (two years ago) because his mom couldn’t afford dental care. Is that what we’re saying “tough luck”?

How is this scenario any different than saying to the child of a sexual predator “tough luck kid, you’re born to a sexual deviant and deserved to be abused”.

Right? The logic is as follows “tough luck kid, you’re born to parents without health insurance and deserve what you get”.

Compassionate my arse……

[Dukehorn]

Psst, Casca

I know you’re really worried about conspiracies so here are the other ones that people like you tend to worry about:

a) the moon landing hoax
b) the fake fossils
c) the earth isn’t flat hoax

Take your prodigious brainpower and go work on some of the more important stuff out there (or heck, go take a tour of the creationism museum…..).

[Dukehorn]

Psst, Casca

I know you’re really worried about conspiracies so here are the other ones that people like you tend to worry about:

a) the moon landing hoax
b) the fake fossils
c) the earth isn’t flat hoax

Take your prodigious brainpower and go work on some of the more important stuff out there (or heck, go take a tour of the creationism museum…..).

[Dukehorn]

Psst, Casca

I know you’re really worried about conspiracies so here are the other ones that people like you tend to worry about:

a) the moon landing hoax
b) the fake fossils
c) the earth isn’t flat hoax

Take your prodigious brainpower and go work on some of the more important stuff out there (or heck, go take a tour of the creationism museum…..).

[Dukehorn]

Psst, Casca

I know you’re really worried about conspiracies so here are the other ones that people like you tend to worry about:

a) the moon landing hoax
b) the fake fossils
c) the earth isn’t flat hoax

Take your prodigious brainpower and go work on some of the more important stuff out there (or heck, go take a tour of the creationism museum…..).

[Dukehorn]

Psst, Casca

I know you’re really worried about conspiracies so here are the other ones that people like you tend to worry about:

a) the moon landing hoax
b) the fake fossils
c) the earth isn’t flat hoax

Take your prodigious brainpower and go work on some of the more important stuff out there (or heck, go take a tour of the creationism museum…..).

[Dukehorn]

In California there is definitely not a nurse shortage. Most temp nurses went ahead and took permanent employment when the economy started to drop. Last summer’s crop of nursing grads are having some difficulty finding jobs in this market. My understanding is that the job fairs for nurses are looking at 10-1 applicant to position ratio if not higher.

Someone asked about IP law. Patent litigation is very expensive so it’s still a wait and see if folks will engage in more IP litigation. I know that Google has taken a stand that they will not settle patent lawsuits and will fight. They’ve hired more litigators and my expectation is that this will decrease the number of lawsuits filed against them since there will not be the expectation of a fast settlement.

IP transactions has slowed (hand in hand with M&A work).

Patent prosecution is interesting. I think a lot of folks have taken parts of this in-house. The big boys (Intel, Compaq, Cisco, etc.) that threaten each other based on the breadth of their IP portfolio (versus the quality) might still be filing 2-3 patent applications a week, but for these “low quality” apps, they’re negotiating heavily to lower the prosecution costs.

In general, you have to think that the budget for legal work of all sorts has shrunk at a number of corporations and that will influence the IP legal work accordingly.

[Dukehorn]

In California there is definitely not a nurse shortage. Most temp nurses went ahead and took permanent employment when the economy started to drop. Last summer’s crop of nursing grads are having some difficulty finding jobs in this market. My understanding is that the job fairs for nurses are looking at 10-1 applicant to position ratio if not higher.

Someone asked about IP law. Patent litigation is very expensive so it’s still a wait and see if folks will engage in more IP litigation. I know that Google has taken a stand that they will not settle patent lawsuits and will fight. They’ve hired more litigators and my expectation is that this will decrease the number of lawsuits filed against them since there will not be the expectation of a fast settlement.

IP transactions has slowed (hand in hand with M&A work).

Patent prosecution is interesting. I think a lot of folks have taken parts of this in-house. The big boys (Intel, Compaq, Cisco, etc.) that threaten each other based on the breadth of their IP portfolio (versus the quality) might still be filing 2-3 patent applications a week, but for these “low quality” apps, they’re negotiating heavily to lower the prosecution costs.

In general, you have to think that the budget for legal work of all sorts has shrunk at a number of corporations and that will influence the IP legal work accordingly.

[Dukehorn]

In California there is definitely not a nurse shortage. Most temp nurses went ahead and took permanent employment when the economy started to drop. Last summer’s crop of nursing grads are having some difficulty finding jobs in this market. My understanding is that the job fairs for nurses are looking at 10-1 applicant to position ratio if not higher.

Someone asked about IP law. Patent litigation is very expensive so it’s still a wait and see if folks will engage in more IP litigation. I know that Google has taken a stand that they will not settle patent lawsuits and will fight. They’ve hired more litigators and my expectation is that this will decrease the number of lawsuits filed against them since there will not be the expectation of a fast settlement.

IP transactions has slowed (hand in hand with M&A work).

Patent prosecution is interesting. I think a lot of folks have taken parts of this in-house. The big boys (Intel, Compaq, Cisco, etc.) that threaten each other based on the breadth of their IP portfolio (versus the quality) might still be filing 2-3 patent applications a week, but for these “low quality” apps, they’re negotiating heavily to lower the prosecution costs.

In general, you have to think that the budget for legal work of all sorts has shrunk at a number of corporations and that will influence the IP legal work accordingly.

[Dukehorn]

In California there is definitely not a nurse shortage. Most temp nurses went ahead and took permanent employment when the economy started to drop. Last summer’s crop of nursing grads are having some difficulty finding jobs in this market. My understanding is that the job fairs for nurses are looking at 10-1 applicant to position ratio if not higher.

Someone asked about IP law. Patent litigation is very expensive so it’s still a wait and see if folks will engage in more IP litigation. I know that Google has taken a stand that they will not settle patent lawsuits and will fight. They’ve hired more litigators and my expectation is that this will decrease the number of lawsuits filed against them since there will not be the expectation of a fast settlement.

IP transactions has slowed (hand in hand with M&A work).

Patent prosecution is interesting. I think a lot of folks have taken parts of this in-house. The big boys (Intel, Compaq, Cisco, etc.) that threaten each other based on the breadth of their IP portfolio (versus the quality) might still be filing 2-3 patent applications a week, but for these “low quality” apps, they’re negotiating heavily to lower the prosecution costs.

In general, you have to think that the budget for legal work of all sorts has shrunk at a number of corporations and that will influence the IP legal work accordingly.

[Dukehorn]

In California there is definitely not a nurse shortage. Most temp nurses went ahead and took permanent employment when the economy started to drop. Last summer’s crop of nursing grads are having some difficulty finding jobs in this market. My understanding is that the job fairs for nurses are looking at 10-1 applicant to position ratio if not higher.

Someone asked about IP law. Patent litigation is very expensive so it’s still a wait and see if folks will engage in more IP litigation. I know that Google has taken a stand that they will not settle patent lawsuits and will fight. They’ve hired more litigators and my expectation is that this will decrease the number of lawsuits filed against them since there will not be the expectation of a fast settlement.

IP transactions has slowed (hand in hand with M&A work).

Patent prosecution is interesting. I think a lot of folks have taken parts of this in-house. The big boys (Intel, Compaq, Cisco, etc.) that threaten each other based on the breadth of their IP portfolio (versus the quality) might still be filing 2-3 patent applications a week, but for these “low quality” apps, they’re negotiating heavily to lower the prosecution costs.

In general, you have to think that the budget for legal work of all sorts has shrunk at a number of corporations and that will influence the IP legal work accordingly.

[Dukehorn]

First off, attorney compensation at the top tier firms is ridiculous. When I was at Brobeck over 10 years ago, starting salaries were still under 6 figures. When did a first year associate who essentially knows nothing start deserving 160k starting salaries?

As in-house counsel at a company that uses Latham, I can assure you that I think twice when I’m calling for advice. I’m calling someone senior for their thoughts and I’m not paying for junior associate research. I’ll do that myself or farm it out to admins for help.

When you think that some 25 year old with no work experience and 3 years of law school is earning 40-50k more than tenured professors or PhDs at biotechs, that easily tells you where our economic system is out of whack.

As for “Armageddon”, maybe I’ll go ahead and take the nihilist approach. If the shit is that bad, what’s the point?

[Dukehorn]

First off, attorney compensation at the top tier firms is ridiculous. When I was at Brobeck over 10 years ago, starting salaries were still under 6 figures. When did a first year associate who essentially knows nothing start deserving 160k starting salaries?

As in-house counsel at a company that uses Latham, I can assure you that I think twice when I’m calling for advice. I’m calling someone senior for their thoughts and I’m not paying for junior associate research. I’ll do that myself or farm it out to admins for help.

When you think that some 25 year old with no work experience and 3 years of law school is earning 40-50k more than tenured professors or PhDs at biotechs, that easily tells you where our economic system is out of whack.

As for “Armageddon”, maybe I’ll go ahead and take the nihilist approach. If the shit is that bad, what’s the point?

[Dukehorn]

First off, attorney compensation at the top tier firms is ridiculous. When I was at Brobeck over 10 years ago, starting salaries were still under 6 figures. When did a first year associate who essentially knows nothing start deserving 160k starting salaries?

As in-house counsel at a company that uses Latham, I can assure you that I think twice when I’m calling for advice. I’m calling someone senior for their thoughts and I’m not paying for junior associate research. I’ll do that myself or farm it out to admins for help.

When you think that some 25 year old with no work experience and 3 years of law school is earning 40-50k more than tenured professors or PhDs at biotechs, that easily tells you where our economic system is out of whack.

As for “Armageddon”, maybe I’ll go ahead and take the nihilist approach. If the shit is that bad, what’s the point?

[Dukehorn]

First off, attorney compensation at the top tier firms is ridiculous. When I was at Brobeck over 10 years ago, starting salaries were still under 6 figures. When did a first year associate who essentially knows nothing start deserving 160k starting salaries?

As in-house counsel at a company that uses Latham, I can assure you that I think twice when I’m calling for advice. I’m calling someone senior for their thoughts and I’m not paying for junior associate research. I’ll do that myself or farm it out to admins for help.

When you think that some 25 year old with no work experience and 3 years of law school is earning 40-50k more than tenured professors or PhDs at biotechs, that easily tells you where our economic system is out of whack.

As for “Armageddon”, maybe I’ll go ahead and take the nihilist approach. If the shit is that bad, what’s the point?

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