Tough legal job market is now just plain ugly for some

By Rick Colosimo / May 28, 2010 / Comments Off on Tough legal job market is now just plain ugly for some

I’ve written before about the growing inconsistency between the actual job market for lawyers and the jobs that law schools tell prospective students about. Here’s a recent Above the Law post on a job that really doesn’t appear all that worthwhile, really. This is a downgrade from the $12 job they link to at the…

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Is branding a 1st Amendment right?

By Rick Colosimo / May 25, 2010 / Comments Off on Is branding a 1st Amendment right?

This interesting Neuromarketing post on a proposed Australian law to eviscerate the branding value of cigarette packaging is a doozy. Separate from the inherent interest in the notion that the pack may be far more powerful than the cigarette (and I like both Why We Buy and Call of the Mall by Paco Underhill as…

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Crowdfunding a startup: rags or riches?

By Rick Colosimo / May 20, 2010 / Comments Off on Crowdfunding a startup: rags or riches?

Crowd-everything is super hot, and super cool. The vastness of Wikipedia alone is sufficient to teach every one of us that when “crowd” is applied to your field, really neat and seemingly impossible things can happen. To me, “crowd” is just the plural of “open,” as in open data. But crowd doesn’t always work, and…

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Why I write

By Rick Colosimo / May 20, 2010 / Comments Off on Why I write

Many of my readers have seen my “Five-minute General Counsel” blog post series. The idea is to give readers an informed opinion that, while not specific to their situation, highlights some of the major issues involved in various decisions, such as whether to form an LLC or corporation for your tech startup. (Hint: read this…

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