5 PerspectivesSeptember 28, 2008
Come on In, the Water’s Fine
A quick warning: this post is not about how to resolve disputes; it’s about blogging and it’s one of the few off-topic posts I intend to write. For thoughts on settlements and how to negotiate them, please scroll down to the next post.
With that important caveat out of the way, today makes 30 days since Settlement Perspectives went live. It’s hardly time for a memoir, but I have fielded more than a few questions from lawyers considering whether to launch a blog, and this is my way to encourage them — with a few pointers added in.
The First 30 Days
Settlement Perspectives has been a lot more fun than I had imagined. As some of you know, the site went live with its first post, “Why Are We Here?”, on August 29th, and hitting “publish” that afternoon was no small feat. I put my ideas out there and — legal paranoia notwithstanding — nothing bad has happened. I soon turned to a better question than “Why Are We Here?”: What’s next? More…
Categories: Blogging,Miscellaneous
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- Why Settlement Counsel? A Lesson from the Scorpion and the Frog
- The Decision Tree, Step by Step: How Much Is Your Million Dollar Case Worth?
- Lawsuit Settlement: 7 Ways to Get There Faster, Better and Cheaper — The Presentation
- Early Case Assessments: An Updated Index to Settlement Perspectives’ ECA Posts
- Why It May Be a Bad Idea to “Send them a Message”
