Briefs: Smart Socks, the Death of BigLaw (Again), Accordions, Etc.

That political cartoon appears to be an older political cartoon by Jack Ohman while he was at the Oregonian. The archives don’t go back to April 2012, though, which is apparently when it ran in the paper. It seems about right for the current state of law enforcement.

What This Is

Like many people who research and write about the legal industry, I come across a lot of links I can’t write about (in some cases because they have nothing to do with law practice). So a few times a week, I’m going to collect the best ones here, in a series of posts I’m calling Briefs. I hope you enjoy them.

Briefs

Great, now your socks can be hacked. [Fusion]

Apparently there is still some question about whether you can have an all-Mac law office. Related: it’s now possible to communicate with people electronically using something called “email.” Be sure to tune your television dial to the news at 11 for more information. [Attorney at Work]

You cannot copyright a chicken sandwich. Sandwich trolls everywhere cry out in frustration. [Fusion]

The death of BigLaw may have been misunderestimated. [BloombergView]

I’m so conflicted about Lenovo. On the one hand, ThinkPads are among the best computers ever made. On the other, now they come with unremovable crapware. [Bitter Empire]

And now for something completely different:

Briefs: Smart Socks, the Death of BigLaw (Again), Accordions, Etc. was originally published on Lawyerist.