Ever see the New Yorker cartoon where a young dog explains to an older dog, “We do all those old tricks electronically now”? True. Case in point, effective July 1, 2009, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) started accepting electronically filed Well Disclosure Certificates. And speaking of doing things differently, the HUD-1 is also changing this coming year.
Owning Up to Depression
This was originally posted on the Minnesota State Bar Association’s blog.
This month’s ABA Journal cover story “A Death in the Office” chronicles the life and death of Mark Levy, a prominent and talented appellate lawyer who killed himself after the Washington law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton terminated his employment in a cost-cutting move.
The article and readers’ online comments travel a well-worn path with an oft-repeated but largely irrelevant question: who’s to blame? Levy? The firm? The article suggests Levy was invested in his work, had few outside interests, and was of a generation whose self worth is tied up with work status. It suggested that the firm could have done more to ease its cost-cutting move, perhaps offer Levy an office to use while he searched for a new job. [Read more…]