Topic: U.S. Supreme Court

Leadership of Outsiders

BY Mitch McCrimmon
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Nov 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM

In my efforts to find a new way to differentiate leadership from management, it has occurred to me that there are lots of examples where leadership is shown by people who are not in a position to manage the implementation of their ...READ»

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM | 1 comment

Final Word

BY Daniel C. Esty
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:21 AM

The Supreme Court weighs in on global warming.READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

The Rescue Squad

BY Anni Layne Rodgers
Relevancy Score: 89
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:41 AM

Dubbed "the rescue squad" because it has won so many high-profile, high-stakes, high-speed cases for American big business, Gibson, Dunn Crutcher explains how it operates -- and wins -- with efficiency, flexibility, and speed.READ»

INNOVATION | 5 comments

How Leadership is Like Selling

BY Mitch McCrimmon
Relevancy Score: 83
Fri Nov 28, 2008 at 11:31 AM

Leadership and selling are both forms of influence. They differ primarily in the fact that selling is self-interested. It’s a way of making a living. The salesperson is interested in making money by selling products or services. ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Why is it so hard to differentiate leadership from management?

BY Mitch McCrimmon
Relevancy Score: 74
Mon Dec 8, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Despite many valiant attempts to separate leadership and management, most people equate them or mix them up in one way or another. The problem is that we think of the person in charge when trying to separate leadership from ...READ»

CAREERS | Comment

Job Test Ruling May Create Hiring Havoc

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 61
Sun Jul 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Many employers across North America are cheered by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark employment-discrimination ruling, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2009, in which the court ruled 5-4 in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut, who challenged the city's decision to reject the results of a promotion exam because no black candidates scored well enough to advance.READ»

FINANCE + INVESTING | 2 comments

Money, Meaning, Motivation

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 46
Wed Jul 27, 2005 at 9:36 AM

In the past, Fast Company has considered money and the meaning of life, how new wealth can change your career, and whether money can buy happiness. In a new Slate essay, Henry Blodgett takes a look at the financial profile of John ...READ»

INNOVATION | Comment

Free Speech and Censorship in Online Communities

BY David Teten
Relevancy Score: 41
Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM

Is free speech an absolute right in online communities? Yes, but community owners have the right to establish and enforce codes of conduct.READ»

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER | Comment

Daniel Wannamaker Showcases His Experience When Defending Citizens Charged with White Collar Crimes

BY Daniel Wannamaker
Relevancy Score: 41
Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 8:52 PM

Daniel Wannamaker, an accomplished and experienced Texas defense attorney, has been successfully representing individuals and companies charged with a variety of crimes for over two decades.READ»

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER | Comment

The Appeal Deal in Texas

BY Daniel Wannamaker
Relevancy Score: 39
Thu Feb 5, 2009 at 4:43 PM

hat's the challenge of appeals and a challenge that Daniel Wannamaker, board certified criminal defense attorney of Wannamaker and Associates, is more than up to handling.READ»

CLIMATE CHANGE | 1 comment

Obama - - the Secret Weapon Against Climate Change

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 37
Mon Jul 13, 2009 at 12:34 PM

All of the world leaders - - developed and developing nations alike - - have now embraced the goal of keeping the average global temperature rise to no more than 2 degrees Celsius.READ»

WORK/LIFE | Comment

Day of the Outage & Tags & Supreme Court

BY Emeri Gent
Relevancy Score: 37
Thu Aug 6, 2009 at 8:50 PM

I will certainly will remember this day as a turning point event, where the turning points is about adaptation and surprise changes. I happened to swerve around the Twitter outage this morning having began looking at tweets at ...READ»

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | Comment

State of the Unions

BY Laurence Shatkin
Relevancy Score: 33
Mon Nov 10, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Recently I got in touch with a journalist who was researching a story about how the election of Barack Obama may affect people’s income. I focused on one issue, the laws against wage discrimination. You may recall that, in 2007, the ...READ»

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People You've Been Before / That You Don't Want Around Anymore

Relevancy Score: 32
Mon Nov 14, 2005 at 4:51 PM

It should come as no surprise that Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. is under fire for his position on abortion (he's apparently against it). After all, there are few national issues as controversial as abortion rights - and ...READ»

CLEAN AIR ACT | Comment

WSJ Says BOO!

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 31
Fri Oct 31, 2008 at 5:50 PM

With Halloween just over, the Wall Street Journal jumped out from behind a hedge fund and tried to scare the business community right out of its Brooks Brothers boxers. Like most haunted houses and scary apparitions at this time of ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | Comment

Analyze This

BY Jena McGregor
Relevancy Score: 27
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:01 AM

Many tech-analyst blogs read like a symposium of you most boring college engineering and economics professors. Here are three exceptions.READ»

CAPITALISM | Comment

The Unimportance of the Next President

BY Tim Kane
Relevancy Score: 25
Tue Nov 4, 2008 at 11:25 AM

Today America chooses a new president in what is one of the most pivotal elections in history. The world changed sharply during the Bush administration with two recessions, 9/11 attacks, wars in the Middle East, and rising new ...READ»

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Get VC Advice

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 23
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:13 AM

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BOOK DISCUSSIONS | 10 comments

A Million Little Questions

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 21
Thu Jan 12, 2006 at 5:26 PM

Thanks to Oprah Winfrey and her influential book club, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey was the best-selling nonfiction title last year. This harrowing account of drug and alcohol addiction moved readers, at least in part, ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

Telly Visionary

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 19
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

With 15 Emmys and a superstar client list, set designer Jim Fenhagen is the hottest thing on TV.READ»

LAS VEGAS DIVORCE | Comment

Grandparents Rights Are Enshrined in Law

BY Bradley Hofland
Relevancy Score: 19
Tue Apr 7, 2009 at 2:53 PM

Divorce and separation, aside from raising some very difficult issues, also creates problems when it comes to grandparents visiting and caring for their grandchildren.READ»

FACEBOOK | 2 comments

Times Are Tough, Why Not Sue Facebook?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 17
Fri Oct 9, 2009 at 2:01 PM

Once upon a time, Google was the company to sue. Now it seems to have passed the mantle to Facebook, which is facing an entertaining array of bizarre and quixotic lawsuits--many of them filed in the last few days, and with little ...READ»

CORPUS CHRISTI DUI ATTORNEY | Comment

Corpus Christi DWI Attorney

BY Corpus DWI Attorney
Relevancy Score: 16
Tue Jan 20, 2009 at 9:07 AM

Mark A. Di Carlo La Solana Building 722 Elizabeth Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78404 Telephone: 361-888-6968 READ»

GENDER RELATIONS | 1 comment

Sister Cities

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 14
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:40 AM

Fast Company visits Houston, San Francisco, and Boston in search of female leaders with smart advice for tough times. Here, a dozen powerful women (and a few men) share their thoughts on leadership, crisis, and mentoring.READ»

FAKE TWITTER ACCOUNTS | Comment

Innovation Reality Check

BY Lydia Dishman
Relevancy Score: 11
Tue Jan 27, 2009 at 8:41 AM

Innovative technology is inherently speedy. And right now Twitter, the social media microblogging site of choice for marketers, mavens, and all manner of multi-taskers moves along at a rapid 140 character per tweet pace. But you ...READ»

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