Milt Policzer

1 week ago | courthousenews.com | Milt Policzer

Sometimes it’s hard to decide whether something is good news or bad news. The American Bar Association has reported that the employment percentage rate for 2024 law graduates hit an all-time high even though the class was much bigger than the previous year. Good for new lawyers. Maybe not so good for everyone else because that means — or might mean — there’s a lot more litigation going on. Or maybe it’s a Trump bump. He likes to sue. Other people like to sue him.

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Milt Policzer

Are you obsessed with politics? Can you not get enough? If so, you need therapy. I’m not a therapist, however, so instead I’m going to help feed your addiction with a new game: Find the Politics. All you have to do is log on to the social media outlet of your choice and search for any random topic — the randomer the better. Then prepare to be astonished (or horrified) to find political/Trumpy content. Give yourself points for finding as many of these unexpected (or expected?) items as you can.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Milt Policzer

There’s always more than one way of looking at things. Bad news can be good news if you’re in the right kind of job. I point this out because I’ve been feeling a little guilty lately even though I’m not guilty (and, yes, I know that’s what everyone says). I make a living in the news/sarcasm business because bad and dumb things happen pretty much all the time. If society had no problems and everyone was sane and smart, I’d be out on the street.

1 month ago | courthousenews.com | Milt Policzer

I’ve been thinking a lot about James Bond lately. It’s not because I’m a Bond fan. Womanizing action heroes aren’t my thing, but I won’t think less of you if you like them. What I do, however, enjoy is change, variety and originality. You’ve got to admit — love them or not — that all the Bond movies are pretty much the same. Variations on a theme. So I was pretty excited when the news broke that the producers of the Bond films had sold the Bond rights to Amazon.

1 month ago | courthousenews.com | Milt Policzer

Evil thought: There’s more than one way to blackmail a law firm. The White House has convinced (extorted?) a group of Big Law firms to pledge millions of dollars of associate slave labor in exchange for not having their security clearances revoked. (Pause for a moment if you haven’t already to consider whether this has anything to do with security since the law firms were suddenly secure again after they caved.)The cowed Big Law firms (as opposed to the uncowed — lioned?