Lawyers You Can Love

Grateful Dead, one page contracts and saving the planet

On Valentine's Day 2008, we prefer to think in black and white (not the traditional Red Valentine nor the au courant Green Valentine).  If Greenpeace UK is right that Loving the Planet is the Best Valentine (see their Green Valentine's Guide), we think the Grateful Dead and an actress in LA have the right approach.

The Grateful Dead apparently insisted on one page contracts with their promoters. Not only did they live life on the edge, but so did their contracts.

And Tamara Krinsky, the once starving actress, printed out pages and pages of scripts, until it struck her to widen the margins. She now has a campaign petition  to Microsoft, at Change the Margins, to set Word's default margins to 0.75.

Like the battle hardened VC we met last year at a clean energy investment conference, we think it's the simple, black and white things that cut costs that will reduce energy consumption.  We believe Less is More when it comes to contracts and saving the planet.

Lawyers You Can Love

Lawyers You Can Love--it's the name a beloved client gave us. We aspire to be just that every day.

What, on earth you ask, makes lawyers lovable? Counsel. Compassion. Comfort. Guidance. Sound Advice. Cost Effective. Strategic. Integrity. Insight. Fair. Honest. Optimism. Reasonable. Responsive. Passion. Proactive. Principled. Plain spoken. Balance. Humor. Helpful. Giving. Kind. Courage. Character. Humility.

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