Three of the largest deer I ever saw walked in a row down the street this morning. When a car approached they galloped across our front lawn at amazing speed. They come from a nearby Metropark and find abundant vegetation in the neighborhoods, so they thrive as our flowers disappear.

New on LLRX.com: Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing
Why and What Lawyers Should Consider Outsourcing: This article by Ron Friedmann reviews the history of and logic behind legal outsourcing. It then outlines some of the current legal outsourcing options. A detailed discussion of each option is not possible in one article. Instead, the final section takes a close look at one, outsourcing secretarial and word processing tasks.

ABA Ethics Committee Opinion Detailing Lawyer Responsibilities When Outsourcing Legal Work Domestically or Internationally
News release: "U.S. lawyers are free to outsource legal work, including to lawyers or nonlawyers outside the country, if they adhere to ethics rules requiring competence, supervision, protection of confidential information, reasonable fees and not assisting unauthorized practice of law. Those are the conclusions of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, which describes outsourcing as a salutary trend in a global economy. Many lawyers do outsource work, using lawyers or nonlawyers as independent contractors, hiring them directly or through intermediaries and on temporary or ongoing bases, says the committee.
Ethics Opinion 08-451 details ethics obligations of lawyers and firms that do elect to outsource legal work.

New on LLRX.com: The Art of Written Persuasion: The Problem with the Case Method and the Case for the Problem Method
The Art of Written Persuasion: The Problem with the Case Method and the Case for the Problem Method: In this second article in the series, Troy Simpson suggests that the ‘case method’ of teaching law may help to explain why lawyers write badly. He then outlines some of the advantages of the ‘problem method’ of teaching law.

Google Launches New Beta Browser for Windows
The Official Google Blog: As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit "send" a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. As we believe in access to information for everyone, we've now made the comic publicly available--you can find it here.

New EEOC Publication Aimed at Increasing Opportunities for People with Disabilities in Federal Employment
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a new question-and-answer guide aimed at promoting the hiring and advancement of individuals with disabilities in federal government employment. The new publication is available here.

UK Telegraph Reports Arctic becomes an island as ice melts
"The North Pole has become an island for the first time in human history as climate change has made it possible to circumnavigate the Arctic ice cap. The historic development was revealed by satellite images taken last week showing that both the north-west and north-east passages have been opened by melting ice. Prof Mark Serreze, a sea ice specialist at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US said the images suggested the Arctic may have entered a "death spiral" caused by global warming."

Retailers lose between and two per cent of sales each year to shoplifters. The thieves may operate singly or in teams. Some use bad checks or stolen credit cards, and may sell the stolen merchandise to flea markets or online. Sophisticated teams know how to clean and repackage material, sometimes selling it back to the very store victimized. In 2006, employees stole about nineteen billion dollars’ worth of merchandise from their employers. One employee raised a red flag when he got about five non-receipt returns in a day—when everyone else in his department was getting about three returns a week.
The New Yorker September 1, 2008

Barcelona’s emblematic, yet incomplete monument, La Sagrada Familia will soon receive a roof
It has been 125 years since architectural genius Antoni Gaudí took on the project in 1883 (though 126 years since the first stone was laid). Welcoming over two million visitors annually, the Cathedral of La Sagrada Familia is now expected to be completely roofed by 2010, when work on the vaults of the transepts and apse will be concluded. Though not quite the finishing touch, this will mark an important milestone in the life of the Cathedral, as it will finally be able to welcome religious observances and cultural events within its walls.
Gaudí is the most renowned exponent of the architectural and artistic movement known as Modernisme, or Catalan Art Nouveau, which flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. UNESCO first recognized Gaudí’s accomplishments in 1984 when it declared several of his structures as World Heritage Sites. Subsequently in 2005, that was expanded to include portions of the Sagrada Familia completed during his lifetime.
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=15003_0_1_0_M

Surreal unfinished church, begun in 1883, may be completed by 2025
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/travel/24COMgaudi.html?ref=todayspaper