{"id":4026,"date":"2005-08-20T18:27:21","date_gmt":"2005-08-20T22:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/08\/20\/lanoue-on-his-own\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:29","slug":"lanoue-on-his-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/20\/lanoue-on-his-own\/","title":{"rendered":"lanoue on his own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a4553'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">Thanks to the translations of Prof. <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/abouttran.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">David Lanoue<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">, this website is adorned <\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">with <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">hundreds of haiku by the great Japanese Master <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/webusers.xula.edu\/dlanoue\/issa\/index.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>Kobayashi Issa<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.&nbsp; Nonetheless, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I wish David would spend more time drafting his own haiku (and his haiku <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuguy.com\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">novels<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">).&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Here are a few Lanoue&nbsp;originals:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">from a friend far away<BR>express mailed <BR>squash<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">backyard moon <\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">mosquitos rush the poem<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><\/EM><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media-cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/dogfanG.jpg\" alt=\"dogFanG\" \/> <A href=\"http:\/\/www.patentbaristas.com\/archives\/000227.php\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#2294bc\" size=\"1\"><EM><STRONG>orig.<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><EM><\/EM>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><EM><\/EM><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">flower illiterate<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">I wander the garden<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">wordless<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the &#8220;Lost Dog&#8221; sign<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">nailed deep<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">into the oak<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/03#a1610\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\">David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&#8212; see his <EM>World Haiku Assn<\/EM> <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/us\/d.lanoue.02.htm\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">bio page<\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8220;flower illiterate&#8221; &#8211; from <EM>Walking the Same Path <\/EM>(HSA Memb. Anthology 2004)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&#8220;the &#8216;Lost Dog&#8217; sign&#8221;- &nbsp;<EM>Frogpond<\/EM> XXVII: 2 <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><SPAN><FONT color=\"#000000\"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">by&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3281\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>dagosan<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT color=\"#000000\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">end of August &#8212; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">bees shun<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\">the wrinkled roses<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT color=\"#000000\"><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"1\"><EM>[Aug. 20<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT size=\"1\"><EM>, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><EM><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">potluck<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> vioxx con dios<\/EM>: The blawgisphere is aglow&nbsp;from heated commentary on&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/scalesrichpoorneg.jpg\" alt=\"scales rich poor neg\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">the $253 million verdict in <EM>Ernst v. Merck<\/EM>.&nbsp; One could have guessed in advance <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">how the post-verdict sides would be lining up.&nbsp; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.pointoflaw.com\/archives\/001477.php\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Ted Frank<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;has some choice <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">observations; <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.overlawyered.com\/archives\/002667.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Walter Olson<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> collects links; and <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.professorbainbridge.com\/2005\/08\/merck.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Steve Bainbridge<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> fears that <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Merck will go bankrupt.&nbsp; <A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2005\/08\/the_good_guys_w.html#comments\">Evan Schaeffer<\/A> reminds his colleagues not to start <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">spending their millions yet (and frankly notes that the <EM>Ernst <\/EM>case had some <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">major causation problems).&nbsp; I&#8217;ve remained neutral in the &#8220;tort reform&#8221; debate, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">but this case does suggest that juries can really go overboard with punitive <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">damages.&nbsp; (The $229 million in punitives here will apparently be reduced to <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">$1.6 million under the Texas statute.)&nbsp; With thousands of cases in the pipeline, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">no single jury should feel the need to punish Merck so harshly.)<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&#8220;tinyredcheck&#8221; Challenged to cap his own fees from Vioxx cases,<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Evan Schaeffer links to a <A href=\"http:\/\/www.legalunderground.com\/2004\/05\/weekly_report_x.html\">prior post<\/A> in which he <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">discusses his approach to contingency fees.&nbsp; In <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">the Comments to that post,&nbsp;you will find my humble <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">attempts to re-educate Evan on the ethical shortcomings <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">of the standard contingency fee.&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> Thanks to mowabb at <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blawgcoop.com\/wisdom\/archives\/2005\/08\/a_lawyer_talks.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>Blawg Wisdom<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"> for pointing to our post <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/16#a4522\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"black\">1L of a decision<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>BW<\/EM> aggregates&nbsp;&#8220;advice about law school from those who are in it,&#8221; but was<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">open-minded enough to give a cranky old coot another forum.&nbsp;<EM> BW<\/EM> picked <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">up our link via our loyal visitor, <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.jeremyrichey.com\/2005\/08\/18\/required-reading\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Jeremy Richey<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">.&nbsp; Thanks, JR. <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/scalesv.gif\" alt=\"scales over\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the translations of Prof. David Lanoue, this website is adorned with hundreds of haiku by the great Japanese Master Kobayashi Issa.&nbsp; 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