John E. Grant

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Legal Process Improvement for lawyers, courts, & legal orgs using #Kanban & other #Agile + #Lean methods. Board president at The Commons Law Center. #A2J advocate.
LocationPortland, Ore.
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Show threadJohn E. GrantJul 6, 2023

The other was this headline from the Washington Post: Climate change could swamp this island. Home sales are surging; Maryland’s iconic Smith Island faces one of the nation’s most dire forecasts for rising seas, but real estate is booming.

https://wapo.st/46EuZbm

Climate change could swamp this island. Home sales are surging.

Maryland’s iconic Smith Island faces one of the nation’s most dire forecasts for rising seas, but home sales are surging.

The Washington Post
Show threadJohn E. GrantJul 6, 2023
The first article has to do with people in Oregon being upset about their property being designated a wildfire risk: https://www.eenews.net/articles/people-exploded-can-oregons-wildfire-plans-survive-the-public/
'People exploded': Can Oregon's wildfire plans survive the public?

Oregon's new plan for dealing with wildfires is mostly the same as the old plan. But the strategy for handling public reaction is much different.

E&E News by POLITICO
John E. GrantJul 6, 2023

Read two completely unrelated articles today that highlight people’s irrational, emotional attachment to the status quo and the lengths they’ll go to protect it, even when evidence strongly suggests a need to change.

Brings two quotes to mind: “People don’t resist change; they resist being changed.” –Peter Senge

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” –Leo Tolstoy

Show threadJohn E. GrantJul 5, 2023
But instead of passing the savings from those efficiencies along to customers, USAP actually raised prices at roughly double the rate of similar practices. Why? Because the market allowed it! Scarce resources + high demand = higher prices. They did what a rational economic actor would do… raised rates until they got pushback (from United Insurance) and then backed off slightly once they found their ceiling. Law firms do this all the time — it doesn’t matter who owns them. /
Show threadJohn E. GrantJul 5, 2023
I’m still digesting the full article, but I’m not sure that the whole thing isn’t just “capitalists gonna capitalize.” There is an even higher barrier to entry for anesthesiologists than there is for lawyers, but in both markets there are extreme supply shortages. Part of what the PE-backed firm, U.S. Anesthesia Partners, claims to have done is increase efficiencies by consolidating back office systems and tasks. That’s not a bad thing… /
John E. GrantJul 5, 2023
As many of you know, I’m generally in favor of legal regulatory reform to allow outside investment as a way to fund innovation and increase access to justice. But stories like this are good reminders that we can’t be blind to the potential for abuse. Regulatory reform is not the same thing as deregulation. https://wapo.st/3O03HEZ #lawfedi
Financiers bought up anesthesia practices, then raised prices

Created 10 years ago by a private-equity firm, USAP is now one of the largest in the U.S., with more than 4,000 doctors and spanning nine states. As it gobbled up existing practices, substantial price hikes followed.

The Washington Post
John E. GrantJul 4, 2023
Ian RoseJul 2, 2023

I know I'm a broken record, but I'm going to keep on saying it - your campfire and fireworks this weekend are not worth the chance of starting a fire in these conditions. It's hot, it's dry, it's windy, and the gorge is already burning.

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/02/tunnel-5-fire-underwood-washington-evacuations/

#Oregon #Washington #fire #wildfire #PNW

Wildfire leads to evacuations near Underwood, Washington, as structures burn

A rapidly moving wildfire led to evacuations Sunday near Underwood, Washington, in the Columbia River Gorge.

OPB
John E. GrantJul 4, 2023

Trying to me more active on here with another redeath of twitter and the first major death (I think) of reddit…

Not much to announce today except that I totally loved seeing Cory Wong & his amazing band at the #pdx Waterfront Blues Fest over the weekend.

His Meditations album with Jon Batiste is my new favorite chill out record. Reminds me of 1980s Wyndam Hill. https://tidal.com/album/142396234

John E. GrantJul 3, 2023
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John E. GrantJul 2, 2023
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