When I started this blog, I swore I would never do a post apologizing for not posting nor would I ever do a post making any sort of excuse for not posting. We are all busy and I hate excuses and unless one thinks this post violates that pledge, I am proud to say I have stuck by it. In fact, instead of not posting when I get crazy busy, I just tend to get more biting and ornery so if any apology is necessary, I apologize in advance for that. I also must dedicate this title to my Canadian international trade lawyer friend, Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, with whom I shared a podium at the just completed American Bar Association International Law Section Meeting in Miami. Cyndee commented to the crowd on how "shocking" my titles sometimes are and I thought of her when I penned this one. My ire today stems from perfectly fine domestic US lawyers who, for some unknown reason, deem themselves able to practice international law. They are not. Last week, I got an email from an unnamed company that...