There was much discussion on law blogs last month when William Smith, a partner in a big firm, informed Federal Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Isicoff that she was "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal.®" This is not good for your case, your client, your reputation, or your practice, but it was also widely agreed that the judge's threat to bar the lawyer from practice before the court was over the top. Thanks to this follow-up from Peter Lattman at WSJ.com Law Blog, we now know that Judge Isicoff has cooled off and merely required Mr. Smith to take a course in professionalism from the state bar.