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BMI: Big-Muscled Individual?

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

A simple question at coffee this morning–which country has the highest percentage of adult obesity?–produced a surprising result.  Some guessed the US to be the answer, and initial research (conducted not by me but someone with a real job–apparently it was a slow work day) seemed to support it, until someone else raised this question: [...]

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Law’s toll

Thursday, December 13, 2007

I’ve posted about the legal profession a few times in the past year, focusing on economics for the most part. The personal cost of a legal career does not received the same attention, which is why I recommend Even Lawyers Get the Blues: Opening Up About Depression from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The [...]

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BigLaw Economics

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Two posts from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Wal-Mart Memo to Law Firms: No More Rate Hikes! Drawing a line over regular increases in hourly billing rates that it believes are linked to increases in associate salaries (now $160,000 for dewy-eyed law school grads) Wal-Mart notified outside counsel ““[w]e are today announcing a moratorium [...]

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The Undead

Monday, July 9, 2007

Like Cool Hand Luke rising from the ground each time Dragline knocked him on his ass or like the living dead from the George Romero movies, Allofmp3.com refuses to submit, popping up after each execution with an amnesiac’s disregard for its back story. See None of MP3.com, AllofMP3.com Lives Yet, and AllofMP3.com–Is That All You’ve [...]

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One L

Friday, October 13, 2006

For years, and for no good reason, I avoided reading One L, Scott Turow’s account of his first year at Harvard Law School. I’ve now corrected that omission in my legal education. All of you prospective law students should read this book. 30 years after its publication some of the book is dated: starting salaries [...]

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