Fat People
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Fat People
Old Lady Lawyer: Fat Lawyers Need Not Apply
It’s not just the size of the business that a lawyer must bring, but also the lawyer’s size. -
Fashion, Fat People
Is It Time To Make Fat People A Protected Class?
What do we want? "Basic Fairness!" What do we want it with? "A Side Of Fries!" - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Celebrities, Contracts, Defamation, Fat People, Free Speech, Weirdness
A Case That Will Make You Want To Gag
Can the maker of a product use contract law to shut up its users?
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Celebrities, Fat People, Hotties, Media and Journalism, Movies, Quote of the Day
We Shouldn't Fixate On Body Image, Says Gorgeous 23-Year-Old Actress
An Oscar-winning actress has a few things to say about the beauty myth. -
Fat People, Food, Health Care / Medicine
Can the Government Tell You You're Fat?
Joe and Elie argue about the government's role in policing obesity. -
Biglaw, Bloomberg, Career Alternatives, Exercise, Fat People, Food, Health Care / Medicine, Videos, YouTube
Are You Overweight And Out Of Shape?
Meet a former Biglaw associate who can help you turn over a new leaf. -
Exercise, Fat People, Food, Health Care / Medicine, Rankings, Reader Polls
A Legal Career Can Be Hazardous For Your Waistline
Are you ready to pack on the pounds? Then you should probably consider a legal career! -
Fat People, Law Schools
Are You Too Fat To Get A J.D.?
A professor at NYU thinks that your weight is an indication of how successful you'll be in your education. - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Fat People, Gender, Jury Duty, Women's Issues
Overweight Women Continue to Be Judged Harshly for Everything, Everywhere -- Including Courtrooms
What is to be done about weight bias against women in America's courts? -
Fat People, Law Professors, Law Schools, LexisNexis / Lexis-Nexis, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.03.13
* I didn’t make this list of the 25 most influential people in legal education. That pisses me off. I’m going to start writing about how people shouldn’t trust legal educators because law schools are only interested in profits and not the employment outcomes of their students. That’ll show ‘em! [Tax Prof Blog] * … Of course, you know what else doesn’t make any list of influencing legal education? The truth. [Constitutional Daily] * This has been a big day for our friends at Thomson Reuters and at LexisNexis. [3 Geeks and a Law Blog] * Time Warner Cable is well within its rights to act like feckless cowards. [Huffington Post] * I like watching the Feds try to roll rich people. I’ve got no horse in the race, I’m just there for the competition. [Dealbreaker] * U.K. considers forcing fat people to lose weight in order to keep their benefits. I was going to make a “Britain, outsource, BBW” joke, which somehow led me to the Wikipedia page for BBW, a page that has really not at all what you’d expect the graphic on BBW to be. [Legal Blog Watch] -
Fat People, Kids, Tort Reform
Lawyers Made Your Kids Fat, Fearful, And Bored
Tort laws are making our kids fat... -
Fat People, Media and Journalism, Rudeness, Television, Women's Issues
Overweight TV Anchor Takes Lawyer To Task On The Air; Lawyer Doesn't Give A Damn
As it turns out, the man who critiqued the Wisconsin TV anchor's appearance was a lawyer. What does that say about lawyers, in general? -
Disability Law, Fat People, Labor / Employment, Texas
You Can Be Fired for Being Too Fat, But You Might Collect a Fat Settlement Check, Too
Can you be fired for being too fat? Check out this portly person's settlement check....
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK.
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few.
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Biglaw, Exercise, Fat People, Food, Health Care / Medicine, Hotties, Partner Issues
Buying In: Biglaw Beach Bodies?(Or: Avoiding excessive PPP -- poundage per partner.)
Is a big gut unavoidable in Biglaw? Not necessarily. The Anonymous Partner has some weight loss and exercise advice. -
Biglaw, Exercise, Fat People, Food
Weight Loss Tips That Keep Fat People Fat
Lawyers, especially Biglaw lawyers, have some unique challenges when battling to stay physically fit. One of those challenges is being too smart for stupid weight loss tips… -
Bloomberg, Fat People, Insider Trading, Non-Sequiturs, Summer Associates, Wal-Mart
Non-Sequiturs: 05.31.2012
* For everyone who’s ever wondered, “I’m an attorney, but I also love playing lacrosse. Where can I enjoy my dual passions?” Well, here’s your answer. [Wall Street Journal] * More analysis of today’s DOMA smack down. [Leonard Link] * Still speaking about DOMA, check out these interesting similarities between Judge Michael Boudin, who wrote the court’s DOMA opinion, and 50 Cent. (Spoiler: they’ve both been shot a gazillion times, duuuh.) [Think Progress] * How do you turn your summer associateship into a full-time offer? I might suggest presents, nepotism, or, ahem, “favors.” Or for more traditional folks, I suppose you could take this “practical” advice. [The Careerist] * What can business executives learn from Wal-Mart? That having holiday sales so huge people are willing to die to be there might not be such a terrible idea? [Harvard Business Review] * What happens when the pool of college graduates dries up in a metropolitan area? Kitten starvation, ice storms, and zombies. [New York Times] * On a policy level, this maybe isn’t a great idea. And I realize I might sound like a hypocrite. But, honestly, if sodas were banned, I would be really upset for like 20 minutes, and then I would just go on a crazy 20-year coconut water binge. [New York Times] After the jump, check out Bloomberg Law’s interview with the judge from Raj Rajaratnam’s insider trading case… -
Comment of the Day, Contests, Fat People
Comment of the Week: The Art Of The Backhanded Compliment
The Comment of the Week is delivered with the back of a hand... -
Fat People, Lawsuit of the Day, Minority Issues, Racism
You Can Sue People For Making Fat Jokes About Black People? WHY WASN'T I INFORMED OF THIS???
Hey, hey, hey! Earl Brown, a former AIG lawyer, claims he was discriminated against because his boss kept making Fat Albert jokes about him. -
B for Beauty, Fat People, Hotties, Reality TV, Television
A Model's 'Fat Ass' Gets Her Fired, But Earns Her a Win in Court
What happens when your run-of-the-mill model, a woman who has been called "very skinny, almost anorexically skinny," is deemed too fat to model by her own agency? This is apparently what happened to the winner of Holland's Next Top Model, but she decided to sue over it.... -
5th Circuit, Ann Althouse, Barack Obama, Books, Clerkships, Depositions, Drinking, Drugs, Fat People, Gay, Lesbians, Nauseating Things, Non-Sequiturs, Politics
Non-Sequiturs: 01.05.12
* Pepsi lawyers offer a creative (if disturbing) defense to a lawsuit by a man who claims he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. [Madison County Record via The Atlantic Wire] * Will birther queen Orly Taitz get to depose — i.e., “rupture the jurisprudential hymen” — of President Barack Obama? That would be […]