Economics
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Finance
Steve Mnuchin Will Hand Over Trump's Taxes By The Middle Of Never
Let's talk about who the Treasury Secretary is, and why contempt of Congress doesn't faze him even a little. - Sponsored
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. -
Technology
alt.legal: The (Nobel-Winning) Theory Of Contracts
Efficient contracts are complicated business; can technology help?
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Politics
Carl Icahn Would Have Joined Trump Economic Team But He Had Already Made Plans To Wash His Beard
Uncle Carl turned down The Donald in order to live his truth as 'Two-PAC.' -
Politics
Moody’s: Threat Of Economic Apocalypse Definitely Lower Under Hillary
Their working title was “Hey, it’s not as bad as his plan.” -
Ask the Experts, Law Schools, Wall Street Journal
From Across the Desk: Students Outsmart Professors?
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. examines the changing legal marketplace and the business models needed for law schools going forward. -
Airplanes / Aviation, Boalt Hall, Health Care / Medicine, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Malpractice, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.11
* The TSA must be stopped. They’re now leaving creepy notes when they spy personal items in your luggage. [Not So Private Parts / Forbes] * Law students, trust me, there’s nothing on your Facebook page that three more points on the LSAT won’t fix. [WSJ Law Blog] * Berkeley Law 1Ls are playing an […] -
9th Circuit, Federal Judges, Quote of the Day, Richard Posner, Stephen Reinhardt
Quote of the Day: Is This an Opinion or an Op-Ed Piece?
[S]ome of the conclusions of which our leading economic experts have been confident have turned out to be incorrect. For example, Alan Greenspan, appointed and then reappointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve for five terms by four different Presidents, recently admitted to a significant flaw in the ideology that caused him to support and implement […] - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Hotties
Attractive People May or May Not Be Better Lawyers, But They Do Get Paid More
Earlier this month, your Above the Law editors had a little debate about whether attractive people make better lawyers. Apparently a couple of economists asked a similar question a decade ago. Jeff Biddle and Daniel Hamermesh published a paper in the Journal of Labor Economics in 1998 titled Beauty, Productivity, and Discrimination: Lawyers’ Looks and […]
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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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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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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.