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BigLaw Bros: Why Slam Pieces Don't Want You
March 1, 2011 · by Legal Tease
Bros of BigLaw, I love you, but I'm worried about you. You're confused. You're angry. And you should be. You've been told, by each other, that cementing your place as a certified cog in the BigLaw cash wheel would lead to a life slick with sick paychecks, sicker bonuses and a bevy of models and bottles waiting to revel in the sickness with you.
But…it's not working out so well for most of you so far. The disposable ladies aren't lining up on their knees like you thought they might. One of you even reached out recently to Above the Law to ask—nay demand—some guidance as to how a BigLaw dudebro could cut through all the nonsense and just "find pretty, young, not-too-intelligent slam pieces on the reg." Elie, bless his heart, advised that all you need to do is to basically target cutters with daddy issues. Decent advice, especially if you happen to live near your local mental ward—but I think Elie missed the mark. He neglected to mention the crucial, the obvious, the only way the average BigLaw Bro will ever have a real shot at slamming his way through the prettiest, not-too-intelligent-est "slam pieces" on the market: [Read more]
Translating Your Annual Review: What Partners Really Mean
December 14, 2010 · by Legal Tease
[The excerpt below is part of an article that was written by yours truly and originally published on TechnoLawyer's BigLaw newsletter on December 13, 2010]
The end of the year is right around the corner, folks. And if you're an associate working in biglaw, you know what that brings: partner drunkscapades at the firm's holiday party, reluctant realizations that you've spent yet another year trading whatever straggling shards of youth you have left for a bucketful of billable hours, and … year-end associate reviews!
Yes, it's once again report card time for biglaw associates, that time of year when your supervisors weigh in on your progress —or lack thereof— on the path to partnership. But what do these reviews really mean? What hidden messages lurk within your supervisors' vague appraisals? Are you on the way up or out?
Below you'll find translations of five common strains of associate review-speak to help you figure out if you should pat yourself on the back —or watch your back— as this year wraps up.
Start translating over at this post's original home on TechnoLawyer's BigLaw newsletter.
The Price of Getting Pretty: Productivity
October 20, 2010 · by Legal Tease
Let's say you just woke up. After working at the firm until midnight last night, you're already underslept and overtired and now you have to haul your ass out of bed and get ready for another day at the firm. You either:
(A) Get up; brush your teeth; spend 10-15 minutes prepping your face, hair and bod; get dressed in the dry-clean-only version of the same basic outfit and shoes that you would wear if you were going to the park for a weekend stroll; and leave for work.
(B) Get up; brush your teeth; spend 45-75 minutes prepping your face, hair and bod; get dressed in the diametrical opposite of the outfit and shoes that you would wear if you were going to the park for a weekend stroll; and leave for work.
In other words, you're either (A) a man or (B) already screwed before you get out the door. Because if you have two X chromosomes and work at a law firm, you're always going to be inherently less productive than your XY counterparts by sheer virtue of the fact that you have to get ready for work every morning. Even if you couldn't care less about your appearance.
Unconvinced? Let's take a look at how the actual numbers shake out. [Read more]
Does a J.D. Turn You Into a Cougar?
October 15, 2010 · by Legal Tease
If you're the kind of person who has eyes, you've probably noticed that you can't throw a vial full of Botox down an airshaft lately without hitting a cougar licking her wounds in an alley down below. Whether it's the latest crop of is-Ashton-cheating-on-Demi rumors, or this week's bombshell about Courtney "Cougar Town" Cox's recent humiliation at the hands of her soon-to-be-ex hubby, Hollywood news has no shortage of commentary about famous cougars. But starlets aren't the only targets when it comes to cougar conjecture. Even here in Big Law, the hunt for so-called cougars has been steadily on the rise. [Read more]
Six Rules for Law Firm Dating
October 13, 2010 · by Legal Tease
[The excerpt below is part of an article that was written by yours truly and originally published on TechnoLawyer's BigLaw newsletter on October 12, 2010]
If you work in a large law firm, you've probably felt it lately — that ineffable shiver in the air, that growing sense of anticipation. It's that time of year again — the first-year associates are arriving. Any minute now, hordes of fresh, hungry first-years will flood the halls of your firm, armed with nothing but hope and a closet full of new dress pants. Some of them will be married or otherwise attached — for now, at least. Most won't be. And that's where things get complicated — and interesting!
See, if you're a single biglaw lawyer, you're well aware that your options for finding a date, much less a mate, are pretty much limited to people working within a 11-foot radius of your office building. But even if you find yourself face to face with a live target, it's tough to make a connection. Part of the problem is that for every six minutes of billable time you get under your belt, you lose a proportional percentage of what the kids call "game." By the time you're, say, a sixth-year associate, you've lost absolutely all ability to flirt. Every last bit. At best, your efforts scream "Avoid Me"; at worst, they scream "Unabomber." Either way, you need some help. So, if you want to improve your flirting skills, and score a date among the junior ranks at your firm without getting yourself rejected, or worse, in trouble, study these six rules.
Read up on the rules at this post's original home on TechnoLawyer's BigLaw newsletter.
Keep Those Breasts Firm…Appropriate
September 29, 2010 · by Legal Tease
You may have noticed that people working in Big Law are more pissed off than usual lately. And I can't say that I blame them. The threat of associate layoffs still looms large. A six-figure salary barely keeps you off food stamps. White shoe firms are crawling with bed bugs. And herpes. But it looks like there's a new kid on the block—a pair of kids, actually—gaining traction as the latest target for Big Law acrimony, at least if the state of affairs in and around my firm is any indication: Boobs. Or more to the point, how front and center they should be when it comes to dressing for work. [Read more]
Keep Those Breasts Firm…Appropriate: The Reveal
September 29, 2010 · by Legal Tease
Without further ado… [Read more]
Poor You! (Literally.)
September 23, 2010 · by Legal Tease
Picture, if you will, my lawyer friend, Caitlin. She's a mid-level finance associate at one of New York's biggest lawyer factories. She's been at the Big Law game long enough to be depressed on the good days and on the hunt for sturdy noose material on the bad days—which is to say most days. But, as luck would have it, after months of furtive interviews, she finally got an offer a couple of weeks ago to go in house at a media company that most people I know, including me, would kill to work for. So, when we went out to drinks last week to celebrate, I was expecting her to be ecstatic. I was expecting her to have quit the firm within five minutes of getting the offer. What I wasn't expecting was three hours of listening to her waver, almost to the point of tears, about whether she should take the job.
I kept pressing her—what was it about this job offer that was making her so torn? The (awesome, non-billable) hours? The (cooler) people? The (less mind-numbing) work? Finally, after four Belvedere-tonics, she leaned across the table and lowered her voice.
"It's just…I'm just afraid…" She darted her eyes around and leaned in closer, lowering her eyes.
"I'm just afraid of what it'll be like to feel…" she whispered, "…poor."
The offered salary of the new in-house gig? $120,000 a year.
And now, a couple of weeks later, I'm still not sure what's more disturbing: the fact that this friend—a worldly, educated, smart, able person—truly thinks that a single lawyer living in New York City on $120,000 could feel "poor" — or that fact that she's absolutely right. [Read more]


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What ISIS has done in Paris is an act of war. Let's destroy them, says Larry Kudlow.» Read More
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner experienced brake problems today, with CNBC's Larry Kudlow; and Boston's Mayor is declaring this year's flu season and public health emergency, with Alysha Palumbo, NECN.
There is a major stir tonight over a cartoon narrated by actor Edward Asner, with CNBC's Larry Kudlow; and Carol Roth, author of "The Entrepreneur Equation," discusses her debate over the 2nd amendment with Piers Morgan via Twitter.
CNBC's Brian Shactman reports no player was elected into the Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame; and Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated senior writer and MLB Network baseball insider.
Danielle Hughes, Divine Capital founder and CEO, discusses how the markets are reacting to the fiscal cliff negotiations, and Apple's weakness.
CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on Vice President Joe Biden's focus on the problems with gun violence; and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for tougher gun laws in his state. Karen Finney, The Hill columnist; Guy Benson, Townhall.com; and Mark Simone, WOR Radio Talk Show host, share their opinions.
Speaker Boehner issued a warning for House Republicans today that the leadership is watching how they vote. Robert Costa, National Review, offers insight.
Larry Kudlow and guests debate whether Jack Lew is a good pick for Treasury Secretary.
Art Laffer of Laffer Investments discusses President Obama's proposed tax hikes. "If you tax rich people, and give the money to poor people, you're going to get lots and lots of poor people, and very few rich people" he says.
NTSB and Boeing are investigating a fire on a 787 Dreamliner in Boston, with Alysha Plaumbo, NECN-Boston, and Katie Pavlich, TownHall.com
Should the Federal Government bail out the entire city of Detroit? Doc Thompson, host of Talk Radio 1270 WXYT, provides perspective.
The Dow Jones average and the S&P 500 dropped slightly in today's trading, with Jonathan Golub, UBS chief U.S. equity strategist.
NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports U.S. officials say the Syria military is poised to use chemical weapons against their own people, but Syria President Bashar al-Asaad has not given the order yet; and discussing the fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington, with CNBC's Eamon Javers; Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports founder & president; and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
After the "fiscal cliff" the big buzz word is "debt ceiling" and new research shows the US could hit that ceiling in just over a month.
A federal mediator is head to LA to join negotiations after eight days of a strike have brought trade at the nation's largest port complex to a trickle, with CNBC's Jane Wells & Justin Wilson, Center for Union Facts.
The New York Post reports today that welfare recipients used electronic bank transfer cards to take out case for strip clubs, liquor stores and x-rated shops. Larry Elder, author of "Dear Father, Dear Son," provides perspective. "The real elephant in the room is why are so many people on food stamps and welfare," says Elder.
Regardless of how the fiscal cliff negotiations play out in Washington, successful earners will still pay higher taxes January 1. Phil Kerpen, Americans for Prosperity, weighs in.
Former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel's possible nomination for the nation's next Defense Secretary had been rumored for weeks. Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations; Gen. Wesley Clark, U.S. Army Retiree; and Tony Fratto, Former White House Deputy Press Secretary, discuss whether Hagel's nomination is controversial.
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Speeding Up Materials Design
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Aspuru-Guzik took as a starting point an organic semiconductor called DTT, which has already demonstrated promise in the lab. First, the computer program generated several possible variations on this large carbon-based molecule by adding and subtracting components. The program then predicted how these variations would behave and screened for the most promising—those that seemed likeliest to conduct charges very fast. These predictions were informed by a huge amount of data on how similar molecules and molecular building blocks have performed in past experiments, and by theoretical physics and chemistry.
When Bao's group synthesized the molecule predicted to have the best properties, it behaved as expected. Transistors made from the material operate 10 times faster than transistors made from amorphous silicon, the material used in today's display electronics; the new material is the second-fastest organic semiconductor yet made. The work is described in the journal Nature Communications. While Bao and Aspuru-Guzik say the material could be used in industrial applications, the experiment has more significance as a proof of principle for their methods for using computers to develop new organic materials.
Aspuru-Guzik is using a similar computational approach for the Harvard Clean Energy Project, which aims to discover better solar material. For this endeavor, he has a lot of computational power at his fingertips: his calculations are being run on the almost two million computers of users signed on to the IBM World Community Grid. Aspuru-Guzik is taking advantage of this brute force to screen about 2.6 million molecules that haven't been made for their solar potential, using experimental data on approximately 200 previously made molecules. The program predicts what color of light a material will absorb, and how strongly, as well as other factors that make a good solar material.
"There's no way you can try all of the possible materials experimentally," says Geoffrey Hutchison, a professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh who's also working on computationally predicting characteristics of possible solar materials. "As time goes on, the experimentalists are starting to rely more on prediction." Results like Aspuru-Guzik's should make them more confident in doing so, he says.


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WASHINGTON - Hours ahead of President Barack Obama's address to the nation Tuesday night on Syria, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he wouldn't support a military strike on Syria because there are no indications it would change conditions there and could make them worse.
"I have never been an isolationist," the Kentuckian said in Senate floor remarks Tuesday. "And a vote against this resolution shouldn't be confused by anyone as a turn in that direction.
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