As Goes Uber? New York City Drops English Test For Yellow Cab Drivers
As of last Friday, taxi drivers in New York City no longer have to pass an English proficiency exam to get behind the wheel. Apparently City Council thought that requiring…
Goldman Calls It For Oil: “OPEC Freeze Insufficient To Support Prices; The Price Rally Should Stall”
Exactly 24 hours ago, we explained why – in our view – the oil rally was over, and gave four key reasons: i) after the biggest documented short squeeze in…
Idiocracy Director: It’s Kind Of Scary How Quickly The Movie Became A Documentary
Submitted by Carey Wedler via TheAntiMedia.org, For years, fans of the 2006 cult film Idiocracy have lamented society’s drift toward the fictional reality in which farmers and leaders water their…
New Russia-China-Iran Alliance Could Push US Out Of Much Of The Middle East
Submitted by Darius Shahtamasebi via TheAntiMedia.org, When the current Syrian conflict first erupted in 2011 – and then enflamed in 2012 – a small minority of the American public probably…
Top 25 Corporate Pension Plans Alone Are Underfunded By Over $225 Billion
Massively underfunded public and private pensions, and all the risks inherent therein, have been a frequent topic of conversation for us recently. Today, Tobias Levkovich at Citigroup published a report…
How Not to Make Friends in Law School: The Gunner
The people you meet in law school likely won’t disappear from your life after just three years of law school. Many of them could become your colleagues, lifelong friends, or…
The Most Important Supreme Court Cases of the Term — by Citation
Some cases from the last term will take awhile to make their impact in lower courts. There are only so many abortion restrictions to overthrow, for example. District courts aren’t…
Life as a Law Firm Partner: It’s Not All Glory and Good Times
It’s the undeniable goal of most lawyers to see his or her name affixed within the firm name. Who doesn’t want to be partner? The ego, the prestige, the salary…
Hiring a Remote Freelance Lawyer: Is It Right for Your Practice?
Like it or not, physical hiring is slowly going the way of the dodo bird and remote hiring is in. More and more, attorneys are finding themselves mobile rather than…
Ryan Lochte Has Lost All Of His Sponsorship Deals
Update: As we learned moments ago, Ryan Lochte has now lost his last two remaining sponsorships, those with Airweave and Gentle Hair Removal, meaning as of this moment, his Rio…