2009 marks the worst year for lawyer headcount in 30 years. At the top 250 firms alone, the number of downsized attorneys rose by nearly 5,300 … even more if you calculate all the stealth firings and downsizing at smaller firms. But you already know the bad news. What isn’t generally known, is that a [...]
First, the good news: Cobra health coverage just got easier for some of the more than 8,000 lawyers – and millions of other Americans – laid off since last September. As part of the economic-stimulus package Congress signed into law last week, the Fed will provide a nine-month subsidy covering 65 percent of the Cobra [...]
The risk factors for heart disease are well-established: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, abdominal obesity, and sedentary living. Earlier this year, though, New York Times health columnist Jane Brody reported that researchers are unraveling the biochemical reasons for most heart attacks, and the advice for avoiding them is changing … and may surprise [...]
Each year, more than 300,000 Americans die of a sudden, fatal heart attack. This week, the Wall Street Journal reports that about a third of the victims don’t have the usual risk factors, such as family history of heart disease, abdominal fat, high blood pressure or high cholesterol. But there may be a new way [...]