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That was fast. The new administration is less than a month old and already the critical constituency - major financial players - is souring on it. This could negatively affect 401ks and what ordinary investors are counting on not to wind up living paycheck to paycheck - or worse, becoming homeless. As MSN reports: "Hedge funds are making unprecedented multi-billion-dollar bets against the US stock market, signalling expectations of a devastating crash that could wreak havoc on retirement savings across America." What could accelerate the downward momentum is for there to be a continuation of the falloff in confidence in the US tech sector. The impacts of the Chinese DeepSeek have not yet been fully felt. Obviously, these developments provide a platform for the Democratic Party to bring back the Little Guy into the tent. The billionaires pulling on the strings like puppet masters can find themselves out of influence. Given inflation and the ongoing layoffs in white collar full...

The thread on Fishbowl Big Law discusses the role of an equity partner's "good looks" in building a book of business. Of course, how large the book of business the more power and the greater the odds of employment security. Yes, equity partners get demoted or forced out. But the question in the postings is this and, of course, it's predictable it would be posted by lawyers: How to define "good looks." Lawyers are verbal fanatics, always defining terms. They have to. What needs to be defined is not "good looks" per se. It's if the overall presence is essentially from central casting or if it meshes with the traditional branding of what a successful lawyer should look, talk, walk and smell (any fragrance?) like? Pop culture influences. The central casting lawyers have the persona of an Arnie Becker in "LA Law." He could not only charm juries. He could attract more than the average number of women. But, a key feature the producers em...