Posts by Kim Krawiec

What a lovely welcome, Dan!  Since I don’t have Tim’s wit, I’ll just thank Dan for inviting me to join the Lounge and thank all of the other Loungers and…

From Tuesday’s USA today: Sperm, egg donors increase during recession By Judy Keen, USA TODAY CHICAGO — Sperm banks and donor agencies say the recession is prompting a surge in…

Since, here at the Faculty Lounge, we never bypass an opportunity to publicly discuss sperm (see, e.g. Live Sperm, Dead Donor and More Live Sperm, Dead Donor) I bring you…

I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising that a secondary market has already emerged in California IOUs.  A Craigslist search, for example, turns up a number of bidders looking to buy…

Unless they involve a law school dean, of course.  But Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's diplomacy efforts in anticipation of the G8 summit to be held July 8-10 in the Italian city…

The Financial Times is reporting that Tuesday’s spike in oil prices to their highest level this year was caused by a rogue broker who placed a large bet in the…

In this four part series on law school culture, incentives, and dysfunction, I reviewed some of the arguments in favor of and against the tenure system and maintained that moving…

From Felix Salmon: The Cajun Boy hits the nail on the head when he describes one of the biggest upsides to opening oneself up to the crazies of the internet…

Last week, I blogged about the Ninth Circuit decision in Vernoff v. Astrue, which upheld the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) denial of child survivor benefits to Brandalynn Vernoff, a 10-year-old…

In a sharp divergence from the guidelines of some scientific organizations and the laws of other states, such as California, which forbid such payments, New York last week became the…