DealBook: Looking to Make a Profit on Lawsuits, Firms Invest in Them

Two economics professors analyzed the political contributions and stock holdings of U.S. mutual fund and hedge fund managers and found that the ones that contribute blue tend to underweight companies that are considered socially irresponsible.

Jobs website CareerBliss recently released a survey finding lawyers had the unhappiest jobs in America, and retired lawyer Steven Harper has some theories on why they're so miserable.

Steven Bulwa submits: As I like to move through my investment theories from a macro to micro perspective this article can be seen as an extension of my recent entry on market bubbles. While that piece addressed the environmental conditions contributing to a series of bubbles, including the current one in technology, this piece looks at investors’ willingness to overpay for the popular stocks of the day.

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Fewer investors are taking corporate America to court for fraud.

For more than two years, developments at Unique Broadband Systems Inc. and its subsidiary Look Communications Inc. have kept teams of lawyers busy and shareholders shaking their heads, wondering when matters will end and they receive some value.

It's not easy to practice the law and be sexy at the same time, but we're looking far and wide for lawyers who can do just that. We want to hear from you. Do you know any lawyers who have a reputation among their friends and colleagues as being sexy? Are there any famous lawyers you find sexy?

Chinese securities firms saw their assets under management (AUM) balloon to 1.2 trillion yuan at the end of 2012, up from 280 billion yuan at the start of 2012, according to the latest data from Securities Association of China.