Academic

SSRN Developments
Matt Bodie has an interesting overview of the recent changes at SSRN.com. [continued on site]

NYT Discovers SSRN -- DEVELOPING!
In tomorrow's New York Times, it is noted that SSRN allows academics to measure their relative popularity. Just as newspapers track the day's most downloaded stories and Amazon.com lists book sale rankings, we're told, now academics have found a way to keep score...

The New Look at SSRN: An Interview with CEO Gregg Gordon
You may have noticed changes at Social Science Research Network -- both in the page design and in some new features. Below is a discussion with SSRN CEO Gregg Gordon about these new changes...

Good thoughts on good and bad works at sentencing
Professor Carissa Byrne Hessick now has posted here on SSRN a great new paper on a sentencing topic I have always found very interesting (and underexplored in the academic literature)...

SSRN Tax Professor Rankings
SSRN has updated its new monthly rankings of 455 American and international law school faculties and 1,500 law professors by (among other things) the number of paper downloads from the SSRN data base...

Another Residency Restriction Article on SSRN
Proving that I really need to subscribe to various SSRN feeds (as opposed to checking periodically) so that Berman stops scooping me on sex crime articles, Sentencing Law & Policy directs us to this article on SSRN by Asmara Johnson:...

Job Site Fatalities Increase
Safety Experts Concerned

Dating Site
Settles Class Action for $1.5 Million

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
alleging the company’s web site used spyware to track customers Internet use.

Unsafe Work Site
Employee awarded $2.5 million personal injury settlement after suffering burns to his lower body.