Being an American lawyer in the Palau Islands (just north of New Guinea and west of Micronesia) might seem idyllic -- especially to a stressed-out associate toiling away at some Big Firm in, say, New York or L.A. But its allure dims a little with the news that the job entails being beaten with a baseball bat by the "paramount Chief" of the place, who will be spending the next year in jail for doing just that, according to this.