July 24, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Federal Judge Clears Law Firm Accused of Hacking Opponents' Web Archives
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Milberg's Settlement Talks Hit Hurdles
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Attorney Pay Slays Inflation
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Perk Watch: Home Is Where the Art Is
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Susman Godfrey Raises Associate Salaries
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Summer Associate Etiquette Manual: Special Katten Edition
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Pay Raise Watch: Thompson & Knight
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X-Summers: The Swiss Mister
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N.Y. Federal Judge Strikes Down Many New Attorney Ad Rules
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Law Firms That Offer the Best of Both Worlds
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Punching the Clock - Firms crack down on start times, but is it a "generational" thing?
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Ex-NY Associate Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
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Gambling Away His Career: Yale Law Grad's $800,000 in Losses Led to Arrest
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The Billable Hour Must Die
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Google GC's Boondoggle Costs Him $700,000
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Gonzales Pitches "Extreme Makeover: DOJ Edition"
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Bankruptcy attorneys at risk under V&E pay raise plan?
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So, this lawyer walks into a bar . . .
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Hello, I'm a Lawyer With a Mac
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Law Grads Gush Over Prospects as Landmen
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Scary Parts of Ghostwriting
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Attorney Survives Shark Attack
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How Much Longer before We Stop Calling Them Law Firm Partners?
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Say What?!
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Commoditizing Legal Service
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Publishing:

Simpson's Book to Be Published by Family
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Economy:

"Contagion" Could Lead to a Financial Tsunami
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As credit market woes intensify, Wall Street CEOs see 'no clear signs' of a crisis
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Credit crunch to hit stocks, Morgan Stanley warns
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'US economy at risk from 'non-ally' bondholders'
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Labor:

Bankruptcy warning law a new headache for business
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Furniture:

Corinthian bids to acquire assets of PeopLoungers
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Assets of Rose Furniture to be auctioned Aug. 17
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Toys:

Outsized dispute over nation's toy tracks
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Mass Torts:

Mass tort bankruptcies under scrutiny
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Fitness:

Cleveland Athletic Club discontinues food service
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Golf:

Trump questions go unanswered
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Autos:

Dana, NJ hedge fund in confidentiality pact
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UAW Opens Contract Talks With GM and Ford
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Ford, GM aim to be lead in talks
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Detroit Automakers and UAW Roll Up Their Sleeves
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What's at stake
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Ford pain as debts nudge $30bn mark
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The Way Forward Is Painful
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Labor talks may tiptoe around jobs bank
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GM retirees picket in Detroit to try to keep coverage
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Critical reforms must drive auto labor talks
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Telecoms:

Amp'd Mobile to Shut Down--Probably...
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Corporate Reform:

Ex-NY GC Pleads Guilty on Backdated Options
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Black Verdicts Are In, but the Case Is Far From Over
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Conrad Black's New, Litigation Industry
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Real Estate:

Wells Fargo pulls popular subprime loan from mix
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Fitch Places 12 Structured Finance CDOs on Rating Watch Negative due to Subprime RMBS Exposure
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Condo Crash
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Subprime exposure weighs on forecast for CIBC
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Founder bids for bankrupt company
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Most ruthless foreclosure states
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IndyMac Cuts 400 Jobs
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States Aim to Stem Tide Of Home Foreclosures
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Deutsche Analysts Say Housing Weakness Carrying Into Summer
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Southern California Home Sales Hit Slowest Pace in 14 Years
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On the fringe of the home slump
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Mass Torts:

Hundreds turn out for Dallas asbestos screening
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Steel Workers' Families Win $3.97 Million in Md. Asbestos Case, First Of "Hundreds Of Cases"
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Religion:

Warren: Mormons Go Bankrupt
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Diocese legal bill surpasses $10 million
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Food/Drink:

Bankrupt Le-Nature's model trains to be auctioned
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Hedge Funds:

Hedgies still raking in the dough: $58.7 billion added in second quarter
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Layoffs:

An Entrepreneur's Take On Managing Layoffs
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Credit Cards:

American Express Card Charge-offs Rise 41%
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Health Care:

Warren: The Relationship Between Our Broken Health Care System and Personal Bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
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Entertainment:

Tupac's mother in battle for material
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Corporate Governance:

Boardroom Climate Change
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Finance:

Moody's says easy loan covenants won't affect its ratings, though it sees lower recovery rates ahead
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Aviation:

No parachutes for Southeast
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Symphony Will Rise Again, Says Investor
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UAL Posts 2Q Profit of $274M
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Getting mileage out of frequent fliers
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Celebrity:

Now, banks accuse Pearlman
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Tax:

Advocate Argues Against Private Tax Collection
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Telecoms:

Amp'd closing shop even as rival Virgin Mobile thrives
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Report on consumer bankruptcy filings, household debt, and families in financial distress
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Banks face $400bn high-risk debts
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Are Bankruptcy Judges Being Universally Defaulted by Congress?
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The PSC Liquidating Trust Announces Fifth Distribution to Beneficiaries
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UK:

UK taking a 'US approach' to bankruptcy
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Mortgage lenders to pay back millions in exit fees
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Millions sitting on bad financial deals
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£10bn debt doubles British prediction
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Millions may take 30 years to pay off their credit cards
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Canada:

Ont. judge orders Drabinsky, Gottlieb to pay $36.5M US
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'He took advantage of his friends and neighbors'; Judge extends prison sentence of swindler best known for murdering, assuming victim's ID
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Australia:

ISP fights on in receivership
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Japan:

ShinGinko feared on brink of failure
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Italy:

Parmalat reaches settlement - supposedly
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