October 23, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Midsize Law Firms Go for Big Changes
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Recruiter Predicts 5.4% Leap in Lawyer Starting Pay
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Examining E-Discovery Chain of Custody
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What's The Deal At Allen & Overy?
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Making the Case for a White Christmas at Biglaw
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Can You Have Your Cake and Eat it Too?
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But What Do Clients Really Think?
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Class-action lawyers rack up rare victory on fees
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Lawyer Practices With a Song in His Heart and a Piano in His Office
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Indicted Baker & McKenzie Partner in Stock Fraud Scheme Was Acquitted in 1991 Texas Ponzi Case
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The State Of Our Profession Is Bad
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Rough Seas Forecasted for Mukasey
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Law Firm Student Recruitment Video
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Managing Cost-Effectiveness of Legal Services
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Which Came First, the Lawyer or the Stable Boy?
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Redefining Business Casual
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Judge Accused of Moonlighting
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How Lawyers Can Pitch In to Go Green
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50 Ways to Market Your Law Practice
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Indiana Law Student Shoots Real-Estate Finance Casebook
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Seyfarth Shaw Malpractice Defense Claims Catch-22 Similarities
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Ousted US Atty: Firings "Devastating for DOJ"
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Say What?!
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Cash is the Life Blood of a Law Firm
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The perils of using the same firm for both a non-testifying consultant and an expert who will testify at trial
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Real Estate:

More homeowners are filing for bankruptcy to try to stay in their homes. Many are turning to the less-familiar Chapter 13
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More Consumers Halt Foreclosures With Chapter 13
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US senator introduces legislation designed to restrict abusive mortgage lending practices
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Frank floats bill to set stricter standards for subprime mortgages; financial firms' liability could increase
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"I will not be ignored!"
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Reining in Home Mortgage Creditors
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Countrywide to offer refinance options
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AZ Real Estate Brokerage Files for Bankruptcy
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Creditors Question AHM-MidFirst Deal
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Subprime Bailout: Taxpayer toll
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Who'll bail out the homeowners?
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Valuing mortgage bonds: Don't ask, don't tell
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Movie Gallery's Store Closings Worry
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Lenders Curb New Mortgages in Weaker Areas
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Bill Allowing Mortgage Lawsuits Expected to Stir Fierce Opposition
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Neumann to file for bankruptcy
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Dumped Mortgage Files Invite Identity Theft
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Autos:

Chrysler Workers Narrowly Voting for Pact
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UAW Reaches Out to Members
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Dana Offers Some Creditors $40M
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Delphi shareholder pay plan opposed
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GM cuts third shift: 1,000 workers at Delta plant facing layoffs
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Danny Zeck Ford Lincoln Mercury files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

AT&T Sues Vonage Over Patents
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Vonage should fold up its tent
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Pensions:

PBGC takes over 2 Varig plans in US
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Derivatives:

Derivative auction set for Movie Gallery loans
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Serial bankruptcy filings earn Beach man over 7 years in prison
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Wall Street:

A Record Year for Layoffs in Finance
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Wall Street's Real Losses
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Furniture:

Bombay CEO out; layoffs to begin
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Credit Cards:

American Express Sets Aside More for Losses
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Economy:

Business economists see rate of growth slipping as capital spending and hiring slow
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Golf:

Wachovia debt plan opposed
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Celebrity:

Bob McLean auction brings in $96000
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Derivatives:

Blinded by the Derivatives Boom
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Tax:

IRS relents on extension for deferred-compensation rules
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Food/Drink:

IBC asks bankruptcy court to OK exit financing
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Ex-Jays execs sue in ouster
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Twinkies maker gains $400 million in post-bankruptcy financing
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9th Circuit Rules Post-Petition Appreciation Belongs to the Bankruptcy Estate
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Junk Bonds Getting Junkier
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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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To Disclose Or Not To Disclose, That Is The Question
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History:

Will America please come to order?
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Student Debt:

College Tuition and Fees Rise 6.6 Pct.
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When deals go sour: The case of Sallie Mae
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Sallie Mae May Seek Buyer After Flowers Waives Right
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Judge Gives SLM, Investors a Timeline
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Banking:

It's unfair to blame Chuck Prince for the credit crunch
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Health Care:

Pascack doctors seek to end contracts
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A Different Take on Health Care
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$2.5M loan to keep BMC alive for sale
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The Radical Vogue in VEBAs
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Anna:

Smith's former lawyer files for 6% of her estate
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Personal Finance:

America's working poor stretching paychecks to the breaking point
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Attorney Fees:

New Article Tackles Whether Unsecured Creditors Should Be Able To Recover Post-Petition Attorney's Fees, The Question Left Open By The Travelers Decision
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Mining:

Asarco pays $700000 to wrong employees
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Accounting:

Auditor oversight board sees significant shortfalls at small bean counters
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Former Andersen partner settles in America Tissue fraud case
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PwC Disputes Oversight Board's Report
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Accounting, Finance Salaries on the Rise
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PCAOB: The 11 Things Auditors Need to Fix
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UK:

London IPO market seen gloomy with investors wary
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Cheyne receivers in RBS exclusivity deal
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Personal debt could sink the good ship Great Britain
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Consumers 'borrowing more and more'
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