Law:

Judge Puzzled at BofA's Stance in $58 Million Heller Suit
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Law Firms Hit the Jackpot in Casino Sale
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Layoff Watch: Husch Blackwell
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Loeb & Loeb Lays Off 4 Attorneys
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Linklaters boosts German insolvency with Clifford Chance heavyweight
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Where Do the Happy Lawyers Work?
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A Message of Inspiration From Ballard Spahr
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Law Schools Hope BigLaw Firm's Move to Ax On-Campus Interviews, Summer Program Was a Fluke
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Advice for Law Students Seeking Jobs
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Pls Hndle Thx: Too Sexy for My Law Firm
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Hastings Grad Tells Lawyers How to 'Leave Law Behind'
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The Obvious Keys to Associate Satisfaction
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Jack Welch: Women Take Time Off for Kids at Their Peril
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Famed Litigator Accused of Colluding With WalMart on Class Action Deal
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Appeals Court Allows Malpractice Suit Against Duane Morris
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Firm Founders Suspended (Sorta)for Sloppy Supervision of Satellite Office
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Trump Cries “Unfair” When Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against NYT Editor
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Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act Sends Law Agencies New Tools and a Message
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Law Student of the Day: John Belanger
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Why Women Are More Likely to Get Hired Than Men: The Dirty Truth About Law Firm Hiring
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Ladies, Are You Looking for Love in Boston? Try Suffolk Law
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Survey: 29% pay gap between male and female solicitors
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Subcontinental Homesick Blues
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The Speedo Question: What to Wear to a Work Pool Party
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Comic Relief: Sotomayor, Franken Find They Are Both "Perry Mason" Fans
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Senate Likely to Vote on Sotomayor by Early August
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GOP Won't Filibuster Sotomayor
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Sotomayor's stance on business is moderate
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'Wise Latina' Count Continues to Rise
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Sotomayor Voices Regrets About 'Wise Latina' Remarks
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Smooth Sailing for Sonia Sotomayor?
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Cordial End to Senate Hearing Paves Way for Sotomayor Confirmation
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Day 4, Confirmation Hearings: Witnesses Get Their Say on Sotomayor
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Top 10 Quotes From the Sotomayor Hearings
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Judges on the Battlefield
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Judge's Defamation Suit Against Lawyer Is Dismissed
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Los Angeles Superior Court Survives Its First Furlough
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Judge Moreno May Have Loved Paris Hilton, But Court Artist Didn't
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Decline; S&P 500 Contract Slips 0.3%
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Stock Futures Mixed With Latest Earnings Results
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Recovery Hopes Spark Late Rally
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Stocks in US Advance After Roubini Predicts Recession to End This Year
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Nouriel Roubini says comments taken out of context
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Charles Schwab's profit slides 31%
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JPMorgan Earnings Soar as It Finds Profit in Slump
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JPMorgan: Nice Job. (Now Keep It Up.)
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Markets brace for CIT fallout
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Two Giants Emerge From Wall Street Ruins
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As Bank Bonuses Swell, Congress Gets Bill on Pay
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Ill. jobless rate hits 10.3%
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Number of jobless in Mich. hits 740,000
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N.J.'s unemployment at highest level in 32 years
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McGraw-Hill cuts 550 jobs
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ABX Air Laying Off 1, 000 More Workers
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Swedbank Will Cut 3,600 Jobs
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Harley-Davidson to Cut Workforce by 11%
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Autos:

Analysis finds GM, Chrysler's plans weak
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Chrysler Liquidation Plan Coming in Fall, Lawyer Tells Bankruptcy Court
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GM board postpones annual shareholders meeting
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House poised to defy White House on car dealers
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Auto dealerships: Can you unscramble the egg?
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Chrysler fires back against terminated dealers
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Auto task force kept casual look
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Delphi Strikes Pact With Lenders Over Reorganization
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Delphi Lenders Plan Bid for Auto-Parts Maker Using Collateral
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GM and Chrysler may become bankruptcy lenders to auto parts supplier Visteon
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Johnson Controls, Supplier Earnings Slip as Auto Sales Tumble
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Delphi, GM working with lenders on bankruptcy offer
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Retirees Step Up Pressure on Delphi
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Bankrupt supplier Lear, UAW in tentative contract
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Speculators finally get the message on 'old GM' shares
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RHJ to cut 3,900 jobs at Opel in Germany
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RHJ sees 10,000 Opel job cuts at most: report
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Germany says has preference for Magna's Opel bid
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Opel Sale Decision Likely 'Early Next Week,' GM Says
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Banking:

A Great Time to Be A Banker
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Treasury, Fed Officials Feared For Failure of BofA-Merrill Deal
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Lawmakers hit out at Paulson over BofA-Merrill
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Paulson Ordered the Code Red
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Apocalypse Then
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Bank of America Reports Profit on Trading Gains
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Bank of America 2nd-qtr profit falls
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Bank Of America Under Secret Sanction: Reports
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Wachovia Takes Round 1 of the Citi-Wachovia Fracas
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Bank CEOs Must Lose `Life and Death' Power, Former HBOS Risk Manager Says
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Motorcycles:

Harley, Polaris warn on motorcycle demand
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Corporate Reform:

Fed says it should keep consumer protection role
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Let's defend the myth of Fed independence
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Exposing the Fed for what it is
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Administration's proposal would give SEC oversight of hedge funds, other private capital pools
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Major U.S. exchange chief urges SEC-CFTC merger
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Aviation:

AMR: Bankruptcy ? Not Us
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Continental CEO Kellner Stepping Down
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British Airways seeks emergency funding
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British Airways gets $983 million funding boost
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Economy:

US Jobless Claims Slump on Timing of Auto Shutdowns
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Fed's Lack of 'Conviction' on Outlook Signals Policy Stalemate
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Philadelphia-Area Factory Index Falls More Than Forecast as Orders Decline
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Biden: It's Working!
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Obama Stimulus Fails to Reboot Economy as Multiplier Effect Shows No Life
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Turnaround, Here We Come
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US to Recover, May Need More Stimulus, Roubini Says
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Foreign demand for long-term US financial assets fell sharply in May
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Tracking Indicators in 8 Cities
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Recession Reaches Nantucket Island
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Why the money printing's not causing inflation
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Dept of Treasury seeks contractors for 'power of humor'... 'Have the ability to create cartoons on the spot'
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CBO: Federal budget is on unsustainable path
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Joe Biden: ‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:

Fitch Sees Potential Housing Bottom
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Housing Starts in U.S. Probably Steadied in Sign Three-Year Slump Easing
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Homebuilder Sentiment Index Rises in July
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Moody's on Home Builders: No Green Shoots Here
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Prosecutors file 189 legal actions in nationwide sweep of loan modification consultants
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Is Redefault Risk Preventing Mortgage Loan Mods?
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Mortgage rates continue to ease
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Mortgage rates little changed
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Senators blast lack of progress in efforts to fix mortgage crisis
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NorCal Median Home Price Rises in Month
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Mortgages Are Still A Growing Source Of Pain For JP Morgan Chase
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Brooklyn, Queens housing prices down steeply
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Home Ownership Isn't a Road to Riches
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NY: Office leasing activity off by 44% in first half of '09
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Commercial-Mortgage Market Stays Shut Amid US Aid
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Q2 Foreclosure Filings Reach Highest Quarterly Level In RealtyTrac Report History
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Chase Uses TARP to Extract Fees, Says Class
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Tampa Bay area sees some stabilization in foreclosure rates
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Tennessee's foreclosure picture improving
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Mississippi foreclosures jump sharply
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Ohio foreclosures down 15% in 1st half
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CT Foreclosure Filings Drop For Third Straight Month
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Mixed news on Michigan foreclosures
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Nevada foreclosures increase in June
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Maryland foreclosures ease in June
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GA Ranks High
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Arizona has second-highest foreclosure rate
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Corporate Governance:

Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009 and Delaware's Dominance
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With Power, the Risk of Abuse
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Insurance:

MGIC to invest $1B in new subsidiary
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Details of Some AIG Sales Kept From Public
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Hotels:

Marriott puts a damper on the economic recovery
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Municipalities:

Talks fail to break California budget impasse
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Schools Paying for California's Budget Woes
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Electronic trades will cash out California IOUs
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Anger grows over pay, furloughs
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Gambling:

MGM passes audit, says it's in 'full compliance' with debt requirements
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Credit Cards:

Credit-Card Defaults May Rise as Tax Refunds Wane
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JPMorgan chief hits out at new credit card rules
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Visa puts another $700 million in litigation fund
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Retailing:

Retail Rose-Colored Glasses
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Eddie Bauer's emergency banker CIT struggles
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Lang Holdings files for bankruptcy reorganization
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Food/Drink:

Agriprocessors: The Play
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Judge has yet to rule on Iowa slaughterhouse sale
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Santa Fe Cattle Co. files bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Verleger Says Oil to Collapse to $20 This Year on `Devastating' Crude Glut
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Oil majors seen having "ugly" second quarter
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SGLP on the comeback trail year after SemGroup collapse
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Celebs:

Jon Stewart slams Cramer over Lenny Dykstra bankruptcy
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Dykstra's financial woes spelled out in divorce filing
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Rail:

Carloads Grow at Large Railroads
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Biotech:

Biopure files for bankruptcy, announces assets sale to OPK Biotech
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Steel:

ArcelorMittal loan terms loosened
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Newspapers:

Gannett's earnings OK but massive debts loom
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Actor Beatty doesn't want deposition videotaped
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Lingerie:

Bankruptcy gets Intimas' panties in a bunch
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Bankruptcy Litigation:

Pearlman Investors Request Judge Block Lawsuits
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Trucking:

YRC Worldwide, Teamsters find their fates hitched
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Water:

Basin Water files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Derivatives:

AIG Swaps May Take Decades to Expire Leaving a 'Toxic Pool'
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Telecoms:

Nokia posts 66% drop in second-quarter profit
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State regulators get few answers from FairPoint
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