Law:

DLA Piper Cuts Starting Pay to $145K, Apparently May Eliminate Lockstep
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Salary Cut Watch: DLA Piper Joins the Party
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Associate Salary Cuts: DLA Joins the Running Total
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Why Rookie Lawyers Get $60,000 Paid Vacations
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Lockstep Model Loses Favor as Law Firms Pressure Partners
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First Year Associates Prepare for War With Summers
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Bankruptcy boom skips Detroit
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Little Delaware is a big player in corporate cases
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Will BigLaw Slash Hiring by 90 Percent?
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Last Week in Layoffs
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Pillsbury finally makes their start date announcement
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Linklaters to fork out 50m to leavers
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More IP Angst as Fish & Richardson Cuts 35 Lawyers, 85 Staff
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Fennemore Craig Cuts 7 Lawyers, 10 Staff
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Firm Axes 91, Many More Than Staffers Expected
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Even in Bad Economy, Women Lawyers Move in Search of Work-Life Balance
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Despite Downturn, Some Midsized Firms' First-Year Hiring Unchanged
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Two Skadden M&A Stars Defect to Kirkland in ‘Shockwaves’ Move
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More Economic Problems at BigLaw?
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Press-Release Correction of the Day
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Firms break mold and pull together to recover lost billions
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Judge Raps Plaintiffs Counsel, Dismisses Class Action Against Washington Mutual
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Dreier Sheets
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Did Bill Gates' Company Dis His Dad's BigLaw Firm?
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Firms are aiming to save money through offshoring, but what do clients think?
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Federal Prosecutor Questions Rove on Fired U.S. Attorneys
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Supermarket Legal Services Coming to the U.K.
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Addleshaws set to lay off 85 and freeze pay as cutbacks continue
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Pannone Lays Off 35 Staff, Goes to 4-Day Week
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Freshfields profits from crunch advice
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Miller Canfield Lawyer Charged in Biker Gang Case to Resign Detroit Post
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Lawyer of the Day: Hatim 'Biker Dude' Attalla
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In Defense of the Billable Hour: Bad, or Just Misunderstood?
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Legal Technology and Client Charges
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Lawyer predicts own murder -- on YOUTUBE
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Judge Calls Mistrial for ‘Absolutely Outrageous’ Texting by Witness
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Law Students Teach Scalia About Privacy and the Web
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Pool of free legal help running dry
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Judges:

What Old Sin Will Haunt the Next Supreme Court Nominee?
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Supreme Speculation: And Then There Were Six
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"Dear Stalker" Spat: Judge and Ex Trade Accusations on Who's Harassing Whom
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Gov Nominates His Wife for Federal Bench
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Justice Breyer Makes Chicago Acting Debut as Ghost in Hamlet
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Wall Street:

European, US Stock-Index Futures Drop; Asian Shares Decline
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World stocks mixed amid earnings woes; India soars
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Stock rally stalls as investors await new catalyst
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Whatever You Call It, This Rally May Not Last
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Exasperated investors go after advisers
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The Story of Bear Stearns' Final, Tragic Days
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Judges:

Conservatives Map Strategies on Court Fight
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Sessions Favors Judge For High Court
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Firms differ in handling of layoffs
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CDCR issues 3,600 layoff notices
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Continental Corporation lays off hundreds in Huntsville
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Autos:

Stress-Testing Washington's Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan
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GM to Close 1,100 Dealerships
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GM Dealer Closing List
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Bankruptcy key to cuts
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Trade group urges affected GM dealers to appeal
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Dealers getting variety of messages from GM
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Logic no comfort for dealers
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Dealer closings will hit consumers, too
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Embattled Chrysler lots desperate to cut mean deals
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GM in Bankruptcy May Speed Dealer Cuts to Match Chrysler's Pace
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Bankruptcy key to cuts
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GM shows signs that bankruptcy filing is coming
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Henderson will not lead GM for much longer
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GM: Key dates in run-up to bankruptcy deadline
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GM: The Deep, Dark Shadows of Bankruptcy
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GM stakes virtual property in case of bankruptcy
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Treasury to euthanized GM and Chrysler dealers: It wasn't us
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GM Follows in Chrysler's Footsteps
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GM , UAW close to deal to cut labor, health-care costs
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G.M. Seeks More Imports From Low-Wage Regions
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UAW contests GM restructuring
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Fiat CEO Says He'll Meet Unions
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Chrysler's Creditors Agreed to the Government's Deal
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Chrysler Names Supplier Choices for Post-Bankruptcy
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So Far So Good
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Trial Lawyers Ruffled By Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan
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Is Litigation Looming Between Chrysler and its Dealers?
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Chrysler dealers prep legal fight
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Dealers: What Are They Good For?
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These cars have got to go: Dealer cuts mean deals
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Tale of 2 cities' auto anxiety
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Michigan on hold
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Role of unions in Michigan during recession disputed
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Ford assumes Visteon credit line
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Ford on the road to profit in '11, CEO Mulally says
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Is Crucible Just the First of More Tool Steel Producers?
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A New York Dodge Dealer and His Legacy
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Heads will roll at Toyota, analyst says
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CAW president says GM of Canada talks move slowly
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Germany may send team to US for Opel talks
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Volvo to pay $525M for Mack Trucks health care
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Minister: No Italian closures in Fiat plans
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Personal Finance:

Even to Save Cash, Don’t Try This Stuff at Home
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Kids adapt to job, pay loss
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Bankruptcy : Sad stories, desperate debtors
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Insurance:

After A Long Wait, Some Insurers Reject TARP Funds
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Bailout For The Hartford Could Keep Firm Intact
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Economy:

US prices fall most since 1955
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Industrial production falls by least in 6 months
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It’s No Time to Stop This Train
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Government Money Is a Toxic Asset
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Economy limiting services of local police
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Bernanke: investor demand for TALF will grow
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China's yuan to usurp $ as world's reserve currency
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Economist sticks with May 15 as bottom of the bust
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US Economy Is No Longer in 'Freefall,' Summers Says
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Two Staples of Southern California Economy No Longer So Reliable
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U.S. coping with recession via chocolate, Spam, condoms
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'Measure Man' gives glimpse of life after the disaster
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Retailers, Service Cos. Gain as People Stay Home
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Real Estate:

Gov't losses big in home market
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Minorities Affected Most as New York Foreclosures Rise
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Housing-Rescue Plan Adds 'Short Sales'
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Heritage at the Stoneleigh Dallas developer forced into bankruptcy
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Pulte Homes criticized for 'irresponsible' lending
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Pulte Directors Must Tender Resignations After Vote
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Phoenix's housing bust goes boom
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$130 million project in KC files for bankruptcy
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Trump Strikes Back in Co-Op Fight Over Unpaid Rent
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Rookies, pros compete for foreclosed homes at auction
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Trump Explains How He Values His Empire
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How Much Will LandAmerica's 1031 Customers Recover?
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Fitch Slashes Prime RMBS to Junk
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Commercial Real Estate Loan Originations Show Continued Deterioration
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Bankruptcy Poetry:

Conflict Work
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Corporate Governance:

Delaware Chancery Court Provides Instruction to Lawyers Advising Boards on Complex Documents
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Corporate Reform:

SEC lawyers probed for insider trading
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SEC Chief Mary Schapiro: The Watchdog's New Teeth
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Hotels:

7-star hotel escapes crisis discounting
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Aviation:

How Delta Climbed Out of Bankruptcy
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Claim Aer Lingus faces bankruptcy "rubbish" -chair
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Have Airlines Cut Too Deep?
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Commuter Pilot’s Life Defies Glamorous Stereotype
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Health Care:

Home Depot Spends More on Interchange than on Health Care
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Therapists Get an Earful About Career Anxiety
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Bankruptcy shrouds retirement community
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Fewer firms pay full health benefit
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Municipalities:

'Youth Magnet' Cities in Midlife Crisis
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Another California Tax Revolt?
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California Reckoning
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City explores bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy examined on its first anniversary
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Jefferson County eyes 1200 layoffs, massive cuts, possibly bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy best for Jefferson County sewer woes? Not necessarily
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SEC suit against JPMorgan could help Jefferson County
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Texas MUD Sinks Toward Chap. 9; Others on Solid Ground
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Financial emergency in Detroit
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Cities Ask Treasury for $5 Billion to Fund Public Bond Insurer
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Resorts:

Greenbrier Sale, Explained
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Credit Suisse Asks Judge to Declare It Won Auction
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Villa owners up in arms over unpaid rental revenue
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Credit Cards:

First Data posts $231M Q1 loss
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Scales about to tip to consumers on credit card rights
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Cap One Charge-Off, Delinquency Rates Drop
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Fraud:

Dickensian Denial
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Madoff Probe Expands to Include Victims
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Hunt for Madoff money to drag on for years
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Hedge Fund Manager Accused of Fraud
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Stanford's Antiguan Liquidator Seeks Bankruptcy Case
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Stanford ruling backs Antiguan receivers
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Receiver in Stanford Case Asks for $20 Million
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Attorney says SEC 'cremated' Stanford's business
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Trustee to pursue Hawaii Ponzi scheme assets
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Venue:

Luxembourg-registered, Netherlands-based LyondellBasell filed for Chapter 11 in New York, betting that its chances to reorganize would be greater.
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Oil/Gas:

SemGroup files bankruptcy reorganization plan
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SemGroup asks to search for new executives
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Norwegian driller PetroMENA units file for Chpt 11
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TXCO Resources Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition under Chapter 11
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Food/Drink:

Tomato company at center of probe files Chapter 11
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US Billionaire Poised to Snap Up Distressed Bordeaux Chateaux
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Non-Profit:

Tennessee's Easter Seals chapter faces bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

ICO Global Communications unit files for bankruptcy
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Nortel may shrink, but it won't vanish
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Horse Racing:

Is Preakness at Pimlico endangered?
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Auto Racing:

NASCAR chairman remains confident amid recession
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Mining:

AMC, Grupo Mexico appeal verdict awarding Asarco to Sterlite
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Distressed Investing:

Sullivan & Cromwell's Aquila on distressed M&A
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Bankruptcy Auctions: The New Buyout Market?
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