October 16, 2009

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Law:

Lehman Pays $417.4 Million to Bankruptcy Advisers
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Fee-for-All
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Greenberg Traurig Expands Tampa Office, Bankruptcy Practice
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Litigation Trends Survey Offers (a Little)Reason for Optimism
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Hang on Tight: Company Spending on Litigation Expected to Fall
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Foley & Lardner Confirms Layoffs of 39 Lawyers
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Layoff Watch: Guesses at the Winston & Strawn Cuts
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Judge Approves BofA's Waiver of Privilege
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Parsing the BofA Privilege Waiver's Impact on Wachtell, Shearman
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Lawyers could be biggest losers in BofA ruckus
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Inside Sullivan & Cromwell's "M&A Dorm"
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NY firms dominate league of world's most profitable
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New ACC ‘Value Index’ Helps Clients Rate—And Share—Law Firm Performance Info
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3rd Circuit Nixes Lawyer’s $14M Age Suit Despite ‘Younger & Cheaper’ Note
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: Some Thoughts on Stealth Layoff Calculation
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Missed Connections in Bankruptcy Class
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Does a Perfect ‘Boot & Rally’ Net You An Offer at Weil?
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The ‘Experience O’Melveny’ for Summer Associates
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Law.Gov Proposes Open-Source Stash of All Primary US Legal Materials
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More than Half of the Largest Companies Expect More Litigation Next Year
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Toyota Can Peek Inside Four Boxes of Evidence, but Not Plaintiffs Attorneys
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Pls Hndle Thx: An Offer You Can’t Refuse
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Firm in galactic injunction embarrassment
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High Court Justices Doubt Lawyers Should Be Paid Extra for Winning
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Former Richards Butler lawyer found guilty of stealing clients
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Heller Creditors May Sue Accountant Over Its ‘07 Audit of Law Firm
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50 Most Powerful People in D.C. Includes Some Lawyer Favorites
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Defamation Case Turns On Mysteries Of Legal Terminology
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How Much Is a Law School Worth?
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Judges:

Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized for Night After Bad Reaction to Medication
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Justice Ginsburg Airplane Drama: Bad meds, reaction cause her to fall from seat
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The Supreme Court Shows Off Its Dull Side
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Ex-Fla. Appeals Judge Who Pleaded Guilty in Stripper Case Is Disbarred
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Justices Who Make About $200K Debate Enhanced Fee of $700K
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Silicon Valley IP Lawyer Swings at Eastern District of Texas Judge
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Obama Too Cautious on Judge Picks?
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Fluctuate; S&P 500 Set for Weekly Gain
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US Stock Futures Edge Up
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Dow surpasses 10000 mark for 26th time
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Goldman Sachs Profit Tops $3 Billion
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Blankfein Puts Mouth Where Goldman's Profit Is:
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Goldman's bonus play underscores broader strategy
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Goldman Sachs: This Is an Investment Bank?
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You ain't seen nothing yet at Goldman
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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US Initial Jobless Claims Fall More Than Forecast
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Obama says he's looking at any way to create jobs
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Job Program Found to Miss Many States That Need It Most
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Puerto Rico Unions Protest 20,000 Job Cuts
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Telecoms:

Nokia Reports $1.36 Billion Loss
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Insurance:

AIG sees $1.4 bln loss on Taiwan unit sale
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Tax:

As 7,500 Reveal Secret Bank Accounts in 70 Countries, IRS Hunts for More
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Celebs:

Un-Break My Bank Account
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Economy:

Jobless claims, muted inflation boost recovery
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Inflation cools off
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Dollar Ends 4-Day Slide
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:

Mortgage rates up for first time in 4 weeks
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Goldman profits, but home defaults surge
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Messy Foreclosure Cases Likely to Make a Lot of Work for Lawyers
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MGIC Posts Ninth-Straight Loss as Mortgage Defaults Hit Record
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Citi's Commercial Real Estate Problem
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Foreclosures: 'Worst three months of all time'
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Mo. home foreclosure filings rise 8.3 pct in 3Q
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Barney Frank, Predatory Lender
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6 Lawyers Among 41 Charged in $64M Mortgage Fraud Case
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Commercial Lenders Bracing for Expected Wave of Defaults
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Corporate Reform:

OTC derivatives rules backed by Congress panel
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Coffey May Run for New York AG, Would Target–What Else?–Wall Street
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Motorcycles:

Harley profit drops 84%; Buell shut down
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Private Equity:

Lynn Tilton Goes to Washington
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Private equity restructurings to double: AlixPartners
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Horse Racing:

Pimlico, Laurel Park in bankruptcy auction
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Finance:

CIT faces some form of bankruptcy filing
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Telecoms:

Sony Ericsson Reports Widening Losses
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Media:

US judge to ok Charter's reorg plan
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Credit Cards:

Lawsuit Targets Major Credit Card Lender Over Alleged Excessive Charges
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Aviation:

In Shift From ’08, Holiday Airfare Is Soaring Daily
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Even as Fares Creep Up, Airlines Tack on Fees, Too
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JAL slumps, investors say bankruptcy an option
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Japan Air Has Record 2-Day Drop; Moody's, S&P Downgrade Ratings
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Fashion:

The Bankruptcy Files: Haute Couture Edition
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Health Care:

Forum Says Must Fill Leadership Void; Seeks OK to Pay Firm $75K a Month
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Leading Blue Dog suggests opening Medicare to all
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Senate Dems seek higher doctor payments; Another quarter-trillion dollars to deficit?
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Litigation:

TOUSA bondholders win upstart fraudulent conveyance ruling against lenders
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Movies:

Producer's fight for film enters bankruptcy court
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Debt Collection:

Debt Collectors Are Not Always "Debt Collectors"
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Manufacturing:

GE Profit Tumbles 42 Percent
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Photography:

Back to Basics
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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)
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Tightening the Bankruptcy Laws in the Midst of a Deep Recession
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Compensation:

Bank of America chief Ken Lewis ordered to pay back salary
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Bonuses Put Goldman in Public Relations Bind
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Goldman faces bonus fury as staff rewards top $16bn
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Goldman Sachs: Your tax dollars, their big bonuses
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Huge bonuses and 95% home loans return
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As Goldman Gloats, What Does It Matter For Us?
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Banking:

Citi results drained by lingering credit losses
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Just How Bad Were Citi's Results?
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Bank of America Posts Third-Quarter Loss on Consumer Defaults
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With $1 Billion Loss, Bank of America Misses Its Forecast
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Bailed-Out Banks Raking In Big Profits
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Financial Crisis Worked Out Well for Goldman Sachs
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Goldman and Citi highlight divide
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Shiny Returns, Shaky Foundations
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DSB Bank Given One Day to Find a Buyer
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UBS Approached by 50 Potential Hedge-Fund Startups
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Lehman:

Lehman’s 1-Year Bankruptcy Bill: $403M
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Fraud:

Accused Billionaire Stanford Spits Blood in a Cup at Court Hearing
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Madoff son 'runs away'
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Ex-Milberg Partner William Lerach Moved to a Halfway House
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High Court Hands Former Enron CEO 'First Breakthrough' in 8 Years, Lawyer Says
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Horticulture:

Judge OK's Pike bankruptcy settlement
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Food/Drink:

Iowa Kosher Meatplant Trial Begins With Prayers And Crinkled Dollar Bills
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Shipping:

Warning of wave of bankruptcies to come
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Oceanteam BV goes into bankruptcy
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UK:

Pace of collapses slowing, but companies still in danger: Deloitte
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Blackstone's Dinah Rose QC strikes another blow to Government on Equitable case
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City's return to bonus culture 'unacceptable', Lord Mandelson says
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Huge Goldman Sachs pay pool could enrich Treasury by £2bn
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Pre-packs face scrutiny and calls for more transparency
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Pound Set for Biggest Weekly Gain Since June on Recovery Signs
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EU:

Governments Should Share Cost of Bank Bailouts, EU Draft Says
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Canada:

Canada Consumer Prices Fall for Fourth Straight Month
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Japan:

Japan govt seeks new forum for talks with BOJ
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Sept bankruptcies up 31 pct yr/yr
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