December 17, 2010

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Law:

Legal Recruiters See More Hiring, But Laid-Off Associates Aren't in Demand
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Ex-Associate Sues BigLaw, Says "Macho" Culture Egged On Bosses to Fire Him Over Family Leave
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Hiring Looks to Pick Up in 2011
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BigLaw Firm Poaches NY Real Estate Partner to "Meet Renewed Market Demand"
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Malpractice Suit Alleges Ungaretti & Harris Lawyer Authorized Document Destruction
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Three Notes on E-Mail Practices and Attorney-Client Privilege
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Double Whammy for Ex-BigLaw Partner Both Arrested & Sued by SEC Today re Alleged Role in $20M Fraud
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Columbia to Offer 3-Year JD/MBA Program, at Much the Same Cost as 4-Year Program
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The Good and the Bad of My Firm's First Full Year
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McDermott, O'Melveny Partners Testify Before WikiLeaks House Panel
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Vegas Lawyer Accused of Making $9,500 Deposits to Evade Reporting Mandate
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How One Lawyer’s Obnoxious Behavior Cost Him a Law Firm Job
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Big Firm Canadian Lawyers 'Gotta Feeling' About How to Show Holiday Spirit
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"Big Daddy Lou" disbarred
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Cinema Verité?
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“It's All Cow” – Current State of Client / Vendor Relations
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Lawyer for Alleged Columbia Perv Makes Pro-Incest Argument
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NY BigLaw Partner Busted for Role in Scam Targeting Hollywood Elite
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Lawyer of the Day: Jonathan Bristol, Winston Partner Turned Accused Fraudster
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures signal mixed open
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Layoffs:

Jobless claims down slightly to 420,000
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:

Will AIG advisors will 'get off scot-free' if Delaware adopts New York ruling?
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Compensation:

Geithner Says US Companies Still Must Improve Pay Practices
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Consumer Finance:

Lenders Look to First-Time Defaulters
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Advertising:

Vertis Holdings Wins Confirmation of Bankruptcy Plan
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Lehman:

Competing Lehman bankruptcy plan could push talks
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Bank of America Appeals $590 Million Lehman Ruling
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Lehman alleges "threats"
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Municipalities:

Receiver to city: Financial ruin near
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Rhode Island town still in danger of bankruptcy
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Report recommends broke RI city be annexed
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Hockey:

Arena Deal Keeps Coyotes Hockey Team in Desert
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Entertainment:

RHI Entertainment Wins Interim Approval for Financing
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Gambling:

NV Regulators Approve Herbst Bankruptcy Plan
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Glass:

Vitro Wins Ruling to Pay $44 Million Cash Tender on Notes
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Autos:

Delphi retirees may get health help
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Politics:

The Most Hated Congress Ever
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The Tears of John Boehner
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Economy:

US financial rescue cheap vs past crises-Geithner
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Geithner: Only TARP costs will be from housing
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Geithner: National foreclosure moratorium would hurt house prices
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President Obama's tax compromise with GOP saved economy and himself
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The Philly Fed Number That Has Everyone Frightened
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Divided Congress Adopts Sweeping Tax Bill
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Tax Cut: 51 Million Will Take Home Less
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Income Inequality On Course to Hit Record Levels Thanks to Tax Compromise
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Ron Paul Appears Poised to Irk the Fed Chief
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The New Tax Deal: Reaganomics Redux
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By the Numbers: Tax Bill Impact
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Tax Cut Deal: How It Affects You
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It's a Great Time to be Rich
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Secret Financial Weapons of the Super-Rich
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The New Rule? Economic Insecurity
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Seeking the Number That Explains It All
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The Elusive Middle Class—A Hodgepodge
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Economic Stress Map
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:

Housing Has Become Almost Irrelevant
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U.S. Backs Away From Support for Homeowners
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Geithner urges Fannie, Freddie to do loan write-downs
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Geithner Says US Plan Helped Prevent Foreclosures
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Geithner Supports National Standards For Mortgage Servicing
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Home construction up after 2 months of declines, permits fall
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Mortgage Rates Climb Toward 5%
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Google Map Foreclosure Trick
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Warren to Seek Simplified Mortgages
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Southern California home sales dip, but prices inch up
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New York Surpasses California On List Of Worst Housing Markets
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Higher loss severities on foreclosures will push servicers to short sales in 2011: Fitch
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Mesirow Financial: Housing recovery to spur economic growth in 2011
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More Housing Gloom: Prices Fell 1.9% In October And They're Heading Lower
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NY Foreclosures Plunge as Lawyers Adjust to New Rule Requiring Them to Affirm Filings' Accuracy
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Bill aims to end GSE affiliation with MERS
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Credit Cards:

Visa, MasterCard Plunge as Fed Issues Rules to Cut Debit Fees
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Fed's Debit-Card Fee Rules Hit Hard; Issuers Howl
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Advanta wins bankruptcy plan extension
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Corporate Reform:

More insider trading busts
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Expert network firm at center of hedge fund probe
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'Find Out...What He or She Knows'
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FBI arrests technology firms' staff over insider trading claims
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Preet Sweep! DOJ Charges Five More in Big Insider-Trading Investigation
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The Cringe Worthy Moment of the Insider Trading Case
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Insider-Trading Arrests Point Prosecutors to Hedge Funds
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In Arrests , Wiretaps Resurface As Weapon Against Wall Street
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The Biggest SEC Investigations Of 2010
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CFTC Delays Crack Down on Speculators
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Celebs:

Report: Bankrupt Vick buys Porsche for girlfriend
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The Biggest Celebrity Real Estate Losers of 2010
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Sports:

After auction, AVP remains in owner's control
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Accounting:

KPMG partners are counting their good fortunes on pay
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Health Care:

St. Vincents Goes Back to Drawing Board to Sell Off Real Estate
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster Creditor Banned From Probing Icahn
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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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Miscellaneous:

Loehmann's, Lehman, Workflow, Vertis, RHI, Trico: Bankruptcy
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20 Companies that Cratered in 2010
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Obits:

Art Newman, Founder of Blackstone's Restructuring Group, Dies
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Plan Confirmation:

Despite the Holiday Season, the Second Circuit Apparently Suggests that It Does Not Believe in “Gifting”
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Fraud:

Dreier Bankruptcy Trustee Files Flurry of Lawsuits
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The Madoff affair: Along for the ride?
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Mark Madoff's Name Became Too Big a Burden to Bear
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'Sins of the fathers' can weigh heavily on sons
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How to Explain Mark's Suicide, Andrew's Survival Post-Scandal
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Your Money or Your Life: Is There Really a Choice?
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It's hide & $eek
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Bernard Madoff victims hit twice
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Widow is baring her 'pain'
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Alleged Inside Traders Said After Raj Arrest: "Oh Crap!"
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IT experts hired to assist Ponzi trial
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Lawyer Charged in Ken Starr's $59M Ponzi Fraud
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Book Review:

David Skeel's 'The New Financial Deal'
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Mass Torts:

Travelers Ordered to Pay $500 Million to Johns Manville Asbestos Victims
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Transocean shares fall after lawsuit
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UK:

Begbies' margins hit by lack of insolvencies
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Bank of England Outlines Risks to Economy
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UK Prime Minister To Eurozone: Find A Way To Fund Your Bailouts Without Us
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Signs of distress showing up more
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EU:

EU to Create Post-2013 Crisis Tool, Spars Over Near-Term Moves
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EU leaders to be warned debt crisis 'systemic'
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Bailout Deal Fails to Quell EU Rifts
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The Euro Crisis Explained
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Euro-Area Sovereign Defaults Need to Be Carried Out Fast
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PIGS:

Moody's Slashes Ireland to Baa1, Warns on Future Debt
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Irish Economy Returns to Growth
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More strikes as Greek unemployment at 10-year high
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Greece given warning on bonds
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Portugal, Spain yields rise after Irish downgrade
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Spain's Debt Sales Means Bleak 2011
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Germany:

German Business Confidence Unexpectedly Rises to Record
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Iceland:

Icelandic Bank Fails in $2 Billion Bid to Sue Former Execs, Auditor in New York
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Hong Kong:

HK Nov bankruptcy petitions up 16.6 pct vs Oct
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Africa:

INSOL Africa Roundtable tackles key market issues
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Russia:

Chickens pay the price for Russian farm's financial woes
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