Law:
Bonus Watch: Paul Weiss Matches Sullivan & Cromwell (and Adds a Special Gift)
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Bonus Watch: Boies Schiller Sets the Bonus Bar
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Bonuses Cast Spotlight on Merit-based vs. Lock-Step Divide
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Bonus Watch: Curtis Mallet Matches Cravath (With a Little Sweetener for Some)
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Lawyer of the Day: Dad’s Use of Lawyer Skills Badgers Little Girl into Quitting His Son’s Hockey Team
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Sidley Austin Partner Is Reportedly Obama’s Pick to Head Office of Legal Counsel
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On the Great Montana Marijuana Mutiny
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Why Blogs Don't Make Rain
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New Sheriff Of Wall Street Appoints Legal Team
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Celebrity Lawyer Put Lifestyle Before IRS, Gets 1 Year and 1 Day in Tax Case
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Cleary Gottlieb v. Mayer Brown: Who has the Healthiest Employees?
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Rocky Mountain High: From Consultant to Law Firm CEO
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The Seven Biggest Myths of Alternative Fee Arrangements
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Feds Must Pay Islamic Charity Lawyers and Their Counsel $2.5M in Warrantless Wiretap Case
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WTF?
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N-Word Results In Suspension
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Angry at Attorney, Neighbor Hacked His Encrypted Wi-Fi & Sent Child P--- to His Law Firm Colleagues
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What to Give the Lawyer Who Has Everything
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Getting Creative on Big Law Holiday E-Cards
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Is your firm ready to go viral? Better start dancing
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The Do's and Don'ts of Cloud Contracts
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“Sham Pocket Parts” and Tricks of the Publishing Trade – So, What Are You Going To Do About It?
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How much are 40 wrongful hours in jail worth?
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Tyler Clementi’s Parents Might Sue Rutgers Over Son’s Death
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Digital Revenge Is Best Served Viral
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Nurse Sues Doc After Bizarre 'Job Interview'
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Absolutely Epic 1974 Letter From Cleveland Browns to a Lawyer/Fan
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Judges:
Bankruptcy Judge Metz seeks new 14-year term
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Man Allegedly Fired Gun at Home of Judge Who Made Ruling He Blames for Costing Him His Own Home
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Firm's Satire of Judge's Racial Insensitivity Is, Uh, Way Racially Insensitive
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Judicial Expletive Deleted
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Wall Street:
US Stocks Climb To Two-Year Closing Highs, Led By Financials
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Telecoms:
TerreStar, Creditors Settle On Bankruptcy Plan
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TerreStar Can Send Chapter 11 Plan to Creditors
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Resorts:
Tamarack Selects Buyer: Green Valley Holdings
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Food/Drink:
87-Unit Burger King Franchisee Files for Bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
Obama tapped her to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Can she create a more honest market?
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Finance Regulation Is in Vogue
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The Gutting of Financial Services Reform
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Whistleblowing’s Finest Strikes Again
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Half-Baked Justice? Corporate Prosecutions Are All Over the Map
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The ‘Subsidy’: How Merrill Lynch Traders Helped Blow Up Their Own Firm
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Tax:
Ex-UBS Banker Pleads Guilty in Tax Conspiracy
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Hollywood:
MGM Restructuring Plan Becomes Effective
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Economy:
Six More Banks Repay TARP Funds
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Economy grew modestly in July-September quarter
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Obama pledges 'singular focus' on economy
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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:
Existing home sales jump 5.6%
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U.S. Home Sales Rose in November but Missed Forecasts
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House Values Have Fallen 20%, But Property Taxes Keep Rising
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Warning of 'vicious circle' in housing sales
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Founder of Foreclosures.com Faces Foreclosure
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Defense lawyers raise new issue: 'Robo-verifiers'
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Economists: Expect No Home-Price Growth in 2011
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House Democrats Push For New Foreclosure Regulations
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Monthly permanent HAMP modifications increase 26% in November
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Home Sales Show 'Subdued' Growth
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Fed Revises Disclosure Rule for Adjustable-Rate Loans
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MBA: mortgage applications down 18.6% last week
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November Phoenix home sales buck seasonal norm
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BofA loses ruling in MBIA lawsuit
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Condo sales rise in Florida, while home sales drop
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Creditors lose out in developer bankruptcy
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Twain Condominiums files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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C-Bass to Get Rid of Pieces of Former Business
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Foreclosure begins on 'The Hole'
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Executory Contracts:
Rejection of an Executory Contract Does Not Relieve a Debtor of Assumed Liabilities
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Politics:
Congress Makes Most Laws Since 1960s
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Lehman:
Spitzer: the accounting trick called Repo 105
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Banking:
Bank of America Shares Defy WikiLeaks Reports
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11 Ways Bank of America Practices Hurt Americans
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Why I Believe Julian Assange Has Dirt on Bank of America
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Why We Doubt Julian Assange Has Damaging Goods On Bank Of America
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Horse Racing:
Stronach gets tracks, MI investors get control
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Hedge Funds:
New complaint hits hedge exec over Wolverine Tube investment
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Awards:
Of E-Mail Addresses and Conduct Messes
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Exemptions:
Banks, credit card companies lobby against NY bill
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Mayors are concerned about debt exemption too
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Mass Torts:
Travelers Cos. Pays $500 Million To Asbestos Victims
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Lawyers to Feinberg: Stop Bad-Mouthing Us
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Education:
Darrell Issa Just Stuck It To A Bunch Of Investors Who Are Short The For-Profit Schools
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Compensation:
Ten Chief Executives Who Received Massive 2010 Bonuses
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Distribution of top-hat plan funds to participants was not permitted until determination of employer's solvency
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Environmental:
Anadarko Cleanup Sites May Reach 2,800, Court Told
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Credit Cards:
Credit card offers, incentives pick up
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Drop in credit delinquencies
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Celebs:
Stephen Baldwin Says Kevin Costner Soaked Him in $52M Deal with BP
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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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
LTAP, Sexy Hair, TerreStar, Blockbuster, Cynergy: Bankruptcy
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Lehman, GSC, Lipstick, Tousa, Point Blank: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:
House Passes Bankruptcy Bill
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Municipalities:
What are the chances of muni doomsday?
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Alabama Town’s Failed Pension Is a Warning
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Chapter 9 Weighed in Pension Woes
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Are US cities at the center of the next financial meltdown?
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Harrisburg Authority hires firms for forensic audit of incinerator deals
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Bond Insurer, Trustees Step Into Harrisburg Authority Case
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California's demise is greatly exaggerated
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Already in trouble, ObamaCare will be tipping point for many states
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Auditors should have caught high salaries, illegal tax collections
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Elder Debt:
More Seniors Cart Credit Card Debt To Grave
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Fraud:
Ernst Accused of Lehman Whitewash
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Good With GAAP: A Preview of Ernst & Young’s Legal Defense?
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Some Questions About the NYAG's Lehman-Related Complaint Against E&Y
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Sarasota man gets 15 years for $37 million Ponzi
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NJ AG sues investment firm over ponzi
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US diplomats were leery of Allen Stanford -cable
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Why Everybody Trusted Madoff
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Oklahoma Ponzi Schemer Gets 10 Years
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Charities face losing Ponzi millions
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Student Debt:
When The Kids Come Home This Christmas, Talk About Their Debt
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Accounting:
American Apparel says didn't withhold financials
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Role of Auditors in Crisis Gets Look
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Ernst & Young Wants a Showdown
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Hotels:
Hilton foreclosure hearing will happen in January
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UK:
High Court Interprets Section 2(a)(iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement
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EU:
Bloomberg Sues ECB to Force Disclosure of Greece Swaps
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German FinMin does not plan new euro stability fund
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PIGS:
Greek PM: country not heading for bankruptcy
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Irish government to take control of a fourth bank
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Dublin prepares to inject €3.7bn into AIB
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'Broke' Drumm paying €10000 a month to run luxury homes
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Canada:
Milowe Brost remains in custody in forged cheque case
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Nortel bill dies in Senate
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China:
17 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind
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Netherlands:
Netherlands Plans to Make Call for Bank Run a Criminal Offense
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Japan:
Is Japan the next major world economy to tank?
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