July 7, 2010

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Law:

Aiding and Abetting Charges in $22M Ponzi Scheme Reinstated Against Law Firm
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Ex-Client Wins $7.3M Emotional Distress Award Against Law Firm
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Survey Says: JD Offers Most Salary Bang for Your Buck (If You Can Get a Job)
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Law Firms Launch New Practice Groups in Effort to Roll with Roiling Economy
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Quinn Emanuel Babes in the Woods How Two Summer Associates Got Lost on a Firm Hiking Trip
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The Rise of the Contract Attorney
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Law Firms Looking to Expand and Merge, Say Reports
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Is the Magic Gone? The Latest U.K. Firm Financials
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Legal Bills in 5-Year Divorce Battle Allegedly Top $36M
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Fee Fight Breaks Out Over Multimillion-Dollar Microsoft Case
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NY BigLaw Firm Sues Ex-Partner in Fee Fight
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Firm, Partner Pair Sued by Second Disgruntled Investor
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Deferred Associate Diaries Part IV: The Clients
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Who Needs Law School? One Man Tries Different Route to Bar Exam
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DA Refuses to Charge Himself After Arrest by Sheriff
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Van Der Sloot Indicted on Fraud, Extortion Charges
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Debt Collection Law Firm Quietly Shuts Down, Faces Suits Claiming Withheld Funds
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Lousy Job Market Not Keeping UMass Law Students Away
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How to Sell a Law School to Texans
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Law School Deans Play Musical Chairs; One Law School's KKK Connection
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Law Firm Partner, Accused of Groping Opposing Counsel, Pleads Guilty to Harassment
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Civil Fight Looms for Defendants in Case of Murdered D.C. Lawyer
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Judges:

Justice Kennedy Reportedly Tells Friends He’ll Stay Put for at Least Three Years
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The Supreme Court’s Aggressive Term
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16 Senators to Watch During Kagan Vote
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Homeowners' hero judge slaps US Bank
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Wall Street:

Stock futures signal dip along with world stocks
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Stocks erase gains
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Wall Street Ends Its Losing Streak
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Goldman PR Campaign Gets Boost: Firm Seen As Model Of Risk Management
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Do New Market Circuit Breakers Encourage Rogue Trading?
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Layoffs:

Is Service Sector Dropping the Jobs Baton?
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US service sector grows more slowly, employment weak
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Don't Expect a Full Labor-Market Recovery
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

Rubashkin Appeals Conviction
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DOJ Keeps Pressure on Former Abramoff Associate in Corruption Prosecution
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Religion:

Police: Priest Used Parish Money For Hotels, Escorts
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Autos:

Visteon Creditor Group Says It Has Enough Votes to Defeat Reorganization
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Chrysler Wins Majority of Decided arbitrations with Discarded Dealers
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster Hasn't Busted Yet
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Economy:

US service sector grows more slowly, employment weak
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Some Economists Pin Growth Hopes on Business Spending
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Are Americans Worried About a Double Dip?
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A New Generation, an Elusive American Dream
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Global Recession Led to Stricter Immigration Rules
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Banks Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Bail Out
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Fed's Fisher Sees Slower US Growth
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The Pragmatic Rebels
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Why Aren't Corporations Spending?
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Sleeping Under A TARP With One Eye Open
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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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Recovery Index
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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:

US Office Vacancy Rate Hits 17 Year High
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Mortgage Delinquencies Rising Again as Home Prices Stay Flat
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Economists Sound Housing Warning on Post-Stimulus Recovery
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Signs of Improvement Are Fleeting for Mortgage Delinquencies
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Which Builders Have the Biggest Gulf Coast Exposures?
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Office Vacancy Rate Keeps Climbing
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'Bulk Sales' of Condos Clear Supply, at a Cost
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GMAC Faces New York Foreclosure Brawl
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Miscellaneous:

Trade Secret, Medical Staffing, Eco2, St. Vincent, Rangers: Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

BP's New York shares extend rally; oil reaches inland
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BP rebound still far from 'all clear'
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Whither BP?
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BP's stock price and the now-or-never trade
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BP Dragging Partners into the Mess
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Anadarko shares briefly halted
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BP bows to US over asset sales
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BP oil spill: Claims can't make up losses for many Gulf residents
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Additional tarballs found in Galveston are from oil spill
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Texas Asks BP for $25 Million for Gulf Spill Cleanup
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Other forms of BP's impact showing up in Texas
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Oil from spill touches beaches of all Gulf states
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McCallister Says Jones Act Waiver Would Help BP Cleanup
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Dead zone in gulf linked to ethanol production
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Municipalities:

Hard times for Ill., but not for governor's staff
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Allstate CEO Says US State, Local Borrowing 'Out of Control'
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Accounting:

Pricewaterhouse Accused of Bad 'Blessing'
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Retailing:

Bebe to quit PH8 stores
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June Retail Sales Could Mask Weakness Ahead
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Telecoms:

Lightyear to purchase SouthEast Telephone assets
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Litigation:

Congress Moves Fast To Protect Foreign Plaintiffs
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Corporate Reform:

Who Will Pay For Financial Reform? You.
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

June bankruptcy filings rise 8.5% in South Florida
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Bankruptcy Reform:

House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill With Bankruptcy Provision
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Insurance:

Second Circuit Holds D&O Policy "Ambiguous"
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Baseball:

Sale of Rangers: US trustee: Team should replace law firm
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New Era Says Texas Rangers Behind on Hat Payments
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Selig: MLB will choose Rangers owner
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Psst, wanna buy a major league team? Got $500M?
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Finance:

Sam's Club will offer small business loans
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Wal-Mart Bulks Up On Small Biz Lending
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Health Care:

Head of Mercy faults Medicaid for financial woes
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Food/Drink:

Uno Chicago Grill gets bankruptcy plan approval
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Newspapers:

Greenville Press, weekly newspaper, files for bankruptcy
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Trucking:

Court: YRC must repay $21.6M
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Banking:

What Did Ken Lewis Really Think About BofA’s Brian Moynihan?
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Politics:

Wall St. Cutting Off Democrats
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House ethics committee clears Rep. Laura Richardson in bank dealings
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Health Care:

Medical Staffing files Chapter 11, plans to sell assets
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UK:

Britain Is Puzzled by Its Inflation Problem in a Downturn
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EU:

ECB's Noyer sees French banks passing stress tests
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European Bankruptcy: Italy Next?
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As World Cup nears end, Europe's stress tests loom
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European banks walk tightrope with no net
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Canada:

Jones's bankruptcy stands, registrar rules
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Germany:

Bank Balances Could Torpedo Recovery
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Ireland:

Ireland Tops EU Q1 Growth Table
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