June 11, 2010

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Law:

Fisher & Phillips Raises Associate Salaries -- With a Twist
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Firm Kiboshes Bonuses for All But Busiest Associates
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Reflections On A Journey To The U.S. Supreme Court - Hamilton v. Lanning
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Some Lawyers Are Jerks . . . No, Really!
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The ‘What’ List?
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Law Firms Beware: Unpaid Internships May Violate Labor Law, Practitioners Say
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When Is Looking Too Good . . . Not Good?
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Suit Revived Against Law Firm Over Partner's Alleged Rape of Receptionist
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Looking for a Job? Follow the ‘80/20 Rule’ and Make an Impression, Hiring Partner Says
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Lawyers propose higher 9/11 responder settlement
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Big winners in the Gulf? Lawyers
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First the Spill, Then the Lawsuits
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Calif. Toyota Litigation Coordinated in Los Angeles
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Freshfields considers outsourcing work to the regions
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In WTC Settlement, Plaintiffs' Lawyers Take One for The Team
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$5 Million in Insurance on NY Lawyer Who Killed His Family and Himself Goes to Scam Victims
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Greenberg Traurig Faces $52 Million Claim
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Judge to Blago: Stop gesturing at trial
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Dechert Plants Its Flag in Ireland
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A Tale of Duane Morris, a New Jersey Lawyer and a $3,400 Pomeranian
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Pls Hndle Thx: Eyes Are the Window to Flex Spending Accounts
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The Benefits of Karaoke for Lawyers
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"Girls Gone Wild" Goon Finds His Lawyers Gone Away
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Former Conrad Black Lawyers Face Discipline
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The Next Best Thing to a Summer Associateship?
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The Secret to ‘100% Employed at Graduation’: Duke’s Bridge to Practice
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Suspect Used Courthouse Break -- To Break Into Cars
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Woman Charged with Adultery
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Taliban hang 7-year-old boy accused of being a spy
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Judges:

The ‘Narrow’ World of Elena Kagan
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Republicans Step Up Attacks on Kagan Memos
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Details of Kagan’s Life Emerge: Devoted to Law, Favoring Opera and Hamburgers
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Impeached Federal Judge Boosts Legal Team
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures point to solid opening gains
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World stocks gain on China exports, US jobs data
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SEC approves new trading curbs for large stocks
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Goldman’s Latest Headache: A Suit From Down Under
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Layoffs:

Ongoing jobless claims plummet to 17-month low
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What if there's no fix for high unemployment?
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Wanted: 400,000 Truck Drivers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:

New Jersey Towns Raising Property Taxes Above Christie's Proposed 2.5% Cap
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NY May Shut Next Week: Paterson Warns Chaos, Anarchy
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Tax:

Swiss Parliament Delays Final Vote on UBS Deal
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Lehman:

Lehman Probe Begins to Square In on Former CFO
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Gasparino: Callan Focus of Lehman Investigation
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Lehman E-Mails That Say ‘Stupid’ Didn't Stay ‘Just Between Us’
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Health Care:

Ardent Health signs deal to buy Ohio hospital system
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Newspapers:

Washington Post Names Ex-GM CEO Rick Wagoner to Board
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Horse Racing:

Vote set on Zayat bankruptcy plan
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Economy:

US jobless claims fall slightly, trade gap widens
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Watchdog panel slams AIG bailout, says taxpayers risk 'severe losses'
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US Household Net Worth Rises
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Global wealth up 12 pct in '09,adviser income down
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World's Millionaires Increase by 14%
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Soros Says `We Have Just Entered Act II' of Crisis
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Debt Spreading 'Like a Cancer'
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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:

Principal Reduction More Effective Than Load Mods to Avoid Default
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US Home Foreclosures Climb 44% to Record in May
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New Wave of Foreclosures Possible
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Elizabeth Warren Wants To End Exploding Mortgages
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Builders Rush to Complete Houses by U.S. Tax Credit Deadline
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate slides again
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Clayton Finds Short Sales Cut Loss Severity, Compared to REO
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Mortgage Reform and Sacred Cows
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Wily Real Estate Agents Found a Way to ‘Flop,’ Scamming Lenders on Short Sales
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House Passes FHA Reform Act to 'Rebuild the American Dream of Homeownership'
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Comeback at Crescent Resources?
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Crescent Resources sues former CEO over payment
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Litigation:

Surprise Director Resignations and Securities Litigation Risk
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Oil/Gas:

Much more oil flowed from well
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Bankruptcy Not On BP's Agenda
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Analysis: Possibility of BP bankruptcy seen remote for now
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Will BP Declare Bankruptcy ? Not So Fast.
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New Estimates Double Rate of Oil That Flowed Into Gulf
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BP Shares Sink Amid Oil Spill Bankruptcy Chatter
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U.K. Speaks Out in Defense of BP
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BP chairman summoned to Obama meeting over oil spill
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British Resist Push for BP to Halt Dividends
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BP Is 'Considering All Options' on 2Q Dividend, Hayward Says
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BP Agrees To Expedite Oil Spill Claims Process
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Congressional leaders lean on BP to do more
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High tempers and low expectations in the Gulf of Mexico
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Oil Spill No Short Story
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BP Falls to Seven-Year Low on Rising US Anger Over Oil Spill
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Analyst Makes the Case for Why BP Is Now a Screaming 'Buy'
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BP Says 2nd Oil-Recovery System to Start Testing This Weekend
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How Much Oil is Really Leaking Into the Gulf?
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Obama says Laws must be updated after oil disaster
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Republican Attack Ad blames Obama for BP Oil Spill.
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Obama to meet families of workers killed in oil rig blast
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The Spill, The Scandal and the President
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Senators head to Gulf as tempers flare
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Obama May Meet with BP CEO
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Raising Remnants of Oil Rig Is Still on the Agenda
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UK industry frets about "anti-British" BP backlash
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Sinking BP shares ignite trans-Atlantic rift
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Windows shot out at BP gas station
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BP oil spill: What we're learning about humans and the sea
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BP's Gulf disaster underlines oil supply problems
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Heavier oil from Gulf spill washes up in Florida
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Bankruptcy's no help for many
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Sales:

Bankruptcy Section 363 Sales: Choices and Consequences
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Accounting:

PwC May Have Overlooked Billions in Illegal JP Morgan Transactions.
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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 Statistics:

U.S. Bankruptcy Filings at Same Level as Before 2005 Law
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Corporate Reform:

Volcker: Financial Bill Would Create World Model
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Fiduciary Standard is A Complex Question
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Deutsche Bank chief wants simultaneous start of bank rules
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Bank Lobbyists Pulling Out Every Stop to Sink Real Reform
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Pensions:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. says Delphi salaried pensions underfunded by billions before taking them on
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Miscellaneous:

The Risk List Revisited - Stocks of troubled companies from past list rise, but dangers remain
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Small Business:

Obama urges Congress to pass small business aid
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Banking:

Wells Fargo Closing Banks in Canada
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Chemicals:

LyondellBasell Investor Sees Good Chemistry in U.S. System
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Hockey:

Phoenix Coyotes executives see bright future for NHL team
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Fraud:

Why Corporate Fraud Is On The Rise
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Goldman has no indication of SEC settlement
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Kerviel took 'stratospheric' risk
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Kerviel Co-Worker Says SocGen Should Have Known About Trades
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FTC: California firm made 370 million illegal robocalls
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Telecoms:

FairPoint urges less regulation
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Envelopes:

Big US envelope maker files for bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Barneys liquidity diet
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UK:

New president at Insolvency Practitioners Association
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British inflation expectations jump
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UK manufacturing sector suffers unexpected dip
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EU:

ECB, Bank of England leave key interest rates at record lows
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Deutsche Bank Shorts €2B Sovereign Debt
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Canada:

AbitibiBowater continues fire sale with T-Bay mill
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Greece:

Beware Of Trades Based On The Greek Rumor Mill
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Middle East:

Dubai's Car Sales Fell 82.5% in 2009
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Spain:

Spain says has not, will not make EU aid request
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Spain's Caja Madrid eyes banking empire
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Japan:

Japan retail fund value drops $54 bln on debt crisis
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China:

China Inflation Rises to a 19-Month High
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