May 3, 2010

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Who Knew Bankruptcy Paid So Well?
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SEC Attorney: Scrutiny Of Chapter 11 Cases Increasing
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Tough Times for Law Firm Associate Market Not Over
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You Call This Progress, Pilgrim?
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This Week in Biglaw
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The Am Law 100 2010: Revenue Per Lawyer Falls Again
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Am Law 100 Medley: Welcome Back, Cozen; It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Ballard Spahr
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BigLaw Firm Restarts Associate Track, Edges Up Salaries
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Life Beyond Big Law
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Four Law Firms Take Off With Reported Continental-United Merger
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Why Are Lawyers Being Asked to Lead Some of the Nation’s Largest Corporations?
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Teary Ex-GC for Ponzi Schemer Rothstein: ‘I Didn't Know the Guy Was a Criminal’
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Legal Profession at ‘Transformative Stage,’ ABA President Says in Law Day Message
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A Grim Report From Female Lawyers, Including De-Equitized Partners
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Life Beyond a Big Firm
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Attorney Sanctioned for Failure to Monitor Convicted Embezzler
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Ethics May Require Challenges to Alzheimer’s-Impaired Lawyers
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Prior Talks With Plaintiff's Expert Gets Defense Firm Booted From $3.5 Million Suit
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The Case of the $18,000 Phone Bill
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The Law Professor Behind the Arizona Immigration Law
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Thomson Reuters Legal COO on New Philippine Office: "it's not legal outsourcing. We're hiring and training them as our employees"
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Lawyers Blast FindLaw Offerings as Spam
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Eyes Widen as Above the Law Blogger Attends NALP Panel on Online Rumor Mills
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As Hundreds of Law Firms Report E-Mail Scams, One Loses Bid for Insurance Coverage
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Drunk Drivers Can Sue Bars for Serving Them Too Much
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Judges:

Scotus Candidates: Have You Got Your Own FB Group?
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SG Kagan Recalls 'Look of Panic' in First High Court Argument
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A SCOTUS Joke from The Gap?
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Rare Breed Now - A Justice Who Wasn’t a Judge
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FantasySCOTUS Predictions of the Next Justice: Team Kagan v. Team Wood v. Team Garland
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Obama Has Also Interviewed Garland for Supreme Court Vacancy
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When Judges Google
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In Impromptu Remarks, Obama Criticizes Conservative Judicial Activism
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Empathetic Judge in 9/11 Suits Seen by Some as Interfering
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Sharon Keller Hit With 100K Fine Over Disclosure Flap
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Woman Told By Judge to Remove Islamic Head Covering Loses Court Case
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Judge Who Traded Kids for Cash Confesses to Racketeering
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Wall Street:

Stock futures signal gains; eyes on airlines
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Europe shares slip on Greece bailout doubts
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Buffett Offers Support of Goldman at Meeting
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Wall St. Doesn't Care About Fair or Ethical
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Layoffs:

Businesses Finally Hiring, but Slowly
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For Boomers, Job Market is Even Worse
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

Caveat Emptor Is Not a Business Plan
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Four Lessons From the Goldman Case
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Buffett Says He Had 'No Problem' With Goldman Abacus Transaction
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Buffett Says Goldman Is Counterparty on Equity Puts
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Give Goldman Sachs Some Credit
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U.S. Faces High Stakes In Its Probe of Goldman
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Goldman Didn't Disclose Subprime Hedges
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For Goldman, Another Friday, Bloody Friday
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Crimes at Goldman Sachs? The Feds are on the Case
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Criminal Probe in Goldman Case Reportedly Began Before SEC Suit
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Feds Back Off From Life Sentence for Slaughterhouse Fraud Case
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Six months of Rothstein fallout
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Economy:

Buffett Touts Economy as Berkshire Seeks Deals, Hires Workers
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Buffett: Manufacturing Leading Recovery
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European Central Bank President: Global Governance 'extremely necessary'
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Slate of Nominees Is Clue to Obama’s Plans for Fed
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Is It That Hard for Wall Street to Say ‘I’m Sorry?’
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GDP Grows 3.2%, Boosted by Consumer Spending
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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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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:

Buffett: Sustainable housing rebound within year
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More Homeowners Consider Strategic Defaults
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Ethics of Real Estate Strategic Default
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The Dream Deferred
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Fed Officials: Puzzled on Home Prices in 2004
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Fashion:

Michelle Obama's fashion designer: Going out of business
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Oil/Gas:

Cost of oil spill could exceed $14 billion
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BP share of legal damages: $75 million
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'Fisheries Failure' May Signal End of Coastal Towns' Industry
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'A potential mega-disaster'
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Florida declares state of emergency for Panhandle
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East Coast of Florida more likely to be impacted than West
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Energy industry could see insurance hike from oil leak
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Drilling stocks sell off amid industry scrutiny
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BP Oil Spill Threatens Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil, Gas Operations
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A murky picture as seafood industry eyes oil slick
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Compensation:

Some Berkshire Managers Get The Big Bucks
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Video Rentals:

Saving Blockbuster
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Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video closing
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Lehman:

Lehman Presses Ex-CFO
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Did Former Lehman CEO Fudge Compensation?
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Horse Racing:

On Derby Day, Questions About the State of New York Racing
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Aviation:

United and Continental Said to Agree to Merge
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Historical events for United, Continental airlines
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United's Chief Executive Has Earned Some Admirers
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Millions for Top Execs Depend on Airline Merger
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Labor issues key to airline merger success
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Houston wins even if airline based in Chicago
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Municipalities:

Winsted facing deficit, bankruptcy
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Hotels:

W bankruptcy: Singing the Big Apple blues
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Newspapers:

Washington Times up for sale
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Examiner chosen in Tribune bankruptcy
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Buffett: Mind Blowing How Fast Newspapers Losing Ground
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Brown Publishing files for bankruptcy
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Former Newsweek executive Osberg to run post-bankruptcy sale Inquirer
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'O.C. Register' Parent Freedom Communications Emerges from Bankruptcy, Minus $450 Million of Debt
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Religion:

On the Catholic Church, Sex-Abuse and Time Limits
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New Push to Give Abuse Victims More Time to Sue
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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:

How to Avoid a 'Bailout Bill'
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Sizes Shrink
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Corporate Reform:

Senator's Plans: Biggest Banks Would be Forced to Shrink
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FDIC: Don't Ban Bank Derivatives Business
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Mass Torts:

Jury Awards $200 Million in Punitive Damages in Asbestos Case
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Banking:

WaMu Settlement Likely to Fail Over Asset Disclosures
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The right way to close down a failed bank
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Wash.-based bank closed by regulators
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Autos:

Repaying Taxpayers With Their Own Cash
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Auto Sales Rose in April
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Directors Accused Of Siphoning Millions From US Fidelis
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State Suits Against Toyota Could Pave the Way for Federal MDL
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Chapter 13:

When Are Taxes “Payable” in Chapter 13 Cases?
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Food/Drink:

Fuddruckers Chain Feeling Heat
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Retailing:

General Growth Said to Look to Brookfield
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Island Edge debut part of Hilo Hattie's restructuring
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Health Care:

LifePoint Hospitals Agrees to Purchase Sumner Regional Health Systems
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MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Furniture:

Better Bedding Sold To Sleepy's
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Chemicals:

Lyondell Chemical emerges from bankruptcy
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EU:

In and Out of Each Other’s European Wallets
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Restructuring activity in Europe declines but job losses still outweigh job gains
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Futures Bets Against Euro at Record as Traders Look Past Greece
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Euro-zone April PMI data jump, led by Germany
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Europe's next bankruptcy candidates?
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Greece:

Greece erupts as IMF prepares to wield axe
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Greek President: Punishment For Economic Crimes
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Greece Agrees to a Bailout Deal With EU and I.M.F.
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Bailout is largest by far for a country
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Greece Seals Bailout Deal With EU, IMF
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Greek Wealth Is Everywhere but Tax Forms
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The New Greek Math
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Papandreou Addresses Cabinet on Bailout
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China:

China Remains Biggest U.S.-Debt Holder
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Pakistan:

Pakistan on verge of bankruptcy
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