November 22, 2010

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Law:

Dealmaker of he Week: Joseph Gromacki of Jenner & Block - From a 363 sale to what could turn out to be the largest initial public offering ever
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Citi's 3Q 2010 Firm Results: Flat Revenue, Rising Inventory
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Hours Survey Results
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Layoffs Creeping Back
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Hogan Lovells announces associate layoffs
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Letter From London: Why the Norton Rose "Merger" Debate Misses the Point
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Getting Hip With Alternative Fees? Don’t Pitch it to Rich
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Halliwells’ creditors join forces for action plan
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Allen & Overy, Kramer Levin Advise on Thomson Reuters's Indian LPO Buy
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No Go For O'Melveny On Harrah's IPO
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It gets better: Don't dare tell that to jobless lawyer, law student
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Firm Axes Another 155 Staffers
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BigLaw Firm Sues FDIC, Won't Turn Over Docs on Execs at Failed Banks
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Biglaw Perk Watch: MoFo Takes a Stand for Fairness (And Shearman & Sterling says, ‘It gets better.’)
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Firm sues former India boss over ‘bribe’ case costs
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Pls Hndle Thx: Hallmark of Justice
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Foreclosure Lawyer Fighting to Keep Own Home; Last Mortgage Payment Made in Dec. 2006
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The Week in Legal Technology
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Hub Fans Bid New Kid Bon Jour
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Law Firm Sues Insurance Broker in Effort to Recover $1.6M Lost to Madoff
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Trainwatching
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Law School Watchdog Changes Its Pitch for Grad Hiring Data
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Give 'Em Lip Service
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NYS Bar Launches Mentoring Program
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3L Seeks Donors Willing to ‘Sponsor a Law Kid,’ Get a Warm Fuzzy Feeling
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BP Kicks Off Post-Deepwater Review of UK Legal Adviser Roster
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Top law firms agree to pay decent minimum wage
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78 Prosecutors Withheld Forfeited Funds, Says Law Firm Whistle-Blower Suit
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After Acquisition By Thomson Reuters, Pangea3 Legal Outsourcer Is Set to Open US Offices
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How to Develop a Rapport With Your Virtual Assistant
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Lawyer sees blessing in the fall: 'I was dying inside'
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Law Firm Website Foundational Best Practices: Highlights of the 2010 Amlaw 100 Websites Research
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UK law schools face crackdown as legal education goes under spotlight
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Lawsuit Possible in Mistaken Euthanasia of Afghan Hero Dog
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NY Lawyer Sentenced to 6 Months in Dead Sea Scrolls Online Feud
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There’s Only One Way to Deal With Bedbugs: Release the Sharks
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Bloomberg lays down the law
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Wells Fargo, Lehman, JPMorgan, UBS, SocGen, BP in Court News
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Cleary Set to Launch in Brazil
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Law Students - A User's Guide
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Thanksgiving Day 2010: Every reason for 1Ls to have attitude of gratitude
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Attorney Censured For Being Out Of His League
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Hammer Time
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False CLE Certification Charged
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Mugshots
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Judges:

N.Y. Judges Ask Court to Enforce Directive for Review of Pay
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If It’s a Girl, Judge Kimba Wood Will Celebrate!
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Justice Scalia at the Federalist Society Fête
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Scalia on cameras, retirement and the 'brave new world'
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Huckabee says ousting of Iowa judges historic move
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Video aims to demystify judges, their jobs
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Thank the Courts
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Castille is accepting of litigants' gifts, trips - It's legal, but some question the ethics
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US Supreme Court Justices: Rock stars no more
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Courts:

Former Newport News mayor criticizes judges for rarely using new federal courthouse
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Wall Street:

Futures rise after news of Irish bailout
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Euro, Stocks Climb as Irish Rescue Spurs Bond Gains
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Meredith Whitney to Start Credit-Rating Agency
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Layoffs:

Unions Yield on Wage Scales to Preserve Jobs
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Lack of Hiring to Restrain US Economy in 2011, Survey Shows
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Biggest States Report Employment Gains
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:

S.E.C. Outlines Rules on Hedge Funds
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Goldman In Insider Trading Probe?
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Dear S.E.C., Please Make Brokers Accountable to Customers
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Republicans urged to protect funding for futures watchdog
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CFTC slams Dodd-Frank derivs rules
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Celebs:

Wesley Snipes ordered to jail for tax evasion
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Dykstra home is sold at auction
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Lenny Dykstra's Doggy Could Be Repossessed
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Derivatives:

New CFTC rule on reporting of swap trades
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Lehman:

Lehman to settle ‘Saphir’ derivatives dispute
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Lehman U.K. Unit Wins $1.5 Billion Ruling
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Pensions:

PBGC sees deficit widen to $23 billion in 2010
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Troubled firms looting 401(k)s
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Small Business:

Few New Businesses, With Even Fewer Jobs
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Directories:

Local Insight Wins Approval of Bankruptcy Loan
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Non-Profits:

Salvation Army gives credit card readers to holiday volunteer fleet
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Advertising:

Vertis Holdings Wins Interim Loan in Bankruptcy
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Economy:

The Waiting Game on Inflation
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Economists see 'sub-par' growth ahead
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Fed vs. Inflationistas: Who's Right?
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The Top Tax Rate is 27% Below US Historical Average
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China Move Could Counter Fed’s Efforts
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Trying to Put a Price on Bank Errors
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Pessimistic Fed to slash growth forecasts
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Reality Check For Fed Forecasts
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Criticism Hinders Fed's Plan
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Geithner Defends Fed’s Mandate To Seek Full Employment
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Bernanke, in Europe, defends Fed's latest effort to stimulate US economy
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Bernanke Translated
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Increase my taxes, says Warren Buffett
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Geithner Warns Republicans Against Politicizing the Fed
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Debt: Bringing (Some) Economists Together While Tearing the Nation Apart
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Age of Austerity and Social Security, Medicare
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The Fed vs. Nervous Retirees
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Gen Y Getting Hard Financial Lessons Early
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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:

Deposition: Countrywide Never Sent Mortgage Notes to Trust; Mortgage-Backed Securities in Question
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October home sales slide as seasonal slowdown hits market
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FTC Bans Upfront ‘Foreclosure Rescue’ Fees
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Can HAMP Help in Bankruptcy?
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Senator Whitehouse Seeks Clarification of Bankruptcy Court's Authority in Foreclosure Mediation
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So Who Benefits from Protracted Foreclosures? Servicers!
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Housing Inventory Declines
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Loan Modification Program Shrinking
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New Battle Cry in the Foreclosure Wars: 'Show Me the Note!'
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Mortgage servicers with highest Ginnie Mae delinquencies
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Toll Buys Golf Course Community From WCI
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AZ commercial properties struggle to stay afloat
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North Jersey homeowners left in lurch by contractor
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'American Dream' withers as tent cities mushroom in promised land
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Quality homes builder plans for liquidation
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A Troubled Tower Is Rescue Target
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Servicing rights to Hypo RE US portfolio up for grabs
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Banking:

Wells Pays Citi $100 Million Over Wachovia
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FDIC closes 3 banks, raising year's total to 149
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Gambling:

Harrah's Cancels I.P.O., Citing 'Market Conditions'
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Credit Reporting:

Bipartisan House Bill to Amend FCRA; Seeks to Limit FTC Red Flags Rule
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Aviation:

Former Gov. Ventura Will No Longer Fly Due to Abuse He's Endured at Hands of TSA...
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Experts Divided on Constitutionality of New Airport Screening Procedures
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Woman With 2 Artificial Knees Describes 'Sexual Assault' By Screener
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Cancer surviving flight attendant forced to remove implant during pat down
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Municipalities:

Debt Rising, a City Seeks Donations in Michigan
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Hamtramck cries 'help!' Right reply isn't more debt
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States Boost Payroll Taxes to Repay Loans
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The Problem Grows: Another Michigan City Says It Has No Way To Balance The Budget
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RI high court: No stay on Central Falls receiver
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Harrisburg Secures Payroll Through Year-End
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Andy will push for gov's cuts
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Ambac Close to an Agreement on Monorail
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Munis Yield More Than Treasuries as State Funds Wane
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Fraud:

U.S. in Vast Insider Trading Probe
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FBI Visit Exposes Trade-Probe Tactics
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Bank Had No Knowledge of Rothstein's Fraud, Lawyer Tells Judge
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Dreier Artworks Set For Auction on Sunday
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Putting the 'Vice' in Financial Advice
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Harley Sparks Fresh Drama in Hecker Case
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No, Andrew Madoff Is Not the Next J.P. Morgan CEO
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Corporate Governance:

Transparency Puts New Scrutiny on Those Serving as Directors
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Newspapers:

Creditors Unclear on Tribune Plans
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Furniture:

Bankruptcy filings provide closer look at Lack's struggles, imminent closing
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Lack's not alone in woe
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Credit crisis strangled furniture chain
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Resorts:

Bank, homeowners make good on Tamarack lease
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Health Care:

N.J. Hospitals Lag U.S.
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1199SEIU to Drop Health Coverage for Workers' Children
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Media:

Freedom Communication Evaluates Buyer Bids
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Hollywood:

Tough choice awaits MGM's Chinese bidder
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Distressed Investing:

Pimco mum on vulture fund plans
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Debt Collection:

Trustee: Support Kids should go back to bankruptcy court
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Lehman:

Lehman Seeks To Collect Unpaid Loans From Furious Former Employees
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IPOs:

Harrah's Shows Debt Matters as Largest Deals Miss IPO Rebound
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)
 

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
(large downloads)

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:

The Bankruptcy Files: Marketing, Media, and Steakhouses
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A-Tec, Irish Bailout, Japan Airlines, Lehman Europe: Bankruptcy
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Adelphia, Vitro, Lehman, Workflow, Local Insight: Bankruptcy
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Vitro, C-Bass, Riviera, Refco, MMI, Mesa: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Poetry:

Haiku: Bankruptcy Laws Overseas
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Mass Torts:

Getting out the Vote: Quigley Court Designates Votes of Creditors Settling Prepetition with Debtor’s Parent
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Justice for Spill Victims, Like It or Not
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Accepting BP check is a gamble for Gulf workers
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BP in More Trouble Over Alaska Oil Spills
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DuPont wants handwritten documents from 8,500 plaintiffs
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Religion:

Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy creditors file more objections to executives' pay
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Plain Community looks at bankruptcy alternative
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Autos:

A New Look in Detroit for the Newly Public G.M.
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GM Pulls a Fast One
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GM stock deal smells like a lemon
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Plenty of GM stock left after IPO
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GM shares rise on second day of trading
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Corker Says He's `Vindicated' by GM IPO for Pressing Demands on Automakers
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GM Auctions Off Its Old Machinery
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The Sad Truth of the GM IPO
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GM's Other Big Sale: Its Old Machines
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The GM conflict of interest that wasn't
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Too Bad Banks Missed Out on the GM Treatment
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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Economic Claims Against Toyota
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Money from supplier firm's failure is saved to help homeless
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Chrysler Buyout: Was Taking It A Big Mistake?
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Hedge Funds:

New Clues About How Hedge Funds Make So Much Money
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Food/Drink:

NV county seeks money for cleanup of rotten meat
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Bugaboo Creek files for Chapter 11
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Retailing:

Retailers have higher hopes for holiday season
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Mail:

Postal Service fails to reach agreements with unions
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Litigation:

Oracle Rests SAP Case Without Apotheker Video at Trial
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Subprime Litigation, First Class Disclosure
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Asset Protection:

Post-Judgment Asset Protection and Malpractice
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Accounting:

FASB Clarifies Troubled Debt Restructuring
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BDO revenues fall 7%
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Martial Arts:

Martial-Arts Organization Kicks Off Bankruptcy
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UK:

Ireland: An extreme version of the British disease
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UK offers Ireland seven billion pounds in aid
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EU:

Europe's Real Problem
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Ireland:

Officials See Irish Rescue at 50 Billion Euros, at Least
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Ireland Is Said to Discuss Bailout of Nearly $70 Billion
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Ireland's Lenihan to Propose Bailout Application to Government
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Ireland asks for €70bn EU bailout
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Ireland receives €90 billion bailout
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Rescue of Ireland Would Dwarf Greece's Bailout on Cost of Shoring Up Banks
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Finally facing up to our failure
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“In a humiliating U-turn, the government has asked for help”
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Anglo Irish's Dukes Sees Case for 'Massive' Action on Banks
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The ECB may not be the friend it seems
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Threat of mass exodus if low corporation tax rate raised
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Europe Welcomes Irish Request for Assistance
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Irish Finance Minister Backs Global Bailout
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Irish Prime Minister Says Budget Plans Are Already in Place
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Irish corporate tax in focus as bailout deal nears
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Ireland has been betrayed by its leaders
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Ireland bailout: Young Irish flee 'Celtic Tiger' for a better life
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PIGS Puzzle Falling Into Place – An Irish Exit?
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Portugal:

Irish EU Bailout May Not Stop Portugal Follow - Up
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Portugal Credit Risk Increases After Irish Rescue on `Who's Next?' Concern
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China:

China bids to calm inflation fear
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China Stock Index Declines After Reserve Requirement Increase; Banks Drop
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Greece:

56% of Greeks fear state bankruptcy
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Canada:

AbitibiBowater pension deal supports bankruptcy exit
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'Financial whiz' says he spent on self, family
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Vietnam:

Vinashin Restructuring Plan Reducing Debt 38% Wins Approval From Vietnam
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