November 3, 2010

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Law:

Dewey, Other Firms Prepare for Possible Ambac Bankruptcy
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Baker & McKenzie Shakes Up Asian and North American Leadership
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Simpson Thacher Threatens to Withhold Salary For Delinquent Time Keepers
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Sorkin and Team Leave Dickstein for Lowenstein's New York Office
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Hildebrandt Baker Robbins Peer Monitor Economic Index Drops in Third Quarter - Demand falls, firms may need to examine rate strategies, says latest PMI report
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Former Clifford Chance Associate Sues Firm for Discrimination
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Why 'Legal Writing Is Not What It Should Be'
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Jones Day Thanks Staff for Their Hard Work, Eliminates Year-End Bonus Program
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The NEW In-House Counsel – Protect Our Rights; Make Us Money; Don't Use Outside Counsel
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SNR Denton appoints global COO
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Halliwells' former partners face financial claims from administrator
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Firm snubs overseas partners for strategy meeting
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Freshfields offers 10 free child/elder care sessions to staff
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FrontPoint, Prudential, Citigroup, SAP in Court News
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Former Fannie Mae Associate General Counsel Joins McCalla Raymer, LLC
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David Boies Is Lead Example of a 'Clutch' Performer
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Would law school warning labels make any difference?
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Man power - why men should not be excluded from the work/life balance debate
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You Think Your Life Is Complicated? Be Thankful You're Not Wearing a Few More Hats!
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Is Miller Canfield's Tim Attalla a Real Life Maurice Levy?
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Gov't Can Search E-Mail Without Notifying Account-Holder, Federal Judge Rules
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Law Prof & Lawyer Metrics Look to Stats to See What Qualities Successful Attorneys Share
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Female Lawyers in Utah Don’t Have it Easy
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17 Hour Workdays
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Making house and office calls
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Founder of Largest US Minority Owned Firm Exits, His Name Coming Off the Marquee
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A Pulitzer Winner's Departure Email: 6 Techniques You Can Use
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Bankrupt Lawyer Accused of Hiding Money Had Nearly $1M in Cash in His Law Office Closet
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The juror is out
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Judges:

Judge Files Defamation, Extortion Suit Against Dallas Lawyer
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Lay off Sandra Day O'Connor
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"Does the statute cover depictions of violence against Vulcans?"
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Trial Set for Judge Arrested in Public Restroom for Exposing Himself to Undercover Cop
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Up
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How the Major Stock Indexes Fared Tuesday
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Layoffs:

Biogen Laying Off 13 Percent of Its Work Force
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Torts:

BP's oil spill costs grow, Gulf residents react
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BP Oil Costs to Hit $40 Billion
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Non-Profits:

ACORN files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Insurance:

Ambac May File For Bankruptcy By Year End
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Potential Ambac Bankruptcy Will Likely Affect Gold and Silver Markets
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Ambac seeks prepackaged bankruptcy; one bond insurer left
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The Secret Scribe of AIG
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Celebs:

Devon James Files For Bankruptcy
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Quaids: Lohan, Spears, Gibson Also in Danger From Star Whackers
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Newspapers:

Can the National Enquirer survive?
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Washington Times sale complete, expansions announced
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Ailing Washington Times sold to founder for $1
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Lehman:

Lehman's Archstone to Convert $237 Million More Debt
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Economy:

Fed easing may means 20% drop of dollar value...
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QE2 is risky and should be limited
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Q&A on QE2: What a Fed Move Would Mean
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Bernanke May Ignore Risk of Inflation, Growth Acceleration Similar to 2004
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Wage Inequality: `Invalid' Forms by Supposed Billionaires Skew U.S. Wage Figures
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Rand Paul Victory Sends Fed Critic to Senate
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U.S. Service Industries Probably Grew at Faster Pace
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Global Manufacturing Picking Up
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World-Wide Factory Activity, by Country
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5 Big Names That Profited From The Recession
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Young Workers to Carry Scars of Recession
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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:

Fannie, Freddie Cut Ties to Law Firm
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American dream fades for more as homeownership falls
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The Failure of Mortgage Modification
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac mortgage delinquencies continue to fall
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Countrywide could face bankruptcy
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The Man Who Personally Owes Citigroup $126 Million
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Checking In On BofA's Foreclosure Liability
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What we still don't know on BofA's foreclosures
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Homeowner Vacancy Rates Remain Flat
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Oregon Sues Bear Stearns Over Mortgage Backed Securities
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How Election Results Could Shape Housing
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An Effort to Adapt A European-Style Tool To US Mortgages
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PMI loses $281 million in 3Q, braces for more
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CMBS Delinquency Rate Dropped Last Month
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Autos:

GM Could Be Free of Taxes for Years
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US could take initial loss in GM stock sale
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Canada says undecided on selling GM stake in IPO
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Toyota asks court to throw out acceleration lawsuits
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Is GM Really Worth As Much As Ford Right Now?
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GM's Latest Incentive Plan
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In G.M.’s Comeback Story, a Pivotal Role Played by Washington
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Radio:

Citadel to Replace Suleman's Stock Award With Options Grant, Creditor Says
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R2: Citadel Stock Awards 'Brazen'
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Retailing:

American Apparel Reiterates Bankruptcy Concerns With Reports of More Losses
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Hacketts trustee requests closure and liquidation
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Politics:

GOP gains historic 60 seats; largest midterm gain since WWII
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Shift in Washington Stirs Economic Jitters Abroad
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Business Looks to Republicans to Block Rules, Taxes
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How the Rout Was Won
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Economists React: Just How Good Is Gridlock?
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Many Voters Find Little Comfort on Ballot
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Victories Suggest Wider Appeal of Tea Party
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Obama, learn the lesson of 1936, not 1996
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How Wall Street made voters angry
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Who are the key new Republican leaders?
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US to spend $200 million per day on Obama's Mumbai visit
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Corporate Reform:

World financial markets need a world financial court
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The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions: Some Other Things to Worry About
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Firms That Fought Dodd-Frank May Profit Under Republican House
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Debt Collection:

Debt Collector Misunderstands Notion of 'Mock Trial'
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Robo-signers are even worse in this business
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Hollywood:

A delay may roll at MGM
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Providence Equity to lose $400M on MGM stake
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Icahn Accuses Lions Gate Managers of ‘Digging Themselves In’
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Personal Bankruptcies Continue to Rise
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Bankruptcies on pace to hit most in five years
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Hawaii bankruptcy filings go below 300
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Boston Generating, Fuddruckers, Broadstripe, Barzel, InSight: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Derivatives Still Special After Overhaul
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Proposed Technical Amendments to BAPCPA
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Fraud:

FrontPoint hedge fund got illegal tips -sources
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Hecker's girlfriend fighting eviction
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Citi wants fraud case dismissed over Michael Moore film
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Food/Drink:

Claim Jumper Restaurants Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval of Landry's Sale
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Claim Jumper sale price: $76.6 million
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NutraCea's Plan of Reorganization Approved by Bankruptcy Court
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Banking:

WaMu path clearer to bankruptcy exit
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How the Canadians almost took over WaMu in NY
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Moody's downgrades 10 regional banks after Fed dollars dwindle
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Religion:

Spokane Diocese to mediate pending abuse cases
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Health Care:

Not Paying Bills May Indicate Insanity, Not Irresponsibility
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Sports:

Beach Volleyball Tour Files for Bankruptcy
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster Hires Rothschild as Investment Banker
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Finance:

Advanta Expects to Repay Most of Investment Note and RediReserve Certificate Holders’ Money - Business Wire
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Alter Ego:

In California (Unlike Delaware), No Need to Let Your Alter Ego Get in the Way of Suing a Debtor’s Sole Shareholder Directly
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Television:

RHI Preps Vote on Chapter 11 Filing
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Distressed Investing:

Restructuring Specialist Littlejohn Closes Fund Above Its Target
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg's crisis is political and not necessarily financial
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Andrew Cuomo promises to solve economic woes of New York state
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UK:

Britons no longer embarrassed by debt, reveals survey
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UK October Services Growth Unexpectedly Accelerates
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Experts claim UK 'wasn't bankrupt'
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HMRC reveals 40% increase in bad debts over past 12 months to £6.4billion
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Winding Up Petitions - 2nd November 2010
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Middle East:

UAE PMI Index Rises to 15-Month High as Economy Recovers From Slump
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New Zealand:

Businesswoman refusing to tell court names of lenders
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Greece:

Roubini: Greece bankruptcy is a matter of time
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Spain:

Spanish Registered Jobless Rises for Third Month in October
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