October 21, 2010

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Law:

Niche Lawyers Spawn Foreclosure Fracas
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If Lockstep Is Dead, How About a 'Miles Earned' Type of System?
(DBN)

The Nixon Acquisition of Thelen Lawyers, 2 Years Later
(DBN)

Simmons keeps US tie-up on the table as part of growth strategy
(DBN)

New litigation report hints at permanent changes to legal industry
(DBN)

Disciplinary rules regarding conflicts of interest on the agenda for State Bar of Texas board meeting
(DBN)

Jobless: Law student asks for refund
(DBN)

Avoiding ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’, Disguised Hourly Fees
(DBN)

Ex-Greenberg Lawyer Pleads Guilty to $500,000 Fraud
(DBN)

For Legal Fees, It’s More of a Buyer’s Market
(DBN)

Les Femmes Fatiguees
(DBN)

SRA draws up post-Halliwells protocols for failed law firms
(DBN)

UK firm announces layoff round with 40 jobs under review
(DBN)

Hedge Fund Deals Mean Work for Am Law Firms
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UK Takeover Panel Seeks Additional Disclosures of Advisers' Merger Fees
(DBN)

New Requirements for New York Foreclosure Lawyers
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The Price of Getting Pretty: Productivity
(DBN)

Suit Says Wilson Sonsini Tried to Hide Conflict
(DBN)

Process Makes Perfect: Some Guidance on Mastering Early Case Assessment
(DBN)

Merkin, Och-Ziff, Fannie Mae, Lehman in Court News
(DBN)

Why Aon's Law Department Needed a Director of Ops
(DBN)

Support From Bar, Friends Helps Attorney Pull Through Illness
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Juror’s Revelation Stuns Courtroom, Forcing a Mistrial
(DBN)

Jackson Doctor's Legal Bills Issue
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Review: Nuance PDF Converter 7
(DBN)

Satirical Law School Blog Leads to Harassment Probe Against Syracuse 2L
(DBN)

Suit Claims Lawyer Loudly Called Ex-Client a Deadbeat in Public Encounter
(DBN)

Pro Se Litigant of the Day: Deborah Frisch, Ph.D. Practice pointer: don’t refer to judges as ‘frocked cowf**kers.’
(DBN)

Project Helps Send 2 Ugandan Women to Law School
(DBN)

Attorney Sentenced to 5 Years for OxyContin Possession
(DBN)

A Short History of Mug Shots
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Judges:

Decision of Judge Indicted on Drug Charges Called Into Question
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Retiring Judge: Colleague Biased Against Complainants, So Don’t Reassign My Cases to Him
(DBN)

Chief Justice Roberts Admits He Doesn’t Read the Computer Fine Print
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Ginni Thomas Sets Bar For the Most Bizarre Thing Ever Done By Spouse of a Sitting Supreme Court Justice
(DBN)

Anita Hill Won't Back Down: 'I Testified Truthfully'
(DBN)

Virginia Thomas Cancels Radio Show Amid Controversy
(DBN)

Clarence Thomas's Wife Dialed the Wrong Number
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Wall Street:

Stocks, US Index Futures Advance on Earnings, Economy; Euro Strengthens
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Stocks Take Off On Airline Profits, Beige Book Bolsters Rally
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Goldman flirts with uncharacteristic mediocrity
(DBN)

Bonus Pool Reduced by Credit Suisse as Investment-Banking Revenue Declines
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Layoffs:

Beige Book: Where Are the Jobs?
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Vet May Seek Punitives in Claim for Denial of Job Reinstatement
(DBN)

State unemployment benefits fund billions in debt
(DBN)

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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State unemployment programs face insolvency
(DBN)

Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:

GM Seeks Approval of $773 Million Environmental Accord
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GM creditor committee heads to bankruptcy court
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New reality for Orion's laid-off workers
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Fraud:

Madoff Diamond Ring to Be Part of Auction
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Madoff's Piano, Slippers on Auction Block
(DBN)

How Power Blinds Us to Our Flaws
(DBN)

Settlement reached in US Fidelis bankruptcy case
(DBN)

Prosecutor: No evidence Moodys schemed with Nadel
(DBN)

Investors sue man described as 'a serial financial predator'
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Credit Cards:

Fed Aims to Tighten Credit-Card Rules
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Mass Torts:

Bumpy Start to BP Fund Puzzles Gulf
(DBN)

BP Claims Process Moves Forward, But Not Without Grumbling
(DBN)

Groups sue BP for harm to endangered Gulf wildlife
(DBN)

BP Payout Effects: Shrimpers Stay Home, Bar Fights Break Out
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Resorts:

With Ski Season Looming, Tamarack Faces Setback
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Fashion:

Oilily Bounces Back From Bankruptcy
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Politics:

Third-party candidate allegedly planted by Democrats files for bankruptcy
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Insurance:

Antietam, Affiliate of SageCrest, Seeks Bankruptcy
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Health Care:

Clark Memorial may buy another hospital
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Cost of Health Care to Rise 14%
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Economy:

Economic Activity Is Expanding Modestly, the Federal Reserve Says
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Fed’s Plosser: Bad Incentives Drove Much of Financial Crisis
(DBN)

Stimulus weatherization money buys shoddy work, widespread fraud
(DBN)

Each American Owes $43,000
(DBN)

How GOP Can Also Botch the Economy
(DBN)

Real estate brokers' pessimism in housing market reaches new low
(DBN)

Will the Federal Reserve Cause a Civil War?
(DBN)

FDIC's Bair Says Dodd-Frank Changes Will End Too-Big-to-Fail
(DBN)

The ‘Unretirement Index’
(DBN)

Dollar Rises as Geithner Suggests No Need for More Weakness; Aussie Slips
(DBN)

Tax: Rich professors doth protest too much
(DBN)

Like France, will US soon move to boost retirement age?
(DBN)

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:

Bondholders Eyeing $47B in Countrywide Mortgage-Backed Securities
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CMBS unpaid balances reach $62.19 billion, CRE CDO delinquencies up
(DBN)

Commercial Real Estate Falls to 20o2 Levels
(DBN)

A Legal Remedy for Buyer’s Remorse
(DBN)

Next Stop in Foreclosure Fight May Be Courtroom
(DBN)

White House begins probe into mortgage servicers' operations
(DBN)

FBI Now Involved in Foreclosure Mess
(DBN)

White House sees no 'structural' foreclosure issue
(DBN)

HUD Secretary: Foreclosure problems not "systemic"
(DBN)

Banks Face Two-Front War on Bad Mortgages, Flawed Foreclosures
(DBN)

Banks Clueless on Foreclosure Mess Severity
(DBN)

A Proposal To Ease the Foreclosure Mess
(DBN)

Three options for the mortgage mess
(DBN)

Law Firm ‘Scared the Wits Out of Some People’ With Mistaken Foreclosure Letters
(DBN)

Fannie Mae Suspends Use of Stern Law Firm From Foreclosure Work
(DBN)

HUD Chief Vows Vigilance on Foreclosures
(DBN)

Blackrock's Fink: bank repurchase concerns overdone
(DBN)

Mortgage Mess May Cause Bank of America Shares to Fall Hard
(DBN)

Bank of America's big, bad mortgage problem
(DBN)

The Letter The Fed, PIMCO And Others Sent To Bank Of America Over Putbacks
(DBN)

BofA sues FDIC to recover $1.75 billion for TBW investors
(DBN)

Fed's 'Weight' Joins Mortgage Investor Bid for Relief
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Wells Fargo defends its foreclosures
(DBN)

Wells Fargo: Mortgage repurchase demands are 'very manageable'
(DBN)

Wells Fargo dismisses foreclosure doubts
(DBN)

Citigroup Claims No 'Robo-Signings'
(DBN)

Intermission, at Best, in Battle Over Foreclosures
(DBN)

Obama Official Says Banks Can Restart Foreclosures
(DBN)

New York Courts Mandate Lawyers Certify Foreclosures to Ensure Accuracy
(DBN)

Multiple Messes: Mortgages, Foreclosures And The Banks
(DBN)

Ghosts Of Countrywide And $47 Billion Worth Of Bonds Haunt Bank Of America
(DBN)

Canada Pension Wades Deeper into U.S.
(DBN)

Title Insurer Profit Climbs Despite Mortgage Chaos
(DBN)

Architectural billings positive for first time since 2008: AIA
(DBN)

Bedbug Disclosure Becomes Part of NY Real Estate Deals
(DBN)

Petra Offshore Fund, REIT Unit File for Bankruptcy Protection in New York
(DBN)

Century 21 case to move forward as class-action lawsuit
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Aviation:

Airlines Find a Route to Profit
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Banking:

U.S. Bank Rules to Be Stricter Than Basel: FDIC's Bair
(DBN)

Morgan Stanley Posts Quarterly Loss
(DBN)

Morgan Stanley Still Ain’t No Goldman
(DBN)

Morgan Stanley Earnings: What’s Another Word for ‘Ugly?’
(DBN)

Wells Fargo Reports Higher Earnings
(DBN)

Bank Balance Sheets 'Full of Rotten Stuff'
(DBN)

No More Free Checking
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Domain Names:

Los Angeles Firm Sells Sex.com For $13M
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Religion:

Live Camels And Recession To Blame for Megachurch Debt
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Schuller's Crystal Cathedral teeters on the edge; once an innovator, he failed to keep up
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Ex-priest's attorney withdraws from cases
(DBN)

Spokane Diocese agrees to mediation over pending abuse cases
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Litigation:

10 Tips for Effective Litigation Case Management
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Derivatives:

Derivative Trader's Tea Party Gets a Crasher
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Tax:

Google 2.4% Rate Shows How $60 Billion US Revenue Lost to Tax Loopholes
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Gambling:

New York City OTB and its creditors reach deal
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OTB deal would cut 500 jobs, nix Internet bets and subsidies
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Newspapers:

Zell on the hot seat
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Sources: Tribune CEO to resign this week
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions 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
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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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Sales:

US bankruptcy law under scrutiny
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Miscellaneous:

General Motors, EarthRenew, Cello Energy, Lehman, H&R Block: Bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Files: Lehman Lawyers Break $1 Billion Billable Barrier
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Now Guns Are Protected Items Under New Law
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Telecoms:

A sat firm’s bankruptcy could mean a wireless broadband feast for Dish Network
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Fairpoint returns to Vt. board on bankruptcy plan
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Municipalities:

SEC probing Bell, California for securities fraud
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The cost of corruption
(DBN)

Fort Worth confronts potential pension insolvency in 2023
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Cash-strapped governments ramping up tax-collection efforts... ...Tactics including placing wheel locks on cars
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Bankruptcy support heats city hearing
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State officials hold public hearing on Harrisburg's Act 47 application
(DBN)

These 16 cities are leaving the recovery in the dust
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Tech:

Spansion Japan Dispute Over Rejection Damages Claims Settled
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Software:

Bankruptcy petition halts sale of Utah's DigitalBridge
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Retailing:

General Growth to reach end of bankruptcy
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UK:

Insolvency trade body warns corporate failures to peak in 2011
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UK Slashes 500,000 Gov't Jobs
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UK Budget Cuts More Aggressive Than US
(DBN)

Britain Details Radical Spending Cuts, Citing Debt
(DBN)

Spending review will mean more small to medium sized companies in administration
(DBN)

Throwing out all bar the kitchen sink
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In Britain, Keynesians Fall Out of Favor
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UK spending cuts to rely on will and luck
(DBN)

Spending Review: Reaction on education
(DBN)

Banks cheer George Osborne's bid to keep firms from moving abroad
(DBN)

Is It Fair?
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Osborne insists Britain sober up
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George Osborne on spending review: there is no plan B
(DBN)

Councils are told: 'Departments can be merged in bid to reduce costs'
(DBN)

Fear stalks City over scale of measures
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500 insolvency cases investigated by one firm
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UK: Consumer Credit And Insolvency – A Fairer Deal
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IPA responds to call for evidence
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Retail sales fall unexpectedly in September
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Scottish insolvencies fall in second quarter
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Karl Oyston is free to become chairman of Blackpool FC again.
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Wave of new rules creates demand for specialists
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Scottish personal insolvencies 'decreased in 2010's second quarter'
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UK Supreme Court Backs Enforceability of Prenups for the First Time
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EU:

Failing Banks Could Be Seized Under European Plans
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IMF: Tepid Recovery in Europe
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France:

Rioters rampage, protesters block French airports
(DBN)

Tourists warned to stay away as violence spirals
(DBN)

French Police Begin Breaking Up Fuel Depot Blockades
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Canada:

A corporate divorce alternative when the butterfly won't fly
(DBN)

Oilers owner fronted $1M bail for Pocklington
(DBN)

New book sheds light on Sather-Pocklington
(DBN)

AbitibiBowater restructuring decision approaching in US bankruptcy court
(DBN)

Vancouver lawyer's stock clients soar, then collapse
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Australia:

Director's duties: how to fail properly
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Winding up corporate trustees: liquidator’s entitlement to remuneration and expenses from multiple trusts
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China:

Asian Currencies Gain as China's Economic Growth Beats Estimates
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China growth slows
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China's Wealth Gap Strains Social Fabric
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Germany:

Germany Doubles Growth Forecast
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Ireland:

The sheer unadulterated avarice of the Drumms
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Drumm could be extradited if DPP takes case, Dail told
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Gardai facing uphill battle to bring charges against Drumm
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Investors find Irish market shut
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