April 18, 2011

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Law:

Bonus Watch: Mayer Brown Announces Supplemental Bonuses
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How to Spend Your BigLaw Spring Bonus Money
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Ethics: Law Firms That Serve ‘Sophisticated’ Clients Need Own Regulatory System
(DBN)

Is E-Discovery Becoming Certifiable?
(DBN)

E-Discovery and Vanishing Text Messages
(DBN)

Already Ferocious Fight Over $315 Million Attorneys Fee Fund Heats Up
(DBN)

Outside Legal Investment: Drafting a BigLaw S-1
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3 Keys to Successful Alternative Fee Arrangements
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10 Truths About Innovation in Law Departments
(DBN)

California law firm may be forced into bankruptcy
(DBN)

Merger Creates Largest Firm in Carolinas
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Anticipating Economic Growth, BigLaw Acquires 44-Lawyer Firm With long Pedigree
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Bank of America Taps Gary Lynch as Global CLO
(DBN)

Public Defenders Feeling Budget Pinch, 450-Per-Lawyer Caseloads
(DBN)

Fmr BigLaw Associate Charged with Insider Trading Gets Home Confinement
(DBN)

YLS Student Repeats Poker Championship
(DBN)

Law Profs Fasttrack Appeal of Their Slashed Verdict Against West
(DBN)

Tiger Cub Speaks
(DBN)

Young and Wired
(DBN)

What's the Difference Between Acrobat 8, 9, and X?
(DBN)

Business Card Dies
(DBN)

How Should Young Lawyers Conduct Themselves Online?
(DBN)

Law Firm PR Jobs Bring in the Dough, Salaries Rise 18%
(DBN)

Lawyers Locked in Lease Dispute Over Mansion Office
(DBN)

Further Adventures in Attorney Website Photos
(DBN)

Woman Sues Match.com, Wants Screening for Sexual Predators
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Judges:

"Talk about the branches getting together!"
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Judge of the Day: Another Dangerous D.C. Driver
(DBN)

Federal judge demands state judge appear, threatens to send marshals
(DBN)

10th Circuit puts fed-state judicial feud on hold
(DBN)

Justice Kennedy: Blogs have caused a “Quiet Revolution” and “Sea Change” to make the Supreme Court more accessible
(DBN)

Some Criticize O’Connor for Advocating Public Policy While She Hears Cases
(DBN)

Whose Jobs Are on the Chopping Block as NY Courts Face Budget Crisis?
(DBN)

Justices face conflict of interest questions
(DBN)

Judge Copies Most of His Decision from a Party’s Briefs — Why Is That Wrong?
(DBN)

Ex-federal judge reports to prison
(DBN)

The Rat, The Sewer And The Suspension
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Fall
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US stocks ready for barrage of earnings
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VIX Hits Lowest Level Since 2007
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Cash Misery Fuels Rush to Risk
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Layoffs:

Jobs are Recovering, but Pay Isn't
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Hedge Funds:

Fund Goes to Brink and Back
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Hedge Funds Bounce Back
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Tax:

45% don't owe U.S. income tax
(DBN)

For Super Rich, Taxes Keep Falling
(DBN)

Where the Tax Money Is
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IRS Watchdog Seeks Overhaul of Tax Code
(DBN)

Who's Left to Pay Taxes?
(DBN)

Tax filers take out frustration on "IRS car"
(DBN)

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Pensions:

Retirement Assets Back Near Peak
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Runaway Public Pensions Betrayed by Fraud, Abuse
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Celebs:

Former Mets Dykstra charged with bankruptcy fraud
(DBN)

'Nails' Gets Nailed— This Time, Embezzling
(DBN)

Manhattan jeweler-to-the-stars Ralph Esmerian pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
(DBN)

Ozzy, Sharon Osbourne in $1.7 mn tax debt
(DBN)

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Gambling:

Founders of top Web poker sites indicted
(DBN)

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Autos:

For Investors, the Shine is Off the New GM
(DBN)

Sweden Will Allow Saab to Sell Assets
(DBN)

Chrysler Nears New Debt Offer
(DBN)

Toyota, Honda Running in Low Gear
(DBN)

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Aviation:

No friendly skies in U.S. airlines' earnings
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Corporate Governance:

More Directors Face Yearly Votes
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Lehman:

Lehman Still Active in Downtown Condo Project
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Oil/Gas:

'Fracking' for natural gas also splits towns and families
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Economy:

Consumer Confidence Rises in April
(DBN)

US Factories Boost Output
(DBN)

Wall Street Presses Republicans to Reach a Deal on Debt Ceiling
(DBN)

Geithner: GOP won't block debt ceiling rise
(DBN)

America’s Banker May Tell Geithner to Go Away
(DBN)

House approves GOP budget-cutting plan
(DBN)

Rep. Paul breaks with GOP on budget-cutting vote
(DBN)

IMF: New Efforts Against Economic Threats
(DBN)

IMF: Growth No Longer Enough
(DBN)

Major Economies Should Let Currencies Adjust
(DBN)

6 states, nation's capital now at $4 a gallon gas
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Gas Price Feeds Inflation Pain
(DBN)

13 items that cost more, or will soon
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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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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:

Meet the servicers who avoided the foreclosure settlement, for now
(DBN)

Fed consent orders will hike mortgage servicing costs
(DBN)

Increased mortgage servicing costs near $1 billion at BofA
(DBN)

Ben-Ezra secures favorable ruling in JPMorgan Chase court fight
(DBN)

Florida Judges Rushing Foreclosures
(DBN)

Florida launches billion-dollar mortgage bailout amid concerns
(DBN)

New Democrat Coalition unveils housing finance reform priorities
(DBN)

Risk retention will produce higher quality mortgages, depress housing: S&P
(DBN)

Fannie: Servicer side agreements with mortgage insurers prohibited
(DBN)

Bond insurers surge on B. of A. payment
(DBN)

BofA Can't Beat the House
(DBN)

After Recession and Scandals, Private Residence Clubs Start to Resurface
(DBN)

Developer's Estranged Wife Requests Bankruptcy Trustee
(DBN)

Judge dismisses Stanbrough bankruptcy bid
(DBN)

REITs underperform most stock benchmarks, still poised for growth
(DBN)

Underwriting on CMBS loans loosens as cautious optimism hits
(DBN)

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Mass Torts:

Spillionaires -- Profiting off the BP Oil Spill
(DBN)

One Year After Spill, Some Signs of Life Emerge in the Gulf
(DBN)

A Year on, BP Oil Still Mars Gulf Communities as Public Scrutiny Dries up
(DBN)

Business as usual in Florida a year on from BP spill
(DBN)

The oil spill that changed the industry
(DBN)

The Gulf of Mexico is not as clean as they say
(DBN)

Oil Firms to Deploy New Containment Device for Deepwater Spills
(DBN)

Spill changes little in the Gulf oil industry
(DBN)

BP must sell off half its assets, say top investors
(DBN)

Oil spill claims czar Kenneth Feinberg is 'bloodied, but unbowed'
(DBN)

Dispute heats up over BP's $20B oil spill fund
(DBN)

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IP:

RIM may top Google's Nortel patents bid: report
(DBN)

Tavern on the Green Trustee, New York Settle Over Trademark
(DBN)

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Banking:

Two Georgia bank failures bring year's tally to 30
(DBN)

Largest Failure This Year Is Among Six Banks Shut
(DBN)

Bank Titan In Turmoil as Revival Is Elusive
(DBN)

BofA's Struggles Go on as Profit, Revenue Fall
(DBN)

BofA's income falls 39 pct as mortgage woes linger
(DBN)

Deutsche Bank Staff Among Those Arrested by Hong Kong Antigraft Agency
(DBN)

Free checking is not so free anymore
(DBN)

Bair puts foot down on bail-outs
(DBN)

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Fraud:

The Confessions of an Inside Trader
(DBN)

Prosecutors Didn't Want Ex-Galleon President Prepped by Defense
(DBN)

Goldman’s Cohn Focus of Lawyer Wrangle at Rajaratnam Trial
(DBN)

JP Morgan Chase Had No “Actual Knowledge” Madoff Was A Crook
(DBN)

Judge freezes assets of Fishers money manager
(DBN)

SEC Sues Subprime Auto Finance Company
(DBN)

Eleven Charged in Manhattan for Fraud in Online-Gambling Money Laundering
(DBN)

Ex-Taylor Bean’s Farkas Testifies He Didn't Commit Crimes
(DBN)

Ex-New York Official Hevesi Gets Up to 4 Years in Prison for Pay-to-Play
(DBN)

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Orchestras:

Philadelphia Orchestra board OKs Chapter 11 filing
(DBN)

Philadelphia Orchestra Makes Bankruptcy Move
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Museums:

The Museum of American Finance Needs More Money
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Corporate Reform:

Bair: Dodd-Frank can restore market discipline
(DBN)

Jamie Dimon: Consumer Bureau Could Benefit Financial System
(DBN)

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Hotels:

Innkeepers Added $2 Million Bonus for Restructuring Officer, Creditor Says
(DBN)

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Accounting:

E&Y Fails to Gain Dismissal in Broadcom Case
(DBN)

Ernst & Young Must Face Trial for Ignoring Fraud
(DBN)

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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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Setoffs:

Death and Taxes are Certain, Except When it Comes to Post-Confirmation Setoffs
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Credit Reporting:

California one of many US states considering banning credit checks during hiring
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Municipalities:

UUSD facing possible bankruptcy by end of 2013-14 school year
(DBN)

California Cuts 11,600 Jobs in March
(DBN)

Texas Added 32,700 Jobs in April
(DBN)

US county can sue JP Morgan over bond deals
(DBN)

Lawyer Calls for Cash-Strapped Detroit to Be a "Fun City'
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Jeweler Esmerian Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
(DBN)

Lenny Dykstra charged with bankruptcy fraud
(DBN)

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Utilities:

TXU's Parent Firm Gets Debt Extension
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Sovereigns:

The Biggest Entitlement Spenders In The World
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UK:

Appointment of Administrators - 15 April 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 15 April 2011
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Southern Cross Asks for Rent Cut to Avoid Bankruptcy
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EU:

Don't Bet on an Imminent Euro-Zone Debt Default
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Debt Concerns Pressure Euro
(DBN)

What Europe's coming debt default will look like
(DBN)

Euro vs. Invasion of the Zombie Banks
(DBN - NY Times - Paywall Limit Possible)

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Canada:

Bankruptcy lawyer condemns proposed casino expansion
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Germany:

WestLB to Restructure, Cut Staff
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PIIGS:

Greece promises more austerity, bonds fall
(DBN)

Greece Proposes Debt-Repayment Extension
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Greece Denies Restructuring Plan as Traders Raise Default Bet
(DBN)

IMF Believes Greece Should Consider Debt Restructuring By 2012
(DBN)

For Greece, the Path to Restructuring Holds Pitfalls
(DBN)

Restructuring speculation dogs Greece
(DBN)

Germany welcomes Greek debt deal talk
(DBN)

Ireland's 'richest man' could now face bankruptcy
(DBN)

EU, IMF: Ireland Passed 1st Bailout Test
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MENA:

Saudi Arabia cut output in March
(DBN)

Crude Oil Declines as Saudi Arabia Says Market Is 'Oversupplied'
(DBN)

Oil and Unrest
(DBN)

In Oil Market, Confusion Has Traders Looking For Options
(DBN)

World Bank, IMF call for support for Mideast
(DBN)

Mass Protests Mount in Syria
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Egypt, Tunisia stumble through Swiss legal hoops
(DBN)

Bringing it all back home: why tracing Mubarak's money may not be easy
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Japan:

New cooling may be installed at Fukushima reactors
(DBN)

Possible new leak at nuclear plant in Japan
(DBN)

Japan nuclear-plant fix may take 9 months: Tepco
(DBN)

Tepco Aims for 'Cold Shutdown'
(DBN)

Utility to Soon Pay Those Near Plant
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China:

Beijing inflation medicine not working
(DBN)

Is the People's Bank of China Insolvent?
(DBN)

More Rate Increases Seen for China
(DBN)

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New Zealand:

Henderson wins bankruptcy fight
(DBN)

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Bulgaria:

50 Bulgarian Municipalities Face Bankruptcy
(DBN)

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Serbia:

50,000 Protest Serbian Government
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Australia:

$2.4m home, a BMW and Mercedes in the drive but fallen tycoon Craig Gore says he's doing it tough
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