Law:
Most Highly Regarded Firms: Insolvency & Restructuring 2011
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Roundtable: Insolvency & Restructuring 2011
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BigLaw Wants Judge to Rule It Didn't Screw Up in Dodgers' Owner's Divorce
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Judge expresses concern over Bingham McCutchen suit
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BigLaw Supply and Demand
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Strauss-Kahn, AIG-BofA, UniCredit, Citigroup in Court News
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Are We Entering a Double-Dip Recession? If So, What Should We Do?
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The Power Of ‘And’
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12 Things I Hate About Small Firm Practice
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Harvard, a Mini-MBA and Perks at Skadden
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Tenured Law Faculty Salaries, Job Satisfaction
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ABA tackles law student debt and job placement
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Because Cooley Law Really Needs Another Campus
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UCLA Law School Receives $10 Million Gift
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ABA Urges Law Schools to Adopt More Practical Training for Students
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Embattled Law Prof Suspended for 1 Year Without Pay, Ordered to Get Psychiatric Treatment
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ABA Rejects Proposed Measure for Collaborative Law Guidelines
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The Collected Writings of Stephen McDaniel
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US Seeks to Deport Wife, Son of Man It Agreed to Protect
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Repairman steals homeowner's diamond ring by swallowing it
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‘Mini-skirt Monday'??
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"They come back and they grab a handful."
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Men Find the Strangest Places . . .
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Judges:
Two NY BigLaw Partners Support Salary Increase in Open Meeting on Judicial Pay
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal dip as rally fizzles out
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World stocks claw back ground on Fed rates pledge
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Layoffs:
US Productivity Falls As Labor Costs Rise Putting Pressure On Weak Job Markets
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Consumer Finance:
Post-Downgrade, Higher Rates for Borrowers
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Fitch: U.S. Credit Card Defaults Post Second Biggest Drop in Five Years
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy : Coming To A Municipality Near You
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As S&P Downgrades Continue, State And Local Governments Brace For Prospect Of Higher Costs
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California Revenue Falls 10.3% Short of Forecast in July on Expired Taxes
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Expect "drastic" spending cuts in California
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Central Falls receiver repeats claim of power over city's contracts
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Troubled Pa. capital gets new offer on incinerator
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Small Business:
Small Businesses Are More Depressed
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Health Care:
Hoboken University Hospital's CEO Received $600K Severance as Hospital Filed for Bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
The CFPB's Claim To Be The "Most Accountable" Agency In Government Is Simply Not Factual
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Autos:
GM 'Unsure' of Demand as Share Rout Loses US $7.2 Billion
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G.M. Sees Cost Cuts Continuing for Years in Effort to Sustain Long-Term Growth
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Fraud:
Galleon’s Rajaratnam Asks for Sentence ‘Substantially Below’ Guidelines
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Ex-Point Blank Chief to Plead to Tax Charges
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Asset Protection:
Hawaii Says Aloha To Asset Protection Trusts
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Economy:
Divided Fed says likely to keep rates low through mid-2013
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Parsing the Fed: How the Statement Changed
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Bernanke’s Interest-Rate Timeframe Draws Most Negative Votes in 18 Years
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Economists comment on Fed rate plan
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After Fed Statement We Need A Stronger Word Than Bleak
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Stealth QE3 Is Upon Us, How Ben Did It, And What It Means
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Gold steadies near lifetime high, econ worries linger
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Cost of insuring U.S . debt against default falls
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Downgrade Doesn’t Matter as Bond Investors Show Faith in Fed After S&P Cut
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Economic Uncertainty Leading to Global Unrest
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Dow soars 429 points after Fed makes new pledge on rates
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Fed to Equity Markets: Drop Dead
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Safe-haven currencies gain at dollar's expense
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Dollar Tumbles on Fed Pledge; Swiss Franc Soars Most Since 1971
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U.S. Workers Were Less Productive in the Spring
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Standard & Poor's lowers more ratings
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Some munis can have higher ratings than US-S&P
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Was S&P downgrade an act of revenge?
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Banker sends plane over the S&P building with the banner: "Thanks for the downgrade, you should all be fired!"
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S&P balks at SEC proposal to reveal rating errors
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The difference between S&P and Moody's
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Credit Rater Overreacted and Overreached
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The Aftermath of Standard & Poor’s Rating
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Stock Plunge Isn't a Great Recession Predictor
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Poll: US Sees Debt Deal as Bad for Nation
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Uncertainty Feels Like the New Normal
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US Economy Paying for Past Debt Binge
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Why the President Doesn't Present a Bold Plan to Create Jobs and Jumpstart the Economy
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Who's Right? Krugman or Paulson?
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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:
Washington State Sues BofA Over Foreclosures
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H&R Block, Massachusetts Reach $125 Million Accord in State Mortgage Suit
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Zillow: Home prices still falling
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Stimulus is worthless unless housing fixed: analysts
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Rise in REO value cuts Freddie Mac holding expenses by 90%
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Goldman says some insurers threaten mortgage suits
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Palm Harbor Files Plan With Recovery for Unsecured Creditors
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Lender to modify Mass. home loans in settlement
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Former state investigator takes job at foreclosure firm under office's investigation
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CMBS delinquency hits all-time high
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Banking:
Ritholtz Says BofA Should Seek GM-Style Bankruptcy
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Is Bank of America on the brink of bankruptcy ?
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Moynihan tells staff Bank of America on right path
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Brian Moynihan May Want To Look Into Buying Some CDS
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FDIC Asks Judge To Toss $1.75B Bank Of America Ocala Suit
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Worst not over for banks. But it's not 2008
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Goldman Sachs sued by credit union watchdog
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Education:
Kentucky Asks to Join Justice Department Suit Against Education Management
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Gambling:
Standard & Poor's rates Station Casinos debt at 'B'
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Westport Businessman Pleads Guilty In Bankruptcy Fraud
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Religion:
Creditors to Crystal Cathedral: Sell or get sued
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Chapman University, Diocese of Orange emerge as front-runners for Crystal Cathedral
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Heartbreak and heartburn in bankruptcy court
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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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Courthouse Locations
UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Rochelle on Dreier, Scotia-Palco and Hooters
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
Insured versus insured exclusion inapplicable to action by bankruptcy trustee, and bankruptcy exclusion deemed unenforceable
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Fifth Circuit: Excess Insurance Not Triggered When Underlying Insurance Limit Not Exhausted by Payment
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D&O insurance against clawbacks?
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Drafting:
Be Careful What You Draft for: Delaware Chancery Court Blesses Dynegy’s Reorganization
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Litigation:
"There is no provision in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for motions to strike motions and memoranda"
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Celebs:
Lenny Dykstra pleads not guilty
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Heisman winner Detmer says he lost $2 million in scam
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Lehman:
Lehman Brokerage, Beset by Litigation, Wants Payback to Start Soon
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Lehman trustee hopes to pay customers in full
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Hollywood:
Judge Rejects David Bergstein Trustee's Request to Abolish Attorney-Client Privilege
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Sovereigns:
Credit Ratings Around the World, According To S&P, Moody's And Fitch
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IMF:
In Lawsuit, DSK Accuser Asks For More Than Money
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UK:
'Showing the rich people we can do what we want'
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Rioters rob people on street, force them to strip
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These riots were about race. Why ignore the fact?
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Dramatic Pictures Of The London Riots
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Police Prevent Fourth Night of London Riots
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Residents asked to patrol streets
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UK Official Calls for BlackBerry Ban to Help Control London Rioting
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BlackBerry Falls From Executive Suite to UK Mobs
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Independent Labels May Face Bankruptcy Due To London Riots
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Bank of England cuts growth forecast
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Appointment of Administrators - 9 August 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 9 August 2011
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EU:
Merkel faces revolt over eurozone deal
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Sarkozy in emergency meeting on euro debt crisis
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Germany:
German court releases Crown Prince's jet
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Commerzbank Profit Drops 93% on Greek Debt
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PIIGS:
Central Bank Props Up Spain and Italy, for Now
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Portugal Faces Challenges in Meeting Bailout Terms
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Decision on Drumm near as hearing in final phase
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Drumm goes it alone as $250k firm loan dwindles to $300
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Bank of Ireland cuts losses in H1
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BVI:
The blame game: obtaining financial relief against directors and officers in insolvencies
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Australia:
Australian Consumer Confidence Slumps to Lowest Since 2009 on Market Slump
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