Law:
Bonus Watch: Cravath Enters the Bonus Wars — and Beats the S&C Scale!
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Cravath to Pay Special Spring Bonuses, Above Sullivan & Cromwell Scale at Top End
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Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep . . . Beep?: Study Sees Tiny Uptick in Demand for Lawyering
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Curtis Mallet Keeps Climbing the Food Chain
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Dorsey & Whitney Revenue Dips for Second Consecutive Year
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Texas Law Firm Gives New Partners the Boot, Literally
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5th Cir. Eases Attorney Ad Rules, OKs Endorsements, Some Slogans
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Gallop, Johnson & Neuman Expands Business Bankruptcy Practice Group with Two Attorneys
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The Winner of LexisNexis’s Small Law Firm Marketing Makeover!
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Plummeting Profits at Top Washington Law Firm
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Winston Makes Offers to Most Howrey Partners
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‘Tiger Mothers’ Hoping to Sue the Children Who Grow Up to Hate Them
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In-House: Human Resources and the Law
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General Counsel Name Top Firms at Offering Need-to-Know Info
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BigLaw, a Former US Senator and Lots of Lingerie: What Could Go Wrong?
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Fastcase Snags D.C. Bar and Its 70,000+ Attorneys
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Even a Felony Conviction May Not Preclude a Lawyer from Practicing
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Highly Regarded Va. Lawyer Killed in Police Standoff
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Greenberg Traurig Ousts Partner Accused of Altering Offering Documents in SEC Probe
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LexisNexis File & Serve Case Part II - The State Class Action Claim
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Another Firm Says "The Social Network" Twins Are Deadbeats
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What lawyers can learn from call centers
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Possibility of a Voluntary LSAT Reignites Debate Over Test's Value
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Wave of Product News Hits LegalTech New York
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Courtney Love Leaves Lawyers Wanting More
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A new crime
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Judges:
Judge of the Day: Sentence Based on Judge’s Genetic Theories Overturned
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Schumer: 'We have 3 branches of gov't -- A House, a Senate, a President'
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High Court ‘in Scold Mode’ in 9th Circuit Reversals; Was There a Message for Reinhardt?
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Sotomayor Reflects on First Years on Court
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Assembly Member Offers Bill to Prohibit Payments to Judges
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Wall Street:
Wall Street futures signal higher open
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Stocks End Up; Best January for Dow in 14 Years
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Layoffs:
National Grid to cut 1,200 US jobs
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Jobs are Back, but the Pay Stinks
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Job Postings Suggest a Pickup in Employment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Newspapers:
Gannett newspaper ad revenue falls in fourth quarter
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Retailing:
Borders to delay paying some bills to remain liquid
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Municipalities:
In Vallejo, A Municipal Bankruptcy Means Big Sacrifices For Ordinary Workers
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Let states declare bankruptcy
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States' defaulting on commitments as a GOP strategy?
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Municipal bankruptcy attorney says fears overblown
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West Virginia Legislator Hatches Plan to Secede
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New receiver named for distressed Rhode Island city
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MI Treasurer's Office to train 45 emergency financial managers ahead of surge in community, school insolvency crises
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SEC Examining Harrisburg Disclosures to Investors as City Coped With Debt
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Debts Should be Honored, Except When the Money is Owed to Working People
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Whitney Municipal-Bond Apocalypse Is Short on Default Specifics
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Economy:
US spending 'best in three years'
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Fed's Lockhart Says Unemployment 'Nowhere Near Acceptable'
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Joblessness, rising prices may spark war within nations: IMF
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Lockhart: Fed support still needed for fitful recovery
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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:
Whose house is being saved by Obama?
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One in Five Mortgages Default Again After Modification
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Amount of HAMP-eligible borrowers cut in half from a year ago
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Homeownership rate lowest since 1998
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11% of All US Homes Are Now Empty
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White House finds home sales, foreclosure activity depressed in December
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Freddie Mac averages 15 months to foreclose
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Default services law firm expands to Cleveland, Michigan, Florida
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R.I. Judge Upholds Foreclosure Mediation Program
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SEC alleges California attorney altered real estate investment docs
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Banks still holding 70% of REO from market
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LV: 3 commercial real estate companies file for bankruptcy
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Fannie Mae revs up multifamily mortgage securitizations
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CRE "extend and pretend" reaching breaking point
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Fraud:
N.J. judge to decide whether to reopen Robert Brennan's bankruptcy case so regulators can recover funds
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Brennan trust caught up in Ponzi scheme
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Robert Brennan case could be reopened after trust is found in Bahamas
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Deciphering The Mets-Madoff Case
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Mets Owners Say Madoff Trustee Engaged In "Character Assassination"
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Texas Family Nailed in $68M Ponzi Scheme
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Lehman:
Lehman Asks Judge To Dismiss JP Morgan Counter Lawsuit
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Autos:
Chrysler cuts losses and still sees profits
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"Punching Out": The last days of a Detroit auto plant
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Celebs:
Celebrity Money Watch: Eva Longoria's bankruptcy and Val Kilmer's tax woes
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Hotels:
Bankruptcy judge denies foreclosure of Boston's W Hotel
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Judge orders trustee to take over former Hilton
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CNL Hotels Mulls Bankruptcy Protection
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Banking:
FDIC Says Colonial Bankruptcy Plan 'Premature' Ahead of Appeal
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Mass Torts:
WR Grace: Bankruptcy judge approves Chap. 11 plan
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Judge Asks BP Why Some Oil-Spill Claimants Are Not Getting Answers
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91,000 Oil Spill Claims, Just 1 Final Payment
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Consumer Finance:
Internet Payday Loans, Arbitration Clauses, and Agreements Not to Bring Class Actions
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Corporate Reform:
Financial Watchdog: Pricing Needs to Be Clearer
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Consumer watchdog not waiting to begin role
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SEC: Back Looking Out for Wall Street
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Debt Collection:
Car repo quiz show: Contestants play to keep their own vehicles
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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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Insurance:
Global General Files Chapter 15 Bankruptcy in US
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Miscellaneous:
The Creditor of My Creditor Is My . . . Friend? - What rights do holders of securitized debt have to participate in a bankruptcy case?
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WR Grace, GM, Innkeepers, Townsends, Orchard Brands: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Why Lifeline Bankruptcy Could Squeeze In Through the Back Door
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcies up again in 2010 for Minnesotans
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Las Vegas: Bankrupt and Blue
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Tax:
IRS targets CalPERS bribe suspect Villalobos
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Litigation:
In the Long Winter of eDiscovery, a Glimmer of Spring
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The Mystery of the Ghostwritten Report
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Media:
Bank in Tribune Deal Tries to Limit Damages
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Tribune Lender Group Agrees to Support Reorganization With Split Ownership
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Education:
Profit-Seeking Colleges Claim Education Officials May Have Tipped Short-Sellers
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Health Care:
Judge strikes down healthcare reform law
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Fact Check: Will Health Insurance Rates Fall?
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Resorts:
Paulson Group Said to Hire Law Firm for Resort Bankruptcy Advice
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Oil/Gas:
Energy Industry Braces for Cuts
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Finance:
Loan terms ease a bit for businesses
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EU:
Euro zone January factory PMI up as periphery picks up
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Germany:
German jobless rate falls to lowest since 1992
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Ireland:
Banks using private eyes to hunt vanishing homeowners
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Hungary:
Troubled power plant reaches agreement with creditors
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Egypt:
Egypt: The Road to Bankruptcy and Civil War
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S&P cuts Egypt ratings; may cut again within 3 mths
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Tens of Thousands Converge in Cairo for 'Million Man March'
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Worried Gazans Stockpile Supplies
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Israel shocked by Obama's betrayal of Mubarak
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