Law:
Staff Layoff Watch: Hughes Hubbard & Reed (Los Angeles)
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Firm to Staff: If You're Not a Lawyer, You Likely Won't Work for Us Anymore
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The Year in Law Firm Layoffs – 2010
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The State of Biglaw: With Layoffs Down Dramatically, Will Spring Bring Bonuses?
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Sidley Austin Names Bankruptcy Partner
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After Missing Some Red Flags, McKenna Long Uses 30-Minute Test to Find Team Players
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I Dreamed of Atticus
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Rejecting Possible Merger, Winston & Strawn Now Seeks to Recruit Howrey Lawyers
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Fannie, Freddie paid $50 million in fees to Florida law firms under investigation
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Testing Your Law Library Strategy
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If everyone hates this lady, why is her book selling so incredibly well?
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Rahm Emanuel Back on Ballot for Chicago Mayor’s Race; Ill. Supreme Court Stays Appellate Ruling
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Idaho Law Student Wants Right to Carry Guns on Campus
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Donating hotel toiletries to battered women's shelters
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Lawyer of the Day
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New Class Suit Hits LexisNexis for Unfair Fees
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‘Looking for Evidence,’ Authorities Demolish House Where 2 Cops Were Fatally Shot Yesterday
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Sued for Malpractice, Defense Lawyer Can Attack Client’s Alibi That He Was Elsewhere During Crime
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NY Malpractice Suit Against BigLaw Firm Bounced to Boston
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Reprimand Recommended for Lawyer Who Sent Note to Judge Advising Him to Convict
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Enough's Enough, Bar Tells Attorney
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Packers Fan Fired Over Team Necktie; Will Litigation Ensue?
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Judges:
1-Year State of Emergency Declared in Ariz. Federal Courts, Allowing 6-Month Criminal Trial Delay
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Convicted of Drunken Driving, Judge Must Take Daily Breath Test Before Hearing Cases
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Judge Has a Mind for ‘Ridiculous Details’ and Sprinkles Them Throughout His Opinions
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Justice Alito Will Miss State of the Union Because of a ‘Perfectly Timed’ Engagement
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Bar Group Has Judge's Back in Beef With Bloomberg
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Wall Street:
Futures indicate Wall Street edging up; Fed eyed
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Stocks Fall on Mixed Earnings
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Wall Street's High Profits, but Owe Uncle Sam
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Wall Street’s New Lie To Main Street: Asset Allocation
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Crisis: Vampire Squid or Big Government?
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Layoffs:
Obama's State of the Union underscores jobs
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Growing jobs in a world transformed
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Most States Shed Jobs
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Who Are America's Jobless?
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$1 billion in mortgage help to unemployed won't come until spring
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
SEC Gives Green Light to 'Say on Pay' Rule
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Merrill Lynch charged with misusing customers' order data, hiding trading fees
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What's next for the Dodd-Frank bill?
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Municipalities:
Municipal Bondholders Left in the Dark
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Bonds vs. Bankruptcy
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Illinois Plan for Pensions Questioned
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Ill. governor responds as states try to poach jobs
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Bankruptcy Would Disrupt Market: Illinois Treasurer
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Gov. Christie says his office is working with towns to help them avoid declaring bankruptcy
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Chris Christie: NJ will not pay back $271 million for tunnel
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New Jersey governor says it's too early for state bankruptcies
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Christie Escalates Teacher-Union War by Proposing End to Century of Tenure
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Ending Tenure May Not Be the Answer
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Harrisburg, Pa., Council Majority Refuse To Meet With Consultants
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Cities Can Cut Jobs Without Union Blessing: Court
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Help states go bankrupt
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Senate leaders eye option of state bankruptcy
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers Files Revised Plan to Exit Bankruptcy
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Lehman Brothers offers bondholders bigger payment
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Gambling:
Judge Dismisses NYCOTB Bankruptcy Case
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Motorcycles:
What's behind Orange County Choppers bankruptcy rumors?
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Economy:
US consumer confidence at 8-month high
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Unemployment Rises in 20 States
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US Trust in Business Tumbles
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Watchdog says future bailouts appear more likely
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Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Finds
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Financial crisis panel casts wide net of blame
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House panel to hear TARP testimony
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TARP's Most-Significant Legacy May Be `Moral Hazard' Risk, Watchdog Says
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In report, financial crisis panel to urge prosecution of industry figures
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SOTU: Unclear whether the cuts add up
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Obama's fiscal weak tea
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In State of the Union, Obama dodged debt, deficit challenges that cowed congressional Republicans
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Obama to Call for 5 Year Spending Freeze
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House GOP to endorse pre-Obama spending levels
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Republicans decry debt, offer few detailed fixes
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Obama urges a freeze and shift in spending
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Bernanke Gets 66% Approval From Investors Disapproving of QE2
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Poverty and the Middle Class
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Davos 'One Crazy, Exciting Circus'
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IMF: Financial Stability Still at Risk
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What's Fueling Oil and Food Prices?
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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:
US home prices slide into 'double dip'
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Bank of America's Countrywide Accused of “Massive Fraud”
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Foreclosure-Prevention Program Shows Gains Amid Criticism
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TARP Report: Homeowner-Aid Efforts Are Falling Short
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California's 4Q plunge in default notices may be short lived
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9 cities reach new lows in home prices: S&P/Case-Shiller
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Why Are Home Prices Still Falling?
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Housing analysts expect home price declines through 2011
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Moody's says keeping Fannie, Freddie intact is lose-lose
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Mortgage loan origination to drop below $1 trillion in 2011
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Bucktown Station Developer Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Real-Estate Wars Go On
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The King of Home Equity Fraud
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4 Years for Bilking Distressed Homeowners
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Tax:
IRS taps into Social Media
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Health Care:
Shepherd of the Valley may file for bankruptcy
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Kentuckiana Medical Center pays off some bankruptcy debt
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Leawood medical practice remains open despite bankruptcy
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How GOP Plans to Trim Health Care Law
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Banking:
United Western Bancorp Mulls Bankruptcy
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Resorts:
Starved Rock resort files for bankruptcy
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Entertainment:
RHI Uses Horror Flick “Phantom Racer” To Pay Debt
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Golf:
Golf courses part of trustee's sale Wednesday
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Country Club Crisis
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Soccer:
Playboy Pin-Up Takes Over Soccer Team
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Pigeons:
Pigeon king flap yields paper flurry
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Derivatives:
CDS clearinghouses pass $15 trillion milestone
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Aviation:
Airlines Flying Less and Charging More
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Bankruptcy court orders Livemercial Aviation to liquidate
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Why Frontier Airlines Isn't Going Anywhere Any Time Soon
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Shipping:
Korea Bankruptcy Slams Dry Bulk Stocks
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More shipping firms seen failing unless oversupply addressed
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Charter Rates Rise on Strong Cargo Demand
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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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Miscellaneous:
NYC OTB, Townsends, O'Hare InterContinental, Vitro: Bankruptcy
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Vitro, Satmex, Nortel, Workflow, Lehman: Bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Files: Lehman Fees, State Bankruptcies, and Three New Filings
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Atlanta bankruptcies up
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Claim Allowance:
To Pay or Not to Pay: Bankruptcy Court Twice Holds that a Claim Remains Contingent for Purposes of Section 502(e)(1)(B) Until a Creditor Makes an Actual Payment
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Debt Collection:
Class Claims HSBC Cheats on Settlements
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Celebs:
Michael Jackson's Doctor Files For Bankruptcy
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Was MJ the Only Reason Klein’s Office Successful?
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Michael Jackson's Doctor Pleads Not Guilty
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Litigation:
What About Clients?: Federal Courts: Use "Declarations"--not Affidavits.
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Mass Torts:
Feinberg's Independence From BP Questioned
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Education:
For-Profit Colleges Sue Uncle Sam, Saying New Regulations Are Unfair
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Fraud:
SEC probing statements on Illinois pension
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Accounting:
ABA lauds FASB change of course on mark-to-market accounting
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Rail:
GOP Targets High Speed Rail for Cuts
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Retailing:
Rugged Bear trapped in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Anchor Blue to allow limited returns
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Hotels:
2 O.C. hotels face bankruptcy bids
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UK:
2 on Bank of England panel sought higher rate
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The U.K.'s Ugly Growth Aberration
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Mervyn King warns of worse pay squeeze since 1920s
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New partner at Begbies
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EU:
EU to ask banks to voluntarily declare bankruptcy
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Canada:
SISO forced into bankruptcy
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Harmac legal battles roll on
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GST/HST deemed trust loses priority in CCAA reorganization
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China:
Yuan Near 17-Year High as China Backs Advance to Tame Inflation
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Netherlands:
Dutch electronics retailer in bankruptcy
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Hungary:
Budapest financial official warns that drastic measures needed to avoid bankruptcy
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Mexico:
Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. De C.V. Announces Comprehensive Recapitalization
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