Law:
Don’t Go West, Young Law Grads
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Survey Results: How Busy Are You?
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Firm to Extend Flextime Options for Equity Partners
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A&O General Counsel Gets 15 Years in Prison for Fraud
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Quinn Emanuel Says It's Not the Worst Sweatshop — Really
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Musical Chairs: O’Melveny & Myers Announces Its Next Leader
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Do Tattoos Kill Legal Careers?
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How To Save Legal Education
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Law School Grads Will Litigate for Food
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I Need A Hero
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Top 5 Hobbies for Big Firm Associates
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Jones Day, Allen & Overy, and Irish Firms Handling Bank of Ireland Rescue
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Linklaters publishes comprehensive workforce diversity statistics
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Police Trace Lawyer’s Burning SUV, Find Him Dead of Multiple Gunshots at Home
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Junk Bond Market Revival Keeping Am Law 200 Firms Busy
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In-House: The Absence Of Griping
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BigLaw Firm Steps Up and Offers Tax Break to Gay Attorneys, Other Firms Take Notice
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Laterals or Law Grads? Being Cheaper and More Enthusiastic Has Its Benefits
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Legal world in shock as firm cuts biscuits, fruit and monthly drinks
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Legal Recruiter Sued by BigLaw Partner She Sent to Patton Boggs Says He’s to Blame for Any Issues
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Sue a Giant Corporation, Get Rewarded with Audacious Criminal Charges
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Is A Ban on ‘Truck Nuts’ Unconstitutional?
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Biff! Pow! Judge Gives Jack Kirby Heirs One In The Kisser In Marvel Characters Ruling
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Should States Impose Firmer Limits on Alimony Payments?
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Career Alternatives: Becoming The ‘Fittest on Earth’
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Why No Attorney Will Take Your Case
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John Grisham Wins First Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
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Rebranding "Mental Illness" - Will laws change?
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Morocco Is Suddenly Hot: For 3rd Time in 2 Weeks, British BigLaw Firm Announces Planned Office There
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Bentley collides with Mercedes, Ferrari, Porsche, Aston Martin
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Judges:
Attorney Loses Bid for the 10th Circuit. But Why?
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Commission to Focus on Amount of Judges' Raise
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Wall Street:
Stocks sink as debt limit stalemate continues
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Layoffs:
Jobless Aid Applications Hit 4-Month Low
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The biggest changes in unemployment benefit applications, by state
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Alabama's Jefferson County Commissioners Put Off Vote on Bankruptcy Filing
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Alabama county weighs debt settlement
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Largest Muni Bankruptcy Avoided, for Now
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Moody's Shakes Downgrade Stick at 177 Muni Issuers
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Muni issuers put on notice that fate tied to U.S.
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Moody's warns of Broward credit downgrade as debt crisis worsens
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US municipal bonds may tip cities into bankruptcy
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Corporate Tax Hikes Are Driving Businesses Out Of Illinois
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Life After Bankruptcy for One California City
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Scandal-racked Calif. suburb of Bell hires interim manager who will work for free
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Central Falls retirees seek more time to review receiver's plan
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Latest deadline looms for Harrisburg to get its financial house in order
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Food/Beverage:
Giordano's Trustee Accuses Franchise Owners of Conspiracy
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Korean buyer committed to Allen plants, growers
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Tax:
IRS Faulted on Taxpayer Bankruptcy Info Protection
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New Report Looks at Fiscal Effects of Corporate Tax Havens
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Politics:
The case for Elizabeth Warren for senator
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Wall Street Still Gives Big to Obama
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Economy:
U.S. Economic Growth Probably Slowed
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Economy growing at slowest pace since recession
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Vote delayed on debt bill as default date looms
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Republican rebels force new delay in US debt crisis
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T-Bills on the Brink
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Boehner and Reid's spending cuts could curb economic growth
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When the speaker wouldn't speak
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Pelosi: Kiss Your Medicare Goodbye
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U.S. Contingency Plan Gives Bondholders Priority
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Obama faces legal bind if time runs out
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Democrats Said to Weigh Trigger for Future U.S. Deficit Cuts
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Rival Plans Avoid Tough Decisions
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Dollar gets trashed as US debt fears deepen
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What a default means for ordinary Americans
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Debt Ceiling Impasse Rattles Short-Term Credit Markets
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S&P says US deficit cuts of $4 trillion a good start
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The overrated ratings agencies
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Debt Downgrade and Default: Uncovering the Bipartisan Truth.
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Downgrade politics
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Where's Corporate America on Debt Talks?
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Congress Is Obsessed With the Wrong Kind of Debt
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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:
MERS Forbids Members From Using Its Name In Foreclosures
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Bailout Watchdog Says Homeowners Shortchanged
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Chicago ordinance goes after lenders for upkeep on vacant homes
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Vacant foreclosures in Ohio forming housing black hole
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Neighbors Deposit Bags Of Garbage At Bank In Protest Of Foreclosure
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Foreclosure Filings Down Across the Country
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Ongoing mortgage woes more than double Genworth losses
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Behind the Numbers: Pending Home Sales Rise
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Mortgage Interest Deduction on the Chopping Block?
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BofA to move high-risk Countrywide mortgages to subservicers
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How Debt Ceiling Issues Impact Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Bankruptcy ruling could give Fiddler's Creek new life
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Ruling on records is a blow to ex-execs in real-estate suit
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Chinese rush to buy US land
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S&P review prompts Goldman, Citi to pull CMBS deal
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Religion:
Delaware Catholic Diocese Wins Leave to Pay Abuse Victims, End Bankruptcy
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Bishop "pleased"
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Washington Man Sentenced in Federal Court
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Health Care:
Ombudsman: Lower Bucks Hospital shows "consistent pattern" of high quality care
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Doctors seeing more hungry, dangerously thin children in emergency room
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Celebs:
Longoria to be quizzed by Las Vegas restaurant investors
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Media:
Tribune Co. layoffs stretch to Los Angeles Times
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Forbes Heirs Nearly Bankrupted Forbes Media While Taking $100+ Million For Themselves
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New Outrage at News of the World After Scotland Yard Says Mom of Slain Girl, 8, May Have Been Hacked
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FBI Probe of News Corp. in Early Stage
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Corporate Reform:
Credit card hotline goes live at new consumer bureau
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Barney Frank Blames Sexism For Warren, Bair Departures
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Non-Profits:
Contempt of court charges for Settlement’s Emanuel Freeman
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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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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:
Madoff, Lehman, Borders, Inspirada, Syntax: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Equifax Data Reveals Bankruptcy Landscape Blurred by Progress and Setbacks
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Orlando's personal bankruptcies dip for first time in 5 years
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Unsecured Claims:
Unsecured Creditors Beware! The Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Court Declares an Unsecured Creditor Cannot Have Its Cake and Eat It Too
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Plan Confirmation:
Los Angeles Lumber Remains Absolute More Than 70 Years Later
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Lehman:
Judge Kaplan Green-Lights Most Claims in Giant Lehman Securities Case
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Fraud:
HSBC Wins Dismissal in New York Court of Claims in Madoff Trustee Lawsuit
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$90 bn answer: Rakoff says Picard has no standing in bank suits
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Madoff Trustee's Common Law Claims Against HSBC Dismissed by NY Judge
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MassMutual unit agrees to $1 billion Madoff settlement
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Hedgie To Pay $1 Billion To Madoff Estate's Trustee; Halfway There?
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Ex-Pegasus Wireless Chief Jasper Knabb Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud
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Congress, DOJ Grapple With Revising Corruption Laws
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Litigation:
Is Securities Class Action Litigation Booming or Going Bust?
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Potential Solutions for the Frivolous Lawsuit -- Of Rule 11 Proposals and Loser Pays
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Customers, Service Providers May Have E-Discovery Gap
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When You Don't Need an Army: EDD for Everyday Lawsuits
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Presenting Real Evidence Captured in the Digital World
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Top Yoga Moves for the Courtroom :)
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Autos:
How Staying Solvent Could Hurt Ford
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Edscha Chapter 11 Plan Approved by Federal Judge in Chicago
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Russian investor working on plan for Saab stake
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Sovereigns:
Rich-World Credit Ratings Take a Dive
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UK:
Risk UK Could Fall Back Into Recession
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Appointment of Administrators - 27 July 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 27 July 2011
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EU:
Euro feels the heat
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Which is in Worse Shape? US or Europe?
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Warnings Feed Europe Debt Fears
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Canada:
Canada's Triple A Rating Renewed
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PIIGS:
Portugal starts labor reforms to get bailout funds
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Japan:
Japan industrial production climbs as economy recovers from tsunami disaster
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Chile:
Retailer La Polar Seeks Creditor Accord in Chile Court
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Denmark:
Danish Insolvency Rules Boost Banks’ Funding Costs, Moody’s Says
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