July 6, 2011

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Law:

Legal Malpractice Claims Rise in 2011; Real Estate Practitioners Most at Risk
(DBN)

In Era of ‘Superstar Megarainmaker,’ Law Firms Show Top Partners the Money to Lure Them Elsewhere
(DBN)

A&O posts 7% turnover increase as PEP holds steady at £1.1m
(DBN)

Allen & Overy ‘Quite Pleased’ With $1.87B Revenue Record
(DBN)

Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy Profits Rise on Asia, Middle East Markets
(DBN)

A&O retention rates plummet to 72 per cent
(DBN)

Arbitration Scorecard 2011: The Biggest Cases You Never Heard Of
(DBN)

Eversheds' Italy chief cleared of fraud charges
(DBN)

Canadian Law Firms Beat Out American Ones During Recession
(DBN)

Small Firm Travels Great Distances
(DBN)

Casey Anthony Acquitted of Murder
(DBN)

The Season of the Defendant
(DBN)

Little-Known Defense Lawyer Stuns Observers with Big Win for Casey Anthony in His First Capital Case
(DBN)

Casey Anthony Attorney Calls Case 'Media Assassination'
(DBN)

"Somewhere Out There, The Devil Is Dancing Tonight"
(DBN)

Libyan Rebels Hire Patton Boggs
(DBN)

Before iPad Rollout, Proskauer IS Chief Considered Apps, Cloud, Permitted Uses
(DBN)

Cost-Effective Web Tools for Business Intelligence
(DBN)

Bloomberg Law Releases Next Version of Its Research Platform
(DBN)

What's Killing BlackBerry?
(DBN)

Providing Legal Help on a la Carte Basis
(DBN)

Michigan Jurors Will No Longer Be Treated Like Kindergartners
(DBN)

Ex-SG Clement Settles in at Small Firm
(DBN)

Clement Has No Regrets Over Abrupt Exit from King & Spalding
(DBN)

BigLaw Firm Names New Managing Partner in Florida
(DBN)

Trolling for Lawyers: Counsel Caught in Righthaven Case Crosshairs
(DBN)

Tips from the GC: How to Land an Outside Counsel Gig
(DBN)

Lawyer of the Day: Prosecutor Has A Nutty After A 60-Hour Work Week. Poor Baby!
(DBN)

Embattled Widener Law Professor Adds Student Defendants in Defamation Lawsuit
(DBN)

Minnesota Law School Considers Taking Itself Private
(DBN)

Another public law school considers dispensing with state money
(DBN)

Supply: Law Schools Expecting Fewer Students This Year
(DBN)

Demand: Survey Shows 48 States Have More Lawyers Than Jobs
(DBN)

Second-Class Careers No More
(DBN)

Declaration Of Independence For Sale at NYT
(DBN)

A Legal Researcher’s Version of a Chilton Repair Manual
(DBN)

Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Peddling Popsicles
(DBN)

WaMu, Greece, BNP Paribas, DSK, Deutsche Bank, Strauss-Kahn in Court News
(DBN)

Man Gets Protective Order for Self and Puggle
(DBN)

Russian Lawyer Was Beaten by 8 Jail Guards Before He Died, Report Says
(DBN)

Extreme Couponer Arrested For Stealing Coupon Inserts
(DBN)

Drunk Puppy-Buying Crackdown in the West Village
(DBN)

Woman tries to sneak boyfriend out of jail -- in a suitcase!
(DBN)

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Judges:

Ginsburg Will Retire — But Not Anytime Soon
(DBN)

New York Judges Leave Bench for Practice – And More Money
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Judge's Free Online Research Binder Now Updated
(DBN)

Frozen Judicial Salaries and Resigning Judges
(DBN)

Female Magistrate Accused of Taking Restroom Photo, Trying to Bite Officer’s Finger
(DBN)

Justices discover they're sisters, in law
(DBN)

Has the Supreme Court lost faith in the American court system?
(DBN)

High Court Should Be Pro-Business
(DBN)

CA Chief Justice Says No Sacred Cows in Applying Pain of $350 Million Cut
(DBN)

U.S. Supreme Court Justices on Good Legal Writing
(DBN)

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Wall Street:

Stock index futures point to falls for Wall Street
(DBN)

Stocks End 5-Session Streak of Gains
(DBN)

Why the Dow Will End Up at 7,000
(DBN)

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Layoffs:

Fitch: Some Sectors Face Labor Shortages
(DBN)

The Decade-Long Rise in Teen Summer Unemployment
(DBN)

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
(DBN)

Animated Map of Unemployment
(DBN)

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Accounting:

U.S. Firms Clash Over Accounting Rules
(DBN)

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Corporate Reform:

The President’s Failure to Demand a Reckoning From the Moneyed Interests Who Brought the Economy Down
(DBN)

Republican House dismantles financial reform at the edges
(DBN)

Ralph Nader Berates Obama On CFPB Directorship Void
(DBN)

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Municipalities:

Pawlenty Fires Back Over Minnesota Shutdown
(DBN)

Small Shop Feels Pinch of State Shutdown
(DBN)

10 Cities That Won't Recover for a Decade
(DBN)

CA Prison Shrink Paid $838,706 Last Year
(DBN)

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Aviation:

Hotel Penalties Make Airlines Fees Look Darn Reasonable
(DBN)

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Health Care:

Bankruptcy for Cancer Patients Increases with Survival Time
(DBN)

Quincy Medical Center files bankruptcy, prepares for sale
(DBN)

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DOMA:

Bankrupt Same-Sex Couple Seeks Immediate Review by Ninth Circuit
(DBN)

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Economy:

Feeling People’s Pain — A Fed Imperative
(DBN)

May Factory orders rise
(DBN)

The Lousy Recovery from the Recession
(DBN)

The Scariest Risks to the Economy
(DBN)

Obama Warns Lawmakers on Debt Ceiling
(DBN)

Transcript of Obama’s Remarks on the Deficit Standoff
(DBN)

US Debt Deal Not That Far Out of Reach
(DBN)

What Makes GOP Debt Ceiling Chicken Scary
(DBN)

Sen. McConnell re-invites Obama to discuss debt
(DBN)

Harry Reid calls for 'shared sacrifice'
(DBN)

The Case for Ignoring the Debt Limit
(DBN)

Can Obama declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional?
(DBN)

Deficit Talks: Health Care Cuts Proposed
(DBN)

Easing Headwinds Mean Smoother Sailing in Second Half
(DBN)

Stockman Calls Out Both Parties on ‘Failed Fiscal Policy’
(DBN)

GAO: Retirees Risk Outliving Savings
(DBN)

EU Tax That is Robbing US Businesses
(DBN)

Great Recession Alive on Main Street
(DBN)

Would Killing the Minimum Wage Help?
(DBN)

How America Ceded Capitalism’s Bastion to German Boerse
(DBN)

No recession for 454 White House aides: They'll make $37,121,463 this year
(DBN)

Economic Stress Map
(DBN)

Economy Tracker Map
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
(DBN)

Bailout Recipients
(DBN)

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Real Estate:

Home Prices: Back to Normal?
(DBN)

Changes to Conforming Loan Limit
(DBN)

Chase And BoA Quietly Cutting Balances For Option-Arm Mortgagors
(DBN)

Mortgages Held Invalid For Lack Of Note Assignment
(DBN)

Treasury considers more tweaks to short sale program
(DBN)

Federal bankruptcy program works to keep people in their homes
(DBN)

BofA deal may open door to more RMBS settlements
(DBN)

Bankruptcy-remote private mortgage insurers struggle with liquidity
(DBN)

Orange County: Construction Employment up Year-over-year
(DBN)

Court OKs Auction of Atlantic City's 101 Boardwalk
(DBN)

Rialto Village seeks Chapter 11
(DBN)

Benefactor providing another $1 million for bankrupt Las Vegas developer
(DBN)

Lone Star tops money list for real estate fund raising
(DBN)

Des Moines developer Walters files for personal bankruptcy
(DBN)

Reis: Office Vacancy Rate flat in Q2 at 17.5 Percent
(DBN)

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Banking:

Bond investors challenge Bank of America settlement
(DBN)

Are Self-Dealing Parties Settling $242 Billion of Bank of America Liabilities for Way Too Little?
(DBN)

3 Hitches in Bank of America's Big Mortgage Settlement
(DBN)

FDIC Settlement Talks With Ex-Washington Mutual Officers Fail, Lawyer Says
(DBN)

The Buck Doesn't Stop Here
(DBN)

JPMorgan, Customers at Impasse in Overdraft Fee Accord Talks
(DBN)

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Finance:

Banks edging toward loan growth
(DBN)

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Corporate Governance:

10 Things CEOs Won't Tell You
(DBN)

Experts Discuss the New ABA Guide for Corporate Directors
(DBN)

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Video Rentals:

U.S. Trustee: No Bonus for Last Blockbuster Employee
(DBN)

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Food/Beverage:

Arizona Man Seeking to Take Over Giordano’s Case Arrested
(DBN)

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Baseball:

Dodgers ask judge to order MLB to give documents
(DBN)

Dodgers ' bankruptcy filing claims Bud Selig treats other teams with 'velvet glove'
(DBN)

Dodgers: Selig was unfair toward team ownership
(DBN)

Dodgers seek to blame Selig
(DBN)

The Best And Worst Baseball Teams For The Buck
(DBN)

Dodgers ' McCourt among most despised owners
(DBN)

What's good for the Dodgers isn't good for America
(DBN)

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Celebs:

Sonja Morgan may lose $6 million home
(DBN)

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Lehman:

Look Who Made $554m From Trading Lehman Brothers Bonds
(DBN)

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Telecoms:

Nortel Holders Get 100% Recovery on Sale to Apple
(DBN)

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Autos:

Sweden's National Debt Office Clears Release Of Saab Assets
(DBN)

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Religion:

Crystal Cathedral Ministries Gets Two Bids to Buy Campus Out of Bankruptcy
(DBN)

Priest named by Del. diocese as suspected pedophile objects to bankruptcy reorganization plan
(DBN)

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Golf:

Deer Track foreclosure sale canceled by bankruptcy filing
(DBN)

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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Filings
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
(DBN)

Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Miscellaneous:

Madoff, Nortel, WaMu, Deb, Lehman, Allen, Vitro: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

U.S. Personal Bankruptcies Below 2010 Pace
(DBN)

Personal Bankruptcy Filings Decline in 2011
(DBN)

WNY bankruptcy numbers ease
(DBN)

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
(DBN)

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Sales:

Bankrupting Bankruptcy: Circumventing Chapter 11 Protections Through Manipulation of the Business Justification Standard in ý 363 Asset Sales
(DBN)

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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle on Borders, Nortel and Lehman Bankruptcies: BLAW
(DBN)

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Insurance:

New York Probes Life Insurers’ Payout Practices
(DBN)

$208.5 Million WaMu Securities Suit Settlement Includes Massive D&O Insurer Contribution
(DBN)

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Mass Torts:

Is Asbestos Defense Anti-Consumer?
(DBN)

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Fraud:

Insurer of Brokerage Clients Takes Heat Over Fate of Fraud Victims
(DBN)

In Shift to New Court, Risks for Madoff Trustee's Case
(DBN - NY Times - Paywall Limit Possible)

Expert pleads guilty in insider probe
(DBN)

The Apple secrets that Walter Shimoon sold
(DBN)

Dubai investors sue StanChart over Madoff feeder fund
(DBN)

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IP:

Ashley Furniture bids $850000 for Berkline intellectual property
(DBN)

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Sovereigns:

'Sovereign Citizen' Arrested After Trying To Place The US In Bankruptcy
(DBN)

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Satellite:

Satellite maker objects to TerreStar sale to Dish
(DBN)

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Education:

Lambuth Aims to Clear Debts
(DBN)

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IMF:

IMF Now Insists on Ethics Clause
(DBN)

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UK:

English Courts Scheming Widely
(DBN)

Appointment of Administrators - 5 July 2011
(DBN)

Winding Up Petitions - 5 July 2011
(DBN)

London Has $34 Billion of Luxury Homes in Development Amid Record Prices
(DBN)

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EU:

Time for Flush Germany to Put Europe First
(DBN)

Euro Hammered on Renewed Credit Fears
(DBN)

A selective default can be worse than junk
(DBN)

Germany's judges hold the euro's fate in their hands
(DBN)

The Latest Odds Of Default Across The Eurozone
(DBN)

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PIIGS:

Private-Sector Requirement May Hamper Portugal, Moody's Says
(DBN)

Portugal: Rating Agencies Still Behind the Curve
(DBN)

The Most Important Part Of Moody's Big Portugal Downgrade
(DBN)

Whac-A-PIIGS Continues: Moody's Cuts Portugal Rating To Junk
(DBN)

Moody’s warns of second rescue for Portugal
(DBN)

Portugal government: Moody's cut ignores politics, tax
(DBN)

Greeks Buy Time for Insolvent Bankers and Delusional Politicians
(DBN)

Germany Wants Greek Bond Swap Back on the Table, Official Says
(DBN)

Greece, Default and a Hung Jury
(DBN)

European banks offer concessions to avoid full Greek default
(DBN)

Rating Agencies Insist On “Guarantor” In Greek Debt Rollover
(DBN)

Quinn's Swedish arm found bankrupt
(DBN)

Court appoints bankruptcy receiver to Quinn company
(DBN)

Italy Is A Wreck
(DBN)

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MENA:

Egypt: So This is Democracy?
(DBN)

No Chance Gaddafi Can Remain in Libya
(DBN)

Qaddafi Seeks 'Exit Guarantees'
(DBN)

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China:

Moody's Warns on China's Bad Debt
(DBN)

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Italy:

Ex-Generali chairman sentenced in Cirio case
(DBN)

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Brazil:

Consumer Loan Rates Hit 47%, Defaults Soar
(DBN)

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