April 12, 2013

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Law:

Survey: Law Firms Must Change, But Don't Know How
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Law Firm Leader Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Lucantonio Salvi and Jonathan Aronie
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Venable, Troutman Sanders, Sidley: Business of Law
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In-House Priorities, Concerns for 2013
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Female Bosses Are No Longer Disliked (Maybe)
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U.S. Marshals Want a Hike in Hourly Rate
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DOJ Wants to Add Attorneys in 2014
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Firms face rates pressure as almost 50% of GCs predict legal spend cuts
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Gross Revenue, Net Income and Profits Per Partner Down at Fulbright & Jaworski
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Stevens & Lee Grows Revenue 1.3 Percent, PPP 1 Percent
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ATL’s Unofficial Orientation to Law School (Part I)
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Wherein Law Professors Feel Like Law Grads Because No One Will Hire Them --- Faculty hiring down or, at least, uncertain
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If You Don’t Want to Be a Lawyer, Don’t Go to Law School
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Quinn Emanuel Attorney’s Housing Hunt
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Faruqi & Faruqi: A Kinder, Gentler Law Firm? (Check out these two amusing emails.)
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Gender Discrimination Suit Alleges Men and Women Couldn’t Be ‘Alone Together’ at This Texas Law Firm
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Dentons packs partnership with women
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Gender pay gap remains as female salaries lag male counterparts
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Suspect in mass stabbing at Texas college says he fantasized about it for years
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After DA slayings, Texas senator introduces bill to expand protections
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Was Rutgers GC blamed for properly managing a process to the wrong outcome?
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Law Graduates’ Consumer Fraud Claims Squeak Past Alma Mater’s Motion to Dismiss
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Can Twitter land you a job?
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Unemployed? Go Midwest, Young Man. Go Midwest
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Law firm provides superb Q&A for trainees
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Perils Of Pro Bono - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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Think Twice, Cut Once - Wait, I Changed My Mind
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Video: Woman Tosses Baby To Fight With Another Woman On Bus
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Police Tell Man That His Cellphone Is A Weapon And Arrest Him After He Refuses To Stop Filming Them In Public
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Are zombies legally dead? Docs and lawyers address critical ‘Walking Dead’ culpability issue
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Breakup sparks legal battle over $105K in parking tickets, a record high amount in Chicago
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"Breaking Bad" - Spin-off may be lawyer show
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Warrantless Search OK Where . . . . Suspect Answers Door With Joint
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Federal bankruptcy judge named Campbell law school dean
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Why Clarence Thomas Stopped Being A Liberal
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Thomas unaware he was the talk of the town
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Judge accused of signing her own lawyer’s name on divorce filing fights suspension recommendation
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Psychiatric evaluation ordered for defendant who flipped off and cursed judge
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Clerkship Hiring Is Getting Earlier and Earlier
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Court going out with bang as argument cycle ends
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Wall Street:

Futures signal lower Wall St open
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US stocks close higher for fourth day in a row
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Layoffs:

Jobless Claims in U.S. Plunged More Than Forecast Last Week
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Eli Lilly to Fire 1,000 on Restructuring --- 30 percent of US sales force
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:

The Crucial Sentence In Jamie Dimon's Letter To JPMorgan Shareholders
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Telecoms:

Powerwave gets financial lifeline
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Maxcom Would Seek Restructuring If Debt Exchange Terms Unmet
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Accounting:

KPMG auditor helped pal make $1M on inside trades – Feds
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Wall Street Is Shocked at This Idiot Inside Trader's Stupidity
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Insider trading probe impact on KPMG expected to be short-lived
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Grant Thornton Wins Dismissal of 10-Year-Old Parmalat Case
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Alternative Energy:

Lawsuit and a Congressional Hearing as Fisker Bankruptcy Nears
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Economy:

Jobless Claims Back on Track; Inflation Eases Off
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Why More Affluent Americans Pay No Taxes
(DBN)

Obama Could Undo All Progress Made Against Senior Poverty Since 1965 --- Obama Cut Entitlements by Much More Than GOP --- The Debt Risks in Obama's Budget --- FactCheck: Obama Budget Nonsense
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The American Manufacturing Renaissance Has Gone Mainstream
(DBN)

Profits Hit Another All-Time High, Wages Hit Another All-Time Low
(DBN)

Will Baby Boomers Drag Down Growth?
(DBN)

Why Disability Claims are Skyrocketing
(DBN)

So Where's the Volcker Rule?
(DBN)

Hardest-to-Sell Junk Lures Buyers Hooked on Fed
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Sen. Warren spars with regulators over foreclosure review settlement --- Consultants' role in foreclosure deal under fire
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American Dream Eludes With Student Debt Burden
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Mortgage Rates in the U.S. Decline for a Second Week
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Housing administration might need $943 million bailout, White House says
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US housing regulator extends HARP refinancing program
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Rosenberg: It Looks Like Demand For US Housing Is Cooling Off
(DBN)

Why Rising Interest Rates Could Eventually Curb Price Gains
(DBN)

Policy Changes Shrink FHA Taxpayer Subsidy in Obama Budget
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Philly: Foreclosure filings rise in 1Q
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Experts Warn About An 'Outbreak Of Delayed Foreclosures Down The Road'
(DBN)

MERS Prevails Again in the Eighth Circuit
(DBN)

S&P moves to coordinate mortgage-rating litigation
(DBN)

The Private Island Escapes Of The Rich And Famous
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Mail:

Could the U.S. Postal Service File for Bankruptcy Protection? The Answer is in the Mail.
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Celebs:

Lance Armstrong Sells Estate in Austin, Texas, for ‘Nothing Close to Listed Value’
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Casey Anthony civil trial must go on before bankruptcy case
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Keeping Up With Mr. Kardashian
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Jocks got socked in 'scam'
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Good Grief Charlie Brown: You're a Stalker?
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Retailing:

A Penney saved?
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JC Penney hired bankers to raise $1 billion
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Ron Johnson Failed At JCPenney Because He Misplayed The Expectations Game
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Bill Ackman Blasts Former JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson For Lack Of 'Physical Presence'
(DBN)

Home Depot Customer Tried To Saw Off His Own Arms In Store
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Distressed Investing:

Conway Team Strikes Out to Form Sierra Constellation
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Autos:

Treasury Sells Another $621M of GM Stock
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New York, Old GM in $5.5 Million Environmental Settlement
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GM's Akerson Meets with Merkel on Opel Plans --- GM pledges $5.2B to Opel
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Fraud:

Stanford's Civil Tactic Makes SEC Indignant
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Ex-KPMG Partner London Charged With Insider Trading
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Coal:

Patriot Coal proposal would give union a 35 percent stake in company
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Brokers:

MF Global Lawyers’ Fee Requests Criticized by U.S.
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Aviation:

Airbus Is Installing Special Big Seats For Fat People — And Shrinking All Other Seats
(DBN)

Merger Fallout: Some Routes See Huge Fare Increases
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Mass Torts:

Lead lawyer chosen to head litigation in meningitis cases
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Elder Debt:

Children Responsible for Parental Debt
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Compensation:

Creditors Can Reach Benefits Under “Top Hat” Plan
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (18 new filings today)
(DBN)

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

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Professional Compensation:

U.S. District Court Affirms Bankruptcy Court’s $5 million Fee Award For Defending Fee Application in ASARCO
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Department of Justice balks at MF Global advisers' fees
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:

ResCap makes case for latest round of executive bonuses
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Judge disallows $20 million severance for American Airlines' Horton
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UCC:

Unauthorized UCC Filings: A Cautionary Tale In the Absence of Requisite Authority to File, a UCC Termination Statement Is Ineffective to Bring a Perfected Security Interest to an End
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Delaware Chancery Court Rejects Claim That Article 9 Sale Was Not Conducted in a Commercially Reasonable Manner
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Recent Pleadings:

Bankruptcy Court Nixes $20 million Severance For AMR CEO
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Litigation:

Income More than Doubles at Litigation Finance Firm Burford
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Social Media Use and Researching Jurors in the Courtroom
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Using the Art of Storytelling as a Tool in the Practice of Law
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TBTF:

Lagarde: Too Big to Fail Banks are Dangerous
(DBN)

Time to pull the plug on NY's Hank Greenberg suit
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Municipalities:

Detroit Will Impose New Contract On Firefighters July 1
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Kevyn Orr sits down with Local 4
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Bankruptcy Court Signals That Public Pension Obligations Could Be Impaired in Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Along With Other Creditors
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Bankrupt California city to resume paying pension fund, but not bondholders
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Lessons for Bondholders
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Jeffco could be making progress on bankruptcy deal
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Corporate Reform:

Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Mo. attorney pleads guilty in 2 fraud schemes
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Health Care:

Budget Breakdown: How President Obama's FY 2014 Budget Would Affect Hospitals
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Young Adults on Parents’ Health Plans Cost More
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Chemotherapy US Costs $70,000, India $2,500
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Media:

Post- bankruptcy , Tribune still fighting creditor attorneys
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Oil/Gas:

How Oil Exporters Reach Financial Collapse
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Magazines:

Reader’s Digest files amended reorg plan offering $500K to unsecureds
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Credit Cards:

Retail trade group to opt out of $7.2 bln credit card-fee pact
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Sovereigns:

Argentina Bond Holdout Singer Denial Failing to Quell Win-Win Charge
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S&P Affirms Argentina 'B-' Rating, Outlook Still Neg
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UK:

Portsmouth may be 'the last major insolvency' in football, says expert
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EU:

Baltic States on Fast Track to Recovery
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Markets Are Tumbling In Europe
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MENA:

Egypt Owes $5bn to Oil Companies
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