Law:
‘King of Bankruptcy’ Takes Aim at Fees
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King & Spalding, K&L Gates, Skadden Arps: Business of Law
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Weil Names New D.C. Managing Partner
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In Hot Market, Some Laterals Forced to Cool Jets
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Male-dominated lateral market hits gender diversity
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Three Embarrassing Data Points
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The Entire Legal Profession Is On The Verge Of Imploding
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Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern Adds Top Attorneys In Corporate Finance And Mergers & Acquisitions
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IWIRC Celebrates Members on 20th Anniversary
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Dissolution Imminent? How to Handle it Well
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UK: Dechert, Quinn and Weil among revenue risers in growth year for US firms
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Lawyer courts UK charts in her alter ego as pop star
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Teaching the Smartphone Generation: How Cognitive Science Can Improve Learning in Law School
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This To Do List App Punishes You For Not Getting Things Done
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10 Apps That Made My Life Better
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Top 5 iOS Apps I Can’t Live Without --- LFM AmLaw 200/Global 100 Mobile App Report for 2013 --- Scan to PDF Apps
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10 Mistakes to Avoid When Buying and Using Smartphones
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Solving the Social Media Puzzle
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5 Steps to Acquiring New Legal Technology
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The Law of Female Attire: Don't Distract
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Conflict: "Whilst I accept that the heart sometimes rules the head, nevertheless it does seem very unwise"
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UK report: partnership dream fading, particularly for women
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Newbie MBAs, Unlike Newbie JDs, Have Choices, Take Risks
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Dodgers’ McCourts Return to Court to Fight Over Divorce --- Jamie McCourt wants do-over on ‘Bum’ deal
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Foreclosure titan David Stern faces bar complaint --- Florida Continues To Pummel Stern
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Lawyer loses part-time judge job, has license suspended over ‘romantic’ conduct with jailed client
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Law School Scholarships & Grants — How to Finance Your Legal Education
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Manhunt Ends With Capture --- Suspect Reportedly Awake And Responding To Questions --- Gripping Details Revealed Of Boston Firefight And Dzhokar Tsarnaev's Escape --- Boston Suspects Echo The Home-Grown Terrorists In Madrid And London Attacks --- Boston Hero Looked Guy in the Eyes Before Telling FBI ---- FBI Confirms Agents Interviewed Boston Bombing Suspect In 2011 --- The FBI Needs To Explain Why It Failed To Monitor Boston Bombing Suspect Despite A Clear Warning --- Rep. King Blasts FBI --- The ‘Public Safety’ Exception --- Woman Describes Visiting Home Of The Bombing Suspects --- How The Boston Bombing Suspect Became A US Citizen --- Suspects' Aunt Gives Blistering Interview And Suggests That Her Nephews Were Set Up --- The Tsarnaevs Seemed Like A Happy Immigrant Family --- Neighbors on Tsarnaev's Time in Dagestan --- Family Of Missing Student Falsely Named As Boston Suspect Bombarded With Hate Messages --- The Boston Bombings Could Be Disastrous For Immigration Reform --- Listen to the Boston Suspects' Uncle --- Public defender says will represent Boston bomb suspect --- We Know The Boston Bomber's Sleeping Cycles --- Marathon Lovers Fear The Races Will Become 'Soft Targets' For Terrorists --- The Mystery Of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Trip To Dagestan --- Airlines offer flexibility for Boston flights
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Frustrated by delay, cop allegedly pulled gun in McDonald’s drive-thru line
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Authorities return PI lawyer’s computers, but he likely won’t have much chance to use them
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A Cautionary Tale: The Epic Fall of Dickie Scruggs
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Greenberg Traurig: Fired by Humana because of suspicion of leaking material information
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Lawyer turns himself in after parking lot shooting
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Grandma, 84, Pulls Gun on Burglar Hiding in Her Closet, Holds Until Police Arrive
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Paralegal Steals, Attorney Suspended
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After Man Asks Drivers to Slow Down, They Attack Him, Drive Straight onto His Lawn
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Drunk man tossed from hotel, accused of stealing shuttle
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Sex Change Didn't 'Magically Dissolve' Marriage
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Judges:
Juror’s glow reflected cellphone no-no; judge put him in jail
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Lawyer is charged with contempt after she disregards judge’s order not to say another word
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Judge: Criticized Maui conference won’t be back for years
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures gain, focus on earnings
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Markets Are Rallying All Around The World
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Stocks close higher in losing week
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Layoffs:
Employer’s Failure to Issue WARN Notification Excused Due to Abrupt Termination of Financing
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7 Industries With Plummeting Wages
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Jobless Rate Fell in 26 States in March
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Millions Of Americans Can't Handle The Stress Of Work Anymore?
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Up to 700 Engineers to be Fired at Boeing
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
American Airlines retiree benefit issue: Interesting background info
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Pinnacle to fly exclusively for Delta
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Frontier proves to be a carrier with nine lives
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AGC Incorporated Initiates Section 363 Sale Process
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Flight 3407 lawsuits set to resume
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Boeing Dreamliner Again Cleared to Fly
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FAA warns of 3.5 hour flight delays this summer --- Airlines group sues FAA to block air traffic control furloughs
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Lufthansa strike sees 'massive' flight cancellations
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US court denies Beechcraft challenge on plane deal
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Oil/Gas:
D&L - Bankruptcy should not affect royalty payments --- Bankruptcy filing spells out bank loan debts
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3 Years Later: What BP's Disaster Has Taught America?
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Tanker Finds No Buyer in US for Its Oil
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Coal:
Patriot CEO Hatfield: Bankruptcy ‘more painful than I ever would have imagined’
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Investor assails Walter Energy's accounting
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Virginia Supreme Court revives epic suit against Massey Coal For Ruining Coal Supply Business
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Newspapers:
Koch Brothers Want To Buy Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Et Al, To 'Make Sure Our Voice Is Heard'
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Trucking:
Case against Pilot Flying J involves extensive recorded conversations --- North Georgia company asks for class action lawsuit against Pilot Flying J --- Pilot Flying J fraud allegations put Haslam family's reputation on the line --- FBI: Pilot worker says Haslam knew of rebate fraud
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Lotteries:
Financier suffers setback in bankruptcy court in Miami lottery suit
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Economy:
Muddled World Economy Baffles Leaders
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Central Bankers Admit They are Flying Blind
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IMF says easy-money policies still needed
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Inflation: Oh Really, It's Different This Time?
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Accounting Change to Boost US Economy by 3%
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Rail Traffic Continues To Trend Lower
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API: US Oil Data Showing Slow Growth --- OPEC Watchful of Slumping Oil Prices
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Leading Index’s Drop Points to Slower U.S. Growth
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Pessimism on Economy is Increasing
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For Anyone Who Thinks Debt, Spending, And Taxes Are At All Time Highs --- For Everyone Who Thinks That Foreigners Own A Huge Stake In America
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So Much for Supply and Demand
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Bowles and Simpson detail $2.5 trillion deficit reduction plan --- If at first you don't succeed: Simpson and Bowles are back with another deficit plan
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It's Going To Be A Busy Week For The Economy
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U.S. sequester budget bludgeons families with two government jobs
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Wealthiest Own 72%, Poorest Only 3%
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IRS Will Close To Public For Five Days Due to Furloughs
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Empirical evidence can be overrated: Theory counts --- UMass cites Harvard flaw --- How much of Reinhart/Rogoff has survived?
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Real Cost of Terrorism: Billions and Trillions
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Even Bill Gross Has Now Turned On The Austerity Movement
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China Manufacturing Costs Rising to US Level --- U. S. Achieves Parity with Mexico as a Preferred Manufacturing Location; To Achieve Cost Parity with China by 2015
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American Poverty: Too Broke for Bank Account
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Young America's Irrational Optimism
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You Know You Are in a Bubble When....
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Shunning the American Dream to Return Home
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Wilmington Trust Seeks Standing To Sue Ally Financial Over ResCap Claims --- ResCap Noteholders Seek Court Permission to File Lawsuits
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Housing Bubble Talk Returns
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Mortgage fraud scheme results in multiple sentences
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The gap between large and small homebuilders widens
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AIG Wins Ruling on Court for Its Bank of America Lawsuit
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The Red Flag on the Housing Market
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Regulators Must Take Responsibility for Failed Foreclosure Review
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Education:
KC Art Institute pursuing donation pledge - donor bankrupt
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Telecoms:
Get Ready For Massive Takeover Bids In The Telecom Industry
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Food/Beverage:
More Evidence That The Gourmet Cupcake Bubble Has Popped
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CEDC will not pay compensation to its shareholders
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USDA suspends PACA licenses of four companies
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The Worst Supermarkets In America
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Celebs:
The Broke and the Beautiful: Solo Edition
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Banking:
No Getting Away from Bank Failures and Bank Failure Lawsuits
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Chipola Community Bank, FL, Closed By Regulators
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Heritage Bank of North Florida, FL, Shuttered By Regulators
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First Federal Bank, Lexington, KY, Closed By Feds
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FDIC claims Lynnwood bank CEO bullied board over pay
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FDIC sues Florida law firm over failed bank
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More homeowners are spending on home improvement
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Photography:
Kodak's Chapter 11 deadline bumped again
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Alvarez & Marsal Issues Clarification On Kodak / UniPixel Deal
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Shipping:
Is Excel Maritime Close to Filing for Bankruptcy Protection?
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Mass Torts:
West Texas: A Town Deeply Traumatized --- Total Destruction --- Tragedy Has Hit Every Family --- 12 Dead, 60 Unaccounted For --- Fertilizer Facility was Cited, Fined in Past --- Satellite Photos Before and After --- Could Your Town Explode? Use This Map To See If You're Near A Fertilizer Plant --- Could better regulatory enforcement have prevented deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion?
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Florida becomes 4th state to sue BP over 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill --- Mississippi becomes 3rd state
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BP's legal gamble may trim spill bill by billions
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Maker of faulty French implants denies danger to women
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Electricity:
Biggest LBO Collapse Seen as Boon to Texas Power Market
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Video Games:
THQ Files Plan to Pay Creditors From Proceeds of Sales --- THQ Bankruptcy Auction Ends with $6 - $7 Million Total --- Court details how WWE and Yuke's extracted themselves from THQ's bankruptcy
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Autos:
American dealer gets clever following death of Suzuki USA
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Report: Fisker Spent $660,000 for Every Fisker Karma
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Health Care:
Pennsylvania Lawmakers: Highmark-West Penn Deal May Hurt Small Hospitals
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8 Recent Hospital and Health System Layoffs --- Layoffs Loom as Orlando Regional Med Center Plans to Close Patient Pavilion
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'No-Frills' Hospitals, Where Heart Surgery Costs Just $800
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New Simpson-Bowles Budget Would Cut $585B From Healthcare, Raise Medicare
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Defaults:
Credit Spreads to Flatten as Defaults Rise, IACPM Survey Says
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Hotels:
Oxford goes ‘where others fear to tread’
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Retailing:
J.C. Penney Hangs By A Thread
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Compensation:
Court Allows Creditor to Garnish Top-Hat Plan Benefits
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Rating Agencies:
S&P Early Victory in U.S. Fraud Suit Seen as Unlikely
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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 (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 new filings today)
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
WD TN: Bankruptcies Dip Slightly as Economy Improves
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Ethics:
Bankruptcy task force lays out ethics 'best practices'
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Avoidance Actions:
District Court Dismisses Insider Preference Claim Despite Affiliates Holding Equity and Board Seats
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Claims Trading:
Claims Trading From The Inside Out: Ninth Circuit BAP Holds That A Non-Insider Claimant's Vote On A Plan Is Not Discounted Merely Because The Claimant Purchased Its Claim From An Insider
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Cross-Border:
There’s No Place Like “COMI”: Court Denies Chapter 15 Recognition of UK Bankruptcy Case After Determining that Debtor’s Center of Main Interests is in the US
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In re Fairfield Sentry Ltd.: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Provides Guidance to "COMI" Determinations in Chapter 15 Cases
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Professional Employment:
Billionaire Ross takes aim at bankruptcy fees
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Fourth Circuit says no conflict of interest in law firm’s appointment
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Bankruptcy Reform Commission Field Hearing - April 19 - Witness Statements: Wilbur Ross --- Hon. Dennis Dow --- Hon. Barbara Houser --- Daniel Dooley --- Holly Felder EtlinJohn Haggerty
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"Word in the hallways is that some trustees are getting out of the business given the additional complexities caused by unrepresented debtors"
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Exemptions:
Wife's Homestead Claim Remains in Limbo With No Answer From Fifth Circuit
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Bankruptcy Fees:
New Bankruptcy Claim Transfer Fee To Go Into Effect on May 1, 2013
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Recent Pleadings:
Ampal-American Trustee Asks For Conversion - Estate Administratively Insolvent
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Conexant Gets Go Ahead To Solicit Votes On Prepack
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Court Orders Appoint Of Trustee For Universal Healthcare
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Wilmington Trust Defends $5.5M Substantial Contribution Claim, Says It, Not Debtor Or Committee, Caused LBO Claims To Have Value
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Howrey Committee And Trustee Says Firm That Hired Former Partner Trying TO Forum Shop "Unfinished Business" Fight
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TBTF:
Fed Officials Back Higher Capital
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Litigation:
AIG beats Bank of America by a comma in removal dispute
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Clawback Agreements to Eliminate the Burden of Privilege Review
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Municipalities:
Jefferson County Bankruptcy Court Rules That Automatic Stay Applies to Action Even Though the County is Not a Named Defendant
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Jefferson County's plans to begin bankruptcy exit in next 60 days
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Detroit emergency manager eyes end to union bargaining
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San Bernardino: Bigger Finance Department needed?
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Stockton Retirees Worry Pension Cuts Follow Health Losses
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Is it time to restructure CalPERS?
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Pension fee hikes seen positive for California govts
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In Congress, a Bill Seeks to Tie Municipal Borrowing Power to Public Pension Disclosure
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Deficits at National, State Level Falling Fast
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Student Debt:
Some Hope for Student Loan Debtors
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How Debt-Ridden Students Can Help the Economy
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Mining:
15% of World Gold Miners Face Collapse
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Sovereigns:
NML et al Decline Argentina's Offer ... and Ratable, Elaborated
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Argentina Bondholders Reject Plan to Pay Defaulted Debt --- Argentina and an offer easily refused
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Was that promise of ratable payment wrong? Should Italy not have done that?
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UK:
England May Be in Third Recession
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Fitch Strips England of AAA Credit Rating
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George Osborne prepares for battle with the IMF --- IMF adds pressure on UK to change economic course
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Portsmouth Given 10-Point Penalty After Exiting Administration
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Jade Goody's Estate Faces Bankruptcy After Taxman Takes £1m Fortune - Leaving Her Two Sons With Nothing
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British firms' profits look stable. Dig deeper and things get more worrying
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Growing concern on going concern
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UK lawmakers want review into RBS-Lloyds "bad bank"
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EU:
Austerity lowers eurozone deficit in 2012
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German finmin wants investors involved in future bailouts
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Europe's Economy Is Dead, Needs Central Bank CPR
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Slovenia Central Bank Chief Says Country Can Avoid Bailout
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The debt-ridden EU stares bankruptcy in the face
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European Fund Managers Seen Doubling Salaries on Bonus Caps
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Russia Ties Cyprus Loan Terms to Release of VTB Assets --- Cyprus Gambling On Casinos For Rebound
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PIIGS:
ie: The jury is out on whether this flawed insolvency regime will work --- Banks must act on debt or lose more to bankruptcies
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CITI: We Think Both Greece And Cyprus Will Exit The Euro --- Greece's great fire sale --- Greek Banks Immune For Political Loans --- Greek Pension Funds On The Brink --- Many Greeks Prefer Junta To Austerity
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Italian Government Borrowing Costs Are Plunging --- Hollow Victory for Italy as More Turmoil Looms
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Canada:
North Shore Manor on the brink of bankruptcy
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Canada: Auto Production in Long Term Decline
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Alvarez & Marsal Expands Canadian Business Consulting Unit
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