Law:
Despite Settling GSC-Related Claims, Kaye Scholer Not Quite Done With Case Yet
(DBN)
Q&A: Evan Flaschen on bankruptcy , blogging and haiku
(DBN)
Young People Are Being Exploited To Sustain The Lawyer Bubble
(DBN)
Katten, Sullivan & Cromwell, WilmerHale: Business of Law
(DBN)
Am Law 100: A Sharper Profit Picture
(DBN)
K&L Gates' Malpractice Suit in Le-Nature's Case to Proceed
(DBN)
Judge Dismisses Malpractice Action Against Willkie Farr
(DBN)
Why the Billable Hour Endures
(DBN)
GCs Talk Top In-House Issues at ABA Conference
(DBN)
NALP: Life Still Sucks for Law Grads, No Hope Coming
(DBN)
The real face of sequester
(DBN)
ABA Legal Education Task Force Panel: “Titanic Executives Meeting”
(DBN)
Plastic Surgeon Sues Firm Claiming A Bankruptcy Error Cost Him Millions
(DBN)
Litigation Up, Legal Spending Down
(DBN)
How lawyers are mining the information mother lode for pricing, practice tips and predictions
(DBN)
Katten Muchin Rosenman hires top Pillsbury energy lawyer, opens Houston office
(DBN)
Justices say states can limit public records access
(DBN)
Lawyers may solicit clients by text messages if rules are followed, Ohio ethics opinion says
(DBN)
Your next job interviewer might be a computer program
(DBN)
How protected should communications between lawyers and a firm’s in-house counsel be?
(DBN)
An Objective Formula For Choosing Counsel
(DBN)
Secondments grow as a better-life option
(DBN)
Tech geeks gather to reinvent the law
(DBN)
Are Public Relations Firms Still Relevant?
(DBN)
The $2 Million Question: Can F. Lee Bailey Pay His Taxes?
(DBN)
Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Who Knew What And When --- Islamist 'Radical' Identified --- DOJ Watching for Boston Bombing Retaliation --- Female DNA Found on Boston Bomb --- Woman Who Left Her World for Tsarnaev Draws FBI Attention --- The Full Story Of How Two Deranged Young Men Terrorized An American City --- Newest Member Of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Defense Team Known For Saving Clients From The Death Penalty --- McVeigh Lawyer To Boston Bombing Suspect's Defense Team: 'Keep Your Cards Close To Your Chest' --- What would George Washington have done?
(DBN)
Lawyer deeded $445K home to wife before vanishing—at same time as $3M in law firm money, bar says
(DBN)
Inmates Have Started Reviewing Prisons On Yelp
(DBN)
What Android Users Miss About iPhone
(DBN)
Lawyers say they like storing data online
(DBN)
Law school friends score a reality TV show
(DBN)
Houston Bucks National Trend On Law School Grad Employment
(DBN)
Simpler, tougher bar passage accreditation standard to be considered by ABA committee
(DBN)
Six Skills Every Law Student Needs to Master
(DBN)
Is Law Faculty Tenure In or Out? ABA Can't Decide
(DBN)
Five terrible comedy law student videos
(DBN)
Don’t know what to do with your law degree? This lawyer wants to help
(DBN)
Las Vegas bankruptcy attorney suspended in tax evasion case
(DBN)
Managing Partners Rest As Uneasily As Royalty
(DBN)
From P--- to the Law
(DBN)
Boom! - Don't Try This At Home
(DBN)
Is 7-Year Wait a "Speedy Trial"?
(DBN)
Most-Used Excuses for Getting Out of Traffic Tickets: Survey
(DBN)
______________
Judges:
Supreme Court justice has surgery after bicycle fall
(DBN)
How George Jones helped Justice Thomas before his wedding day
(DBN)
ABA opinion cautions judges to avoid ethics pitfalls of social media
(DBN)
Scalia and Thomas, Sitting in a Tree…
(DBN)
Sitting Judge in Texas Jailed
(DBN)
Obama's Judicial Nominees Blocked On All Sides By Senate Republicans
(DBN)
______________
Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Little Changed Before Confidence Data
(DBN)
Record high close for S&P, led by technology
(DBN)
S&P 500 in record high territory again
(DBN)
Insiders Think Wall St. is Greedier Than Ever
(DBN)
______________
Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
(DBN)
Animated Map of Unemployment
(DBN)
______________
Municipalities:
Birmingham mayor in New York, talking city projects and Jefferson County bankruptcy
(DBN)
SEC sues California city over defrauding bond investors
(DBN)
Detroit mayor rips Emergency Manager appointment
(DBN)
Detroit City Council: Mayor Dave Bing's proposed budget needs cuts
(DBN)
Pontiac schools headed for an emergency manager ?
(DBN)
Pelosi takes swipe at EM appointment for Detroit
(DBN)
______________
Food/Beverage:
Good News for Affiliated Foods Creditors as Claims Shrink
(DBN)
______________
Corporate Reform:
Second Thoughts About the S.E.C.'s Whistle-Blower Program
(DBN)
The State Attorney General Enforcement Era
(DBN)
______________
Economy:
Consumer Demand Cools Even as US Home Market Holds Up
(DBN)
Consumers Keep Spending on Reduced Pay
(DBN)
US Treasury To Pay Down Debt
(DBN)
Bernanke Watch: Is He Eyeing the Exit?
(DBN)
Much of the World Sees Itself in Recession
(DBN)
Life Is Hard :)
(DBN)
US Debt Clock
(DBN)
Economic Indicators Dashboard
(DBN)
______________
Real Estate:
March pending home sales hit highest level in nearly 3 years
(DBN)
LPS: Home prices edge up in February
(DBN)
Paulson, Hedge Funds Could Be Burned By Ally Mortgage Deal
(DBN)
Investors face new housing era obstacles
(DBN)
Payouts to borrowers harmed by Goldman, Morgan Stanley set to begin
(DBN)
BofA Seeks to Toss U.S.’s $1 Billion Faulty Mortgage Suit
(DBN)
___________
Autos:
Fiat sees European car market falling 3-5 percent in 2013 --- Won't Derail Fiat Plan To Acquire All Of Chrysler
(DBN)
Chrysler profit falls 65 pct. on lower shipments --- Affirms Forecast --- Retoolings Crimp Profit
(DBN)
How Fisker fell apart
(DBN)
Detroit Three Zombie Slayers All Gained U.S. Market Share
(DBN)
______________
Corporate Governance:
Delaware judge tells directors: You can run, but liability follows
(DBN)
_____________
Retailing:
J.C. Penney scores big with Goldman
(DBN)
Why The Smart Money Believes In Penneys
(DBN)
JC Penney mortgages Plano headquarters, other real estate
(DBN)
______________
Photography:
Kodak nears bankruptcy end with 2-for-1 UK pension deal --- $2.8 Billion Pact --- Deal Puts Pension Costs Into Focus --- Kodak to sell remaining imaging businesses for $650 million
(DBN)
Kodak Posts First Quarter Profit of $283 Million
(DBN)
______________
Celebs:
Hearing next month in Casey Anthony bankruptcy case
(DBN)
______________
Finance:
Arcapita says U.S. court to confirm bankruptcy plan in mid-June
(DBN)
______________
Aviation:
Judge dismisses AAdvantage members’ lawsuit against American Airlines
(DBN)
Airline merger could divide labor union ranks
(DBN)
Why American Airlines Employees Loathe Management
(DBN)
US Airways-AMR Merger Spurs Talks on Branded Credit Cards
(DBN)
IAM, TWU agree on how they”ll put together their seniority lists after the US Airways-American Airlines merger --- Some more background on the IAM-TWU agreement
(DBN)
______________
Gambling:
Miss. casino barge will be scrapped after auction
(DBN)
______________
Coal:
Bankrupt Patriot Coal asks court to slash union pensions
(DBN)
Coal Company's Bid to Cut Benefits Set for Hearing --- Patriot warns of liquidation without major cuts to labor
(DBN)
16 People Arrested at Patriot Coal Bankruptcy Hearing
(DBN)
______________
Debt Collection:
Attorneys push for change in debt collection
(DBN)
______________
Telecoms:
Cell Solutions International Faces $60 Million Judgment
(DBN)
______________
Health Care:
Highmark closes $604 million buyout of West Penn bondholders
(DBN)
Hiring a Guide to the Medical Bill Maze
(DBN)
______________
Defaults:
A record low decade for high yield defaults
(DBN)
______________
Museums:
Slavery Museum given seven days to respond
(DBN)
______________
Basketball:
NBA Relocation Committee Recommending Kings Remain in Sacramento
(DBN)
______________
Brokers:
Brokerage Ills Stir Auditor Scrutiny
(DBN)
______________
Tax:
US Officials Arrest Swiss Banker
(DBN)
______________
Financial Literacy:
Banks Have a Responsibility to Teach Financial Literacy
(DBN)
______________
Rating Agencies:
Cost of Ratings Suit: $225 Million
(DBN)
______________
New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today - DBN)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
(DBN)
Recent Ch. 11 Filings (25 new filings today)
(DBN)
Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (26 new filings today)
(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)
______________
Bankruptcy Statistics:
Kan. bankruptcy filings down more than 11 percent
(DBN)
Bankruptcies fall again in Albany
(DBN)
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
(DBN)
______________
Miscellaneous:
Week Ahead in Bankruptcy : Patriot, Ambac and Eastman Kodak
(DBN)
______________
Mootness:
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Equitable Mootness Doctrine Appeal By Debenture Trust ---Won't hear Charter Comm case
(DBN)
______________
Valuation:
Fair Market or Value in Use? — GM and the Valuation of Collateral
(DBN)
______________
Recent Pleadings:
Brown Publishing Judge Slams Debtor's Counsel For Undisclosed Disabling Conflict
(DBN)
______________
TBTF:
Brown-Vitter Section-by-Section Guidance
(DBN)
______________
Litigation:
Book Review: ‘Electronic Discovery for Small Cases’
(DBN)
Funder sues plaintiffs' lawyer for $28 mln in class action fees
(DBN)
______________
Insurance:
Ambac Positioned to Emerge From Bankruptcy --- Expects exit this week after IRS deal approved
(DBN)
D&O Insurance: Notice to Claims Department Required to Satisfy Notice Requirements
(DBN)
MBIA Loses Bid for Ruling on Countrywide Loan Repurchase
(DBN)
______________
Awards:
Cadwalader's Smith Named Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer
(DBN)
______________
Mass Torts:
Boston Tragedy Is Latest Challenge for Victim Compensation Chief Feinberg
(DBN)
BP hit by wave of new spill lawsuits ahead of April deadline
(DBN)
______________
Defense:
Pentagon Says Military Is Overweight
(DBN)
______________
Hollywood:
Rhythm & Hues Creditors Object to Stalking Horse Bidder Break-Up Fee
(DBN)
______________
UK:
Osbourne Clarke hits 100 UK partners with restructuring hire
(DBN)
Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford on 'brink of bankruptcy '
(DBN)
Hill Dicks to cut jobs and restructure teams as revenues remain flat
(DBN)
______________
EU:
Merkel almost alone
(DBN)
European Depositors Don't Take Fright from Cyprus
(DBN)
Economic Mood in the Eurozone Sours Again
(DBN)
EU Commissioner: German Wages Must Rise
(DBN)
Cyprus central bank defends chief over "simplistic" government allegations --- Cyprus parliament decides on bailout, likely to vote yes
(DBN)
______________
PIIGS:
Ireland: Bleak houses
(DBN)
Spain's Pescanova appeals court decision to suspend board --- BBVA lures over USD5bn for Additional Tier 1 bond
(DBN)
Monte Paschi says lawsuit versus Nomura, Deutsche Bank well founded
(DBN)
______________
Canada:
Relevant Factors When Considering a Receivership Application
(DBN)
______________
France:
France Defense Budget to Cut 34,000 People
(DBN)
______________
Iceland:
Iceland chooses lonely road back from economic segregation
(DBN)
______________
Australia:
Queensland is Australia's bankruptcy capital
(DBN)
______________
MENA:
Introduction to Islamic project finance
(DBN)
______________
|