Law:
Law firm mergers surge in 1st quarter 2013
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Should Moms Only Work Part-Time?
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Reflections on the Decreasing Affordability of Legal Education - More than 50% of Graduates Aren’t Making a Living
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If You Want To Own A Home, Don’t Borrow Money To Go To Law School
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Arizona cuts law school tuition, marking a first
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Martoma, Gibson, Sullivan & Cromwell: Business of Law
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Can Outside Firms Get Over the Discount Mentality?
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Managing ‘Toxic’ Clients
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Future of law includes big data, bigger competition and global jurisdictions
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From Biglaw to Boutique: Good Eats
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Judge: Robins Kaplan lawyer must stay away from S&P's Cahill counsel - “Egregious” conduct in a courtroom altercation over discovery
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Four Keys to Teaching Young Partners How to Build Their Business
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How to fix a ‘churn that bill’ mentality? --- Law Firms and Overcharging: The System Itself Is Rotten
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What’s Going on at Edwards Wildman Palmer?
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Lawyer saves teen client who appeared ready to leap from courthouse roof
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Trailblazing women made white-collar crime an important field of study
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Which State Has the Most Difficult Bar Exam?
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Law firm fell victim to phishing scam, precipitating $336K overseas wire transfer, bank suit alleges
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Sedgwick GC named in suit over alleged race-based firing
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Sullivan & Cromwell’s M&A Hotline is Ringing
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As more hackers target lawyers, here’s how to protect client data
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Trial lawyers share their favorite tech tools in their litigation toolboxes
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Alternative Careers For Law Grads: Busker
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Mel Weiss Learns You Can’t Say Your ABCs Without D, U, and I
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How This Woman Managed To Get Her Million-Dollar Prenup Thrown Out
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Lawyer's suit jacket deflects judge’s objection to client’s T-shirt
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'Craiglist Killer' Gets The Death Penalty
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Dog-Killer Cops Face Kafkaesque Lawsuit
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‘Pregnant man’ can’t divorce, wife gets no alimony, because they’re not legally wed, judge rules
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Who Polices Prosecutors Who Abuse Their Authority? Usually Nobody
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S-- and the Law in “The Good Wife”
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Lawyer sentenced to life in murder of ex-wife and child of Eddy Curry
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A 25-year sentence for a nonviolent, first-time drug offender
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Judges:
Bankruptcy judge had 2nd longest US record
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Does Private Money Taint Judicial Seminars?
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Wall Street:
Which Supreme Court Justice Will Be Painted as a ‘Brilliant Politician’ This Time?
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Stock futures signal dip ahead of payrolls
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Stocks close higher; Dow Jones gains 55 points
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Layoffs:
23 Million Americans Are Unemployed Or Underemployed
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Job Insecurity High as Layoffs Show Huge Surge
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Some Troubling Demographic Trends To Consider Before The Jobs Report
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The 18 Biggest Mass Layoff Announcements Of The Past Year
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Your Job Prospects Depend on Where You're Looking
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Workers seek severance from closed Pa. solar plant
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Prince Rupert's Mayor Says Pulp Mill Headaches Could Lead City to Bankruptcy
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What Stockton's Bankruptcy Means for the Rest of Us
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Bankruptcy ruling not a clear win for Stockton, CalPERS
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Stockton: Mayor's tax plan opposed by council
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Stockton survives a bankruptcy test
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San Bernardino gets small victory in bankruptcy court
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Bankrupt San Bernardino Will Resume Payments to Calpers
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The Best States To Make A Living
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Most U.S. Cities in Two Years to Issue Debt in 2013, Survey Says
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Food/Beverage:
Mo. announces order in sweetener plant failure
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USDA cites bankrupt company for PACA debts
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Economy:
Fed Is Weighing a Reaction to Stirrings of Recovery
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'Slow Crawl' to Prosperity as Jobs Growth 'Dives'
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Goldman: The Global Economy Is Slipping And Slowing Down
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The American Public Is Clueless About The Devastating Consequences Of The Sequester
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Weekly jobless claims climb to 385000, most in four months
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Survey: Most Americans Believe Housing Crisis Persists
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Default servicing law firm sets up shop in Florida
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Searching for Sugarman Salvation in IStar Land
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ResCap, DOJ butt heads over insider bonuses
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CFPB Charges Four Mortgage Insurers With 'Improper Kickbacks'
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate falls from 3.57% to 3.54%
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U.S. charges N.Y. mortgage lender with defrauding government
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Mortgage-Back Securities Case Loses Most Steam
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Trulia: Asking House Prices increased in March, Rents "flatten"
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Where Investing in Rental Homes Is Most Profitable
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Fraud:
Report: Jeff Skilling may get early release
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SAC's Steve Cohen Didn't See This One Coming
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Why Steven Cohen Has Nothing to Worry About
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With three recent setbacks, maybe Steve Cohen should dump the Picasso
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Can a judge really block the SEC's $600 million settlement with Steven Cohen?
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How to hide $8.3 billion
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The Cahill Prosecution In Massachusetts: Vagueness Is Still A Problem After Skilling
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Charity Can Be A Sign Of Fraud
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Petters clawback suit targets another ex-Polaroid CEO
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U.S. charges New York assemblyman, others with corruption --- THIRD New York politician busted for taking bribes
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Brokers:
Corzine strategy led to MF Global collapse: trustee --- Report Blasts Former CEO Corzine --- Report Hints at Possible MF Global Suit --- Corzine risky strategies sped MF Global decline ---'Negligent conduct' --- MF’s Global ‘warning’ --- MF Global Report: By The Numbers --- The Report
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MF Global bankruptcy exit plan primed for court hearing
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Coal:
Patriot president and CEO: lack of union concessions will lead to liquidation
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Telecoms:
Pac-West Telecomm files for Chapter 11 protection
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Showdown Looms Over LightSquared Wireless Venture
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Man pleads guilty in $14M bank fraud
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Banking:
Wells Fargo's Legal Woes Continue
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NY banks’ shotgun wedding
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30 States Probing Banks
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Startups:
The Story Of A Failed Startup And A Founder Driven To Suicide
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Corporate Governance:
HP chairman quits as fallout over Autonomy sale rolls on
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Gambling:
Revel bankruptcy papers show up in one odd place
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Environmental:
Spill has couple on edge of bankruptcy
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Autos:
Detroit's Big Three Are Back, Right?
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Debt Collection:
As economy flails, debtors' prisons thrive
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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 (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (29 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:
Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Drop 27% in Q1/13
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Arizona bankruptcies bump up in March
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
U.S. Trustee Balks at ResCap Bonus Proposals for Executives
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Secured Debt:
Eighth Circuit BAP Affirms Lender’s Loss of Possessory Lien
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Finance:
Lenders Beware: You Might Not Be in the Clear When a Title Search Comes Up All Clear
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Recent Pleadings:
MF Global Trustee Issues Report, Blames Corzine
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Committee In School Specialty Sues Bayside For Fraudulent Transfer
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TBTF:
The Growing Sentiment on the Hill For Ending 'Too Big To Fail'
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Obits:
Robert Saul Blau, bankruptcy lawyer
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Skiing:
Greek Peak to stay open, possibly expand, says Senator Schumer
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Health Care:
LCI Holdco Prepares For Emergence From Bankruptcy
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Mental health center seeks bankruptcy protection
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Universal Health Care members re-enrolled in other programs after company bankruptcy
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War Against Superbugs Likely Unwinnable: Doctors
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It’s easier to apply for green card than Obamacare
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Asset Protection:
9 Fabulously Wealthy People That Reportedly Keep Money Offshore
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Mysterious mail triggers global tax-haven probe
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A who's who of politicos and plutocrats have been linked to offshore tax havens
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Awards:
Mintz Levin’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Commercial Law Practice Receives Community Impact Award in 7th Annual M&A Advisor Awards
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Mesirow Financial Consulting Named Restructuring Firm of the Year and Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year for 2012
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Aviation:
Cyprus Airways Threatened With Bankruptcy
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UK:
Insolvency practitioners to be handed cross-border guidelines
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KPMG Cobbetts report details £90m liabilities and potential SRA probe --- Cobbetts partners face scrutiny from SRA and administrators
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EU:
Draghi Signals ECB Stands Ready to Ease Policy If Needed
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ECB signals rate cut on the agenda
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Cyprus economy may shrink 13 pct in 2013, government spokesman says --- Investors see default risks in Cyprus despite bailout --- Carlyle’s Rubenstein Says Cyprus Scaring Depositers --- Is Cyprus turning into a zombie economy? --- Numbness gives way to anger in Cyprus
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"The ECB's main preoccupation has become the playing of chicken with governments"
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Europe to Shut 10 Refineries as Profits Tumble
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PIIGS:
Greece: Drastic cut in labor costs --- Dozens of Greek-owned offshore firms not registered for tax, report says
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Police: Italian priest stole $5.1 million from hospital
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MENA:
Bread riots or bankruptcy: Egypt faces stark economic choices
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