Law:
Former Dewey partner sues Barclays over capital loan
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Orrick, Cooley, Jones Day, Linklaters: Business of Law
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Gradenfreude: Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Job Applications Later, and I’m Still Working in Retail
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Akin Gump Shows Modest Revenue Gain, Sharp Partner Profit Drop in 2012
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As ‘super firm’ profits soar, others boost revenue by shrinking partner ranks
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Giving Credit and Taking Blame
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Milbank Represents Ad Hoc Committee of American Airlines Creditors
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Aquila: M&A Looking Up in 2013; “The Negatives Are Built In”
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Cooley recruits co-chair of Sheppard Mullin corporate group for growing LA office
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Gruber Hurst Adds Bankruptcy Partner
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Foley & Mansfield hires veteran bankruptcy lawyer as of counsel
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State High Court Asked To Review NYLS Fraud Case
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Deeply Troubling Stats About Women
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Stay-at-home moms return to law practice with help of training program, internships
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Court of Appeals upholds lawyer's suspension in $4 mln case
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5 Strategies for a More Cost-Effective Legal Department
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Lawyer-Focused Billing App Debuts on iTunes
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Oscar Pistorius Tells His Story About What Happened The Night He Shot And Killed His Girlfriend --- Pistorius Prosecutors Say Runner Intentionally Aimed At Toilet And That Witnesses Heard Fighting And Screams
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Wesleyan Students Kicked Out Of Science Museum After Alleged S--, Drugs, And Dinosaur Climbing
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National Jurist to correct law school rankings that left U of Chicago out of the top 50
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Federal jury awards $50.9M to crime writer Patricia Cornwell
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Search ordered on juror’s computer drive to see if she violated Web research ban
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Lawyer sued over lawsuit statements is entitled to qualified privilege, court says
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Papa Don’t Preach, She’s Keeping the Baby
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Laying Hands On The Faithful: Alleged Serial Rapist Used ChristianMingle To Arrange Dates
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Client suit says attorney radio host took $2.3 million and charged $20K more in legal fees
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Judges:
American Bar Association National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Report to the House of Delegates
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Supreme Court returns to blazing docket --- After long recess, court adds major campaign-finance case, issues four opinions
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Courts Trying to Slice Smaller Pie
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Breyer sometimes poses questions for Thomas during oral arguments
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures signal more gains
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Stocks : Close to record highs
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Talk Like A Wall Street Banker
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Two Ex-Goldman Traders Explain How To Tell Your Wife About Your Bad Bonus
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:
Obama warns sequester will cause job losses
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Pontiac emergency manager: EM is preferable to bankruptcy for Detroit
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State review team to call for Detroit emergency manager
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Detroit's emergency cure
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Panel finds Detroit in dire shape; up to governor to act
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A managed bankruptcy is the city's best option --- Detroit emergency manager needed but not bankruptcy
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Former NBA player Bing misses shot at fixing Detroit
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A brief history of Detroit's fiscal problems
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Stockton: City says creditor claims 'flawed'
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Harrisburg Dodging Crisis Seen Brewing Investor Loss
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Catching up with JeffCo's Tony Petelos
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With All Deliberate Speed, Mississippi Officially Ratifies The Thirteenth Amendment
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Steel:
Powell Steel files for bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Hostess Seeks Fourth Extension of Sole Right to File Plan
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Apparel:
Perry Ellis shares tumble on weak guidance
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Accounting:
FASB Issues Financial Instruments Proposal Revisions of Keen Interest to Banks, Insurers
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Express Scripts accuses Ernst & Young of stealing trade secrets
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Deloitte sued over ChinaCast Education audits
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Economy:
Obama presses Congress for stopgap sequester fix --- Looming budget freefall is one neither party can afford --- The Sequester Is Not an Abstraction --- Deficit hawks Simpson and Bowles: Skirt the sequester --- Details Of The New Simpson-Bowles Deficit Reduction Plan --- Words Turn Harsh as Budget Cuts Loom
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Deutsche Bank: The Fed Will Probably Start Winding Down QE By June
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If Walmart Shoppers Are Broke, Then We're All In Trouble
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The 40 Most Unusual Economic Indicators
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High Oil Prices Have A Brutal Effect On US Workers
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Americans Haven't Spent This Much Of Their Paycheck On Gas In 30 Years
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Gas prices are on a mysterious climb
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Business Loans Flood the Market
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Builder confidence ticks down in February, survey says
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Lease Rejection Damages: How To Avoid The Cap (Maybe)
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ResCap Creditors Press Ally for Larger Pact
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Bad US mortgage loans now big business on Wall Street
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Cincinnati's Chiquita Center office tower in bankruptcy
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CFPB Unveils Implementation Plan for New Mortgage Rules
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San Diego: Mortgage defaults hit 7-year low
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A new duty of care for holders of distressed commercial mortgage debt?
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Judge: 2 giant diamond rings belong to creditors --- Linda Mastro loses appeal on diamond rings worth $1.4 million
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A Troubling Divergence In The US Housing Market
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Mass Torts:
Transocean $1 Billion Gulf Oil-Spill Settlement Approved
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Health Care:
Rate shock: How ObamaCare is causing a surge in insurance premiums
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Kids Are Smoking Because They Think They're Fat
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Aviation:
Beechcraft emerges from bankruptcy protection
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Two former Alitalia bosses to stand trial for national carrier's bankruptcy
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Boeing Has Found A Way To Fix The Dreamliner Battery
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Electricity:
Bankrupt electric co-op files reorganization plan
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Energy Future Holdings Warns on Bankruptcy
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Energy Future Holdings' fourth-quarter loss widens to $1.95 billion
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Banking:
Detroit credit union shut down due to insolvency concerns
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Fraud:
FBI joins Heinz share trades investigation
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Levinson Jewelers agrees to $650,000 Rothstein settlement
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Bonuses paid to Jack E. Brown prior to collapse
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SAC’s Cohen May Face SEC Suit as Deposition Hurts Case
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Stanford Victims Go After Entire Country
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers Sets Third Creditor Payment for April 4
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Newspapers:
Bidder for Register Citizen parent will decide which employees to retain, letter says
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Mailed notices to JRC employees another step in the sale process
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Journal Register seeking judicial approval of sale
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Corporate Reform:
Some Lessons Congress Should Take
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Will Actions of the CFPB Be Deemed Invalid?
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Gambling:
Revel casino files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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NJ's bankrupt Revel suffers fate of other casinos
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Stop playing the bad hand in A.C.
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Revel Reaches Agreement With Lenders for Prepackaged Bankruptcy
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Paper:
NewPage to cut 300 jobs, $20M in expenses
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Corporate Governance:
World's Biggest Fund Blasts Corporate Governance Rules
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Accountant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Bankruptcy, Tax Perjury Charges
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Brokers:
MF Parent, Creditor Disclosure Statement Approved by Judge
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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 (53 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (24 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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Commission to Explore Overhauling Chapter 11 - View Minutes of Executory Contracts Advisory Committee
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Professional Employment:
GSC bankruptcy puts advisers in spotlight
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Kaye Scholer to pay $1.5 million to settle GSC bankruptcy case
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Venue:
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Says Out-Of-State Member's Interest in Nevada LLC Is Located in Nevada for Venue Purposes
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
Court Focuses on Policy Rather Than Formality in Approving Key Employee Plans
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Consumer Bankruptcy Around the World (Bank)
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Litigation:
Please Don’t Bates Stamp eDiscovery
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Student Debt:
Stoffa: Student loans need to be eligible for bankruptcy
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New Legislation Introduced to Allow Discharge of Private Student Debt | New Legislation Introduced to Allow Discharge of Private Student Debt
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Magazines:
Fitch: recovery for secured lenders after Readers Digest filing
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Reader’s Digest Publisher Gets Bankruptcy-Loan Approval
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Time to separate
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Celebs:
Pamela Anderson Facing Financial Trouble? Selling Her Malibu Home For $7.75 Million
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Elvis Presley's vacation getaway mired in lawsuit
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Mary J. Blige Owes Nearly $1 Million In Back Taxes To New Jersey [REPORT]
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Michael Jackson's concert promoter: We weren't his 'sobriety coach'
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Coal:
Trinity Coal Creditors File Involuntary Bankruptcy
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Distressed Investing:
Opportunity Knocks
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Tax:
S Corporation May Not Pay Shareholders’ Post-Petition Tax Obligations
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear case of PPL and Lady Thatcher's legacy
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Bank Leumi, Mizrahi Clients Said to Aid U.S. Tax Probe
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Movie Theaters:
Regal buys Hollywood Theaters
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Sovereigns:
What Will 'Debt Jubilee' Look Like?
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EU:
EU committee passes 'rescue' reforms
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EU banks face strict transparency rules
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Bulgarian government brought down by austerity protests
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PIIGS:
Ireland to issue state apology to women who worked without pay in defunct Catholic laundries
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Italy's dismal economic situation in 2 huge slides
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Anti-austerity strike brings Greece to a standstill
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Spain and Italy: The Euro Crisis Gnaws at Europe's Underbelly
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UniCredit sees up to 200-mln-euro hit in German tax probe-source
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Canada:
Nanaimo Shipyard battles to stay out of bankruptcy
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Germany:
German Investor Confidence Rose More Than Forecast in February
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Belize:
Belize bondholders group agrees to superbond exchange
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Mexico:
'Acapulco is bankrupt '
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