Law:
Pepper Hamilton names Louis Freeh as its chair
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I Should Have Been a Garbage Man
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Total number of law schools and law students, 1964 to the present
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The Downsizing of Legal Education
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How the Job Market for Law School Grads Crumbled (and How It Could Come Back to Life)
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The President Of A Tiny, Struggling Law School In The Hills Of Vermont Explains Why It Should Still Exist
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Will California Threaten Lawyer Livelihood with Legal Technicians?
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In a Law School Recession, How Washington and Lee is Thriving
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Buying In: The Biglaw Report Cards
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This Attorney Wants To Overhaul The Billable Hour System
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Barclays GC is Latest Executive Casualty of LIBOR Scandal
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Venue dispute stalls Greenberg bias suit
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Shook Lawyer Claims He Didn't Know Florida Law Barred Ponzi Schemer Shapiro's Sports Agency Buy
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Former No.2 DOJ official joins law firm in Washington
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Lawyer Suspended For Helping Client Avoid Tax Lien
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The Strange Story Of The ‘Lawyer By Day, Pop Singer By Night’ Who Refuses To Disclose Her Real Identity
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The world's weirdest laws
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Client attacks lawyer, tries to flee, continues trial in restraints
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A ‘profoundly disturbing’ memo? DOJ white paper outlines legal basis for targeted killings of Americans --- Legal Experts Fear Implications of White House Drone Memo --- The White House is "Judge, Jury and Executioner" of Both Drone and Cyber-Attacks
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If Your Defense Is "Advice of Counsel" You Have To Have Followed The Advice
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How to Bust Your iPhone Out of iTunes
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Former Child Actor Isn't Scared Of The Law School Bubble
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Florida Disciplines Officers Found To Be Ignoring Emergency Calls To Finish Lunch, Coffee, or Just Chat With Friends
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Prison guard pregnant with cop killer's child
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Cops arrest 10-year-old for bringing toy gun to school... 'Brandishing a weapon'
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City Workers Paint Disabled Parking Box Around Woman’s Car And Then Tow The Car As Illegally Parked
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Justice Ginsburg Swats Down Paul Clement’s Latest Attempt To Blow Up Recess Appointments
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Quote of the Day: A Latina Who Isn’t Wise On Jokes --- Sotomayor takes up case of the Funniest Justice
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Sonia Sotomayor To Stephen Colbert: You'll 'Find Out Soon Enough' Where I Stand On Gun Rights
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Sonia Sotomayor: How do you know I'm not a conservative?
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Rare court of inquiry is convened over judge’s work as a prosecutor in 1987 murder case
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Federal Law Clerk Hiring Crisis
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Recently Re-Elected Chicago Judge Is Legally Insane
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Woman Gets 30 Days In Jail For Giving The Finger To A Judge
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures point to slightly higher Wall Street open
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U.S. stocks close down after Dow's rally to 14000 mark
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Aiming at Wall Street's 2nd Favorite Tax Break
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Traders Search for Pullback Trigger as Fears Rise
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Layoffs:
A Case for College: The Unemployment Rate for Bachelor's-Degree Holders Is 3.7 Percent
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How the IMF could save millions of jobs
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Service sector grows in January, job index at seven-year high: ISM
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Everybody Chill Out About the Rise of Robots
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
Travel Agents Accuse Batavia Air of Bankruptcy Foul Play
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Retailing:
J.C. Penney Fight With Creditors Could Force Bankruptcy
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51 companies that are revolutionizing retail
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Trucking:
Polar Corp. acquires Beall Transport Equipment assets
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Education:
Lon Morris College liquidations hearing: The art of the deal
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Municipalities:
Can Oakland Avoid Bankruptcy ?
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Wrapping Up the Short, Successful Chapter 9 Case of Mammoth Lakes
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Banking:
Trustee’s lawsuit accuses Commerce of money laundering
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The Curious Case Of Charter Bank
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Economy:
CBO: Deficit to Fall to $845 Billion --- Deficits to shrink through 2015, but debt to deepen: CBO
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Why the U.S. Government Never Has to Pay Back All Its Debt
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Chief Executives’ Confidence in U.S. Economy Improves in Survey
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Most U.S. States See Gains in Economic Confidence in 2012
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Monthly U.S. Economic Confidence Matches Five-Year High
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Obama proposes short-term budget fix, Republicans swiftly object
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CBO to U.S. Economy: You Are *This* Screwed in 2013 If the Sequestration Happens
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Debunking the myth of the "hidden prosperity of the poor"
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America's fiscal future: low growth, a slowly shrinking deficit and high unemployment
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Fed Says Internal Site Breached by Hackers, No Critical Functions Affected
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Boomers Aging Worse Than Past Generation
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The Worst CEOs of 2012
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8,830,026: Americans on Disability Hits New Record
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Home Prices, Stock Rallies, and the Wealth of a Nation
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Goldman predicts an unprecedented decline in government spending
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Income Tax Can't Fund Government Americans Want
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Sequestration and Social Services: Facing the Inevitable
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home prices post biggest gains in over 6 years
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Housing Already Shows Signs of New Bubble
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NY judge finds Flagstar liable for $90.1 mln in mortgage case
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Palm Beach mansion bankruptcy plan envisions $74M sale
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Admitting New Partners in a Real Estate Workout
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Florida's foreclosure king attorney faces possible bar discipline
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Brokers:
MF Global and Client Money Entitlements
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Corzine's Crime of the Century
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Mass Torts:
BP Deepwater bill rises by $4.1bn
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BP hit by new $34bn Deepwater Horizon claim
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Video Games:
Pioneering Videogame Firm Atari Gets Lifeline --- Former Atari CEO bids to save his old gaming company
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Atari secures financing to fund day-to-day business while it evaluates strategic options
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Agriculture:
Grant Family Farms leaves hole in grocery stores
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Alternative Energy:
Solar Parts Maker Satcon to Liquidate --- Seeks to liquidate after failing to find a buyer
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Aviation:
Ex-Comair chief Ryan Gumm tapped to run Pinnacle Airlines
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Kingfisher Losses Mount As Planes Sit Idle
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‘Million Miler’ lawsuit against airline is allowed to proceed
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Lehman:
Lehman Couldn't Handle the Risk Management Truth
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Student Debt:
Student loan risk already part of consumers’ FICO scores
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Record Number of Graduates Default on Student Loans
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New Frontier for the Yield-Hungry: Student Loans
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Subprime Student Debt Is a Huge Red Flag
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Student loan defaults: Yale sues over unpaid loans
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Fraud:
Nevin Shapiro's attorney Marc Levinson vague on details of agency acquisition
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Trustee files reorganization plan for RRA bankruptcy
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California Man Pleads Guilty in $80M Ponzi Fraud
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Software:
SCO Asks the Bankruptcy Court to Let It Destroy Its Business Records
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Credit Counseling:
Colorado AG settles with debt settlement company
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Religion:
Vatican official thanks media for uncovering Church abuse
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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 (33 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 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:
(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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Miscellaneous:
The Year in Bankruptcy: 2012
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
New bankruptcy cases down again in Michigan
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US commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies fall 36 pct in January
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Professional Compensation:
Use Caution: New S.D.N.Y. Fee Guidelines Take Effect Today
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Sales:
Credit Bidding, Security, and The Obsolescence of Chapter 11
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Pensions:
PBGC takes over pension plan of auto parts manufacturer Findlay
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Celebs:
Attorney: Armstrong Won't Pay Back Bonuses
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Lance Armstrong Under Investigation for Obstruction, Witness Tampering, and Intimidation
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TBTF:
Ally working to repay Treasury stock in "near future"
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Q&A with Hank Greenberg and Larry Cunningham
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Corporate Reform:
US lawsuit casts blame for financial crisis on Standard & Poor’s; high ratings deemed fraud --- Says Analyst Wrote A Parody Of 'Burning Down The House' --- S&P E-Mails on Mortgage Crisis Show Alarm and Gallows Humor--- Justice Department Faces Uphill Battle in Proving S.& P. Fraud --- The Complaint
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Financial Models at Heart of Lawsuit Against S.&P.
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S&P Lawyer Says That DOJ Investigation Into It Accelerated After The 2011 Downgrade
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S&P Attorney Abrams on U.S. Lawsuit --- S&P Won’t Employ First Amendment Defense in U.S. Ratings Lawsuit
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The Chickens Come Home to Roost for Standard & Poor's
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How S&P 'burned down the house'
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U.S., S&P Settle In for Bitter Combat
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Some S&P Analysts Weren’t Happy With S&P’s Whole “Trying To Rate Deals” Thing
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Calif. attorney general sues Standard & Poor's
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Tax:
Foreigners' accounts in US banks eyed in tax crackdown
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Autos:
Fisker May be Bailed Out by China
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Shipping:
Overseas Shipholding Wins Approval of $25 Million Loans
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Debit/Credit Cards:
18 charged with stealing $200M by getting 25,000 credit cards for fake individuals
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UK:
Should the government red card the football creditor rule?
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Cattles launches legal battle against former auditor PwC
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EU:
Hollande defies Berlin with call on currency
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PIIGS:
Massive Spanish Corruption Scandals Gets Weirder With Claims Of Forgery And Half-Truths --- “It is all untrue, except for some things” - Spain's prime minister on corruption charges --- Expect Long-Term Damage in Spain: JPMorgan --- Young and Stuck Spain's Well-Educated Move Back to Madre
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Italy's Third Biggest Bank Is Expected To Reveal The Details Of 3 Bad Derivatives Trades That Cost Nearly $1 Billion
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Australia:
The bankrupt , the wheeler-dealer and the mysterious metals finder
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China:
China Police Chief Accused Of Having 192 Houses
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China Just Approved A New Plan To Crush Income Inequality
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MENA:
Pakistan's 'Terror Tax'
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