Law:
Report: The Boom Years Are Not Coming Back, Get Used to It --- Tide out for law firms --- Boom years for law firms were an aberration, report says
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Report on law firm industry is cautiously optimistic for 2013
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Matt Covington Joins Conway Mackenzie As Managing Director And Head Of Los Angeles Office
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Trio of Am Law Firms Advising as Bankrupt Hostess Taps Buyer for Brands
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Linklaters takes lead legal role as HMV enters administration
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You Can Have a Brilliant Career (Even if Paul Weiss Disses You)
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Biglaw: Welcome to the New Normal (Which is not unlike the old normal.)
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Indictment: Ex-Mayer Brown CIO helped bilk law firm of $4.8M in vendor billing and kickback scheme
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Forced Flu Shots? Can’t Sick People Just Stay Home?
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When Nothing’s Working
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Prospective juror who Googled murder defendant gets unusual sentence
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Are You Desperate Enough to Pay for Legal Experience?
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BigLaw -- Is There a Woman Problem?
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Stop The Audit Letter Lunacy!
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One in five UK firms likely to seek external investment
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Is the New York 50 Hour Requirement Changing the Future of Law Student Pro Bono?
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London firms lead 'living wage' scheme
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5 Signs You Need to Leave Your Law Firm Job
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Dean of unranked law school may be highest-paid in nation
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Law School Transparency: Bust out
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Famous Author Reveals You're Never Too Old To Regret Going To Law School
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What, You Thought the New England Law Dean Worked for Free?
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No more 3Ls? Proposal would let law students skip their third year
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Dean’s Ouster Inspires Outrage From Trustees, Joy From Students
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200 brawl at baby shower
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Two Deaf Twins In Belgium Allowed To Die In Unique Euthanasia Case
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How two pals from torts class are getting a shot at stardom
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Quote of the Day: Justice Thomas Speaks!
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Wall Street:
Stock futures track lower after Bernanke speech
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Stocks End Mixed
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Layoffs:
Chapter 11 for the Labor and Employment Law Practitioner
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Thousands apply for 200 jobs at Target
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Former Hostess workers scramble following job loss
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The Rise of Robots and the Decline of Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Torts:
Supreme Court Seeks Views On Pfizer Bid To Block Quigley Asbestos Lawsuits
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Alternative Energy:
Centrotherm confident of exiting insolvency soon
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Consultants:
Deloitte Acquires Strategic Consulting Firm Monitor
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Brokers:
Peregrine Financial's ex-CEO faces sentencing on Jan. 31
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Direct Markets Holdings files to liquidate
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Health Care:
Fitch Cuts West Penn's Credit Rating to "C"
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Court Says State Went Too Far in Receivership of Insolvent Fla. CCRC
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Economy:
Why the platinum coin is off the table
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A US Default Would Be The Financial Equivalent Of This Painting Of Hell
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Tim Geithner Sends Letter To Congressional Leaders About Timing And Consequences Of Hitting The Debt Ceiling
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GOP Governors to Shift Taxes onto Consumers
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home sales up 6% in 2012, first gain since 2005
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National foreclosure inventory drops: LPS
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Blavatnik Takes JPMorgan to Trial for Subprime Loss
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Awards:
Kramer Levin's Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Practice Selected as One of Law360's Top Bankruptcy Practice Groups of 2012
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Education:
TX: State's Oldest Junior College Goes On The Auction Block
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Lon Morris College auction to continue Tuesday in Dallas
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Media:
Tribune Co. buyout and bankruptcy: Culture shock
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Aviation:
AMR shares surge again, hit 52-week high
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American Airlines firms up orders for 787, 737 MAX
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AMR Shares Are Still Fool's Gold
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Boyd Group: There’s very little route overlap between US Airways, American Airlines
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Lawsuit: ‘Sham’ United office dodges sales taxes
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Bankruptcy: American Airlines seeks fifth exclusivity extension, through April 1
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Food/Beverage:
Dippin' Dots bankruptcy case at end
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Flowers unit bids for Wonder bread
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Flowers Foods Isn't Loafing Around
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Unions may face uphill climb if Flowers buys Hostess assets
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Alternative Energy:
Solar Trust of America: A Look At The Company In Chapter 11
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Dairy:
With Golden Guernsey's Bankruptcy, Is Wisconsin Losing Its Dairy Dominance?
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Publishing:
Closing the Book on Bankruptcy - How Houghton Mifflin Harcourt purged its balance sheet of a debt load that was devouring its operating cash flow
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Corporate Reform:
SEC settlements reach highest level since 2007
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JP Morgan faces enforcement actions: report
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Personal Finance:
13 Common Mistakes That Can Blow Your Finances
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Recycling:
Fifth Third Bank is biggest lender in Wood Energy Group bankruptcy
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Mail:
U.S. Postal Service directed to speed up cost-cutting measures
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy Court Denies Request To Allow Officials the Right to Challenge Jefferson County Decision
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California Could be Next Oil Boom State
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A Poorer San Bernardino, and a More Dangerous One, Too
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Banking:
Barclays, Deutsche Bank to cut pay up to 20 percent: sources
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Fraud:
Allen Stanford victims to receive $55 mln under receiver plan
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (21 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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Miscellaneous:
2012 Year in Review – Part 2
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
MD PA: Bankruptcy filings drop in 2012
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2012 Nebraska bankruptcy filings drop 12 percent
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Bankruptcies keep falling in WNY, US
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NC: Wake bankruptcies continue to go down
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
U.S. Trustee Balks at ResCap's 'Ordinary Course' Bonus Plan
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Automatic Stay:
S.D.N.Y. Bankruptcy Court Weighs the “Lease or Rental Agreement” Requirement of Section 362(b)(22)of the Bankruptcy Code
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Recent Pleadings:
In Case Already Inflamed With Counsel Conflict Allegations, Creditors Seek To Remove Trustee As Well
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Autos:
US stake sale of GM to revive image
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TBTF:
Too Rich to Lose Money? AIG, the Takings Clause and the Roberts Court
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Who owns AIG's MBS fraud claims? Billions ride on the answer
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Sovereigns:
Ex-Argentina Central Banker Allowed to File Bond Argument
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UK:
Banks under pressure over deferred bonus plan
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Times are hard: Westlife's Shane Filan left with just his wedding ring
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50 management jobs to go at Insolvency Service
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Tough approach from HMRC signals insolvency risk
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The crunch bunch
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HMV stops accepting vouchers as administrators are called in --- HMV leaves social gap in High Street
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12,679 retailers have a high risk of insolvency
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EU:
EU Factory Output Falls Again
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PIIGS:
Greek-Cypriots Flee to Arab Countries For Jobs --- Lagarde Backs Reforms, Says Revenues Needed --- Tsipras Wants Bailout Terms Revised --- Schaeuble Tells Tsipras No Option to Austerity --- Greece Asks EU Help To Catch Tax Cheats --- Electric Bills Up 9%, Government Agencies Won’t Pay --- Greece passes key tax increases --- Greece faces decision over tax evasion scandal
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Canada:
Court dismisses fraud charges against 3 Nortel execs
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Former Nortel executives claim ‘vindication’ after fraud acquittal
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Nortel Creditors Start Mediation on Splitting $9 Billion
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Mapping bankruptcy
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Germany:
German Growth Slowed as Debt Crisis Dampened Investment
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MENA:
Swiss hold Mubarak millions as Egypt remains volatile
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Russia:
Ryazan Region Reportedly Heading to Bankruptcy
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Australia:
Bond Risk in Australia Rises, Credit-Default Swap Prices Show
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Belize:
Belize Rejecting Argentine Default Model Spurs Region-Best Rally
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