Law:
Howrey partners lob new fraud claims against Citibank in lawsuit --- Ex-Partners’ Suit Says Citibank Urged Personal Loans as Howrey Overspent Line By ‘Incredible’ $23M --- Quote of the Day: Howrey Going To Void These Loans?
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Bingham Names Four new Bankruptcy Partners --- William D. Goddard --- Christian Halász --- Emma Simmonds --- Axel Vogelmann
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Thompson Hine Elects New Bankruptcy Partner --- Curtis L. Tuggle
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New Partner Watch: Incoming Partner Classes at Ten Top Firms
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Dewey Bankruptcy Plan Headed to a Vote
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Citibank Under Double-Barreled Attack Over Capital Loan Programs
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Law firm pressed to hand back millions in bankruptcy fees
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DLA Piper, Appleby, Crowell & Moring: Business of Law
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Law Firm Partners Can Expect Major Layoffs This Year
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Dechert, Wachtell take key roles on BoA's $11.6bn toxic loan settlement
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Gradenfreude: The Legal Profession Has the Luck of the Irish
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The Gender Gap: Men Blame the System, Women Blame Themselves
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Law Grads Fail to Pin Fraud on Alma Mater
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Case Western Reserve Dean Just Making Stuff Up
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Buying In: An Interview with an In-House Insider
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Client-Side Legal Project Management – Why It Will Matter
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Associate's Document Search Of Firm's Computer System For Discrimination Evidence Not Unethical
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US Trustee Seeks Clawback of $10M in Fees from Kaye Scholer, Financial Adviser in Bankruptcy Case
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Overlooked Firms and Schools
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FCC Publishes 10-Step Guide for Securing Smartphones
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Which Gadgets Are Employees Bringing To Work That IT Managers Need To Worry About?
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Former Law Firm Bookkeeper Gets 21 Months for Embezzling $500K
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Lawyer Hired by His Embezzlement Victim Gets Lighter Sentence to Allow for Restitution
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Fannie Mae Reaches $20B Settlement with Banks; Lawyers Lose Jobs
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Above the Law’s 2012 Lawyer of the Year Competition: The Winner!
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Financial Dermatologists
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Cops’ Fear Of Handcuffed Paraplegic Turns Out To Be Unreasonable
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What It's Like To Be In The Same Room With A Convicted Serial Killer
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Overweight women penalized in court - study
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Court wipes slate clean on ancient debt
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Michigan Justice Announces Retirement After Accusation of ‘Blatant and Brazen’ Misconduct
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Ethics Group Bars Judging 'One-Sided' Mock Trials
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Judge Rescinds Order to Seize Home Computers of Juror Accused of Web-Surfing During Trial
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Wall Street:
Futures signal higher start for Wall Street
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Layoffs:
The Most Unemployed Cities In Every State
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America's 11 Fastest Growing Industries Require Workers To Get Their Hands Dirty
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Worldwide Youth Unemployment Rates Will Stay High For Years
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Brokers:
MF Global judge nixes customer group's bid to depose Corzine
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KPMG expects bigger payouts to MF Global UK clients
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Peregrine Scion Aims to Clean the Slate
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Pharma:
DOJ official wants trustee in Mass. pharmacy case --- Official: New boss of meningitis-linked firm 'hopelessly conflicted'
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Storage:
RoboVault bond sales seem like 'Ponzi scheme,' attorney tells judge --- Judge to RoboVault owner: Turn over records or go to jail
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Sports:
An Oregon Football Player Faked An Injury In The Fiesta Bowl So A Walk-On With $70,000 In Student Loans Could Play --- ESPN Apology For Musburger's Comments On AJ McCarron's Girlfriend
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Economy:
Consumer Credit Jumps $16 Billion
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Why The Fight Over The $1 Trillion Coin Is The Most Important Fiscal Policy Debate You'll Ever See In Your Life --- Bank Of America Blasts The Platinum Coin As 'The Trillion Dollar Tooth Fairy' --- Bill Gross: The $1 Trillion Coin Is Unlikely, But There's A Very Similar Solution That Is Possible --- $1 trillion coin is nuts but not $25 billion --- Colbert: We Should Have Known Obama Would Try To Mint A Trillion Dollar Coin
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How The Clinton Surpluses Turned Into More Than $6 Trillion Worth Of Deficits
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Foreclosure settlement may signal end to robo-signing probes
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Finding Little Evidence Of Foreclosure Fraud, Feds Give Up
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Trouble remains for BofA despite mortgage pact
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Banks’ $8.5 Billion Deal Kills Reviews That Never Saw Results
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Sued in Maryland for Unpaid Taxes
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Trump Tower project in Philly files Chapter 11
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Commercial Mortgage Bond Demand Spurs Borrower’s Market
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Inventory Takes Center Stage as Foreclosures Fade
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Oregon Supreme Court hears key foreclosure case
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Retailing:
New Sears CEO, Same Sears Problems
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Analysts Skeptical as Majority Owner Takes Role as Chief Executive of Sears
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Sears Crowning Lampert Defies Critics of Stalled Comeback
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Target vows to match Amazon's prices
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7 Creative Uses For Dead Shopping Malls
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Banking:
'Whale' Winner Hires J.P. Morgan Veteran
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Fraud:
Justices Skeptical of SEC
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A Hedge Fund Consultant Who Admitted To Passing Tips To SAC Portfolio Managers Is Naming Names Like Crazy --- Ex-SAC Analyst Identified 20 Inside Traders, U.S. Says
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SAC Capital Said to Raise Bonuses Amid US Insider Probe
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Berjac bankruptcy judge approves use of mediator, but refuses to compel parties to participate
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Creditors: Jack E. Brown family aided in Ponzi scheme
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Lehman:
Lehman Seeks Order Blocking Government Taxes on Deals
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Agriculture:
With Grant Family Farms closed, what happens to the land?
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Farm's bankruptcy may impact Rawlins
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Video Games:
Court Approves Auction for THQ Assets Later This Month --- THQ says it still has a chance to stay together
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Mass Torts:
Bondex expert testifies 'Chrysotile' joint compound not likely cause of mesothelioma
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Celebs:
Former Indian Jody Gerut In New Role As 'Anti- Bankruptcy Agent'
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Furniture:
Three creditors seek to force LuxeYard into Chapter 7
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Municipalities:
Should States Take an Increased Role in Financially Troubled Municipalities?
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Altoona: Act 47 teams coming
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Detroit Emergency Financial Manager Decision Could Come Friday
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Steel Cage Match Between Calpers and Bond Investors Continues in San Bernardino Chapter 9 Case
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Detroit City Council bows to Michigan, approves key contracts
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Tax:
UBS Client Pleads Guilty in U.S. Tax Case in Florida
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Tobacco:
Renegade reaches tentative deal with 2 government entities
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Credit Reporting:
CFPB report reveals creditors less likely to report to credit bureaus on small business cards
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Alternative Energy:
Siliken Manufacturing USA, Inc. and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Siliken USA, Inc. File Concurrent Chapter 11 Petitions
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Fraud Charges in Bankruptcy Case
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Equipment Rental:
Ahern Rentals CEO says bankruptcy process is ‘incestuous and evil’ --- Ahern defiant in face of Chapter 11 process
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (67 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:
Global Distressed Debt and Bankruptcy Restructuring Deals Double in 2012
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New bankruptcy cases plunge 19% from year ago in South Florida
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Metro Phoenix bankruptcies post double-digit dip in 2012
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:
You Asked Your Buddy to Do What? Non-Statutory Insiders and Vote Designation
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Automatic Stay:
The Automatic Stay in Partnership Bankruptcies
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Recent Pleadings:
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TBTF:
Examining the Terms of A.I.G.'s Bailout --- AIG's bailout helped, not harmed, shareholders --- How AIG Board Works Its Way Out of the Hot Seat --- The Wildest Thing About Former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg's Lawsuit Against The US Government --- Washington's Jaw Drops At Possibility Of AIG Lawsuit --- White House declines comment on possible AIG suit --- Why AIG Suing America Isn't as Crazy as You Think --- Suing The U.S. Would Kill AIG --- How AIG's board ended up in the middle of Greenberg's suit v. U.S. --- AIG Joining Greenberg Suit Against U.S. Seen as Hard Sell --- Senator Elizabeth Warren Is Outraged That AIG Is Considering Suing The U.S. Government --- A Mind-Boggling Claim --- A NYC Judge's Takedown Of Hank Greenberg's First AIG Case Is As Brutal As You Can Imagine --- Why The AIG Board Might Feel It Has To Sue The Government
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Insurance:
D&O Insurance: "Ambiguity" Whether Insured vs. Insured Exclusion Bars Coverage for FDIC's D&O Claims
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Litigation:
Social Media Discovery and ESI in Motion Practice
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Food/Beverage:
Flowers Foods, Grupo Bimbo Prepare Hostess Bids: Sources
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PE kingpin Black is hungry for Hostess
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Apollo Global may bid for snack business of Hostess - report
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Hostess Hires Hilco to Serve as Its Agent for the Integrated Disposition of Key Real Estate and Industrial Assets
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Golden Guernsey files for bankruptcy
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Window narrows for rival bidders to object to Tully's sale to Dempsey
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Aviation:
US Airways-American merger: No quick decision
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Analysis: US Airways merger would harm competition
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AMR Corp. seeks to sell luxury London townhome
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APA answers questions about ‘memorandum of understanding’ and other matters
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AMR says stock may be worth something after bankruptcy after all --- Offers hope to stockholders
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Court to hear Hawker-PBGC plan on Jan. 17
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Troubled Aerosvit cancels flights
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Weather:
2012 Was America's Hottest Year On Record By A Landslide
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Autos:
Buyer of bankrupt Saab signs deal for Chinese investment
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Aviation:
AeroSvit's bankruptcy strands hundreds of Israelis
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Sovereigns:
Argentina's President Is Taking Precautions To Make Sure Hedge Funds Don't Impound Her Jet
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UK:
Kerry Katona becomes face of payday loans
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EU:
EU Unemployment Rate Hits Historic High—Europe Has Only Itself to Blame
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Think The Euro Crisis Is Over?
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Europe's attack of the zombie companies
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Canada:
Housing-Crash Fears for 2013 Unwarranted, Forecasters Say
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France:
France calls for report on tax-dodging by multinationals
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