Law:
Dewey's former London landlord Prudential issues $10.3m claim
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Restructuring partner Scott Greenberg joins Jones Day in New York
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Stealth Lawyer: Lou Mongello, Disney Expert & Historian
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Patton Boggs, Gibson, Susman Godfrey: Business of Law
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The Rates Are Too Damned High!
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Baker Botts secures $5.2 mln in drawn-out Asarco fee fight
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Running Susskind in reverse
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Execution is the New Strategy
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Blackstone’s Cohen Must Answer Queries in McCourt Divorce
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ATL March Madness: The Law Firm With the Brightest Future — Round 2
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Which Law Schools Employed the Most Graduates as Real Lawyers Versus Real Baristas?
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Law Students Show Themselves As The Smartest People Out On First Street
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Former bankruptcy lawyer who wrote ‘Dork Diaries’ was once advised to avoid a writing career
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No Bias in Firing of Former 63 Year Old Female Partner, Ropes Claims
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The Mobile Lawyer
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Reality bytes: New ABA rules require you to get with tech program—like it or not
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Lax data security can cost you clients
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Virtual law firm plans to multiply like magic
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Leon Jaworski’s name is the first to go as his firm grows
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The Incredible Rise Of Women In The Workplace
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Libel claim fails because in-house lawyer’s letter was opinion, judge rules
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Yale law librarian debunks ‘the whole 9 yards’
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Reprimand Is Not Enough When Lawyer Uses Private Info to Counter Client’s Barbs
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As trial looms for ex-DA accused in RICO enterprise case, feds make new accusations
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COPS: Doctor may have killed 300
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Who really killed bin Laden?
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FBI Pursuing Real-Time Email Spying Powers
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Unlikely allies join in a push to require warrants for access to digital communications
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Man stranded on Disney’s ‘It’s a Small World’ ride wins pain and suffering damages
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‘Monsignor Meth’ To Plead Guilty
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Supreme Court DOMA Arguments: Kennedy Questions Obama
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Still Cautious, Supreme Court May Overturn Federal Marriage Law
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Supreme Ideals on Procreation: Just Say No to Gray Marriage!
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Sorry, Justice Scalia: There’s no evidence that gay parents aren’t great parents
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The eight exchanges you should read from gay marriage arguments
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From Dumbledore to Nutella, gay marriage signs play for laughs
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Creeping Privatization of Justice
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What judges really think about the phrase ‘May it please the Court?’
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A Prisoner Who Filed A Handwritten Brief Just Won His Supreme Court Battle
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal flat to lower open
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U.S. Stocks Close Lower
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Stockton Creditors Say It Didn't Try to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Ruling on Stockton bankruptcy eligibility seen Monday
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Stockton's case may prove to be a model for other struggling cities
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CalPERS isn't a white knight in Stockton's bankruptcy
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Detroit Emergency Manager Says He'll Haggle With Bondholders
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Newark Considers Curfews, Armed Guards For All Businesses
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The 10 Happiest And Healthiest Cities In America
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Basketball:
Bob Cook's 7% share of Kings held in bankruptcy court being sold to Chris Hansen for $15.1 million
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Lehman:
Lehman to Pay Creditors, Affiliates $14.2 Billion on April 4
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Lehman Settles Disputes Over Claims With Swiss Affiliate
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Economy:
‘Trickle-down consumption’: How rising inequality can leave everyone worse off
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$1 Trillion in New Taxes from Health Reform is Coming
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Banks Face Setback as FHFA Bans Force-Placed Commissions
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Shiller: 'We're Living In A Totally Artificial Real Estate Economy'
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Foreclosure attorney wins prize for uncovering ‘robosigning’
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Analysts: Price appreciation is here for the long haul
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OCC: Number of loans in foreclosure reaches a three-year low
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Not enough homes: Sales down on low inventory --- Single Family REO inventories down 23.4% in 2012
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Pending Home Sales index declines in February
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Short sales are growing longer
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MBA: Mortgage Applications increase in latest survey
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Gundlach: The Southern California Housing Market Hasn't Been This Crazy Since The '80s
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Fannie/Freddie to Homeowners: Do Nothing and Help Will Arrive
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Pending Home Sales Index Falls 0.4%, Missing Expectations
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Some US Housing Markets Have Seen Hundreds Of Homes Sell Within Hours Of Their Debut
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac ward off megabucks transfer tax claims
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The Luxury Real Estate Market In Downtown Manhattan Is Booming
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Aviation:
A Strange Tale: How Muni Bonds Will Become Shares Of The Largest Airline
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Judge indicates support for American-US Airways deal
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Judge questions American Airlines’ request for approval of $20 million in CEO compensation --- AMR, US Airways Merger Hits Hurdle in Court on Horton Pay --- AMR Bonuses Draw Flack; Merger With US Air Doesn't --- Horton payout debated at AMR bankruptcy hearing --- AMR merger approved, but $20M CEO severance/bonus on hold --- Tom Horton's Severance is Probably in the Golden Parachute Bag if the Court Applies the Business Judgment Rule Rather Than Section 503(c)of the Bankruptcy Code
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AMR Corp. and the UCC file additional responses to U.S. Trustee objections on eve of hearing
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On Verge Of Bankruptcy, Kingfisher Airlines Loses Airplanes
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Health Care:
Drama Unfolds In San Diego Hospice Bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Hey Walmart, It's Hard to Make Sales When Store Shelves Are Empty
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Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers
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Gambling:
Revel would have closed without emergency money
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Hollywood:
Before troubled $20 million grant, Digital Domain had lots of help from Tallahassee
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Warner Bros. Disputes That Its VFX Work Is Assumed in Rhythm & Hues Sale
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Coal:
UMWA bringing thousands to protest Patriot bankruptcy plan --- Plans huge Patriot rally in W.Va. on Monday
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Murray objects to bankruptcy
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Autos:
German union bosses approve Opel deal despite split
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Awards:
AlixPartners' John Dischner Named to Turnaround & Workout's 'People to Watch' List
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Derivatives:
Derivatives May Again be Biggest Risk for Global Economy
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Compensation:
AIG sets compensation clawback policy for executive wrongdoing
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EU Governments Approve Banker Pay Curbs as U.K. Objects
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Food/Beverage:
Police restrain crowd from taking food after supermarket evicted - Food thrown out instead
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Tax:
What The IRS Doesn't Want You To Know
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U.S. asks Liechtenstein for data in tax evasion probe
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Banking:
Survey: Americans say FDIC deposit insurance too high at $250,000
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FDIC Sues New Century Bank Officers for $33 Million
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Judge rules JPMorgan must face lawsuit over investments in Lehman
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Bank Credit Risk Rises for 10th Day in Longest Streak Since 2011
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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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (17 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:
Going for Broke: U.S. Bankruptcy Filings [Infographic]
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Bill on Bankruptcy: Freud, Marx Brothers, Madoff
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Plan Confirmation:
Partial Dirt-for-Debt Plans: No Cushion? No Confirmation
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Litigation:
Predictive coding is on the rise in courts
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Alternative Energy:
Sunset for Suntech
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Fraud:
Ex-Nixon Peabody Partner's Co-Defendant Gets 10-Year Term in Ponzi Scheme
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Madoff Fraud and JP Morgan Chase's Actions
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Retailing:
JCPenney Exec Delivers Candid Assessment Of The Company's Turnaround Strategy
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Personal Finance:
Couple Explains What It Took To Pay Off $160,000 Of Debt During A Recession
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9 Mistakes That Kill Your Credit
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Groups Of Adults Turn To Cooperative Households To Save Money
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Printing:
Champion Industries defaults on debt
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Celebs:
Why Dionne Warwick Might Get Out of Paying $10M to the IRS
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Health Care:
Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Hits Hardeman County Hospital in Texas
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Layoffs coming to Pleasant Valley Hospital
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Study: Health Care Overhaul to Raise Cost of Claims 32%
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How Fortune 500 companies plan to cut health costs: Act like Medicare
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Electronic Health Records: Doctors Want to Keep Patients Out
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Television:
Rochelle Park-based Arab TV company files for bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
JPMorgan Chase Faces Full-Court Press of Federal Investigations
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UK:
Bubbles and bankruptcy: a British history
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BOE Says U.K. Banks Have Capital Shortfall of $38 Billion
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Amendments to the European Insolvency Regulation: How Would "Opting In" Affect the UK Finance Market?
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Insolvency tax dodgers face five-year scrutiny by HMRC
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Thiam’s $35.5 Billion Secret Deal Ignites U.K. Regulator’s Wrath
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EU:
Cypriot Banks Open Doors After Two Weeks as Customers Hunt Cash --- Calm Gives Way to Tension in Cyprus as Banks Reopen --- Cyprus readies capital controls to avert bank run --- Making up a euro solution on the fly --- BofA: 'Banks Will Never Look The Same Post-Cyprus' --- Cyprus Banks Are About To Reopen, And So Far It's Just A Bunch Of Reporters Hoping To Witness A Bank Run --- Convoy Of Trucks Reportedly Hauling Tons Of Fresh Euros As Cyprus Banks Prepare To Reopen --- G4S Readies Guards as Cypriot Banks Prepare to Open --- No money allowed to leave country --- A Furious Cyprus Begins Investigating Who Breached The Capital Controls
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PIIGS:
Allied Irish says restructuring done as loss narrows --- ie: Insolvency reforms 'won't stop bankruptcy tourism'
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Germany:
German unemployment rises unexpectedly in March
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France:
Hollande Economic Woes Masked by Cyprus Fig Leaf
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Brazil:
Brazil's CAOA says creditor rift likely to sink BVA deal
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