Law:
Big Law Firms Are Using Ugly Tactics To Get A High 'American Lawyer' Ranking
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Am Law Firms Aboard as Leagues Sink Kings, Coyotes Deals
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U.S. Legal System Ranked as Most Costly
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Do you have ‘professional telepathy’? It’s what Ernst & Young looks for from firms
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Sociopath Law Professor Admits To Being A Sociopath --- A Diagnosed Sociopath Says Her Disorder Made Her A 'Great Lawyer'
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Law Student Sues Law School For Implying He's Litigious
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Harvard law student hopes to buy a Segway after his $1M ‘Survivor’ win
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Harvard Law School Agrees To Start Accepting Harvard Students Early IF They Promise To Go Get A Life First
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Socratic Method Linked To Female Underachievement in Law School
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The Trouble With Lawyer Regulation
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Judge Scolds Trump, Attorney at Chicago Trial --- ‘This is not a boxing ring!’
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Client Biz Dev: You're Doing It Wrong
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Thirty-One Great Apps for Lawyers --- Are You Using These 7 Useful iPhone Features?
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Bonkers Law Firm Website of the Week
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Jodi Arias' Lawyers Tried To Quit After She Was Convicted
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Writer Becomes A Hero After Swiping Woman's Cell Phone In Theater And Throwing It Across The Room
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An NYC Subway Worker Allegedly Helped Stage Her Own Robbery
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Lawyer’s suit claims his sessions with personal trainer left him with disabling pain
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Women Are Now Taking Hubby's Last Name
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CBS: Suspected Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Scribbled A Confession On The Boat He Was Found In
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Manager Of Army Sexual Harassment Program Arrested In . . .
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Man jailed for 10th DUI is convicted for soliciting murder of judge, prosecutor and his ex-wife
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Attorney Sanctioned for Using Motion to Air Anti-Semitism Bias
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Couple Refuses To Allow Police To Enter Home Without Warrant . . . Police Kick Down Door and Taser Couple
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McDonald's Worker Spots Her Stolen Car In The Drive-Thru
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Songs for the Supreme Court
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Judge's 'improper conduct' tainted malpractice trial: appeals court --- Tendency to ‘interrupt, patronize and admonish’
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Appeals court upholds 20-year sentence for ex-judge convicted of stealing $80K
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Delaware's Chancery Court seeks to restart 'secret' hearings
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Federal Judge Certifies Classes in Kids-for-Cash Civil Suit
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Wall Street:
US stock futures on Friday upswing
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Rally stalls as 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:
Bankrupt Alabama county names new top lawyer
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Moody’s Says Detroit Manager Makes Bankruptcy Option
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Detroit's lessons
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Bing: Orr needs to act quickly to fix city finances
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Detroit Recovery Plan Negative for Bondholders, Moody's Says
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Detroit recovery plan raises specter of default - Moody's
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Troubled Detroit pensions pay for Hawaii trip
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Leaving so soon, Detroit politicians?
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Stockton Mayor Outlines Plans in State of the City Address
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Health Care:
Study: Cancer Patients 2.65 Times as Likely to Go Bankrupt
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Corporate Reform:
At last, some consensus on Dodd-Frank
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Elizabeth Warren Vows To Fight Legislation Weakening Dodd-Frank
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Golf:
Camden County Freeholders To Bid On Bankrupt Woodcrest
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Vacuums:
Oreck family makes $22M bid to buy Oreck Corp.
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Stadiums:
Yankee Parking Bondholders Seek to Stave Off Bankruptcy Filing
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Agriculture:
US Farmland Prices Jump 15% in Q1
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Fraud:
Bernie Madoff: I Am Responsible For My Son's Death And I Can't Sleep
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How a Texas Paper Brought Down Billie Sol Estes
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Sedgwick Bids to Trim Claims Arising From Ponzi Scheme
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Economy:
Jobless claims shoot up by 32,000 across country
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Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index Decreases to -5.2 From 1.3
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Older investors reveal exactly why their retirement plans have gone off track
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Key Measures show low and falling inflation in April
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Bill Gates Retakes World's Richest Title From Carlos Slim
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Fed Officials Differ on Direction of Recovery
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Pope Francis Rips Global 'Cult Of Money'
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Average Retirement Age is 61 and Rising
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Recession Will Haunt Gen-X Into Retirement
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Housing starts fall 16.5% in April, but building permits jump
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Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in April
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Five Takeaways From the Latest Housing Starts Report
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Mortgage Bond Poised to Set a Dubious First
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S&P Puts Ally on Watch for Upgrade After ResCap Settlement
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Freddie Mac: Housing is the juice of the recovery
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Homebuilders left shaken, but opportunities are on the horizon
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California's Housing Market Surges in April
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Alabama Supreme Court MERS decision: Attorney guidepost
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Fixed-mortgage rates inch higher: Freddie Mac
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Housing outlook brightens as April permits grow
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Winning $4.85M lottery ticket saves house of mortgage foreclosure defendant
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Jewels seized from fugitive Seattle real estate mogul worth $3M
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Retailing:
Wal-Mart US sales weak; outlook below analysts' forecast --- Wal-Mart's Customers Are More Broke Than Anyone Realizes
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JC Penney's first-quarter earnings tank
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Tax:
Obama: I Didn't Know About 'Outrageous' And 'Unacceptable' IRS Scandal
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IRS Scandal: What We Still Haven't Learned
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IRS Storm Targeting Scandal Shifts to Congress
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IRS Scandal and the Peter Principle
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Second IRS Official Quits Amid Scrutiny
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Factual Context the Media Left Out of Their Reporting on the IRS Scandal
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Electricity:
Energy Future's Woes Stunt Oncor's Texas Power Growth Ambitions
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Oncor Electric Delivery says expansion is limited by parent company’s debt
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Alternative Energy:
Biorefinery company seeks Chapter 11 protection
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Western Biomass up for sale; Blue Sugars files bankruptcy
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SolarCity, Goldman Sachs create $500M solar fund
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Tech:
Micron Announces Issuance by Tokyo High Court of Order Dismissing Creditor Appeals
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Micron: The Electronics Industry Just Dodged A Bullet
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Video Games:
Game Over for TimeGate
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Aviation:
American Airlines offers priority boarding for those without roller bags
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Airline Unions Sign Pact To Ward Off Teamsters
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Minister: Croatia Airlines faces bankruptcy if restructuring fails
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Autos:
Whistleblower Suit Holds Up Payout to Old GM Creditors
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Celebs:
OJ Simpson: I gave $500K to lead lawyer for costs; he was supposed to defend me for free
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Gambling:
Atlantic City Recession Continues While Las Vegas Rebounds
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Packer Must Face Lenders' Las Vegas Lawsuit, Appeals Court Says
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Distressed Investing:
Ex-Goldman Partner, Vulture Investor, Back From Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:
Rig maker Lamprell says debt restructuring on track
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Photography:
Shareholders: Kodak purposefully undervaluing operations
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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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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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Miscellaneous:
Weil: What We're Watching
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Subordination:
How O'Donnell v. Tristar Decision Could Impact Reading of the Bankruptcy Code
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Preferences:
Fourth Circuit Clarifies the Earmarking Doctrine as an Affirmative Defense to Preference Claims
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
Patriot Coal Can Pay $6.9 Million in Executive Bonuses
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Finance:
Recovery of Make-Whole Premiums: The Importance of Clear Drafting
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Safe Harbors:
Illinois District Court Limits Reach of § 546(e)’s Safe-Harbor Defense
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Recent Pleadings:
Pittsburg Corning Asbestos Plan Confirmed, Judge Says 13 Years Of Plan Litigation Like "Whack-a-Mole"
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Orrick Seeks Interlocutory Appeal Of Heller "New Business" Liability, Says More Law Firm Failures "Likely"
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Education:
Why Private Schools Are Dying Out
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Banking:
Why JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon Is Wall Street's Indispensable Man
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US regulators press forward with rule that could force foreign banks to flee
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Politics:
Barack Obama's Presidency Is Imploding
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Trucking:
Pilot Truck-Stop CEO Pleads: Don't Sue Us
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Sovereigns:
Argentina Bonds Rise As Bargain-Hunting Continues
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UK:
Multi-million pound scam shut down by Insolvency Service
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Hearts: Parent company UBIG asks to be declared insolvent
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Royal Bank of Scotland 1400 job cuts branded 'brutal' by union
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Ex-Cobbetts partners face £100k penalty for breaking two-year lock-in
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Eurosail — Has the Balance Been Redressed?
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EU:
European car sales in first rise for 18 months
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Why The Euro Could Tank As The Eurozone Crisis Comes To An End
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Austerity is Making EU Economy Sicker
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PIIGS:
ie: Insolvency applications to be accepted by end of month
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Massive Rally In Greek Debt --- Greek Member Of Parliament Yells 'Heil Hitler' In The Middle Of A Debate
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Spain's Biggest Bank Says Economy’s Bottomed Out
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Canada:
This entrepreneur ditched the United States for Canada
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Russia:
Prosecutors: Bankruptcy of airline "Kuban" was deliberate
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Mexico:
Liquidity issues and lawsuits hit Mexico's homebuilders
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Yahoo's Fines In That Massive $2.75 Billion Mexican Lawsuit Have Been Cut To $172,500
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Lithuania:
LHV to Buy Lithuanian Leasing Unit From Bankrupt Bankas Snoras
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