Law:
“The Prisoner’s Dilemma” and Partner Pay
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How A Few Greedy Partners Can Destroy A Corporate Law Firm
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Job Interview Suicide
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Employment picture for law grads looks pretty much the same as a year ago—for better and worse
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Meet 6 law firm leaders, each with a different story, each at the top of her game
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Greenberg Traurig settles $200 mln proposed class action --- Greenberg Traurig Case Highlights Pay Equity Issues
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Sorry, Charlie, Your Wife Won't Support You
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Weil, Cravath, Fried Frank, Skadden: Business of Law
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Sheppard Mullin, BakerHostetler, Cornell: Business of Law
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Blank Rome sued for malpractice in ex-Morgan Stanley executive's divorce case
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Kodak Case Provides Snapshot Into Wilmer Billing
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Firm Takes Another Hit in Bid to Collect 'Unconscionable' Fees
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Former SEC lawyer uses crowdfunding to bring whistleblower actions
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No, Biglaw, When It Comes to Diversity, You’re Not ‘There’ Yet
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Do women’s initiatives work?
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Along with political speech, many companies also claim they have religious liberty rights
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Ethics issues to consider when offering unbundled legal services
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Firms are at risk of security breaches inside and out
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The Delaware Court Of Chancery Seems Annoyed With Juan Monteverde
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Summer to see US firms Boies Schiller, Butler Snow open in London
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A Transformation of the Business of Law
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Cool Things Law Firms Are Doing in Marketing Part II
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Vacation Time (Part 1) – With the Family
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Following Market Crisis, Pa. Law Schools Look to Pack More In
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Moot Court Craziness
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New 'Snapchat For Work' App That Let's You Gossip With Your Coworkers
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Lawyer gunned down at Texas shopping mall
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Ex-offenders face tens of thousands of legal restrictions, bias and limits on their rights
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Family living in glass home sues photographer who took pictures with zoom lens for art exhibit
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Paralegal is found dead in lawyer’s bathtub
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Judges:
On Behalf of Bankruptcy Lawyers Everywhere, Mr. Liptak You Have Hurt Our Feelings --- Justices Agree to Agree, at Least for the Moment
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Alito's Son Clerking at D.C. Circuit
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Former state supreme court justice gets one year in bank fraud case
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Judge faces ethics case, is accused of making independent investigation before ruling
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High court poised for a month of high-stakes rulings
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Heard in Ginsburg’s chambers: “I do”
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Third Circuit Keeps "Kids For Cash" Ciavarella Behind Bars With Ruling
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The Latest News in Law Clerk Hiring
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Wall Street:
US stock futures trend lower
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Stocks close at another record as home prices, confidence surge
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Rally monkey peeks out of his box, wonders if it’s safe to come out
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Clawbacks Becoming Fashionable on Wall Street
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Layoffs:
Apps Are Replacing Humans In Retail Stores
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Tax:
Potential New Tax Planning Opportunities for Financially Distressed Pass-Through Entities
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What the IRS did right
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Oil/Gas:
In US Energy Boom a Growing Tax Dodge
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OPEC Concerned About America's Shale Boom
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Startups:
Startups have a incredibly high failure rate
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Municipalities:
Urban Renewal via Chapter 9?
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Art Lovers Get the Fantods over Possible Detroit Museum Sale -- But Really, It's Only Money
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Judge appointed to run Detroit's financially troubled 36th District Court
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Orr Will Announce His Decision on Chapter 9 Petition in Five Weeks
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Officials say Chicago suburb near bankruptcy
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Why Houston Is America's #1 Job Creator
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Equipment Rental:
Ahern Improves Restructuring Plan to Win Bondholder Support
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Steel:
Stemcor Said to Hire Restructuring Chief Ahead of Lender Talks
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Economy:
Confidence Hits Five-Year High as US Housing Rebounds
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Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index for April --- Richmond Fed Says May Manufacturing Index Improves --- Dallas Fed May Business Activity Index Rises to -10.5 From -15.6 in April
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Obama Said to Pick Jason Furman as Next Top Economic Adviser
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Sequester Shock and Now Awe
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The 15 Countries With The Highest Quality Of Life
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The Stunning Fall Of Generation X
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World Growth Outlook Gets Cut
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The economy is holding up surprisingly well in a year of austerity --- Why hasn’t austerity been more of a drag on the U.S. economy?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
US home prices rise 10.9 pct. in March from a year earlier, biggest annual gain in 7 years --- Strong Gains --- Real House Prices, Price-to-Rent Ratio, City Prices relative to 2000 --- Still quite a way from bubble levels
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LPS: House Price Index increased 1.4% in March, Up 7.6% year-over-year
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4% 30 Year Mortgage Rates?
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Study: How Using Homes as ATMs Fueled Foreclosures
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RMBS servicers shift focus to short sales
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Fannie Mae Staffer Accused Of Taking Kickbacks Says He’s Not The Only One
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Fixed-mortgage rates in U.S. rise for third consecutive week
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Citigroup Settles Claims in $200 Billion FHFA Litigation
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Fraud:
Liberty Reserve indicted on digital currency money-laundering charges --- $6B money-laundering case --- Currency Customers Wonder If They’ll Get Their Money Back
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Manhattan’s Vance Forms Financial Unit to Work With IRS, FBI
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Ponzi Ran From China to USA, Lender Claims
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Autos:
Tesla vs. Chrysler: Who repaid loan first?
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Ray Lane leaves Fisker board as bidders circle automaker --- Fisker loses key board member as bidders circle company
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Elon Musk's fortune swells by $2.9 billion
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Tesla shares race past $100 as investors shrug off Better Place
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A look at select electric car makers' sales trends
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Health Insurance:
Obamacare is More Popular Than CNN Thinks
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Aviation:
Teamsters union seeks to displace union at American Airlines
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American Airlines: It’s up to the mechanics to choose what union should represent them
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Retailing:
Tiffany's high-end jewelry sells briskly; lower end lags
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Mass Torts:
Court confirms Pittsburgh Corning plan
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Pets:
Cat-Litter Maker MFM Industries Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
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Startups:
Financial Ruin Consumes, and Ends, CEO's Life
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Awards:
199 Sidley Lawyers and 84 Practices Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2013
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Chambers USA 2013 Ranks Dorsey Lawyers and Practices
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Thompson Hine Earns First-Tier Rankings in Chambers USA
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Health Care:
Interfaith Hospital Running Out of Cash as Merger Stalls
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Obamacare Unveiled as California, New York Lead U.S.
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Financial Literacy:
What this country needs is a good money lesson
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Lehman:
Federal Judges Refuse to Permit “Shotgun” Style Mortgage-Buyback Lawsuits Filed by Lehman Brothers
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Museums:
Attorney appointed to determine value of slavery museum land
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Crime Museum invests in master swindler Bernie Madoff
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Brokers:
MF Global Lessons Examined
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Celebs:
Lauryn Hill’s Tax Evasion a ‘Battle for Survival’: Lawyer
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Finance:
Arcapita Seeks New Bankruptcy Loan From Goldman
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 new opinions today - DBN)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)
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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Fewer filing for bankruptcy in Harrisburg area and nationwide
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Business bankruptcies in Texas plummet — for now
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Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2014
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:
Fifth Circuit: Impairment Can Be “Artificial”
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UST:
Grading U.S. Bankruptcy Watchdogs
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Avoidance Actions:
Delinquent Property Tax Foreclosure: Is There “Reasonably Equivalent Value” or Not?
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Unsecured Debt:
Trade Creditors Getting Skunked in Bankruptcies
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Litigation:
E-Discovery Takeaways from the CEIC
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TBTF:
Time to Put the Heat on the Fed and FDIC to Fix Lousy Governance at TBTF Banks
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Too-Big-to-Fail Myths, Goldman Sachs Edition
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House subcommittee questions DOJ on “too big to jail” institutions
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Banking:
Bank Outlook to Stable by Moody's 5 Years After Cut
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The 20 Highest Paid Bank CEOs In North America
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TBTF Confers Little Funding Advantage, Goldman Finds
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Student Debt:
Higher education institutions, organizations endorse Warren’s student loan bill
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9th Circuit OKs discharge of $53K in student-loan debt for law grad working as a probation officer
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Construction:
Highway Technologies closes doors; files for bankruptcy protection
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Corporate Governance:
The Top Schools For Producing Fortune 100 CEOs
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Food/Beverage:
The Curious Case of the European Vodka Seller
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Telecoms:
Otelco exits bankruptcy , repaid $28M
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Sovereigns:
Lee Buchheit: Crusader for financially stricken countries
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Worse-Than-Cyprus Debt Load Means Caribbean Defaults to Moody's
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UK:
The future of pre-packs
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Public cuts crippling business
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Trouble ahead for UK High Street
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Ugly Retail Sales Report From The UK
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EU:
Study: Germany to Blame for EU Crisis
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Oil Probe That EU Says Mirrors Libor May Reveal Huge Damage
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EU to Deliver Verdict on Slovenian Plan to Avert Outside Aid
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Lending to Euro-zone Businesses Falls in April
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PIIGS:
Two things missing on Spain's route to recovery
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Ireland defends tax regime after US' “tax haven” claims
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Under austerity, Italians are scrapping cars for bikes
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Canada:
Can an Insolvency Court Revive a Terminated Contract?
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Germany:
German unemployment rises more than forecast in May --- Now It Makes Sense Why Germany Is Talking About Stimulus Easing Up On Austerity
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China:
China’s corporations are still gobbling up bad debt, even if its households are not 7 hours ago
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IMF trims China growth outlook to 7.75%
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