Law:
Ex-Kirkland Partner: Rainmakers Are Paid Too Much
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The 2013 Am Law 200 --- Gross Revenue --- PPP
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Judge approves $19.5 million Dewey mismanagement settlement
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Claimed scheme to overbill client by $1M results in criminal case against lawyer and office manager
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N.Y. suit vs Blank Rome highlights issues in law firm mergers
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Q&A: Davis Polk & Wardwell's Annette Nazareth
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Women Are Now Breadwinners (Is That Okay?)
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Polsinelli Banks on Healthy Living
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Perks, Not Money, Most Important in Legal Recruiting, Retaining
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The Legal Jobs Crisis Doesn't Exist For Harvard Law Grads
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What’s driving change in legal education and why you should care
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How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? UCLA Law Edition
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22-year-old Harvard law grad plans to launch his own company—after one more degree
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Prawf Entry Level Hiring Down
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By All Means, Allow Law Students and Grads to Work for Free
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About Two-Thirds of Parents Want Their Kids to Be Lawyers (Relatedly, About Two-Thirds of Parents Don’t Read the News)
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Projections For Law School Enrollments And Profiles For Fall 2013
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Boies Schiller to open London office, its first outside the US
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Would You Want A House Husband?
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DWI Results In Automatic New York Disbarment
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Lawyer celebrates 50 years at same law firm, the only employer he’s ever had
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Partner fined after swearing at railway worker
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UK solicitor jailed for massive cannabis haul
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Nesting mallard lays 8 eggs at Crowell & Moring, gets royal treatment
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Mormon Mom Was Likely Framed For Drug Smuggling
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Kid Suspended Over Gun-Shaped Pop-Tart Gets Lifetime NRA Membership
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Inmate’s 17th-story bedsheet-rope escape shows he should get 20 years for bank robbery, judge says
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Texas Man Steals $35 of Ribs, Gets 50 Years
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Father Of Chechen Killed By FBI Shows Photos Of Gunshot Wounds All Over Son's Body
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Judges:
Dorsey lawyer replacing retiring bankruptcy judge
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Judge Charged With Heroin Possession After Colleague's Drug Overdose
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Senators Call For Shrinking Small, Overworked D.C. Circuit
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It’s that time of year: Kennedy watching season
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Wall Street:
Wall Street stock futures trend lower
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Stocks rise on hopes for continued Fed stimulus
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Layoffs:
Initial Jobless Claim Up to 354,000
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Chicago Sun Times Fires All Photographers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Grand jury blames former Stockton auditor, former elected officials, bad decisions for city’s money woes
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State treasurer on possible Detroit bankruptcy: 'We're ready to go either way'
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Bill would safeguard DIA artworks in the event of Detroit bankruptcy
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DIA Gins Up PR Battle Against Kevyn Orr
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Art sell-off a selling of our soul
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Outcry over DIA artwork shows many still in denial over Detroit's plight
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No easy answers in threat to DIA assets
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Macomb officials may look to halt tax money for DIA if art is sold
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Detroit at 90 Cents on Dollar Worth 100 Cents Today
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Rhode Island town says near- bankrupt pension plan not its problem
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A Political Payoff on the JeffCo Commission?
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17 Reasons Why Houston Is The Best City In America
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Health Care:
Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester Enters Bankruptcy
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NYC hospital buying 2 Westchester hospitals through bankruptcy
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Westchester hospitals' sale price over $54 million
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Muni bonds at risk in two non-profit healthcare bankruptcies
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How 3 Small Firms Face Health Law
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Are Obamacare’s exchanges competitive? Here’s what the experts say.
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Autos:
Coda Chapter 11 Process Moves Forward
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Economy:
US households 55% poorer, on average
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First quarter GDP revised slightly lower; austerity bites
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Social Security, Medicare Still Face Big Challenge
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Unemployment: 8% to 7.5% for $16 Trillion
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Only a third of charitable contributions go to the poor
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Pending Home Sales Miss Expectations, Rising 0.3%
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30-year mortgage rate hits 3.81%, a 1-year high
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Treasury Extends HAMP Mortgage-Modification Program Through 2015
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As Foreclosures Fade, Ham-Handed HAMP Keeps Going
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Homeowners Are Thinking Twice Before Walking Away From Their Underwater Mortgages
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The Government’s Plan To Save Housing Will Cause People To Default Over And Over Again
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Federal judge rejects mass action case against mortgage registry, banks
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Looks Like The 'Smart Money' Is Already Exiting The Housing Trade
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Lawyer cites beautification exception in trespass law to justify takeovers of abandoned homes
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BofA Must Face Mortgage Repurchase Suit by U.S. Bancorp
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Gutted MBS Suit Against BofA Can Move Forward
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Aviation:
American, Delta shed most jobs among US airlines
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Bankruptcy judge approves $24.9 million settlement between American Airlines, FAA
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Buying An Airline At A Near- Bankruptcy Price
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The Worst Flight in America
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Finance:
Fed Scrutiny Ends For CIT, Shares Rally
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Arcapita Creditor Tide Continues Fight for Better Treatment
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Celebs:
Casey Anthony bankruptcy hearing ends without ruling
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Hundreds of millions gone! Dotcom pioneer blows fortune on extravagant mansions, failed hotels, and fine art
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How Minor Blew His Tech Fortune on Way to Bankruptcy
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Environmental:
Kodak taking steps to hand off environmental concerns
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California agency failed to collect $100 million for cleanup of contaminated sites
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Uniforms:
Life Uniform Files for Bankruptcy With Plan to Sell Assets
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Apparel:
Life Uniform Holding Files for Bankruptcy to Sell Assets
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Scrubs & Beyond to Acquire Life Uniform
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Mass Torts:
Deepwater Horizon settlement sees struggles
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Debt Collection:
Consumer Agency Charges Debt Firm with "Abusive" Acts
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Fraud:
Nevin Shapiro: I Lied In Court, Firm Rejects Charge It Knew
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Rick McMenimen seeks delay in fraud, bankruptcy trial
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Student Debt:
Sallie Mae Shocks Bondholders in Asset Strip
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Sallie Mae Split Marks Bet on Much-Abused Private Student Loans
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Brokers:
Peregrine Financial Headquarters Sells for Millions Under Value --- Deal for Peregrine HQ could push Wasendorf son back to court
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Food/Beverage:
Pro's Ranch Markets files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Discount Retailer Big M Is Rescued
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Alternative Energy:
Should the government have made more money off Tesla?
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Telecoms:
Clearwire to duck default; Dish ups bid
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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 (25 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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Avoidance Actions:
Ex-shareholders of Lyondell, Tribune face novel clawback threat
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Recent Pleadings:
Judge Cuts Professionals' Fees In "Nightmare" "Train-Wreck" Case
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Tax:
IRS May Have Targeted Conservatives Broadly
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Obama Is Risking A Ton Of Political Backlash By Not Appointing A Special Prosecutor In The IRS Scandal
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The IRS scandal is about targeting conservatives, not scrutinizing 501(c)(4)s
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Embattled IRS staff remain in jobs despite US tax review scandal
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Here’s who gets the biggest tax breaks --- Broken tax breaks
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Litigation:
The Treasure Buried In Financial Crisis Litigation
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Why Pasta Cooking Techniques Should Not Be Used in Bankruptcy Litigation
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TBTF:
The huge misconception at the heart of “ too big to fail ”
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Goldman s TBTF Study Used Flawed Data to Reach Flawed Conclusions
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Coal:
Patriot Coal Bankruptcy Deal Draws Criticism From Miners Union
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Peaboy Reacts to Judge's Ruling in Patriot Coal Dispute
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Patriot beneficiaries wait to see fate of their benefits
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Patriot healthcare ruling underlines dire state of US coal
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Patriot Coal case shows how federal judges live by their own rules
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Patriot Coal ruling represents a moral bankruptcy
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'Travesty': Patriot Coal evasion
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Rahall and Rockefeller push CARE Act to protect retired miners
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Finance:
Carveout Guaranties: The Guarantor’s Dilemma
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Personal Finance:
10 Shockingly Stupid Ways To Save Money
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UK:
Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Update - May 2013
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Dodgy carbon credit company terminated by the Insolvency Service
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Pre-packs on the continent
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Documents Show Obama Officials in Tension Over British Banks
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EU:
Eurozone unemployment hits another record high
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When courts collide
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PIIGS:
Greeks shake off pessimism despite economic woes
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Irish Jobless Rate Falls to 13.7%
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Canada:
Landdrill International Petitioned Into Bankruptcy
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Ukraine:
Ukrainian Oligarch Is Getting Desperate, As He Sues For $143 Million And Seeks Help From Hillary Clinton
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Israel:
Better Place liquidators to fire over half of workers
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Korea:
Struggling Korean builders tell employees to show loyalty
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India:
India cbank tightens asset restructuring rules for banks
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