Law:
Law firm mergers are up 41 percent so far this year
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The Best Biglaw Firms In The World According To Clients (2013)
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Law firms fear business will slow because of U.S. government shutdown
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Layoff Watch: It’s Not Just Legal Secretaries
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10 Questions with Terry Conner from Haynes and Boone
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Kasowitz Opens Entertainment Practice: Business of Law
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Clients are bullying lawyers, consultant says; would these comebacks turn the tables?
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Good News For In-House Lawyers (And The Law Firm Lawyers Who Love Them)
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The Aspiring Lateral: Doing Your Diligence
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Notes From the Legal Industry Underground
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Eating In Class Now Has A Corporate Sponsor, Kind Of
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Doctoroffs to Give University of Chicago Law School $5 Million
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Cooley Loses Defamation Case Against Law Firm And Secures Ruling Affirming That It Misrepresented Data
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The Labor Market for Law Professors
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Court Documents Describe Prison Life For Suspected Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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The Dumb Mistake That Brought Down Silk Road's Drug-Dealing Empire --- A Tour Of Silk Road --- Meet Ross Ulbricht, The Alleged Mastermind Of Silk Road --- Silk Road Fans Go Ballistic After Seizure --- Bitcoin Users Are Freaking Out --- The 10 Best Responses From Stunned Supporters Of Drug Marketplace The Silk Road --- The Feds Have Been Investigating All Summer
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A 2 percent death penalty? Capital sentences are concentrated in just a few counties, report says
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Local Celebrity Accused Of Inventing Story Of Cab Driver Harassment
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Prosecutors Won't Charge Biker Who Allegedly Attacked Banker In SUV --- Biker may be paralyzed after being struck by panicked motorist; should driver be charged?
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Why Banning Facebook At Work Is A Stupid Move
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K&L Gates litigation partner to grapple with new wrestling role
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Guy Who Got Called 'Princess' By His Male Construction Boss Wins Huge Sex Harassment Suit
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'Prankster' Steals Stranger's Cellphone, Gets Exactly What He Deserves
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Florida Student Reportedly Suspended For Using Finger Gun In Playground Game
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Process Server Grandma Caught Urinating Spitefully on Driveway
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Arkansas Man Arrested For Firing Shots At Jehovah’s Witnesses Who Approached Him On His Lawn
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RadioShack Worker Allegedly Punched 'Sarcastic' Customer
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Judges:
Chemerinsky: Campaign finance, affirmative action will top Supreme Court’s new term
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HLS Professor Predicts Future of Supreme Court
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All rise: The justices will now hunt antelope, or attend the opera
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Supreme Court poised to tilt further to the right
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Jeffrey Toobin Discusses Upcoming Supreme Court Issues
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Lawyer who criticized federal judges loses license for 5 years, calls state’s top court ‘corrupt’
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The essential Bren
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock Futures Drop as Shutdown Enters Third Day
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Stocks slip on second day of government showdown as US employers add fewer jobs than forecast
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The Stock Market Looks Like 1967 All Over Again
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Investment Bankers Sound Totally Horrified Over Barclays' Super-Casual Fridays --- 5 Fall Fashion Trends That No Gentleman Should Touch
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:
The 10 Best Cities For Young Job Seekers
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The 10 Worst Cities For Young Job Seekers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Telecoms:
LightSquared Wants Time to Consider Joining Falcone's GPS Suit
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BlackBerry recovers on Cerberus interest
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BlackBerry boosts restructuring charge estimate to $400 million
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Electricity:
Judge won't halt Southern Montana trustee's bankruptcy plan
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Buses:
Assets of Charlotte busmaker DesignLine up for auction
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Magazines:
Bankruptcy Looming, Financially Troubled Frontiers Media Courts a Buyer
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Orchestras:
Dire straits: Dysfunction at Minnesota Orchestra, looming bankruptcy
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Agriculture:
Groeb Farms, Inc. Announces Recapitalization And Reorganization
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Health Care:
Effort to sign up for health coverage ends emptyhanded
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Economy:
The 'Jobs Report' Was Weak --- ADP: Businesses added 166,000 jobs in September
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Rosengren Says Budget Conflict Warranted Forgoing QE Taper
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Obama Summons Congress To Meet On The Shutdown And Debt Ceiling --- The Longer the Shutdown, the Greater Risk for the GOP --- The Ten Republicans Who Shut Down the Government --- Obama: 'I'm exasperated' by shutdown battles --- Wall Street CEOs meet with Obama, warn of harm from debt-limit battle --- Obama To Wall Street: 'This Time's Different' --- Bank CEOs to Obama: This is going to be bad --- Big Business Couldn't Stop Gov't Shutdown --- The Saddest Paragraph You'll Read About The Government Shutdown --- ‘Quite a mess’ in Manhattan US Atty’s office; Holder calls shutdown ‘unnecessary and harmful’ --- Lawyers React to Shutdown: 'Reach for Federalist Papers'? --- Republicans Hate Obamacare Because They're Afraid People Will Like It --- Top Republican Calls For Replacing Obamacare With Obamacare --- Why Boehner Doesn't Ditch the Far Right --- “Self-Righteous Orwellian Zebra Queefs” --- Harry Reid Makes John Boehner An Offer On The Shutdown, And His Logic Is Spot On --- Think the budget impasse is bad? Wait until the debt-ceiling battle --- Wall Street fears mount over US default --- Government Shutdown, Followed By Default? --- Effects of Gov't Shutdown Seen Across the US --- Federal Workers Would Receive Back Pay For Shutdown Period Under New Measure --- A Hiker Is Missing In The Woods, And The Government Shutdown Is Making It Harder To Find Her--- WWII Memorial Protester To RNC Chair: 'Go Do Your Job, Idiot' --- Holiday shopping season could hinge on shutdown --- Shutdown leaves some US taxpayers defenseless against IRS --- US Spy Chiefs: The Government Shutdown Is Threatening National Security
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Car Companies Scramble to Deal w/ Shutdown
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We've Essentially Adopted the Ryan Budget
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Here's The Debt Ceiling Warning Chart That Everyone On Wall Street Is Passing Around
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Morgan Stanley: 'The Government Of The United States Is Not Going To Default'
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Goldman: Here's What Happens When The Government Shutdown Meets The Debt Ceiling
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Another Terrifying Debt Ceiling Poll Shows How Republicans Are Willing To Go Nuclear
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Wells Fargo Sued by New York Over Mortgage-Servicing Accord
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Imnaha ranch to be sold in bankruptcy
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The 25 Biggest Landowners In America
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Big Bank Bizarro Land
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Municipalities:
Detroit bankruptcy judge mulls slain cop suit, 13th checks
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Judge Rhodes grants AFSCME motion to resume extra pension checks --- Unions can continue fight for 13th check
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Detroit Firefighters Endorse Mike Duggan For Mayor
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Police and firefighters back different candidates
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S&P cuts Detroit GO bond ratings to D following default
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Clueless Detroit officials reject reality
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Fitch: Detroit Water and Sewerage Dept. Pays Scheduled SRF Loan Debt Service as Expected --- Risks remain on Detroit water, sewer bonds, despite payment -Moody's
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Stockton manager says bankrupt city needs tax hike
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Banking:
Report: Spain Will Likely Extradite The JP Morgan Trader Connected To The London Whale Debacle
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former Executive Charged in Major Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
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Museums:
Decision still up in the air for Archway museum
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Autos:
Why Did General Motors Have to Pay This $50 Million Settlement?
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Metals:
Ohio's PUCO approves Ormet power deal with some modifications
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Health Care:
Judge OKs the destruction of Edgewater Hospital records
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Fairmont General Hospital Continues Negotiations Following Fall Out
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America's Empathy Failure on Obamacare
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I've Been Trying To Access The New Health Care Exchange For 24 Hours And I Still Can't Get It To Work
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Corporate Reform:
Has the Whistleblower Moment Arrived? SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $14 Million
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SEC displaying aggressive new stance designed to scare off violators
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Mark Cuban to Defend Himself on Stand in SEC Insider Case
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Religion:
Bankruptcy judge rejects Charles Street AME reorganization plan --- Financial plan for historic church is flawed
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Celebs:
Defense verdict reached in Michael Jackson wrongful death case: No award to singer’s survivors
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Fraud:
Young lawyer takes plea in lender-looting case as trial looms for 4 other defendant attorneys
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Food/Beverage:
Fresh & Easy files bankruptcy; PACA claimants appear to be in good shape
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The U.S.'s Largest Food Fraud: Groeb Farms Files for Bankruptcy
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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 (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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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Bankruptcy Reform:
Commission To Study Reform of Ch. 11 Witness Statements - October 8, 2013 Field Hearing: Karen Cordry --- Maureen Leary --- Allen Rosenberg - Supplemental --- Jennifer Gauger --- Peter Roth --- Esther Tryban Telser - Supplemental - Supplemental --- Fred Rudzik
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Bonuses:
ResCap Wants to Pay Bonus to Restructuring Chief
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Safe Harbors:
Second Circuit adds to broadening scope of section 546 (e) safe harbors for transactions involving financial institutions
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Claim Allowance:
Original Issue Discount Claims Arising From Fair Market Value Debt Exchanges: Fair Game for Disallowance?
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Avoidance Actions:
Trustee: Fletcher Paid Dakota Legal Bill With Hedge Fund's Money
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TBTF:
Biggest Banks Face Higher Bar in Rewritten Living Wills
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Litigation:
Excuse Me, PDF’s Instead of Native Files?
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Furniture:
Court orders Furniture Brands to set up utility deposits
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New lead bidder emerges for Furniture Brands
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Television:
The CSN Houston mess just got interesting
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Personal Finance:
These Are The Worst Things To Buy In October
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Mass Torts:
BP wins reprieve over Gulf of Mexico payouts
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Corporate Governance:
Billionaire Dan Loeb Blasts Sotheby's CEO For Spending 'Hundreds Of Thousands' On Luxury Lunches
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Aviation:
Swift Air Granted Final Approval by Bankruptcy Court
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Sovereigns:
Revisiting Sovereign Bankruptcy
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UK:
Shake-up on way for insolvency rules
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Payday lenders face tough new rules
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Ministers say council 'can't wash its hands' of £600k pay row
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EU:
Euro leaps as ECB stays course; dollar stays weak
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ECB: Europe's Recovery is Weak
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Canada:
Ontario's fiscal cliff
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Brazil:
Lessons From Blowing $30 Billion in Brazil
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Malaysia:
Bankruptcy Act to be reviewed and tabled at year-end
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Romainia:
The code of insolvency was approved by the government
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Czech Republic:
No. of business bankruptcies highest since January 2008
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