Law:
The Top Ten Family-Friendly Law Firms (2014)
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How much less do women lawyers and judges earn than men?
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Two Law Grad Markets
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Bankruptcy firm to close its doors; at least 3 of 25 lawyers have found new jobs
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Kirkland & Ellis opens Houston office with partner from Simpson Thacher --- Musical Chairs: Kirkland Raids A Rival To Launch In Houston
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Cooley Tapped to Represent Brookstone Creditors’ Committee
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Bankruptcy attorney uses pro bono work to launch debt relief foundation
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Predicting The New Area Of Growth For Document Review
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This True Hero Feels Lost In Law School
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Norton Rose Fulbright to close Prague office for second time due to “difficult” market conditions
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The Decision: The Conservative Choice
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Four Law Schools' Debt Classified as 'Junk Bonds'
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This Is Not Your Father’s Harvard Law School
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School Threatens To Call Security When Dean Candidate Suggests It’s A Crappy Law School
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Solo: Back in the Race: The Freedom Myth
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Is Sitting For Long Hours At Work The New Smoking?
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Fugitive-Turned-Deacon Arrested In Texas After 33 Years On The Run
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How To Get A Cheap Custom Suit Made In Southeast Asia
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23 Apps To Help You Get More Done In A Day
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Wealthy CEO accused of seeking hit man to kill model wife appears in court
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Jury convicts woman, 66, in shooting of son; his father was killed with the same gun decades earlier
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Billionaire's Son Busted In Gambling Ring Asks To Teach Art To Homeless Instead Of Jail Time
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Lawsuit by 5 former NFL cheerleaders complains about ‘jiggle test’
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Cops Raid the Wrong Apartment, Hog Tie 75 Year Old Grandmother
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DA says lawyer committed suicide to avoid arrest as mastermind of insurance scheme
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12 Legal Research Apps for iOS
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Vicki Gunvalson 'dating 'hot shot' lawyer
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Scalia uses ‘Ministry of Truth’ example from Orwell book as SCOTUS mulls Ohio law on political lies
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Military’s highest court voids more than 30 decisions by improperly appointed civilian judge
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Kidnap crew meant to abduct prosecutor, but went to wrong address and got her dad, indictment says
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Suggest Upbeat Start After Wednesday's Stumble
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Everything's Going Up
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Stocks: The win streak is over
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Stocks dip after six-day S&P rise
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Layoffs:
WARN Act Exceptions Are a Trap for the Unwary
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Textron Aviation starts laying off 750 employees, 575 in Kansas
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Patriot Coal considering layoffs
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Barclays May Cut 7,500 at Investment Bank, Bernstein Says
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:
One Meme Perfectly Sums Up What it Means to Go to College in America
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5 College Debt Myths You Can't Afford to Believe
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A California Politician Wants To Give Tons Of Students 'Free' Tuition — Here's The Catch
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The Hidden Costs Of College Add Up To An Extra $10,000 A Year
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Hotels:
Boca Raton hotel in bankruptcy auction, Dvorkin submits bid
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren’s really not running for president — and other big takeaways from her book
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Elizabeth Warren’s new memoir focuses on personal life rather than political themes
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Elizabeth Warren vs. Washington: Why she’s taking on the Beltway’s conventional wisdom
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Elizabeth Warren memoir: 5 things we learned
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Mass Torts:
AIG Seeks to Investigate Possible Fraud in Asbestos Trust
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Bondex requests approval of deadline notice plan in bankruptcy proceedings
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More Accident Victims Protest GM Bankruptcy Shield
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Consultants:
Soneet Kapila and Barry Mukamal combine to form new consulting firm
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Economy:
Three Big US Economic Datapoints Coming Out Today --- Thursday: Unemployment Claims, Durable Goods, Kansas City Mfg Survey
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US factory activity expands in April, pace stalls
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More dead American factories get a makeover
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The right’s new public enemy No. 1: Why Thomas Piketty has conservatives terrified
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Rising Inequality
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The US Middle Class Cedes Gold to Canada
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Skyscrapers That Predicted Financial Crises
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How the Fed Stole $758bn From US Savers
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
New Home Sales Plunge --- US new home sales hint at prolonged housing weakness
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Why the Housing Market Has Slowed --- Why Credit Is Key for the Housing Recovery
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Weak Household Formation Continues To Weigh On The Housing Market
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Lawler on Meritage Homes: Net Home Orders Down despite Higher Community Count, “Less Pricing Power” Suggests Relatively Flat Home Prices for Rest of Year
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AIA: Architecture Billings Index indicated contraction in March
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Why Americans Think Housing Is Such A Great Investment
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Here's What $1 Million Buys In Housing Markets Around The Globe
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Bankruptcy for Military Housing?
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Municipalities:
Gov. Snyder cool to demand that unions give money --- Snyder: Demand for union help makes Detroit bankruptcy settlement 'challenging' --- Speaker Bolger accused of trying to union bust in Detroit bankruptcy deal
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Diego Rivera's Detroit murals get historic landmark status
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Detroit CFO says post-bankruptcy oversight critical for city
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Detroit better get what it pays for with highly paid Duggan staff
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Shamokin considering Act 47 designation
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FL: Pension Reform Dividing State's GOP Legislators
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Lincoln Park council to meet to discuss options in financial emergency
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Autos:
G.M.'s Bankruptcy Will Probably Shield It From Most New Claims
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GM Car Owners Allege Fraud in Challenging GM Bankruptcy Protection
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Focus of GM Recall Litigation Falls on Bankruptcy Court
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GM Car Owners Attack Automaker's Court Protection Request --- More Victims Seek to Bar GM From Skirting Liability
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GM's 1st-quarter profit to take hit from recalls
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GM may post first quarterly loss since 2009
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At What Cost Did the U.S. Government Rescue GM?
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New GM struggles to shake off the past
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GM Said It Has Shipped Thousands of Replacement Ignition Switches
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7 Million GM Recalls Seen Eroding Profit Under CEO Barra
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Gambling:
Florida Gaming Shares Seesaw After Sale
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Retailing:
Clearlake Capital Cleared to Buy Ashley Stewart
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Sears Is Still A Retail Superpower
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Healthcare:
Creditors Seek to Force D.C. Hospital Into Bankruptcy
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Breast Cancer Screening Company Seeks Buyer in Bankruptcy
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Appeals Court Rejects Merger of Ohio Nonprofit Hospitals To Avoid Insolvency
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North Adams Regional Hospital Nurses To Be Outside and Inside Court in Springfield Thursday For Hearing on Status of Bankruptcy Filing by Hospital Owner
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Natchez Aldermen agree to give potential buyer of Natchez Regional Medical Center a tax credit
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Palm Drive board sets April 28 closure, but agrees to more talks
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Corporate Governance:
Second Circuit Affirms S.D.N.Y. Decision Requiring High Standard of Knowledge for Aiding and Abetting of Fraud and of Breach of Fiduciary Duty
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Shipping:
Why Not Just Buy The Stock? Ask Genco Convertible Holders
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Fraud:
Why Getting Fraudsters Who Flee Abroad Is Now Harder
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TelexFree Trustee Says "Compelling Evidence of Fraud," Seeks Appointment Of Independent Trustee
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Exec Commits the Fraud, Company Foots the Bill
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Religion:
Roxbury church's salvation
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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 (34 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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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Sales:
Bankruptcy court: No longer the bargain basement
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Traps for the Unwary – Transfers of Personal Property Without Delivery
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Breaking-Up Just Got Harder to Do: Court Holds Break-Up Fee to be Prepetition Claim Not Entitled to Administrative Expense Priority
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Discharge:
Determining Knowledge of Claim Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
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Claims Trading:
Are hedge funds "financial institutions"? - an analysis of Meridian Sunrise Village, LLC v. NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund Ltd.
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Litigation:
Advisen Releases First Quarter 2014 Corporate and Securities Litigation Report
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Coal:
Coal's Darkest Days
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Banking:
Banks’ Profit Measure Hits Decade-Long Low
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Corporate Reform:
For private deals, no one is watching the watchdogs
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Currency:
Tokyo court starts Mt. Gox bankruptcy proceedings
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Distressed Investing:
'Emoral': Third Circuit Provides Comfort to Distressed Purchasers
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Boxing:
Bankruptcy Court reaffirms promoters’ rights
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Sovereigns:
Round One in the Books: Oral Argument in NML v. Argentina
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UK:
Number of Scottish businesses going bust up 70% on last year
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Light Goes Out On U.K. Coal Industry
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Barclays profit falls on fixed-income slump
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Further care home closures imminent
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EU:
Austerity Driving Down EU Deficits
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PIIGS:
Portugal Makes Its Triumphant Return --- Bailout exit beckons for Portugal after record bond sale --- Yields fall sharply in Portuguese debt auction
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Portugal, Miracle or Mirage?
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More Greek Statistics? Troika Confirms Primary Surplus
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Anglo Irish Bank Liquidator Seeks to Sell $19 Billion in Loans --- Ireland Seeks U.S. Court Approval to Sell EUR15 Billion in Soured Loans
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Fish Waved in Italian Parliament
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Central bank: Spanish growth doubled in Q1
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Canada:
EastCoal Announces Creditor Approval of Proposal
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Ukraine:
Dead Ukraine Politician Faced Hostile Pro-Russia Mob Before Being Tortured --- Ukraine calls for renewal of anti-terror measures --- Russia says Kyiv, US distorting Ukraine Geneva accord --- Putin's Chess Moves In Ukraine : Brilliant Tactics, But Bad Strategy? --- Monitors Head Into Ukraine's Badlands --- Russia Warns Ukraine as 'Antiterror' Operation Resumes --- US troops arrive in Poland for exercises across Eastern Europe --- Russia vows response if 'interests' in Ukraine attacked --- EU says no date set for gas talks with Ukraine and Russia --- Ukraine's Unpaid Russian Gas Bills Dwarf U.S. Aid Offer --- Ukrainian Billionaire Offering $10,000 For The Capture Of A Russian 'Mercenary' --- Ukraine Says Army Base Attacked By Russian-Led Group
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China:
Housing projects in China in limbo due to debt-ridden developers
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Brazil:
Sifco Seeks to Bar US Suits During Brazil Reorganization
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