Law:
Dewey Know A Biglaw Partner Driven Into Personal Bankruptcy By The Firm’s Collapse?
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Litigation Funding in the Courts
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Bilzin Sumberg Names New Bankruptcy Partner --- Jeffrey Snyder
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Some Law Schools Cutting Tuition Amid Dismal Legal Jobs Market
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Which six law firms made Fortune’s list of 100 best companies to work for?
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New Partner Watch: Incoming Partner Classes at 10 Top Firms
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DLA Piper leads global M&A legal advisor league tables for fourth consecutive year
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Business of Law
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Chris Christie Has Hired Dynamite Legal Counsel To Navigate Bridgegate --- Gibson Dunn to represent NJ Gov. Chris Christie’s office amidst ongoing probe of traffic jam scandal
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Clifford Chance embarrassed by Court of Appeal Judge
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Bonkers Law Firm Website: Christmas Card madness
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Lawyer-turned-galactic overlord leaves BigLaw and achieves online success
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Memphis teacher allegedly locked 5-year-old in closet as punishment, then went home sick
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Pantsless Male Motorist In "Female Underwear" Arrested On Way To Lowe's Store
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NSA Collects 200 Million Text Messages Per Day 'untargeted' --- Obama's Path From Critic to Overseer of Spying --- NSA Reforms Included in $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill
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Man, 77, Busted For Walmart Checkout Rage
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Glamorous Solicitor of the Year 2013: The Winner
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Woman Wearing Angel Wings Is Busted
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State spends 15 minutes trying to execute condemned man
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Man Arrested For Clicking 'Like' on Facebook Status
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Oops. Ringing cellphone during court hearing leads to new trouble for defendant
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Courtney Love testifies at first US ‘Twibel’ trial, sued by her ex-lawyer over critical tweet
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Wannabe Burglar In Chicago Defeated By Push Door He Kept Pulling
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Woman orders 7-year-old daughter to help attack store clerk
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Court Throws Out First Case of Driving While Google Glassing
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Mug Shots
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Supreme Court Justices Have Poor Spatial Awareness, Just Like Us
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Judge’s S-- Ad Found On Internet Hookup Site
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Lawyer gets 3 years in $1.35M investment fraud; some of the money helped him run for judicial office
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Beware of email attachments purporting to carry case information, courts warn
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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves 29 Judicial Nominees
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Why federal judges got bigger paychecks this year
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Federal Judge Benchslaps Himself
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: October Term 2014 Is Filling Up Fast
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Wall Street:
Wall Street stock futures tilt higher
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Stocks Drop on Weak Earnings
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Goldman's commodity trade 'too important' to quit: CFO
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Why People Love Working at Goldman Sachs—It's Not Just the Money
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Goldman Sachs Says 4Q Profit Falls 21 Percent --- Goldman Earned More Than You Expected, Less Than You Wanted
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Goldman Sachs Keeps a Lid on Pay
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Layoffs:
Initial Jobless Claims Edge Down to 328,000 for Week Ended January 11
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3 Surprising Reasons To Stay In A Job You Hate
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Goldman's Jan Hatzius: People Are Looking At The Wrong Unemployment Rate
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The All-Time Worst Interview Mistakes Job Candidates Have Made
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United to Lay Off 688 Flight Attendants --- United Attendant Furloughs Show Dual-Contracts Struggle
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Steel:
Powell Steel wants out of bankruptcy process
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Banking:
Bank Gushes About 4Q Profits — These SEC Filings Sound A Lot More Ominous
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Premier Bancshares files for bankruptcy
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Economy:
Bernanke One of the Great Fed Chairman: Kohn
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Economists Give Bernanke a B for Final Grade, Expect QE3 to End This Year
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Survey: Economists Believe Fed Will Wind Down Monthly Bond-Buying Program in 2014
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Where Are the U.S.’s Millionaires?
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Middle Class and Now on Food Stamps at 60
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Economists Weigh in on Minimum Wage, Extending Unemployment, the Fed and More
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Chronic income gap between richest and poorest poses biggest global threat: World Economic Forum
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So What If China Has $1.32 Trillion In U.S. Treasuries? It Still Can't Crash America's Economy
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More Americans Worse Off Financially Than a Year Ago
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Homelessness surges among vets
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Homebuilder Sentiment Slumps in January
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Underwater Liens: Can A Federal Tax Lien Be Stripped Off In A Chapter 13?
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Average US rate on 30-year loan at 4.41 pct.
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FL: 5700 acres in North Port to be auctioned in bankruptcy sale
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Two lawyers are charged in alleged adverse-possession scheme
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Municipalities:
US judge rejects deal to end Detroit swap agreements --- Q+A on Detroit's swaps deal --- Bankruptcy judge denies Detroit's swaps deal --- Detroit Loses Bid to Pay Banks $165 Million --- Judge Rejects Deal
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City of Detroit Issues Statement on Pension 'Swaps' Settlement and Post-Petition Financing Decision
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Rhodes steers Detroit bankruptcy down his own legal path
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Michigan Governor Said to Pitch $330 Million Detroit Plan
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DIA may be asked to ante up $100M to break free from city
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Pitch for Detroit Bailout Could Include Other Municipal Pensions
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State of the State: Gov. Rick Snyder expected to address Detroit, but not $350M funding pitch
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Senate leader 'cautiously optimistic' state could aid DIA, Detroit pensions
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Robert Ficano backs Kevyn Orr's proposed water deal for Detroit
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Say what? Carrington to write 'tell-all' book on JeffCo bankruptcy
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Carrington: Lots of lessons can be learned from JeffCo mistakes
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Cash-strapped Normandy School District staves off bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico to Get Spotlight From Jones Day at Meeting
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Battle over police pensions in U.S. cities takes ugly turn
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Telecoms:
Ergen Secret Debt Purchases Had Falcone 'Turning Over Rocks'
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Falcone says he didn't know Ergen was buying LightSquared debt
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LightSquared Falcone’s ‘bearish’ question: Who’s been sweeping in my debt?
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Falcone Seeks to Disallow Ergen Claim in LightSquared
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Falcone grilled by Ergen lawyers
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Mass Torts:
Listeria cantaloupe farmers seek probation
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BP Oil Spill Challenges May Backfire
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W.R. Grace Said to Cut Rate on $900 Million Bankruptcy Exit Loan
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Retailing:
Best Buy Holiday Sales Fall, Shares Skid --- Best Buy's Discounting Failed to Help Holiday Results --- Things Could Get Even Worse For Best Buy
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JC Penney shares fall on job cuts, closure plans
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Target Breach Appears to Be Part of Broad Campaign --- Some Clues From The Target Investigation
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Trucking:
YRC Climbs After Saying Talks Resumed on Union Concessions
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Gambling:
Dismantling of closed Atlantic Club casino starts
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Personal Finance:
A Salary Guide For Your 20s, 30s, And 40s
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8 Mistakes You Should Avoid When Negotiating Salary
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The 5 Credit Cards With The Best Benefits — No Matter How Much You Spend
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Autos:
Biden says auto resurgence good for Detroit, US
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US Trustee wants to question classic car restorer over bankruptcy filing
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Golf:
New mortgage holder says he will give Huntsville Country Club 'every opportunity' to emerge from bankruptcy
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Huntsville Country Club slashes membership rates, allows public play in effort to stay in business
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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 (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (243 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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Jurisdiction:
In re Louisiana Riverboat Gaming P’ship
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Plan Confirmation:
Got Milk? Apparently Not Enough for This Dairy Producer. Court Denies Confirmation Because Plan Not Feasible
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DIP Finance:
WR Grace Trims Pricing On Leveraged Loan Backing Bankruptcy Exit
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Insurance:
Reliance Insurance Co. Liquidation Claims: Recent Offers to Convert Claims to Cash
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TBTF:
U.S. Treasury to reduce stake in auto lender Ally
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Aviation:
Auction Raises Several Million for Bankrupt Avantair
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Corporate Reform:
How Washington Beat Wall Street
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Firms Get Penalized, but Many Workers Don't
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Uranium:
Federal spending bill has $118M for near-bankrupt uranium processor --- Troubled nuclear company announces bankruptcy plans, rakes in millions in spending bill
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Tech:
Former Assets Of Bankrupt Teletouch Communications Up For Bid
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Plextronics Files for Bankruptcy , Has $32.6 Million Buyout Offer
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Bankruptcy Judge Blocks Bitcoin Miner Alydian From Auction
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Health Care:
Clients of defunct dental chain receive payments
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The Black Box of US Health Care Prices
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Doctors Choose A Different Way To Die Than The Rest Of Us
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Rail:
Second party submits bid for bankrupt Maine railroad
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Sporting Goods:
Outdoor gear e-tailer Altrec seeks bankruptcy reorganization
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Metals:
Conalco aluminum company files for bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:
Supreme Court Will Hear Argentina’s Appeal of Discovery Orders
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UK:
Linda Farish, Head of Recovery & Insolvency at RMT
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EastCoal Agrees To Sell Assets Following Bankruptcy Filing
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Retail sales see strong growth in December
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RBS to Face Review of Business Lending by External Consultants
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Canada:
Legal trends '14: a forecast of the year ahead - environmental
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We owe much more than the rest of Canada
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Germany:
Germany's insolvent TV maker Loewe salvaged by investor group
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Chile:
Creditor bank files bankruptcy petition for Acuinova
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Chilean banks set to benefit from new bankruptcy legislation
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Australia:
PPB Advisory suspends Brisbane toll road sale
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MENA:
Dubai Group signs $10 bln debt restructuring deal ...
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