Law:
Biglaw Employee Charged In $5.6 Million Insider Trading Scheme --- BigLaw managing clerk charged in $5.6M insider-trading scheme, accused of revealing deal info --- Two charged in U.S. insider case with tips on chewed-up napkins --- The Complaint
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More lawyers are embracing change—even though ‘old normalists’ are still the majority
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A Mystery: Who Are the Dewey Secret Seven?
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Résumés: The Harsh Reality
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Tristan Birkenmeier Joins Bernstein Shur
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Faruqi & Faruqi: On The Prowl For Partners?
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Business of Law
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Women Lawyers Climb Top Rungs of Corporate America
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Smaller may be better to thrive in new legal world, report suggests
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America's Happiest and Most Miserable Lawyers
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Robert Strauss, Akin Gump Co-Founder, Dies at 95 --- Robert S. Strauss, Top Washington Trouble-Shooter, Dies at 95
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Can You Believe These Folks Passed The Bar Exam?
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Law School Sends Memo About Inappropriate Student Cleavage
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Fake Gibson Dunn Runs Phone Scam, Real Gibson Dunn Laughs
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Bigger Is Not Always Better
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Gibson Dunn Lodges $32 Million Fee Request in Chevron Case
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Lawyer Touts Practice Through Rap Video. Yes, This Is Real.
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Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 was shot down by Chinese missile, claims practicing barrister
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Document Reviewer Gets Angry At Staffing Agency — Hilarity Ensues
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Microsoft Office for iPad next week
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NSA Lawyer: Tech Companies Knew We Collected Their Data
Bin Laden's Son-In-Law Unexpectedly Testifies At His Trial
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Heavily Armed Police Storm Man's Home Over Life-Sized Gun Tattoo
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Principal who told kids not to speak Spanish will lose job
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Oy Vey! Dueling Calendars Of Jewish Hotties Trigger Trademark Throwdown
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Tearful runaway real estate lawyer gets 5 years in $5.9M client theft
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Lawyer learns lesson in the Girl Scout way after troop orders too many cookies by mistake
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Lawyer suspended for posting video of undercover drug buy in mistaken belief it exonerated client
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Cabbies Furious Over Proposed Hygiene Requirements
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Mom Turns Herself Into a Human Speed Bump to Save Kids in Runaway Car
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Lawyer is suspended for faking illness to avoid oral argument
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Teen who sued her parents drops the lawsuit
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Tennessee Sheriff Sued Over Shackling Woman While She Delivered Baby
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Using finger as ‘look-alike firearm’ gets boy, 10, a 3-day school suspension
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Tax protester gets 20-year max in attempted murder-for-hire plot against federal judge
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‘For the sanctity of the trees,’ limit case filings, federal judge tells ex-governor’s lawyers
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Does the First Amendment require live broadcasts of the Supreme Court?
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Don't Tell Ruth Ginsburg to Retire --- Should she stay or should she go? --- She’s irreplaceable
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Wall Street:
US Stock -Index Futures Little Changed Before Jobs, Homes Data
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Markets Are In The Red Across Europe
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Stocks Retreat After Fed Tapers Stimulus Program Again
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Inquiry Into High-Speed Trading Widens
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Layoffs:
Here's How Much Salaries Are Expected To Increase This Year By Industry
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Sony Pictures To Cut 216 Jobs In California
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USEC tells state it may have to lay off employees
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15 Highest Paying Companies in America
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gambling:
Union turning up heat on Revel as sale looms
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Rail:
Sale of MM& A Railway to Fortress Investment Group delayed --- Canadian officials holding up MM&A sale
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Healthcare:
Medical transcription firm M*Modal files for bankruptcy
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Inside the Saint Francis deal: Plans outlined for growth
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Retailing:
Radioshack's Future Doesn't Look Promising At All
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Economy:
US current account deficit hits 14-year low
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Fed tapers another $10 billion --- U.S. Stocks Drop as Fed’s Yellen Outlines Stimulus Exit --- Stocks Tumble After Janet Yellen Says 'six Months' --- What does Yellen's "around six months" mean? --- Fed Tweaks Rate Guidance, Affirms Easy-Money Tilt --- Janet Yellen’s first FOMC statement, annotated
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Fed Doesn't Care About Jobless Anymore
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CBO Director: 'Unpleasant' Choices Coming
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Thursday: Existing Home Sales, Unemployment Claims, Philly Fed Mfg Survey
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Here's How NASA Thinks Society Will Collapse
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Unfunded Liabilities are Fraudulent Promises
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Climate Report Predicts Shrinking GDP, Food Shortages, And A Rise In Violent Warfare Around The World
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Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 48 states in January
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Krugman: Nobody Could Have Predicted, Monetary Edition
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
KB Home shares rise as builder posts impressive sales, profit
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CFPB: Zombie Killer
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Should Congress Limit the Mortgage Interest Deduction?
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The 10 Best Cities For Buying And Selling A Home
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Manhattan's Apartment Sizes Are Shrinking
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Here's how developer Pat Turner might be able to keep Westport
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Municipalities:
'Us Vs. Them' in…Water Deal
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Candidate for governor Mark Schauer: Detroit pensions 'should have never been on the table'
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Detroit spends more to issue parking fines than it collects
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Snyder: Detroit bankruptcy cash from Michigan unlikely after May
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For Kids Of Bankrupt Detroit, Challenges Abound
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Stockton Bankruptcy judge: Convince me
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Cash-strapped North Las Vegas dips into rainy day fund
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Junk Debt Defies Puerto Rico in Best Gain Since ’09
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Video Games:
RI hires analyst to review 38 Studios bond payments
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Aviation:
More details on court discussion of American Airlines retiree benefits
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Australia Says It May Have Found The Plane --- Satellites Spot Possible Flight 370 Debris --- Critical Data Was Delayed in Flight Search --- An agony for relatives of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 passengers --- 777 Pilot: I'm Sorry, But I'm Just Not Buying The Smoke-In-The-Cockpit Theory --- CNN’s Don Lemon: ‘Is It Preposterous’ to Think a Black Hole Caused Flight 370 to Go Missing? --- Search For Missing Plane Spurs Call To Upload Black Box Data To The 'Cloud'
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Personal Finance:
The 6 Most Common Ways People Commit Financial Suicide
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15 Items That Are Always Worth Buying In Bulk
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Celebs:
Lisa Vanderpump hasn't been invited back to Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills
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Fraud:
Morgan Stanley Broker, Law Clerk Charged in Insider Plot
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U.S. Alleges Inside Traders Used Spycraft, Ate Evidence
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Once high-flying Kentucky oilman admits fraud
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Agape World Broker Pleads Guilty To Role In $400 Million Ponzi Scheme, Faces Deportation
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Telecoms:
Judge hears arguments on LightSquared bankruptcy plan
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LightSquared Confirmation Hearing Begins With Questions On FCC
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LightSquared Witness Predicts FCC Airwave Approval by ‘15
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Resorts:
British Virgin Islands Resort Owner Files Restructuring Plan
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Opera:
San Diego Opera Prepares to Close --- Exiting with dignity — and mystery
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Mass Torts:
Ford, Chamber Seek Trial Transcripts in Garlock Asbestos Recovery
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Asbestos defendants succeeding in rare Madison County trials
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Food/Beverage:
Billionaire Marc Lasry on the Hook In Quiznos for $200M
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Quantum Foods, LLC Receives Enhanced Sale Agreement Approval
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Consumer Finance:
Costly Loans Are Drawing Attention From States
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Private Equity:
Due Diligence after Sun Capital
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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 (40 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (30 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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Miscellaneous:
March Madness: Weil’s Elite Eight
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Plan Confirmation:
Reorganization Not Feasible After Sale Of Debtor’s Property; Appeals Dismissed
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Exemptions:
SCOTUS argument preview: Scope of protections for retirement funds in bankruptcy squarely at issue
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Discharge:
Ninth Circuit B.A.P. Holds That Principal Can Discharge Debts Caused By His Agent’s Fraud
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Sousa on Bankruptcy Stigma
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Distressed Investing:
Buyer of Lehman's Brazil Assets Starts Distressed Fund
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Autos:
The GM Recall: Which Claims Are Barred, What the Lawyers Are Trying
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GM’s Ignition Victims Need Help From Bankruptcy Judge on Claims
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General Motors liabilities may have been deliberately concealed
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GM's recall defense: 'That was then, this is now'
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Lawyers ply the Internet to score clients for GM lawsuits
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GM must pay for pre- bankruptcy ignition deception: lawsuit
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Toyota's Harsh $1.2B Punishment Must Be Sending Chills Through GM's Mary Barra
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Bertone, The Studio Behind Many Beautiful Cars, Heads To Bankruptcy
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Pensions:
Companies Prepare To Dump Pension Plans In 2014
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UK:
Scotland to reform bankruptcy legislation
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PIIGS:
ie: Lifting the lid on bankruptcy --- Government was told in 2008 bank bailout would cost €16.4bn at most --- Court hears Dunne stored art behind 'false wall' --- Sean Dunne disputes claims of 'secret wall' for valuable artwork in K-Club house --- Detail 'continues to emerge' on alleged conspiracy over Quinn assets
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Greek considers early bond sale of up to 2 billion euros: source
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Canada:
Grievance: a provable claim within the meaning of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
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France:
French rogue trader to go to prison
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French court cancels fine for rogue trader Jerome Kerviel
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China:
Let a thousand firms go bust
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Chinese businessman pays $2 million for puppy
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China resumes approval for developers' equity financing as credit fears grow
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China's Yuan Has Fallen To A Level That Means 'Real Pain'
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Cash-strapped Chinese sell Hong Kong luxury real estate
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China c.bank comment reinforces signal that debt carries risk
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US Firms More Wary of China
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Ukraine:
My Crimean Summers and Ukraine's Odious Debts --- Ukraine making plans to pull troops from Crimea --- EU leaders to toughen stance on Russia --- Moscow signals concern for Russians in Estonia --- Russia Just Warned The US That It May Play The 'Iran Card' On Ukraine
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Brazil:
Carlyle Partners Forced to Bail Out Brazil Real-Estate Developer
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