Law:
Beyond Biglaw: The Biglaw Scarlet Letter
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Patton Boggs Partners Begin Merger Vote
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Deviations From The Norm: The Lawyer ‘Type’ And Legal Hiring
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Business of Law
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What can you learn from the Big 4
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DLA partner in scandal: "I let myself, my firm and its clients down" --- What some deeply unoriginal sexist emails say about lawyers
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Pricing, Profitability and Compensation
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Law firms ready for Gen X, Y leaders, brace for Millennials
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Patton Boggs voting on merger with Squire Sanders
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Attorney Pleads Guilty For Filing Bankruptcy Case Without Debtor's Authorization Or Knowledge, Faces 5-Year Sentence
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Law School Reforms Will Harm Law Students and the Legal Profession
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Law School Rankings: U.S. News (Second Quartile) v. SSRN
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InfiLaw Purchase Of Charleston Law Rejected By Licensing Committee
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Short-Sighted Law School Seeks Long-Term Vision
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Thanks, Dad, For Memorializing My Embarrassing Childhood Comments In F. Supp. 2d
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Blackshear Fellowship Opportunities
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What We Can Learn From The Diary A Lawyer Kept During The Great Depression
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Possible Prostitute Patronage Puts Partner In Pickle
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What Happened When A Scorpio Responded To The ‘No Scorpios’ Job Listing?
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Here's The Gear You Need To Pack For Your Next Business Trip
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Work 80 Hours A Week Without Burning Out
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5 (Or More) Mac Apps to Ease Your Transition From Windows
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Must-Have iPhone Travel Apps
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Lawyers' Private Social Network Promises Anonymity
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Lawyer who impersonated bar official in aid of law firm founder’s Ponzi scheme gets 5 years
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Trigger Warning: Special Little Snowflake Ahead
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US To Finally Disclose The Legal Justification Behind Drone Strikes On Americans
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BOLO: Wang Dong
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Cops: Strip Club Employee Gave Lewd Jail Show
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Speeding lawyer dodges prison after knocking down and killing pensioner
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"Leggy" lawyer lunches
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6 Arrested and Forced to Repent For Trying To Spread Happiness
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World's 'most expensive divorce' set to halve billionaire's fortune
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Note to law students: No “trigger warnings” in Kopf’s court
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Murder trial is stopped after judge spots court staff having sex
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Wall Street:
Stocks tumble on weak retail earnings
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1277 Reasons To Fear A Market Correction
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Layoffs:
Recent Black College Grads Face Severe Underemployment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
GM Recalls Another 2.4 Million Cars
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GM's Switchgate May Impact Entire Industry
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Are there any GM cars that haven't been recalled?
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Fisker's New Owner: I'll Burn As Much Cash As It Takes To Succeed
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Fraud:
Scott Rothstein: Lawyer Christina Kitterman gets five years in prison for fraud
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Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein still a Florida registered voter
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Trouble at TelexFree: Unraveling the Litigation
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Sino-Forest creditors sue ex-chief for C$3bn over alleged fraud
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Electricity:
Lazard, FTI to Advise Creditors Committee in Energy Future Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy notice sent to TXU Energy customers just "informational"
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Energy Future hit with make-whole litigation
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Energy Future says it will file disclosure statement on June 13; “longer-term road map”
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Gambling:
Experts bet more Atlantic City casinos will fold
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Hard Rock: Interested in Revel if price is right
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Celebs:
Michael Jace: Anger Issues, Financial Problems, Alleged History of Violence Surface --- Michael Jace Bankruptcy Case Revealed, Payments Stopped in July --- Michael Jace Murder Motive Uncovered? Actor Was $500,000 In Debt Following Bankruptcy Filing: Report
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Real Housewives Of New Jersey Star Insults Network That Make Her Famous After Pleading Guilty To Fraud
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Economy:
Fed's Dudley signals support for reverse repo tool --- Fed’s Dudley: No One Can Say When the First Rate Increase Will Be
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Fed’s Williams Says First Rate Hike Is Likely In Second Half Of 2015
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Why interest rates will stay low for years
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Yellen expands fed full-employment definition as disparity grows
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Government Jobs: Slow Hiring + More Retirements = Tepid Recovery
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Housing Makeover Downsizes GDP Growth Outlook
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Tim Geithner Deserves to Be Heard --- Housing Crisis Was Overlooked
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Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 47 states in April
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How to get people saving in America again? Obamacare for retirement accounts.
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Housing debt still traps 10 million Americans
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Foreclosures may be driving the rise in suicides
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Dudley: Why Housing’s Recovery Will Be Slower
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To Get A Home in San Francisco, First Get A $200,000-A-Year Job
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Plosser: Fundamentals of U.S. Housing Market Remain Sound
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Apartments: Supply and Demand
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Investor Demand High as Fannie Mae Sets Price Range for Risky Mortgage Securities
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Ryerson, Indian Wells developer, files for bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
JPMorgan Chase & company investing $100 million in Detroit, official announcement expected Wednesday --- When Dimon called Gilbert: How a phone call led to $100M for Detroit
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"Municipal Debtors: ' Cram Down ' of Special Revenue Debt"
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Lawmakers delay initial vote on Detroit bankruptcy --- Detroit mayor backs bankruptcy bills, with tweaks
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Koch brothers' group fights Detroit bankruptcy aid
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Duggan, Jones testifying before committee weighing bankruptcy aid
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Detroit retiree committee to host Q&A session on benefits plan voting
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Detroit Police officers consider retiring over bankruptcy cuts
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Detroit to would-be retirees: Leaving now won't save pensions from cuts
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Answers to retirees' bankruptcy ballot questions
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Retirees don't despair with bankruptcy ballot paperwork
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Detroit: So Many Questions
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Rebuilding Detroit, One Small Business at a Time
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Should businesses donate to help Detroit through bankruptcy ?
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Detroit needs jobs for Detroiters
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RI House speaker to meet with bond rating agencies
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Taking New York Back to the Bad Old Days
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How Far Your Paycheck Goes, In 356 U.S. Cities
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Finance:
Debt Rises in Leveraged Buyouts Despite Warnings
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Corporate Reform:
Will Other Banks Face Same Fate as Credit Suisse?
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BNP Falls as U.S. Probe Said to Cost More Than $5 Billion
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Credit Suisse guilty plea has little immediate impact as shares rise --- Credit Suisse still too big to jail despite guilty plea --- Mixed Signals in a Corporate Felon's Punishment
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Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan Nearly Lost Job During Tax Probe
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Retailing:
On sale: 15 retail stocks getting slammed
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Urban Outfitter shares take a spill
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Dick's Sporting Goods Is Collapsing
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TJX Falls Most in Five Years After Profit Trails Estimates
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Target faces identity crisis
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Personal Finance:
4 Ways To Triage Your Money After A Financial Setback
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Telecoms:
Nortel's body lies a mouldering in the grave but the lawyers keep marching on
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Coal:
Walter Energy Might be the Next Coal Company to Keel Over
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Mass Torts:
Rep for future claimants supports deadline for asbestos claims against Garlock
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Education:
Map: The Most Selective College In Each State
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Here’s how much your high school grades predict your future salary
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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 (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 Waivers:
In re Bay Club Partners-472, LLC: Court Invalidates Bankruptcy Waiver in LLC Operating Agreement
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Credit Bidding:
Credit-Bidding Updates: Fisker and Free Lance-Star
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Recharacterization:
Bankruptcy Court Shields Equity Sponsors Serving as Secured Lenders from Individual Creditor Seeking to Litigate Subordination and Recharacterization Claims Released by the Debtor
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Claim Allowance:
Original Issue Discount in a Fair Market Value Exchange Is an Allowable Claim in Bankruptcy
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Fiduciary Duty:
The Rural/Metro Decision and its Relevance to Reorganization
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Insiders:
Affiliates and Insiders: Is A Limited Liability Company A Corporation (And Who Cares)?
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Exemptions:
Debtor's Estate Set to Expand or Contract Based on Supreme Court Ruling in Clark v. Rameker
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Recent Pleadings:
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TBTF:
Big banks are riskier than ever, says FDIC vice chair
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Privilege:
Attorney-Client Privilege Following Corporate Dissolution
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Tax:
Tax Havens (Other than Switzerland) Feeling the Heat From Tax Collectors
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Credit Suisse is Latest Swiss Bank Humbled by U.S. Tax-Evasion Crackdown
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Dems Proposal on Tax Avoidance Misses Real Problem
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Tech:
Cisco CEO: 'Brutal' Times Are Coming For The Tech Industry
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Oil/Gas:
Judge Confirms Tuscany Drilling Sale to Lenders - No Competing Bids Were Made at Auction
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Shipping:
Arrested ship sold for $61m
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Student Debt:
Q&A: Elizabeth Warren on Spiraling Student Debt and What Should Be Done About It
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17 Tips For Quickly Paying Down Student Loans, From Someone Who Paid Off $74,000 In 2 Years
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Brokers:
Corzine's ambition led to MF Global demise: Flowers
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Weather:
CA: Drought Could Cost Farms $1.7bn
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UK:
BOE’s Bean Says Crisis Shows Worse Things Can Happen Than You’d Imagine
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David Cameron agrees house prices are biggest risk to UK recovery
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Bank of England's Bean sees echoes of crisis build-up in markets
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UK Retail Sales Explode
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EU:
Euro-Zone Bond Selloff Continues
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European Regulators Accuse 3 More Banks of Manipulating Interest Rates
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PIIGS:
David Drumm 'hid assets to avoid his debts' --- Drumm facing litany of fraud allegations at bankruptcy trial --- Drumm to testify at US bankruptcy court --- Dunne accused of 'wild goose' chase in US court
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Canada:
Contingent Liabilities Revisited: In Re Nortel; In Re Lehman
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Asia:
Restructuring Boom could Boost Asian Private Equity Dealflow
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