Law:
A Survey Of In-House Base Pay And Bonuses
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Amal Clooney’s Students At Columbia Law Forbidden From Talking About Her
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Legal technicians may partly own law firms in this state; is bar to nonlawyer ownership crumbling?
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Tony Angel: “The legal profession is about to go through a quite phenomenal change”
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Pa. Big-Firm Associate Salaries in Flux
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ABA President Responds to Judge’s Criticism
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Harvard Study Debunks Rainmaker Myths, Finds Collaboration is Key
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ATL March Madness: Champion
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The World’s Largest Law Firm Gets Bigger • ‘No Logical End’ to Dentons’s Growth, Say Firm Leaders • A 10,000-lawyer law firm?
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A How-To Guide For Escaping Your Biglaw Job (Part II)
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Jenner and Exelon: A Business Case for Pro Bono
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Why you need to try on the Apple Watch before you buy it
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How Not to Be a Jerk While Wearing the Apple Watch
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The right way to pack a suitcase
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Audio reportedly reveals officer describing adrenaline rush in aftermath of Walter Scott shooting • Only 54 cops charged out of thousands of fatal shootings; ‘egregious’ factors triggered prosecutions • What we know about the police shooting of Walter Scott in South Carolina • Tasered to Death While Shackled in Jail • OK. Deputy Charged: Suspect's Shooting Death
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How a man who worked for the Lottery Association may have hacked the system for a winning ticket
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Jodi Arias gets life without parole in brutal slaying of ex-boyfriend
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Lawyer whose family was to get $14M from client’s estate: Any ethical issue does not invalidate will
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Boy Trashed Mom's Car Over Seized Phone
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Son is charged with murder in slaying of criminal defense lawyer
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Father Caught On Tape Walloping Toddler Son Claims It Was All Just A "Misunderstanding"
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4 Blackwater Guards Sentenced for Massacre of Iraqis
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Free Range Kids in Custody Again
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Woman Arrested For Scrambling Eggs
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Invitation for Public Comment: Reappointment of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert J. Faris
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Federal judge: BigLaw firms who won't take anti-gay marriage cases are "yellow show firms"
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Former judge pleads guilty; receives two year sentence
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Judge Rakoff Criticizes Judiciary, Bar for Silence on Mass Incarceration • Full Speech
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Judge comments on Facebook; is it an ethics violation?
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Ex-judge accused of accepting bribes from lawyer takes plea; expected to get 2 years in prison
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Wall Street:
U.S. Index Futures Little Changed
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Global stock markets subdued after days of gains
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Wall St. declines as worries about earnings deepen
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Wall Street banks have been treading water, but that may be about to change
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S&P pullback may be investors’ last chance
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
RadioShack’s New Owners Don’t Really Care About Buying The RadioShack Name
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RadioShack Trademarks, Customers, Dealer Network Up for Sale
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Apparently, Delia's Didn't Actually Shut Down
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'Victoria's Secret is in real danger of losing its relevance'
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Celebs:
More than 15% of NFL players go bankrupt within 12 years of retiring
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s life on food stamps
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Personal Finance:
Here's the budget of a family who feels like they've 'made it' earning $142,000 a year
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7 foods that are cheaper to eat at restaurants than at home
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Coal:
Coal Sector Bankruptcy Fears Send Cloud Peak Energy Inc. Stock Down 26.9% in March
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Coal producer Xinergy, subsidiaries file for bankruptcy
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Politics:
Republican Rubio announces he is running for president • Here's what Marco Rubio thinks about the issues • Marco Rubio: Fact Check
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This Report Has the Most Clues to Hillary Clinton's Economic Plan
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Can Hillary Clinton be trusted to watch Wall Street?
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Shipping:
Italian owner files for US protection
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Economy:
These Legos make depressingly clear just how much money the top 1 percent has
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Top 1% pay nearly half of federal income taxes • 5 new ways the rich will pay higher taxes
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The government spends $152.8 billion a year supporting workers who are paid so little they're still poor
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The Fed could be about to make the same mistake it did before the financial crisis
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WTO cuts world trade growth forecasts for 2015 and 2016
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US producer prices likely rose in March for 1st time in 5 months
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US deal activity is about to go berserk
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Consumer spending is about to come roaring back
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Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year
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The No. 1 thing companies are complaining about right now
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GE Bites Tax Bullet, Repatriates $36 Billion in Foreign Profits
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Baby boomers' retirement fears grow
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Millennials, more jobs and high-end buildings will push average US rent higher
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This company just made a huge bet on the housing recovery and now its stock is exploding higher
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Ocwen is no longer the nation's largest mortgage servicer • Lawsuit: Ocwen sent false reports to consumer credit agencies
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Real estate investor jailed for $5M Ponzi scheme
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Trouble ahead: Tidal wave of HELOC resets about to hit
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What Hamptons real-estate indicator is saying
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Municipalities:
Detroit Taxpayers Could Be Given Option To Support City Retirees
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Uh-oh: Is Detroit City Council reverting to bad habits?
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Illinois Gov. Rauner: Bankruptcy Should Be Option For Broke Cities
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Treasury Officials Increase Involvement With Finances of Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico utility works toward new forbearance extension
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NY: Bill aims to protect pension benefits
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The true cost of living in New York City
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Texas House OKs pension fix bill
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Awards:
International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation Announces 2015 Founders Awards Winners
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Gambling:
Showboat contract calls on Stockton to sell power to Straub's Revel
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Straub wants Energy Company evicted from Powerless Revel site
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How Casinos Failed Atlantic City and Why They're Still Part of Its Future
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A High-Stakes Bankruptcy Game Plays Out on Atlantic City's Boardwalk
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Oil/Gas:
Tues.: Oil above $58 on US shale output report, Mideast
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Look out OPEC! Oil ETF investors head for exit, risking new slump
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Oil firms may have to cut deeper than $126B, report says
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Consol Energy says good-bye to 5 percent of its jobs
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Oil Futures Rise on Expectations of U.S. Production Drop
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OPEC publication urges non-members to help stabilize oil market
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Survey: Colorado O&G on shaky ground
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Gunvor Group petitions for bankruptcy of PA Resources
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10 charts that illustrate America's energy boom
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The Real History of Fracking
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Canada's Achilles heal is showing
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Tax:
Nina Ricci heiress convicted of tax evasion in France with help of HSBC
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Three Surprising Non-Cash Items IRS Says You Must Report On Your Taxes
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Eight Tax Myths
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Your Partnership’s Employment Tax Debt May Come Back to Bite You
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Weather:
The real villain in the California drought isn't almonds . . .
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Climate change has made a sailboat race through the Arctic possible
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Banking:
US banks are looking good again, thanks to low expectations
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The New York Times editorial board isn't so sure big banks actually passed the Fed's stress test
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JP Morgan earnings beat
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Why it may be time to start believing in banks again
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The surprising reason banks are seeing talent flee
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Mining:
The world's biggest mining companies are getting hammered
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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 (22 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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:
(1)-(2)- (3)-(4)-(5)-(6)-(7)-(8)-(9)-(10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Dr. William Rule (AOUSC): When Will Bankruptcy Filing Trends Change Course?
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Corporate Governance:
Corporate Governance In Chapter 11 – Business As Usual, With Possible Exceptions
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Sanctions:
Should Rule 11 Sanctions Be Mandatory Again?
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TBTF:
GE Shows How to Break Up a Big Bank
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Finance:
The Bank of New York Mellon Decision: Affirming that a Court Should Grant Substantial Deference to a Trustee’s Judgment
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Religion:
Archdiocese seeks to shorten window for abuse claims
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Student Debt:
Ackman Says Student Loans Are the Biggest Risk in the Credit Market
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Fraud:
Ex-Assembly speaker's son-in-law charged in $7M Ponzi scheme
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Communications:
Potential buyer of Standard Register returns fire in bankruptcy court
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Creditors see ‘orchestrated’ moves with SR bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:
GM Ignition-Switch Deaths Up to 84
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Former Egg Executives Receive Three-Month Sentence
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Electricity:
Oncor auction passes another deadline Monday
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Privacy:
RadioShack presses ahead plan for sale of customer data
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Sovereigns:
Argentina: 'Vulture' lobbying soars 48%
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What's Bad for Argentina Is Good for Buenos Aires in Bond Market
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UK:
David Cameron has trouble answering a 10-year-old's simple question
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EU:
Will Mario Draghi Leave the ECB Without Ever Raising Rates?
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PIIGS:
Greece is getting ready to default • Greek rumor mill in overdrive
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As Europe and Greece get worse, why to invest more
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Greek Officials Return to Work as Economic Reform Deadline Looms
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Greece needs to pay €1.5 billion social security payments this week
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Greek 10-Year Treasury Yield Rises
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Greek Orthodox Church offers up property to help Athens raise funds
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ie.: Banks making less money from forced bankruptcies • Banks losing millions by refusing to deal with distressed borrowers • Sharp rise in consumer debt deals going through State's insolvency service
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Australia:
Personal bankruptcies continue to fall • Bankruptcies down 11pc helped by low interest rate 'zombie zone'
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China:
What’s behind the surprise drop in Chinese exports?
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The Chinese Economy Besieged and Embattled
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China GDP: It's not going to be pretty
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South Africa:
Evraz Steel unit files for bankruptcy protection
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Austria:
ECB tells banks to write down Heta exposure by over half
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Poland:
Poland's bankruptcies up by 43.7% in March 2015
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