Law:
Who Makes More: Partners Or General Counsels?
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Law Firms Grapple With Compensation in U.S. Forums
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Biglaw Revenues Outpace The Fortune 500 And Pro Sports
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Welcome to Your First Year as a Lawyer. Your Salary Is $160,000. • For New Lawyers, $160,000 Remains the Norm
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The Smartest People Are Opting Out of Law School • The Ugly Truth About What's Going Wrong in American Law Schools
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Robins Kaplan to close Atlanta office; firm is ‘working on a transition plan’ for 12 lawyers
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Dorsey Adds Restructuring Pro in New York
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Lawyer Driving to Work Wasn’t Working, Court Rules
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Bankruptcy lawyer writes open letter to shop owner who vowed to turn away openly gay customers
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Reed Smith can’t arbitrate malpractice claim; ex-client, an attorney, didn’t sign required form
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Cherie Blair Talks Gender Parity in Law
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LawProse — Whether ‘Whether’ Causes Problems For Legal Writers
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Who Are The Most Influential Lawyers In The World?
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Law professors come up with zany plan to ruin your retirement
10 speaking and writing errors that are killing your credibility
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Anxious people often share this one positive trait
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10 Phrases Successful People Avoid (But Losers Use)
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Balancing The Three-Legged Stool Of Success In Our Legal Careers
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The iPhone 6 Plus is my favorite computer
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Infographics make the complex simple for a jury, presenter says
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Smartwatches and other wearables can enhance the practice of law, attorneys say
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Law firm efficiency starts by carving out time to train, speakers say
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The Pope’s old iPad just sold for an astronomical amount of money
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Two roommates stabbed each other during a heated iPhone vs. Android debate
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14 things you didn't know your iPhone headphones could do
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Survey: Most Americans agree death penalty may kill innocent people — but still support it
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George Lucas' Payback Against Rich Neighbors
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Helicopter parents ruin childhood • The Free Range Kids' Debate • How the Constitution protects “free range” parents
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What Prison Life Will be Like for Hernandez
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5 professional athletes who went to prison on murder-related charges
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Texas ready to legalize handgun 'open carry'
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Lawyer spent $26K of his savings to attend every Knicks game this season
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Federal judge nixes evidence from FBI agents who shut off hotel Web service, then posed as repairmen
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Judges:
CA: Courts' Improvement Fund Broke, Cuts Coming Judicial Council Says
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Report: Attorney says he will sue "mean-spirited" retired bankruptcy judge
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Ex-judge gives up law license after taking plea in federal bribery case over jury verdict
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Former state supreme court judge mails court-ordered apology letters
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How to clear a courtroom
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Federal Prosecutor Says Pissing Off Judges Is His ‘Public Interest’ Duty
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Wall Street:
Stock futures point to Wall Street rebound
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Why global markets staged a huge selloff, in 7 charts
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Layoffs:
U.S. Steel says 799 workers have been laid off in Fairfield
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gambling:
Revel owner can't connect to utility's gear
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Ex-lender offers $300K to get Revel fire systems back online
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The never-ending story of Revel
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Billionaires in Bitter Fight Over the Heart of Las Vegas
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Social Media:
Bankruptcy judge refuses to free ex-Katy gun store owner over Facebook password
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When Cops Check Facebook
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Coal:
Patriot Coal Seeks Help From Restructuring Advisers
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Walter Energy's Delay Of April Interest Payments May Indicate Bankruptcy Possibility
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Alpha Natural faces shortfall in coal cleanup funding
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China's got bad news for the world's coal exporters
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Personal Finance:
What to say when the interviewer asks, 'Why should we hire you?’ • The 50 most common job interview questions
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Brand name products worth paying for
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Aviation:
Airlift out of bankruptcy: ANA nearing deal for stake in Skymark • Japan's Skymark Airlines Keeps Haneda Slots in Rescue Deal With ANA
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Your flight attendants have a secret language. Here it is.
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Why Flying is Getting Even More Miserable
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New Pilots Urged to 'Marry'
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Guns:
Gun Maker Colt's Curious Exchange Offer
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Telemarketing:
Florida Telemarketer Offering GSA Work Files for Bankruptcy
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Television:
Miami owner of TV and radio stations in Denver, W. Coast files Chapter 11 with $13M in debt
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Agriculture:
Farmers have a horrifyingly high suicide rate
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Shipping:
Korea's Pan Ocean is preparing to change the terms of its court rehabilitation plan
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Disruption:
The hundreds of thousands of 'jobs' Uber brags about creating are mostly part-time contractors
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Meet the lawyer taking on Uber and the rest of the on-demand economy
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Religion:
Secured Credit in Religious Institutions' Reorganizations
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Compensation:
11 CEOs Richer as Their Investors Get Poorer
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Publishing:
Family Christian: Bankrupt bookstore chain faces scrutiny
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)
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:
Bankruptcies Suddenly Soar Across Corporate America, Worst First Quarter Since 2009
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Five ways to spot a dead company walking
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI Commission Report – Absolute Priority Rule and Plan Gifting Provisions
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Proposed Recommendations for the Reform of Chapter 11 U.S. Bankruptcy Code
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Automatic Stay:
SEC Temporary Asset Freeze Not Barred by Automatic Stay Provisions
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SCOTUS:
SCOTUS Asked To Decide If Bankruptcy Case Dismissal Bars Committee Counsel's Fee Request • 7th Circuit Opinion
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Avoidance Actions:
Transferee Liability: The Lottery Ticket/Uranium Contract Rule
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Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects The Ponzi Scheme Presumption
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Politics:
Stay Classy Donald
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Fact Check: "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
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Fact Check: "More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."
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Congress' Dangerous New Gamesmanship
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Lindsey Graham: 91% Chance I'll Run Too
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Rubio Still Criticizing Auto Bailout
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Creditors of ex-New Jersey Assemblyman Robert Schroeder want six firms included in bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
SEC Whistleblowing Program: The Agency Means Business
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Prisons:
Private Prisons Lobby to Keep Immigrants Locked Up for Profits
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Amusement Parks:
Mediation fails on Conneaut Lake Park bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:
Ukraine's Bond Restructuring: Surgery, Conspiracy, and Campaign
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The IMF in Argentina: A Bondholder's Best Friend?
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CFK warns about 'global modus operandi' against 'sovereign nations'
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Sovereign Default And The Impending Greek Reverberation
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UK:
The (not just) Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
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Employment and insolvency reforms will redress the balance for employees
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George Osborne basks in IMF glory as Britain achieves jobs miracle • Christine Lagarde heaps praise on UK economy
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Yikes Does the UK face a pensions blowout?
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EU:
European stocks retreat on Greek financing woes
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PIIGS:
Greek Bond Yields Climb Most Since Aftermath of Syriza Election • Greece: Decision time • Europe Braces for Brinkmanship Over Greece as Country Moves 'Ever Closer to the Abyss' • Let's face reality, Greece is bankrupt • ECB's Draghi won't 'contemplate' Greek default • Draghi: 'More work needed now' by Greece for debt deal • 4 signs that the markets are preparing for a ‘Grexit’ • Greece's Money to End in June - IMF Europe Head • Both Grexit And Greek Default Are Desirable But Not Necessary
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Greek finance minister: There will be contagion • Greece's fate hangs in balance amid contagion fear • Greece Remains Defiant as Creditors Up Pressure for a Deal
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Creditors Chase Consensus With Greece
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Krugman: Greece on the Brink
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Greece's big nowhere
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ECB examines possibility of Greek IOU currency in case of default - sources • Greek Officials Ponder Life Without the Euro
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US Treasury secretary urges Greece to reach debt deal
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IMF urges EU to slim down its demands on Greece • Delamaide: IMF faces tipping point over Greece
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G-20 keeps Greece off meeting agenda
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Greece will need to tap €2 billion from public funds to pay its civil service workers at the end of the month
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Athens eyes billions worth of Russian gas cash • Russia denies German report it is ready to sign gas deal with Greece
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ie: Kenny plays down Labour calls for cut in bankruptcy term • Penrose row over reducing bankruptcy period
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Canada:
Everest College grads want loan forgiveness for 'worthless' diploma
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U.S. Steel pumped money into pension fund
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Poland:
New Polish Restructuring Law - Avoiding Liquidation
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Austria:
German bank sues in Austria over Heta moratorium
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Cyprus:
Cyprus bailout on track after foreclosure law passed • Parliament passes insolvency framework • Cyprus passes laws to empower banks to manage toxic loans, clear way for more European-IMF aid
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Brazil:
Brazil's Schahin says 28 units file for bankruptcy protection • Petrobras Supplier Schahin Seeking Bankruptcy Protection • Schahin bond slides after bankruptcy announcement
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Hedge Funds Aurelius, Alden Oppose OAS Creditor-Protection Bid
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Is Brazil's 'Lava Jato' Money Hiding In Miami?
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When Settling for a 75% Writedown Is a Bondholder’s Best Option
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Brookfield Said in Talks for Renuka Brazil for $490 Million
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Australia:
A liquidator’s power of sale under s 477(2)(c) of the Corporations Act does not extend to trust assets
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Switzerland:
Swiss pension schemes ' bankrupt in 10 years'
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China:
Chinese stocks tanking
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China Housing Cooling Even As Developers See Double Digit Gains
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Greenland:
NunaMinerals A/S to file for bankruptcy
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