Law:
At Weil Gotshal, Joke Poses Existential Question About the Smartphone • Weil Gotshal chair apologizes for "insensitive" April Fools' email promising improved work-life balance
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Woman charged in hotel slaying of BigLaw attorney; was robbery the motive? • Additional Details Emerge In DLA Piper Associate’s Killing
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Welcome to the future: A travel guide to tomorrow’s legal careers
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ATL March Madness Final Four: What’s The Best Fringe Benefit Around?
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Dewey Execs Lay Groundwork For Criminal Intent Defense
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Jeff Isaacs Retires After 46 Year Career at Procopio
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Survey: Law Departments Grew in 2014
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Let’s Not Kill All The Lawyers
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Deceptive Statistics 101, Courtesy Of A Law Professor And The New York Times
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Hogan Lovells launches in Australia with partner divorce plan
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Freshfields staff banished
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The Social Law Firm Index
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Law School Ethics
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Feds Place Ave Maria Law School on Financial Watch List
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Dean: Ten Reasons To Be Cheerful About The Future Of Legal Education
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Reinventing The Law Business: How To Train Associates
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While Paper Itself Might Be Passe, The Paper Chase Remains A Realistic Look At Law School
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U.S. Attorney in D.C. to Return to WilmerHale
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Adobe Acrobat’s Next Version Puts Paper in the Cloud
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Victim shot in back - witness in ex-NFL star's murder trial
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Attorneys Are Lawyering Up in Two New Cases
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Woman charged with attacking deputies with crucifix
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Uber info helps ID driver suspected in break-in attempt at home of fare he drove to airport
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Process server buys 2 pairs of sneakers at Tyga signing event, then hands him a summons
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For second time, lawyer faces drug charge after meth allegedly falls out of his pocket at a bank
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Want To Join The Cartel? Better Pick A Top Law School!
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Reward increased to $50K in shooting of Detroit federal judge at his home
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Federal Judge Mistaken For Maid
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You should get married, judge reportedly tells woman involved in alleged domestic violence situation
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Report: Appeals judge holds intoxicated home intruder at gunpoint until police arrive
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7 Rising Star Judges You Want To Clerk For
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Wall Street:
US stock futures up ahead of jobs report in holiday-shortened trade
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US stocks close slightly higher after 2 days of declines
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Why Shiller is calling this market ‘a great enigma’
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:
Oil falls on news of Iran accord • Iran talks conclude — is a deal in place? • US oil rig weekly decline smallest since December-Baker Hughes • Iran And World Powers Agree On Framework For Nuclear Deal • Oil prices fall on word of nuclear accord with Iran • What an Iran nuclear deal may mean for crude oil prices
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Distress in the Oil Field
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The Price of Oil & the Potential for Master Limited Partnership Restructuring and Insolvencies
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This Is What Will Determine If Oil Prices Go Up Or Down
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Oil layoffs slowed in March, but firms still say 12,800 jobs will get axed
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BP Fears U.S. Unit Insolvency on Deepwater Horizon Spill Fine
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Cygam Announces Bankruptcy Filing and Corporate Update
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Connacher Oil & Gas Denied Bid to Restructure in Canada
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Conoco Wins Executory Contract Appeal Seeking Reimbursement for $63 Million Settlement
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Samson Resource makes dramatic moves; analyst predicts bankruptcy
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Many Big Guns Still Betting On Oil Comeback In 2015
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Data show plunging orders for oil equipment
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The crash in U.S. oil rigs is finally slowing down
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Oil prices may soon prove Buffett wrong
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Fallout from oil price drop stirs mortgage concerns
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OPEC oil export revenues are down 11% from 2013
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Oil Glut is a Boon to Shippers
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Personal Finance:
College freshmen flunk financial literacy 101
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Religion:
US televangelist, megachurch leader Robert Schuller dies at 88
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Politics:
Senator Robert Menendez — possibly corrupt, definitely bad at using AmEx reward points
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Economy:
Factory orders up in Feb., 1st time since July
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American Incomes Fell Last Year, Except Rich
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US jobless claims fall in latest week • Near lowest levels since 2000 •American teenagers still can’t (or won’t) find jobs • 5 Things to Watch in the March Jobs Report
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Solid US job growth is expected today despite a weak economy
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Fed's Yellen says research needed to understand inequality issue
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Half of Americans will see their standard of living fall after they retire • U.S. isn’t ready for the aging workforce
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US jobless data boosts labor market picture; trade deficit narrows
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McDonald's gives workers a raise, but is criticized for not going far enough • Critics see McDonald's pay hike as "McRaise"
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Nothing will get Fed hiking faster than a wage pickup
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Indiana: What big business has figured out that many Republicans haven't • Wal-Mart support of gay rights turns on business • No, Indiana's religious freedom law won't let you start a pot church • Indiana Lawmakers Propose Change to Religious-Freedom Law
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The Rich Are Finally Paying More In Taxes
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Americans Can't Stand Their Bosses, and Bosses Admit They're Phoning it in • Half of us have quit our job because of a bad boss
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
JP Morgan's $9bn Settlement for Homeowners
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Will scorching drought crisis end all California homebuilding?
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Home price appreciation revealed in 3 charts
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Fannie Mae to sell non-performing loans
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Municipalities:
Housing supply dogs a recovering Detroit
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St. Louis: Transfer numbers could spell bankruptcy for Normandy schools
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Gambling:
Revel: Only 1 buyer qualified for ex-Atlantic City casino • Judge to approve Revel sale to Glenn Straub
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Revel buyer interested in other Atlantic City properties
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Students target Carl Icahn in casino controversy
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Mass Torts:
The Price of Justice: How MM&A Railway is Splitting up Victim Fund
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Environmental:
DEP wants Freedom insurance money for cleanup
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Aviation:
Germanwings crash another burden in Lufthansa's financial battle
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German pilot did computer searches on suicide in days before crash • Co-Pilot Searched Web on Cockpit Security
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Fraud:
Five Things We Learned From the Veterans of Drexel Burnham
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Former Principals of Vehicle Financing Company Indicted on Fraud Charges
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Steel:
Court Approves Falcon Steel Reorganization Plan
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Retailing:
RadioShack is going bananas
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Ron Garriques to Lead Standard General's RadioShack Stores
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Pensions:
PBGC objects to Standard Register Co. bankruptcy sale
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Banking:
A Closer Look at an FDIC Failed Bank Lawsuit Settlement
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Celebs:
Joe Giudice not allowed to drive for two years
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Corporate Reform:
TPG Capital Threatened To 'Gut' Whistleblower 'Like A Carp,' Lawsuit Claims
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Weather:
CA: Water Issues Much Worse Than Thought
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Chemicals:
Newly-restructured US Reichhold eyes acquisitions
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Student Debt:
Megan McArdle’s Sensible Take on Student Loans and Bankruptcy
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Student Loan Victims Pay the Price of DOE Inaction
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Non-Profits:
FEGS Bankruptcy Filing Reveals Depth Of Financial Free Fall
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Alternative Energy:
Morris County consultants resign, in wake of solar project bailout
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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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (39 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:
Q1/15 Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Down 19%
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Weil’s March Madness Championship Round
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Bankruptcy Rules:
NV: Local Rules Project Update
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Cross-Border:
Centre of Main Interest (COMI) and Jurisdiction of National Courts in Insolvency Matters
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Finance:
Energy Future Holdings' Make-Whole Ruling Extends Rationale of Important SDNY Decisions to Delaware
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Peer-to-peer lending surges in US, challenging traditional banks
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SCOTUS:
Argument analysis: Justices frustrated by indeterminacy of Bankruptcy Code
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Ropes & Gray LLP: Ropes & Gray Argues Key Bankruptcy Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court Business with Sidley Austin’s Chair
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Avoidance Actions:
Fifth Circuit Again Limits Meaning of "Value" in Creditors' Good Faith Fraudulent Transfer Defense
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Nevada Supreme Court's Fraudulent Transfer Ruling Keeps Innocent Law Firm Out Of The Woods
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Sovereigns:
Argentina just pulled the most 'only in Argentina' thing ever on Citibank Argentina • Central Bank removes Citibank CEO's authorization to hold post
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S&P sees no Argentina default 'cure' until after October elections
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UK:
International enforcement of English asset recovery judgments
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PIIGS:
Greece says it will run out of cash by April 9 • Greece denies it will run out of cash next week
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Reality alters Greece, and Syriza's promises
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Spain Introduces New Scheme To Give Bankrupt Individuals A Second Chance
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Canada:
Broadacre debt tally grows
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Lawyers to look at $76m offer to families of Lac Megantic rail disaster
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'10-yard line' compromise reached in US Steel sale process
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Hit by price dive, Canada's Labrador Iron Mines seeks court protection
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Netherlands:
Dutch orchestra cancels concerts, faces closure
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MENA:
"If you were a Christian you were shot on the spot": horrific attack at university
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Brazil:
Brazilian billionaire who lost everything is trying to raise hundreds of millions for new ventures like cow cloning
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Brazil court accepts OAS request for creditor protection
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Petrobras pension fund losses said to reach $1.9 billion
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China:
Comparing Hong Kong and Chinese Insolvency Laws and Their Cross-Border Complexities
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Bulgaria:
Bulgarian Court Opens Way for Insolvency Case Against KTB to Proceed
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Hungary:
Gov't declares football club of 'strategic importance'
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Hungary c.bank ready to sue investor protection fund over Quaestor-gate
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Russia:
A Practical Guide to Russian Restructurings
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