Law:

Chapter 11 lawyers aren't flying high yet
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dreier Firm Founder May Be Forced to File Personal Bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dreier: ‘He Would Eat One on a Stick, With its Heart Still Beating’
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dreier’s Extravagant Lifestyle: ‘Dazzling’ Homes and $200K Secretaries
(DBN Subscription Required)

Judge OKs Ch. 11 trustee for Dreier
(DBN Subscription Required)

'Commingling' Concern Raised Over Dreier Assets.
(DBN Subscription Required)

Happy Holidays for Howrey Staff: Firm Gives $1K Across-the-Board Bonus
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bonus Watch: Hogan & Hartson Keeps D.C. Interesting
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bonus Watch: Quinn Emanuel Rewards Busy Bees
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bonus Watch: McKee Nelson Gets Funky With It
(DBN Subscription Required)

King & Spalding Out of Proposed Thacher Acquisition
(DBN Subscription Required)

Sonnenschein Saves 100 Thacher Proffitt Lawyers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Wall St. Firm’s Lawyers Are Acquired, but the Firm Is Not
(DBN Subscription Required)

Thacher Loses Litigation Chief to DLA Piper
(DBN Subscription Required)

Welcome to the Future: Leadership, Accountability & Swimwear
(DBN Subscription Required)

Law firm fees defy gravity
(DBN Subscription Required)

Silicon Valley Slump Forces Firm to Halve First-Year Associate Class
(DBN Subscription Required)

New Clients and Enhanced Fee Opportunities in Today's Market
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Billable Hour - Rumors of its Demise
(DBN Subscription Required)

Wilmer Cutler Partner Tops the List for No. 2 Slot at DOJ
(DBN Subscription Required)

Will Tough Economy Push Companies to Outsource Legal Work?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Melvyn Weiss Disbarred
(DBN Subscription Required)

Experts Don't Expect Billion Dollar Jackpots in Madoff Litigation
(DBN Subscription Required)

Subprime Lawsuits Already Up 50% and No End in Sight
(DBN Subscription Required)

Paul Hastings lawyer suspended over insider dealing claims
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dealing With A Difficult Boss
(DBN Subscription Required)

Supervision Eased for Arent Fox Partner Charged With Obstruction in Murder Case
(DBN Subscription Required)

Economic Crisis Shifts Asian Spotlight to Litigation
(DBN Subscription Required)

Good Samaritans & the Law: Cali Court Establishes Liability for Rescuers
(DBN Subscription Required)

RIAA to Stop Suing Over Music Downloads; ISPs are New Copyright Cops
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Judges:

Judge Reprimanded for Letters to Publisher
(DBN Subscription Required)

Quick Nick: ‘I'm a judge! Just lay down, we’re going to wait for the police’
(DBN Subscription Required)

Former Texas Judge’s Daughter, Grandkids Murdered; In Retaliation for His Case?
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Wall Street:

Stock Index Futures Signal Slight Losses
(DBN Subscription Required)

U.S. stock futures volatile at start of holiday week
(DBN Subscription Required)

Stock Investors Lose Faith
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Hong Kong stock index falls 3.3 percent
(DBN Subscription Required)

UK Stocks Decline
(DBN Subscription Required)

Taiwan Stocks Slump as Global Recession Damps Exports
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bonuses of Currency Traders Fall Least on Wall Street
(DBN Subscription Required)

NY gov: Goldman's lost bonuses cost state millions
(DBN Subscription Required)

Big No Longer
(DBN Subscription Required)

Money market funds reel as yields near zero...
(DBN Subscription Required)

Thain Failure to Rescue Merrill Shareholders Messes Mr. Fixit
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Autos:

Bush throws lifeline to US automakers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Auto Rescue May Be Bridge to Nowhere
(DBN Subscription Required)

Are the short-term loans for automakers a waste?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Credit Slips: More on the Auto Bailouts
(DBN Subscription Required)

GM, Chrysler Face To-Do List of Cutting Debt, Jobs
(DBN Subscription Required)

GM Prepares Ground for Post-Holiday Talks With UAW
(DBN Subscription Required)

UAW will be able to wait out demands
(DBN Subscription Required)

Detroit's Fall Gives Power to Rival Dixie
(DBN Subscription Required)

Auto Bailout: The Southern Stake
(DBN Subscription Required)

Ford Errant Forecasting Hits Investors Missing Promised Profits
(DBN Subscription Required)

What help for automakers means for workers, consumers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Downturn Will Test Obama’s Vision for an Energy-Efficient Auto Industry
(DBN Subscription Required)

Unions pose difficult political test for Obama
(DBN Subscription Required)

Chrysler considered at risk, despite aid
(DBN Subscription Required)

Uncertainty Grows Over Parent’s Role in Chrysler
(DBN Subscription Required)

Long day's journey to deal for automakers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Michigan prepares for next financial challenge
(DBN Subscription Required)

Ohio GM plant closing to leave 1,080 workers idle
(DBN Subscription Required)

Car Makers Face Urgent Problems, Even With Government Bailout
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Auto Bailout Was A CYA Move
(DBN Subscription Required)

GM and Chrysler Get Their Bailout: Will It Save Them?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Offer Ford a Bridge Loan to Buy GM Assets
(DBN Subscription Required)

US auto bailout fails to enthuse auto parts makers
(DBN Subscription Required)

The auto bailout doesn't demand nearly enough
(DBN Subscription Required)

Obama warns automakers to make key reforms
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dealers may have the upper hand as automakers look to consolidate
(DBN Subscription Required)

CarMax swings to 3Q loss as sales fall
(DBN Subscription Required)

Cheney chides Congress over auto bailout
(DBN Subscription Required)

Canada Gives Billions For Auto Help
(DBN Subscription Required)

$4B auto aid package not enough, experts say
(DBN Subscription Required)

Toyota Forecasts Its First Operating Loss in 71 Years
(DBN Subscription Required)

Hyundai, Kia slash 2008 sales forecast
(DBN Subscription Required)

SKorea's Ssangyong Motor may delay paychecks
(DBN Subscription Required)

Jaguar Land Rover set to be rescued by Tata Motors
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Personal Finance:

Top 9 Good Habits For A Deep Recession
(DBN Subscription Required)

Recession? Time to Slash the Flower Budget
(DBN Subscription Required)

Beware of bogus debt relief
(DBN Subscription Required)

As economy falters, more people giving up pets
(DBN Subscription Required)

Economy cuts immigrants' trips home
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Pensions:

In Need of Cash, More Companies Cut 401(k) Match
(DBN Subscription Required)

Taxpayers get to cover CalPERS risky bets
(DBN Subscription Required)

Royal Dutch Shell Pension Fund Meltdown
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Oil/Gas:

Price of gas hits lowest point in 5 years
(DBN Subscription Required)

Oil edges above $43 on US auto bailout, rate cut
(DBN Subscription Required)

Oil Is Steady as OPEC States Resolve to Implement Output Cuts
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Good, The Bad, And the Inaccurate Oil Forecasts
(DBN Subscription Required)

SGLP's creditors will wait
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Resorts:

Paradise, Jolted by the Financial Crisis
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Media:

National Amusements' Lenders Look the Other Way
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Alternative Energy:

Financial meltdown slowing wind-power boom
(DBN Subscription Required)

Plunging profits trump ethanol's previous fears
(DBN Subscription Required)

Attorney Accused of Cheating Ethanol Client
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Banking:

Study: Bailed-out banks awarded $1.6 billion to execs
(DBN Subscription Required)

Junk Bonds for Bankers’ Bonus Season? See You in Court . . .
(DBN Subscription Required)

Moody's puts Bank of America ratings under review
(DBN Subscription Required)

Citi's US card business rating cut by Moody's
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Education:

Private Colleges Worry About a Dip in Enrollment
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Newspapers:

Newspaper Shuns Web, and Thrives
(DBN Subscription Required)

In Denver, a Web Site Tries to Save a Newspaper
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Economy:

How to spend $350 billion in 77 days
(DBN Subscription Required)

Congress Ready to Tap $350 Billion in Aid, Frank Says
(DBN Subscription Required)

TARP II, The Sequel
(DBN Subscription Required)

Where did the bailout money go? Banks won't say
(DBN Subscription Required)

Is the Medicine Worse Than the Illness?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Obama Expands Recovery Plan, Aims for 3 Million Jobs
(DBN Subscription Required)

A Trap in Obama’s Spending Plan
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dems Try to Lower Expectations
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Biden to Run Middle-Class Task Force, Advise Obama
(DBN Subscription Required)

After Auto Rescue: Bailout Fund Is Under Fire Again
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bailout billions hang in balance
(DBN Subscription Required)

Biden: U.S. Economy in Danger of 'Absolutely Tanking'
(DBN Subscription Required)

Obama: Recovery will take years
(DBN Subscription Required)

As Outlook Dims, Obama Expands Recovery Plans
(DBN Subscription Required)

Missing the Target With $700 Billion
(DBN Subscription Required)

IMF Head Fears Deeper Global Slowdown In 2009
(DBN Subscription Required)

CFOs’ outlook darkens further
(DBN Subscription Required)

Don't expect this to be a year of recovery or even shoring up
(DBN Subscription Required)

Great Recession of 2008 Rivals Most Others
(DBN Subscription Required)

Calif. unemployment rate jumps to 8.4 percent
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Real Estate:

White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire
(DBN Subscription Required)

Still Home for the Holidays, When Evictions Halt
(DBN Subscription Required)

State foreclosure moratorium laws are not achieving their goal of forcing lenders to modify loans with borrowers
(DBN Subscription Required)

One in Three Modifications Result in Lower Payment
(DBN Subscription Required)

'Angel' of foreclosure defense bedevils lenders
(DBN Subscription Required)

Developers ask for federal bailout, too
(DBN Subscription Required)

Moody's Puts $76 Billion In Comml CDOs On Watch For Cuts
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Commercial Real Estate Bailout
(DBN Subscription Required)

Icahn Won, So He Loses
(DBN Subscription Required)

Citibank Sues Sheldon Solow for $67 Million
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dwindling capital weighing on commercial construction
(DBN Subscription Required)

Intermediary files bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Fraud:

Firm Built on Madoff Ties Faces Tough Questions
(DBN Subscription Required)

Don't Be Scammed by Madoff Investor Sob Stories
(DBN Subscription Required)

Madoff Scheme Kept Rippling Outward, Across Borders
(DBN Subscription Required)

Madoff Strategy Dwarfed Market in Trades ‘Never Done’
(DBN Subscription Required)

What Did We Learn From Madoff ?
(DBN Subscription Required)

SEC has been slow to react to fraud claims
(DBN Subscription Required)

SECer: Agency "In A State Of Complete Panic" Over Madoff Revelations
(DBN Subscription Required)

Madoff Exposes Double Standard for Ponzi Schemes
(DBN Subscription Required)

Did Madoff investors overlook the obvious?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bring Us The Bodies
(DBN Subscription Required)

Fischer Says Madoff Shows How Smart Investors Missed Crisis
(DBN Subscription Required)

UBS fund invested $1.4 billion with Madoff
(DBN Subscription Required)

A Ponzi scheme that grew until the world was NOT BIG ENOUGH
(DBN Subscription Required)

Merry Christmas! Oh, by the way, you’re flat broke
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bad news for investors, good news for lawyers
(DBN Subscription Required)

FBI Agents Shifted From Terror Work to Madoff , Subprime Probes
(DBN Subscription Required)

Forensic accountants on hunt for Madoff's billions
(DBN Subscription Required)

Was Made-off Legit As Late As 2001?
(DBN Subscription Required)

'Ponzi' losses stun S. Fla. clients
(DBN Subscription Required)

D.C. Toll Runs High In Madoff Collapse
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bernard Madoff Scandal Spreads In Connecticut
(DBN Subscription Required)

US Ponzi Operator Madoff's "Man" in Spain
(DBN Subscription Required)

Abu Dhabi wealth fund may be Madoff victim
(DBN Subscription Required)

Trust was undoing for many charities
(DBN Subscription Required)

Jewish groups reeling over Madoff scheme
(DBN Subscription Required)

Does “Jewish Heritage” Make Someone a Flight Risk? The Feds Say Yes
(DBN Subscription Required)

Madoff’s Clients
(DBN Subscription Required)

MassMutual Burned by Madoff
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Exclusive NY synagogue members lose collective $2 billion
(DBN Subscription Required)

Charities burned by Bernard Madoff and Ponzi scheme may have to close
(DBN Subscription Required)

Madoff Scam Hits Harvard Medical School Grants
(DBN Subscription Required)

Tufts Adds Itself To The Madoff Body Bag
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bad Year Gets Worse for Eliot Spitzer: His Real Estate Firm Invested With Madoff
(DBN Subscription Required)

Madoff : As Consistent a Golfer as He Was an Investor
(DBN Subscription Required)

Swindled TV Actor Strikes Back: Creates Ponzi Scheme Series
(DBN Subscription Required)

Gov't Toughens Bail Conditions For Madoff
(DBN Subscription Required)

A Scheme With No Off Button
(DBN Subscription Required)

In New Jersey, garden-variety Ponzi schemes bloom, too
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Municipalities:

Schwarzenegger Will Order Two Days Unpaid Leave for State Employees
(DBN Subscription Required)

Detroit mayor: Deficit nears $300M, cuts ordered
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bankruptcy protection for Hoboken?
(DBN Subscription Required)

A Reeling City Is a Snapshot of Economic Woes
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Religion:

Archbishop warns of dangers with economic dogma
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Corporate Reform:

SEC struggles to deal with USA's complex financial industry
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Credit Cards:

New credit card rules can’t take effect fast enough
(DBN Subscription Required)

S&P cuts long-term ratings on American Express
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Web Sites:

A Word Insolvent Companies Avoid
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Silicon Valley:

Christmas shut-down in Silicon Valley; Downturn prompts office, factory closures plus enforced holidays
(DBN Subscription Required)

Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Hedge Funds:

Change Ahead for Hedge Funds
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Financial Literacy:

Debt concepts a challenge for many in U.S.
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Defaults:

Expectations of high-yield defaults may be too low: report
(DBN Subscription Required)

Companies seeking loan amendments up sharply this year
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Theme Parks:

What's future of Hard Rock Park?
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Corporate Criminal Investigations
(DBN Subscription Required)

Insurer of last resort gains numbers in downturn
(DBN Subscription Required)

Prudential Financial downgraded
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Beavers:

Latest downstream victim of credit crisis? Beaver trappers
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Electronics:

The Consumer Electronics Inventory Glut
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Food/Drink:

Darden Restaurants downgraded
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Sovereign Debt:

Ecuador president says will meet many debts
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Shipping:

Eagle Bulk Shipping stock plunges
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________