November 11, 2009

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Chicago Judge Lambastes Sidley Lawyers Over Brief
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Investors Sue to Force Rothstein Law Firm Into Involuntary Bankruptcy
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Covington Freezes Salaries Outside New York
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Reed Smith Sets First-Year Associate Salaries, Reduces Billing Rates
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How Low Will New Lawyer Pay Go? As Low as $110K to $130K at Reed Smith
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Katten Revokes Some, Defers Others, and Allows Few To Start On Time
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Baker Botts to ‘Hybrid-Lockstep’ in 2010
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So You Think You Can Make Partner?
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Religious Bias Claim Proceeds Against Pryor Cashman
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FTC Seeks Contempt Charges Against Lawyer Over Fees
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Pinching Pennies Part I: UPS Taps King & Spalding for E-Discovery Work
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Five-Star Law Firms? ACC Publishes Ratings, to Mixed Reviews
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Law Firm & Ex-Associate Litigate Badmouth Blog Battle in State & Federal Court
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How a BigLaw Partner Rescued Pepsi From $1.26 Billion Bonehead Move
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Ex-Prosecutor Tied to More Crimes Targeting Witnesses, Indictment Says
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Rothstein’s Talking Lunch: ‘I’m Gonna Do the Right Thing.’
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Goodbye To All That: Feds Start in on Rothstein’s Stuff
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Former Investment Banker Rejoins BigLaw But Not His Old NY Firm
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Forget Retirement, Court Tells Prominent Lawyer
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Virginia-Based LeClairRyan Seeks to Grow in California
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Prosecution: Innocence Project Student Paid Witness for Exonerating Statement
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Pls Hndle Thx: All About the Benjamins
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Introducing the Man Who Will Represent Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
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UC Davis Law Students Need to Get a Room
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Deidre Dare Likes Abusive Men and Getting Paid For Her Writing
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Lawsuit of the Day
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Judges:

Chief Justice Featured on Baseball Card
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Judge in the Doghouse for Bringing Her Pups to Courthouse
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Gain
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Asian Shares End Mostly Up But China Stocks Fall After Data
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Sentiment on US Stocks Reverses Two-Month Slump; UK Worsens
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Adobe cuts 680 jobs
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Pembrooke Workers Hold Vigil for Benefits
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Job Seekers Aim to Erase Criminal Past
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Aviation:

American says TPG could invest in struggling JAL
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Fraud:

Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers Found Not Guilty of Fraud
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SEC Hits Former Merriman GC, CEO for Fraud on Their Watch
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Galleon Witness Says He Paid for Tips
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Another Wall Street Fraud, With Few Consequences
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Economy:

Dollar Falls to 15-Month Low on Bets Fed Rate to Stay Near Zero
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:

Home Prices Falling, Sales Rising
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Minnesota Judge Delivers Setback to Struggling Homeowners
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Gemcraft declares bankruptcy
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Developer Mastro responds to trustee suit
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In Chapter 7, Nature Coast Commons Subject to Bankruptcy Sale
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Park Pointe developer files for bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy judge rules in favor of unit owners at Colony Beach & Tennis Resort
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Granite Park developer Barbis files bankruptcy
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If the American Dream’s Faded, What’s Next?
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Corporate Reform:

Rosengren-Living Wills May Enhance Bankruptcy Procedure
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Dodd seeks more muscle in us financial reforms
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Compensation:

AIG chief threatened to leave over pay constraints: report
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Too Big to Fail and Exec Compensation: Inextricably Linked
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Pay Caps Make It Tough to Hire Execs: GM Chairman
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Litigation:

Jury acquits ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers
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Future prosecutions could prove elusive
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Bear Stearns Case Shows E-mail Isn't Everything
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Bear acquittal backs cock-ups over conspiracies
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Justices Sympathetic to Applying Headquarters Standard to Corporate Jurisdiction
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Distant Thunder: Is the Litigation Boom Finally Here?
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Apparel:

Wilkes Bashford files for bankruptcy protection
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Food/Drink:

Arizona-based NutraCea Files For Bankruptcy Protection
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Gambling:

Creditors press for independent examiner in Station bankruptcy
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Greektown Casino-Hotel near reorganizing
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Agriculture:

Pork Producer Blames Financial Ills on Swine Flu
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Coharie Hog Farm Files Bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

FairPoint Hearing Postponed
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HawTel plan banks on success of Next Generation TV
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Boating:

Irwin Jacobs eyeing bid for Genmar
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Symphonies:

Honolulu Symphony says most patrons not seeking refunds
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Horse Racing:

DeFrancis Fights For Profit Sharing At Tracks
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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
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Insurance:

Ambac: Now It Warns of Bankruptcy ?
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Who Could Succeed Benmosche at AIG?
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Autos:

Chairman Says GM Can Repay Taxpayers
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General Motors hopes to pay off debt to government by year's end
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Chairman Tightens Grip as GM Rebuilds
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Chrysler, GM are taking divergent roads to recovery after bankruptcy
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For GM, Work at Opel Includes Mending Fences
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Accounting:

Deloitte helps keep lawyers in business
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Newspapers:

Judge bars credit bid in Phila. Newspapers auction
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Tribune Co. to pay back some high-interest loans
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The Record publisher prepares for bankruptcy
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Dick Tracy Battle Moves to California
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New Hampshire to fund loan to save ailing newspaper
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Retailing:

Regional retailer Hackett's to file for bankruptcy
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InkStop files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Furniture:

Simmons Bondholders May Get 5% After THL Payouts, Moody's Says
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Health Care:

Erickson seeks protections to reverse deposit fall
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People in financial distress should be offered mental health resources
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Celebs:

Judge revives Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy" lawsuit
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Vick wins ruling on bonuses
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Anderson Refutes Bankruptcy Reports
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Museums:

Despite efforts, D-Day Memorial's future uncertain
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UK:

Bank of England Raises Forecasts for UK Inflation, May Exceed 2% in 2012
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UK Jobless Data Sends Pound Higher
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Pound Pessimism at Highest Since March as Economy Outlook Falls
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Italy:

UniCredit Third-Quarter Profit Falls 26% as Provisions Increase
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