February 19, 2013

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Law:

Several Former Partners Ask Judge to Reject Dewey's Bankruptcy Plan
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To Practice Law, Apprentice First
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CA: Revenue Growth Modest at Many Firms, But Profits Surge, Partner Ranks Shrink
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Gibson Dunn Hits New High in Profits
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Jackson Lewis's Growth Slows
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Big Law's 2012 Performance: Numbers and Nuance
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Kirkland, King & Spalding, K&L Gates,S&C: Business of Law
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Munger, Kirkland, Davis Polk, Latham, Weil: Business of Law
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Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Ruling the Roost
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From Stay-at-Home Moms to Back-to-Work Lawyers
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Lawyer who left office at 6.30am after all-nighter 'criticized for going early'
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Saving Space: Law Firms Look to Minimize, Restructure Real Estate
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Lawyer's Lies About Work Experience, Age to Win British Job Earn Conviction in New York
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Lawyer who faked past guilty of conspiracy and forgery
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Five Truths Bankruptcy Lawyers Didn't Learn in School
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The Mindset of a Lawyer with ‘Work-Life Balance’
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Paralegal Jobs Are Vanishing According to New AP Analysis
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Is a Twitter Handle a 'Must-Have' for Today's Lawyer? Not Yet
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Get Social: Lawyers Effectively Use Social Media to Boost Business
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Time For Law Schools To Be More Like Med Schools?
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Law schools' goal should be 'client ready'
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Don't Worry About The Job Market, Go To Law School To Find Love
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Law Students Do The Harlem Shake In Library
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Law School Transparency: The business of the academy --- Transparency redux
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Professor Says There's One Reason Yale Law Beats Harvard In US News Rankings
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Library Catch 22: Facing Cutbacks and Shutdowns While Demand Is Way Up
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18 Ways Your Office Job Is Destroying Your Body
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23 Laws The US Should Adopt From Around The World
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20 Traits Of A Narcissist
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Police under investigation over dog witness statement... Signed with paw print
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Oscar Pistorius Has Put Together A Crack Team Of Lawyers --- Girlfriend 'shot four times through bathroom door' --- Report: Steroids Found In The Home Of Oscar Pistorius --- Oscar Pistorius 'carried dying Reeva Steenkamp downstairs and tried to resuscitate her'
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Woman bites boyfriend after Valentine's spat
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Thieves Snatch $2 Million in Jewelry from Four Seasons Hotel
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Man exonerated of murder can pursue $150 mln lawsuit vs N.Y.C.
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Alec fast & slur-ious
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Court still collects child-support from father 25 years after son dies
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Elderly couple pulled over after police mistake college decal for marijuana leaf
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Cops: Man Tased Outside Target Trying To Steal Justin Bieber Valentines
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Policeman in obscenity-tainted tirade threatens citizen with death at the hands of alligators
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Dead lawyer to go on trial
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Instead Of Buying Your Engagement Ring At Costco, Why Don’t You Just Give Her A Lump Of Coal And Tell Her To Sit On It?
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A Rose By Any Other Name… Will Still Want Alimony
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Therapist explains why some lawyers are bad in bed
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Seniors' Bingo Game Turns Violent
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Judges:

Judge Describes Violence That Led to Judge Choking
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Former Judge’s bribery conviction affirmed
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New D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Dreading the Sequester
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Sparkle Bright Like A Diamond
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The quandary of courthouse security
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Reprimand For Former Judge Who Signed But Did Not Read Orders
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As More Courts Allow Video, Justices Dig In Heels
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The question of Clarence Thomas
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Wall Street:

Stock futures edge higher as sequester looms
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Volatility Falls Most Since 1930s as Stock Funds Gain
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Wall Street Bonuses Were Crushed Last Year
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Layoffs:

You're Not the Only One Who Feels Overqualified for Your Job
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More Layoffs Coming in Financial Markets
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Private Equity:

Creditors target former TPG affiliates
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Aviation:

New American Is Next Chapter In Industry Consolidation
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US Airways/American merger could demote some hubs
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AMR chief gets big sendoff
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American Airlines bankruptcy , merger deals were complex, expensive
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American Airlines’ CEO: US Airways merger talks involved ‘a little poker’
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Conversation with Tom Horton and Doug Parker about executive compensation and severance packages
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Goodbye, AMR – You’re headed for the boneyard
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US Airways, American merger started with phone call
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The matchmakers behind the AMR-US Airways marriage
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Wait-and-See Mode Arrives as Airline Mega-Merger Takes Shape
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Airline merger caps consolidation flight for U.S. carriers
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The APFA updates American Airlines flight attendants over the weekend
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American Airlines, US Airways lay out the employment numbers
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Wave that union flag over American Airlines-US Airways merger
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Another delay in court case for former co-owner of defunct Pace Airlines
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Checks for former Pace Airlines employees on the way
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Braniff, TWA among dozens of bygone carriers
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Orbest Airlines's Bankruptcy Protection Filling Will Not Affect Travelers
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Man accused of slapping crying boy on Delta flight is out of a job
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Retailing:

The Era Of Giant Chain Stores Is Over
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Companies Exposed To Wal-Mart
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OfficeMax, Office Depot said to be close to merger
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Telecoms:

LightSquared lines up deal with lenders in bankruptcy case
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Powerwave Technologies unsecured creditors committee appointed
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Mass Torts:

San Francisco Trial Court Is First California Court To Adopt The Wallace & Gale Approach To Asbestos Operations Claims
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In $100 Million Disbursement, Lawyer Taps 9/11 Special Master
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Bonds:

Junior bondholders shaken but wider debt repricing unlikely
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Money Management:

For money manager, a hard fall from a lofty perch
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Electricity:

Bankruptcy advisers circle a still solvent Energy Future
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Plan filed to save bankrupt power co-op --- Officials question plan for bankrupt co-op
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Autos:

GM Profit Sharing Checks: $6,750
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European Car Sales Had Their Worst January Since 1990
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VW Chief to Take 20% Pay Cut
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Economy:

Automatic cuts are getting a big yawn from Washington --- DC's Weird Idea of Cuts --- Sequester Alarmists Forget They Are Public Servants --- The Nightmare of Sequestration Hits Home --- No-work Congress: Lawmakers leave for recess --- The Actual Cost Of Stopping The Sequester Will Shock You --- AG, FBI Warns Against Sequester Cuts
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Consumer Sentiment Jumps in Early February
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The Real Reason the Economy is Broken
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Tax-Dodging: It's A $20 Trillion Global Industry And It Starts Right Here
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Gas Prices Are On A Tear, And Analysts Are Puzzled
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Here's How Much Money US Banks Really Lost During The Crisis
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How Long It Takes To Become A Millionaire In Different Countries
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Financial Decline Ahead for Most Retirees
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Don't Blink, or You'll Miss Another Bailout
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The Truth About US Food Stamp Usage
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GAO report: Financial crisis cost $22 trillion
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Mortgage Firms Wade Through Corporate Bankruptcies
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Wells Fargo's $5B Deal Didn't Clear It Entirely
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Underwater Homes Remain a Dark Spot in the Recovery
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Fight over MBS Trustee Liability Heads to the Second Circuit
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The Cities With The Highest Foreclosure Rates In America
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Foreclosure 'helpers' profit at owners' expense
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An NYC Doorman Tells What Makes A Nightmare Tenant
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When housing bubble burst, some developers left streets in rough shape
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Rosengren: Housing recovery dependant on Fed intervention
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Large institutional investors emerge in REO-to-rental market
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Road ahead for home prices remains uncertain
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California falling foreclosures may be a mirage in the desert
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M&A:

We Know M&A's Back—But Where's It Going?
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Magazines:

Publisher behind iconic Reader's Digest takes a second trip through bankruptcy
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Reader’s Digest Brand is Key to Strategy in Bankruptcy
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Politics:

Senator Elizabeth Warren grills regulators, videos go viral
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DC's quest to silence Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren discovers the policy of financial failure containment
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Pro-tax senator in arrears on taxes for DC mansion
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Religion:

Bankrupt Churches
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Corporate Reform:

Well Done, Washington!
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Reed, Brown, Warren Demand an Up or Down Vote on CFPB Director
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Too Big to Regulate? The Warren Debut
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Wall Street Blocked Elizabeth Warren From Her Consumer Protection Board And This Is What They Got
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Republicans attempt to thwart consumer protection from credit bureaus
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Largest Corporate Fines and Settlements
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The Myth of Deregulation's Consumer Benefits
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Health Care:

Liberty Medical Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Circle Family Healthcare Network files for bankruptcy
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2 Hospitals Receive Credit Downgrades in Past Month
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Highmark's Affiliations With West Penn, Jefferson Regional Receive County Approval
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As 'Obamacare' exchange deadline passes, 26 states opt in with feds
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Administration quietly winds down program for 'uninsurables'
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Fraud:

Valentine's Day Surprise for Madoff Victims as Trustee Seeks to Make Third Interim Distribution
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Stanford Investors Sue Antigua, Caribbean Central Bank
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CEO in fraud case needs more than 7 days prison-court
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NCAA acknowledges 'missteps' in Miami case --- Emmert: NCAA ‘failed our membership’ with Miami tactics --- Some information in NCAA's Miami case expunged --- Report: NCAA's chief rules enforcer fired for breaking rules
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Florida hit by 'tsunami' of tax identity fraud
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TX: 3 Guilty Pleas in $485 Million Ponzi Scam
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Celebs:

The Broke and the Beautiful: Love Actually Edition
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Ex-billionaire seeks mediation with legal foes
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Lawyer: Casey Anthony bankruptcy belongs in Orlando
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Curt Schilling's bloody sock auction: Do I hear $100,000?
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Bankrupt former Arkansas coach John L. Smith accused of defrauding creditors
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Golf:

Trustee to oversee Woodcrest bankruptcy
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Auto Racing:

Defunct F1 team HRT sells cars to scrap dealer
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Paper:

12 years later, Shasta Paper Co. bankruptcy case about to end
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Food/Beverage:

Campbell's chief hints at gains from Hostess bankruptcy
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Hollywood:

Rhythm & Hues gets $17 mil loan from Universal, Fox
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Fired Rhythm & Hues Workers Sue Over Terminations Without Notice
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'Life of Pi' Director Ang Lee Calls Rhythm & Hues Bankruptcy 'Very Sad'
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Student Debt:

Iowa Governor Proposes Medical School Debt Forgiveness
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Deadbeat Docs: Woman owes nearly 400K in med school loans
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NFL QB Takes Out Loans Like Uninformed Law Students
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Fashion:

Bettina Liano shuts up shop to try US
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Credit Reporting:

Consumers need better way to fix credit reporting errors
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Alternative Energy:

Hundreds of thousands of solar panels 'a fire risk'
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Newspapers:

$122 million bid received for Journal Register Company
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Equipment Rental:

Parties vie for control of 60-year-old Ahern Rentals Inc.
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Agriculture:

Anderson Seed insolvency case hits one-year mark
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Corporate Governance:

Appointment of Receiver or Custodian for Insolvent Company
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Big Banks Flunk Corporate Governance 101
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Resorts:

Tim Blixseth seeks mediation in Yellowstone Club lawsuits
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Hotels:

Hotel Loan Taints Post-Crisis CMBS
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (104 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
(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 down across mid-Hudson
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Psychology:

Do Apologies Matter in Bankruptcy?
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Plan Confirmation:

"New Value" Plans Require Competitive Bidding, Says 7th Circuit
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Chief Judge Easterbrook Writes That Free Market Competition Trumps Equity's Attempted Free Lunch Under the New Value Exception to the Absolute Priority Rule

A Hail Mary or Bad Faith Filing? Why Assignment of Insider Claims to Non-Insider Parties Cannot Be Used to Confirm a Cramdown Plan
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Professional Employment:

USTP Announces Proposed Settlement with Law Firm , Financial Adviser
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Kaye Scholer Settles with U.S. Trustee in Bankruptcy Case
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Claims Trading:

Read the Fine Print Before You Sell Your Bankruptcy Claim
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Jurisdiction:

Requirements for Claim-Reservation Provisions Growing Clearer
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Jurisdictional Mix-and-Match: Vitro, Elpida and Fairfield Demonstrate the Uncertainties of Cross-Border Bankruptcy for US Bondholders and Buyers
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Trustees:

Bloggers Rally to Defense of Defamation Defendant Who Criticized Bankruptcy Trustee
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Personal Finance:

The Extreme Plan One Mother Used To Erase $89,000 Of Debt In Six Months
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Asset Protection:

Accessing Funds in Asset-Protection Entities
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Municipalities:

Chapter 9: Where Are They Now?
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Copper Thieves Darken Detroit Freeways
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Detroit: Of course they don't like the idea of an EM --- The good and the bad news about an emergency manager for Detroit --- Governor to get city's financial review report Tuesday --- Governor Considering Short List For Possible Job --- Detroit emergency manager may be hard to find --- Experts foresee financial takeover of Detroit --- A look at New York’s 1970s turnaround paints bleak picture of what could be ahead for Detroit
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Forget the big comeback; Detroit focuses on what can be saved --- Detroit's efforts too little, too late
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Telford: Bring the feds into Detroit schools
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National expert: 'A magician' needed to fill Gov. Rick Snyder's Detroit emergency financial manager job
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City can bounce back like GM from bankruptcy
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Flint Mayor Dayne Walling charting path out of emergency manager control in State of the City
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San Bernardino must trim pay, benefit costs
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New city manager makes fresh start --- City charter is ripe for reform
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San Bernardino City Council to accept city manager contract
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Jeffco commissioners make deal with one creditor
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On the Brink of Insolvency : A Roadmap to Turning a City Around
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Bankrupting Us: Government Pensions
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Credit Cards:

Former Goldman Banker: You Should Know The Ugly Math Behind Your Credit Card Debt
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Banking:

Regulators Shutter Chicago-Based Bank --- 3rd to fail in US in 2013
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FDIC: Failed Bank and Failed Bank Litigation Update
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Hoenig Is Right: Exams Should Home In on Big Banks
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Don't Buy Bank Stocks Until You Read This
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How HSBC Bank Got Away with Murder
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Sovereigns:

Singer Upends Bonds as Default Endgame Nears in Argentina
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UK:

Muslim Preacher Tells Followers Getting Welfare Cash For Holy Wars Is Easy And Right
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Shoosmiths insolvency specialist helps save jobs at online footwear retailer Cloggs
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JPMorgan Whale Wanted For Lehman Questioning
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Cameron: Avoidance as bad as evasion
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HMRC should “name and shame” tax avoiders, says Hodge
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PKF administrators see Pompey court date pushed back again
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Cosalt appoints administrators
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The countryside in crisis
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Cattles group FD stripped of licence at tribunal
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Britain's PM Cameron says wants RBS to speed restructuring
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Wragges leads as Morrisons secures Blockbuster administration store deal
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Arthur Cox leads on Anglo Irish Bank liquidation
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PIIGS:

The New Spanish Debt Stats Will Give You Chills --- A Vast Political Espionage Scandal Is Unfolding In Spain --- Spanish Non-Performing Loans Decline Sharply After Transfers to Bad Bank --- Spanish property firm Reyal Urbis files for insolvency
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Greece May Get Cruel Reward for Its Success --- The sell-offs that are key to plan's success --- Desperate landlords seeking way out --- Number of Greeks registered as unemployed rose 4pct to 1.02mln in January --- Troika due back in Athens on February 25 to check on Greek progress
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Canada:

NERA Releases 2012 Canadian Securities Class Action Update
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Netherlands:

Dutch Partnership Agreements - Bankruptcy Clause
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Cyprus:

Troika studies fallout of Cyprus bankruptcy
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Cyprus in crucial vote as nation nears bankruptcy
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ECB: Cyprus aid only with anti-money-laundering control
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Lithuania:

Nordic Banks Deny Interest in Lithuania's Insolvent Ukio
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Lithuania to Seek Sale of Seized Ukio Bankas Within a Week
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Vatican:

Leaked papers depict broken Vatican --- All the Pope's Secrets Starting to Leak Out
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Pope Benedict Was No Match For VatiLeaks
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Bankruptcy, the mafia, suicide and murder - the dark history of the Vatican bank
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Pope asks cardinal to lead financially troubled religious order
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Vatican's New Banker Tied to Warships
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The Bitter Struggle for Control of the Catholic Church
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Indonesia:

Curators to bargain on fees in Telkomsel bankruptcy case
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Australia:

Liquidators and unsecured creditors beware: interim distribution of employee entitlements may mean later preference recoveries belong to a secured creditor
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