Law:
A Lack Of Communication At Two Biglaw Firms Made Lawyers Completely Freak Out About Their Salaries
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Howrey Trustee Plans New Approach to Settle Unfinished Business Claims
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Job Growth In Legal Services Lagged Behind National Rate In 2012
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Morrison, Paul Hastings, Jones Day: Business of Law
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Debevoise, Goodwin Procter, Norton Rose: Business of Law
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Heller Estate and Greenberg Agree to Mediate Malpractice Claims
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Jones Day expands Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice With New Partner
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How Bryan Cave Translates Firm Financial Data Into Stories
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Law firm websites: Now with video!
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Brown Rudnick Selected to Represent the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in New England Compounding Center Case
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How Is the Coffee Here? What Associates Should Look For When Selecting a Firm
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How to Deal With Increasing Demands at Work and Home
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Making the Most Out of the Lows: Lessons Learned from Taking a Loss
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Law Firms, Agencies Trickle Back to Offices in Lower Manhattan
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Law firm failure: Avoiding the risks
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Bankruptcy judge penalizes McKool Smith P.C. firm financially for overbilling Lon Morris College
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Ceiling breaker
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Get Fit to Practice Law: 7 Exercise Trends to Try in 2013
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The First Step in Leaving Law Behind — It’s the Money, Stupid
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Funny Man Partner Now Spreads Joy With Reply-All Responses To Spam
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How to Give Great Mock Interviews? Be a Jerk!
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GC's: We Want Firms To Be Proactive (and Free?)
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How Technology Can be Used to Find Lost Time
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The Biglaw Flowchart That Tells You When You Can Leave The Office
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New York Bar Considers A Change That Could Revolutionize Law Schools
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Reducing law school to 2 years would just add to lawyer glut, says law prof
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How Corporate Procurement is Impacting Outside Counsel Selection
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Federal prosecutor defends actions after Internet activist suicide
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Womble Carlyle is sued by EEOC over alleged 75-pound lifting requirement
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The FBI doesn’t require reference checks, except for lawyer applicants
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Five rules of the insolvency game
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Law School Transparency: Further research confirms sky blue --- Forecast --- What's American U's strategy? --- Seriously?
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Supreme Court will hear law firms' appeals in Allen Stanford case
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Parents 'tried to exorcise daughter, 10'
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Cars Damaged In Drive-By Fruit Throwing Attack In NYC Suburb
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5-year old girl labeled 'terrorist'
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Fired Allen & Overy Lawyer-Turned-S-- Novelist Tells Of New Life in 2 Room Cabin Rented By The Night On Her Credit Card
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Lifetime's Casey Anthony Movie Made The Prosecutor Look Like An Idiot
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Lawyers google jurors to find out their likes, jobs and interests then tailor courtroom speeches to help win trials
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Father Kills Wife, Himself at Daughter's Sweet 16 Birthday Party
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Services for s--
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Cops: Two Strippers Cited for Brawling Over $1 Bill
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2 Lemurs Run Loose In Miami Beach, Launch Themselves At Police, Attack Toddler
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Man who raped daughter for 10 years gets suspended sentence
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Woman Sues Match.com for Match from Hell
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Benchslap Update: Skadden Partners Learn Their Fates
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The Supreme Court in President Obama’s Second Term
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Got a 25-cent gambling dispute? A hearing officer stands ready to resolve it
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Testimony: Lawyers promised then-judge big bucks to ‘make sure things came out OK’
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Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jennemann signs order to study unifying court procedures
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At Long Last, Justice for State Judge
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Why Supreme Court Justices Wear Those Weird Hats
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Contempt trifecta: Client and attorney are no-shows, shouting protester taken into custody
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Judge Hathaway retires amid fraud case
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Wall Street:
US Stock -Index Futures Fluctuate Before J&J Earnings
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U.S. Stocks Close at Five-Year High
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Citigroup Said to Cut Investment Bankers’ Bonuses by 20%
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IMF's Lagarde Still Gunning for Wall Street
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Layoffs:
Impact of Baby Boomers Working Past 65
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Cargill Beef Firing 2,000
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Prudential survey: Employers, employees less optimistic about financial future
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Why Robots Are Worse for the Economy Than You Think
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Steel:
RG Steel creditors seek to sue for breach of duties --- Want Rennert to pay over $238 million
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Hollywood:
Florida wants to reclaim $20 million from Digital Domain
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West Palm Beach wants input in digital arts decision
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Scott wants $20M back from South Florida company
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Electricity:
Southern, Yellowstone Valley Electric Co-op strike a deal
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Agriculture:
Zacky bankruptcy bidder plans to avoid layoffs
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Zacky Farms, LLC to Sell Its Assets to the Lillian Zacky Family Trust
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Grant to face creditors over bankrupt organic farm
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Fashion:
Betsey Johnson On Her Line: 'I Realized That It Couldn't Last'
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Banking:
Finance, banking the least-trusted industries, survey finds --- The State of Trust
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Legal expenses drag down Citigroup 4Q earnings
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Levin Report on JPMorgan Whale Said to Fault Regulator
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How to Cut Megabanks Down to Size
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1st Regents Bank, Andover, MN, Closed By Regulators
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Barclays Workers’ Push for Libor Case Anonymity Rejected
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Economy:
Fed Was Clueless on Eve of Meltdown
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Preparing for the unthinkable: Could markets handle a US default? --- Last debt ceiling debate indicates more economic hurt likely as another fight looms --- Difficult Choices on Debt if the US Hits the Ceiling --- GOP Rep. Mulvaney: 'No risk of default ' on debt --- GOP Agrees to 3 Month Debt Ceiling Increase
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First Term: Americans Collecting Disability Increased 1,385,418—Now 1 for Each 13 Full-Time Workers
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Obama Vows Aggressive Agenda
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Goldman Sachs: QE will last through 2014
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Consumer confidence sinks again in January
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Bailout Recipients: Profits and Losses
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Geithner May Have Revealed Rate Cut to Banks
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Buffett: US debt on its own 'not a problem'
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The Ranking Of Best Countries To Be Born In Has Changed A Lot In 25 Years
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Glimmer of hope in US debt talks buoys markets
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Davos 2013: western economies are not for us, say developing nations
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$7.66 Trillion Of Stimulus In America From 2008 To 2012, Itemized
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To Live Like A Middle Class Citizen In NYC, You Have To Make At Least $80,000
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Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery
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Financial Collapse: A 10-Step Recovery Plan
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World Needs $57T in New Infrastructure
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World Unemployment to Hit Record High in 2013: ILO
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Housing recovery to occur in fits and starts
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The Year Everyone Was Wrong (Again)About Home Prices
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HSBC Agrees To $249M Foreclosure Settlement
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Lawsuits filed by former East Mesa land development partners
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HI: Isle mortgage broker facing court hearing on bankruptcy
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New restructuring officer named for One Bal Harbour
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Paper edited by Sheila Bair focuses on fixing housing
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12 States Where Homeowners Are Deep Underwater
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New Paper Says Housing IS The Business Cycle
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Food/Beverage:
Hostess union hires investment bank --- Union hires Gordian
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Chicken adopters grab wrong birds
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Municipalities:
The Risks of Doing Business with an Insolvent Municipality
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The Automatic Stay and Chapter 9
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State Pension Funds Underfunded By Over $16B
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There's what pensions promise; then there's what they can pay
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San Bernardino police, fire unions enter mediation
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Why Illinois is Going Bankrupt
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RI: The Most Debt-ridden Cities and Towns
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Michigan Supreme Court rejects emergency manager law challenge
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Court: Detroit schools' emergency chief can stay
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Benton Harbor’s new emergency manager will work in “dog years” to hand over local control
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Flint's deficit climbs to $19 million; emergency financial manager says budget 'on track'
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Municipal Insolvency and Proposition 13
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Coal:
Meeting addresses Patriot Coal issue
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Thousands of Miners' Benefits In Jeopardy
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Travel:
Discovery Tours Bankruptcy Case Dismissed
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Celebs:
Phil Mickelson Unhappy About Taxes, Talks About Leaving California
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Grossest Thing Ever Sold Because of Bankruptcy?
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Aviation:
AMR Wins U.S. Court Approval for $1.5 Billion Financing
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Consultant thinks AA rebranding ‘completely unnecessary,’ ‘professionally irresponsible’
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Horton talks about rebranding and a possible merger
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Cancellations escalate as Dreamliner remains grounded --- Why 787 Dreamliner Battery Woes Are the Tip of Boeing's Iceberg
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Quick fix for Dreamliner looks less likely, experts say --- 787 Dreamliner a Nightmare About to Happen
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Forced Bankruptcy A Possibility For Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines
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Video Games:
Atari US Files Bankruptcy
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The Game Plan Behind Atari's U.S. Bankruptcy Filing
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Telecoms:
LightSquared seeks more time to control its own bankruptcy
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Energy:
Dynegy Preparing to Refinance $1.36 Billion of its Debt by March
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History:
When U.S. Farmers Fought Foreclosures
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Lockers:
Locker Manufacturer to Offer All Assets for Sale as a Going-Concern
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Health Care:
Owners drew $16m from pharmacy tied to deaths
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Dairy:
Golden Guernsey's bankruptcy filing lists hundreds of creditors
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Retailing:
Idaho Based Honks $1.00 shutting Down Stores
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Politics:
Making Washington Work: Bring Back Earmarks?
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Awards:
M&A Advisor Announces Turnaround Award Finalists
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2012 'LTN' Innovation Awards
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Credit Cards:
Younger Americans more likely to die with credit card debt
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Brokers:
FCStone fights $15.6 million ruling in Sentinel bankruptcy
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Fraud:
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Stanford Ponzi Scheme Cases to Consider SLUSA Preclusion --- US Supreme Court takes up huge Ponzi scheme case
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Rothstein Exposé
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Prison Bound Madoff's Brother at Granddaughter's Bat Mitzvah
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Barclays sued over role in German 'mini Madoff' fraud
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Caterpillar writes off most of China deal after fraud
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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 (49 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (165 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:
(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:
Middle District bankruptcies fall to lowest rate since 2008
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Bankruptcy filings drop in Massachusetts in 2012
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Lexicology:
Stripping Down Bankruptcy Jargon
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
Judge Approves Most ResCap Annual Bonuses, But Not All
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Claims:
Administrative Priority for Post-Petition, Pre-Rejection Lease Indemnification Obligations
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Safe Harbors:
Navigating The 546(e)Safe Harbor Provision
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Unexpired Leases:
Section 365(h)– Rejecting a Lease When the Debtor Is the Landlord
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Avoidance Actions:
Section 502(d)Does Not Bar Preference Action After Allowance of Creditor's Claim
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Recent Pleadings:
UST Weighs In On Dewey Professional Fees --- JPMorgan Too - No Over-Budget Fees --- Committee: "Concerns with the amount of fees that are accruing"
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Litigation:
Is predictive coding better than human document review? Maybe so, new case suggests
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Rule 34 and TIFF Productions in the Clouds
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A chance to stop judicial forum shopping - Fixing Justice Marshall's diversity "mistake"?
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Finance:
California Supreme Court Broadens Borrower Fraud Defense to Written Loan Agreements
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Insurance:
Bankruptcy Court Exercises Jurisdiction Over Trustee’s Adversary Proceeding Against Insurer
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Consultants:
When the smartest guys in the room go bankrupt
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MorrisAnderson Promotes Amin to Managing Director
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Television:
Judge approves $1.5 million sale of Roberts TV station in Mississippi
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Livestock:
Cargill Wins Bid to Acquire Two Mills from Pennfield
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Turnarounds:
Selling Distressed Businesses, Part 3:KeyTake-Aways For Sellers
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Education:
For-loss education: How investors, lenders stand to lose everything in ATI Enterprises
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Test-Prep Company Education Holdings Files for Bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:
An Argentine Parallel
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Investors flee Argentine debt on default fears
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BofA Rejects Euro Haven Before Default Ruling
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UK:
Record Labels Could Lose $240M From HMV Bankruptcy
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Fee-fi-fo-fum - FT and others get a taste for zombie blood: New Year Resolutions for Zombie Companies
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Scot Young: Bankrupt divorcee jailed for 'hiding' his millions reveals plans for ultimate revenge
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Blackburn directors disqualified for failure to pay tax
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'wrong and dangerous' to rely on ECB
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Taxman’s winding-up orders up 57%
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Deloitte administrators to close 129 Blockbuster stores
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Hilco frontrunner for HMV, music and film industry keen -reports
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HMV administrators u-turn on gift card stance
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Could a university be the next HMV?
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Debate illustrates schism on avoidance
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Manchester fashion label falls into administration
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Positive future expected after pre-pack hotel sale
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Insolvency cases pick up for Wilson Field
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Pre-pack saves 350 jobs at New Life Cleaning Systems
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Asian Buyers Snap Up Half of New London Homes
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EU:
Europe’s Recession Is Still Dragging Down House Prices In Most European Markets
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No respite for euro zone in long rebalancing slog
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PIIGS:
The Most Positive Thing About Greece In Years --- Greece's blowout sale --- Number of jobseekers in Greece rises close to 800,000 --- New pay cuts trigger transport strikes in Greece, protesters defy court order to resume work
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Spain Beats Bills Sale Target as Markets Await New 10-Year Bond
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EU set for financial transaction tax
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Canada:
Nortel mediation talks extended into next week
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Germany:
German Investor Confidence Increases to 2 1/2-Year High
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Cyprus:
How to liquidate a Cyprus insolvent company
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Australia:
How the wheels fell off Hastie
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Directors and Officers Insurance when the company is in liquidation – What happened in Bridgecorp?
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MENA:
Hopes renewed for UAE bankruptcy law by quarter’s end
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Jamaica:
Fitch Lowers Jamaica Outlook as Central Bank Reserves Shrink
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Japan:
Japan Finance Minister: Old People Should Just Hurry Up and Die
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South Africa:
US bankruptcy law gets SA recognition
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