Law:
Jones Day Rankled by Kevyn Orr Website
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Lateral Partner Recruiting: The Beauty Of Boutiques
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Firms Must Change In Order To Survive And Thrive
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Market Struggles to Absorb Record Law School Class of '13
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Cleary pay soars even higher with new pay rises
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Median salary is $95K for new law grads working in law firms, NALP study shows --- NALP: Law Grads Continue to Struggle to Find Jobs
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Reinventing The Law Business: Creating Customers
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Work/Life Balance, Biglaw Women, And Katy Perry
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Partner disbarred after ripping off another firm's pitch document
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Lawyers: Shifting Sideways for Related Career Paths
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The 15 Most Prestigious Law Firms In America --- 2015 Vault Law Firm Rankings: The Nation’s 100 Most Prestigious Firms
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Anecdotal Evidence That LLMs Are A Giant Cash Grab
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Scathing Letter Suggests Smart Lawyer A Dumb -----
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Solos: Think/Act Like Entrepreneurs, Not Lawyers (Part 5)
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Blogging lawyer gets 30-day suspension for criticizing judge for ‘malfeasance’
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LawProse: "who"; "whom"
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Northwestern Law School’s late discovery of a student’s UPL conviction leads to litigation
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Firms That Took Over Hourly Fee Matters Needn't Share Profits With Bankrupt Firm
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Surprise House Vote Backs Limits On NSA
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5 Proven Strategies That Will Make You A Better Negotiator
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Cops: Six kids fell from atop moving car driven by drunk mother
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Police: Dog's throat cut; Officer charged with animal cruelty
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Cops: Man Put Hot Sauce In 3-Year-Old Boy's Mouth, Taped It Shut
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Judge tosses rape charges against lawyer accused in paralegal assault; other counts remain
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Attorney and client fined $15K for frivolous appeal after lawyer didn’t recall arguments
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You can be a lawyer and simultaneously live your childhood Indiana Jones dream
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Former BigLaw tax attorney gets 12 months for failing to file his own return
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17 Bizarre Lawsuits That Actually Happened
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You're Sanctioned! Judge Tells Donald Trump
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Cuckolded Husband Barred from Suing Man Who Stole Away His Wife
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Lawyer claims Donald Sterling threatened to take him out; judge denies protective order
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Judges:
You can find it all on the Web — except the justices’ financial reports
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Wife of judge admits she poisoned him with antifreeze, gets 2 years in plea deal
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One Woman’s Empathy Is Another Man’s Bias: On Judges With Daughters
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Cop accidentally fires rifle while in courthouse, in front of judge
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Wall Street:
Stock futures seesaw, but indexes see weekly gains
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Most Stocks Close With Slim Gains, S&P 500 Hits A New Record High
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:
Sentencing delayed for 'Real Housewives' stars Teresa, Joe Giudice
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Education:
Corinthian Colleges raises "going concern" doubts --- Federal Crackdown Puts Corinthian Colleges’ Future in Doubt --- Corinthian's Cloudy Future
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Resorts:
Former billionaire Blixseth hit with $200M judgment
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Telecoms:
Falcone, Other Harbinger Reps. Quit LightSquared Board
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BlackBerry sends short-sellers scrambling
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BlackBerry CEO: not seeking offer to sell
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Mass Torts:
Heavy Rain Muddies Freedom Industries Spill Site Demolition
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Infant Goods:
Kid Brands files Chapter 11 in Newark, NJ; has $49 million DIP
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Kid Brands Files Bankruptcy With Plan to Sell Business
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Retailing:
RadioShack Is on Its Way to $0
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RVs:
McMahon's RV seeks bankruptcy protection
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Economy:
Gauge of US economy gains 0.5 percent in May
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Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey suggests Solid Expansion in June
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It's Official: The Boomerang Kids Won't Leave
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US bonds fall as investors reposition for Fed, auction
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Jobless Claims Drop as US Consumers Gain Confidence
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The Ultra-Simple Explanation Of What The Fed Is Doing
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Young People Are Much More At Risk To Be Poor Now
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2030: The Year Retirements End
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The Obamas Want Their Daughters To Get A Taste Of Life On Minimum Wage
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College Costs Are Exposing The Mirage Of The American Dream
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Poll: Fewer Blame Poverty on the Poor
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Mortgage rates ease, Freddie Mac says: 30-year fixed averages 4.17%
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BofA Must Face U.S. Suit Over Mortgage-Securities Fraud
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Municipalities:
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to sign Detroit bankruptcy 'grand bargain' legislation Friday
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A Three-Hour Tour and Other Distractions
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Police-Fire Pension Board supports “yes” vote on Plan of Adjustment
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Vote on Detroit 'grand bargain' is key to bankruptcy end
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Detroit manager lays out planned changes to city workers' pensions
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Detroit Pension Fix Could Be Model For Other Cities Struggling To Fund Public Worker Retirement
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Detroit creditor wants to know personal finances of retirees --- Detroit says creditor 'crosses the line'
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Detroit Institute of Arts' 70 percent mark to $100 million goal 'sounds about right,' official says
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Bankruptcy court: San Bernardino close to deal with police
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San Bernardino Targets $190000 Firefighter Pay in Court
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Autos:
Barra on GM's bankruptcy protection
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Details Emerge on GM's Victims Fund
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GM Engineer Found Problem 8.5 Years Ago
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Detroit Big 3: Five Years Later
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Politics:
Congress hits new low: Only 7% have confidence in the institution
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Prosecutors accuse Gov. Scott Walker of running 'criminal scheme'
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Tax:
Supreme Court limits taxpayers' ability to fight IRS summons
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Healthcare:
Parkway Hospital back on the block
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Feds oppose planned sale of Fairmont General
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Hearing date scheduled on bids to buy former North Adams Regional Hospital
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Group Files for Bankruptcy After Lawsuit
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Oaklawn Hospital cuts 43 jobs
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Most Obamacare exchange enrollees were previously uninsured, survey finds
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Fraud:
House panel subpoenaed in insider trading probe
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Private Equity:
Why Are Some Megadeals More Likely to Default?
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Gambling:
Revel says it will shut without buyer
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Grim Revel-ation: Casino may close this summer
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Atlantic City Casino Owner Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Apparel:
American Apparel chairman: No chance of bankruptcy
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American Apparel Founder Dov Charney Finally Gets Fired --- Inside the American Apparel Revolt --- Is Dov Charney The Most Disgraced CEO Of All Time? --- How American Apparel's Ousted CEO Dov Charney Could Get His Revenge
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American Apparel bonds choppy after CEO terminated for cause
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Festivals:
Selling off what's left of defunct festival
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Chemicals:
Momentive value seen at $2-2.45B, 2nd-lien recovery at 12.8%-28.1%
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Creditors to vote on Momentive's contentious restructuring plan
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Win Rudy's Yankees Tickets!…
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Deepening Insolvency:
Deepening Insolvency Comes Up for Air
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Avoidance Actions:
Adelphia Decision Explores the Impact of Prepetition Fraud on Valuation Methodologies in Avoidance Actions
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Automatic Stay:
Fourth Circuit Reestablishes Subcontractors’ Right to Perfect Liens After Bankruptcy Filing
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Jurisdiction:
Stern Revisited: Big Questions Remain Unresolved
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Supreme Court Upholds Bankruptcy Court's Limited Procedural Power
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Supreme Court Approves Procedure to Consider Certain "Stern" Claims, While Failing to Address Other Issues Raised by Stern Decision
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Supreme Court Reaffirms Role of Bankruptcy Courts in Arkison Decision
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'Stern Claims' Remain Hazy Despite High Court Ruling
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Cross-Border:
Global Distress Signal - Developments in International and Cross-Border Insolvency
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Unexpired Leases:
Are You Not Entertained? The SDNY Weighs In On the Battle Between Sections 363(f) and 365(h) of the Bankruptcy Code
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Corporate Reform:
Court Ruling Protects Whistleblowers
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Tax:
How Credit Suisse Got Off Easy
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IRS Will Now Accept an ‘I Was Clueless’ Defense for Offshore Tax Evaders
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Video Games:
Rhode Island police to interview lawmakers involved in 38 Studios job creation plan
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Sovereigns:
Argentina Backtracks as $16 Billion Claims Sink Talks
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Argentina looking to negotiate with holdout creditors
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Imminent Risk Of Default As Battle Between Argentina And Paul Singer's Elliott Continues
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Argentina's Supreme Court loss may serve as a wake-up call
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Gov't says no US mission scheduled to negotiate with vulture funds --- Argentina says it has no team for talks in debt battle
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And Now Argentina Is In A Race Against Time
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Ruling on Argentina Gives Investors an Upper Hand
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Argentina shares fall on debt repayment doubts
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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Foreign Sovereigns Special Protection From Post-Judgment Discovery
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UK:
Pre-packs must rescue reputation, says Graham
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EU:
EU ministers squabble over strict deficit limits
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IMF: EU Recovery Not Strong Enough
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PIIGS:
Hearing on application brought by Quinn receivers is adjourned
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Ukraine:
NATO: Russia Is Placing Thousand Of Troops Along The Ukrainian Border
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Ukraine, creditors in talks on possible debt restructuring : IIF
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MENA:
'The Middle East Has No Future' Why should we fight the inevitable break-up of Iraq? --- How the US Lost Billions in Iraq
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Iraq bondholders eye default risk as conflict escalates
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World Stock Markets Aren't Too Worried About Iraq
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