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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Dialogue with an Affable Law School Dean, Part 1.”

Credit Slips

• Mortgage Servicing Paper
• A New Title Loan Philanthropic Organization?
• 21% HAMP First Year Redefault Rate
• Projected Filings for 2011
• US News & Unintended Consequences for Bankruptcy Judges (and the Law Clerks They Hire)
• Slipping into Arizona . . .
• Bankruptcy Filing Rate Drops Sharply in November
• Expanding Chapter 9
• Fisking the American Securitization Forum’s Congressional Testimony
• The New Robosigning

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Crystal Cathedral Shutters Christmas Show
• Jewish Times Publisher to Exit Bankruptcy
• Court Approves AVP Sale to Existing Shareholder
• Dreier Bankruptcy Trustee Files Flurry of Lawsuits
• Arena Deal Keeps Coyotes Hockey Team in Desert
• Rock & Republic Finds its Softer Side
• Oaktree, Angelo Gordon Seek Akin Gump Dismissal in Tribune Case
• Too Cool for School
• Braxton Faces Creditor Bid to Break Bankruptcy Shield
• The Daily Docket: A&P Files for Bankruptcy
• Pasadena Playhouse Raises $2 Million to Match Donation
• Creditor Looks to Upend Tamarack Chairlifts
• Farkas Dabbles in Real Estate While Seeking Trial Delay
• Polaroid Trustee Takes Aim at Former ‘NSync Star
• Formosa Star Guides Oriental Trading to Bill for Costumes
• Hecker Admits to Secretly Buying Back Bikes
• Bankruptcy Objections, the Final Frontier
• Cuban Gives Up on Payment From Texas Rangers

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Thoughts on Human Capital Contracts”.

Credit Slips

• Welfare Economics and Consumer Credit Paper
• Point of Purchase Bank Card Surcharges: Will They Help or Hurt Consumers?
• Kardashians Abandon the K-Kard
• Credit Cards Make You Fat
• The KFC of Payday Loans
• The Political Economy of CFPB Funding
• WSJ: The Tail Wags the Foreclosure Dog
• So now the Kardashians Are Financial Role Models?
• Robosigning and Evidence
• Facebook: Not Just for Finding Hot Dates Anymore
• Lots of Smart People Couldn’t Possibly F*%! Up, Could They?
• The Big Fail
• Can HAMP Help in Bankruptcy?
• Do Mortgage Servicers Even Understand Their Own Business?
• Erroneous Foreclosures
• Why a Foreclosure Compensation Fund Is a Bad Idea
• Principles Aren’t Always Enough; Rules Are Needed Too.
• What’s in Your Wallet Part II: Let’s Shop for Credit Cards
• New Consumer Regulation: Education and Disclosure Is Not Enough
• GM’s Special Tax Treatment
• Modern Redlining in Historical Context
• They Really Did Know the Loans Were Bad…
• Am I Paying for My House or the Brooklyn Bridge?
• Cash Is (Still? Again?) King
• Debt Settlement Plans: Run as Fast As You Can, Consumers
• Payment Possibilities
• The Constitution in the Financial Crisis
• What’s in Our Wallets?
• MERS: Symptom or Cause

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Florida Synagogue Resolves Foreclosure Dispute
• Jury Awards Priest Abuse Victim $30 Million
• Music Stops for CBGB Holdings Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: Business Bankruptcies Roll On
• Lehman Hands Subpoena to Hebrew Day School
• Point Blank Sale Draws National Attention
• Banks Working On Sequel To ‘Leveraged Loan Odyssey: 2001’
• Matterhorn Escapes Deep Freeze
• Daily Docket: Court OKs JAL Restructuring
• Limo Maker Drives Toward Asset Sale
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Seeks Braxton’s Financial Info
• Judge Sounds Off on Rangers Owner, Sports Reporters, DH
• C-Bass Tells Top Executives to Cut Bait
• Officials to Meet on Asian Art Museum’s Financial Woes
• Stake in Travolta’s Home Airstrip Sold at Auction
• The Daily Docket: Three More Banks Fail
• Harley Sparks Fresh Drama in Hecker Case
• Martial-Arts Organization Kicks Off Bankruptcy
• Zell Tells Tribune Creditors Not to Sue
• The Daily Docket: American Media Enters Bankruptcy
• Tierney Returns to PR Roots
• Real Housewife of N.Y. Sonja Morgan Files for Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: Lipstick Building Enters Bankruptcy
• Braxton Intends to Keep Georgia Home
• Dermontti Dawson Auction Yields $775K
• Beach Volleyball Tour Operator to Sell Assets
• P.J. Solomon’s New Restructuring Head Counsels Bankruptcy Avoidance
• Another Mansion Hits the Auction Block
• For Sale: Ritzy Relics of a Bank Gone Bad
• Cravath Looks Good, Does Well in Harrisburg Case
• Credit-Card King’s Castle Slated For Sale
• Former Petters Lawyer Charged With Drug Possession
• Real-Estate Tycoon’s Mansion Gets $9.1M Cash Offer
• Business Bankruptcies Slow, Even As Consumer Filings Mount
• Now Boarding for Bankruptcy Court
• Former Steeler’s Home, Belongings to Hit Auction Block
• The Daily Docket: Ambac Enters Bankruptcy
• The Good, The Bad and The Bankrupt
• Ex-Rangers Ownership Scoffs at Scout’s $1.4 Million Demand

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Trustee Sues JPMorgan Chase as ‘Blind’ to Madoff Fraud
• News In Brief (December 1, 2010)
• Last Call in Lehman v. Barclays: Post-Trial Filings in $13 Billion Suit
• Trustee Seeks to Recoup ‘Fictitious’ Madoff Profits From Weiss and Family Members, Former Partner
• Judge Orders Bank of America to Repay $500 Million in Lehman Bankruptcy
• News In Brief (November 15, 2010)

Point of Law

• Milberg Weiss and Bernie Madoff

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “‘Creative Hustler’ Says Stuff about Law School Tobacco Warnings, Champions Creative Hustling”.

Credit Slips

• Protecting the Subsidy
• Mad About Debt
• More on Foreclosures and Discovery
• Google, Bankruptcy & Bieber
• FDIC’s Proposed Rules on Resolution Authority
• Good Thing We Have the Volcker Rule Thingo
• Faulty Foreclosures

Above the Law

• A Sign of Improvement in the Chicago Legal Market?

Overlawyered

• Bounteous bankruptcies: Lehman Brothers

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• ‘Hot Dog King’ Cooks Up Bankruptcy
• Lehman Questions Innkeepers’ Legal Bills
• IRS Fights Young Buck’s Bid to Get Assets Back
• Floundering Fish Farm Flops Into Bankruptcy
• Protein Solutions Seeks to Sell 200,000 Pounds of Beef
• Beach Volleyball Tour Files for Bankruptcy
• Arkansas Woman Forges Judge’s Signature to Buy Mustang
• Bankruptcy Sale Births New Barcalounger
• Bailey Banks & Biddle Ready to Glimmer Again
• The Daily Docket: American Media to Enter Bankruptcy
• Lehman Gives Up on Asian Artwork
• Agreement Could Spur Children’s Museum Revival
• IRS Cancels Auction of Rapper’s Belongings
• Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Rothstein’s Cousin
• Spansion II: The Fee Sequel
• Maker of Freeman’s ‘Bucket List’ Jet Flies into Bankruptcy
• Tribune Names Names, But No Numbers, For Plan Support
• The Daily Docket: Awal Seeks Chapter 11
• FedEx Owes $66 Million to Defunct ATA
• Schuller Seeks Forgiveness…Of Debt
• Rangers Lenders Balk at Cuban’s ‘Contribution’ Payment Request

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Income Based Repayment Helps Law Students, Not the Tuition Bubble”.

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Dreier Ex-Wife’s Bid for Support Ruled Issue for Bankruptcy Court

Point of Law

• “Let’s Not Start Lionizing The Anti-Foreclosure Deadbeats”

Credit Slips

• What the Foreclosure Fiasco Means for People in Foreclosure
• Debt Collector to Pay $1.75 Million
• WSJ Blames Evil Consumer Lawyers
• BP Claims in Bankruptcy
• Some Thoughts on the MGM Prepack
• Basel III and Cushy Capital
• Moratorium for What?
• The Finality of Foreclosure Sales

Going Concern

• Accounting News Roundup: PwC Rakes in Fees on Lehman; Grant Thornton: Opening the Audit Market Wouldn’t Hurt Big 4; One in Three IRS Employees Are Eligible for Retirement | 10.15.10

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Farkas to Remain Tethered to GPS Anklet
• The Daily Docket: Awal Seeks Bankruptcy in U.S.
• Sex.com Seeks to Sell Itself for $13 Million
• Bumpy Ride for Residents of Florida ‘Fly-In’ Community
• With Ski Season Looming, Tamarack Faces Setback
• Oilily Bounces Back From Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: TerreStar Files for Chapter 11
• Hecker Sent Back to Jail
• Arts Company Crafts Benefit to Repay Creditors
• Restructuring Revenue Expected to Remain Flat
• Young Buck Assets Up for Auction
• Luby’s Sticks With Fuddruckers Favorites
• Kristal Estate Open to Selling CBGB Name
• HBO Announces Cast for Upcoming ‘Too Big To Fail’ Film
• Movie Gallery: Ex-Worker Trying to Swap Secrets for Job
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman Wants to Remove Ankle Monitor
• Pasadena Playhouse Plots ‘Sexy’ Revival After Bankruptcy
• D.C. Attacks Love Nightclub Sale
• Klee Gets High Marks from Auditor on $12M Tribune Probe

Above the Law

• A Sign of Improvement in the Chicago Legal Market?

Did we miss a good recent bankruptcy-related post on another blog?  E-mail bill [at] bankruptcybill [dot] us to let us know.

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “The Link Kontroversy—Law Schools’ Evening Programs Imperiled, ‘Gainful Employment’ Rules Stalled, & Boy Have I Got a Job for You!”

Credit Slips

• The Notary Fraud Condonation Act of 2010
• Lehman in Jakarta — Venue, Choice of Law, and International Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Filings Follow Their Usual Summer Sideways Move
• Lehman in Jakarta
• Ransom Argument–Not Very Edifying
• Wondering How Lenders Are Making Up for Missing Credit Card Fees? Check Your Home Escrow.
• Foreclosure Relief Could Help Economy and End Chaos Faced By Borrowers
• NCBJ Endowment Is Solicting Research Grant Proposals
• Measures of TARP
• The 79.9% APR Credit Card
• What Is the Government Interest in Bankruptcy Cases?
• Time Flies
• Wrongful Foreclosures and Clouded Title
• Initial Thoughts on AIG
• The Shadow Consumer Bankruptcy System

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Lazard’s Kurtz: Executives Quicker to Call Restructuring Advisers
• Toni Braxton Files for Bankruptcy Again
• Jeb Bush Warns of Greece-Like Crisis for Municipalities
• A Tree Grows in Bankruptcy Court
• Crime Dramas Boost ION Media’s Post-Bankruptcy Ratings
• Hecker Trustee Seeks to Question Mercedes Dealers
• Salahi’s Polo Company Enters Bankruptcy
• Restructuring Pros Mark Bankruptcy Reform’s 5th Birthday
• Beach Club Privileges Keep Attorneys from Sea Island Case
• Bankruptcy Lawyer Shares Name with Facebook Founder
• Oriental Trading Faces Candy Claim
• Two Petters Companies Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges
• Tepper Emerges from ‘Billionaire Closet’
• Trustee Seeks to Question Casino About Bergstein Gambling
• Mo Money Mo Restructurings
• Turnaround Pros: Tough Times Call for New Managers
• Airbus Questions Parts Orders from Grounded Mexicana
• The Daily Docket: Takefuji Files for Bankruptcy
• Price Reduced on Former Blixseth Estate
• Judge Approves CBGB’s Guitar Hero Agreement

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Dreier Ex-Wife’s Bid for Support Ruled Issue for Bankruptcy Court
• Cadwalader Declines to Testify Before Congress’ TARP Oversight Panel

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “No Bubble, Just ROCK!! Vol. 1”.

Law Shucks

• The US News Rankings Suck

Going Concern

• Accounting News Roundup: How Secure is SaaS?; Highest Marginal Tax Rates by State Under Dem, GOP Plans; Familiar Rich People | 09.23.10
• Two Days After the IRS Took His Favorite Scarface Poster, Young Buck Filed for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

Overlawyered

• September 21 roundup

Credit Slips

• A First Take on Blockbuster
• A Lot of Wisdom over at the NYT
• The Thorne-Porter Financial Education Study
• Rates are Low–Where Are All the Refis?
• Where Did HAMP Go Wrong?
• Don’t Let Servicers Be Mortgage Relief Gatekeepers (Again)
• Just Can’t Get Enough
• Mortgage Relief for All; But Who’s Paying??
• Housing Agenda for the new Consumer Czar
• The U.S. Trustee’s Office Already Has Decided Ransom
• The War on Bank Profits?
• Debt Distress: Symptoms and Treatment
• One of Every Nine Bankruptcy Cases Is Filed Without a Lawyer
• In Connection With
• Foreclosure Crisis Update
• The Fed’s Apparently Nonexistent Interest
• Consumer Law
• Chase Amassing Lehman Claims
• Fringe Lending and Consumer Welfare
• Welcome to New York; the Bankruptcy Court is Below the Museum
• State-sanctioned Federal Bankruptcy

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Cadwalader Declines to Testify Before Congress’ TARP Oversight Panel
• Trustee Seeks to Auction 80 Artworks Owned by Defunct Dreier LLP
• Slowdown in Filings Fuels Competition for Bankruptcy Cases

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Judge Forces Meruelo Maddux Exec to Recant Statement
• Trustee Sues Hecker Over Insurance Proceeds
• The Daily Docket: Blockbuster Files for Bankruptcy
• Artist Liquidates Lehman with Canvas and Paint
• Philadelphia Reporters Want Scoop on Auction
• Bankruptcy Talk Dogs Candidates on Campaign Trail
• Ready, Set, Sue
• Bankruptcy Community Rallies Around Cancer Cause
• Storied Beverly Hills Mansion for Sale
• Reporters Barred from Attending Newspaper Auction
• Bank Seeks Synagogue’s Torahs to Pay Loan
• Bankruptcy Trustee to Sell Entrepreneur’s Mansion, Yacht
• NY Times Seeks Tapes from Rangers Meetings with Judge
• Judge Stomps Salahi’s Bid to Dismiss Winery Bankruptcy
• Near-Term Debt Maturities Have Fallen, Moody’s Finds
• Brunell Set to File Bankruptcy Plan
• Trustee to Petters Workers: Show Me the Money
• Harassment-Suit Plaintiffs Face Off Over Chreky Settlement
• Farkas Wins One, Loses One in District Court
• The Daily Docket: Harrisburg To Make Bond Payment
• New York Bankruptcy Court Adds New Judge
• Reynolds to Auction Hollywood Memorabilia
• Proposed Site of Reynolds’ Museum Up For Sale
• Bass Brothers Seek Jury Trial in Lake Las Vegas Case
• Hecker Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
• Dreier LLP Art May Be Headed to Auction
• The Daily Docket: Commercial Bankruptcies Fall
• Rock & Republic Faces Denim Dispute
• Government Wants Hecker Jailed Until Trial
• Ruling Could Clear Way for New Philly Family Court Building
• CBGB Seeks Approval of Guitar Hero Deal
• Polo Wants Its Polos Back
• Bankruptcy Won’t Stop Young Buck’s Feud With 50 Cent
• American Pie Producer Files for Bankruptcy
• Rothstein Trustee Sets Sights on Retailers
• Texas Rangers End Bankruptcy In The Black
• IRS Latest Creditor to Go After Bergstein Company
• Former Citi Exec Got $10M to Advise Barclays on Lehman Deal

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Links It Be—Human Capital Contracts and Legal Education’s Merits”.

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Study: Cost of Bankruptcy Rises for Consumers
• Report Finds Debt Wall May Be Falling
• Judge Dismisses Whistleblower Suit Against Huron
• The Daily Docket: Trico Marine Files for Chapter 11
• Movie Producer Charged With 89 Felony Counts
• Sale Prospects Bleak for Freestyle Music Park
• Universal, Playlist.com Square Off Over Cash
• Double Exposure Star to Take the Stand
• Video Killed the Lehman/Barclays Star Witnesses
• Baby Boomer Bankruptcies on the Rise
• Rothstein Trustee Seeks to Probe Steakhouse
• Court Battle Swirls Around Storm Football Team
• Hecker May Be Evicted
• Mesa Pilot-Training Course Cleared for Takeoff
• The Daily Docket: Boston Generating Files for Chapter 11
• Business Bankruptcies Fall While Consumer Filings Soar
• Court Appoints Lawyer to Represent Farkas
• GM Bankruptcy Estate Seeks to Sell Maker of BMW Parts
• Chrysler Bankruptcy Tab Nears $85 Million

Above the Law

• Fame Brief: Is the Giudices’ $60K Post-Bankruptcy Spree Legal?

Credit Slips

• Hawkins’ Fringe Banking Premise is that Payday and Title Loans are Short-term: If Only it Were True
• HAMP fizzles
• Fringe Banking and Financial Distress: Argument and Critique
• There Is a Jury Trial for that Proof of Claim
• A Code Head-Scratcher
• Portrait of California Foreclosures
• The Dodd-Warren Rift: President Obama Can you Hear Me?
• Bankruptcy and the Crisis: Why so Few?

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• Auction Enhances Value in Baseball Bankruptcy
• From Bankruptcy-Remote to Risk-Remote
• Realty Law Digest

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “How Law Schools Behave Like States in International Relations Theory”.

Credit Slips

• Student Loans Now Greater Than Credit Card Debt
• Pay the Bums
• Make Your Home Finance Audit Fun While Fighting Back Against Bank Fees
• Will Dodd-Frank Reduce Safe Harbor Overreach?
• Sovereign Bankruptcy Nostalgia, August Edition
• July Bankruptcy Filings Rise, But Look at the Big Picture
• Visualizing Financial Distress
• Chasing Card Companies
• A Puzzle
• Financial Risks Follow to the Grave

Above the Law

• Morning Docket: 08.04.10

Going Concern

• Apparently the ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ Accounting at Scott Rothstein’s Law Firm Didn’t Impress Some Miami CPAs

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• District Shows No Love to Nightclub Buyer
• The Daily Docket: Lehman Short-Sale Probe Heats Up
• Lenders: Rangers Sale Shouldn’t Include Free Flights
• Judge Shields Names Of Rothstein Ponzi-Scheme Victims
• Movie Gallery Unloads Video Games at Deep Discount
• The Daily Docket: GM Posts $1.3B Quarterly Profit
• Trustee Sues to Recover Millions for Taneja Creditors
• Fortunoff Looks to Re-Launch Jewelry Business
• Defaults Are Falling, But For How Long?
• The Daily Docket: Madoff ‘Net Winners’ Appeal
• Dykstra Bankruptcy Trustee Steps Down
• Foreclosure on the Menu for ‘Top Chef’ Contestant
• Company Behind Venetian Restaurants Enters Bankruptcy
• 1800Hotels.com Tries to Rebound From Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: Judge Approves Rangers Plan
• Bank May Get Hecker’s Life-Size Elvis Statue
• The Daily Docket: Ryan Group Wins Rangers Auction
• Boy Band Memorabilia Among Assets Slated for Auction
• Former Chreky Employees Sue to Protect Claims
• Washington Nightclubs, Owner File For Bankruptcy
• Bidders Line Up for Amelia Island Plantation

Overlawyered

• August 12 roundup

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where you can read his latest post, “Legal Education in New York: Top of the Heap or Dream Deferred.”

Law Shucks

• Weil Crushes Vault Bankruptcy Rankings

Credit Slips

• Why Is the Government Paying High Interchange Fees?
• Broke USA Tells Payday Loan Stories from the Ground Up
• Let’s Stop Praying to the Credit Score
• Rating Agencies on Strike
• The Code and the new Financial Reform Act
• HAMP Update: Still Ineffective
• Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB
• What’s a Poor (Corporate) Debtor to Do?
• On the Rangers’ Bankruptcy

Above the Law

• Job of the Week: BK in AZ
• Student v. School: Charlotte School of Law Sued by Student Seeking Admissions for Bankruptcy Proceeding

Going Concern

• Accounting News Roundup: Rangel Settlement May Be in the Works; IMA Launches New Website; Landing a Job with Uncle Sam | 07.29.10
• Accounting News Roundup: Bankruptcy Examiner to Investigate WaMu Failure; Ex-KPMG Tax Principal Pleads Guilty; UK Inspector Says Audits Need ‘Significant Improvement’ | 07.21.10
• Accounting News Roundup: Sue Sachdeva to Plead Guilty for Koss Embezzlement; AIG Settles Accounting Fraud with Ohio for $725 Mil; Some PwCers Are Hanging Out the Shingle | 07.19.10

NYLawyer.com (free registration required)

• NY Firm Sanctioned for Filing Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Against Ex-Client Over Bills

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Gems TV Remains Form Foundation of New Shopping Channel
• Lehman Seeks To Pay Former Execs’ Legal Fees
• The Daily Docket: American Safety Razor Files for Bankruptcy
• Weil Gotshal Tops Vault List of Bankruptcy Firms
• Tribune Examiner Finds for Law Firm in Lender Lawsuit Fight
• Bidders Snap Up Salander Possessions
• Cuban Offer for Rangers Could Mirror Balsillie’s Coyotes Bid
• White House Defends Elizabeth Warren
• Rothstein Feeder Fund Agrees to Surrender Assets
• Judge Orders Rangers Manager to Win World Series
• Law Firm Sanctioned in Bankruptcy Case
• Attorney Confirms Cuban’s Interest in Texas Rangers
• Brush With TV Fame Can’t Save Builder From Bankruptcy
• Nolan Ryan Learns Court Could Help Rangers Add Players
• Lights, Camera, Bankruptcy
• Mark Cuban Mentioned in Court as Possible Rangers Bidder
• Mexican Tourism Company Files for Bankruptcy in U.S.
• The Daily Docket: Innkeepers USA Files for Chapter 11
• CBGB Holdings Slams Kristal Estate
• From Bankruptcy to Tiffany
• The Daily Docket: Jennifer Convertibles Collapses
• Bankruptcy Trustee Wants Michael Vick to Return $2 Million
• Courtroom Drama Over Misplaced Comma

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Bankruptcy Billables is an overview of bankruptcy-relevant coverage and discussion from various law-related blogs.

Holding a J.D. and an International Affairs M.A. from Marquette University, Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) is an attorney licensed in Wisconsin and New York.  Fearing the legal profession’s future, he has begun documenting the law school tuition bubble at his own blog, where you can read his latest post, “Failure to Launch: The Curious Case of Wilkes Law School, PA”.

Law Shucks

• Backup Plan if (when) WS2:$NS Bombs

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• Real Housewife Finds Drama in Bankruptcy Court
• The Daily Docket: Trump Casinos Cleared To Exit Bankruptcy
• St. Vincent’s Sale Plan Hits a Snag
• With Properties Nearly Worthless, Even Lender Walks Away
• Doctors Fight St. Vincent’s Bid to Pay Contractors
• SpongeTech Strikes Out in Bankruptcy
• Opera Props Find New Life at Harry Potter Park
• Mudslide Prevents ‘Ghost Town in The Sky’ From Reopening
• Fraud Suspect Faces X-Rated Accusations
• Rothstein Emails Reveal Cash Concerns
• Pasadena Playhouse Set to Emerge From Bankruptcy
• The Daily Docket: Tronox Files Bankruptcy-Exit Plan
• Art Business Tumbles Into Bankruptcy
• Judge Bans Travel for Hecker
• Former Kiss Guitarist Loses Bankruptcy Appeal (more…)