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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

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, “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

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, “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

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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