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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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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, “The Big Bubble Battle (Bart II)”.

WSJ Bankruptcy Beat

• The Daily Docket: WaMu’s Chapter 11 Plan Delayed
• Thomas Kinkade Company Finds Itself Painted Into a Corner
• The Daily Docket: TNK-BP Unit Slips Into Bankruptcy
• British Royal Fergie Mulls Bankruptcy
• Rothstein’s Ex-Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Ponzi-Related Charge
• Walker Seeks NBA Return With Help From a Friend
• The Daily Docket: GM and Chrysler, One Year Later
• Ex-NBA Star Walker Lists Casino Debt, Foreclosures In Bankruptcy Filing
• ‘B’ Is for Bankruptcy
• Houlihan Lokey Challenged Over Disclosure In Aventine Case
• The Daily Docket: Lehman Sues J.P. Morgan
• Texas Rangers Nearly Max Out Team Credit Card
• Hecker Auction Draws Hundreds Of Bidders
• Please Pack Your Knives…And File For Bankruptcy
• Texas Rangers Owner Wants To Keep His Season Tickets
• Former Fred Leighton Owner Back In Bankruptcy Court
• Texas Rangers Owe Alex Rodriguez $24.9 Million

Credit Slips

• Of BP, Caps, and Chapter 11
• A Primer on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
• Protecting Public Benefits from Garnishment
• The Database You’ve Been Waiting For
• Atomic
• More Naked Credit Default Swaps—the Role of Dealers
• Naked Credit Default Swaps

Law Shucks

• Jumping In(House): Hiring Lane [for the shout out to Bankruptcy Bill’s immensely talented Gideon Kendall]
• Quick Shucks – 5/25/10
• Cravath Changing with the Times?

Going Concern

• COSO Study Finds Accounting Frauds Getting Larger, Execs Named in Nearly 90% of Cases
• Accounting News Roundup: PwC Dealt a Blow on Penn. Healthcare Bankruptcy Ruling; Zipcar Going Public; Altria Gets Smoked by IRS | 06.02.10

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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