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Bill on Bankruptcy: Trustees Sleep Easy after High Court Ruling [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/15/2013

May 15 (Bloomberg Law) -- Trustees of all types are sleeping easier, knowing that their liabilities for theft by a co-trustee is a debt that can be wiped out in bankruptcy as a result of a unanimous Supreme Court decision...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Rakoff Reverses Himself in Madoff Case [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/13/2013

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Judges rarely reverse themselves. When U.S. District Jed Rakoff recanted a ruling he made previously in the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Inc., the reversal was important...more

Bill on Bankruptcy: Fee Agreement Puts Law Firm In Trustee's Sights [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 1/9/2013

Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Law firm Kaye Scholer LLP and financial advisor Capstone Advisory Group LLC are in the sights of a U.S. Trustee aiming to claw back $12 million for an undisclosed agreement to share fees awarded in...more

Law Prof: Why Discharging Student Debt in Bankruptcy is Good for Lenders [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 8/23/2012

Aug. 22 (Bloomberg Law) -- If law school graduates were able to discharge in bankruptcy court their student loans from private lenders -- something Congress has prohibited since 2005 -- it might be good for the lenders and...more

Law Grads Now 'Indentured Servants' To US Government [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 6/13/2012

June 13 (Bloomberg Law) -- Paul Campos, professor of law at University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the rising unemployment and debt levels for recent law school...more

Ex-Dean: I Expect Some Law Schools to Close [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/25/2012

April 25 (Bloomberg Law) -- Former University of Nebraska and University of Houston Law School Dean Nancy Rapoport tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia that she expects some law schools to close their doors because of the...more

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Bill on Bankruptcy: Trustees Sleep Easy after High Court Ruling [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Rakoff Reverses Himself in Madoff Case [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Fee Agreement Puts Law Firm In Trustee's Sights [Video]

Law Prof: Why Discharging Student Debt in Bankruptcy is Good for Lenders [Video]

Law Grads Now 'Indentured Servants' To US Government [Video]

Ex-Dean: I Expect Some Law Schools to Close [Video]

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Bill on Bankruptcy: Trustees Sleep Easy after High Court Ruling [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Rakoff Reverses Himself in Madoff Case [Video]

Bill on Bankruptcy: Fee Agreement Puts Law Firm In Trustee's Sights [Video]

Law Prof: Why Discharging Student Debt in Bankruptcy is Good for Lenders [Video]

Law Grads Now 'Indentured Servants' To US Government [Video]

Ex-Dean: I Expect Some Law Schools to Close [Video]

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