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The Daily Docket: Dewey Enters Bankruptcy - Wall Street Journal

05/29/12

Law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP has filed for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reports. President Barack Obama Friday signed into law bipartisan legislation designed to prevent a widespread shortage of bankruptcy judges by extending ...

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Law firm bankruptcy marks one of largest in U.S. history - The Business Journal

05/29/12

New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Monday — one of the biggest U.S. law firm failures, The Wall Street Journal reports. At its peak, the firm had 1,300 lawyers, but a heavy debt burden prompted the exits ...

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Difficult Financial Decisions Loom for Many Recent College Graduates; Can Filing Bankruptcy Help? - YAHOO!

05/29/12

Graduating from college can be a time for hope, signaling the official beginning of one’s financial life. Unfortunately, debt incurred from loans, credit cards and other unforeseen circumstances can leave new graduates facing the harsh economic realities ...

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Jamal Lewis files for Chapt. 11 bankruptcy - United Press International

05/29/12

ATLANTA, May 28 (UPI) -- Former Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Atlanta. Online bankruptcy records, made available Sunday, show Lewis, 33, has assets of about $14.5 million and owes ...

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Dewey files for chapter 11 in record law firm collapse - msnbc.com

05/29/12

NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) - The crippled law firm Dewey & Leboeuf LLP filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday night and will seek approval to liquidate its business after failing to find a merger partner, marking the biggest collapse of a law ...

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Files Bankruptcy as Partners Flee, Debts Surge - San Francisco Gate

05/29/12

May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, the law firm that advised Los Angeles Dodgers LLC on its restructuring, filed its own bankruptcy after its chairman was ousted, almost all its partners quit and creditors began suing for unpaid bills.

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Embattled New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf files for bankruptcy protection - myfoxny.com

05/28/12

NEW YORK -- The embattled New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has filed for bankruptcy protection, a move that effectively ends what had been at its height a 1,300-lawyer global enterprise and marks one of the largest law firm failures in US history.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Files for Bankruptcy - New York Times

05/28/12

Dewey & LeBoeuf, the law firm crippled by financial miscues and partner defections, filed for bankruptcy on Monday night, punctuating the largest law firm collapse in United States history. The filing, made in Federal Bankruptcy Court in ...

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Files for Bankruptcy, Fails to Save Firm - Bloomberg

05/28/12

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, which advised Los Angeles Dodgers LLC on its restructuring, filed its own bankruptcy after failing to save the law firm following the exit of more than 120 partners and an ouster of its chairman.

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Jamal Lewis files for Chapt. 11 bankruptcy - United Press International

05/28/12

ATLANTA, May 28 (UPI) -- Former Baltimore Ravens running back Jamal Lewis has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Atlanta. Online bankruptcy records, made available Sunday, show Lewis, 33, has assets of about $14.5 million and owes ...

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