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Law firm Dewey files for chapter 11, seeks liquidation - msnbc.com

05/29/12

(Reuters) - Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, the ailing law firm that has been on the verge of closure, said it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a court and is seeking approval to liquidate its business after it failed to find a buyer. Once one of the ...

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Storied Law Firm Dewey Files Chapter 11 - Wall Street Journal

05/29/12

The embattled New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 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 U.S. history.

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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 files for chapter 11 in record law firm collapse - Reuters

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 ...

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Dewey files for chapter 11 in record law firm collapse - Yahoo Finance

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 ...

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Dewey files for Chapter 11 in record law firm collapse - YAHOO!

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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UPDATE 3-Dewey files for chapter 11 in record US law firm collapse - Reuters

05/29/12

NEW YORK/BANGALORE, May 28 (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 ...

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

05/29/12

Dewey, based in New York, listed debt of $245 million and assets of $193 million in a Chapter 11 filing yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The firm, which had more than 1,300 attorneys in 12 countries after the 2007 merger of Dewey ...

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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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Law firm Dewey files for chapter 11, seeks liquidation - msnbc.com

05/28/12

(Reuters) - Dewey & Leboeuf LLP, the ailing law firm that has been on the verge of closure, said it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a court and is seeking approval to liquidate its business after it failed to find a buyer.

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