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The Department of Justice’s point man for bankruptcy cases on Monday challenged attorneys’ resistance to his bid to ensure the “extraordinarily large” fees he says they charge are reasonable and warranted Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review story here.

The Justice Department has grown increasingly restless with attorney fees—often exceeding $1,000 an hour—paid by companies going through a bankruptcy reorganization.

People in glass houses shouldn’t live near firing ranges. Unfortunately, developers trying to build the Deer Island Resort along Salt Lake City’s mountain-encrusted perimeter learned that lesson the hard way.

Alphonso “A.K.” Harper and Alfred C. Fuller have a lot in common.

At the turn of the century, when they were each 21 years old, the young men, one in Iowa and one in New England, started businesses selling custom brushes door-to-door.