NYT: Fewer Americans File for Bankruptcy as Debt Woes Ease

By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD After steadily climbing for several years, the number of Americans filing for bankruptcy is on the decline, though that is not necessarily an indicator of an improving economy.

The Daily Docket: Corus Bankshares Rises From the Ashes

After its liquidation proposal was rejected, Corus Bankshares Inc., an Illinois holding company that had its primary asset–its bank–stripped from it nearly two years ago, reversed course and is poised to pitch creditors on a plan to emerge from ba

Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Majority Voting

Proposals to elect directors by a majority vote fared well this season, averaging 56.6% at 31 companies as of early June.  This was the topic with the most number of submissions, as Carpenters, CalPERS and other proponents sent over 80 sharehold

Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Majority Voting

Proposals to elect directors by a majority vote fared well this season, averaging 56.6% at 31 companies as of early June.  This was the topic with the most number of submissions, as Carpenters, CalPERS and other proponents sent over 80 sharehold

The iPad Tips the Scales: If Clients Won't Push Lawyers to Use New Tech Tools, Is the iPad the Change Agent?

(For more on my "iPad at work" posts, use the phrase "iPad to work" in the search box on t

Spotlight on Shareholder Proposals: Majority Voting