Burton Lifland, a very important figure in bankruptcy law, indeed the closest thing the world of bankruptcy jurisprudence has ever had to a 'rock star,' died unexpectedly on Sunday, January 12, 2014. I've written an obituary for him already, at the AllAboutAlpha site. Here I'll simply bring together some of what is being said about his passing around the blogosphere. Some have been satisfied with a minimal acknowledgement of his passing. But the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog goes further, listing some of the most high-profile cases over which he presided, including the bankruptcies of Johns Manville and R.H. Macy. Dealbook , The New York Times' sponsored blog on financial issues, stresses Lifland's involvement in the ongoing liquidation of the legal entities once associated with federal prisoner Bernard Madoff . Here's some more on that aspect of Lifland's career from another source. Unsurprisingly, many of Lifland's ru...