Law:

New-Partner Growth Takes a Hit
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Contrite Lerach Gets Maximum Two-Year Term
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Bill Lerach Gets Two Years in Prison
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'I Was Guilty'
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Lerach Mulls Time Behind Bars
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Nifong gets bankruptcy hearing; no decision made
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Time for Winston Women To Go Burqa Shopping?
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Giuliani Set to Return to His Houston-Based Firm
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Attorney-Client Privilege May Follow Purchaser of Company
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Berenson Bares Law Firm E-Mail's Details
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BlackBerry Service Resumes After North America Outage
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BlackBerry Outage: Oh Noes!
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BigLaw Firm's Revenues, Profits Surge in '07
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Howrey Opens Office in India, Gives Clients Lower-Cost Option
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Sidley boosts revenues by 11 per cent
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Lowey Dannenberg Bulks Up Bankruptcy
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Company Sued Over GC's $10M Bonus
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BigLaw Firm's Decision to Represent Roger Clemens Irks Lords of Baseball
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Law Reviews Get a Bad Review
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Microsoft-Yahoo: The Lawyer's Edition!
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N.Y. Judge Applies SOX Protections to Ex-Partner of Global Firm's French Office
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ABA Expresses Solidarity With Pakistani Lawyers
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Real Estate Development Company GC Rides Out the Cycle
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European M&A Deals Take a Dive, but Big Firms Still Racking Up Big Deals
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Bankruptcy lawyer charged with theft
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Time to bench Judge Kent
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Worker Says Boss Waterboarded Him
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Fraud:

Kerviel E-Mails May Tie Trader to Deals, Lawyers Say
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Kerviel is not 'French'
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Trade loss message to SocGen: read the fine print
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Ponzi Victims Say Radio Pitched The Fraud
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Economy:

White House Remains Optimistic on Economy
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White House Does Not See a Recession
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Bush set to sign stimulus package 'soon'
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Borrow and Spend - The "Increased Prosperity" of the Bottom 20%
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Horse Racing:

NYRA says negotiations going backward as shutdown looms
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NYRA Workers to Rally at Capitol
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New York Racing Association: Stoppage looms at Aqueduct
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Auto Racing:

Holley, Specialty Car-Parts Maker, Files Bankruptcy
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Health Care:

Proposed Federal Budget would Slash $246M in NJ State Hospital Funding
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National Century exec faces defense cross examination
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Autos:

GM Has Loss of $722 Million on North America Costs
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GM, UAW Reach Buyout Agreement
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Delphi plant attracts another offer
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Manchester strikes back at lender
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Buyouts key to Ford goals
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Chemicals:

Judge OKs Solutia-EPA Settlement
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Banking:

Banks face further writedowns on LBO debt
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Credit Suisse Profit Down on Write-Downs
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Credit Suisse's Net Shrinks 72%
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US Tax Payer to Bail Out Bankers From Default
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Mining:

Investor groups plan deal to buy Asarco
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Retailing:

Shopping malls die typically with a whimper
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Forest Products:

Pacific Lumber in deal to drop $1B claim
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Tech:

Tripath shell to merge with Etelos
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Real Estate:

Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans
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Harsh Scrutiny for Title Insurers
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Shareholder backlash emerges on subprime mess
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US homeowners will get extra time to renegotiate mortgage payments
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Feds, lenders to offer broader plan to help with foreclosures
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New Mortgage Rescue Goes Beyond Subprime
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Six US Banks Plan New Efforts to Stem Foreclosures
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WaMu Forecloses On Anyone, Class Claims
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2 experts see housing slump just beginning
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First Magnus exec says the company planned to pay workers
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Decision in Magnus filing may come soon
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Loews Hurt by Subprime
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Engle forges ahead despite parent firm's Ch. 11 filing
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Will IndyMac put up the 'For Sale' sign Tuesday?
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Standard Pacific's Fiscal House Needs Restructuring
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Boston Hill Realty tries again
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Walk-away homeowners are bitter pill for real estate
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Why you'll never own a home
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Adjustable-rate mortgages are 'like a neutron bomb'
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R&B looks to rebuild under Ch. 11
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A radical idea: Give all homeowners a break
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Macklowe Receives Default Notice
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'Scrivener' Closing Attorney Ruined By $19M Real Estate Fraud
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Proposed bill gives states power to refinance loans
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Credit Cards:

Dingell to co-sponsor bill taking aim at credit card companies
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Love Affair With Credit Cards Is On The Rocks
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Moody's says bad debt on credit cards on rise
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Consumer revolving credit slowed somewhat in December
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Insurance:

AIG Takes Hit on Subprime Accounting Woes
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AIG rocked after PWC faults valuation of its derivatives portfolio
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AIG Bodes Ill for Insurer Stocks
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AIG Discloses Accounting `Weakness,' Stock Declines
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Prosecutors Say Ex-A.I.G. Executives Created a Fraud
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How Bad Is It? AIG Can't Tell
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Fitch puts AIG credit ratings on watch
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Elder Debt:

Seniors in debt
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Motorcycles:

US Trustee Battles Global Motorsport
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American IronHorse halts motorcycle production
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Religion:

Four parishes to pay more than $2.65M in diocese settlement
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Diocese bankruptcy: Man continues to battle to collect judgment
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Lawyers block records naming accused priests
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Cornerstone confesses bankruptcy
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Enron:

Former Enron shareholders' attorney headed to pen
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Education:

Don't ignore the injustice of closure of flight school
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Creditors coming after Silver State Helicopters
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Alternative Fuels:

Buyer of failed plant would inherit problems
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Canton plant's finances 'a mess'
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Celebs:

Court Upholds Ron Isley Prison Sentence
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Software:

Layoffs coming at SCO
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Private Equity:

$300 Million to Burn, With a Catch
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Publishing:

Barricade files to stave off lawsuits
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Bonds:

Buffett Offers to Back $800B Municipal Bonds
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Moody's Expects More Defaults
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Bankruptcy code changes contemplated
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Sales:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Adopts New Local Rule For Section 363 Sales
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Ariz. bankruptcy rates rise 63 percent
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Corporate Reform:

Ex-Refco Executives Were Co-Conspirators, US Says
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Wall Street:

Worst may still lie ahead for financials
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It is now clear that the credit crunch was not due simply to bull market over-optimism, but resulted very largely from the failures of a number of the financial models that have been a staple of the last generation
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Hedge Funds:

Bad Bets and Accounting Flaws Bring Staggering Losses
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Shipping:

Logistics Company Fights for Its Life
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Aviation:

Why NWA CEO Steenland's role may be merger hang-up
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Continental Sharing Profits With Workers
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Analysts are dimming their 2008 outlooks
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Tax:

U.S. Wonders if Stock Compensation Deal Is Tax Abuse
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Corporate Governance:

CEO departures surge to 134 in January
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Predatory Lending:

Virginia House Passes Payday Lending Reform Bill
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Advocates dig in against high-interest loans
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Oil/Gas:

Key Energy gets no relief
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Wrestling:

Xyience Bankruptcy Proceeding Continues
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Basketball:

Do 60 Percent of NBA Athletes Go Broke Five Years After Retirement
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Accounting:

Foss auditors blamed in latest complaint
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Skills shortage drives 25% rise in salaries
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Derivatives:

Credit Default Swap Tsunami Approaches
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Student Debt:

Student-Loan Issues Under Stress
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Plastics:

Victor stymies venue change
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UK:

UK January Inflation Quickens to Seven-Month High
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UK inflation weaker than expected
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£10m lottery winner faces being homeless
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OFT criticizes 'complex' credit card deals
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EU:

Europe Economy May Stay Sick After Catching US Cold
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Canada:

Quebecor World signs, renews deals with key clients
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New Law Clarifies Duty Of Care Owed By Ontario Directors
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More restructuring time for Tahera Diamond
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Cotton Ginny placed in receivership
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Germany:

German February Investor Confidence Unexpectedly Rose
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India:

Booming Indian Economy Shows Signs of Slowing Down
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