Law:

Law Firms Cut Partner Pay as Recession Erodes Fees
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Law Firms, Once Solid as a Rock, Show Cracks in Downturn
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No Easy Answers in Wolf Block's Demise
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Why WolfBlock Didn't Merge to Survive
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What is Texas Afraid Of?
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Start Date Watch: Dewey Pushes Back to 2010, Debevoise Stages an Amazing Race
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Layoff Watch: Closing the Loop on Chicago
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Why NY's Thacher Proffitt survived 9/11 but couldn't survive the crunch
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Firm bucks industry trend by raising salaries
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Bankruptcy league tables
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What to Do When Vendors Start Falling
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Law Grads Waiting for Jobs Worry About Insurance, Job Competition
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Defunct Small Firm's Suit Proceeds Against Poacher Firm
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A hot summer awaits Marc Dreier
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Dreier bankruptcy trustee probes Wachovia over cash collateral
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Disgraced Personal Injury Attorney Is Also a Madoff Victim
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Fraud Claim Can Proceed Against Firm in Refco Case
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The In-House Job: A Good Gig if You Can Get (And Keep) It
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Appeals Court Rejects Recruiter's Suit Seeking Fee From Law Firm
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Now is the Time for ‘Life Without Lawyers,’ Says Covington & Burling Partner
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Notes from the Breadline: And So Begins the Task
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Study Finds ABA Ratings Biased
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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Law School
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No Shortage of Anxiety Among Law Students at Job Fair
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NALP's Numbers on 2009 Summer Programs
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Bankruptcy attorney crafts timely "Mary Peepins" diorama
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Judges:

Judicial bribery probe expands
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Former Judge Convicted of Indecent Exposure Seeking Benefit Reinstatement
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Top Judge Blames Inmate’s Lawyers for Alleged Execution-Eve Appeal Snafu
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Prosecutor, Judge & 2 Cops Charged By Mich. AG in Detroit Perjury Case
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Advance
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UK Stocks Slide
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World Markets Mixed After Weakness on Wall Street
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US Stocks Retreat Following Rally
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Stock Exchanges Push for Uptick Rule
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More Firms Disclose Possibility of Bankruptcy
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The 'Populists' Are Right About Wall Street
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On Wall Street, Talk of Trust and Civil War
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Fired Doctor of Derivatives Waiting to Cry as 282,000 Finance Jobs Vanish
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Eat-What-You-Kill Bond Traders Flee Banks to Return Wall Street to Roots
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Bonuses:

Bernanke tried to stop AIG bonuses to no avail
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Bernanke: I Wanted to Sue AIG to Halt Bonus Payments
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Bernanke, AIG Use Connecticut Law As Bonus Scapegoat, Lawyers Say
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The Real AIG Disgrace
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Obama defends delay in response to AIG bonuses
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Tax May Not Be Needed If Bonuses Returned, Hoyer Says
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Drive to Tax AIG Bonuses Is Slowing
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AIG Bonus Boneheads Do Need to Visit Paris
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Moral suasion on bonuses works better than revenge
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Why Bank Rage Is Not Populism
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AIG Must Provide Someone to Testify to Legislature, Connecticut Tells Firm
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Autos:

US judge delays decision on Delphi steering sale
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GM begins white-collar layoffs with 160 pink slips
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Thousands Of GM Workers Get Company Cars, Gas
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GM could miss deal deadline
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Now for the Car-Parts Bailout
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Lexington OK'd to extend DIP maturity
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Renault Official: Might Sell Assets If Liquidity Squeeze
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Newspapers:

Houston Chronicle Cutting 12 Pct of Staff
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New York Times Sells Asset
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New York Times Co. Makes Boston Globe Cuts as Newspaper Drags Down Revenue
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Ten Major Newspapers That Will Fold Or Go Digital, An Update
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Chicago Tribune, LA Times Combine Internationally
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US Sen Cardin: US Newspapers Should Operate As Nonprofits
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Editors Give Cardin Nonprofit Newspaper Proposal Mixed Reviews
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U.S. bill seeks to rescue faltering newspapers
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Obama skips major papers at press conference
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Fraud:

Madoff-Linked Firm Says It Met MA Information Rule
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Bernie Madoff and the Congo Letter
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Madoff Trustee Irving Picard Wins Power of Attorney Over U.K.-Based Unit
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Bernie’s Prison Number Comes up Big for Queens Man
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Stanford's Finance Chief Cooperating With Feds
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Retailing:

As US retailers fail, focus on bankruptcy law
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Williams-Sonoma net tumbles on slack demand
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Owner of Mark Shale stores files for bankruptcy
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Sleepy's to Acquire 1800mattress.com Through Chapter 11 Process
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It's 1-800-Bankrupt
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Will Gottschalks be Saved?
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Boater's World shutting down 130 stores
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Developers Scale Back Luxury Projects
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Layoffs:

Hospira to cut 10 pct., 1,400 jobs
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Over 50, Out of Work, Open to Change
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Media:

Charter’s Bondholders Said to Seek Swap for Stakes
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Economy:

Obama Links Budget Plan to Recovery
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In a Volatile Time, Obama Strikes a New Tone for Crisis
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Obama having it both ways on economy?
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Geithner, Bernanke Testifying Before Congress
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Geithner, Bernanke Defend AIG Bailout
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US Treasury, Fed Stress Need To Be Able To Wind Down Non Bks
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Toxic Asset Plan May Involve Purchases From Hedge Funds, Rosner Says
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The new Geithner plan is a flop
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Dissecting Bank Plan for a Way to Profit
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Toxic-Asset Plan: Tricky Times Ahead
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Private Clients Raise Questions About Bailout Contractors
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Government Releases Personal Income and Outlay Report
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The Hard Sell
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"Legacy assets"
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Toxic Asset Plan: Perception vs. Reality
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Geithner nonbank plan a power grab: House's Boehner
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Somebody Stop The "Bailout Party"
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Geithner, Bernanke reject new global currency idea
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IMF Plans to Double Credit Lines, Relax Conditions on Loans
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Sen. McConnell: Budget makes USA worse than Cuba
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UN’s ILO Says 90 Million Jobs Needed to Avert Employment Crisis
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Real Estate:

Home-Price Index Shows Rise
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US MBA’s Mortgage Applications Index Jumped 32% Last Week
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Mortgage Lending to Jump to $2.78 Trillion in 2009
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Legislation offers military foreclosure relief
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Miami 'condo king' hit by boom-to-bust downturn
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Wilbur Ross Defies Bruce Rose in Tranche Warfare Between Housing Villains
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Banking:

Obama to meet with top bank CEOs
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One Small Problem With Geithner's Plan: It Will Bankrupt The Banks
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In the Market for a Better Banking Plan
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Goldman Sachs Said to Be in Talks to Return TARP
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If Goldman Returns Aid, Will Others?
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Whitney: Regional Banks Are the Future
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BofA-Merrill Economist, Strategist Plan To Leave
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US, Canadian Banks Underestimating Loan Losses, Dodge Says
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The Obama administration is preparing an overhaul of US banking rules that would force financial companies to keep more cash on hand in case their trading bets go wrong
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Municipalities:

Alabama County Weighs Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy For Jefferson County?
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Alabama Governor Bob Riley seeks federal help for Jefferson
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Big Muni Default Could Rock The Credit Markets
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To Cut Costs, States Relax Prison Policies
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California seen struggling through this year
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Agriculture:

Ill. hog cooperative files for bankruptcy
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Ethanol:

Auction set for Volney ethanol plant
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Pensions:

Andrews Says 401(k) Rules Should Be Rolled Back
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Gambling:

Tropicana may regain control of AC casino
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Tropicana Entertainment May Soon Emerge From Ch 11
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Las Vegas Sands Discussing Debt Buyback as Option
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Is Harrah's in a Hurry to Exchange Debt?
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Distressed Investing:

Corporate buyers hunting for distressed deals
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Food/Drink:

Bruno's could close stores in Alabama, Florida
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RVs:

Lazydays RV Center Struggles With Economic Challenges
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Theme Parks:

Ghost Town's Unpaid Debt
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Consultants:

Deloitte grabs BearingPoint unit
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BearingPoint Selling Units To Its Rivals
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Personal Finance:

Mom and Dad, You're Broke
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Telling Kids About Financial Woes
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Signs of Stress, Fraud on Roadside
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Jousting for Jobs
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Shipping:

DP World: Trade Down Broadly, No Sign of Recovery
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Oil/Gas:

Premier Offers $505 Million for Oilexco North Sea
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Transmeridian to seek joint administration
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Exxon, Chevron Count $40 Billion Nightly to Protect Cash From Bank Crisis
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Dog Racing:

Hinsdale raceway to auction off items
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Resorts:

Ex-Palmetto Dunes official named trustee of bankrupt Daufuskie resort
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Greenbrier pushes sale to Marriott
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Marriott deal includes labor concessions
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Arts:

Bankrupting the Arts
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Screwdrivers:

Pratt-Read wins use of cash
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Insurance:

Insurance Rates to Rise in 2009 as Yields Fall, Lloyd’s Says
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Why Bankruptcy Would've Been Better for AIG
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