April 19, 2010

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Law:

DLA Piper Leads Erickson Retirement Communities Out of Bankruptcy
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DLA Piper Ends Experiment With Low Salaries
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Dewey Raises $125 Million for Itself in Bond Offering
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Trustee Reaches Fee Deal With Former Rothstein Lawyers
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Shock Waves at Manhattan DA’s Office as Veteran Lawyers Are Laid Off
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Plaintiffs' Attorneys 'Foaming at the Mouth' Over Goldman
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Why The Goldman Story Has Legs
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A&O and Sullivan win key roles as SEC charges Goldman with fraud
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Goldman Case Lands in Lap of Former Mob Prosecutor, Barbara Jones
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Can the SEC Beat Goldman Sachs?
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Project Urges Fundamental Changes in Law School Business Model
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Career Compression: So recently law was a profession
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The Three Cs that Tom Sager of DuPont looks for in his key law firms
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DuPont's Sager giving general counsel a good name
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Keep your change - Qwest GC on alternative fees 'train wreck'
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In-House Lawyer at eBay Heads Back to Bingham, Warns of Long Hours
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Partner sends world's most obtuse email
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Blank Rome Adds a Texas Lawyer, Looks for Office Space in Houston
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UK firms remain wary despite elevated recruitment figures
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Court Tells "Citation Happy" Attorneys to Give Facts, Not Just Cites
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Spectacular Summer Opportunities for Law School Students in the South
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Jailed NY Lawyer Wins Trial on Malpractice Claim Against His Defense Firm
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Partner Pothead
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Plaintiff Fees Awarded Based on Defendants' Prelitigation Conduct
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Former Blackwater Gen’l Counsel, 4 Other Ex-Execs Indicted in Weapons Case
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Sheppard Mullin Re-Elects Chairman to Fourth Term
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Musical Chairs: More About Lanny Davis’s Departure from McDermott
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An Exorcism at Bryan Cave?
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Texas Supreme Court Nixes Mandatory Disclosure of Professional Liability Insurance
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Rethinking Personal Branding for Lawyers
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Lessons for Lawyers: Don't Treat Adversaries as Enemies
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Tragedy Strikes Twice at Law School and Two Children of AmLaw 100 Partners Are Hurt
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Preliminary Plaintiff Lawyer Team is Tapped in Consolidated Toyota Case
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Judges:

Supreme Court Watchers Wonder: How Conservative Is Kagan?
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Supreme Court pick fever for Harvard Law deans
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Obama to hold bipartisan meeting on Supreme Court vacancy
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How Could The Supreme Court Shift After Stevens? Close legal questions on which his successor might disagree
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GOP Senators Lay Into 9th Circuit Judicial Nominee
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At the Supreme Court, the Sound of Silence, Times 7
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Fill the lower federal court openings, too
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Wall Street:

Wall St futures signal falls
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European Stocks Decline as UK, Germany Signal Goldman Probes
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Goldman Probes May Lead Global Stocks Lower, AMP Says
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Ashes of subprime volcano fall on Wall Street
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Goldman Sachs fraud case stunning in its indictment of Wall Street culture
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Sharks turn on Wall Street's 'vampire squid'
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Goldman Sachs Stock, Board Under Pressure Amid Widening Probes
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Will customers start walking from Goldman Sachs?
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Layoffs:

Unemployment Is Tied to Big Drop in Demand
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Miss. jobless rate stays at 11.5 percent in March
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California jobless rate hits modern record at 12.6%
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Florida's jobless rate reaches record 12.3 percent
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Unemployment rises in 24 states
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Some US states find recovery hope in jobs data
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Unemployment by State: Where Are The Jobs?
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In Global Unemployment, a Sea of Young Faces
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:

Insurer ACA, At Heart Of Goldman Case, Had Financial Troubles
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Banking:

Bank of America reports 25% profit drop
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BofA outlines new CFO's pay, bonus
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TD Bank buys 3 troubled Florida banks
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8 banks close in Calif., Fla., Mass., Mich., Wash
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Finance:

Venture capital funding up 38 percent in Q1
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Tech:

Spansion Wins Approval to Reorganize, Exit Bankruptcy
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Newspapers:

Heartland Publications says bankruptcy plan approved
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Philadelphia Newspapers, Lenders Continue To Clash In Court
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Health Care:

Erickson Retirement emerges from bankruptcy
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Hospitals take steps to go nonprofit, emerge from bankruptcy by June
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Bankruptcy Court Approves Incentive Plan for Vermillion Directors
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MedQuist to buy bankrupt Spheris for $116.3 mln
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The Memorial Hospital seeks new management options
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Retailing:

General Growth Said to Seek Better Brookfield Offer
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Bidding battle for retail giant gathers steam
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Auction may bring brawl over Georgetown Park to a head
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Hughes heirs object to General Growth plan
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'Get-It-Cheap Party' for Luxury Goods Ends at Saks, Barneys
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Investors Salivating Over Bankrupt Rock & Republic
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Social Services:

Visinet Shutdown Raises New Questions
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Economy:

This Bailout Is a Bargain? Think Again
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Geithner confident Senate close to financial overhaul
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Romer Says US Can Emerge From Recession Into 'Better Normal'
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SEC makes Goldman Sachs the poster child of greed
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Goldman Sachs, The SEC and the Question of Timing
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:

Goldman Sachs, Fabrice Tourre and the complex Abacus of toxic mortgages
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Home Ownership: The Myth Of The American Dream
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Housing Starts Reach 16-Month High, Economic Impact Muted
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Original Owner of Land
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More Singles Buying in Suburbia
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Hidden inventory will hit NYC home prices
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Homes lost, but some 2nd-mortgage debts remain
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Feds should reject California's loan modification rule
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Property Flipper Flopped, 10 Plaintiffs Say
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Let's Do The Default Again: The HAMP Horror Picture Show
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Fannie Shortens Wait for Some Distressed Borrowers to Get New Loans
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First Community in talks with banks after default
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Latest auction of foreclosed Kobra properties finds no buyers
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Did Bankruptcy Reform Trigger the Housing Crisis?
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Commercial Real Estate CDO Delinquencies Rise, Fitch Says
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Fraud:

Looters in Loafers
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More Than Goldman Sachs In SEC Gun Sight
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SEC Probing Other Soured Deals
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BofA's Chief Has 'No Knowledge' of Abacus-Like Claims
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Is Deutsche Bank in, or Out of, Trouble?
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SEC Probing Transactions by Deutsche, UBS
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A Glare on Goldman, From US and Beyond
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Merrill Lynch Used Same Alleged Fraud as Goldman, Bank Claims
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Goldman Sachs Fraud Charges Just The Beginning For Wall Street
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RBS executives consider Goldman action
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Watch This Case
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Goldman CDO case could be tip of iceberg
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Terms, players in the Goldman Sachs fraud charges
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Spare Me The Sudden Outrage: You Know How This Is Going To End
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SEC v. Goldman Sachs: What's the End Game?
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Goldman Sachs Clients-First Pledge Undercut by SEC
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Explaining the Abacus CDO
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Abacus Let Goldman Shuffle Mortgage Risk Like Beads
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Open questions about the Abacus deal
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Going for Goldman
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Top Goldman Executives Were Actively Involved in Mortgage Unit
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Blankfein has to go to save Goldman: analyst
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For Goldman, a Bet's Stakes Keep Growing
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Goldman as Bookie: Inspector Renault Assesses Synthetic CDOs
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More on Goldman as Bookie: What About "Bespeaks Caution?"
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A Wall Street Invention Let the Crisis Mutate
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SEC shines spotlight on little-known Goldman exec
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Goldman Sachs's 'Fabulous Fab' Loses 'Survivor' Bet
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Paulson, Looking to Go Short on Mortgages, Found a Willing Partner
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If John Paulson Had Been Nicer to Paolo Pellegrini, This Whole Goldman Thing Might Have Been Avoided
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John Paulson Responds to Charges Against Goldman Sachs
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Paulson & Co. May Face Investor Lawsuits on Goldman Sachs CDO
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Paulson Says It Had No Authority Over Goldman CDOs
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John Paulson:Emerged Unscathed
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Goldman Star Capitalized on Mortgage-Security Boom
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The hedge fund that won big from the credit crisis
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Oil Drops Most in 10 Weeks as SEC Sues Goldman, Equities Fall
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Goldman Sachs CDOs a 'Concern' for Crisis Panel, Angelides Says
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Goldman Offers Further CDO Explanation
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Goldman Sachs Chiefs Should 'Fall on Their Swords,' Bove Says
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Is Blankfein Done at Goldman?
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Goldman moves quickly to protect reputation
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Goldman Sachs Credit Swaps Jump Most in a Year After SEC Suit
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A true battle of the titans
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Goldman knew for months charges were possible
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Did Goldman Sachs Hide Pending SEC Suit From Shareholders?
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Free Fraudin' at Goldman
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Goldman Sachs Under The Scanner In Germany And UK
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Goldman's Fraud Case Could Have 'Massive Implications' If It's 'Done Right'
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Report Says SEC Missed Many Shots at Stanford
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SEC knew of Stanford scheme since 1997, according to SEC inspector general
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Rajaratnam Asks Court to Strike New Trading Claims
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Man Charged With Laundering $500 Million
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Hockey:

Deal for Coyotes Raises Eyebrows
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Morality:

Declaring bankruptcy isn't proof of immorality
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Religion:

Diocese's loyal teachers hurt by bankruptcy maneuvering
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Trucking:

Flying J & Pilot Merger Date Pushed Back
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Celebs:

Refile Brief Without So Many Blackouts & Expect Public Sentence, Judge Tells Son Of Michael Douglas
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Mail:

Outlook grim for Postal Service as revenue ebbs
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Food/Drink:

Bashas' fights to keep $16 million art collection
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Education:

Students Say Computer School Rolled Them
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Accounting:

Grant Thornton: Do Not Expect Higher Salary or Bonus This Year
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Forest Products:

Rum River Lumber files for Chapter 11 after sales crash
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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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Putting the Bankruptcy Option Back on the Table for Distressed Homeowners
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Corporate Reform

Goldman charges bolster case for U.S. bank reform
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Obama-Dodd financial bill would further enrich Goldman Sachs
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Obama claims fresh crisis without new financial rules
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Banks will accept new consumer agency
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Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It and Won
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Goldman Fraud Case Weighs on Financial Bill
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Durbin says the Fed suit against Goldman Sachs had perfect timing
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Federal regulators testify about seizing WaMu
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US bank regulator says unfairly tarnished by WaMu
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In Washington Mutual Case, senator says OTS was 'watchdog with no bite'
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Hedge Funds Face Higher Capital Requirements Under Senate Bill
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Farmer's daughter US Senator takes on Wall St
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Veto Threat Raised Over Derivatives
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Compensation:

Goldman Prepares to Hand Out $5 Billion in Bonuses for Three Months’ Work
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Tax:

Democrats May Tax Wall Street To Pay For Fresh Aid To States
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Americans Pessimistic About Tax Hikes
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US Tax Code Least Progressive in the World
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GE: $0 U.S. Tax bill
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Disbarred Lawyer Charged With Tax Evasion on Foreign Accounts
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AIG:

Goldman Fraud Suit Link to AIG Payouts?
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Environmental:

Weyerhaeuser, Georgia Pacific Fight Lyondell Cleanup
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Gambling:

Professional Football Star Facing Bankruptcy After Online Poker Addiction
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NYC OTB to remain open through 2010
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Aviation:

Airline Merger Talks Renew Skepticism of Tie-Ups
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Amid Merger Talks, Airlines Eye 3-Way Alliance
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Crisis Deepens for Air Travel as Volcanic Ash Spreads East
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Airlines warn of bankruptcy and call for end to restrictions
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Abandoned flights leave travel industry with a £1bn bill so far
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Brighter skies haven't yet helped airline profits
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Philippine Airlines to spin off 3 non-core units to avoid bankruptcy
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Autos:

GM's value higher than Ford's
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GM's Ed Whitacre is not your father's car chief
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Toyota Is Expected to Pay $16.4 Million Fine
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Baseball:

Sale of Texas Rangers Is Delayed by Owner's Dispute With Banks
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Municipalities:

SD City Attorney Calls Bankruptcy Speculation 'Silly'
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Renewed takeover effort for counties and cities
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Unions want to sink BKs
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The panic next time - A coming muni-bond meltdown?
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States Face 'Staggered' Recovery With Up to Four Years of Budget Woes
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Pa. town successfully emerges from bankruptcy
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Cash-strapped New York State may look to bankrupt Lehman Brothers for boost
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Ethanol:

Doubts about ethanol
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Horse Racing:

Owner Zayat sets debt schedule to pay creditors
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The Day at the Races
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UK:

PwC: UK corporate insolvencies levelling out
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Brown: Bank's pay is 'moral bankruptcy'
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UK to join Goldman Sachs investigation
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Pompey administrator appoints CEO
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PwC chases HMRC for $250m Lehmans tax
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Greece:

Polls: Majority Greeks reject government policy
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Greece 'very interested' in detail of emergency aid plan
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Greek debt suppliants play to thin houses in US
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Greek Two-Year Notes Rise on EU-IMF 45 Billion Euro Aid Package
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Official Contends Greece Won’t Face Further Restrictions
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EU's Juncker: EU/IMF to mull new Greek reforms
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Greeks' Anger Rises; EU, IMF Prepare Talks on Bailout
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Canada:

Harper was too quick to throw Guergis over the side
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The private investigator tells his story
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Insolvency down, but problems continue
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Canada's brewing debt storm
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China:

China Stocks Tumble Most in Eight Months on Property Loan Curbs
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Bubble in Chinese Real Estate?
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Banks can refuse third-home loans
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Venezuela:

Venezuela says China offers $20 billion in financing
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Japan:

Japan Consumer Confidence Rises to Highest Since 2007
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Korea:

Goldman Sachs' domestic connections under scrutiny
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Portugal:

Must Germany bail out Portugal too?
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