April 30, 2010

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Law:

Old GM legal fees targeted
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The Am Law 100 for 2010: ‘It Could Have Been Worse’
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The 2010 AmLaw 100: A Humdrum Report
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NY Firms Outperform Others in Am Law 100
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David Boies Calls for Cheaper Trials
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Harvey Miller Helping Barclays?
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Tribunal Rules Against Ex-DLA Piper Partner Who Claimed Pregnancy Bias
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Partner Push-Out: Nearly 8 Percent of Women Partners Were De-Equitized, Survey Finds
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Young Litigation Boutiques Flourish
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Future Shock: Law Firms Setting Themselves Up for Extinction
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Senior lawyers warn future will not be driven by law firms
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Tearful Ex-General Counsel Details Huge Ponzi Discovery
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Attorney's Former Employees Charged in Alleged Multimillion-Dollar Fraud
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Not-So-Bad News for BigLaw: Small Drop in Head Count, Small Boost in Partner Profits
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Lawyerly Lairs: Orrick’s New Digs in New York
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$10 Million in Attorney Fees Upheld in Microsoft Case
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Retreats Can Help a Law Firm and Its Lawyers Advance
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Robbins Geller Struck First, But Will It End Up Goldman Class Counsel?
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Clifford Chance tasks nine partners with recruitment responsibilities
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Leading candidates emerge to take the helm at Freshfields
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Panel: Suspended Lawyer Only Pretended Not to Practice and Should Be Disbarred
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Two-Sided Business Card, Potential Client Confusion Cited in Lawyer’s Suspension
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Lawyer Takes Pay Cut to Save His Marriage and Help His Epileptic Son
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Idea of Uniform Bar Exam Finally Gets Legs
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CRIMSON DNA Apologizes, But Gawker Outs Her
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The Harvard Law School ‘Racist’ Email Controversy: Dean Martha Minow Weighs In
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Harvard Law School BLSA and the Banality of Evil
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NALP 2010: New Litigators be Warned
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Report: O’Melveny Lawyer Sparked Probe of iPhone Prototype Loss By Reporting It Stolen
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The Gizmodo/iPhone Case: Shield Laws and Stolen Property
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Chained on Campus for Ditching Jury Duty, Student, 19, Apologizes & Avoids Contempt
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Judges:

Justice Stevens Invented the Internet
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Experts Pick Favorite Supreme Court Nominees
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Who Should Be the Next Justice?
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Sotomayor Deemed More Influential than Her Colleagues
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Obama Interviews Sidney Thomas for Top Court Seat as ‘Epic Battle’ for Confirmation Looms
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Is Judge Diane Wood Too Risky a Choice for Obama?
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Senate Committee Advances Bill on High Court Camera Access
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Firms Disqualified From Cases for Employing Ex-Judge and Legal Assistant
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Md. judge who deflated tire calls actions 'calculated'
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Judge in Pa. 'Kids for Cash' Scandal to Plead Guilty to RICO Charge
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Wall Street:

Futures steady before GDP
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Stocks, Euro Rise as Greek Bailout Nears; Copper, Oil Advance
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U.S. Stocks Rise on Strong Quarterly Profits
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Layoffs:

More Than a Million in US May Lose Jobless Benefits
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Texas Dominates Best Cities for Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Concrete:

US Concrete to cut $272 mln debt via bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Stephen Baldwin Needs a Bailout -- and Why We Should Give It to Him
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Aviation:

Continental, UAL Set to Announce Merger
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No Room at The Bin
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JAL suspends, shrinks flights
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Corporate Reform:

US Senate launches debate on Wall St bill
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How Democrats Broke GOP Block on Financial Reform
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Devil's in the details: Republicans, Democrats to battle it out over financial reform
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Senate Republicans Vow to Amend Finance Bill on Floor
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Shelby: Do we have a deal on ending bank bailouts?
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Elizabeth Warren: GOP Reform Plan Is A Failure, Republicans Choosing Banks Over Families
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Warren Buffett apparently supports derivative regulation, so long as it does not apply to him
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Former NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer rails against Wall Street and its 'Frankenstein' products
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Banking regulation bill is too big to succeed
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A pox on your swaps
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Fact Checking the ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ FinReg Attack Ad
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Unions, Activists Convene March on Wall Street
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Now We Should Hold Hearings Into The People Really Responsible For The Financial Crisis
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Retailing:

General Growth Is Approved to Update Bankruptcy Plan
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Municipalities:

Goldman , other banks to face munis case
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Ravitch: New York Deficit Could Swell to $15 Billion Next Year
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Politics:

Dems head to NY for Wall Street dough
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Lincoln gives Goldman Sachs donations to charity
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Economy:

Jobless claims fall, slow recovery seen
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IMF plans for bank tax panned by global finance community
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Obama: 'I Do Think At A Certain Point You've Made Enough Money'
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Want to get rich? Work for feds
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Unions Members March, Demand Bankers 'Fix The Mess'
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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:

Fla. AG Probes Large Foreclosure Law Firm re Possible ‘False & Misleading’ Mortgage Docs
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Why Americans Get Ripped Off on Mortgage Loans
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Foreclosures Easing and Spreading
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Non-Current Mortgages, REO Reach 7.3m in March: LPS
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Hedge Fund Appaloosa Denied in Bid to Halt Stuy Town Foreclosure
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California Proposes Principal Write-Downs for Homeowners
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House Democrats Introduce Right-to-Rent Bill for Borrowers Facing Foreclosure
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Sand States Still Own Top Foreclosure Hot Spots
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Market Bottom Proves Elusive for U.S. Warehouse Market
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More Mid-Size Banks Facing Closure from Commercial Real Estate Exposure
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House Committee Approves Bill to Tighten FHA Approval Standards
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Total Mortgage Applications Slip 3%: MBA
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Mortgage Rates Stay Flat, Thanks to Greece
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Outlook Stable For Multifamily REITs, Moody's Says
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Geithner Threatens Crack-Down on HAMP Servicers
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Hotels:

W Boston Hotel developer files for bankruptcy
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Ritz-Carlton...what's the fuss?
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Autos:

Turnaround for Big Three automakers? Not so fast
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Feds back GM amid criticism of repayment
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U.S. may earn back aid to automakers: Geithner
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Visteon asks for more time for bankruptcy plan
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GM, auto suppliers push tax credits bill
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Secrecy cloaks Marchionne's vision for Chrysler
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90% of Chinese Still Pay Cash for Cars
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Oil/Gas:

Miss. oil company files for bankruptcy protection
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President Obama says BP 'ultimately responsible' for spill clean-up
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BP Will Pay Spill Costs as US Agencies Mobilize
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Total Spill Cost Could Hit $8 Billion
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Could Dwarf Exxon Valdez; US Mulls Military Response
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Oil Spill May Cost Insurers $1.5 Billion in Claims
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
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In Area With Few Options, Rigs Are Mixed Blessing
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Newspapers:

'Bold and brash' CEO Brian Tierney loses Philly media empire in frenzied auction
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An Unlikely Newspaper Hero
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Budget cuts likely in wake of Philly news auction
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Associated Press profit and revenue slide in 2009
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Lehman:

Lehman's Ex-CFO Says Barclays Offered Him a $4.5 Million Bonus
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Lehman helps Nomura into profit
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Lehman case "backs" accounting convergence
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How Much Did Lehman CEO Dick Fuld Really Make?
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Fraud:

What's Next for Goldman Sachs?
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Goldman Sachs can't take the heat?
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Goldman Scrutinized by US Prosecutors Examining SEC Case
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Blankfein's Hollow Fiduciary Support
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Goldman Sachs May Inspire a Redefinition of “Fiduciary Duty”
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Is Goldman Sachs a Broker or Investment Advisor?
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In Goldman's Defiance, a Hint of Truce
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Goldman set to settle SEC fraud case soon: report
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Goldman Not Currently Negotiating A Settlement With SEC
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The Goldman hearings Sachs and the sh----
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The Fabulous Fab, a Goldmanesque Fractal
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Goldman Employees Scared Into Eating Lunch At Their Desks, Not Making A Spectacle Of Selves While Partying
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Fear and Drinking at Goldman Sachs
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Goldman Sachs: Can You Explain Making Markets to a Jury?
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Goldman Trader 'Hedging' Means 'Conflict' to Senator
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One Firm Refused to Aid a Goldman CDO Plan
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The ABC's Of Goldman's Abacus
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Goldman Sachs ' 'geniuses' might make us all socialists
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What Would Henry Goldman Think of Goldman Sachs Today?
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Goldman's All-Star Lobbying Squad
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On Goldman's Lobbying Machine: WSJ vs. NY Times
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Can Selig Cartwright Salvage Goldman Sach's Image?
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Bill Miller Sticks With Goldman Sachs as Damage Seen Limited
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Goldman Sachs hearing belies Congress' role in housing crisis
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Goldman Sachs meets UK regulator FSA over fraud claims
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Warren Buffett in a tight spot on Goldman Sachs
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US eyes two more suspects in covert Galleon probe
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Should Sholom Rubashkin Receive a Life Sentence?
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Postville-area business owners tell how Agriprocessors hurt their operations
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Petters scam restitution schedule released; see who gets what
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today)

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 - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Theater:

Enron on Broadway: No Accounting for Bad Behavior
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

NV: Bankruptcy by the Numbers
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Avoidance Actions:

$650K Clawback of Rothstein Firm Donations Sought from Fla. GOP, Other Politicians
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Standing:

Sixth Circuit says Alleged Profit Loss is Not Enough for Standing
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Consultants:

Alix appoints Albert Stein as Managing Director
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Banking:

Bank of America Board Elects New Chairman
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Bank Billionaire Gerald Ford Targets Pacific Capital
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Why an 81-Year-Old Widow from Iowa is Marching to Bring the Banks Under Heel
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Health Care:

‘The Woodstock of Dentistry’
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Could Streamlining Medical Billing Save $7 Billion a Year?
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Report: Feds Now Probing Partners HealthCare
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Aetna Raises Forecast After Earnings Beat Estimates
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Tax:

2nd Circuit Rejects Firm's 'Bold Attempt' to Contest IRS Levy
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Food/Drink:

Bankruptcy judge OKs Bi-Lo plan that preserves most stores, jobs
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Sales:

SecondMarket Names Greg Besner CFO and Head of Data and Analytics
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Third Circuit reaffirms 1999 O’Brien decision regarding application of Bankruptcy Code Section 503(b) to break-up fees of stalking horse bidders
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Accounting:

PwC and Deloitte Easily Make Top 100 of Fortune 500 Rankings
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Goldman Sachs’ Senate Testimony: Did CFO David Viniar S---- Their Pooch?
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Unsecured Claims:

Second Circuit joins Ninth in permitting general unsecured creditors to include attorneys’ fees as part of their claim
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Rating Agencies:

Rating agencies warned to watch their step
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Revenge of the Rating Agencies
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Gambling:

Judge Shields Majestic Star Execs From City Lawsuit
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Boyd withdraws objection to Station bidding procedures
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Station Casinos: No competitive advantage under bankruptcy plan
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UK:

Record numbers of Britons declared insolvent
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Dowie: Hull short of 'saleable assets'
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Goldman Sachs Said to Meet UK FSA Today Over Probe
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Business debts ''could hit recovery''
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Brits Turning Back on Car Ownership
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EU:

Schaeuble Says Defending Euro's Stability Is in German Interests
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Europe Moves Swiftly on Greek Rescue Plan
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Euro Fears Force Merkel To Act
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Investors dump euro amid concern of EU breakup
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Now It's a European Banking Crisis
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Greece:

EU/IMF want tougher Greek austerity for deal -union
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German FinMin-Greece aid approval not yet certain
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Greece is a Failed State; Only the Occupation is Missing
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Take cover to avoid blows in Greece crisis
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As Greece falters, fears stretch around world
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Hedge fund seeks to recoup Goldman losses
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Portugal:

Portugal deficit cut could be even bigger
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Germany:

German resistance to Greek rescue abating
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German opposition moves Greek rescue forward
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German jobless rate declines to 8.1 pct in April
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Almatis Opts for Bankruptcy After Dubai, Oaktree Spat
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China:

Slowdown looms after China banks profit records
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Canada:

Why there are growing fears of housing bubble in Canada
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Australia:

Daniel Tzvetkoff may have millions stashed in tax havens as relatives risk homes to save his skin
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Japan:

BOJ Pledges to Help Banks Lend as Deflation Persists
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