Law:
1st Quarter Law Firm Mergers Lowest in a Decade, Altman Weil Says
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Conflicts of Interest: The Bane of BigLaw?
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Why Simpson Thacher Won't Sue KKR (Not Now, Anyway...)
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Heller Creditors Pick 11-Lawyer McGrane Firm for Big Suit
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All Those Cocktail Parties You Have to Remember When You Vie for a New Case
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Goodwin Procter is Hiring: People Goodwin Laid Off Are Pissed
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Washington, D.C. is the best city for lawyers
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Freshfields set for top-level review as joint senior partners stand down
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'We don’t want to talk to clients - they’ll ask for lower fees'
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For an Obama Mentor, a Nebulous Legal Niche
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Trustee Says RRA Attorney Helped Funnel Money to Former Boss
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A Sit Down With Latham Chairman Bob Dell
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Quarles & Brady's Tampa office taps national law firms
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Winstead will open office in Charlotte, N.C.
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Practice Area Survey Results
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Sanctions Lifted Against Qualcomm Lawyers (After Damage is Done)
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Court Rules Against DOJ in Case of Former Bristol Exec
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Another Hogan & Hartson Office Exits Lovells Merger, Will Join Akin Gump
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Goodbye Rosebud: Job of Manatt Phelps Counsel Is Product Placement
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Law Firm that Represented Anna Nicole Smith will Represent JWoWW of MTV's 'Jersey Shore'
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Ex-Associate Set for Trial in Small-Claims Suit Against Becker & Poliakoff in $2K Pay Dispute
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Lawyer of the Day: Michael Diaz, Jr.
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My First Year . . . as a Biglaw Associate in Boston
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Ex-GC of Oklahoma Bar Reprimanded for Alleged Groping Incident
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Debit Card Linked to Trust Account Led to Lawyer’s Disbarment
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‘Involuntary Law Firms’ Turn to Outsourcing for Business Help
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Who Says You Need to Go to Law School to Be a Lawyer?
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Is Diversity At Firms Hurt By A Lack Of Disclosure?
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Legal Heavyweights Lean on NALP to Track Nonequity Partners
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Lawyer Ads May Get Protection at Calif. High Court
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Branding Applies to Lawyers as Well as Wheaties, Life Coach Says
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Michigan Lawyer Sues State Over Vanity License Plate
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Did a Mississippi School Stage a Fake Prom?
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The 'Dangerous Quadriplegic' Doctrine
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Judges:
Senate Democrats Rally Behind Appeals Court Nominee
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Man Gets 8 Years for Liening Property of 3 Federal Judges
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Fla. Judge Reprimanded for Internet Link, Gets Lesson in ‘New Media’
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Cleveland Judge Denies Making Online Comments
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Controversial Judge Indicted for Probing Spanish Civil War
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Roberts: Inability to compromise stops consensus
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Chief Justice Roberts on Obama, Justice Stevens, Law Reviews, More
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Obama continues to lag when it comes to judges
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Senate GOPers, Dems Sharpening Swords Over Goodwin Liu
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D.C. Attorney General Spars With Federal Judge
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Wall Street:
Stock futures slip as worries over Greece continue
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World stocks drop as Greek debt crisis intensifies
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Asian Stocks Fall as Recovery Flags; Euro Slips on Greece Risk
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Stocks finish with losses
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US Stocks Extend Drop as Consumer Credit Slump Tops Estimates
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Markets Fall on Comments About Higher Interest Rates
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SEC Seeks Tighter Rules on Asset-Backed Securities
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Why Is Goldman Sachs Revisiting AIG?
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Layoffs:
More U.S. CEOs expect job increases than losses
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University of Michigan economic forecast predicts job growth for 1st time in 10 years
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5.5 job seekers vied for each job opening in February
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Consumer Credit:
Consumer debt falls by $11.5 billion in February
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Fewer consumer loans going sour, bankers group says
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Despite clamor, consumer finances are still ailing
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Why Consumers Are Shunning Plastic
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S.E.C. Moves to Tighten Rules on Bonds Backed by Consumer Loans
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Sovereigns:
Greece Leads Rise in Government Debt Risk, Default Swaps Show
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The Sovereign Debt That Dare Not Speak Its Name
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster in deal with studios; shares jump
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Blockbuster CEO Keyes: 'We're Rocky 10'
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Aviation:
Fliers Beware: There's a Fee for What Used to Be Free
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Why the Spirit Airlines Baggage Fee Won’t Fly
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United and US Airways Are Said to Be in Merger Talks
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Delta to end partnership with Midwest Airlines
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Strike fears cloud horizon at US airlines
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In surprise deal, Bend's Epic Air remains under US control
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Sun Country to emerge from bankruptcy ?
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Aircraft Manufacturer Sues Over Bankruptcy Rumors
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Airline staff seek help to get home
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Japan Airlines to Cut Third of Workforce
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Religion:
Newly unsealed records detail abuses by Memphis priests
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New lawsuits launched against the Catholic Church in San Diego
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Abuse Scandal Means Tough Checks for Future Pope
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Calvary in Savannah files for Chapter 11
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Municipalities:
Los Angeles Inches Closer to Bankruptcy
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L.A. mayor backs down, says shutdown a last resort
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Broke Cities
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Temporary Debt Relief Plan For Harrisburg, Pa. In The Works
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29 States Already Raising Taxes
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Towns Levy 'Crash Tax' On Residents Who Call 911
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Location, Location, Location - A new study ranks large U.S. cities by cost of doing business
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Environmental:
Michigan faces environmental risks as companies dodge cleanup through bankruptcy
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Chemtura Spared From $9 Billion Claim Over Toxins
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Retailing:
General Growth may become battleground for funds
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Newspapers:
Lenders to Philly papers seek to block auction
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Newspaper owner criticizes lenders' latest move
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Court rejects delay of newspaper auction
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Compensation:
Feinberg Breaks Down TARP Intricacies
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Former Citigroup Executives' Testimony Could Shed Light on Wall Street Compensation
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Corporate Reform:
The Dodd Bill: Bailouts Forever
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Administration will fight efforts to water down Dodd bill
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Dodd’s bill worries real estate markets
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The Proposed New Financial Regulation Could Backfire
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Making Financial Reform Fool-Resistant
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An Inside Outsider Takes On Wall Street
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Committee Takes Up Subprime and Citi’s Troubles
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Everyone at Citigroup Missed CDO Risk
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Citigroup manager warned executives that bank was taking on rotten loans
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Probe of crisis puts U.S. rainmakers on the spot
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SEC proposes tighter rules on securities that helped fuel financial crisis
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S.E.C. Says Morgan Keegan Misled Brokers and Clients
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Horse Racing:
Zayat Seeks Dismissal of Fifth Third Case
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Tech:
What's in store for Spansion?
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International Trade:
The Collision of Section 337 and the U.S. Bankruptcy Laws
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Trade Creditors:
Protecting Manufacturers and Distributors in Bankruptcy
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Economy:
Inquiry commission says former Fed chief ignored warnings about subprime
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Countries Urged to Plan for End of Stimulus
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Greenspan says Congress pushed Fed on housing boom
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Greenspan says goal of housing trumped all
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True Lies: Greenspan Blames Everyone But Himself
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Blame Europe, former Federal Reserve boss tells US inquiry into financial crisis
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Rating agencies bear fault in crisis - Greenspan
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J'accuse, says hedge fund manager as Greenspan remains unrepentant
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Greenspan: 'I was right 70% of the time'
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Greenspan Defends Fed Record in Consumer Protection
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Greenspan Continues to Chip Away at His Legacy
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Bernanke sees improving economy throughout 2010
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Bernanke Says Joblessness, Foreclosures Pose Hurdles
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US must bring deficit under control, Bernanke says
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Bernanke: Paying for Medicare, Social Security weighs on economy
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Volcker: US May Need Natl. Sales Tax
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W. House distances itself from Volcker tax remarks
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Hoenig Says Fed Should Consider Raising Key Interest Rate to 1%
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Dudley Says Fed Should Try to Counter Asset Bubbles
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Double-dip recession increasingly unlikely, economists say
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How to Tell When Recession is Really Over
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KPMG Finds Solid Global Economic Recovery Underway
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Updated 1930s public works program might help U.S.
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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:
The Business of Document Production
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Faulty Bank Paperwork Leads To Investigation Of Lender Processing Services
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Study Shows 1.2M Households Lost From 2005 To 2008
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Experts Tell Crisis Panel Competition in Subprime Mortgages Fueled Risk
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The Fed's radioactive housing hoard
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GSEs and Ginnie Dominate Mortgage Funding
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Former Lender Tells Congressional Committee: Lax Underwriting Fueled Subprime Mortgage Crisis
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Greenspan Says Subprime Securitization Triggered the Financial Crisis
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Homeowners Start to Fight Property Taxes
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Fixed-mortgage interest rates creeping up
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Mortgage Applications Drop on Decline in Refinance Volume
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Subprime RMBS Delinquencies Fall for First Time in Four Years: Fitch
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Moody’s Downgrades $38.7bn of Subprime Mortgage-Backed Securities
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Colleyville luxury home developer puts 3 partnerships into bankruptcy
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Empty Commercial Real Estate Owners Have No Idea How Worthless Their Properties Are
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Private Equity Money Seeing Opportunities in CRE Again
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What Housing Inventory Really Looks Like
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Many factors behind Florida foreclosures
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Phoenix Foreclosures Hit Record in March
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Real-Estate Sites Start Targeting Renters
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Coral Gables business center files Chapter 11
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Housing Won’t Heal Until the Renters Come Back
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A Cascade of Subprime Securities Suit Dismissal Motion Rulings
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Surge in Rulings in Subprime-Related Securities Cases Continues
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Recession Forces Even "Extreme Makeover" to Downsize
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Frontera Vista posted for foreclosure
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Bank of America Promises Faster Loan Modifications
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Second Lien Issues Remain with Mortgage Modification Program: Amherst
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Deloitte's Guy Langford: Banks Looking Seriously At Dealing With Distressed Assets
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Awards:
Weil Bankruptcy Partners Recognized as "Rising Stars"
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Food/Drink:
Hooters in downtown Minneapolis' Block E files for Chapter 11
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Bashas' Looks for Acceptable Bankruptcy Plan
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Bashas' bankruptcy reorg delayed by lender glitch
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Last Gooding's supermarket faces eviction, files Chapter 11
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Magazines:
944 Magazine Files For Bankruptcy , Mocks It
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Chapter 11 Can Be Fun, Hot
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944 Media Has Fun With Its Chapt. 11 Filing
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Derivatives:
CFTC creates separate bankruptcy account class for cleared OTC derivatives
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Health Care:
St. Vincent's Hospital ending inpatient service
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St. Vincent's Votes to Shut Hospital in Manhattan
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After 160 Years, St. Vincent’s Hospital Gets Set to Close Doors
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St. Vinnie's closure clouds plans for new towers
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Workers At St. Vincent's Protest Decision To Close
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St. Vincent's to Close? Hitchens Will Not Be Pleased!
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Jackson Health System: Cash problems improving
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In Medicine, the Power of No
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18 states now challenge...
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Health Care's History of Fiscal Folly
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Banking:
WaMu Bondholders Get Another Shot
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Former Texans CUSO CEO May Be Last in Line to Get Paid, If At All
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Why we must break up the banks
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Rescuing capitalism from Wall Street
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Gambling:
Where casinos struggle
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Morgan Stanley gambles and loses on casino
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Packaging:
Smurfit equity holders object to reorg plan
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Hotels:
After Tough Times for Lodging, Is There Finally Light at the End of the Tunnel?
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Santa Rosa Hotel Future Uncertain
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Friar Tuck closed
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Regency Hotel back in city hands
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Corporate Governance:
Investors Keep Close Watch on Directors’ Time
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Board Ties Trip Up Companies
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Chapter 13:
Courts Split on Transportation Ownership Deductions
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Academia:
The Last Bankrupt Hanged: Balancing Incentives In The Development Of Bankruptcy Law
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Distressed Investing:
The Fed as Distressed Investor
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Debt Collection:
Repo Madness
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Telecoms:
Hawaiian Telcom to go public once out of bankruptcy
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Valuation:
Regent Communications Faces Uncertain Valuations for Bankruptcy
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Defaults:
Credit Casino Paying Off For Investors
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Hockey:
Phoenix Coyotes' bidder Ice Edge on brink of pulling out
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Litigation:
PwC Issues 2009 Securities Litigation Study
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Banks Said to Sidestep Lawsuits From Crisis
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AIG:
U.S. said to interview AIG's Cassano about subprime losses
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Credit Reporting:
Experian and FreeCreditReport.com Sink to a New Low
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Personal Finance:
Blondes Have More … Money?
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Derivatives:
Hollywood Tries to Block Market for Movie Bets
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Student Debt:
Jesse Jackson and HuffPo's Next Crusade: a Student Loan Bailout
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Private Equity:
The Credit Performance of Private Equity-Backed Companies in the 'Great Recession' of 2008–2009
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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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Seminars
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Bankruptcy Humor:
Bankruptcy Bill
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Bankruptcy Reform:
The Congressional Research Service Says No Real Effect from BAPCPA
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Notable Bankruptcies of 2010: Q1
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Tax:
Nearly half of US households escape federal income tax
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Joseph Stack Was Oddly Polite Right Before Crashing His Plane into an IRS Building
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IRS Launches Global Tax Program Targeting 'High Wealth Individuals'
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Claims Trading:
Bankruptcy judge strikes back against zombie debt- Bankruptcy discharge protects against collection of discharged debt
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Fraud:
Financial Adviser Reportedly Was Paid $33M While ‘Verifying’ Fictitious Rothstein Settlements
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Fort Lauderdale vows to reform off-duty details after Rothstein embarrassment
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R. Allen Stanford's current criminal-defense lawyers file motion to withdraw
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Allen Stanford gets fourth set of defense lawyers
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As the Defense Turns: More Lawyers Coming and Going in Stanford Case
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Antigua's challenges
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Stanford Stakes in Horse Magazines, Bank Are for Sale
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Sir Allen Stanford's knighthood revoked
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Madoff's N.Y.C. apartment bought by Cabbage Patch magnate
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What's Behind The Secret Locked Doors In Madoff's Old Penthouse?
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Madoff's Apartment Gets Even Creepier
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New Tenants of Madoff's Apartment Were Hoping For More
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Connecticut probing bank linked to Madoff
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Minn.'s Petters to be sentenced in Ponzi scheme
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Prosecutors Seek 335 Years for Petters
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How to Spot a Pump and Dump
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11th Circuit Weighs Ex-Players' Suit Against NFL, Union Over Ponzi Scheme
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Coldwell Banker Failed to Stop $55 Million Ponzi Scheme, Bankruptcy Committee Says
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Autos:
Bailout backlash: General Motors, Chrysler among most disliked companies in America
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GM opens the kimono
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General Motors’ new start not as fresh as it looks
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GM: More Troubles Coming Down the Road
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GM Generates $1 Billion in Cash After Bankruptcy Exit
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GM lost $4.3 billion during 2nd half of 2009
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GM's domestic plan contributions may hit $11.9 billion
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GM reports saving $4.6B by cutting retiree benefits, pensions
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GM Sued by UAW for $450 Million Over Delphi Fund
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GM profit likely this year, analyst says
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Remember That Huge Gift Obama Gave To The Auto Unions? Now We're About To Pay For It Dearly
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Ford Sells Bonds as Junk Rallies for 14th Month
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Bankruptcy case ends, but Hecker's debts will live on
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Bankruptcy judge freezes assets of US Fidelis owners
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The Toyota Fine: The $16M Might Not Be Toyota’s Biggest Problem
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Toyota exec warned on defect: "We need to come clean"
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Bankruptcy Audits:
Bankruptcy Audit Odds Low
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Exemptions:
Inherited IRAs likely not subject to bankruptcy protection
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Sales:
One's crisis is another's opportunity
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Sales or Plans: A Comparative Account of the “New” Corporate Reorganization
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Chemicals:
Blavatnik Creation LyondellBasell May Face Kazakh Payment Probe
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Celebs:
Dykstra Strikes Out In Bid To End Bankruptcy Case
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Nic Cage Loses Another Home
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It's Suge Knight vs. Kanye in Fla. courtroom
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Mass Torts:
Appeal Confirms Rejection of Asbestos Bankruptcy Plan as Collusive and In Bad Faith
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Resorts:
Catskill's Friar Tuck Inn closed
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Accounting:
Watchdog reminds auditors to watch unusual deals
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Repos Clarified
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Lehman collapse contributed to IASB funding issues
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Former Deloitte student admits £8k bill from online gambling
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Read This Before Getting Excited About the Big 4 Announcing Raises Early
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Good news. Bad news. AIG’s Cassano Snitches on PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Auditing Your Auditor
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The Going Concern Opinion: A Time for a Referendum?
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Lehman:
I Don't Get It
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UK:
Business failure slowdown is bucking trend
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Insolvency Act: all change
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Bank of England Keeps Rates on Hold
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High earners hit as 50% tax rate goes into effect
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Pre-packaged insolvency proposals are 'expensive duplication'
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Treasury proposals update insurer insolvency process
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Marks and Spencer sales beat forecasts
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UK house prices up 1.1 pct mm in March
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EU:
Bank Swaps Widen to Record Over Companies on Austerity Concern
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Euro-Zone Retail Sales Tumble- February retail sales fall 0.6%
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Hypo Real Estate Case on Rescue Goes to Top EU Court
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European Central Bank Set to Keep Rates Unchanged
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Greece:
Pressure Builds on Greece as Europe Dawdles
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Greek Borrowing Costs Hit New Record High
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Greek banks seek more aid as nation’s borrowing costs widens
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Greece Default Swaps Trade Higher Than Iceland's for First Time
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Greek bonds extend plunge after deficit revision
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Capital flight squeezes Greek banks
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Greek Banks Ask to Tap Support Fund
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Greece Must Learn To Read Markets To Survive
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IMF, Greek Officials to Meet on Crisis
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Canada:
Fraser Papers Obtains Court Approval for Sale of Specialty Papers Business
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Gloomy report predicts loss of 10,000 gov't jobs in Ottawa over next three years
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Changes to Federal Pension Legislation
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Ontario the next California?
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Germany:
German Industrial Production Stagnates
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Middle East:
Stranded workers get payoffs at last
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Argentina:
US Judge Seizes $105 Million in Argentine Funds
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Nigeria:
Absence of bankruptcy laws impeding business growth
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Iceland:
Broken Country: Icelanders Opt for Exile
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Russia:
Rosneft Gives Security to Yukos to End Freezing Order
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China:
China on ‘Treadmill to Hell’ Amid Bubble, Chanos Says
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