Law:
Judge Slashes Milberg's 'Unusual' Added Fee Request
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New firm, old tricks for bankruptcy attorney
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New 3Ls Had a Tough Summer Job Market
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No-Hire-Back Rule: Laid-off in law, many other professions, are damaged goods
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Offers/Requests to Work-For-Free Poisoning The Well
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Leaving big law behind: The many frustrations that cause well-paid lawyers to hang out their own shingles
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Jilted Associate Fights Back
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Last Week in Biglaw
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Kentucky bar eyes fen-phen lawyer Stan Chesley
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"Leaving BigLaw Behind?" Indeed
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Lawyer Who Wore Wire to Build Case Against Claimed Client: ‘I Had to Do It’
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Are Clients Squeezing BigLaw into Small Law?
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Law Firms Must Act to Offset Diversity Setbacks
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Who Represents America's Biggest Companies: Small = Big Advantage
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Fried, Frank, Nixon Peabody Advise on NJ-SEC Settlement
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Outsourcing: The New and Improved Business Model Big Law Needs?
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Dear Law Firms: Canceling Summer Programs After People Bid on Those Programs Is Bad Form
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Hire Mark Hurd as Your Next Managing Partner
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Lawyer Indicted for Embezzling $1 Million, Giving Cash to "Favored Client" and Her Family
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Ethics Brouhaha Embroils BigLaw Partners, One of Them Married to High-Profile Governor
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Seven-Month Feeding Frenzy Swells BigLaw Firm's Ranks
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Pls Hndle Thx: Gather Ye Rosebuds
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Men Clients Only
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South Florida’s largest law firms
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Lawyer: Roger Clemens Turned Down Plea Deal
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Andy Pettitte's wife is key to Roger Clemens perjury trial
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A Hot New Trend: Leaving Biglaw to Start Your Own Firm
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Sonnenschein Seeks Supreme Court Review of Dispute With Former Partner
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14th Amendment Plan Too Gonzo for Gonzo*
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Social Media Lesson for Law Firms: How Marler Clark Got to Own Food-Borne Disease Category
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How Roger Clemens is Likely to Defend Himself
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Man jailed for trying to sell albino
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Girl (11) Killed & Beheaded 'for Witchcraft'
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Ex-Attorney Charged With Embezzling $1 Million From Clients, Firm
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Texas Bar Turns Over 63,000 Member E-Mail Addresses to Law Student
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Judges:
Juvenile Justice? British Judge Deems 11-Year-Olds Sex Offenders
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Ex-Bar Prez to Probe for Case Problems from Chief Judge’s Affair with Asst. Public Defender
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Authorities Investigating Claim That Judge Bullied Lawyer Prior to Suicide
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In Defense of A Woman: Some Thoughts on the Judge Gertner Book Controversy
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Face Dismal Day Again
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Dow Logs Second Loss in a Row
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Bond bubble fear returns as investors flee stocks
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In Striking Shift, Small Investors Flee Stock Market
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Layoffs:
Forget Bush. Obama now blames poor job situation on Congress
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California jobless rate remains 12.3% in July
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States Show Few Gains in Fight Against Unemployment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
Regulators Begin Process of Labeling the 'Systemically Important'
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Dodd-Frank Act Promises Large Bounties for Whistleblowers
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Banking:
Eight Banks Fail in Four States
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Regulators close Chicago's ShoreBank
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Midwest Banc Holdings Files for Bankruptcy Following Regulator's Shutdown
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Amcore Financial files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Veterinary Science:
Veterinary supplier files bankruptcy, lays off 300
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Broker Admits Bankruptcy Fraud
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy , Bailouts and Tax Increases Deep in McClintock Country
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Bad municipal bankruptcy bill still alive
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Cities Privatize Assets Amid Cuts
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What Budget Crises? LA Unveils $578 Million School
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Entrepreneurs:
Bill Bartmann Enterprises Makes Inc. 500 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
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Debt Collection:
Debtors face jail
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Golf:
Closed Riverside golf course could be developed
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Economy:
USA Debt: $13,310,379,000,000.00 --- $44,000 per citizen
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This Week: Retailers, GDP, Housing
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Income Inequality and Financial Crises
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Economic Stress Map
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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:
Foreclosures Grind On
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U.S. Mortgage Relief Effort Is Falling Short of Its Goal
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Nearly 50% fall out of gov't mortgage-aid program... 'Bureaucratic nightmare'
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Are Banks Selling Worthless Loans to Fannie?
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Good-Bye McMansion, Hello Tiny House?
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Homeowners Expect Home Values to Fall More
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Paulson Wins TOUSA Auction: March of Private Equity Land Deals Continues
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Court filings show EpiCentre has kept Charlotte-area law firms busy
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Plan would put houses on defunct Woodbury Country Club
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Restructuring market for secondary mortgages may curb affordable rental units
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New Online Help From Fannie Mae For Struggling Borrowers
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Lehman:
Lehman's $11 Billion Barclays Bankruptcy Trial Returns From Summer Break
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NY State's DiNapoli Reserves Right to Sue Lehman Executives
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How Lehman Went Bust
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Newspapers:
Tribune Reorganization Talks With Its Creditors Disintegrate
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Tribune bankruptcy gets messier
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Philly Newspapers reach accord, eye bankruptcy exit
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Nobody Wants To Bail Out Newspapers, Especially Not Readers
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Personal Finance:
How to Be Frugal and Still Be Asked on Dates
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Pensions:
More 401(k) savers take loans, withdrawals
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Feds take over Irwin's pension plan
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Former TierOne employees await 401(k) plan termination
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Pensions for Forum are secure, PBGC says
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$26 billion unfunded liability won't stall GM IPO, experts say
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Autos:
Ford May Lose Some Auto-Industry Investors to GM's Offering, Chairman Says
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Should investors steer clear of GM IPO?
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GM: Successful Bailout or Successful Restructuring?
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A Risky Business laid bare... General Motor's IPO
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GM is just a hedge fund in disguise
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Can GM's success story gift Obama victory in mid-elections
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Will GM's management changes rattle investors?
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GM asks investors to have faith on upcoming stock
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Traders weigh new GM shares
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A Red Flag on GM Internal Controls
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Why Can't You Trust General Motors' Financials? Because GM Says You Can't.
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Ford to pay debt down quickly
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Legacy of leader who turned GM around remains uncertain
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Surviving car dealers find stability, profits
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Ssanyong shares soar on Mahindra pact to buy stake
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Health Care:
Sicel 'vigorously' fighting involuntary bankruptcy, recalls some workers
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Rural California county seeks bailout for hospital
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Hospitals In Deal-Making Mode
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Federal agency takes control of Forum Health pensions
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Trucking:
Arrow Trucking trustee addresses wage claims
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Student Debt:
Student loan horror stories: What's the worst that can happen?
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Aviation:
JetBlue CEO sees silver lining in big airline mergers
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Mexican Investor Group, Pilots' Union Buy Mexicana After Bankruptcy Filing
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JAL seeks to go public again by end of 2012
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Gambling:
OTB Will Close 11 Parlors By September
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PR:
In Case of Emergency: What Not to Do
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Bonds:
Investors Shake Up Fund Industry With Record Bond Love Affair
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Hotels:
Bethesda firm Host chasing high-end hotels
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Turnarounds:
‘One-Man’ Buyout Firm Hart Repackages Packaging
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Credit Cards:
Final Rules on Credit Cards Limit Fines for Consumers
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Credit card rules will help consumers, but ...
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$9 Here, 20 Cents There and a Credit-Card Lawsuit
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Credit Counseling:
The myths about debt counselors
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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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
US bankruptcy filings touch 4-yr high at 1.57 mn
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Consumer Finance:
Debt’s Deadly Grip
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Miscellaneous:
The Bankruptcy Files: Power, Petroleum, and Electronics
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Tribune, Amcore, Comerical Mexicana, American Safety Razor: Bankruptcy
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Fraud:
Bank of America’s Ex-Chief Denies Fraud
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Madoff Trustee Seeks Four-Month Fee of $34.6 Million
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Behind alleged investment scam, an unusual worldview
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Mass Torts:
Company wants look at asbestos bankruptcy trust payments
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Oil/Gas:
New guidelines could rule out many BP oil claims
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Gulf claims chief says no-sue rule was his idea
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Feinberg Says BP Gulf Oil Spill Victims May Be Able to Sue Some Companies
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Feinberg plans to be more generous than courts in oil claims process
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Ken Feinberg's claims agency starts work today
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Feinberg Pledges to Issue Spill Checks to Individuals Within Day of Claim
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U.S. Saw Drill Ban Killing Many Jobs
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Proximity Is Pivotal for Spill Claimants
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Want Part of the BP Fund? Better Be Prepared to Drop Claims
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The Cost of a Quick BP Settlement
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'Opportunistic' Bacteria Feasting Slowly on Underwater Oil in Gulf
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Gulf States, Spill Coordinator Discuss `How Clean Is Clean' on Oiled Coast
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Gulf Coast on edge as 9/11 mediator assesses oil spill claims
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McCollum: Feinberg's oil spill claims proposal unfair to Floridians
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Allen: 'Impossible to lead cleanup efforts' without BP
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A New Blowout Preventer? Why the Spill Isn't Fully Fixed Yet
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BP Starts 'Fishing' for Drill Pipe at Gulf Spill Site
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BP to Victims: Stop Hitting Yourself
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BP Gulf Oil Spill's Walking Dead
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Gulf oil spill wreaks havoc on coastal real estate sales
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SemGroup suffers $121 million net quarter loss
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Sports:
Court Battle Swirls Around Storm Football Team
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Litigation:
Redacting Personally Identifiable Data From E-Filings
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Lawsuit of the Day: Man Says Video Game Made Him Unable to Function
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Bondholders Say Bank Left Them High & Dry
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Corporate Governance:
Top Ten Books in Corporate Governance
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Chancery Approves $700,000 in Fees as Penalty for Party's Litigation Tactics; Third Recent Chancery Decision to Do So
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Horticulture:
Park Seed fate to be settled today
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UK:
Bankrupt Europeans are flocking to London
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U.K. Consumer Finance, Business Confidence Show Weakness
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Bankruptcies fall but picture clouded by IVAs
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With its miles of golden beaches and amusement parks, Florida should be a dream place to live
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Public sector suppliers go bust as spending cuts bite
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EU:
European Services, Manufacturing Industries Slow
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Canada:
Economist Calculates BC Hydro on Path to Ruin
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On Call placed in bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy in Canada for Seniors with Pension Income and Tax Debt
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Greece:
Greeks feeling pain from austerity measures
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Greek Debt Crisis Finally Over? Maybe Not
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Germany:
German August Service-Industry Growth Unexpectedly Accelerates, PMI Shows
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Germany To Pass Bank Insolvency Bill Wednesday: FinMin Source
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China:
China Construction Bank Second-Quarter Profit Climbs 20% on Loan Demand
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Australia:
Former liquidator charged with theft of funds from estate
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Italy:
Tax Cheats as Sailboat Owners Become $13 Billion Italy Dragnet
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