Law:
Good News for Star Associates, Bad News for Others: Bonuses are Replacing Some Pay
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Legal Sector Lost 800 Jobs in July
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In Boston, Merit-Based Compensation Could Be Taking Hold
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New Law Firm Rankings: News You Can't Use?
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Re-leveraging – the sudden rush to hire deal finance talent
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Referral Outfit Sues Lawyer, Firm to Collect Fees
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Women Lawyers Celebrate Inroads, Denounce Vestiges of Inequality
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Lawyer has seen clients go from six figures to sudden poverty
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$1.4 Million Verdict Thrown Out Over Lawyer’s Inflammatory Remarks
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Billing judgment matters
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Pls Hndle Thx: But I’m in MENSA!
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Bankruptcy Files Extra: Tribune Examiner Speaks
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DLA Piper Launches Succession Plan Through Additions to Leadership
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Unemployed J.D. Goes on a Hunger Strike
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Mintz Levin to Close Its Silicon Valley Doors?
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Incoming ABA Prez to Put Ted Olson and David Boies at Helm of Justice System Project
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Survey: General Counsel Have Big Business on the Brain
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It Helps to Think Like a Player—Poker, That Is—When You Take Your Case to Trial
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Average Trainee Retention Rate Rises at Top 30 U.K. Firms
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Lawyers: Get a Pedicure, Go to the Dentist and Don’t Give Away Free Consultations, Expert Says
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Gap Between Sci-Fi and Reality May Be Narrowing in Justice System
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New Jersey Court Rules Against the Parents of Adolf Hitler
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Still Contesting $20K Sanction, ‘Birther’ Attorney Orly Taitz Takes On the Supreme Court
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US News Blames High Law School Tuition Partly on Oversupply of Eager Students
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A Pair of Craigslist Jobs
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Did Paralegal's Camera Catch Secret Toe Taps?
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Transit Company Sues Law Firm for Trademark Infringement
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On Charles Taylor and ‘Dirty Rocks’: A Supermodel at the Hague
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Police not sure which twin to charge after shooting
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Retired Wachtell Partner’s Prenup Precludes Share in 7-Figure Income for ‘Playmate’ Ex-Wife
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Judges:
Will High Court Become the Kagan/Roberts Show?
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Kagan Will Have Little Time to Ease Into New Job
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David Boies Calls on Lawyers to Speak Out Against Personal Attacks on Judges in Controversial Cases
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Judge Suspended For Misconduct Toward Court Employees
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Wall Street:
US Stock Index Futures Up
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Stocks end lower as job concerns weigh
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Wall St. New Beginnings, Same Risk Taking
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Goldman: Derivatives 35% of Revenue
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Layoffs:
Economy sputters as companies add only 71,000 jobs in July
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The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever Takes A Turn For The Worse
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Average Length of Unemployment Falls
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Small Business Jobs Bill: Failing Grade
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Forced to Retire, Some Take Social Security Early
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Jobs Report Shows Private Sector Still Wary of Hiring
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Does the Drop in Temps Signal Trouble Ahead?
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Poll: Many still fear job loss
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Unemployment extensions a challenge to figure out
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Receivers:
Disarray in receiver’s books alleged
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Finance:
Another Rate Increase Warning From Lenders
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Microfinance initiative risks turning into a farce
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Baseball:
Mark Cuban blogs about his pursuit of Texas Rangers
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Mark Cuban played major role in speeding up Rangers' sale
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Cuban bows out of Rangers bid gracefully
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Meet The Texas Rangers's New Money Man
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A priceless pursuit of bankrupt Rangers for Greenberg, Ryan
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Winning Rangers now have the right owners, too
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Tom Hicks: Chapter 11 strategy "resulted in a win-win for all parties"
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Hicks Goes From Toast of the Town to Just Toast
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Even in sport, a Pyrrhic victory
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Rangers might need that extra $30 million
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Mark Cuban: With Nolan Ryan Out, It's Now Up To You To Save The Astros
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Credit Cards:
Debit whammy - New overdraft rules may leave you $hort
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More consumers choose to relieve credit card debt with bankruptcy
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US Law Puts Credit Card Debt Before Single Moms
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Credit CARD Act Helped, But ‘Harmful’ Issuer Behavior Persists
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Autos:
General Motors' big IPO gains may take some time
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GM's offering should include a pitch to public
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GM's $5B credit quest key to stock sale
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Chrysler sales rise but problems lurk behind gains
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Chrysler Dealers Find Barriers to Restarting
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Ford To Pay Bill Ford Again
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Mahindra board clears SsangYong bid
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BMW Posts 9.1% Increase in July Sales
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Newspapers:
Records show how Brown execs reclaimed former company
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Bankrupt publisher inflated circulation, document says
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Hotels:
ML Managers takes over Ten Wine Lofts, Hotel Monroe
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster: Creditors To Give More Time For Bankruptcy Filing
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Distressed Investing:
Charlie Rose Talks to Wilbur Ross
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Accounting:
Deloitte audit partner charged with insider trading by SEC
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Gird Your Loins, Big 4
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Trucking:
Con-way Profit Slides 56 Percent on Weak LTL
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Personal Finance:
Many Teens Face A Lean Back-To-School Season
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Food/Drink:
Final arguments in Bashas' bankruptcy case Monday
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Economy:
Fed set to downgrade outlook for US
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July jobs show odd mix of bad news
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July Unemployment -131,000 Jobs... Gov't revised payrolls for May/June show 97,000 fewer jobs than first reported
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Comparing This Recession to Previous Ones: Job Changes
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Treasury 2-Year Yields Near Record Low Ahead of Fed Meeting
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US Buyers Own Treasuries Majority 1st Time Since Aug. `07
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Hiring continues to weaken; outlook dims for economic recovery this year
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Robert Rubin Warns Against Destabilizing Effects Of Another Stimulus
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Greenspan Calls for End to Bush Tax Cuts
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White House economic team exhausted after past 18 months
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Did the Recession Actually End?
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A 'Recovery' Won't Help the American Worker
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Profit Falls 40% at Berkshire Hathaway
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America Is at Risk of Boiling Over
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Will Our Kids Be Better Off Than Us?
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Stockman: Bush Tax Cuts Will Make US Bankrupt
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Stimulus' success hard to track
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Welcome to the recovery? No, Mr. Geithner, the Twilight Zone.
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Cheap Money Isn't Free
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From Man-cession to He-covery
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‘Hung,’ Symbol of the Recession
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Anti-Business President's Pro-Business Recovery
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Economists React: ‘The Great Stall’ Takes Hold
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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:
Fewer US Homeowners Underwater as California Home Prices Rise
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Jumbo Mortgages Making Comeback And Big Banks Want A Piece Of The Pie
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Housing Policy’s Third Rail
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Housing boom's jobs aren't returning as economy recovers
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Dirt-for-Debt Plans Reemerge Amid Falling Real Estate Prices
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Foreclosure Aid: States Fall Short on Short Sales
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Is Fannie Mae Sabotaging Obama's Housing Rescue?
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After Signs Of Improvement, Commercial Real Estate Prices Fall Sharply In June
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Apartment Rentals Hit Record Highs in 2010, as More Americans Shun Homeownership
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Bankruptcy trustee accuses Sumner developer Leon Moore of hiding assets
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AHF Mortgages unpaid in plan: $28,1000,000
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Affordable housing firm files for Ch. 11
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Stan Thomas entity files Ch. 11
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Xanadu Real Estate Project in NJ May be Turned Over to Creditors
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Ag Mediation Bill Heads To President's Desk
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Jobs: The Most Important Housing Market Driver
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Broke USA: An Expose of Subprime Lending and Its Impact on the Economy
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Housing Inventory Grows
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Stuy-Town tenants take home big win
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Examiners:
WaMu examiner submits work plan
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Municipalities:
Going to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On
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Little Relief Seen for State and Local Layoffs
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And Now A Few Words On The Coming Pension Crisis That Will Screw Us All
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How public worker pensions are too rich for New York's - and America's - blood
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Impoverished City To Close All Libraries
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When a State Pension Fund May Run Dry
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Maryland's economic deterioration is 'progress'?
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AIG:
AIG Posts $2.7B Second-Quarter Loss
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AIG repays $3.5 billion of Fed debt since April
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AIG in Talks to Pay US Debt, Chief Says
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Corporate Reform:
What Are We Going To Do About Liz Warren?
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HP's Mark Hurd Resigns After Sexual Harassment Probe
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HP Pays Disgraced CEO $28M to Leave
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Lapses mark out corporate morality tale
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Celebs:
NJ 'Real Housewife' faked the fabulous life
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Bankruptcy , DUI, and Drama at the Giudice's
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New Fight for Mike Tyson, Sued for $115 Million Over “Iron Mike” Nickname
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Full Count On Lenny Dykstra
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Purple Pain: Lawyer Sues Prince, Claiming Unpaid Fees
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Travel:
1800Hotels.com Tries to Rebound From Bankruptcy
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Aviation:
Mexicana Airlines suspends flights from Gatwick
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Mexico airline Mexicana axes flights amid turmoil
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Mexicana Files for Chapter 15 Relief in New York
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers' art treasures to be sold at auction
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Should Lehman's Final Few Funds Be Used to Defend Those Who Sank the Firm?
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Fraud:
There May Be Legal Backlash to Profiting from Madoff
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Madoff investors blasted PwC over funds audit
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Accounting firm sued over Rothstein work
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All The Best Victims
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SEC's fraud case against Wyly brothers may be strong, experts say
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Rick Brunsman's claims mount
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Accused Fraudster Loses Porsche, But Gets $5000 for a Beater
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Antiguan investors open jailed financier's stadium
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Broker Charged Along With Wyly Brothers Also Worked For Allen Stanford
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Health Care:
Forum's new owner warrants close scrutiny by AG Cordray
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Sunwest sale worth $1.2 billion
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Skilled Healthcare Group Files Motion for Mistrial
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Health Care = "A House On The Beach?"
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Hockey:
Bankruptcy court approves sale of 'Boots' Del Biaggo's stake in the Predators
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Skiing:
Powder Ridge: Powder Ridge's Former Owner Sues Town, Officials, Creditor
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Consumer Credit:
Consumer Credit Down for Fifth Straight Month in June
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Credit Reporting:
Phantom bankruptcy has real consequences
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Education:
Goldman Sachs Drove Innocent Woman to Stripping
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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:
NH: Bankruptcy filings fall in July, 1st decline since 2006
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Southern California – America’s Small Business Bankruptcy Leader
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Miscellaneous:
Canal Corp, Calvary Baptist Church, Tronox, Spheris, Mexicana: Bankruptcy
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Private Equity:
The Bigger They Come, The Harder They Fall…Maybe
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Poetry:
Dodd-Frank Limerick
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Compensation:
Mr. Fairness
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Insurance:
Executive Protection: D&O Insurance - The Insuring Agreement
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Litigation:
5th Circuit Hears Attorney's Appeal Of Sanction For Discovery That Occurred In Arbitration
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Revenue Climbing Back for EDD Industry
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Being an Expert Witness—It’s Not Like TV
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Mazzeo vs. Gibbons Suit Makes Us Fall In Love With A Judge
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Bankruptcy Finance:
Specialty Finance Companies Offer Alternative to Traditional Lenders
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Darkest Days for DIP Financing Appear to Be Over
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Judicial Backlash Adds to Challenges Faced by Lenders
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Tax:
Filipowski sues BDO Seidman over tax shelter
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Swiss Banking Secrets From the Mouth of the UBS Whistleblower
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Telling Swiss secrets: A banker's betrayal
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Politics:
Anger mounts over holiday bill -- paid by taxpayers
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Lavish Obama vacation in time of economic turmoil raises eyebrows
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The Flimflam Man
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Oil/Gas:
As Gulf plug firms up, BP shakes up its spill team
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In Shakeup, Incoming Spill Claims Czar Will Drop BP’s Contractor
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How Did 5M Barrels of Gulf Oil Disappear?
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BP Says Tests Show Cement Plug on Macondo Well Is Working
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BP removing oil-blocking booms from Alabama coast
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As Spill Recedes, Probes Advance
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Deep-water drilling ban having a painful effect on oil industry
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Gulf 'Spillionaires' Target Real Estate Market
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Lawsuits piling up against Transocean
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Banking:
Chicago Bank Fails, 2010 Tally Hits 109
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Interactive Map of Failed Banks
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Two Top FDIC Officials Departing Aug. 13
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With income from debit card fees falling, banks likely to raise other charges
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Aerospace:
Rocketplane lands in bankruptcy
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Gambling:
Too many casinos too close together? Cash-starved Northeastern states saturate gambling market
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Fertittas win Station Casinos bankruptcy auction
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Station Casino family to keep control: reports
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Station Casino license revoked
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Palm Beach Princess, idle in Bahamas, may sail into sunset after bankruptcy deal
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Religion:
Diocese bankruptcy documents detail alleged abuse
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Student Debt:
When Student Loans Live After Death
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Crime:
Widow of triple homicide victim sues in bankruptcy court over debt
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Debt Collection:
Stressed debtors open to calls, collections efforts for years
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Chemicals:
Anadarko says Tronox disclosure statement false and misleading
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Asset Protection:
Protecting Personal Assets
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Sovereigns:
Paris agrees to German plan to manage sovereign defaults
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UK:
US bankruptcy rulings could be enforced in UK
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19% drop in corporate insolvencies in Q2 2010
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Personal insolvency stats take first drop since 2008
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Upbeat insolvency stats are "tip of debt iceberg"
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Lenient creditors help curb company failures
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Sarah Ferguson faces bankruptcy after running up debts of millions
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Indebted Duchess of York avoiding bankruptcy
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Duchess of York could choose an alternative to bankruptcy
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Duchess of York Bankruptcy Scare - Is Fergie in Too Deep?
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Sarah Ferguson: The best reason to modernise the monarchy
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Fears for Scottish economy as business failures soar
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Liverpool Could Be Taken Over By Taxpayer Should Takeover Talks Fail
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ICAEW sets up insolvency support for practitioners
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Russia:
Russian farmers on brink of bankruptcy
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Canada:
Gatineau mill workers fear for pensions
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Toronto without real-estate woes is a city that hardly knows itself
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Germany:
Booming German trade suggests roaring second quarter
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Japan:
Mummies Tell Tale of Economy Missing in Action
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Japan's Debt Is So High, It Doesn't Even Fit On The Charts
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Japan's Economic Stagnation Is Creating a Nation of Lost Youths
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China:
Why China Is The Leading Indicator Among Leading Indicators
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Jobs Aplenty in Chinese Factories
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