Law:
The Apprentice
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The Early Reviews On Law-Firm Apprenticeships: So Far, So Good
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Law Firms Sanctioned Over Billionaire's 'Frivolous' Estate Claim
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Katten Muchin Names 2 New Bankruptcy Partners
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Adams and Reese moves to Capitol Hill
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Large Fla. Firms Tapped for Defense in Oil Spill Cases
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Fried Frank Partner to Lead Oil Industry Regulation Reform
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As Public Criticism Grows, ‘Too Distracting’ Banker Retains Gloria Allred
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Did Quinn Emanuel Hire, Then Fire, a Convicted Sex Offender?
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Ropes & Gray Partner Rob Skinner Puts on a Midlife Crisis Cabaret
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Is BigLaw Becoming a Socialist Fishbowl?
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No Additional Punishment for Convicted Mayer Brown Partner
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BigLaw Firm Wins Bid to Drag Ex-Client Into Arbitration Over $3 Million in Fees
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Opposing Counsel's Warning Comes Too Late; Lawyer, 54, is Stabbed 12 Times in Her Office
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Lawyer Who Helped Terrorist Deserves ‘Enhanced’ Term, U.S. Says
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Plaintiffs Firms Create News Websites Where Potential Clients Congregate
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Does the ‘Rule of Law’ Even Exist in the U.S. Anymore?
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Technology in the Courtroom: A Double-Edged Sword
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Affidavit of Merit Needed to Sue Firm as Well as Lawyers for Malpractice, N.J. Court Rules
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You Know You're Getting Old ...
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The Ten Students You Meet in Law School
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Lawyer Building Tree House Office in Pine Forest
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Law Professor Supports Bloggers, Calls for Colleagues to 'Wake Up to Casualties of Our Enterprise'
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Law Schools Sued Over Alleged Discrimination Against Blind Applicants
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Boston College Law Dean Seeks to Humble Us With His Newfound Piety — Becomes New President of Catholic University
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Despite 4,262-Mile Bike Ride, Vacationing Lawyer Still Works 2 Hours a Day
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Freebies by law firms are a “crucial factor”
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Motion Practice of the Day
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VERY Unhappy Wendy's Drive-Thru Customers
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Thanks For Being Frank Jack
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Bullfighter Bolts From Ring, is Arrested in Apparent Breach-of-Contract Case
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Yes, It’s Perfectly Fine to Call Me While I’m on Vacation
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Say What!?
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Judges:
Supreme Court Runs Financial Gamut
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Financial records show justices enjoy overseas travel
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69 Law Deans Endorse Kagan
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How Do Judges Determine Credibility of Witnesses?
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Mistrial Declared After Juror Argues with Judge
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Speak Ill of the Judicial System? Possibly Not In Utah
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Judges Give Thumbs Down to Crack, Pot Mandatory Minimums
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Wall Street:
Stock Futures Lower Ahead of Economic Data
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Bets on Growth Boost Stocks
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Layoffs:
Job Growth Key To Housing Recovery
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GOP Wants Pay Freeze for Federal Workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
San Diego May Use Bankruptcy to Roll Back Benefits
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Harrisburg Official: Choose Bankruptcy
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers Europe Offers Pay Plan to Unsecured Creditors
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Turnarounds:
Credit Crisis Puts Focus on Out-of-Court Restructurings
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Receiverships Can Be Efficient Alternative to Bankruptcy
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Alternatives to Bankruptcy: A Buyer’s Perspective
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Corporate Reform:
US House Lawmakers Offer Changes To Financial Bill
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Financial Bill Talks Turn to Credit-Rating Firms
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Rep. John Campbell Accuses Himself Of 'Blatant Conflict Of Interest'
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The Fed’s Report on Small Business and Credit Card Reform Fails to Impress
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Awards:
163 Sidley Lawyers Ranked in Chambers USA
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Zuckerman Spaeder LLP Recognized in 2010 Edition of Chambers USA
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McDermott Earns Top National Rankings in Chambers USA 2010
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28 Richards Layton attorneys named in 2010 Chambers USA
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Barnes & Thornburg Attorneys Recognized in 2010 Chambers USA
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Burr & Forman Continues To Receive Top Ranking By Chambers USA
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2 Saul Ewing Attorneys Recognized For Excellence by Chambers USA
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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Receives Top Honors in Tennessee from Chambers USA
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Chambers USA recognizes 22 Potter Anderson attorneys
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Gardere Recognized By Chambers USA
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Thirty-Seven Fisher & Phillips Attorneys Ranked Among Top in Chambers USA
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Faegre & Benson Practices Ranked Nationwide by Chambers
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McKool Smith Law Firm Earns National Rankings in Chambers USA
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Shapiro Sher Ranks Among Top Law Firms in Chambers USA 2010
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Nossaman Honored by Chambers as a Leading Law Firm
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Gambling:
Greektown Casino searches for new management team
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Derivatives:
Commodity Futures Trading Commission approves investment vehicle to allow box-office futures trading
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Private Equity:
KKR To Halve Oriental Brewery Debt via Refinancing
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Private Funds and Bankruptcy
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Equity Firm Loses Bid to Stay Arbitration With Gibson Dunn
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Consumer Credit:
Why You Really Want to Avoid Payday Loans, Store-Affiliated Credit Cards, and Overdraft Fees
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Autos:
What investors can expect from GM's IPO
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Chrysler dealership wins arbitration case
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Auto suppliers leap roadblocks
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Former Chrysler plant to be liquidated, not saved
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Unions: Restore concessions
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Losses hit UAW pocketbook
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Cross-Border:
Recognizing restructurings across borders
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Economy:
Manufacturing Sustains Recovery as Housing Cools
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Fed Officials May Trim U.S. Growth Outlook on Europe Risks
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House Lawmakers Seek Wider Fed Audit
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New York Fed’s New Powers May Come With Less Autonomy
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Don't Worry About the Rich, They're Spending
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China's US govt debt holdings hit high
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Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas
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Even The Fed Admits Ben Bernanke Is Dreaming If He Wants To End The Stimulus
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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:
Reconsidering Mortgage Cram-down in Bankruptcy
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Homebuilders less confident in recovery
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Homeownership Advantages Questioned by FDIC Chief
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Low Mortgage Rates Help Block Double-Dip Threat: Morgan Stanley
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Median home price soars 22.5% in Southern California
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Builders in US Lost Confidence After Credit Ended
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Capmark Financial Creditors Want to Probe $1.5 Billion Loan
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Walking Away From Your Mortgage: 3 Reasons It's a Bad Idea
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Shadow Inventory For Nonagency RMBS Could Take Three Years To Clear
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House Of The Day
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Home in SoCal murder-suicide in foreclosure
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Bankruptcy judge gives OK for Landmark to change hands
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In Distressed Buys, Look Before You Leap
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Commercial Property to Stay 40% From Peak, Pimco Says
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Finance:
Roll-Up Financing Gains Prominence
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Oil/Gas:
Fears of a BP Bankruptcy Filing Are Overblown
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The Government Wants BP to Put Up $20b, But Can It Order It?
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What's going on down there?
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America's oil supply: What's Plan B?
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LA Gov. Takes Matters Into Own Hands
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BP Oil Spill Lawsuits Spread to States Beyond Gulf Coast
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Florida county defies Command, takes control of response
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BP Chairman Gets Moment in Spotlight
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"We Don't Need This on Camera"
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Obama: We're Going to Make Sure 'BP Pays for the Damage It Has Done'
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What can BP afford to pay? Nobody's sure.
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'Nuclear option'
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AP Poll: Majority disapprove of Obama on oil spill
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71% Say Obama is Too Soft on BP
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BP Should Weigh Rebuffing U.S. on Spill Costs, Hofmeister Says
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BP Executive Says Company Supports Administration Decisions
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Democratic Senators: BP Escrow Dividend Plan 'Unacceptable'
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BP's Options to Limit Liability From the Oil Spill
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Escrow, Takeover, or Bankruptcy?
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BP Facing $34B in Fines Over Spill
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White House: BP has "plenty of cash" to pay claims
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BP escrow idea further muddies oily waters
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About those BP bonds...
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BP Purchased 32 Oil Cleanup Machines From Kevin Costner
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BP Rig Missed 16 Inspections Before Explosion
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Murray: BP should set aside $20 billion
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Louisiana AG Cleared to Investigate Oil Spill
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Oil Executives Face Congressional Criticism of Disaster Response Plans
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Oil CEOs criticize BP's well, but have identical response plans
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Chevron CEO: Practices We Wouldn't Use Employed By BP
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ExxonMobile CEO: We're Not Well-Equipped to Handle Deep-Water Spills
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Oil Executives Tell Committee That BP Spill Is an Aberration
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Unkindest cut: BP exec told to try 'hara-kiri'
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Lawmakers Criticize Oil Companies' Spill Response Plans
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Lawmakers Spar Over Proposed Oil Tax Increase
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Transocean Saved Billions in Taxes by Moving Legal Domicile Offshore
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Judge Rules Maritime Law Doesn’t Shield Transocean from Most Environmental Suits
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US Prepared To Process Jones Act Waivers Quickly
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Salesmen Pushing Hay and Other Pitches to Clean Up Oil
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BP Employee Claims That BP Is Lying, And That Key Test On Oil Rig Was Never Performed
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Did BP's Rig Pass A Key Safety Test—Or Not?
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BP oil siphoning suspended by ship fire
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Anger Over Oil Spill Spills Over To BP-Branded Fuel Retailers
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Under Pressure From Government, BP To Accelerate Claims Process
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US Government Steps Up Gulf Seafood Safety Measures
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Locals: We Need More Government Help with Spill
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Miss. beaches largely unspoiled by Gulf oil gusher
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BP call center a fake?
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Supply shortages slowing cleanup
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Oil Under the Water May Be Worse Than Thought
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Anadarko outlook now negative on oil spill
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Crude Oil Drops as Stronger Dollar Cuts Demand For Commodities
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Sales:
Strict Foreclosure Offers Out-of-Court Alternative to 363 Sales
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Insurance:
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Clawbacks and D&O Insurance
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Debt Collection:
McGraw, debt collector settle
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Credit Cards:
Fed limits card fees to $25
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Banks and merchants fight over transaction fees for debt and credit cards
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Banks seek out the rich for credit cards
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Credit Card Delinquencies Fall to 5-Month Lows
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AmEx 30-Day Total Delinquencies 2.9% In May Vs 3.1% In April
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Russell Simmons, Interchange Crusader
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Police Arrest 178 on Global Credit Card Scam
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Video Rentals:
Pull the Curtains on Blockbuster?
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Fraud:
One Crowd Still Loyal to Goldman Sachs
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Madoff Feeder Fairfield Seeks US Court Protection
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Kerviel Says SocGen Received Weekly Report on Trading
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Canadian Developer Agrees to Guilty Plea in Nevada Mining Fraud
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Education:
US Education Dept Avoids 'Gainful Employment' In Reform Draft - No requirement to show that students can get jobs when they graduate
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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:
Seattle Earns Dubious Debtor Distinction
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Bankruptcy Policy:
The Utility of Chapter 11
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Rule 2019: A Kinder, Gentler, Amendment
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Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure meeting
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Claims Trading:
Bankruptcy claims trading hits $3.3 bln in May
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Baseball:
Rangers Say Creditors Not Hurt by Team's Sale
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Inside the Texas Rangers Bankruptcy Hearing
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Judge says he's leaning toward Rangers argument
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Judge Agrees With Rangers' Attorney: Hicks Didn't Have to Sell Team to Highest Bidder
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The Rangers may be in good shape
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Chuck Greenberg Pleased with Texas Rangers Bankruptcy Hearing
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Coyotes Chapter 11 Weighs On Rangers Judge
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Rangers' creditors seek vote on bankruptcy plan
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Hotels:
Starwood Opposes Extended Stay Sale to Centerbridge
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Enron:
Website attacks Enron prosecution & media coverage
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Coffee Talk With Jeff Skilling
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Jeff Skilling Will Tell You That Prison Has Its Drawbacks
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Tax:
UBS May Escape ‘Game of Chicken’ as Lawmakers Vote on Treaty
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UBS US tax deal in balance as fresh vote looms
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Banking:
Corus Bankshares Enters Bankruptcy Court Protection
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Small banks a growing drag on bailout program
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US Lawmakers Reject Bid To Create Single Bank Regulator
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Bank List: Holding the Most Troubled Loans
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WaMu Revises Bankruptcy Plan
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Giving In on Trading, Bankers Turn to Other Losses
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Banking the Unbanked--Government-Sponsored Prepaid Cards?
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Newspapers:
Bondholders Balk At Tribune Plan
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Tribune Bondholders Ask FCC to Halt License Transfer
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Celeb:
Thomas Kinkade Arrested For DUI
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Real desperation: 'Real Housewives' star Teresa Giudice's bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:
Ill. asbestos ruling holds employers more accountable
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Accounting:
ICAEW wants auditors' private discussions to be public
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Watchdog opens investigation of E&Y over Lehman
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Satyam: Does Anyone Mind if We Take Another Three Months to Finish Our Restatements?
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Are Raises Looking Bleak at Ernst & Young?
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BKD Partner Found Dead at His Office
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Is KPMG Moving Out of DC?
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Aviation:
US Airlines' Work Force Fell 4.1% In April, Extending Slide
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Airline Executives Say Business Travel Is Picking Up
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Spirit Airlines grounds flights through Thursday
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Airlines See Q2 Revenue Gains
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Health Care:
Central Pa. hospital to leave bankruptcy in July
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Midwest Munis Bet on Retirees -- and Lost
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Uninsured Woman Shoots Herself to Get Medical Care
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5 painful health-care lessons from Massachusetts
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UK:
U.K. Unemployment Falls, Monthly Jobless Claims Drop
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Vantis trading suspension follows difficult financial period
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FTI Consulting called in to advise Vantis
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OBR: Economy May Never Recovery from Crisis
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Freefalling business confidence paves way for downwards growth revision
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Deloitte administrators called into caravan site operator Green Parcs
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KPMG administrators appointed to Pilkington's
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Luxury horsecoach business enters administration
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Drip, drip of reseller insolvencies continues
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Insolvency firm takes the plunge!
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OFT publishes review of high-cost credit
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EU:
Euro rises as Spanish debt auction boosts optimism
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EU Chief lays out 'apocalyptic' vision as some countries run out of money... Warns 'democracy could disappear' in Greece, Spain and Portugal
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EU wants details of 2011 Spain, Portugal fiscal plans
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EU demands 'extra' 2011 deficit measures of Spain
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EC pushing the envelope on austerity
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Madrid turmoil sparks fear of crisis spending
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A Vicious Circle for European Governments
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Greece:
China to boost investments in debt-hit Greece
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Greek gaming machines stage comeback amid crisis
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Greek Hospitals Near Meltdown As Government Can't Pay For Supplies
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Moody’s Takes Action On Nine Greek Banks
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Greek Borrowing Costs Rise Sharply
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EU Probe On Greek CDS Finds “Few Serious Flaws”
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China: Firm Supporter Of Greece’s Bailout
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Canada:
Movie Gallery Begins Canadian Liquidation
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Ministers move closer to pension reform
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First quarter sees productivity jump, faster growth
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China:
The History Of China's Property Market
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Spain:
Spain on the defense over persistent rescue rumor
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Serbia:
New software planned for Serbia's Bankruptcy Supervision Agency
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Middle East:
UAE to issue laws on bankruptcy
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