Law:
In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That
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What's So Bad About Grade Inflation?
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New federal legislation could regulate bankruptcy attorneys
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Plaintiffs Lawyers Gather to Strategize Oil Spill Suits
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Law Firms Express ‘Growing Enthusiasm’ for Contract Lawyers
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Firms Predict More Cuts in Non-Equity Partners, Support Staff
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For Law Firms, Cost-Cutting and Alternative Fees Here to Stay
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Baker & McKenzie Re-Deferrals Turn Into Rescinded Offers
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With Firm on Life-Support, Rivals Eye Snatching Practice Teams
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Kirkland Partner Will Represent BP in Criminal Investigation
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Who Are The Lawyers Representing WikiLeaks?
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Dechert Raids Fried Frank for Financial Institutions Trio
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Williams & Connolly Gets Landmark CDO Defense Work
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Faegre & Benson Helps Pigs Fight Unicorns
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Pinsents sees PEP jump by a third
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What a BigLaw Buddy Can Mean for Solos and Small Firms
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Will the $20 billion Oil fund Make the Toyota Case Cool Again?
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Career Advice for Women Lawyers: Fake It.
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Do Lawyers Actually Read Boilerplate Contracts? Richard Posner and Evan Chesler don’t; do you?
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In Their Words: Attorney Views About Costs and Procedures in Federal Civil Litigation
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Attorney Allegedly Charged Cancun Trip on Client’s Credit Card
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How Law Schools Can Produce Happier Students and Satisfied Lawyers
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Marketing by the Numbers
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Tips to Help Lawyers Resolve Conflicts -- in Cases and Beyond
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Book of Rejection Letters Includes One from Princeton ‘Law School’
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Men, Women Convicted for Mingling at Party
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Real Ex-Law Student of New Jersey: Albie Manzo
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New Head of Trial Lawyers Group Plans Charm Offensive
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ABA OKs Another Law School, But Will Grads Rise From the Economic Ashes or Crash and Burn?
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Funniest Lawyer in New York? This is Why God Invented Heckling.
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Attorney Accused of Smuggling Heroin Into Jail
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Judges:
Kagan sought secrecy in 4 of 5 open gov't cases
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Solicitors General Favor Kagan, With One Exception
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Federal Judge Blocks Offshore Drilling Moratorium in Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Might Boycott Kagan Hearings
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Barbara Houser Like You've Never Seen Her Before
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Judge Rakoff Addresses Stanford Directors' College
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Supreme Court’s Arbitration Ruling Draws Liberals’ Ire
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Judge Who Was Famous for Fifteen Minutes in Anna Nicole Smith Case Puts Out a Book
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Sealing Requests Aim to Manipulate Court, N.Y. Judge Says
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Wall Street:
Stocks set for higher open
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Dow falls 149 on weak economic news
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Energy Sector Leads Late Drop
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Going, Going, Gone...Old Wall & Broad Street Sign Sells For $116,500
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Ace Greenberg On Jimmy Cayne: “Dope-Smoking Megalomaniac”
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Layoffs:
Stocks slide on new concerns about housing, banks
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Health Care:
As Law Takes Effect, Obama Gives Insurers a Warning
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Forum negotiations continue
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One step closer to sale
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Autos:
Is the GM IPO worth the trouble for JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley?
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Is General Motors Rushing Its IPO?
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Geithner says auto-related bailout losses to be less than expected
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Ex-Chrysler dealer in Mo. sues for reinstatement
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Chrysler, part-owned by gov't, spends $591,000 in 1Q to lobby on auto safety
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Visteon to expand auto parts plant in China
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Hecker bankers accused of financial maneuvers
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SEC Must Ban Auto Czar Steven Rattner From Securities Industry
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Feds take over Novi supplier's pensions
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Nissan CEO earned $9.8 mln last year
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Germany's Auto Industry is Thriving
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Accounting:
Bonus and Compensation Watch ‘10: Grant Thornton Delivers the Goods
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Are Going Concern Opinions Associated with the Reversal of Financial Distress for Bankrupt Firms?
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Municipalities:
Millionaires Tax Plan Fails in NJ
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Dallas: Fastest growing US city
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Recession Keeps Cities Growing
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San Diego May Declare Bankruptcy to Cut Benefits
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Bankruptcy Fraud: Your Cheatin’ Heart
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Moser is convicted of bankruptcy fraud for hiding assets
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Lien Priority:
"Trumping" Seniority: Recent Decisions in Westpoint Stevens and Trump Entertainment Allow Bankruptcy Process to Undermine Intercreditor Terms Between First-Lien and Second-Lien Lenders
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Surfing:
Quiksilver Strikes Gold With Debt for Equity Exchange
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Hollywood:
Lionsgate's Creditors Foil Icahn's Plan by Raising Change in Control Threshold
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Hedge Funds Said to Back Spyglass to Run MGM
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Mining:
Patriot Plunges on West Virginia Mine Closure Costing 175 Jobs
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Baseball:
Texas Rangers Bankruptcy Judge Won't Approve Sale Plan Without Changes
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Rangers expected to change bankruptcy plan
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The possible fallout from bankruptcy ruling Rangers have "impaired" creditors
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Texas Rangers Judge Sets July Reorganization Hearing
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Judge: Creditors Can Block Rangers Sale
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Judge's deadline won't help Rangers' hopes to add by trade
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Texas Rangers GM says team can upgrade if necessary
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Texas Rangers' bankruptcy could help New York Mets' hunt for Roy Oswalt
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More statement happiness: Count Rangers Baseball Express among those pleased with Judge's ruling
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Report: Ruling does not give lenders ability to veto sale of Rangers
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Rangers, Lenders Agree on Restructuring Officer to Monitor Sale
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Judge's ruling allows Tom Hicks' mess to linger over Texas Rangers
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Mets' squeeze play
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Celebs:
'NJ Housewives' Foreshadows Teresa's Bankruptcy
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Identity Theft:
Namesafe Inc. files for bankruptcy
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Economy:
Poll Finds Deep Concern About Energy and Economy
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Hypocritical Americans Claim To Be "Deeply Concerned" About Energy
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That ’30s Feeling
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Economists React: 'Next Few Months Will Be Tough' for Housing
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Bernanke Economy May Get Boost From Stronger Chinese Currency
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World's rich got richer amid '09 recession
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The Poor Rich
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When Caution Carries Risk
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G-20 preview: Obama's stimulus plea to be ignored by Europe
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Here Is How The UK's Emergency Budget Would Look In The U.S.
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20 Must-See Charts On America's Disastrous Level Of Government Spending
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Geithner Says Bailout Money Is Being Repaid
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Credit not obstacle to growth: Geithner
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Cancelled: There Will Be No Congressional Budget This Year
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Hoyer: Permanent middle class tax cuts too costly
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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:
Purchases of US Existing Homes Unexpectedly Fall
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Is May's Home Sales Decline an Alarming Signal of What's to Come?
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Housing on the Rocks
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Outlook for Home Prices Grows Darker
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The Vast Foreclosure Backlog Shrinks a Bit
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Americans Think House Prices Will Rise Again
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Geithner says homeownership aid effort has limits
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Battles in California Over Mortgages
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California’s Tax Credit Bidding ‘Hasta La Vista’ To Buyers
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Mortgage Delays Blamed in Home Sales Decline
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Study: Subprime Lending Fueled by Campaign Cash
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Hooking Bass (brothers) at Lake Las Vegas
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Court Confirms Lake Las Vegas Plan of Reorganization
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Apollo, Others Among Suitors For ResCap
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Obama Administration Scorecard Tracks Housing Data, Foreclosure Mediation
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Bond Defaults Stalk Michigan's Wealthiest as Home Prices Crash
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Total Number of HAMP Permanent Modifications Passes 340,000
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Design Firm Uses Icebergs to Hide Stalled Construction
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Distressed CMBS Loans Up 41% in April, as Commercial Real Estate Prices Edge Higher
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Life Companies Face Increasing CRE Loan Losses, Fitch Says
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CMBS Dealflow Could Pave the Way for Revived CRE Finance
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$75M Mansion Near Orlando Selling 'As Is'
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Germantown Settlement unit gets court ultimatum on property
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Sept. Sale Seen for Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper
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Stuy Town – Who Got “Stuffed”?
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Oil/Gas:
Judge blocks offshore drilling ban
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US to issue new oil drilling ban
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Drilling's Sheriff Salazar Under Scrutiny After BP Gulf Spill
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Legal drilling battle looms as Gulf spill spreads
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"If some drilling equipment parts are flawed, is it rational to say all are?"
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Federal judge owned oil stock
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Oil Drillers Won't Rush Back to Deepwater After Judge Ends Ban
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LoPucki: BP bankruptcy "increasingly inevitable?"
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Bankruptcy Looming for BP?
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A Bankrupt BP - Worse For The Financial World Than Lehman Brothers?
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BP was on Roids
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BP’s Hypocrisy Problem
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U.S. public still backs offshore drilling
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A $5B hitch for BP
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BP Commission Comments Carry Bad News For Houston Economy
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Well design may be hampering spill efforts
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Feds bill BP, others $51.4 million more
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Feinberg Ramps Up Compensation Fund
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Faster Claims Payment Needed, Feinberg Says
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That 'shakedown' could be a gift to BP
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Head of Oil Spill Claims Fund Heads Back to Gulf
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What BP was missing on Deepwater Horizon: a whistleblower
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Tony Hayward As Zombie CEO
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BP Magazine Discovers Bright Side to Oil Spill
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BP Oil Disaster Costs U.S. State Pensions $1.4 Billion in Value
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Big Oil Strikes Back, Slam Obama's Drilling Ban
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We don't know. That's scary.
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BP Faces More Complaints Over Wildlife Injuries
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Internal Revenue Service may tax Gulf Coast damage claims
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The Spill, The Scandal and the President: How Obama let BP get away with murder.
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Spirit Airlines Ad Mocks BP Oil Spill
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Anadarko is binary option on BP incompetence
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Anadarko, BP May Use Cheaper Process on Spill Clash
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A Colossal Fracking Mess
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Lehman:
JPMorgan Said Barclays Misled Judge in Lehman Deal
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No love lost between Barclays' John Varley and JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon
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Lehman Hearing Puts Diamond in a Rough Spot
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KPMG Sells Another $600 MM of Lehman Asia Assets, But Long Road Ahead
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Lehman Bankruptcy Court Rules That Safe Harbors for Derivatives Do Not Override Mutuality Requirement for Setoff
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Barclays boss tells US court Lehman deal was 'riskiest week' of his life
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Lehman assets a "dog's breakfast": Barclays president
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Calpers joins Lehman creditor group
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Cross-Border:
The Forum Shopping Debate Heats Up for In-Bound Cross-Border Cases?
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Tax:
Would the IRS Take the Heisman Trophy as Payment for Back Taxes?
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Health & Beauty:
Calgon, take me away … again
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Aviation:
Turkish Cypriot airline thrown into chaos
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JAL to encourage early retirement of 3300 more employees
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Ethanol:
Hawkeye Renewables emerges from bankruptcy
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Ethanol Backers Mad at EPA Delay
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Construction:
Under pressure to fund benefits, unions demand dues
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Golf:
Palm Desert Country Club residents: Golf course is out of control
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Awards:
Haynes and Boone Wins Two National Awards for Rise Energy Acquisition of Pacific Energy Resources Controlling Interest
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Chambers USA Ranks 24 Bilzin Sumberg High In Bankruptcy
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The Lawyer Awards 2010: Winners!
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Distressed Investing:
Turnaround Firm Accretive Solutions Forms Investment Unit
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Newspapers:
Philly Papers' Owner Renamed As Chapter 11 Exit Looms
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New management for Philadelphia Inquirer taking shape
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Alternatives:
Squeezing the Most Value from Distressed Assets: Is Chapter 11 Always the Best Way?
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Miscellaneous:
Texas Rangers, AbitibiBowater, Strauss, Garlock, Crucible: Bankruptcy
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Disclosure:
Hot tub moments are forever
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Corporate Reform:
Elizabeth Warren Should Head Consumer Agency, Brown Says
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Auto exemption decision now lies in Senate hands
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Auto dealers' proposed exemption moves ahead
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The CFPA Auto-Dealer Exemption
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New agency would help consumers save money: Warren
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Administration to Congress: Reinstate Superfund taxes
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Volcker Rule goes down to the wire
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Congress sprints for Wall Street reform finish line
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Congress nears deal on consumer protections
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Mortgage Industry Urges Risk Retention Exemption in Financial Reform Act
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Crickets:
Florida Cricket Farm To Liquidate
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Private Equity:
Limited Partners Fear Coming Distressed Buying Boom
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Student Debt:
Crackdown Looming for Subprime Student Lenders
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Horse Racing:
Horse Racing Industry Saddled With Financial Meltdown
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Fraud:
U.S. Wants One Trial In Stanford Ponzi Case
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The Madoff aftermath and charities: the curious case of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and its new Form 990
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Madoff's ex-finance chief released on bail in NYC
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Rubashkin legal team vowing to fight conviction, 27-year sentencing
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Judge Holds Hearings to Re-Sentence Ex-Qwest CEO
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Large Rally for Rubashkin in Los Angeles
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Prosecutor: Rubashkin deserves his 27-year sentence
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Nine West Founder in the Clear Over Ponzi Investment - Investors can't sue each other
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How prosecutors are ignoring Wall Street elite
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Committees:
Court Denies Bid for US Concrete Equity Committee
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Convenience Stores:
APPCO owner wants closed stores back
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Apparel:
Obama's fashion factory in Illinois may close
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Retailing:
Motion to convert Hackett's bankruptcy pulled
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Photography:
Records set at NYC Polaroid auction
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Banking:
J.P. Morgan names finance chief, shuffles execs
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JPMorgan Sets Sights Overseas
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US regulators see hope, threats in bank recovery
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Bank overdraft fees diminish, but new ones are cropping up
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Small Banks Late on Bailout Payments, Escape Outrage
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Credit Cards:
The Latest Credit Card Regulations from the Federal Reserve
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Interchange Theory: Simultaneous Rent-Extraction from Both Merchants and Consumers
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Derivatives:
Failed AAA Rated Rembrandt Deal Spurs Outcry - "I don’t think it’s the job of the financial community to bewilder its clients"
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Politics:
Texas GOP Party Near Bankruptcy
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Turnarounds:
Going Overboard When Wooing Potential Clients
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UK:
BOE Splits on Rate as Sentance Pushes for Increase
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Britain raises VAT sales tax to 20%
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England Will Cut Corporate Taxes
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Osborne gets UK's turnaround under way, say Turnaround Managers
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Insolvency Service IT upgrade delayed
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Insolvency rate among medium-sized firms reaches lowest point since September 2007
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Insolvency stats show SMEs are weathering storm
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Fear of cash flow problems for families across the UK
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Facing Deficit, Britain Unveils Emergency Budget
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UK makes sharpest cuts in decades in new budget
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U.K.'s Pain Threshold Tested to Limit
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Osborne to Tax Banks, Cut `Out of Control' U.K. Spending
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British Banks' Mortgage Approvals Increase to Five-Month High on Low Rates
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EU:
Europeans act alone on bank tax before G20
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European Consumer Confidence Holds Near Nine-Month Low on Cloudy Outlook
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France, Germany and U.K. Support Bank Tax
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Canada:
Canwest Judge Calls TV Sale Dispute 'Ridiculous'
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Canwest, shareholders fail to reach agreement
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Busy Canada Builders Said to Scout for Acquisitions
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Nortel creditors face another delay over process
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China:
China Sends Mixed Signals on Currency
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As Chinese Wages Rise, Machines Replace Workers
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Russia:
$32Bln in Tax Debt All But Written Off
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Greece:
Credit Agricole Takes Bigger Writedown in Greece
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Spain:
Spanish Parliament to Vote on Labor Reforms
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Italy:
Sacconi Says Italy Jobless Rate May Keep Rising in Next Months
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New Zealand:
Health empire in trouble
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Ireland:
Even Druids saw benefits of clean slate for indebted
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Greece:
Greece can avoid debt restructuring - finmin
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Middle East:
Islamic Finance v. Islamic Bankruptcy
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