Law:
In 4 Key Rulings, Supreme Court Limits Fraud Statutes' Reach
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Supreme Court Deals Blow to Plaintiffs' Securities Lawyers
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Jeff Skilling Wins Supreme Court Appeal
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Ruling gives Skilling hope, but a long battle looms
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The Fall of Enron
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Criminal Defense Lawyer is a Juror in a Murder Case
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Value Billing: Getting Paid for Knowing 'Where to Pound the Nail'
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Davis Polk, Cravath on $3.2 Billion Citi Auto Loan Deal
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Deferred, Down, and Out
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Law Firm Survey Confirms All the Depressing Stuff You Already Knew About the Business of Biglaw
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"It's like Titanic, but with fewer survivors"
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Halliwells in dissolution talks
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Sheppard Mullin ‘Anomaly’ Leaves First-Years Making Less Than Summer Associates
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Attorney predicts exoneration for former Enron CEO
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Lawyer of the Day: A Hogan Lovells Ex-Partner Who Likes It Rough
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Real Estate Investor Sues Troutman Sanders, Partners
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Amidst US/UK Merger Frenzy, Two Firms Agree to Just Be Good Friends
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Supreme Court: Disclosure of Petition Signers Not Generally a Free Speech Violation
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Blaming Lawyers No 'Stay Out of Jail' Card for Former CEO
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Ex-Greenberg Partner Trades Penitentiary for Pizzeria
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Calif. Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling on Ethical Walls
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$56 Million Fee Approved in Class Action Over Backdating
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Dewey Crosses Border Into Arizona Mess
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NY Firm Hires Lateral to Take Reins at London Office
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Panel Zaps Last Claim Against NY BigLaw Firm
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Findings Of Billing Misconduct Against Contract Attorney Overturned
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Testimony: Slain in Law Office Parking Lot, Attorney Foresaw Her Fate But Stayed on Case
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More Lawyer Advertising: Depositions 101
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What Shylock Can Teach Lawyers About Speaking and Writing
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Solo Is the Loneliest Number That You'll Ever Do
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UK Associates' Morale on the Rise
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Survey Shows Increasing Gap Between Legal and IT Departments
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The South Butt v. The North Face:
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The 'Fuzzy' Difference Between Case Management & Legal Project Management
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Legal Project Management Moves In-House
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Survey Says -- Fastcase Ranks Higher For "Price for Value" Than Westlaw or Lexis
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Grade Inflation in Law Schools? Big Whoop...
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A Juris ‘Doctors’ Facebook Movement
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Book of Rejection Letters Includes One from Princeton ‘Law School’
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How Can Law Firms Help Their Lawyers With Marketing?
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The Truth Will Set You Free? A Broke, Adulterous, Disgraced Georgetown Law Marine Issues a Public Confession on Facebook
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NY Lawyer Takes Public Art Project Even More Public with 24 Dates Blog
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Dopiest Catch: Lack of Fishing License Costs Winning Blue Marlin Team $1.2 Million
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Judges:
Should Judge Feldman Have Stepped Aside?
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Enviros urge oil judge to reveal investments
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Judge held stock in rig owner
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Judge Faces Death Threats After BP Gulf Oil Drilling Moratorium Ruling
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Feldman's reversal record among lowest in Eastern District
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ABA Rates Kagan ‘Well Qualified’
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Elena Kagan and the Religion Clauses
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Conservatives Stepping Up Attack on Kagan
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Sotomayor dissent on Skilling trial venue surprises experts
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New Poll Reveals America’s Ongoing Stupidity About the Judicial Branch
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Ex-stripper in judicial scandal pleads guilty to fraud
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Skilling and the Politics of Judicial Restraint
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Wall Street:
How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday
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Compensation: Old Wall Street Discusses the New
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Layoffs:
Unemployment claims drop
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Congress Fails to Pass an Extension of Jobless Aid
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A loss of benefits looms, anxiety grows for jobless
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Mass Layoffs Slowed in May
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Investment Bankers: The Safest Job in the World?
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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:
Lawmakers Agree on Wall Street's Biggest Overhaul Since 1930s
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Treasury, Dodd Sell Out To Wall Street
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Wall Street reform: What's in the bill
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Financial Reform Becomes Credit Crunch
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Financial overhaul negotiations get off to rough start over Democratic rifts
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Wall Street reform talks inch to finish line
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Wolin: No Need to Wait for Congress to Act to Celebrate Fin Reg Victory
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Lawmakers Tackle Volcker, Swap Desks in Overhaul Bill
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Senate offers tough investor-power proposal
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Senators Prepare a Citigroup-Sized Hole In Volcker Rule
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The Volcker rule: Bang or whimper?
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Senators to Offer Plan to Strengthen Volcker Rule
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Dodd proposes new limits on bank trading
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Derivatives Fight in 12th Round
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The Derivatives Endgame
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McMahon Threatens 'No' Vote
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Financial Reform: More Say Toughen Up
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Corker warns of bank bill 'hijacking'
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US lawmakers agree to give SEC $100 mln reserve fund
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Bank capital and broker norms raised in Wall Street bill
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Toll Roads:
Toll Road's Operator Declares Bankruptcy
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Corporate Governance:
The fight for better boards
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Shifting Perks Prompt Shareholder Pushback
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Economy:
Orders Show Investment Picking Up, Claims Drop
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U.S. Interest-Rate Swap Spreads Widen Amid Increase in Risk From Europe
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62% of Americans Say We're On Wrong Track
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World Trade Volumes Dropped in April
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US Business Spending on a Tear
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Why Central Bankers Will Lose More Sleep
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Obama's Growth Goals Face Hurdles
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Poorer Countries Taking Over Global Economy
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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:
Mortgage rates fall to new low
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Mass. reaches $102M settlement with Morgan Stanley
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Senators Reject Proposal For Banks to Bail Out Fannie, Freddie
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Fannie Mae: Walk Away and You Will Pay
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Should Fannie Be Punishing Homeowners Who Walk Away?
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BarCap Sees Aggressive Modifications Leading to Lower Re-Defaults
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Real-estate deals trickle down
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McCollum sues over loan modifier's ads
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Hurst plaintiffs sue bank, title companies
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Lennar: We’ve Hit “Rocky and Sloppy” Housing Market Bottom
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Housing Oversupply Could End Price Stability Before 2011
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Stuy Town: The Final Chapter?
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Delisting Fannie & Freddie: The End of Multifamily Gravy Train?
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Fraud:
Ex-Enron chief could benefit as Supreme Court ruling weakens anti-corruption law
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Prosecutors lose powerful weapon
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Does Congress have the guts to fix what court gutted? Honestly, no.
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Rolling Back A Law Born Of Enron
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Corporate fraud prosecutions upheld
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What Does Future Hold For Honest Services Fraud?
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Supreme Court Weakens Key Anti-Corruption Law
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Conrad Black given fresh hope of early release after US supreme court ruling
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Court's 'Honest Services' Ruling Won't Help Madoff, Lawyers Say
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In Madoff Case, Action Is Mainly Civil, Not Criminal
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Criminalizing Capitalism
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Former Brocade CEO Reyes sentenced to 18 months in prison
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Former Rothstein partner Bova starts over
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Fraudster Lawyer Being Picked On, and His Scheme Wasn't Ponzi-ish, His Attorneys Say
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Judge Grants Pendergest-Holt's Motion to Sever in Allen Stanford Case
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Banking:
Banks get more time to meet new capital rules
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One-Third of Bankers Looking to Tap Capital Markets
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Litigation:
Court Curbs Overseas Reach of US Securities Laws
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Australian bank can't be sued in US
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Autos:
GM Could Complicate Ally's Fed Repayment
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Visteon Shareholders Appeal Bankruptcy Court Decision to Allow Stock Sale
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GM's Biggest Investor Heads for the Door
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Santander to Buy $3.2 Bln in Auto Loans From Citi
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Toyota, Nissan Chiefs' Combined Pay Less Than Alan Mulally's
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Telecoms:
Maine regulators deliberate FairPoint bankruptcy
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Miscellaneous:
Lehman, Fuddruckers, Tribune, Visteon: Bankruptcy
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Texas Rangers, Neenah, Circuit City, Midway Games: Bankruptcy
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Chemicals:
Tronox Can Change Bankruptcy Loan Terms to Avoid Liquidation, Judge Says
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Newspapers:
No End In Sight For Tribune's Bankruptcy Woes
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Vacationing Ex-CEO Tierney Seeks to Dodge Subpoena
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Squabbles Hold Up Tribune Case
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Tribune Bankruptcy Hearing Could Be Pushed 'Til September
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Philadelphia Newspapers to Seek Plan Approval
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Judge weighs pensions amid Philly newspapers sale
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Food/Drink:
Court approves Luby's bid for Fuddruckers
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Sovereigns:
The unkindest cuts
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster adds dissident shareholder to its board of directors
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Horse Racing:
Zayat Stables, bank reach financial agreement
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Trucking:
One Firm's Pain Spells Potential Gain for its Rivals
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Education:
Investor who shorted subprime hits college stocks
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Senate panel scrutinizes for-profit colleges
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Hockey:
NHL thinks Coyotes will be sold by October
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Golf:
Judge rules against Seven Falls
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Religion:
Catholic church fights lifting of sex abuse suit limits
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Gambling:
Floodwaters close President Casino for good
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President Casino timeline
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Hollywood:
Lions Gate, MGM in merger talks
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Goldman Sachs Gets Weinstein Films in Debt Pact
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Aviation:
Delta Must Pay Part-Owners After Bankruptcy
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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 Policy:
A better bust?
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Professional Employment:
Trustee Says Neff's Advisers Seek To Dodge Bankruptcy Rules
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Oil/Gas:
BP's oil spill bill climbs to $2.35bn
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BP Bankruptcy in UK Is Obama's Worst Nightmare
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Firms in gulf drilling are working to limit liability in spill
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Gulf Coast Attorneys File RICO Class Action Lawsuits Against BP
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US judge denies stay on drill ban ruling
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Judge says 150,000 jobs tied to offshore gulf operations
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Gov't Says It's Complying with Moratorium Ruling
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Obama accused of defying court on drilling ban
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Louisiana's unified voice against drilling ban
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As judge ruled, drilling moratorium is an arbitrary action: An editorial
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Elation to lifting moratorium could be short-lived
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A ruling on the side of wrong
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Why the drilling moratorium is necessary in the Gulf
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Before Rig Explosion in Gulf, Scant Difference Between BP and Other Drillers
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Judge Smacks Down Obama Oil Ban as "Misleading," "Confused," "Capricious."
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Arbitrary and Capricious
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After apologizing to experts, Salazar once again implied in court that they endorsed his moratorium
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Media Ignore Ken Salazar's Misleading Case for Drilling Moratorium
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Cap back after robot nudge stalls oil collection
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BP Based Spill Plans On Outdated Government Models
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What do disgraced CEOs Ken Lay and Tony Hayward have in common?
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Louisiana: BP partners should join spill escrow
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Relief may not come soon for BP's runaway well
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Gov't Agency Collected Just $21 Million in Fines Over 20 Years
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BP oil leak by the numbers: Sorting fact from fiction
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Beyond the BP spill, a case of chronic oil pollution
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In Gulf oil spill 'war,' cleanup foot soldiers threaten mutiny
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UK to continue deep-sea oil exploration
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Oil-spill health risks under scrutiny
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How the BP Gulf oil spill may create killer hurricanes
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Offshore Insurance to Shrink as Providers Flee BP-Like Risk
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Venezuela to Nationalize US Firm's Oil Rigs
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Debt Collection:
In Minnesota, debtors’ prison is not a thing of the past
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Private Equity:
Private Equity Firms Have Billions and Nowhere to Spend It
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Lehman:
Paulson Surprised Darling on Lehman After Barclays Bid Blocked
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Gasparino: Joe Gregory New Focus in Lehman Case
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Baseball:
Rangers Bankruptcy Judge Delays Sale Hearing Until July 22 for Mediation
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Rangers ask judge to reconsider delay
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Chuck Greenberg says "Rome is burning"
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To the Mediator!
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Rangers' key player to rule on July 9
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On second thought, delay in bankruptcy hearing may not be good news for Rangers
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Enron:
Retrial delayed for ex-Merrill exec in Enron case
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Skilling ruling impact worries Enron victims
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Skilling saga lives on, but devil is in the footnotes
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Finance:
Betting the balance-sheet -- Why managers loaded their companies with debt
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Few Results for Big Banks' Lending
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Credit Cards:
Moody's: Worst is Over for Credit Card Losses
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Municipalities:
Connector 2000 Association Files Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
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Celebs:
Olsen Twins' Dad Files For Bankruptcy - Report
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Four rap stars make the IRS hit list
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Television:
Young Broadcasting Inc. Announcement on Restructuring
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UK:
UK fast-tracks retirement age hike to 66
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OFT wants "far-reaching reform" of corporate insolvency regime
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Insolvency Service backs OFT claim that practitioners charge too much
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EU:
EU Said to Discuss Whether to Include Spanish Savings Banks in Stress Test
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What's Wrong with PIGS?
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France:
French unions strike -- retirement age raised to 62
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China:
Fitch Warns China Government of Financial Crisis
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Repackaged loans in China a growing risk
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Greece:
Greek Politics Close To Breaking Point Over Demanded Reforms
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Greece puts its islands up for sale to save economy
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Greek default fears surge
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Greek pension reform to be fair, viable - PM
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Germany:
Is Germany Headed for a Breakdown?
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