March 9, 2010

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Law:

US top court upholds lawyer bankruptcy advice law
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A Big Day for Lawyers, Free Speech Activists at SCOTUS
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Early Thoughts on Milavetz
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Supreme Court Holds that the Bankruptcy Code's Speech Restrictions on Attorneys Do Not Turn Them into Ruthless Drones
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The Report on Lawyers and Jobs: Not Great, But Getting Better
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Weil Posts Flat Revenue; Slight Rise in Profits
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Lovells Shakes Up Salaried Partner Bonus Ahead of Hogan Merger
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DLA Piper Hires Three Restructuring Lawyers
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Airgas Deflated in Chancery Court Battle with Cravath
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What’s Going on at White & Case?
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Deferred Associates Scorecard: So How Was That Pro Bono Gig?
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Greenberg Traurig Terminates Partner Facing Theft-of-Services Charges
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Abandoned practices generate lots of work, little pay
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Lawyers As Chick Sexers
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Complacency Puts Midsize Law Firms at ‘Serious Risk,’ Consultant Says
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Baker & McKenzie Chile Partner Discusses Devastating Quake
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Accused Houston Criminals Can Buy a Hot Dog, Find a Lawyer
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Harvard Law Prof Nesson on the Hook for Motion Cost in Trial
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Business School Hiring Picks Up. Law Schools? Not So Much.
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Law Schools Take Remedial Measures to Hire Students
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Law Firms Slow to Awaken to Cybersecurity Threat
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Swiss Voters Reject Proposal to Give Abused Animals Their Own Lawyers
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My First Year . . . as an Associate at a Small Law Firm
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Lawsuit of the Day: Activision is Truly Embroiled in Modern Warfare
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How to Get Attorneys to Read Something: E-Mail Them Telling Them Not to
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Juror's Trash Talk About Lawyers Leads to Mistrial
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Partner of the Day
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Lawyerly Shout-Outs at the Oscars
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Twin of Woman's Lover Seeks Retrial in 'Mistake Sex' Case
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If Doctors Had Similar Job Prospects as Attorneys :)
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Judges:

Chapman tapped as newest NY bankruptcy judge
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Chief Justice Recuses in New Wyeth Case
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W. Va. Senate Committee Backs Publicly Funded Judicial Elections
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Justice Confesses to Egg McMuffin Weakness in ‘Little Billy’s Letters’ Book
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The Justice as Commissioner: Benching the Judge-Umpire Analogy
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Supreme Court Puts High-Emotion Funeral Protest Case on Docket
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Conduct Board Admits Not Investigating Complaints Against Pa. Judge
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Wall Street:

Stock Futures Fall on 1-Year Anniversary of Low
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US Stocks Mixed
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Nasdaq Back Above Pre-Lehman Levels
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Layoffs:

Employers still skittish on hiring
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States’ Payrolls Lag as U.S. Austerity Sets In
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Superior Court to Lay Off 329 Workers April 1, More to Come
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Group says expect layoffs, cuts at most Michigan schools
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:

GM shift gives ex-Chrysler dealers hope
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GM Battles to Withhold Safety Secrets
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GM CEO Whitacre flying on AT&T jets
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Second bidder interested in Chrysler plant
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Cadillac Distances Itself From GM to Escape Bankruptcy Stigma
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GM Canada dealers won't get option to stay open
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Runaway Prius hits 90 mph before stopping with aid of CHP
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Toyota attacks claim of defect found in electronics
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Hotels:

Extended Stay hotels could exit bankruptcy in June
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Sunset Doheny Hotel project hits shoals
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Chemicals:

Lyondell restructuring plan includes Apollo role
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Lyondell Says Its Plan Is Superior to Reliance Bid
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Horse Racing:

Zayat's plan with bank gets judge's OK
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Municipalities:

Detroit Warns of Bankruptcy as It Prepares Bond Sale
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Bankruptcy For Detroit?
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Economy:

Economists Divided on What's Next
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Finance Superstars Talk About the Massive Fraud in Our Economic System
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Bair says low interest rates appropriate as credit tight
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Another Lost Decade Ahead?
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The Scary New Rich Middle Class
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Economic Stress Index
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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:

Paying Homeowners to Sell at a Loss
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Bair : Consumers Did Not Understand the Consequences of Subprime Mortgages
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FDIC Chairman Questions Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction
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Orleans gets bankruptcy court approval for $11 million in new financing
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Williamson developer files for bankruptcy
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Housing market recovery marred by underwater mortgage worries
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FDIC's Bair : Open To Any Options On Resolving Fan, Fre Future
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Extreme Measures Needed To Prevent Strategic Defaults Says FDIC Chair
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Mortgage rates back below 5%
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Farkas Re-Takes Manhattan
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AIG:

AIG: $51 billion down, $51 billion to go
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How the government might exit AIG
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AIG Will Still Be Third-Largest U.S. Life Insurer After Sale of Asian Operations
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Health Care:

Obama targets health insurers
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Goldman Sachs now entwined in healthcare debate
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Finance:

FDIC chief urges banks to expand small-business loans
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Gambling:

Tropicana Entertainment emerges from bankruptcy
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Icahn Looking to Trump Trump
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Ind., Colo. casino owner files bankruptcy
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Caprio urges Assembly to reject Twin River 'bailout for banks'
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Harrah's to clubs: Pay past-due expenses at Planet Hollywood or leave
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Racino developer files for bankruptcy protection
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Black Gaming Noteholders to Trade $125M in Debt for New $62.5 Facility
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Theme Parks:

Trial begins on Six Flags reorganization plan
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Sovereigns:

Can California declare bankruptcy ? What about Greece?
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Awards:

Kramer Levin Named a Law Firm of the Year Finalist by M&A Advisor's Turnaround Awards
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Ethanol:

Pacific Ethanol enters new debt agreement
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Art:

Ansel Adams' son sues defunct museum to stop sale of prints
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Celebs:

Suge Knight Owes IRS Over $6 Million
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Former Saints teammates file suit over investment
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Annie Leibovitz keeps photo rights in debt deal
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Religion:

Failed exorcism claim leads to bankruptcy petition
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Debt Collection:

New Jersey lawyers for debtors' rights
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Exploring Rising Complaints Against Debt Collectors
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Corporate Governance:

The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine
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Fraud:

Feds: Rothstein bankruptcy attorney fees have 'heavy impact' on creditor recoveries
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Madoff Victims Can Appeal Ruling on Paying Claims
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Denny Hecker's defense lawyers quit; business associate targeted in bankruptcy probe
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Petters Should Get 335 Years for $3.5 Billion Fraud, U.S. Says
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Retailing:

General Growth Investors Said to Boost Brookfield Bid
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General Growth Investors Add $3.93 Billion to Brookfield Plan
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Fairholme and Pershing to Invest More in General Growth
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General Growth shares higher after return to NYSE
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Student Debt:

Defaults on student loans rising
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Sallie Mae Flying High In Private Jets
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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 Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars
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First Amendment:

Justices reject First Amendment challenges to bankruptcy law
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Supreme Court to Decide First Amendment Rights of Funeral Picketers
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

February sees rise in consumer bankruptcy filings
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Business Bankruptcies Decline Sharply
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Half-Empty or Half-Full: The February Bankruptcy Figures
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Bankruptcy Music:

Bankruptcy Bill
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Radio:

Owner of KLAQ, KROD files for bankruptcy
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Report: Shareholders Will Oppose Citadel Reorganization Plan
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Corporate Reform:

Fight For The CFPA Is 'A Dispute Between Families And Banks,' Says Elizabeth Warren - "Plenty of blood and teeth left on the floor"
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FDIC's Bair Urges 'Holistic Approach' to Regulatory Overhaul
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FDIC's Bair Outlines Priorities For Financial Overhaul
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So Where’s Consumer Protection?
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Corporate Penalties and the SEC
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Venture Capital:

Venture-Capital Firms Caught in Shakeout
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Food/Drink:

Vineyard Defaults Surge as Bargain Wines Hurt Napa
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`Cinderella' Valley Razed by Chile Quake May Bankrupt Vintners
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Defaults:

U.S. Speculative-Grade Default Rate Declined in February
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Pensions:

Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns
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Banking:

Time To Refloat Pandit's Trial Balloon?
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As Buyers Vanish, FDIC Urges Pension Funds To Invest In Failed Banks
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FDIC: Hackers Took More Than $120M in Three Months
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FDIC loan auction could weaken lenders nationwide
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'On the Edge' Banks Face Writedowns on FDIC Auctions
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Bair Argues for Non-Bank Resolution Fund
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UK:

Britain a "bankruptcy brothel" says Wind Hellas pre-pack creditor
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City of London Developers Start Skyscrapers as Rents End Slide
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Canada:

Fraser Papers' NB workers accept contract
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Greece:

Greece's Leader Wants to Restrict Speculative Trading
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Greek Tragedy
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With More Strikes Planned, Greece Is Not A Happy Place
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Greece v everyone
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US offers support for Greece's austerity moves
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Obama's day: Closed door meetings on Greek Independence Day
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Debt crisis could affect US, warns Greece's Papandreou
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Greece And Its Bad Company
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Greeks ban hedge funds from auction
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Poland:

Polish firms fake bankruptcy
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Russia:

Yukos Says Russian Government Deliberately Sought To Destroy It
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Levying Execution on IP Assets as the Debtor's Property
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Japan:

Credit Checks May Spell End for 3000 Japanese Consumer Lenders
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Germany:

German bankruptcies up 15.5 pct in December
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