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Law:
Survey Shows Law Firms Charging Different Rates for the Same Work
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Bankruptcy Lawyer Loses Free-Speech Challenge
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Willkie Farr turns to Kaye Scholer for restructuring partner duo
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New Low for Law Firm Behavior During the Recession
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BigLaw Firm Founder Dies
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Armstrong Teasdale re-elects Chivell managing partner
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Deferred Associates Put Pro Bono Time to Good Use
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Is the Practice of Law Still Mainly a Man's World?
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Women Lawyers to Watch
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Springtime for Bonuses At Sullivan & Cromwell?
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Look! Up in the Sky! It's a Crime! It's a Bankruptcy! It's the Crookedest Lawyer Ever!
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Transocean Can't Cap Spill Liability Using Old Law, Lawyers Say
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Transocean Seeks Delay of Depositions in Oil Spill Litigation
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Judge in oil rig case swamped by lawyers
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With Shareholders Okay, Smurfit-Stone Set to Exit Bankruptcy
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So...What Does it Take to Get Disbarred in New Jersey?
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Summer Events Planned to Celebrate 50th Birthday of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
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Rose Walker: A Firm Who Gets It
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Summer Associate of the Day: America’s Next Top… Lawyer?
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Prosecutor Chooses Tea Party Talks Over Job, But Plans Suit to Get Gig Back
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Law Firm Warns Super-Yacht Owners: Beware of Ship Seizures in Italian Waters
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Duke Ups Ante on Loan-Repay Help for Law Grads Making as Much as $75K
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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Irell & Manella Partner
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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear case of L.A. lawyer jailed for contempt of court
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(Dismissed) Lawsuit of the Day: Rotunda v. Zengerle
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‘Pukemon’ pleads guilty
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"I don't even know else what to say"
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"You lied to this court, continued to lie, after you pleaded guilty to lying"
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Another Prime Time Law Firm Show for Attorneys to Mock
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"The Good Wife" Finale - They want what they want
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Judges:
Elena Kagan Was Upset By Her B-Minus in Torts
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Kagan's Public Service Commitment Touted by Harvard Law Grads
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Judiciary chairman defends Kagan against GOP fire
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As Marshall clerk, Kagan was wary of conservatives
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At Harvard, Kagan’s Sights Were Aimed Higher
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Judge Had Inactive License; Error Disclosed After Reprimand for Being Rude, Using Profanity
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Judge signs out so he can cash in
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Wall Street:
Stock Index Futures up as World Stocks Rebound
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Dow rebounds after 300-point plunge; closes just above 10,000
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Risk-Averse Investors Send Stocks Sliding on Debt Fears
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Stock Market Turbulence Here to Stay
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Layoffs:
The 20 Most Unemployed Cities In America
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It’s Quitting Time! Why Workers Are Leaving their Jobs in Droves
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Baseball:
Texas Rangers Slide Into Bankruptcy
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Creditors voice concerns over Rangers' bankruptcy
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Creditors in Texas Rangers Sale Say There is a, "Higher Bid Out There"
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Timing will be interesting in the Texas Rangers' bankruptcy plan
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Rangers bankruptcy filings reveal perks, sale efforts
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Rangers say bankruptcy sale only option
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Texas Rangers' bankruptcy is cause to celebrate, or so they tell me
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Bankruptcy plan looks like a good thing, but let's not treat current owner like a hero
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Hicks Can't Escape Hecklers
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Rangers strike out financially, but Hicks will probably get a golden parachute
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Rangers Bankruptcy Should Be 'Traditional,' U.S. Says
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Beyond Bankruptcy: MLB's Ulterior Motives Behind the Sale of the Texas Rangers
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A-Rod takes a hit: Texas Rangers file for bankruptcy, could cost Yankees' Alex Rodriguez $25 million
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HSG Creditors Over Texas Rangers Bankruptcy Filing: "This is now war"
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Banking:
The WaMu Bankruptcy Won't End
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Washington Mutual Holders Seek Probe Of JPMorgan Role
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Moody's Says Court Ruling Gives FDIC Broad Powers Over Failed Bank Assets
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Banks get scary again
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Banking Without A Security Blanket
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Autos:
Auto Loan Payments Show Sharp Improvement
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Recovering Auto Sales May Spur Parts Deals, Drawing Ross, Icahn
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Sudden Acceleration Death Toll Linked to Toyota Rises
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Judge Puts Calif. Toyota Claims on a Single Track
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Food/Drink:
Captain D's Seafood operator seeks bankruptcy protection
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Bi-Lo CEO sees 'stronger, more competitive' retailer
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Lehman:
Lehman Wins Approval for Archstone Restructuring Deal
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Student Debt:
Who should be responsible when student loans can't be paid back?
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Newspapers:
Tribune Co. proposes $14.9 million more in executive bonuses
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Insurance:
Ambac to pay banks $2.6 billion
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Ambac Judge Rules Against Mortgage Bond Holders in a Wind-Down
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History:
America’s Poorest Presidents: Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Extreme Financial Hardship
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Economy:
Consumers Gain Confidence as Employment Improves
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Lowest Auctioned Yield Ever For 2-Yr Treasury
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Bullard Says Europe Crisis Unlikely to Foil Recovery
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Home Prices in US Cities Rise Less Than Forecast
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Private pay shrinks to historic lows as gov't payouts rise
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Gold Rising; Speculators buying faster than producers can mine
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How We're Doing as Debt Fears Rise
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What The UK's New Austerity Budget Would Look Like In The U.S.
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Fed/ECB/BOE should move on rates from late 2010 -OECD
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Surge in LIBOR Sign of Financial System Stress
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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:
Shadow Inventory Could Take Four Years to Clear: Morgan Stanley
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Home prices fell 0.5 percent from February to March
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Home prices in Chicago metropolitan area at eight-year low
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Hey New York Homeowners, Look Out Below
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A Look at Case-Shiller, by Metro Area (May Update)
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Bad Bets on Housing Boom MBS Wiped Out Fannie, Freddie: FHFA Report
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Defaults on Apartment-Building Loans Set Record for U.S. Banks
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A.I.G. to Seek Sale of $1.9 Billion in Apartments
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Realtors Say The Housing Fall Is Over, While Inventory Approaches Peak Crash Levels
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Mortgage-Bond Spreads Widen to Seven-Month High on More Supply
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Home Buyers Should Celebrate the Greek Debt Crisis
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Utah Takes Over Abandoned Planned Community
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Lenders pressing Broadbent
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Parkmerced in default
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County Attorney Accused of Mortgage Fraud Will Stay on Job
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Homeowner Files Sexting Suit Against Bank Rep
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Jamestown files for bankruptcy
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Mapping the Mortgage Interest Deduction
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Hey, Mortgage Industry: Nobody Trusts You
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Falling Home Prices Raise Fears of New Bottom
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New $3bn Foreclosure Prevention Program Added to Wall Street Reform Bill
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Delinquent Buy-Outs Add $3.9bn to Freddie's Ever-Growing Mortgage Portfolio
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Oil/Gas:
BP Prepares for 'Top Kill' Procedure to Contain Spill
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BP tests tricky oil plug plan as Obama vents
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Size of Spill Will Dictate Size of Bill
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BP offers $500 million to study oil spill impact
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Civil fine in Gulf spill could be $4300 barrel
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Signs of trouble evident hour before oil rig explosion
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Louisiana residents confront officials at oil spill meeting
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White House faces fire over BP oil leak
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Is Blame Shifting From BP to the Government?
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On the Hook: Senators Looking to Pin Down BP, Transocean
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Website Offers Betting on Spill-Related Extinctions of Gulf Species
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Congress Seeks to Quadruple Oil Barrel Tax to 32 Cents
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Will the Gulf Cleanup Effort Yield a Constitutional Smackdown?
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Gulf Oil Spill: How Much Oil Has Leaked Into The Gulf Of Mexico? (WIDGET)
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Cousteau Jr.: 'This Is a Nightmare... a Nightmare
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Feds Declares Fisheries Disaster: Ala, Miss, La
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'The Plan Is to Let Us Die,' Coastal Parish President Says
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6 Worst Acts of BP During Oil Spill
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Gulf oil spill moves closer to Texas coast
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Online maps, apps help track oil spill
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White House: BP Gulf Coast oil slick is worst spill in US history
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Report shows close ties between rig inspectors, oil industry
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Interior Probe Finds Fraternizing, P--- and Drugs at MMS Office in La.
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The big offshore lie
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Chevron: Offshore Drilling Needs to Go On
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Short term, oil spill means mini job boom in Gulf
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Panel Suggests Signs of Trouble Before Rig Explosion
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Rig blast survivors to testify in probe
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BP Had a Key Role in the Exxon Valdez Disaster
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BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill
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North American Petroleum files for Chapter 11
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Bush: US is Addicted to Oil
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Aviation:
AA plans to train volunteer attendants
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JAL delays unveiling rehab plan
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Iraq dissolves Iraqi Airways over Kuwait dispute
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Religion:
In Brief to High Court, U.S. Supports Vatican in Sex-Abuse Case
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Tax:
Megayacht Seized for Tax Evasion
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Chemicals:
Chemtura Comments on the Status of the Development of its Plan of Reorganization
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IP:
Nortel May Raise as Much as $1.1 Billion From Selling Patents
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Art:
One Galleries’ Bankruptcy Means Another Christie’s Auction
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Health Care:
Catholic hospital closings plague the northeast
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St Vincent's research centre irks locals
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Long waits, overcrowding result from Queens hospital closings; a harbinger of St. Vincent's fallout?
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Non-Profits:
Lender targets SeedAmerica CEO
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Distressed Investing:
Securitization of delinquent loans heats up
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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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Celebs:
Ex-Mayor of Detroit Jailed, Loses $120K Job, for Living Lavishly Instead of Paying Restitution
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Please Pack Your Knives…And File For Bankruptcy - Bankruptcy Beat
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Nicolas Cage Must Not Have Heard About the Fiscal Crisis in California
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Corporate Reform:
Bernanke Says Central Banks Must Be Free of Pressure
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Frank Will Lead on Final Financial Reform
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Frank Says Lincoln Derivatives Measure 'Goes Too Far'
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Lincoln-bank risk management not affected by bill
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Regulators Push for Global Rule on Bank Capital
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This Wall Street Lady Enforcer Shoots Blanks
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SEC Commish: Agency Needs to Get Tough on Miscreants
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Sen. Gregg: Financial Reform Bill Is 'Disaster'
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Twelve Senators Named to Wall St Reform Panel
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Wall Street, in Response to Financial Reforms, Might Move Some Trading Offshore
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Four Ways to a Better Finance Bill
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How to instantly stop the next banking crisis
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Financial Reform: A Win for Wall Street, A Cold Shoulder for Main Street
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Volcker Was Frozen Out of the White House
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Gambling:
New objections filed to Station Casinos bankruptcy plan
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Execs: East Coast Casino Market Getting Crowded
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Municipalities:
No new tax, so Dunmore exploring "distressed," bankruptcy options
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California Dems Unveil Tax-Increase Package
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Lessons of hard times in Vallejo
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Grim Vallejo budget emerges
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Cities just two paths on benefits
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The California Quagmire
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Aviation:
Air Slovakia faces bankruptcy
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Horse Racing:
Magna Cum Loud
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New York state loan averts Belmont crisis
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Fraud:
Judge Wants to Know 'Who's on First' on Allen Stanford's Legal Team
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Kim Rothstein wants $1.1 million clawback suit dismissed
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Rothstein Victims Duke It Out in Bankruptcy Court
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The Professional
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Hecker's closeout sale
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At Denny Hecker auction, it was mogul mania
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Group Claims $15.5 Billion in Madoff Settlements
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European banks settle Madoff cases, Swiss hold out
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Ex-execs charged in $60M stock scam in NYC
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Does the False Claims Act Work a Little Too Well?
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Kerviel Says SocGen Superiors ‘Helped’ Him Make Disputed Trades
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster's Run may Finally be Ending
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Radio:
Future of radio stations still unclear
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Corporate Governance:
Delaware's Future in light of Pending Federal Legislation
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UK:
In London, Banks Begin to Hire Again
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Fergie To 'Start Fresh' In NYC?
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UK Gov't announces £6.2 billion cuts package
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The new poverty - The impoverished professionals: New victims of the crunch
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Creditors under attack
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EU:
The contagion of austerity
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European Nations Take Steps to Pare Deficits
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Europe's Credit Woes Tied to Market Turmoil
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US Treasury Sec arrives in Europe for crisis talks
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Microsoft CEO says concerned about Europe contagion
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How Selfish Germany Will Kill EU
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Europe’s Misery Spells Opportunity for Rich Americans
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Greece:
Greece's Finance Ministry Millionaires
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Greek government discusses privatizations as finance ministry probes its own for tax evasion
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Greek workers heckle culture minister on Acropolis
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Canada:
AbitibiBowater files restructuring plan
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Newsprint giant eyes new fields
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Abitibi boss seeks financial simplicity
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Parliament to vote on securing pensions at failing companies
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Bear Mountain development inches toward bankruptcy
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Connaught project gets bankruptcy order
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Germany:
Germany Drafts Wider Ban on Speculative Trades
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German Consumer Confidence Declines on European Deficit Crisis
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Spain:
The Spanish savings bank CajaSur is under the threat of bankruptcy
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No end in sight to the pain in Spain
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Ireland:
Economist's O'Brien warns of increased sovereign bankruptcy risk
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Iceland:
Economist: 25% chance Ireland will go bankrupt
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