Law:
Proskauer, SJ Berwin Will Not Wed, But Still Really Like Each Other
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RIP Proskauer/Berwins
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When the music's over – SJ Berwin goes home alone
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Bow Ties: Who Wore It Best?
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Ambac gives top lawyer pre-bankruptcy bonus
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Putting Money on Lawsuits, Investors Share in the Payouts
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Nationwide Staff Layoff Watch: DLA Piper
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What Future Law Firm Leaders Will Need
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Permanent Leverage
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Graduates of law schools are finding that their chosen career is less lucrative than they had hoped
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How Much Do In-House Lawyers Make?
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Survey Editor Says Lower In-House Pay Hikes Are ‘the New Norm’
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Blank Rome Co-Founder Marvin Comisky Dead at 92
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Cooley Litigator Defies Odds on Way to Supreme Court
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Trustees question lawyer Pavilack about finances
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FDIC Sues Bryan Cave Over Bank Records
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Nigerian Embassy Sues Law Firm Over Real Estate Deal
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‘This is a Circus’: Tennessee Mosque Trial Takes Strange Turn
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Judge Rules ConnectU Crew Still Owes Lawyers $13 Million For Row With Facebook
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Motion Denied: MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight with O'Melveny
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Looking to Take Your Talents to India? Don’t Pack Your Bags Just Yet
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Norton Rose seals merger deals in Canada and South Africa
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Ex-Halliwells partners face court date over rent
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Lawyer Who Billed More than 24 Hours in a Day Won’t Be Disciplined
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NY Lawyers Riled Up Over Mediation Plan
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Law Prof Predicts a ‘New Hierarchy’ of Law Schools
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Chicago Legal Aid Lawyer Wins Fourth New Yorker Caption Contest
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Pls Hndle Thx: Doing ‘Tax Work’
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Colt Technologies: Unbundling Legal Services and the Law Factory
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Toyota's Worst Nightmare: Where Will the Carmaker's Dispute With a Former In-House Lawyer End?
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Postcards From Probation
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Vegas Lawyer Known for Cable Shows Arrested in ‘Bizarre Suicide Scheme’
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So You Want to Go to Law School: The Backstory, and a Sequel
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Law School News--Georgetown Wins Popularity; UC Irvine Discounts Tuition; Law Lust Remains Strong
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Lawsuit of the Day: Parent Sues School for Teaching His Daughter About Slavery
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Md. County Exec & Wife, Both Lawyers, Allegedly Hid $79K in Her Bra as Feds Listened
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Court Reverses Death Sentence For Sorcery
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Call "Tony The Tiger"...
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The Top 10 Apps For Lawyers
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Marshals' Office "Safe Surrender" Program Draws Hundreds Not Wanted for Anything
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Betting on Justice: Borrowing to Sue
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Judges:
Perpetually Late Lawyer Blasted by Judge
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Chief Judge Jumps to Deanship
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Florida judges may be on political hot seat
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Supreme Court justices spar on Lubbock stage
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Social Security Judges Face Violent Threats
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures rise ahead of retail sales
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US Stocks Fall as S&P 500 Index Has Biggest Weekly Drop in Three Months
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Goldman Sachs Will No Longer Clear Trades For Anyone With Less Than Five Million
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Layoffs:
More Entrepreneurs, Fewer Jobs
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‘The Adventures of Unemployed Man’
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Now White Collar J0bs are Vanishing
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Sticky Wages Hold Back Job Growth
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Unemployment benefits to expire for 200,000 New Yorkers unless Congress acts
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No extension of jobless benefits would be 'catastrophic,' state official says
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:
At Ambac, Haves and Have-Nots
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The Unpredictable Consequences of "No Broader than Underlying"
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Defaults:
S&P: 1 More Issuer Added To Default List; Tally at 74
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Municipalities:
Credit Fears, Elections Prompt Muni Selloff
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San Diego bankruptcy talk is nonsense
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"It's Not Just Chargers Who Would Fleece Insolvent Political Entity"
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Mayor Bing heads to Turin, the 'Detroit of Europe'
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Retailing:
Loehmann's Files for Bankruptcy Protection After Failing to Exchange Notes
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Wal-mart, Sears to open on Thanksgiving
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Joseph-Beth to shutter four stores in bankruptcy reorganization
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Joseph-Beth reorganizing will take months
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Davis-Kidd Co-Founder Talks About Bookstore's Demise
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Bookstores, en mass, could close
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New lease on life for some empty stores
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Federal Way retail center adrift after anchors pull out
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Mail:
Post Office reveals larger than expected $8.5 billion loss
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US Postal Service on the Verge of Going Broke?
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Hollywood:
Bankruptcy Court approves MGM's Chapter 11 plan; MGM stakeholder Carl Icahn extends his tender offer for Lions Gate
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Religion:
Catholic Church struggles to deal with disciplined priests
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Debt Collection:
Debtors, creditors try mediation to clear cases
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Health Care:
Dr. Chaudhuri to head Victor Valley hospital
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U.S. Department of Justice sets up email address for complaints, information regarding Kentwood Pharmacy
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Doctors Brace for Big Medicare Cuts
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Construction:
Legal troubles, probes swirl around businessman Ralph Hughes' company
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Aviation:
JAL job cuts risk wrath of unions
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Financial Literacy:
Teacher takes financial literacy beyond the basics
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Pensions:
Chemtura to contribute $50 million in PBGC deal
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Economy:
Academic Economists Skeptical QE2 Will Work
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Investors Walk Out as the Fed Buys In
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Downsizing the American Dream
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Bailouts, Reframed as ‘Orderly Resolutions’
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Lacker Says Central Bank May Need to Tighten Even With High Unemployment
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Bernanke's worst nightmare: Ron Paul
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Sentiment Survey May Show Glimmers of Inflation
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Secret Walmart Survey Shows Inflation Already Here
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White House, GOP Look for Middle Ground on Taxes
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The GOP's One Note Agenda
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The World as Obama Finds It
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A Look at the Expiring Bush Tax Cuts
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Commodities tumble on fears that China will try to slow its economy
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Time for Anti-Inflation Planning
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The Economics of Jobless Recoveries
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Debt Commission: Free Ride for Boomers
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National Greatness Agenda - "It will come with amazing swiftness"
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Freddie Mac says foreclosure problems may drain recovery
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G20 forges ahead with 'too big to fail' controls
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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:
Prices Fall in Half of US Metro Areas
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100s, Maybe 1000s of Foreclosed Mass. Homeowners Find Out They’re Back in the Ballgame Again
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Banks escaping big foreclosure class actions
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Florida court: Robo-signing not sufficient to stop foreclosure
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No Breaks for Robo-signing Computer Stamping Mortgage Documents
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Fraud-closure biz fizzles out
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Tales of robo-signers now showing on YouTube
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Evictions Pile Up in Sheriff’s Office, Part of a ‘Populist Revolt’
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Lenders Face Lawmaker Wrath Over Foreclosures
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Jamie Dimon And Bob Rubin Dodged Questions On Foreclosure Fraud
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Lender seizes desperate borrowers' homes
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Taking Aim at the Mortgage Tax Break
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D.R. Horton narrows 4Q loss, posts year-end profit
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C-Bass Files Bankruptcy With $1 Billion Debt After Restructuring in 2007
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Fed’s Raskin: Mortgage Servicing Needs Serious Reform
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Liar Loans: White-Out & Scotch Tape at the Subprime Art Department
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Jury finds homebuilder guilty of loan fraud
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Stuy Town residents could get NYC grail: Ownership
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Statler plan makes sense
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New investor offers hope to EpiCentre
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Regions may sell EpiCentre loan
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St. Paul developer Jerry Trooien owes $284 million
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Another Mansion Hits the Auction Block
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Mass Torts:
Anadarko CEO: Still Believes BP Is Liable For Gulf Spill Despite New Information
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Fraud:
Madoff Fans Bid Feverishly for Fraudster's Footwear, Furniture, Jewelry
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Madoff auction raises more than $2 million
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Five Ex-Madoff Workers Sued by Bankruptcy Trustee Over Transfers
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Bidding to own a piece of Madoff's life
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Jack Johnson, Prince George's county executive, and his wife, Leslie, arrested
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$79,600 in her underwear
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Prosecutor: 'Con man' ran Ponzi scheme for three decades
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Autos:
General Motors and Chrysler were saved, but not everyone's happy.
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Automobile Bankruptcies, Retiree Benefits, and the Futility of Springing Priorities in Chapter 11 Reorganizations
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SAIC to Take GM Stake If China Approves
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GM's IPO gives America a look at the future
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GM IPO: What’s in a Ticker? Quite a Lot Actually
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Auto Giant GM Set to Roar Back This Week
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General Motors IPO Driving Google-Like Fervor
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GM has orders for $60 billion in stock: sources
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GM's IPO: Investors Could Walk with Billions
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GM's Offering Leads Biggest Week for US IPOs Since Lehman
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GM Retirees Weigh Buying Its Stock Again
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Reasons to sit out GM's initial stock offering
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Forget GM IPO; Buy Ford Shares Instead
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Old GM stock worthless for IPO purposes, agency warns
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This Stock Is Absolutely Worthless
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Underwriters Walk Fine Line With GM IPO
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Auto industry suppliers ride sales wave
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Chrysler must see more change
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Private Equity:
PE doesn't hobble bankrupt firms: Moody's
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Corporate Reform:
Authorities Probe Harbinger
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Hurdles Ahead in the Harbinger Inquiry
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Elizabeth Warren Is Dreaming the Impossible Dream
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Lobbyists' Efforts on Financial Reform Law
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For Whistle-Blowers, Expanded Incentives
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Banking:
Fed’s Tarullo Warns Big Banks Against Rushing to Boost Dividends
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FDIC Holds “Living Wills” Roundtable
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For Sale: Ritzy Relics of a Bank Gone Bad
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Parent of failed K Bank files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Baltimore
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TARP recipient Tifton Banking Co. fails, marking the second TARP closure in two weeks
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Bank of Canada suggests Basel 3 may not go far enough
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Horse Racing:
Stronach set to take the reins
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Trucking:
Arrow Trucking plan revealed
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Politics:
Gorman owes creditors $13 million
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Book Review:
The 30-Year History of the 2007-09 Financial Crisis
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Gambling:
New owner has plans for bankrupt Reno hotel-casino
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Riviera Holdings reports wider loss, revenue drop in 3Q
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OTB bankruptcy plan would repay state just $110K of $11M it owes
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Education:
Are Black Colleges Adding to African-Americans' Economic Woes?
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Tuition Reimbursements for Jobless Graduates?
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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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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Liquidity Mitigates Need for Restructuring
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Lehman, MGM, Tribune, Advanta, TerreStar, Madoff, Joseph Beth: Bankruptcy
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Ambac, Workflow, Taylor Bean, Rock US, Agri-Best, PFF Bancorp: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Businesses Faring Better Than Consumers in Bankruptcy Stats
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Haiku: Management Committee
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Subordination:
Lenders Beware: The Threat of Equitable Subordination in Bankruptcy Cases
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Credit Counseling:
Debt Settlement Plans: Run as fast As You can, Consumers
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Automatic Stay:
The Devil Is in the Documentation
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Celebs:
Quaid stuff to be liquidated at auction
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Real Housewife Teresa Giudice's $45 seminar topic: “How to have it all”
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For Vick, a big payday awaits
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Richard Dean Anderson – MacGyver Star Lands In a Predicament Not Even Duct Tape Can Fix
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Life knocked down NSU rusher, but he never gave up
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Heidi and Spencer Look For Ways Out of Bankruptcy
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Newspapers:
New Tribune Co. lawyer spat breaks out
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Tribune Creditors Want to Claw Back $250M in Exec Bonuses
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Seven Reasons Newspapers Are Not Rebounding Financially
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Detroit Newspaper Unions Agree to Wage Cuts
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Food/Drink:
Starbucks to Double Store Openings on Economic Recovery
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Mrs. Winner's Chicken Files Chapter 11
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Symphonies:
Orchestra Exploring Financial Options
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Credit Cards:
Cash is (Still? Again?) King
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Hotels:
Cash infusion to help keep hotel afloat
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Tampa's 1800Hotels to be auctioned to pay creditors
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Sovereigns:
Forcing Automatic Losses on European Government Bondholders Could Backfire
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UK:
To Crack Down on Insider Trading, UK to Require Recording Calls
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Unemployed Scots face debt crisis
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Ireland bailout: UK taxpayers could face £7bn bill
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Beware extending supplier credit terms
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EU:
EU Stumbles Towards a 1931 Moment
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Ireland:
EU Urges Early Irish Bailout
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Bankruptcy laws need to change
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Ireland Urged to Take Aid by Officials Amid Debt Crisis
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IMF Ready to Help Ireland if Asked
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Ireland Does Not Rule Out Rescue, No Talks as Yet
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Ireland Pushed by ECB's Ordonez for Decision on Aid Before Ministers Meet
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...young flee abroad
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Concern grows as Dublin spurns help
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Default of the Irish?
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Simon Johnson Warns Ireland: Seek IMF Bailout Or Risk Bankruptcy
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Banking sector bends under Irish pressure
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Bank fears Nama will 'dump' properties at distressed prices
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Irish Bank Default Swaps Rise to Distress as Loan Losses Lift Bailout
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US visa of Anglo-Irish Bank chief disputed
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Anglo seeks US court approval to question former CEO
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Drumm's €3.7m pension pot beyond his creditors' reach
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Fears for 1100 jobs as NAMA sends receiver into McNamara
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Fading luck of the Irish
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Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Have `Modest' Irish Investments, UBS Says
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Greece:
Greece Expects Budget Pressure from EU, IMF
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Greece's budget deficit worsens
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IMF and EU inspectors in Athens to review Greek finances
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German stance may push nations toward bankruptcy -Greek PM
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Delay possible to Greek debt repayments: Papandreou
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Athens votes in Socialist party for first time in 24 years
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Canada:
Canada's Coming Housing Bust
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China:
Who Sets China's Monetary Policy?
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Iceland:
IMF Says Iceland's Economy Stabilizing
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Belgium:
Brink's Belgium unit seeks bankruptcy protection
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Australia:
Pescott in second liquidator lawsuit
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Japan:
Times get even harder for Ginza hostesses
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Kenya:
Cabinet clears the way for debating firms’ rescue law
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Middle East:
Dubai Group misses two loan repayments
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Russia:
Russia Police: Lawyer Who Died in Jail Stole $230M
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Austria:
A-Tec May Sell AE&E as Debt Talks Fail, Creditors Say
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