Law:
Skadden Partner Accidentally Emails Confidential Evaluations to Entire Department
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McGuireWoods Announces Texas Expansion
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The Getaway
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Where. Are. THE BONUSES?
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Ropes & Gray Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Polsinelli Adds Bankruptcy Talent From Gordon & Rees
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Divided Loyalties: The Attorney’s Role in Bankruptcy Reaffirmations
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Ex-Milberg Weiss Lawyers Sued Over Madoff Profit
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Court Allows Malicious Prosecution Action To Proceed Against BigLaw Firm
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Check your facts: Law firm wrong on p---- amputation claim
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White & Case London office sees firmwide costs share rise 60%
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Stephenson Harwood posts 17% revenue boost at half-year point
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Mistakes that New BigLaw Lawyers Make
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Law Firm Sues Akin Gump and Lloyd’s, Says It Was Stiffed on Stanford’s $437K Defense Bill
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The Royal Prenup
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Ménage à Trois Gets Two Ex-BigLaw Associates From Different Firms Suspended
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Judge Axes Ex-Client’s Sex Suit Against His Lawyer, Upholds $25K Settlement
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The Secret To Inflating Employment Rates? Only Survey Law Grads Who Are Employed
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Does It Pay to Hire a Law Firm Librarian?
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The Angel and the Devil
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China's Economy Woks On, and BigLaw Is Eating It Up
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As Recession Brutalizes Key Practice, Firm Looks to Diversify London Base
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GoodReader: Great iPad File Management and Annotation App Gets Better
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Beware the Male Foreign Associate: He Quotes, He Gropes, He Elopes
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Ex-NY BigLaw Associate Disbarred After Guilty Plea in Fraud
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Lawyer is Charged With Stealing $800K from 10 Clients, Reportedly Blames OxyContin
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Lawyer Sanctioned $45,273 for Suits Against Jews for Jesus
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Jurors Ordered to Pay for Mistrial After Crime Scene Visit
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Move Over Socratic Method, ‘Clicker’ Offers Law Profs New Option to Monitor Student Progress
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Duo Who Made Man Eat Beard Avoid Jail
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Lovers sentenced to 100 lashes
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Believe it or not, Eric's dad's a lawyer
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Parrot barks like dog to warn of fire
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Judges:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Kennedy saluted for 30 years on the bench
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Lame Duck Senate Looking to Act on Controversial Judges
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Our Tech-Savvy Supreme Court, Part II
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Justices Are Long on Words but Short on Guidance
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Wall Street:
US Stock -Index Futures Advance on Prospects for EU-Led Irish Bailout
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Stocks Flat as Investors Watch Europe
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Meet Your New Overlords: The Goldman Sachs Partners of 2010
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A Closer Look at the New Goldman Sachs Partners
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Wall Street Profits May Hit $19 Billion-4th Best
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Layoffs:
Unemployment insurance sent $319 billion to the jobless
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GOP to Jobless: Drop Dead
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Downsizing of YRC Worldwide Continues: Details of 41 More Terminals to Close
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Job Seekers Find Bias Against The Unemployed
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Jobless Fund Faces Insolvency
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Insurance:
Heeeeeeeere’s Ambac (and Ambac and Ambac)!
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Mass Torts:
Spill Report Faults BP and Contractors
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Court of Appeals Upholds $7 Million Judgment in Asbestos Case
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Fraud:
Judge sets bail for doctor in FrontPoint case
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AmEx to Pay Millions to Victims of Lawyer’s $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme
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Ex-Texas construction boss sentenced in fraud case
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Prosecutors: Hecker tried to marry girlfriend
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Muslim-targeted Ponzi scheme alleged
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Enron whistleblower speaks about faith, collapse
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High court won't hear Rigases' evidence suppression case
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Former Koss Exec Gets 11 Years for Embezzlement
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Was Hecker trying to say 'I do' over expense meeting?
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Newspapers:
National Enquirer Publisher Files for Bankruptcy
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Tierney Returns to PR Roots
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Banking:
Fed to Require Capital Plan From Banks
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BofA, Citi, J.P. Morgan — Get Ready to Be Stress Tested…Again
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Fed Requires Test for Banks Before Restoring Dividend
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FDIC Watchdog Weighs Criminal Charges Against Bank Officials
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Politics:
Poll: Americans Feel Positive About Elections
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Members of Congress get richer despite sour economy
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Finance:
Advanta bankruptcy troubles may delay payments to investors
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Corporate Governance:
Chancery Court Denies Creditors’ Derivative Standing Under Delaware LLC Act
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Does Board Composition Affect the Risk of Bankruptcy?
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Avoidance Actions:
Fraudulent Transfers By The Numbers – Revisited
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Distressed Investing:
Tennenbaum Capital Partners Hires Landrum as Managing Director
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Environmental:
Mark IV industries ordered to clean up New Mexico site
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Economy:
U.S. Consumer Prices Tame in October
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Republicans Express `Deep Concerns' in Letter to Bernanke
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Why Voters Think Obama's Meeting With GOP Leaders Is a Gimmick
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Inflation at Lowest Level Since 1957?
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Consumer Prices Higher in October
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Debt Wall Shrinks $393 Billion as Fed Eases Financing Fear
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Fed to require stress tests before upping payouts
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US Economy Could Have Been `Dust,' Rattner Says
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FDIC’s Bair: U.S. Needs to Rein in Deficit
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In Unusual Move, Fed Bolsters Its Defense of Its Plan
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Deficit Panel Urges National Sales Tax, 'Drastic' Reform
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Is Warren Buffett’s ‘Thank You’ to America a Dis to Obama?
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Obama to Award Warren Buffett Medal of Freedom
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This Is The Letter Warren Buffett Should Have Written To The US Government
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Dear Warren Buffett: You're Too Polite
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Fears of new food crisis as prices soar
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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:
Foreclosure class actions pile up against banks
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Foreclosure Fix Is Seen as Distant
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Banks warned on foreclosure mess costs
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Despite Foreclosure Mess, Banks List More Homes
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JPMorgan working to solve foreclosure problem: CFO
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CitiMortgage reviewing 14,000 foreclosure affidavits
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Citigroup Tells Congress It May Refile Thousands of Foreclosure Documents
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Duke Says Fed Sees 4.25 Million More Foreclosures Through 2012
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MERS to testify it forecloses only by mortgage servicer request
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Foreclosure Missteps Still a Risk
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BofA finds securitization investors limit options for mortgage servicing
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Bank Regulators Launch Examination of MERS
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They Really Did Know the Loans Were Bad…
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Ally CEO of mortgage operations says foreclosure flaws "unacceptable"
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Tester: Even Montanans Are Complaining About Foreclosures
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Plan to cut mortgage deduction stirs housing industry's K Street machine
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Deadline granted for Statler group
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Real-Estate Price Cuts at 18-Month High
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Why Are Houses Still Appraised So High?
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Southern California homes sales at lowest level in three years
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Mortgage Applications Tumble for Week
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Housing Starts Plunge: Market’s ‘Pulse is Faint’
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Mortgage fraud up 20% from 2009
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George Bailey meets mortgage fraud
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Carinalli $194 million bankruptcy plan approved
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Bank files for foreclosure on One Steamboat Place
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Anglo Bank Wins Auction for New York Condo Project
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Lipstick Building Needs More Than Cosmetic Surgery
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Architectural Billings Index slips back into negative territory
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Pit Bulls: Cerberus Makes a Killing Again
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Massive Multifamily Portfolio Placed in Special Servicing
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Aviation:
U.S. Airlines Seen Earning $4 Billion In 2010
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The Future Of Air Travel: X-Ray Scanners, Groping, High Ticket Prices And Bankruptcy
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TSA: Trouser Search Administration
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Sen: Patdowns are just 'love pats'
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New Airport ‘Sex Assault’ Search Sparks Pilot Suit and Passenger Civil Disobedience Campaign
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JAL Turnaround Body Warns Crew Against Strike
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JAL could lose 350 billion yen in financing if unions vote to strike over layoffs
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Municipalities:
Study: Americans fleeing high-tax, union-dominated states
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Harrisburg's Act 47 hearing closes with appeals for bankruptcy
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Pennsylvania Delays Ruling on Harrisburg Distress Under Act 47 to December
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Sell-off in US local debt rattles investors
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Michigan city, seeking bankruptcy, could be first of many
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Hamtramck leaders told to get loan instead of bankruptcy
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Vallejo gets first look at bankruptcy exit plan
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Vallejo Considers Health Cuts To Address City Bankruptcy
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For California, Another Day, Another Deficit
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Please, Governor, Put Down Those Buildings
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California Bond Woe Bodes Ill for States
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Year's worst losses for munis steepen
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Should The City Of San Diego Consider Bankruptcy ?
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Dauphin County commissioners hire law firm to represent county if Harrisburg files for bankruptcy
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Senate approves plan for state watchdog to oversee Metra, CTA
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Celebs:
Real Housewife of N.Y. Sonja Morgan Files for Bankruptcy
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Toni Braxton Says “Everything's Good” — Despite Having Debts of $50M!
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R&B singer Toni Braxton doing pilates to cope with bankruptcy stress
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Health Care:
Survey: Average Health-Insurance Deductible is Now $1,200
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Medical Spa at Summerlin files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Gambling:
More Bad News for 3 Struggling AC Casinos
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Television:
Viewers pull plug on cable TV; Largest subscriber decline in 30 years
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Chemicals:
Tronox Wins Confirmation of Plan to Exit Bankruptcy
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IP:
Escom Sells Sex.com with Sedo for Record $13 Million
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Lehman:
Lehman's $500 Million in Found Money
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JPMorgan Is Lehman's Next Deep-Pocket Target After Barclays
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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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Setoff:
Bankruptcy Judge: Nice Try, BofA, but Give the $500M Back to Lehman
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Miscellaneous:
Value of U.S. bankruptcy claims slumps in October
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Lehman, SunCal, Point Blank, Arrow Air, Network: Bankruptcy
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Workouts:
Amend and Extend: Living on Borrowed Time and Money
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Haiku: Law Firm Mergers
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Haiku: Bankruptcy Litigation
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Autos:
Canada Said to Resist US Push to Sell More GM Shares in Public Offering
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Clement Says Canada to Be `Prudent' With Taxpayer Money in GM Stock Sale
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Oh, Canada -- You Look Smarter than Uncle Sam
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The Ghosts of 'Old GM'
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Small investors clamor for GM shares but supply thin
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Putting the Brakes on the GM IPO Fervor
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GM shares mostly sold in North America
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GM Prices Its Shares at $33 in Return to Stock Market
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Ahead of GM IPO: A Bit of Context
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How Taxpayers Win Even If GM Doesn't Pay Them Back In Full
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GM Faces Mixed Reviews Over Public Stock Offering
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How GM’s IPO Stacks Up Against the Biggest IPOs on Record
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GM Hasn't Been This Popular Since The 1950s
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High GM price aids workers
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GM IPO Increase: How They Turned It All Around
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What was good for GM was bankruptcy
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Auto Bailout Saved More Than 1 Million Jobs, Study Says
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Record high prices for used cars
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Chrysler can learn, but faces its own obstacles
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Grim future for weak U.S. auto parts suppliers
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Religion:
Bankruptcy official objects to Crystal Cathedral salaries
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Questions over Crystal Cathedral pay in bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
Warren Said to Tap Consultant for Credit-Card Unit
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Banking chief to join US consumer bureau
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Seriously, Jail the Bankers or This Economy Will Never Fully Recover
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Wall Street Seeks to Undo New Financial Regs
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Celebs:
Michael Vick Uses Second Act as Game-Changer
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Automatic Stay:
Judge slaps BofA for Lehman cash grab
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Notice:
Return to Sender – Make Sure the Address Is Known
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Tax:
Deutch Enjoined!
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Student Debt:
Being In Love Means Never Being Able To Get Your Student Loans Discharged, Or Why Stedman Graham Should Have To Pay His Student Loans
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Solar Energy:
Solar Panel Industry Meltdown in 2011?
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Book Review:
A Half-Dozen Essential "Business" Books
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Directories:
Berry Co files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
Sprint's Technology Lead at Risk as Clearwire Faces Cash Crunch
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Sovereigns:
Argentina's Paris Club Debt to be Resolved by Early 2011, Lorenzino Says
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EU:
As Euro Zone Faces Strain, Some Question Its Future
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The Real Cause Of Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis: Mamma's Boys
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Ireland:
Ireland's $90 billion question: Does it need a bailout?
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Irish c.bank chief expects big EU/IMF loan
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Ireland set to tap €80bn loan as it opens door to IMF mission
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Irish bank rescue could cost over 100 bln euros
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Report recommends against debt forgiveness
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Rumble in the Irish Bank Jungle
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Irish PM: "Sensible, Precautionary" Talks With EU Counterparts
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Ireland Delays on Bailout for Political Ends
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Ireland feels pressure on rescue package
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UBS Cross Talk Over U.K. Hit from Ireland Bailout
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Ireland Should Win This Game of Bluff
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Save Ireland? Why Not LBO It?
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NAMA chief says banks' delusions behind them
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Human Cost of the Irish Crash
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Belgium:
Belgian court rejects Brink's bankruptcy plea
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Mexico:
Mexico's IUSA Reaches $372 Million Debt Agreement
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Canada:
City of Vancouver puts Olympic Village into receivership
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Receivership 'last step' for troubled Olympic Village
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