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Law:
BigLaw Braces for a Future With Fewer Lawyers, Greater Client Expectations
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In House: The Inside Story
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A Big Day for GM, And Its Lawyers
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Bryan Cave Names Two New Bankruptcy Partners
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First-Year Associate Survey Results
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Survey: Associate Training Gaining Steam
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Hilco Capital Demands $25M From Law Firms
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Law Firm of the Year 2010 – irritatingly transparent, riskily unfixed
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Local Firm's London Office Cut 101 Lawyers and Staff This Year
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UK MegaFirm Aims to Secure US Merger
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K&L Gates Chief Says Norton Rose Deal More of an Arrangement than a Merger
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Virtual Law Offices Are a Real Issue for Small Law Firms
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Madoff, Rattner, UBS, BA, Citigroup, Wal-Mart in Court News
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BigLaw Firm Grabs Most of Boutique in Raid
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Plaintiffs' Lawyer to Splendor Passengers: Don't Bother Suing
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Some Like it Hot: Southern Lawyers Write the Warmest Departure Emails
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Madoff Trustee Seeks $20.4M from Two Ex-Partners at Milberg Weiss
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Suspended Firm Founder Pleads His Case for Reprimand, Not Disbarment
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Brooke Astor's Son Owes Lots of Lawyers Lots of Money
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Lawyer, Company On the Hook for $631,135.18 in Sanctions, Fees
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Law School Quietly Settles One Discrimination Suit, Two More Pending
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Another Law School Sued for Discrimination
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Issue Spotting: Innovation Enemy No. 1
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Which law firm owns the most digital real estate?
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Somebody Who Should Go To Law School: NBA Star Ben Wallace
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Lawyers Want Online Document Sharing with Clients
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Top Court in NY Permits Life Insurance Bets in Case Involving Kramer Levin Partner
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Thomson Reuters Acquires Indian Legal Outsourcing Co. Pangea3
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Longtime Jackson Kelly Lawyer’s License Suspended for Filing Incomplete Medical Report
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Facebook Catfight At Florida State Law
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Students: Is Your Law School Like a Game Show?
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Lawsuit of the Day: Doctor Sues Restaurant for Not Educating Him About Artichokes
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San Francisco Sues to Close Down Law Firm, Claims ‘Exorbitant’ Fees
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Cops bust seven men playing chess in upper Manhattan park
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Judges:
Ex-Judge Pleads Guilty to False Statement; Officials Accused of Personal Profit from Court Cases
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Gingrich on Iowa Supreme Court: The Other Justices Should Resign
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Judge Jack Camp to Plead Guilty
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U.S. Supreme Court Sets Record for Longest Opinions Ever
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New Era of Tolerance as 2nd Transgender Judge Takes to Bench This Week
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In Patent Cases, Federal Circuit Increasingly Messing With Texas
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Oh No You Didn't Just Slam That Courtroom Door
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Wall Street:
US Index Futures Fluctuate
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Stocks Rally on GM, Better Outlook on Aid for Ireland
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Presenting The Profiles Of Every One Of The 110 New Goldman Sachs Partners
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Lazard's Rohatyn, 'Shocked' by Lehman, Blasts 'Rampant Greed'
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Men Who Like To Body Slam Each Other Also Enjoy Working on Wall Street
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Cornell Student Has a Little Problem With Goldman Sachs
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Layoffs:
Jobless claims rise but broader trend offers hope
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Dear Jobless Workers, You've Just Been Cut Off
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Bloomberg announces $1B in job cuts
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Kia Adding Another 1,000 Jobs in Georgia
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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:
In Schwab Inquiry, S.E.C. Sends a Signal
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Rattner: "I Will Not Be Bullied"
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Treasury Aide Says Consumer Bureau Job Likely Filled by July
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Elizabeth Warren
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Lehman:
The Lehman flip
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Resorts:
Westin Hilton Head Resort Owner Files for Bankruptcy
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Tucson Westin resort files for bankruptcy protection to avoid foreclosure
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Charter Buses:
Oregon Coachways goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Celebs:
Sonja Morgan - I'm Real Bankrupt
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Las Vegas gambling debt trial reset for NBA's Antoine Walker
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Will Ferrell loses $18 million investment case
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No joke, Ferrell fined as Finra case flops
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Book Review:
Rolling Stone writer's book rips Goldman, Greenspan
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Food/Drink:
Charlie Brown's Parent Co. Files for Bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:
Alzheimer's and Money Problems
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Mass Torts:
U.S. Judge Orders BP to Court Over Probation Charges
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Agriculture:
USDA investigating cattle brokerage for bad checks
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Shipping:
Orders Up for Container Ships, First Since '08
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Hotels:
New Holiday Inn hotel's owner files for bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
Nortel quarrels with Genband over sale price for VoIP unit
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Economy:
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Slightly
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Bernanke: Bond Plan Can Create 700K Jobs
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Bernanke to defend Fed's actions to global detractors
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Treasuries Advance as Bernanke Says Job Losses Threaten Economic Recovery
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Philadelphia Factory Index Rises to Highest This Year
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October Leading Indicators Up 0.5%
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Reid, Pelosi Plan Votes on Extending Bush-Era Income Tax Cuts
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Did the Bush Tax Cuts Spur Growth?
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Jobless-Benefits Extension Blocked in House as Republicans Balk Over Cost
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Economists: Nation won't really rebound until 2012
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O.E.C.D. Sees Global Recovery Slowing
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Mid-Atlantic Factory Activity Picks Up
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The Case for Raising Taxes
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Central Bankers Put Their Own Comforts First in Frankfurt
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Auditors: Raise Retirement Age, Hurt the Poor
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Deficit Cutting? Taxes Will Go Up for Everyone
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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:
Prime US Mortgage Foreclosures Rise to Record on Unemployment
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Delinquency Rate on U.S. Mortgages Declines
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Ambac reviewing loans in RMBS, suing for breach of representations
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US Foreclosure Aid Lags Amid Record Defaults on Mortgages
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US lawmakers hit banks, regulators on foreclosures
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Barney Frank: Homeowners Shouldn't Have 'False Hopes'
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Foreclosuregate: The Buck Stops Nowhere
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Cook County sheriff says foreclosure evictions won't resume for months
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Why a Foreclosure Compensation Fund Is a Bad Idea
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Erroneous Foreclosures
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Do Mortgage Servicers Even Understand Their Own Business?
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Missing Woman Found Dead In Her Foreclosed Home
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Mortgage rates jump to highest level since August
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Bank Of America Mortgage Modifications Jump 51% In October
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Monthly permanent HAMP mods down 14% in October
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Bank of America accounts for nearly half of HAMP backlog
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Obama administration committed to preventing 'avoidable foreclosures'
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US Lawmakers Criticize Treasury Program Pushing Mortgage Modification
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Mortgage servicers are falling short of HUD expectations
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Mortgage rates jump to highest level since August
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DFW Foreclosure Postings Hit Record High
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Renters drive U.S. commercial real estate values up 3.2% in 3Q
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Lenders Restricting FHA Mortgages
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Fresno Pacific Towers auction postponed
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New Lending Guidelines From Fannie Mae
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Washington DC creates "quasi-judicial" foreclosure process
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NY foreclosure rule unchanged
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Network Communications Pitches Exchange Offer, May File Bankruptcy
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Aviation:
Airport staff 'exposed woman's breasts, laughed'
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DA in CA vows to prosecute overly touchy
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Airport to opt out of TSA screening
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When Rights Get Squeezed
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How GOP Learned to Hate TSA Again
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Fraud:
Rattner Is Sued by Cuomo, Settles With S.E.C.
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Rattner Seeks Damages From Quadrangle
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Quadrangle: Rattner Suit Doesn't Affect Us
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Read the ‘Pay-for-Play’ Lawsuits Against Steven Rattner
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2 Former Madoff Aides Are Arrested
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Former Madoff Executives Crupi, Bongiorno Placed Under Arrest, FBI Reports
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Bernie Madoff Would Have Been Hopeless Without His Secretaries
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Milberg Weiss and Bernie Madoff
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Banks Knew About Illegal Rothstein Transfers and Hence are Liable for $160M, Lawyer Argues
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Ponzi Empire on the Internet?
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Instead of 'I do,' Hecker says 'I didn't'
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Trustee: Hecker used ruse to buy back Harley
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A Look Inside The US Fidelis $36 Million Mansion
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Retailing:
Sears posts wider loss, hurt by namesake chain
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Black Friday deals to draw 138 million shoppers
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Religion:
Feds probe salaries at bankrupt Crystal Cathedral
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Newspapers:
Zell Tells Tribune Creditors Not to Sue
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Media:
Freedom Communications goes on the block
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Kerpow! Prepack for AMI
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Education:
Senators Seek Probe of For-Profit College Rules
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National American University gets rich from federal loans
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Municipalities:
Hamtramck attorney asks Granholm to grant bankruptcy
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Michigan's struggling cities face financial reckoning
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Governor Warns Cities May Go Bankrupt
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Bloomberg Proposes Layoffs, Budget Cuts
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Philadelphia Officials Said to Have Met Turnaround Firms on Cost Cutting
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The Fear Factor in the Muni Bond Market
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What Happened To Ireland This Week Could Happen To US Munis Very Soon
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The Muni Market Is a 'Cold, Cold World'
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Municipal-Bond Funds Drop as Post-Election Issuer Outlook Spooks Investors
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Citigroup Leads Banks Calling Tax-Free Debt a Buy After Slump
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Harrisburg, Pa., seeks short-term financing to cover payroll
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Act 47 or Chapter 9 for Harrisburg? Why not both?
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Banking:
Florida Bank Hit With Rare Verdict in Securities-Fraud Trial
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KeyCorp Says Mooney to Be First Woman Chief Executive at a Top 20 US Bank
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Morgan Stanley: Washington’s Banker by Default?
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Autos:
Shares of G.M. Make Debut on Market With a Price Surge
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Counting Up GM's IPO Tab
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From the Floor of the NYSE: GMs IPO
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GM Stock Loses Momentum in Post-IPO
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Obama hails GM stock offering, says bailout worked
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Taxpayers in deep water on GM investment
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GM CEO won't promise bailout repayment
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GM IPO: A rare win for Washington over Wall Street?
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Old GM's Creditors Make $5 Billion in Stock Offering, Are Entitled to More
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UAW Cashes In on GM IPO
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Wall Street Payday for a New GM
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2nd chance doesn't come easy for GM
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GM's Goal Now Is 'to Execute,' Vice Chairman Says
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GM's IPO Proves the Tea Party Wrong
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GM Shows What a Bankruptcy Can Do for a Bottom Line
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Mindful of costs, wary Michigan cheers GM IPO
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How GM Could Become Arrogant Once Again
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A Successful IPO Does Not a Justifiable Bailout Make
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GM IPO Continues Trend of Rewarding Those Who Failed
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Can General Motors Save the Planet?
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On Heels of IPO, GM Makes Bold Offset Investment
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On GM's Big Day, Ford Falls on Downgrade
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General Motors Loses GM Ticker in Canada, Tries to Get It Back
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Did Rattner Have to Save GM?
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Obama to Rattner: No Thanks for You on GM
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GM Europe’s Reorganization Is Ahead of Schedule, But Behind US
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Auto supply company stocks follow GM higher
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Change or die: The Chrysler rebirth
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Chrysler Having Problems Catching Up With Ford, GM
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Administrative Claims:
Electric services are actually ‘goods’
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Jurisdiction:
Implications Of In Re Marshall
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Health Care:
Health insurance plan's bankruptcy leaves small companies, Eastern Plains governments in lurch
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NJ hospitals show slight profits after freezing wages, cutting jobs
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More hospitals may face closure
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20% of Americans Suffer from Mental Illness
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Medicare's 23% Doctor Pay Cuts to Be Delayed as Senate Seeks Longer Fix
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Hospital to Sell Remnants
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Rodeo:
Indian National Finals Rodeo files for bankruptcy protection
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Gambling:
Plan cuts New York City Off Track Betting revenue
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UK:
Our £7bn is bailing out a bunch of liars, crooks and bunglers
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Canada:
Bankruptcy means Ontario likely to get more film work
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Vancouver real estate guru preaches Olympic Village patience
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AbitibiBowater still awaiting restructuring OK after court hearing adjourns
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Recognition of US plan confirmation order under the CCAA
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Greece:
Greece Unveils More Cuts in 2011 Budget
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Greece Pledgesto Cut 2011 Deficit to 7.4% of GDP With Economy Shrinking 3%
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Ireland:
Irish Officials Acknowledge Need for Aid in Debt Crisis
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Ireland Unclear on Aid Amount, Markets Eye Rescue
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Ireland's Dr. Doom: Worst Yet to Come
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Irish Lyricism Cannot Hide the Harsh Economic Reality
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The Brits are happy to help the Irish – but Ireland needs to be a nation once again
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Irish showdown over corporate tax
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Ireland take hardline stance on corporate tax as bailout talks begin
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Ireland doesn't need to rush into deal: minister
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Rescue plans focus on Irish banking system
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Iceland’s currency route closed to Dublin
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For Irish Banks, a Texas-Style Solution Is Unlikely
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Building a Firewall in Ireland
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Ireland will clearly need outside aid-Irish Fin Min
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Ireland denies 'surrendering sovereignty' over bail-out
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Portugal:
Irish Bailout May Unleash Vigilantes on Portugal
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Mexico:
Noteholders seek bankruptcy for US units of Vitro | Reuters
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Switzerland:
Next Tax Hike for the Rich: Switzerland
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North Korea:
Treasury Freezes Assets Of North Korean Bank
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China:
Swaps Rank Top China Companies Below Clorox, Home Depot
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Australia:
White shoe wonder finds himself down at heel
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Bahamas:
Insolvency reforms called for
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