September 27, 2010

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Law:

Firms Show 'Guarded Optimism' About Business Outlook
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It's Not All Misery
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Lawyer Transitions: Figuring Out Multiple Offers
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Ken Klee: Crystal Clear
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Good Day, Sunshine? UK Law Firms Enjoy More Robust Quarter
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Number of UK partnership squabbles hitting courts doubles in last year
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At work with Karen M. Crowley, insolvency attorney
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New York Lawyer Joins Levene Neale As Bankruptcy Associate
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"Large Law Firm Lateral Hire Conflicts Checking: Professional Duty Meets Actual Practice"
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New York Firm Chiefs Expect More Hiring in 2011
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Deferred Associate Diaries Part V: Returning To The Firm
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McKenna Long Under Fire Over Elan Ethics Report
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Winston & Strawn Kicked Off $1 Billion Pfizer Case
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If You Have A Case Pending In New York Court... Shutdown Your Facebook Page Now!!
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Why is identity as lawyer so deeply embedded?
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Petrobras IPO Raises $67 Billion, Setting New Record
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6 Partners Abruptly Depart Lytal Reiter to Launch New Firm
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Latham Lawyers Advise on 'Wall Street' Sequel
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Church sex scandal takes toll on victims' lawyers
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Pls Hndle Thx: Night at the Roxbury, With Partners
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Former Prosecutor Charged With Aiding False Confession
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So That's What Men Do!
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Federal Judge’s Standing Order Fines Firm $500/Day for Late Filing, Requires Explanation to Clients
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Ga. Attorney Arrested on Drug Charges for Giving Prescription Pills to Friend
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Lawyers Set to Press 'Play' in Jasmine/Marvell Voice Mail Case
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Subpoena Looms for Attorney in Chevron Case
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Project Management With SharePoint Task Lists
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Some Cost-Saving Tech Solutions for Solo Law Practices
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Blogging & Professional Services: Primarily Branding Tool
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Obama's Ex-Counsel Reveals White House Tensions
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$2M Google Grant Puts Struggling Legal Document Access Project in the Black
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Duke Law School Asks: Why Do Black People Hate Us?
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Bank robbers use kidnapped teller strapped with explosives
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Federal Prosecutor Accuses DOJ of Showing Bias Against Whites
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On Federal Prosecutors Behaving Badly (In 4,000 Words)
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Sexting DA faces removal
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Fifth woman comes forward to accuse Kratz
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"Damned goat, big goat"
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Rodney King Now Engaged to Marry 'Juror No. 5' From His Civil Trial
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Student Loan Relief for Public Defenders and Prosecutors
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State Dawdling Spurs Victory for Ex-Lawyer Accused in Law Partner’s Beating Death
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Joe Davis: Avvo Libels Me by Talking About My Sanction
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Anna Nicole Smith trial nears end with bathtub video
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Lawyer Sues Nail Salon for $200K, Says He Was Charged $4 More for Being a Man
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American Lawyers Flock to the Hong Kong Bar
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Brazil Bar rules against associations with foreign law firms
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Building sand castles on Florida’s beaches is illegal
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Judges:

New Recusal Controversy in W. Va. High Court
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Voters Moving to Oust Judges Over Decisions
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2nd Circuit Judge Puts Out a Call for Controversial Judicial Nominee
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Appeals Panel Faults Judge's Finding That Lawyer Slipped Jury His Summation Notes
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Judge Censured Over Informal Stay-Away Order
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Judge's Attempts at Humor Leave Judicial Commission Stone-Faced
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Judge Baer: Pushing a Noble Cause or Policymaking From the Bench?
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Is the Supreme Court a ‘Crucial’ Body? One in Three Say No
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Wife, Mother & Gender Equity Advocate
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"Justice Kagan faces first Supreme Court test Monday"
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With friends like Judge Porteous', who needs enemies?
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Wall Street:

Stock futures inch higher on dealmaking
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Wall Street squeeze explains i-bank job jitters
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'Wall Street' Tops Box Office
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Ranks of Women on Wall Street Thin
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Layoffs:

Job Loss Looms as Part of Stimulus Act Expires
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The Rising Tide of Job Bias Claims
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When Job Creation Is Troubling
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Workers fell victim to corporate cleaver
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Bank of America throws a 'lavish' party amid pink slips
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Sales:

Sales or Plans: A Comparative Account of the 'New' Corporate Reorganization
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Small Business:

'Second Look': First Aid for Borrowers
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Obama to sign $42 billion bill aimed at helping small businesses
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Accounting:

Audit market is "fiercely competitive" Deloitte argues
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Credit Reporting:

Court to Allow FCRA Lawsuit Against Debt Collector and Experian
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A Look at the Underground World of Credit Card Information Sales
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Trucking:

YRC Worldwide reaches tentative agreement with Teamsters union
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Economy:

Small biz, banks may spurn Obama's $30B program
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US Treasury stumbles selling Citi shares
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Deflation, Inflation and the US Fed
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US Durable Goods Orders Slide
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Biz Spending on Capital Goods Rose in August
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The face of the financial crisis
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Reich: Income Gap Leading to Dead Economy
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A Lost And Volatile Decade
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Gold Advances to Record on Weakening Dollar; Silver Climbs to 30-Year High
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Generations see bankruptcy differently
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Why the Rich Don’t Need a Tax-Cut Extension
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Consumer Spending Key to Recovery
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Bernanke: 'We avoided what could have been a global meltdown'
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Author: Obama Stimulus Made Economic Crisis Worse
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Over 50% of Americans Hurt by Recession
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Downturn Drives Up Wealthy Investors' Borrowing
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Restructuring looms large in list of top female executives
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Highway Stimulus Isn't Delivering on Jobs
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Volcker: Financial System Still Broken
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Great Recession Did Not Affect Every Region
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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:

Landlords Are Back in Control
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GMAC's Errors Leave Foreclosures in Question
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Calif. Demands Halt to GMAC Foreclosures
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Mortgage mayhem
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BofA's Nasty Foreclosure Tricks
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Moody's considers GMAC servicer rating downgrade
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Barney Frank questions Fannie Mae on 'foreclosure mills'
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Foreclosure Flaws May Delay US Recovery by Slowing Drop in Home Prices
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Ritz Lake Las Vegas to Get Less Ritzy
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Phoenix home sales down 29.5% from August average
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August new home sales scrape bottom, remain flat month-over-month
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Are These Homes Bargains or Just Fairly Priced?
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$460 billion shadow inventory will take 40 months to clear: S&P
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To stem foreclosures, let homeowners rent
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Little Produced In Namvar Sales
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Namvar's troubles ripple through LA's community of Iranian Jews
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Delmas Tower LLC bankruptcy opens downtown San Jose property to buyers
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Salpare Bay condo developer now plans apartments
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Farah agrees to plea in Ponzi case
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Home Short Sales: Walking Away with Less
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22% of Mortgage Modifications Still Default
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Oil/Gas:

Spill Payments Irk Alabama Business
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Frustrated Oil Spill Claimants Consider Alternative Compensation Fund
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Halliburton Defends Its Cement Work, Blaming BP for Gulf Spill
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Halliburton: BP's Well Design Compromised Integrity of Well
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Corporate Governance:

Questions, and Directors, Lost in the Ether
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Fiduciary Duties of Officers
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AIG:

AIG, U.S. Move Closer to Deal on Bailout Exit
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Banking:

Regulators shut banks in FL, WA
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Troubled-bank list shrinks
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Idea to Prevent Next Banking Bust?
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The Battle Cry Has Been Sounded "Glass-Steagall Or Die"!!!
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National Credit Union Seizes 3 Credit Unions: will bundle $50 billion securitization
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Credit Union Fix Might be $9.2 Billion
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Video Games:

Judge Approves CBGB's Guitar Hero Agreement
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Politics:

Politicians' money woes strike a chord with voters
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Rahm Emanuel leading exodus of Obama aides
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Boehner’s ‘Pledge’ Talks Tough on the Constitution. But to What End?
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A Recession Ends, the Fall Campaign Revs Up
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The Enraged vs. the Exhausted
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Comedy Central Star Colbert Testifies Before Congress—In Character
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Art:

Lehman Brothers art auctioned off in NYC
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For sale, souvenirs of the bank that wasn't too big to fail
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Some Art-Loving New Yorkers Now Own A Piece of Lehman Brothers History
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Lehman's Hirst Spurned by Art Buyers
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Fine art of bankruptcy
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Aviation:

Continental Airlines brand destined for the dustbin
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Health Care:

Court OKs hospital sale
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Consumer Protection:

In sour economy, emotions and complaints high
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Media:

The trials and tribulations of Randy Michaels & Co.
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Corporate Reform:

Geithner says consumer protection bureau is limited until 2011
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FDIC to Explain How It Will Wield `Too Big to Fail' Power on Wall Street
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SEC official pressed on delays in Ponzi case
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Fed chief Ben Bernanke wants closer look at speculative buying
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Pressure for Action Against Corporate Officials
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Rating Agencies:

Raters Ignored Proof of Unsafe Loans, Panel Is Told
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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:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Miscellaneous:

Blockbuster, Ag Energy, Duratek Precast, Innkeepers: Bankruptcy
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Litigation:

Who Stands for Standing?
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AmLaw 200 with Dedicated E-Discovery Lawyers still in the Minority
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Victor Stanley II Ruling Decries Lack of Uniform Standards for Electronic Discovery
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Don't Come Clean: Not in church, not in 12-step programs, not in jail
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Court: privacy on social networking sites is wishful thinking
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Debt Collection:

Lawsuit Points to Alleged New Tool in Debt-Collection Arsenal: Facebook
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Fraud:

Was the SEC’s Suit Against Goldman More Politics Than Law?
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Madoff claims far outstrip funds, panel told
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Politicians Say Madoff 'Victims' Deserve Their Fake Profits
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Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's Steinway piano on auction block
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Stanley Chais dies at 84; money manager invested with Bernard Madoff
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Enron’s Skilling Gets Nov. 1 Hearing on Retrial Bid
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SIPC has failed in its duty to protect investors
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James Cohen accuses Kennedy Funding of fraud
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Fraud Cases Get Rehashed
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Municipalities:

Reading's Act 47 recovery plan gets rolling
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Autos:

Be a Patriot, Buy GM
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Auto Industry Recovers at Snail's Pace
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GM can't promise the moon after bankruptcy
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Fashion:

Ferre: Bankrupt, But Still A Party
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Compensation:

People Who Work for $1
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Personal Finance:

Love or money? More shacking up amid hard times
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Celebs:

Judge Sends Lindsay Lohan Back to Jail, Says ‘Nope’ to Requested Bail Arguments
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Newspapers:

Tribune bankruptcy odyssey takes a new twist
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Gambling:

MGM Most Likely Casino Bankruptcy, Poll Says
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Video Rentals:

Netflix shares soar after Blockbuster bankruptcy
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Blockbuster's Bankruptcy Is Bad for Low-Skilled Workers
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Blockbuster bankrupt, but small video stores thrive
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Why Blockbuster Couldn't Avoid Bankruptcy
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UK:

UK insolvencies hit lowest level since 2007
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Coastal towns 'top insolvency list'
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Gloomy Forecasts About British Economy Are Wrong
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Fresh force in turnaround sector as expansion to follow merger
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Montpelier enters turnaround market with Armitage Jones purchase
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EU:

Euro under pressure as Moody's cuts Anglo Irish Bank's debt rating
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EU Set Up Secret Group to Save Euro
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ECB's Nowotny - EU fiscal pact needs no extra boost
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Sovereign debt problems mount for Ireland and Portugal
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Eurozone banks face test as loans expire
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Canada:

Consumer proposals popular alternative to bankruptcy
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Some cared, but not enough to help Nortel pensioners
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How Canada is among most indebted nations in the world
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Germany:

Karstadt Insolvency Plan May Be Threatened By Two Objections
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Czech Republic:

Czech president tells UN to stay out of economics; Opposes calls for increased 'global governance'
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Ireland:

Light at end of the tunnel for struggling homeowners
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FitzPatrick bankruptcy saga could take up to ten years
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Why Ireland can't afford to punish reckless lenders to its banks
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Moody's thwacks Anglo Irish bonds
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Japan:

Acom Plunges Most in 20 Months on Takefuji Bankruptcy Report
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Takefuji finally 'sheds its skin'
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Incubator Bank resumes operations at 60 remaining branches
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Australia:

Distressed Debt In Australia
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The Great Australian Housing Bubble
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Middle East:

UAE bank provisions fall as assets growth continues
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Africa:

IDC pays out R3.1bn to distressed firms
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