Law:

Howrey Faces Involuntary Chapter 7 Filing by Creditors
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Howrey Bankruptcy May Cause Headaches For Ex-Attys
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Associate Hiring on the Rise Again?
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Increased Lateral Demand Could Lead to Larger Entry-Level Classes
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Women's careers are stuck in a rut
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Solos: Big Business is farming out work to you versus BigLaw
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Lennar suit says DLA Piper represented both sides, siphoned millions from joint project
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Ex-Bronco Romanowski Sues Greenberg Traurig, Says He Got Hit Hard By Tax Shelter OK’d By Firm
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Football Icon Claimed $34M In Illegal Losses: Witness
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The Value of Rule of Law: 20 Basis Points
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Suit Says NY Gov’t Lawyer Earned $1M from Nixon Peabody, Seeks to Force Restitution to State
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Bonu$ Time? Firm Sues Ex-Client Who Refuses to Pay Millions for 'Performance Incentive'
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Clients Lose, But NY Firm Still Faces Claims Over Name Partner's Brother's Thieving
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Shutting Lawyers Up, and the Power of Constraints
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Companies Boast of Outsourcing, Other $avings
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Leading In-House Lawyers Find Way to Make Alternative Fees Work
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Evaluating the Counteroffer — Should You Stay or Should You Go? (Part 3)
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Moving From Junior Associate to Valued Asset
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In a Google World, Lots of Options for Law Practice Efficiency
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The iPad as an Indispensable Lawyering Tool
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Lawyers Who Ignore Social Media Equal to Cavemen Who Refuse to Hunt
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Law Library Misplaces Tortured Clown
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Handwritten Papers from Walt Whitman, Former US Attorney Clerk
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Lawyer Telling Reporter He Was Eager to Get Defendant 'Under Oath' Wasn't Defamation
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Foreclosure attorney Michael T. Pines arrested in Los Angeles
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Shotgun Complaint, Nah
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Scratch-n-Sniff Letterhead for Your Firm :))
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Lawsuit of the Day: Liberal Bloggers v. Arianna Huffington
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Lawyer of the Month: We Like It When People Just Walk Away
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The Facebook Lawsuit That Wasn’t In The Movie
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Bar Suspends Law Clerk Who Sold Term Papers
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Suspect competent to stand trial in slaying of Rothstein law partner
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"The Good Wife" - What's Fred Thompson Up To?
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"The Good Wife" - Points of law, who cares when there is high relationship drama
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Mom Who Didn't Give Her Son Prescribed Chemo Meds Is Convicted of Attempted Murder
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Mug Shots
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Judges:

Court Clerk with Alzheimer’s Says She Was Tricked Into Resigning
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Judge Arrested in Domestic Violence Matter; Lawyer Says He Is 'Completely Innocent'
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9th Circuit's Kozinski: Internet Guilty of Killing 1st Amendment
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Virginia Thomas builds tea party network
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Justices, Judges, Lawyers Poke Fun at Mock Trial
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Are Federal Judges Competent?
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Wall Street:

U.S. futures rise
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Asia Stocks Rise
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World stocks, oil prices slump
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Wall St drops 1 pct on oil's fall
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Goldman Sachs Takes Information From Its Clients And Uses It To Trade Against Them, Says Private Equity Investor
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Goldman Cuts Q2 Profit Outlook for Morgan Stanley by 60%
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JPMorgan Quarterly Profit Rises 67%
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Layoffs:

Putting the jobless to work...on reality TV
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:

Goldman's bearish call on crude
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Oil settles 3.3% lower on demand fears
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Oil Trades Near Two-Week Low on Slowing Demand, Libya Truce Hope
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Saudi cuts oil production on weak demand
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Trico Announces Extension of Exchange Offer
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Offshore regulation could expand to contractors
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Gas Stations:

Speedway to buy most Gas City outlets
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Autos:

Ford sees possible production halts
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Ford Philippines Shuts Down for 18 Days
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GM Bankruptcy Properties Now Funded at $773 Million for Redevelopment: New Opportunities for Developers, Renewable Energy Providers, Investors, and Entrepreneurs
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Detroit's chance of a lifetime
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Low gear for Toyota
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Toyota Curbs Some Output in Europe
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Car Dealers Adopt Outlawed Mortgage Tactics —CPI
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Banking:

FDIC: Bank failures will cost $21 billion
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Tab for Failed Banks Shrinks By $7 Billion
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BofA Kept Executives in Dark on Dividend
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Big banks are government-backed: Fed's Hoenig
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FDIC, Fed seek comment on disaster planning for big banks
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FDIC to replenish deposit fund by year's end
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Hoening: Bank Capital Rules Inadequate
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In F.D.I.C.'s Clawback Proposal, Risk Remains
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Financial stocks fall as banks set to report
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Banks Gaining a Foothold in the Still-Fragile Economy
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Pensions:

Pensions May Now Struggle With Lump-Sum Payments
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Retailing:

Better Late Than Never?
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Hotels:

Innkeepers USA Officially Files Its Bankruptcy -Exit Plans
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Doubletree joins roster of hotels in bankruptcy
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Sole bidder offers $2 million for Hagerstown Hotel and Convention Center
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Food/Beverage:

Let Them Eat Tastykake
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Harry & David's Bankruptcy: Downturn or Wall Street?
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IP:

Rugged Bear Brand Sold to Private Equity Firm
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Tax:

Discharge of Indebtedness Rules Clarified for Grantor Trusts and Disregarded Entities
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US financial whistleblower gets £2.8m from IRS
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Inventor of Veg-O-Matic, Pocket Fisherman Said ‘Forget it’ to Company’s Tax Bill
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Sales:

Dismissal of losing bidder’s ‘fraud on court’ suit upheld
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Hollywood:

Court Re-Seals Explosive David Bergstein Report After Details Made Public
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Findings of probe into film financier David Bergstein are briefly unsealed
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Judge re-seals Bergstein docs
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Distressed Investing:

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Opens London Office
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Glass:

Vitro Wins Denial of Bankruptcy Filings for Some of Its U.S. Subsidiaries
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United Glass Corp. Sold
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Rail:

Climbing Railroad Shipments Reflect Increasing Momentum in U.S. Expansion
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Trucking:

Slow recovery keeps on truckin'
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Golf:

Ford's Colony Country Club Bankruptcy Case Comes to Close
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Health Care:

Creditors Back in Court Over Foundations
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Private Equity:

More private equity firms go out of business
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Economy:

Global Concerns Drive Treasurys Higher
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Trade data shows growth headwinds
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Inflation Using Volcker-Era Methodology Nearing 10%
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Fed Regional Banks Say Recovery 'Progressing' Even as Oil Prices Increase
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Fed's Bullard: Exit may mix asset sales and rate hikes
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Budget Cuts Are Detailed
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Don't Touch Our Medicare! Group Warns Obama
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House Republicans Vehemently Opposing Tax Hikes
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The Budget Deal May Fall Apart
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The Really Simple Reason The Budget Deal Is Now Collapsing
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Did the White House win on the cuts?
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Budget deal axes 'czars' already gone
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Tax hikes 'nonstarter' to cut US debt: Boehner
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Boehner stands alone
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The Real Story of the Budget Showdown
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Budget tricks helped Obama save programs from cuts
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Democratic leader challenges GOP to produce budget
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US deficit up 15.7% in first half of fiscal 2011
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U.S. Deficit Will Expand to Largest Among Major World Economies, IMF Says
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Why Voters Aren't Ready to Tackle the Deficit
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Obama Keeps Deficit Plan Under Wraps
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Deficit Speech Will Be Lightning Rod
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Obama: Cuts in Entitlements, Higher Taxes
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OK, Tax the Rich and Then What?
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The White House’s budget miscalculation
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Deficit Forces Question: What Is Government's Role?
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Former Fed Chair: U.S. Deficit a Major Problem
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Republican Threat on Debt Ceiling
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Ron Paul: The Nanny State Can't Last
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Fed's Discount Window: Closed for Banks on Brink
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Goldman: Speculators Driving Up Price of Oil
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Oil Plunges in Biggest Two-Day Drop in 14 Months on Forecasts
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Gasoline Prices Up 40 Percent This Summer, US Says
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IMF urges US to move faster to cut budget gap
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G.D.P. Estimate for 1st Quarter Slides
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25 Reasons to be Disgusted with the Economy
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NFIB: Small Business Optimism Index decreases in March
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G20 To Work On Imbalances Plan Amid Crowded Agenda
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The Consumer Spending Slowdown Is Threatening The Economic Recovery
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The Consumer Growth Index Is Testing October 2010 Lows
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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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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:

Point: Economists find billions in unintended costs from servicer settlement
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Counterpoint: "Ridiculous take on the mortgage settlement"   -   Iowa AG says servicer settlement study flawed   -    Initial Award of Frederic Mishkin Iceland Prize for Intellectual Integrity: Calomiris, Higgins, and Mason Paper on Mortgage Settlement
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Critical Signs in Foreclosure Talks
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JPMorgan dogged by mortgage talks
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Tech snafu, improper foreclosure affidavit lead to sanctions for LPS
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Louisiana Bankruptcy Court Ruling Confirms Claims Made Against Lender Processing Services in Class Action Filings
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Alabama court invalidates foreclosure for failure to transfer promissory note to trust
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Budget Deal Holds Pain for Housing
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Calif. Mortgage Defaults on the Rise
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Foreclosure crisis hit hard in S. California military towns
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Confidence in value of homeownership persists through bust, survey shows
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Homeowners in denial
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BofA CEO sees low returns from home ownership
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State, Federal Officials Could Issue Separate Orders For Foreclosure Reform
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Ralph Nader Seeks Inquiry On GSE Conservatorship
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Treasury eyes single contact in HAMP program
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Complaints showed flaws in mortgage relief plan
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AG rolls out guide for families facing foreclosure
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BofA CEO Says Foreclosures Inevitable as 50% Default Again
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BofA CEO: Mortgage principal reductions not a 'cure-all'
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Mortgage industry workforce plummets 51% since 2006
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HUD halts foreclosures on reverse mortgage spouses
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Mortgage Relief Operators Reach $2.2M Settlement
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The Evolving Nature Of Loan Modifications
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Washington Officials Shut Down Loan Mod Business
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Major downtown Wilmington landowner files for bankruptcy
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Foreclosure crisis shifts to multifamily buildings
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Multifamily is Back; 8 Million More Renters on the Way?
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Abandoned Mansions: Luxury Real Estate's New Housing Headache
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Bank reclaims Rarity Mountain property
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Analysts: Proposed Regulations Problematic for CMBS
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Mass Torts:

BP Spill Fund Administrator Tells U.S. Judge to Stay Out of Claims Process
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BP Spill's Next Phase: Wrangling Over Toll
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Fraud:

Lawmakers slam SIPC over trustee fees
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Galleon Defense Paints Portrait of Research-Driven Trade
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'Octopussy' Zvi Goffer Watches Rajaratnam Insider-Trading Trial
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Raj calls 'Superman'
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Raj Rajaratnam's Hail Mary Pass
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Judge’s Decision Ruling In Galleon Case Indicates We May Be Hearing From Every Single Babysitter, Waiter Raj Rajaratnam Generously Tipped Over The Years
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Rajaratnam trial defense targets Goldman evidence
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Guess How Much Raj Used To Fine His Employees Every Time They Showed Up Late To The Morning Meeting
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Galleon Defense: Behavior of a Machiavelli, so?
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Why Is This Trial Happening?
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At Galleon Trial, Analyst Reports, Research and Flashes of Anger
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Galleon Trial: Defense takes on prosecution, media takes on prosecutor
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Does Buffett know more than he's said?
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New Sokol information may tip SEC s hand on probe
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Sokol lube shock
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Hot Tips for a Winning Inside-Trading Career
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FBI Says Taylor Bean Founder Fabricated Loans To Pay For Jet
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Ex-Taylor Bean CEO Says Chairman Farkas Diverted Funds to Mask Shortfall
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Bahamas banks face $4m Madoff lawsuits
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What Makes Bernie Madoff Run?
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Madoff Judge Maintains Seal on JPMorgan Banking Secrets
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Madoff judge orders bank employees' names unsealed
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Barbara Picower's Crocodile Tears
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'West Coast Bernie Madoff' Gets 108-Month Sentence
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Nadel-Moody jewelry auctioned for $643,000
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Satyam fights tax claim on phantom revenues
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Marvell Tech's Founders Sue Goldman Sachs
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Corporate Reform:

Study Confirms Cutting Federal Regulations Lowers Unemployment
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Spending deal boosts scrutiny of Consumer Bureau
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White House Struggles to Find New Agency Chief
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CFPB, State AGs Announce Joint Statement Of Principles
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Mrs. Warren's profession
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Bear Stearns Mortgage Traders Face Criminal Investigation
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Media:

Delaware bankruptcy judge resumes hearing on competing reorganization plans for Tribune Co.
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Tribune troubles
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Symphonies:

Philadelphia Orchestra may declare bankruptcy
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Credit Cards:

How Credit Card Companies Get Around the Card Act
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Sovereigns:

The safest bonds in the world
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Banks Face Sovereign Debt Scrutiny in EU Regulatory Stress Tests
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Religion:

Catholic Diocese in Delaware still working with priest abuse survivors on bankruptcy exit plan
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Foreclosed ! America's Churches Losing Buildings
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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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:

Vitro, Lehman, New Stream, Chem Rx, Lee Farkas: Bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Files: Pizza, Cartoons, Clean Fuels
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Venue:

Judge Questions Venue of Blixseth Bankruptcy
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Plans:

The Problem With Multiple Chapter 11 Plans
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Guarantees:

Bad Boys, Bad Boys…Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You?
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Derivatives:

Corporate Swaps Users Face Curbs on Hedging Activity
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Lehman:

Barclays Said to Seek How Much Lehman Assets It Owes or Is Owed
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Did Ernst & Young Convince Republicans to Skip Last Week’s Senate Subcommittee Hearing?
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Lehman Puts Equity Stakes on Block
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Finance:

Why the banks aren't lending to businesses
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Litigation:

Rumors of the demise of creditor derivative suits on behalf of LLCs not an exaggeration
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Municipalities:

A Bankrupt Option
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Alabama County Cuts Workweek to Cope With Loss of Wage Tax
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S.F. municipal bond rating downgraded by agency
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Citi Faces Punitive Damages in Muni-Fund Case
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Detroit Faces State Takeover If Unable To Cut Spending By $200M
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Detroit deserves bailout 'at least' as big as GM
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Detroit mayor seeks $200M savings in new budget
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Union Cuts Needed to Avert State Takeover, Detroit Mayor Warns
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Michigan Plan Would Tax Retirees Up to Age 67
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Countering the Siege
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Celebs:

Donald Trump Questioned on His Bankruptcies
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Trump "ardent philanthropist?"
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Foreclosed Celebs - Toni Braxton
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Foreclosed Celebs - Jose Canseco
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Foreclosed Celebs - Victoria Gotti
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Uma suit vs. Starr
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Financial Literacy:

High school adds M&A to curriculum
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Small Business:

Small-business optimism fades as sales stay weak
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Seminars:

Samet To Teach Current Developments Course
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UK:

UK Economy: Suffering From Consumption?
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U.K. March Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise on Benefit Rules
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U.K. jobless claims rise by 700 in March
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UK Headline Unemployment May Have Fallen, But One Number That Screams Instability Is Up
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The nightmare of taking on ‘too big to fail’
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UK profit warnings hit two-year high
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Survey shows CFO optimism down
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Osborne to press Lloyds on disposals
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Interest rates 'on hold until August'
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Insolvency consultation sees industry in the spotlight
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More firms in financial distress, says Begbies Traynor Red Flag Alert
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Important insolvency changes
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More failing retailers turn to CVA deals
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Southern Cross Chairman Leaves To Aid Restructuring
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Paul Gascoigne bankruptcy case back in court
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Coastal towns see highest rates of business failures
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BDO report says economic outlook mixed
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Corporate distress highest in leisure trades
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Appointment of Administrators - 12 April 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 12 April 2011
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HMRC hires temps to collect tax
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Insurers lose appeal over Scotland pleural plaques law
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Canada:

Court breathes new life into Nortel pensioners' claims
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Bank of Canada Keeps Interest Rate the Same
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Germany:

Owners, Managers Working On WestLB Restructuring Options
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Stress Rules Hit 2 German Banks
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German Wholesale-Price Inflation Is Fastest in 29 Years
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PIIGS:

Portugal starts bailout talks
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Portugal Opposition Demands Voice on Aid
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Portugal fears poverty as bailout "tsunami" approaches
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IMF forecast adds to Portugal’s gloom
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Ireland Bond Rally Masks Troubles
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Irish Consumer Confidence Increased to Seven-Month High in March
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Why Has No One Gone To Jail For The Irish Banking Collapse?
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Ireland’s taxpayers must share the pain
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Irish deal with EU, IMF to be updated this week
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The Case for an Irish Default
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Nama May Provide Mortgage Finance
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Eircom hires Lehman's lawyers ahead of debt restructuring talks
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ECB Not Likely To Aid Irish Banks
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Restructuring Talk Gains Momentum In Greece
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Greek Debt Restructuring Looks Inevitable
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Greece insists debt restructuring not on the cards
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S&P Sees 1-In-3 Chance Of Greek Debt Restructuring
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Greece raises $2.3 billion from financial markets
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Another PIIG to slaughter: What's next for Europe?
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European bailouts make busy CDS bees
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MENA:

Dubai leads the transparency drive
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Mubarak Has Heart Attack During Questioning
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Mubarak Detained With Sons in Egyptian Corruption Probe
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How Both Sides of Libya's Civil War Are Financing Their Fight
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Fitch downgrades, withdraws Libya's credit rating
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Saudi banks struggle with tepid loan growth
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Dubai Group Closes In On Deal To Restructure Debt
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Japan:

Japan downgrades economic outlook
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Japan disaster insured property losses range from $18B-$26B: RMS
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Manufacturing: High and dry
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Tokyo Says Economic Recovery Is Stalled
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Japan stocks rise on production recovery hopes
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Iceland:

Bail-out on ice
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Mexico:

Hard-working Mexicans upstage other nations
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China:

Fitch Sends A Warning About China, But Everyone Is Ignoring It
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Australia:

Australia Housing Cracks Emerge Across Queensland Coast
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