Law:

Biglaw Firm Warns Associates They’ll Be ‘Disappointed’ With Compensation
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The Law Firm and Corporate 'Anthem' Collection: Build It for the Children
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Bonus Watch: Goodwin Procter’s ‘Special’ Bonuses
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Former Howrey employees file suit
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"Biglaw is also not worth it, even for big money"
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Trio of law firms included in Times list of top employers for women
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Andrews Kurth sued over Stanford Ponzi
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FDIC, Law Firm Settle Dispute Over Executive Documents From Failed Banks
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Hinshaw, Polsinelli Makes Lateral Bankruptcy Hire
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Paul Weiss launches in Canada with double Shearman partner hire
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New-Style Legal Competitor Going Public
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Crystal Ball Sees Legal Profession Headed for a Murky Future
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BiggerLaw: Firm Moving to Roomier NY Offices
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Location Matters When It Comes to Big Law Success
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Judge Rules for Counsel, Saying Baby Comes First
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In-House: On Outer-Directedness
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Santander reviews UK advisers as Barclays quizzes legal panel on hospitality costs
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How Many Inflated ‘A-pluses’ Do You Need To Get A Job In D.C.?
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BigLaw Firm Wishes Women Lawyers Showed Less Leg, Etc.
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Experts Offer Tips for Safe Flying in the Cloud
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The Plague of Email Disclaimers
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60 Digital Tricks Every Lawyer Should Know
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DLA Piper Backs Facebook Ownership Challenge in New Complaint, Citing Explosive E-mails
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When Is a Law Firm Allegedly Part of a RICO Criminal Enterprise? 3rd Circuit Explains
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Don’t Feel Left Out—There’s Still a Lot of Blackberry Love in Law Offices
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No Male-Female Wage Gap?
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The Play's the Thing: Legal Elite Strut and Fret Their Hour Upon the Stage
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Asst. DA’s Secretary Takes Plea in Perjury Case, Admits Passing Info to Help Her Defendant Grandson
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Lawyer Who Took $4M From Clients Up for Early Release
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A 1L Who Should Stay In Law School
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Barry Bonds Found Guilty of Obstructing Justice; Mistrial Declared On Other Counts
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Judges:

Federal Judge Benchslaps Plaintiffs’ Counsel: Stop Being Tools
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Justices Kennedy and Kagan return to Harvard Law School for Reunion Weekend
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Judicial vacancies create a ‘crisis’ for federal courts
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Kagan's government money grab
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Justice is Served, but More So After Lunch*
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures fall ahead of earnings, data
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Volatile Session Ends With Stocks Just Over the Plus Line
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Layoffs:

February job openings highest in nearly 2-1/2 years
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Jobless Rate For Young Is 25%—and Rising
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Consumers, Data Diverge on Labor Market Strength
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

FrontPoint Partners' Skowron Charged With Securities Fraud
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Chip Skowron Told Dr. Benhamou To Fabricate A Story So They Wouldn't Get Caught
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If There’s A Better Way To Compensate Your Tipster For Inside Information Than Handing Him Envelopes Filled With Cash, Chip Skowron Hasn't Heard Of It
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Doctor Plied with Cash-Stuffed Envelopes
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FrontPoint Pays $33M to Settle SEC Case
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Sokol, Rajaratnam Defenses Absurd: Cramer
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Insider Trading Haunts Berkshire Hathaway
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Sokol Knew; How Could Buffett Have Not?
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Galleon’s Schutte Won’t Say Whether Hedge Funds Are ‘Highly’ Competitive
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Rajat Gupta Mystery Remains as Rajaratnam's Insider Trial Nears Denouement
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Geoffrey Canada Salutes Raj Rajaratnam
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Fair bankruptcy trustees fight $2 million judgment
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Kiener Says He Manipulated Funds, Lacked Courage to Close K1
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Man pleads guilty in $135M health care fraud
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Corporate Reform:

In Financial Crisis, a Dearth of Prosecutions Raises Alarms
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Naming Culprits in the Financial Crisis
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Could Elizabeth Warren end up leading consumer protection bureau?
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Might Elizabeth Warren Get the CFPB Nod After All?
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Elizabeth Warren's consumer protection dream is following a rugged trajectory
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For Complaints, Don't Call Consumer Bureau Yet
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Durbin to Dimon: Stop whining
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Durbin letter to Dimon
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Boehner: New Auditing On Tap For CFPB
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Retailing:

Retail sales up modestly; growth forecasts pared
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Bitter Borders Signs Go Viral
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In Motion Defending Bonuses, Borders Sees $1.5 Billion Company
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Municipalities:

Is the Debtor Bankrupt Enough? Application of the Chapter 9 Insolvency Test to the City of Vallejo
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Idea of State Bankruptcy Is Off the Table
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Rhode Island's Pension Liabilities Are Now The Worst In The Country
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Political Will and Fiscal Federalism in Municipal Bankruptcy
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Development Specialists Launches Government Restructuring Firm
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Hollywood:

Sealed report makes for interesting Hollywood reading
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Unsealed trustee report puts David Bergstein, Ron Tutor in an unflattering light
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Report Alleges Cozy Pact Between Bergstein and Tutor
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Lehman:

Lehman, creditors agree on plan approval timeline
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Paulson-Calpers to Present Rival Lehman Liquidation Plan
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Judge Overrules Lehman Minibond Holders on Derivatives
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Lehman Europe administrators return almost £13bn assets
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Lehman Brothers administrators return further £2.1bn
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Credit Reporting:

Credit Scores Fall Even As Consumers Reduce Card Debt
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Gambling:

Station Casinos Affiliates Files Bankruptcy to Implement Green Valley Sale
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Debt Collection:

Lawsuits Against Agencies, Creditors Exceed 500 In Two Weeks
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Distressed Investing:

Goldman’s Special Situations Unit Produced 9% of 2007 Revenue
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High-Yield Default Rate Falls, But Risks Rise, Fitch Says
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Economy:

Record Numbers of Americans Get Gov't Help
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9 Things The Rich Don't Want You To Know About Taxes
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The Most Heavily Taxed Countries In The World
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Fed’s Bullard Says Exit Plan Should Start With Sale of Assets
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The Real Housewives of Wall Street - Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs?
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Obama unveils plan to cut deficit by $4 trillion
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Obama’s budget is policy, not philosophy
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Obama Stokes Deficit Fight
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Obama Calls for Cutting Tax Breaks to Raise $1 Trillion
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Obama Announces His Plan To Hike Taxes, Cut Spending, And Solve The Deficit Problem
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Obama Urges Cuts and Taxes on Rich
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Obama's debt plan has four elements -- including Medicare and taxes
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Obama Deficit Plan Features Trigger For Tax Increases
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Obama vs Ryan: how the deficit plans compare
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Tax Rates are Low, but Opposition High
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The $1 Trillion Tax Battlefield Takes Shape
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Boehner on board with Ryan's Medicare plan
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Wall St. to Boehner: Back Off Debt Ceiling
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Summary of Economic Reports by Federal Reserve District Banks
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Fed Survey: US Economy Improves in Spring
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Senate questions auditors and SEC roles in financial crisis
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IMF: Close Gap Between Rich and Poor
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The 13 Richest Americans Ever
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US Consumers Spend More in March
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Americans Spend More in March — at the Gas Pump
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Consumer morale up from record low - Nationwide
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What's Gone Up, What's Gone Down
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Financial Crisis Report Finds Conflicts and Recklessness
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Senate panel slams Goldman in scathing crisis report
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Goldman Sachs Misled Congress After Duping Clients: Levin
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Senator Levin Says He'll Refer Goldman Testimony From Last Year's Congressional Hearing To The DOJ For Possible Perjury Charges
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Goldman Traders Tried to Manipulate Derivatives Market in '07, Report Says
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Financial reports blame crisis partly on WaMu's poor lending practices
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Senate Report Lays Bare Mortgage Mess
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Credit raters triggered financial crisis - US panel
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Report: Budget deal cuts this year's deficit by just $353 million, not $38 billion touted
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The Budget Deal Turns Out To Be A Gigantic Fraud
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Tea Party senators consider filibuster
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Who Does The US Owe Its Debt To
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John Paulson On The Worst Case Scenario For The The U.S. Economy
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AP analysis: US economic stress eased in February
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20 most stressed, 20 least stressed counties
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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:

Mortgage applications drop 6.7%
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Spring housing inventory up 2.3%: NAR
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Case Shiller 100 Year Chart
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U.S. banks still face big foreclosure risks
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Gov't orders 14 lenders to reimburse homeowners
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OCC, Fed actions will not impact AG investigation: Miller
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Mortgage Lenders Get A Slap On The Wrist
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US Foreclosure Settlement Muddies Outlook for Mortgage Relief
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Feds' settlement with banks a wreck, say critics
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FDIC chafes at foreclosure half-measures
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Chase adding jobs to fix mortgage mess
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Foreclosures off 30% this year
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Foreclosure Filings in US Drop to Three-Year Low After Paperwork Delays
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The robo-signing crisis is blamed for stalled foreclosures, but law firms' woes may keep pace slow
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US judge to sanction LPS for lying to court
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OCC foreclosure consent order to cost JPMorgan Chase $1 billion in 1Q
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Feds investigation uncovers 'widespread consequences' from faulty foreclosures
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Major banks sanctioned over mortgage practices
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No place is immune: Tony Manhattan sees spike in foreclosures
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House bill introduced to crack down on mortgage servicers
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OCC Gently Admonishes Big Banks on Foreclosure Practices
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Southern California Home Sales Decline 5.2% Amid Low Mortgage Availability
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Southern California Home Prices Slip
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Saguaro Ranch may yet avoid foreclosure
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Ex-Lawyer and Lawmaker Convicted with 3 Others in Mortgage Fraud; Jury Hangs re Attorney-Rabbi
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Speeding Up The Housing Recovery With Accelerated Short Sales
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Obama deficit reduction plan would impact tax itemization of home purchases
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Amidst Foreclosure Crisis, Proposed Budget Would Slash Housing Counseling
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Fitch: Increasing interest rates bad for investors, home affordability
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Fed Beige Book finds weak housing market, slight uptick in CRE
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Hilco Real Estate marketing headquarters of financially strapped Emivest
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Whistling Thru the Graveyard: Could CRE Follow Housing into Another Trough?
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Deutsche Bank Sold CDO ‘Pigs’ as Market Buckled, Lawmakers Say
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Borders Looking To Cut Rent Deals or Cancel Leases
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Reclamation:

Weathering the storm: district court imposes additional duties on creditors seeking to reclaim goods sold to a debtor during the 45-day period preceding the bankruptcy case
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Utilities:

Dynegy Announces Retention of Restructuring Advisory Firms
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Sigh. Poor Dynegy .
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Dynegy names interim CEO
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Dynegy Hires Advisers in Bid to Avoid Bankruptcy Court
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Resorts:

Paulson Resorts Win Approval for $30 Million Bankruptcy Loan
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Ocean Place Resort & Spa hoping to rise from bankruptcy
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Religion:

Diocese still working to exit bankruptcy , Dialog cut
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Wilmington Diocese to cut jobs, close newspaper to pay abuse costs
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Autos:

As gas goes up, Ford and GM go down
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Collectors May (or May Not) Have Chance to Buy Bertone Cars
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Textiles:

TexStyle files Ch. 11
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Agriculture:

Trustee Explains Eastern Livestock Finances
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Furniture:

Jennifer Convertibles posts $32.1M profit on debt elimination
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions 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:

Lehman, Station Casinos, Satelites Mexicanos: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

S. FL bankruptcies fall 32%
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Business bankruptcies decline 43% in St. Louis
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Poetry:

Washington Wars
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Health Care:

After Bankruptcy , Hospital Debuts ER Wait-Time Billboards
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After losing FDA battle, ReGen files for bankruptcy
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Compensation:

How can we address excessive CEO pay?
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JPMorgan bankers in line for 34% raise
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Aviation:

Gov't wants airlines to repay fee after losing bag
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Frontier Airlines reduces fees
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Banking:

Patience sorely tested by Morgan Stanley
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"Free" Checking
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K.C. Fed Chief: Reclassify Big Banks As GSEs
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Remember That Former Model Who Was Worried She Was Too Pretty To Be A Banker?
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JPMorgan making fewer loans but profit still surges
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JPMorgan Credit Swaps Show Bank's Record Profits Fail to Impress
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Lower Reserves Drive JP Morgan Profit
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Banks face $3.6 trillion "wall" of maturing debt: IMF
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JPM Results Could Forecast Write-Downs for Citi, Bank of America
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US probes whether banks colluded in Libor
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Media:

Zell attorney tells bankruptcy judge that proposed Tribune reorganization plans aren't fair
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Zell Wants Tribune Creditors To Stick To Probe Deadline
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Tribune Bankruptcy Judge Not Ready to Decide If Zell Claims 'Have Merit'
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Food/Beverage:

Thwarted Developers Want Their Money Back from A&P
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A&P Looking To Sell Superfresh Outlets
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Private Equity:

'I'm Going To Buy This Company, And I'm Going To Fire These Arrogant Men.'
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Ethanol:

Carl Marks Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor in Sale of Otter Tail Ag Enterprises
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Accounting:

14 partners drop equity for salary
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Mass Torts:

Are We Being Duped About the Gulf Oil Spill Being Fixed?
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‘Spillionaires’: Profiteering and Mismanagement in the Wake of the BP Oil Spill
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Gulf's Delacroix Islanders Watch As Their World Disappears
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Baseball:

Rangers Sue Hicks Over Parking
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Rating Agencies:

Vows of Change at Moody’s, but Flaws Remain the Same
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Celebs:

Toni Braxton Looks for Sympathy, But I'm Not Feeling It
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Fashion:

Style guru or pest? American Apparel boss fights for his reputation
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Dov Charney Has Only Just Begun to Fight
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Symphonies:

Orchestra may declare bankruptcy this weekend
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UK:

Appointment of Administrators - 13 April 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 13 April 2011
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Loss of Income is biggest cause of debt woes
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15% increase in financial distress across all business sectors
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EU:

Europe banks unwinding 1.3 trillion euro of loans - report
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'True Finns' Threaten EU Bailout Plans
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Canada:

No Crown super-priority for HST in CCAA proceedings
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Nortel mediation ends in failure
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PIIGS:

Court rules developer knew rogue solicitor 'played system'
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Action against struck-off ' Ponzi fails
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AIB Considers Writing Off Some Debt
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Irish central bank trims growth outlook
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Irish Retailers Fight Investors Over Rents After Economy Sinks
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Sovereign debt concerns pose lingering risk-Irish c. bank
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Greece May Need Debt Restructuring After June, Schaeuble Tells Die Welt
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Greek Bonds Now Yielding Over 13%
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Mexico:

Satelites Mexicanos Wins Court Approval to Enter Debt-Financing Agreement
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MENA:

EU hits more Libyan oil players
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Western, Arab nations say Gaddafi must go
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Nakheel Edges Closer To Debt Deals
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Bahrain's Hotels Are Deserted, And Egypt's Are 79% Emptier Than Last Year
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Sweden:

Sweden's Gov't in Surplus, Plans Tax Cuts
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Japan:

TEPCO liability may be capped between $23.6B and $44.8B: Report
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TEPCO still working on plan to end Japan nuclear crisis
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Japan's crisis: one month later
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Deepest Japan Slump Since Lehman Fails to Derail Predictions for Rebound
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China:

China Banks Said to Need $131 Billion of Equity Over Six Years
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