Law:

March Madness: The Weil Bankruptcy Blog’s Championship
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April Fools and the Joke's on Lawyers: Legal Jobs Down Again in March
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Panel Rejects Class Action Against Clifford Chance
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Freshfields assigns associate to advise top brass
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Transactional Law Heating Up
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Lehman Brokerage Trustee Law Firm Got $19.5 Million in Fees in Four Months
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SEC's David Kotz says 'significant criticism' of fees that Madoff trustee Irving Picard being paid
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Lawyers and accountants to pocket $1B in Madoff clean up fees
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Spring Bonuses At Gibson Dunn? Are They Happening? Only In New York? Is This Some Kind of Joke?
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As Bulging Client Data Heads for the Cloud, Law Firms Ready for a Storm
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Reed Smith Offers Free GC Hotline to Answer Questions of Clients’ Top In-House Lawyers
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Working Smart: Create a Mentor Network
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In the Last Four Years at Debevoise, the Majority of New Partners are Women
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Paralegals Given Wider Latitude in Signing Business Correspondence
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Uncle Sam Not Taking Sides in BigLaw's Fight to Recover $17 Million It Paid Out in Scandal
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ABA Committee Members Show No Inclination to Start Over on Accreditation Standards Review
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An argument for diversity
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Shanetta Cutlar, Back in the News
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Lathamed: The Movie
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Millionaire Murderer Owes BigLaw Firm Big Bucks
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Hate Crime Laws Applied in Increasingly Stupid Ways
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Judges:

Clarence Thomas' Cruelest Decisions
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Legal scholars examine the U.S. high court's 'Supreme Mistakes'
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Wall Street:

Stock futures steady as oil prices rise above $108
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European shares rise, M&A sustains 3-week rally
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U.S. stocks start April on high note, gain on week
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Stocks look to sustain key levels
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Layoffs:

Gallup: Unemployment at 10.0%; underemployment 19.3%
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Two Ugly Numbers from Jobs Report
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Why The Middle-Aged Are Missing Out On New Jobs
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The Rich Get Richer, Everyone Else Gets Fired
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Charting unemployment: April 2011
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A 'Wage-Less' Recovery in the US
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More Americans work for gov't than manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining, utilities -- combined
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:

Saab Is Running Out of Money And Could Collapse
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Autos: Japan Crisis to be Felt This Month
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Nissan Closes 5 N. American Plants in April
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Ford Outsells GM for First Time in 13 Years
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Ford Pays Mulally $26.5 Million for 2010 After Turnaround
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Sales by Car Manufacturer for March
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Tax:

Rich Are Targeted in IRS Audit Offensive
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Potential Tax Change Is Red Flag for Some Firms
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Ex-BDO Partner Says He Wept Over Tax Shelter Scrutiny
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Aviation:

Passenger Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Arizona
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"Widespread cracking" found on Southwest plane
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Southwest grounds 79 jets, cancels 300 flights
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NTSB: Cracks Found in 3 Grounded Southwest Planes
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Utilities:

Utility Revamps Debt to Aid Survival
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Judge clears way for ruling on fate of water, sewer line insurance program
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Compensation:

US Pay Czar Freezes Salary for GM, AIG Chiefs
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Fannie, Freddie executives earned millions
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Top Goldman Executives See Rebound in Compensation
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Goldman's Profits Slump, CEO Pay Doubles
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What Crisis? Bank Pay Keeps Rising
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CEO Pay Soars, Worker's Pay Stalls Out
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Paulson tops list of top-earning hedgies
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster showdown coming today in bankruptcy court
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Icahn, Dish bid for Blockbuster assets
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Blockbuster buyout bid 94% below '02 market value
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Blockbuster reportedly getting bids from Dish, Icahn, SK Telecom
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Why Does DISH Want In?
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Religion:

Church's equipment sold in bankruptcy process
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Corporate Reform:

Dodd-Frank Supporters Fire Back
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Open Letter To President Obama On Nomination Of Elizabeth Warren
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NYT vs HuffPo
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Wall Street still in gov't crosshairs
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The decline and fall of business ethics
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Celebs:

Mayweather tax trouble makes faster ring return more likely
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Eva Longoria's Beso moves forward amid bankruptcy
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Consumer Finance:

If Texas won't act on payday loans, maybe feds will
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Cruise Ships:

Windstar Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy , Says Business As Usual
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Food/Beverage:

Harry & David's failed Mr. Fix-It
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Sbarro Reaches Agreement on Pre-Negotiated Reorganization Plan
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Sbarro files for Chapter 11
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Avoidance Actions:

Charities Agree to Return Petters Donations
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Golf:

PGA West Seeks Not to Be Left in Rough
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Foreclosed LBS Golf Club stays open
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Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort files for bankruptcy
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Economy:

Treasury Market Braces for Higher Interest Rates
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Battle Lines Drawn on Fed's Next Moves
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Economist: Fed on a Different Planet
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Fed Hawks Challenge Easy Money Stance
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Interest-Rate Increase 'Likely This Year'
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Gauging the Pain of the Middle Class
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US Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Drops to Two-Year Low of 8.8% in March
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U.S. Service Industries Probably Grew at Close to Fastest Pace Since 2005
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Manufacturing in U.S. Expands Near Seven-Year High on Inventory Rebuilding
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IEA Sees Economic Ups and Downs
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Investors Hide From the US Dollar
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US manufacturing posts 20th month of growth
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Economy gains steam, but inflation a brake
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GOP budget plan to cut more than $4 trillion
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GOP budget plan would revamp Medicare and Medicaid to slash deficit
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Lawmakers Bicker Over Budget 'Deal' as Shutdown Deadline Looms
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Government shut-down: Obama calls Boehner - IRS plan is to take but not give
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Forget the Budget, Bigger Congressional Battle Coming
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Rep. Mulvaney: Budget Picture ‘Scares Me’
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Senators Express Optimism on Avoiding Government Shutdown
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Obama Administration: GOP Cuts Would Kill 70,000 Kids
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Crude-oil futures break through $108 a barrel
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Oil Prices Climbing, At 30 Month High
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Gas Prices Show 7th Consecutive Weekly Increase
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Small Lenders Banked on Fed
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2007: The Bank Run They Didn't Tell Us About
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Rep. Paul plans hearing
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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:

JPMorgan must pay $4 million to get foreclosure docs from Ben-Ezra
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Republicans Question Warren's Involvement With Foreclosure Talks
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Alabama judge denies securitization trustee standing to foreclose
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Foreclosure Crisis: Fed-up Judges Crack Down On Disorder In The Courts
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Follow the Money: From MERS to Fraudclosure
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FDIC chair pushes for bank fund to settle foreclosure disputes
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60 Minutes on Mortgage Securitization Document Lapses and Foreclosure Fraud
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SWAT team evicts grandmother trying to make mortgage payments
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Potemkin Regulation: Servicing Fraud Cease & Desist Orders
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Cease and Desist Orders as Regulatory Theater in Mortgage Settlement Negotiations
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Who really owns your mortgage?
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Help for Some Underwater Homeowners
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Treasury releases first HAFA and second-lien modification numbers
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Treasury's disagreements on HAMP decisions on the rise
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New jobs might not signify housing market recovery
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What Fannie, Freddie execs made while in conservatorship
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Trade group wants some servicers exempt from AG settlement
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Report to Detail Subprime Underside
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Taylor Bean Aide Is Guilty
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Taylor Bean Ties to Freddie Mac Loom in Mortgage-Fraud Trial
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Bankruptcy puts hold on new management at City West
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Borders Wants To Accelerate Lease Negotiations
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Blockbuster Landlords Want More Assurance From Bidders
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Foreclosure Mediation Gets Green Light In Senate Committee
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Massive Las Vegas Estate Owned By CCS Owner Slashes Price to $25 Million
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Distressed towns battle vacancies
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Thousands of foreclosed homes sit empty in Milwaukee
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The 11 Worst Housing Markets In The World
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Municipalities:

Town In CA To Eliminate Police Dept
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No Relief Likely for Muni Bonds
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Who's Afraid of Munis?
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California high-speed rail: The next stop is bankruptcy
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Texas road to the future is looking bumpy
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How to sell your state to Corporate America
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Fraud:

Is Buffett Whitewashing Sokol's Exit?
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Citi Bankers Who Met With David Sokol To Discuss Lubrizol Deal Were "Shocked" At His Stock Purchase
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Securities Group Seeks to Join Madoff Trustee's $6.4 Billion JPMorgan Suit
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Madoff and Khadafy: The duo that wasn't
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Medici's Kohn Wants to 'Disappear Into Thin Air' After Madoff
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Ex-SEC Economist May Help Rajaratnam's Defense to Insider-Trading Charges
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Prosecutors Are Trying To Stop This Finance Professor From Testifying As One Of Raj's Expert Witnesses
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Rajaratnam's Defense Has a Tough Job Ahead
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When insiders trade
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Dolce And Gabbana will not face trial after fraud case thrown out
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Former Oklahoma Senate leader Mike Morgan was under FBI investigation for years, prosecutor says
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Execs rebut Ponzi claim
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'Ponzi ' suits hit movie mogul
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Ponzi schemer who pleaded guilty wishes he hadn't
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SEC claims Florida couple ran $30M Ponzi scheme
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Seattle Man Sentenced To Nearly 5 Years For Ponzi Scheme
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Shipping:

Horizon Lines bondholders play hardball for waiver
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Retailing:

American Apparel Warns It May Go Bankrupt After Horrendous 2010
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Dov denies bankruptcy
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American Apparel's glamour fades amid cash crunch
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American Apparel May Pout Its Way Into Bankruptcy
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Harry & David: The vampires strike again
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Marine:

Trico Announces Extension of Exchange Offer
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Health Care:

Medical tenants dig in their heels at St. Vincent's site
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Court Order Sealing St. Vincent's Financial Records Must Be Overturned
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Alabama's Randolph Medical Center to File for Bankruptcy
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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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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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DIP Finance:

New Stream Judge Rejects New Loan, Sides With Investors
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Miscellaneous:

A Conversation with Trailblazing Women
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Blockbuster, Vitro, New Stream, Lehman, Rittenhouse: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Central TX personal bankruptcies plunge in March
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Mass Torts:

BP Seeks to Resume Drilling in Gulf of Mexico
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US Drilling Agency Says No Deal with BP
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Banking:

WaMu suit may be tough to prove
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Privacy:

More customers exposed as big data breach grows
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Lehman:

Head of Germany's KfW bank blamed for huge Lehman payment
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New Lehman deal gets thumbs-down
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Turnarounds:

North Castle Wins Turnaround Of The Year
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Litigation:

M&A Suits Drive First Quarter Securities Litigation Activity
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Class Actions: Can't Deliver Justice
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Credit/Debit Cards:

No real savings
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Oil/Gas:

Deteriorating Oil and Gas Wells Threaten Drinking Water, Homes Across the Country
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Baseball:

Mets could face tough financial decision
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Credit Counseling:

New Report Seeks Transparency For Debt Relief Industry
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UK:

Ministers Admit Family Debt Burden Is Set To Soar
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Rise expected in developers using UK bankruptcy laws
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Sport Media Group files for bankruptcy
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TUPE and administrations: Oakland v Wellswood rejected
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New pre-pack rules don't go far enough, says British Property Federation
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Appointment of Administrators - 1 April 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 1 April 2011
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EU:

German Banks Critical of Hard Stress Tests
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Trichet Seen Burying Ailing Nations With Rate Rise on Inflation
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Canada:

Liberals promise to change bankruptcy laws
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TABI Closing All 76 Locations
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Canadian clothing chain collapses
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MENA:

Yemenis Protest Despite Saleh Appeal
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Hundreds injured in new Yemeni protests
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Bahrain Bans Newspaper
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Gadhafi Government Rejects Truce Offer
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Gaddafi's Son Said to Offer Peace Deal
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Libyan rebels 'receiving covert training' from US, Egyptian special forces
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Egyptians Call for Trials of Former Leaders
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Protesters Scold Egypt Military Council
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Arabs Struggle Against State Terror
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Japan:

Japan power-plant firm finds source of a leak
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Tepco struggles to halt radioactive leak
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Engineers pin hopes on polymer to stop nuke leak
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Japan nuclear crisis: workers using newspaper and sawdust to block pipes
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Honda may halt production at UK plant
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Quake Sinks Hawaii's Tourism
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Bank Venture's Troubles Grow
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GE Likely to Avoid Liability in Japan Nuke Crisis
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Some Government Support Expected for TEPCO
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Japan Tankan Signals Concern Confidence Will Keep Sliding
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PIIGS:

Portugal and Ireland fail to restore confidence
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Ireland taxpayers carry $34B bank bail-out, senior creditors avoid hit
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Ireland to Push for Better Bailout Terms
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Irish Count on $142 Billion Package to End Worst Banking Crisis in Europe
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Drumm bankruptcy hearing is told about year of big spending
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Anglo Irish's David Drumm's post-bankruptcy mega spending revealed
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Drumm: When the world is falling apart, open an account for the wife
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Bankrupt Drumm still living high life
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IMF Denies Pressing Greece To Restructure Debt
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Russia:

Russia to remove ministers from corporate boards
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China:

China's factory activity picks up
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Australia:

ASIC ups pressure on liquidators
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Millionaire high-flyer bankrupts
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Mexico:

Vitro Creditors Tell Judge to Put US Units Into Involuntary Bankruptcy
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