August 16, 2011

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Law:

You can get your own piece of Howrey
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Ex-Partners Lawyer Up to Keep Cash From Draws They Took as BigLaw Firm Collapsed
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Former Halliwells partners turn to Irwin Mitchell to fight BDO claims
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New York Law School Students Sue
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Not So Fast, ABA — Chuck Grassley Isn’t Letting You Off the Hook
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ABA Raps Villanova re Inaccurate Admission Data, Says Law School Must Post Censure Online
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Villanova Might Need A Kiss From Mommy Since The ABA Slapped Their Wrist Wreally Wreally Whard.
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Isn't it obvious who the "LawProf" writing the latest "law school scam" blog is?
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Musical Chairs: Dean of Texas Law To Step Down
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Stephen McDaniel's life behind bars
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K&L Gates Former Partner Apologizes for Taking Clients’ Money, Gambling
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BigLaw Broadside Aims to Sink Ex-Partner's Discrimination Suit
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Thorp Reed adds Delaware office for bankruptcy litigation
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Edwards Angell to Merge with Wildman Harrold; New Firm Will Have 650 Lawyers
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Former CIA GC Spills the Trade Secrets of Good Counsel
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Are iPads the Best Option for Lawyers?
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iPad Owners - Here Is Another Accessory For You
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Is Your Brand Ready for the Cyberspace Land Rush?
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SEO & Law Firms: Every reason to add Google+
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Alternative law firms: Bargain briefs - Technology offers 50 ways to leave your lawyer
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The Lawyer UK 200 preview: The Bar: Rate cuts dampen litigation boom
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Tyler Clementi’s Family Learns That ‘Discovery’ Is A Bitch
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The Best Advice for Networking Events
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Lawyers: Suffering is global
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Talk About A Mess: Lawyers Suing Each Other Over BP Gulf Spill Fees
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Partners Who Treat Associates Badly: As long as it's not illegal
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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
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High-Profile Lawyer Loses Appeal of Convictions for Bullying Witnesses
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Tax Lawyer Burned over Most of His Body on 9/11 Considers Himself Lucky
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In-House: How The Legal System Brands The Beef
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Nigerian Extradited To US, Accused Of Scamming Millions From Lawyers
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Woman Let Out of Jail for Heart Transplant Reoffends, 21-Month Sentence Could Be Life Sentence
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"This is the kind of thing you read in the paper in the morning and it makes you spit your coffee"
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The Greatest Legal Victory Ever
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Keys to Building an Awesome Door-to-Door Law Firm :))
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Lawyer of the Day: A Renaissance Man Who Might Like N---- Sword Fights
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Tear gas fired on lawyer protest
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Judge Pulls Plug on Trial Feed Over Lawyer Camera 'Lust'
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People Steal the Weirdest Things
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Fireman Pulls Gun on Coworkers for Failing to Put Gas in Truck
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ABC to bring 'The Lincoln Lawyer
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FrontPoint, Optionable, A&P, TCW, Deutsche Post in Court News
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Judges:

Left for Dead After Law Office Attack, Former Judge is Still Unable to Talk to Investigators
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Wisconsin Prosecutor to Probe Pre-Labor Law Ruling Fight Between Justices
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Wall Street:

Stock futures signal retreat for equities
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US Futures Down, Europe Falling Sharply
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U.S. Stocks Return to Pre-Downgrade Level
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'Merger Monday' boosts Dow 200 points
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Wall St. Blames Washington for Economic Woes
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More job cuts ahead
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Layoffs:

Employees Bid Goodbye to Corporate America
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It's the Aggregate Demand, Stupid
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Companies Are Hiring. Just Not You
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EconCon Offers Students Trial Run for Job Market
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Qantas to Fire 1,000 Workers
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Near-Term Job Loss Remains Big Concern, Fannie Survey Shows
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Obama to unveil measures to boost rural jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Solar:

Evergreen Solar Seeks Bankruptcy Protection With Debt of $486.5 Million
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Evergreen Solar Files Chapter 11; Stock Likely Headed For Zero
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Bonds:

The bonds that turned to dust
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Food/Beverage:

Russian River Vineyards files bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Business picks up for Station Casinos in second quarter
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Municipalities:

Wall Street's ride compounds states' pension fears
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Judge: More time to revise Central Falls creditor list denied
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Birmingham Water Works to customers: We just collect the sewer bills
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JeffCo legislation backs commission's decision
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100 Best Places to Live in the U.S.
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California Is Bankrupt
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States Cut Benefits, Higher Biz Taxes Loom
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Defense:

A golden decade for defense companies is ending
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Health Care:

Obama Confident Supreme Court Will Defend Health Care Law
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Obama healthcare law: two justices may decide fate
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Lawsuits hit faster track to Supreme Court
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Woonsocket hospital laying off employees
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Hospital board hires new administrator
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Building Materials:

Layoffs loom as small town loses big employer
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Telecoms:

Ont. researchers probe Nortel bankruptcy
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Nortel Q2 still depressed by bankruptcy procedures
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Accounting:

PwC faces fines over JP Morgan errors
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Feisty gramps: Yeah, I cooked books, so?
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Retailing:

Wal-Mart Profit Up, US Same-Store Sales Fall
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Economy:

NY Manufacturing Shrinks for 3rd Month
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Moody's Cuts U.S. Growth Outlook
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Fed to Savers: Pound Sand
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Fed's Lockhart: Recession Risks Up
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U.S. Businesses Harmed More than Others by Great Recession
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Now Some Good News About the Economy
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Thinking About Taxes
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Obama says Warren Buffett is right about taxes
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Stop coddling the super-rich , Warren Buffett says
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Buffett higher tax call strikes a nerve
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The REAL Reason Now's The Time To Raise Taxes On The Rich
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Pentagon Unable to Account for Trillions
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Life In AmericAA+ So Far
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Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
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Consumers shed debt ... a little
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Fat corporate profits set to fade
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Expert: US Recession Guaranteed
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Young Americans Rein in Dreams
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A Gold Standard Is Unthinkable No More
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Paul Krugman Takes Keynesianism Into The Twilight Zone
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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:

With a 'Bah, humbug!', NY judge tosses foreclosure
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Judge slams door on mortgage ripoffs Homesafe America Inc. and United Solutions
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BofA gets boost as Countrywide cases are combined
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Nevada Joins States Balking at Bank Releases in Foreclosure
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Allstate Sues Goldman on M0rtgage Losses
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Southern California home sales and prices fall again in July
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SoCal: Lowest July Home Sales in Four Years
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New York Commercial Property May Beat Las Vegas as Safety Net
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Wealthy Chinese Buyers Are Snapping Up Luxury Apartments In Manhattan
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac fire sales dilute metro Detroit home values
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Home builder sentiment stuck at low level in Aug.
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Homebuilding in U.S. Probably Fell in July
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Survey Finds Growing Pessimism Among Homeowners, Renters
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4 banks cleared to start foreclosing again in NJ
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92% of Foreclosures in New York Lack Proper Documents
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FHFA Failed To Iron Out GSEs' HAMP Duties
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Fixed-rate mortgages dominate refinancing space in 2Q
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More homeowners refinancing into shorter loans: survey
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Mortgage Rates Are Too Damn Low
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Residential Remodeling Index at new high in June
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Where's All the Stuff?
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US subprime CDS prices recover after June losses
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Finance:

Fed says banks eased standards for business loans
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Easier credit not reaching consumers, small firms
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Directories:

Berry Co. owner files reorganization plan
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Lehman:

U.S. Trustee, Investors Say Lehman Plan Goes Easy On Fuld, Others
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Lehman and the Rise of Global Financial Arbitration
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Politics:

Perry and Romney Trade Swipes Over 'Real Economy'
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The Origins of the Texas Miracle
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Democrats Begin Plotting Perry Counterattack
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Perry’s First Videos Tout Jobs, Attack Obama
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Perry’s employment record in Texas
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In Texas Jobs Boom, Crediting a Leader, or Luck
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9 Things GOP Presidential Frontrunner Rick Perry Believes
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Rick Perry Threatens Bernanke, And Says More QE Would Be "Almost Treasonous"
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Rick Perry backed an already-climate-crusading Al Gore in '88
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Conservatives Begin to Fret About Rick Perry
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Liberal group raises $100,000 for Warren
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With Warren Comes Hope: Is That Enough?
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Obama: I reversed recession until 'bad luck' hit
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Fraud:

Cruel Intentions: SDNY Bankruptcy Court Holds Mutual Intent Not Required to Plead State Law Actual Fraud
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British Fraud Case Highlights Contrasts Between U.K. and U.S. Transparency
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Philly-area man pleads guilty in $17M Ponzi
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Inside the Mind of Madoff
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Skowron admits drug tips
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Religion:

Crystal Cathedral Bid Raised to $53.6M
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Cathedral creditors want their cash pronto
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Former Jinwright church files reorganization plan
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Missouri parishioners outraged over late reporting of abuse
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Church to forfeit two holdings
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Mass Torts:

100,000 Oil-Spill Plaintiffs Get a Trial Date With BP
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Judge describes rough outline of BP oil spill liability trial
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Baseball:

Lawsuit says Hicks stole millions from Rangers
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Tom Hicks targeted by two new claims involving Rangers bankruptcy
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The Complaint
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The One Law Professor Not Afraid To Defend Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption
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Debt Collection:

10 Million Dollar Judgment Against Debt Collector
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How the Working Poor Became Big Business and Tempted the Collection Industry
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Autos:

Obama to automakers: ‘You can’t just make money on SUVs and trucks’
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Ex-Louisville officer pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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Media:

UK panel may recall James Murdoch in hacking probe
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 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
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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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Miscellaneous:

Manistique Papers, Cordia IP, Jefferson County
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Bankruptcy Risk Is a Worry Again
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Claims Trading:

Bankruptcy claims trading orders: who is watching?
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings Drop Due To Fatigue, Apathy
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:

Partial “dirt-for-debt” plans in Chapter 11: the “indubitable equivalence” debate
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Trustees:

Section 1104(d) – Appointment of Trustee or Examiner
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Consumer Finance:

NY Fed Q2 Report on Household Debt and Credit
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Card Delinquencies Fall Below Prerecession Levels; Not So For Mortgages
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Orchestras:

Judge approves Louisville orchestra bankruptcy reorganization
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Bankruptcy Fees for Philadelphia Orchestra Close to $2.9m
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Banking:

Potential Liabilities of Former Directors of Failed Banks
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U.S. Banks Won't Fail. They'll Fizzle
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Fed, CEOs fret over 'living wills' for banks
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Cash-flush banks stock up on agency MBS
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Fed Up: A Texas Bank Calls It Quits
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Bank of America Will Bottom at $5: Poll
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History:

Fortune 1931: The Great Gold Argument
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Student Debt:

Student Loan Debt Climbs
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Hotels:

Extended Stay creditors file amended complaint against lenders
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Celebs:

Burt Reynolds home target of foreclosure
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Angel Management makes play to acquire Beso
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InnoVida trustee opposes Osorio Chapter 11 plan
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Corporate Reform:

New finance watchdog: how much bite?
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Why D.C. Gridlock Will Keep CFPB Leaderless For Years
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U.S. Regulators Lack Key Tool to Unwind 'Too-Big-to-Fail' Banks
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Credit Reporting:

Do It Yourself Debt Repair
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Aviation:

Airlines Risk Deeper Seat Cuts on Economy
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Defaults:

U.S. High Yield Default Rate Moves Up to 1.3% in July
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Tax:

Lawyer Daugerdas Seeks New Trial Based on Juror Misconduct
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IMF:

DSK: Did the IMF Look the Other Way?
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Sovereigns:

Here Are The Countries That Would Not Trade Places with the U.S.
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The Ten Countries Where People Save the Most Money
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Zoellick: Governments should deal with global debt woes
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UK:

5,000 jobs at risk as MBNA brand pulled from UK and Ireland
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Spiritual, Not Financial, Bankruptcy Explains English Riots
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All about pre-packs
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UK grocery shoppers trading down to discount chains
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Appointment of Administrators - 15 August 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 15 August 2011
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EU:

ECB reveals €22bn cost of bond rescue
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Selloff raises stakes in Sarkozy-Merkel talks
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Europe's economy: Truly awful or just bad?
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Germany Balks at Euro Rescue, Demands Rules
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In fearful middle Italy, crisis has deep roots
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Greece raises $1.9 billion in T-bill auction
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Spain’s Economic Growth Slows in Second Quarter Amid Austerity Measures
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Berlusconi Competes With Banks in Debt Seduction: Euro Credit
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Germany:

Germany economy grew only 0.1 pct in Q2
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Germany Flies Above EU Economic Storm
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Poor German growth hits world stocks
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Japan:

Radiation Bankrupts Japanese Cattle Ranch With $5.6 Billion in Liabilities
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China:

China plays down local govt debt risks, but concerns remain
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Sinopec Oil-Production Venture Struggles
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China’s Economy Slowing, Should Have ‘Soft Landing,’ Conference Board Says
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Small Companies in China Feel the Squeeze
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Australia:

Why so many businesses fail
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Israel:

Most Israelis Cannot Pay Mortgages
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Mexico:

Court Rules Mexico's Vitro Can Vote On Inter-Co Debt
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Argentina:

Creditors Beware: In Argentine Bankruptcies, Employees Now Call the Shots
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