Law:
For Working Mothers, BigLaw Remains a Tough Nut to Crack
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Firms cash in on Howrey bankruptcy
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Associate Claims He Was Fired for Exhibiting Intelligence and Creativity
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Zombie Firm Gives an Arm and a Leg to Pay Its Unsecured Debts
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Bakers usurps Skadden as world's largest firm with $2.27bn turnover
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Bankruptcy Associate Moves Up to Senior Counsel by Moving Over to New Firm, Launches Delaware Office
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Williams Love files for bankruptcy, latest law firm to struggle in down economy
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To Get a Higher Salary, Try Using Hostage Negotiator Tactics
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Who Got Lucky in the Lone Star State?
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Bar Members Sue Bank of America
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What if law schools opened their own law firms?
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Former K&L Gates Partner Admits Stealing Client Money to Pay Gambling Debt
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After Supreme Court Win Forcing Customers to Arbitrate, AT&T Now Sues to Stop the Arbitration
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Most Highly Regarded Firms: Real Estate 2011
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Research Trends and Conclusions: Real Estate 2011
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How to Code Those Unbillable Hours: A Guide
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A Generation of Looking Out for the Next Generation
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BigLaw Partner Headed to Serve Tour of Duty in Afghanistan
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88% of Lawyers Say They Use Smartphones
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Four Online Competitive Bidding Sites for Law Departments to Procure External Counsel
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7 Essential Apps for Busy Legal Professionals
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Female lawyer gets Lexus stuck in wet concrete
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For Contract Lawyers at DC Firms, a Boom
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NY's New Client-Disclosure Rule Not as Tough as Other States'
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Goldman, Apple, News Corp., BofA, Madoff, French Gulch, TCW in Court News
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A Q&A With Brandon Wade, Mr. Sugar Daddy
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UM Athlete Scandal -- OF COURSE Lawyers Are Involved.
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Vinny From Jersey Shore In Re: The LSAT And Its Relevance In Building A Legal Career
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On Villanova’s “Censure” By the ABA
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Chicago: Here Comes ATL Courtship Connection!
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Only 20% of Malpractice Cases Pay Out
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Lawyer Reportedly Caught on Tape Offering to Pay Opposing Expert to Leave Town
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Cheating Wife? Don’t Just Get Mad, Get Even (Then Watch Her Get Disbarred)
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Here Is The Contract You Need To Sign To Eat At Rogue 24
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Sending the Police Before There's a Crime
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Woman Tried To Assault Girlfriend With . . .
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Man Nabbed For Truly Mortifying Bieber Heist
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71-Year-Old Graffiti Tagger Arrested
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Do Not Try This At Home . . .
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Moron of the Day
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Lawsuit of the Day: Ex-Kasowitz Associate With ‘Superior Legal Mind’ Sues the Firm for $77 Million
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Pit Bull Advocate, Mauled to Death By Her Pit Bull
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Child Abuse Trial Begins for Mom Charged After Sending Video of Hot Sauce Discipline to Dr. Phil
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Sting Nabs City Worker On Lunch Break, Congressional Staffer & City Council Candidate
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Lawyer Allegedly Caught in Sting Buying Silenced ‘Hit Man’s Gun,’ Citing A/C Privilege as a Shield
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Mug Shots
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Judges:
Michigan Judges Agree With Need to Cut Court Budgets
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State Court Administrative Office Recommends Cutting 49 Judgeships in Michigan
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NYCLA Report Charts Effect of Budget Cuts on NY Courts
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Courthouse Security Guards Investigated for Accepting Autographed Roger Clemens Baseballs
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Kennedy and Roberts Are Crucial Votes on Health Care Law
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Slide
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Stocks Close Mixed Amid Tech Weakness
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Stocks fall amid doubts about further stimulus
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Stock Mutual Funds See Huge Outflow
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Volatile Stocks to Leave Lasting Scars on Fund Investors' Psyche
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The departure of Wall Street interns is going to be brutal like never before
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Layoffs:
When Will Job Creators Create Jobs?
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Obama Works on Plan to Add Jobs
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Senior Citizen Explosion Could Be a Job Creator
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Baseball:
Dodgers Season-Ticket Holders Want Standing in Bankruptcy Case
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Weirdness bubbles to surface in Dodgers bankruptcy
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Dodgers CFO says no payments or loans made to McCourt in 2 years before bankruptcy
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Los Angeles Dodgers Paid Insiders $5.9 Million in Year Before Bankruptcy
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Dodgers CFO testifies at creditors meeting
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Mets gate woes
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Health Care:
Majority Owner of New York's Peninsula Hospital Notifies Board of Withdrawal
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City Council to Vote On Emergency Legal Counsel Contract
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Autos:
Debt collectors begin taking stock of Saab assets
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Saab's future is getting even murkier
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GM Takes Lead in UAW Negotiations
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UAW : Ford talks ahead of schedule, strike vote set
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GM: Bankruptcy should bar Impala suit
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Pensions:
PBGC issues final PPA regulation on terminating plans in bankruptcy
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Resorts:
Resort Owner Looking to Extend Almost $3B in Debt
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Fraud:
Madoff trustee adds claims in $2 billion UBS lawsuit
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Madoff Trustee Amends UBS Case, Says Bank Misled Regulators
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Madoff trustee Irving Picard drills deep to recover money
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Kallas: No Surprise As 2nd Circuit Rejects Wilpon/Katz Arguments In Madoff Case
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Madoff Trustee Gets a Green Light on Clawbacks
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Federal warrant out for alleged Margate Ponzi schemer
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Jurors begin deliberations in former Triton CEO's fraud trial
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Follow the money to understand scandals
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Booster Details Illegal Gifts to Miami Players
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UM players could face bankruptcy clawback suits for Ponzi gifts
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Lawyer wants Miami players to return cash, gifts from Ponzi scheme
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Ponzi Schemer/UM Football Team’s Liason Puts Colleagues To Shame
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Judge denies Rajaratnam's bid to toss conviction
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Grant Thornton appointed liquidators to Stanford International
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Debt Collection:
Collectors Posing As Law Enforcement, AG Warns
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Credit Card Delinquency Rate Falls To Lowest Mark In 17 Years
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Consultants:
FTI Promotes Lavin, Duffy to Lead Corporate Finance/Restructuring Practice
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Corporate Reform:
SEC Insider Accuses Agency Of Destroying Records Of Wall Street Probes
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Grassley quizzes SEC on file destruction
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Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
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Ex-FBI agent sees avalanche of whistleblower claims coming
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Court Ruling Offers Path to Challenge Dodd-Frank
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Economy:
Fed's Fisher: Central Bank's Policy Adds to Uncertainty
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Fed dissenters speak out
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2011 Q2 National Distress Map
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Wholesale Prices in U.S. Increase More Than Estimated on Tobacco, Trucks
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Kass: Buffett Seems Bothered
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Buffett Has A “Hidden Agenda” When It Comes to Higher Taxes
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How Buffett Saves Billions On His Tax Return
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Warren Buffett is insane
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Why Doesn't Warren Buffett Just Write the Government a Check?
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The dual-taxation meme
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Warren Buffett's Tax Dodge - Volunteers the middle class for a tax increase
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GOP Candidates: Too Many Americans Pay No Taxes
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Child Poverty Up In 38 States In Past Decade
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Report shows poor families hit hard by recession
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Soros: Crisis is not over
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The Report
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World population to reach 7 billion this year
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Morgan Stanley Lowers Global Growth Forecast
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How Washington is destroying the economy
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Wall Street Is Biggest Donor to Deficit Panel Members
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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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Real Estate:
Obama Blocked by Banks on Mortgage Plan to Stimulate Economy
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US homes less pricey
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Housing finance reform debate wobbles secondary mortgage market
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US Turns from Homeownership to Renting
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Losing the American dream
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For foreigners, the American Dream is very much alive
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Obama: Expect a Slow Housing Rebound
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Lender Held Responsible (Finally) For Representations During Loan Modification
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Allstate Sues Goldman For Selling 'Crap' Mortgage Securities
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CIFG Assurance Sues Goldman Sachs Over $275 Million in Mortgage Securities
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BofA Mortgage Buyback Risk May Rise $9 Billion From Possible MBIA Victory
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Loan Buybacks A Moving Target
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BNY Mellon Opposes New York State Move to Intervene in BofA Settlement Deal
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BofA Weighs Foreclosure Deal
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Nev. AG concerned with nationwide mortgage settlement
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Mortgage the future
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BofA Said to Weigh Foreclosure Pact That Allows New York Probe
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Case against MERS reaches Supreme Court
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Battle over invalid foreclosures may shift to evictions
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Chicago lender liability ordinance may hamper RMBS investment
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Chicago Mayor launches $20 million foreclosure recovery program
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Man Allegedly Got Mortgage Bailout By Persuading Bank to Take Fake $353K ‘Hank Paulson’ Money Order
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S&P/Experian: Mortgage Default Rates Fell In June
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Here’s what’s behind the surge in refinancings
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San Diego home sales fall 2% in July
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California home sales decline 11% in July
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Las Vegas suburb on the brink of bankruptcy
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Wells Fargo agrees to provide Conn. consumers with loan modifications
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Lower-priced Miami home sales dominate as distressed supply shrinks
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July architectural billings hit five month low
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Dallas Fed predicts earlier home price recovery for Texas-like markets
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New technology aims to bridge gap in Md. foreclosure mediation
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Michigan officials want to eliminate foreclosure-by-advertisement law
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New bill offers $20,000 subsidy to foreclosure buyers
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HUD to make REO properties available to families affected by tornadoes
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LPS' 'First Look' Shows Higher Delinquency Rate, But Lower FC Inventory
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Moody's puts $3.5 billion of FHA/VA RMBS on downgrade watch
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Maturing CRE Debt Means Buy-Side Opportunity, Report Says
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Urdang White Paper Calls for Distressed Moves in Commercial Real Estate
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Chicago Fed: Midwest Farmland Values Soar
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Strong Demand, Tight Supply Strengthen Case for New Apartment Development
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US Reportedly Probes S&P Over Mortgages
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Zombies:
Social Security wrongly declares 14,000 people dead each year
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Corporate Governance:
What are GCs and Directors Thinking About Corporate Governance?
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Solar:
Why one (big) solar bankruptcy won't trigger meltdown
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Solar power: the sun also sets
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Evergreen Solar Bankruptcy Illustrates Toxic Mix Of Debt, Falling Solar Prices
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Bankrupt Solar Company Stimulus Money Missing From Federal Records
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Harsh lessons from a solar company's flame out
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Politics:
How Real Is The Texas Job Boom?
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Fed’s Fisher Takes On The Texas Question
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Perry's Texas: Transportation Falls Behind
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Rick Perry's Economic Vulnerabilities
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Perry: ‘I Got in Trouble Talking About the Fed’
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David Stockman: Perry is Right About Fed
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Bravo, Rick Perry, for bringing the Fed into the conversation
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Perry: And I Don't Believe in Global Warming
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Rick Perry's Swagger: Beaten-down America loves it
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Poll: Obama's Approval on the Economy Sinks
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Ron Paul: Media Are Frightened By Us
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Bachmann: I'll bring back $2 gas
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Herman Cain's Greatest Things To Do in Washington
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Elizabeth Warren in my living room
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Warren readies for run against Scott Brown
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Banking:
Ooh, a TARP Rally
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Fed concerned about European banks' US units
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IP:
An IPv4 Windfall: Circuit City’s Addresses Now On The Block, Along With Borders
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Agriculture:
Crop losses in Texas top $5 billion
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Weather:
US Sees Growing Losses From Extreme Weather
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Religion:
Catholic Church in Fear of Bankruptcy
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Dublin Catholics may be levied as church faces bankruptcy
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Jesuits emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Jesuits' NW leader issues apology for sex abuse
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Ticketing:
Ticketmaster fee structure exposed in Philadelphia bankruptcy case
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Education:
It doesn’t matter where your kid goes to school
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Not For Profit College Board Getting Rich as Fees Hit Students
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Hedge Funds:
John Paulson's disastrous year gets even worse
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy filings down but may signal financial struggles
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:
Senior class gifting is not the end of the story: some recent developments regarding the absolute priority rule and the new value exception
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Jurisdiction:
Stern v. Marshall—shaking bankruptcy jurisdiction to its core?
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Preclusion:
Seventh Circuit dodges intra- and inter-circuit conflict regarding res judicata and bankruptcy
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Avoidance Actions:
A Settlement Payment is still a Settlement Payment
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Sales:
Bankruptcy asset sale not so “free and clear” after all
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Litigation:
6 Project Management Practices to Apply to E-Discovery Cases
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Municipalities:
Central Falls Bankruptcy Crisis: Volunteer power
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Municipalities Drop S&P Investment Ratings After Downgrade
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Some US states' woes to stretch to next year-economist
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The Fitch-uation: New Jersey Downgraded
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Jefferson County Deal to Avert Bankruptcy Hinges on Hostile Legislature - Bloomberg
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Lehman:
Lehman shelves asset management plan
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US court approves Lehman CLO deal
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Bankruptcy Court approves procedures for determining allowed amounts of structured securities claims
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Royal Bank Takes Bankruptcy Fight With Lehman Brokerage to District Court
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New York Hedge Fund Centerbridge Balks At Lehman's Liquidation Plan
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Court picks WCAS to manage Lehman loan portfolio
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Celebs:
Brunell's lawyers hope to resolve bankruptcy case in 30 to 45 days
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Judge OKs plan for Landry's to operate Eva Longoria's Beso restaurant
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Gerard Depardieu Kicked Off Plane for . . .
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Media:
A life unravelled … whistleblower who incurred wrath of the Murdoch empire
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Hacking: Murdoch Admits Hush Money Payout
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Computer Hacking May Be News Corp.’s ‘Next Scandal,’ U.K. Lawmaker Says
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Read the Embarrassing Hacking Allegations That News Corp. Redacted
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Harbottle Submits Parliamentary Evidence, Defends Role in News Corp, Scandal
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Paper:
NewPage may seek protection under Chapter 11
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Social Media:
Start-ups fail all the time. But there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. This is an example of the wrong way.
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Marine:
As Trico Marine Liquidates, Execs and Directors Step Down
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Rating Agencies:
Standard & Poor's mortgage ratings investigated by US
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Los Angeles City Officials Quit S&P Rating Service After Bond Downgrade
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Tax:
Tax Policy Change Would Bring Cash Piles Abroad Back Home
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Music:
Labels’ latest sad song: Big job cuts
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Aviation:
Air Berlin CEO Hunold Quits After Cutting Routes to Stem Mounting Losses
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Opera:
Troubled NY City Opera Bumps Prices 400%
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M&A:
The Dreaded Deal Acronym: History of the MAC
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Hotels:
Cerberus Puts Off Closing Innkeepers Deal
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Hotel industry recovers as travelers fill rooms
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Sovereigns:
The Cost of Credit Swaps When a Nation Defaults
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UK:
Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook
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Key fraudster behind wines and spirits ' Ponzi ' scheme gets five years
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A significant proportion of the UK's small firms may be relying on the personal finances of their owners in order to continue trading
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UK banks troubled by question of where future growth will come from
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Experian reports rich getting poorer
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Hard London Riot Punishments Spark Anger
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Appointment of Administrators - 17 August 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 17 August 2011
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EU:
Euro Economy Still Sliding Towards Disaster
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In Crisis, Reminders of Disputes in Euro’s Founding
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Veron Says Merkel, Sarkozy Added to Euro Bond Confusion
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Sarkozy & Merkel risk a euro fiasco
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Sarkozy and Merkel fail to impress at crisis summit
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S&P: confident France to maintain AAA, stable outlook
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Bank shares fall as Merkel-Sarkozy debt talks disappoint
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France Details Euro Fix Proposals
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PIIGS:
In Defence of PIGS
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Anglo Irish to cut 350 jobs
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Eircom's Creditors Claim Company Insolvent
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Italian Supreme Court recognizes that judiciary has limited powers to review arrangements with creditors
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Greek PM convenes ministers ahead of international debt inspectors visit
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Czech Republic:
Sazka Sale Process May Start in 'Few Days,' Administrator Says
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China:
China to US: Focus on Economic Recovery
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Bad Debt at China Banks Growing
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Australia:
James Hardie Profit Plummets 99%
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S. Korea:
S. Korean corporate failures hit record low in July
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