Law:
Frank McCourt is still waiting to sue his former law firm
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After NY Defection, Weil Names UK Partner to Lead International Practice
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What Is Up With Chicago-Area Lawyers? Updates on Reema Bajaj and Jason Smiekel
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Beware of Litigator: Partner Leaves BigLaw for New Consumer Banking Watchdog
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Firm demotes seventeen in lockstep overhaul
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Henes: Top 5 Questions About the Downgrade, the Economy, and the Markets
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Summer Is Ending, But Flip-Flops Are Still Hot at Quinn Emanuel
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K&L Gates Sues Former Partner Charged With Theft
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The U.S. Credit-Rating Downgrade Will Keep In-House Lawyers Busy
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Are You Master of Your Domain?
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E-Discovery on Macintosh Systems
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Hard Candy: iPad Cases and Stylus
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Firm to Client? Congratulations! Client to Firm? Some Reservations
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Womble Scores Partial Victory in Malpractice Mess
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Tweeting Jurors to Face Jail Time With New Law
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Sometime-Foes Boies and Olson Honored with ABA Medal for Successful Joint Efforts
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Lawyer Sues Law School For A Job
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Hundreds mourn law student Giddings' death at funeral
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A Portrait of the Accused as a Young Man
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Law School Demands Law Professor Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation
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ABA Asks US Government to Address Heavy Student Loan Debts
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Our Bar . . . is . . . an asylum for the lame, and the halt, and the blind from the law schools of this country. And they are still coming.
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The Case Against Law School: A Student’s View of the Law School Debate
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Futuristic Capsule Hotels Host Overworked Lawyers
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Desperately Seeking… Katherine
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Lawyer must make his case with more active job search
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Wells Fargo, Mariner Energy, Langford, BofA, SAC, Facebook in Court News
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Mother jailed for biting son
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Anthony Pellicano Makes Shocking Charges About Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Jackson
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Lawyer Indicted in Extortion Plot Tied to Fake IRS Probe
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Don't Tase me Bro!
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"He thought the dogs were coming, and he was trying to throw off the scent"
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Lawsuit of the Day: A Sushi Roll with ‘Special Sauce’
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Judges:
ABA Calls for More Effective Rules on Judicial Disqualifications
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Judge’s Sanction Banning Website Mention of Law Firm and Members Violated 1st Amendment
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Boies and Olson's Latest Campaign: Stanching the Hemorrhaging at State Courts
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ABA Must Lead Fight for Court Funding, Says New ABA President Robinson
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Elena Kagan's First Year on Supreme Court Shows Judge With Chutzpah
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Wall Street:
US Stock-Index Futures Fluctuate Between Gains and Losses
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US Futures Give Up Gains, As The World Waits For Bernanke To Save The Day
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Futures signal another slide on Wall Street
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Global Stock Rout Engulfs Asia as U.S. Debt Cut, China CPI Add to Concerns
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European stocks lose 5 pct in broad sell-off
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Another Day, Another 500 Points Off the Dow
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Armageddon scorecard
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Market rout drives global economy to precipice
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Plunging stock prices a sword over U.S. economy
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Dow Plunges 550, S&P and Nasdaq Sink 6%
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Dow Down 600+, S&P 500 down 6.66%
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Some Eye-Opening Stats About The Market Plunge
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U.S. downgrade hits world stocks as investors flee
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Ending Moral Rot on Wall Street
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A Visual Chronicle of Stock Traders’ Agony
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Across Globe, Traders Brace for a Downturn
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IPOs may feel sting of credit rating downgrade
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Layoffs:
Bank Layoff Projections Are Now Over 100,000
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Jobs: Worse Than You Think
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Report Warns of Weak Jobs
Growth in Coming Months
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America's Job Crisis
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
S&P Begins Downgrading Municipalities
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Municipal Bankruptcy : Who's Next In RI?
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Rhode Island Braces For Muni Crises In Wake Of Central Falls
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Alabama county submits new debt settlement offer
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Vallejo Exits Bankruptcy Paying More for Pensions
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Pennsylvania’s Muni Oversight Law Falls Short as Workers Doubt Paychecks
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Maine Quashes Wall Street Negotiated Debt Deals Declaring No Free Lunches
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20 Areas on the Brink of Recovery
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Rising State Revenues Explained
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30,000 college students kicked out of food aid program in Michigan
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Falls to Eight-Month Low in New York as Investors Buy Treasuries, Gold
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Retailing:
Vivian Alexander Inc. files for bankruptcy protection
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Orchestras:
Syracuse U. Works Behind the Scenes on New Symphony
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History:
Capitalism in Crisis: Warning from History
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Politics:
Even Doonesbury Wants Warren Senate Run
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Huckabee: Trump For Treasury Secretary
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Corporate Reform:
As Wall Street Gets Messier, Preet Bharara Aims to Clean it Up
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Seven Hidden Gems of Financial Reform
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The CFPB's Impact On The Banking Industry
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Lehman:
State Street has agreement over some Lehman claims
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Hotels:
Headlands Hotel firm has $16m owing, report shows
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Defaults Decline in California Hotel Market
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Credit Card Charge-Offs Down, Borrowing Up
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Economy:
Corporate Executives Grow More Pessimistic
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US firms hoarding $2 trillion
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Consumer Confidence Up in July
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10-year Treasury yield falls to 2-year low
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Downgraded, but US Bond Sales Soar
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S&P Cuts Fannie, Others
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Investors: Say Au Revoir To Triple-A Certainty
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Downgrades: Who’s Next?
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Moody's cautious about U.S. deficit cuts plan
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What Will Fitch Do?
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What Does the S&P Downgrade Mean, If France Is Rated Higher Than the U.S.?
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Geithner: S&P Used Horrible Judgment
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Why S.&P.'s Ratings Are Substandard and Porous
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Behind S.&P.'s Downgrade, a Committee That Acts in Private
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S&P Cuts AAA Ratings on Thousands of Municipal Bonds After U.S. Downgrade
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Did George Soros win 10/1 return on S&P's US credit rating downgrade?
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S&P Seen Surrendering to Tea Party
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Washington Sacrifices Its Financial Rating To Feed The Sacred Cows
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U.S. Should Downgrade S&P
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Standard & Poor’s Sees Ratings Cut More Likely than Return to AAA
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S&P's worst-case scenario may be the most likely
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DC needs to fire back strong against S&P downgrade
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S&P to face withering backlash, investigations likely?
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How The Credit Downgrade Will Really Hurt Americans
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Durbin: Debt rating should start bipartisan action
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Obama, Boehner Continue to Duel on Deficit
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How US Downgrade Will Alter World Economy
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Is The World Going Bankrupt?
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The downgrade FAQ
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US Downgrade Shines A Light On Other Weak AAA Credits
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Corporate CDS Spreads Blowing Out, Too
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Bank of America, Wells Fargo predict 1 in 3 odds of another recession
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Gold soars to record above $1,700 on debt fears
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Pollster: Americans Are 'Pre-Revolutionary'
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Forget Taxes, It's Wages That Plague Americans
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2011-2020: Decade of US Economic Hell
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Bernanke's Options are Limited
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Fed's Elusive Prescriptions for an Erratic Ailment
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Fed May Strengthen Stimulus Pledge on Recession Concern
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Rogoff Says Fed Will Embark on QE3, Act ‘Decisively’ on Economy
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Nouriel Roubini: Risk of double-dip recession in US reaching 50%
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Goldman: 33% Chance for Recession
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Slouching Toward a Double Dip, For No Good Reason
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Shared Sacrifice of Whom?
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We Are Ignorant Because We Enjoy Being Lied to. Today: Lies About the US Debt
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Beyond debt woes, worries over globalization
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A Wave of Worry Threatens to Build on Itself
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Obama Counsels Calm, but No Deal Is in Sight
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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:
Federal probes of U.S. mortgage lenders fizzle
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U.S. Home Values Have Smallest Drop in More Than Four Years, Zillow Says
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OC: Distressed homes account for 52% of sales
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Law firm's strategies in mortgage holders' struggles provoke ethics issues
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S&P downgrades Fannie and Freddie
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FHFA assures investors after Fannie, Freddie downgrade
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What the debt downgrade means for your mortgage
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Federal appellate court denies Judicial Watch request for GSE docs
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A Routine Foreclosure May Be A Preferential Transfer
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Wilmington developer Yow files for personal bankruptcy
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Beazer 3Q loss widens , closes on fewer homes
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Mortgage credit growth drops 4% over last year
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Bulk Buying Would Ease U.S. Housing Crisis, Morgan Stanley Analysts Say
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Administration Touts HAMP Redefault Rates
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Chicago's vacant property ordinance likely to face constitutional challenge
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That Pesky 14th Amendment
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Mortgage REITs slammed by sell-off
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Bankrupt Company FRM Hurts Investors from Beyond the Grave
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$629 Million Wachovia Bondholders' Settlement: Largest Subprime Securities Suit Settlement Yet
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Malibu Mansion Could Become The Most Expensive US Home Ever Sold At Auction
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Banking:
Bank of America stock tumbles on AIG mortgage fraud suit
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The Summer Of Reckoning For Bank Of America
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Bank of America Shares Drop 20 Percent
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The Bank Stock Bloodbath
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Global Banks Poised to Slash 101,000 Jobs in Fastest Reductions Since 2008
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Barclays: No More Bonuses for Lehman Workers
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The Dreaded ‘It’s Different This Time’ Tag for Banks
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David Tepper Hits “Sell” on Bank Shares
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Banks Pounded After Lawsuit, Economy Further Imperiled
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Turnarounds:
Turning around Hawaii's Largest Companies
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge fund strategies trend to negative in June
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Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund Managers Getting Destroyed
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For some Asian hedge funds, market rout is sweet
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Avoidance Actions:
Arch Aluminum & Glass Liquidating Trustee Files Report Regarding Preference Actions
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Religion:
In Sex Abuse Case, DA Questions Firm's Representation of Both Archdiocese and Cardinal
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Accounting:
KPMG to hire 75,000 graduates worldwide
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Defaults:
Moody's reports falling high yield corporate defaults
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Number of defaults on debt payments tripled in Q2: S&P
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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
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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:
Jackson Hewitt, TCI Courtyard, LA Dodgers
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Dodgers, Lehman, Madoff, Jackson Hewitt, PPI
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
July brings decline in WD NY bankruptcy filings
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July at a Peak for St. Louis Business Bankruptcies
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
Berkshire, Other Insurers Get ‘Negative’ Tag from S&P
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Private mortgage insurers struggle after US debt downgrade
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News Corp D&O insurers expect tower to be wiped out
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Distressed Investing:
Wilbur Ross Buys Assets on View World Market Slump Lost Touch With Reality
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Tax:
Jackson Hewitt wins OK to emerge from bankruptcy
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IRS: Nearly 1,500 millionaires paid no federal income tax in 2009
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Baseball:
Los Angeles Dodgers Post $3.3M Loss in June
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Dodgers likely to lose $27 million because of dramatic decline in attendance
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Why Dodgers' $27-million loss could be only the beginning
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Dodgers Reveal Details Of New $150M Loan Deal With MLB
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Los Angeles Dodgers File First Monthly Operating Report with the Bankruptcy Court, Burned Through $34 Million in Cash in First Four Days for Operations
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Mass Torts:
CSX, asbestos attorneys throw suits at each other
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Fraud:
Focus on Insider Trading Becomes More Intense
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Madoff Trustee Can't Pursue UniCredit Bank Austria AG Claims
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Aviation:
Moody’s threatens to downgrade Air India creditors
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Airline stocks tumble over recession fears
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Celebs:
Judge sets hearing for Dykstra on auto theft charges
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Food/Beverage:
Court allows Harry & David to end pension plan
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Corporate Governance:
9 CEOs That Need to be Fired
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Sovereigns:
France And Britain AAA Ratings Under Scrutiny
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Who in the world is most in debt?
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IMF:
Maid Files Civil Lawsuit Against Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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UK:
Bank of England to Warn on Slower Growth
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June factory output suffers surprise fall, trade weak
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Insolvency figures 'do not paint the full picture'
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Homeware retailers hardest hit by recession
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Violence escalates in London
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London Burns for the Third Night in a Row
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The Sad Truth Behind the London Riots
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Cameron Cuts Short Vacation Amid U.K. Riots
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London Police Run Out of Space as City Licks Wounds
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Distressed deals still dominant - R3
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Appointment of Administrators - 8 August 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 8 August 2011
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EU:
ECB Trichet: Markets not getting message
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Trichet Is Out Saying The Worst Things Possible
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Trichet Turns ‘President of Europe’ as Debt Crisis Stuns Political Leaders
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Europe's band-aid fix won't solve the crisis
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EU Crisis May Pack US Banks with Deposits
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European Stocks Slide for Eighth Day in Longest Losing Streak Since 2003
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European distressed debt hedge fund managers eye prospects of massive refinancings in 2012
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Some EU Countries Fundamentally Bankrupt
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Krugman on ECB Intervention
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ECB Bailout 'Will Cost France' its Triple-A Rating
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Canada:
Ontario green energy plan a ‘recipe for bankruptcy’
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Letters of Credit - Avoiding the Piaggio Piýge
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Germany:
German Corporate Insolvencies Decrease In May
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German June Exports Drop, Adding to Signs of Economic Slowdown
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PIIGS:
3 non-EU countries release euro32 million for Greece
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Greek stock market tumbles to 14-year low
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Austerity Plan Might Not Work for Spain and Italy
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Ie: Morgan Kelly Warns Of New Middle-Class Debt Default
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AIB Propose Plan to Aid Struggling Homeowners
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Africa:
Nigeria's AMCON takes over 3 nationalized banks
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China:
Don't count on China to mop up the mess this time
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U.S. debt downgrade leaves China in a bind
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Mexico:
Mexican Legal Framework of Business Insolvency
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