Law:

NY Firm Goes for Broke, Adds Bankruptcy Trio
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SNR Denton Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Harvey Miller Interview on GM, Lehman Bankruptcy
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Bonus Watch: MoFo Admits New York Is Still Too Early To Call
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Bonuses? Yes. Future? None.
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New Solution To Associate Woes: A Harvard Accounting Class
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Winter Brings Blizzard of Troubles for National Firm
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How Extensive Will the FDIC's Claims Against Failed Banks' Outside Professionals Be?
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FDIC Sues Law Firm for $6M, Says Partner Closing Loans for Bank Concealed Critical Info
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Firm Wins, Another Loses in Malpractice Melee
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Cadwalader Sued Over Advice on Bank's Fee in Six Flags Proxy Fight
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MegaFirm's Profits Surge
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Reed Smith Profits, Revenue Grow in 2010
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Revenue Flat, Profits Down for Covington
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Barlows sets sights on global market with new growth plan
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BoA Merrill and Credit Agricole unveil coveted legal panels
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Partner exits expected as Camerons conducts internal restructuring
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BigLaw Strategy Memo Backfires, NY Judge Blocks Plan to Cash In on Billions
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Is Law School Losing its Mojo?
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Small Firms, Big Lawyers: How I Became a Small-Firm Lawyer
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Another iPad App for Trial Presentation
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Documents in FOIA Requests Must Be 'Searchable,' Federal Judge Rules
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Free Videoconferencing Solutions for Mac-Using Attorneys
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Thomson Reuters 4Q Profit Jumps 24 Percent
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ABA President Urges HUD to Drop Requests for Waivers of Attorney-Client Privilege
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Hearings on Cash-Strapped Courts, Ethics in Global Legal Marketplace Kick Off ABA Midyear Meeting
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Lawyer, 87, Wants Heart-to-Heart Talk with the ‘Son of a Gun’ Who Attacked Him
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Texas Law Firm Includes New Boots With Partnership
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Jilted Super Bowl Ticket-Holders Sue Jerry Jones, NFL.
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Super Bowl Temporary Seating Contractor Walked Off The Job
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NFL Sweetens Offer to Jilted Super Bowl Fans as Lawyer Sues and Lawsuit Websites Proliferate
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Anybody Else Getting Sick of These Disgruntled ‘Seatgate’ Super Bowl Fans?
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Are Some NYU Law Professors Allowed to Submit Grades Later Than Others?
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Tuition at Stanford Law School Goes Up Dramatically Because School Was ‘Underpriced’
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Man Appeals Dismissal of "Traumatic S-- Act"
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Judges:

‘Cash For Kids’ Trial Kicks Off in Scranton
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Judge Accused of Courthouse Gun Display, Home Invasion in Far-Reaching Ethics Complaint
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Public Hearing on Judiciary Funding Draws Tales of Courts Begging for Pens, Jury Trials Halted
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Judge Rushed Murder Case Summation to Get to St. Maarten for Pina Coladas?
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures seen lower on earnings
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Brace For An Ugly Day, Because Everything Is Heading Down
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European Stocks Decline for Third Day; Air France, Credit Suisse Lead Drop
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Dow ends higher for 8th-straight day
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Market slips in pause after big run-up
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Goldman Sachs Isn't Scared Of The Volcker Rule At All
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Global Stock Exchanges Headed for Major Consolidation
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Layoffs:

Bernanke Presents Grim Metrics for Job Growth
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Job Openings are Falling Again
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What's the Real Unemployment Number?
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A Perfect Example Of How Weather Can Effect An Unemployment Report
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Academics challenge Fed to create real jobs this time around
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Billions spent on job programs without knowing if they work
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10 Iconic American Factories That Have Closed In The Past Two Years
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

JPMorgan Chase Denies Complicity In Madoff Ponzi Scheme
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JPMorgan to Madoff trustee: Back off!
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JP Morgan: Move Picard's 'Backdoor Class Action' to District Court
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JP Morgan seeks jury trial in Bernard Madoff lawsuit
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Why Is JPMorgan Requesting A Jury Trial?
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Wait A Minute--Why Should I Hate Bernie Madoff?
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Wilpon Opened 65 Madoff Accounts With JPMorgan And Bank Of America's Support
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The Wilpons have more than just the bankruptcy trustee to worry about
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Outside lawsuits against Madoff relatives blocked
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Ex-Financial Adviser Starr Seeks Five-Year Sentence in Fraud
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Prosecutors: Juror Questionnaire Unnecessary In Rajaratnam Case
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The fabulous life of hedge funder Donald Longueuil (before he got arrested for insider trading)
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Ex-SAC Capital Manager Freeman Said Tips Came From U.S., Taiwan
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On Insider Trading . . . and Shredding and Smashing and Purging
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Alleged Ponzi Schemer Loses Insurance Claim
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Hecker's path to prison: How broke he wasn't
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Accounting:

Strength in Numbers: The House Gets a CPA Caucus
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Food/Drink:

Owner of KFC sites files for bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Sale pending on Newport 'Housewife' mansion
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5 Celebrities Who Don't Pay Taxes
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Hotels:

Foreclosure process begins anew at Hotel Utica
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Best Western auction called off
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Retailing:

Comptroller's office steps into Lack's bankruptcy case
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Video Rentals:

Hearing set in Blockbuster Chap. 7 conversion motion
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Mail:

Postal Service Warns of Default Over Losses
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Economy:

Bernanke grilled on inflation threat at House budget hearing
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House GOP Spending Cuts: The List
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Bernanke Warns Against Steep Budget Cuts
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Harvard Economists Prove that Bankruptcy is Mythical
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Paul calls Fed's Bernanke "cocky" in House hearing
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Republicans call $53B rail plan 'insanity'... Amtrak a 'Soviet-style train system'
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President's Approval Rating on Deficit Sinks to New Low
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Geithner: Weak housing, unemployment stifle economic recovery
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Geithner Offers Optimistic Outlook for Recovery
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Geithner: Debt Ceiling Will Be Raised
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IMF `In Awe' of Rich Nations Missed Coming Crisis, Audit Says
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Conservative groups back bill to defund remaining stimulus
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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:

Housing back to pre-bubble prices
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A Young Lawyer's Fight To Save The Homes Of Low-Income Families
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New Questions Raised in Mortgage Financing
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U.S. home values post largest quarterly decline in 2 years
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Home Value Drop Leaves 27% of US Mortgages Underwater
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54% of Metro Atlanta Mortgages Under Water
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70% of Phoenix mortgages under water
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Phoenix Homes Could Dip to $100,000
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Foreclosures account for 43% of Phoenix home sales in January
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California plans $2-billion program to help distressed homeowners
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Foreclosure filings down 17% in January as reviews continue
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Foreclosures are falling - but it's a fake out
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HAMP and other housing programs may be cut from federal budget
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Fact du jour, mortgage loan mod edition
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Foreclosure practices court hearing postponed a third time
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Congress could crack down on mortgage lenders preying on troops
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JP Morgan Apologizes For Military Foreclosures As Lawmakers Weigh Fixes
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Florida AG investigating three more foreclosure law firms
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MA: Late to the foreclosure party?
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LPS Document Scheme Easy Target for CFPB Enforcement
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Republicans: Halt taxpayer aid for Fannie, Freddie
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Bipartisan support for scrapping Fannie, Freddie draws criticism
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What's Next For Fannie, Freddie? Hard To Say
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Freddie Official Says He Has No Duty to Shareholders
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How Buying a Home Is Likely to Change
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White House Plans Phase-Out of Fannie, Freddie
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Two things that likely will be missing from the Treasury's GSE report
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More than Fannie, Freddie block return of private mortgage market
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Obama to outline options for future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Bankers urge government to release GSEs, create bad bank
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Bernanke: Lagging real estate drags down investments
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Freddie's Operating Chief Resigns
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Banks Could Face $60 Billion Tab on Bad Mortgage Loans
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How Fannie, Freddie Let the Banks off Easy
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NAMB applauds House committee probe on mortgage broker pay
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St. Joe Explores Sale
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Creditor urges judge to allow sales at Trevor Davis project
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Homebuilders Undermined by Cost of Construction Boom's Flaws
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Landlord Miell loses bid to have trustee removed from his bankruptcy
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REIT Group Calls Calpers’ Proposed Strategy ‘Ill-Advised’
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Trial set for Cedar Funding mortgage broker
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Commercial Real Estate prices increased slightly in December
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Mass Torts:

Department of Justice Urges Feinberg Not to Consider BP's Bottom Line
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Class of BP Oil Spill Claims Adjusters Wants Back Wages and Overtime Pay
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Municipalities:

Flight Slows From Municipal Bond Funds, Investment Company Institute Says
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S&P downgrades NJ credit rating
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Sale of Calif. State Buildings Canceled
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California Should Learn from Tx. Budget Crisis
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Bobb asks state to bar DPS from filing for bankruptcy
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DPS' Bobb seeks legislation to ease concerns of bond insurer
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New bill calls for new rules in Michigan communities facing bankruptcy
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Bankrupt Reasoning: The Facts of State Bankruptcy
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Bailout, bankruptcy not popular words at hearing on state debt
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House set to explore emergency finance manager law
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Legislators talk bankruptcy
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Congress warned over states' bankruptcies
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Analysis: The Hearings on the State Debt Crisis
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The bumpy road ahead for munis
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House GOP Fears 'Looming Fiscal Crisis' for States
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Did Obama Just Come Up With A State Bailout That The GOP Can't Oppose?
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Lawmakers oppose federal bailout for states
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The metamorphosis of the muni market
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America's Dying Cities
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Advocates Push Gay Marriage as State Budget Solution
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Texas sales tax revenue up from year ago
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Banking:

Should Banks Have Bankruptcy Protection?
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Ship of Knaves
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Washington Mutual Eyes Second Chance At Chapter 11 Exit
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Reuters: WikiLeaks BofA Documents a "Dud"?
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The Secret Document That Banks And Other Big Organizations Are Using To Prepare For Wikileaks
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Wells Fargo CFO Atkins May Receive $22 Million After Resigning
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Ethanol:

Ex-owner of Neb. ethanol plant sues over explosion
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Golf:

Bankruptcy looms for Sunset Ridge
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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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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Insurance:

AIG expects 4Q charge of $4.1B for loss reserves
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Is AIG Plucking $2 Billion Out of Uncle Sam's Pocket?
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Corporate Reform:

Fed Moves to Label 'Systemically Important' Nonbank Firms
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Wall Street Justice Means Nobody Gets Pinched
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Republicans Fire First Shots in the War over Regulation
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Barney Frank pushes back against FCIC dissenter Peter Wallison
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Why The Republican Attack On "Job-Killing Regulations" Is Absurd
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Avoidance Actions:

Attorneys Beware! Good Faith Required for “Mere Conduit” or Control Exception to Initial Transferee Liability
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Plan Confirmation:

DBSD North America: The Second Circuit Holds That You Can Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
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Bankruptcy Poetry:

Chapter 2011
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Super Bowl
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Compensation:

Credit Suisse Cuts Bonus Pool More Than UBS With 25% Drop in Variable Pay
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Religion:

South Florida Hasidic Synagogue Files for Chapter 11
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No Blessing for Bracha as Synagogue Hits Snag
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Clergy abuse in Delaware: Unsettled claims to be pursued
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Court filing offers rare look at Milwaukee archdiocese
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Autos:

GM: China Sales Hit Record in January
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Nissan's Profits Jump 78%
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Rating Agencies:

SEC to Wean Markets off Credit Ratings
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Health Care:

Cosmetic Surgery Rebounds Along with Economy
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Lawsuit claims conflicts of interest led to bankruptcy of Clarksville medical center
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Judge appoints independent fiduciary for Shawnee Hills retirement plan
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Delay of State Money for Merger May Force a Hospital in Brooklyn to Close
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Tax:

IRS Uses Snitches to Uncover Tax Fraud
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Finance:

Banks bring back bubble-era terms for corporate loans
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Oil/Gas:

The World Is About To Hit Its Oil Price "Recession Threshold"
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Hollywood:

David Bergstein's three remaining companies forced into bankruptcy
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UK:

U.K. to Increase Bank Tax
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Bank of England Keeps Rates Unchanged
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Appointment of Administrators - 9 February 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 9 February 2011
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Corporate Recovery & Insolvency Update
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North-east distressed deals drop by one third
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December Manufacturing Turns Negative
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EU:

Belgians Are Revolting - Over Tax This Time
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Weber's Withdrawal Opens ECB Race Amid Debt Crisis
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Canada:

McGuinty should just be honest with voters and declare bankruptcy
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Germany:

German Business Insolvencies Decrease In November
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Egypt:

Egypt's foreign minister bristles over US call for prompt transition
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Egypt regime warns of crackdown
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With Egypt -Fever, Are Any Dictators Safe?
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Pinochet model for Mubarak
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Beyond Tahrir Square, a turning point for Egypt awaits
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Tahrir Square Becomes Home to Tent-Builders Set to Stay Until Mubarak Goes
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Egypt Foreign Minister Warns of Military Intervention
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How Rich is Hosni Mubarak?
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Saudis Told Obama 'not To Humiliate Mubarak'
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Egypt's Working Class Joins Revolt
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PIGS:

Ireland warned of impact of ‘haircuts’
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Ireland 'Needs EU Help With Banks'
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Merrill changed an analyst's research report after Irish banks flipped out
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Soaring debt pushes Portugal towards bailout
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Czech Republic:

Sazka proposes rejection of Vítek's insolvency
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Middle East:

10 Saudi Banks File Claims for $2.4 Billion From Algosaibi Family Company
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