Law:
Bonus Watch: Skadden Matches the Cravath Spring Bonuses
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Bonus Watch: Davis Polk Matches the Cravath Spring Bonuses
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Future of Law Panel: Change With the Times or Find Another Line of Business
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Survey of Law Firm Economics, General Counsel Edition: All's Not Well in Law Firm Land
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Boies and Panel Agree Firms Should Take the Plunge Into Value Billing
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Alternative fees are not the enemy
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Stephen Susman on Hiring
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This Is Howrey Do It: Partner Departures and Other Updates
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Linklaters faces £115m Credit Suisse claim over Parmalat advice
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Rise in Revenue, Profits for King & Spalding
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Bingham has another year to write home about in UK
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Dentons accounts show partnership shrank 15% in year before US tie-up
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Some Camerons Partners Asked to Leave, Others Demoted
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A&O 'near shoring' deal shakes up template for reforming back-office functions
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Proof That the Legal Job Market Still Sucks
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Kiss Your Legal Job Goodbye: Maintain Connections
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When Is a Lawyer Worth $5 Million?
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Legal Profession Ranks 10th for Happiness, Jobs Website Says
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How Lawyers Can Transition From Buddy to Boss
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Raid on Clark Thomas Lures 8 Lawyers to New Texas Office of Midsize Minn. Firm
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AI: Why 'Watson' matters to lawyers
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Pls Hndle Thx: Do You Need to Take a Bar Review Course?
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"Where's the best place in this town to get some crack?"
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Commonwealth v. Ung: The Other Side of the Story
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Are There Any Egyptian Constitutional Scholars in the House?
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Litigation Finance Cos. Make a Case for Their Industry to Ethics 20/20 Commission
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ABA Young Lawyers Want Law Schools to Provide Better Jobs, Salary Data Up Front
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Where Have You Gone, Atticus Finch?
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Are In-House Counsel Living in Sin?
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You’re My Huckleberry, I’m Your Jim :)
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Oregon Attorney’s Documentary Makes the Sundance Cut
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Taco Bell Thinks Outside the Litigation-Defense Bun
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Judges:
"Maybe, just maybe, we should to do away with those robes"
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Sometimes, Justice Can Play Politics
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Pa. Supreme Court Upholds Its Own Suspension of Allegedly ‘Nasty, Rude, Erratic, Strange’ Judge
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Meet Travis Laster, Unusual Delaware Chancery Judge Who Focuses on ‘Darker Underside’ of Cases
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How to end the judicial nomination blockade in Congress
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Clarence Thomas Keeps 5-Year Supreme Court Silence
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Thomasson: Ginny Thomas puts her husband at risk
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Why judges should butt out of the fight over health care reform\
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A guarded fund firm’s veil slips off
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Access to justice becoming a privilege of the rich, judge warns
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Rule Would Address Campaign Donations and Case Assignments
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Makeover Urged for Federal Court Sites
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Wall Street:
US futures steady after last week's gains
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The decline of the public stock market
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Wall Street Continues to Tinker With Pay
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Blankfein Sought Government's Blessing on Goldman Sachs Pay, Feinberg Says
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The Ominous Undertone of Stock Rallies
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Goldman Sachs Former Chief Whitehead Says NYSE Deal `An Insult'
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Layoffs:
Who’s Unemployed?
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Area Illusion
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Borders heads towards bankruptcy
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Borders Could File for Bankruptcy This Week
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Borders' Woes Help E-Books
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Chapter 11 for Borders, New Chapter for Books
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Outlet mall plans tied up in bankruptcy court
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Ex-Ultimate employee sues over failure to give notice of firing
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy law for states could carry risk, bring opportunity
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State bankruptcy should be real option
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Bankruptcy for states and cities a bad idea
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Restructuring Professionals Say 'No' to State Bankruptcy
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Utah Governor Weighs In on State Bankruptcy Debate
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From a Gingrich Aide - A State Bankruptcy Option
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State bankruptcy may not turn out as Gingrich wants
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Pension Bill Irks Experts
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TMA Poll: U.S. Bankruptcy Law Chorus Is Off-Key
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Is it time for LA officials to start cutting programs, reducing workforce?
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Detroit Schools Manager Sees Crisis Deepen
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Republicans Beat Unions With Pension 'Fright,' Fund Lawyer Says
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California scores high on new misery index
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The Last Company Town
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States Aim Ax at Health Cost of Retirement
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Hotels:
Owner of unfinished Wyndham hotel files for bankruptcy
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Video Rentals:
Who Would Buy Blockbuster?
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Carl Icahn Really Really Wants To Buy Bankrupt Blockbuster
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Blockbuster Bid by Billionaire Carl Icahn Looks Like a Loser, Analysts Say
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Academia:
Live-Blogging the Big-Bankruptcy Empirical Research Agenda: Nothing Succeeds Like Success
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Live-Blogging the Big-Bankruptcy Empirical Research Agenda (2): Defining Terms
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Big-Bankruptcy Empirical Research Post-Op (3): Jack-knife Fights and Pencils in Zimbabwe
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Economy:
Philly Fed Survey Upgrades 2011 Assessment
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Obama Unveils $3.73 Trillion Budget for 2012
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Deficit Expected to Jump to $1.65 Trillion
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Geithner Quietly Tells Obama Debt-to-GNP Cost Poised to Increase to Record
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U.S. Economy: Sentiment Climbs to Eight-Month High
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Boehner warns: 'We're broke' as Obama plans to increase speed of spending cuts to $1.1trillion
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GOP Would Slash EPA, WH Energy Office
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Eat the Future
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Don’t Cut You, Don’t Cut Me
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Obama May Limit Tax Breaks for Rich
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Medicare Recipients Against Handouts
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$1.30 > $1.00
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Roubini's Next Crisis Makes Food for Thought
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Fed's Plosser: US Deflation Risk Gone
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China Replaced Japan in 2010 as No. 2 Economy
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Debt is New 'Red Menace'
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America's Hottest Export: Weapons
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National Economic Stress Level Rose Slightly in December
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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:
Imagine US without Fannie and Freddie
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Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Once Thought to Be Stable
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Obama and Housing - Is Anybody Home?
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Housing: For many cities "another season of pain"
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Judging Treasury’s housing report
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Former Fannie exec: GSE reform doesn't have to take years
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Community Bankers say GSE reforms will squeeze out small banks
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A Future Without Frannie? Maybe Not
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Planning a Better Way Than Fannie and Freddie
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Rental Market Gets Respect in Fannie, Freddie Reform
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Government’s Overwhelming Role in Mortgages
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Servicers, loan insurer stocks soar on Treasury's GSE report
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JPMorgan sees some higher costs of borrowing from GSE reform
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Republicans applaud end of Fannie and Freddie's market dominance
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California's million-dollar home sales on the rise
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Foreclosures clog NJ courts
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Foreclosures in New Jersey now take an average 849 days
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A commendable way to handle foreclosures
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Will Chase Be Next To Come Under Fire In The Bank Foreclosure Battle
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Hundreds of homes sell at Valley auction
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Mortgage default notices slow sharply in January
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Homebuilders starting to see glimmers of hope
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Carlsbad Company Buys Fanita Ranch In Bankruptcy Sale
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Landlord's financial woes doom Grand Prairie tenants
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Citigroup settles mortgage cases
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The Top Sellers of U.S. Office Buildings in 2010
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Former Legal Assistant to Attorney-Judge Gets Probation in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
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Avoidance Actions:
In re TOUSA Quashed, Literally
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Tousa’s Lenders Don’t Have to Return $450 Million
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Oil/Gas:
Seahawk Drilling seeks bankruptcy , to sell assets
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Obama's Gulf oil permatorium claims first victim in drilling industry
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Landrieu slams 'de facto moratorium' amid news of key driller's bankruptcy
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Fighting Over Big Oil's $4B Yearly Windfall
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Cheap Oil is Gone for Good
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Celebs:
UB40 members facing bankruptcy
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Prince Andrew's ex-flame Koo Stark goes bankrupt
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Court Dismisses Larry Hagman's Ruling Over Citigroup
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Media:
Creditor vote advances Tribune bankruptcy plans
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Media Is Biggest Sector In 2010 Corporate Defaults
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Sovereigns:
Men living with parents results in government bankruptcy
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Religion:
Milwaukee Archdiocese accused of moving $130M in face of sex abuse lawsuits
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Milwaukee Archdiocese: $75M Transfer Wasn't Meant to Shield Assets
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Archbishop Dolan to be deposed over missing sex-abuse settlement funds
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Lehman:
Thain Says He Should've `Grabbed, Shaken' Paulson to Aid Lehman
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Fraud:
Hedge funds, banks pile into Madoff claims market
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Madoff Trustee May Do What Bernie Didn't: Give Victims Profit
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Moody's Downgrades Mets' Stadium Debt
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Mets owners strapped for cash, answers
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Caveat Emptor and the Madoff Ponzi Scheme
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Lawsuits reveal few blew whistle on Madoff
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Trustee targets Blumenfelds
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Raj Rajaratnam Fortifies Defense for Upcoming Inside-Trading Trial
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Ex-Minn. auto mogul gets 10 years for fraud
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The collapse of Denny Hecker: A timeline
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SEC brings fraud charges against three former IndyMac executives
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Speaker's NY death highlights assisted-suicide law
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Feds: Ex-Pa. drinks maker sold ill-gotten jewelry
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Level Global Has An Interesting Definition Of The Word “Integrity,” Notion Of The Age At Which Person Can Still Be Put In A “Time Out”
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Banking:
New Fees Could Drive Millions to Leave Banks
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Sporting Goods:
Schutt Sports Wins Court Approval of Riddell Settlement
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 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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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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Insurance:
Insurer Insolvency Can Have A Ripple Effect
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State Fund Doesn't Fill Shoes Of Insolvent Insurer
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U.S. sues to block Ambac rehabilitation plan-filing
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Miscellaneous:
Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: Partial Involvement in a Bankruptcy Case May Cause Parties to Lose Protections Under the Bankruptcy Code
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
What Bankruptcy Slowdown? Claims Boomed 400% In 2010
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Finance:
Banks Slashed Small Biz Lending $43B
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JPMorgan Is 'Lending Aggressively' to Businesses, Dimon Says
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Tax:
IRS Seeks Federal Court Ruling Over Ambac Back Taxes
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How Feds Use Snitches to Uncover Tax Fraud
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Education:
The Plight of Generation Un
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Autos:
GM Plan Improperly Treats Debt, Toxins, Creditors Say
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Salaried Workers at Chrysler and GM to Receive Bonuses
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GM, Chrysler may award megabonuses
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GM disrespects American taxpayers with bonus offers
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GM's, Chrysler's white-collar bonuses critical, analysts say
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GM, Chrysler managers' bonuses may reach 50% of pay, report says
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Corporate Reform:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finding its footing
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The Big Banks' Battle Against Consumers and Homeowners
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SEC taking tougher stance on Wall Street practices?
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Why are Half of the FCIC Interviews Being Withheld?
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Study: Strict Derivatives Regulation Could Cost 130,000 Jobs
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“Project Merlin” Flags a New Phase of the Bankers vs Regulators Showdown
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UK:
EMI's pre-pack could be the start of things to come
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Hands Interested in EMI for Less Than Citigroup Seeks at Auction
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JD Sports backs off as JJB seeks to reach creditors
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Appointment of Administrators - 11 February 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 11 February 2011
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Taxman challenges Premier League over creditor
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China:
China is the world's second largest economy
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China's trade surplus drops 53.5% in January
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China Plans Panel to Scrutinize Foreigners' Local Acquisitions
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China Tightens Reins On Smaller Banks
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In China, Tentative Steps Toward Global Currency
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Egypt:
Egypt Bills Yield at Two-Year High on Growth Concern
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Egypt Crafts Stimulus Plan to Jump-Start Economy
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Egypt's military consolidates power: dissolves parliament, suspends constitution ..rejects swift transfer of power
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Protesters still won't leave Cairo square
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Egyptian Military Vows Road to Democracy
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Obama Presses Egypt's Military on Democracy
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ElBaradei's Star Already Dimming in Egypt
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How the Swiss Froze Mubarak's Bank Accounts
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Mubarak Family Holdings Under Investigation by U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office
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Hosni Mubarak used last 18 days in power to secure his fortune
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Party in New York's 'Little Egypt' With Mubarak's Fall From Power
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Middle East:
Algerians Defy Protest Ban
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Security forces in Yemen beat protesters
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Pro-reform Saudi activists launch political party
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Arab Leaders: Crap, We Could be Next
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The Simple Reason The Mideast Is Doomed To Uprising After Uprising After Uprising
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Mideast Unrest Spreads
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Cyprus:
North on brink of bankruptcy
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Ireland:
Permanent TSB Fixed Rate Rises Described As 'Shocking'
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Ireland's Kenny Wants to Delay to Bank Injections
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Sinn Féin Plans Wealth Tax And Bank Debt Restructuring
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Martin and Lynch ruined Ireland
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Greece:
EU, IMF voice support for Greek government
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Greece slams EU, IMF officials after inspection visit
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Portugal:
ECB Forced To Buy Portugal Bonds
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