Law:

Cadwalader Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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In a Boom, What's a Bankruptcy Specialist to Do?
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Borders Files for Chapter 11: Meet the Lawyer Who Will Run It
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Lawyers make millions off Madoff mess
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Deutsche and JP Morgan push firms on costs and outsourcing
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Firm Moves Away from the Billable Hour
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The Eight-Year Audition
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K&L Gates London senior partner faces disqualification proceedings
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Debtor-Side Restructuring Partner Joins Latham & Watkins
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Howrey Met Your Mother (Then Lost Her to Another Firm)
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The Dakota Claims Racial Bias Plaintiff Made ‘Highly Unrealistic’ Financial Claims
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Ben-Ezra & Katz cuts 236 jobs after losing Fannie's business
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Lawyers' Roles--In-House and Outside Counsel--in Advising Corporations
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Small Firms, Big Lawyers: Have You Gotten Stupider?
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‘Ghostblogging’ Law Firms Risk Their Reputations, Consultant Says
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Fired NY Associate Sues Firm, Claims ‘Hostile and Demeaning’ Environment
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Bonus Watch: O’Melveny & Myers Highlights Difficulties for West Coast Firms
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White & Case sees small drops in turnover and PEP
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Do You Want That in Euros?: Foreign Firm Matches NY Elite's Spring Bonuses
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Former Halliwells partners divided over HMRC tax rebate cut-off
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As BigLaw Grows in Asia, It Finds Slashed Fees Make It Tough to Earn a Buck
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Succession Plan: Tales of Law Firm Leader Transitions
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BigLaw, Mommies & Maternity Leave: Benefit for All or Only Those Returning?
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Freed Defendant Blasts Prosecutors in $150 Million Suit
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Allstate, Galleon, Commerzbank, UBS, JPMorgan in Court News
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“The Game” Is What Happens When a Law Firm and a Video Game Developer Hook Up
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Law Office Product Review: The Swingline 747 Business Stapler :)
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An "Extremely Stupid" Idea Gets A Reprimand
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A Miami Law Student Wants a ‘Student Bill of Rights.’ He’s Going To Be Sad When He Receives a Glass of Shut the Hell Up.
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How Gal Pal’s Lawyer Got Mel Gibson Offer to $16M (Refused), Up From 1 Year Rent and Dodge Charger
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Court Docs Show Role of In-House Lawyers in Bribery Case
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Courtship Connection: One Hit, Two Misses
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Lawyer Suspended for Courthouse and Office S-- with Client Who Was Briefly His Wife
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Wannabe Lawyer
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Cops Find 30 Items Inside Inmate
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Harper Valley PTA
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Mug Shots
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Judges:

Top judge tightens campaign donor ethics rule
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Judge Asks to Seal Own Depo in Libel Suit He Filed; Defendant Lawyer, 2 Top Judges Argue Against Him
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures mixed ahead of CPI data
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Futures Steady Ahead of Jobless Claims
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US Stocks Advance as Fed Becomes More Optimistic About Growth
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Goldman Should Give Back $2.9B to Feds
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Layoffs:

Speaker Boehner’s 200,000
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Bias Against the Unemployed Is Subject of Probe
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Unemployed? Some companies won't hire you
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Speakers at EEOC Meeting Say Ban on Unemployed Job Applicants Could Discriminate Illegally
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Silicon Valley Hiring Again
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Telecoms:

TerreStar Corp files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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TerreStar scraps EchoStar-backed bankruptcy plan
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Municipalities:

How to Bankrupt a State
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Muni Investors Foresee Major Defaults In 2011
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Muni bond yields fall further as market panic ebbs
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Banks Make Loans Straight to Public Borrowers
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The muni loan market emerges
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Chicagoland Population Sinks to 1920 Level
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Wisc gov seeks to end collective bargaining for most state workers
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40% Of Madison Teachers Call In Sick To Join Austerity Protest At The Wisconsin State Building
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Calif gov freezes hiring
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Calif. city officials ordered to stand trial
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Illinois Governor Proposes Major Borrowing in New Budget
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Illinois Republicans Promise To Block Gov. Quinn's "Insatiable Appetite For More Spending"
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Illinois bond buyers: Invest at your own risk
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Fla gov scraps high-speed rail plan
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This is Flint, Michigan, in all its pain and all its glory
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Better Than Bankruptcy: Trim Fat State Pensions
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ACT 47 Team Issues Recommendations For Harrisburg
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Financial advisors tell Harrisburg to stop spending, hiring
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IP:

Stan Lee Media vs. Stan Lee: Lawsuit Back On, This Time For Real
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Finance:

Junk Bonds are Hot Again
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Small Business:

What Obama's Budget Means for the S.B.A.
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Accounting:

There’s at Least One Interesting Theory Out There About the Wells Fargo CFO’s Sudden Resignation
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Accountant with Frightening Mugshot Pleads Guilty
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Celebs:

OJ Beaten Severely in Prison
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Boom to Bust: Socialite Loses Home To Foreclosure
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Banking:

Wells Fargo Finds Novel Answer for Unneeded Hybrids
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Jamie Dimon’s ‘Biggest Disaster’ Is Waiting
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Fed Tells U.S. Banks to Test Capital For Recession Scenario
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Oil/Gas:

Vitter Blocks Interior Nominee Until Offshore Permits Issued
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Private Equity:

The Justice League
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Corporate Reform:

Issa Makes A Move: New subpoena seeks records on sweetheart loans
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Frank proposes amendment to increase SEC funding by $131 million
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Taibbi: Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?
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Consumer guru faces tough task
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House GOP would limit consumer protection agency
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A Life’s Value May Depend on the Agency, but It’s Rising
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A Political Divide Over the Inquiry of the Financial Crisis
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Trucking:

Former Arrow Trucking executive files bankruptcy
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Economy:

Geithner Says US Must Face Budget Challenges, Support Growth
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Factory Production Increases, Housing Stagnates
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Wholesale prices rise for 7th straight month
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Consumer Prices in U.S. Probably Increased for Seventh Month
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Fed raises growth expectations for 2011
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The Fed’s G.D.P. Forecast, in Context
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5 Charts You Must See Before Today's Huge CPI Report
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Senate Deficit Plan Details Emerge
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Geithner: Cut US Corporate Tax Rates
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12 Things You Don’t About Tim "Better Than Rubin" Geithner
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Why We Should Raise Taxes on the Super-Rich and Lower Them on the Middle Class
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Rising Employment No Rebound for Inflation as Wages Affirm Bernanke Stance
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Deficit is Biggest Share of GDP Since 1945
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3 Big Lies About Cutting the Deficit
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Obama to GOP: Let's Cut Entitlements
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Obama Happy to Cut Broad Range of Services to Preserve Pentagon Pork
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The Obama Budget: And Why the Coming Debate Over Spending Cuts Has Nothing to Do with Reviving the Economy
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Geithner: Reform Social Security, Not Benefits
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There Is Still No Such Thing As Socialsecuritymedicareandmedicaid
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Medicare And Medicaid Are Big
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Balancing The Budget: The Problem Might Be You
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Treasuries Fall as US Housing Starts, PPI Gains Signal Growth, Inflation
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Crisis commission shows more division before House
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Magic Asterisks: Was Simpson-Bowles really so great?
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Chaos: 400 Amendments on Spending Plan
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World Bank: Food Prices Hit Dangerous Levels
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The New Tax Increase on America's Poor
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10 Charts That Embody Everything That's Wrong With The U.S. Economy
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21 Signs That The Once Great U.S. Economy Is Being Gutted, Neutered And Destroyed
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Household Debt Falls for 9th Quarter
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Cash Hoards Shrink at S&P 500 for First Time Since '09 as Obama Woos CEOs
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Outlook for Food Prices: High
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Bernanke: Hoocoodanode?
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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:

Allstate sues JPMorgan Chase over sale of toxic RMBS
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Mortgage rates rise, refinancing falls
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US Mortgage Demand Falls to Two-Year Low as Refinancing Drops
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Housing starts rose 14.6% in January
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PMI sees 2011 existing home sales increasing 8.3%
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Distress sales make up nearly half of all California home sales
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Southern California home sales at lowest level for a January in three years
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'Toxic' Securities Turn Lucrative for Banks
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Decrease in mortgage delinquencies losing momentum
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Fla. No. 2 for mortgage delinquency
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MERS to members: Don’t foreclose in our name
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Lost in New York, MERS claims victory in Kansas
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Another Way Banks Make Everyone Pay: The MERS Mortgage Mess
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GMAC Won’t Face Much of Maine False Foreclosure Documents Suit
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US close to punishing banks over foreclosures
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Bank Regulator Pushing For Modest Settlement With Industry Over Improper Mortgage Practices
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Facing Foreclosure Without Missing A Payment: One Couple's Housing Nightmare
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City looks at rules to keep foreclosure crisis from ruining neighborhoods
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FHA's Stevens says mortgage servicers could face potential fines, claims
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More on Mortgage Servicer Enforcement Action
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The 7 Things Really Wrong with the Treasury’s GSE Reform Plan
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62 percent drop in home mortgages to minorities
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New York Readies Legal Aid For Borrowers In Select Counties
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Judge reverses Fresno Pacific Towers foreclosure
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Option ARM Time Bomb Blows Early, Easing Damage to U.S. Housing
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Multi-family Housing Starts and Completions
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Judge suggests negotiations in Plainfield apartment bankruptcy case
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BofA subpoenaed over VIP home loans
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Most REITs exceed earnings expectations in 4Q in KBW report
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Retailing:

Borders Enters Chapter 11, Plans To Close 30% Of Stores
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Borders picks liquidators for 200 stores
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Borders Closing Up to 275 Stores
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The Short Timeline in the Borders Bankruptcy
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Latest Chapter: Kasowitz on Hand as Borders Begins Chapter 11
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Borders Seeks to Liquidate Stores, Wins Interim Loan
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Borders Gets $505 Million in Bankruptcy Loans Led by GE Capital
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Borders decline means big changes for industry
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Borders may have trouble surviving bankruptcy , analysts say
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Who's Owed What?
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The Three Lessons of the Borders Bankruptcy
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Major Book Imprints Are Owed Millions
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Borders CEO sends e-mail to members
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Borders Bankruptcy: Headache for Landlords
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Realty firm that leases to Borders sees shares rise
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Winners and losers in Borders' bankruptcy filing
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Borders bankruptcy shakes up book industry
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Borders Bankruptcy: Read the Court Filing
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Is Borders Closing a Store Near You? Here's the Full List
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Borders bankruptcy bad for consumers?
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Borders Bankruptcy : Blow to Bill Ackman, Bennett LeBow
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Borders bankruptcy FAQ: Are my gift cards valid?
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Largest U.S. retailer bankruptcies since 2000
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Retail sales will rise 4 percent in 2011: NRF
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Hacketts property sale set in Ogdensburg
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Utilities:

Study: Texans Were Taken by Deregulation
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Autos:

Keystone Automotive Operations Launches Exchange Offer, Bankruptcy Possible
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Religion:

Pennsylvania: Priests Suspended on Abuse Allegations
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Computer Supplies:

Shareholders stranded by closure of American TonerServ
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Politics:

Poll: Majority of Republicans Doubt Obama's Birthplace
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Chemicals:

Solutia Said to Seek $700 Million Loan to Refinance
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Health Care:

Tenn. hospital group offers to buy Landmark
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Medical facility, housing coming to Brownsville Hospital site
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Defaults:

S&P/ Experian Credit Default Indices Show Major Improvements
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Corporate defaults take a low profile
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Debt Collection:

NC: Debtors and the law
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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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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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Walker Wilcox Matousek

Miscellaneous:

Borders, Ambac, TerreStar, Point Blank, MERS: Bankruptcy
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Registration Exemptions, MERS Problems: Bankruptcy
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Insurance:

How Goldman Killed A.I.G.
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Tax:

RALs - Will They Become Extinct?
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Mass Torts:

Oil Spill Quick Pay Means More Waiting Time
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AstraZeneca Said to Pay $150 Million to Settle About 6,000 Seroquel Suits
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Fraud:

Fiscal lessons from Bernie Madoff
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Madoff insists family did not know of his fraud, but the banks were aware
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NY Mets: Trump may invest to 'help out' owner facing $300 million Madoff writ
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It’s Amazing That It Has Taken This Long to Learn Donald Trump’s Thoughts on Buying the Mets
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Wilpons Vow To Not Give Up Controlling Interest In Mets
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Does Madoff "Banks Knew" Claim Raise the Heat on JP Morgan and the Mets?
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Report: Madoff Told NY Times He Met with Bankruptcy Trustee When He Didn't
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Madoff Jailhouse Interview: More Lies, Say Lawyers in Case
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Madoff is an unreliable witness – but a very convincing one
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What J.P. Morgan CEO Knew Is Key to Madoff Suit
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Wilpon Says Family Has Received Many Offers for Mets
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Mets debt spiral
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Mets CEO fires back, says ownership group will win Madoff lawsuit and retain team
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CNBC Pundit Brian Kim Suspected in $4 Mill Ponzi
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Justice Department Urges Stiffer Penalties for Insider Trading
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Stanford on the Move: Will Allen Meet Bernie?
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Stanford Financial's Ponzi victims sue to recover funds given to charities
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Manager Took Down Friend in Probe
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Hecker's girlfriend to be sentenced Feb. 25
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In an Amish village, the SEC alleges a Madoff-like fraud
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Feds charge 2 NC men with operating Ponzi scheme
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Ex-Sequenom In-House Counsel Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading Charges
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Federal appeals court to hear Petters case
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How I Got Completely Screwed By Hedge Fund Fraudster Jim Brandolino
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Aviation:

Alabama Aircraft Industries Inc. files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Furniture:

Buckstaff faces foreclosure
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Golf:

Bull golf course placed in foreclosure
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

As Bankruptcy Debtors Tend to Try to Hide Assets, Sometimes Ineptly, Prosecutions are On the Rise
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Indianapolis Couple Sentenced for Bankruptcy Fraud
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Guns:

Troubles intensify for Nashville gunmaker Sabre Defence
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Cross-Border:

Cross-Border Update on German Restructuring – Who Pays Next Time?
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UK:

UK businesses see signs of distress increase
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BOE's `Game Changer' Brings Forward Rate-Rise Forecasts
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U.K. Unemployment Unexpectedly Advances as Government Starts Cutting Jobs
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Appointment of Administrators - 16 February 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 16 February 2011
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UK businesses see signs of distress increase across the board, with over half experiencing decreased profits
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HMRC and Premier League insolvency battle adjourned because of Lehmans
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Liability for the electricity costs of insolvent tenants
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Bankrupt director spared jail
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Talk of administration at Bristol Rovers is untrue, says Geoff Dunford
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Farepak scandal: Now send the bosses to jail
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EU:

As Portuguese Yields Rip To All-Time Highs, Germans Reportedly Crank Up The Bailout Pressure
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Canada:

Earl Jones' victims celebrate bill's passage
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Union continues its 'battle' for Fraser pensioners
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Germany:

For Germany's Banks, a Grim Future
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Middle East:

Thousands of police confront protesters in Yemen
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Egypt's protests flare despite military warning
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Egypt Sets Deadlines for Civilian Rule, Reforms
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Senate hearing turns into farce as American ignorance on Egypt revealed
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Tunisia. Egypt. Bahrain?
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ABC Journalist Beaten, And At Least One Is Killed As Protests In Bahrain Turn Violent
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Anti-government protests spread to Libya
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In Iran, Protestors Look Ahead
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Bahrain Protests Swell as Thousands Mourn
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US Military HQ Watching Mideast Unrest
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In sharp reversal, U.S. agrees to rebuke Israel in Security Council
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China:

China Reduces US Debt Holdings
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Beijing Limits House Purchases
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US to China: Buy Our Debt, not Our Companies
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Ireland:

Rehn Rejects Prospect Of Bondholder 'Haircuts'
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The Irish Rebel of the banking crisis
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Australia:

Veteran Australian Fashion Chain Collapses
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Japan:

Japan Lawmakers Review Consumer Lender Law After Takefuji Fails
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Afghanistan:

Kabulbank datapoint of the day
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Vietnam:

Vietnam police arrest Vinashin executive
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Ivory Coast:`

Ivory Coast Banks, Stock Exchange Close Amid Bank Run
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