Law:
Mayer Brown reports flat revenues and partner profits for 2010
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Pillsbury profits rise 10 per cent as revenues remain static
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Howrey Going To Fix This Situation? High-Level Partner Defections, Office Closings — Not Good.
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Cadwalader launches in Houston with transatlantic team snared from McDermott
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Legal Celebrities on the Move
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Cravath's Woolery to Join JPMorgan as Senior Deal-Maker
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JPMorgan's New Senior Merger Banker
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JP Morgan Hires Outsider To Run M&A
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Lisa Blatt, a Record-Holding Supreme Court Litigator
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How to Prevent 'The End of Lawyers'
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It's client care, but not as we know it - do law firms need professional account managers?
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Herbert Smith top-earner pay rises 8% as firm cuts back net debt
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Firm's partners forced to record a minimum of ten hours a day
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Lawyers Advise Noteholders in Mexican Bankruptcy
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The Sins of Outside Counsel — Creating Surprises
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'Frightening' Case May Make Execs Think Twice About Talking to Lawyers
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Neither Snow nor Ice Can Stop Big Law
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Lawyer Acting as Expert Witness Violated Criminal Law With Court Exhibits, 6th Circuit Rules
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Liberty Mutual Sues One of Its Contract Lawyers, Claims ‘S-xtortion’ Attempt
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Goal of Conn. Bill Is to Protect Lawyer Jobs By Deeming Offshore Legal Work UPL
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Pair of Firms Laying Off Lawyers in Paradise
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What's the Best Way to Evaluate Associates?
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9 Essential Billing and Collection Skills for Lawyers
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20 Free Services Lawyers May Want to Offer to Clients
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Lawyers Cry Foul as Avvo Downgrades Ratings
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Q&A With Resume Goddess, Who Put Her Law Degree For Sale On eBay
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People! It is 2011. The Fax Machine is DEAD.
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The BYOC Trend
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How Your Law Firm Website May Be Like a Cave or a Middle School Dance
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Selecting and Monitoring a Jury on an iPad
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Man calls 911
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Verbiate Your Nouns for Legal Shock & Awe
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Tennessee Law Students Tangle Over Prestige, Machine Guns, and Books
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Law School Rankings: Crowdsourcing Makes Them More Awesome
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Disbarred Law Grad Can’t Use ‘JD’ After His Name, Judge Rules
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Judges:
Respected bankruptcy judge Albert Radcliffe dies
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Retiring judge should have planned ahead
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Chief Justice Uses ‘Crafty’ Example in Arguments on Corporate Privacy
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What Does Justice Kagan Have in Common With Kobe Bryant?
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Elena Kagan not selected for jury duty
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Common Cause Seeking Ethics Probe of Scalia and Thomas
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Wall Street:
Futures Rise After Solid Earnings
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Futures Point to Mixed Open For Wall Street
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Dow Slips on China Data
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Morgan Stanley Reduces Investment Bank's Pay Pool 2%
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Morgan Stanley’s Quarterly Profit Rises 60% to $600 Million
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Morgan Stanley Employee Compensation: $16 Billion
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Morgan Stanley defers more of employees' pay
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Commodities Fall on Concern About China's Demand
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Eat-What-You-Kill Brokers Starved as Banks Gorge on Bailout Cash
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How to Think About Goldman’s Financial Crisis Bonus
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Layoffs:
How States Fared on Unemployment Benefits
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More than 1 million immigrants landed U.S. jobs between 2008 and 2010
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Labor Market Sees Slow Recovery
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster wins more time to restructure, shares tumble
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Municipalities:
Bankruptcy Path Is Sought for States to Escape Debt Burdens
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States Seek Path To Bankruptcy
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States are bankrupt whether they can declare it or not
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Record amounts withdrawn from muni funds
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Is Vallejo, California stiffing its creditors?
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Vallejo looks to 'throw off blanket of doom' as interim city manager touts 300 possible changes
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Vallejo Officials Unveil Options For Emerging From Bankruptcy
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State and local debt not uniformly troubled: analysts
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`Fiscal Meltdown' for States Exaggerated, Group Says
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The Next Urban Challenge — And Opportunity
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Public Pension Problems: Blame Wall Street
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America must brace itself for turbulence
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SEC Requires Disclosures on Asset-Backed Bonds in Rules Opposed by Munis
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Two Fresh Headlines To Scare The Living Daylights Out Of Muni Investors
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Arizona Seeks to Cut Medicaid Rolls
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America's Rudest Cities
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Texas town, home to Jonas Brothers, most affluent U.S. neighborhood
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Health Care:
Louisiana Parish Seeks Partner to Develop Hospital
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Sunrise's tough turnaround bears fruit for its investors
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Religion:
Priest 'Concerned' About $450,000 in Back Pay From Milwaukee Archdiocese
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Aviation:
Mesa Air wins bankruptcy plan OK, to emerge soon
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Travelers
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Grounded Airline Mexicana Makes Test Flights, Hopes To Return
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Economy:
Applications for jobless benefits fall 37,000
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Obama’s Jobs Search
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Jobs Coming in 2011: Feel Like a Recovery?
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Parts of US Economy Stirring
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Rising Prices and the 2011 Economy
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House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts
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G.O.P. Bloc Presses Leaders to Slash Even More
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Poll Finds Wariness About Cutting Entitlements
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Leading Indicators Index in US Increases More Than Forecast
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Volcker Out, Immelt In on Economic Board
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Volcker Rule May Work, Even if Vague
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Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Decreased to 19.3 in January
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So much for Dodd-Frank's promise of no more bailouts
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P&G, big US firms push for lower corporate rate
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Economic Recovery Means More Traffic
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Did the Poor Really Cause the Financial Crisis?
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Fed's Fisher on the Economy, Monetary Limits
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Inside the Social Security Trust Fund
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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:
Key House Republican plans Fannie, Freddie wind-down
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Banks Want Pieces of Fannie-Freddie Pie
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How and Why To Privatize Fannie, Freddie
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Citigroup’s Defective-Loan Rate Improves to F+
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FBI looks into bid rigging at courthouse auctions
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Existing-home sales continue to climb
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Most MSAs see significant home price decline in November
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Bank Walk Aways
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13 Cities Where Buying A Home Now Is A Terrible Idea
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Blame for Mortgage Mess? The Banks
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Miami Home Sales Rise 18% in December
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Foreclosure lawyer stops at nothing, locked doors included
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To Bailout or Not to Bailout: Mortgage Mess Endgames Emerging
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Few Marylanders facing foreclosure seeking mediation
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Home loan modification aid falling short
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Faulty Foreclosure May Mean Massachusetts Buyer Isn't Owner
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Portraits of Stockton's foreclosure pain
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Judge denies Miami Beach developer bankruptcy waiver
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Developer could buy Statler by late March
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Open for business, Kroll Ratings makes private RMBS prediction
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Ex-judge Froelich to lead asset restructuring at Ohio Equities
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Banking:
Lenders See Little Choice: Layoffs
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FDIC Assures That Creditors, Not Taxpayers, Bear Risk of Failures
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Fifth Third raises $1.7 bln to repay TARP
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Southern Bank Deal May Lead Way for More Combos
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Fraud:
Gibraltar Private Bank executives face questions in Rothstein case
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Rothstein v. TD Bank lawsuit survives
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On faith, clawbacks, charity and more
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Feds put fraud unit in Charlotte
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Ponzi is Prologue – What the Dodd Frank Act Means for SEC Fraud Enforcement
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Man with a ‘Passion’ for Charter Buses Managed to Dupe Moss Adams, Deloitte in Washington’s Largest Ponzi Scheme
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former detective appeals fraud sentence
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Retailing:
The Borders Story: Is This the Final Chapter?
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Blockbuster wins 3-month restructuring extension
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Symphonies:
CEO says orchestra can't make its payroll
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Golf:
Odessa golf course files for bankruptcy protection
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Aspen Lakes Files for Chapter 11
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Golf course developer Macke indicted
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Skiing:
Two Major Lodges at Telluride to Close
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Media:
Publishers Come Out of Bankruptcy Eager To Buy
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Baltimore Jewish Times creditor challenges bankruptcy plan
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Celebs:
Toni Braxton's woes with Bankruptcy
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Poor Little Rich Girl: Socialite Faces Foreclosure on Grand Country Estate
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Charlie Batch's Bankruptcy Serves As A Cautionary Tale
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Horticulture:
Plant nursery warns of possible layoffs in Winters following bankruptcy
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Autos:
A Magic Moment to Remake General Motors
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Politicians:
Governor receives land from bankrupt daughter
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Insurance:
Insurers Gained Ground in Key 2010 Rulings
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Sales:
363 Sale Order Approving Sale of Electric Company’s Assets Generates Some “Electricity” of Its Own
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Revisions to Local Bankruptcy Rules ("LBR's") of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
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Accounting:
Blog by Wife of PwC Partner Details Failed Attempts at More Frugal Lifestyle
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The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: Deloitte #63 (2011)
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The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: Plante & Moran #26 (2011)
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Will a Former PwC Employee’s Superhero Aspirations Lead to Trouble?
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Four Reasons CPA Firms Can’t Keep the Lid on Pay Raises for Much Longer
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Religion:
Priest 'Concerned' About $450,000 in Back Pay From Milwaukee Archdiocese
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Golf:
Golf course designer charged with fraud
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Members have deal to save golf club from auction
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Trucking:
Truck Sales Hit Highest Month Since 2006
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Gambling:
Union Wants Money From NYC OTB
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Hotels:
Highland Hospitality Nears Deal With Creditor Group
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Radio:
Firm hired to sell five Atlantic Broadcasting radio stations
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Litigation:
Cornerstone Releases 2010 Securities Litigation Study
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Advisen Releases Year End 2010 Corporate and Securities Litigation Study
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Delaware Court of Chancery Adopts Guidelines For Preservation of Electronic Evidence
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Judges Making More of a Case for E-Discovery Sanctions
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Cache Evidence, Mens Rea and Accessing Illicit Material
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Settlement Videos Are Powerful Mediation Tools
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Corporate Reform:
Five reasons Elizabeth Warren should run for Senate
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Neugebauer Asks Warren Policy and Organizational Questions on Consumer Agency
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Letter Raises Questions About Who Will Run Consumer Bureau
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Geithner Snubs Congressional Request to Testify on TARP and Foreclosures
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Issa Asks for Geithner, Settles for Assistant for First Oversight Hearing
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S.E.C. Approves New Rules for Asset-Backed Securities
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FTC head promises no enforcement "double-teaming"
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UK:
Government bankruptcy chiefs shed 440 jobs
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Bonuses for bankers, bankruptcy for public services
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U.K. Consumers Face Squeeze
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Appointment of Administrators - 20 January 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 20 January 2011
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Rob Hall, R3, discusses Mike Weir MP's insolvency
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EU:
ZUMO Scheme Of Arrangement Approved
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Canada:
Whitemud Forced Into Receivership
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Germany:
NN's German factory division files for bankruptcy
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German Business Confidence Unexpectedly Rises to Record
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Ex-Arcandor Chief Middelhoff’s Bonus Payment Reviewed in Probe
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France:
Messier Stands His Ground Ahead of Vivendi Ruling
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China:
China's Growth Unsettles Wall Street
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Hong Kong:
HK bankruptcy petitions up 3.4 pct in Dec vs Nov
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Australia:
Big Hangover For ING Pub Fund As Icon Collapses
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Receivers move in on more assets of rich list developer Luke Saraceni
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New code of professional practice takes effect
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Spain:
Spain plans partial nationalization of savings banks
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Goldman Downplays Spain Insolvency
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Middle East:
Dubai islands 'falling into the sea'
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Romania:
15,442 companies dubbed insolvent in the first nine months of 2010
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