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Law:
Quinn Emanuel Boosts Profits Per Partner to $3.62M, Hires Associates as Quickly as Possible
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2010: The Year in BigLaw Layoffs
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As Howrey Profits Plummet, Partner Says ‘We'll Take a Torpedo or Two’ But Likely Won’t Sink
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Clifford Chance accounts reveal £41m staff costs savings in wake of restructuring, 12% cut
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Firm's outsourcing deal to see 9% of back office staff laid off
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Dechert to Pay $429K to Settle Meal-Break Claims
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Couple claims lawyer failed to inform IRS of their Chapter 7 case
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Hogan Lovells' international LLP set for £40m post-merger revenue boost
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Legal Cost Transparency Sets Pricing Expectations
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America, Here’s Your New Solicitor General To-Be: Don Verrilli
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Hahn & Hessen Announces New Bankruptcy Partner
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Is it Time for Law Firms to Get Their Groupon?
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Wilmer's Profits, Revenue Rise in 2010
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Wilmer is Hiring...in Dayton
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Successful ‘Two Lads and a Laptop’ Law Firm Credits Back-to-Basics, Plain Language Focus
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Veep Biden Latest to Get Hip to Red Hot Trend: Jury Duty!
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Fellow Jury Pool Member Fails to Spot Joe Biden Despite Presence of Secret Service Agents
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Colo. Secretary of State Plans to Moonlight at Law Firm to Help With $68K Government Salary
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Worker Retaliation Lawsuits Broadened in Decision by US Supreme Court
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Prosecutors Play Tough, Ask to Move Loughner Case to Tucson
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Internet-Proofing your Cease and Desist Letter
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Apps for New iPad Carrying Lawyer (Presentations)
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iPhones, Android Phones And Security
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Legal Project Management - The Next New Area for Paralegals to Conquer?
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Slow Law: How to Practice Artisanal Law :)
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New Jersey used to have the reputation as the toughest disciplining jurisdiction for attorneys
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Law Student Solicits Donations on eBay
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Fewer People Took the LSAT Last Year, But Numbers Were Still Second Highest Ever
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'Convict' monkey stages daring cage break
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Cook's hair breakfast sandwich leads to jail time
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Lawsuit of the Day: You Didn't Really Think You Were Eating ‘Beef’ at Taco Bell?
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Clerk recognizes disguised robber from previous hold-up
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New Jersey Woman's 'Alien Hand' Attacks Her And Unbuttons Her Blouse
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Judges:
ND's federal bankruptcy court judge retiring after nearly 30 years
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Ninth Circuit Names Three New Bankruptcy Judges in Central District
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Clarence Thomas and His Wife’s $680,000 of Unreported Income
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Thomas Says He Erred on Disclosure Forms
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NY Judges Present Range of Moonlighting Requests for Extra Pay
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Chuck Schumer warns of 'crisis' in Judiciary
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Study Analyzes Laughs at Supreme Court
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Will SCOTUS Go to the SOTU This Year?
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Supreme Court Justices Could Be No-Shows For SOTU Address
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Wall Street:
Investors propel Dow to its highest level since June 2008
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Blue Chips Jump
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Morgan Stanley CEO Tackles Staffers’ Pay Gripes
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In 2006, My Goldman Brokers Told Me NOT To Invest In John Paulson, A "Bit Player"
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Captain's Log: J.P. Morgan . . . And Mistress
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Compensation: Clash of the Titans
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Layoffs:
More Hiring Expected as Gloom Starts to Lift
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GM to Add 750 Jobs to Truck Factory in Flint, Subject of `Roger & Me' Film
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Laid-off workers will fill 750 jobs in GM's third Flint shift
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Tunisia: A Higher Education Bubble
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UN: Global Unemployment Levels Stagnate at 205M
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
More On Why The "State Bankruptcy" Idea Is Dangerous Nonsense
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State Bankruptcy Is a Bad Idea
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Bankruptcy for states a bad move
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State Bankruptcies? 'Ludicrous,' He Says
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"They should go bankrupt. I'm looking forward to it."
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The Next Time Someone Advocates State Bankruptcies, Ask Them This One Question...
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S&P warns of more muni bond downgrades
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City crumbles under weight of debt
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Bankrupt communities put our security in jeopardy
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Houston faced with staggering contributions to pensions
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Why State Bankruptcies May Be a Bad Idea
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State bankruptcy bill imminent, Gingrich says
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It's a bankrupt idea
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Bankruptcy would help U.S. states squeeze unions
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Union spokesman: Wall Street to blame for state budget
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How Public Unions Took Taxpayers Hostage
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Muni bonds taking a double hit
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Muni Land Contrarians
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The New Danger in the Municipal Bond Market: State Bankruptcies
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Will GM's Politicized Bankruptcy Become a Model for States?
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Changes Will Hit Pensioners, Bond Holders Hardest, If a State Goes Broke
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Conn. gov calls state bankruptcy idea "crazy talk"
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California, let your broke flag fly
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Pawlenty: Consider letting states have bankruptcy
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The Planet Illinois
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Illinois, the worst is yet to come.
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Isakson sees bankruptcy as option for states
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Cantor: ‘No Federal Bailout of States’
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Cantor Opposes Bankruptcy
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Investors should turn to municipal bonds for states, cities that are 'Too Big to Fail' for security
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Potholes Gape From Detroit to New York as Funds Fade
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Delinquent Utility Bills Triple
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Economy:
Uncertainty Over Economy Clouds Obama Speech
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The War on Demand
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The GOP Is Going To Play A Pretty Brilliant Move In The Debt Ceiling Fight
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Global Price Fears Mount
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Financial Crisis Panel Said to Refer Cases to Justice
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Home Prices in US Probably Fell at Faster Pace; Consumer Confidence Rose
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At Davos, a litany of problems awaits leaders
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A Hefty Price for Entry to Davos
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GOP Faces Juggling Act in US Spending Cuts
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Texas Was The #1 Stimulus Moocher
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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:
US overinvestment in housing: Was the bankruptcy code to blame?
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Fannie and Freddie spending lavishly on lawyers
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US Commercial Property Prices Rise for Third Month
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JPMorgan Refused Mortgage Repurchases It Also Sought, Ambac Says
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Bay area foreclosed resales increase for fifth consecutive month
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Sales of Distressed Homes increased in December
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US Treasury's Report on Fannie, Freddie Reform Is Delayed
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Two Texas Republicans taking lead on GSE privatization, CFPB creation
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More rumors surface on future explicit guarantee of Fannie Mae MBS
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Deal Removes Challenger to Meruelo Maddux Exit Plan
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JPMorgan: Annual homes sales must average 5.5 million to absorb liquidations
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Moody's: Ally Financial ruling "a serious blow" to mortgage investors
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Mortgage Giants Leave Legal Bills to the Taxpayers
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Campbell Surveys: Strong distressed property sales bookend robo-signing debacle
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GMAC: Spectral Hand of "Robosigning"
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Under bank pressure, VA legislators sidetrack foreclosure
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Rural areas of Va. hit hard by foreclosures
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Distressed properties still plentiful
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Strategic Defaults: An Unfortunate Necessity of the Housing Crisis
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Iowa AG Miller to meet with consumer groups on robo-signing settlement
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New Jersey Court Rules That Lost Note Does Not Preclude Foreclosure
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As foreclosures rise, so do lawsuits
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Life Insurers Sue Countrywide, And Allege "Massive Fraud" In Mortgage Sales
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Ten indicted in California mortgage fraud scheme
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Market braces as final qualified residential mortgage rule nears
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Retailing:
JC Penney to Shutter Stores, Taps Bill Ackman for Board
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Banking:
21st century shell game: How bankers play and taxpayers pay
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United Western Bank Says Its Seizure Was Premature
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Tracking Bank Failures: Regulators Close Banks in Four States
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Barclays may change bonus plan
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Loving CoCo's
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The WaMu lesson: craft your releases carefully
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Mail:
Postal Service to close another 2000 locations
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Telecoms:
FairPoint Communications emerges from bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:
Debt collection math
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Corporate Reform:
Warren nimble in building Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Elizabeth Warren Chats With … Ron Howard?!
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SEC Probes Goldman's Ties to Former Massachusetts Treasurer
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Goldman exec to SEC : Revolving door in reverse
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Corporate Governance:
Envisioning A ‘New Poison Pill’ To Thwart Activists
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Aviation:
Mexicana Airline To Resume Flights 'Soon' With Seven Planes
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The Cost of JAL's Long Delay
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Media:
Tribune Creditors Seek Information on Buyout
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Tribune Creditors May Be Seeking Too Many Documents, Bankruptcy Judge Says
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Private Equity:
Private Equity Fundraising is on the Rise Yet Exit Timelines Lengthen
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Private Equity Makes Return to IPO Game
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Health Care:
SVCMC's Brooklyn nursing home sale delayed
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Accounting:
Layoff Watch ‘11: PwC Discontinuing Global Best Practices Unit
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PwC Partner Says His Lack of Whiteness Stifled His Pay; Sues Firm
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Autos:
GM's China sales pass US for first time in history
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Golf:
Taberna country club, golf course considers bankruptcy
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Religion:
Five with abuse claims appointed to committee in archdiocese bankruptcy
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Churches Find End Is Nigh
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Trucking:
Arrow claims dismissed
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Finance:
Update on Second-Lien Financings and Intercreditor Agreements
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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:
(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Restructuring Pros Break Out Crystal Balls For Weil Study
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Recent Developments in Distressed Debt, Restructurings and Workouts 2011
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Republicans back Bankruptcy Expansion
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Small business bankruptcies jump in California
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Celebs:
Judge Allows Foreclosure Of Toni Braxton Home
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Anna Nicole Smith, Equity, and Article III
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Tax collectors take aim at Alec Baldwin, other celebs
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Fraud:
Galleon insider trading investigators quiz Morgan Stanley banker
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This Is The Morgan Stanley Banker Who Allegedly Leaked Information To Galleon
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Rothstein partner can't depose sheriff
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The Moron Brother: Rothstein Scorned
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$37.7M RICO Suit Against Bank Rothstein Used in $1.2B Ponzi Scheme Gets Green Light
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Judge says Bear Stearns/Deloitte investor case can proceed
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Hecker accuses lawyer, trustee of lying
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Hecker, two co-defendants will be sentenced in February
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Denver: Convicted Ponzi schemer could face decades in prison
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Florida man in Ponzi scheme sentenced to 90 months
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Tax:
IRS Rules on Post- Bankruptcy NOLs
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A 2nd I.R.S. Amnesty for Offshore Accounts
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Food/Drink:
Javo Beverage Company Files Chapter 11 and Pursues Plan of Reorganization
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Hotels:
Rim Hospitality takes over two hotels
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California hotel foreclosures up 122% in 2010
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The End of the Hotel Deals
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Innkeepers Revised Bankruptcy Deal With Lehman Under Attack by Creditors
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Grand Bear files for bankruptcy
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Credit Cards:
The End of Credit Cards is Coming
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Supreme Court rules for Chase on credit card interest
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Amex's Profit Rebounds in 2010
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Lehman:
Lehman Plan Will Rival One Allowing Change of Managers
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Defaults:
S&P: Czech Lottery Firm Sazka Is First Corporate Default Of 2011
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UK:
Begbies Traynor Key findings from the Q4 2010 Red Flag Alert Report
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Appointment of Administrators - 24 January 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 24 January 2011
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Premiership footballer files for bankruptcy following property fraud scam
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EU:
European crisis erodes support for governments
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Plan Would Place Burden for Euro Rescue on Creditors
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Debt Schemes
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Europe Still A Risk as Global Recovery Builds: IMF
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How Severe Is Europe’s Intertwined Debt Crisis?
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Canada:
Bankruptcy of Alberta investment firms filing spawns lawsuit
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Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Government Loses Priority for GST Under CCAA
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Household debt 'at a near-boiling point'
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Spain:
Spain's banks must boost capital or face gov't takeover
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Spain's Banks Need $27.2B Infusion
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Spanish Finance Minister Asserts Soundness of Banking Sector
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Spanish Bank Shares Tumble on Government Clean-Up Plan
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Greece:
Odds Are Against a Greek Debt Restructuring
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Greece's largest union calls general strike against austerity for Feb. 23
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Greek bond buyback
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Ireland:
Lobbyists Win Reprieve For Property Tax Reliefs
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Ireland's Voters Ready to Ireland's Voters Ready to Confront Rest of Euro Zone
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Middle East:
Dubai World Unit Eyes Debt Deal, Signs New Loan
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Gulf states urged to reform 'archaic' bankruptcy laws
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Australia:
Saraceni's Transfer Of Funds From Westgem Ahead Of Receivership Under Probe
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Czech Republic:
Sazka wants hearing of insolvency proceedings
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