Law:
Law Job Stagnation May Have Started Before the Recession—And May Be a Sign of Lasting Change
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June Jobs Report: Legal Industry Continues to Shrink
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Model of BigLaw: Innovation might unlock new value
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U.K. Law Firms’ 2010-11 Finances a Mixed Bag
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Salaried partners asked to buy into SNR Denton
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Influenced by US Lawyers, UK Attorneys Relax Dress Rules, Experiment with Skinny Ties, Bright Socks
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In-House Hiring: Where are the Jobs in a Down Market?
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Yoss LLP Hit With Half-Million-Dollar Default Judgment
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Paul Weiss Hired by Quiznos Chain to Advise on Debt Restructuring
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WilmerHale Thinks Green for Move to Resurrected WTC Tower
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For Holme Roberts, Mass Departures a 'Wake-Up Call'
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The 2011 Midsize Hot List
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The A-List 2011: Hughes Hubbard's Rise to the Top
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House Committee Proposes $104M Cut for Legal Services Corp.
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Davis Polk Elects New Bankruptcy Partner
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Van joins Flaster/Greenberg
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Caylee Anthony’s Search Team Wants Its Money Back
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A Sordid Cast Around Casey Anthony
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Summer Associate of the Day: Supreme Offspring
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Wicked Awesome, $13 Million Penthouse Condo
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Movie Focusing on Scruggs, Milberg Weiss Is Set to Premiere Monday
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Woman faces 93 days in jail for planting garden
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New Jersey Court Says It’s Okay To Use GPS To Track a Cheating Spouse
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Former corporate bankruptcy lawyer now trekking across country with faithful canine
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Cataphora Legal joins Ernst & Young to form an e-discovery dream team
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The Downside of Constant Connectivity for Lawyers
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Fla. AG Had No Income in 2010
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Voicemail of the Day
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Dismembered Remains of Recent Law School Grad Sought by Georgia Police
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Suing Law Schools Potpourri: Tidings From Law Schools Named After A ‘Thomas’
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Indy Law Offers Its Alumni the Most Nontraditional In-House Position Ever
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Biglaw Alternative: Getting Drunks Off
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Man Sues Over Not Being Allowed to Wear Tiger Suit to Golf Tournament
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Report: Husband Meant to Kill Wife’s Divorce Lawyer, Car-Bombed Another Attorney in ‘08 by Mistake
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A Senior Moment
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Five Trashy Lawyer Romance Novels
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Army Officer Goes After Doll
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Judges:
Chief Justice Roberts Comments On Legal Scholarship Today
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Bruising healthcare fight looms over Kagan, Thomas
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Two decades later, Clarence Thomas is still a (relatively) young justice
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I Award You No Points, And May God Have Mercy On Your Soul.
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Should Liberal Fears Prompt Ginsburg to Retire?
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Alert Issued to Courthouse Staff Solves Case of Judge’s Robe Taken During Men’s Room Break
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Last Original Member of Federal Circuit Bench Dies
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Sex and the Supremes
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Wall Street:
Stocks to Open Lower on Slowdown Fears
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Profits Climbing to 51-Year Average as S&P 500 Multiples at Crisis Levels
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European Stocks Decline on Italy Debt Concern
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The 15 Stocks That Everyone Is Shorting Like Crazy
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Regulators See Risks in High Frequency Trades
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AIG Will Dump Some Bankers
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Layoffs:
Economic Jolt as Benefit Checks Run Out
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How many jobs are needed over the next year to keep the unemployment rate steady?
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Jobless rate inches up to 9.2%
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Real Jobs Report: Only 18,000 New Jobs Added
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10 Disappearing Middle-Class Jobs
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How Much The Seasonal Adjustments Distorted Friday's Jobs Report
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20% of Analysts Jazzed Over ADP Jobs Report
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Why A Rebound In Employment May Still Be On Its Way
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For Most US Jobs Crisis is Hard to Escape
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Somehow, the Unemployed Became Invisible
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Where are jobs?
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Incredible Fall In Labor Force Participation
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35% Of California Teens Can't Find Work This Summer
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Top Obama adviser says unemployment won't be key in '12
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Romney: Add Plouffe to the Unemployment Line
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WH: Jobless rate can drop to 8.2%
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Central Falls, RI stares down 'painful' bankruptcy
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State receiver seeks concessions from retired Central Falls employees
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US public pensions face accounting overhaul
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In Minnesota, little urgency to end shutdown
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Cautionary Tales from Minnesota Shutdown
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State and local governments bleeding jobs
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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says Jefferson County sewer settlement near
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Judge gives overseer authority in Alabama sewer crisis
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New legislation targeting municipal bankruptcies back to the drawing board
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Pontiac told to prepay public safety services
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Butler must step up efforts for payments in lieu of taxes
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The Next Big Boomtowns in America
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Rating Agencies:
Could Ratings Firms Become Irrelevant?
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Banking:
Blaming Banks for Slow Recovery is Wrong
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First Citizens assumes CO bank deposits
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Bair appoints first chief risk officer for FDIC
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Wells Fargo Ordered to Pay ex-Employee $7M
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Baseball:
Fans Protest McCourt Outside Dodger Stadium
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Judge to Dodgers fans: No more letters
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Dodgers Bankruptcy Judge Strikes Fan Letters From Docket as Inappropriate
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Steve Garvey Fired Amid Bid to Buy Los Angeles Dodgers
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Dodgers fire Garvey for trying to buy team
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Dodgers' revenue trapping ABS could throw a curve ball if team goes on the block
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California's Answer to the Mets
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Dodgers despair at paying price for owner's luxury life
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When It Was a Game-Of Survival
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Less likely David Einhorn can 'short sell' Mets owners
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Fasteners:
Credit Claims Top $24 Million Against Rivet Maker
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DOMA:
U.S. shifts policy on same-sex bankruptcies
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Politics:
White House’s Daley to Business Leaders: Stop Your Whining
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Economy:
Wholesale inventories up in May but sales decline
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Fed on Hold Longest Since 1940s
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Boehner abandons efforts to reach comprehensive debt-reduction deal
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Boehner tells Obama 'no' on big debt deal
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Does John Boehner know what paychecks are made of?
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Top House Leaders Offer Conflicting Views Of Where Debt Talks Go Next
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Why did the Obama-Boehner grand debt reduction deal fail?
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Obama Challenges Republicans for Debt-Plan Details
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Medicare recipients could be affected in debt deal
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Hey, Washington, I've Been Paying Into Social Security And Medicare For 48 Years--So How Much Are You Cutting From YOUR Benefits?
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Geithner: failure not option on debt deal
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Geithner Says Expect Hard Times for a 'Long Time to Come'
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Obama Still Looking For Biggest Debt Ceiling Deal Possible
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Senate Democrats draft debt-reduction plan
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Presidential Candidates Warn About Debt Deal
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Deadlocked Debt Talks to Resume as Clock Ticks
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IMF chief calls on US to raise borrowing limit
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Constitutional Nonsense on Debt
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Treasury Official Disputes 14th Amendment Wiggle Room on Debt Limit
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Obscure clause may help US avert default
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Why The 14th Amendment Won't Prevent A Debt Ceiling Crisis
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The disappearing black middle class
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Did the Stimulus Bill Really Fail?
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Stimulus on the cheap
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Deficit Streak Hits Record 33rd Straight Month
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Obama: 'We are turning the corner'
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The US Bailout is Making Money
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Strained Americans turn to credit cards to make ends meet
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Oil Defies Effort to Tame Price
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The Truth About The Growing Federal Workforce Under Obama
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Five New Business Models for Five Industries in Crisis
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5 Destructive Myths of the US Recovery
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Hurdles Abound in Global Recovery
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Manufacturing Still Plays Big Role in U.S.
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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:
Sheila Bair's Description Of How Banks Handle Foreclosures Is A Homeowner's Worst Nightmare
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Massachusetts bankruptcy judge, other courts validate MERS assignments
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Nevada Supreme Court: You Gotta Prove Chain of Title
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Foreclosure 'rocket docket' grounded
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Oregon Legislature shut door in homeowners' faces over foreclosures
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Homeowners Insurance Claims and the Foreclosure Crisis
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Mortgage Modification Mystery
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FHA program to help underwater borrowers quietly stumbles
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'Strategic defaulters' tend to be affluent, savvy homeowners
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5 Cities Where Home Prices Will Rise This Year
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Home Sales "Surge" in Las Vegas
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When Your Neighbors Foreclose on You
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WCI out of bankruptcy, but stalled communities leave residents angry
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Lawsuit targets LandAmerica officers, directors
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More Empty Stores at U.S. Malls
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CMBS delinquencies fall 8.64%
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Autos:
Report: Auto bailout chief: 'I did this all for the unions'
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Carmakers' Goals Stretch Credulity
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Labor costs to be sticking point of UAW talks with automakers
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The Most Ticketed Cars
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Electronics:
ArchBrook Laguna Files for Bankruptcy With Plan for August Sale
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Orchestras:
Philly orchestra musicians OK contract extension
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Hockey:
Phoenix mayor worries Coyotes may be moving
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Former Texas Rangers CEO Chuck Greenberg becomes latest name attached to Dallas Stars sale
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Football:
NFL Lockout Blamed for Georgia Gym's Bankruptcy
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Religion:
Judge hears testimony on diocese bankruptcy plan
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Judge to decide on Catholic diocese bankruptcy plan
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Judge approves bankruptcy plan for NW Jesuits
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Malooly opposes charity to abusive priests
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Bishop Brown asks diocesan advisers to look into Crystal Cathedral
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Henderson church seeks bankruptcy after foreclosure threat
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Food/Beverage:
Near Default, Quiznos Taps Advisers
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SuperFresh stuns retirees
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Andre Rochat and restaurants at Monte Carlo, Palms in bankruptcy
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Retailing:
New types of tenants helping fill big-box vacancies
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Spiegel Sticks with ‘Project Runway’ Star
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Telecoms:
Vaspian emerges from bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:
Debt collector Encore sued by Texas
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Consumer Finance:
Consumer Borrowing Up for 8th Month
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Compensation:
9 Wall Streeters Whose Bonuses Got The Dreaded "Clawback"
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Genius ways to keep your bonus with the new "clawback" rule
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Mass Torts:
BP wants to stop paying Gulf oil spill victims
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Oil/Gas:
Sevan Marine Slumps in Oslo on Proposal to Defer Debt Payments
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Health Care:
Hospital chain under investigation seeks to expand with bankruptcy purchase
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Hotels:
Lawsuit Served Up in Palm Beach Hotel Dispute
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Shipping:
Omega Navigation Files for Bankruptcy Protection in U.S.
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Trans-Pacific Export Volume up 11.4%
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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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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Reality Check: 2011 Predictions at the Half-Year Mark
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Omega, Vitro, Seahawk Drilling, Same-Sex Bankruptcy : Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
AZ bankruptcy filings seem to be leveling off
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Dayton: bankruptcy filings drop for first time since 2006
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MD PA bankruptcies drop 12.8%
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:
Are Bankruptcy Sales Finally Final?
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Fraud:
Second Circuit slams door on investors suing fraud abettors
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Madoff trustee Picard's claims are stretching the law to its limits
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Former S.F. attorney indicted in Ponzi
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Scott Rothstein timepiece auction: a chance to accessorize like a Ponzi
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Corporate Reform:
GOP gets one last shot at Consumer Protection bureau before it opens
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Dodd-Frank: The Players
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Insurance:
Ambac Bankruptcy-Consultant Gets Big Raise
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Ambac Says Reorganization Plan Rests on July 29 Deadline
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Insurers and Investors Fight Over Death-Bet Insurance Policies
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Ambac Financial Files Details With Court of Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
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Relying on Disclosure When it is Least Likely to Matter - Credit Slips
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Dodd-Frank: A Golden New Opportunity for the D and O Insurance Industry
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Non-Profits:
Liberty Property taking Pennsylvania Academy of Music to court
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After bankruptcy , Rainbows United is making its way back
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Celebs:
Real Housewives of New York City: The Collapse of Sonja Morgan
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'Bridesmaids' Carnie Wilson faces foreclosure
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Environmental:
Court Ruling Sharply Narrows Severstal's Clean Up Liabilities
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Furniture:
Home furnishings retailer Pierre Deux shuts down
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Credit/Debot Cards:
10 Reasons I'm Cancelling My Credit Cards
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IMF:
Pressure builds to prosecute Strauss-Kahn case
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Austerity programmes must spare the poorest: IMF official
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IMF's Lagarde Says Failure on U.S. Debt Limit Will Be a 'Shock'
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For DA Vance and Strauss-Kahn Accuser, Case of Frayed Trust
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Top French Spin Doctor Arrived In New York Yesterday To Meet With Him
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Strauss-Kahn Shows Crisis Management Flaws
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UK:
Raft of firms win related roles as News of the World shuts down
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Andy Coulson Said to Be Arrested in London Tabloid Phone-Hacking Probe
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Retail insolvencies have risen by 9% since this time last year
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Appointment of Administrators - 8 July 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 8 July 2011
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EU:
EU's Van Rompuy, Barroso to Meet Trichet, Juncker, Rehn Monday
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Swiss Franc is Real Gauge of Euro's Troubles
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Trichet : EU Needs More Regulation
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Canada:
Canada's economy booming
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France:
Crisis Response, French Style
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PIIGS:
Italy's Financial Pressures Mount
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EU President Calls Emergency Meeting On Italy, As Brand New Game Of Chicken Emerges In Europe
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European Rescue Fund Can't Handle An Italian Crisis
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Top EU officials meet over Italy debt contagion fears
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Draghi defends Italy banks, budget as markets worry
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Milan stock exchange slumps 3pc as banks hit by debt worries
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The Sad Story Of How Italy Got To Be Such A Wreck
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Greece Is Angry At All The Attention Italy Is Getting
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Top EU officials to meet on Greece Monday: president
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EU stance shifts on Greece default
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Greece's Choices are All Daunting
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Greek Bond Default May Not Necessarily Trigger Default Swaps
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David Einhorn: There's A "Much More Ominous Problem" In Greece Than The Possibility Of Default
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How to Profit from European Threats Against Rating Agencies
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China:
China Growth May Slow as Wen Faces Limited Scope for Response
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China's costly pigs irk consumers, help producers
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Malaysia:
Malaysia explodes; thousands protest, police fire tear gas, 1,400 arrested
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Spain:
Racing Santander files for bankruptcy
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JPMorgan Plans Revival of Moribund Spanish Mortgage Bond Market
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Italy:
Berlusconi investment arm must pay $797 million
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Ireland:
'No Alternative' To McInerney Liquidation
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Japan:
Fukushima Cleanup May Take Decades
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Russia:
Bank of Moscow bail-out: what's left for bondholders?
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South Africa:
Creditors aim to cash in on new business rescue provisions
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