Law:

Zombie Firm, Pockets Full of Sudden Cash, Shambles Towards Deal With Creditors
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Former Howrey Partners Ink Wal-Mart Settlement as Firm's Dissolution Nears
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A Job Offer That May Be Hard to Resist
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In-House Career Paths
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The 2011 GC Compensation Survey
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BigLaw Partner Sues Legal Recruiter, Says She Lied to Get Him to Leap to Patton Boggs
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'Robo-Signing' of Mortgage Docs 'Still an Epidemic'
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New Netflix Plans and Legal Pricing
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Online CLE session: 60 iPhone and iPad Apps in 60 Minutes for Lawyers
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Don't Take On More Than You Can Handle, and Other Tips for Summer Associates
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Academic All-Stars Won’t Be Hired at Kramer Levin if They Aren't Client-Worthy
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Firm Seeks TRO Against Ex-Partner, Says He Took 600 Client Files
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Judge Sets Limits on Corporations' Attorney-Client Privilege
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News Corp. Says Lawyer to Lead Internal Probe
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What the DSK and News Corp Cases Say About Proper PR Responses
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Lawyers and PR experts drill Rupert Murdoch before parliamentary grilling
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NYT: Hacking Settlements Are ‘Chicken Feed’ Compared to Payouts for Alleged Corporate Hijinks
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Conflicts Questions Raised About Law Firm that Found No Widespread Hacking at Tabloid
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Harbottle defends Hackgate position; Grabiner to lead News Corp clean-up
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Phone-Hacking Scandal Keeping Lawyers Busy on Both Sides of Pond
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Firm Blamed by Rupert Murdoch in Hacking Scandal Says Ethics Issues Compel Silence
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Obama: Consumer Chief Will Counter Corporate Lawyers
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Lawyer: Elaborate plans made to keep Anthony safe
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Casey Anthony all over emotional map: lawyer
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Imagining the Future Legal Career of Casey Anthony
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In Central Florida, a Chorus of ‘Happy Trails’ to Anthony, Minus the ‘Happy ’
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Bad Boys, Bad Boys: Law Firm Helps Cops Bust Robbery Suspect With Deposition "Sting"
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The Times ‘Unearths’ The Law School Scam, But Still Can’t Explain It
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New York Law School Dean Hits Legal Ed, But Hikes Class Size 30%
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If you're thinking of going to a third- or fourth-tier law school, don't bother.
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Practical Skills
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From NYU LLM Student to Beauty Queen
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More About the Former Biglaw Partner Accused of Child ---- Distribution
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Receptionist with Demanding Lawyer Boss Learns Being Too Nice Hurts Careers
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V&E only Texas-based firm on Vault.com's top 20 list for associate quality of life
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Lawyer Faces Suspension over Racy Craigslist Ad
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Man Wins 2-Year Pro Se Court Battle Over $25 Ticket, Says Case was ‘Like Doing My Own Dentistry’
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Better Call Saul: The funniest things Bob Odenkirk says on Breaking Bad
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Burglary goes strangely wrong
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Bride busted after nuptials, poses for mug shot in wedding dress, veil
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Arch Chemicals, UBS, Vincent McCrudden, Barclays, News Corp in Court News
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Judges:

11 Out of 12 Commissioners Laid Off as California Courts Swing Ax to Trim 40% of Jobs
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Senate Due to Vote on Judicial Nomination of Openly Gay Lawyer
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Oetken gets confirmation as SDNY judge
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Orange County Judge Admonished for Insensitive Comments
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Judicial Plagiarism
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Judges Whose Naughty Acts Land Them On The Wrong Side Of The Gavel
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S.F. Superior Court Lays Off 200; Top Judge Calls it a 'Dismantling'
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The San Francisco Justice System Is Collapsing
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The art of the impasse - A mediator looks at the debt-ceiling negotiations
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock index futures rise; BofA, Goldman eyed
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Stocks Slump
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European, US debt worries haunt markets
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Morgan Stanley Missed Its Internal Trading Revenue Target By 40% Last Year
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Layoffs:

Cisco Whacks 16% Of Workforce (6,500 workers), Sells Factory
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Cisco cuts 15 percent of its execs amid big layoffs
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9.2% Unemployment? Blame Microsoft.
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Textbooks:

Nebraska Book Seeks Approval for Vote on Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
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Magazines:

Post bankruptcy restructuring, Reader's Digest scouts for buyers
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Religion:

Report: Irish Catholic Church hid abuse in 1990s
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Church's solicitor guarded every angle
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Philadelphia Archbishop expected to step down following sex abuse
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Corporate Reform:

Obama pledges to fight GOP changes to CFPB
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Meet Richard Cordray, the candidate to lead the CFPB
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Separated at Birth? Obama's Watchdog Pick Cordray and Kenneth from '30 Rock'
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Cordray could endure same fate as Warren
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CFPB on hold as Obama's choice of leader is vetoed
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Richard Cordray caught in the middle as GOP, Obama wrestle over Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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GOP Efforts To Block Warren, Cordray, And Others Represent Are A Power Grab Unprecedented In Modern Times
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Warren was better choice
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Obama vows fight with pick for consumer agency chief
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Elizabeth Warren, skipped by President Obama for consumer bureau appointment, being courted to challenge Sen. Scott Brown
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Running for Senate from Red Sox Nation
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Warren's Massachusetts prospects aren't as bright as you might assume
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Why Liz Warren Won’t Be Leading the Consumer Financial-Protection Charge
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Warren Goes to Bat for Obama
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Congressman Who Harassed Elizabeth Warren Showered With Donations From Banks And Predatory Lenders
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Consumer watchdog on a shorter leash
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Dodd-Frank takes a bruising, keeps on cruising
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Newspapers:

Is the Los Angeles Times for Sale?
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Tribune Co. reorganizes newspapers, cuts more jobs
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Celebs:

DOJ Won’t Pursue Extradition of Randy Quaid, Who Is Fearful of ‘Star Whackers’
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DSK’s New York ---capade
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Economy:

Goldman: Recession Risk is Rising
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Obama Vows to Veto Spending Cuts
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Debt: 2011 Is Different Than 1995 In One Huge Way
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The Real Debt Deal - "Bankruptcy is in the Constitution, while a central bank like the Federal Reserve is not"
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Default 'Off the Table,' Debt Deal Will Be Struck: Geithner
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Get Ready for a 70% Marginal Tax Rate
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Congress Bickers as Bond Markets Brace for Total Panic
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Obama Administration Reaching Out To Credit Agencies To Avoid Downgrade
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Fitch Says Treasurys With Missed Payments Would Get B+ Rating
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Republicans Pushing Budget Balance Won’t Deliver Details on How
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Conrad on Reid/McConnell: ‘I don’t think it’s attractive at all’
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The futility of cut, cap and balance in one graphic
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Gold reaches record high as markets stressed by banks and eurozone worries
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Balanced Budget Lunacy
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It looks like 1914 again
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The Head Of The World's Biggest Hedge Fund Sees "Economic Collapse" Due To Money Printing By Early 2013
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How Ray Dalio built the world's richest and strangest hedge fund
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The Clash Of Generations
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Surprise! The big bad bailout is paying off
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New Economic Indicator
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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:

Lawler: Existing Home Sales Down in June
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Three Ways Obama Can Fix the Housing Crisis
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Freddie Mac says housing sector unlikely to see double-dip
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Percentage of commercial loans paying off at maturity rises, remains under 50%
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$6.2 Trillion of Unintended Federal Budget Consequences for Commercial Real Estate
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Four More CRE Lenders Fail
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Officials Warn That Foreclosure Probes May Prove Inadequate
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Known Florida robo-signing names turn up on mortgage documents elsewhere
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Robo-Signing Is Back With A Vengeance
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Behind foreclosure corner-cutting, troves of missing documents
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BofA Mortgage Settlements Magnify Capital Strain as $50 Billion Gap Looms
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The Southeastern states' view of MERS
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Krugman: Don't Let the Banks Walk Without a Foreclosure Fraud Investigation
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Florida fraud report key to New York foreclosure case
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Debate rages over bank's planned foreclosure of U.S. soldier Aaron Collette's home
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Home remodeling up to highest level since 2004
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Illinois Earmarks $100M For Delinquent-Loan Purchases
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Mortgage closing costs up 8.8% from year earlier
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Homebuilder confidence rises with outlook not quite as bleak
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REOs Grow at Nation's Credit Unions
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NCUA sues Royal Bank of Scotland, again
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Boxer bill leaves out reps and warrants refinancing risk
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Squatter claims $300,000 home for only $16
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Neighbors Are Mad At Guy Who Got $300K House For $16
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MGIC swings to $151.7 million loss for 2Q on higher insurance claims
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$105M secured in Levitt bankruptcy case
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Baseball:

Bankruptcy Trustee Blasts Dodgers' Fee Payment To Highbridge
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Creditors concerned about Frank McCourt's financing plan
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Dodgers: Selig Targets LA Team as Fans Die Elsewhere
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Frank McCourt's attorneys argue against accepting MLB financing
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Dodgers owner: Proposed MLB loan "deal with the devil"
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Dodgers' creditors want MLB finance plan
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L.A. Dodgers Allege Major League Baseball Cutting Team's Access to Funds
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Frank McCourt's Money Man, Kevin Griffin, Stands To Cash In On Dodger Bankruptcy
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Dodgers Hope to Exit Bankruptcy by Year End After TV Deal
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The Wrigley Field Rooftop Club That's Facing Foreclosure
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Telecoms:

NextWave heads toward bankruptcy despite a spectrum goldmine
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Judge approves $8m sale of Cordia to rival telecom provider
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Retailing:

Books-A-Million in talks on Borders stores-sources
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Borders to shut down remaining 399 stores
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It's Official: Borders Long Goodbye Over
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RIP Borders: Who Is Liquidating the Company?
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Borders' Landlords and Creditors, Kobo Object to Bankruptcy Liquidation
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Borders President Explains Liquidation
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Municipalities:

Central Falls, Rhode Island Teeters Towards Bankruptcy
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C. Falls mess 'could push the state itself to the brink'
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Central Falls Leads the Municipal Field
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Defunct planning council faces bankruptcy
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Many states celebrate surpluses as Congress struggles with debt
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Western states lag in recovery
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Cash-Strapped Texas District Considers Charging Students To Ride School Bus
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Fraud:

Madoff crusader may have met his Waterloo
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Madoff victim advocates question dispersal
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Chinese cos. can't get D&O
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Houston-area basketball booster found dead days after SEC questioning
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Hedge fund rejects claims of WaMu insider trading
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Mark Cuban loses a defense in SEC insider suit
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Galleon Prosecutor Set for Closure as Rajaratnam, Chiesi Face Sentencing
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Ex-Galleon Fund Manager Cardillo Ordered to Pay $68,000 in SEC Suit
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U.S. man gets 22 years in Ponzi case targeting Jews
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Walter Noel’s Daughter Apparently Failed To Get Bernie Madoff’s Advice On How To Run A Scam For Years Without Anyone Catching On
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IP:

Court Delays Hearing Into Whether Blockbuster Canada Can Keep Rights To Name
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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
(large downloads)

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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Business Bankruptcies: Filings Down, but Workload Isn't
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Rising number of Utah bankruptcies bucks US trend
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Mass Torts:

Other People’s Money (Part I)
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Spillionaires Revisited: Gov't Official's Associates Got Big Contracts After the BP Oil Spill
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle on Ambac and L.A. Dodgers Bankruptcies
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Orchestras:

Orchestra, in bankruptcy petition, seeks lower rent
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Players' request to see books is resisted
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Celebs:

Bankruptcy judge rejects trustee for Eva Longoria's Beso
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Desperate Housewife's Club Denies Desperate Situation
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Health Care:

18 US veterans commit suicide every day
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Glass:

Vitro May Get Ruling from US Judge by Next Week on Bankruptcy Protection
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Robert J. Freeman pleads guilty to obstructing bankruptcy court proceedings
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Aviation:

24 Small Towns May Lose Air Service
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Banking:

BofA Reports $9.1 Bln Loss in 2Q on Settlement
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Bank Of America May Need $50 Billion In Fresh Capital
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BofA chief Moynihan may have to unload assets
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FSB sees haircuts for creditors of resolved banks
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Factbox: Insider-trading allegations in WaMu bankruptcy
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Management:

Shutting Down a Business Tests Your Leadership
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Litigation:

Advisen Releases Second Quarter 2011 Corporate and Securities Litigation Report
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Cross-Border:

Tokio Marine Europe Insurance files for Chapter 15 bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

Sovereign Debt And Geriatric Deadbeats
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UK:

Cameron Calls In Parliament as Hacking Scandal Grows
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Phone hacking: What's it all about?
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Will lawmakers draw blood from Murdoch?
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The Politics of Murdoch
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News Corp. at 50% Discount Shows Diminishing Murdoch
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Murdoch's (WSJ) editorial shows stunning lack of class
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The Wall Street Journal Careens off the Rails
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Catcalls Greet Wall Street Journal's Phone-Hacking Editorial
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How will Murdoch's U.S. empire fare?
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Murdoch’s Board Stands By as Scandal Widens
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Phone hacking: timeline of a scandal
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Murdoch Aides Long Tried to Blunt Scandal Over Hacking
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Murdoch's Empire Is Collapsing: What Is Next?
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News Corp.'s Phone-Hacking Scandal: Photo Gallery
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Wolff Sees Rupert Murdoch Exiting News Corp. CEO Post
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Everyone Who's Been Arrested or Quit in the News Corp. Scandal
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Britain's 'fuel poverty' rises to 5.5M
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Appointment of Administrators - 18 July 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 18 July 2011
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EU:

No consensus as Europe limps toward Greece summit
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Under pressure, eurozone rushes to end Greek debt discord
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Larry Summers's inadequate plan for Europe
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Ben Bernanke could teach the EU a thing or two
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Stress Tests Fail to Calm Markets
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Why the European Stress Tests Are a Farce
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Roubini On Europe’s ‘Last Stand’: Don’t Fear A Greek Debt Restructuring And A Selective Default
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Deutsche Bank, SocGen, RBS Face Pressure to Boost Funds After Stress Tests
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All Of Europe Is Like One Big Lehman
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European banks see debt threat in U.S. as well as at home
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PIIGS:

Merkel: Greek Default Not Goal, But Investors Must Contribute
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Euro Zone Sees 3 Options For Private Role in Greece
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EU Struggles to Convince on Greek Deal
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German opposition urges Greek debt restructuring
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FinMin rejects selective default scenario
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Ditching Euro No Option for Greeks With History of Hardship
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More stress for Spanish banks
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Spanish Bank Bad Loans Hit 16 -Year High
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Italy sell-off deepens on debt worries
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Canada:

Toronto has hottest Canadian economy, report finds
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Canadian bankruptcies fall in May
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Germany:

Hypo Real Estate aid cleared by European Commission
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Economic Sentiment Plunges In Germany
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China:

How to Marry Rich in China
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