Law:

Lehman Paid Bankruptcy Managers, Lawyers $27.5 Million in Fees Last Month
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The 2011 GC Compensation Survey: #101-180
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In-House: A Tale of Two Pitches
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Motion: Kasowitz Troops Posed as Sham Hedge Fund Execs to Contact Represented Man
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BigLaw Partner Betrayed Clients With Article, Group Says
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NY asks judge to throw out suit seeking non-lawyer ownership of law firms
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Group of former Halliwells partners hit with £21m High Court claim
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New law firm regulations in England and Wales will affect US firms
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Lawyer Barons: What Their Contingency Fees Really Cost America
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The ten plagues of Eversheds
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IPad-Wielding News Corp. Lawyer Got to Pie Thrower First
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Linklaters drafted in to advise News Corp's Hackgate committee
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101-Year-Old Lawyer Still Goes to Work at Bass Berry
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Koch, Exxon Mobil, Other Firms Help Write State Laws
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The Mysterious Summer Offer Rate
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The Social Network
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New GT Offices Just Like Home!
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Rude Boy: Litigator Ordered to Seek Mental Help Last Year in Trouble Again in Same Case
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The Deal with the Document Review Devil
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SAC Capital Seeks to Disqualify Kasowitz Benson Law Firm in Fairfax Suit
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Ten Ways to Increase Word-of-Mouth Advertising
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Films That Inspire, for Your Summer Viewing Pleasure
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To err is human, but you are a lawyer
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Law Firms Compete in Legal Food Frenzy to Donate the Most to Food Pantries
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Dressing Professionally for a Heat Wave
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Have bad references? A gap in employment? New service gives you fake background
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Court Nixes $100 Sanction; Lawyer Scheduled in 2 Courts at the Same Time Did the Best He Could
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Wendi [Murdoch] Doll: Give one to daughter before she leaves for law school
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Thomas Jefferson School Of Law: Is The Answer Worse Than The Allegations?
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ABA Claims It Lacks Authority To Stop Proliferation Of Law Schools. And Claims It Doesn’t Matter Anyway.
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Zack, ABA Respond to Grassley Inquiry: Schools Aren't Misleading Scholarship Students
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Same Song, Second Verse
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Boalt Hall Issues Scholarships To Cover Last-Minute Fee Increase
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Ex-Kaplan Law Dean Sentenced to 1 Year, 1 Day for Making Internet Threats
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Institute Claims Rosa Parks’ Estate Drained by Fees for Lawyers Who Also Got Licensing Rights
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Casey Anthony Prosecutors Defend Their Ethics, Cite Misdirected Email on Software Issues
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Casey Anthony Defense Team Charges State $147,000 for Trial
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Casey Anthony's Lawyers
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Why Solve A Rubik's Cube Atop Mt. Everest? Just Ask Charlie Wittmack
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Dive Bar Provides Attorneys With Underwater Fellowship
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Top 6 Jobs Lawyers Wish They Had :)
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Diaper-wearing dude gets 3 years in prison
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Lawyer who bagged giant gator faces poaching charge
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Suspected Mobster "Baby Fat" Wants Judge To Lift His Curfew So He Can Perhaps Date
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Prisoner Who Walked Out of NYC Jail by Posing as an Attorney Gets Another 28 Years
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Free Taylor!
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Judges:

Judge says he will be vindicated of rape charge
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Voulez Vous Coucher Avec Stephen Breyer?
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Justice Sonia's poultry brief
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Top Cuomo Aide Says NY Judges Should Not Get Any Raise
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures signal gains
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Banks lead European shares higher
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U.S. Stocks Jump
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Judge dismisses Timberwolf CDO suit against Goldman
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Wall Street clients might get charged in the huge bust
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Layoffs:

US Jobless Claims Rose 10K To 418K Last Week; Survey Unchanged
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Just How Bad Is Jobs Picture?
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Welcome to the Recovery
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MBA Won't Protect You From Layoffs
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Corporate America’s chokehold on wages
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Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Newspapers:

NY Times Reports Second Quarter Losses
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Fraud:

SEC's Stanford Ponzi Ruling Provokes Clash With Investor Fund
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A Tussle Over Paying Stanford Fraud Victims
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SEC Watchdog to Open New Stanford Investigation
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Financial Talker Pat Kiley Charged in $194 Million Ponzi
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Trustee in Madoff case drops damages claim
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Madoff Trustee Faces Bids to Dismiss 'Hundreds' of Suits, Lawyer Says
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Aide to Art Dealer Is Sentenced in Fraud
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Suit tries to drag Richmond law firm into Idaho scam
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Lawyer commits suicide rather than face sentencing for fraud
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Wall Street con man Minkow sent back to jail
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K1 Hedge Fund Founder Kiener Is Jailed for 10 Years in Ponzi-Scheme Fraud
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U.S. seeks about 4-5 years prison for ex-SAC manager
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Another Petters associate charged
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Aviation:

Executive of Bankrupt Airline Liable for Millions in Excise Tax
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Pilots Versus Pilots - Years of Waiting in TWA Lawsuit
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Feds delay consumer protections for airline travelers
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Plainfield: Former nursing home owner pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud charge
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Ex-FBI agent sentenced to 4 years in prison
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Lehman:

Lehman Claims Barclays Underpaid $500 Million for North American Business
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Former Lehman Banker Agrees to Enter Rehab
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Politics:

Wall Street Investing in Mitt Romney
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John Edwards ordered to repay $2.3M from 2008 campaign
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Corporate Reform:

Dodd Frank: Missed Opportunity
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Regulators Defend Wall Street Reforms
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Pressure to dilute Dodd-Frank mounts as US recovery falters
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Look What You Have To Uh... Look Forward To, Wall Street
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Bernanke: Rules for Financial Giants on Track
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CFPB Will Tackle Credit Card Issues Soon, Advocates Predict
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Who's Afraid of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau?
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Consumers and Lenders Both Better Off With Fully Functioning CFPB
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Primer on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Cordray Is DOA?
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Dodd-Frank ramps up workload in first year
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Financial regulatory overhaul faces new criticism on first birthday
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Scott Brown Beats Elizabeth Warren by 25 Points in Recent Poll
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Elizabeth who?
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Consumer Bureau Finds Support on Its First Day
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Three Things Enron Can Teach Us About Dodd-Frank
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Mail:

Postmaster says days are numbered for Saturday mail deliver, 3-day-a-week possible
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Debt Collection:

Trouble Continues for Credit Card Collection Actions
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Maryland Freezes 900 Debt Collection Lawsuits
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Economy:

Report: US Economy To Grow More Slowly
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U.S. Economic Indicators Post Meager Gain
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Personal Consumption Rate Of Growth Down 77% In U.S. Since 2000
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Global Slowdown Signs Strengthen
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Companies see slack second-half demand
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S&P: 50-50 We Downgrade the US Anyhow
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'Gang of Six' Plan: Fewer Tax Breaks but Lower Rates
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Senators Angry Left Out of Debt Talks
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The Fed's Scary Doomsday Drill
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Wall St. Makes Fallback Plans for Debt Crisis
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Debt: What Happens If Congress Doesn't Act?
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What Might Happen if We Get to August 3 With No Deficit Deal?
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The personal-finance metaphor
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The Debt Debate: What About Honor?
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Carney: Economy Has "Vastly Improved" Since Obama Was Sworn In
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It's the Economy, not the Debt
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Boehner's Pizza Party to Avert American Bankruptcy
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Republicans under pressure to compromise for debt deal
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5 Great Slides From Goldman On What's At Stake In The Debt Ceiling Fight
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Goldman's countdown to debtmageddon!
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Financial Crisis Denialists
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White House and Boehner Both Deny Report of Debt Deal
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Getting Specific on Spending
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Obama Legacy May Be Withering American Dream
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Jobless claims rise above expectations
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U.S. Consumers Relying on Credit
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DHS: Most Likely Terrorists? --- White, Middle Class Americans
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Philly Fed Survey: "Regional manufacturing remained weak in July"
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The Cost of the Bailout
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Banks Pay Back TARP Funds by. . .Borrowing From Treasury
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US Balance Sheet Has Billions in Old Debt
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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:

Countrywide Mortgage Investors May Be Owed Three Times BofA’s Settlement
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Federal Home Loan Banks: Expert's wrong on $8.5 bl BofA MBS deal
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Federal Home Loan Banks Challenge BofA Settlement, Say They May Be Owed a Lot More
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States negotiating immunity for banks over foreclosures
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Bank Foreclosure Practices Deal Said to Be Held Up Over Liability Releases
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New lows in home prices 'almost assured'
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One year on, many mortgage bankers leery of Dodd-Frank
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Only 49% of homeowners surveyed say home worth more than mortgage
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FHFA house prices down 6.3% from one year ago
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Fixed mortgage rates climb from yearly lows
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Other House Price Indexes
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Fed to Wells: $7000 for Wrongful Foreclosure
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Litigation costs mount at BofA, Chase over foreclosure, mortgage issues
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Borders Liquidation Adds to Headwinds Facing Retail Property
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Are Unsellable Homes Holding Back Job Growth?
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Trooien set to exit bankruptcy
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Banking:

Testimony in WaMu Bankruptcy Plan Hearing Ends
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Morgan Stanley Loses $558M in 2Q
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Morgan Stanley: big business, big liabilities
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Morgan Stanley outpaces Goldman in Q2
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Lawsuit against Citigroup ends after 45 years
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Is Bank of America At Risk of a Death Spiral?
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Half of BofA’s Book Value is Bogus?
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A Bank Regulator Fades Away
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Autos:

US gov't ends Chrysler investment; Fiat ups stake
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US exits Chrysler bailout with $1.3 bn loss
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GM seeks to protect past gains in upcoming contract talks
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Contract talks pivotal to Detroit revival
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Auto Execs Get Ugly and Personal
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War of words in auto circles shouldn't come as surprise
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GM's Surprising Success Story in China
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Supplier applies for Saab unit bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg Finds Itself in Uncharted Financial Waters
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Clock ticks on indebted Harrisburg, Penn.-consultant
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Jefferson County Considering Bankruptcy
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Jefferson County Commissioners meet with bankruptcy attorney
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Alabama county mulls options as bankruptcy looms
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Central Falls, RI: What lessons are we supposed to learn?
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Baseball:

Supporting billionaires – The McCourts thank you!
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Dodgers' Fox deal assailed by league in court papers
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No ruling yet in Dodgers bankruptcy
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For Frank McCourt, it's 3 Against 1 on Dodgers Financing
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Mets Said To Have Reworked Sale Terms
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Is Einhorn trying to short the Mets?
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Retailing:

Borders CRM Data Still In Play
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Borders to Seek Approval of Deal to Sell 30 Stores to Books-A-Million
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Borders Closures Hurt Retail Real Estate Market as Vacancies Near Record
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Deb Shops Wins Bankruptcy Court Approval to Hold Asset Auction
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster's new owners keeping more than 1500 stores open
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Credit Reporting:

New CFPB Thinks Credit Scoring is Confusing, Too
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New credit score rules pose their own complications
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Corporate Governance:

Women in the boardroom: The wrong way to promote women
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"Shareholder Protection Act" is about silencing speech
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Moody's: Hedge Fund Governance and Oversight Increasingly Important in a Changing Environment
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Student Debt:

The real cost of student loans
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Celebs:

Cash-strapped starlet Lindsay Lohan hit with $1 million lawsuit
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Tax:

Swiss adviser charged in US tax fraud tied to UBS
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U.S. indicts three Credit Suisse bankers
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Ethanol:

Bionol Clearfield files for Chapter 7
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Electricity:

Dynegy sued by creditors over restructuring plan
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Ethanol:

The latest oil rush
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Weather:

Massive Heat Wave Spreads Across United States
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Rolling Blackouts Begin In Detroit
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'Inhuman' Summer School in Chicago -- Without A/C
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Torrid Triple-Digit Heat
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Textbooks:

Nebraska Book Wins Approval of $200 Million Bankruptcy Loan
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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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:

Lehman, Borders, Boston Generating, Madoff, Raser: Bankruptcy
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Borders, Dodgers, Blockbuster, Jackson Hewitt: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Securities:

“I surrender!” Public Securities Considerations Relating to Surrender and Record Date Events
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Jurisdiction:

Aftermath of Stern v. Marshall – BearingPoint Court Declines to Oversee Lawsuit
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Stern v. Marshall: How Big Is It?
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The Supreme Court’s Decision in Stern v. Marshall: Analysis & Implications
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Administrative Claims:

Third Circuit’s Withdrawal Decision in Marcal Paper – Nothing to Sneeze At
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In the Fourth Circuit, Terminated Employees Are Entitled to Priority Claim for Severance. Why? Because They Earned It (When They Were Fired)
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Litigation:

Committee Ponders EDD Changes to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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Handle Loaded E-Discovery Tools With Care
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Poetry:

Attorney makes case for poetry
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Insurance:

Who Is Paying News Corp's Legal Bills? – D&O
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Telecoms:

Nortel appeal likely to go to Supreme Court
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Religion:

Angry Ireland finally confronts Vatican over abuse
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Rift grows between Vatican and Ireland over child sex abuse
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Diocese has abuse complaints on file against 23 priests since 1940
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Irish political classes lose their fear of the Catholic church
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Hotels:

Hotels Rivaling Apartments As Choice Targets for Investors
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Glass:

Vitro's U.S. Bankruptcy Approved After Bondholder Fight
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Bondholders: Vitro Lost Facts In Translation Of Mexican Ruling
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Accounting:

America’s Hottest CPA Goes on Reality TV Looking For Love
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Orchestra:

Union, orchestra still at odds on endowment information release
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Media:

Rebekah Brooks' Reporters Tell All
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James Murdoch Evidence To Parliament 'Mistaken' Says Former NOTW Lawyer And Editor
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James Murdoch Testimony Challenged as News Corp. Law Firm Prepares Reply
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US Preps Subpoenas for News Corp
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Rupert Murdoch's eye was off the ball because he's no longer interested
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Did News of the World Reporters Pay Police to Track Media Targets via Cellphone ‘Pings’?
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A few Murdoch questions
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Former Allies Turn on James Murdoch
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News Ltd launches internal inquiry
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Receivers:

SEC Probing Stanford Receiver for Keeping $118 Million
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Sovereigns:

How Much Debt Is Too Much?
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The Sovereign Debt Crisis and Currency Sovereignty
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UK:

34,000 Police to be Fired
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Hacking probes expands to other UK papers
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Corporate governance goes up in smoke
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Appointment of Administrators - 21 July 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 21 July 2011
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U.K. Consumer Confidence Declines as Outlook for Economy, Spending Worsens
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UK Economy: Making Do with Less
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UK: Food Sales Fall the Most Since 1980s
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EU:

Lawmakers Urge Competition Probe Of Raters
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European debt crisis: an idiot's guide
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1937! 1937! 1937!
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Europe's bail-out fund given new powers
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Buiter Says ECB May Need to Take Next Step in Debt-Crisis Battle
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France says ECB will help Greece, despite any default rating
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Europe Must Choose a Currency Union or a Financial Union
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PIIGS:

European leaders move closer to new Greek rescue plan
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Euro Zone Reaches Deal on Greek Debt
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EU Leaders Offer $229 Billion in New Greek Aid
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Private Sector to Give $37B Euros to Greece
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Greece private creditors take 21 percent loss in rescue
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Greece defaults
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After a Deal, Only More Challenges
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EFSF: The New Guarantor Of European Debt
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Greek Rescue Plan May Allow for Default on Some Debt
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Greece Says Second Bailout 'Great Relief'
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Athens' ability to stay course in doubt
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Creditors may 'contribute' to bailout for Greece
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Draft deal for Greece includes fund overhaul
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Global Bank Group Proposes Four Greek Bond Swap Ideas
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Main rating agencies set to signal default
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Greek bond swap plan to be limited
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E.U. Eyes Risky 'Selective Default' For Greece
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Here's What "Selective Default" Actually Means
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Irish houses going for a relative song
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IE: Russian court to rule on bankruptcy in Anglo-Quinn global battle
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Superquinn applies for examinership
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Resigning Superquinn CEO Criticises Receivers
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Canada:

Insolvent Davie's Assets Surface in Canadian Navy Contract Bid
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Davie Shipyards sale approved by Superior Court judge
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Germany:

German magnate battled record bankruptcy disasters
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Japan:

Japan's debt: The domino that never falls
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Takefuji rehabilitation plan approved by court
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MENA:

Al Jaber In Bank Talks Over Debt Standstill
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Turkey:

Erdogan Boom Under Threat as Greek Crisis Exposes Turkey’s Financing Risk
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China:

China business lobby warns of bankruptcy wave
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