Law:
O’Melveny Prepared For A Leadership Fight?
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Clifford Chance results: revenues up 2% as PEP creeps back above £1m with 8% hike
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Clifford Chance star associate resigns in wake of funds team exit to Weil Gotshal
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A Billion Dollar Blunder? Biggest Legal Malpractice Case In American History?
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McDermott Will & Emery Wins E-discovery Blunder of the Week
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How discovery rules enrich the legal profession at the expense of the social good
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Top Encryption Techniques for Lawyers
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ABA Ethics Panel Strikes Sensible Balance on Online Marketing
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A Dallas Lawyer’s Social Contacts With Arbitrator Prove Costly
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Pro Bono: Choppy Waters
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Pro Bono BigLaw Rankings: 2011
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Open letter to a ‘could have been’ summer intern
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‘Two Cheers for Hourly Billing,’ General Counsel Writes
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Lawyer Known as Patron Saint of Hopeless Cases Is Representing Whitey Bulger
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Strauss-Kahn, Bank of America, Touradji, Sabre, Australia in Court News
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Consumers Finally Figure Out That Law School is Overrated
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UNLV law dean: Goal is to be a significant regional player
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Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Homework
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George Washington saved America's Constitution
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Patriotic use of Fourth of July apparel violates the U.S. Flag Code
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Spectator at Casey Anthony Trial Jailed for Six Days for Giving Prosecutor the Finger
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Grisly Scene Developing At Mercer Law School
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The Most Unusual Criminal Gang Ever?
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Section 1983 Does Not Protect Bismarck's Descendants!
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Two Attorney-Members at Odds Over Motorcycle Club's Name and Logo
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Casey Anthony Trial: Closing Arguments, Competing Fantasies
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Parents Arrange Catfight Between Warring Teen Daughters, Upload Video to YouTube
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Judges:
Bankruptcy Court Judge Paul Glenn: Economy improving 'slowly'
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Supreme Court Gives Corporations a Few Tricks
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A Supreme Court Dissenter Becomes a Big Winner
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Justices’ Ethical Judgments Weaken Supreme Court’s Reputation, Says NYT Editorial
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Justice Ginsburg's future plans closely watched
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Sandra Day O’Connor: How America Would Be Different If She Were Still On The Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court shows corporate America how to screw over its customers and employees without breaking the law
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Wall Street:
Stocks to Open Slightly Higher After Holiday Weekend
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European Stocks Advance for Sixth Day After Greek Aid Approval
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U.S. Stocks Surge Most Since July 2009 on Greece, Manufacturing Report
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Layoffs:
BMW Layoffs: Evisceration of the Middle Class
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Exodus of Detroit plant jobs continues with American Axle
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"RIF" Carnage Is Back On Wall Street
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Layoffs:
Transocean: No Apologies Over Gulf Oil Spill
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Health Care:
Quincy hospital says it is bankrupt
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Quincy Medical Center's road to bankruptcy traces to 1980s
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Hospital CEO pay has some ill at ease
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Bankruptcy hearing for Clarksville hospital delayed
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Math in Health Care Reform Doesn't Add Up
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End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Worth It
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Education:
Lambuth University Files Ch. 11 Bankruptcy
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TiZA kids seek new schools
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Tucson: Mayoral Quasi-Candidate Marshall Home Arrested for Bankruptcy Fraud
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Home loses suit vs. Dems, faces federal fraud charges
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Corporate Reform:
Elizabeth Warren: an agency builder, but not yet its leader
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The Politics of the Durbin Rulemaking
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New York AG Subpoenas BofA CEO, Others
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Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Elizabeth Warren gets huge welcome at Baltimore town hall meeting, standing ovation
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Bruce Berkowitz Is Under Investigation By The SEC
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Autos:
Ford, UAW talks unlikely to be a smooth ride
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The Bigger Implications from the Think Bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Report: Denny's, Wendy's and Domino's among restaurants in danger of bankruptcy
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Theater:
Other cultural groups pitch in for Florida Stage subscribers
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Compensation:
We Knew They Got Raises. But This?
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Tax:
The Unconscionable Tax Break Given To Hedge Fund Managers
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Aviation:
2000-2010: The Decline Of The U.S. Airline Industry
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Stockpiles: Obama's Not-So-Magic Pill
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The World Will Never Run Out Of Oil
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Retailing:
Sale plan could signal Borders' shift to digital
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Economy:
100 great things about America
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On Independence Day 2011, we're more dependent than ever
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Inside the Disappointing U.S. Recovery
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The United States of gloom
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Profits Thrive in Weak Recovery
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White House Says Stimulus Saved As Many As 3.6 Million Jobs
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Economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per Job
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Treasury's Acting Restructuring Chief to Depart
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GOP Senators: Deal May Include More Revenue
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Republicans May Take 'Mini' Debt-Ceiling Deal
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Obama: Nothing is Off-Limits in Budget
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Obama May Endorse Steep Medicare And Medicaid Cuts To Raise Debt Ceiling
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Deficit Talks Focus on Taxes
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10 Things You Need To Know About The Debt Ceiling
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What failure to raise the debt ceiling will look like
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Global Factory Growth Fades
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Munger Says Bankers' 'Megalomania, Insanity' Fueled Bubble
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Tim Geithner Owns the Economy, Too
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Pursuit of Happiness Gets More Difficult
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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:
Judge OK's Dancing Bear foreclosure sale
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Servicers write down principal on nearly 5,000 HAMP modifications
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Wells Fargo private mods outnumber HAMP 5 to 1
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Debunking the Foreclosure-to-Apartment Assumption
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Little Help From Government for ‘Underwater’ Homeowners
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Principal Reductions for some Option ARMs
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Administration scorecard shows delinquent mortgages down 22% in May
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Median sales price rises for luxury Manhattan condos
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Chicago's Loftiest Foreclosure —and Possibly the World's
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Would-be condo vultures find earlier birds have bought up vacant condos
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Commercial-mortgage backed securities could lead to bankruptcy for JER Investors Trust
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Appeals Court bans depositions on YouTube
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Builder Lennar Bulldozes Forlorn, Empty Homes
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Special servicers: The back-office power brokers of commercial real estate
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CRE Taking Less of Toll on Nations' Banks
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Finance:
Big Banks Easing Terms on Loans Deemed as Risks
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Banking:
Big settlement won't be the last
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A Template for MBS Settlements and How Safety-and-Soundness Regulation Is Incompatible with Law Enforcement
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Washington Mutual settles class-action suit for $208.5 million
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BoA Settlement and Servicing
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Banks Hoard Cash & Securities, While Loans Contract
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The Swindler and the Home Loans
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Paul Hastings: News: Paul Hastings Advises American Home Bank
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Wire Transfer Fees
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More big banks to face job cuts
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Fraud:
Mets owners Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz, Sterling Equities get Madoff suit moved from bankruptcy court
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Mets Owners May Not Have Had Duty to Probe Madoff Fraud, U.S. Judge Says
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Insurance:
Court says MBIA insurers must cover costs from accounting probes
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Municipalities:
Pennsylvania Legislature takes bankruptcy off the table for Harrisburg
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Getting Trashed - Harrisburg's good intentions turned it into a pro bono client
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Gov. Tom Corbett's top lawyer's advocacy of bill to force Act 47 on Harrisburg raises conflict-of-interest question
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As painful as it is, Act 47 beats bankruptcy for Harrisburg
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Jefferson County and creditors need to do everything they can to come away with a deal
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Federal judge to decide if Boise County can declare bankruptcy
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Day 4: Minnesota Shutdown
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Minnesotans frustrated, angry over state government shutdown
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CA: Poor Just Got Poorer
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Baseball:
Double Take 'Toons: Dem Bums?
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Baseball fans' dreams fade as saga of Dodgers owner's high life comes to court
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Worst owner in sports? It isn't even close
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TV's Supporting Role in Dodgers' Drama
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Law vs. Baseball Law
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Lehman:
Lehman says new bankruptcy plan gets wider support
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Poll: Dodd-Frank Wouldn't Have Helped Lehman Creditors
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Bank of America Says $500 Million Lehman Order Was Error
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Haggling Over Lehman Bonds Makes Paulson $550 Million Richer
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Celebs:
Tobey Maguire Resists Trustee's Move to Collect Poker Money
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Sonja Morgan May Lose Her Home in Divorce Battle
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'Octomom' Nadya Suleman Contemplates Suicide, Wishes She Never Had Children
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IP:
Apple takes patent wars seriously. Google not so much.
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Easy as pi: how Google bid against Apple and Microsoft for patents
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Pricey Nortel IP shows fear of Google's Android
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Microsoft, RIM And Partners Mum On Plans For Nortel Patents
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Religion:
New life for the Crystal Cathedral
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Crystal Cathedral Founder Voted Off Church Board
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Consultants:
Centerview Hires 2 Bankers to Start Restructuring Team
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Meet Centerview's New Restructuring Mavens
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 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:
Fulton Homes, Deb, Lehman, Allen, Vitro, Cadence: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Hawaii bankruptcies down 25.6% in June
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:
Circuit Court Sides With Secured Lender — Holds Credit Bidding Too Important To Be Prohibited in Bankruptcy Sales, Even Those Under a Plan
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A Shock To The Core: The Supreme Court Pries Jurisdiction Away From The Bankruptcy Courts On Counterclaims To Proofs Of Claim, And Possibly More
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Jurisdiction:
A Shock To The Core: The Supreme Court Pries Jurisdiction Away From The Bankruptcy Courts On Counterclaims To Proofs Of Claim, And Possibly More
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Litigation:
Securities Suit Filings Continue to Mount in Second Quarter
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IMF:
Strauss-Kahn Freed from House Arrest After Maid’s Credibility Questioned
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Strauss-Kahn New York Prosecutors Probe for Answers on Next Move In Case
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Prosecutors are about to drop the DSK charges
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New rape charge threatens ex-IMF chief
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Strauss-Kahn to sue attempted rape accuser
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Sovereigns:
The 10 Countries Whose Odds Of Default Just Jumped The Most
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UK:
Luxury Cars, Watches Pawned Amid Bank Lending Squeeze
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UK service sector moves 'sideways' as job stagnation continues
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Health Care for Elderly Should be Capped
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TUPE transfers from insolvent companies: Secretary of State does not foot the bill if employee is dismissed post-transfer
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Southern Crossroads: the politics of insolvency?
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UK's largest businesses enjoy drop in insolvencies in May
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Insolvencies in the health and social care sector are up by 49% in the first half of 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 4 July 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 4 July 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 1 July 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 1 July 2011
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EU:
A tale of two Europes
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European Retail Sales Declined Most in More Than a Year in May
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European Manufacturing Slowdown Darkens Outlook
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Europe struggles with Act II of Greek debt tragedy
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Poland knocks eurozone over aid plans
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ECB keeps bond buy programme switched off
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The ECB May Yet Regret Its Hawkish Stance
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OECD's Gurria warns ECB against aggressive rate hikes
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S&P Leaves ECB in a Tight Spot
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Why EU Debt Crisis Will Keep Coming Back
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'We Can't Allow a Second Lehman Brothers'
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Germany's High Court Won't Review Economics of Greek Bailout, Judge Says
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Partying on the Edge of the Eurozone Volcano
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PIIGS:
Euro-Area Ministers Back Greek Aid Payment, Shift Focus to Second Bailout
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How Much is the Greek Bailout? More than You'd Think...
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Europe Delays Full Reckoning With Greece's Debt
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EU Rescue Effort Prompts Default Warning From S&P on Greece
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Greece debt rollover would be classed as a default, warns S&P
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Q&A: Greek rollover and rating agencies
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Greece's Sisyphean rollover problem
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One non-default Greek rating enough for ECB
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Moody's Gives Banks Greek Debt Warning
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The ECB Already Has A 'Plan B' In Case The Ratings Agencies Wreck The Greek Bailout
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ECB unlikely to walk away from Greek banks
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Germany Says Yet to Decide on Final Greek Debt Rollover Model
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The rage of Achilles, over and over
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German privatisation agency poor model for Greece
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Anglo set to sue Quinn family
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Spain Is Mucho Macho and too Big to Fail
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Italy: Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook 2011/12
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Italy: The Signs Keep Piling Up That It's In Trouble
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IE: Swedish court ruling today on Quinn firm
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New Zealand:
Henderson's superyacht holiday needs explaining
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Denmark:
Several Danish lenders receive ratings cut
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Japan:
Tsunami Leaves a Legacy of Insolvency
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China:
China's Smaller Firms Face Bankruptcy Wave
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China's problem loans looks bleaker: Moody's
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China's Growth Could Be Cut In Half By 2014
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Australia:
US-style bankruptcy a good idea: some companies may be spared a death sentence
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Reform of the insolvency profession
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MENA:
RBI hit by Arabian building business bankruptcy
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Russia:
Bank of Moscow Rescued in Record Bail Out
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