Law:

2012 Vault Law 100
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The 2012 Vault Rankings: Proof Of Short Memories
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Weil Trumpets ‘Trifecta’ in Vault 2012 Rankings, But Wachtell, Cravath and S&C are 1-2-3 in Prestige
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Eversheds posts flat revenues alongside 7% PEP growth for 2010-11
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DLA Piper posts 1 per cent rise for global revenue
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Weil Stuns Clifford Chance With Raid on London HQ; ‘Most Damaging Team Hire Ever’ By US Firm?
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UK firm Freezes Pay Rates for Associates
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Report: Denver Firm to Fold at End of the Month
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Litigation-Finance Contract Reveals How Investors Back Lawsuits
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Judge OKs $5M Jury Award on Arbitration Advice; with Interest, It Could Top $10M
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Suspended LA Lawyer Gets 32 Months, Must Repay $41M, in Quellos Tax-Shelter Scheme
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Small Firms: You Know What Kind of Law You Want to Practice. Now What?
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Student Debt: The Bad Thing I Forgot To Mention
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The ABA To Work With NALP On Law School Transparency
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Saul Ewing Is Planting Flag in Boston by Acquiring 7-Lawyer Real Estate Boutique
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Famed Litigator, the "Master of Disaster," Faces Disbarment
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All Rise! Reema Bajaj’s Bajayjay Is Now In Session
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Damned If I Do . . .
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Bringing Home the Bacon Can Improve Your Marriage
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Flaster Greenberg Adds Giacometti to Bankruptcy Practice
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Weil Achieves ‘Vault Trifecta’ in 2012 Law Firm Rankings
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Law Firms in Trademark Battle over ‘Employment Law Group’ Name
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Criminal Defense Lawyer Whose Tip Led to OSU Football Coach’s Resignation Faces Related Ethics Case
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Villanova's unseemly silence over law-school scandal
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Egypt Accuses Emory Law Student of Spying
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Law Student of the Day: Ilan Grapel, Accused of Spying for Israel
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"Here's a pile of crap. I can't be bothered. You deal with it"
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Eight Billable Hour Scams
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Budget Conscious Witness Preparation
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Open Source Could Change the Future of E-Discovery
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Does Your Law Firm Have an E-Discovery Practice?
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How the iPad Can Increase Lawyers' Productivity
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Successful litigators and their strategies
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Disbarred NY Associate Escapes Paying Civil Damages for Insider Trading
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Grateful Client Names Boats for Attorneys
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Lawyer Alice Lee, 99, still hard at work
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Lawyer Threatens Suit After NY Bars Burial of Human Ashes in Pet Cemeteries
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Obama's lawyers: where are they now?
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The Perils of Practicing Family Law
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Seeking Calm Site, Attorney Puts Mediation Law Office Aboard His 57-Foot Yacht
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Goffer, Janus Capital, Barclays, Wal-Mart, EBay, Abbott in Court News
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Goldman, Toyota, Madoff, Taylor Bean, Sabre in Court News
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More Stupid Laws
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Juror and defendant guilty after Facebook chat
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Judges:

Fed bankruptcy court may lose Will County courtroom space
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Judge convicted in corruption probe in Cleveland
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Judge Criticizes Lawyer for Offering a ‘Greatest Hits’ List of Defenses
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Judge Sanctioned For Taking Too Long To Decide
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Gay Judge’s Conflict Makes California Marriage Ruling Invalid, Group Says
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Too Gay To Judge?
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Court dogs provide calm for traumatized witnesses
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Clarence Thomas takes hard line on defendants
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Supreme Court deadlocks in peculiar case about US citizenship
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Justices Turning More Frequently to Dictionary, and Not Just for Big Words
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Wall Street:

Stock Futures Rally
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US stock index futures signal early bounce
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Stocks Finish Mixed in Choppy Trade
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Obama Wants to Win Back Wall St. Cash
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Layoffs:

Business confidence doesn't extend to hiring
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Obama Meets With Jobs Council
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The Sobering US Jobs Deficit
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Hiring going in 'right direction': Manpower
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No Light Ahead for US Job Seekers
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Manufacturing jobs limited by demand fears
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2012 Battleground Littered With Unemployed People
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7 Applicants Per Job Opening
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Government Jobs Untouched by the Great Recession
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Lehman:

Read the Lehman Court Filing that Shook the Muni Market
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Lehman bondholders delay disclosure hearing
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Goldman balks at time crunch in Lehman probe
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Fraud:

Former Wall Street hedge fund trader found guilty of insider dealing
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Galleon's Goose Now Completely Cooked
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Kurland’s ‘Virtual Servant’ Chiesi Seeks Lesser Sentence in Galleon Case
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Analyst Tells Jury He Heard Jiau Phone in Confidential Data
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Scott Rothstein's Buddy "Meatballs" Applies to Be Fort Lauderdale Cop
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US Supreme Court rejects appeal by Petters victims
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Investors who lost in Madoff scheme fail to win damages from IRA custodians
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Mom, 83, Sues Son Over Alleged Ponzi
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Ex-Industrial Enterprises CEO, Yale Donor Admits to Fraud
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Lawyer Who Took Plea Delivers on Stand, Helps Convict Goffer, 2 Others in Insider-Trading Case
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Real Estate Closing Attorney Wins Reversal of ‘Honest Services’ Mortgage Fraud Conviction
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Janus Cleared of Fraud in Supreme Court's Eyes
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In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Limits Securities Fraud Suits
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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls 2% as selloff enters second day
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Barclays sees world oil/gas spend record in 2011
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Tubing:

Judge OKs Wolverine Tube reorganization plan
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg, deep in debt, awaits rescue plan
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Financial Recovery Plan for the City of Harrisburg Released by Act 47 Coordinator
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Act 47 report may be long, but it's short on critical debt solution details
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Bankruptcy for Harrisburg could help taxpayers, leave taint on region, state
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Pennsylvania Plan Fuels Feud Between Harrisburg And Its County
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Will parties sign on to rescue Harrisburg in Act 47 plan?
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Harrisburg Must Sell Assets to Avoid Bankruptcy , Report Says
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Woonsocket mayor warns of possible bankruptcy
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A City Tries to Slim Down
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Orchestras:

Musicians file objection to supporting information for Louisville Orchestra's bankruptcy plan
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Tax:

Court to decide whether farmers must pay post-bankruptcy tax
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Consultants:

Barrier Advisors Hires Price as President
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Economy:

QE3? Don't bet on it just yet
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Housing Depression Means QE3
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Economists Warn Against More Fed Action
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Major economies losing growth momentum : OECD
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Gross: US in Worse Shape Than Greece
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Rogers: US Downgrade Long Overdue
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Summers: More stimulus needed
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Obama pushes to extend payroll tax cut
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Nouriel Roubini: Trouble Ahead in China (And Europe, And The U.S., And…)
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GOP hopefuls pummel Obama over jobs, economy
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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:

OCC extends deadline for foreclosure consent order action plans
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Banks have 30 more days to submit mortgage plans
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BofA 'Significantly Hindered' Foreclosure Review, U.S. Says
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Foreclosure Crisis Spawns Still More Scrutiny of Banks
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New York And Delaware AGs Set Sights On Trustees
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Issa wants more evidence before granting servicer subpoenas
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Southern California Home Prices Decline 8.2% as Employment Remains Weak
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DataQuick: SoCal Home Sales Slow in May, Record Low New Home Sales
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Leaving a ‘Toxic Asset’
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Should We Care if People Don't Pay Their Debts?
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Real estate scavengers flip foreclosed homes
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85% of Wells Fargo Mods Are Private
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Q1 2011: Mortgage Equity Withdrawal strongly negative
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Fannie Instructs Servicers To Convert Hawaii Foreclosures
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Fannie, Freddie improving but still draining federal resources: FHFA
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Short Sales Surge, But No Thanks to Government Program
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Fannie Mae offering REO agents $1,200 incentive
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Homelessness cannot hinder the pursuit of happiness
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Foreclosures still dominant force in Phoenix
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Distressed sales account for 62.5% of Orlando-area home sales
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Maiden Lane crowding the mortgage bond market
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Beazer Homes CEO is outsted
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Mastro bankruptcy trustee wants Chihuly records
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Cuomo Pick Played Role in Calamity
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Joseph Bellinger Appointed Bankruptcy Trustee Of Saslow Homes
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CMBS 2.0 credit mirrors issuance in 2004: Moody's
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Chinese Mount Global Homebuying Spree
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Celebs:

Dykstra pleads not guilty in bankruptcy case
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Rights to Ben Stein's Controversial Documentary for Sale
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Sarah Ferguson : If it wasn't for Andrew, I'd be homeless
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Kardashians Win Lawsuit Accusing Them of Ruining Credit Card Company
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Food/Beverage:

Perkins & Marie Callender's Chain Cooks Up Chapter 11 Restructuring
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Bankruptcy leads to closing of 58 Perkins restaurants
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Allen Foods sought aid from state before bankruptcy filing
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Aviation:

Airlines collect more baggage fees as fares fall
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Airlines want more time for new bag, fare rules
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Hedge Funds:

U.S. trustee opposes bonus for GSC president
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Finance:

Leveraged-loan deals offering widely varying terms
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DOMA:

Bankruptcy Court rules Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional
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Banking:

Regions shares drop on audit report
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Lucky 7? Or will Shareholders block WaMu's Bankruptcy Plan again?
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GA U.S. Attorneys Go After Failed Banks
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Are big banks doomed to fail?
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UBS asked to pay damages for sale of failed Lehman
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How long can BofA shareholders tread water?
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Two Views on Bank Rules: Salvation and Jobkillers
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Now Banks Take a Turn at Coupons
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Mining:

Vedanta Unit Goes to Trial to Defend Lawsuit Over Scuttled Asarco Deal
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Politics:

Elizabeth Warren Vs. Scott Brown for senate race?
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Congressional travel spikes, despite vows of austerity
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Debt Collection:

Debt Collector Pseudonyms
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Regulators Seek To Hold Unicredit Officers Liable For Violations
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Credit/Debit Cards:

April Credit Card Charge-Off Rate On Par With February 2009, Fitch Says
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Compensation:

Shareholders Sue Over Gusher of Bonuses
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Ghost of Enron Wreaks New Havoc on Exec Pay
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Autos:

Honda Forecasts 63% Profit Decline on Quake, Yen
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GM files IPO papers
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Student Debt:

Student Loan Settlements, Revisited
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Health Care:

Seniors: Medicare Cost Barrier for Medications
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Ch. 11 won't hinder service at North Adams hospital
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Northern Berkshire Healthcare seeks Ch. 11
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A New Study on Medically Related Bankruptcies
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To See Ourselves As Others See Us
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Medicare Versus Private Insurance: The Data
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How much for lifetime health insurance?
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Municipalities:

Mark Cuban to Fund Parade for Cash Strapped Dallas
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Californians Still Down on the Economy
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States are Deep in Debt Too
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Biggest Loser for Factory Jobs? Not Detroit
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Insurance:

Chinese D&O class actions shift gear
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Hotels:

Optimum Hotel Brokerage Sells JFK Plaza Hotel
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BN hotel faces foreclosure filing
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Education:

Pricing the Middle Class Out of College
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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:

(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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Discharge:

Post-Bankruptcy Profits Case Goes to SCOTUS
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Flushed Away
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Plan Confirmation:

Survey of Texas Bankruptcy Court opinions addressing the applicability of Till in Chapter 11 cases
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Co-Proponents of a Plan May Successfully Invoke Community-of-Interest Privilege
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Will 'Too Big to Fail' Rules Be a Failure?
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FDIC Says Systemically Important U.S. Firms May Be Forced to Restructure
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Testimony of Professor Lubben before U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority and Too Big to Fail
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Statement of Michael H. Krimminger, FDIC GC, on Does The Dodd-Frank Act End Too Big To Fail?
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Statement Of Christy Romero, Acting TARP Special Inspector General
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Testimony of Prof. Michael S. Barr on Ending Too Big to Fail
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Avoidance Actions:

Making Sense of Fraudulent Transfers, Intangible Benefits, and Lender Liability After TOUSA II
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Claims Trading:

Lehman Dominates Claims Trading Market
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Corporate Reform:

Neil Barofsky on TARP, SIGTAP, IGS, Elizabeth Warren
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Attack dogs after Elizabeth Warren
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No Mayor Yet For CFPB, But The Sheriff's On The Job
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Bankers Want Director, Clarity For Consumer Protection Agency
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US Bancorp's Davis Warns Against Overreaction to Consumer Bureau
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Calling All Regulators
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Nearly a Year After Dodd-Frank
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Are the Bedfellows on the New Mortgage Rules Really So Strange?
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Television:

Reality bankruptcy crisis hits Endemol
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IP:

Bids due from tech firms that want Nortel patents
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Bidding for Nortel's last major assets expected to surpass $1B
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Nortel patent sale is called unfair
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Hewlett-Packard Seeks Changes to Nortel's Proposed Patent Sale to Google
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Microsoft Objects To Nortel Patent Sale Terms
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IMF:

IMF hopeful Carstens slams Europe's record
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IMF to consider Lagarde, Carstens for top job
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UK:

U.K.'s Cable Says Government Won't Rescue Southern Cross
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Southern Cross Landlords Hire Restructuring Specialist
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Southern Cross landlords accept rent cut
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Southern Cross landlords approve care home rescue plan
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Landlords throw Southern Cross Healthcare a lifeline
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Shocking catalogue of failures in Coventry care homes
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So-slow FSA offers scant protection
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U.K. inflation holds steady at 4.5% in May
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Winding Up Petitions - 13 June 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 13 June 2011
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EU:

Trichet Draws U.S.-EU Comparison
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Euro recovers after S&P cuts Greece's rating
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Eurogroup meets with China , ECB warnings ringing loud
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Canada:

A Second Kick At the Can? Substantive Amendments to a Plan After Court Sanction
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Consumer proposals chop into bankruptcy numbers
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PIGS:

S&P downgrades Greece, says default likely
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Bottom of the world, Ma
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Greek credit default swaps rise on S&P rating cut
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Euro Finance Chiefs Race to Avert Greek Default
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Euro zone to mull private sector role in Greek bailout
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What will Greece's restructuring look like?
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Banks Are Greece's Achilles' Heel
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Greece Is Sounding More And More Lehman-Like
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Greek Politicians Supposedly Build Escape Tunnel In Case Protesters Attack After Austerity Vote
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Greece sells €1.62 billion in treasury bills
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Greek Default Insurance Costs Race Higher Amid Debt Fears
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The Greek Tragedy: Could a 'Haircut' Help?
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Greece Says S&P's Downgrade Ignores Efforts To Control Debt
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Tension High within Eurogroup as Greece Requires More Aid
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Spanish Caja CDS Wider, Too
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54% Of Irish SMEs Being Refused Credit
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Private Creditors Never Take Losses
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MENA:

Iraq: We Won't Repay US for War
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Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say
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Dubai Debt Pile in 2012
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Russia:

Khodorkovsky Transferred From Moscow to Undisclosed Prison
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Japan:

Tepco: Preparing for fair, quick compensation
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Tokyo Offers to Help Compensate Nuclear Victims
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Japan's Tepco to raise electricity prices
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Strongbox Sales Soar as Cash Hoarding to Limit Japan Rebound
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Mexico:

Vitro Case Challenges Mexico's 11-Year-Old Restructuring Law
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New Zealand:

Bankrupted property developer leaves NZ
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Nathans director 'not legally to blame' for collapse
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Australia:

1000-plus jobs to go in Colorado closures
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Brazil:

The Easy Credit That Fueled Brazil's Boom Now Imperils It
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Indonesia:

Puguh admits paying Bankruptcy Judge Syafruddin
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