June 15, 2011

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Law:

7th Circuit Judge Blisters Lawyer for ‘Grotesque’ Damages Argument,
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Altman Weil Survey Says 95% of Law Firms Plan to Up Fees By a Median 4%
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Fees: What's Fair?
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Howrey in Middle of New York Utility Feud
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The Am Law 200: How the Firms Stack Up
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For Young NY Lawyer Fighting Hidden Fees in Student Loans, a Supreme Disappointment
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Gibson Dunn Associate Among 26 Arrested
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McGuire Woods Partner Calls For Resolution On U.K. Fraud Office Break-Up
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Florida Lawyer Admits to Role in $1.2 Billion Rothstein Investment Fraud
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Magic circle trio advise on Southern Cross restructuring and rent wrangle
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Superlawyer Stanley Chesley Faces Reckoning
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Senator George J. Mitchell returns to DLA Piper as Chairman Emeritus
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Bankruptcy and E-Discovery
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Reinvented Law Firms Emphasize Collective Knowledge
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Irvine wins provisional accreditation, but La Verne loses ABA's blessing
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Law School Transparency Gets R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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Ilan Grapel: He’s No Austin Powers
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Top Five iPhone Apps for Lawyers
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Advice for lawyers looking to buy a new iPad
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Invasion of the Android Attorneys
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The New CorpCounsel iPad/iPhone App
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Life on a Professional’s Clock
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An Important Victory For Small-Firm Advertising
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Lawyers to clients: show us the money
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Bedbugs Back In Brooklyn D.A.’s Office
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Fear And Loathing On Headline News
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Family Wants $5 Million Back from Lawyers, Saying They Won Case by Bribing a Judge
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Fear And Loathing, The Squeakquel
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Children's author ejected from plane for saying F-word
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Woman's conviction for piercing cats upheld
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Defense attorney representing asks for mistrial over cop's Altoids peppermints
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Law bans posting images that "cause emotional distress"
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Man charged with shooting 12-year-old boy who rang doorbell, ran away
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Judges:

Supreme Court Justices Have a Busy Summer Ahead
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Scalia continues his history of relying on history
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Stevens Reflects on Supreme Court Career, Labeling Justices
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Judge’s Son, AKA Bellagio Biker Bandit, Takes Plea in $1.5M Vegas Casino Chips Heist
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Lexicographers Question Justices’ Increasing Reliance on Dictionaries
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Use of iPads by judges
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Meet the court dogs providing calm for traumatized witnesses
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Gay Judge’s Decision on California Marriage Law Ruled Valid
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Defense of Marriage Law Unconstitutional, Panel of Bankruptcy Judges Rules
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Wall Street:

Stock futures signal lower open for equities
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Wall Street rallies on strong retail earnings
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Obama and Wall Street
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The Great Wall Looming Over Wall Street – 2014 and Beyond
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The Dow and the Economy: A Misunderstood Relationship
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High-Leverage Derivatives Have Turned The Stock Market Into A Minefield
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Layoffs:

Outsourced Tech Jobs Returning to the U.S.
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Since stimulus passed, 1.9 M fewer Americans working
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Obama 2012 -- it's all about jobs
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Obama: 'All Hands on Deck Strategy' For Jobs
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Gingrich: Obama Administration is 'Anti-Jobs'
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Better hiring news for job seekers
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Lockheed Martin Space Systems to lay off 1,200 employees
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Financial Privacy:

Citigroup Asked for More Details on Data Breach by Connecticut Official
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Food/Beverage:

Perkins Restaurant Chain Wins Approval of $16 Million Bankruptcy Financing
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ConAgra buys Marie Callender's trademark
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Marie Callender's Restaurant Shuts Down, Kicks Customers Out Mid-Meal
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Corporate Reform:

GOP Hopefuls Run Against Regulation
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Political battle threatens centerpiece of financial reform
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New US Consumer Bureau Likely To Be Hobbled On Day One
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Civil Rights Coalition Calls for Nomination of Elizabeth Warren
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Perhaps Another Reason the White House Isn't Pushing Elizabeth Warren…
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CFTC delays derivative rules from July 16 deadline
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FDIC, GOP lawmakers spar over 'too big to fail'
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Most financial execs believe Dodd-Frank will not increase transparency
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US Sen Vitter To Block SEC Nominees Until Stanford Ruling Issued
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Small Business:

Recovery leaving small businesses behind
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A Slowdown for Small Businesses
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Small Business Optimism Weakens for Third Straight Month
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Tax Bills Squeeze Small Firms
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Aviation:

Alabama Storms Delay Military Airplane Repair Work
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Airline fees climb to $5.7 billion
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Airports Say They Too Need to Raise Fees
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Football:

Former NFL Player: The Real Issues Are Health and Bankruptcy
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Health Care:

Broke health system files for bankruptcy to restructure debt
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Auburn Memorial Hospital to receive an additional $2 million in funding
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Religion:

Diocese won't pay benefits for accused priests
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Credit/Debit Cards:

Game-changer: AmEx Targets Big Banks, Dodges Debit Caps With Prepaid Card
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Inside The Credit Card Black Market
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Telecoms:

TerreStar Bidders Circle
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Charlie Ergen takes another run at TerreStar
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Gambling:

Maloofs settle debt problem
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Economy:

No Fed hike until middle of 2012: bank economists
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Fed's Fisher: We Must Tighten Policy
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Weak Economy Complicates Debt Talks
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Obama: Debt Fight Hurts Jobs Growth
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Bernanke: Stop holding debt ceiling hostage
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Debt Limit 'Wrong Tool' to Force Cuts: Bernanke
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Ellis Says Bernanke's Remarks on Debt Limit `Unhelpful'
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Bernanke Still Doesn’t Get It
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The Debt Ceiling Debate's Swan Song
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Senate Republicans Abandon Norquist
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The US Is Already Solving Its Debt Crisis
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Santelli: Bond Market Trading Indicates Little Fear Of Default
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Debt-limit battle rattles US creditors
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Business inventories rise 0.8%
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Wholesale prices in US climb 0.2% in May
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Top U.S. CEOs remain upbeat, survey says
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OECD Leading Indicators Pointing South
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Cautious consumers could see lower prices ahead
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Why the crises won't happen until 2013
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America's Ticking Bankruptcy Bomb
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I Ruined the Economy and All I Got Were These Lousy Tax Cuts
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Share Private Parts With The Public
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Romney: Obama Made Recession Worse
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Grading Obama's economic performance
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Manufacturing Profits Came Back. Manufacturing Jobs Didn't.
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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:

US Housing Collapse Is Now Worse Than Great Depression
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AGs, banks make 'major progress' on servicing standards
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Bank Of America Can't Escape Mortgage Problems
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Pawlenty Calls Obama's Housing Plan a 'Failure'
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RealtyTrac's Sharga sees no housing recovery before 2015
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Positive monthly housing stats point to recovery: RE/MAX
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The JPMorgan Exec Who Foreclosed On Soldiers Just Got Fired
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Did Smart Growth Fuel the Property-Price Boom?
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Residential Remodeling Index increases in April
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Housing agency files for bankruptcy
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Mortgages Held Invalid For Lack Of Note Assignment: BLAW
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Conference of Mayors teams up with Wells Fargo to prevent foreclosures
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Barnes in creditor deal on Chapter 11 exit plan
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Allstate found to be 'judge-shopping' in Countrywide debt case
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Mastro associate owes $64M, judge rules
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Investors reselling foreclosures quicker than banks in wake of robo-signing fiasco
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Linden Ponds files for bankruptcy protection
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Retailing:

Retail sales fall 0.2 percent in May
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Retail Sales Fall in May for First Time Since June 2010
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Best Buy profit declines, but beats Wall Street estimates
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Penney CEO to get $50 million in restricted stock
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Departing Apple Exec Getting $38.5 Million Welcome
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Fraud:

Danielle Chiesi Blames A "Toxic" Sexual Relationship For Her Insider Trading
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Rajaratnam’s Arrest Led Hedge Fund Analyst to Destroy Insider Trading Data
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Judge: Rothstein to be brought back to Fort Lauderdale for questioning
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Rothstein associate Howard Kusnick pleads guilty
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Fair Finance Co. recovers about $2 million in funds
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Rakoff holds fate of Picard's Madoff bank and clawback megasuit
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Supremes show fund bosses how to skirt fraud
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Pensions:

New PBGC rules deny benefit guarantees after employer seeks bankruptcy
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Retirement Plans Make Comeback, With Limits
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Shuttle’s End Leaves NASA a Pension Bill
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Apparel:

Rock & Republic trustee takes aim at ex-CEO
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Glass:

Judge Clears Vitro SAB To Sell U.S. Units To Sun Capital
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg's Act 47 financial plan calls for union givebacks
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Harrisburg Parties Weigh New Plan
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Jefferson County Layoffs
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JeffCo Commission cutting hundreds of jobs; "dramatic" increase in sewer fee
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Receiver suggests 25% JeffCo sewer rate increase
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Jefferson County commission to ask a state court judge to mediate settlement in sewer debt crisis
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Alabama county says debt worth less than $3.2 billion
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Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds anti-union law
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder: 'Detroit's not going into bankruptcy'
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Mich. governor opposes any municipal bankruptcies
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Pontiac bankruptcy 'not on horizon' despite emergency manager's warning
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Autos:

Multiple Choice Mitt: Auto Bailout Edition
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GOP presidential hopefuls knock bailout of Detroit's automakers
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GM Assures Opel CEO: No Sale of Company
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Fiat Won't Risk Downgrade to Buy Chrysler Stake
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DOMA:

Sweeping Bankruptcy Court Rejection of DOMA
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Federal bankruptcy judges: 'Defense of Marriage' law makes no sense
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Monroe business owner convicted of bankruptcy fraud gets 27 months in prison
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Distressed Investing:

Sam Zell Turns Selective
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Aggressive Greenspring Fund Hunts for Bargains After Bankruptcy
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Resorts:

Private-Equity Firms Take Over Palms Resort
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IP:

DOJ approves Google's bid for Nortel patents
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Corporate Governance:

Lutz: Bring Back Autocratic CEOs
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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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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle on Perkins, Xanadoo and TransPecos Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Poetry:

Democrat Follies
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Republican Follies
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Wall Street living wills doomed to fail
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Banking:

FDIC OKs minimum capital standard for banks
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Actually, Jamie Dimon, There Is a Study on the Effect of Raising Bank Capital Requirements
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Banks' 4-month dive raises recovery questions
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Bank chiefs’ pay rises by 36%
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Job Cuts Coming for Second-Tier Banks?
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TARP: majority of bailed-out US banks still to repay
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The Big Banks Fight On
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JPMorgan Multiplies as BofA Shrinks in Branch Deposit Grab
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Lehman:

Goldman Sachs Says 'Baseless' Lehman Document Demand Designed to Harass
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Goldman Says Lehman Wants Evidence On 'Unrealistic' Timetable
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Paulson creditors relent on call for Lehman data
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Lehman pushes back $1.5 billion SunCal tussle
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Insurance:

AIG Continues to Have Corporate Monitor Oversight
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Ambac, banks' $33 million settlement wins court OK
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Golf:

Center Grove area golf course files for bankruptcy
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Country club dispute goes to mediation today
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Accounting:

Accountants’ Jobs Make Them Sick
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Here’s What Can Happen When You Get Bored After Passing the CPA Exam
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IMF:

Dominique Strauss-Kahn parody commercial
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New Life Story Of The Maid Is Revealed, And It Doesn't Look Good For DSK
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UK:

May jobless claims show biggest rise in 2 years
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Jobless data paints mixed picture of economy
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Southern Cross buoyant ahead of key meeting
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Lloyds and RBS fall as government favors ring-fencing banks
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How the UK wants to deal with its biggest banks
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U.K. House Prices Fall; Sellers Abound
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HMRC faces huge loss in tax debt after letting companies put off paying bills
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'£1.00´ alarm package sets of warning bells at Insolvency Service
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UK government to back separation of banks
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Begbies Traynor sheds 50 jobs
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Winding Up Petitions - 14 June 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 14 June 2011
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EU:

Europe at mercy of rating agencies as reforms struggle
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Soros: Time working against euro solution
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European Stocks Decline Amid Greek Aid Deadlock
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French banks share ECB fears over Greek restructuring
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French exposure to Greece, an Argentine deja vu
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Moody's puts French banks on review for downgrade over Greece
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Eurozone April Industrial Output Rises Unexpectedly
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Europe's Yard Sale May Come Up Short
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PIGS:

Greek Bailout Talks Deadlock as Pressure Mounts on Papandreou
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The EU May Not Come To An Agreement On Greece For Another Month
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Greek yields hit euro-era high as solution unclear
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Greece's short-term funding costs rise after S&P
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The Dangers of a Default Position
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Draghi: Greek restructuring must avoid compulsion
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Mario Draghi Holds E.C.B. Line Against Restructuring for Greece
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Draghi Says He Knew Nothing About Goldman-Greece Deal
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ECB's Stark backs banks' 'voluntary' Greece aid
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Private sector crucial for Greece's second bailout, say euro-zone ministers
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Greek actors seek divorce from reality
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Is Greece the next Lehman?
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Greek Default: The Day After
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Greek Stocks And Bonds Imploding
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Do Markets Imply a Greek Exit From Euro?
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In Greek Crisis, Political Leaders Are Playing for Time
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Greece crippled by protests, strike over austerity
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Greek protesters vow to blockade parliament
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German Banks Could Handle Greek Restructuring, RP Online Says
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Noyer Says Any Greek Default Would Mean Financing Whole Economy
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Greek Bond Yields, CDS Spreads Find New Ways to Go Higher, Wider
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They Don't Call It The "Misery Index" For Nothing
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Could a Greek Default Destroy American Money Market Funds?
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Spanish Parliament Rejects Proposal to Ease Rules on Mortgage Foreclosures
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Greece, Ireland Can't Default Like Iceland
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Japan:

Japan Proposes Tepco Aid Package, With Fight Likely
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Tepco faces frantic struggle for survival
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MENA:

New Egypt? 7,000 civilians jailed since Mubarak fell
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Syrian army pursues 'scorched earth' campaign
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Libya Slams Germany for 'Violating' Sovereignty
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Indonesia:

Lawyer Says Client Admits Paying 'Gratuity' to Bankruptcy Judge
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