Law:
Good News at O’Melveny & Myers
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Stan Chesley stands to lose more than license
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Delivering a Lawyer Within 15 Minutes (Soda Extra)
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McCourts Reach Divorce Truce
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David J. Stern and the "Too Much Mail" Defense?
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BDO moves to recoup £21m property payout from ex-Halliwells partners
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Legal Sector: Headed for Double Dip?
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How Do Law Firms Score on the "10X Revenue Club" Metrics?
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Hate Networking? Tough
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What to Say and Do on a New Business Call
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Does Dad Care About Work/Life Balance?
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An Evening With Preet Bharara
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MegaFirm Fails to Make Former Secretary's Charges Go Away
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NY Staffers Sue MegaFirm Over Pay
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Mark B. Joachim Joins LeClairRyan Bankruptcy Department
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Could Thomas Jefferson School Of Law Actually Lose?
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FTC Should Probe Law Schools’ Employment Stats, Recent Grad Asserts
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College Grad Ditches Law School Plans to Play Major League Ball
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State Bar Mentoring Program Aims to Help New Lawyers Acquire Skills to Build Solo Practices
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Tucson’s Mexican-American Studies Program Sparks Tension
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12 Ways to Write a Really Bad Brief
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E-Discovery Fee Shifting?
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Obama Overruled Attorneys on Libya War
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White House Network: 6 Obama aides off to Harvard Law School
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Mother Convicted of Spanking Own Child...'You don't spank children today,' Judge scolds
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"The views are ancient. The experiences are all brand new."
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The Price Of Gas - Attorney Sanctioned For Using Client's Gas Card
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MBIA-BofA, Credit Suisse, Bayer, EIIB, Heineken, Microsoft in Court News
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Police Nab Latte-Sipping Bank Robber`
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I Eat Lunch with the Secretaries
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Lawyer Responds to Kids’ Video Dissing His Daughter with Cease and Desist Letters, Lawsuit
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Alternative Billing for the Modern Lawyer :))
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Piercing Your Cat Will Not Make You Better at Being a Goth
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Man Celebrates 21st Birthday By . . .
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Is Pee Problem in Portland Reservoir a Crime? DA Must Decide
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Judges:
Judge Reprimanded for Yelling, Telling Litigant She Has No Clue What It Is to Be a Parent
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An Ad-Libbing Kagan Admits Caffeine Will Help Lawyers Reading Her Baycol Opinion
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Man Literally Sets Himself On Fire On The Courthouse Steps
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Supreme Court to hand down final decisions before end of term
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Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics
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S.F. Superior Says 25 Courtrooms to Close
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Judge May Not Require Defendant To Attend Church As Condition Of Release
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More Calls to Reform Pa.'s Judicial Conduct System
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Wall Street:
US stock index futures fall as Greek loan delayed
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Stocks post first weekly gain since April
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Layoffs:
Jobless Rate Lower or Flat in Most States
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Unemployment Fell in Less Than Half of States
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Unemployment In Your State
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Florida jobless rate drops again to 10.6 percent
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The Culling of the Herd on the Street
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Widener Law analysis: Share pain or deal with bankruptcy
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Controller Dan Miller: Report proves bankruptcy is Harrisburg's only option
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Neil Grover: Recovery plan is war on taxpayers
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For the sake of the city, the county and the region, adopt Act 47
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US city turns to God for fiscal relief
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Blame Game: Real fault on lack of solution lies with city officials
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David Black of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber: Act 47 is definitive path to better future
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City may file for bankruptcy over Covanta loans
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Cash-hungry Harrisburg, Pa fasts for fiscal health
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As Harrisburg goes, so does the region
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Reading Mayor: Act 47 forced our city officials to cooperate
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Moody’s sounds alarm on Rhode Island town
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Governor mounting white horse for Jefferson County
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Jefferson County sewer rates too high; file bankruptcy
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Vallejo's recovery from bankruptcy could take years
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What to Live Cheaply? Head to Texas
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Many Cities Face a Long Wait for Jobs to Return
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Gambling:
Station Casinos Exits Bankruptcy After Almost Two Years in Chapter 11
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Glass:
Mexico's Vitro sells US stakes on way to bankruptcy
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Vitro Sale to Sun Closes; Court Denies Motion for Million-Dollar Incentive Program
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Religion:
At troubled Crystal Cathedral, a tale of two ministries
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Gas Stations:
22 gas stations in bankruptcy court
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former Dawson Co. Clerk of Court pleads guilty
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Environmental:
RACER Trust Hails US Department of Energy Announcement
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Corporate Reform:
SEC mum on possible civil charges against ratings giants
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Political battle could threaten centerpiece of financial reform
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In Defense of Consumer Protection
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The Soft Power of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Republicans Try to Cut New Consumer Bureau's Funding
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Did Elizabeth Warren lie to Congress?
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Freight:
Intermodal Traffic Hits 2011 High
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Consultants:
Interview with Bryan Marsal, Founder of Alvarez & Marsal and CEO of Lehman Brothers
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Student Debt:
The More Debt Students Have, The Higher Their Self Esteem?
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Economy:
Short debt limit hike possible: McConnell
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How Miserable? Index Says the Worst in 28 Years
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US Consumer Sentiment Worsens
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Consumers, Business Turning Gloomy
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Obama Won’t Say It, But Americans Are Corrupted
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With executive pay, rich pull away from rest of America
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Our Lost Decade Relationship
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Here come downgrades for Q2 GDP growth
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America flirts with a fate like Japan’s
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Ron Paul: Federal Reserve's Addiction
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No respite from high farm prices this decade
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Rich Pull Away from the Rest of America
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Michele Bachmann would knock 20,000 millionaires off tax rolls
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Pawlenty's Tax Cuts For the Super Rich
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IMF Warns on Growing Risks to World Economy
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Shiller: Risk of a Double-Dip Recession ‘Substantial’
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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:
Legal analysts say MERS is down, but not completely out
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More on Allonges
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US Foreclosures: Kicking the Can Down the Road…
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U.S. Home Sales Probably Fell to Year’s Low
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Backlog of Cases Gives a Reprieve on Foreclosures
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Florida Bar files complaint against David J. Stern over MERS case
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More Dubious Research: “It Would Take 62 Years in New York to Repossess the Homes in Severe Default or Foreclosure”
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Mortgage Modification Program Encourages Default?
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Plaintiffs drop suit over huge Calif. land venture
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MBS suit against Merrill Lynch gets class-action status
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Mastro bankruptcy : diamond rings in the spotlight
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Bass brothers lose round in $470 million Lake Las Vegas bankruptcy dispute
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Beazer, others to settle claims on failed Nevada deal
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Austin-area foreclosure postings down 23%
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Delinquencies in commercial real estate CDOs slid to 14.1% in May
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Hotels:
Creditors pan Innkeepers' bankruptcy exit plan
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Innkeepers Chapter 11 Plan Draws Objections From Midland, Lehman ALi
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Innkeepers Preferred Shareholder One East Objects to Its Chapter 11 Plan
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Financial Privacy:
Data on 1.3 million customers stolen in SEGA attack
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Banking:
Georgia, Florida Banks Fail; 2011 Tally at 47
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FDIC Close to Settlement with WaMu Execs
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The Regulator Down the Hall
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In Florida, Banking's Survivors Are Lending
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Beached Bankers: More fun to make fun of than laid-off lawyers
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Parsing banks’ exposure to Greece
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34 Individuals File Pro Se Involuntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition Against Bank of America, N.A.
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Celebs:
'Real Housewives' Sonja Morgan 'Blindsided' After Bankruptcy Episode
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Real Housewives' Sonja Morgan loses lawsuit, faces $7m debt
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NY Housewife Sonja Morgan Heartbroken About Bankruptcy
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'Real Housewives of New Jersey': Teresa Giudice mum on legal matters
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'CHiPs' Actor -- I Graduated From Debt School!
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Dykstra still fighting as jail walls close in on him
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Mass Torts:
Bankruptcy Court Issues Ruling on Pittsburgh Corning Reorganization Plan
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Judge nixes third try at reorganizing Pittsburgh Corning
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BP Wins a Big One in Oil Spill Litigation
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Move over Madison County
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Food/Beverage:
Details emerge in Allen bankruptcy: Payroll problems, shift cuts
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Allen workers' future uncertain
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Citizen Apostolou
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Landlord loses fight to block Superfresh bid
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Why Do We Tip?
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Fraud:
SIPC backs Madoff trustee vs. Mets
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Madoff trustee readies amended JPMorgan lawsuit
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Philip Barry, 'Brooklyn's Madoff,' Sentenced For Ponzi Scheme
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NY man gets 20 years for $24 million Ponzi scheme
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Adelphia dissolution continues; another $82M paid to creditors
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All China, All the Time
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Former Colonial mortgage exec sentenced to 8 years in prison for TBW scheme
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U.S. Fidelis Founders Facing Hard Time
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Stanford Receiver Sues Libyan Fund for $55 Million Withdrawn
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Aviation:
Republic's Frontier Pilots Approve Cuts for Restructuring
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Distressed Investing:
Marks's Oaktree Files to Raise Up to $100 Million in IPO of Debt Investor
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Compensation:
Paychecks as Big as Tajikistan
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Non-Profits:
Post-Lehman Squeeze Still Felt as Fundraisers Cope With Smaller Donations
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Art:
Dead felon's missing art irks bankruptcy official
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Health Care:
California's Doctor's Medical Center Posts $15.5M Loss, May Declare Bankruptcy
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Fees Top $26M in Forum's Chapter 11 Case
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Not Wrong, Again
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Most Illinois Specialists Won't Take Medicaid Patients
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Credit/Debit Cards:
How To Buy A Stolen Credit Card
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Tax:
Gordon Gekko’s Swiss Tax Haven Lures Rich From Emerging Markets
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Jackson Hewitt unsecured creditor's committee appointed
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Retailing:
Borders to name bidder by July 1
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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:
Win Rudy’s Yankees Tickets!
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:
Shop Rights – Court Imposes Notice and Due Process Rights for Even the Smallest of Transactions
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Insurance:
Ambac Says Accounting On $700M In Tax Refunds Was Proper
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Whistle-blower rewards add to corporate woes
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Few emulate Buffett's strategy on D&O
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Corporate mergers create new targets for D&O
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Golf:
Judge approves sale of Bloody Point golf course
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IP:
Apple, Intel could raise ante in Google's play for Nortel Patents
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Apple Bids for Nortel Networks Patents
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Horse Racing:
Creditor asks court to put Stonewall Farm founders into involuntary
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Fasteners:
Gores Group buys Scovill Fasteners
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Autos:
Saab Could be Forced into Bankruptcy Over Collections
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Saab says no date set for production to restart
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Personal Finance:
Homeless Man Finds He is Rich
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Drops to Four-Month Low, Trades Below 200-Day Average on Europe Crisis
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Ethanol:
Yes, Let's Kill Ethanol Jobs
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Ethanol grown up, will withstand subsidy loss
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Soaring corn prices fuel hard times for ethanol makers
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Movies:
The 2-Minute Version Of "Too Big To Fail"
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Newspapers:
Ugly Details in Selling Newspapers
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Sovereigns:
It's not just Greece we should worry about - The problem is sovereign debt
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UK:
Middle Class is Much Worse Off
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Uncertain times ahead for Southern Cross
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D&O Insurers Be Wary
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Winding Up Petitions - 17 June 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 17 June 2011
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EU:
Merkel faces backlash over Greek deal
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National Lampoon's European Debt Crisis
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El-Erian: Europe Is At Risk Of Wasting Billions More To Save Bondholders
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Greek Default Would Spell 'Havoc' for European Banks a Year After Bailout
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PIIGS:
Europe Wrangles Over Greece
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Deal on Lifeline to Avert Greek Bankruptcy Is Postponed
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Citi says Greek debt may be contagious
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Eurozone delays €12bn Greek aid programme
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IMF, EU head to Greece, Athens grapples with cuts
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PM Requests Renewed Vote of Confidence
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Dealers warn on Greek CDS trigger manipulation
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Syntagma Square on frontline of European austerity protests
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Greece faces power outages due to austerity strike
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Papandreou pleads for unity
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Banks, Pension Funds Run Risk on Greek Plan, Wellink Tells NRC
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Greek Debt Restructuring Off the Table: EU Official
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Struggling to Stoke Economic Growth in Greece
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Greek PM warns against default, Europe meets on aid
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Greek Debt Bailout Could Affect the U.S. Economy
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Europe May Withhold Half of Greek Payment
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New Greek bailout comes with heavy price
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Eurozone delay over Greek rescue risks spooking markets
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Greek prime minister asks for opposition support
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Greece: New Finance Minister Will Be as Unpopular as Predecessor
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Boris Johnson: let Greece go bankrupt and leave the euro
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In Greece, It's About Solidarity
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Survey: Almost half of Greeks against savings measures
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Moody's threat to downgrade Italian debt raises eurozone contagion fears
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Why Spain Should Still Be Your Number One Eurozone Worry
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Tens of Thousands Protest in Spain
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Judge gives Quinn executive alert on self-incrimination
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Swedish business owes just €129m to Anglo - Quinns
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Further credit event ruling sought for Allied Irish
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New Zealand:
Lenders prepare for quake-hit residents to walk away
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Japan:
Japan's Radiation Clean Up Hits Glitch
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Tepco Halts Water Filters at Japanese Nuclear Plant
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Moody's Cuts Tepco to Junk
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Japan more optimistic on economy, but trade disappoints
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Failure Guru Probing Japan’s Nuclear Catastrophe for Lessons Not Culprits
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Korea:
S.Korea May business startup/failure ratio rises
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Afghanistan:
Afghanistan Nearly Bankrupt
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China:
Beijing's Strange Composure in the Face of Crises
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