Law:
The Lawyer Behind the Bank of America Settlement
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Wilmer Tries to Head Off $214 Million In Malpractice Payments
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DLA Piper Withdraws From Paul Ceglia’s Facebook Lawsuit, And Now The Firm Looks Quite Foolish
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With DLA Out of the Fight, Facebook and Gibson Dunn Are Firmly in Control in Ceglia Case
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Will DLA face sanctions in Facebook case?
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Gibbs & Bruns deserves its $85 mill if BofA MBS deal is approved
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Why Is Duane Morris in Vietnam?
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Eversheds eyes US presence as firm gears up to go global
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Fraud Suit Against Former Winston Partner Can Go Forward
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SNR takes tough line on exit terms as partners quit and UK PEP falls 36%
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SNR Denton chief tells partners to hold their nerve after 35 per cent slump in UK PEP
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A&O to Launch Second US Office with O’Melveny Hires
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Obama Healthcare Law Backed by US Appeals Court
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Lawyer Withdraws His Motion Objecting To Breasts Of Opposing Counsel’s Wife, But This Is Not Over
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Avoid These 10 Rookie Associate Mistakes
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Browse Securely Over Public WiFi? Not
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Keep Criticism of Opposing Counsel Respectful
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Too BigLaw to Blawg?
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"Lawyers cannot contribute anything. This is not a legal matter"
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Newly Installed Plane Parachute Credited with Saving Lawyer’s Life
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Serial Lawyer Stabber Found Fit to Stand Trial
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Hey, Fourth Tier: We Do Not Need Coloring Book Law Journals
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Unruly 'scam bloggers' are changing legal education, researcher argues
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20 Ways to Write Like a Tool
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Blagojevich Likely to Be Disbarred
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RollOnFriday Explains The Lawyer Awards
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DOJ Wants Suit Over Hiring the Sub-Best and Non-Brightest to Just Go Away Already, Sheesh
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BofA, Citigroup, JPMorgan, Health-Care Law, TCF in Court News
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It's crowded in here. . .
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Cops Just Love Those Tasers
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Designated Driver? We Don't Need No Stinkin Designated Driver
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Deputies: Woman Sprayed Us With . . .
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Charging of cellphone in public leads to electricity theft charges
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Bismarck's Descendant Is At It Again!
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Mom Kills Baby for Waking Her Up -- Then Takes Him Shopping
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Judges:
Rappers and Rhymes Appear More Often in Opinions as Judges Seek to Break Up the Monotony
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Big business scores key Supreme Court term wins
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Sonia Sotomayor: The Public Face Of The Supreme Court Liberals
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Judges Beware, Because Some Defendants Just ‘Go Native’
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Isn't It Romantic? That's the Question as Probe of Judge and Prosecutor's Relationship Continues
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Budget Spells Cuts for California Judiciary
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Lawyer-arbitrator friendship prompts $22 million rebuke
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Court Jesting: The Art of Pop Judging
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal more gains for equities
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Goldman will lay off 230 employees in NYC
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Layoffs:
Berkline says it did not violate WARN act in plant closing
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Layoffs Watch ’11: Goldman Sachs
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Most Cities Post Annual Drop in Unemployment
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Jobless Up in More Than Half of US Cities
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Underemployment Tougher on Highly Educated Americans
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The U-Shaped Jobs Recovery
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:
Bank of New York Files Petition for $8.5 Billion Bank of America Accord
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BofA $8.5 billion settlement likely faces legal fight
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BofA “Settlement”: Not a Done Deal, and Not a Good Deal for Investors
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Bank of America to Set Aside $14 Billion in Mortgage Deal
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Bank Of America's $20 Billion Subprime Moment
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Investors, creditors stand to benefit from BofA settlement
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Bank of America: Talking Tough, Then Settling
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BofA Haunted by Countrywide Deal
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Bank of America: Too Big to Follow the Law
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Bank of America Slays Countrywide Beast
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Moody's takes a shine to Bank of America
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BofA Debt Rides Higher On Settlement, Moody's Comments
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Bank of America Settlement May Create Expensive Bank Benchmark
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Bank Of America Cuts 60 Jobs In Sales And Trading
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Find the Lost Treasures of WaMu
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Baseball:
M.L.B. Is Said to Look Into a Plan to Take Control of the Dodgers
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Should the Dodgers be seized by MLB? [Poll]
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Mets' Collins: Dodgers' financial turmoil 'depressing'
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How the Los Angeles Dodgers' Bankruptcy Could Lead to Success
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McCourt's Retort
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Hearing on Dodgers' financing set for mid-July
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The Dodgers Domino Effect
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7 lessons from the baseball team's high-profile bankruptcy
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How Bankruptcy Can Lead to Victory
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Moral Hazard And The Dodgers Bankruptcy Bailout
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Five ways people are making money off Dodgers bankruptcy
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Los Angeles Dodgers' bankruptcy could hurt Glendale
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Gambling:
Soffer's Fontainebleau Las Vegas spending draws fire in lawsuit
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Judge halts Twin River reorganization
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Online gambling site Full Tilt Poker shut down
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Economy:
U.S. economy on slow-growth road, IMF says
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IMF warns US of debt 'shock'
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Cost of US Wars Now $3.7 Trillion and Counting
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Fed Befuddled by Latest Economic Developments
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A Huge Number Of Americans Believe The Economy Has Now Entered "Permanent Decline"
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Why QE2 Isn't Over When QE2 Is Over
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Obama: Eliminate Tax Breaks For Rich, But Not Middle Class
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Obama Calls People Earning $250,000 a Year ‘Jet Owners’
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Bleak View of US Economy Spreads to the Rich
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Obama: GOP position on debt limit not "sustainable"
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Could Obama Just Ignore the Debt Ceiling?
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Full Text: Geithner Letter Responding to Republicans on Debt Limit
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GOP Not Feeling Rushed to Lift the Debt Limit
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S&P will slash US rating to a D if it misses one payment
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Debt Ceiling Charade Update: S&P Warns on Default
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Obama Wants Hedge Fund Managers And ‘Corporate Jet Owners’ To Do Their Part To Help Bring Down The Deficit
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U.S. is not the next Greece
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Fed’s Raskin Paints Grim Picture of Recovery
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Bank's Fisher warns of risks in new search for yield
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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:
Contracts to buy homes rose sharply in May
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U.S. mortgages improving; legal challenges loom
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Early stage mortgage delinquencies drop to 3-year low
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Seriously delinquent mortgages, foreclosures outnumber distressed sales 50:1
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After Foreclosure: The Bounce Back Buyers
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US Bank Halts Evictions in Oregon After Judge Reverses Foreclosure
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Foreign investors flush with cash stabilize Fla. home prices, hurt mortgage lending
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Mortgage applications decline 2.7%
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Report: Troubled Mortgages Still Plague Banks
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Audit shows 75% of mortgage assignments invalid in Mass. county
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Bank of America home loans settlement to cost $8.5 billion
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Bank of America settlement: Not done yet
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Owner of 10 Bronx buildings goes bust
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Starwood, FDIC win Artecity auction
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KB Home 2Q loss widens to $68.5 million
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Hawaii Judiciary: We Can't Handle Foreclosure Flood
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Wall Street Would-Be Hamptons Buyers No Longer Interested In ‘Looking Like Chumps’
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Cuyahoga indictments target nine former Argent Mortgage employees
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Regulators subpoena Ally Financial in mortgage probe
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Realtors Steamed About HUD Foreclosure Delays
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America's Healthiest Housing Markets
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Fannie Mae Silence on Taylor Bean Mortgages Opened Way to $3 Billion Fraud
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Subsidized Housing Tenants Live Large On Public Dime
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Fraud:
WaMu Judge Allows More Creditors to Join Insider Trading Probe of Funds
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Funds Slam WaMu Trading Investigation
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SEC Civil Action Against Ex-Goldman Director ‘Postponed Indefinitely’
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White Collar Criminal Hopes Good Deeds Will Lead to Lighter Sentence
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Hedge Funds:
John Paulson may catch a break on Bank of America deal
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Court Denies TCF Financial's Bid To Delay New Card-Swipe Rules
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Debit-Card Swipe Fees Will Be Capped at 21 Cents: Fed
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Visa, MasterCard Climb as Fed Increases Caps on Debit-Card Fees
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The Fed caves in to banks, interchange edition
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Lehman:
Lehman Reaches Agreement With Creditors on Liquidation Plan
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Citigroup in Settlement With Lehman Europe Over $2.5 Billion in Assets
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Lehman Gets Consent for New Liquidation Plan From Goldman Sachs, Paulson
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Publishing:
Nebraska Book Wins Approval of $125 Million Bankruptcy Loan
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Health Care:
Bamberg County Hospital Files for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
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Judge: Randolph Medical Center Cannot File for Bankruptcy
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New Hospital Activists Drop St. Vincent's Appeal
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Municipalities:
Pa. Senate passes bill that would appoint committee to sell off public assets of underwater municipalities
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Act 47 mandate plan advances in House Committee
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Bracey opposes Act 47 changes for bankrupt municipalities
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Orchestras:
Philly Orchestra's legal fees mount in bankruptcy case
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Tax:
Obama Targets Tax Breaks
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Compensation:
Deferred Pay Lets Executives Avoid 401(k) Caps
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Pay Tally Up 19% for Finance Chiefs
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Small Business:
What Some Banks Don't Want You to Know
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U.S . small business borrowing surges
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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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Preclusion:
Eleventh Circuit Does Not Hesitate to Disallow Procrastination
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Ethics:
Bankruptcy Rules of Conduct
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What Are the Legal and Ethical Standards for 'Web Speech'?
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DOMA:
DOJ to file appeal of Bankruptcy court's DOMA ruling
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Sales:
Seventh Circuit Holds that Free and Clear Sale Plan Cannot be Confirmed Without Preserving Secured Creditor's Credit Bidding Rights: Ruling Creates Circuit Split
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Corporate Reform:
Subprime prosecutions: Why the government hunts small game
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Former IMF head urges stronger bank supervision
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Dodd-Frank Rekindles Old Debate
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Darrel Issa Stocked Up on Goldman Sachs Bonds While Blocking Its Investigation
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Pensions:
PBGC takes over Wolverine Tube pension plan
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Hockey:
Coyotes Ownership Mess Takes Yet Another Step Back, Who's To Blame?
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Mass Torts:
Oil-Spill Attorney Lauds BP Claims Process, but Says Transocean Treated Workers like 'Criminals'
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Celebs:
Charlie Sheen's New Role? Deadbeat Dad?
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Tobey Macguire 'illegal Hollywood gambling ring had links to Russian mafia'
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Hotels:
Innkeepers Judge Approves Bankruptcy Plan, Sales to Cerberus and Chatham
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Hotel foreclosure sale is postponed to July
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Retailing:
Retailers see economy staying tough for shoppers
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Food/Beverage:
Elephant & Castle Chain Files for Bankruptcy
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Autos:
Saab secures another $35 million loan, production could begin soon
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IMF:
DSK's Lawyers Already Believe They've Found A Procedural Technicality That Could Get Him Off
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UK:
DLA Piper and Maclays take roles on Jane Norman restructuring and sale
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More major retailers 'set to fail'
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Massive Public Sector Strikes Have Begun In The UK
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Lloyds to Cut 15,000 Jobs as It Unveils UK-Focused Strategy
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Lloyds needs good news from UK housing market
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Lloyds Puts the Boring Back Into Banking
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Winding Up Petitions - 29 June 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 29 June 2011
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The demise of the high street is over hyped but the entire sector needs to rethink and restructure
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EU:
European shares end higher on Greek austerity vote
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E.U. Tweaks Struggling States Rescue Fund
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Up to one in six EU banks set to fail stress test-sources
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EMU M3 Growth Accelerated Sharply In May; Private Loans Up
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Tale of Two Visions for Euro Boils Beneath Greek Crisis Fight
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“Extend and Pretend” Continues in the Euro Zone
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PIGS:
Greek austerity vote as it happened: June 29, 2011
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Greece Set for Final Vote on Cuts After Riots
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Dangers lurk beyond Greek parliament vote
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Violence rocks Greek anti-austerity protests
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Police Brutality
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For Many Greeks, Here's What Austerity Will Look Like
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Greek bailout FAQ: Everything you need to know about austerity package
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IMF's Lipsky Hails Greek Vote, Says More Work Needed
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Greek bonds' relief rally capped by solvency doubts
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Greek Relief May Be Short-Lived
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Greece passes austerity, but riots seize capital
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Why the Greek Crisis Is a Tragedy For Us All
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Austria:
Basel III fears over positive bankruptcy trend
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China:
The End of Cheap Labor in China
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New Zealand:
Bankrupted Henderson could face charges
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MENA:
Nakheel making progress in restructuring
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Czech Republic:
Inquiry into alleged attack on Sazka trustee
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