Law:
Howrey LLP Moves to Convert Involuntary Bankruptcy Case to a Voluntary Chapter 11
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Small Firms
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Why Solo Attorneys Should Buy a Mac
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Setting Market Prices (a.k.a Fees) with Reverse Auctions
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Clifford Chance announces new salary bands for London associates
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Legal Market Lost 1,000 Jobs in May and 700 in April
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Legal Job Market Down for Fourth Straight Month
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An Ugly Side to Powerful General Counsel
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Legal Outsourcing Wave Comes Ashore
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Firm signs up to 18.5m facilities outsourcing deal
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Proskauer hitch fails to dent SJ Berwin’s American dream
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Dickstein Shapiro Dickstein Shapiro Snaps Up 3 Bankruptcy Pros In NYC
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Meet Kathryn Ruemmler, Obama’s New White House Counsel
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Kathryn Ruemmler: The Next Lloyd Cutler?
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Willkie Advises Fiat in Agreement to Acquire the U.S. Government’s Remaining Chrysler Stake
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Michael Loucks Switches Sides, as Drug Makers' Lawyer
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Gray Plant Mooty’s Henry Wang is New Chair of Minnesota State Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section
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Best Brits: UK Legal Mag Names Top In-House Teams
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A Rookie's Perspective on the Future of E-Discovery
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Diversity Scorecard 2011: Back on Track?
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Checkbook Justice?
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Kagan Opinion Deems Fee-Shifting Calculations to Be ‘Rough Justice’
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Martindale-Hubbell Still Supreme, Survey Says
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Goldman, JPMorgan, Madoff, Chiquita, Wachovia in Court News
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Ex-Prosecutor Suspended for Failing to Pay Child Support, Owes Almost $77,000
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"I really don't want to do that work in the ant farm world"
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Lawyer of the Day: It’s Hard Out Here For… Oh, Never Mind.
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Defense Lawyer Charged with Arranging to Bribe Cop to Say Client Was DEA Informant
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Alum Donates Another $2.5M to Penn for Public Interest Law and Loan Forgiveness Programs
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Disbarred Watergate Figure John Dean to Teach Ethics CLE
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Law School: Now Effective 68% Of The Time
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Thieves Steal Disabled Dog's Wheelchair
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Has the Supreme Court Ever Heard Such a Peculiarly American Story As That of Anna Nicole Smith?
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Judges:
Judge Gets All Up in Deadbeat Dad's Grill, Lists Exactly What He Can Spend Money On
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Facebook Used by Courts to Find Those Who 'Exist Only Online'
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures signal rebound
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US stocks fall again
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Goldman to Fight Back Against Senate Report
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Goldman Uses Wall Street’s Favorite Reporter to Make Unpersuasive Defense Against Levin Report
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Take The Goldman Sachs Personality Quiz, And See If You'd "Fit In"
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Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein Did NOT Lie To Congress
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Layoffs:
Housing Starts and the Unemployment Rate
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Small Business Hiring plans turn negative
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The Creeping Rollback of Child Labor Laws
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Ex-Madoff man pleads guilty
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Madoff Insider Admits to Altering Documents
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Canary in Madoff case sings, pleads
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Bidders snap up Bernie Madoff's items
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Bernie Madoff underwear sold at auction
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Ex-New York Met Lenny Dykstra Is Charged With Grand Theft
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Stanford, Liquidations and the Serious Fraud Office
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Legendary Investor Lenny Dykstra Might Need Bail Money, Pair Of Pants
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Conrad Black Treated Inmates Like Servants
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Gupta Sued by Goldman Shareholder for ‘Short-Swing’ Profits
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Alleged Insider Trader's "Perfect" Tips Were Worth 12 Dead Lobsters, 3 iPhones, And $300 To Cheesecake Factory
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Bitten by a Chinese Duck
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Here's What's Really In That Massive Fraud Allegation Against Sino-Forest
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Here's The Front Door Of Sino-Forest's Toronto Office
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Banking:
Limit Tough Rules to Top 10 Banks: Fed's Fisher
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The Three Consumer Banking Systems
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Fed Is Said to Back Three Percentage-Point Capital Surcharge for Big Banks
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Celebs:
Former MLB Star Lenny Dykstra Charged With 23 Felony Counts
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Lenny Dykstra to face state fraud charges
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion Appeal
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Lehman:
Judge: Lehman brokerage entitled to margin assets
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Lehman Brokerage Gets $2 Billion From Barclays
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Pimco Takes Bath on Lehman
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Resorts:
Receiver of Crowne Plaza San Marcos Golf Resort fires general manager
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Bank, others want trustee to take over Peek'n Peak
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Glass:
PPG Files Objection in Vitro Case
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Food/Beverage:
Superfresh deal sees opposition
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Politics:
Palin: I Didn't Mess up on Paul Revere
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The Fate of Peter Diamond; Or, Why No One Will Ever Be Confirmed, Ever
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Senate confirms Obama lawyer as solicitor general
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster Canada Says Dish Network Threatens to Stop Allowing Logo Use
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Telecoms:
Nortel asks for panel to negotiate over benefits
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Hockey:
Buyer Emerges for the Dallas Stars
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Economy:
Fed’s Plosser Says Stimulus Exit Plan Would Promote Stability
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Plosser Advocates Plan for Ending Fed Stimulus to Avoid Market Confusion
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Geithner: 'Very Good Chance' of Deficit Deal This Summer
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Sarah Palin Says Timothy Geithner 'Crying Wolf' About Debt Ceiling Woes
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Welcome to Austerity, America
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Intensive Care Needed for US Economy
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China to US: Forget debt ceiling, cut spending
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Low Yields on Treasury Debt No Guarantee that Fiscal Crisis Won’t Hit U.S.
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Geithner, Banker Equally Happy TARP Is Winding Down
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Bond Risk Highest Since Eisenhower
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Don't Count on Stimulus. It's Not Coming
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The Economic Perfect Storm That's Killing Consumer Spending
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Income Inequality: World Top Incomes Database
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Decline and fall of the American empire?
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Food Prices Stay Near Record
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Economic stress at 2-year low
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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:
Bank of America to Pay Florida Couple in Mistaken Foreclosure Case
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Bank of America pays debt instead of losing furniture
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Manhattan condos fall short of pre-recession price points
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6 Reasons Housing Prices Aren't Rising
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Existing Home Active Listings show Big Declines in Wide Range of Metro Areas
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Report Finds Home Buyers Remaining On Sidelines
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Lawmakers seek to remove paid medical bills from mortgage originations
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About Those Notes...Evidence of Securitization Fail
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Ruling Challenges Ore. Foreclosure System
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Fannie, Freddie foreclosure prevention eases in 2011
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Fannie Takes Big First Step With Servicing Alignment
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Feds should do more to help underwater borrowers: Moody's
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Fannie Mae updates rules on delinquent loans
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Regulators delay risk-retention rule to August
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The World's Number One Real Estate Agent Just Filed For Bankruptcy
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Construction Woes: No End in Sight
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Unemployment Rate and Residential Construction Growth, by State
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Roseland developer files for bankruptcy protection
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Foreclosure Fraud Price Tag: $20 Billion
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Is Foreclosure Via Facebook Coming to the US?
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‘Hard Money’ Lending Has Sordid Past in Nevada County, Calif.
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Corporate Reform:
This fight's not over yet
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The destructive nomination politics surrounding Warren and Diamond
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What Good Will The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Do?
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What Good Will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Do?
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Sparks May Fly When Warren Returns to Hill
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SEC hits a new low on Lehman
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Geithner urges support for banking reforms
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Geithner warns on light-touch oversight
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Dodd-Frank Gotterdämerung: The Durbin Amendment Rollback
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Geithner: Banks risk crisis by trying to undercut reform
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Financial Overhaul Is Mired in Detail and Dissent
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Geithner Urges Global Regulators to Avoid 'Race to the Bottom'
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Fed's Fisher Says Regulators May Need to Break Up Big Banks
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From Dodd-Frank to Dud: How Financial Reform May Be Going Wrong
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Autos:
The auto bailout was always a bad idea
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Spinning the auto bailout
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Collateral damage tarnishes auto bailouts
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Chrysler CEO: What Was Romney Smoking?
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The Chrysler Miracle
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Mazda To Quit Building Cars At Michigan Plant
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Bertone concepts sold at auction
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China's auto market to grow 12-15% annually: AlixPartners
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Aviation:
Airlines 'robbed' again
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Tubing:
Wolverine's Chapter 11 plan faces objections
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Non-Profits:
Chapter 11 Plan Feasibility for Nonprofit Debtors Requires More Than Successful Fundraising Track Recor
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Derivatives:
Close-out Netting and Set-off Provisions for BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey Counterparties
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Municipalities:
Troubled Alabama County Weighs Wide Layoffs
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Whitney: States Finances Worse Than Stated
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Meredith Whitney Doubles Down AND Cops Out On Her Muni Doom Prediction
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Vexing questions surround emergency manager legislation
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Town's Only Police Dog Pink-Slipped In Budget Cuts
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Mail:
US Postal Service is Running Out of Options
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Religion:
No Plea Deal in Philadelphia Archdiocese Abuse Charges
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Church Accused of Covering Up
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IMF:
Ex-IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn Pleads Not Guilty
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The 10 Best Dominique Strauss-Kahn Jokes
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Hotels:
Three hotels file for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
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Debt Collection:
State AGs Oppose Settlement With Debt Buyer
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Awards:
Cohen & Grigsby Attorneys Certified as Business Bankruptcy
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Shipping:
Frontline Billionaire Bets Tankers Collapsing
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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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Miscellaneous:
Business Restructuring Review
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Debtors' Prison
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Bankruptcy Laws Drive Corporate Default Rates According to Stanford Graduate School of Business Research
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The Failure Tour Of New York
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
AZ valley bankruptcies fell again in May
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Nevada Leads Nation in Bankruptcy Filings
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:
Preserving APR Plan Confirmation Objections on Appeal
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Equitable Mootness Doctrine Examined (Part 1): Is a Confirmation Order Truly Final? Or Can an Appellant Take Another Bite at the Apple?
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Claims Trading:
Bankruptcy Claims Traders Beware: Ensure That the Cure Comes With the Claim
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Professional Compensation:
Section503(b)NotExclusiveAuthority for Payment of Creditor Fees and Expenses in Chapter 11
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Consolidation:
Substantive Consolidation and Nondebtor Entities: The Fight Continues
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Insurance:
CLICO liquidator raises first $10m from asset sale
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D&O Insurance: Does "Fraudulent" Mean "Fraudulent"?
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Treatment of swap agreements under insurance insolvencies
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Health Care:
Cancer costs put treatments out of reach for many
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The hidden cost of survival: Study finds bankruptcy rates among cancer patients increase along with survival time
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NC medical supplies company facing new troubles
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Doctors Medical Center grapples with grim budget
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In defense of Canada
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Firms to cut health plans as reform starts - 30% of companies say they’ll stop offering coverage
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Theater:
Florida Stage declares bankruptcy , ceases operations
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Latest Madoff Victim: Florida Stage, a Supporter of New Plays
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Retailing:
Judge Ends Borders-Seattle's Best 'Brewhaha'
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Borders Loses Another Top Executive
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Sharper Image Gift Cards May Be Worth Something After All
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Hartstrings files Chapter 7
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New owner keeps Hartstrings open
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Signature Styles (Spiegel, Newport News & Shape Fx Brands) Files for Chapter 11 With Deal to Sell All Assets
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Oil/Gas:
A Semi-Sweet Post-Bankruptcy Morsel
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UK:
Blair aide's key role at bank that oversaw sale of troubled Southern Cross empire
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Southern Cross in emergency move to offload 180 homes
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Law firm insolvency fears rise
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Cut taxes to boost economy, IMF tells George Osborne
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30 years of growth but only rich see wages rise
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Wealthy British move abroad for well-being and happiness
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Treasury 'won't back down on cuts' to help UK economy
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Ken Clarke under fire from taxman over legal fee reforms
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Lord Archer's artful dodge of the taxman
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Property prices falling by 4.2% on last year
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Zombie plan is not the way to fix the NHS
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20% failing to put anything in a pension
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HMV salvaged as creditors agree
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Winding Up Petitions - 6th June 2011
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Appointment of Administrators - 6th June 2011
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EU:
The Stark Choice For Europe
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Trichet talks tough about euro misbehaviour
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German banks most exposed to Greek debt, data show
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Exposed ECB at risk of ' bankruptcy '
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The European Debt Crisis, A Reality Check
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German Regulator Attacks EBA Stress Tests
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Europe’s Banks Too Fragile to Afford Greek Default
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German Factory Orders Rebounded in April
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PIIGS:
Trichet Gives First Signal Endorsing Bond Rollovers to Stem Greek Crisis
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PM says country's default avoided
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Rating agencies might classify Greek rollover as default
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IMF open to extending terms on Greek loans
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Amid Greece Debt Fears, Few Options And None Of Them Good
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Greek Austerity: 80,000 Protest in Athens
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An early election could send Greece ‘over the cliff’
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A Sense of Déjà Vu in Greece as History Repeats Itself
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Eurozone's Juncker reveals 'death threats' from Greece
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Portugal election: Centre-right wins back power to unveil grinding austerity measures
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B Of I To Place Losses On Subordinated Bondholders
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Spain Could Offer Asset-Protection Schemes for Cajas
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Goldman Sachs Answers 5 Crucial Questions About Spain
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Japan:
Tepco's Government Support at Odds With Market Seeing Default More Likely
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Vietnam:
In Vietnam, Vinashin Plays Loose With Lenders
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MENA:
120 Killed in Northern Syria Massacre
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Egypt to Receive $3 Billion from IMF
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Ivory Coast:
Ivory Coast to negotiate coupon repayments with bondholders
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New Zealand:
NZ Global Sale Looms After Liquidation
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