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Law:
Jobs are Back! (But Just Not in the Legal Industry)
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Dewey Have Enough Partners to Mess Up the Winston / Howrey Deal?
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Law Firms with Lobbying Shops Profit, Even as They Battle Pay Issues
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Jackpot!: Which Firm Paid Associates a Bonus on Top of Their Bonus?
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American College of Bankruptcy To Induct Weil's Holtzer
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Howrey to Vote on Dissolving This Week
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How Howrey Might Bite the Dust
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Chevron Fights to Keep John Keker Out of Case
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Stern Law Firm to Cease Foreclosure Work This Month, Unit Says in Filing
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JPMorgan Names New Senior Lawyer for Home Lending
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Curtis Mallet Adds Bankruptcy Lawyer
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Eversheds' Italy chief faces jail over Cirio directorship
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Ballard Spahr Suing Harrisburg After Helping Debt-Saddled City
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Introducing Raj Rajartnam's Lawyer: John Dowd Leads Nine Lawyers Trying To Prove Raj Is Innocent
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UK Law Firms Becoming Businesses?
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Circuit Throws a Flag on ABA Challenge of "Red Flags" Rule
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Small Firms: T-Bone, Esq.
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In-House: Oy, Libya!
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Why Enron’s Downfall May Be Hurting the Legal Job Market
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LawPivot lawyers up from Apple
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Weepy lawyer Jonathan Bristol set to plead guilty in Kenneth Starr's $33M scam
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Male Investigator Says Female Lawyer Sexually Assaulted Him
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After Solid 2010, Perkins Coie Adds New York Office
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Rajaratnam, Atheros, Lehman, Bayer, Appollo in Court News
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Ethical Fallout from the Foreclosure Crisis
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Law Clerk at Corboy & Demetrio ‘A Little Freaked Out’ by Fire Sunday; Multiple Law Offices Closed
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End of Puppy Mills?
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Jilted Lawyer Bride Sues Sidley Associate for Wedding Expenses
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Judges:
Citing 4-Year Vacancy, Chief Fed'l Judge in RI Sends Cases to Other States
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Protest group try to arrest judge
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Orange County judge found dead in home
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One Day After Judge Orders Woman to Have Hysterectomy for Cancer, Top Court Calls a Halt
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Wall Street:
Stock futures rise as crude edges down
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Stocks fall as Libya drives oil, gold higher
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Goldman's Pariah Status Fades as Broadbent Joins BOE MPC
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Layoffs:
The Real News on Jobs
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Hiring Intentions at US Employers Improving, Manpower Says
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20 Surprising Jobs Women Are Taking Over
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Raj Rajaratnam Trial Will Be `Brawl'
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Galleon Judge Speaks Softly, Carries Tough Rep
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Rajaratnam Judge Holwell Censured Insider Trading in Plotkin, Hariri Cases
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Who Will Take the Stand in the Galleon Trial?
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A Look at the Landmark Insider Trading Case
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Insider Trading Hurts: McKinsey Survives But Target Companies Suffer
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Raj case puts hedge-fund returns on trial
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Rajaratnam to Take the Stand in His Own Defense
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Trial offers new look inside Wall Street
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Here Are The 11 Questions You Have To Answer Correctly To Get On The Raj Jury
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Raj Rajaratnam's Defense Leaves Nothing To Chance In Jury Selection
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At long last, an insider trading trial for the ages
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Why you need to watch the Galleon case
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The Mets/Madoff Billion Dollar Question
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On the Softly-Talking, Big-Stick-Carrying Irving Picard
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Court Challenges Delay Payouts for Madoff Victims
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Vaughan's Posh Mansion To Be Auctioned Off
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Conn Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraud
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US charges three in global Ponzi scheme
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Money manager linked to Cook's Ponzi scheme charged with fraud
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Woman stole $285,000 from nuns, spent it on lingerie and pet sitting, feds say
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Banking:
Parent of failed Sterling Bank files Chapter 7
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Deutsche Bank Lifts Its Profile in the U.S.
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Autos:
GM's painful addiction? New car discounts take hold again
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Administrators of Bristol Cars looking for buyer
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Hotels:
Westport Holiday Inn Express, Olathe Sleep Inn go up for auction
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Best Western Rockland headed to auction
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Hotel Monaco Baltimore to be sold to Kimpton
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Petersburg hotel's owner files bankruptcy petition
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Software:
Qtask fined in Rothstein proceedings
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge funds turn around as launches outpace liquidations
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M&A:
JPMorgan Tops Investment Bank Fees Spurred by Deals from Beijing to Brazil
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Health Care:
Docs drop suit after court "red flag" ruling on creditors
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Meridian Behavioral Health files Ch. 11
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Hospital closures test New York layoff law
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Healthcare reform in Mass. has not solved medical bankruptcy
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Medical bankruptcies a continuing problem, study finds
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Mitt: ObamaCare vs. RomneyCare
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Video Rentals:
Will Blockbuster Be Forced to Liquidate?
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865 Blockbuster jobs at risk in buyout
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Celebs:
Allen Iverson Facing Foreclosure
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Al Pacino in tax hell as IRS claims they were shorted
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Editor of Black’s Law Dictionary Defines ‘To Pull a Sheen’
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Corporate Governance:
Fulbright: "Corporate Governance At-A-Glance"
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Retailing:
Could Best Buy suffer the same fate as Circuit City?
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Barnes & Noble auction gets case of writer's block
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Why Barnes & Noble Avoided Borders' Fate
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Economy:
Fed Officials Signal Little Need Now for Further Bond Purchases
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Government posts biggest monthly deficit ever
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Retail Sales Drop, House Price Falls Slow
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Bernanke, interest rates & QE
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Social Security needs to be fixed - So just do it
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Housing remains economy's weak spot, Atlanta Fed CEO says
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Bill Gates' Philanthropy Costs Him Richest-Man Title
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The Single Woman’s Shopping List
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Oil and gold: Rally won't last
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Oil futures pull back from 29-month highs
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US Isn't Broke, It's Just Cheap
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Middle Wage Workers and the Recession
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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:
Is the Florida Foreclosure King Abdicating? David J. Stern Will Close His Law Firm
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Iowa AG wants foreclosure deal within two months
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Iowa Atty Gen: Trying To Change 'Dysfunctional' Mortgage System
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Foreclosure-Gate Settlement Leaked?
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The Mortgage Mess Settlement Proposal: Off to an Awful Start
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The well-intentioned but doomed mortgage settlement
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Attorneys General Push for Loan Reductions
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A Closer Look at MERS, the Industry’s Controversial Mortgage Clearinghouse
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Foreclosure Industry Getting Friends in Press to Write Up Their Arguments
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How the State AGs Want to Revamp Mortgage Servicing
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Divisions emerge on US foreclosure settlement
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Foreclosures focus of protests, talks
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Foreclosure Protesters Descend On Washington
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US House panel to hold foreclosure hearing in Baltimore
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Protesters Ream State AGs over Foreclosure Settlement
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Any new ideas to prevent the slow death of MERS?
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Moody's finds MERS fire at little risk of spreading
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Real estate deficiency suits becoming more prevalent
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Report: First-time Buyers Fade From Market
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Tousa's Creditors Lose Bid To Revive Revolving Loan Claims
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TOUSA II: Lenders Win Again
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Nameless, formless crisis enveloping nation's home price indices
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac girding for more pain
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A Plan to Phase Out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Should Fannie and Freddie Go?
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Without Loan Giants, 30-Year Mortgage May Fade Away
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Regulators craft mortgage-lending rules
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New approach leads Moody's to downgrade nearly $1.7B of Chase RMBS
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Higher down payments will stifle mortgage market, CRL says
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Increase in sales of high-end homes in 2010
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Florida Builder Lands in Bankruptcy After TV Gig
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California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
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FTC sues foreclosure rescue company
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Seven New Entrants to Big-Ticket Property Lending-Poll
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Consumer Credit:
Consumer Credit in US Increased $5.01 Billion in January
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Credit-Card Use Falls
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Lehman:
Lehman Mortgage Bond Investors Lose Case to Have Notes Declared in Default
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Libya's Lehman Bet
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Swedbank Gains From Lehman Deal
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Mass Torts:
Gone Fishin’? Lawyers Say You May Qualify For a Check from BP
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Task Force Formed in Gulf Oil Spill Probe
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Aviation:
American Airlines Plans $1 Billion Debt Offering as Jet Fuel Costs Surge
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Airlines tack on even more fees
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As the Pretzels Go, So Goes Flying Quality
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United-Continental Airlines trims expansion plans
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Air Canada workers fear layoffs on the way
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Compensation:
Humana CEO Sees 2010 Compensation Slide 6 Percent . . To $6.1M
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Furniture:
Bankruptcy auction process under way for Robb & Stucky
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Robb & Stucky loses bid to stay in business
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Food/Drink:
JB's Family Restaurants files Ch. 11 bankruptcy
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Giordano's hires restructuring firm
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Ailing Retailer Harry & David Expected To Survive, But Shrink
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Rising food costs could force US eatery overhaul
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McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP Advises Townsends, Inc. in the Sale of its Operating Divisions
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Environmental:
'Old GM' to pay another $51 million to settle
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Municipalities:
Alabama county devises road map for debt crisis
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Vallejo, Unions Should Start Final Bankruptcy Fight in June, Judge Rules
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Public safety, jobs a concern for bankrupt California city
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Stockton 'Most Miserable City' ... Again
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More Public Infrastructure Sale Tales of Woe
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Is it union-busting or saving cities from bankruptcy ?
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Roubini's Guide To The Muni Crisis That Will Hammer The Economy
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Florida lawmakers pushing for bigger casinos
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States' financial woes push some to consider the unthinkable
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Trucking:
In Midst of Restructuring, YRC CFO Leaving
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Harry Wilson’s Latest Fix-It Job
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Autos:
General Motors' New Stock Starts to Look Like the Old One
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Chrysler value up five-fold since mid-2009-filing
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Chrysler Estimates Its Value at $4.77 Billion for Executive Pay
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Congressmen call for investigation of Delphi pension takeover
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Pensions:
Fixing Pensions Requires Cutting Existing Benefits
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Religion:
Abusive Priests Live Unmonitored
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Viaticals:
New Stream Fund Investors Seek to Force Bankruptcy
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(3 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
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Insurance:
Third Circuit D&O decision underlines primacy of exclusionary language
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Wake County bankruptcies drop 6%
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Bankruptcy Filings Up Slightly In February
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Bankruptcy Filings Climb in February, But Looks Can Be Deceiving
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Poetry:
Centro sale
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Kenneth Starr
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Professional Retention:
Resolving Client Conflicts by Hiring 'Conflicts Counsel'
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Plan Confirmation:
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Personal Bankruptcy:
No spousal equality in bankruptcy, SJC finds
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Miscellaneous:
The Year in Bankruptcy: 2010
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Auto Racing:
NJ Motorsports Park files for bankruptcy
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Newspapers:
Tribune Trustee Can't Cap Damages at $15M
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Who owns newspaper companies?
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Tribune puts spotlight on hedge fund battler
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Judge weighs rival plans in Trib bankruptcy
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Judge in Tribune Co. bankruptcy could reject both reorg plans
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Judge hears initial arguments in trial to examine merits of competing Tribune plans
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Judge opens Tribune bankruptcy trial with warning
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UK:
Prepacks: "It's better than nothing"
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Insolvency Service clamps down on directors of insolvent companies with longer bans
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Appointment of Administrators - 7 March 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 7 March 2011
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U.K. Inflation Pressures Mount as Manufacturers Face Higher Material Costs
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EU:
IMF's Lipsky says fund ready to help euro zone nations
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Europe's Conservative Leaders Call for Conditions on Bailouts
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Higher Oil Drives ECB and Fed Even Further Apart
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Canada:
Bill would protect workers in bankruptcy
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Ontario Court of Appeal Considers Circular Priorities
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How Canada avoided the economic meltdown that sunk the Sunshine State
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Germany:
Bundesbank's Weber Says German Recovery to Continue, Broaden
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PIGS:
Portugal And Spain Are Not Expected To Ask For Bailout, Says Regling
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The Portuguese Are The Most Fearful People In Europe
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Portugal edges closer to crisis
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Greece sells 1.625 bln eur T-bills, 26-week yield 4.75%
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Time not on Greece's side as debt decisions needed fast
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Moody's Downgrades Greece; Market Shrugs
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Moody's signals no imminent Irish rating cut
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Moody's Lights a Fire Under EU
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Study Highlights Long-Term Challenges for Euro Zone
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MENA:
Rebels hold positions in face of airstrikes
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Battles Continue In Key Libyan Cities
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Gaddafi battles to retake oil terminal
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Britain, France ready Libya no-fly zone resolution
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Arab League Says Yes To No Fly Zone, Opens Door For U.S. Led Attack
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Against Libya's rebels, Gadhafi controls the skies
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International community reacts as Libya continues striking rebel positions
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Oil in front line as Gaddafi's forces advance on the rebels
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Who are the people of Libya ?
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Libya and the Prince
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Protesters storm the Egypt security office and find some stunning documents
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Lazard: We Are "Approaching Oil Price Levels That Might Spur An Extraordinary OPEC Meeting"
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Kuwait says OPEC in informal talks on oil output
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SocGen Warns Of $200 Oil If Unrest Hits Saudi Arabia
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Morgan Stanley to Libya: 'No' on Oil Trading
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Roubini Predicts Oil Will Hit $150 Per Barrel
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Speculators Double Down on Oil
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Saudi Arabia's `Day of Rage' Lures Record Bets on $200 Oil: Chart of Day
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Kuwaiti protests on Tuesday aim to remove PM
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Australia:
Bill is missing the luck of the Irish
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Hoy in jail at last
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New Zealand:
Economic Confidence Slumps To Two-Year Low
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Parts of quake-hit NZ city to be abandoned
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Japan:
TPG, J-Trust Contenders for Takefuji
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Bankruptcy cases decline in Japan
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Czech Republic:
Second Creditor Files Insolvency Claim Against Sazka
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Bangladesh:
Work And Life In The Capital Of Bangladesh
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Bulgaria:
Bulgaria's corporate failures ballooned in 2010
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