Law:
Former SEC Counsel Rejoins Cleary Gottlieb Amid Madoff Scrutiny
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A Promising Spring: Legal Industry Adds 1,500 Jobs, Demand for Legal Services Increases
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Partners Overwhelmingly Say Law Practice Has Become More Stressful
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Too late to save the legal profession?
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Firm Facing Malpractice Suit May Challenge Settlement, Circuit Says
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It's Not Just What You Earn
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'Loser Pays' Marches Forward in Texas
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Texas House Passes Loser-Pays Bill
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Texas District Attorney Headed to Jail for Misusing Seized Assets
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Bankruptcy Partner Feinsmith to head Pepper Hamilton's Hub office
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Baker Donelson Elects Justin M. Sveadas Shareholder
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Mintz Levin Adds Former Senior DOJ Fraud Attorney, Paul Pelletier, To Washington, D.C. Office
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Clifford Chance loses another US litigation chief as Cleary swoops
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In-House: Big-Firm Pitches
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How to Prepare Your Expert Witness
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Legal Entrepreneur Forms Law Firm that Shuns Office Face Time and Lawyer Rainmaking
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About 25 Percent of Lawyer Moms Leave the Workplace, Study Finds
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What Does Family Friendly Mean for Male Attorneys?
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Kershaw Firm Lays Off One-Third of Staff, Says Business Is Up, But New Focus Requires Less Support
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Adultery Remains a (Legal) No-No in Colorado
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The ‘Lost’ Art of Hyphens
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Suddenly Solo? Trust Your Instincts
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How to Avoid Answering Phone Calls
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Would a Law Department Be Persuaded to Try a Law Firm That Brought Business to the Company?
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Another New Social Media Site Goes After Lawyers
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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is Over, but Harvard Law Student Still Can’t Serve
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What To Do With The UVA Law Student Who Cried Wolf?
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Administrative Shake-Ups At A Law School Falling in the Rankings
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The trouble with law reviews
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Unbelievable Amount of Debt for Law Graduates
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Men Outnumber Women at Most Top Law Schools, But the Imbalance Is Greater at B-Schools
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To Law School or Not?
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Law Revue Video Contest: Honorable Mentions
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Delaware delays plans to launch law school — and it's not alone
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Lawyer Rapped for Overselling His Small Firm in Brochure, Phone Book and Online Ads
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Signed 1st Edition of Beloved Trial Novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Sells for $25K
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Felony Defendants Donated to Prosecutor Funds in Plea Deals OK’d by Judges
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'Too short' gal sues city over cleaning job
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Judges:
Judge Olson Schedules En Banc Show Cause Hearing Against Kevin Gleason.
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Judges and Bob Dylan: Judges hand down the law with help from Bob Dylan
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Stevens, retired from Supreme Court, has book deal
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Kaplan Declines to Recuse From Chevron Case
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Wall Street:
US stock index futures rise
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US Stocks Edged Higher on Surging Commodities
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Citi, AIG lead financial stocks south
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Goldman's Amazing Trading Quarter
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
Grasping The Full Costs Of The Auto Bailout
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General Motors To Add Thousands Of Jobs
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IP:
RIM expected to enter bidding for Nortel patents
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Banking:
FDIC's Bair to leave agency July 8th
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White House eyes Gruenberg to head FDIC: report
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Tracking Bank Failures: Regulators Close Florida’s Coastal Bank
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Bank to allow texts to OK overdrafts
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Bank of America Billions in Losses at Stake on Moynihan Outlook
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Celebs:
Braxton hesitant about posing
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Orange County 'Housewife' Sues to Stop Foreclosure
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Lenny Dykstra Faces Up To 80 Years In Prison For Stealing The Light Fixtures
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Jermaine Dupri sued over child support payments
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Batteries:
A123's loss widens as costs surge
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Consumer Debt:
Credit limits on rise for first time since 2008
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Religion:
Irish Christian Brothers' future uncertain, order's leader says
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Future of Christian Brothers 'hopeless,' says superior
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Furniture:
Berkline employees sue company over abrupt shutdown
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Debt Collection:
McGraw, other AGs settle over movie rental collections
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The Debate Over Social Media In Collections Heats Up
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Gambling:
The Future of Absolute Poker Looks Bleak
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Utilities:
Dynegy Reports Net Loss for the Fourth Consecutive Quarter
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Economy:
Boehner: Cuts must outweigh debt ceiling increase
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John Boehner Gives Huge Speech On The Debt Ceiling, And It's A Game-Changer
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Speaker Boehner: Tax hikes are 'off the table '
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Treasury yields head toward 2011 lows
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IMF Official: U.S., Europe At Turning Points, Must Address Debt Problems
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Key players shaping economic policy during the Obama administration
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U.S. tax burden at lowest level since '58
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Bill Gross Steps Up Bets Against US Debt
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U.S. Manufacturing Centers Staging A Comeback
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Unpeople
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Exiting AIG
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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:
Housing Prices Still in Steep Decline
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28.4% of all single-family homes with mortgages are "underwater"
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Foreclosures drag Ohio home values down $1.6 billion since 2009
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Forecast: Orlando worst housing market in US
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Fiserv reports on the upside to falling home prices
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Construction Employment Update
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Half of Fannie Mae mortgages registered in MERS name
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Court Cases Yield Mixed Results on Challenges to MERS
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Homeowners Exploiting Bankruptcy Loophole To Dump 2nd Mortgages
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Banking on Saving the American Dream
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Pay up: Foreclosure investigator targets banks for contributions
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Mortgage-Bond Investors to Seek H&R Block Unit Repurchases
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Banks giving loan modifications but only if homeowners waive legal rights
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‘Squatter Rent’ May Boost Spending as Mortgage Holders Bail on Payments
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Las Vegas developer tangling with lender in bankruptcy case
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Banks ‘Calling Shots’ in Distressed Markets
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HomeStreet files IPO amid cease and desist orders
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Reported incidents of mortgage fraud drop 41% in 2010
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Brazen Low-Income 'Developer' Rolled Taxpayers, Nonprofit Says
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Bank takes over ownership of Fresno Pacific Towers
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Gramercy Capital Fails to Make Payments of $790 Million
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Bottom in US residential property sector unlikely until 2012, analysts predict
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Hotels:
Shareholders question sale of Innkeepers USA Trust
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Innkeepers, Bankrupt Hotel Owner, Files Chapter 11 Plans Following Auction
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Mediator appointed in Sawgrass Marriott bankruptcy case
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Retailing:
Sears researching possible move from Illinois
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State scrambles to keep Sears
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Lehman:
Judge Holds Off Ruling On Lehman Trustee Vs Barclays Dispute
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Lehman, Barclays in $1.1 billion accord on assets
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Paulson plays the Lehman bust
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Paulson May Make as Much as $726 Mln on Lehman Bonds
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CalPERS, San Mateo Co. to lose millions in bankruptcy
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Credit Cards:
Moody's sees drop in US credit-card charge-offs
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Pew finds positive results from credit card law
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Fraud:
Don’t Point Fingers If You’re Standing in the Shoes of a Fraudster
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Liquidators of Fairfield Sentry Limited, Largest Madoff Feeder Fund, Reach Global Settlement Agreement with Madoff Trustee
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Madoff trustee in $1 billion pact with Fairfield funds
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Madoff Trustee Drops $3.8 Billion in Claims Against Fairfield Feeder Funds
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How they failed to catch Madoff
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Galleon Jurors Parse Alleged Tips
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Bankruptcy trustee sues GOP
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Most Ponzi Schemers Run in Same Crowds as Victims, as One Lawyer Found Out
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Resentencing for Conrad Black on track for June 24
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Shipping:
Why Horizon Lines Should Declare Bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
More Roadblocks for New Consumer Protection Agency
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Republicans Propose 'Tweaks' To New Financial Rules
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Republicans: Change consumer bureau, or else
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US FDIC and Federal Reserve propose rule on resolution plans and credit exposure reports
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Wall Street, Corporate Crime and Prosecutorial Discretion
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Dodd-Frank Dissenters Sound Off
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Food/Beverage:
Steakhouse chain wins liquor license price dispute
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Tax:
IRS Probes Kabbalah Centre Finances
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Inventories Increase to Near a Two-Year High
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US Gasoline Extends Gains as Mississippi Threatens Refineries
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Municipalities:
Is Providence on the Verge of Bankruptcy ?
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Rail:
AAR: Rail Traffic "mixed" in April
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today - link fixed from yesterday)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Innkeepers, Caribe Media, Raser Technologies, Vitro: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Corporate Death Peaks 3 Years Post-IPO
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Rules:
New Duties for Debtors: Form Amendments in the wake of Lanning and Ransom
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Baseball:
Bankruptcy could help Frank McCourt retain control of Dodgers
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Selig speaks on differences between Dodgers, Mets
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Insurance:
Southern tornadoes may cost insurers $5.5 bln
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Orchestras:
Philadelphia Orchestra Escrows Ticket Money in Case Performances Canceled
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Amid bankruptcy, concerts by Peter Nero and Philly Pops to continue
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Health Care:
Caring for poor, hospitals reach brink of closure
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Sale of Twin City Hospital to Franciscan Services Corp. finalized
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UK:
Bank Bail-in Bonds May Avert 'Systemic Trauma,' IIF Says
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ICAS calls for changes to insolvency laws
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Appointment of Administrators - 9 May 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 9 May 2011
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11 Stone Buildings adds insolvency silk to its ranks
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Insolvency and Government cuts
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Tax cuts may slow company insolvency figures
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The Phoenix Four got off lightly
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Peer's anger at MG Rover 'slap on the wrist'
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Phoenix Four: What happened to the men who ruined Rover?
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Ante nuptial contract provides limited protection once insolvency befalls a spouse
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Pre-packaged administrations: Davey to the rescue?
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Ex-Langbar CEO Pearson Should Have Known About Fraud, U.K Prosecutor Says
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EU:
Euro Declines Against Yen for Fifth Day as Greece's Rating Cut
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European debt worries
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Is Europe About to Collapse? Not if It Restructures Sovereign Debt
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Central Bank Drift: Eupdate Extra
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ECB's Bini Smaghi-Debt restructuring would be suicide
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PIIGS:
S&P cuts Greek credit rating
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S&P's Greek warning is also a recommendation
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Moody's warns multi-notch cut for Greece possible
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Greek Banks Are Sound, Rumors Of Euro Exit 'Nonsense' - Banker
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UBS's Magnus Says Delaying Greek Restructure Is Damaging
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Bini Smaghi Says Euro Member Debt Restructuring Wrong in Theory, Practice
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Greek Debt-Maturity Extension Won't Help Underlying Solvency, Buiter Says
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A (hard) Greek restructuring by the numbers
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Athens must be put under the gun
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Brand new Greek bailout rumors are swirling
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Papademos on What Greece Must Do to Address Debt Crisis
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Greece comes back for more
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Greece's Unsustainable Burden
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Weighing Europe's options on Greece
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Greece will crash, so build up the buffers
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Greece Joins Belarus as Europe's Lowest-Rated Country After S&P's Debt Cut
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The Greek Melodrachma
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How Greece could avoid triggering a Lehman moment
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EU, IMF inspectors in Greece to examine fiscal accounts
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Spanish stocks sink
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Spanish bankruptcies climb to record high
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Banks Reject Offer Of €25 Million To Meet Builder's Debts Of €113 Million
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On the Treasury’s Curious Denial That Geithner Blocked Deal on Irish Debt
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Portuguese Banks Eye Path to Stability
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Japan:
Post-March 11 Bankruptcies Surge vs. Kobe Impact
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Cabinet Wants Deeper Tepco Restructuring
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China:
US tells China to look to its own consumers
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China trade gap widens sharply in April
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Mexico:
Mexico Takes Aim at a Titan in Telecom
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Australia:
Corporate insolvencies on the rise
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