Law:
MegaFirm Snags One-Time Skadden Bankruptcy Practice Boss
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No Bail, Head Directly to Rikers: Has DSK Been Treated Unfairly?
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New York celebrity lawyer perfect fit' for IMF chief
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The Law Firm As NASCAR: Adapting to Changes & Finding a Different Groove
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Trustee, others working on Madoff case get bigger payout than victims
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Madoff bonanza for att'ys
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Picard Spends 31% of SIPC Money for Rent, Fees, Filing Shows
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Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell’s motion to abate proceedings in legal malpractice case
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City of Chicago’s New Top Lawyer Says He Plans to Bring More Work In-House
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The Legal Technology Leadership Summit
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LinkedIn Expects to Pay Wilson Sonsini $1.5 Million in IPO Legal Fees
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Lotsa Dollars and No Sense
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Judge Must Decide If $590,000 Fee for "Several Days" Work Is Reasonable
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Court rules that "free speech" does not mean that lawyer can oppose former client
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The New Associate and the Future of Contract Drafting
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Experience/Exposure: Such a high price to pay
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Tips for Young Lawyers
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Likely Changes for Texas Loser-Pays Bill
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Enough With The ABA; Law Students Appeal to the DOE To Force Law School Transparency
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Indiana Tech Plans Law School; College President Says Jobs a Challenge in Any Field
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Commencement Speechmaking 101
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Law Grad Admits Copying Part of His Commencement Speech from YouTube
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A Primer for Teaching Law as an Adjunct Professor
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Lawyer’s License Revoked After Panel Finds He Hid Funds During His Divorce
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Court Calls Lawyer’s Conduct a ‘Textbook Example of How Not to Operate a Law Office’
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A Tale of Two Cufflinks :)
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Law Firm Hot :)
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"The Good Wife" - Proper Alicia Sleeps with the Boss
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EEOC Sues Starbucks, Alleging Discrimination Against Employee with Dwarfism
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Judges:
Appeals court: Locking public out of court hearing illegal
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Justice Breyer Recalls Legal Lessons of the Holocaust
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On Judges and Country Clubs
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In Da Club
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Is the 6th Circuit the Nation’s Most Dysfunctional Appeals Court?
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White Male Judges Are Being Discriminated Against (On Television)
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Think Oral Arguments Are Important? Think Again, Justice Alito Says
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Obama's health care lawsuits: Should we reconsider judicial review?
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures point to gains
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Stocks Tumble
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Goldman Sachs in danger of looking average
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How Goldman Sachs Lied To Its Customers And Congress
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Wall Street turns on Wall Street, finally
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Economy's fading momentum drives money out of stocks, into bonds
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Layoffs:
America's Best- and Worst-Paying Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Health Care:
Hospital runs up hundreds of thousands in unpaid water bills
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Doctors Refusing to Treat Overweight Patients
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Pricey restaurants in Pelosi’s district getting health care waivers?
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Retailing:
Walmart’s US sales struggle
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At Wal-Mart, it's all about gas, gas, gas
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When Speaking Up Isn't Enough
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Lampert takes a stake in Big Lots
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Municipalities:
Chicago: Emanuel Unveils Major Budget Cut On First Full Day
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Stockton City Council Facing Fiscal Emergency
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California State Revenue Jumps $6.6B
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States Aren't As Broke As They Thought
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Shrinking Calif. state parks : 70 to close
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The Real Threat to Teacher's Unions
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City of Blytheville Owes IRS $2 Million
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Accounting:
Hooray for More Restatements?
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CFOs Expect Modest Recovery
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UK Watchdog Agency Opens Investigation on Big 4 Accounting Firms
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Glass:
Glass Maker Blenko Enters Chapter 11
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Telecoms:
Ex-Nortel U.S. Workers, Uncle Sam Wants You
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Fairpoint Falls After Saying It's Unlikely to Meet Forecast
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Paint:
Merit Group Files for Bankruptcy on Acquisition Costs
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Corporate Reform:
Wall Street banks under scrutiny over mortgage loan packaging
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SEC meets to discuss oversight of credit ratings agencies
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Warren named to Oklahoma Hall of Fame
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Treasury Reveals Two Senior Leadership Hires for CFPB
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Rules for Employees, Including Its Own, Put S.E.C. on Hot Seat
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Osama bin-Amish
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Avoidance Actions:
Tribune Noteholders Win Access to Shareholder Pre-Bankruptcy Payment Data
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Mass Torts:
Creditors to meet May 18 in Narco bankruptcy
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IP:
Ericsson Said to Consider Entering Competition for Nortel Patent Portfolio
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NMT Medical to liquidate intellectual property in early June
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Politics:
How a bankrupt member of Congress spends his money
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Lawmakers rebuff pleas to return funds from alleged Ponzi schemer
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Republican Overcomes Bankruptcy , Wins Auditor Race
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Education:
University of Phoenix Being Probed for Fraud
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Celebs:
Former NHL star Luc Robitaille in financial trouble
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"The Situation" Sues His Dad
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Golf:
Sale of Brick Landing golf course on hold after buyer rescinds bid
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Card Scam Is Ammo in Fee Battle
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Economy:
Weaker manufacturing and home construction reports knock Treasury yields lower
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U.S. Industrial Production Stalls on Auto Disruption; Housing Starts Drop
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Big Investors Less Optimistic on Global Recovery
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Coburn: 'Gang of Six' Could Be Imploding
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The problem with ‘gangs’
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US Living in Disney-Like Debt Bubble
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Geithner: U.S. must deal with budget woes or pay more
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America's New Default Deniers
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Geithner Says U.S. Can’t Rely on ‘Magical Thinking’ to Fix Budget Deficit
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Adventures with debt-ceiling politics
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The History Of The Debt Ceiling
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Rogoff Warns of Danger in US Debt
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The Great Recession's Lost Generation
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We Will Have Another Financial Crisis
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Financial Repression Coming to America: El-Erian
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Do Do That Voodoo
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CBO: Budget Bill Savings Shrink
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In Europe, a first call for IMF chief Strauss-Kahn to quit
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Jailed IMF chief faces pressure to quit
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Will the power brokers propel Gordon Brown into the IMF job?
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The Strauss-Kahn Earthquake
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If Strauss-Kahn is out, who might become IMF chief?
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Strauss-Kahn wife Anne Sinclair stands by her man
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Strauss-Kahn Prosecutors Are Willing to Consider Bail, Lawyer Brafman Says
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IMF chief claims consent in hotel 'attack'
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Lawyer: Maid who accused IMF chief telling truth
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Accuser Described As "Shy, Religious" Immigrant From West Africa
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What About the Woman Strauss-Kahn Allegedly Raped?
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn: maid named by French media
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Maid in IMF chief case suffering 'trauma'
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lavish life: How does a socialist public servant pay for $3,000-a-night hotel suites and first-class flights?
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The Maid Allegedly Assaulted By Strauss-Kahn Lives In Housing For Adults With HIV
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Is On Suicide Watch
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Bernard-Henri Levy's defense of Strauss-Kahn smacks of sexism
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Ben Stein Watch, DSK edition
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Ben Stein’s Shameful Defense of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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Geithner : Strauss-Kahn not in position to run IMF
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US Finance Official Calls for Interim IMF Chief
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The 'Seduction' Myth: What the French Still Don't Get
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French Law, American Custom And The 'Perp Walk'
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IMF head held in virtual isolation on Rikers Island
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IMF chief will not get diplomatic immunity, State Dept. says
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George Soros dumps $800 million gold stake
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People plan to work into their 70s or later
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$2 Trillion Needed to Fix US Infrastructure
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70% of Americans: High Gas Prices Hurt
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BofAML survey reveals bleak assessment of global financial conditions
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US Manufacturing is Back
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Industrial Production unchanged in April, Capacity Utilization declines slightly
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Taxing the rich
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Religion vs Education vs Income?
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Think of the Children
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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:
3 Major Banks Under Investigation for Role in Mortgage Crisis
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Schneiderman, With Mr. Martin, to Probe Mortgage Industry
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Probes into banks' mortgage lending grow
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Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers
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The big, and little, mortgage-fraud news
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Is Another Major Mortgage Investigation Really Necessary?
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Dick Bove Proves His Ignorance
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Banks Say Simpler Mortgage Form Could `Stifle' New Products
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The “Excess Supply of Housing” War
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Look At How Few Houses We're Building
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Architecture Billings Index indicates declining demand in April
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Construction of new homes plummeted in April
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Any Hope in Housing Starts?
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Foreclosures Weigh on Housing Market
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Chase chairman concedes errors in foreclosures
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Foreclosures share of California sales inches down in April
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Foreclosure filings drop across most of the West Coast
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"20% Down" would have cut out 39% of homebuyers in 2010
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Putting “trust” back in American housing finance
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Housing Weakness Is Mixed Blessing
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How Not To Fix The Housing Market
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Bill to Protect Families Facing Foreclosure
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'Biggest mistake': Dimon rues action on military families
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Tough housing market slams Realtor income
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Houston home sales slide more than 14% in April
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GA Keen Realty hired to sell Metropark stores
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Economically hurting, Impac Mortgage Holdings swings to 1Q loss
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Banning Lewis Ranch Files Bankruptcy Plan to Auction Assets
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Ex-Lawyer Gets Four Years for Mortgage Fraud, Owes $1.1 Million
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Mutli-family Starts and Completions, and Quarterly Starts by Intent
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Banking:
Court allows fraud claim against FDIC
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UBS Exodus: A List of Bankers That Left
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Activists Cross Moat to Storm JPMorgan Chase Shareholders Meeting
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Protester handcuffed at Chase shareholders meeting
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Bank Troubled Debt Restructurings Expected to Rise, Fitch Says
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Zombie Banks and the Need for a Public Option in Finance
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Autos:
Chrysler restructures its debt deal
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Toyota, Honda caught short with their buyers 'up for grabs'
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Japan's Carmakers May Lose 193,000 U.S. Sales
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Judge: Toyota Can be Sued for Economic Loss
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Hotels:
Bankruptcy derails Flatiron hotel debt auction
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Investor offers $18.5M to buy Lotus hotel in Waikiki
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Video Rentals:
Icahn Seeks Unfair Blockbuster Claim Sanction, Law Firm Says in Court
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Paper:
AbitibiBowater shares fall after profit miss
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Cruise Ships:
Anschutz Unit Wins Ambassadors Bankruptcy Auction With $39 Million Offer
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Consumer Finance:
The Truth About Title Loans and Repossession
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Low-income households struggle to access credit
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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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:
Merit Group, Bernard Madoff, West End Financial: Bankruptcy
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Vitro, HearUSA, Lehman, New Stream, Scovill: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
Ex-Taylor Bean’s Farkas Sues Insurer Over Legal Expenses for Fraud Trial
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Appeals:
This Is a Firm Deadline… And I Mean It!
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Litigation:
Plaintiffs Ordered to Pay E-Discovery Costs
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Food/Beverage:
Are Restaurants Really Risky Businesses?
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Oil/Gas:
WikiLeaks cables show that it was all about the oil
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Gambling:
Defamation Suit Over Maryland Gambling Held Up by Bankruptcy Judge - Would interfere with Ch. 11
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Orchestras:
Can bankruptcy fix orchestra? No: It damages its reputation.
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Nature:
Mississippi River: Closed For Business
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Closure cost: $300M a day
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‘Cajun Riviera’ Residents Pay Price of Living in Harm’s Way
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Fraud:
Raj Trial Done, But His Voice Will Linger
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Galleon Defense Worked—to a Point
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Galleon stoolie was taping through his hat
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Insider trial jurors asked about Rajaratnam, bias
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Consultants and lawyers divvy up Madoff recoverables
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Peter Madoff's Aston Martin to Be Auctioned
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Diamond Investment Ponzi Scheme Operator Gets 10 Years
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Finance:
Companies Rush to Borrow - Door Closing On Easy Credit
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Tech:
Hewlett-Packard slumps as forecast cut
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Tax:
Doctor, wife sentenced to prison for tax evasion
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Sovereigns:
S&P’s Latest Credit Ratings by Country
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UK:
UK inflation rises to 4.5%
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BOE Voted 6-3 to Hold Rate on Consumer Risks
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Unemployment Claims Rise Most Since January 2010 as Recovery Stays Fragile
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UK Retailers Face Decade Of Austerity
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Appointment of Administrators - 18 May 2011
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What The Royal Wedding Wrought On The UK Economy
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EU:
The eurozone after Strauss-Kahn
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Is the Downfall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Also the Downfall of the Euro?
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Europeans Face Up to Chance of 2nd Greek Bailout
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ECB's Stark blasts 'vested interests' in US, UK
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Merkel's Leadership Gap Fans Greek Crisis: Schroeder
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Germany:
Deutsche Bank Counts on Ackermann Testimony to Rebut Kirch Bankruptcy Case
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PIGS:
Strauss-Kahn, Greece and IMF Image Problem
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Why DSK’s arrest is bad for the IMF, France, and Greece
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Greece Risk Rising With IMF Turmoil: El-Erian
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Greece May Delay Payments Under EU Proposal to Extend $156 Billion Bailout
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EU's Juncker calls for radical Greek privatisation plan
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You say restructuring, I say re-profiling
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EU breaks taboo, talks of Greek debt restructuring
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Greek Debt Restructuring Would Jeopardize Rest of Europe, Bini Smaghi Says
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Opposition to Greek Restructuring
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Greek bailout will derail without reform -IMF
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IMF Greece Mission Head Thomsen Says Nation Needs to Speed Reforms Pace
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Guide To the Greek Crisis
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Greece needs a strategic plan
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Greece Has Options to Fix Debt Woes, but All Lead to Misery
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Westaway Says Strauss-Kahn Arrest Won't Delay Greek Aid
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What Happens If Greece Defaults?
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Could Greece be the next Lehman Brothers
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IMF Approves $2.8 Billion Irish Loan
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Drumm corrects bankruptcy errors
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Japan:
Documents Illustrate Desperate Hours at Plant
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Fresh Tales of Chaos Emerge From Early in Nuclear Crisis
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Netherlands:
Van Der Moolen Governance Was Flawed Before Bankruptcy
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Belarus:
Belarus Goes Bankrupt Without Any Savior in Sight
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Hungary:
Practical Issues Concerning Hungarian Liquidation Rules
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Czech Republic:
Czech developer ECM files for insolvency
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MENA:
Mubarak to Apologize to Egypt
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Thousands Defy Crackdown in Damascus
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Libya's top oil official defects
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Saudi Arabia Defies Mideast Upheaval
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Australia:
Company collapses in Australia remain high
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Fertiliser Outfits Go Into Administration After Finance Fails
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Moody's Cuts Rating of Four Major Australian Banks
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France:
Coeur Défense: The Application of the Safeguard Procedure
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