Law:
Lawsuits Seek to Open Up the Legal Biz
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Because Walmart Really Should Be Allowed To Own A Law Firm
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Lateral Tracker
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Wilson Sonsini Wins Chancellor Chandler Sweepstakes
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Bankruptcy judges to decide fate of controversial lawyer
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Galleon, J&J, Strauss-Kahn, Madoff, Lehman in Court News
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Banned firm files emergency motion for hearing
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Today’s Terrible Jobs Have A ‘Do It Yourself’ Feel
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What Are Associates Really Thinking?
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Keeping Hope Alive in an Uncertain Spring
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Artie McConnell: Twinkle, twinkle, little star
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Oh, Lord, grant law just one more bubble
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Show Me The Money Part Deux
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'Corporate Counsel' Names Google's Legal Department Best of 2011
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Some Firms Eye Asking Partners for Larger Capital Investment
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Finding a Legal Job? There’s an App for That
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10 Marketing Tips for Time-Pressed Lawyers
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Glory Days
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Attorneys Who Work in the 'Cloud' May Get ABA Wake-Up Call With Proposed Rules
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In-House: Compliance Due Diligence
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Censure Recommended for Lawyer With Propensity for Holding Back Files
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Law Firm Sees Advantage in High-Tech Elevators: Separation from IRS Agents
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Trial Begins for Brokers Accused of Bribing NY BigLaw Lawyers for Insider Tips
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What's the Best Lawyer Movie/TV Show of All Time?
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I’m Suing You, So No, We Can’t Be Facebook Friends
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Andy Dick Gets Sued in Dallas Because of, Well . . .
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Judges:
The Judge Who Rarely Rules ‘No’
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Republicans Block Obama Pick for 9th Circuit
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Indiana Supreme Court & Cops Get Death Threats, After Unlawful Entry Opinion
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Former Judge Tried To Vacate Convictions He Imposed
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures flat
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Uh-oh. Will Goldman kill the dollar too?
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Fee Bonanza! Wall Street Rakes in Millions from LinkedIn IPO
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Why People Buy Stock in Bankrupt Companies
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Layoffs:
Jobless Claims Fall More Than Forecast, Reversing Surge
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Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling
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Federal Workers Angry on Benefits Cut
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No Reason to Cheer Drop in Jobless Claims
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:
Sbarro to explore sale, drops Chapter 11 plan
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Sbarro Pizza Chain Said to Be Negotiating Higher Bid Than Bankruptcy Plan
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McDonald's defends advertising to children
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Borders Seeks Coffee Break With Seattle's Best
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What the Vita bankruptcy means — and doesn't mean
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Marine:
Trico files liquidation plan after spinoff
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Tidewater profit falls 79% as margins decline
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Lehman:
Icahn balks at Lehman's demand for 18% claims cut
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Former Enron prosecutor files suit against Lehman execs, board
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Lehman Minibond Investors Vote Overwhelmingly To Accept Payout Offer
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Personal Finance:
Move fast if you're trading in a used car
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Retailing:
Pershing Square cuts exposure to Borders
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Bill Ackman Likely Takes $200 Million Bath on Borders
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Malone’s Liberty Offers to Buy Barnes & Noble in $1 Billion Deal
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Sears Loses More Than Expected in 1Q
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Accounting:
Accounting Rules to Get Performance Reviews
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Resorts:
Barnes Bay, Viceroy Anguilla Owner, Wins Approval of Auction
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Anguilla: Paradise for Lawyers
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Trucking:
YRC Worldwide Stock In Danger Of Being Delisted From Nasdaq
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Banking:
FDIC Clarifies Provisions of FDIC’s Orderly Liquidation Authority Relating to Preferential and Fraudulent Transfers
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A Market Test for the FDIC's Resolution Authority
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M&T Bank repays $700 million in TARP funds
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Why Bank Stocks Are Getting Killed: All Around The World, People Are Screaming For DEFAULT
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Horticulture:
Andronico's creditors complain about payments
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Paint:
Five Star Products’ Bankruptcy Clarified
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Horse Racing:
Settlement hearing being held on Rosecroft bankruptcy
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Tax:
HSBC Client Schiavo Accused of Failing to Report Offshore Account to U.S.
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As IRS crusades against Americans hiding money offshore, Latin American tax cheats flock to U.S. banks
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Cruise Ships:
Bankrupt cruise line to honour bookings following sale
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Radio:
Lawyer plans to turn around five bankrupt radio stations
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Newspapers:
Death of Newspapers Greatly Exaggerated
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Oil/Gas:
Natural gas: study raises doubts on U.S. supply
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Aviation:
Obese Pair Told To Buy 4 Seats On Flight
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Celebs:
Toni Braxton Opens Up About Filing for Bankruptcy and Her Family Struggles
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Former Baseball All-Star Lenny Dykstra Looks Terrible In His New Uniform
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Donald Trump School’s Business Practices Said to Be Probed by New York
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Economy:
Claims for unemployment benefits fall; future looks bumpy
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Leading Economic Indicators Fall 0.3%
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End of QE2 to hurt stocks, bonds: poll
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Chase CEO Warns of US Defaulting
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Reid rejects Boehner call for $2 trillion in spending cuts
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Fed Fisher: High Gasoline Prices Have Had Retarding Effect On Economy
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Oil prices risk derailing global recovery: IEA
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Fed's Fisher: Economy Has too Much Liquidity
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Geithner: New Financial Crisis Coming
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Foreign central banks' US debt holdings fall
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Strauss-Kahn Granted $1 Million Bail Pending Trial
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Lipsky: Christine Lagarde 'excellent choice' for IMF
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Lagarde Faces Legal Hurdle to Top IMF Post From 1993 Dispute
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An outsider like Peter Mandelson could be perfect for the IMF
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IMF head: Europe to make 'common choice' soon
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Make Strauss-Kahn Succession Quick: Geithner
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IMF Succession Battle Mounts
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IMF Acting Chief: Board To Begin Talks On New Leader
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IMF a race between Europe, Asia
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Europe rushes to stake claim to IMF job
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A Look at Possible Candidates to Be Next IMF Chief
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers to give up rights as Frenchman for freedom
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The two faces of DSK
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$6 million bail, 24-hr armed guard, ankle bracelet, video surveillance
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Strauss-Kahn may face civil suit for alleged assault
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DSK To Get Huge Payday
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At IMF, Men on Prowl and Women on Guard
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The Fabulous Life Of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Before He Was Arrested)
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10 Cities With the Most Fiscally Fit Men
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10 Cities Where Men are Poor
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Flight Plan for the US Economy
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How The Government Created A Financial Crisis
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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:
Calif. Supreme Court denies plaintiff petition for review in MERS case
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California MBS suit against Countrywide allowed to proceed in state court
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Former LPS Employees Allege 30% to 78% Error Rate in Borrower Mortgage Records, Contradicting Banker/Regulator Cover-Up
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Bank-picked experts take on U.S. foreclosure reviews
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Criticism of the Foreclosure Process Brought Bar Probe of Two Fla. Lawyers
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Sorry Folks, Court's Closed!
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Florida Kangaroo Foreclosure Courts Likely to Fold
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Existing-home sales dip, despite buyer's market
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Existing Home Sales: Investors, Distressed Sales and First Time Buyers
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First-time homebuyers are too few in number to absorb inventory overhang
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Tight credit hindered buyers
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Mortgage rates drop for fifth straight week
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Elizabeth Warren Vs. House GOP, Part 2
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‘Move-Up’ Home Buyers Moving In
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Mortgage Delinquencies Flat as Foreclosures Slow
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Mortgage Delinquencies by State: Percent and Number
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Americans at risk of foreclosure rose in Q1
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Texas passes bill to protect active military from HOA foreclosures
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National delinquency, foreclosure rates on the mend
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Realtors bond over tough times
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A sign that the worst is over
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Don't Expect A Housing Market Recovery Until 2014
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Homeowners Warned About The Looming Crisis In Adjustable Rate Mortgages
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Florida home sales increase 2%
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April Las Vegas home sales stagnate and prices slump
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Condo Buyers Can Press Suit Against Trump
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Developer of Heritage Plantation Real Estate & Golf Development in Crestview, Florida Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Appaloosa Makes Homebuilder Bet
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Multifamily Property Transactions Increased 40% During Q1
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Regulators concentrate on commercial real estate risks
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Developer Opus settles claims that owners took subsidiary profits
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DBRS confirms most U.S. RMBS classes, downgrades 173
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Municipalities:
Why bankruptcy is not the answer
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One year later, Central Falls still in peril
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S&P bullish on the state of Texas
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States tap reserves to pay ‘tobacco bonds’
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Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy: The New "New Thing"?
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New research: Private prisons don’t save states money, actually cost more
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LA: On Track For A Million Food Stamp Users
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Trustees:
Getting the Right Bankruptcy Trustee
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Avoidance Actions:
Trustee in GRA liquidation (Black Angus Restaurants) files preference complaints
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Health Care:
HearUSA Announces Notice From NYSE Amex
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Lower Bucks Hospital is granted yet another extension
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Autos:
Chrysler raises $7.5 billion, ratings agency says
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Chrysler's Makeover Winning
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Chrysler details terms of bond offer, term loan
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Ford Stock's A Buy But Executives Are Selling
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Saab Auto's Suppliers Cautious On Spyker's New China Deal
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Honda: More Cars Coming by July
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Debt Collection:
Minnesota sues U.S. debt collector for robo-signing
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Mass Torts:
Union Carbide Cites Asbestos Suits by Judge’s Dad in Motion to Overturn Record Verdict
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Religion:
Church Report Cites Social Tumult in Priest Scandals
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Bankruptcy Rules:
U.S. Supreme Court Adopts Revised Bankruptcy Rules; Amendments To Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Will Requires Extensive Disclosure
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Sovereigns:
Chart of the day, sovereign credit spreads edition
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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:
(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, Fisher Island, Borders, Windstar: Bankruptcy
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Lehman, Windstar, Sbarro, A&P, Blixseth, Lotus: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Fraud:
Trustee for Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Opposes Motion to Dismiss Complaint Against Sterling Equities
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Connecticut town goes to court seeking return of pension money lost with Madoff
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Bernard Madoff's daughter-in-law has deal for 'heartbreaking' memoir
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Madoff Trustee Says Mets Owners ‘Refuse’ to Return $300 Million
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Mets Looked at Fraud Coverage for Madoff Stakes
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Bernie Madoff: Lord of the lies
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Goffer Trial Witness Says He Traded Merger Tips for Cash-Filled Envelopes
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How Rajat Gupta corrupted McKinsey
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Los Angeles Businessman Ezri Namvar Convicted of Fraud by Los Angeles Jury
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Former Humbolt Creamery CEO gets 30 months in prison
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Lawyer McNerney pleads guilty in Mutual Benefits Ponzi
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PGA Tour Rebuffs Stanford Receiver's Pursuit of Sponsorship Fees
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Baseball:
Dodgers: Jamie McCourt asks judge to order sale of Dodgers
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Corporate Reform:
Democrats urge Warren recess appointment to CFPB
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Lenders in knots over new mortgage docs
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Why GOP is Weakening Consumer Protection
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Elizabeth Warren The Latest Victim In GOP War On Women?
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Republicans Declare War On Bank Customers
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Rule of Law: Banker Criminality Demands Prosecution
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Safeguards needed for business credit cards: study
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Most Business Credit Cards Evade Practices Consumer Card Laws Prohibit, Pew Says
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Insurance:
Arizona federal court permits garnishment from defunct company's D&O
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Man Sues Insurers After Adviser Bankrupted His Elderly Mom
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And the First-Ever LBW 'Costanza Award' Goes to ... Munich Re Executives!
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Video Rentals:
Buy Dish Satellite Service, Get Blockbuster DVDs Mailed to You
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Blockbuster Stockholders Hang on to Test Steep Bankruptcy Odds
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Opera:
Board of troubled NYC Opera meets to talk future
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UK:
New Car Sales Fall 12%
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Southern Cross auditor warns of 'significant doubt' over its survival
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Football creditor rule under review
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Norwich law firm aids Portsmouth FC probe
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UK Banks Face Bonus Shake-Up
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Treasury Provokes Banks Over Loans
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Banks Back £2.5 Billion Fund For Small Businesses
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Most small firms to miss out on banks’ new £2.5 billion Business Growth Fund
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Appointment of Administrators - 19 May 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 19 May 2011
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Canada:
Canadian Home Resales Down 4.4% In April
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Bank of Canada: Risks Aren't Gone
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France:
After Strauss-Kahn, 'code of silence' may no longer protect French politicians
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Analysis: France between denial, anger and grief over DSK
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal grips France
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‘Perp Walk,’ Naming Victim Divide France, U.S.
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DSK saga is not just a French thing
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Germany:
Deutsche Bank Denies Bid to Hurt Kirch Group
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Deutsche Bank chief testifies in Kirch case
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PIGS:
Bank of Ireland faces "challenging conditions"
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Troubled financier questioned by NIB in court
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P Elliott Enters Receivership With Debts Of Over €500 Million
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Financier McFadden insolvent and owes €100m, court is told
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Nama Plans Protection For House Purchasers
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Quinn's Family Lodge Negligence Suit Against Anglo Irish
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Spaniards Protest as Austerity Bites
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Bailout Protests Spread: People In Spain Are Chanting "We Want To Be Icelanders!"
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Spanish 2-Year Yields On A Tear, And Officially Hit Their Worst Level Of The Year
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Mountains Of Hidden Spanish Debt Are About To Be Revealed
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Korea:
S. Korean Banks' Bad-Loan Ratio for Real-Estate Projects Rises
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Japan:
Tepco posts $15.3 billion fiscal-year loss
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Tepco Asks Banks for Low-Interest Loans After Record Loss
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Japan Central Bank Keep Key Rate Near Zero
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Capitalists Who Fear Free Markets
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Australia:
Crisis 'not the cause of most bankruptcies'
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The ABC of a successful corporate rescue: Lessons from the Court receivership of ABC2 Group Pty Ltd
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Ukraine:
Ukrainian banking sector: how restructuring and distressed debt trading can restore viability
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China:
Andy Xie: Chinese Real Estate Prices Will Drop By 50% In 3 Years
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In China, some new cities are ghost towns
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MENA:
Syrian forces fire into crowds as thousands protest
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Obama calls for billions of dollars in aid to Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan
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