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Law:
It’s The Jones Day Dress Code
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At Well-Paying Law Firms, a Low-Paid Corner
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Not on the Partner Track — and Maybe That’s Okay
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BigLaw's Acceptance of Practice Support Lawyers: Ready for Primetime
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Hogan Lovells increases trainee pay scales
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Pepper Hamilton Hiring Partner: If Interview Hypo Scares You Off, This Isn't the Place for You
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Getting Tough and Testy
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What One Former Howrey Partner Made Last Year
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Irving Picard will 'wind up being richer than' Bernie Madoff, says attorney for defrauded investors
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White & Case Develops Educational Programs for Indian Law School
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Three Firms Reprise Roles on Chrysler Refinancing
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Attorney Paul Daugerdas Convicted in Tax Shelter Case
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Small Firm Takes On High-Profile Financial Cases That Big Firms Won't
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Hollywood Pit Bull Is Just Like Us
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Tips for Summer Associates (Part 1)
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Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan
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Now Hiring: SEC Has Glut of Attorney Jobs, Turns to Recruiter for Help
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Call Me: A Firm's Hotline to Advice From Former General Counsel
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Rates, Revenue & Profits Are Up for Law Firms
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KEL asks judge to lift bankruptcy practice ban
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Highland Capital, H&R Block, JPMorgan, BofA in Court News
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‘Loser Pays’ Moves Closer to Becoming the Law in Texas
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Texas Senate unanimously passes new version of loser-pays bill
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Ex Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Has New University of Chicago Gig, Also Expected to Land Law Firm Job
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Top US Supreme Court lawyer says WWII-era predecessor hid information on Japanese internment
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Signing Up For, Or Objecting To, The BAR/BRI Class Action Settlement
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Federal Suit Claims LSAT Discriminatory
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It’s Hard Out Here for a Career Services Dean
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Two Law Profs Discuss What They Are Planning To Do To Integrate Legal Skills Into Their Courses :))
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Homeless Nonlawyer Accused of Seeking Legal Clients Through Parental Alienation Group
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U.K. Gag Orders, Xinhua Finance, Virginia Health Case, Bawag in Court News
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Attorney Who Was on 'Friday Night Lights' Football Team Suspended From Law Practice
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Lawyer objects to attractive woman at trial table
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Cops: Man fakes bankruptcy to get out of parking tickets
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Facebook No Friend of Bank Robbery Suspects
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Judges:
International Insolvency Institute honours Hon. Burton R. Lifland
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Tips for Law Students Interning for Judges This Summer
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Justices Scalia and Thomas embrace the living Constitution
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New Mexico Judges Draw Scrutiny
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10th Circuit's Judge Tacha on Pay, Political Labels and Her Choice to Move On
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Wall Street:
Wall Street stock index futures point to drop
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Asia stocks fall
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Europe stocks lower
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How the major stock indexes fared Tuesday
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Goldman: Oil is going up! No wait, down! Up!
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Goldman Playing Oil Like A Fiddle
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley Big on Commodities
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Some Wall Street Intern Salaries Hit $100K Per Year
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Layoffs:
Why the Rich Love Unemployment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:
Seahawk holders ask to sue former company owner
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Seahawk Drilling Debtors File Joint Plan of Reorganization
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Goldman says Brent crude will hit $130
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House Dems Urge Limits on Oil Speculators
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U.S. Commodity Regulator Sues Oil Traders
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Baseball:
Fred Wilpon says Mets are 'bleeding cash'
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Fraud:
Last Auction Features Madoff's Least Luxurious Belongings
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Fred Wilpon: If we lose Madoff suit, we will sell Mets
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On Tape, Goffer Calls Tips 'Too Valuable' To Sell
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A Convicted Insider Trader Explains Why Lawyers Are Worse Tipsters Than Bankers
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JPMorgan Ignored Madoff Fraud? That's Not For A Bankruptcy Court To Decide
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Wall Street Fraud: Hidden in the Shadows
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LDL: “Let’s Discuss Live”
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Gambling:
Trump Ent. eyes distressed casinos in other states
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Religion:
Appeal provision could derail Catholic Diocese of Wilmington bankruptcy settlement
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Faith Christian files for bankruptcy
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Attorneys in archdiocese bankruptcy seek to lift stay on pending civil cases
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NY's obligation to abuse victims
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End of the World Moved Back to October
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Camping Spent $100M on Rapture Ads
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Celebs:
Gooden: Dykstra tried to "rescue" me from rehab
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Health Care:
More Solid Proof That Obamacare Is Working
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Student Debt:
Sallie Mae Makes a Surprising Comeback
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Education:
Business degrees yield big returns...for white men
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Auto Racing:
New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville to emerge from bankruptcy in July
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Personal Finance:
Mom accused of killing kids filed for bankruptcy
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Nasty tax surprise on retirement loans
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Video Rentals:
Blockbuster Canada to shut locations
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Resorts:
Plan has Peak on auction block
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Pensions:
Harry & David to Fight Regulator in Court Over Plan to Cancel Pension
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Economy:
Biden and lawmakers to reconvene deficit talks
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Controversial "Clean" Debt Ceiling Vote Coming Up Next Week
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Biden : New taxes needed as part of debt limit bill
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Biden: $1 trillion spending cuts sought in talks
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Billionaire's debt crusade finally center stage
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OECD sees growth firm, but risks abounding
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GAO: Stimulus contractors owe $750M in back taxes
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The Complete History Of How The Economy Imploded, Improved, Faded And Then Finally Got Better
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Why Bernanke will be forced to institute QE3
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Bernanke May Resist 'Noah's Ark' Approach on Systemic Risk
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USA comes up a bit short in global Better Life Index
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Norquist Emerges as Barrier to U.S. Debt Deal
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For 25% of retirees, savings are all gone
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Social Security has a taxing problem, not a spending problem
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Watch the policies, not the caps
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Medicare overhaul proposal causing GOP stress
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New York police deny Strauss-Kahn DNA report
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Strauss-Kahn's pals bid to pay off woman's kin
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The Maid's Family Doesn't Want DSK's Money
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Evidence of Force May Hurt Strauss-Kahn Defense
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Ahead of Lagarde bid, IMF factsheets
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French Finance Minister Lagarde Bidding To Head IMF
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Why Europe Can't Lose the IMF
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BRIC Revolt At The IMF
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The fraught politics facing Lagarde
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AIG stock sale raises $8.7 billion
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AIG Stock Sale: Taxpayers Win
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Reckless Greed and the Financial Meltdown
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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:
New-home sales up for 2nd straight month
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Maine High Court Overturns Foreclosure, Cites ‘Untrustworthy’ Paperwork
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House subcommittee to hear testimony supporting GSE wind down
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Architect Billings Index Slips Nearly 3 Points
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Lawler: FDIC-insured institutions’ Real Estate Owned (REO) decrease in Q1
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Seriously Delinquent Homeowners Undermine Hopes Of A Market Recovery
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States to ask banks for larger mortgage settlement
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Banks Face $17 Billion in Foreclosure Suits
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State AGs Warn Banks of Suits if Foreclosure Settlement isn't Reached
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Mortgage defaults do not predict poor credit behavior: TransUnion
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Housing: A Reality Check
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California: Families Double Up in Tough Times
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Greenwich’s Priciest Homes Languish With Four Years of Supply
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NY attorney general turns to bond insurers for info on banks
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Ally Financial expands mortgage assistance to all Hardest Hit Fund states
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B of A sees big response to 'hardest hit' programs
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Fitch Expects CMBS Delinquency To Hit 12% This Year
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S&P cuts Beazer outlook to negative on weak sales
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Judge gives green light to Banning Lewis Ranch sale
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Moody's: Commercial Real Estate Prices declined 4.2% in March, Hit new Post-Bubble Low
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Bill that makes it a crime to damage a foreclosed home clears Senate
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Autos:
Chrysler Repays $5.1 Billion in US Loans
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Obama: Chrysler loan repayment a 'milestone'
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Chrysler Pays Back Billions in Bailout Loans: Is the Comeback Complete?
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Chrysler CEO says there's still more to automaker's comeback
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Ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm rips GOP candidates for opposing auto industry loans
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Romney and Democrats Spar Over Auto Bailout
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Behind the bailout: 'Gangster government'
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Refighting the Auto Industry Bailout Battle
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SUVs saved Chrysler
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General Motors Will Never Repay Taxpayers
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Old General Motors to sell GM stock, warrants
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Tax:
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Files for Bankruptcy After Loan Curb Push
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UBS Client Avoids Jail With Three-Year Probation in Tax Case
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Banking:
Problem banks grow in the first quarter, FDIC says
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WaMu Inches Closer to Exiting Bankruptcy
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Bankrupt bank to become giant tax break
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Banks Should Stick to Loans, Deposits: Hoenig
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US banks still showing aversion to risk, chief Sheila Bair says
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Switzerland Continues To Lose Its Status As The World's Safest Banking Center
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US Financial Institutions Make Accounting Gain of $29 Billion
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Court approves BofA's $ 410M overdraft settlement
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As Bank Woes Ease, F.D.I.C. Fund Nears Positive Territory
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Financial Literacy:
Federal Reserve's Elizabeth Duke wants financial education in schools
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Nature:
Spillway flood could cost $2 billion
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Joplin Is Devastated After The Deadliest Single Tornado In 60 Years
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Insured losses in Joplin, Mo., tornado could reach $3B
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More Tornadoes Sweep U.S. States
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Cost of Texas drought climbing with each dry day
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Retailing:
Execs discuss Barnes & Noble offer
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Politics:
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
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Herman Cain’s Enron-esque Disaster
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Food/Beverage:
Pension issue may block Harry & David bankruptcy exit
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Cemeteries:
Chicago-area cemetery turned over to trustee
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Shipping:
The Operator Of The World's Largest Oil Tanker Fleet Gives Up On The Global Recovery
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Container Leasing Surge Shows Global Economy Accelerating
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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
(large downloads)
UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Highview, Nortel, Colonial, Raser, IGP, Tubo, LTAP: Bankruptcy
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Poll: Speculators Should See Same Recovery as Other Debt Holders
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Leahy introduces bill to fight creditor fraud in bankruptcy courts
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Lehman:
Lehman creditors want rivals to reveal holdings
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Tab for Lehman Collapse Tops $1.2 Billion
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Insurance:
New York Fed to postpone Maiden Lane sales: sources
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Municipalities:
Illinois on Verge of Financial Disaster
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The 20 Cities That Lost The Most In The Economic Downturn
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Harrisburg Act 47 plan coordinator talks county sales tax, bankruptcy
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City Of Oakland Debt Plans Point To Bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
Warren Called a Liar in House Hearing, as Rumors of Senate Run Emerge
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Decorum Breaks Down at House Hearing
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Warren Blasts CFPB Critics For 'False Claims'
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House GOP, Warren Spar Over Consumer Bureau
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Warren unable to soothe Hill critics
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Why Are Republicans So Keen to Persecute Elizabeth Warren?
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Consumer advocate Warren still in GOP sights
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Elizabeth Warren for Senate' Movement Taking Off
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Don't take the Senate bait, Elizabeth Warren
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Bair urges Obama to name regulator nominees
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CFPB Oversight
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CFPB Oversight Compared with Other Regulators
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There's A Change Coming
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Why Obama should appoint Elizabeth Warren
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Rep. McHenry Seeks More Oversight Of Consumer Bureau
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Why Elizabeth Warren Scares Republicans
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Senator Grassley Probes SEC's SAC Investigation
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NY & California AGs Are Prosecuting Bank Fraud
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Cheat Sheet on Bank Investigations and the Probes That Have Petered Out
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SEC leased unneeded space in DC, watchdog report says
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Former Treasury Restructuring Official Supports View That Dodd Frank Resolution is Failure Prone
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UK:
OECD cuts growth forecast for Britain
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Two more Ulster housebuilders fail
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Gazza bankruptcy case back in court
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The Point of No Return: The English Appeal Court Interprets the Balance Sheet Test for Insolvency
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British Banks Paid Bonuses Using Government Aid
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Budget Deficit Widens to $16.1 Billion as Tax Receipts Fall on Slow Growth
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HMRC to crackdown on VAT cheats
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Appointment of Administrators - 24 May 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 24 May 2011
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EU:
Europe Battles to Contain Greek Crisis
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Germany:
German Consumer Confidence to Fall Third Month in June on Prices, Crisis
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PIGS:
Greek Opposition Turns Down Papandreou's Call for Unity
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Greek PM says still seeking political consensus
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Greece seeks new tranche from 110 billion euro loan
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Greece must restructure
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Greece will eventually restructure
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Lorenzo Bini Smaghi vs Greece
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CDS: Have You Seen the Little PIIGies . . .
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Europe’s Spreading Infection
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Italy is the elephant in the euro room, not Spain
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Italy bank shares fall after negative S&P report
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Suddenly, the world is realizing there's a revolution in Spain
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Irish Banks Shed U.S. Loan Holdings
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IE: Receiver appointed to Wallace properties
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Russia:
Russian court upholds Khodorkovsky conviction
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Angry Words From Mikhail Khodorkovsky After Losing His Appeal
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Goldman Finding Third Time in Russia a Charm as Blankfein Courts Kremlin
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Japan:
Tepco Says Fuel Rods Melted Down in Two More Reactors at Fukushima Plant
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What Japan's Triple Meltdown Means
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BOJ Signals Readiness to Boost Lending to Support Weak Economy
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Japan power shortfall less dire than predicted
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Korea:
Kookmin, Korean Banks Form Fund to Buy Soured Property Loans
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MENA:
World Bank Will Lend Up to $6 Billion to Egypt, Tunisia Following Revolts
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After revolt, Egyptians vent fury in litigation
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India:
FAQs: Indian Corporate Insolvency
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China:
100,000 Apartments Waiting To Be Sold In Beijing
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Iceland:
Why Iceland Isn't Just A Barren Rock
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