Law:
Former Weil Bankruptcy 'Star' Leaves for Claims Trading Business
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Ruden McClosky Closes 3 Offices, Says in Email ‘Things are Clearly Moving in the Right Direction’
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Ruden To Save Money By Closing Things!
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Partnership prospects on the up as promotions at UK top 50 rise 38%
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Extra! Extra! Tribune Fees Top $150 Million
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Altman Weil survey finds higher profits, billing rates, plus plans to hire associates, but partner de-equitization down only slightly
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Legal Hiring Picks Up
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Epstein Becker Loses Seven More Lawyers to Crowell & Moring
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Conviction of Lawyers in Tax Shelter Case Seen as Deterrent
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Bankruptcy Lawyer One Of Top 5 Stars of Chicago Commercials
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Outgoing DLA partner faces dispute with firm over terms of exit
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Former Chicago Lawyer Announces IMF Candidacy
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Strauss-Kahn’s Lawyer Brafman Defended Mobsters, Rappers, Michael Jackson
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Only three signatures needed for loser-pays bill to become Texas law
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Small Firms: 10 Traits That Will Get You Hired
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Can’t Get Hired? Tell Them Who You’ve Dated!
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MoFo Signs Lease for New Space in Midtown Tower
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5 Best Apps for Lawyer
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Did King & Spalding Suffer a Data Breach?
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Strauss-Kahn, Deutsche Bank, Rajaratnam, Lloyds in Court News
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‘Ryan Giggs’ Is British for the ‘Streisand Effect’
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NY Courts Finally Okay Changes to Rules on Attorney Advertising
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Should Non-Lawyers Be Promoted on a Law Firms Website?
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The Other Side of the Socratic: Tips for Pursuing a Career in Legal Academia
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Molested Teen Awarded $15M in Suit Against Antitrust Lawyer
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Ex-AG Alberto Gonzales Confesses to ‘Disappointment in Myself’
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Could Peking Law School Destroy the World as We Know It?
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London duo win roles on Middle East jeweller’s debt restructuring
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Blind Law School Applicant’s Suit Contends ABA Violates ADA by Promoting LSAT
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For spurned schools, law student transfers prove costly
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Anti-planking laws 'impossible to enforce'
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Judges:
Suspect in Slaying of Chief Ariz. Fed’l Judge, Shooting of Congresswoman Found Incompetent for Trial
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Ohio Judge Assigns Homework Essays
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It's a Family Affair as Some Court Staffers Get the Ax
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Up As Investors Await Jobless Claims, GDP Data
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US stocks snap three-session losing streak
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Wall Street's top 13 'perks' to woo clients
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Layoffs:
14 States with Greatest Job Growth
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High Unemployment ' Most Pressing Legacy ' of Financial Crisis , Report Says
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Comparing Wages Across the U.S.
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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:
A&P auctions off 12 of 25 Superfresh stores
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Corporate Reform:
SEC: Bigger potential payouts for whistleblowers
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The Government Will Pay You Big Bucks To Find The Next Madoff
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SEC Rule Will Let Whistle-Blowers Bypass Internal Programs
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Corporate America Not Totally Thrilled With New Whistleblower Rules
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Geithner Sees 'War of Attrition' Against Financial Overhaul
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Bachus Comforts Wall Street While Slamming Dodd-Frank
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Elizabeth Warren Is Not 'Making This Up'
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Will consumer advocate Warren run for Senate?
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Elizabeth Warren, “One Of 100 Most Influential People In World”
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The Elizabeth Warren Test
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Rep. McHenry blasted over treatment of consumer advocate Warren
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House Dem to House Republican: apologize to Obama assistant Elizabeth Warren
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Geithner criticizes GOP's questioning of Elizabeth Warren
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Warren at war with Hill Republicans
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GOP "Screeching" Is Turning Liz Warren Into a Saint -- and Maybe a Senator
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Warren-McHenry Row Continues
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Geithner Defends Financial Overhaul Bill and Warren
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Why Obama Should Recess Appoint Elizabeth Warren
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Senators Ask Boehner to Block Senate Adjournment To Prevent Recess Appointment
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Elizabeth Warren supporters hound GOP congressman
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Swamped on Facebook
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What happens to your Facebook page when you accuse Liz Warren of lying
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Battle for CFPB heats up
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Buerkle Questions Elizabeth Warren About Exorbitant Starting Salaries at the CFPB
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"The Feds Are Drinking The Same Kool-Aid As Crazy Eddie's Former Auditors"
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Distressed Investing:
Invesco health fund seeks out-of-favor stocks
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Banking:
12% of Banks in US Still at Risk of Failure
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The name is Dimon, not Demon
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BofA, Wells Fargo rank low for reputation
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Bank of America Hikes Checking Account Fees
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Citigroup Loses Out on Record Debt Fees as Pandit Fortifies Bank
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Independent Directors And Independent Counsel
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Big banks face more exposure to state laws
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Politics:
Congress members making outsized profits
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Retailing:
Carls Furniture declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will close Kendall store
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Gambling:
Station Casinos Wins Court Approval to Turn Over Aliante Resort to Lenders
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Religion:
Iona Prep President Comments on Bankruptcy Filing of Christian Brothers Institute
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Orchestras:
Survival Strategies for Orchestras
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Judge: Dilworth OKd in orchestra bankruptcy
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Health Care:
Real world making health-care reforms
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Education:
Fisk lawyers ask court to end art court battle
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Top Colleges, Largely for the Elite
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Charge-Off Rates Decline, Widening Gulf With Unemployment
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Golf:
Cordillera closing two golf courses
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Search warrant reveals luxury life on investors' tab
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Hollywood:
Judge Denies David Bergstein's Request to Keep Records Confidential
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Video Rentals:
Bloomberg Series Reveals How Netflix Needed Blockbuster ... Until It Killed Blockbuster
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Media:
Former Trib officials allowed to file late claims
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Credit Reporting:
Kafka Couldn't Have Built a Better System
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Economy:
Budget cuts of $1 trillion realistic: Geithner
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Durable Goods Orders Fall the Most in 6 Months
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Factories’ Breather Will Resonate Through Economy
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Data points to slowing manufacturing activity
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Fed’s Kocherlakota Lowers Forecast for Economic Growth, Urges Tightening
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Consumer Spending Likely Slowed In April, Survey Shows
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QE2 ending, but Fed won't quit
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Just a 10% chance of QE3
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Fed Gave Banks Crisis Gains on Secretive Loans
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Treasury to sell Webster, SunTrust warrants
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Still $100 billion to go for TARP
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Winding Down the Bailouts, and Trying Not to Lose Money
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Who Benefited from the Bailout?
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Fiduciary-Based Standards for Bailout Contractors: What the Treasury Got Right and Wrong in TARP,
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Uncomfortable Embrace: Federal Corporate Ownership in the Midst of the Financial Crisis
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Drop in AIG shares dims odds of recouping bailout
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CBO Says Stimulus Boosted Growth, Will Add More to Deficit
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Bill Clinton Slams Washington on Deficit
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Charts: Comparing Plans to Cut the Deficit
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Debt Ceiling Charade: Vote to Fail Next Week
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Boomers Fear Outliving Retirement Savings
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One Woman's Fight to Rejoin the Middle Class
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Lagarde Announces Candidacy to Succeed Strauss-Kahn to Top Position at IMF
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The Problem With Christine Lagarde
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Geithner Praises Lagarde Without Endorsement
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New NY house arrest spot chosen for ex-IMF leader
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Ex-IMF Head to Await Trial in Posh Home
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Maid in Strauss-Kahn case considers civil action
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Lawmakers Concerned About Ex-IMF Director's 'Golden Parachute'
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What's A Middle-Class Income?
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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:
The MERS Morass, Part III
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State Attorneys General Announce New Demands in Home Foreclosure Probes
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BofA Targeted as Attorneys General Step Up Pressure in Foreclosure Probe
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Civil Lawsuits Against Servicers Could Cost Upwards Of $17B
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Cal and Illinois probe robosigning allegations
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California attorney general subpoenas foreclosure firm LPS
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California “Strike Force” Will Target Mortgage Fraud at All Levels
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House committee considers subpoenas to mortgage servicers
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House Democrat Subpoenas Six Servicers Over Audit Docs
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Shurtleff tells Bank of America he will enforce laws on foreclosures
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Fed Investigating Goldman Over Possible HAMP Mortgage Mod Violations
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'A Feeling Of Resignation' Prevails In This Colorado Boomtown Turned Foreclosure Capital
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Foreclosures for sale: Big supply, low prices
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Homes in Foreclosure Process Sell at 27% Discount as US Purchases Drop
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Ohio has steepest discounts on foreclosed-house prices
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Foreclosures 28% of Home Sales
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Housing recovery to take few more years: Geithner
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House prices slip 2.5% in first quarter
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More Negative Sentiment for Homeownership
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8 Factors that Devalue a Good Home
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Mortgage industry fights to keep 3.5% down payments
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Distressed borrowers surge toward BofA unemployment programs
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Freddie Mac's single-family delinquencies slide
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DeMarco criticizes Republican GSE bills
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Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Philadelphia Rittenhouse Developer's Chapter 11 Case
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Visible progress at the Statler Towers
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Toll Brothers loss narrows on lower write-downs
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Steep Quarterly Drop For Home Prices
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Toll: Talk of Home Price Declines Exaggerated
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GA Keen Realty To Market Former Robb & Stucky Sites
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Commercial Real Estate’s Race To Loan Maturity
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Money for CRE Deals Starting To Flow
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Short sale fraud to cost banks $375 million in 2011
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Tax:
Jackson Hewitt sees quick bankruptcy plan approval
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Bayside to become Jackson Hewitt's majority owner
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Jackson Hewitt Wins Court Approval to Use Cash Collateral in Bankruptcy
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Good riddance, Jackson Hewitt
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Government's H&R Block Complaint Complicated by Jackson Hewitt Bankruptcy
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Some Tax Resolution Firms are Scams
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Identity Theft Involving IRS Mushrooms
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Turning Losses Into Gains: Bankruptcy Battles Over Tax Refunds
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IRS Scrutinizing Land Records, Looking to See if 709 Forms Were Filed re Transfers to Family Members
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Oil/Gas:
Crude Oil Rises as US Distillate Fuel Supplies Decline to a Two-Year Low
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Ethanol:
After industry crash, Olsen brothers facing debts of more than $100 million
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Lehman:
Lehman resists Suncal 'end run' around bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
Even With Compromise, State Health Plan Faces Bankruptcy
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Brown, Norquist Spar on California Tax Plan
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State Budget Cuts, Reconsidered
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Food/Beverage:
Owner of Old Absinthe House declares bankruptcy
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Hotels:
Lender tries to block payback for Innkeepers owner
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Ch. 11 Restructuring Puts 22 Hotels Up for Grabs
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Autos:
Somewhere down in that hole is a car company that we own
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Don't celebrate turnaround yet
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Chrysler: Credit the Bankruptcy, Not the Bailout
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After Calling The Auto Rescue ‘Tragic,’ Mitt Romney Now Claims He ‘Had The Idea First’
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In Which I Swallow Hard and Defend Mitt Romney
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Romney camp explains claim that he deserves credit for auto industry rebound
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Obama, GOP both claim credit for Chrysler recovery
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With repayments like Chrysler's, who needs debts?
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GM, UAW see no impact from VW's low US labor costs
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UAW Seeks to Claw Back Wage Concessions Agreed to Before Automaker Rebound
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Securities fraud lawsuit against ex-Dana execs reinstated
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Saab plans to restart production on Friday
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Finance:
Money for nothing – and the debt is (almost) for free
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Cemeteries:
Plaintiffs in Burr Oak Cemetery case could get payout from Chapter 11 settlement
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Corporate Governance:
Shareholder meetings hit the road
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Dodd-Frank: Quack Federal Corporate Governance Round II
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Corporate Governance in an Age of Separation of Ownership from Ownership
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Trucking:
ATA Trucking index decreased 0.7% in April
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion 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:
Tribune, Viceroy, NEC, Tousa, Caribe, PJ Finance: Bankruptcy
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Highview, Nortel, GSC, Madoff, DBSD, Innkeepers: Bankruptcy
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A shift in the balance of power between lenders and borrowers in bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Senate Bill Looks To Clean Up Proof-Of-Claim Filings
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Calif. second in business bankruptcy rate
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:
How To Sell A Company On The Brink Of Bankruptcy And Turn A Profit
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Secured Lenders & Credit Bidding in Bankruptcy Sales - Best Practices & Recent Case Law
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Insurance:
Ambac Will File Bankruptcy by June After Regulator's 'Disappointing' Offer
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Fraud:
Avoidance Actions in Ponzi Scheme Bankruptcy Cases
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Madoff Forfeiture Won't Bend to 'Net Winner'
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President Of Bankrupt Fuel Oil Company Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud
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Ex-Galleon Trader Tells of Tips, Cover-Up
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‘Dillo,’ ‘Ruby,’ and ‘Shakes’ Take Center Stage in Goffer Trial
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Ex-Galleon Trader Says He Was Told Zvi Goffer Was Source of Secret Tips
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Rajaratnam renews request in NYC to toss verdict
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SEC Investigates Hybrids for Insider Trading
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Bush/Obama Fraud Prosecutions Down 39% Since 2003
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Foreclosure proceedings rattling racetrack plans - Owner accused in $400m Ponzi scheme
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Hecker trustee to get $2 million returned
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Cohen in SEC sights
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CFTC to market manipulators: We're gonna get you
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Baseball:
New York Mets team and ballpark debt offers whole new ballgame for distressed players
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Mass Torts:
$322M verdict for phantom asbestosis
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Movie Reviews:
In HBO's "Too Big To Fail," The Heroes Are Really Zeroes
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Resorts:
Peek Sale Could Save Resort
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Software:
think3 Inc. Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Nature:
Trade Slows as the Mississippi River Floods
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UK:
Latest Insolvency Statistics – An Analysis
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KPMG: UK bankruptcies down 31% but debt bubble still a problem
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British corporates are worst offenders in £24 billion late payment debt
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UK credit downgraded by China's rating agency
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UK retailer Focus DIY to close, 3,000 jobs could go
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Focus administrators prepare to close 100+ centres
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Slump In Household Spending Raises Fears For Economic Recovery
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Broke Paul Gascoigne saved from bankruptcy
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Trust Deeds Could Offer Hope for Hard Hit Scotland
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EU:
Record numbers of Europe CMBS falter in April-S&P
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Franc Strengthens Against Major Counterparts on Greek Debt-Crisis Concern
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The Horror of the Euro Zone Debt Problem
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Pimco Says ECB, Central Banks Have EU130 Billion of Greek Risk
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Europe's Split on Debt Crisis Hardens
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The world's most reckless central bankers
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ECB's Balance Sheet Contains Massive Risks
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Swedish Regulators Wants Stricter Rules For Bank Liquidation
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To Save the Euro, Germany Must Quit the Euro Zone
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Big changes among top officials responding to European debt crisis
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Canada:
Bankruptcy stats show sharp decline in Q1
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U.S. should follow Canada to cut debt: strategist
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Blockbuster Canada Files for Bankruptcy , Closes 140 Stores
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Canada's Blockbuster Stores Want To Keep Name
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Germany:
Ex-Deutsche Bank CEO Breuer Rejected Deal in Criminal Fraud Case
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PIGS:
Are southern Europeans really lazy?
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Greek PM says Greece must deal with own crisis
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Greek PM seeks consensus, faces anti-austerity rally
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Opposition To Greek Austerity Plan Mounts, Unions Vow Strikes
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Greek PM could ease tax burden to break deadlock
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'Leave us in peace,' pleads Papandreou
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Bankers urge external role in Greek asset sale
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Greek Restructuring Could be 'Catastrophic'
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ECB Rules Leave More Room for Greek Restructuring Than Rhetoric Suggests
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Greek Risks Are 'Manageable' for German Lenders, Fitch Says
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Greek Commissioner: role in euro in danger
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Greece risks 'return to drachma'
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Greek assets could go to ‘fund of experts’
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Greek Restructuring Would Leave Banks Tied to ECB, Moody's Says
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Noyer Rules Out Greek Debt Restructuring, Says Austerity Is Only Solution
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Greece's 100 billion-euro shadow over banks
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Spain, Italy yield spread vs Bunds tighter
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Spain: austerity, default or revolt
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Ireland bond-yield surge prompts margin hike
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Irish Face Junk Status If Greece Restructures
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Drumm faces joint legal action by ex-Anglo investors
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Irish Banks Sell Off Distressed U.S. Commercial Mortgages
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China:
The Latest Chinese Accounting Fraud Lawsuit
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Japan:
Japan's Ricoh to axe 10,000 jobs ; shares jump
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New Zealand:
Serepisos companies in receivership
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Australia:
Australia Home Loan Delinquencies Jump to Record on Rate Rises
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MENA:
Nakheel to pay $1.3bn in Islamic bonds by June-end
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Czech Republic:
Sazka Stops Its Lottery Business, Hospodarske Noviny Reports
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