Law:
Gibson Dunn Goes Medieval on Facebook Plaintiff
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DLA Piper Takes Former UK Partner to Arbitration over Notice and ‘Gardening Leave’
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Weil Gotshal's New SEC Insider
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Bankruptcy Pays, for the Advisers
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Honors Grad Working as Doc Reviewer Sues Law School, Says She Was Misled by US News Stats
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SNR Denton: We shall overcome
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IPO Boom Keeps Am Law Corporate Practices Humming
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Firm freezes salary bands for associates and trainees
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Remember The Allegedly Distracting Woman At Attorney's Table? Counsel's Wife.
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What's Wrong With This Paralegal Assistant?
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The Confidential Nature of Lawsuits
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New fraud allegations in the Chevron Lago Agrio case
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The bitter environmental suit against Chevron in Ecuador opens a window on a troubling new business: speculating in court cases.
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A ‘Posada Problem’ for Law Firm Partners: Forced Retirement When They Still Want to Practice
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Ex-Partner Faces Scotland Yard Probe, Possible Disbarment Over £3M Financial "Irregularity"
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In Libya, infamous lawyers Roland Dumas, Jacques Verges offer to defend Gaddafi
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Friday Night Lights Out
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BLG, Hill Dicks and Gateley warned by SRA over unpaid Halliwells fees
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Halliwells’ client money fiasco haunts new owners
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Lawyer Wins $900K Suit But Loses $515K Fee Due to Lack of Time Entries
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Revised and Less Controversial Loser-Pays Bill Approved by Texas Legislature
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Judge Sanctions Law Firm $15K for Allowing Job Bias Client to Hide New Employment
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The 10 Attorney Types in Joint Defense Groups
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Former Law Partner of Scott Rothstein, 3 Others Face Wire Fraud Conspiracy Charges
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Ex-Partner Probed re 7-Figure Sum Once Dated Actor Michael Caine’s Daughter
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In Defense of Professor Stadler
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How to teach ethics in law schools
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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Lawyer Subpoenaed in Case of False Alarm at Law Firm That Led to Librarian's Firing
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Foreclosure Deal, MBIA-Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan in Court News
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Meet the Lawyer Who ‘Pretty Much Stole’ Paul Simon’s Show
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Tens of Thousands of Pacer Documents Could Have Failed Redactions, Study Suggests
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TV lawyers on 'Franklin & Bash' don't take button-up court world too seriously
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Judges:
Federal Bankruptcy Judge Candidate Plans To Resign From Embattled Belle Meade Country Club If Appointed
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Sotomayor Got $1.175 Million for Memoir, Forms Reveal
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Federal Judge Says She Is ‘Literally Speechless’
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Justice Stevens, Retired but Still Active
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Administrators Monitor Activity in Wake of Personnel Cutbacks
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Groups Target Thomas' Wife's Work to Force Him to Sit Out High Court Rulings on Health Care
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United States of Justice Kennedy Calls Shots
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Wall Street:
US stock index futures signal higher open
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Hong Kong Stocks Rises Most in Seven Months on Greece Optimism
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Stocks Climb in Europe on Greek Aid Prospects
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Stock investors brace for next round of weak data
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Roubini Sees Stock-Correction 'Tipping Point'
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Layoffs:
More Jobs, but at Lower Wages
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May payrolls report really about McJobs
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Millions Need Not Apply
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N.J. law bars job postings that exclude the unemployed
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Vallejo's bankruptcy a dose of reality for cities
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Look: A City Declares Bankruptcy , And The Bondholders Still Get Paid In Full
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How Prichard's pension fund went bust: Curious calculations and remedies gone awry
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Future shock for some Alabama pension plans, but many are on solid ground
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Dark days ahead for Detroit, Oakland
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Toll Project Bankruptcies Demonstrate Risk Transfer
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A Sucker Punch for State Budgets
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California cities are paying price for overspending
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Stockton might be next to go bankrupt
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Bachus Is Wall Street's Man in Jefferson County
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Gaming:
GRIN Founders Claim Square Enix Contributed To Bankruptcy
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Religion:
Crystal Cathedral Sells Property for $46M in Bankruptcy Exit Plan
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Crystal Cathedral plan: Lease its way out of debt
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High-Ranking Jesuits Helped Keep Priest Hidden
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Orchestras:
Louisville Orchestra bankruptcy reorganization plan due Tuesday
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Fraud:
Two funds claim HSBC profited from Madoff Ponzi scheme
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Remaining Belongings Of Bernard Madoff To Be Auctioned Off
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Madoff Victim Seeks Divorce Do-Over
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Why Men Are Prey To Investment Fraud
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Trustee, Fortress units seek to settle Dreier case
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Are More Arrests To Come in the Scott Rothstein Saga?
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Conrad Black: A world of financial ruin
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Resorts:
New resort owner vows to revitalize Daufuskie
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Sawgrass consortium get time to revamp debt
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Accounting:
Warren Averett Kimbrough & Marino sued over Meadowcraft bankruptcy
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Lehman:
Lehman Sued by Real-Estate Investors for Overvaluing Assets
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Citigroup Fights to Keep $1 Billion From Lehman
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Corporate Reform:
Why banks fear Elizabeth Warren
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Recess Appointments and "Vacancies"
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Hill fight intensifies over consumer czar
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SEC commissioner 'deeply concerned' over whistle-blower rule
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Why no jail time for Wall Street CEOs?
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Mass Torts:
BP Oil Spill Fund Winding Down, $4B Paid
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Was Tony Hayward Right on BP Oil Spill?
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Trucking:
Trailer Orders Fell 30% in April
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Mail:
US Postal Service Nears Collapse
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Health Care:
Our ailing health care
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Aviation:
India’s Airlines Struggle to Pay Airport Fees
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Air passengers in 'Lord of the Flies' mutiny after seven-hour delay
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Economy:
Hoening: Fed Needs to Raise Rates for Savers
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U.S. Has Binged. Soon It’ll Be Time to Pay the Tab.
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Consumer sentiment rises in May
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Goldman Downgrades US Growth Again
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US Debt Default? Too Dangerous to Consider
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Wall Street Underestimating Risk Of Debt Default
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Grover Norquist, the Enforcer
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Are Taxes in the U.S. High or Low?
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The Fed’s secret giveaway to European banks
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BofA Warns Economy is Slowing
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Democrats Haven't Learned the Economic Lessons of Europe
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Alwaleed: Saudis Seek Oil Price of $70-$80
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Arab oil faces higher 'break-even' price
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Crude falls as OPEC pumps more in May
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Oil Drops on Slowing US Economy, Europe Debt
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Who's to blame when gas costs $1 more than last year?
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Goldman Sachs Calls for $5 Gas This Summer
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Money managers' bets oil will go higher inch up
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NY's Schumer wants probe of oil refiners' profits
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TARP did little for American taxpayer
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At I.M.F., a Strict Ethics Code Doesn’t Apply to Top Officials
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In IMF race, Lagarde has peaked too early
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Emerging states working on IMF candidate: South Africa
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DSK’s Gameplan: Target the Hotel Maid?
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Lawyers dig for dirt in bid to save Strauss-Kahn
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Strauss-Kahn’s Defense, In Two Easy Pictures
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A Look Inside DSK's Current Dwellings
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Sen. Coburn: Cut from Medicare to Reduce Deficit
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On Medicare, It's Ryan Plan Versus Bureaucrats
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GOP: Defense Spending is No Sacred Cow
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20 Questions To Ask Anyone Foolish Enough To Believe The Economic Crisis Is Over
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Mobius Says Fresh Financial Crisis Around Corner Amid Volatile Derivatives
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Affluent Americans claw back up the ladder
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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:
April pending homes sales down 26.5% from year earlier
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The Excess Vacant Housing Supply
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More Negative Sentiment for Homeownership
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Housing Index Expected to Show New Lows
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Rising Rents Risk U.S. Inflation
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Banks May Negotiate Menu of Payment Options in Foreclosure Deal
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Economy gains, yet housing spirals downward
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Foreclosure victims not all deadbeats, report says
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Realtors group downgrades home sales forecast
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Foreclosure starts and delinquences drop in April, LPS reports
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Portland home sales and prices slide as foreclosures drag market down
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Delinquencies on state HFA mortgages hit record high
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NY appellate court scrutinizes the MERS standing issue
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Judge blocks Oregon foreclosure, sharply criticizes mortgage industry's practices and MERS
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California Court Says Bank Needs to Keep Promises
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'St. Paul tragedy' reorganizes
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Fannie Mae issuance drops to lowest level since January 2009
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Arizona Land Sells for 8% of Price Calpers Group Paid at Peak
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Hiring is odd twist in bankruptcy battle
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Bank of America Forecloses…On Itself
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Morgan Stanley loses bid to toss MBIA lawsuit
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Manhattan Office Tower Built During Property Slump Gets Its Second Tenant
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Celebs:
Gaga's tour forced her into bankruptcy
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Lady Gaga reveals what she has spent her money on...
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Bring Lenny Dykstra Into Your Home Today
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Ethanol:
Olson brothers filing for bankruptcy after collapse of ethanol market
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Wisconsin ethanol pioneers face $100M-plus debt
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Hotels:
Reid Park, Doubletree Owner, Files Bankruptcy in Arizona
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Monrovia's Aztec Hotel in management dispute of historic proportions
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Swiss Chalet, Inc. - San Juan, Puerto Rico Hotel Owner - Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Steel:
W&K Steel files for bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Creditors object to Borders extension
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Autos:
Product Liability Winners Made Losers by Big Auto Bailouts
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Crash Victims Lose Big in Auto Bailouts
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Biden sings praises of auto-industry bailout
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Democrats Hitch Ride on Auto-Industry Rebound
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Fiat to buy out rest of US stake in Chrysler
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Canada says open to selling Chrysler stake to Fiat
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Now the hard work begins for Chrysler
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Chrysler loan repayment a sign of success, its workers say
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Car makers to post weak May sales
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GM Moves to Strengthen Finance Arm
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Toyota to cut production in Brazil and Argentina
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Saab expects Swedish OK of Pang Da funding deal
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Banking:
Landmines in a Good Bank/Bad Bank Split
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Heritage Bank of Washington Becomes 44th Banking Failure
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FDIC Issues 76 Enforcement Actions In April Against Problem Banks
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Living wills for banks
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Credit Unions Remake Themselves in Image of Payday Lenders
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Personal Finance:
Are There Things You Can Do Now to Make for a Better Retirement Later?
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Education:
For-Profit Colleges Under Growing Scrutiny
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IRS's Next Target: Retirement Plans
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Tax:
US funds face huge costs after tax clampdown
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With the IRS stepping up tax audits, here's what you need to know
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Compensation:
Executive pay is zooming skyward again after pausing a few years for the recession
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Baseball:
Major League Baseball throws out fan-backed Mets bid
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Banks' New Money Machine: Prepaid Cards
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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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Madoff, Quigley, Lehman, Blockbuster, Dreier: Bankruptcy
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Pro se Claimants Say the Darnedest Things
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Bill Strengthens Trustee’s Power to Protect Homeowners
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FDIC's Bair Defends Resolution Powers to Skeptical Republicans
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
Munich Re Subsidiary Had To Throw That Color-Coded Party To Remain Competitive
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Sovereigns:
Sovereign Debt Worries To Lift Gold Again
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Pain and state bankruptcy
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UK:
UK: Banks Lend to Business at Junk Rates
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UK building firms buckle under public sector cuts
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Charity hits out at dodgy debt management firms
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Nama Financed Hotels and Restaurants in Trouble?
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Crackdown on town hall credit card culture
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Appointment of Administrators - 27 May 2011
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EU:
ECB buys no government bonds for ninth week running
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After Portugal nod, Finland faces own fiscal timebomb
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Dexia May Submit Restructuring Plan As Early as May 31, EU’s Almunia Says
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Markets Fret About Euro 'Slow-Motion Car Crash'
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Europe Problems Go ‘Way Beyond’ Greece: Fink
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Canada:
Canada Growth Quickens to 3.9% on Business Spending
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B.C. bankruptcies steady but high
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Blockbuster announces locations set to close
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Priszm closes 30 locations, receives court OK for sale of 204 restaurants
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PIIGS:
Fitch: Greece Ability To Deliver Targets Increasingly Doubtful
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ECB Official: "Orderly" Greek restructuring is a "fairy tale"
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EU racing to draft second Greek bailout
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In Case It Weren't Obvious Who Really Wins In A Greek Bailout...
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Greeks vent anger at entire political class
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Reports: Next Greek bailout to include external supervision
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The Latest Details On Greece Vs. "The Troika"
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ECB won't soften Greek debt stance
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Greece to draw new EU-IMF loan for reforms
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Dutch Newspaper Mocks Greece’s Financial Situation
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Germany reportedly mulls softer stance on Greece
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Greece said to be readying new cuts
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Greece Will Have To Restructure Its Debt - Roubini
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Solutions for Greece's Debt Crisis
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Greece may run out of funds within weeks
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Greeks favor selloffs to end debt crisis
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EU not seeking major role in Greek selloffs
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ECB's Coene: market intervention helping Greece
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Greek Aid Package to Be Decided by June
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Back to the Drachma
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Greek Socialists lose poll lead for first time since 2009
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Even With Compromise, State Health Plan Faces Bankruptcy
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Lawyers prepare to tackle debt law
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Court backs FitzPatrick property sale
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Eight firms a day go bust
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Former Anglo director seeks protection from creditors
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Former executive in constitutional challenge to bankruptcy act
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Ex-banker in challenge to laws on bankruptcy
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Quinns contest Anglo receivership
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Ireland may seek more cash
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Ireland rules out second bailout
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Ex-banker in challenge to laws on bankruptcy
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Japan:
Japan Stocks Rise Most in Two Months as Yen Retreats, Production Rebounds
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Japan recovery takes hold, but debt downgrade looms
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Japan Appears Dispensable as a Supplier
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Japan April industrial output up after post-quake plunge
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Japan's jobless rate ticks higher in April
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Moody's reviews Japan rating for downgrade
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Japan's Kan faces calls to step down
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Disasters a boon for some firms in Japan
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Tepco can't stabilize reactors by year-end: report
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S&P cuts Tepco rating to junk , says bank write-offs more likely
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Lone Star, Creditors Taking Over Tokyo Star Bank
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China:
Goldman Sachs trims China's growth forecast; more banks to follow
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Civil Litigation Being Quietly 'Harmonized'
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China hikes power prices as shortages loom
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Crisis Could End China Boom
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China banks to stress-test gov't debt, other risks
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D&O fears grow over potential Chinese IPO losses
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Russia:
Russia Lifts Key Interest Rate Unexpectedly
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Russian envoy claims immunity to dodge car bill
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Russia Should Pay Khodorkovsky $35,000 for Human Rights Abuse, Court Says
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Russian ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky requests parole
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Czech Republic:
Prague Court Puts Sazka Into Bankruptcy
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Fortuna Advances Most on Record on Sazka Bankruptcy Ruling
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Slovakia:
Executive Director’s liability and obligation to file for insolvency
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MENA:
G8, Banks Up Aid to Arab States to $40B
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Brazil:
The Brazilian Bankruptcy Law Experiment
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Kazakhstan:
BTA Bank’s Bad Loans May Top Original Estimate, Adviser Says
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Cyprus:
Fitch Downgrades Cyprus, Outlook Negative
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Vietnam:
Vinashin creditors paddle in uncharted waters as shipbuilder sinks in default
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Australia:
Australian Economy may have suffered worst contraction since 1991
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Australia Slump Could Be Biggest in 20 Years
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