Law:
MF Global Bankruptcy Good for One Law Firm, Less Good for Others
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In Skadden, MF Global Turns to Familiar Faces for Bankruptcy Filing
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Skadden, S&C, Weil Land Roles on MF Global's Bankruptcy
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Bell Nunnally Boosts Bankruptcy Practice
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‘I’m Law Firms’ Biggest Competitor,’ GC Says
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Heller Estate Files Malpractice Suit Against Greenberg Traurig
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Barclays, Credit Suisse, AT&T, Standard Bank in Court News
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Abramovich, CIC, HSBC, Kaupthing, BTA, Galleon in Court News
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Left Out of Jones Walker Merger, Ex-Watkins Ludlam Shareholders Sue Former Firm
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Former staff attorney sues Quinn Emanuel for race discrimination
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Law firm expenses grow, demand for services falters: report
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Girardi sued for failing to file malpractice suit against DLA
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Texas: First-year associate hiring down 13+% from 2010, but no defers
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White & Case's London arm pays in £10m to firm's central costs, 40% increase
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Corporate defendants rack up wins in 'test' trials
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Lawyer shortage as best and brightest run off to be engineers
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10 Signs Your Work-Life Balance Is Out Of Whack
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Study Rates S&P 100 Corporate Political Transparency, Accountability
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Foreclosure firm mocks homeless for Halloween
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The 99 Percent’s Take On Law School Employment Statistics
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The tuition bubble: coming soon to a presidential debate near you
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Holiday Special: Copyrighting Costumes
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Dracula Heads to Court
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Report: Mac Use in Law Firms Still Growing
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Apple Legal Practice Resources
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Why Law Firms Should Lock Down Their Mobile Devices
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Security Is Top Concern in Annual Law Firm Technology Survey
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Could E-Discovery Taxation Alter Discovery Paradigm?
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Why Your Four-Month-Old Social Media Policy Is Obsolete
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Puzzle Cube Reveals Trial Lawyer’s Christmas Party Entertainment: Rascal Flatts
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Rick Perry: A Mixed Bag on Criminal Justice
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L.A. Sheriff Calls Photojournalism a 'Suspicious Activity'
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After Mom Disappeared, Young Woman Raised Siblings, Is Now a Law Student, Hopes for Justice
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Ted Frank: A Conscientious Objector
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Man publicly beheaded in a Saudi Arabia for being 'sorcerer'
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"The Good Wife" - Cary gets great office
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Judges:
Indiana Lawyer Who Started His Legal Career as a 17-Year-Old Judge Gets the World Record
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Judges Are For Sale and Special Interests Are Buying
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Report Calls for Interagency Efforts to Combat Federal Courthouse Threats
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Wall Street:
Futures point to Wall Street extending decline
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Stocks slump as Italian bond yields rise, casting doubt on Europe rescue
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U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Growing Concern About European Funding
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MF Global Bankruptcy Rattles Wall St. Firms
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The Absolute Coolest Costume You'll See At Occupy Wall Street Today
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Marines, Lawyers, And City-Wide Strikes — This Week Is Going To Be Nuts In Oakland
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Attention, Protestors: You're Probably Part of the 1%
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Message To Occupy Wall Street: Go Home
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What Is the OWS Agenda?
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Oakland Police Were Embedded In Occupy Oakland's Camp Before Their Raid
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Occupy Europe: How a generation went from indifferent to indignant
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Layoffs:
Thousands of Truck Jobs, but Few Takers
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Danske Cuts 2,000 Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
Honda will slash production because of new parts shortage
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Chinese buyers vow long-term financing for Saab
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Saab Auto Executive: Business Plan Far From Complete
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Banking:
SunTrust Ends Card Fee, Plans Refund of Previous Charges
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22-Year-Old Molly Katchpole Is Leading A Huge Campaign Against Bank Of America
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Bank of America Derivatives Transfer Draws Lawmaker Scrutiny
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Ten Reasons Not To Bank On (Or With)Bank Of America
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Fed-up bank patrons flee to credit unions
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Wells Fargo Scraps Debit Card Fee Plan
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Left blogs crow over bank fee win
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Majority Of Banks Lack Resources To Detect Fraud
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Credit unions, community banks face 'creeping complexity' of regulation
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Illinois Regulator Closes All American Bank
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Credit Suisse cuts 1,500 jobs , shrinks investment bank
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Photography:
Kodak Patent Sale Could Save Photography Company From Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy threat pushes Kodak to ditch patents, endangering websites
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Waste Disposal:
Mine Reclamation Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Corporate Reform:
Bove Says MF Global May Give `Strength' to Volcker Rule
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Municipalities:
Harrisburg Council Opposes Mayor's Bankruptcy Vendor Filing
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H'burg mayor, council meet over finances
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Altoona, Pa. explores distressed municipal status
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CA: High Retirement Age Increase
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Religion:
Crystal Cathedral Hopes for Miracle at 11th Hour
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Accountability, transparency and the bishops
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Did Bishop Finn deserve indictment?
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Amidst criminal charges, KC diocese
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren Democrats enthusiasm: Fighter with a left hook
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The Ballad Of Lizzie Warren
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FactCheck: Romney as Massachusetts Gov.
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A Close Look at the Perry Tax Plan
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Winners Equal Losers in Perry Optional Flat Tax Plan, Group Says
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Herman Cain tops Perry — in Texas
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Iowa Ethanol Group Loses Patience with Perry
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Economy:
World leaders aim to revive global recovery
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PIMCO: Fed economic policies appear ineffective
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For Obama , eurozone crisis takes precedence at G20
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UBS On The 3 Major Factors Impacting Global Growth
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US Risk Council Holds Call on MF Global
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Would You Forgive a $180 Billion IOU?
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Why a Mortgage Cramdown Bill Is Still the Best Bet to Save the Economy
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The Real Cost of the 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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Real Estate:
The Multistate Settlement Lottery: Bupkis
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A deal that wouldn't sting
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Is the Jig up for MERS?
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DeMarco Says FHFA Doing What It Can, Given Authority
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DeMarco says FHFA will not consider principal write-downs
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Finding Success in Distress
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Five Things You Should Always Do If You're Buying A Foreclosed House
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Why you can’t get the lowest mortgage rates
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What the Costumes Reveal
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Staff at New York foreclosure firm dress as homeless people for Halloween
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Marshall Watson law office cutting staff, focusing on compliance
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Los Angeles tops for second-quarter short sales
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SIGTARP Slams Treasury's HAMP Enforcement
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HARP 2.0 to help hardest-hit housing markets
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House Prices Headed For First Triple-Dip Since Early 1990s
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Notices of default could hit record low due to new Nevada law
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Mortgage insurers wrote $4.9 billion in new business in September
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Naples Bay Resort developers argue against bankruptcy
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Broker-Dealers:
MF Global goes bankrupt, is 1st U.S. casualty of European crisis
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MF Global ranks in top 10 US bankruptcies
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Paranoia and confusion among MF Global staff
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Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Missing At MF Global
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Corzine-Led Firm Is Said to Be Eyed on Missing Money
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It's Lonely Without the Goldman Net
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MF Global Bond Investors Not Expecting Much Recovery
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SIPC Appoints Trustee to Take Over MF Global’s Brokerage
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Court OKs trustee for MF Global Holdings
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MF Global slow to turn over data to regulators-source
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Regulators Had 'Grave Concerns' About MF Global
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This Hedge Fund Bet Wrong on MF Global
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MF Global Bankruptcy's Biggest Losers
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At MF Global, Two Other Falling Stars
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Why MF Global owes CNBC nearly $1 million
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MF Global's Largest Individual Shareholder
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The Complete List Of MF Global Creditors
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MF Global: Margin Calls Threatened Liquidity
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Jon Corzine's gamble on European bonds backfired
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MF Global chief Jon Corzine oversaw the 'shocking' downfall of a financial giant
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MF Global: Good Bets, Bad Timing?
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MF Group's trading roots stretch over two centuries
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Charles Schwab Eyes Part of MF Global's Futures Business
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The MF Global Bankruptcy 'Decimated' The Floor Of The CME
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MF Global bankruptcy casts doubt in NY Fed primary dealer plan
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You Won't Believe How Much Money Jon Corzine Could Walk Away With From MF Global
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The Claws Come Out On Jon Corzine
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Gigantic bankruptcy leaves future of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine at risk
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Is Jon Corzine Done on Wall Street?
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Corzine Didn't Kill MF Global
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Corzine Crashes Like It’s 2008
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Wow, Jon Corzine -- Way To Fly Your Company Into A Mountain
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Goldman’s Latest Black Eye?
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MF Global's Structure, Size Softens Bankruptcy's Market Impact
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S&P, Fitch slash MF Global ratings to default
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MF Traders Blocked by CME, Intercontinental Has Clients Fleeing
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MF Global's collapse ripples through futures exchanges
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MF Global: Another coalmine canary?
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Bahl & Gaynor's McCormick on MF Global Bankruptcy
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JC Flowers Fund Said to See $47.8M Loss on MF
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MF Exposes Risk Volcker Wants to Curb
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JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank Are Among MF Global Holdings’ Biggest Creditors
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MF Global Failure May Spur More Oversight, Analyst Bove Says
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A Lehman Brothers, in Miniature
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Fraud:
Crime, punishment, and the shame of being a Madoff
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The Madoffs: Have they changed your mind?
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Madoff son didn't suspect father of Ponzi scheme
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Sons called in FBI to arrest Bernie Madoff
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Andrew Madoff: I'll Never Speak To My Father Again
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Andrew Madoff: Can he rehabilitate his image?
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Ruth Madoff In Her '60 Minutes' Interview: 'Whether I Would Have Turned Him In Or Not, I Can't Say'
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Ruth Madoff on '60 Minutes': Hard to believe?
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Ruth Madoff: Why she's telling her story
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Should we feel sorry for Ruth Madoff?
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Little Sympathy for Bernie Madoff's Family
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Madoff's alleged affair was Ruth's "final straw"
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HSBC, Other Defendants Seek to Dismiss Madoff Investor Suit
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Rajaratnam Date to Report to Prison Delayed
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White-collar Prison: How will Raj Rajaratnam et al. do?
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Derivatives:
Abolish Credit Default Swaps
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Baseball:
Report: Frank McCourt, MLB Close To Bankruptcy Settlement
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IP:
Creditor Moves to Dismantle Copyright Troll Righthaven
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Righthaven: Down, but Not Out
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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:
MF Global, Beacon Power, Real Mex, Lehman, PPI, NEC
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Rochelle on Eastman Kodak, Dodgers, Madoff, Construction
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Haunted Houses, Headless Pregnant Women, and Immortal Evil Zombies: A Weil Bankruptcy Blog Spooktacular
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:
Supreme Court is asked to reiterate that plan trumps confirmation order
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Media:
Judge rejects both Tribune bankruptcy plans - The Opinion
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Insurance:
Insurers' Reserves Examined
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Retailing:
Macy's, Target to Get Head Start on Black Friday
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Overstock.com: Is Insolvency Looming?
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Alternative Energy:
Boston law firm is top Beacon Power creditor
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DOE official cites value of Beacon Power tech – taxpayer interest
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Bankruptcy filing won't dim Beacon
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Shipping:
Oil Tanker Owners Face Grim Prospects
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Compensation:
Second Look Needed on Pay
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Mergers Open 'Golden Parachutes'
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Aviation:
Cattle Calls Sluggish at Gates, So Airlines Try to Pick Up Pace
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Judge Restarts Countdown To Mexicana Liquidation
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Pilot Slams JetBlue For Leaving His Plane Stranded On Tarmac For 7 Hours
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Solar:
Failed Solar Company’s Auction Draws Bargain Hunters
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Health Care:
The Depreciation of Care at Home
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Home Health Agencies to See 2.3% Fee Cut in 2012, U.S. Says
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'GPS shoes' would track Alzheimer's patients
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Student Debt:
Here's What You Need To Know Before You Start Paying Down Your Student Loan Debt
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Student Loans: Know Before You Owe
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Obama student loan plan a 'mistake'
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Should Student Loan Debt Be a Crime?
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Mining:
Grupo Mexico Drops Plans To Merge Asarco, Southern Copper
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Cross-Border:
Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York confirms: low threshold for foreign debtors to use chapter 11
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UK:
UK Q3 GDP up by 0.5 percent
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UK seen near recession despite likely Q3 growth
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UK's solar subsidy cuts to force bankruptcies
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MF Global's U.K. Unit Enters Special Administration, FSA Says
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Fears for 700 UK jobs as MF Global meltdown looms
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Appointment of Administrators - 31 October 2011
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Winding up petitions for 31 October 2011
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Honour for Great-Yarmouth born insolvency expert
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Jobs crisis threatens global wave of social unrest, warns ILO
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EU:
3 biggest holes in Europe's debt deal
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Mixed Signals for European Central Bank as Data Point to Slowdown
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Europe Might Have Blown Last Chance to End Its Crisis
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The galaxy may be safe, but what about the euro?
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Why France -- Not Greece or Italy -- Will Decide the Fate of the Euro
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Europe Debt Crisis Threatens Asian Growth
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BRICs split on euro zone rescue
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Afterglow From Euro Bailout Quickly Fades for Investors
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The magic money tree
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OECD slashes eurozone growth forecasts
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Eurozone jobless at euro-era peak
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China pledges 'active support' to debt-stricken Europe
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PIIGS:
Schauble optimistic Greece can get back on its feet
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Greek PM Papandreou Now Says He Wants To Put Greek Reforms To A Referendum
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The Real Reason For The Greek Referendum
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Most Greeks Oppose The Bailout, But 70% Want To Remain In The Eurozone
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EU has not been notified yet of Greek referendum
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Markets Tumble as Greece Sets Referendum on Latest Europe Aid Deal
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Greek referendum ignites German anger, hammers markets
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The OTHER Greek Story That Everyone In Europe Is Talking About
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Italian Bonds Slide, Premium to Bunds Reaches Record, Amid Greece Concern
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Greece paid out 8 billion euros in fake pensions
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The Greeks Won't Pay Their Taxes Even When The Government Threatens To Turn Off Their Power
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Greece's perilous position should not be casually glossed over
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Italian bond yields surge
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The Ugly Math Behind Italy's Sovereign Debt Crisis
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Spanish Insolvency Act changes — continuation of the trends set by the 2009 reform
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China:
It Sounds Like Millionaires Are Trying To Flee China In Droves
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Japan:
Takefuji debt holders approve rehabilitation plan
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Lawmaker Takes Acid Test on Fukushima Water
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New Zealand:
Nathans Finance Auditor Court Bid May Derail $66 Million Claim
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