November 15, 2011

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Law:

Lawyers, firms line up as MF Global brokerage crumbles
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Womble Carlyle's Steve Kortanek, Todd Ross Honored for Bankruptcy Transaction
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Perkins Coie Grows Bankruptcy Group in Chicago
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Three Perfectly Good Uses For Biglaw Lawyers
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Luce Forward in Merger Talks With McKenna Long
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DLA Piper global co-chairman dismisses Canada merger rumor
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Eversheds sees first half revenues rise 6.7% to hit £184m
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Owners' Lawyer in NFL Lockout, David Boies Signs on With NBA Players
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Proskauer Refutes Discrimination Claims at Heart of Ex-CFO's $10 Million Suit
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The Upside of Sexual Harassment
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Ex-BigLaw Associate Completes Cross-Country Trek with His Dog, Mabel, Ponders the Future
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Urgent Client Alert!
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O'Donnell headed to trial after judge rebuffs government on plea deal
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Linklaters loses distinction as most diverse firm
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Health-Care Law, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, NFinanSe in Court News
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Supreme Court to hear dispute on health care law
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Video of Paul Clement and Laurence Tribe Debating Obamacare
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The time is not right for Supreme Court to review health-care law
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The Court’s agenda on health care
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Scenarios: What Supreme Court ruling could mean for healthcare
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Obama-Roberts Legacies to Be Shaped by U.S. High Court Health-Care Ruling
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Will Senate Hold Hearings on Law Schools? Lawmakers’ Data Collection Could Be Backdrop
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ABA Committee Appears Poised to Approve New Law School Disclosure Requirements
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Reevaluate Post-Law-School Expectations
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For the Best Pay Relative to Education Cost, Choose Technical College over Law School, Analysts Say
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Suffolk Law Supports the Troops, and Free Speech, and the Constitution, and Everything Else!
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Law School Blind Item: Hot for Teacher
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E-Discovery Pricing Strikes Back
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Oops. Attorney’s ‘Staff Error’ Excuse Gets Him in More Trouble, Since He Didn’t Have Any Staff
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Lawyer Who Found Cash in DQ Gives the Money to Charity
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A Book for Those Who Wonder About the Origins of Legal Words Like ‘White-Shoe’ and ‘Boilerplate’
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NY State Bar Wants to Help All the Alcoholic Lawyers Out There
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Video Of The Bizarre Bob Costas-Jerry Sandusky Interview
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Where Was Penn State General Counsel Cynthia Baldwin?
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Charity Tied To Penn State Scandal Hires Counsel; Key Witness Contacts Firm
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Penn State, Paterno, and the Hubris of High-Performers
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4 Thought-Provoking Takes on the Penn State Scandal
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10-Year-Old Girl Attacks, Threatens To Kill Teacher For Confiscating Candy
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Police use thermal imaging to find suspect hiding in leaf pile
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Dads by deception
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Filipinos Claim Enslavement in Louisiana
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge John C. Ninfo holds last naturalization ceremony
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Jefferson County Judge Known for 'Rule-From-the-Bench' Style
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San Diego Court Starts Costly New Project
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High-Profile Gay Marriage: Federal Judge Weds Epidemiologist
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Judge Tells Mother That Laws ‘Don’t Apply’ in Court
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Court announcement raises recusal questions for Kagan, Thomas
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Friend-of-Court Filings Mushroom , and a Law Professor Takes Issue
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Wall Street:

US stock futures signal weaker Wall St. open
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European Stocks Drop as Italy's Monti Faces Political Resistance
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Stocks slip as eurozone issues persist
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How Corporate America Is Damning Itself
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Congratulations Occupy Wall Street. You're Officially Making Companies Scared
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'Occupy' protesters ousted from Zuccotti Park
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Police, OWS Protesters Clash As Authorities Clear Zuccotti Park
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Occupy Wall St. Now Infighting
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How Occupy Wall Street Came To A Sudden, Unexpected End
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Wall Street Protesters Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge Set to Appear in Court
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Layoffs:

MF Global Ex-Employees’ Lawsuit Says They Were Fired Without Proper Notice
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Mark Cuban Just Demolished A Major GOP Talking Point
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:

Financial regulators face more work and less money
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Fraud:

60 Minutes Blows The Lid Off Congressional Insider Trading
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The Most Stunning Detail From The Congressional Insider Trading Report
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Book: Rahm Emanuel Dumped Tons Of Freddie Mac Stock Days Before It Collapsed
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How Congress Insider Traders Abused The Public's Trust During The Financial Crisis
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How Rep. Spencer Bachus Cashed In On The Financial Crisis
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Blogs target Bachus after 'insider' report
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Professor: Of Course Congressional Insider Trading Is Totally Illegal
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Rick Perry: Congressional Insider Traders Should Go To Jail
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Members of Congress Are Amazing Investors -- Now Here Are Their Favorite Stocks
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Allen Stanford Sent Back to Texas
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What Will Be the Legal Fallout for Olympus Corp.?
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Can Scott Rothstein Give a Deposition Without Marc Nurik?
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Retailing:

Target Employees Protesting Thanksgiving Hours
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JC Penney's next act
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16 Facts About Walmart That Will Blow Your Mind
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Food/Beverage:

A&P Files Bankruptcy -Exit Plan Based on Yucaipa Financing
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Bankers Rage At Mario Batali All Over Bloomberg
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Moo & Oink goes up for auction
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Energy:

Dynegy loss widens; sees 2012 bankruptcy exit
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Golf:

Hillcrest Country Club owner files for bankruptcy
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Art:

Longtime Chicago gallery owner Richard Love files for bankruptcy
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Tax:

Supreme Court to Decide Tax Fairness Case Involving Tax Forgiveness
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Economy:

Treasurys Up as Merkel's Party Votes to Allow Eurozone Exit
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The Euro Zone Crisis and the US: A Primer
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Stopgap bill to keep government open until Dec . 16
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San Francisco Fed: We're Totally Sc----- --- Recession Odds Top 50%
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Oil prices gushing: 20% surge in 6 weeks
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Buffett: My Plan to Tax the Rich
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Is EU Crisis a Glimpse at Our Future?
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Why the US is Not Italy
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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:

Baum Firm Challenges Affirmation Requirement
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BofA mired in billions of mortgage litigation
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Lender liability rule key to mortgage refi due Tuesday
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'Put-back' relief at center of HARP mortgage fix
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Freddie to help servicers automate new mortgage mods
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The 20 Neighborhoods Where Houses Just Won't Sell
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FHA undercapitalized by up to $100 million: Wharton report
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County clerks warn that MERS may cloud titles to thousands of Texas homes
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Pre-Occupied on Wall Street? A Pox on All Their Houses!
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Occupy Fannie and Freddie
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Fannie, Freddie CEOs agree to face Congress over bonuses
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Phoenix foreclosures at lowest percentage of market since spring '09
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Freddie Mac sells record-number REO at 94% of market value
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Ally May Put ResCap in Bankruptcy to Ease IPO
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Bankruptcy judge: 210 Trade attorney can stay in EpiCentre case
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W Hotel condo developer to exit bankruptcy
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U.S. credit union cop in MBS pact with Citi, Deutsche
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MF Global:

Elliott Seeks to Trade MF Global Claims From Behind Firewall
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MF Global and the Problems With Murky Accounting
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MF Global: The Special Administration Regime and the 10 Things You Need to Know About Client Money and Assets
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The Koch Brothers and MF Global - Friends to the End
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CFTC subpoenas Harris Bank over MF Global--sources
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Risk, lax oversight riddle MF Global's past
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Former MF Global workers sue over firings
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When the Ax-man cometh: Jersey Jon goes 'Global'
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Corzine's fortune could invite more lawsuits
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Where's the Money, Jon Corzine?
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Corzine casualties: 'Pay up, MF!'
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The polite treatment of Jon Corzine and the MF Global bankruptcy
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Timing questions emerge on MF Global customer cash shortfall
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MF Global 's Corzine Met with CFTC in Protest of Repurchase Rule
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Finra's Ketchum 'not apologetic' about waivers or Corzine's free pass
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More MF Global Victims: Brokers
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MF Global Canada client accounts moved to RBC Dominion
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MF clients accuse J.P. Morgan of overreaching
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The MF Global bankruptcy may be as close as your grain elevator
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MF Global actions may cost farmers, elevators millions
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MF Global May Sue Interactive Brokers, MF COO Abelow Hires A Criminal Lawyer
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Meet Corzine's Right-Hand Man
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Former Corzine employee at MF Global falls on his feet
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Tepper's Appaloosa Bought 8.6% of MF Global as Broker Failed
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Aviation:

American Airlines Has to Pay $900,000 for Stranding Passengers on a Tarmac
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American pilots playing with fire
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Spirit Airlines raises online booking fee
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Kingfisher Air net loss jumps to Rs 468 cr
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Thackeray opposes talk of government bailout for Kingfisher
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Kingfisher crisis: Not shutting down, says Mallya
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Banking:

Chase ending checking account test of fee waivers
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Which Banks Continue to Weigh on Wall Street?
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David Tepper Dumps All Of Bank Of America And Wells Fargo
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After Dropping Debit Card Fees Bank Of America Is Quietly Picking Them Up Elsewhere
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Public Transit:

Monorail settles creditors' objections, but judge presses questions
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Bankruptcy judge skeptical about Las Vegas Monorail plans
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Religion:

Catholic diocese raises offer for Crystal Cathedral
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Schuller's Ex-Megachurch in Bankruptcy Bidding War
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Judge delays decision on Crystal Cathedral until Thursday
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Celebs:

Trustee seeks to auction Tom Martino's hangar
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Telecoms:

Dear Sprint: It's The Bondholders Who Come First In A Bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Recent cases may signal a trend for U.S. courts to accord insurers increased rights to object to the institution of an asbestos settlement trust
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Alabama, Louisiana may seek punitive damages in BP spill
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Alarming Info in Oil Spill Toxicology Report
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Baseball:

Los Angeles Dodgers' Chapter 11 case: no replay of Texas Rangers' drama
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Frank McCourt on selling Dodgers: 'It wasn't my first choice'
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McCourt says he's sorry
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Even in Bankruptcy , Dodgers Can Make Big Offer to Kemp
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Politics:

Taking Attendance With Elizabeth Warren
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Warren to push back on Crossroads attacks with first TV ads
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Elizabeth Warren shows softer side in new ad
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In first TV ad, Elizabeth Warren blasts Wall St., pledges to even playing field
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Elizabeth Warren's Senate race energizes liberals
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Scott Brown Mimics Elizabeth Warren , Endorses Obama CFPB Nominee
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You Won't Believe Herman Cain's Response To A Question About Libya
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To Cain: Quit Harassing Abused Women
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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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Miscellaneous:

MF Global U.K., Saab, Sean Quinn, Don Gil Sale
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Dodgers, Dynegy, MF Global, Syms and Filene's
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

NM bankruptcies over past year down 14 percent
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Administrative Claims:

7th Circuit finds no Reading tort claim priority against Chapter 7 debtor in 'novel' decision
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Ex-Employees File WARN Claims Against MF Global, Hope for Priority in Bankruptcy Court
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Municipalities:

Consent agreement fails, Harrisburg prepared for state takeover
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Harrisburg Cedes Action on Plan to Bar Pennsylvania Takeover
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Harrisburg misses deadline for bankruptcy plan
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State moving ahead with Harrisburg takeover as council, mayor disagree over bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy would be best for Harrisburg residents
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Harrisburg City Council attorney asks IRS, SEC to investigate incinerator financing
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Harrisburg City Council: Consent agreement negotiations "meaningless"
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Hearing set in battle for JeffCo sewer system
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Views harden in Jefferson bankruptcy blame game
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Jefferson County Judge Known for ‘Rule-From-the-Bench’ Style
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Birmingham Mayor William Bell to BBA: Jefferson County bankruptcy won't sink Birmingham
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State Reps. Weigh in on Bankruptcy
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Report: Jefferson County bankruptcy case could last "two to three years"
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Bankruptcy in Alabama Is Tale Signifying Little
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Jefferson County GO Warrants Also Dicey
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Predatory JP Morgan Swap Deal Pushes Alabama County Into Largest Municipal Bankruptcy In US History
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Bankrupt Jefferson County's New Manager Says He Has No Regrets
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Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing allowed Orange County to sue financial advisers
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'Perfect storm' will likely damage all of Alabama
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State to assist East Providence bankruptcy troubles
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Cuomo Says New York Budget Gap May Reach $3.5 Billion in 2013
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U.S. Muni Bonds Safe From Default Risk, Kroll Study Says
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Shortfall in pensions could lead cities to bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:

Rahm Emanuel Urged WH to Promote Solyndra
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Solyndra 's Dark Secret: Were Sales About To Soar?
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Autos:

Saab faces possible bankruptcy
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Manufacturing:

Miami, Okla.-based gas can maker Blitz USA files bankruptcy
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Electricity:

Judge guarantees SME customers power during co-op's bankruptcy
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Photography:

Kodak debtholders name Blackstone adviser-source
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Finance:

The Credit Crunch That Richard Koo Warned Us About Has Arrived Exactly As He Predicted
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Sovereigns:

Western Governments Are Heading Toward Bankruptcy
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UK:

What Austerity Is Doing To Unemployment In The UK
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Dark Times Ahead for British Households
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England to Become a Country of Renters
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Eurozone Crisis: It's time for Britain to get a grip
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EU:

Merkel's Party Votes to Allow Exits From Euro
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EU Crisis: What New Order Will Look Like
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Mayor Of London Calls For Break-Up Of Euro
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Merkel calls for EU political union as long term solution to Euro crisis
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Cameron Says Debt Crisis Is Chance to 'Ebb Back' Ties in Rebuff to Merkel
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Merkel: Financial Crisis Could be Europe's Toughest Time Since War
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Warren Buffett nails one huge reason that Europe is so dire
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As Euro Nations Teeter, Central Bank Only Aids Lenders
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There's An Immediate Crisis Happening In Europe, And It's Not About Sovereign Debt
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The Real State of Government Deficits In The Eurozone
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German, French GDP Rebounds in Third Quarter on Private Spending
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This One Major Factor Makes Germany Richer Than Italy
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Eurozone GDP Grows Just 0.2% In Q3
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PIIGS:

Italy's borrowing costs at highest level in euro history
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A Bond-Rout In Italy
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Initially relieved at new Greek, Italian govts, markets pull back on bigger eurozone fears
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New threat to bailout as Greek right rejects more austerity
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New Greek government faces attack on new property tax
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Greek, Italian plans bypass voters
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Greece to stay in eurozone
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Bank 'examining' Quinn's bankruptcy
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Anglo to challenge Quinn bankruptcy
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Anglo probing sale of land to Quinn children
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Spain yields highest in 14 yrs at auction
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Spain's Long Lunches Under Threat
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France:

France Frets About Prized AAA Debt Rating
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China:

These Kids Commute To School By Climbing Rocks And Fording A River
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