Law:
US News and World Reports: Best Bankruptcy Law Firms
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4 Reasons to Be Thankful for Your Biglaw Job This Thanksgiving
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Add $1M More to Funds Ex-Counsel of Crowell & Moring Is Accused of Taking from Client Trust Accounts
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Legal Industry Sees Robust Collections, Slowing Demand in Third Quarter of 2011
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UK firms announce revenue up: but gloom predicted for remainder of year
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Barclays, NetJets, Berezovsky, Toyota, Sandoz, Strauss-Kahn in Court News
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Freshfields, A&O Lead on Virgin's $1 Billion Bank Purchase from U.K.
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$42 mln malpractice suit against firm may proceed: appeals court
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The Life and Death of the Michigan ‘Wolverine Scholars’ Program
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Law School Transparency: More signs of progress
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5 Tips for Current or Prospective Law School Students in a Difficult Economy
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How A Comment On An Internet Message Board Broke The Jerry Sandusky Case Wide Open
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Are Pennsylvania’s ‘Presentments’ Fair to Defendants?
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Alleged Victim Intends to Testify at Sandusky Hearing, Lawyer Says
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Penn State Girds for Backlash as Students Seek Jobs
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Sandusky cover-up: Why is Kenneth Frazier leading the investigation at Penn State?
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Penn State’s Former Top Lawyer Says He Had No Inkling About Sandusky Allegations Till 2009
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Small Firm Apps
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Occupy Wall Street, Olympus, UBS, BP, Boeing in Court News
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House Passes Right-to-Carry Bill
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Is Ann Taylor Store a ‘Necessary Expedition’ for Female Attorneys in DC?
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New Management Trend Is ‘Gamification’ of the Workplace
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All Bets Are Off When You Kill a Lawyer’s Dog
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Big brother, as we all have plenty of reason to believe, is watching everyone.
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The Supreme Court Weighs the Implications of Big Data
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Product Review: The Clydesdale Hauler Cart for Courtroom Readiness :))
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Report: Teacher sold grades to pay debts
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65-year-old woman with an iron-like grip
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Assault With A Deadly . . . Ham?
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True Love?
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City Makes Public Statement Regarding the Sugar Plum Fairy
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Couple Bug Developmentally Disabled Student To Hear Teacher Bullying
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Judges:
Panel says federal bankruptcy judge in Tenn. should not be member of segregated country club
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Procedures for Judge Bason (Los Angeles)
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Judge Posner Urges Deference for Schools, Says ‘Coddled’ Kids Should Roll with the Punches
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Judge Suspended for Living Outside Her District; Are Her Decisions in Question?
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Justice Breyer urges checking presidential power
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Should Elena Kagan recuse herself from the Obamacare case? Of course not.
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New Judge Named in Penn State Scandal
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Courthouse ‘Nurse-In’ Planned in Support of Mom with Nursing Baby Called Out by Judge
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Dear Magistrate Judge: The Stones Are Not Just a "Music Band."
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Are the SEC and Citigroup Deceiving A Federal Judge?
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Can Rakoff consider 'public interest' in Citi/SEC settlement?
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal slight gains for equities
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Stocks Sink; Spain Becomes Latest Worry in Europe
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US Stocks Slump on Concern Europe's Crisis Is Worsening
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Hundreds of protesters march on NY's Wall Street
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Occupy Wall Street protesters fan out from Wall Street - Arrests nationwide
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Arrests Made As OWS Protesters Take Part In "Day Of Action"
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Occupy protesters arrested in NYC finance district
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What It Was Like To Be In The Middle Of The Dramatic Protest On Wall Street
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Wall Street's Long History of Violence
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Protesters Blocked in Attempt to Disrupt NYSE
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Wall Street Marchers Cross Brooklyn Bridge
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NYC Protesters Chant 'Follow Those Kids!' As Small Children Try To Get To School
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Fury At Sinking Economies Drives Global Demos
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These Guys Are Definitely Wall Street's Heroes
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Tea Party, Occupy movements fail to capture Americans' hearts
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Evictions Mark a New Start for 'Occupy Wall Street,' Not an End
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Occupy Dallas Evicted
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Protesters snarl Los Angeles freeway traffic
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Bill Ayers teaches Occupy Chicago
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Occupy Protesters Consider Demands
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Layoffs:
Unemployment claims drop
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Larger Temporary Workforce Could Be New Normal
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How Household Debt Contributes to Unemployment
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A Pathbreaking New Study Shows What's Really Causing Sky-High Unemployment
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Bank of America Starts Firings
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Drink:
Sbarro's bankruptcy plan wins court approval
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Friendly’s CEO, Sun Capital Ring Up Hefty Expense Tabs
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Telecoms:
Bankrupt wireless firm got loan push from taxpayer 'superhero'
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Municipalities:
Alabama County Steps Up Muni-Default Pace
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JeffCo legal fees to reach $1.5M a month
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Municipal borrowing costs may rise after JeffCo bankruptcy
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Muni Investors Undeterred by Jefferson Bankruptcy Add to Funds
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Lessons from Orange County
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Jefferson County bankruptcy another Alabama "punt"
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Bond trustee: Sewer receiver John S. Young's status equal to state officer
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Alabama county bankruptcy was a surprise: receiver
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Jefferson County Receiver Fights to Control Star-Crossed Sewers
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Jefferson County Receiver Says Removal Would Harm Muni Debt
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Bridgeport – Distressed but not Insolvent
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Harrisburg City Council responds to objections to Chapter 9 eligibility
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Illinois Courts Caterpillar for Factory Amid 10% Unemployment
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IL Gets $1B Surprise as Obligations Jump
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Detroit Police, Firefighters Avoid Layoffs, Face Wage Cuts
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Is this the End? Detroit's Mayor Dave Bing Says City on the Brink of Insolvency
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Economist: Without big reforms, Detroit will default in 4 months
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Detroit City Council rushing to devise harder-hitting plan
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Detroit's financial crisis mirrors auto industry turmoil
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Corporate Reform:
US Regulators' Epic Fail
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CFPB Head Lashes Out at Conservative Critics
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Mail:
How the US Post Office Fell Apart
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Compensation:
Executive Pay: Don't Blame the CEO
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Corporate Succession Issues Underlie Gaps in Executive Pay
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Economy:
Jobs, housing data bolster growth outlook
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U.S. Economy Growing at Fastest Pace of the Year
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US Debt To GDP Hits 102% And Rising
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United States of Hunger
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Philly Fed (Sort of)Breaks Streak of Better Economic Data
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Consumers' Outlook Improves to Four-Month High
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Jon Stewart: The Super Committee Is SuperBad
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Gloom Around Deficit Panel Grows
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Debt Panel Members Harden Positions
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Big Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Push Deficit Panel to Aim High
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Bowles, Simpson Aren't Optimistic on Debt Deal
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Tea Party Would Cut $9 Trillion
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A Complete Guide To Surviving A Lost Decade
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The 10 Largest Family Businesses In The U.S.
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The Interests Of Global Elites Are Diverging
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The Industrial Age Has Finally Run Out of Gas
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U.S. Company Credit Risk Jumps to One-Month High On Europe Debt Concerns
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Millionaires in Congress: Tax Us More
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GOP Tax Plan at a Glance
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Census Bureau projects 9 million Americans to be 90 or older in 2050
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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:
Dudley Says Fed's Options to Boost Economy Include Buying Housing Debt
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Average rate on 30-year fixed home loan at or below 4 percent for 3rd straight week
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Prime-Mortgage Standards Tighter Than Pre-Boom Levels
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Housing Starts in U.S. Declined 0.3% in October - But No Turnaround
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Housing affordability improves in California
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House rejects bill allowing modified mortgages to count as performing
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California attorney general's office subpoenas Fannie, Freddie
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Fannie and Freddie’s Double Outrage — Millions in Bonuses and Subsidies for Millionaire Mortgages
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Huge pay cuts may come to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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New Audit Information: FHA Facing Bankruptcy
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HAMP chief to leave Treasury
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Foreclosures Rise for First Time in Year as Backlogs Ease
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Lawmakers Contradict on Speeding up Foreclosures
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Nevada Pursues (Alleged)Perjurers
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Nevada indicts 2 LPS employees on 606 counts of robo-signing
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Robo-Signing Moves from Civil to Criminal
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Robo-signing slowdowns could be at an end, officials say
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Processor: No wrongful foreclosures tied to Nevada indictments
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10 States Where Foreclosures Are Severely Undercutting Home Prices
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Starwood Property Prepping For European Fire Sales
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Luxor Is Poised to Take Control of William Lyon in Restructuring
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Loans Lose All Value, and More
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Banking:
Banks in U.S. Facing 'Serious Risk' on Contagion From Europe
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Why Not Break Up Citigroup?
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Hoenig Says He Doesn't Support Bailouts for Too-Big-to-Fail
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U.S. Regulators Clarify Bank Asset Size Rules Under Dodd-Frank
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UBS slashes investment bank, cuts profit targets
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Bove: UBS Has to Shrink Bank to Meet Capital Rules
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Aviation:
American Airlines' Dilemma: Creditors In The Captain's Seat
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United Labor Tension Damps Promise of $1.2 Billion Merger Gain
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Thanksgiving travelers get frugal but making trips
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How Kingfisher Airlines Mismanaged Itself To The Brink Of Bankruptcy
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Jet Says Air India Fares a Problem as Kingfisher Cut Flights
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Airline Passengers Bound For The UK Were Stranded In India And Asked For Extra Cash For Fuel
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Pilot gets stuck in bathroom, sparks terror scare
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Shipping:
General Maritime Files Bankruptcy With $1.4 Billion in Debt
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Shipping companies show strain as industry struggles
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Baseball:
Fox says to seek dismissal of Dodgers bankruptcy
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Fox Sports expands reach of lawsuit to Frank McCourt
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New Dodgers owner can sell merchandise rights
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Frank McCourt says he has no intention of leaving LA
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Dodgers Owe $555 Million, Most Indebted Team In Baseball History
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Retailing:
Hahn & Hessen Selected as Counsel to Creditors' Committee in the Filene's Basement and Syms Corp. Bankruptcy
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Black Friday 2011 deal mania: Thanksgiving hours spark backlash
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Sears Loss Hits $421 Million, and Gap's Profit Is Off 36%
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Radio:
Cumulus Media Puts AR Broadcasting Unit, Into Prepack Bankruptcy
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For just 4 stations, Cumulus files a "pre-packaged bankruptcy"
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Student Debt:
College Grads Share Their Student Loan Horror Stories
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Autos:
GM chief says public is past anger over bailout
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GE filed 57k-page tax return; paid no taxes on $14b in profits
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Treasury Admits What Everybody Already Knew: Taxpayer Losses On GM Bailout Are Going to be Massive
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GM: Europe 'More Serious' Than 2008 Bubble
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Electricity:
PSC argues over entering Southern Montana Electric bankruptcy ...
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Southern reverses decisions made without quorum, full board
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Religion:
Catholic Bishops Issue Hollow Plea for Sympathy
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Vatican Calls in the Lawyers to Snuff Out Kiss Campaign
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Crystal Cathedral Congregants Anxious
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OC Catholic diocese to buy bankrupt Crystal Cathedral
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Chapman U. Loses Its Bid for the Bankrupt Crystal Cathedral's Campus
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Hockey:
Gaglardi expected to become Dallas Stars' owner Friday
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Fraud:
Madoff Explains Everything
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NJ Ordered To Refund Taxes Paid by Madoff Victims
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Galleon Says It Was Victim of Skowron Inside Trades as He Faces Sentencing
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Lawyer who represents R. Allen Stanford in civil suit can't have in-person access to his client until criminal case is completed
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U.S. Prosecutors Seek Delay in SEC Case Against Rajat Gupta
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Rajaratnam To Appeal $92 Million Fine
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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, Sumo, Dodgers, Giordano's, Lehman
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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MF Global:
MF Global Trustee to Use 'Whatever Legal Means' to Maximize Estate Assets
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Did MF Global’s Collapse Lead to Thin Stock Trading Volume?
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Probe Points to MF Use of Segregated Customer Funds
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MF Global Said to Have Shifted Client Funds to Own Brokerage
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MF Said to Have Shifted Hundreds of Millions
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CME Group clarifies on MF Global's segregated accounts|
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MF Global Is Said to Have Used Customer Cash Improperly
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CME May Face ‘Liability’ In MF Global Disclosure, Goldman’s Harris Says
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CME Group Blasts 'Inaccurate' Report Which Said It Was In Hot Water
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MF Global Trustee Can Transfer $520 Million to Customers
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MF Global Clients Get Relief But, No Resolution
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Relief, but grief from MF Global clients
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MF Global cuts 141 more jobs
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Once Hailed For Financial Prowess, Corzine Takes Steep Fall After MF Global Bankruptcy
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Fed President Bullard May Come To Regret This Comment About MF Global
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Health Care:
Clark hospital seeks support
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US Workers' Health Premiums Rose 63% in 7 Years
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One in four American women take medication for a mental disorder
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Politics:
Warren won't sign off on Occupy Harvard
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Brown Not Odd, Only Cynical
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Rick Perry Wants to Debate Nancy Pelosi?
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Perry Slams Insider Trading, Critics Call Foul
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How Obama Can Survive a 2012 Recession
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Gingrich: I Never Lobbied for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac While Holding Public Office
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Gingrich the “Historian” Evades his Own Past
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Gingrich's Philandering May Be Eclipsed by Outcry Over Freddie Mac Payday
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Fannie, Freddie tentacles embraced many in Washington
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Is Gingrich Lying Over Freddie Mac Involvement?
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Abramoff: ‘Vassals’ in Congress Do Lobbyist Bidding
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Cain: 'We Need A Leader, Not A Reader'
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Alternative Energy:
Solyndra Funds Mostly Lost to Taxpayers, Chu Tells Lawmakers
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Chu says WH did not contact him on Solyndra loan
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US official: merits not politics guided solar loan
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Solyndra Refinancing Not Illegal, Chu Tells Lawmakers
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Meet the 'know-nothing' defense
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Chu balks at apologizing for Solyndra deal
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Chu: Companies fail when market collapses
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House subcommittee chair calls for Chu's ouster following Solyndra testimony
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Republicans May Have Totally Killed The Solyndra Scandal By Bullying Steven Chu
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Solyndra Hearing Gets Testy Ahead Of Chu's Testimony
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Solyndra lawyers say they received no bids for bankrupt company's assets
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Solyndra Has a Cousin in the Poorhouse
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Beacon Power says it may have to liquidate
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UK:
Bankruptcy could be made 'cheaper and easier'
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Bankrupts 'need better bank access'
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Germany's secret plans to derail a British referendum on the EU
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EU:
Here’s What It Might Take to Get Germany to Approve ECB Money Printing
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European Rift on Bank’s Role in Debt Relief
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European Children More Likely to Outperform Parents Than Americans
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Europe is a Tinderbox
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Words of a Euro Doomsayer Have New Resonance
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Euro up but shares weighed by debt fears
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Will the north pay politically for the south's economic mess?
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PIIGS:
Poor Bond Auction Means Spain Should Be 'Very, Very Worried'
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Contagion laps at Spain's shores
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Spanish Borrowing Costs Soar to 14-Year High
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Fitch Rattles Market Again, This Time With Warning on Italy
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Italy’s New Premier Offers Broad Plan to Reform Finances and Spur Growth
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Monti prepares Italy for more pain; Violence flares in Milan
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ECB Continues Italian Bond Purchases, Propping up Euro
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Greek protesters clash with police at US Embassy
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Greek police tear gas austerity protest
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Greek protests as France, Spain face borrowing squeeze
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IMF to Wait for Political Support for Greek Funds
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Greek Government to Start Talks on Voluntary Debt Swap
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Irish Government Draws Fire as Budget Plans Shown to Lawmakers in Germany - Bloomberg
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Bank starts challenge over Quinn bankruptcy
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Cockamamie Scheme Du Jour: ECB to Lend to IMF to Lend to PIIGS
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Germany:
German Investor Confidence at 3 Year Low
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Projected Reform of German Insolvency Law: Recapitalization instead of Liquidation of Companies?
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Japan:
Japan probes possible Olympus gangster link
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Ex-Olympus Chief Said to Face Questions by SEC
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The Latest Beauty Craze In Japan
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Korea:
Builders face bankruptcy amid property slump
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Hong Kong:
HK bankruptcy petitions fall 1.4 pct in Oct vs Sept
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Africa:
IMF: Swaziland on the verge of bankruptcy
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Mexico:
Apocalypto for Bondholders?
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