October 11, 2011

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Law:

Texan Tapped as Howrey Bankruptcy Trustee
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Cleary and Linklaters among firms on multibillion-euro Belgian bank bailout
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Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyer Geoffrey T. Raicht Joins Proskauer as Partner in New York
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Akin Gump sued for malpractice in outdoor signage case
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A BigLaw Inbreeding Remark Spawns . . . An Ethics Complaint
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MLB withdraws bid to disqualify Dodgers attorneys
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Al Davis, R.I.P.
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With Bad Behavior, Two Ex-Am Law 200 Associates Put Law Licenses At Risk
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Young lawyers: They're not that bad off.
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Legal Sector Loses Jobs In September, Robots On The Horizon
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Cerberus-Innkeepers, Shell, Madoff, Rajaratnam in Court News
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60 iPhone and iPad Apps
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Mysteries of Law Firm Technology Security
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The Lawyer as Confidant
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Attorneys upset over having to hear dozens of hours of recorded phone conversations relating to sex
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Lawyer Advertising: Introducing the 'Asian Columbo'
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US tests 'Minority Report' system
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Shackled American citizen faces 15 years in jail after admitting online insult to royals
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How law faculty get hired
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Law School Transcript Dishonesty Draws Censure
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A Realistic Lawyering Video Game
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Casey Anthony stays mum in deposition
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Real-life superheroes patrol Salt Lake City’s streets
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Seattle 'superhero' crime-fighter arrested on assault charges
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Great-grandmother leads police on chase
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Man Shoots, Kills Neighbor With Bow & Arrow In Argument Over Woman
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How Do You Plead? Yadda Yadda Yadda
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Cook County Jail May Be Liable for Water Torture
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Judges:

Justice John Paul Stevens, the Last of the Mohicans
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Justice Stevens' memoir offers intriguing Court insights
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Wall Street:

US stock index futures signal early losses
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European Markets Slip as Trichet Warns of Contagion
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Stocks Rally on European Debt Plan
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Two Robots Trading Back and Forth Drive Market Up 3%
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Short Sales Rise the Most Since 2006
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Stock-Market Volatility: Back to the Gilded Age
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Revisiting 'Occupy Wall Street'
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Occupy Wall Street: A Walk in the Park
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Obama, Congressional Leaders Must Meet With Occupy Wall Street Leaders
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Occupy Wall Street has whiff of 1960s
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Diverse Group Uses Speaker's Corner to Voice Grievances
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Occupy Wall Street protests and 'The Decline of the West'
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Wall Street Occupiers Need Kindness of Strangers to Stay Clean
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Oakland, Vancouver, Charlotte, Riverside, Kankakee, New Haven, LA , Columbus, Overseas, London, Dublin
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US Protests Spread to 1000 Cities
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Police Arrest 50 From Occupy Boston
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Qaddafi: I'm Behind Wall Street Protests
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Occupy Wall Street Has Some Bad News For The Rich Residents Of The Upper East Side
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Bloomberg Backtracks on Occupy Wall Street, Says Protesters Can Stay
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'Protest chaplains' shepherd movement's spiritual side
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Occupy and Do Something
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Occupy Wall Street Needs Goals, Or Funnel Cake
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The Devil’s Dictionary on Occupy Wall Street
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Business Owners: Protesters Don't Want To Pay For Anything
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Poll Shows Half Of Americans Have Heard Of Occupy Wall Street Movement
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328 Professors Officially in Support of Occupy Wall Street
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What is Occupy Wall Street? The history of leaderless movements
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Is 'Occupy Wall Street' Too White?
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Layoffs:

Obama's disconnect in jobs sales pitch
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Obama's Panel and Job Firing CEOs
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NY Securities Industry Reportedly May See Major Job Losses
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Jobless Seek Protection Against Job Bias
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:

Is Bankruptcy an Option for Santa Ana?
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Brown Signs Bill to Limit Municipal Bankruptcies in California
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New law alters local-government bankruptcy process
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Business leaders seek to spur Central Falls growth
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Cash-strapped city to quit prosecuting domestic violence cases
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Town of Gurley Nearing Bankruptcy
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Harrisburg City Council fires back: A fair plan or bankruptcy
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Solar:

Solar plants in Mass. and Mich. to be auctioned
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E-mails raise fresh questions on Solyndra loan
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Energy Department Fights to Keep Solar Patents in US Hands
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Darrell Issa leads the Solyndragate inquiry
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Solyndra Fallout: House GOP Wants Info on Other Loans Made at Deadline
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Shining light on $4.7B solar loans
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Officials Knew Solyndra Deal Possibly Illegal
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Religion:

42 Abuse Victims Say Diocese Broke Its Word
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Crystal Cathedral Bankruptcy: Critics Question Whether Close is Inevitable
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Aviation:

A Dark Mood Surrounds Corporate Jet Makers
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Sports:

NBA cancels first two weeks of season
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Frank McCourt won't own up to his responsibilities
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Economy:

Recession Officially Over, U.S. Incomes Kept Falling
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For Americans, recovery feels like recession
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Recovery? What Recovery?
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Martin Feldstein: U.S. Not in a Depression
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The Depression: When Things Were Better
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Feldstein: ‘About as Bad an Expansion as I’ve Ever Seen’
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Bonds Showing 60% Chance of Recession With Bernanke Behind Curve for BofA
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Chart of the day, median income edition
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13 Brutal Charts on US Household Income
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Most Americans Believe Another Crisis Likely
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Downgrading Triple-B Recovery to Triple-C Crisis
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One country, two economies
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NYU's Sargent, Princeton's Sims Share Nobel Prize in Economics
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Nobel Winners Saved Macroeconomics After Keynes
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The Question That Won the Nobel: How Do We Know That Stimulus Works?
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Food prices to be even more volatile, UN says
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Families Tighten Belts on Rising Food Prices
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Some Mid-Sized U.S. Firms Plan Investments Despite Economy
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5 Social Conditions That Could Collapse the U.S. Economic System
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Economy Bad? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
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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:

Fannie Mae finds gloomy views of housing market
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Fannie survey shows Americans expect more declines in home prices
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Could Refis Also Help Home Builders?
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Banks May Face Fraud, Municipal Claims After Foreclosure Accord
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Protesters descend on MBA
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Bond insurers v. banks: MBS loss causation teed up for ruling
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Capmark sells housing portfolio
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Obama's Phony Fight For Housing
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Enforceability of distressed mortgage loan pre-negotiation agreements
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AppraiserLoft closes its doors, workers told firm insolvent
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Baron & Budd investigates Wells Fargo over mortgage fees
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Banking:

Banks brace for fallout on earnings
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FDIC sues failed Georgia bank officials for $24 million
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US Regulators Defend Bank Capital Rules
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Banks Will Take Major Volcker Profit Hit: Analyst
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Facebook's Bank Transfer Day: Protesters to Close Accounts?
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At least Bank of America's $5 debit card fee is easy to understand
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Debit Card Fees: To Pay or Not to Pay?
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Is Bank of America's $5 Monthly Debit Card Fee Fair?
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Everybody's Fighting Over Bank Fees
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$5 Debit Card Fee: Intended To Anger The Masses?
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Online banks booming as angry customers flee financial giants
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Little Banks vs. Big Banks
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Moody's sees Volcker rule as credit negative for big banks
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Goldman Sachs Earnings Collapse in Record Year for Wells Fargo
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'Bad bank' key to new Dexia structure
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Belgium's bill for bailing out Dexia could be much higher than meets the eye
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Banks Brace For Capital Calls As Dexia Rescued
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Bank capital woes may delay distressed debt boom
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Dexia Breakup Shows Limits of Saving Banks
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Banks to be Forced to Raise Liquid Assets
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Politics:

From Elizabeth Warren, the proper case for liberalism
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Elizabeth Warren Bags $3 Million ‎
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Elizabeth Warren , you don't need Dems ‎
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Ladies of The View Take Scott Brown's Side Over Warren and Pelosi
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Democratic Party campaigns on "Occupy Wall Street"
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Herman Cain Steps Up Attacks On Occupy Wall Street Protests
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Inside the Cain Tax Plan
(DBN - NY Times - Paywall Limit Possible)

Joe the Plumber to Run for Congress
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Democrats scramble to save face on President Obama's jobs bill
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Rick Perry moves to highlight his economic vision
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Romney dings Perry's jobs ' plan '
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Finance:

Venture Capital Fund-Raising Tumbles in Third Quarter
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Telecoms:

Sprint shares continue slide as S&P starts review
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Sprinting To Bankruptcy ?
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Sprint Shares Get Slammed on Cash Worries
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Sprint: S&P Credit, Stock Analysts Sing Different Tunes
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Belkin's Trans National Communications Int'l files bankruptcy
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Resorts:

The Club at Spanish Peaks in Big Sky closes, lays off staff; may file for bankruptcy
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Fraud:

Shell Pension Fund Joins Appeal of ‘Feeder Fund’ Ruling by Madoff Judge
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Rajaratnam May Get Quarter Century Term Under U.S. Guidelines
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‘No Evidence’ Rajaratnam Led Others in Crimes, Fund Manager’s Lawyers Say
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Galleon Group Insider Scandal Yields an Average 3-Year Term for Defendants
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Madoff Trustee Assails Rakoff Ruling on Mets, Seeks Permission to Appeal
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Debt Collection:

8 firms in MN debt collector probe
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New Victims of the Struggling Economy: Debt Collectors?
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Consumer Groups Protest a White House Proposal for Collecting on Student Debts
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Consumer Finance:

Consumer Credit Levels Reach Their Lowest Point in over a Year
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Miscellaneous:

New bankruptcy ripples may emerge in tough economy
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MSR Resorts, Madoff, Innkeepers, Solyndra, Barnwell
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Rochelle on Madoff, WaMu Bankruptcies, Ending a Business
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Among College-Educated, High-Income Earners Are Rising
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Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Dip Substantially
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Central IL bankruptcy filings drop 14% in year ending Sept. 30
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Albany bankruptcy filings drop again
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Bankruptcy filings fall, but causes aren't clear
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:

Article III: Coming to A Magistrate Near You?
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The Other Subject Matter Jurisdiction Issue: Courts Disagree Over When to Apply the “Close Nexus” Test to Post-Confirmation Disputes
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Corporate Governance:

Third Circuit Casts New Uncertainty on "Deepening Insolvency" Claims
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Court of Appeals warns of red flags for personal liability of directors and officers
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Hedge Funds:

Paulson Advantage Plus Down 47%
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Hotels:

Innkeepers, Cerberus in settlement talks
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Autos:

UAW chief hopes for Chrysler deal by Wednesday
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GM's CEO Defends Lower Pay for Workers
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Decision on Saab's fate could be hours away -report
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Media:

Judge should have never OK'd Tribune bonuses
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Tribune Co. settles ESOP tax dispute for $7M
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Roberts Broadcasting Files For Bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Retail Christmas: The Haves and the Have-Nots
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Celebs:

Young Buck Faces Liquidation
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Limo Service Says Lohan Stiffed It for $90K
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'L.A. Law' Actor Corbin Bernsen Sues Legal Marketing Firm For Divorcing Him
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Corporate Reform:

CFTC Slows Approach on Volcker Rule
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Volcker Rule Will Hit Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Hardest
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Volcker rule raises more questions
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Volcker Rule Might Ban Fixed-Income 'Flow' Trading, Hintz Says
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Cross-Border:

ShengdaTech Still Unable to Get Access to Information from Subsidiaries in China
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UK:

Retail conditions toughest for decades - Tesco
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August factory annual output growth weakest since Feb. 2010
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KPMG predicts wave of UK bank loan portfolio disposals
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Appointment of Administrators - 10 October 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 10 October 2011
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EU:

Few Options Left for the Euro
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The real euro crisis
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Euro Buyers Show Blind Faith in Policy Makers
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German push for Greek default risks EMU-wide 'snowball'
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Why Obama's Re-Election Chances Depend on Europe
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Iceberg spotted, summit convened
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Slovakian Discord Threatens To Derail Eurozone Bailout Vote
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Euro Chiefs Push Back Debt Crisis Summit Amid Tension Over Greek Writedown
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Trichet sees systemic threat, wants Europe banks funded
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Saving Europe's Banks: Can the Dexia Deal Stop the Fear?
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In France and Germany, Divergence on How to Recapitalize Banks
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Watch What Escapes From Under the Ring Fence
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Children banned from blowing up balloons under EU safety rules
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PIIGS:

Greece wraps up meetings with troika
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Barroso: UK should contribute to Greek rescue
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Greece's Creditors See 2011 Deficit Above Target
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Europe Divided on Greek Writedowns That Juncker Says May Top 60%
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Greeks kick off new strikes against austerity
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Homeless Population Increases During Greek Economic Crisis
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ie: New bankruptcy laws come in force
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ie: Reduction in bankruptcy term to five years begins
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Irish MP ordered to pay bank back 20 mln euros
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Ireland's NAMA to sell UK property loans
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Anglo Irish says no imminent sale of UK loan book
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Geronzi Indicted on Charges Connected to Parmalat's Collapse
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China:

As Its Economy Sprints Ahead, China’s People Are Left Behind
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Beijing intervenes to help stabilize banks
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Companies Are Neutral on China Trade Confidence
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China's small firms face grim outlook
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Japan:

Shunning Nuclear Plants at Home , Japan Pursues Building Them Overseas
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MENA:

Christians under siege in post-revolution Egypt
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