Law:

Hot Practice Areas in the In-House Legal Market
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Paige L. Ellerman Joins Frost Brown Todd’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group
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Ruden McClosky , Greenspoon Marder discuss merger
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Global 100: Strong dollar helps US leaders set the pace as London firms face fierce competition
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Lowering Legal Spending by Increasing In-House Workloads
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MGA settles billing dispute with O'Melveny
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An Inside Look at the Skadden Annual Review Process
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Eversheds Offers Clients an Alternative to Its Own Lawyers—Its Own Contract Lawyers
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As Stanford Victims Grumble, Court Approves Receiver's Latest Fee Request
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Rajaratnam, Goldman Sachs, Brocade, Amaranth in Court News
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BlackBerry Outage Spurs DLA Piper to Consider the Alternatives
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Bill Lerach’s Unofficial Prison Guardian Was a Former Hells Angels Leader
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Law School Dean/Martyr Did Not Lose His Job In Vain
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Law School: Second thoughts
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Upgraded Bloomberg Law Re-Enters the Research Wars
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Occupy Wall Street: Tipping point, legal sector has to take notice
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iPhone Outsmarts the Man Who Stole It, Snapping Photo Evidence
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Inmates Allowed to Wear Own Clothes to Boost Self-Esteem
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Lawyer publishes "no holes barred" book
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Man accused of phony door-to-door exams strikes deal with prosecutors
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Children of the Corn - Go To The Light
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Seattle superhero walks free, vows to continue fighting crime
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Court Slams Bo Jackson's 'Preposterous' Partner
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The Naked Truth Always Comes Out in Court (But Not Like This)
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"The Good Wife" - If Alicia gets fired, she should sue firm for sexual harassment
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Judges:

Pa. Judge Is Accused of Seeking Sexual Favors for Favorable Rulings in Two Cases; Probe Continues
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock Futures Gain Before Economic Data
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JPMorgan Leads Stocks Lower as Euro Retreats, Treasuries Rebound
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Who's behind the Wall St. protests?
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Occupy Wall Street Flush With Cash, But Not From Soros
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Occupy Wall Street Now Twice As Popular As The Tea Party
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Protesters suspicious of plan to clean up NYC park
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What Will Become of Occupy Wall Street: A Protest Historian's Guide
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Wall St. Protesters Can't Return Gear to Park
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Protesters Sweep Up Before Being Swept Out
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Occupy Wall Street showdown looms between protesters and NYPD police
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Occupy Wall Street Just Part of Global Anxiety
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It's Time Economic Populism Becomes a Force
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Jonathan Kay on Occupy Wall Street: It's a symptom of something serious
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Occupy Wall Street: A Beautiful Thing
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Occupiers on Bank Law: Fix It
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Occupy Wall Street's Real Demands
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Occupy Wall Street Hits the Slopes
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Canada rallies spread in economic 'awakening'
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Layoffs:

Senate Republicans offer their own jobs bill
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Senate Republicans Throw Together Jobs Plan To Prove Obama Wrong
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Companies Posted Few Jobs Openings in August
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Having a Job Ain't What It's Cracked Up to Be
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Seven in 10 College Grads Are Employed Full Time for Employer
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US Manufacturing Jobs Go Begging for Workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

Gap to close 34% of namesake U.S. stores by end of 2013
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Gap bets on bolder classics for turnaround
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg attorney defends bankruptcy filing
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Harrisburg Bankruptcy Judge Mary France Named as Lawyers Line Up for Fight
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Questions abound in Harrisburg's debit crisis - "lifetime federally appointed bankruptcy judge"?
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Harrisburg Council Faces Claims They Broke Laws in Filing for Bankruptcy
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Harrisburg Council Faces Legal Hurdles That May End Bankruptcy
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Harrisburg Weighing Bankruptcy Against 'Fiscal Suicide'
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Harrisburg, Pa., Has Filed For Bankruptcy, Proving It's Either Service Debt Or Service Residents
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Harrisburg city councilman explains why Pennsylvania capital filed for bankruptcy
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Experts call bankruptcy approval unlikely for Harrisburg; financial markets label the crisis a 'train wreck'
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Q&A: Why is it unlikely that Harrisburg gets bankruptcy protection? What happens next?
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Pa. capital's bankruptcy could be long, difficult
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's Incinerator: A Story of Unintended Consequences
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Harrisburg not a meltdown for munis
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Scranton officials say there will be no bankruptcy
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Gurley argues Alabama law does not support $4.8 million judgment
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Jefferson County commissioners, local legislators, lawyers meeting on county fiscal crisis
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Jefferson County Democratic Lawmakers May Derail Debt Deal
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Bentley says November session for Jefferson County unlikely
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City with the Best Credit Scores in America
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Texas Sales Tax Revenue Up 11.8% in Sept.
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Finance:

Bad Boy Guaranties: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?
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Corporate Governance:

Putting the “Limited Liability” into “Limited Liability Company”: Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Limited Scope of Derivative Standing to Pursue Claims on Behalf of LLCs
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Hotels:

Innkeepers, Cerberus reach tentative sale pact
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate shows slight year-over-year increase
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Aviation:

Airline Plans To Put Only One Toilet On Planes In Latest Scheme To Slash Fares
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Mail:

Postal Service Hasn't Been Overpaying Retiree Benefits By Billions, Auditors Say
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Turnarounds:

The Oscar for Bank Turnaround Artists
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Weather:

Texas Faces Billions in Water Costs as Drought Imperils Economy
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Credit/Debit Cards:

Yikes! The Rise of Subprime Credit Cards
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A Different Skirmish Over A.T.M. Card Fees
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Economy:

Growing Income Gap May Leave US More Vulnerable to Crisis
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Access to Necessities Falls to Recession Levels
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U.S . and China Data Highlight Weakness in Global Economy
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Manufacturing Index Shows Slower Growth
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U.S. Investor Optimism Plunges
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Bank Economist: 50% Chance of Recession
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The simple math of recession - Many economic sectors don’t have much more room to fall
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America's Lost Decade to Last Until 2016
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Buffett Rule could hit 25% of the very rich
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Yup, the Buffett-and-his-secretary analogy is completely accurate
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Some Millionaires May Break 'Buffett Rule': Study
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Tax Debate: Numbers Back Buffett, Krugman
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Reagan Speech on Taxing Millionaires Goes Viral After Georgetown Law Grad Takes Notice
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Class warfare: Who pays their fair share of taxes?
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The debate over entitlement spending is only going to accelerate
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G20 mulls steps to restore consumer trust in banks
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In a Down Economy, Fewer Births
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Bring profits home and create jobs? Maybe not
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The 18 Most Hated Companies In America
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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:

Mortgage Probe Short of Settlement as States Remain Divided After a Year
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Dimon: AG mortgage servicing talks still 'bogged down'
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CFPB outlines mortgage servicing regulation strategy
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CFPB official calls mortgage servicers 'plagued' by consumer protection problems
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Mortgage rates rise on jobs data
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Mortgages Rise But Refis Still Hold Appeal
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Fannie CEO: Flat guarantee fee on mortgages unlikely
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Sharp Rise in US Foreclosures
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10 States Being Crushed by Foreclosures
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Georgia Now 4th in Foreclosures
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Curious Omissions from a New York Times Story on a Foreclosure Auction Protest
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Yearly housing inventory down 20%, home sales up
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Foreclosures Continue to Plague Market
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Southern California home sales remain steady
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Commercial real estate defaults continue in Las Vegas
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Some Banks Are Giving Away Foreclosed Properties; Cleveland Serves as Model
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Teardown Time for Big Builder Magazine
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Beazer sees higher 4Q closings, orders
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MetLife to sell mortgage business, citing excessive regulation
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Freddie to link employee pay with customer satisfaction
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Foreign mortgage bond investors may flee without federal backing
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Can Bank Of America Dispose Of Countrywide?
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Credit Suisse closes CMBS loan-origination operation
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The 15 Most Expensive Zip Codes In America
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Corporate Reform:

Volcker Rule May Mostly 'Go Up in Smoke,' Goldman's Levitt Says
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Volcker Rule Made Simple
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New Banking Rules, Courtesy of Pushme-Pullyu
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Fraud:

Hedge fund billionaire gets 11-year sentence in fraud case
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Rajaratnam’s Ill Health Wins Him Shorter Prison Term
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Rajaratnam’s Litany of Health Woes
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More Details on Rajaratnam’s Health
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Record sentence in NYC insider trading case
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Rajaratnam Stays Silent Facing More Than a Decade Behind Bars
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Galleon Timeline: What’s Transpired Since Raj’s Trial
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Away with you
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Rajaratnam sentence shows value of court process
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Raj Rajaratnam Sentenced to 11 Years! Butner Becomes Hottest Club In Town
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Rajaratnam May Serve His Time With Madoff
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How other white-collar convicts are serving their time
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Lautenbergs Seek to Pursue Madoff Suit, Cite Rakoff Ruling
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Citigroup Sued by Fairfield Sentry Liquidators Over Madoff
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Madoff feeder fund suffers defeat in effort to claw back investor redemptions
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Madoff Judge Stops Cayman Lawsuit Against Trustee Picard
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Seattle-Area Advisor Subject of Federal Fraud Investigation
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Stanford Judge Says Receiver May Need to Conclude Search for ‘Pot of Gold’
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Texas A&M sued in Ponzi
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NY swindler called ' mini-Madoff ' to be sentenced
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Tax:

Treasury Finds Tanning Tax Collections Lacking
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Newspapers:

New York Times Seeks Cuts in News Staff as Advertising Revenue Weakens
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Mass Torts:

BP paid $7 bln in Gulf disaster claims: Executive
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US to impose sanctions on BP, Gulf spill contractors
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For BP and its partners, what does $45 million mean?
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U.S. Offshore Safety Chief Pushes For Fine Increase
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Oil Firms Face Liability Protection Challenges
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BP will not be banned from offshore lease sale
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Autos:

Judge approves $123M in “old” GM lawyer fees
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UAW workers in Chicago reject Ford deal, strike possible
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Ford, UAW pact runs into worker resistance
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Comparing the UAW Contracts
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A Vision for Saab , Perhaps Too Late to Save It
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Politics:

Scott Brown's Senate website featured language lifted from Elizabeth Dole
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Brown, Warren Work to Sell Voters on Their Stories
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The New Republican Vision For Modern Social Safety Nets
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Rick Perry Needs a Miracle
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Anita Perry: Husband Rick Perry "brutalized" by media, the GOP because of his faith - Compares Him To Moses
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FactCheck: Perry Miscasts RomneyCare
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Regulation: Not the job killer GOP says
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Cain's 9-9-9 Plan is Simple: You Pay More
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The 9-9-9 plan for an average household, and for a wealthy one
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Rabbit-Hole Economics
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"Generic" Republican Continues to Lead Obama in 2012 Vote
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Student Debt:

New college grads unable to find work because of weak economy face defaulting on student loans
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Health Care:

Uncertain Fate for Brooklyn Hospital Center
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Our health-care productivity problem, in one chart
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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:

Madoff, ABC Learning, Friendly, Chef Solutions
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Solyndra, L.A. Dodgers, WaMu, Sbarro, Madoff
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Harrisburg, Innkeepers, Madoff, Nebraska Book
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Rochelle on Solyndra, Dodgers, Evergreen Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

12 Companies That Could Go Bankrupt Very Soon
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Could These Companies Be Next?
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:

Learning From Recent Insider Preference Cases
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Venue:

Madoff Trustee Says Defendants' Judge-Shopping Perverts Law
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Discharge:

Southern District of New York Says Environmental Injunctions are Not Claims Subject to Discharge in Bankruptcy
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Insurance:

Ambac Asks Bankruptcy Court to Estimate IRS's Tax Claim
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Banking:

Fitch: More Than Dozen Banks May Get Rate Cut
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Fitch Sends Out A Huge Warning On Banks, Threatening To Downgrade Practically All The World's Biggest Firms
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Banks' bad omen
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JPMorgan 'cautious' as income dips
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Bank stocks sink after JPMorgan earnings
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House Democrats call for bank fee probe
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Fitch Puts Morgan Stanley on Negative Watch List
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Jamie Dimon Blames ‘Capital Confusion’ for Backing Off Buybacks
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7 banks that aren't gouging you with fees
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Banking's loneliest defender
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Baseball:

Dodgers' bankruptcy could cost Frank McCourt plenty
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Solar:

Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison Resigns
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New Leader Named for a Bankrupt Solar Company
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After Solyndra's ugly fall, can solar industry still shine?
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Solyndra Signage Tells a Story
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Congressional hearing to focus on restructuring of Solyndra's debt
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Solyndra investor asked for White House publicity as firm sought federal funds
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DOE bristled at fundraiser's Solyndra push
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Solyndra Funder George Kaiser Paid Zero Taxes for Years
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Rahm Emanuel weighs in on Solyndra
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Rick Perry approved business grants to donors, inviting Solyndra comparisons
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Who Besides Solyndra Got Loan Guarantees?
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Solyndra's Problems Were More Politics Than Power
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Solar Project That Received $1.2 Billion Federal Loan Sponsored By Financially Troubled Firm
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Orchestras:

Philly orchestra, musicians approve new contract
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Food/Beverage:

Fed agency says it will fight Friendly’s effort to dump employee pensions during bankruptcy
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Restaurant Bankruptcies Make PE Queasy
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UK:

Insolvency Service closes down group of 61 companies for Companies Act breaches where the directors failed to co-operate with investigators
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PwC has earned £400m from Lehman Brothers so far
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Construction output down in August
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Appointment of Administrators - 13 October 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 13 October 2011
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EU:

Slovakia clears way for euro zone rescue fund
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17 Is Too Many to Tango
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Markets Are Over Their Fears for Europe: Wilbur Ross
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Lehman Catastrophic Moment Invoked as EU Seeks Crisis End
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EU Officials: Private Sector Bondholders Could Expect 30-50% Haircut
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Deutsche Bank boss opposes IMF bailout
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European Banks Face Deadline to Raise Capital Levels
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Europe’s Other Gigantic Bank Problem
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Europe Crafts Rescue Plan With More IMF Firepower
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European Banks May Need to Raise 200B Euros
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Force-Feeding Capital To European Banks Could Backfire
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France and Germany agree plan to recapitalize European banks
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German banks warn against higher capital demands
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The Worst Place To Live In Western Europe
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The Most Dangerous Cities In Europe
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Carrefour, Europe's biggest retailer, sounds the alarm over the economy
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PIIGS:

Greek unions to stretch general strike to two days
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Greek finmin Venizelos says ready to assume political cost for austerity
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ECB Warns on Bigger Greek Hit to Banks
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Greece urged to lower minimum wage to boost jobs
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The Man Who Led Greece Into The Euro Says Quitting Now Would Be A Disaster
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Europe tempted to save Greek trauma for later
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Transport strikes hit Greek capital
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Portugal gov't warns of severe cuts , tax hikes
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Portuguese are 'working more for less money'
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Review Of Irish "Ghost Towns" Finds Over 2,000 Unfinished Developments
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Irish still paying price of housing euphoria
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Can Ireland escape Europe's debt crisis?
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S&P Downgrades Spain To AA- With A Negative Outlook
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Canada:

Hedge funds take aim at Canadian banks
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France:

France's Fishy Denials As Its Mega-Banks Teeter
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China:

As China's Economy Cools , Loan Sharks Come Knocking
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Chinese Struggling Less Than Americans to Afford Basics
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Finland:

Finland Celebrates National Failure Day
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Denmark:

Danish Bank Watchdog Sets January Deadline for Insolvency Tests
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