Law:
Proskauer, Chadbourne off the hook in Ponzi scheme class action
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V&E, Wachtell Land Roles as Plains Makes Hostile $1 Billion Bid for SemGroup
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TCW, Deutsche Bank, Innospec, Oppenheimer, MERS, Altria in Court News
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AT&T, JPMorgan, Madoff, Goldman, Lehman in Court News
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Report: Obama nominee, some AGs too close to plaintiffs bar
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Top Partners to Work For – New York (Part 3)
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Female Partners Still Unloved
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How One Gibson Dunn Partner is Grooming the Next Generation
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Former U.S. bankruptcy court judge Garrity jumps from Shearman & Sterling to Morgan, Lewis (scroll down)
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Ballard Spahr forms commercial real estate recovery group
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In-house Counsel as Targets for Government Prosecutions
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Lincoln Was Self-Taught . . . So Why Go To Law School?
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Law School Admissions Officers Are Googling Applicants and Checking Them Out on Facebook
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One Law School’s Guerrilla Advertising Campaign Makes It Look Kinda Silly
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A Crime of Fashion: When Law Students Dress Like H------
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Law School: Know when to walk away, and know when to run - Don’t throw good money after bad.
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The Limitations of Consumer Notebooks in the Enterprise
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Want Someone To Download Your Law Review Article? Click Here
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New York Times Op-Ed Advocates Letting Everybody Play ‘Lawyer’
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E-mails Could Play a Big Part in Buffalo, NY Plane Crash Lawsuit
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A Cadwalader Partner, His Deaf Daughter, and His Bunny
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Slackers and Jerks at Work Can Decrease Team Performance by Up to 40%, Study Finds
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Rule Change Would Allow Government to Lie About Whether Records Exist
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Neighbors head to court over unscooped poop
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Bologna Smuggler?
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Grisham's Ambulance Chaser Pulls Gun on Deadbeat Client
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Judges:
Top Fla. Court Nixes Judge’s Ethics Deal, Says He Needs to Lose 60 Days’ Pay for Belittling Lawyers
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Buffalo judges to cover Bankruptcy Court cases in Rochester
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Delaware 'Secret' Court Violates Constitution, Federal Lawsuit Claims
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Court: Convicted "pump" judge to forfeit retirement
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Wall Street:
US stock futures point to higher Wall St. open
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European Stock Futures Fall Before Debt Summit
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US Stocks Fall on Data
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Occupy Wall Street™
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Occupy Wall Street vs. the Drum Circle
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Civil War Brewing At Occupy Wall Street
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Abolishing Student Loan Debt And Other #OccupyWallSt Demands
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Occupy-Wall-Street: The Kids Realize That The Prospect For Jobs Is Slim
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Denunciation and Disruption: The Vision That Drives Occupy Wall Street
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Occupy Maine Protesters Won't Let a Little Bomb Attack Get Them Down
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Wall Street Protesters May Ditch Deal to Dismiss Arrests in Favor of Trial
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Atlanta Mayor Urges End To 'Occupy', Says Protesters 'On Path To Escalation'
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Layoffs:
6 million jobless face loss of benefits
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Geithner Says Congress' Failure to Act on Jobs a Risk to Growth
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Businesses: No hiring, and not much firing
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Bitter unemployed man torches 67 luxury cars and 33 others
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Layoffs looming as Illumina restructures
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GOP Warms to One Part of Obama Jobs Plan
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Novartis announces 2,000 layoffs ; NJ to bear brunt of cuts
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Peugeot could slash 5,000 jobs to cut costs
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Maryland at risk to lose 36,200 defense jobs
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Defense Industry Says $1 Trillion Cut Hits 1 Million Jobs
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Take This (Defense) Job and…Love It
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Layoffs: Wall Street's Big Worry
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Layoffs Watch ’11: Deutsche Bank
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Older workers get nod in new jobs trend
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Baseball:
LA Dodgers agree to role for fans in bankruptcy
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How dare you accuse me of doing the thing I already planned to do!
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Selig, Dodgers are using Bryan Stow as a courtroom football…
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Accusations Fly in Dodgers Bankruptcy Case Filings
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Frank McCourt and all that jazz
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Basketball:
More Trouble for Sports Franchises? Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against Entity Apparently Affiliated With Ownership of Sacramento Kings NBA Franchise
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Corporate Reform:
Should Some Bankers Be Prosecuted?
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Why is the SEC Willing to Get Aggressive and Creative With Big Names Only on Insider Trading Cases?
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Who's Watching the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
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Bankers, quit whining about the Volcker Rule
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Charlie Gasparino Doesn’t Need A Flowchart To Tell Him How The Volcker Rule Works
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UN Report Finds $1.6 Trillion May Have Been Laundered In 2009
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Municipalities:
Harrisburg: Will Council election become bankruptcy referendum?
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Harrisburg Bondholders Welcome State Control of City Finances
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There's money in bankruptcy - for lawyers
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Harrisburg mayor offers last-ditch outreach to avert takeover
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Harrisburg mayor tells city council to bring plan amendments to meeting
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What happens next for the City of Harrisburg now that it is under a fiscal emergency
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Annals of Chapter 9 bankruptcy , Vallejo playgrounds edition
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Ohio Law Limiting Unions Is Headed for Repeal, Poll Says
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Statewide police union says it's open to Act 47 rewrite
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Important Issues in a Chapter 9 Case for a Municipality
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Massive JeffCo cuts could go into effect Dec. 1
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Dramatic Jump in Number of School Districts on Financial Brink
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San Diego School District Could Face State Intervention If Fiscal Insolvency Occurs
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Nurse Making $269,810 Demonstrates California s Overtime Binge
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You Say Potato, Court Says Solvent: Idaho Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Municipality’s Chapter 9 Case for Lack of Evidence of Insolvency.
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Poorest place in US? McAllen, Texas. Here's why.
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Fraud:
Madoff Claims Tumble 17% in Trading Prompted by Rakoff Opinion
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Merkin, Head of Madoff Feeder Fund, Hit With $7M Ruling
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How Ed DeMarco finally cried fraud
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Former Le-Nature's CEO's Luck Has Run Out
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Raj Rajaratnam Files Notice of Appeal of Conviction, Sentence
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Ex-Goldman Director Gupta Said to Face Galleon Charges
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Former Goldman Sachs director to surrender
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Retailing:
Amazon quarterly profit falls 73%
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Student Debt:
Obama orders changes to student loan payments
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Tuition Jumps 8.3% Doubling Inflation as Obama Plans Debt Relief
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Obama To Offer Student Loan Relief
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No CFPB Director Means More Money Problems For Students
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College Aid Forms Would Be Standard Under Consumer Agency Plan
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Solar:
California Won't Suspend Program Giving Solyndra Tax Break
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First Solar CEO to step down, shares plummet
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First Solar: Was Jim Chanos Right?
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Feinberg Calls on U.S. Rep. Murphy to 'Stop Grandstanding on Solyndra '
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GOP hoping for Chu testimony on Solyndra by Thanksgiving
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Politics Likely To Continue To Cast Shadow Over Solar
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RockPort Feels Pain from Betting Big on Solyndra, Going ‘All In’ on Cleantech
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Economy:
Inflation Peaking in U.S.
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Consumer confidence tumbles, home prices stagnate
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Confidence Falls Most Among High-Income Consumers
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CBO: Top 1 Percent Almost Tripled Incomes, Fueling Inequality
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US Wealth Debate vs. Other Countries
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Stiglitz Says Austerity Is 'Suicide Pact' for Major Economies
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World's Richest Man Attacks Wall Street Bailouts
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Geithner Urges Europeans to Deliver a Plan on Debt Crisis
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Would Women Leaders Have Prevented the Global Financial Crisis?
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Geithner: Europe Crisis World’s Biggest Challenge
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Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Revealing Generous Salaries and Bonuses for Government Finance Agencies Staff Members
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Gloom holds back US economy
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Snapshots of Poverty’s Surge in the Suburbs
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Four Ways the Supercomittee Can Trim Medicare Down to Size
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What happens if the ‘supercommittee’ fails, in one chart
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Consumer actions mirror recession behavior
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Why you should be worried about Europe
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Goldman Calls For The Fed To Use "Unconventional Unconventional" Policies
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4% View Their Lives Poorly Enough to Be Suffering
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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:
Houston’s County Will Ask Texas Attorney General to Investigate Suing MERS
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Set to Move Ahead on Possible MERS Suit, Texas County Instead Looks to State AG to Take Lead Role
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New York Working With Delaware Officials on Criminal Foreclosure Inquiry
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NY AG expects 'meaningful relief' from investigations of mortgage industry
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Nevada Makes Illegal Foreclosures Felony
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S. Florida judges brace for a possible fallout of the foreclosure mediation program
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UBS faces massive RMBS claims in US mortgage market
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US Home Prices Fell 4% in August From Year Earlier, FHFA Says
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A Look at Case-Shiller by Metro Area
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US Focuses Too Much on Housing, Shiller Says
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Indices still showing a weak outlook for US housing market
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Home prices flat in August: S&P
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Distressed home sales gumming up market
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US Mortgage Applications Bounced Last Week
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Home prices rose in half of major US cities, survey says
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Mortgage refi plan targets hard-hit borrowers
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Fannie's Squeeze on Banks Makes 4% Mortgage Too Good to Be True
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Treating debt wounds with Band-Aids
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More complaints, quibbles and advice for Obama's housing plan
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RBS: HARP 2.0 allows just 17% of GSE mortgages to refinance
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Mortgage Plan Touted by Obama Could Help 900,000 Borrowers
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Romney hits back at Obama on foreclosures
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Rep. Neugebauer: Move the properties not the mortgages
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Analysts disagree over benefits of new mortgage rules
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Pimco Says Mortgage Bonds Cheap After Slump on Obama Plan
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The Potential Reach Of Obama's Refinancing Plan
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GOP Lawmaker Wants Regulator's Analysis Of Refinancing Program
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Playing the HARP: A New Way Forward on Housing?
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Fiddling With HARP Won't Save Ailing Homeowners
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Obama / HARP Swing and Miss
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How Single Point Of Contact Will Transform The Mortgage Industry
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Income Streams: An Economic Analysis of Rents as Proceeds
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It's Still a Renters' Market, Office Landlords Learn
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Smith Tower owner in default on big loan
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Real Estate Woes Continue for Community Banks
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America's Doomed Mansions
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Deloitte: Gradual Improvement In Global Commercial Real Estate
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Moody's: Commercial Real Estate Prices Up 2.4% In August
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Banking:
Meanwhile, The Number of Failed Banks Continues to Mount
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Do You Remember How Overdraft Protection, Overdraft Fees, and Free Checking Used To Work?
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Ex-Wachovia execs end up in high places
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Banks' New Problem: Too Much Cash
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UBS defies bonus-slashing in wake of scandal
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UBS profits down, claims to be 'one of the world's best capitalized banks'
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Bank of America CEO Loses a Key Adviser
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Dexia brought to a halt
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Electricity:
Beartooth Electric to fight SME bankruptcy filing
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Member Co-ops React to SME Filing for Bankruptcy
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Corporate Governance:
The Role of Boards of Directors in the Financial Crisis
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Questions of fact preclude dismissal of suit based upon business judgment rule
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Owners May Be "Stuck" With Dissolved Company's Debt
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Corporate Directors' Concerns Range from Risk to iPhones
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Hotels:
Best Western hotel owner files Chapter 11
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Debt Collection:
Student Loan Debt is a '$1 Trillion Opportunity' for Debt Collectors
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Massachusetts Set to Overrule Past Foreclosures; Harbinger for ARM Industry?
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Commercial Account Placements Decline
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Court Finds Credit Repair Seller In Contempt
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Politics:
Warren Takes Credit For Occupy Wall Street
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Elizabeth Warren admits she was a Republican
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It's on: Republicans slam Elizabeth Warren for embracing Occupy movement
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It's (Sound Bite) War in Massachusetts
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Thank You for Smoking
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Rick Perry Cuts Off Question on ‘Birther’ Issue, Tries to Keep Focus on Economic Plan
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Perry Seeking Campaign Revival With Postcard-Sized Tax Forms
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Rick Perry: 'I Don't Care' If Tax Plan Helps the Rich
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How Rick Perry's Tax Plan Would Affect You
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Poll: Perry Slips to 5th Place
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Perry Advisers Aren’t Necessarily Supporters
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Perry's Flat Tax: Simplicity Atop Complexity
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Perry: Wall Street regulation was 'adequate'
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Looking at the Cain tax plan ... no, not that one
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Obama on GOP Race: ‘I’m Going to Wait Until Everybody Is Voted Off the Island’
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For Obama, new focus on the piecemeal
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Obama’s Student Loan Plan: Courting Young Voters?
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Failed Pol Sues Critics Over Election Loss - "loss of livelihood"
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Financial Literacy:
An Early Education In Financial Literacy
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Health Care:
Hospital cuts down to the bone with layoffs
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U.S. Long-Term Health Costs Rise at Faster Pace
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Aviation:
Aerospace Lobbyists: Pentagon Cuts Would Devastate Industry
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Airlines Risk Capacity Glut by Growing Fleets as Traffic Teeters
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Tax:
Rep. Camp Prepares to Unveil Bill on Taxing Companies' Overseas Income
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Camp Territorial Plan Exempts 95% of Offshore Profits From Tax
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Hollywood:
Judge to Rule Wednesday on Possible David Bergstein Case Dismissal
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Education:
Big Bend declares financial emergency
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Crystal:
The end of the line for fancy Steuben crystal
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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:
TerreStar, Lehman, MSR Resorts, Madoff, A&P
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Rochelle on Innkeepers Sale, Madoff Bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Files: Money, Poultry, Power—and Murder Inc.
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Hot-Button Issues
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcies Are Down, But the Business Picture Still Isn't Rosy
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
PMI Group Taps Restructuring, Bankruptcy Experts
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Turnarounds:
Tackling IT Issues to Get Clients Back on Track
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Jurisdiction:
Stern v. Marshall Ruling That Didn’t ‘Change All That Much’ Changes Everything
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Autos:
Ford's Quarterly Profit and Revenue Beat Expectations
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Is Fiskar a 'Green Car' Solyndra Scandal?
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Mitt Romney goes after Obama energy loans
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CLEPA urges against bankruptcy move for Saab
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Resorts:
Pacific Monarch Resorts files for bankruptcy
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Will John Paulson Manage To Cut Deal With MetLife For Resorts?
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Credit Card Ads: Trading Privacy for Discounts
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More on Interchange Fees
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Environmental:
Mark IV Ruling: District Court Affirms Bankruptcy Court's Denial of Discharge of Environmental Obligations
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Television:
Netflix: Suddenly a Company in Crisis
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Celebs:
How Can Teresa Giudice Afford To Do Construction On Her House?
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Freight:
ATA Trucking Index increased 1.6% in September
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Lehman:
Lehman's Chapter 11 plan gets creditor support
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Lehman Joint Chapter 11 Plan Now Supported by Creditors Holding More Than $160 Billion in Claims
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Privacy:
Privacy Promises and Bankruptcy: Bordering on the Edge of Compliance
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Movie Reviews:
"Margin Call" Is For Real!
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Accounting:
Defending Accounting Malpractice Claims
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Retired Accountant Who Took Up Bodybuilding
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Layoff Watch ’11: KPMG Asking for ‘Voluntary Redundancies’ Down Under
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UK:
MP calls Stranraer ' bankruptcy capital'
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KSF decision allows lawyers to run the rule
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Virgin makes second round Northern Rock bid
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Terminating a US Contract for Insolvency
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The bankruptcy threat behind that £35m England transfer
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Appointment of Administrators - 25 October 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 25 October 2011
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Football administrations send IPs running for the hills
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EU:
Europe Struggles for Crisis Remedy
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Disagreements Flare at Euro Summit
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Europe: Confusion and Uncertainty
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The Progress We Can Expect From The Big EU Summit Today
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Summit Deal on Euro Zone Crisis Looks Elusive
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IMF may help in EU bailout fund
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Restructuring lawyers will soon be reaping the rewards
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A sign the big summit could fall short?
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EU bailout plan could result in bigger losses to banks
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European Debt Insurance Costs Mixed Ahead of EU Summit
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Merkel Puts Rescue Fund to German Vote
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Fears euro summit could miss final deal
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Bank Group Sees EU Recession Amid Push for Bigger Write-Downs
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Will Wednesday's EFSF Proposal Disappoint Investors?
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Debt deal won't stop euro-zone recession
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Evercore's Altman Says European Crisis Is Like 'Chronic Disease'
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Saving eurozone: Devalue the euro, slash rates to zero, says Roubini
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Cloudy With A Chance of Armageddon
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Greenspan: Why European Union Is Doomed to Fail
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PIIGS:
Italian Government on the Brink as EU Plan Stalls
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Berlusconi fights to save coalition
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How Italy just survives having the class truant as leader
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Berlusconi's cabinet stalls on pension reform
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The Whole World Is Waiting For Berlusconi To Write A Letter
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Italy's Berlusconi 'to step down'
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Italy: Consumer confidence dips to three-year low
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Italy Sells 10.5 Billion Euros of Debt as Borrowing Costs Rise
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Fate of Italy clouds key Europe summit
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ie: Central Bank Loans Will Be Used To Repay Bondholders
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Greek Debt Plan May Include Mix Of Cash And Bonds
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PM appeals for unity ahead of summit
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Austria's Fekter Says Greece Can't Cost 'Considerably' More
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After the Haircut, What Next for Greece?
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The Real Greek Solution: A Military Coup
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Banks inch toward 50 pct Greek debt haircut deal
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European Bank Plan Risks Leaving Lenders in Italy, Spain as Biggest Losers
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Canada:
NewPage says new mill owner needs discount power
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Public-service hiring flatlines ahead of Ottawa's belt-tightening
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Germany:
New trend in restructuring practice: silent restructuring of German companies by means of scheme of arrangement
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Most German Stocks Retreat as US Consumer Confidence Declines
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France:
France Stares into Euro-Crisis Chasm
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Australia:
Bank crisis plans ordered as regulator wants insurance against another disaster
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China:
'Hard landing' coming in China, warns Nouriel Roubini
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Hang Lung’s Chan Says Some Developers May Struggle for Funds
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Crisis of 2012 May Hurt China More Than U.S.
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Russia:
Russian city 'blocks drains to force debtors to pay council tax'
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Gorbachev: U.S. is like what USSR was before breakup
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Kazakhstan:
Tough questions for Kazakhstan's BTA
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Asia:
Hotels Struggle as Tourists Stay Home
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