Law:

3M Sues DC Law Firm Chief, Says He Ran Defamation Campaign Under Guise of Seeking $30M Settlement
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Lawsuit of the Day: 3M v. Lanny Davis
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Law grads take their job frustrations to court
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2011 Lifetime Achievers
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The Associates Survey - Satisfaction within the midlevel ranks has fallen to its lowest level since 2004.
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Two Partners Leave Paul Hastings for Nixon Peabody (Plus Paul Hastings staff layoffs.)
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Real Lawyers Settle Cases
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Firms consider merit-based partner pay shifts
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Linklaters City corporate partner switches with New York counterpart
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ABA Proposes Closer Scrutiny of Law School Scholarship Data
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New Law School Opens on Schedule in Nashville
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Change in GI Bill Hits Veteran Going to NYU Law School
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ABA President: Allowing Nonlawyers to Practice Law Isn’t Solution to Justice Gap
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Grads of School That Lost ABA Accreditation Can Still Take State Bar Exam
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What Will Your Firm Stop Buying In Five Years?
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E-Discovery and Compliance Risks Posed by the iPad
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Insurers Demand a Piece of Bratz Case $141 Million Legal Fees Award
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Former Senate Committee GC Accused of Leaking Secret Info
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Patent company has big case, no office
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DOJ Sues to Block AT&T, T-Mobile Deal
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Dozens of Am Law 100 Lawyers on Hand for DOJ's Suit Against AT&T
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The Government’s History of Blocked Mergers
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Justice makes the right decision on AT&T
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AT&T Comes Up Short on Legal Arguments
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AT&T May Owe $3 Billion if T-Mobile Deal Dies
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AT&T Antitrust Suit Draws Line in Sand That Will Affect Other U.S. Mergers
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Reactions To DoJ Move Against AT&T, T-Mobile USA Deal
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AT&T, Cerberus, Primary Global, TCW, BofA, Pfizer in Court News
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"I don't care what it costs!"
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A "Double Dip" Recession?
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Lawyer who allegedly told client to break into foreclosed home faces trial
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There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity When You’ve Got Swag
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Will Shortz, Puzzlemaster
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Mel Gibson Settles Child-Custody Case for $750K; Earlier Offer of $16M Reportedly Rejected
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First Circuit Upholds Constitutional Right To Videotape Arresting Officers
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Woman who recorded cops acquitted of felony eavesdropping charges
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Police: Downed Power Line Used By Lawyer in Post-Irene Attack
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Attorney convicted in bribery case
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“Hot Sauce” Mom Avoids Jail
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Man arrested with snakes, tortoises in pants
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Man charged with shaving sleeping girlfriend's head)
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Wall Street:

Stock futures fall ahead of key macro data
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US Stocks Log Worst Aug. in 10 Years; Dow Up for 2011
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Dow Jones ends higher on Wed, loses 530 pts in Aug
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The Worst Month for Failed IPOs in a Decade
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Wall Street Could Lose $150 Million if AT&T Deal Fails
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‘High Risk, High Reward’ Still Draws Graduates
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Goldman: The World's Going To Hell In A Handbasket -- Here's How To Cash In!
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Layoffs:

Obama plans to outline jobs plan in speech to Congress on Sept. 7
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Private sector adds 91,000 jobs
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Private Hiring Slows
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Smaller Labor Force May Curb US Expansion
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Jobs Bill Needs to Target Small Businesses
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Employment in Most Cities Makes Gains From 2010
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In U.S., Worries About Job Cutbacks Return to Record Highs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:

Vick May Reimburse Creditors by 2014
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Real estate woes of "Real Housewives"
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Actor Steven Seagal Sued for Driving Tank into Arizona Home, Killing Puppy
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Building Materials:

Claudio Osorio reaches deal with InnoVida trustee
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Aviation:

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport objects to proposed Alabama Aircraft Industries sale
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6 Airline Stocks Being Targeted by Short Sellers
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Secret CIA flights exposed in billing dispute
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg City Council Rejects Mayor’s Plan, Upcoming Bond Payment In Jeopardy
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Birmingham, Jefferson County leaders meet to discuss effects of financial situation
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Poverty crisis in US gambling paradise
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California's last company town votes for independence
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Pay cuts in question in Michigan, Illinois
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New Jersey Governor Christie Sued by Unions Over Pension, Health Cuts
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Ethanol:

NC's 1st ethanol plant draws $35M foreclosure bid
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Bonds:

Slowest August for junk bonds since 1995
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Alternative Energy:

Energy Conversion Devices Continues to Drift Toward Bankruptcy
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Video Rentals:

Blockbuster Bankruptcy : All Remaining Stores Shutting Down
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Accounting:

Parmalat Judge Reaffirms Dismissal of Lawsuits Against Grant Thornton
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Oil/Gas:

Sevan Marine Posts $639 Million Net Loss, CFO Steps Down
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PE:

The #1 Predictor of Startup Failure: Premature Scaling
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Economy:

Chicago PMI slows in August
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U.S. Manufacturing Probably Shrank in August
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Fed's Lockhart: No Policy Can Be Ruled Out
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Fed’s Lockhart Comfortable With Current Policy Stance
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Federal Reserve Starting to Look Like Congress
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ADP jobs report shows paltry growth again
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Treasuries Head for Biggest Monthly Gain Since December 2008
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Factory orders show 2.4 pct. rebound
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U.S . has " enormous " debt problem : ECB's Stark
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Demographics: U.S. Moves Closer to Minority Majority
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More On The Certain Equality Of Reaganomics
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Four Ways This Recovery is Different
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Wells Fargo economist Vitner: Recovery could take years
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Tallying the Economic Toll of 9/11
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Roubini Sees 60% Chance Of A Recession In 2012
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10 Strange Facts You Might Not Know About Warren Buffett
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Entrepreneurs Still Hurting as U.S. Expansion Providing Few Opportunities
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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:

Ruling May Hurt CDD Investors In Florida
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The Only Things Certain in Life: Death, Taxes, and…the Finality of Foreclosure Sales?
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Goldman, banks strike mortgage deal with regulators
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Another Fannie servicing portfolio up for sale
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Serious Delinquency Rates mostly unchanged in July
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Let's Forgo Latest Grand Fix For The Foreclosure Crisis
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Bank of America puts Countrywide lending unit up for sale
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KB Home Partner Fights Deal Over Bankrupt Las Vegas Project
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FHFA enters into BofA's $8.5 billion mortgage servicing settlement
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Robo-Signing Settlement Needs to Go All the Way
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Nevada Lawsuit Shows Bank of America’s Criminal Incompetence
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Utah Judge questions foreclosures by BofA unit
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Nevada AG Catherine Cortez Masto Destroys BofA in New Lawsuit
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O'Brien steps up register to battle 'robo-signing'
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Chicago Mandates That Lenders Register And Maintain Vacant Properties Before Acquiring Ownership
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To Rescue Housing, Speed Up Foreclosures
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Why Grand Plans to Fix Fannie and Freddie's Foreclosure Mess Could Misfire
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'Sell-It-Yourself' Guru Sues Brokers Who Helped Him Sell His Own Home
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Homeownership Rates by Selected Age Groups
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Attack on deed of trust in bankruptcy court redux - not all ambiguities are created equal
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Mortgage servicers increase private loan modifications in July
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Mortgage insurers wrote $4.9 billion in new business last month
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Appraisal industry readies for confusing GSE UAD deadline
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Politically-Connected Chicago Developer Hit with Foreclosure Suit
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Solar:

Solar company that Obama visited will shut down
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Cringe time at White House
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Obama's Big Bet on Solar Power Is Backfiring
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When Government Fails at Industry Analysis: 3 Solar Cell Bankruptcies
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GOP: Solar plan 'dubious' from start
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Patrick, Obama share pricey, unhappy solar experience
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Solar Start-Up Solyndra to File for Chapter 11
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California’s Clean Energy Leaders Say Solyndra Bankruptcy “The Exception Not the Rule” for State’s Renewable Energy Industry
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What Solyndra's Bankruptcy Means For Silicon Valley Solar Startups
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Solyndra shuts down, and woe is US
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Solyndra shellshock: Insiders and observers chime in on the fallen thin-film PV firm
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What went wrong at Solyndra
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Solyndra fades away
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Solyndra Looks Like Big Write-off For Redpoint, RockPort, CMEA, US Venture Partners
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Boston's RockPort Capital Partners a key investor in bankrupt solar firm Solyndra
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Will lay off 1,100 workers
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Weather:

SBA to Tally Irene’s Toll
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Airlines Recovering Quickly From Irene
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The Cloudy Hurricane Irene Economic Forecast
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Obama Declares Irene's Floods Disaster Areas
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Nearly 2 million still out of power after Irene
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East struggles to recover from Irene
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NY Gov. Cuomo says damage from Irene to hit $1B
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Hurricane Irene blamed for at least 45 US deaths
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Insurers escape Irene's wrath, economy does not
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Why can’t the cost of flood insurance rise?
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Fraud:

Latest Expert Network Insider Trading Case Underway
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SEC Accuses Ex-Syntax-Brillian Executives of Accounting Fraud
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Madoff Trustee to Dismiss Some Claims Against Maxam Capital Management
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Bernie Madoff Responds to Charlie Gasparino
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A Confused Bernie Madoff Accuses Steve Cohen Of Insider Trading And Frontrunning
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Petters ex-lawyer gets probation for drug convictions
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Attorneys Want to Capture Crookedest Lawyer Ever on Camera
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Men with wide faces -- frauds or financial wizards?
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Conrad Black on Life in Prison, Maintaining His Innocence, and Why He Blames Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. for His Legal Woes
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Ex-Galleon Trader Drimal Sentenced to 5 ½ Year Term for Insider Trading
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Inside trader Zvi Goffer in unusual leniency plea
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A Busy Day For Insider Trading Cases
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Food/Beverage:

Oprah-Endorsed Restaurant Files for Bankruptcy
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Restaurant Performance Index declined in July
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Telecoms:

Deutsche Telekom Unprepared for AT&T Deal Collapse
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Compensation:

25 Big Corp CEOs Made More Than Their Companies Paid in Federal Taxes
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Do companies pay their CEOs more than they pay in taxes?
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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:

Boston Generating, Dodgers, Innkeepers, Raser, Deb
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Madoff, GSC, Zais, Innkeepers, Borders, Lehman
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:

Court Enforces Anti-Assignment Clause and Holds Parent of Named Corporation Not Insured Under D&O Policy
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Recent D&O coverage decisions
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Hotels:

Innkeepers v. Cerberus: Salvos Fly at First Hearing
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Innkeepers wants quick pace for Cerberus lawsuit
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Cerberus, Chatham Face October Trial in Innkeepers Lawsuit
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Report: Loeb out at Renaissance hotel in Boston
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NY judge orders Waikiki hotel back to Marriott
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Owner of Waikiki Edition hotel files Ch. 11 bankruptcy
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Hawaii's Hotel War
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Corporate Governance:

Shame on you, Exxon
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Mass Torts:

Feinberg gets another claims-processing job
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Banking:

In the Eye of the Storm: Defending Bank Officers and Directors in FDIC Litigation
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Capital Law May Cut Bank Profitability to 11%, McKinsey Says
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Even Buffett can't stop B of A bleeding
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Bank Of America's Deal For Buffett's Endorsement
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BNY Mellon CEO Fired for Being Difficult: Sources
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BNY Mellon, Beset by Legal Challenges, Sinking Stock Replaces Kelly as CEO
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Politics:

Rick Perry on Social Security: Reform or abolish?
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Perry Sticks By His Guns on Social Security
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Rick Perry’s Secret Plan to Save Blue States from the Red States
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Perry ‘Pay-to-Play’ Development Funds Miss Job-Creation Targets in Texas
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Economist Calls Entitlements A Massive Ponzi Scheme And Says US Is Actually $211 Trillion In Debt
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Why Do Conservatives Get a Pass?
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Buffett Widens Rift With Republicans by Faulting Tea Party
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Autos:

Ford UAW workers approve strike authorization
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UAW President Bob King says country is "not broke"
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GM Pension Gap May Freeze Buybacks, Dividends
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Obama's Labor Boss Buys American Made Car -- Built in Canada!
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Saab near loan to avoid bankruptcy
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Saab warns may not get funding as losses mount
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$157M bank loan may let Saab avert bankruptcy
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Saab owner's losses increase ten-fold
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Saab Chief Apologies to Unpaid Workers
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UK:

Number of bars, pubs and clubs folding increases 9.4% in the last quarter
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U.K. Manufacturing Shrinks Most in More Than Two Years as Orders Decline
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UK property prices fell in August and expected to drift lower in coming months
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Twice the number of people choose to rent than own their own home in UK
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FSA freezes assets of several firms
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London Loses as Banks Look to Book Trades Overseas
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Appointment of Administrators - 31 August 2011
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Winding Up Petition - 31 August 2011
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EU:

Eurobonds Are the Inevitable Fix for Europe's Debt Crisis: Kleintop
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Euro-Zone Manufacturing Activity Plunges To Two-Year Low
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Ackermann Rejects Lagarde's Drive for Mandatory Increases in Bank Capital
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Both Inflation and Joblessness Hold Steady in the Euro Zone
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Canada:

Canada's Economy Shrinks
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What Does Canada’s Shrinking GDP Say About U.S.?
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Receiver seeks to wind down Blockbuster Canada's ops
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Sobering up to NB's fiscal reality
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PIIGS:

Ireland: Unemployment Hits 14.4%
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Company failures continue to climb
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No magic bullet for mortgage arrears
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ie: US court asked to deny Drumm protection
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Anglo claims Drumm lied in court
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Portugal gov't cranks up debt reduction effort
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Portugal Promises Biggest Cuts In Decades
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Spain's Government Bonds Fall as Nation Sells Five-Year Debt; Bunds Climb
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Spanish Bond Auction Scrapes By Thanks To ECB Buying
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Australia:

Liquidator 'ate the magic pudding'
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Denmark:

Danish Banks Abused Loopholes When Counting Losses, FSA Says
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Vietnam:

Vietnam's Banking Outlook to Stay Negative
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Austria:

A-Tec CEO gives terms for stepping down
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China:

Chinese Manufacturing Index Near 29-Month Low Signals Limits on Tightening
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China Does Away With Personal Income Tax
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