Law:
One in Four Lawyers Plans to Hire in Fourth Quarter
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At 50 Best Law Firms for Women, Policies Allowing Reduced Hours and Telecommuting Are the Norm
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Does Work Life Balance Exist in Biglaw?
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California Love
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Career Alternatives: From the Bar to the Pole
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How many graduates from leading law schools are on the teaching market?
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Case may end Andrew Thomas' career
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Ex-Maricopa County Attorney Skips Ethics Trial as Defense Lawyers Imply Case Is Political Payback
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Rewarding Sales Efforts by Lawyers
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August Lawyer of the Month: Bow Down Before the King
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The Finer Points of "Meet and Confer" and "Supplements"
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Widget Lets Clients Schedule and Pay for Meetings With You
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Covington Partner to Become Facebook's New Privacy Guru
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Is it time for mandatory pro bono?
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2 Lawyers Face Federal Wire Fraud Cases re Alleged Overbilling as Contract Public Defenders
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California To Release Thousands of Female Inmates
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Court Reporter Sues Lawyer for Defamation Over Altered-Transcript Claim
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Federal Government Asks Cherokee Nation to Readmit Slave Descendants
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High School Cheerleader’s Symbolic Protest Backfires
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Trial Attorney’s Life a Rich Tapestry of Tortious Conduct
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Court Approves Lawsuit Against Toyota Over Cyberstalking Ad Stunt
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AMD, TCW, BNY Mellon, News Corp., HSBC Clients, SAC Capital in Court News
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Arrested For Eating Fish?
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Irony
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Burger Lover Files Suit Against White Castle, Says Booths Too Small
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Man accused of eating raw meat at Walmart and putting it back on shelves
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Inmate Charged in Guard Murder Is Hungry, Says He’ll Fire Counsel Unless Judge Supersizes Meals
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Judges:
Fifth Circuit Judge Criticizes Sam Sparks for “Caustic” Orders
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Ethics Complaint Accuses NY Judge of Approving Fees for Lawyer Pal Based on Boilerplate Affidavits
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Obama Is First President Whose Judicial Picks Aren’t Mostly White Males
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Armed With Assault Rifle, Man Shot Judge’s Secretary at Courthouse, Died After Gun Battle
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures signal early losses
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Gold Declines as Stocks, Commodities Drop on European Debt Risk
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Japan Stocks Drop as China Signals Reluctance on Europe Bailout
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Asia stocks off lows as European concerns ease
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Stocks go up for second straight day
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Stock Market Suffering From Crisis Fatigue
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Layoffs:
Workers Tread Water; Jobs Disappear; Household Income Falls
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Employment Outlook Still Weak
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Bank violated returning veteran hiring law
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
UAW chief says ' upbeat ' on U.S. auto talks
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UAW talks : Still many issues to resolve at GM, Chrysler
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Detroit automakers build future on 2-tier wages
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Two-tier wages : should workers accept lower wages if it means more jobs?
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GM Lordstown: New Sense of Realism
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UAW agrees to contract extension with Ford as negotiations continue
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UAW, GM and Chrysler negotiate into the night as contract deadline nears
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Saab bankruptcy hearing to be held in two weeks
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Saab's sad saga
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Media:
Inner City to file for Chapter 11
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James Murdoch faces new phone-hacking grilling
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News Corp. Board Knew a Decade Ago About Computer Hacking By US Subs, Amended Suit Says
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Mass Torts:
New evidence cites more BP oil spill mistakes
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Congressman calls out asbestos fraud in House hearing
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Child sex abuse claims mount against Boy Scouts
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Hockey:
Devils deny report that they face bankruptcy
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Dallas Stars Lenders Said to Vote in Favor of Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy Plan
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Solar:
A Teachable Moment Courtesy Of Solyndra
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Democrats say Solyndra scandal touches Republicans, too
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Solyndra's bankruptcy puts Department of Energy in the hotseat
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Bleeding us with 'green jobs'
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House GOP Widens Scope of Solyndra Investigation
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Timeline: Bush Administration Advanced Solyndra Loan Guarantee for Two Years
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Why the Solyndra Solar Bankruptcy Scandal Is a Big Deal, but Not the Big Deal Republicans are Making of It
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Congressional Investigator: More Solar Bankruptcies to Come
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Solyndra Failure Is Seen Blunting Obama Drive to Aid Clean-Energy Startups
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Solyndra finger-pointing
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Emails: Obama White House Monitored Huge Loan to 'Connected' Firm
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Republicans Say DOE Had Multiple Signs That Solyndra Was Failing
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Feinstein, Sanchez caught in Solyndra for Dem donors
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Here's What You Need To Know About Today's Big Solyndra Hearing
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Obama's Solyndra case follows Blago's pattern
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Solyndra Failure Shouldn't Bar US Energy Aid, Group Says
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REC Sees Rival Solar Producers Liquidated in Market ‘Shake Up’
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Solyndra won't talk DOE energy loan at House hearing on Wednesday
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Solyndra execs to skip Wednesday's hearing
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Solyndra executives to testify before House panel next week
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The Renewable Energy Boondoggle
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Marine:
US weighs four bids on Hawaiian superferries
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Economy:
Household income drops to lowest point since '96
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More Americans live in poverty - Nearly 1 in 6 - Highest Numbers in US History
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Is Poverty a Death Sentence?
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Government aid keeps millions out of poverty
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Federal deficit totaled $1.23T through August
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Forecasters see bigger economic role for Washington
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US Can't Sustain Spending and Tax Levels, CBO Head Says
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Congress Must Double Deficit-Cutting Goal to Avoid Fiscal Crisis, CBO Says
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Greenspan Urges Cutting Entitlements
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Budget chief seeks wholesale reordering of government priorities
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Tax, spending cuts could hurt -- but so could not fixing deficit, budget
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CBO: Spend money now!
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Obama Jobs Plan Seems to Get a Boost From CBO Chief
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Deficit supercommittee surveys economy
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Obama's Jobs Plan Complicates Task of Debt Panel
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How to Escape the Middle-Class Squeeze
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The Great Recession in five charts
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Fed to give economy therapy, not shock treatment
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GE payback of Buffett reflects climb from crisis
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Warren Buffett Made at Least $1.2 Billion from GE
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How Payroll Tax Cuts Can Create Jobs
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Tax Plan for Jobs Bill Has Familiar Ring
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Financial speculators responsible for rising global food prices, claims report
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77% of Financial Pros: No Recovery in a Year
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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:
More Americans Live Together to Avoid Poverty
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More than 22% of mortgages still underwater
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Real Estate Lawyer is 2nd Attorney Convicted in Quad Cities Mortgage Fraud Case
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Freddie Mac finalizes new modification option
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Struggling homeowners could get up to $25K from 'hardest hit' loan fund
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Bank of America shifts West Coast foreclosures into overdrive
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Orlando home prices jumped 15% in August
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Condo prices in LA, San Francisco continue to slide
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Recidivism rates on jumbo mortgage cures remain unchanged
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Minnesota opposes broad release in mortgage pact
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Where In The World Is Michael Mastro?
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Priciest Locations For Offices And Homes
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JPMorgan Chase brings $1 billion CMBS to market
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Politics:
Poverty Rise Boosts Challenges For Obama, Republicans
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Democrat Warren to announce Senate candidacy targeting Scott Brown
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Warren to seek Brown's Senate seat
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Poison Ivy: Why Elizabeth Warren's Day Job May Undo Her Senate Campaign
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Elizabeth Warren's Senate run will test the limits of true populism
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Wall Street Crusader Elizabeth Warren To Enter Senate Race
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California Lawmakers Say Campaign Accounts Were Looted
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Perry Taken Aback by Debate Crowd Reaction
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Obama's Approval Rating Falls To All Time Low
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Study shows revolving door of employment between Congress, lobbying firms
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Banking:
WaMu Fails for Second Time to Win Reorganization Plan Approval From Judge
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Washington Mutual, Inc. Issues Statement Regarding Bankruptcy Court Order
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"Living Wills" - a Proactive Step in Assessing Risk of Major US Banks
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FDIC Approves 'Living Wills' Rule for Largest Bank Failures
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Merrill Lynch Largely Should Evade the BofA Knife
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BNY Mellon’s New CEO Defends Role in BofA Lawsuits
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New York Times Runs PR for Bank of America’s Headcount-Cutting Profiteers
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Banks Brace for a Season of Fall-Offs
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The Ugly Truth About SocGen's Problems
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France’s banks lose their Street cred
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Fraud:
$1.7M legal fee payout OK'd in Fair Finance bankruptcy
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13 years after Livent collapse, Drabinsky, Gottlieb finally jailed
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Mastro's bankruptcy attorney withdraws from case
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US Fidelis' Biggest Creditor Was In On the Scheme, Unsecured Creditors Say
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Rajaratnam Arrest Made Ex-AMD Worker ‘Paranoid,’ He Says at Insider Trial
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Retailing:
Deb Shops Wins U.S. Bankruptcy Court Approval to Sell Assets
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Corporate Governance:
Governance Guru Blames Investors for Crisis
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Governance lessons from the News of the World controversy.
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Corporate Boards are Increasingly Concerned About Managing Risk
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Celebs:
Judge Refuses To Dismiss Cassavetes Poker Lawsuit
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Winery Auction Set for White House Gate Crashers
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5 Favorite Celebrity Bankruptcies
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Mail:
Next Washington Debacle: The Broke Postal Service
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Consultants:
GCG Named Best Claims Administrator by the New York Law Journal
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Hedge Funds:
Buffett: Tax disparity on display
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Health Care:
Ex-hospital counsel cites fears of fraud
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City of Bridgeport on the hook for hospital's bill
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Another Judge Slams Health Care Reform, Striking 3 Key Clauses
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Gran has 'Do Not Resuscitate' tattooed onto her chest
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Consumer Finance:
FTC Gets Payday Lenders to Back Off
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Accounting:
U.S. court fight may not solve Chinese accounting mess
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Lehman:
The Merrill Lynch and Lehman Deals, 3 Years Later
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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:
Seaarland, WLIB-WBLS, Ambac, Lehman, Madoff
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Rochelle on Proposal for Bankruptcy Venue Reform
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy Filings Increase Among College Grads, Married People
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Marriage, College, Job Won't Ward Off Bankruptcy
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Global business failures at lowest level since '07
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
US approves rule on bank bankruptcy plans
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Big US banks must show how they'd break up
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FDIC extends "living will" deadline for foreign banks
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FDIC to get first bank wills by next summer
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Insurance:
Will the SEC's Cooperation Initiatives Increase Defense Costs and Spur Battles with Carriers Over Separate Counsel?
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Directors: It's Long Past Time To Check The Liability Policy
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Religion:
Clergy Abuse Victims File International Complaint Against Vatican
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Crystal Cathedral sale plan heads to court
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Gambling:
Station Casinos revamps Boarding Pass perks to entice gamblers
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Municipalities:
Alabama county at odds with creditors on bond debt
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Ala county, creditors still working on sewer deal
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Judge grants Central Falls filing delay
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Prosperous cities help corruption-plagued Bell
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Harrisburg Council Acts to Get Cash, Dodge Default by Pennsylvania Capital
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The Most Bankrupt Cities and County in the US
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The Texas Model Of Creating Jobs By Lowering Wages
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Corporate Reform:
Richard Cordray's Complicated CFPB
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Regulators Aim to End 'Too Big To Fail'
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Newt Gingrich: Repeal The Dodd-Frank Act
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House Oversight Chair Rips Obama For Breaking Pledge To Reduce Regulations
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Oil/Gas:
IEA Cuts World Oil Demand Growth
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Freight:
Diesel Fuel index declined in August
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Debt Collection:
400 FDCPA Lawsuits In August's Second Half
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Tax:
Fight brewing over U.S . offshore profit taxation
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UK:
Britain must brace for a perfect storm
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Business confidence hits 26-month low
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Unemployment rises fastest in two years
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''Some police can barely read or write''
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Appointment of Administrators - 13 September 2011
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Winding Up Petitions
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EU:
Krugman: An Impeccable disaster
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Euro rises after Merkel rejects Greek bankruptcy
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Deposit Flight From European Banks Means Risk Piling Up
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Europe Close to Banking Crisis, El-Erian Says
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Europe's banks are staring into the abyss
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Moody's downgrades Societe Generale, Credit Agricole
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EU commissioner who demanded debt-ridden countries fly flags at half mast faces resignation calls
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Merkel Muzzling Coalition Critics to Gain Time
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A Quote From Merkel That Pretty Much Guarantees The Failure Of The Euro
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Why The Euro Must Be Defended
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President Barack Obama attacks European leaders over debt crisis
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Geithner heads to Europe as debt fears mount
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Investors take hammer to Teflon euro
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Persistent eurozone fears hobble sentiment
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Europe Scrambles to Ease Greek Debt Crisis
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PIIGS:
Greek PM, Merkel, Sarkozy to hold Wednesday conference call
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What happens after a Greek default
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From Europe , Mounting Pressure Over Greece’s Debt
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German lawmaker: nobody seeking Greek bankruptcy
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Krugman: Euro crisis coming to a head
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Merkel bids to quash Greece default talk
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Greek woes prey on French banking
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Backlash builds in Greece against new cuts
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IMF urges cuts in wasteful spending in Portugal
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IMF : Portugal to get more bailout funds
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ie: Drumm faces loss of homes
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ie: Drumm's future in US at risk as questions over his visa emerge
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ie: Drumms' Boston home acquired through 'sham trust', claims US bankruptcy trustee
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Electricity cut off to Spanish town over unpaid bills
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Italy pays dearly for debt woes
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Australia:
Business failures buck global trend
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MENA:
Freed of Gadhafi, Libyans expect post-war boom
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UN: Gaza Blockade Illegal
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