September 2, 2011

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Law:

Rethinking Associate Pay
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Merger Fever is Spreading in Legal Biz
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Billable Hours Rise and Midlevel Associate Satisfaction Drops
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Can't Get No...
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Law Offices: Slow but Steady Top-Line Growth
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Are Spring Bonuses a Waste of Money? There’s Little Impact on Loyalty, Survey Suggests
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Landlord and Milk Farmers Handicap Howrey Bankruptcy
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Partners of defunct Halliwells set for mediation with administrators over £21m claim
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3M v. Lanny Davis: For the Record
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McKool Smith, Hennigan Dorman Say They Plan to Merge
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8 Lawyers Leap from Smith Currie to Fox Rothschild, Leaving Only 1 Lawyer in Boutique’s DC Office
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Manatt's Jamaica Saga Ends as Drug Lord Pleads Guilty
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Richard Susskind on social media, legal marketing and "irrational rejectionism"
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AT&T Dealt Deal Defeat After $12M in Lobbying
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AT&T to Fight the Antitrust Suit, But Is It Worth It?
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Why AT&T/T-Mobile Deal Appears to Be Dead Already
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Suit Settles Against Debt Collector Law Firm, But Attorney Vows to Fight on
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Will The “Baddest” Lawyer In Jersey Be His Own?
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Don’t Be A Mentor!
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9 Ways to Stop Stressing Out
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Orrick apologizes for discriminatory job ad
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Lawyer Convicted of Extortion for Allegedly Offering False Client Testimony for $107K
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Temple Law Wants Its Alumni to Work on a ‘Lunch Truch’
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Law schools lure fewer students as jobs dry up
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Prof: "What is it about law school administrators that compels them to keep repeating this malarkey about how there are still lots of jobs for students who "want to make a difference"
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iTestimony: iPad App for Witness Management
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"Software Is Eating the World"
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Courtship Connection Chitown: Nothing To Feel Guilty About
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NY Deputy Mayor, an Ex-Prosecutor, Resigns After Domestic Assault ‘Misunderstanding’
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Contract Dispute Reveals Rendition Program Details; Lawyers Surprised CIA Didn’t Object
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A Lesson in Locking Your Office: Divorcing Wife Allegedly Took Documents From Husband's Attorney's Desk
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Disbarred: "Beyond tenacity to truculence"
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More on the Eastern District of Texas
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What Does Someone Have To Do To Get Disbarred Around Here? Next Installment
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"As long as the girls are in braces, I have an Indian in my back pocket."
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Suit claims 1st graders handcuffed for talking in class
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Singer Don Henley and rock band ZZ Top slated to play Lisa Blue Baron's birthday party
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Clever Criminal Tricks
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Man throws son off ship, claims "horse playing"
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Utah Legislators Require Restaurants To Install "Zion Curtains"
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Banned from Her Home for 3 Years, Woman Loses Appeal
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Judges:

Introducing Justice Goodwin Liu
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Admitting Clarence Thomas’ genius
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Court Workers Told They Can’t Post Drunken Photos, Nasty Comments and Judge Information
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Judge May Not Honor Vets
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Taking on a Veteran Antitrust Judge in the AT&T Fight
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Judge Cancels Kindergarten Party
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Rehearing Nixes Sanctions in Unusual Ethics Case Over Claim of Intemperate Remarks By Federal Judge
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Workaholic US District Judge to Leave Bench After 20 Years for Private Law Practice
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Wall Street:

Stocks seen lower ahead of payroll data
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Stocks Draw Back Ahead Of Friday Jobs Report
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Failed Mobile Merger Means Bad News for Bankers
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Fed Orders Goldman Sachs To Conduct Review Of Foreclosures
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Guess How Much The CIO Of Goldman's Asset Management Team Made Last Year
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Layoffs:

409,000 New Jobless Claims
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Most US Cities See Drop in Unemployment Rat in July
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Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment Up in August
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Obama's Jobs Proposal Already Drawing Fire
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Small Businesses Created 58,000 Of The 91,000 New Jobs From Yesterday's ADP Report
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AT&T plays the jobs card on Obama
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Hope and despair at a job fair
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Self-Employed Struggle as U.S. Recovery Offers Few Opportunities
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Top 5 Mistakes Job Hunters Make
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:

NYC 'Real Housewife' Vows to Keep Manhattan Home
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg Rejects Fiscal Aid Plan for Pennsylvania Capital - 'Reckless'
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Harrisburg's Fate Now in Hands of Governor
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Payments Loom for Harrisburg
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Pennsylvania Capital Faces Limbo of Missed Payroll, Bond Default, Takeover
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Gov. Tom Corbett addresses Harrisburg fiscal recovery plan
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Harrisburg Mayor Offers Few Answers On City's Future
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On the Heels of Act 47 Impasse, a New Candidate for Harrisburg Mayor
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Sen. Piccola says Council's vote means future payments in question
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Local leaders frustrated with Harrisburg City Council's vote
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Jerry Brown to Take on California Pensions
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Wisconsin Teachers Staggered by New Rules
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Central Falls set to file bankruptcy exit plan delayed by Irene
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IP:

Borders Sues Next Jump for Trademark Infringement Over Use of Website
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Economy:

White House Sharply Reduces US Economic Growth Forecast
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U.S. Manufacturing Index Shows Expansion Is Continuing, Defying Forecasts
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Polls Give Obama Low Marks on Economy
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Recession fears recede as factories show growth
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US manufacturing struggles to maintain growth
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Global Factory Activity Stalls
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World-Wide Factory Activity, by Country
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Global Manufacturing Slowdown Shows Every Nation Can’t Count on Exports for Growth
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Range of Data Calms Fear of a Return to Recession
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The Emotional Cost of a Bad Economy: How to Recover Health and Happiness
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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:

U.S. said ready to sue big banks over mortgages
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BNY Asks Judge to Return BofA Settlement
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Judge pans rush in BofA $8.5 billion mortgage pact
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Depositions rain on BofA
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HSH Nordbank Sues JPMorgan in New York Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
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Fed sanctions Goldman over Litton foreclosure issues
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Goldman Sachs, Ocwen Reach Accord With New York State to End Robo-Signing
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Goldman to Exit Mortgage Servicing Business
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Mortgage servicers still lying in court
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New GSE appraisal database to tighten scrutiny on mortgage lenders
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New foreclosure rules force Fannie to up attorney fees in three states
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Fed Official Pushes Expanded Refinancing Plan
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A mortgage fix for lenders and homeowners: Shared equity
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5 Reasons Why Housing Prices Will Fall More
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Obama's Mortgage Plan Will Hit Taxpayers, Banks: Bove
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Mortgage rates continue to fall on weak economic data
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Realtors: 5 ways to serve distressed real estate owners
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Bill Black Has Questions About ‘Liar’ Loans and ‘Elite’ Bankers
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Construction Spending Drops Most in Six Months
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Treasury withholds HAMP funds from BofA, Chase again
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Luxury home market — and millionaires — on the mend
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Housing market lingers in fragile state: Obama administration
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MountainView, Statebridge win bid on FDIC mortgage pool
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Financial Stability Board to probe securitization more closely
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CMBS delinquencies fall in August
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Mortgage Fraud: Blame The Banks
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Retailing:

August retail sales stand up to natural, economic shocks
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August Sales: How Retailers Fared
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Priscilla of Boston to Close Stores
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Lehman:

Lehman’s Australian Creditors in Lurch as Federal Court Judge Ponders Suit
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Autos:

UAW Talks: More Buyouts Likely
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August auto sales defy consumer caution
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Ford Canada: Best August in 23 Years
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Chrysler Has Best August in 4 Years
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Saab Posts Significant First Half Loss, Seeks Loan To Avoid Bankruptcy
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Politics:

Huntsman’s Jobs Rx: Start by Revamping the Tax Code
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Republican Investment Tax Cutters Top Bush, Defy Buffett
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Fact Check: Bachmann energy claims
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Menino: Warren must prove she's 'saleable'
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Elizabeth Warren's Harvard Problem ‎
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Perry has plenty of ideas on Supreme Court, including term limits
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Perry's Social Agenda at Odds with Supporters
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GOP insiders pick Romney over Perry
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Democrats flee from Obama
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Finance:

College Grads: Good Luck Finding a Job in Finance
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Rating Agencies:

When Credit Ratings Lose Their Meaning
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Hotels:

Marriott Says Waikiki Owner Bankruptcy Self-Defeating; Will Pursue Tens of Millions of Dollars in Damages
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Legal problems not the only issue facing new hotel
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Parc St. Charles hotel sold out of bankruptcy
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Weather:

Chance of Hurricane in Gulf Now 70%
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Oil companies brace for possible Gulf storm
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Gambling:

Creditor says Hooters casino brand has failed in Las Vegas
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Food/Beverages:

Hostess Brands hires restructuring advisers
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Telecoms:

Nortel agrees $21.5m settlement of ERISA litigation
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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:

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

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Miscellaneous:

Madoff, Borders, West End, Point Blank, Farenco
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Lehman, Boston Generating, Dodgers, M Waikiki
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

 

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Safe Harbors:

It’s Settled — the Securities Safe Harbor Has Been Expanded
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Baseball:

Frank McCourt offered $1.2 billion for Dodgers
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China-Backed Investors Make Bid to Buy LA Dodgers
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MLB skeptical of $1.2-billion Dodgers bid
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New York Mets Minority Investment Falls Through
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David Einhorn: Mets Reneged on Terms of Our Deal
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With Einhorn Out, Mets May Need Another MLB Bailout
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Insurance:

Ambac, New York City reach key tax settlement
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Fraud:

Fab Tourre Finds Unknown Victim of Goldman’s Abacus Deal
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Goldman Trader Tourre: Jersey Firms in Abacus
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Where’s The Money, Lebowski? How Did Ex-Madoff Employee Spend $300K?
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Madoff Trustee Sues Barclays for $67.4 Million, Korea Bank for $34 Million
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Madoff Trustee Sues Cathay Life for $42 Million
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SIPC Faults U.S. Judge for Tossing Claims Against HSBC
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The Government's Inside Man Franz Tudor Just Cost Hedge Fund Diamondback $1.1 Million
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Corporate Reform:

The SEC's Latest Use of its SOX Section 304 Compensation Clawback Authority
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Is Richard Cordray the New Elizabeth Warren
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Banking:

Bank of America Shares Drop on Concern of Lawsuit by US Finance Agency
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Fed asks BofA to list contingency plan
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Regions: Financial Loser
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Bank of New York Mellon May Deepen Cost Cuts With CEO Change
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Regulatory Bankruptcy: How Bank Regulation Causes Fire Sales
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Small Business:

Regulations, Taxes Aren't Killing Small Business, Owners Say
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M&A:

Formerly bankrupt companies become M&A targets
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The top 5 traps in distressed M&A transactions
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Goldman Sachs: King of the (Deals) World
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Solar:

Obama Stands by Renewable Energy Aid After Solyndra's Failure
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Concerns about solar industry sink shares
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U.S. Solar Company Bankruptcies a Boon for China
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Solar power peers out of the gloom
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Bankrupt solar company with fed backing has cozy ties to Obama admin
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Solyndra's lobbyists
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Oil/Gas:

America May Not Need Middle East Oil After All
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Ethanol:

Southwest Georgia Ethanol Files Restructuring Plan Giving Lenders Equity
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Derivatives:

ISDA Group Rebuffs Aurelius Claim to Trigger Texas Competitive Debt Swaps
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When a Bankruptcy 'Event' Doesn't Mean Bankruptcy
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UK:

British Bank Firebreaks Are Said to Be Imposed by 2015 at the Earliest
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Top Scottish firms pay law trainees under half London rates
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EU:

Euro In for a Great Unwind
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European Banks Are Hard-Selling Greek Bailout Plan
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PIIGS:

Greece WILL Miss Its Deficit And Privatization Targets, Part Of Bailout In Jeopardy
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Greece, EU/IMF suspend talks; to resume in 10 days
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Greek FinMin denies talk of debt review break-down
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Greek Parliament: Country's Debt is 'Out of Control'
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Greek Stocks Face A New Troika Drama
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Berlusconi vows to leave 'sh--ty' Italy
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Drumm on back foot as Anglo ratchets up pressure
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MENA:

When Will Libyan Oil Flow Again?
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World Leaders Back New Libyan Government
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US Works to Become Libya's Best Friend
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Gaddafi vows to continue fight
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Libyan Rebels Seek Qaddafi Family’s U.K. Cash, Hampstead Mansion
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