Law:
Class of Bankruptcy Clients Sues Big Atlanta Law Firm
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More Big Bankruptcy Fees for Lawyers in Madoff, Lehman Cases
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Lawyer for Teresa Giudice talks bankruptcy
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Ex-SEC GC David Becker Grilled at House Subcommittee Hearing
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An Inside Look at Sullivan & Cromwell’s Recruiting Process
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Bar Can Inquire Into Bankrupt Applicant's Finances
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Could You Survive a Social Media Background Check?
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Media Outlets Claiming 'Law Is no Longer a Golden Ticket' Conceal Decades of a Profession in Decline
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Hovatter rejoins Spilman Thomas & Battle
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AT&T Hires Legal All Stars for T-Mobile Deal
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Eversheds goes after laid off associate for £25
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ABA Opposes Proposed Labor Rule that Would Force Lawyers to Reveal Client Info and Fees
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BigLaw Attorney Is Accused by Client of Stealing $2.5M in Escrowed Funds
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Judge Tosses 4 Out of 5 Claims by Lawyer Who Alleged His Firm Broke a Pact to Support Him
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The Best Way to Brag About an Offer Is Under the Guise of Charity
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Event Etiquette for Dummies (or Sloppy 2Ls)
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In-House: The On-Boarding Process
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Fame Brief: Survivor of the Fittest at Harvard Law School
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Ogletree Deakins Sues Client Entity, Maricopa County, for Defamation
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Adieu Power Suit. Hello Jumper-Dress?
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A law school sprouts in California's desert
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JPMorgan, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Galleon, Madoff in Court News
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Google+ Adds to Challenges in Corporate Liability
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John Grisham on Grappling with Race, the Death Penalty; and Lawyers ‘Polluting Their Own Profession’
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Attorney Disbarred Following Computer --- Sting
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Jaycee Dugard Sues Feds, Says ‘Colossal Blunders’ Let Parolee Kidnap and Hold Her Captive 18 Years
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911 Tapes Chronicle Frantic Call by Lawyer: ‘My Car Blew Up with Two Kids’
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Alleged Suicide Try Led to Arson Case Against Construction Lawyer Still Targeted in Fed’l HOA Probe
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Lawsuit of the Day: Is Pink a Color in the Rainbow Coalition?
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Claimed Memory Loss from Airbag Deployment Leads to Suspension of Attorney's Law License
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Top Russian Law Firms Form Group to Lobby for Corporate Legal Reform
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Ex-Warden’s Wife Faces Prison Time
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California Police Officers Charged in Beating Death of Homeless Man
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Texas Has Seen the Last of ‘Last Meals’
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Judges:
Law Clerk Sues Judge for Assault, Says He Slapped Her With a Legal File
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Judge Claims Lawyers Have ‘Fantasy of Persecution’
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Antonin Scalia Truly Is the Harry Potter of Our Times
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Federal Law Clerks: No Pay Raise for You!
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Judicial Diva Gone Wild? Chief Judge Jones Tells Judge Dennis to ‘Shut Up’
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5th Circuit Chief Judge Edith Jones says Judge James Dennis accepted her apology after heated "shut up" exchange
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Benchslap of the Day: A Billy Madison Style Rambling, Incoherent Complaint
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New York Judge Knocks Lawyers for “Epic Failures”
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Wall Street:
Stock futures rise after Thursday's sell-off
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Stock Futures Give Up Gains
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Stock Markets Show Some Signs of Stabilization
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World markets fall sharply as investors focus on recession fear
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Stocks plunge amid Fed fears of another recession
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There's no reason why stocks are down
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Stocks tumble as worries about global recession grow
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Goldman May Have Second Loss Since IPO Amid Market Turmoil, Barclays Says
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Goldman's "Achilles' Heel"
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Layoffs:
Single Employer Liability Arising From WARN Act Violations: Guidance for Distressed-Business Investors
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Employment for those under 30 is at its lowest levels since World War II
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Jobless claims fall in latest week
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Protecting Ideas That Create Growth and Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
UBS Trader Adoboli Faces Added Fraud Charge, Apologizes
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Galleon Sentences Now Getting Serious
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Judge Dismisses Part of $198 Million Suit Against Madoffs
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Madoff trustee earning his eye-popping keep
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Madoff trustee settles with hedgies
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Ind. AG agrees to return Durham contribution
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Father-Son Insider Traders Provide Window Into ETF Markets
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The War on Insider Trading
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Insider’s Best Friend: Convict Worries About Never Seeing Her Pooch Again
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Charting the psychological journey of the UBS rogue trader
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Discover Profit Tops Estimates as Credit-Card Delinquencies Fall
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Drops Below $80 a Barrel as Fed Sees Downside Economic Risks
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Religion:
Ninth Circuit Orders Redaction of Priest-Abuse Claims In Bankruptcy Discovery Documents
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Municipalities:
Central Falls, Rhode Island, Receiver Submits Fiscal Rescue Plan
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Central Falls bankruptcy hearing set
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Bits and pieces from Flanders' sweeping Central Falls overhaul
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Central Falls bankruptcy plan questioned
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Rhode Island Seeks to Shield Investors Under Central Falls Plan
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RI auditor warns of pension crisis' effect on municipalities
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Town of Washington trying to avoid bankruptcy
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Supercommittee May Take Up Obama’s Threat to Muni-Bond Tax Break
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Telecoms:
TerreStar reaches deal with EchoStar, lenders
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IP:
Borders intellectual property sale delayed
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Hockey:
Dallas Stars Sale & Bankruptcy : Courts Approve Bidding Procedures
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Theater:
Florida Stage files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Economy:
Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Fell 9000 Last Week to 423,000
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Global leaders struggle to calm recession fears
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Consumer Sentiment Drops Again
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G20 Pledges Cooperation Against World Economy's Latest Struggles
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Fed's 'Operation Twist' Fails to Reassure
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A Strategic Risk in the Fed’s Plan
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European Debt Woes, Fed's Dour Outlook A Toxic Brew For Market
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Markets reveal limits to Fed's $400bn 'twist'
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Twist No QE2 for Corporates as Spreads Expand
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The Fed Defies the G.O.P.
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Gold Tumbles to Four-Week Low
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What’s wrong with gold?
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Congress Takes Nation To The Brink — Again
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Boehner: No Threat of a Shut Down
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George Soros insists US is already in double - dip recession
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PIMCO: World at New Financial Crisis
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Recession's Second Act Could be Tough
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More on President Obama's Tax Plan
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Oops, Obama touts his jobs plan at an Ohio bridge that won't qualify
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Clinton Didn't Say Millionaire's Tax Bad Idea
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More Money for the IMF?
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Has Western Capitalism Failed?
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Poverty Up, Incomes Down in Most States
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FedEx Sees Global Slowdown
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Intermodal Traffic Reaches New 2011 High
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No Sign of Recession on Rail Shipments
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Great Recession and the Lost Generation
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The Upside of Economic Downturns
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Commodities Erase 2011 Gains
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Man Works 1 Day, Goes On 15 Year Leave, Gets $158,000 Annual Pension, Now Works For A Hedge Fund
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Every Age Group Is Getting Poorer In America, Except For One
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More lessons from paying people to be less poor
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Michael Moore Threatens The "Rich": Let's "Deal With It Nonviolently Now"
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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:
Fed Study Says Mortgage Refi Level 'Appears Low' Given Rates
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BofA Case May Be Followed by More Mortgage Suits by Cash-Strapped Counties
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BofA looks to dissect massive Nevada AG case
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Staffing Woes Harm Fannie and Freddie Oversight
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Why litigation can never resolve MBS put-back crisis
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Countrywide protected fraudsters by silencing whistleblowers, say former employees
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Survey shows home prices remained unchanged in July
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Homebuilder CEO Flails And Talks Gibberish After Hardball Questioning
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Housing settles in for long, cold winter
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Housing Lobby in Rare Defeat on Mortgage Limits
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Fed: Conforming loan limit drop effect to be minimal
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MBA takes MISMO back from MERS
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Commercial mortgage debt increases for first time in two years
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Corporate Governance:
The HP board fiasco continues
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How HP's board presided over a train wreck
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Hewlett-Packard Hires Meg Whitman as CEO
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Many Corporate Boards Are Pretty Much Waiting to Get Hacked, Report Says
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"Say on Pay" Lawsuit Survives Dismissal Motion
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Autos:
GM is back, thanks to Uncle Sam
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Chrysler UAW Talks Break Down
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UAW labor talk focus shifts to Ford
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UAW Wants Richer Deal from Ford
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Chrysler Said to Push for UAW Signing Bonuses Around $3500
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Trouble at Black Lake: The UAW's property exposure
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Crunch time at America's richest union
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The Incredible Shrinking Auto Boom
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Derivatives Rules Cut Auto Industry Safety Net
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Museums:
Slavery museum led by Wilder files for bankruptcy
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Seminars:
Tech in View at Corporate Restructuring Convention
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Solar:
Bankruptcy scenario played out before Solyndra collapse
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Solyndra hearing to go on, despite execs' silence
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Solyndra lobbyists may have obscured troubles
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First Rahm, now Axelrod denies any knowledge of Solyndra
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Real Solyndra Scandal Is U.S. Subsidy Approach
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Solyndra CEO touted progress to lawmakers just before bankruptcy
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Heat Rises for Solyndra in Govt. Probe
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Issa: US Solar Panel Industry Could Fail
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In Rush to Assist Solyndra, U.S. Missed Warning Signs
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Solyndra staff reveal 'sloppy' multi million dollar spending after $535million loan was approved
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Solyndra failure puts solar industry on defensive
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Republicans Attack on Handling of Stimulus Money and Green Jobs
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Republicans Make Federal Case of Solyndra Bankruptcy
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W.H. aims at Solyndra critics flipflops
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Republicans Weigh Defunding Program That Helped Fund Solyndra
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GOP congressman says US solar panel makers on verge of collapse
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Solyndra default casts shadow over clean-energy effort
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The Obama Solyndra solution
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Law Firms Representing Solyndra Executives Are Major Democratic Donors
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Daily Caller Draws Michelle Obama Connection to Solyndra
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How Did Solyndra Spend All That Money?
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Health Care:
Christie offers $5M if needed to help ease Hoboken hospital sale
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Hoboken University Medical Center unions deny leaving creditor committee negotiations
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Hoboken Hospital's bond rating under review
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Hoboken University Medical Center may close as a result of city council rejecting bond ordinance
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Natchez Hospital budget is encouraging
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today)
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:
Madoff, Central Falls, Blockbuster, Point Blank
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Jevic, Solyndra, Lehman, Ambac, Madoff, Dodgers
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:
Ambac files new bankruptcy plan with regulator OK
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DIP Finance:
Update on U.S. Oncology: New York State Court Considers Prepayment Calculation Method, Decision Forthcoming This Fall
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Avoidance Actions:
Seventh Circuit Takes the Long View in Defining Insider Status for Preference Actions
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Aviation:
airBaltic’s bankruptcy protection – should the 62 airport partners worry?
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Banking:
Shares in Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and other big banks plunge
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Bankruptcy Fine Print Rattles WaMu Debt
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Adoboli 'sorry beyond words' after UBS trading loss
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UBS Must Be Staffed With Idiots
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Adoboli May Have Lost More Than $2.3 Billion, Prosecutor Says
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Analysts weigh the risk of rogue traders
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UBS board considers fate of crisis-hit investment bank
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UBS's Shady Dealings Are A Lehman Deja Vu
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EU to speed recapitalisation of 16 banks
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BofA collapse and the next Lehman are staring us in the face
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A startup that promises to change the way we deal with money
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Adventures with online-banking videos
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Baseball:
Fox Protests Dodgers Creditors’ Addition of Heavy Hitter Lazard
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Small Business:
Sen. Hatch urges caution with small business funds
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Military:
Point Blank Looks to Shed Excess Ballistic Baggage
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Politics:
GOP: Dept. of Education Should Go
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Romney, Perry Spar in GOP Debate
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Perry: "I Don't Think You Have a Heart" If You Oppose In-State Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants
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HPV Vaccine Fact Check: Perry Misstated Relationship With Dying Woman
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Opposing Views on Perry's Jobs Creation
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More People Blaming Obama for Economy
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Finance:
Top Borrowers Awash in Credit
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Education:
How a small college inherited a 1000-year trust that threatened to bankrupt the nation
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Energy:
Dynegy sued over asset transfer said to help Icahn
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Sovereigns:
Why Half Of The World's "Safe Havens" Recently Collapsed
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UK:
Is a double - dip recession inevitable?
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UK: Institutions urged to kill or cure the zombies
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EU:
European shares at 26-month closing low on growth fears
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Euro climbs after G20 soothes nerves
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China, Japan Say Europe Must Find Its Own Fix for Debt Crisis
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EU Said Looking To Speed Up Bank Recapitalization
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ECB Ready to Act Next Month If Outlook Deteriorates
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Deteriorating European Sentiment
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EU: Fear Gauge Has Entered the Red Zone
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PIIGS:
Greek PM: new austerity only way to avert bankruptcy
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Greek austerity plan hinges on implementation
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ECB's Knot says Greek default possible
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Greece denies reports on default scenarios
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Greece on Edge of Insolvency 24 Centuries After First Default
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Greek minister says 50% haircut possible
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Six reasons why Greece should default
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Poll: half of Germans oppose Greek bankruptcy, more believe it would harm own economy
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Greek Finance Minister Says July 21 Decisions are Central Goal
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Greek Banks Lowered by Moody's on Government Debt Holdings
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Significant victory for Spanish football as new bankruptcy law passed
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Two Sides of the Irish Economy: Is the Celtic Tiger Purring Again?
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Korea:
S.Korea regulator says some banks that flunked stress tests now sound
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Hong Kong:
Hong Kong Stocks in Worst Week Since 2008 on Recession Concerns
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Venezuela:
Venezuela Ready to Pay Exxon Only $1B
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China:
IMF: China at Risk For Financial Turbulence
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China Factory Output Falls for Third Month
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