Law:
Can Obama’s Jobs Bill Help Laid Off and Unemployed Attorneys?
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Law firm firing was 'vindictive,' says ex-associate
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Locke Lord Is Latest Law Firm to Shorten Multi-Partner Name
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Orrick wants to fire MGA again over a second billing dispute
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Study of refugees from failed law firms concludes that networking works
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Galleon, Goodrich, MillerCoors, S&P, RBS, Sabre in Court News
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UK: How To Squander an Empire
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Being a Top Pianist or a Traveling Do-Gooder Gives Job Hunters an Edge at Paul Weiss
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The Price of Prestige: Clerkship Application Chaos
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Allen & Overy to target black candidates
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India Considers Opening Its Doors to Law Firms
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Lawyer Learns He Has at Least 75 Children
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Lawyers Use Ban on Unauthorized Practice of Law to Restrict Speech & Competition
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Video of George Washington Law Student ‘Occupying’ Wall Street
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How 1Ls Should NOT Approach Peer Networking
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Slump in law school applicants
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Corporations Don't Like When Their Lawyers Switch Sides?
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Female Driver Sentenced to Lashing
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Five Signs You’ve Become an Old Codger Lawyer
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Burglars Using Facebook to Target Victims
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Judges:
From the Bench: Practice Points First Days
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Judge Defends “Kindergarten” Order
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Justice John Paul Stevens Talks Death Penalty, Citizens United, New Memoir
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Wall Street:
US stock index futures signal mixed open
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Nagging Fears on Europe Slow a Wall Street Rally
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Asian stocks edge up, euro stalls as caution prevails
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Wall Street Looking at Worst Bonus Pool in Years
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11 Rumors That Have Kept Markets Cartwheeling For The Last Two Weeks
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Layoffs:
US Army to Cut 50,000 Soldiers
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Cuomo cuts rejected by state workers union
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Obama Backs Ban on Hiring Bias Against Unemployed People
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Health Care:
Bankruptcy court hearing postponed in 'convoluted' Hoboken hospital sale
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Health-Benefit Costs Rise Most Since 2005
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Health premiums now cost more than a new car
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US Employers are Shifting Higher Cost of Health Insurance to Employees
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Insurance Premiums Soar Even as Health Costs Slump
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Will High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans Become the Norm ?
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Municipalities:
U.S. cities' fiscal pain may become chronic
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Financially-strapped cities cut jobs, services
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Tax Hike Can't Pull Illinois Out of Debt
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The Top 5 Questions About the Bankruptcy of Central Falls, Rhode Island
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Meredith Whitney Is, Was and Ever Shall Be Wrong on Munis
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Non-Boom Cities Do Better During the Bust
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4 Cities at Risk on Manufacturing Slowdown
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Does Texas Lead US in Lower Taxes
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Baseball:
Dodgers Seek to Delay Major League Baseball Move to End Bankruptcy Control
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Dodgers season ticket holders ask for say in bankruptcy
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Fox sues Dodgers over TV rights contract
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Banking:
Hedge funds appeal denial of WaMu bankruptcy plan
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For Bank of America, a $ 50 Billion Claim of Havoc Looms
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Basel Group Said to Keep Capital -Surcharge Plans for Big Banks
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Banks wary of financing big projects
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Like your free checking account? Prepare to say goodbye
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Rogue Trader May Have Hurt Bonuses For Non-UBS Bankers In London Too
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Golf Course Developer Admits Bankruptcy Fraud
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Accounting:
Deloitte Resents the Notion That They Should Have Known That Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Was a Massive Fraud
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Auditor defense may have holes in Deloitte case
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Politics:
Poll: Now 81% Unhappy with Government
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Feingold's PAC endorses Elizabeth Warren
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Warren Shows Liberals How It's Done
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Elizabeth Warren wins Watertown Democrats' straw poll
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V.P. Biden visit recalls Elizabeth Warren’s statements against 2005 bankruptcy reform bill
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Business Executives: End Anonymous Cash in Elections
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Obama Heckled at Own Fund Raiser
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Finance:
Kravis Says Rising Cost of Borrowing Make Leveraged Buyouts More Expensive
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Aviation:
American Airlines Plans First Debt Since January as Risk Rises
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Bankruptcy Scores: Ranking the Airlines
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Celebs:
LA Law Star's Ex-Company Enters Bankruptcy
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Hedge Funds:
Man Group Plunges as Investors Want Cash Back
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Tax:
Tax-Shelter Dispute That May Reshape IRS Powers to Get High Court Hearing
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Economy:
Consumers earned less, spent less for 2nd straight year
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Consumers Remain Depressed
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Middle Class Income Falls, but Not Everywhere
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Roubini: US in Throes of Economic Contraction
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Fed Economist: US on 'Knife Edge' of Contraction
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Fed's Fisher Says Operation Twist May Be Ineffective, Hurt Jobs
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What Is Operation Twist Designed To Accomplish?
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Fed's Fisher Attempts To Defend His Ongoing Policy Dissent
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Fisher Says Central Bank Is Under Attack From Ron Paul, Barney Frank
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Euro Crisis Makes Fed Lender of Only Resort as Banks Chase Dollar Funding
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Behind the Numbers: The Missing Recovery
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House Is Poised to Pass Stopgap Funding Bill
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Shutdown averted , but deep differences linger
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Grim Profile: Food Stamp Recipients
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We've Learned Squat from Hoover, Depression
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Safety Nets and Their Cost
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What Are We Spending Our Money On?
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Thousands Line Up In Philadelphia For Food Stamps To Replace Food Ruined By Hurricane Irene
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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:
Morgan Stanley agrees to pay $7.2 million to settle Nevada MBS dispute
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Miami judge certifies class-action against David J. Stern, DJSP
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Gulf remains between AGs, banks in robo-signing talks
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Freddie Mac lax loan review seen costing blns in losses
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Existing Home Shadow Inventory Declines to 1.6 million units
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Home Prices in US Cities Fell 4.1% in Year Ended July
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New Home Sales at Record Lows
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Mortgage Applications Rose Last Week
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Spring buying boosts US home prices for 4th month
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A Look at Case-Shiller by Metro Area
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Metro Detroit home prices rise, buck national trend
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Home prices in Chicago area up 1.9 percent in July
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Phoenix home prices down almost 9 percent in past year
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Housing Takes Baby Steps Towards Better Balance
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Loan Limits Are Falling, But Does It Matter?
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Troubled homes hanging over U.S. housing market drops
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Rushmore legal fight nears finale
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New FDIC Suit Looks for a Piece of the $92M Mortgage Fraud Pie
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Solar:
Solyndra cleared for Oct. 27 bankruptcy auction
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The Solyndra curse
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Obama Was Warned of Loan Dangers Long Before Solyndra Sank
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Solyndra Said to Have Violated Terms of Its US Loan
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Solyndra Allegations Continue – Misuse of US Loan is The Newest
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Keep Solyndra in perspective
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The birthing of Solyndra
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High-priced law firm gets OK to represent Solyndra
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The Latest Recipients Of 'Free Money' From The Federal Financing Bank
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DOE to miss deadline for Solyndra docs
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Fred Upton sought DOE loan guarantees he condemns
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Fraud:
Mets Ruling Reduces Madoff Trustee’s Lawsuit to Foremost Fraud Allegation
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Judge Throws Curve in Mets-Madoff Case
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Feinstein Sues Treasurer, Bank Over Campaign Fraud
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Top recruiter in Nevin Shapiro Ponzi scheme enters guilty plea
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Corporate Reform:
Let's Stop Complaining About Business Fleeing to Unregulated Firms
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Big Bank CEO Says Consumers Need More Protection
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RBC unit to pay $30.4 million to settle SEC charges
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As Federal Criminal Laws Increase, Mens Rea Requirements Decline
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Lehman:
Judge Won't Dismiss Lehman Brokerage's Claim Against RBS
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German Lehman investors lose legal battle for compensation
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Lehman examiner: Financial oversight not tough enough
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Debt Collection:
Debt collectors to America's rescue
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Will Debt Collectors Burn Up Your Cell Phone Minutes?
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Cooper:
Hussey Copper Seeks Bankruptcy
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Religion:
45 Victims File Lawsuit Against Montana Diocese and Ursuline Sisters Citing Abuse
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Falls, Heading for Quarterly Decline on Europe Debt Crisis
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Radio:
Owner of Vermont radio stations faces involuntary bankruptcy
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Rating Agencies:
Rating agencies win dismissal of Ohio AG lawsuit
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Is the SEC Finally Taking Serious Aim at the Ratings Agencies?
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Media:
Report: Ad Unit That Showed Gangster Movies to Workers Is New Focus of News Corp. Probe
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Mail:
Postal Service Board Dominated by Corporate Execs, Lawyers, Lobbyists
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Gambling:
Full Tilt Poker Fraud: How FTP Threw Egg on the Poker Face
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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:
LA Dodgers, Hussey, Lehman, Innkeepers, Solyndra
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Saad Group Freeze, Suncity, Korea Line, Sazka Bidder
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Solyndra, Borders, FGIC, Spiegel, Taylor Bean
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Rochelle on 5th Circuit, LA Dodgers, Howrey, Bald Eagle
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Professional Compensation:
Billing for Billing: When Do Retained Professional’s Outside Counsel Fees Constitute a Reimbursable Expense?
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Standing:
Florida's Dirt Bond Holders Fight for Standing
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Jurisdiction:
Connecting Anna Nicole Smith to the Lehman Bankruptcy
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Arbitration:
The Federal Arbitration Act v. The Bankruptcy Code
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Claims Allowance:
Court Allows Committee To Pursue "Equitable Disallowance" Of Noteholder Claims Based On Allegations Of Insider Trading
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Insurance:
Insurers Grumble That D&O Insurance Remains Cheap
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OFAC Violations: A New Potential Source of D&O Liability Exposure?
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Allstate Looks to Jettison Weak Agents
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Controls On $73M Clico Investment 'very Weak'
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Autos:
Ford pulls "we weren't bailed out" ad after criticism from press, questions from White House
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GM workers expected to approve new union contract
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End of the road for Saab?
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Retailing:
Food stamps become big business
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Sovereigns:
Thinking About Sovereign Bankruptcy
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UK:
City Bankers Meet Your New Chinese Bosses
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The Economic Collapse is a Crisis of Bigness
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HMRC warns not all IVAS are VAT exempt
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BBC Speechless As Trader Says: 'The Collapse Is Coming ... And Goldman Rules The World'
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EU:
Euphoria over Europe may be premature
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Merkel majority in doubt on euro rescue fund
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Euro Crisis Hitting EU Retailers, Consumers
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Top EU official urges more integration
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EU's Barroso calls on ECB to do whatever it takes in crisis
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Barroso backs financial transactions tax
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MEPs demand a bigger bailout fund, Eurobonds, common economic government and a European finance minister
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German Central Bank Against Merkel Plan
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Eurozone Timeline: What's Going to Be Ruining Your October?
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Can a 'Big Bang' Plan Save the Euro?
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Banks to Sell $20 Billion of European Property Debt
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Greece, Germany's fates tied
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10 Reasons the Euro Zone Rescue Fund Could Fail
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EU lawmakers push to tweak Basel bank capital rule
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Europe Could Be Worse Than U.S. Post-Lehman Bros.
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New Financial Rules Will Hit Corporate Borrowing Harder In Europe
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We Must Kill Euro for Our Own Good
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Europe, Middle East: Recent Developments in Restructuring, Insolvency
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PIIGS:
Greek Leaders Appeal for Support
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Papandreou calls for German tolerance
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An Ancient Greek Debt Solution
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Greek parliament passes new property tax bill
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Greece: "Don't blame us"
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Greece faces its inspectors, Merkel hints at bailout change
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European debt crisis: Cracks emerge in Greek rescue plan
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Greek Default: 6 Critical Weeks For 6 Countries
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Most Greeks want to stay in euro, see default risk
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Let's Get the British to Pay!
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Political failures make Greek default almost inevitable
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Canada:
A Pragmatic Look at Changes in Canadian Restructuring Law
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Caribbean:
Outlook Is Sunny for Caribbean Turnaround Pros
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Australia:
Rogue liquidators in regulator's sights
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Sweden:
Swedish Consumer Confidence Plunges as Crisis Saps Optimism
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