Law:
Chief Legal Officers' Compensation Up 15.5 Percent
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Making Partner Gets Tougher
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2011 Summer Associates Survey: Rational Exuberance?
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TARP Watchdog Snaps at Four Am Law Firms' Billing Practices
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Holland & Knight Gives Out Fall Bonuses — Mainly Because They Didn’t Get the Memo Last Spring
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Are The 1Ls Actually Dumber This Year?
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Legal software: Automation could kill lawyers. Why that's good for everyone else.
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The Biggest Law Firms in the World: Meet the Global 100
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There’s No Place Like Home
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Firm sues unknown impersonators of one of its lawyers
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Quitting Law To Stay Home--Is That Your Choice?
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Diversity Digest: Up Through the Ranks
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Diversity Digest: A Slower Advance
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The Rule of Equal Dignity
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7 Reasons You Should NOT Create Video to Market Your Law Firm
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Efficiency?? Apparently Not In Law Firms
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Boeing, Madoff, HSBC, Fortescue, Total, BofA in Court News
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Madoff, Goldman, HSBC, SunTrust, Google in Court News
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In a first, New York sanctions doctor-lawyer collaboration
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Illinois Law Restates Its Numbers: The Deception is Deeper Than We Thought
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US News Won’t Recalibrate Law School Rankings Despite Word of More U of Illinois Data Errors
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Kirkland & Ellis pledges $2.75 million to Stanford Law School
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Squire Sanders runs birth control policy for staff
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Liability Without Culpability: A Deeply Troublesome Trend
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Miami Criminal Law Professor Accused of Violating Criminal Law — Again
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Alabama Immigration Law Survives Lawsuits
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LA Judge Lectures Lawyers in Somewhat ‘Shambolic’ Manslaughter Trial of Michael Jackson’s Doc
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When Legal Sense Trumps Practical Sense
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Amanda Knox lawyers make final arguments
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Fleeing driver calls police to tell them to stop chasing him
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‘Zion curtain’
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Shoe Applied to Revive Witness
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Police arrest robbery suspect armed with pink bat
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What Century Are We In? Still Mistaken for Court Reporters, Women Lawyers Need to Speak Up, One Says
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Judges:
The Coming SCOTUS Term: What’s In It For Business?
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An underfunded court system weakens the economy as well as access to justice
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Condemned Inmate Evokes Sympathy From Justice Breyer
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Gov’t Asks Fed’l Judge to Vacate Guilty Plea of Ga. Judge to Honest Services Fraud Conspiracy
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Judge Busted
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Judge May Not Volunteer As "Servant" In Non-Profit Fundraising
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Report: Wis. justices to focus on camaraderie
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Wall Street:
Futures signal weaker open for US equities
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Stocks Finish Mixed as Nasdaq Slumps
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Wall Street Now Home to Protest Campground
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Occupy Wall Street vs. the banksters
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Occupy Wall Street protesters are behaving like a bunch of spoiled brats
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Officer's Pepper-Spraying of Protesters Is Under Investigation
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The Anti-Wall Street Protesters' Best Friend: Ray Kelly
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Wall St. Protest: Why Bankers Owe America
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Layoffs:
Job Losses Across the Developed World
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US CEOs See Less Hiring in Future
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Jobless claims drop to lowest level since April
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Labor Department Releases Revisions to Prior Jobs Estimates
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Web Searches Cut Unemployment Duration by 25%
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Want a job for the holidays? Start looking now
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Stagnant US Jobs Market Doesn't Bode Well
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Why big business needs unemployment benefits
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Pensions:
Federal Retirement Plans Deep in Red
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Video Rentals:
Netflix Selloff 2: Red, White and Bleeding
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Pharma:
Graceway Pharmaceuticals Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Papa John's franchise owner declares bankruptcy
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Papa John's franchisee bankruptcy stalls paychecks at restaurants
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Friendly's chain close to bankruptcy
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Health Care:
Company that wants to buy Hoboken s hospital says mayor misrepresented them by releasing outdated proposal to the public
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Officials: Owners of Bayonne Medical Center are most viable buyers for HUMC
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Zimmer, P3 president discuss consultation firm's bid on Hoboken University Medical Center
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Hospital bankruptcy hearing moved to Oct 4 BMC owners spent 350K to lobby Trenton politicos report says
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Boomers in for Retirement Health Care Shock
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Hotels:
Saratoga Downtowner files for bankruptcy
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Autos:
US September Auto Sales Seen Up 9%
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S&P Raises GM's Debt Rating
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A Sadder, Wiser Auto Union
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Chrysler Investor Admits Idiot Deal
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Toyota, Honda Return to Full Production
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Toyota-Honda Rebound Ignites Call of ‘What Recession?’
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Saab's Owner In New Deal To Sell Sports Car Unit
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Lehman:
Lehman Says Creditors With $140 Billion in Claims Support Liquidation Plan
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Lehman bankruptcy payout plan gains momentum
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Why Lehman May Be a Long , Slow Train Ride
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Orchestras:
Philadelphia Orchestra Association seeks loan during bankruptcy
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Gambling:
Hooters Casino Disputes Creditor Claims
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Up to 600 jobs at risk as poker firm licence withdrawn
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Economy:
Bernanke says Fed would act if inflation falls
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US CEOs view of economy worsens
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Why Fed's Zero Percent Interest Isn't Working
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Data Points Away From Another Recession
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U.S. Data Better, but Let’s Get Real
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Goldman: 40% Chance of Great Stagnation
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Jobless Claims in U.S. Drop on Seasonal Adjustment Issues
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Consumer Discretionary: More Dropping Than Shopping
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Need a New Car? Become a U.S. Marshal
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U.S. watchdog finds TARP paid questionable legal fees
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U.S. Decries Salaries, Staffing in New UN Budget
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Obama's Buffett Rule Backed by 63% Investors
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Economists: Obama Jobs Plan Would Work
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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:
Del. AG objects to $8.5B Bank of America settlement
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Fixed mortgage rates fall to record lows
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30-year fixed mortgage rates move up after reaching record lows
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What if BofA places Countrywide into bankruptcy ?
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Behind the Numbers: Pending Sales Prompt Concern
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Contracts to buy homes fell 1.2 percent in August
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Las Vegas August home sales at five-year high
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Mortgage Delinquencies Increase
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Forced foreclosure mediation more successful than voluntary: Boston Fed
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Treasury moves to help more military qualify for HAFA
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RBS, Credit Suisse probed over bad mortgage loans
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Now Available: Homeowner’s Insurance You Needed in 2006
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Foreclosure Prevention Effort Ending With Roughly $500 Million Unspent
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Debts push homebuilder Paul Estridge into bankruptcy
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Quail Run developer goes bankrupt
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Mastro case: bankrupt developer's son won't have to pay personally
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Nevada foreclosure fraud law takes effect Oct. 1
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CoreLogic sees $7 billion in mortgage fraud
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Banking:
BofA to Add Monthly Fee to Some Debit Users
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With debit card fee, Bank of America reaches deeper into customers' pockets
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A fee to use your debit card is just the beginning
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What to do about Bank of America?
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Did big banks leave TARP too soon?
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U.S. missed chance to hike bank capital: report
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Why Do Banks “Need” to be “Too Big to Fail”?
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When In Doubt, Threaten The Bank
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Politics:
Rick Perry To Bernanke: Stop Printing Money
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Gov. Rick Perry greeted by illegal immigration protestors in Charlotte
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Republican favorite vows to oust Fed's Bernanke
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Bachmann: Obama Weak, Started Arab Spring
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House GOP seeks to cut job training, heating aid
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Obama's former campaign funders on Wall Street turn against him
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2012 Election May Cost $6 Billion
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Warren quits US Senate race
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Axelrod Endorsement of Warren Upsets Mass. Democrats
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Celebs:
Bernsen Distances Himself from Courtroom Drama
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Tom Martino bankruptcy: Rant about wife Holly's ex-husband missing from KHOW archive
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The Trouble Shooter May Lose His Castle
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Hulk Hogan Claims He Lost 'Hundreds Of Millions'
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7 Celebrities: From Riches to Homeless
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Solar:
Chu the Fall Guy for Solyndra?
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FBI Said to Be Probing Solyndra for Possible Account Fraud
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Solyndra gave bright forecasts as it ran out of cash
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US Knew Solyndra Violating Loan Before New Deal, Official Says
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One Market Report Could Hold Clues to Solyndra's Demise
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Matt Drudge and the next fake solar scandal
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The Solyndra - Walmart Connection
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A post-Solyndra snapshot of solar in America
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Stirling Energy Systems, Dish-Engine Solar Maker Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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Solyndra bankruptcy is aberration, solar power executives say
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The Reality of China's Billions in Solar Loans
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Aviation:
Airlines should get gov't loans, committee says
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Compensation:
Outsize Severance Continues for Executives Despite Failed Tenures
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Recently Fired HP CEO Departs With More Than $13M
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Meg Whitman's starting salary as HP CEO? $1 per year
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Trucking:
Agreement reached between Arrow Trucking executive, estate
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Education:
California Culinary Arts Faces Harrowing Suit
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Debt Collection:
Credit Card Collectors on the Front Lines of Consumer Litigation
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Debtors to Get More Protection from Collection Under New Regulator
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Weather:
9 More Years of Texas Drought Possible
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Finance:
Corporate Bond Issuance Plunges on ‘Armageddon’ Scenarios
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Museums:
The National Slavery Museum: Shackled again
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An Ailing Asian Art Museum Embraces Pop Culture
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Theater:
The financial crisis on stage: You couldn’t make it up
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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:
(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:
The Bankruptcy Files: Copper, DVDs, and Digital Security
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Innkeepers, Madoff, Blockbuster, A&P, Perkins
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Madoff, Lehman, Dodgers, Seahawk, Palm Harbor
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Rochelle on Solyndra Sale, Garrison Keillor, Liz Warren
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Rochelle on Madoff Clawback Decision, Split Judges
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Restructuring industry evolves, looks to Europe
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Venue:
Bill would challenge Del.'s monopoly on bankruptcies
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Stars, Dodgers Make Delaware Home Court for Sport Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:
Anna Nicole Smith Makes her Mark on Heller Bankruptcy Case
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Committees:
Washington Mutual Decision Reinforces Applicability of Insider Trading Laws to Participation in Bankruptcy Negotiations
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Sales:
A Lion(el) of Bankruptcy Jurisprudence
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Valuation:
DCF Analysis: A "Commercially Reasonable Determinant" of Value for Liquidation of Mortgage Loans in Repo Transaction
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Fraud:
Rye Portfolio Seeks to Move Madoff Suit, Cites Mets Case
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Lawyer challenges Irving Picard's claim that judge's decision delays Bernie Madoff victim payouts
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Madoff Trustee Says Mets Ruling Won’t Be as Bad as First Thought
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Madoff Trustee Doubles Loss Estimate From Rakoff Mets Ruling
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Madoff -Mets ruling doesn't apply to Scott Rothstein case
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Sino-Forest manna for lawyers
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U.S. seeks to make Rajaratnam's health public
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Corporate Reform:
You Can't Do Dodd-Frank On A Shoestring, SEC Warns Congress
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SEC acknowledges challenges in credit-rating probes
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Watchdog: Regulators Bowed to Banks on Bailout
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Republican gridlock holds consumers hostage
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Municipalities:
California Shifts Thousands of Criminals to Jails to Cut Costs
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North Dakota Taxable Sales Up 32%
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Central Falls taxpayers share concerns
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UK:
Trade body slams 'draconian' Euro insolvency plans
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HSBC given priority in fight for assets of Al Gosaibi business family
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U.K. Consumer Confidence Increases as Economic Optimism Improves
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Insolvency rates drop to five-month low
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RBS takes over Jarvis Hotels
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Appointment of Administrators - 29 September 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 29 September 2011
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EU:
Sub debt in firing range as recap talks heat up
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Germany's Green Light For Bigger EFSF Gives Market Short-Lived Tonic
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Schaeuble Cites Contagion Risk as German States Vote on EFSF
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Merkel enjoys triumph in bailout vote, but how long will it last?
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EU Debt Crisis: Seven Things You Need to Know
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Germany's OK Of Bailout Means Europe Can Continue To 'Muddle Through'
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Berlin greets rescue vote with relief and realism
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Even if Europe Averts Crisis, Growth May Lag for Years
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Europe set for worst quarter since 2008
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PIIGS:
In Greece, Bailout Talks Resume
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Thinking About Sovereign Bankruptcy
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Debt swap needed to cauterize Greece
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Just Because Greek Politicians Promised Reform Doesn't Mean Greek People Will Do It
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Greek tax-dodgers revolt against the inevitable
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Greek official: Ability to pay new taxes exhausted
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Government Divided On Public-Sector Job Cuts
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Greeks protest despite bailout
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Athens faces catch-up on deficit
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Caught in the Labyrinth of Greece's Debt Restructuring
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Greece May Have to Slash Up to 200,000 Public-Sector Jobs
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Greek bureaucrats slow to embrace job cuts
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Ireland Weighs Payback for Averting Bank Defaults
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Germany:
German Retail Sales Decline More Than Forecast
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German Economy Continues to be a Stunner
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New Zealand:
Fitch downgrades New Zealand on high external debt
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China:
Chinese Stocks Crushed on Report of DOJ Probe
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Runaway debt collection
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Australia:
Mass dentist bankruptcies feared in $20m rorts probe
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PwC intervention could derail Centro merger plans
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Denmark:
FIH Cuts Loans to Real Estate, May Trigger Bankruptcies, JP Says
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Danish Liquidity Aid Can't Halt Failures, Wind-Up Unit Says
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New Zealand:
Serepisos blames vendetta for bankruptcy proceedings
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Japan:
Tepco Faces 'Zombie' Future as Fukushima Damage Claims Mount
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