September 8, 2011

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Law:

It's the Cause, Stupid
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The future of the law firm website
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Supervising Partners and Teaching Partners
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Alexander Gallo Holdings Files for Bankruptcy in New York
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Alexander Gallo Holdings, LLC Bankruptcy – 30 Largest Unsecured Creditors
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2011 Summers Worked Hard, And Have the Job Offers to Show For It
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Moving On Up: Foley Hoag
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The Patron Saint of Food Trucks
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How To Cite To A Blog??
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Is a Client Sending You Email on a Work Computer? Duty to Warn Could Apply, ABA Opinion Says
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If Secret Email Surfaces, ABA Opinion Says Opponent Alert Isn’t a Must—But Local Rules May Differ
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New ABA Ethics Opinion Gives Guidance on Changing Legal Fee Arrangements During Representation
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Accused by AG of Misleading Clients, Lawyer Fires Back with Federal Civil Rights Suit
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Clemens Defense Violated Rules on Juror Contact After Mistrial
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Madoff, EMI, Barclays, News Corp., Omnicare, Primary Global in Court News
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How Can Law Students Win the War Against Their Lockers?
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Incubators give birth to flocks of solo practitioners
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How would students grade their law schools?
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Plenty of Ph.Ds at elite law schools
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Law School Transparency: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it"
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Fixing Law School
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Pressure mounts to help graduates manage debt
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Survey Reveals Profile of Unhappy Worker: She’s Unmarried, 42, and a Lawyer or Doctor
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Lawyer’s Affliction—Misophonia—Is Little Known
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"59 printed pages of e-mails and text messages, including two marriage proposals from Matthew and his promise to love her for eternity"
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Socialite Beata Boman to be cleared of scarf theft charges if she behaves for 18 months
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Family Can Sue Over Unprovoked Dog Shooting By Police
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No Trial for Cops Who Maced, Beat Diabetic
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5 Favorite Lawyer Videos on YouTube
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A Million in Cash in the Basement: Lawyer Admits Tax Evasion
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Dispatch from Amelia Island: Inside the Dickie Scruggs Scandal
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Ten Things You Should Not Post In Online Communities
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Law License Plates: Welcome to the Dating Game
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Judges:

Lawyer Lashes Out at Court In Motion To Withdraw
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How Rich Are The Supreme Court Justices?
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Another Heartwarming Story Involving Judge Alex Kozinski
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Controversial, Outspoken Judge Leaves Bench for BigLaw Partnership
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Pistol-Packing Judge Booted From Bench Over Drug Use, Bizarre Behavior
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Ten "Best" Jobs Include Law Professor and Judge
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Wall Street:

Wall Street seen opening higher
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Euro, global stocks down before ECB rate decision
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Dow closes up 2.5%
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Beige Book Confirms Economy Has Low-Grade Fever, Stocks Cheer
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Goldman’s Pay Hurts Shareholders: Lawyer
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Layoffs:

Another Link Between Politics and Jobs
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Mr. President, we need jobs
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Job ads hit three-year high in July
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Applebees Franchisee Will Tackle Unemployment Rate One Location At A Time
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:

Saab Automobile's Déjà Vu Moment
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Saab CEO, eternal optimist, seeks a savior
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If Enthusiasm and Optimism Paid Dividends, Saab Would be Thriving
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Bankruptcy protection is Saab's last hope
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Saab seeks debt defense
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Wheelies : The Gimme Shelter Edition
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Saab GB reassures market following Swedish creditor
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GM CEO, UAW chief meet; contract talks intensify
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Sources: UAW, Ford, Chrysler far apart in talks
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Celebs:

Donald Trump Loses Lawsuit Appeal
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Lenny Dykstra Pleads Not Guilty to IE
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Fraud:

HSBC $62.5 Million Madoff Feeder-Fund Settlement Rejected by U.S. Judge
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Madoff Trustee Asks Court to Strike Request for Rehearing
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Judge’s Madoff ruling seen as setback for Mets owner Fred Wilpon
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New York Life, Insurers Fault Madoff Trustee’s Treatment in Tremont Deal
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US Charges 91 in $295 Million Health-Care Fraud Crackdown
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McKenna: Trustee's fraud claims are retaliatory
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Goldman Sachs Countersues Producer Joel Silver Claiming Fraud
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Rothstein mystery grows: Judge bars videotaping
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Creditors' Committee Appointed in ShengdaTech Bankruptcy
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Aviation:

American Asks Pilots to Defer Vacations Amid Staffing Concern
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Hedge Funds:

Paulson's Fund Said to Lose 34% This Year
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PE:

NewPage, Cerberus-Owned Papermaker, Files for Bankruptcy
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Hollywood:

David Bergstein Wins in Court As Judge Refuses to Give Control of Film Companies to Trustee
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Kerner Optical Sees End of Days
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Music:

Former execs force AirPlay Direct into bankruptcy court
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Guy Hands launches fresh legal action over Citigroup's seizure of EMI
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Hands grasping at straws -- and EMI
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Consumer Finance:

Minnesota Attorney General Sues 5 Internet Payday Lenders for Automatically Extending Loans
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Payday Loans Are Dead! Long Live Payday Loans!
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Resorts:

Paying The Bills - Committee Uncertain How Peek n' Peak Sale Proceeds To Be Divided
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Weather:

Freddie Mac offers mortgage relief to borrowers hurt by Hurricane Irene
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Law School Wades Into Flood Relief Efforts
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Bastrop wildfire impacts legal community
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Economy:

The Obama Presidency by the Numbers
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President Obama Set to Deliver Major Economic Address
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Fed Says Economy Grew at Slower Pace in Some Regions Amid Limited Spending
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Fed's Williams: Stalling Out, High Unemployment Is Economy's Main Threat
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Evans Calls for Further Fed Stimulus to Reduce U.S. Unemployment ...
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US Economy Is Basically 'Still In Recession': Fed's Evans
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"New normal" means a lot more pain to come: Fed economist
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Fed's Lacker: Central Bank's Most Crucial Role Is Price Stability
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Bernanke gets another shot to lay out QE3 options
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Panetta Is Likely to Meet With Deficit-Cutting Committee
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Sen. Portman: Supercommittee Is in ‘Right Frame Of Mind’
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What Should the Deficit Committee Do?
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Not More of the Same
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U.S. Chamber Says Tax Holiday Would Expand Economy 4 Percent
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Rising Labor Costs 'Very Bad News for Profits'
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Asian Central Banks Hold Rates as Global Turmoil Damps Outlook
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OECD Makes It Official: Growth Has Ground To A Halt, And Central Banks Need To Flood The World With Money
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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:

GE Disputes U.S. Suit Over Mortgage Bonds
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U.S. Should Put Banks' Health Ahead of Litigation Claims, Miller Says
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Suing Banks Is Next Best to Letting Them Fail
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FHFA Clarifies Lawsuits, Pins MBS Losses On Sellers
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Mortgage cases target people, not just banks
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The trend continues: U.S. Bank files another suit as MBS trustee
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BofA 'Herding Lions' to Push Through $8.5B Mortgage Deal
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FHFA Lawsuits : Price Tag Could Reach as High as $60 Billion
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Private-label RMBS players support MERS and stronger guarantees
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Fla. Appeals Court Reverses Ruling Against Homeowners in Foreclosure Case, Due to Bad Affidavit
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Ruling in Wellington case could further complicate Florida foreclosures
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Florida Appellate Decision May Be a Major Obstacle to Foreclosure
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Please pass the grease
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Less than 40% of CMBS make balloon payment
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U.S. Homebuilders' Improving Markets Index
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Mortgage Applications Drop as Refinancing Retreats
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Doughnut Shops Gobble Up Space
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Innkeepers USA Asks Bankruptcy Court To Level Millions in Damages over Cancelled Deal
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Coastal developer files for bankruptcy
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William Blair, Hilco Slicing Up Giordano's Sites
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The Fall And Rise Of The Housing Market - Part Two
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Moody's Sounds Alarm On FHA, VA Losses; Downgrades $1.8B Of RMBS
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MGIC Leads Mortgage Insurer Rally as Sales Climb After Competitors Falter
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Politics:

Fact checking the GOP debate
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When fractured politics kills economic solutions
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GOP debate features first appearance for Perry
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Bernanke gets hammered in Republican debate
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Perry, Romney clash over Social Security
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Perry on the National Stage: Powerful but Unpolished
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Rick Perry shows star quality
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Romney, Perry Spar Over Jobs At GOP Debate
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The Myth of Conservative Purity
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Elizabeth Warren closes in on Scott Brown ‎
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Brown campaign consultant registers a 'Queen Elizabeth Warren website
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Elizabeth Warren's moment
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Lehman:

Lehman , Barclays Spar Over Bonuses
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Lehman Bonuses Were Estimate in Barclays Sale, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Says
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Lehman appeals to district court on Barclays sale
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Banking:

The Latest on Colonial Bancorp
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Soft Cash Landing for BofA’s ‘You’re Fired’ Duo
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When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro :)
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Moynihan Tries to Keep BofA Intact
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Bank of America may cut as many as 600 branches
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New Worries Over Broker Pay at Bank of America
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Bank of America: Goodbye Buffett Premium, Hello Krawcheck Defenestration Premium
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Krawcheck's Exit Leaves Regulator in the Lurch
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Why Sallie Krawcheck had to leave BofA
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How Brian Moynihan Forced Sallie Krawcheck Out Of Merrill
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Sallie Krawcheck's Amazing Life & Career
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Women on Wall Street: Small group at the top gets smaller
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Countrywide Execs Gave Bank Of America The Worst Insult Ever
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Waiting for a New Blueprint From Bank of America
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Paper:

Cerberus-Owned Paper Maker Files For Bankruptcy, Saves Some Money On Taxes
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S&P cuts NewPage ratings after bankruptcy filing
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NewPage employees hope for positive result
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USW Prepares to Assist Members at NewPage
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Bankruptcy battle could leave Newpage overlevered
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Communities react to NewPage Chapter 11 protection filing
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Mill lost $50M in past year: affidavit
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Despite bankruptcy filing, town and mill say it's 'business as usual'
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Dexter to NewPage: Maintain the mill
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NewPage Corporation – 30 Largest Unsecured Creditors
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Building Materials:

Jeld-Wen denies bankruptcy threat
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Municipalities:

Harrisburg may avoid default; Pa. looks at control
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Texas adds more jobs, home sales increase in July
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More SID's Filing For Bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Amazon Reportedly Cuts Deal on Calif. Sales Taxes
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Media:

Is John Paton the Savior Newspapers Have Been Looking For?
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Energy:

Dynegy Bondholder Losses Deepen as Debt Exchange Looms
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Tax:

The Taxman Cometh – Fifth Circuit Upholds Personal Liability for Unpaid Excise Taxes
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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, LA Dodgers, Lehman, Borders, PJ Finance: Bankruptcy
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Madoff, Raser, Doral, Garlock, Sbarro, Barzel
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The Bankruptcy Files: Paper Cuts, a Saab Story, a Solar Power Outage, and Not-So-Sunny Hawaii
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Rochelle on Solar Bankruptcies and Credit Quality
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Insurance:

Insured Entity's Purported Derivative Claim against Former Officers Triggers Insured vs. Insured Exclusion
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court Reappoints St. Louis Attorney David A. Lander of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman to National Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules
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Insiders:

Exec of Bankrupt Entity Can't Keep $200K Deal
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Consultants:

Borders bankruptcy trustee gives credit to AlixPartners, says don't pay adviser Jefferies & Co.
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Sales:

Appeals Courts Split on Creditors' Right to Bid in Auction Sales
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Fifth Circuit Upholds Expense Reimbursement for Non-Stalking Horse Bidders: Now That’s A Horse of a Different Color…
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Shipping:

Europe-U.S. Tanker Glut Expands
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Health Care:

At least $10 million added to Quincy Medical Center deal
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Bankruptcy judge considers sale of struggling Hoboken hospital
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Solar:

Solar Company Failure Shows Less Federal Aid Works Better
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2 More Solar Companies Get U.S. Loan Backing
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Solyndra may have 2 bidders
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Solyndra CFO won't say if solar maker to stay in U.S.
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Will Solyndra's potential buyers keep it in the U.S.?
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How did Solyndra get a sweetheart interest rate?
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Solyndra officials made numerous trips to the White House, logs show
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Argonaut Ventures to Get Paid Before U.S., Other Details from Solyndra’s Bankruptcy Filing
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Corporate Reform:

Cordray Bows and Scrapes at Senate Banking Committee Hearing
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Former AG Tapped for CFPB Learns You Only Get Once Chance to Make a Bad First Impression
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Cordray Wins Praise, but Stalemate Persists
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Cordray: Litigation Can Be 'Needlessly Acrimonious'
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U.S. Consumer Bureau Seeks Input on Military Financial Products
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Business Regulations Provide Key Context for Obama's Jobs Speech
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Warranties:

US Fidelis' unsecured creditors seek to toss out Mepco's $57 million claim
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Food/Beverage:

Sbarro, creditors agree on auction plan
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UK:

When Jamie Dimon Berated the U.K.’s Treasury Chief
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U.K. Economic Growth Slowed in Quarter Ended August
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Pawnbrokers Thrive as Rising Gold Price Entices Hard-Up Britons
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Winding Up Petitions - 7 September 2011
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EU:

Jean-Claude Trichet's Speech More Important Than Obama's Speech
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Merkel Says EU Must Be Bound Closer Together
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German court checks Merkel's power in eurozone crisis
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European markets rise as German court clears Greek bailout
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Germany's constitutional court misses the last chance to save Europe from itself
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Merkel Says Strict Terms on Aid for Debtor Nations Needed to Calm Turmoil
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Europeans have a right to feel cheated
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European banks exposed to sovereign debt
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EU Is Said to Delay Bank Bondholder Writedown Plan Amid Market Turbulence
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A reality check on European unity
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Farkas Says Bank Liquidity Cause for Concern
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U.S. Treasury Urges European Crisis Action as G-7 Set to Meet
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PIIGS:

German FinMin-Greece must fulfil conditions to be in euro zone
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Fear of Greece Leaving Euro Lingers Over Markets
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Schaeuble says situation in Greece is "serious"
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Schauble austerity rant may make things worse
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Insistence on austerity will only heighten crisis
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Greek taxis, doctors, dentists on strike
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Borg: time to 'pressure' Italy and Greece
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Greece cannot take next aid for granted
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Italy Senate approves austerity package
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Consumer Groups May Sue S&P, Moody's Should They Cut Italy
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EFSF: Rescue program is doomed
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Defining a vision after the Karlsruhe verdict
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"Das Geht Nicht”, Germany Told Greece And Italy
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IMF to Cut Irish Growth Forecasts
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ie: No Incentive To Repay Nama Debts, Says Grehan
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Portugal says third of hospitals insolvent
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Canada:

OPTI Canada Confirms Noteholder Approval of Master Plan and Announces Court Sanction Order
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Ontario court OKs Blockbuster Canada closure
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Average Total Debt For Canadians Shows Stability
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Iceland:

Iceland Search for Political Guilt Faces Hurdles in Crisis Trial
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Asia:

Fitch warns of downgrades for China, Japan
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MENA:

Nakheel delays AED1bn sukuk on inaccurate bank details
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India:

Cough up dues or face liquidation, HC tells Wockhardt
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