Law:
Perk Watch: Deterring Dependents
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Am Law 100, the Early Numbers
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And Now We Have Staff Cuts in the Legal Services Market
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Is Baker & McKenzie Closing in San Diego?
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Top trial lawyer departs Dechert for Weil, Gotshal
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Crowell Loses Financial Services, International Arbitration Practice Leaders
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Willkie Farr and Dorsey become latest US firms to post steady 2011 revenues
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Perkins Coie Surges to Double-Digit Gains in Revenue, Profits
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Facebook IPO Documents Show GC in Top 5 Earners
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Roger Aaron, deal lawyer at Skadden, dies at 69 --- Another M&A Behemoth Passes
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DC Is the Place to Be for Law Firms
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Sanctions Sought for Law Firm Accused of Using Inadvertently Produced Info to Solicit New Clients
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In-House: Setting Performance Objectives
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The Use and Value of Social Media by Lawyers
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A General Counsel's View on the 2012 Davos World Economic Forum
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An In-House View of Diversity in the Legal Profession
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Time To Pay More For The Same Education: It’s Tuition Hike Season
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Law School Transparency: Trap schools --- The kind of thing that gives anti-intellectualism a good name
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Federal Court Appoints Lawyer to Sue Employer Who Allegedly Fired Woman on Jury Duty
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January Lawyer of the Month: The Queen of Mean
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"Brazen Scam" Results In Disbarment
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Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, Apple, Transocean, Avon in Court News
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Man Arrested For Stealing Up To $25,000 In Laundry Detergent
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Student Arrested For Frying Roommate’s Pet Hamster
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Police Caught A Fugitive Drug Dealer After He Posted Photos On Facebook Of Himself At London Hotspots
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Police pay visit to man who shot daughter's laptop over Facebook post
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Seduction in the Office
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Fugitive Caught Posing With Obama Waxwork
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Pennies raise the ante in road rage incident
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Pilgrimage to the Job God
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Bankruptcy chief judge stresses cooperation
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Judge in Gulf oil spill trial can handle the numbingly complex trial ahead, colleagues say
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Thousands of People Rally for Famous Spanish Judge After He Is Banned from the Bench
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Judge Resigns After Being Filmed Sleeping During Critical Hearing
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How to Destroy Your Career As a Court Employee
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Judge busted for quashing own traffic tickets
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Supreme Court justice, wife robbed in Caribbean --- Masked Man with Machete In Caribbean Vacation Home
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CM/ECF To Public: Brother, You Must Now Spare a Dime.
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Former Prosecutor and Current Judge Faces Court of Inquiry Over Alleged Misconduct Leading To Innocent Man Spending 25 Years In Jail
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures edge lower
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World Stocks Sag After Europe Credit Downgrade
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U.S. stocks soar on Greek austerity plan; Dow up 0.56%
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Stocks gain following Greece OKs debt demands
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Goldman's Senior Dealmakers Continue To Head For The Exits
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For Startup Generation, Wall Street Loses Its Luster
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Layoffs:
Unemployment 8.3% Or 11% Or 15.1%?
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Underemployment 21% or Higher in Five States in 2011
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Pentagon May Oust Troops Involuntarily to Meet Reductions in Obama Plan
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The government can create jobs -- it's just often not very good at it
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If You're Looking For A Job, The IRS Might Owe You Money
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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MF Global:
MF Global trustee says at least $1.6B missing
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CME Fund to Protect Cattlemen is a Start
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Criminal probe trail going cold at MF Global
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KPMG paying some UK clients of MF Global
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Aviation:
American Airlines wants to reject leases on nine more MD-80s
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American Airlines vows to bounce back from bankruptcy
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India's Troubled Airline Sector Running Out of Options
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European airfare war
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Why Flying First Class Might Not Be Worth It Anymore
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Travelers to be billed $32b for TSA patdowns, new air traffic fees
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Golf:
Notice of Bankruptcy Sale of 45-Hole Golf Course, Clubhouse and Golf Dome (419 Acres)in Frankfort, Illinois
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Spanish Trail Country Club headed for court auction
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Telecoms:
Nortel's patent papers spark battle in US bankruptcy court
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Debt: Next Big Economic Shock
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Student Loans Land Parents in Financial Hot Water
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Autos:
As bankruptcy unfolds, Saab dealers regroup
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Romney op-ed: Taxpayers should get GM shares' proceeds
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Health Care:
Ex-workers balk at SynCare bankruptcy
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Hospitals: N.Y. Times Finds Aggressive Debt Collection Despite Charity Care Rules
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Electricity:
LSP Energy powers on Chapter 11
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Goldman Sachs’s J. Aron Threatens to Cancel LSP Contract, Lawyer Says
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IP:
Nortel patent deal creates battle with UK pension watchdog
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Management:
Meg Whitman Makes HP Execs Give Up Cushy Offices To Work In Cubicles
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Oil/Gas:
Chesapeake Eyes $12 Billion in Asset Sales Amid Cash Squeeze --- Desperate Measures For Desperate Times
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Ex-Ohio State Trooper Pleads Guilty To Wire, Bankruptcy Fraud
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Economy:
Budget: Washington looks to cut spending by $1tn over 10 years --- Obama unveils budget with call for "fair" economy --- 'Responsibility Fee' For Financial Firms --- Obama Budget Would Cut $40 Billion in Fossil-Fuel Credits --- How Obama Plans To Create New Jobs With His Budget --- An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's budget --- Obama proposes $800 million in aid for Arab Spring --- Fails to tackle entitlements --- GOP Critics Hit Obama's $3.8 Trillion Budget
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Obama seeks big dividend tax hike for wealthy --- Romney tax plan would favor the rich
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Privately, Obama sees recovery 1-2 years off
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House GOP Ends Opposition To Extending Payroll-Tax Cut
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Manufacturing Up, but Is It a Renaissance?
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Hawaii, Alaska, D.C. Lead in Gov't Jobs
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US Homeless Still Resort to Tent Cities
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Americans Still View China As World's Leading Economic Power
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Disturbing charts on income inequality from a recent Senate hearing
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The Fed held a secret auction of AIG's crisis-era securities and only let 2 banks bid
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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:
The Bank Settlement Solved Little
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Missing Settlement Document Raises Doubts on $25B Deal
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$25B bank mortgage settlement is a stinking mess
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N.Y. AG says he plans to keep investigating mortgage industry
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Dividing the Mortgage Settlement Dollars
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Mortgage deal to provide U.S. FHA with $1 bln in cash
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Mortgage servicing settlement leaves bond investors in the dark
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401Ks and pensions are the victims in the $25B mortgage settlement, PIMCO says
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Military members may get six-figure payday for wrongful foreclosures
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Mortgage Deal Saves Housing Agency From Bailout
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Lawsuit: Chase And Wells Fargo Overcharged Homeowners As Much As 300% On Mortgage Fees
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Wells Fargo Directors Must Face Claims Over Foreclosure Probe, Judge Says
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Current Mortgage Rates for Monday, February 13, 2012
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Home remodeling expands in December
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Details emerge on Rep. McKeon's Countrywide loan
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Appeals Court Sides with Bank of America in Single Asset Property Fight
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Developer, Attorneys Fight Long Distance
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Chapter 11 for 3 signature St. Paul buildings
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CFPB seeks input on proposed monthly mortgage statements
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CFPB sees 10 million borrowers at-risk of credit default
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This Boy Raised Enough Money To Save His Grandma From Foreclosure
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The Most Overpriced Housing Markets In The Developed World
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Tax:
Obama Proposes Higher Dividend Taxes in Focus on Wealthiest
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CalPERS CIO: Carried interest tax 'indefensible' --- Obama budget targets carried interest
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Detained Swiss banker's fate up in the air
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Corporate Reform:
US Volcker Rule to Increase Financial System Risk, Critics Say
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Volcker defends Volcker --- Volcker Rule Faces Harsh Critics as Effective Date Nears --- Strong Pushback From Wall St --- Wall Street raises legal questions
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Paul Volcker: Here Are 5 Ways To Know Prop Trading When You See It
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Obama proposes large budgets boosts for SEC, CFTC
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SEC, ex-Bear Stearns managers settle civil case --- Ex-Bear Stearns Managers Cioffi, Tannin to Pay $1.05 Million in SEC Suit
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Regulations Create Jobs Too
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Celebs:
Judge Scrubs T-Boz's Bankruptcy
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Compensation:
Grassley Asks Holder to Probe Enforcement of Exec Pay in Bankruptcy
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Food/Beverages:
Bankruptcy court approves $129M sale of Real Mex
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Teamsters Authorize Hostess Strike Pending Court Action
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Television:
Netflix: Major Recapitalization Or Bankruptcy In 2013
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Banking:
Break Up the Banks? Here's an Alternative
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Big US banks face downgrade
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Why Bank Stocks Are Impossible To Analyze or Value
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Autos:
GM Profits, But Taxpayers Are Still on Hook --- How Much Will The Feds Lose On Auto Loans? Not As Much As Feared
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Alternative Energy:
Report: Non-Solyndra Energy Loans Could Cost $3B
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Can Fisker keep its promise?
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First Solar-to-Vestas Wind Profit Crash Deters Search for New CEOs
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Derivatives:
US bankruptcy lawsuit re-opens "flip clause" debate
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Distributors:
TSC Global, LLC, and Certain Affiliates File for Chapter 11 to Implement Restructuring
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos brings down the 'Swiss Bill Gates' --- Asbestos billionaire gets jail --- 100 million euros in damages for plaintiffs
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Incentives to settle spill case loom large
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Accounting:
Which Auditors Have the Most Public Company Clients?
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Photography:
Kodak seeks to keep details of debtor-in-financing deal sealed
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Lehman:
Lehman Trustee, Barclays Continue Fight Over 'Margin' Money
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Book Review:
The Odd Clauses
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Furniture:
KLN might have found buyer
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Rise Seen In Private-Label Bankcard Charge-Off Rates
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Religion:
His Eminence in Denial
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Opera:
San Antonio Opera headed for bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion 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
(large downloads)
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:
Hostess, Stanford, Dynegy, Lear, PBS, AES, NEC
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Rochelle on Wilpon-Madoff, Lehman Flip Clause, Hostess
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Discharge:
State court fraud damages aren't dischargeable, 6th Circuit rules
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Cross-Border:
Chapter 15 Does Not Permit Relief Manifestly Contrary to U.S. Public Policy
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Safe Harbors:
Section 546(e): “Safe Harbor” Held Inapplicable to Small Private LBOs
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Claim Priority:
Severance Compensation is “Earned” on Termination for Section 507(a)(4)Priority
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Fraud:
Stanford Aide Describes 'Perfect Storm' Surrounding Bank Run --- Says Stanford 'screaming' about bank run before seizure --- Stanford's frantic efforts to spin firm's condition --- Obama, other politicians decline to return Stanford money --- Stanford lawyers finally get their turn in spotlight
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Madoff Trustee Seeks to Pursue $386 Million Mets Owners Suit
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House Votes to Tighten Insider-Trading Ban for Congress Members --- As Congress examines members' trading, an echo from a bygone era
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Life in the Fast Lane (Tired, 70s Version).
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SEC drops Lonza-Arch insider trading case, for now
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DOJ pitches budget that focuses on financial fraud
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Hedge Funds:
A secretive hedge fund legend prepares to surface
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Politics:
Brown-Warren PAC-curbing pledge inspiring similar deal in Montana
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Poll: Brown, Warren Running Neck And Neck In Senate Race
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Ethics Issues Tarnishing Congress' Image
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Wall Street is on pace to break campaign contribution records to defeat Obama
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Romney's budget cuts are so severe that he'll have trouble explaining how they're possible
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Municipalities:
Providence on the brink: Mayor to deliver State of the city address
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Taveras hammers retirees, tax-exempts in grim State of the City --- Declares Providence 'in peril'
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Scranton Strains for Rebound Following Pennsylvania Court Ruling --- Mayor Says Scranton Lacks Funds to Meet Court Order
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JeffCo dodges debt downgrade
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Where Americans depend most on government benefits
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Why bankruptcy is worse for Michigan cities than emergency managers
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Media:
Judge’s Turn To Hate On News Of The World
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News Corp financial results show hacking legal bill nearing $200m
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UK:
Moody's rating agency places UK on negative outlook --- Threatens to downgrade --- Does it matter if the UK loses its AAA rating?
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Portsmouth Seeks Bankruptcy Protection Again, Official Says
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Glasgow Rangers to seek bankruptcy --- Rangers head towards administration --- Rangers Q&A: what 'notice of intention' means --- HMRC want Rangers administration now
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EU:
Europe Job Losses Accelerate
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Fierce Winter Devastates Parts of Europe
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Soros Slams Merkel; Warns of 'Great Depression'
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German Investor Confidence at 10-Month High
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European Industrial Output Drops 1.1%, Led by German Slump
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Moody's Cuts France, UK, Austria Outlooks to Negative
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Moody's Warning Reality Check For Europe --- Austria Dismisses Moody's Negative Outlook
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ECB's Greek profit can ease debt burden: Coeure --- $158 Billion Free Lunch to Boost EU Bank Profits
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Citi's Buiter: A Bunch Of Good Reasons Not To Be Too Confident About The European Banking Sector
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German finmin: Europe better braced for any Greek bankruptcy
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PIIGS:
The Way Greeks Live Now
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The Latest Greek Deal Is Already Unraveling
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Greece's police union has threatened to arrest EU and IMF officials over austerity "blackmail"
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Despite riots, Greece pushes ahead with austerity --- Photos, Video Of Greek Austerity Riots
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Germans Do Not Trust Greece
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Greek cabinet reshuffle expected
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Greek concerns will resurface soon --- The Biggest Obstacle To Greece's Bailout Is Still Ahead
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Q&A factbox: Why Greek bankruptcy could be bliss
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How Everything Changed When Greece Joined The Euro
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Greece calls for elections after debt riots
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Greece rushes to meet lender demands
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Luxembourg warns Greece on bailout
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Greece faces tough job to seal rescue
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Chaos in Greece is not just a Greek problem
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Investors dump March Greek CDS contract
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Greek output sinks 7 percent in last 2011 quarter --- Shrank Greater-Than-Forecast
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Parmalat founder in serious condition in hospital
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Italians Are Selling Their Ferraris To Avoid Tax Scrutiny
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Fearful Irish Bankers Will Sidestep Armageddon, Shatter Says
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Italy, Spain Ratings Cut by Moody's as France's Top Rank at Risk --- Spanish, Portuguese Bonds Drop After Moody's Cuts Europe Ratings
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Ex-Anglo chief to face trial in US at start of 2013
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Canada:
Avoiding Indalex : Canadian Pension Law and Insolvency Law Collide Again
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New Priorities? The Ontario Superior Court Applies Indalex and Reaches a Different Result
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MENA:
Bob Chapman on the Dubai Default Feb 2012
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Japan:
Tepco Bailout Fund Starts Steps to Raise Up to 2 Trillion Yen
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