Law:
Former BigLaw Partner Explains Why Many Young Lawyers Hate Their Jobs
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Jobs Crisis at Law Schools Worse Than Thought
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What's Wrong With the Law—And How Lawyers Can Fix It
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Ethics Experts: No Conflict in Jones Day's Detroit Role
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Bingham, Dentons, Freshfields, Jones Day: Business of Law
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As many law firms boost pay of top performers, Shearman reportedly takes a different tack
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A Biglaw Firm Plays With Its Partner Pay Scale
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Shearman & Sterling: All eyes on its new compensation model
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Should You Take a Document Review Job?
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Work/Life Balance: Would you go to work as a deep-sea welder and then complain that you don't get home enough?
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More lawyers charge $1,150 an hour, but ‘sticker price’ discounts hit collection rates --- Seeking Biglaw Billables: $1,150/Hour OBO! --- Ready for the $1,000+ an Hour Partner?
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OC bankruptcy law firm is sold
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Milbank Tweed scoops leading financial regulatory lawyer in New York
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Which Top Law School Has the Highest Percentage of Underemployed Graduates?
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3L Gunner Schools Classmates in Interviewing
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Harvard asks: Are law school faculties too liberal?
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The Decision: NYU Law v. UVA Law at Half-Price Tuition?
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A federal judge takes on 'copyright trolls'
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How to Set Rules and Rein In Emotional Clients
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Why is this lawyer’s driver’s license so popular?
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Ethics opinion gives go-ahead to novelty license plate with law firm name
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Stealth Lawyer: Tara Conklin, Novelist, ‘The House Girl’
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Autistic man left toothless after Indianapolis dentist pulls ALL his teeth instead of just three in bizarre dental mix-up
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Special Place In Hell
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A prominent GOP supporter of assault weapons ban, background checks - George W. Bush
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It is technically more legal to s---- a walrus than to get gay married
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North Carolina Lawmaker Equates Muslim Prayer With Terrorism
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Crazy D.C. Lawsuit Potpourri: A Discrimination Case Against Georgetown Law, and a Sidwell Friends S-- Scandal
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Hot For Neighbor: Hilary Holiday
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Lamborghini Cop Car
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Fake Rockefeller found guilty of first-degree murder in real trial
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Man who paid hospital workers for patient info to sell medical and legal services gets 4 years
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Judges:
Ex-judge gets 6 months for lying to cover up prescription drug conspiracy
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Thomas: Anti-poverty programs have failed and we should ‘fess up’ to problems
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Clarence Thomas To Resign From Supreme Court?
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Who Is Sri Srinivasan, Obama's "Supreme Court Nominee in Waiting"?
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Hearing Turns Political for D.C. Circuit Nominee
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Senate Republicans Show Scant Opposition to Court Nominee
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U.S. Supreme Court should allow cameras
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“Here, I’ve got your G*d-d*mn*d ring.”
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Wall Street:
US stock futures extend gains
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Stocks Explode To Record
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:
College Graduates Are Stealing Low-Skill Jobs From Low-Skilled Workers
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Class of 2013 faces grim job prospects
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Firms firing less, but not hiring more
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Summer hiring is expected to rise sharply
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Americans Are Quitting Their Jobs At The Highest Rate In 5 Years
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US Workers are at a Breaking Point
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The incredible shrinking labor force, in one chart
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The 37 Percent Mystery: Where Did All the Workers Go?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:
7th Circuit OKs $25K student - loan discharge for 'destitute' paralegal
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Student loan rates rise, the government profits --- Should the Gov't Make $34Bn on Student Loans?
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Obama Proposes Market-Based Interest Rates for Student Loans
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Med School Cost Loads Debt Even on Bernanke Son
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Municipalities:
"To me, filing bankruptcy is an admission that democracy can't solve these problems"
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San Bernardino says it hopes to resume paying Calpers
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Budget coming soon, San Bernardino says in bankruptcy court
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Stockton bankruptcy : roll back pension 'spiking'?
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Deis blasts ratings agency
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Blame all around in Stockton
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FL: Pension crisis could lead to municipal bankruptcy
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Farrell: No easy answers in Act 47 plan
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Challenge to emergency manager law dismissed by appeals court --- Ingham judge blasts both sides in lawsuits around emergency manager law
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Detroit City Council examines contract between city and EM Kevyn Orr's old law firm --- Scrutinizing hiring of EM's old firm --- Detroit's needs will come first, top lawyer says of city's hiring of Kevyn Orr's former law firm
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Muskegon Heights schools emergency manager, charter company detail steps to address 'academic tragedy'
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Municipal bankruptcy has a silver lining
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Aviation:
Two investment firms interested in Frontier Airlines
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How to Speed Through the Airport Like a Celebrity
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Secrets of Armavia's bankruptcy revealed --- Expert: State is to blame for Armavia's bankruptcy
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Banking:
Indiana Bank Corp. files for bankruptcy reorganization
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Agriculture:
Corn Boom Goes Bust as Sales in Record Drop
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Labor:
Vermont Employer uses Behavioral Economics to Turn Debt into Wealth
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Health Care:
Judge places 'dysfunctional' RoxComp into receivership
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Pennsylvania Officials Release Consultant Reports on Highmark-West Penn Deal --- Highmark Revenues Surpass $15B
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Jury awards record $524M in Hep C case; lawyer calls verdict a wake-up call to health insurers
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Rate of employer-based health insurance keeps dropping
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Boomers Push Doctor-Assisted Dying in End-of-Life Revolt
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Economy:
Federal Reserve goofs and releases minutes early --- 'Easy money' policies divide Federal Reserve --- Pisani: Why Is Fed Sending Minutes to Lobbyists? --- These 12 Banks Got the Fed Minutes a Day Early
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Plosser Calls for Reducing QE Pace Citing Gains in Labor Market
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AARP Blasts Obama's 'Historic' Proposal To Cut Social Security --- Obama's New Budget Is Actually Giving Republicans Exactly What They Asked For In December --- Imaginary Grownups --- Obama's budget includes a "greatest hits list" of ideas to raise revenue, including a Buffett tax --- Obama to Pitch Buffett Tax, Killing Corporate Tax Breaks --- Budget Meant to Draw G.O.P to the Table --- Conservative Group Slams GOP Congressman For Attacking Obama On Social Security --- Obama Seeks Middle Turf With Budget --- Tax the Rich, Spare the Poor, Remember the Young --- President Obama's Entire Budget In One Chart --- Elizabeth Warren criticizes President Barack Obama's Social Security proposal --- Obama Budget Targets Millionaires, Cuts --- 12 things you may have missed in the budget --- How the Obama budget stacks up against Paul Ryan’s --- The $4.6 trillion difference between the White House and House Republicans’ budget --- Obama budget gives CFPB, Treasury financial lifelines --- Dive deep into the budget --- The 12 million losers in Obama’s new budget --- Winners and losers in the White House budget --- How Barack Obama Plans To Cut Social Security Spending By $130 Billion --- Chart: Chained CPI Versus Standard CPI Since 2000
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Why 'Chained CPI' Rattles the Elderly (and Soon to Be)
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America's Class War Has Begun
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Sequester Cuts to Hurt Economy: NBC/WSJ Poll
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Why Corporate Tax Reform is Going Nowhere
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The Average CEO Earns More In An Hour Than The Average Employee Earns In A Month
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Study: Firms Susceptible to Takeovers
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WTO Global Trade Growth Forecast for 2013 Lowered to 3.3 Percent
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Sequester: The US Air Force As You Know It No Longer Exists
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America Today: 3 Million Overlords And 300 Million Serfs
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Underground City of Homeless People Discovered In Kansas City
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Debunking the Idea that Americans are Overtaxed
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Taylor Morrison Deal Suggests Hot Housing Demand
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In New Jersey, spared by Sandy but paying the price in taxes
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Housing Inventory Picked Up in March
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Mortgage Delinquencies decline in February
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Foreclosures returning to pre-housing bust levels --- Florida Leads Nation --- Properties Entering The Foreclosure Process Spiked 200% In New York
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Manhattan Apartment Rents Near Peak as Gains Accelerate
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Why Housing Affordability is Still at Risk
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Cheap Mortgages Are Hiding the Truth About Home Prices
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Table of Short Sales and Foreclosures for Selected Cities in March
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FHA may need bailout after all
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States Fight Back Against MERS Mortgage Fraud
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President's 2014 budget grants $47.6 billion to housing programs
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More delinquent loans cured in February: LPS
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Judge limits Assured Guaranty claims against JPMorgan
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Va. AG sues mortgage modification companies
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Sacramento: Conventional Sales over 62% of Housing Market in March, Highest percentage in Years
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Median sale price of homes in Washington, D.C., hits record high
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Stuyvesant Town Accord With Tenants Wins Court Approval
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House stalkers finding ways to buy homes that aren't for sale
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Autos:
GM renews commitment to loss-making European brand Opel
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Accounting:
Herbalife auditor seeks to contain damage to KPMG --- Trading Case Embroils KPMG
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KPMG Lawyer: London Understood Violations
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FBI Found KPMG Auditor via Golf Buddy, His Lawyer Says --- Sting target
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Fired KPMG Partner Threw Away His 29-Year Career For Some Cash, Fancy Dinners, And A Rolex
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Accounting Class-Action Filings Decline, but Settlement Amounts Grow
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Retailing:
Can JC Penney pick itself up?
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JCPenney CEO's Severance Package Includes 34,000 Pea Coats :)
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Lessons From J.C. Penney: Don't Mess With Coupons
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J.C. Penney's Shoppers Are Older and Poorer Than You Thought
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Ackman Breaks JCP Silence: 'We're Not Going Anywhere'
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Delayed tax refunds hurt Family Dollar
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How Goldman's dollar-store bet reaped a fortune
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Hollywood:
Inverness Settlement Paves Way for Film Sale
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Fraud:
SEC Not Liable for Missing Bernie Madoff Scheme: Court --- Circuit Pounds Last Nail In Madoff Plaintiffs' Coffin --- Circuit blasts SEC for ‘regrettable inaction’ in massive Madoff fraud, but nixes victim suit
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Slow recovery for Madoff ponzi scheme victims
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Bernie Madoff's son blames stress, shame for cancer relapse
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Stanford Victim Penny-a-Dollar Payment Plan Goes to Judge
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Kim Rothstein Pool: How Many Prison Years For Ponzi Schemer’s Wife?
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What Roger Stone paid to settle Rothstein lawsuit
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Receiver in Nadel Ponzi scheme loses case against Wells Fargo --- Judge allows Nadel receiver's Wells Fargo lawsuit to proceed
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Full Tilt Poker founder 'strikes deal with US prosecutors because he's awaiting heart transplant'
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Accupay owner faces angry clients at bankruptcy hearing
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Attorney suspended six months for role in N.Y. bribery scandal
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Integrity Financial Consulting accused of running ' Ponzi-like' scheme
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Debt Collection:
A Debt Collector Came After Me for $8.97
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Corporate Governance:
Shareholders attack sue-in-Delaware bylaws
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A Walk Down Memory Lane: CEO Flameouts
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Alternative Energy:
House panel to hold hearing on financially troubled Fisker
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Coal:
Hearing on Patriot Coal trustee won’t be delayed; court sides with noteholders
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Corporate Reform:
Recession Crimes: Let the Punishment Fit
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Education:
Fired Prez Doubted Chain College's Numbers
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Here's Where Most of the Money Goes When Private Colleges Hike Tuition
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Mass Torts:
Maryland AG won’t discuss Angelos’ asbestos idea
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BP loses bid to block 'fictitious' oil spill claims
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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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 new filings today)
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
What's Wrong With the Chapter 14 Proposal
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Bankruptcy Fees:
Bankruptcy Dollar Amount and Form Changes that May Affect You
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Examiners:
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report a Bargain at $83M
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Sales:
New York Bankruptcy Court Adopts Expansive View of Section 363 Free and Clear Assets Sales
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Exit Finance:
Highland Suit Against UBS Securities Dismissed by Court
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SIPA:
Narrow Interpretation of "Customer" Under SIPA Is Affirmed by the Second Circuit
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Property Of The Estate:
Bonus Payments Received Post-Petition From Employer Are Not Property of Estate
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Sales:
Successor Liability Applies to Claims Under the Fair Labor Standards Act According to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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Recent Pleadings:
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Litigation:
Why Litigation Financing Needs To Be More Transparent
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TBTF:
Legislators Reintroduce Bill To Break Up XXL-Sized Banks
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CROs:
Champion Industries hires chief restructuring officer
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Entertainment:
‘Girls Gone Wild’ Ruled in Need of Trustee to Run Company
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Bankruptcy clouds 'Girls Gone Wild' collection path
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Resorts:
Paulson Executives Sued by Five Mile Over Resorts Bankruptcy
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Tech:
OCZ: Bankruptcy Within 6 Months?
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Mail:
Post Office Delays End of Saturday Mail
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Video Games:
RI lawmakers weigh 38 Studios debt default
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Gambling:
Lawyers Get in on Revel Casino Bankruptcy Action
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Tax:
IRS whistleblower program slammed by tax informants' attorneys
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European Countries Move to Toughen Stance on Tax Evasion
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Tax dodgers will have a tougher time in Luxembourg
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Yes, the IRS Can Read Your Emails if It Wants
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Tech:
Worst PC sales drop in history
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Sovereigns:
The Fate of Argentina's Debt Restructuring is Getting Closer
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UK:
Thatcher Dogma Paved Way to Financial Crisis
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Hilco plans to relaunch HMV in Ireland
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Creditors to bear brunt of Bezier failure
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2e2 collapsed owing lenders £250m
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Fifth of accountants increased debt
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UK agrees tax information exchange
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Police burst open gates to Craig Whyte's castle in raid on ex-Rangers owner's home
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EU:
Schemes of Arrangement as Restructuring Tools
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Explosive Report Shows That Cypriots Are Five Times Richer Than Germans --- Why Cyprus must leave the euro
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Soros: Germany headed for self-made recession
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Report: Cyprus Will Sell €400 Million Of Gold Reserves To Bail Out Its Banks --- Cyprus bailout swells to $30 billion, with brunt of financial burden put on the island nation
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Eircom restructuring shows way for telco industry
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PIIGS:
Spain's Industrial Output Continues Collapse
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The Greek Unemployment Nightmare Is Still Getting Worse --- 27.2 pct
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Germany:
Long Winter's Grip Cokes German Economy
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China:
Fitch Warns on China's Debt
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Latvia:
Insolvency cases up 10% in Q1
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MENA:
Abu Dhabi conglomerate's CFO resigns amid debt talks - sources
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