Law:

Legal fees cut by $26M in Citigroup case; judge nixes $550 hourly charge for lawyer paid $15 --- The Opinion
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Lawyers in Detroit bankruptcy may face scrutiny on fees
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Jones Day: Mandatory Retirement For Big Hitters Creates Opportunity For Others
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DLA stretches global rankings lead as mergers reshape legal hierarchy
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All is well for BigLaw? Not if you talk to clients and really crunch the numbers
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Wanted: Document Review Attorneys
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Are we producing more or fewer JDs? Arkansas law prof's answer is sleight of time.
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Summer Associate Fun In Flyover Country
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Family-Friendliness? Oui. Promotions? Non!
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The Associates Survey: Where Satisfaction Lives
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UK top 50 push combined revenues past £13bn as PEP growth falters
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Dechert Looks to Hollywood for Marketing Edge
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Lawyer Who Beat Chevron in $18B Case Faces Trial of His Own
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Blank Rome, Jackson Lewis, K&L Gates: Business of Law
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Teenager Pads Résumé With Extracurricular Bar Admission
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The Economic Value of a Law Degree: Correcting Misconceptions
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Law school financing system in need of ‘serious re-engineering,’ task force says
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Trouble in Paradise? Bar Exam Day Two Mishap
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Group Offers to Certify Law Schools' Honesty for a Fee
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'Last Days of Big Law' Article Sparks Discussion
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Major US Bank Offers Online Legal Services in Business Hub
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Senior partner says it’s ‘not my job 2 care about justice’ and that he couldn’t ‘give a flying f… about anybody else’
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Indiana Lawyer Is Disbarred for Tell-All Book That Dished Private Info About Former Client
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Diaries Of Chained Kidnap Victims Detail Horrible Abuses At Hands Of Cleveland Monster --- Remorseless Cleveland Kidnapper Tries To Justify Monstrous Crimes, Sentenced To Life Without Parole --- Ariel Castro gets life plus 1,000 years, says ‘I am not a monster,’ cites ‘harmony’ among captives
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XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' --- How NSA's XKeyscore Program Works --- Snowden has won temporary asylum, his lawyer says --- Furious White House Blasts Russia Over Edward Snowden: 'Mr. Snowden Is Not A Whistleblower' --- Terrorism Task Force Agents Show Up At Journalist's Home Over Google Searches About 'Pressure Cookers' And 'Backpacks' --- Bradley Manning Thinks He Knows Best: The Hubris of a Leaker --- Obama Says He's Open To Surveillance Changes In Order To Restore Citizens' Trust --- Laws Are Not Enough -- Stop telling us what the NSA canýt do to us legally. Show us real barriers to abuse
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Here's A Leaked Letter Aaron Hernandez Wrote In Prison
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Two Lost Women Are Rescued On Hike Only To Die After Driving Off Pier
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'Pastafarian' seeking religious freedom wins court order allowing him to wear colander on his head for ID photo
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Law Firm May Stay in Case Despite Hiring Expert Who Had Talked With Opposing Party
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ABA letter warns of ‘marked imbalance’ caused by sequestration cuts to public defender offices
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Former Federal Prosecutor Violated Ethics Rule
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Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Renounces US Citizenship And Denounces Democracy
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Fourteen nonlawyers and general counsel who changed the nature of large firms
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American tourist killed after refusing to sing 'Hotel California'
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Man Wearing Body Armor And Carrying A Loaded Gun Arrested At Michigan Movie Theater
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Former Exec Gets 30 Days In Jail And 3 Years Probation For Stealing LEGOs
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Lawyer suspended for violating no-s**-with-client rule; he admits s** was case fee
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Barrister Hotties
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Liberal Arts College President Creates Furor After Calling Minority Students 'Dark Ones'
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Man Protesting Court Decision Over Car Wreck Repays $150,000 With Four Tons Of Quarters
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Say What?!
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Judges:

New Bankruptcy Judge Appointed for District of Nevada
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Ex-Marine Admits He's 'An Idiot' For Plotting To Decapitate A Judge And Prosecutor
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After 20 years on the Supreme Court, Ginsburg rates herself the hardest-working justice
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Supreme Court Retirement Watch: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Supreme Court to decide whether CEOs can impose their religious beliefs on their workers
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Inmate pleads guilty in courthouse bomb threat, says he did it on a dare
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Accomplice in Plot to Slay Judge, AUSA Gets 24 Years
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Judges May Ethically Tweet
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Wall Street:

US stock futures pin hopes to July jobs report
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Goldman: 3 Reasons Jobs Report Will Be Strong
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Stocks close at record highs
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A Fallen Wall Street Programmer Tells His Side
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Layoffs:

Here's What's Actually Going On In The Labor Market
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Art:

MoLAA Event to Focus on Detroit's 'Creditor Art'
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Bankrupt Detroit's Art Hangs In The Balance --- Protecting Detroit's Artwork Is a Job for Detroit --- Beginning of the End for Detroit Art Museum?
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Detroit art museum warns auction could be death knell
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Detroit Institute of Arts vows to fight any move to sell collection 'with all legal means at our disposal'
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Oil/Gas:

Shell Signals Trouble In 'Saudi America'
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Electricity:

Edison Mission Creditors Seek Standing to Sue Parent Company
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Danskammer sale to ICS dead
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Will another Illinois coal plant bite the dust?
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Religion:

Federal Judge Rules Catholic Church Law Trumps Civil Law, Denying Sex Abuse Victims Compensation --- Judge: Using cemetery funds to pay for bankruptcy violates religious rights
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Televangelist Schuller out of hospital after fall
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Economy:

Manufacturing in US Accelerates More Than Forecast
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Global Manufacturing Growth Accelerates In July --- Global Economic Tides Turning
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Obama picks restructuring expert to take over IRS
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Construction Spending in US Unexpectedly Declined in June
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US Jobless claims plunge to lowest in nearly six years --- Don't Get Too Excited About Today's Awesome Jobless Claims Report
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Is America on the Decline?
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The Real Change In The Cost Of A Big Mac If McDonald's Workers Were Paid ...
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21.6 million (1 out of 3) millennials lived with their parents in 2012
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US mortgage bonds rise as Fed stays quiet on paring purchases --- US Mortgage Rates Climb for First Time in Three Weeks
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California Mayor Attacks ‘Greed’ With Eminent Domain Bid
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Average 30-year mortgage rate jumps to 4.4%
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After the Banks, FDIC Pursues Appraisers
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ResCap Settles Class Action Suit With 'High Cost' Borrowers --- ResCap bankruptcy costing Ally Financial
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Citigroup agrees to $590 million mortgage bond settlement
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Five-year-old TOUSA homebuilder bankruptcy gets exit plan
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Texas home prices reach all-time high
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The Most Expensive Homes In Finance
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Retailing:

Citi downgrades JC Penney stock to 'sell' --- J.C. Penney Denies Report of Credit Problems; Shares Up
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Municipalities:

More Bankruptcies Won't Solve Cities' Crises
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Worst July Since 2003 Seen Paving Way for a Muni Rebound
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A crack in the armor of the special revenue bond
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This Could Shake Muni Bonds to the Core
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Who or what is to blame for Detroit's bankruptcy? 15 theories on the city's decline --- Are unions to blame for the demise of Detroit into bankruptcy ?
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Michigan’s Schuette on Both Sides of Detroit’s Bankruptcy
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US bankruptcy court to shed light on Detroit case timeline
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Detroit bankruptcy hearing to examine eligibility
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Detroit bankruptcy hearing, funeral for icon set
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Retiree representation at issue in Detroit bankruptcy hearing
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Michigan's Genesee County Postpones $54 Million Bond Offer
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Levin, Stabenow expected to speak against bill blocking Detroit bailout
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Poll: Majority oppose bailing out Detroit
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Sen. David Vitter tries unsuccessfully to pass bill barring bailouts for Detroit, other bankrupt communities
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Detroit bailout would reward bad decisions
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Thoughts From Across the Atlantic » Detroit and the Federal Government: Can the U.S. Learn from Europe’s Mistakes?
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Detroit May Be Bankrupt, But at Least It Has Whole Foods
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The 'Detroit Three' Automakers All Miss Sales Expectations
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Small manufacturers bet on Detroit brand despite bankruptcy
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Even when jobs return, Detroit's workers fall short on skills
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Dissolution Of Detroit Is A National Teaching Moment
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Motown's Bankruptcy Blues
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Was Mitt Romney right about Detroit and Russia?
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Motown blues
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San Bernardino city leaders still sparring a year after declaring bankruptcy
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Newark, New Jersey Is The Least Friendly City In The World
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Bankruptcy : 'Pension tsunami'
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Furniture:

Final hearing on Linwood bankruptcy case set for Aug. 21
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Credit Debit Cards:

The Real Victims Of New Debit Swipe Fee Rules? Consumers, Not Banks
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Fraud:

SEC prevails as jury finds Goldman's Tourre liable for fraud --- Tourre's Junior Staff Defense Seen Leading to Trial Loss --- Inside the Jury Room at Tourre Trial --- The Real Star of Fabulous Fab's Trial
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Feds: Long Island resort funded by $96 million Ponzi scheme
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Central NY local gets $10.8M in Madoff settlement
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Fraud verdict reversed for former Miss Montana
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PR:

In a Corporate Crisis, There's a Need for Speed
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Aviation:

AMR says creditors approve reorganization plan --- 'Overwhelming acceptance' --- AMR Nears Bankruptcy Exit
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AMR Plan Elicits Objections From Bondholders, Airports
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Avantair creditors file involuntary bankruptcy petition
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Bankruptcy judge pushes Avantair for answers
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Education:

Bankruptcy judge gives Morris Brown two more weeks to come up with a plan
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Tax:

“Sovereign citizens” president sentenced to 18 years for tax crimes
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Environmental:

Uncertainly over Kodak environmental fund stalling economic council work
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Debt Collection:

Pentagroup Financial Services closes Houston office, affecting 123 jobs
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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 (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (17 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

WI: Bankruptcy filings drop 11%
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NM: Big decline in bankruptcy filings, U.S. Bankruptcy Court says
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Bill on Bankruptcy: Detroit Could Mean Little for Creditors
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Plan Confirmation:

Cramdown and Valuation Issues for Secured Creditors
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Trustees:

'You Hate My Job' radio series features bankruptcy trustee
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Cross-Border:

Obtaining Ch. 15 Provisional Relief Just Got Harder
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:

Bankruptcy Watchdog Attacks Orchard Supply Executive Bonuses
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Deadlines:

Better Never Than Late: The Limitations of Bankruptcy Rule 8002(a)’s “Relate Forward” Provision
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Privilege:

The Privilege Is All Mine: What Happens To A Corporation's Attorney-Client Privilege In Bankruptcy?
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Litigation:

Both sides in Calif. trial use same expert
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Metals:

Ohio regulator rejects Ormet's expedited request for cheap power
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Ormet Plight An Emergency
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Entertainment:

Exposed Woman Protests Girls Gone Wild’s Deal With Wynn
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Alternative Energy:

Nevada firm wants to buy Pocatello's Hoku plant
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Mass Torts:

Closed testimony continues at Garlock trial
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Autos:

Yankee Air Museum gets more time to find money to buy piece of Willow Run bomber plant
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Health Care:

New Rochelle's Largest Employer Terminates ALL of its 2,000 Employees
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Sound Shore Medical Center may get decision on sale
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Brooklyn representatives urge reprieve for closing hospital --- Bed-Stuy rally to save Interfaith hospital
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9 Primary Reasons Why Hospitals File for Bankruptcy
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Rural/Metro: What will bankruptcy mean for workers? --- Bankruptcy looms over ambulance services
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Coal:

Patriot Coal seeks to change loan agreement to avoid default
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WV House members introduce bill protecting Patriot employee benefits
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Student Debt:

Bipartisan Deal to Reduce Deficit on Backs of Student Borrowers
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Celebs:

Judge approves $25K settlement for Casey Anthony life-story rights
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Judge rules against former NFL player Treadwell
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"Real Housewives of New Jersey" Star Pays Out to Creditors
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Teresa Guidice’s ‘RHONJ’ Co-stars Could Be Called To Testify Against ‘Real Fraudwife’
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UK:

Hearts CVA could leave creditors empty handed
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IPs instructed about debt management firm
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Personal insolvencies down 10% in H1 2013 --- Insolvency levels 'continue to fall' --- UK Insolvencies, Company Liquidations Rise In Second Quarter --- Insolvencies on the rise again
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UK Construction Index Blows The Doors Off
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Law firms who hacked may be named
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Kaupthing pension trustees win £2m court battle
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PPF hires new insolvency risk provider
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DWF and RPC shine as two thirds of top 50 see PEP fall over five years --- Mergers fuel growth in domestic market as national firms outpace top 50 rivals
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EU:

ECB holds rates, confirms no move for 'extended period'
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Don't Get Worked Up About Jobless Fall
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PIIGS:

Reforming Greece's state sector - new face takes on old problem
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Italy's top court orders prison term for Berlusconi --- Berlusconi Tax-Fraud Conviction Threatens Italian Government
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France:

Oetinger's French unit follows parent into administration
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MENA:

US Closing All Embassies In Middle East On Sunday Over Possible Threat From Al Qaeda
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