Law:
Legal Sector Bounces Back by Adding 2,800 Jobs in July
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Amid the Debate, J.D.'s True Value Gets Lost
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How To Use The JD/MBA Degree In Business And Entrepreneurship
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Young Lawyers At These Corporate Law Firms Don't Hate Their Lives
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Detroit Bankruptcy Lawyers Break a Glass Ceiling
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Hiring Supreme Court Clerks: The $500,000 Gamble
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The Windy City's Litigation Rainmakers
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The Midwest Report: Surveying the Heartland
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Billable Hour Insults Value of Lawyers
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The Best Law Firms for Diversity (2014)
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Diversity efforts fail to pay off at top end of profession
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Quinn Emanuel opens its third German office with Munich launch
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Scarlet Letter: Does acting like a woman, e.g. wanting children, label females losers in legal sector?
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Review: iAnnotate -- sophisticated PDF tool for the iPad
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ABA Finally States The Problem: Now, Will They Do Anything About It? --- The ABA Task Force Working Paper (WP) on "the Future of Legal Education": the Key Recommendations
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Minuti named co-chair for Delaware Bar's Bankruptcy Law Section
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Madison attorney sentenced for bankruptcy fraud
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Law Student: Airline made me strip out of my shorts at the check-in desk because staff thought they were too revealing
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Fired IT worker sues Zimmerman prosecutor
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Grand jury probing contractor that vetted Snowden --- Edward Snowden Walked Right Into A Bizarre Alliance Between Wikileaks And Russia --- What Real Reform of the NSA Looks Like --- Sen. Obama warned about Patriot Act abuses. President Obama proved him right. --- DEA Agents Are Told To Cover Up Spying Program Used Against Americans
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Former Clients Sue Firm, Lawyer, for Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Failing To File Bankruptcy Motion
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2nd Hernandez letter from jail revealed
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Masked Student Filmmakers Shooting Robbery Scene: 8 Cops Respond, Nearly Open Fire
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Muslim woman taking bar exam endures miscommunication about her headwear
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How To End The Bar Exam In Style
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Driver License Suspension: Debt Bondage for Modern Times?
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Woman plunges to death from swanky high-rise after balcony gives way
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Man crushed to death by trash compactor while searching for cell phone
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Woman Attacked By 2 'Bizarre' Raccoons In Central Park
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Man arrested for DUI after driving burning truck 15 miles with no tires
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Sheriff's Deputy Accused of Pepper Spraying Teen's Pizza
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Former Soldier Turned NFL Cheerleader Caught On Tape In Alleged Drunken Rage, Beating Boyfriend
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Cleveland Police Disciplining 75 Cops After An Unarmed Couple Was Shot At 137 Times
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Armed State Agents Raided A No-Kill Shelter To Execute A Baby Deer
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Report: FBI Allowed Informants to Commit Over 5,600 Crimes -- In One Year
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Woman, 85, arrested for selling drugs from her home
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Supreme Court Says California Has To Release 10,000 Inmates --- Scalia: 'Terrible Things' Will Happen When 10,000 Inmates Are Unleashed
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Clarence Thomas’ Wife Sparks Effort To Impose Tougher Supreme Court Ethics
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Two lawyers from same firm tapped for federal appeals court
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D.C. Circuit Underworked, Say Anonymous Letters Possibly From Federal Judges
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Judge Suspended For Actions After Recusal
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Judge's Tips to Exotic Dancer Land Him in Ethics Trouble
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TX: Judge Wins Stay on Contempt Hearing but Jailed for Perjury
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Wall Street:
Stock Futures Pause Ahead of Fed Speeches
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:
Economy added a disappointing 162000 jobs in July
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Jobs Report Shows Vicious Cycle
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New jobs disproportionately low-pay or part-time
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Congress applies brakes to labor market
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Goldman: Sequester Hitting Private Jobs More
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Feds give laid-off Boeing workers a big helping hand
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Social Media:
Here's The Real Reason Syncapse Went Bankrupt
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Religion:
Archdiocese creditors seek order to review whether judge has conflict
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Archbishop Listecki: Dolan was not trying to 'cover the wool over people's eyes'
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Health Care:
Montefiore Approved To Acquire Assets Of Sound Shore Health
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Warburg’s Rural/Metro Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Sioux Falls devises backup plans as Rural/Metro falls behind --- Mayor Richards: Ambulance service won't suffer --- Erie County prepared if Rural/Metro files for bankruptcy --- Fla. Cities Eye Financially Troubled Ambulance Company
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Art:
Detroit: 'We don't need Monet, we need money'
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Detroit's Bankruptcy May Force Sale of Diego Rivera Murals
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Photography:
Key traits wanted for Kodak's next CEO
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Why not give Antonio Perez more bags of money?
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Mass Torts:
Garlock testimony switches to financial liability
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Billion-dollar asbestos fight underway in Charlotte court
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Video Games:
Bankrupt Gamemaker Index Said to Draw Interest From Sega
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Economy:
Of 953,000 Jobs Created In 2013, 77%, Or 731,000 Are Part-Time
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U.S. Cuts Take Increasing Toll on Job Growth
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Wages Fell in July as Hiring Slowed in Uneven U.S. Job Market
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What the Nation Got for $800 Billion
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Fed's Bullard says Detroit bankruptcy a 'tragedy'
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Inside The Government Shutdown Strategy That Could Rip Apart The GOP
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Industrial Production Remains Well Below Pre-Recession Peak
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Bond Losses at Federal Reserve Top $192 Billion
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A Rising Share of Young Adults Live in Their Parents' Home --- Men are the ones still living with their parents --- For millennials, leaving the nest is hard to do
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Camden Tent City - Tent Cities Pop Up Across NJ
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Newark: Eminent domain may find new use to salvage urban homes --- Richmond California's Bold Plan to Prevent Foreclosures With Eminent Domain
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Housing mini bubble begins to deflate
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Broward firm ordered to pay $8.1 million for software patent violations, files bankruptcy
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Tousa's Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Confirmed By Fla. Judge
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Freddie Mac Balks at ResCap Settlement With FGIC
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The Roots of Detroit's Foreclosure Crisis
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Freddie Mac Balks at ResCap Settlement With FGIC
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Municipalities:
Kevyn Orr: How Detroit Can Rise Again
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The Comments Detroit's Emergency Manager Will Wish To Take Back --- 'Dumb, Lazy, Happy And Rich' Comment By Orr Causes Stir
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Hearing ends without date for Detroit bankruptcy eligibility trial --- Detroit Proposes Bankruptcy Plan By Dec. 31 --- Detroit proposes moving up bankruptcy fix-it plan --- Detroit bankruptcy case comes into focus with second hearing --- Detroit's fast-track bankruptcy --- Blog recap: Follow along at Detroit's second bankruptcy hearing
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Judge in bankruptcy case: I don't run Detroit --- Judge Steven Rhodes explains his limited role in Detroit case
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Detroit tells bankruptcy judge talks with creditors face hurdles --- Detroit bankruptcy judge urges consensual resolution rather than 'cramdown'
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Motown's one-man show
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Little to Gain from Motor City's Bankruptcy
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Morningstar Is Disputing A Key Number In Detroit's Bankruptcy Filing
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Detroit Prompts Governors’ Call for More Local Finance Oversight
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Detroit’s Devotion to the Car Paved Way for Its Undoing
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DOJ again balks at proposed $19.9 mln severance for AMR's Horton
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Detroit's rot started from the inside
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Did One Man's Greed Drive Detroit Into Bankruptcy ?
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Robert B. Reich: Income gap is what's tearing cities like Detroit apart
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Panel to Represent Detroit's Retired City Workers --- Detroit retirees win seat at table in bankruptcy filing --- Judge Approves Panel as Ex-Workers Picket
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City retirees speak out on impact of pension cuts
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Detroit Ruined Things for Nearby Muni Issuer --- Tougher Times for More Muni Sales
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On Vultures and Red Wings: Billionaire Gets New Sports Arena in Bankrupt Detroit
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Poll: Majority Of Democrats, Minorities, And Middle-Income Voters Want A Federal Bailout For Detroit
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Navigating municipal bonds after Detroit
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Detroit Is a Tale of Two Cities for Businesses
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In bankrupt Detroit, 16 vie for mayor
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Rush Limbaugh Attacks Detroit, But He Should Really Get His Facts Straight
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Detroit's $18 Billion Debt: What That Money Could Buy
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Navigating municipal bonds after Detroit
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San Bernardino: Union agrees to salary, benefit cuts
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Ask not what Stockton can do for you
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Birmingham Water Works challenge to county bankruptcy exit plan expected to be costly
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Alabama Selling First Debt Since County’s Bankruptcy
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With bankruptcy plan under attack, Jefferson County returns to court
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Light-Rail to Nowhere: Honolulu, Hawaii's Train Boondoggle
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Chicago gives investors another reason to rethink municipal bonds
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Reassuring clients during municipal meltdowns
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IN: Senator to push for municipal bankruptcy law
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OR: Could Detroit happen here?
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Rochester's Rise Amid Kodak's Demise
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Will Detroit's bankruptcy affect your hometown?
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Central Falls, RI Pension Restructuring under Chapter 9 Bankruptcy: A national story
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Detroit's Bankruptcy Marks The Tip Of The Iceberg
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The 10 most oil-rich States
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Corporate Governance:
Director Resignation: Monty Python Meets Corporate Governance
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Coal:
House bill to help retired miners
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Shipping:
China’s State Council Urges Credit Support for Shipbuilders
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Tax:
Leader of sovereign citizens group gets 18-year sentence for tax crimes
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Food/Beverage:
Chapter 11 offers options for Northern Beef Packers
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Shrinking Quiznos Seeks to Restructure Debt Again
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The Absolute Strangest Food You Can Find In New York City
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It Smells Like Burning Garbage And Body Odor
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50 Foods We Avoid That Are Actually Good For Us
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Gas Stations:
Gas Growth for Graham
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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 (Temporarily Unavailable)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (Temporarily Unavailable)
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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 Statistics:
Consumers taking on less debt, filing fewer bankruptcies
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New bankruptcy filings in Western New York continue to decline
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HI: Bankruptcy filings fall statewide but rise in some spots
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
US Trustee Objects to AMR Chief's $20 Million Severance, Again
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Avoidance Actions:
Foreclosure Sale As a Preference: “Strong Arm” Powers Strike Again
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Committees:
Detroit retirees win seat at table in bankruptcy filing
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Jurisdiction:
Whither the Bankruptcy Courts? Will They Wither? Supreme Court Again to Consider Constitutional Limits on Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction
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Safe Harbors:
Safe Harbor Update: Continued Uncertainty Regarding Applicability of Safe Harbors to Leveraged Buy-Outs of Privately Held Securities
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Corporate Reform:
The Rule of Law in the Financial System
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Judge Dismisses Constitutional Challenge to CFPB
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Forget 'Fabulous Fab': Here's Why Wall Street's Biggest Fish Always Slip Away
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Jurors Don’t Have ‘Fabulous’ Things To Say About Fabrice --- Jurors Focused on Greed
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Goldman Won't Try To Recoup Tourre's Legal Fees
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SEC Gets ‘Shot in the Arm’ With Victory in Tourre Case
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Why Lawyers For 'Fabulous Fab' Didn't Call A Single Witness In His Huge Fraud Case
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Alternative Energy:
Offer to buy ID plant raises hopes, draws scrutiny --- Hoku offer from company where ex-CEO pled guilty
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Aviation:
DOJ again balks at proposed $19.9 mln severance for AMR's Horton
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AMR shareholders sign off on U.S. Airways merger
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Metals:
AEP earns $338M while Ormet struggles --- Decision on Ormet power deal to cause loss of jobs
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Starts to halve aluminum operations --- Closer to Leaving Primary Aluminum Production Entirely
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Celebs:
Judge rules against former Denver Broncos player David Treadwell
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The Broke and the Beautiful: DMX Enters Bankruptcy Protection
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Fraud:
Judge Rejects Sanctions Request Against TD Bank In Rothstein Case
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Hiring of Fired Trader Offers a Glimpse Into SAC's Practices
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Pensions:
What America can learn from Detroit's pension blues
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Pandemic of pension woes is plaguing the nation
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Non-Profits:
Plainfield YWCA files for bankruptcy protection
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge Funds Sitting on $1 Trillion in Debt
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Sovereigns:
Hedge funds paint Argentina as ally of Iranian 'devil'
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UK:
Insolvency figures rise slightly in second quarter --- Number of UK insolvencies rise 10% in second quarter
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Rise in administrations means recovery out of reach for UK companies
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Linklaters comment on 2013 2nd quarter UK insolvency statistics
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Latest insolvency figures support signs of improved economy
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Corporate insolvency numbers rise in Scotland
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Creditors extend payment terms as failures decrease
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130-year-old club Coventry put into liquidation
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EU:
Europe's 'downgrade diary' flags up new market pressures
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The Eurozone Is Growing Again
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PIIGS:
ie: Relief for brides as bankrupt hotel gets nod to stay open ---- Protection of employee pension benefits in insolvency
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Canada:
Sea of red ink
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Germany:
Gehrlicher Solar files for protection under German bankruptcy laws
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China:
Chinese local govts unlikely to see Detroit-like bankruptcy : think-tank
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