Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: Cahill Gordon Tops Market With ‘Special’ Bonuses
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Kaye Scholer ups ante, will pay bonuses of $10K to $80K in its two-tier plan --- Kaye Scholer Rewards Big Billers With Extra Cash
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP Achieves Landmark Trial Victory for Tronox Litigation Trust
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In-House: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions for the Year-End
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A New Paradigm For Attorney Time Management
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Growing Pains: The Necessity of Fear
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When Lawyers Instigate Their Clients
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Business of Law
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Art, Life, and A Big Law Lesson From The Good Wife
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Curious beasts: Lawyer 2B looks at the myths and reality of American firms in London
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Big Firm Tie-Ups Abroad Keep 2013 Merger Mania Alive
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A&O unveils business-focused course for incoming lawyers
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Contract Attorney Wins Battle. . . Status of War Unclear
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‘I Consider Law School A Waste Of My Life And An Extraordinary Waste Of Money'
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Alan Dershowitz Says Goodbye to Teaching Law (But Not to The Spotlight)
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The 1980s were great years if you were law firm associates, but - if you were clients, not so much
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The Most Important Legal Stories of 2013 --- The Seven Top Legal Stories of 2014
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First law degrees to be awarded from Texas A&M University School of Law
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Plaintiff Backed by Litigation Funders Ordered to Pony Up Millions More
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Survey Shows Fax Is Far From Dead
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Does Your Social Media Policy 'Read Like the Patriot Act'
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The Best Scanners for Lawyers
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The Skadden Associate Who Crawls Through Barbed Wire
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Turley: Obama's "Become The Very Danger The Constitution Was Designed To Avoid"
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Lawyer convicted in failed contract-hit attempt on wife sues defense counsel for malpractice
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Law firm sues Florida Bar over rules restricting what legal websites and blog posts can say
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Jilted husband blames attorney-owned website in alienation-of-affection suit
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His legal career upended, lawyer feels new freedom in prison
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Former US atty and fired lawyer were ‘unrepentant hard heads,’ judge says; no bias found
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Jail Sentence Helps Lawyer Realize Prosecutors Make Mistakes
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I'm Your Lawyer, Mr. Grinch
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Joe Jamail And Texas Football
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The Perfect Holiday Gift for the Lawyer in Your Life
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Man Shoots Up Other Employee's Car Who Won Worker of The Month
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Bankrupt man tries to 'rob' bank to go to jail
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NSA officials consider Edward Snowden amnesty in return for documents --- IBM sued for cooperating with NSA for spy program --- 60 Minutes: NSA speaks out on Snowden, spying
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England and Wales Crack Down on Googling Jurors; U.S. Not So Much
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This Crap Needs To Stop
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Burned: Michigan Man Fired After Helping Put Out Fire
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Boy, 11, Arrested For Punching Grandmother In Face After She Refused To Buy Him Toy At Department Store
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Woman Sets Up Booby Traps in Ex-Boyfriend's Home After He Kicks Her Out
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School Rehires Teacher Who Soaked Autistic Boy's Crayons in Hot Sauce
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US Government Report Warns That Prisons May Be Making Us LESS Safe
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New Mexico teacher chides black student for costume because ‘Santa Claus is white’ --- Megyn Kelly Defends Her Santa Comments, Attacks Critics For 'Race Baiting' --- Was Jesus White? --- Is Santa Claus Now or Has He Ever Been a Member of the Communist Party? --- Drunken SantaCon Brawl Features Six Santas
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Mug Shots
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Tx. Judge Under Fire for Teen's Sentencing
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Wall Street:

Futures signal higher open ahead of Fed meeting
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Stocks fail to break losing streak
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Layoffs:

How America created a low-wage work swamp
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Here’s how unemployment insurance will soon shrink, in two simple maps
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

Madoff says he provided 'key information' to authorities
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JP Morgan facing $2bn fine for involvement in Madoff ponzi scheme
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What else should JP Morgan settle for? Just ask Twitter
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When they were rich: Madoffs' '04 tax return
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Who benefits from JPMorgan's Madoff deal uncertain --- Victims of Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme deserve $1billion from JP Morgan
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Bernie Madoff Victim: 'In A Way It Was A Blessing'
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Waterford success story Buddy Fletcher accused of fraud
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Koster announces restitution payments for thousands of former US Fidelis customers
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Petters bankruptcy estate collects $85 million
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Aviation:

Initial handout of new American stock gives AMR investors a scare
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Australia May Let Foreigners By Quantas
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Alternative Energy:

Delaware's financial hit from Fisker comes into focus
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Electric Cars Work for 40% of Households
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Houston Leads in Alt-Fuel Vehicles
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Religion:

Stockton Diocese may ask for bankruptcy protection
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Gallup diocese bankruptcy raises question of how many more victims there are
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Lawyers in case to define assets of Gallup Diocese
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Tax:

Tax Status of Q-Sub Debtor Not Estate Property; Debtor Has No Standing to Challenge Parent's Sub-S Revocation
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12 Agreements Signed to Help U.S. Fight Offshore Evasion
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Rail:

Bidder Emerges for Bankrupt MM & A Railway
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Food/Beverage:

Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of 'Sideways' Sibling Winery
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Bankruptcy Court Hearing Examines Mystery at Wine Storage Business
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Gruet settles suit over failed winery bid for $2.5 million
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Candy maker taps Sunland CEO for bill
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America’s Disappearing Restaurant Chains
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Sports bar and pub operator Fox & Hound files for bankruptcy --- Fox & Hound, Champps Restaurants File Bankruptcy , Plan Sale
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Snuffer's, Firebird heading to court over burgers and fries
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The Birth Of An Espresso
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Training:

Lender to buy training firm Adayana in bankruptcy case
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Golf:

New park in Lehigh blossoms where defunct golf course once was
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Hotels:

Hospitality Staffing Announces Approval of Asset Sale
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Economy:

Time for Taper?
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The Return of the Welfare Queen
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Our “Virtuous” Rich
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Wholesale costs fall again on cheap gas
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Has America Become Less Poor?
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America's Wealth Is Staggeringly Concentrated in the Northeast Corridor --- Here's Who Makes The Money In This Country — And Who Pays The Income Taxes
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Addressing economic inequality in 2014 --- Robert Reich hammers Newt Gingrich after he blames Democrats for increasing poverty --- American inequality is on the rise. But global inequality is falling. --- Krugman: Inequality As A Defining Challenge, (2) --- Klein: Inequality isn’t ‘the defining challenge of our time’
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How America Gets to Work
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Paul Ryan: Stay tuned for GOP debt ceiling demands --- Budget Negotiators See Tax Overhaul Up Next --- Paul Ryan: Budget deal to avert shutdown allows GOP to ‘focus’ on killing Obamacare --- Durbin: Budget deal needs support from 8 more Senate Republicans
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How can we help Dasani’s family?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Missing Mortgage Details: This Time a Mortgage Survives the Trustee’s Attack
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Write-Down Reversal Helps Hovnanian Book 2013 Profit
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New Mortgage Rules Will Affect Your Next Home Loan
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Secret Inside BofA Office of CEO Stymied Needy Homeowners
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Municipalities:

Detroit faces week of critical bankruptcy hearings
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Judge: Trial on Detroit bankruptcy financing will proceed
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Detroit bankruptcy judge says $350M loan must benefit restructuring, residents to be approved --- Bankruptcy judge denies Syncora request to delay Detroit's $350-million refinancing deal
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Orr: Detroit's public services already improving --- Detroit emergency manager urges residents to be patient
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When Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr leaves, state may use new form of control
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Detroit lighting authority completes $60M bond sale --- Moody's says Detroit public lighting ruling bad for bondholders
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Detroit Art in Limbo Amid Bankruptcy --- Detroit awaits direction on options to art sale --- Detroit should sell its art --- Why Bankrupt Detroit Should Sell Off its Art Masterpieces
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Bankruptcy judge reject activist's attempt to stop Mayor-elect Mike Duggan from taking office
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Bing 'made it safe again' to invest in Detroit
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Lender's Use of Debtor's Valuation Judicially Estops Lender from Making Value Objection
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Cuts coming for Detroit creditors, retirees --- Early retirements endanger pension plans --- Pension problems were key to Detroit's bankruptcy --- Pension Busting
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How Detroit leaders ignored causes of bankruptcy for 65 years
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What Americans should learn from Detroit
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Inconvenient Questions Regarding Detroit's Bankruptcy
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How not to think about the pension crisis
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Stockton Doomed to Another Bankruptcy
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Upland grapples with fiscal issues familiar to San Bernardino
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Emergency manager issues order to restrict city councilman
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Flint City Council goes through training, orientation session on how to transition out of emergency management
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CalPERS officials: Detroit pension ruling won’t affect public employee retirements here
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U.S. District judge certifies CalPERS appeal of San Bernardino bankruptcy
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Poll: Californians gradually souring on unions
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The dark side of the West’s oil and gas boom
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Little respite seen for U.S. municipal bonds in 2014
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Banking:

Texas Community Bank, The Woodlands, Texas, Becomes 24th Bank Failure of 2013
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Ghost of WaMu could be fruitful
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Awards:

IWIRC Names Trish Redmond 2013 Woman Of The Year In Restructuring
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Oil/Gas:

Oil and Gas Lease is Executory When No Extraction Made Pre-Petition
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Why Anadarko Petroleum Shares Plunged --- Anadarko, Kerr-McGee liable for Tronox cleanup costs --- Why Anadarko will survive Tronox --- Tronox, Anadarko fight over cleanup costs may be just getting started --- Anadarko Should Embrace Settlement in Tronox Lawsuit
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World Energy Dynamics Changing
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Video Games:

Last of 38 Studios sold off at auction
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Hedge Funds:

Trustee: Hedge fund manager conned La. retirement systems out of $100 million
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Politics:

Take that, Paul Ryan! Elizabeth Warren beats back Social Security plot
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Why This Round of the Republican Civil War Was Different
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96 percent of Americans think this Congress is at or below average
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Retailing:

Loehmann’s Designer Discounter Files for Bankruptcy
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Price Busters to close all eight Hawaii stores
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Why J.C. Penney Shares Plummeted More Than 50% in 2013
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Amazon changes its prices more than 2.5 million times a day
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Pensions:

Private Equity Funds Potentially Liable for Portfolio Company's Unfunded Pension Liability
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The Pension-Busters' Playbook
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Lawmakers Should Let the Sun Set on the Pension Protection Act
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Health Care:

FirstMed companies file for liquidation
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Medics Not Paid After Company Abruptly Shuts Down
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Tonapah hospital files for bankruptcy protection
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Savient Drug Auction Doubles Price: Bankruptcy
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D&O Insurance: Health Care Organizations Face Increasing Rates, Tightening Terms
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Expensive Healthcare Doesn’t Help Americans Live Longer
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Obamacare counting on insurers to make it work
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Obamacare exposes Republican hypocrisy on health care
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Corporate Reform:

Telling Merrill Lynch to Obey the Law Doesn't Work
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Why the Bernie Madoff Case Is So Dangerous for JPMorgan Chase
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Banks Draw Out Their Knives
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Is there a conservative alternative to financial reform?
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CFPB Targets Arbitration
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Oahu Woman Convicted for Concealing Assets During Bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:

20 Lottery Winners Who Blew It All
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Electricity:

USEC says expects to file for bankruptcy in first quarter of 2014
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Gambling:

A.C. casino sale on a fast track this week
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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 (72 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Petition Preparers:

Banned bankruptcy preparer stays ahead of law
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Professional Compensation:

New fee guidelines may make getting paid harder
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Automatic Stay:

Court Clarifies Burdens of Proof in Adequate Protection and Lift-Stay Motions
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Secured Debt:

Consequences of the Failure of a Secured Creditor to File a Timely Proof of Claim
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Creditor Has Two Separate Security Interests in Property and Rents
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Failure to Precisely Punctuate Debtor's Name in UCC Filing Costs Creditor Its Liens
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Delaware Chancery Court Evaluates ýPublic, Commercially Reasonableý Foreclosure Sale Under UCC
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Parent Obligor Can Pledge Subsidiaryýs Collateral with Subsidiaryýs Knowledge and Consent
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Cross-Border:

Cross-Border Comparisons: Piercing the Corporate Veil
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No Bright-Line For Foreign Insolvency Law In Ch. 15
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Another U.S. Court of Appeals Decision Protects U.S. Creditors from the Effects of Foreign Bankruptcy Law
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Avoidance Actions:

Third Circuit Predicts Pennsylvania Supreme Court Would Permit Punitive Damages Under Fraudulent Transfer Act
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Unexpired Leases:

Lease Amendments May be Severable, and Thus Subject to Assumption and Rejection
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Finance:

Make-Whole Payment Not 'Unmatured Interest'
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Plan Confirmation:

Fifth Circuit Holds Absolute Priority Rule Applicable to Individual Chapter 11 Debtors
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Undersecured Creditor Electing 1111(b) Treatment Allowed Post-Petition Attorney Fees, But Not Interest
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Cramdown Matrix Update: The Well-Adjusted Interest Rate
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Plan Implementation:

Failure to Execute Plan-Required Documents Very Costly for Subsequent Purchaser
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Claim Allowance:

Clouds on the Horizon for Claim Purchasers in the Third Circuit
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Nonrecourse Claimants Have a Claim in Bankruptcy
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UST:

Amount of Credit Bid Must Be Included in Calculation of Quarterly Fee
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Arbitration:

Participation in Bankruptcy Case and Adversary Proceeding Constitutes Waiver of Contractual Arbitration Right
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Recent Pleadings:

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TBTF:

Banks Still Aren't Safe Enough
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Insurance:

Don't Let Excess Insurers Avoid Coverage Based on Settlements or Bankruptcy
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Celebs:

The Broke and the Beautiful: Speidi Edition
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Education:

Morris Brown close to settling debt
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Autos:

GM bailout legacy a debate for the ages
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UAW's gain is taxpayers' loss
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Corporate Governance:

Turnaorunds: Microsoft Must be Terrified by JC Penney Lesson, Miller Says
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UK:

UK Supreme Court Finds Certain Pension Liabilities Are Not Entitled to Priority Treatment, in Nortel and Lehman Decisions
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Agencies warn over bankruptcy changes
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Scrap this clause that would serve poor and insolvent Scots badly
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EU:

Euro-Area Factory Output Expands Faster Than Forecast
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PIIGS:

ie: More than 1000 apply for bankruptcy --- Stigma of bankruptcy is fading with new laws --- Ireland's austerity paying dividends --- Troika Translator: What they said and what they meant --- 'I should have cashed up in 2007', says former Baron of Ballsbridge --- Enda Kenny thanks Irish people after exit from IMF-EU bailout programme
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Canada:

Canada looks to require emergency response plans for oil by rail
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Australia:

Australian Man Goes Bankrupt After Spending $200,000 In Fight To Keep Pet Sheep
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Brazil:

Bankruptcy in Brazil
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Japan:

Tepco’s Banks Said to Mull $19 Billion Loan Tied to Projects
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Germany:

Germany's SAG Solarstrom to file for insolvency
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China:

Wuhan: Detroit of the East gives green light to Renault
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Russia:

Strabag files for bankruptcy of three Russian insurers
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Finland:

Talvivaara Short-Term Default Concern Eases on Nyrstar Support
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