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Law:
Associate Bonus Watch: Willkie Farr and Shearman & Sterling
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Legal Services Sector Sheds 1,100 Jobs in November
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Bankruptcy Attorney Joins Cole Schotz' New York Office
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A Divide in Legal Education, New Report Says
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Independent Law Schools Hurt by Enrollment Decline, S&P Says --- Stand-alone law schools most at risk --- Thomas Jefferson Falls to Junk Bond Status
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Public Law School Tuition Cuts Are Less Than Meet the Eye
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Did the Market for Law Firm Associates Peak 25 Years Ago?
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Business of Law
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When will law grads and law jobs reach equilibrium? Between 2015 and 2021, depending on who you ask
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Hundreds of lawyers join the ranks in N.J. despite tough job market
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The Am Law 200's Failure of Leadership
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I never open e-holiday cards, but when I do …
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Unemployed, Underemployed, Unhappy Lawyers/Law Students: Sunk costs
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Succeeding In The World Of Small Firm Practice
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The Legal Department as Economic Development Engine
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Bankruptcy attorney running for U.S. Congress - Plans to attack entitlements, leave Obamacare alone
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50 ways that you can make good use of Siri on your iPhone
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2013 holiday gift ideas for tech-savvy lawyers
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Lawyers' Favorite Gadgets Get a Holiday Upgrade
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Retaliation Suits Put Firms Up Against the 'Ropes'
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7 Holiday Party Conversation Starters
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Nelson Mandela: 1918-2013 --- Q&A: Nelson Mandela's lawyer --- Family, politicians battle over "Brand Mandela" --- In Reagan Era, Mandela Was Still Listed as a Terrorist
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New Details Revealed About Ryan Lanza's Interrogation After The Sandy Hook Massacre
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A Biglaw Partner In Big Trouble --- Big Law Attorney And His Nephew Charged With S------- Assaulting An 18-Year-Old Man
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Judge Agrees That Public Defenders Amounted To Little More Than 'A Warm Body With A Law Degree' --- 'Little more than a formality'
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Police: Newlyweds 'Just Wanted To Murder Someone Together'
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Dismissed law student practiced law, is fined $1K by state supreme court
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Lawyer Falls For Nigerian Inheritance Scam, Gets Suspended
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Police Officer Who Shot At Fleeing Minivan Filled With Children Has Been Fired
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Yale Law School Beatbox
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How California Is Surviving the "Cold Snap"
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18-Year-Old Arrested After Stealing Wreckage of Paul Walker Crash
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Florida Man Files Police Report over Voodoo Curse
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America 2006-2011: 172 Mass Killings
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US Tech Giants Slam NSA Surveillance
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Cop Brandished Gun At Washington, DC Snowball Fight?
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On eighth try, defendant gets a lawyer he likes—the wrestling ‘Apocalypto’
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Local Police Departments Have Been Driving Fake Cell Towers Into Neighborhoods To Collect Phone Data
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Another Lawyer Going On The Bachelor (scroll down to Andi)
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Judges:
On the Integrity and Secrecy of Judges
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U.S. Court Says “I Don’t Understand” to Foreign Litigant’s “Language Barrier” Defense
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Lawyer is accused of courthouse bomb threat
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Judge Baer vs. Justice Alito
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock -Index Futures Are Little Changed
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Markets Are On The Rise
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Stocks jump after strong jobs report
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Heady Rally Unlikely to Repeat Next Year
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Why ' taper terror' is frightening investors
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'The Wolf Of Wall Street' Is Epic
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The Best and Worst Investments of 2013
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Layoffs:
New Jobless Claims Fell to 298,000
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Paul: Jobless Benefits a Disservice to Workers --- Why Rand Paul Is Wrong About Unemployment In One Chart
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Five key numbers behind the jobs recovery
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Sorry, No Sign of a Jobs Liftoff
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In the hourly wage economy, flash strikes are emerging as a way to fight for better pay
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
American Airlines, US Airways to form largest air carrier Monday
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The new American Airlines
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After merger, American Airlines faces long task of integration
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American Airlines Seen Buoyed as CEO Dodges Merger Snags
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Supreme Court justice denies stay in airline merger
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NY judge: Bankruptcy judge 'correct in all respects' with his OK to American-US Airways merger
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A Tricky Airline Merger, but With Labor's Blessing
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S&P Cuts Qantas Credit to Junk
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Health Care:
Healthcare Industry Lost Jobs in September
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Paul Krugman: Obamacare Has Won --- Republicans Change Obamacare Attacks as Website Functions
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Mass Torts:
Delaware Supreme Court Defines Unexhausted Insurance Policies as Property of Dissolved Corporations
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Settlement Fund Pays Adult Escort Service For Lost Income From Deepwater Horizon Disaster
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Telecoms:
U.S. court upholds trial plan over defunct Nortel's $7.5 billion cash
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The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry: An Oral History
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Judge clears FiberTower's creditors to vote on restructuring
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Gambling:
Bankrupt NJ casino has $17.7M assets, $16.8M debts
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Future Could Hold Several Possibilities for Revel Atlantic City
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Security:
Livingstone exits IPC
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Economy:
Fed's Evans: Open to December taper , but prefers to wait --- Jobs report moves Fed closer to 'QE' taper --- Comfort with taper , retail data to define week ahead --- Fed closer to strategy for tapering --- Fed Closes In on Bond Exit --- Taper Tea Leaves
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Improving Economy: Is It Real?
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Did The Missing Link To The Economic Recovery Just Arrive?
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Why 2014 Could Finally Be The Year For The US Economy
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The Global Economy In Two Lines
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Age of Austerity Nearing End May Boost Global Economy
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Personal Incomes Decline
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US: 20% Become Affluent
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Why Americans Are So Angry
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Why Obama Can't Save the Middle Class
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Girl in the Shadows: Dasani's Homeless Life
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Lawmakers Press For Budget Deal
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Goldman: The Hot New Theory For Why The Economy Is So Bad Is Wrong
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McKinsey: World Needs $57 Trillion to Grow
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The Entire Debate About The US Economy In One Huge Slide
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The Dominant Religious Group In Every US County
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
FHA to pull back on big mortgages
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LA sues Bank of America , alleges discriminatory mortgage lending, wave of foreclosures
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These Will Be The 10 Hottest American Housing Markets In 2014
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The 10 Most Affordable Suburbs In America
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Foreclosure Procedures: Dot Those i’s and Cross Those t’s… Or Else
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Berger Singerman Wraps Up Little-Known Bankruptcy
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Senators Urge Against Loan Fee Increase in Budget Deal
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BofA $500 Million Countrywide Settlement Wins Court Approval
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California man sentenced to jail in foreclosure rescue scam
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Municipalities:
5 pension cut scenarios for retired Detroit workers; Orr mum on extent of cuts --- Playing Pension Games --- Detroit's Emergency Manager Weighs Pension-Fund Takeover --- Pensions in play in Detroit bankruptcy: What's equitable? --- Detroit pensions must be protected, state constitution requires responsibility --- Bankruptcy ruling serves notice to public workers --- Nowhere to hide public pension woes --- A pension ruling that sends labor a message --- Illinois And Detroit Hand Union Workers A Lifeline: Will Unions Accept The Gift? --- Democrats' Credibility At Stake In Detroit Pensions --- Expert says municipal pension cuts would be alarming and not the right path
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Detroit bankruptcy ruling a snap back to reality
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Detroit bankruptcy: Battle intensifies on three fronts
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Don't loot Detroit's art museum to pay the city's creditors --- Sell artwork to pay creditors --- What bankruptcy means for DIA --- New fund hopes to protect DIA artwork from Detroit's bankruptcy --- Meet The Detroit Millionaire Who Is Putting His Money Where His Mouth Is To Save The City's Art --- New Detroit Institute of Arts proposal sounds like a win-win --- Detroit bankruptcy sale sans mural --- Is Art the Answer for Detroit's Bankruptcy ?
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Orr discusses key issues facing Detroit --- Detroit's Bankruptcy Chief Tries to Steer Around Challenges
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In Shepherding Detroit Bankruptcy, Lawyer Tackles a Job He Didn’t Ask For
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Detroit Ruling Sheds New Light on Jones Day Role
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Detroit , bankruptcy and Anna Nicole's legacy
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Appeals Process Begins for Determination of Detroit’s Bankruptcy Eligibility
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China's Newest City: We Call It " Detroit "
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Auto show organizers try to calm anxiety over Detroit's finances
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How Detroit's Bankruptcy Impacts Investors
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Duggan's plans include speedier Detroit house demolitions
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Detroit bankruptcy judge approves street lighting proposal
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Detroit's next mayor to meet with Obama
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The saddest, most tragic fact about $18 billion in debt and liabilities: It did not have to happen
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Don't forget about the jobs in Detroit
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Pensions Aren’t Sacred and Art Isn’t Priceless: What the Detroit Bankruptcy Ruling Means
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Detroit ruling opens threat to NY worker pensions
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The big split in California's economy
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Pension woes for bankrupt California city
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JeffCo comeback gets some love from Forbes
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Bankrupt city pays for new trash cans with crowdfunding
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Pension ruling likely to hit other US cities --- Cutting Detroit pension benefits would set awful precedent across country --- After Detroit, Who Will Cut City Pensions Next?
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Pension threats in Illinois, Detroit rattle government workers
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Illinois Passes Pension Reform
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Detroit bankruptcy ruling reverberates in Scranton
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Deluge of Muni Debt on Tap
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The IRS Throws a Wrench Into Public Pension Reform
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Puerto Rico’s Economic Crisis Spurs Exodus From Island, Fears About American Retirement Plans --- UBS Puerto Rico faces 'Whopper' of a problem over muni bond funds
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10 US Cities Where Poverty is Soaring
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Things New Yorkers Do
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Fraud:
Bernie Madoff Still Doesn't Care What You Think Of Him
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Bernie Madoff sweated scam's intricate details
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Billions More in Recoveries at Stake in Two Madoff Court Cases
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Recovering Money Lost in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme
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Madoff : Prison Is Like Camp
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JPMorgan said in talks over Madoff warnings
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Madoff fraud still stings ex-clients 5 years later
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Judge hits Goldman Sachs for its 'silence' as rogue trader gets jail time
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Judge denies Minn. businessman Petters ' appeal --- Rejects Petters' "Final Con" To Reduce Sentence
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Ex-SAC Fund Manager Seeks to Use Cohen to Buoy Defense
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JPMorgan Asks Judge to Keep Draft U.S. Fraud Suit Secret
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Texas Men Charged in $18 Million Oil-and-Gas Ponzi Scheme
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Autos:
A Bumpy Road Ahead for General Motors?
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History:
How 3 Countries Lost Their Position As The World's Dominant Financial Power Over The Last 800 Years
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Food/Beverage:
Quiznos Is In A Vicious Downward Spiral --- Crisis Quickens at Quiznos --- Why Quiznos could go from toasty to just plain toast --- Why Don't You Eat at Quiznos Any More? --- Quiznos Reaches Agreement With Lenders, Equity Partners
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Peanut Butter Plant Can Resume Limited Operations
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Judge orders liquidation of landmark New Orleans restaurant
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Fast Food Workers Reveal The Best Menu Items That No One Ever Orders
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Derivatives:
Fully Clothed CDS
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today - DBN)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (19 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)
UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
WNY bankruptcy filings continues decline
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:
In Detroit : debt and Anna Nicole Smith
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Sales:
'Allied' May Expand Circumstances for Reopening a Bankruptcy Auction
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Avoidance Actions:
Denied! Judge schools trustee seeking refund for tuition
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Cross-Border:
Fourth Circuit Protects Rights of Patent Licensees in Cross-Border Bankruptcy Case
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Awards:
FL: Most Effective Lawyers
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TBTF:
Celebrations of Too Big to Fail’s Demise Are Premature
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Pension funds too big to fail?
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SIGTARP proves that some bankers aren’t too big to jail
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Pensions:
The Real Reason for Pensions
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Retailing:
JC Penney facing SEC inquiry on finances
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Amazon by the Numbers: $3.3B in Shipping Losses
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Guitar Center And Big Box Retail
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Electricity:
Energy Future Holdings CEO has hope for spring deal with creditors
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Edison Mission Bondholders Turn to Wilder for Bankruptcy Help
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Tax:
Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Sara Zablotney
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Private Equity:
UBS Sells Distressed Credit To KKR, Sound Point
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Furniture:
Former Furniture Brands executives want access to insurance money
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Skiing:
Small Wyoming ski areas looks for ways to survive
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Fitness:
Members Want Money Back After Bankruptcy Court Closes Gym
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Celebs:
NFL Bankruptcies, Moral Hazard And The Evolution of Sports Agents
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The Broke and the Beautiful: Dappy Edition --- Is Dappy going on Celebrity Big Brother to avoid bankruptcy? Sadly not... --- Dappy dismisses bankruptcy reports
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Heidi Montag talks plastic surgery, bankruptcy and motherhood
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Paris Hilton's Brother Bloodied in Attack Ordered By Lindsay Lohan
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Politics:
Warren Hits Banks, Expands Base to Solidify Senate Power
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Elizabeth Warren Fires Back at Centrist Dems on Social Security
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Education:
Why universities are money pits
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Corporate Reform:
'Volcker rule' finally at finish line --- Wall Street frets as Volcker Rule nears vote --- After vote, lawsuits likely next hurdle for Volcker rule --- Volcker Rule to Force Banks to Comply With Five Regimes --- Tougher Volcker Rule Targets CEOs
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One Gov't Agency Sends 103 Bankers to Prison
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Glass-Steagall Fans Plan New Assault If Volcker Rule Deemed Weak
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers suing Wellmont for $21 million
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Apparel:
PBGC denies bankruptcy interference
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Coal:
Is There a Future for Coal ?
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Sovereigns:
US government intervenes in favor of Argentina in defaulted- bonds case
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EU:
What Europe Really Needs Is a Bankruptcy Union
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PIIGS:
ie: Sean Dunne sent bankruptcy all-clear in 'error' --- Developer Dunne's appeal against his bankruptcy fails --- 'Compelling evidence' Dunne filed in US to avoid Irish bankruptcy law --- New bankruptcy laws aren't sole panacea to ills of heavy debts
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Greece passes 2014 'growth' budget --- Greece: Public sector no longer too large
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Top Monte Paschi investor says to vote for cash call delay
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China:
First China Default Seen as Record $427 Billion Debt Due
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China Trade Surplus Hits Four-Year High as Exports Rise
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Brazil:
Brazil judge puts hold on plan for joint OSX, OGX bankruptcies
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Netherlands:
Dutch Supreme Court: Fortis was mismanaged
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