Law:
Dewey Retirees "Lay Down Arms" and End Fight With Firm's Estate
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More Law Firm Mergers in 2013
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How Did Biglaw Do in 2012? The Bankers Speak --- BigLaw 4.3% Profit Growth in 2013: Likely not sustainable, says Citi Private Bank
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Bet-The-Company Lawyer Steps In Between Government, S&P
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LPOs Stealing Deal Work from Law Firms
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Jones Day, King & Spalding, Kirkland: Business of Law
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Layoffs Coming to AmLaw 100 Law Firms
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London partner recruitment by US law firms hits record levels --- US law firms grow City presence by 8% in face of tough market
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How To Find Your Mentor
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A 'Smarter' Business Development Model for the Legal Industry
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You've Come a Long Way, Baby—NOT!
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Want To Go In-House? Compliance May Be The Key
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Norton Rose explores funding options for global expansion into new regions
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Ashurst to restart paying partner distributions
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Comic Maher Goes Ape Over Cooley-Repped Trump's Simian Sex Suit
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At Paul Weiss, Both Revenues and Profits Hit Highs Again
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Schulte Sees Profits, Gross Revenues Dip Slightly
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Bilzin Sumberg continues considerable year-over-year growth
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Jackson Walker's Numbers Up
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Thompson & Knight Net Income Up
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Carella Byrne Cuts Staff, Including Lawyers, as Part of Restructuring
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Schutjer Bogar Nearing Collapse, Principals Say
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Do the Best Lawyers have Excellent "Slow" Brains?
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One Law School Dean Tells The Real Reason Nobody Wants A JD Anymore
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The best law school in America to snag a date
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Law School Disequilibrium
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More Graduates Take School-Funded Jobs at One Top Law School
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Two-year law school was a good idea in 1970, and it’s a good idea now, prof tells ABA task force
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California Law School Claims Free Speech Right To Offer Poor Education And Be Accredited For It
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Law School Transparency: Trust --- Myths of Sisyphus
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Study Finds Aspiring Lawyers Tend to Be More Confident and Well Off
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20 Signs That You Are A Psychopath - Common among lawyers and CEOs
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Violinist driven to suicide by ordeal of trial after being branded a 'liar and fantasist' by woman lawyer
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S.F. Public Law Library Looks for a Home
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Trial halted after lawyer starts using iPad in court - “You did not seek leave of the court to use a device."
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New Jersey lawyer expected to be first woman of color to lead the ABA
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Mistrial: Victim's glass eye pops out in courtroom
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Pair of attorneys face federal sanctions for lying to court
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Lance Armstrong is sued for the return of $12 million in prize money
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Man who swore at cop while carrying 25 bags of crack shouldn’t have been arrested, state court rules
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Accused Felon Defends Self With Freestyle Rap In Court
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Cop Lands Helicopter to Harass Woman Collecting Rocks
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Woman fined for bedazzling her court-ordered ankle monitor
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Couple Won't Face Charges for Adopting Deer
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Report: Tiny 71-year-old woman shot during LAPD manhunt
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Miami Teen From Viral Court Video Tells Judge She's Sorry
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Getting Out Of Jury Duty Is Easier Than You Think
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The chief justice’s mysterious meal
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No retirement plans for Justice Ginsburg
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Judge accused of having relationship with party in child-support case is suspended
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Judge censured for comments he made to defendant sentenced to ‘rot in prison’
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View From the Bench: Personal Experience and Objectivity
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Court Hearing Interrupted By Massive F---
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Judge Seeks Reinstatement After 'Kids for Cash' Corruption
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Wall Street:
US Stock Futures Rise; S&P 500 Contract Gains 0.2%
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Stocks close higher; S&P 500 highest since Nov. `07
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19 Embarrassing Emails, IMs, And Conversations That Wall Street Wishes Were Never Made Public
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Layoffs:
American Parents' Obsession With Status Is Keeping Kids Unemployed
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Were the Luddites Right?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Stockton Marshall Plan recommendations presented
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San Bernardino Middle Managers Seek to Sue Over Pensions
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San Bernardino County lawsuit could bankrupt Upland, city manager says
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Fresno joins the ranks of troubled California cities
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CalPERS Files Status Report for the City of San Bernardino Bankruptcy Hearing
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Emergency Manager For Detroit Imminent
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S&P cuts Jefferson County Alabama underlying ratings
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Why Municipal Pension Systems Are a Terrible Idea
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Cash-strapped Harrisburg cleared to sell "Wild West" items
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Health Care:
Universal Health Care under scrutiny for years before regulators swept in
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State moves to shut down St. Petersburg's Universal Health Care
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Douglas hospital files bankruptcy reorganization
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Hospice Bankruptcy : Is This An Alarming New Trend?
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Medical debt slows housing recovery heart beat
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Pensions:
Bankrupt 38 Studios finally unfreezes former employee's 401(k)plans
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Autos:
AutoNation's chief warns of reckoning for autos, U.S. economy
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Ally Sees Full U.S. Repayment by 2014 on Auto Lending --- Treasury in no rush to exit Ally Financial stake -source
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Finance:
CIT has explored possible sale - sources
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Two-Thirds Of Commercial Loans Paid At Maturity In January
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The Three Scariest Letters for Bondholders: L-B-O
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Dell LBO Touches All the Legal Bases, but Are We Satisfied?
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Mail:
USPS Budget Problems: Don't Blame the Postman
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Golf:
Woodlake Golf Club back in Chapter 11
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Economy:
Democrats Spell Out Sequester Threat
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Restored Payroll Tax Pinches Those Who Earn the Least
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Political worries cap moves in euro, shares, oil
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Small Business Owners Really Gloomy
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Federal employees' union head: Obama pay raise proposal 'simply not enough'
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Another Way to Look at National Debt
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
FHA fees too costly for some home buyers
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Americans Are Tapping Their Homes For Cash Again
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Subprime is Back: Will It End Badly Again?
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CFPB's New Mortgage Rules: Right Battle, Wrong War
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Florida court finds for bank in major foreclosure case
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Adverse Possessor Dispossessed Adversely
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Celebs:
Second bank accuses Mary J. Blige of defaulting on loan
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Corporate Reform:
Eric Schneiderman Is The Biggest Threat To S&P, Moody's And Fitch
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Eric Holder's Unsteady Pursuit Of S&P
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Ratings Agencies: Left in tatters
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Rating Victims Didn’t Know S&P’s Toxic AAA Born of Greed
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S&P Faces Widening Ratings Litigation as States Pile On
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S&P Suit Imperils McGraw-Hill Profit Gain
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S&P Granted Top Grades to Doomed Lehman CDO as Downgrades Rose
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Standard & Poor's Case Will Give New Life to Old Anti-Fraud Law
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Moody’s earnings skyrocket despite credit rating scrutiny
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Who Should Run the CFPB if Cordray Leaves?
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Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Judge Rakoff's Rejection of Citigroup Deal
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SEC and Citigroup Challenge Rakoff's Rebuff of Settlement
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SEC To Second Circuit: ‘Please Don’t Make Us Do Our Jobs!’
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" Revolving door " may have hurt SEC money fund reforms: report
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Religion:
Creditors fire back in Archdiocese of Milwaukee's sex abuse bankruptcy
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Aviation:
US Airways pilots approve transition deal for prospective American Airlines merger
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Reports: US Airways merger vote coming Monday --- AMR, US Airways Said Near Merger Deal as Boards to Vote
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Source: AMR, US Airways delay meeting on merger --- AMR, US Airways Said to See Merger Talks Into Midweek
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U.S. Likely to Clear Airline Deal
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Winners and Losers in the US Airways-American Merger
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AMR stock payout a long-odds gamble some investors are risking
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Three Thumbs Down For American Airlines/US Airways Merger
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Eagle Pilots File Court Objection to American-Republic Purchase Agreement - Avionics Intelligence
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US Airways Pilots Approve Merger Contract in Win for Union President
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US Airways CEO Nears AMR Prize to Cap Mergers He Spurred
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Judge OKs bankruptcy reorganization plan for American West
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Hawker Beechcraft lawyers charge more than $1.4 million for November
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Sky King, carrier for Direct Air, fined --- Sky King Secures Financing
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Team lucked out with lockout when air carrier went bankrupt
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Swift Air bankruptcy sheds light on Nuggets menu
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Delays With Dreamliners Deepen Nightmare For Boeing
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Telecoms:
Nortel Units Seek Showdown on $2.67 Billion Retiree Claim
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Fraud:
Bank Austria Loses Madoff Fund Case
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Lawsuit: Bank aided $29.5 million Ponzi scheme in Palm Beach
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Some Zeek Rewards affiliates refunded
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Eddie Long's Church Warned in Advance of Million-Dollar Ponzi Scheme
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Hollywood:
Rhythm & Hues to file for Chapter 11: Several buyers reported interested --- Asia hit as Rhythm & Hues declares bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:
Biofuel Scandal Pushes Trading Firm Into Bankruptcy
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Horse Racing:
Two sides sign off on track sale, await judge approval
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Student Debt:
Student loan debt could be the next economic bubble
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Almost $1 Billion In Defaulted Perkins Loans Prompting Schools To Sue Former Students
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Discharge Exception For Educational Loans Not Limited To Higher Education
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Deadbeat doctors owe the government millions
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Debt Collection:
No Escaping $40 Million in Liabilities, Bankruptcy Judge Tells Debt-Collection Lawyer
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Media:
Union Asks Tribune to Pay Legal Fees
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Electricity:
TXU: The End is Near, Hires Bailout Bad Boys --- Energy Future Holdings hires restructuring advisors
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Defaults:
Moody's announces slight drop in global corporate default rate
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Default Rate Slips Back to 3.0% in January – Moody's
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Trucking:
YRC trucking operations were profitable in 2012, a first in six years
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Environmental:
A Bankruptcy Case Littered with Environmental Issues
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Prisons:
With Fewer to Lock Up, Prisons Shut Doors
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Food/Beverage:
Former Marsh CFO sought out bankruptcy lawyers
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Hostess seeks OK for bankruptcy auctions
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Television:
Charter to Buy Optimum West for $1.63 Billion
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Distressed Investing:
Defense cuts seen as opportunity for distressed investors
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Multi-employer pensions an obstacle for distressed investors
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (50 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy filings decline in Oklahoma
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Exemptions:
AZ: Committee head seeks update to outdated bankruptcy exemption laws
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Bankruptcy Remorse:
Apologies for Bankruptcy
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Secured Debt:
Lender's Credit Bid of Entire Debt at Foreclosure Sale Results in Forfeiture of Rights to Additional Collateral
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Plan Confirmation:
Absolute Priority Rule Absolutism? Strict Interpretation of Bankruptcy Code Cramdown Provisions Nearly Causes Hawker Beechcraft Plan Confirmation to Skid Along the Runway
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Continued Recession Not “Extraordinary Circumstance” Justifying Modification of Confirmed Chapter 11 Plan
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TBTF:
George Will: Break Up the Big Banks
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Guarantees:
Lenders: Beware of the "Two-Dollar Bankruptcy"
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Litigation:
Chancery Ends Experiment in Litigation Financing
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How Not to Draft a Complaint.
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Insurance:
Ruling augurs well for MBIA in fight against Bank of America
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Ruling Favors Monoline Insurers in MBS Litigation
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PMI's mortgage insurance assets to be acquired
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Insurance:
Arch to Acquire Interests in California Firm From Bankrupt PMI
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Retailing:
Owners hope for Brodkey's rescue
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Retailers post strong January sales
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Working Conditions At An Amazon Warehouse
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Can J.C. Penney be saved?
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Education:
Jacksonville ISD board approves purchase of Lon Morris buildings, acreage --- Jacksonville ISD gets bargain
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Helena Christian School files for bankruptcy
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Bankrupt private school sees influx of donations
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Banking:
Who Is The 'Rain Man?' The Man At The Center Of The Biggest Banking Scandal In The World
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European banks shift assets from US
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SNS wipe-out delivers wake-up call
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SNS failure to test CDS auction process
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FDIC cites 14 loans in lawsuit against former bank directors
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$250K FDIC guarantee is for only one Fed ID#
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Tax:
IRS Struggling with Identity Theft and Taxes
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Brokers:
JPMorgan says MF Global plan obscures possible recoveries
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IOSCO Seeks Tougher Asset Protection to Prevent MF Global Repeat
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Sovereigns:
Choose your own adventure, sovereign debt trial of the century edition
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Hedge funds trade on ahead of Argentine debt showdown
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UK:
Britain battles Euro threat on insolvency
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A&L Goodbody cements restructuring reputation with IBRC instruction
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Ex-Ibrox chief Craig Whyte’s castle under siege
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Britain's Super-Rich Just Keep Getting Richer
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Landlords of Game go to Court over treatment of rent on administration
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Aspects of cross-border insolvency under English law
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900 jobs to go with HMV store closures
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DWF hails "latest milestone" with Cobbetts deal --- Walker Morris takes Cobbetts team as details of DWF pre-pack deal emerge
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Cattles launches legal battle against former auditor PwC
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SFA legal move could bankrupt former Rangers owner
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PIIGS:
Spanish yields dip but rebound fragile --- Spain says banks CEISS, Banco Gallego in negative equity
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Greek Farmers Reject Samaras Concessions --- Half of Greeks Can’t Pay Bills --- Greece Offers Breaks To Tax Debtors --- Simitis Says Greece Needs New Debt Cut --- Plato's olive tree uprooted in Athens, likely burned for firewood
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Thousands protest over bank debt burden in Republic of Ireland
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Canada:
Nortel, U.K. retirees headed to court
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Indalex: DIP Lenders Smile, ABLs Frown and Directors are Perplexed
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Indalex Decision: Insolvency Law v. Pension Law, Round Three
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Hong Kong:
Poor rent cages for housing
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Asia:
We can work it out - Asia’S Restructuring Industry is facing a problem
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MENA:
Bahrain's Bankrupt Arcapita plans reorganization
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Vietnam:
Vietnam steps in for Vinashin restructuring
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