Law:

Bonus Watch: Morrison & Foerster
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Stealth Lawyer: Art Chung, Game Show Writer
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At Deadline, New Batch of Dewey Dissenters Steps in to Challenge Partner Settlement
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Firms Remain Cautious About Hiring as Legal Economy Continues to Falter
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Foley, Venable, Davis, Weil, Herbert: Business of Law
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Choosing laterals over homegrown talent may be shortsighted for firms
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Foot In Mouth Disease…
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Company loses bid to bar Foley & Lardner from case
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Dechert Settles Fired Associate's Paternity Leave, FMLA Claims
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Layoffs, leasing issues aligned with restructuring of legal sector
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Are Lawyers Prone to Have Bad S-- Lives?
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Shaken by death of lawyer slain by mediation opponent, colleagues ponder safety concerns --- Locked doors, safety training and remote car starters go a long way to protect lawyers, expert says
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Robbins Geller gets a pass in Georgia confidential witness flap
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Kasowitz Benson Makes Modest Gains in Revenue, Profits
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At Dorsey, Profits Drop for Fifth Straight Year
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Latham's Profit Engine Fires on Eight Cylinders
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Profits per Partner Rise at Andrews Kurth
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Corporate Counsel: Agenda 2013
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Bankruptcy Attorney Going to Washington to Sound Alarm on Emerging Student Load Debt Crisis, Other Key Issues
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A New Law School Ranking Says The University Of Alabama Is Better Than Yale Or Harvard
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Columbia Con Law Debacle Creates 200-Person Class That Angers Students
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Conservative Law Professor Who Sued School Busted For Drinking And Idling
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Law School Transparency: Thinking like a law professor
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The Legal Employment Market, Student Debt, and Legal Education Reform
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Police Believe Body Found In Burnt Cabin Belongs To Fugitive Ex-Cop --- Police Appeared To Shout 'Burn This Mother' Down Before Fire Engulfed Rogue Ex-Cop's Cabin --- Fugitive Ex-Cop Appeared To Have Malignant Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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Can ‘love contracts’ ward off potential litigation from office romances gone bad?
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Bedridden man uses Skype to testify in court
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How Law Nerds Will Get It On For Valentine’s Day
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Guantanamo warden says he didn't know about microphones in meeting rooms
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Drug trafficker serving time testifies attorney sold kilos of coke from his law office
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Judge orders lawyer to take down Facebook posts re McDonald’s settlement
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Florida Woman Arrested After B--- Kicking Spree
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Mom Charged For Letting Son, 3, Pump Gasoline
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Billing Six Hours For Preparing Bill Is Unreasonable
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Attorney Suspended After Biting Officer In Traffic Stop
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Girlfriend Of Star Sprinter Oscar Pistorius Hinted About Surprising Him On Valentine's Day Before Getting Shot --- Police To Oppose Bail
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Ex-Death Row Guard Describes The Chilling Hours Before An Execution
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Low grade dispute --- Judge blasts both sides in Lehigh grad’s $1.3M case, doubts he has power to order a ‘B’ grade
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Judges:

Nobody Hates The State Of The Union Address More Than Justice Scalia --- Three justices skip State of the Union
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Court officers face false arrest suit over incident in courthouse security line
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Sotomayor now opposes cameras at the court
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Wall Street:

Stock futures signal early losses
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US stocks close mixed on lackluster earnings
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Markets Have Turned South After GDP Bombs Everywhere
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:

Fed Official: Fixing Job Market to Take Years
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Why The Hiring System Is Failing
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Thomson Reuters Posts 4Q Profits Of $372 Million, Will Cut 2,500 Jobs
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Barclays to cut 3,700 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Health Care:

SAMC files for bankruptcy
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Brookdale Hospital in New York Owes $6.4M in Unpaid Water Bills
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Michael Brown: Bankruptcy, Shmankruptcy -- Let's Buy a Baseball Player's Mansion!
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America Is Addicted To Physical And Mental Boosters
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Municipalities:

Judge overrules Pontiac emergency manager on pensions --- Judge: 'Looks like a dictatorship'
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In order to live, Detroit may first have to die
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Jefferson County Settles Claim Held by School Bondholder
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San Bernardino police, firefighters seek to sue city
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Fresno Mayor Orders Worker Cuts to Fend Off Insolvency
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Financial Advisory Board mandates furloughs for Detroit union workers
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Detroit Mayor Says City Is Making Progress on Debt
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Detroit mayor says Michigan shares blame for city's fiscal woes
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State of the City address: Fix finances, fix Detroit, Mayor Dave Bing says
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Who's the right emergency manager for Detroit?
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Jeannette officials weigh next step
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Texas and California spar over jobs and taxes
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The Cheapest Cities To Live In The U.S.
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Brokers:

Amended MF Global liquidation plan warns of risk to JPMorgan
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Cruise Ships:

Passengers On Stranded Cruise Ship Are Camping On Deck And Waiting In Line For Food - "Shanty Town"
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Mail:

Six in 10 Americans Favor Ending Saturday Mail Delivery
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Autos:

Auto Bailout Loss Lowered to $20.3Bn
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Detroit Worker Bonuses Approach Records on Rising Profits
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Fiat Looks for Financing Ahead of Chrysler Buy
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Economy:

Audit watchdog is in sequestration line of fire
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SEC chairman to request budget boost as sequestration looms
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U.S. Treasury nominee Lew calls tax reform top priority
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Survey: Three out of five CFOs expect no growth in the coming year
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Reality Check: $2.5 Trillion in Deficit Cuts
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Boomers Never Got Their $40T Inheritance
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US Minimum Wage Is Pretty Low Compared To Some Countries
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Food Stamp Users Could be Benefit Cut
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Last Quarter's GDP Report Was Even Stronger Than We Realized
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There's No Way Manufacturing Can Save America
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The 20 Companies With The Most Low-Wage Workers
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Study: M&A a Top Investment Priority for CEOs
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In State of the Union, Obama Swerves Back to Center --- Obama Takes Tax Ideas From 2012 --- Obama keeps pressure on Republicans with jobs plan
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Small Businesses Leading Nation's Economic Recovery
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The 25 Most Innovative Businesses In New York City
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Why Can't the Economy Really Get Going?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Fed Economists: Weigh ‘Good News’ in Eminent Domain Debate
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Underwater and Drowning? Some Facts about Mortgages that Could Be Targeted by Eminent Domain
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Mortgage Burden Grows, but Federal Role Is Shrinking
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Judge: Wells Fargo's $5B deal with feds does not bar new action
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Housing Industry Pins Hopes on Obama to Soften Down-Payment Rule
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Mortgage Applications, Refi Activity Take A Spill
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Job growth in housing lingers near post-bubble lows
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American Farmland Prices Are Going Bonkers
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Why Buying An Old Home Is A Bad Investment
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REO Insurance Remains Consistent Amid Extreme Industry Changes
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CFPB issues guidance on mortgage servicing transfers
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Southern California home prices rise; foreclosures fall statewide
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Retailing:

Retail Sales in US Increase for Third Straight Month --- Sales Report Comes Right In Line With Expectations --- Don't Get Excited Yet
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Aviation:

AMR creditors OK $11 bln American-US Air merger - sources
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AMR, US Airways Boards Said to Approve $11 Billion Merger
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Airline mergers mean more lost luggage, flight delays
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Airline Dealmaker Frank Lorenzo Says Doug Parker Got it Right
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New leader of American never planned to be a CEO
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US Airways watched American flounder, then pounced
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The American-US Airways Merger Is a Bad Idea
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Fitch Warns of Airport Trouble Should AMR, US Airways Merge
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Here’s how long it took for other mergers to go from announcement to closing
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How much is an American Airlines-US Airways merger worth? Good question
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We don’t have a merger yet, but we may have a merger website
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Here's What Travelers Can Expect From The World's New Biggest Airline
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Next Step in Airline M&A: Cross-Border Deals
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Bahrain Air Files For Bankruptcy Resulting In Cancellations Of All Flights
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Fraud:

Madoff Trustee to Distribute $505 Million to Customers
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Law Judge Affirms Tax Bill of $1 Million to Peter Madoff
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Stanford’s Accountants Face 20 Years in Prison at Sentencing
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SAC Probe Said to Be Hampered by Auto-Deleted E-Mails
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SEC to roll out ‘RoboCop’ against fraud
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Telecoms:

LightSquared Lawyer Says Lenders Settle on Exclusivity
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Financial Literacy:

Which Consumer Financial Education Programs Are Most Effective?: Assuming a Fact Not in Evidence
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Labor:

UMWA Continues Its Patriot Protest --- 10 arrested at protest of Patriot bankruptcy case --- Patriot proposes bonuses in midst of bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Revel bankruptcy whispers grow
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Casino Revamp Banks on U.S. Program
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Shipping:

IRS Seeks $463 Million in Taxes From Overseas Shipholding Group
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Corporate Reform:

U.S. insider trading informant Fortuna gets two years probation
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Democratic senators condemn move to block consumer bureau nominee
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Warren pushes for Cordray
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A Former SAC Analyst Just Told The Feds He Was Pressured To Get Inside Information
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Two very Important FTC Studies, One on Credit Reports and One on Debt Buyers
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SEC is Full of Sellouts Too
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Banking:

Fitch: U.S. Banks' Bulk Loan Sales to Grow
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Strategic Growth Bancorp's Acquisition and Recapitalization of Mile High Banks in a Section 363 Sale
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Solow Sues Citigroup, BofA Alleging Manipulation of Libor
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RBS faces pressure to hold more executives accountable for Libor
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Food/Beverage:

Executive to be sentenced in tomato price-fixing scam
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Frugal diners, higher costs could squeeze restaurants in 2013
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The Best Italian Restaurants In 25 Big Cities Around The US
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Hedge Funds:

George Soros Has Made $1 Billion In Just A Few Months On The Plunging Yen
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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 (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (25 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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Miscellaneous:

Bill on Bankruptcy: Rakoff Reverses Himself in Madoff Case
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Declines to Designate Votes of Parties to a Post-Petition Restructuring Support Agreement
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Indy Downs: Lock-Up Agreements Are A Valuable Tool
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No Soliciting? Delaware Court Holds that Restructuring Support Agreement Does Not Constitute Premature Solicitation Warranting Designation of Votes
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Jurisdiction:

Circuit split over parties' expanding a bankruptcy court's power
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UCC:

Fifth Circuit Holds that a Bank’s Security Interest Under Uniform Commercial Code 4-210(a)Defeats Provisions of 547(b)(5)
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Discharge:

Loans Made by Woman to Former Husband Held Not Dischargeable in Chapter 7
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Local Rules:

Change to Local Delaware Rule Governing Deadline for Filing and Service of Motions
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Hollywood:

L.A.'s Visual Effects Community Fears Grim Future
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Recent Pleadings:

GIT Asbestos Plan Confirmed
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Litigation:

Do arbitration pacts go against clients' best interests?
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Advancing Defense Costs in Bankruptcy
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TBTF:

Will Johnson and Warren Pair Up to End 'Too Big to Fail'?
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Brokers:

MF Global U.K. Unsecured Creditors to Get 40 Percent Payment
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UK - Client money entitlement: Hindsight is not such a wonderful thing for some $244m client money claimants
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Finance:

Obama: ‘Let’s Streamline the Process’ on Lending
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Alternative Energy:

U.S. Grant to Battery Firm Paid Workers to Play
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Politics:

Warren's silent Senate approach
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FactCheck: State of the Union Address
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FactCheck: Rubio's State of the Union Response
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Ratings:

Citigroup Lost $15 Million With UBS’s ‘Crap’ CDO Blessed by S&P
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Celebs:

Now Trump is Slamming Beyonce'
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UK:

Pound Tumbles on Bank of England Inflation Report
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Taskforce in self-assessment tax cheats crackdown
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HMV administrators make 60 redundancies including CEO
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Cobbetts debt recovery arm secures buyer; Taylor Wessing, Pinsents advise
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Cleary, Linklaters and DLA advise as Republic joins high-street casualty list
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EU:

Euro zone economy falls deeper into recession
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Eurozone GDP Contracts 0.6%
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Eurozone GDP Trend Is Getting Disastrous
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Daimler Bond Clause Shows Companies Still Plan for Euro Exit
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PIIGS:

ie: Mortgage arrears 'extraordinary'
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Greek GDP Still Showing Awful Declines
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Police in Rome arrest Angelo Rizzoli in fraud case
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Germany:

German street light maker Hess files for insolvency
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Croatia:

Hakom says Optima users not at risk from pre-bankruptcy deal
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Netherlands:

SNS Reaal Default Swaps Triggered by Restructuring Credit Event
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MENA:

Iran Hit With Major Scandal As U.N. Ambassador Shown Touching Hand Of A Woman
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Iceland:

Icelandic bank Kaupthing turns to Weil for latest settlement
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