February 22, 2013

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Law:

Former Dewey executive to appear in NY bankruptcy court
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K&L calls for post-Dewey transparency with comprehensive financial report --- Big Law Firm K&L Gates Lifts Veil on Financial Performance
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Top U.S. law firms report higher growth rates in 2012
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Hiring, Recruitment and Retention Down
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The Love Of A Woman Is More Valuable Than A Partnership At Skadden --- Better Than Metrosexual
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Women lawyers make up majority of part-timers in 2012
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Partner Profit Reports: Quinn Emanuel, Bingham, Perkins Coie --- Bingham results reveal impact of service center as PEP falls
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Profits Per Partner Up, Net Income Down at Vinson & Elkins
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K&L Gates Holds Revenue Steady, Inches Up Partner Profits --- Posts 2012 Results on Website --- We Can Do Better
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Nixon Peabody Sees Modest Jump in Revenues, 10 Percent Increase in Profits
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Haynes and Boone's Financials Improve in 2012
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Pepper, Latham, Wachtell, Sedgwick: Business of Law
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Boies Schiller: Client poaching claims in Chiquita MDL are absurd
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Midsize firms see culture as a recruiting tool
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From Biglaw to Boutique: Recalculating
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Quarter of UK top 40 firms considering mergers with non-legal practices
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Lawyer Suspended for Using Secretary's Bank Account To Dodge His Creditors
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Biglaw Perk Watch: Law Firm 401k Rankings
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Former Linklaters US chief exits firm in six-strong team move
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Louis Freeh's law firm taps top white-collar lawyers
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Only law schools that tackle costs, graduate client-centered lawyers will survive—a dean’s view
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Three Questions About Legal Education
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New Law School Application Numbers
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Law School Transparency: An apology
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National Jurist Needs To Delete Their Law School Rankings And Apologize To Us All For Wasting Our Time
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Stop Waiting for Career Services to Find You a Job
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ABA seeks help monitoring law graduate employment statistics
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Wearing A Class Ring From Your Law School Is An Expensive Way To Advertise That You Are A Loser Who Has No Friends
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The 10 most shocking facts of Oscar Pistorious' murder case --- Pistorius defense rebukes 'poor police work' --- Oscar Pistorius lead detective taken off case after attempted murder charges --- Oscar Pistorius won't have the option of a jury trial
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This Satanic Craigslist Posting For A Legal Job Was So Creepy It Actually Got Removed
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Firm's staff forced to bring own toilet paper to work
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Singapore humiliation as 19 firms refused right to practice
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Lawyer jailed for 10 years for sham marriage scheme - "Conveyor belt of brides"
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Hey, Ladies: The Legal Baller Is Hiring Again
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Swat Team Raids Home With Armored Car, Shoots And Kills Unarmed Occupant, and Costs Millions In Damages -- Lead Officer Given Award For His Role In The Raid
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Man Led Cops on 40-Mile Chase; Was Wanted for Pointing Finger-Guns at Drivers
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Lewis and Roca Lawyer Identified as Ex-Senator Domenici's Secret Child
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Body Found In Hotel Water Tank After Complaints Of Foul Tasting Water and Dark Bath Water
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Florida Prosecutor Who Used Badge For S---- Club Perks Is Stripped Of His Job
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The HoverBar Lets You Suspend Your iPad From Just About Anywhere
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Apple iPhone, iPad Forensics Advancing Slowly
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Remotely Advancing iPad Keynote Slides --- Security analysis for lawyers: poor, to fairly cloudy --- Dropbox For iOS Gets Push Notifications For Shared Folders, All-New PDF Viewer
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Websites 201 for Lawyers
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Partner’s affair with lawyer is aired in ‘Ask Amy’
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The Privacy Price To Cross The Border
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Judge tosses suit against West and LexisNexis for reproducing lawyer briefs
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George Boedecker, Crocs Co-Founder: Guilty Plea in "Batsh*t Crazy" Taylor Swift DUI
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'Pastafarian' refuses to take spaghetti strainer off his head for license photo, cops say
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The Last Meals Of Innocent Men Who Were Executed
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Judges:

Judges learn it's human to have feelings on bench
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Apparently Scalia Doesn’t Hold the Government in Very High Regard These Days
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Two new camera-shy Supreme Court justices
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Judge's Use of Electronic Social Networking Media
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State supreme court justice and sister are convicted in Pa. political corruption case
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Courthouse shooter had handwritten death warrant for lawyer who wasn’t there, authorities say
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California's Chief Justice Warns That Without Funding Courts Face 'Dismemberment'
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures signal a rebound
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US stocks close lower for second session
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Layoffs:

Jobless claims up 20,000 in week
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:

Arrest warrant issued for Michael Jackson's former skin doctor
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Hollywood:

Rhythm & Hues Looks to Finish ‘Seventh Son’
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Newspapers:

Journal Register Co.'s sale could put 844 Michigan newspaper jobs at risk
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Debt Collection:

FDCPA Cases Filed Increase in January
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New Federal Report on Debt Collection Practices Indicates Area of Concern
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Sixth Circuit Takes Minority View on Foreclosure as Debt Collection
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Corporate Reform:

Why Consumer Watchdog Agency Has No Chief
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Economy:

Weekly Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected
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Philly Fed Manufacturing Dives to -12.5
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Global Shares, euro hit by weak economic data, Italian elections
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Who's Afraid of QE Ending? Not the Bond Market --- Federal Reserve unlikely to end stimulus efforts soon, minutes signal
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Obama reaches out to Boehner, McConnell on sequester --- For Obama, Public Opinion on Sequester May Not Be Enough --- What sequester says about who's controlling the Republican Party --- A Game of Chicken --- The Problem with Alan Simpson --- Sequester madness: What it is, why it matters --- Pentagon braces for furloughs in sequester --- What if the sequester isn't a disaster? --- Just how 'draconian' is the sequester ? --- Former NIH director: The sequester will set back medical science for a generation --- CME livestock, dairy contracts at risk from sequester --- Big Cuts To National Parks --- Sequester , QE debates show US systems are broken --- After Sequestration, A Shocking Proportion Of Government Spending Will Be On Entitlements --- Most Pathetic Thing About the Sequester --- Legal aid groups lose big under sequester
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Younger Americans: No House, No Car, Less Debt
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Consumers Say They're Cutting Back
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Oil Inventories Surge to 7 Month High
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The Poor Are Getting Slammed By Tax Hikes While The Rich Spend With Wild Abandon
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40 Obvious And Painless Ways For The US To Cut Its Budget
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Median home price posts biggest gain since 2005, Realtors say
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Goldman Sachs predicts home sales will keep increasing for four years
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6 Year Housing Hangover Tough to Shake Off
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Housing: It's Becoming a Seller's Market
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Non-judicial foreclosures get delayed for a reason
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Previously Owned U.S. Home Sales Climb to 4.92 Million
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Banks Increasing Mortgage Forgiveness as Deadline Looms
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BofA: Settlement programs provide 370,000 borrowers with relief
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Watchdog says U.S. banks on track with mortgage relief
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Banks find way to benefit from robo-signing scandal
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US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.56 pct.
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Delinquency Rates Plummeted In Q4 2012
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Zillow: Nearly 2M Homeowners Shed Negative Equity In 2012
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National mortgage settlement provides $45 billion in homeowner relief
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New Paper Sheds Light on Extent of Housing Bubble Fraud
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Aviation:

United says removing Boeing 787 from flight plans
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Municipalities:

Moody's outlook for US local governments remains negative
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San Bernardino's creditors should work with, not against the city
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San Bernardino: New city manager declared personal bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy filing may be bad option for Detroit
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he's not ready to appoint emergency manager for Detroit for at least a week --- Why Snyder is in no hurry to grab Detroit --- The risk for Gov. Snyder in taking over Detroit
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Snyder: Detroit's 'dire' situation won't be solved 'overnight'
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Bing: Chance for city bankruptcy appears 'very slim'
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The big question on Detroit's mess that Snyder can't answer
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47% of Detroit Property Owners Don't Pay Taxes
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Detroit named most miserable U.S. city in Forbes ranking
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'We need to grow Detroit': Gov. Snyder mum on emergency financial manager
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A state takeover of Detroit, once America's third-largest city, looks likely
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Detroit City Council works to avoid state takeover
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Judge restores some power to DPS Board of Education
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Harrisburg: A land of sinkholes and bursting water mains: aging infrastructure will cost trillions to fix
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Neillsville man charged with bankruptcy fraud
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Gambling:

Revel gambles on $1B debt-for-equity swap deal
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Revel casino's bankruptcy threatens plans to make Atlantic City a gambling-plus destination
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Politics:

Sen. Warren soliciting funds for leadership PAC
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Not all Dems are Elizabeth Warren
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Corporate Governance:

The Benefits of Having Lawyers on the Board of Directors
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Hotels:

Montvale faces bankruptcy
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Ratings Agencies:

S&P Probe by Massachusetts Said to Extend to Post-Crisis Ratings
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Resorts:

Bank of America, JPMorgan Win Fontainebleau Loan Appeal
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10 Resorts Where American Blue Bloods Go To Escape
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Autos:

Grassley, Thune Worried China to Buy Fisker
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Student Debt:

The Myth of the Student - Loan Crisis
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Consumer agency wants to hear your ideas on student loan repayment --- CFPB Announces New Push To Alleviate Mounting Student Loan Debt
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US eyes student loan refinancings
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Report looks at college debt, graduation rates
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For-Profit Colleges Use Shameless Propaganda to Mask Shameful Conduct
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College Lets Students Cheat, Prof Says
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 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 (38 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:

Little increase seen in big bankruptcies in 2013
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Plan Confirmation:

Barnes & Thornburg Lender Client Wins Appeal Before The Seventh Circuit Benefiting All Creditors in Bankruptcy
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Seventh Circuit Extends Competition Rule to Insider in New-Value Reorganization Plan
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Commission To Study Reform - Field Hearing at Las Vegas, Nevada; February 21, 2013 - Witness Statements: Peter Kaufman - Hon. James Peck - Prof. David Smith - Sandi Horwitz

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Third Party Releases:

Don’t Throw Away that Ballot! (You May Be Releasing Third Parties If You Do)
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Sales:

In a Bankruptcy Sale Free and Clear of Liens, Claims, and Interests, the First Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Adopts an Expansive Definition of the Term "Interest"
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Bankruptcy Buyers Beware
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Fraud:

Peel files another appeal, this time over a bankruptcy order
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Jacksonville Ponzi scheme victims file $120.1 million suit against US
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Bishop Eddie Long accused of endorsing ponzi scheme
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FBI Declares War on The Scooter Store
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Emails detail close relationship between NCAA, Shapiro's attorney --- Florida Senate wants NCAA investigated
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Horse Racing:

Centaur completes purchase of Indiana Grand
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Health Care:

Saint Catherine Healthcare defies trustee, seeks to sell land, building
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7 Eye-Popping Details From The TIME Cover Story On Health Care Costs
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Comparing Aetna and Medicare: $30 vs. $4 a claim
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Religion:

Cardinals Dolan and Mahony quizzed on child abuse
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Aviation:

American Air Doesn't Want Antitrust Battle Delayed
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AMR answers questions about AMR stock
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Sequester may impact airport lines
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Bankruptcy court to consider AMR-US Airways merger March 27
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Airlines say they earn 21 cents per passenger
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Job cut costs swell 2012 loss at Air France-KLM
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Brokers:

Kicking Corzine Out of the 'Club' Proved to Be Not So Easy
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Corzine Ban Faces Uphill Battle at Futures Regulator
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Food/Beverage:

Feds indict 4 in peanut butter salmonella outbreak
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Acquisitive Flowers seeks bigger slice of U.S. bread market
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Mass Torts:

Gulf Coast oil spillers about to face day in court
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BP Spill Pact Excluded Billions in Possible Loss Claims
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Sovereigns:

What the fighting's all about in Argentina vs holdout creditors
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Argentina, hedge funds set for appeals court battle
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UK:

KPMG report reveals £3.8m Cobbetts price tag and £41m creditor bill
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Interactive debt map of Scotland
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HMRC names tax cheats for first time
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Businessmen jailed for hiding £500,000 in offshore accounts
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EU:

EU Zone Recovery Hopes Falter in February
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Draghi Took Home Twice Bernanke's Salary in 2012, Accounts Show
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EU Says Euro Zone to Shrink in 2013 as Unemployment Rises
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Offshore:

Jersey Facilitates Unique Insolvency Resolution
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Brazil:

PE-Backed Lacteos Brasil Files for Bankruptcy
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Israel:

Yosef Maiman set to leave Ampal
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Netherlands:

Dutch consumers gloomier than ever as joblessness climbs and house prices dive
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