Law:
James Bond Stars in Dewey Art Auction
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The Departing Skadden Partner, His Ex-Wife, And The Substance Of African-Americans --- Law firm partner's departure memo creates a stir
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Thompson & Knight, Ogletree, Paul Weiss: Business of Law
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Shearman Holds Revenue Steady, as Net Income Declines
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Revenue, Profits, Head Count All Up at Proskauer
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Kaye Scholer Sees Revenue, Profits Drop For Second Straight Year
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Venable Sees Net Income, Profits Per Partner Rise in 2012
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McGuireWoods Posts Growth in Gross Revenue in 2012
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Allen & Overy names a new U.S. leader
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New-look Dentons to go live on 28 March - and 2 April
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What Legal Demographic is Ruled by Women?
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Midsize firms are happy to sort through the remainders
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K&L Gates posts 2012 financial results online; will other major law firms follow suit? --- K&L Gates Swing Wide Open
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A Senior JPMorgan Deal Maker Returns to the Law
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Law Firm Leaders Q&A: Duane Morris' Douglas Woloshin
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Legal Project Management 1.0
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The Go-To Law Schools
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Law Prof: I May File Law School Ethics Charges
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More Law School Non-Reform
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Law School Transparency: Inside report --- The reliability of the employment data reported by law schools --- Doctors and lawyers
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Property law professor battling leukemia teaches from hospital bed
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The American Bar Association Is Finally Trying To Make Sure Law Schools Don't Lie
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Law School Throws ‘Job Idol’ Competition, Grand Prize: Not a Job
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Thies: Law school debt 'unsustainable' over long term
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Senator Ted Cruz: HLS Full Of Communists
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Lawyers Whose Lives Were Upset by Hurricane Find Time to Counsel Fellow Storm Victims
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Man arrested at Pa. courthouse is charged with stealing files from Reed Smith
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Law firm’s hijacked keywords not a privacy violation, appeals court says
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Oscar Pistorius released on bail after tense court hearing --- Pistorius bail decision greeted with mixed opinion in South Africa --- Bizarre Twist In Oscar Pistorius' Case --- The 'Stars' Of The O.J. Trial Are Coming Out To Weigh In On Pistorius --- Elite, Gated, Alternate South Africa
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The 12 Most Ridiculous Things FBI Agents Did Recently
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Judge Sanctions Lindsay Lohan's lawyer For Plagiarism
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Federal court says no 2nd Amendment right to concealed gun permit --- Court says Illinois must rewrite curbs on carrying concealed guns
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Deal Near on Background Checks for Private Gun Sales
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Million-dollar deadbeat dad, on the lam for nearly 20 years, enters guilty plea
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Disbarred Lawyer Considered A Threat To Officials
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Owning Your Online Presence
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ABA Adopts Unbunding Resolution
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News Briefs—K&L Gates Bares All; Groundhog Day Redux; Cultural Superiority; and More
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Firm and two of its lawyers must pay $200K over frivolous patent case
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Avvo Adds Reverse Auction ‘Legal Marketplace’
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Mississippi Abolishes Slavery
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World’s First Solicitor Harlem Shake Video
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Lawyer was left trapped and forgotten in a jail for hours after trying to visit a client
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Utah’s Trooper Of The Year Fired After Being Accused Of False DUI Arrests
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The Extrajudicial Proclivities Of The NFL And NCAA
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Town to pay $51K to settle federal suit over police shooting of family dog
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Defendant attorney takes stand in latest corruption trial linked to convicted judge
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Controversial judge is target of complaints; DA asks state AG to investigate
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Judge of the Day: From the Bench to the Big House?
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Judicial Ethics and Social Media: To Friend or Not to Friend?
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Sotomayor on getting over her ‘reflexive terror’
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The Other Crisis Facing the Federal Judiciary
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CA: Judicial Council's Operations Remain Largely Shielded From Public Eye
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures point to flat to higher open
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Layoffs:
Yahoo! tells employees to stop working from home --- Why Marissa Mayer Told Remote Employees To Work In An Office ... Or Quit
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:
Wayne Newton Estate Up for Sale, Auction Amid Legal Battle
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Former Razorback Coach John L. Smith's Request To Limit Public Access to Bankruptcy Documents
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Ex-KISS Guitarist Is On The Brink Of Losing His Upstate New York Home
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Curt Schilling’s Bloody Sock From Game 2 of 2004 World Series Sells for $92,613 at Auction
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US joins fraud lawsuit against Lance Armstrong
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Robert Swift, Ex-Seattle SuperSonics Star, Refuses to Leave His Foreclosed Home
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Casey Anthony bankruptcy lawyer seeks delay in venue hearing
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Personal Finance:
13 Things You're Better Off Buying Used
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7 Money Moves You Should Never Hide From Your Tax Preparer
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Aviation:
How US Airways snagged the merger with American Airlines
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Tonight Show ad spoofs the American Airlines-US Airways merger
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FAA outlines operational impacts if sequester spending cuts go into effect
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American Airlines warns managers: If you say something about the merger, we gotta disclose it
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Pilot unions meet with US Airways executives
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American Airlines asks court to OK severance pay, retention bonuses for execs, managers
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The end of cheap airfare
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Hollywood:
The Broke and the Beautiful: ‘Seventh Son’ Edition
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Red Ink Spills Across Visual Effects Industry
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VFX Pros To Stage Oscar Protest
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And the Oscar goes to...the Life of Pi visual effects company filing for bankruptcy protection
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Resorts:
Antaramian crafts plan to turn Naples Bay Resort over to his company
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Paulson-Owned Resort Group Chapter 11 Exit Plan Approved
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Corporate Reform:
SEC: Really, We're Back on the Beat
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Why The Justice Department Is Suing S&P
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Consumer Bureau Said to Warn Banks of Auto Lending Suits
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Food/Beverage:
El Cajon Brewing Company struggling with bankruptcy
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Economy:
Bernanke's Stimulus Spurring US Employment in Housing-Autos
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Both Sides Point Fingers on Sequester --- Fed courts, DOJ prepare for big cuts --- Why 40 Percent Of Americans Aren't Afraid Of The Sequester --- Republicans May Have Found A Brilliant Way To Win The Sequester --- Will: The Manufactured Sequester Crisis --- Fault-Finding Grows Intense As Cuts Near --- Hard Budget Realities as Agencies Prepare to Detail Reductions --- The White House Is Pressuring Republicans On The Sequester By Warning Of Drastic State-By-State Cuts
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Fed Leaves a Win-Win for Treasurys
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Fed: Don't Worry if We Lose Money
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Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
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Without Taxpayer Aid, Big Banks Would Only Break Even
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The Rise Of Consumer Culture
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Don't Weep for Boomers Close to Retirement
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
The US Is Running Out Of Homes To Sell
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Housing: It’s Becoming a Seller’s Market
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6.78% of Home Loans 90 Days Past Due
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Rising Prices Shrink Ranks of Underwater Borrowers
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No US prison time for Mastros, French judge rules
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Freddie Mac revamps insurance procedures for Hurricane Sandy borrowers
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Ill. Supreme Court issues rules on foreclosures
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California captures 40% of aid from the national mortgage settlement
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Compensation:
Citigroup CEO tops $10 mil in salary
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Now Up: The "Third Wave" of Executive Compensation Litigation
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Banking:
Jain won't be sanctioned in libor case: report
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Sunrise Bank shutdown averted by last-minute capital infusion
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FDIC details loans that shuttered American Marine Bank
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Banks Turn Punishment Into Chance to Ditch Bad Loans
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Newspapers:
Car dealer Ernie Boch Jr. says he's interested in bidding for The Boston Globe
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More Newspaper Layoffs Likely to Follow Journal-Register's Sale
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Pension obligations, other debt led Journal Register Co. into second bankruptcy
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Aviation:
A Look Inside the American Airlines/US Airways Merger
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The Best Airline Captain Announcement Ever Came On A British Airways 747 After All Four Engines Failed...
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TSA vs. 3 Year Old with Spina Bifida
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Health Care:
The Most Infuriating Paragraph You Might Ever Read About The Healthcare System
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Advanced Living Technologies files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
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5 Restructuring Activities Healthcare CEOs Have Initiated
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Why your boss is dumping your wife
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Fraud:
Madoff Victims Suffer Major Setback In Federal Appeals Court
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Madoff to FBN: Maintain Scrutiny on Banks and Feeder Funds
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Revisiting Reasonable Reliance in Credit Fraud Cases
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Attorney Maria Elena Perez blazes her own path in defense of former UM booster Nevin Shapiro
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Consumer Complaints May Offer Insight Into Pyramid Schemes
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Current S&P Employees Star in Suit
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Startups:
A Famous Angel Explains The Four Biggest Mistakes Startups Make
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Coal:
Miner retirees furious over lost benefits and pensions --- Miners to protest again at Peabody headquarters --- Legislation to protect retired coal miners from Patriot bankruptcy --- Rockefeller, Rahall to introduce miners pension bill
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Patriot Coal 2012 loss widen to USD 730.6 million
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Corporate Governance:
Einhorn’s Apple Victory Seen as Legal Precedent in Corporate Governance
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Gambling:
Streak of bad news persists on Boardwalk
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Snake eyes
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Centaur Gaming Acquires Indiana Grand Casino, Indiana Downs
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Municipalities:
Stockton: City plots emergence from bankruptcy
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The only path for Stockton
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Broke city pays many $100K-plus
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City manager may be too expert --- San Bernardino City Council stands by new city manager Allen J. Parker despite prior personal bankruptcies
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San Bernardino: This is living within one's means?
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L. Brooks Patterson: State-appointed manager for Detroit the only option left for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder
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Bankruptcy filing may be bad option for Detroit
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The Uniquely American Way to Dictatorship
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Detroit prepares for EM; Snyder has short list of candidates
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Snyder: People already turning down Detroit job
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Detroit: Skid row
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Detroit's Race for Mayor Offers Uncertain Prize --- Would an emergency manager ruin 2013 Detroit elections?
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Former Detroit auditor general, once Benton Harbor's EFM, claims Motor City's fiscal meltdown was decades in making
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The Revel going belly-up is no shock; the whole plan for A.C. was bankrupt from the beginning
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Camden, AC Among Top 20 Most Miserable Cities --- Detroit named 'most miserable US city'
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CREW Los Angeles Panel Recap
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America's 20 Dirtiest Cities
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18 Cities Freaking Out Over the Sequester
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Skiing:
Auction could determine ski resort's future
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Alternative Energy:
Bankrupt Abound Solar Dealt Another Blow
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Credit Reporting:
Facebook & Credit Scores
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10 things credit bureaus won't say
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Mass Torts:
Epicenter of Gulf Oil Spill Confronts BP
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BP Seeks to Prove Oil Spill Errors Weren’t Grossly Negligent --- How Likely is a BP Spill Settlement?
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Brokers:
Corzine Avoids Lifetime Futures Ban, for Now: Regulator
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Assessing client money claims following the MF Global collapse
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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 (42 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (62 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Bankruptcy Week Ahead: Hostess to Hold First Bankruptcy Auction
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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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Plan Confirmation:
Bankruptcy Court for District of Delaware Approves Use of Post-Petition Lock-Up Agreements and Permits Release of Non-debtor Parties by Non-voting Creditors
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Market Test Required for Plans Giving Equity to Insiders
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Recent Pleadings:
Penson Gets 10.5M Stalking Horse --- Seeks D&O Access --- Files Amended Plan
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ResCap Bondholders Want End To Exclusivity, Says Case Stalemated
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Dewey Files Plan Confirmation Memorandum --- Creditors Committee Supports
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Professional Compensation:
Nortel US seeks to hide some fees amid cash battle
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Litigation:
Emerging Legal Guidelines on Discoverability of Social Media in Federal Courts
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Winning Less May Mean More to Your Client in the End
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Five tips to handle e-discovery in a crisis
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10 Tips to Build a Trial Presentation Database
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A license to steal?
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Predatory Lending:
Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States
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Ethanol:
Firm holds out hope for reopening of South Bend ethanol plant
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Basketball:
Bankruptcy Court To Rule On Hansen-Maloof Sacramento Kings Sale Documents
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Telecoms:
PowerWave Bankruptcy Further Delays D.C. Metro Wireless Expansion
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Angel Telecom Announces Acquisition of Assets of Vivaro Corporation
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Electricity:
It’s past time for a remedy at EFH
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Biggest LBO Failure Becomes Energy Future Purgatory for KKR
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Beartooth Co-op trustees describe bankruptcy plan as ‘totally inadequate’
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Agriculture:
Judge deems Rakhra case futile
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Feedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer US cows
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Bowling:
Bowling business back in the gutter
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Brokers:
Judge OKs framework for payment to MF Global creditors
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Financial Literacy:
Disclosure 2.5: Moving from the Lab to the Field
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Religion:
Bankruptcy judge to hear victim test cases in Milwaukee
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Indiana Mega-Church Faces New Foreclosure Lawsuit
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Accounting:
Big Four dismiss claims they are failing shareholders
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Competition Commission aims to break Big Four dominance
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Sovereigns:
Don't Fix It, Call It a Risk Factor!
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Argentina Bets on Skeptical U.S. Judges to Avoid Crisis
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UK:
Loss of triple-A credit rating 'largely symbolic', says Vince Cable
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To Save The British Economy, David Cameron Has To Do The Hardest Thing Any Politician Ever Has To Do
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Shameless Star Tina Malone Reveals IVF Treatment Plans
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EU:
In euro zone, clouds still mask silver lining
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The last remaining hope for Europe is slipping away
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PIIGS:
Italian Politics --- 15 Reasons Why The Italian Election Matters To The World --- Italian Election Guide --- Berlin Tries Not to Fiddle, But Rome May Burn --- Bankruptcy graveyard in Italian election battleground --- Paul Krugman: Outsiders Are Right To Be 'Terrified' Over The Italian Election --- Goldman: There's Almost A 50% Chance Of A Negative Outcome In Italy
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Half of Greeks contribute to tax evasion --- Health bubble contributed to state's ills --- Private sector forced to bail out state --- Anastasiades has talked to two countries about a loan --- Greek economy to contract in 2013, recover next yr-cenbank
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Troika to review Portugal bailout , revisions seen --- Austerity’s poster child Portugal says economy is doing way worse than it realized
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Canada:
Charges laid in bankruptcy fraud investigation
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France:
Are the French Really That Lazy?
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Cyprus:
EU must be convinced that Cyprus is facing bankruptcy
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Cypriot conservative romps to presidential victory
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Lithuania:
Lithuanian Siauliu Bankas Agrees to Assume Insolvent Ukio Assets
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Estonia:
Division of expenses between pledge creditors in bankruptcy proceedings
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India:
Wall Street doctors come to rescue PEs in India
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