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Law:
Why Law Firm Lawyers Care About Commas And In-House Lawyers Don’t
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New Reed Smith office in Houston now has 17 attorneys and is looking to hire more
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Bankruptcy Attorney John C. Thomas Joins Foley & Mansfield
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Buying In: Still Outside the Gates
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Trust But Verify Outside Counsel's Budget Prediction
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Kilpatrick scores in sharp turnaround
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Mayer Brown sees key financials fall as revenue dips to six-year low
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Covington & Burling's Gross Revenue Grew by 6.4 Percent in 2012
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At Seyfarth, Revenue and Profits Rise
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After Flat 2011, Cahill Swings to All-Time Highs in Revenue and Profits
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Amid Partner Growth Spurt, Weil's Profits Drop
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Cadwalader Shakes Things Up Again, as Cravath Proves Mortal
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The End of Workplace Flexibility? --- The Mommy Bloggers Are Ripping Marissa Mayer To Shreds
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The Curious Case Of Staff Sgt. Brandon Parsons
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The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier For The Feds To Spy On You
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Ray Nimmer steps down as UH Law dean, Alderman interim
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Law Schools May Appear Worse in the Rearview Mirror
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Ted Cruz Doubles Down
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Law School Transparency: The disappeared
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Gradenfreude: Two of the Best Rejection Letters I’ve Received
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Even the bad lawyers are good at bamboozling
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Five Dog Breeds for the Busy Associate Attorney
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The Secret Facebook Likes Of The Legal Profession
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The Best iPhone Apps to Replace Apple's Pre-Loaded Ones
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Potty Police: Sheriff Runs Plates Of Car For Restaurant To Charge For Use Of Bathroom
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Trusts Offer a Legal Loophole for Buying Restricted Guns
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Suspended lawyer is charged with impersonating dead client, in order to bilk his estate
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The Bachelor Had A Wife - Lawyer Suspended For Bigamy
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Two Philly Guys Sue Budweiser Brewer for Weak Beer
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Lindsay Lohan's Loopy Lawyer Filed Several Head-Scratching Legal Docs!
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Judges:
Benchslap of the Day: Justice Sotomayor Thinks You Should Turn Off Your Racist Light Bulb
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Today at the Supreme Court: Moving The Starting Point
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Judge Facing Ethics Challenge Because He’s Also a Stand-Up Comedian
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Courthouse shooter had prior run-ins with lawyers over family dispute
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Should judges disclose Facebook friends? ‘Context is significant,’ ABA ethics opinion says
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Due to looming federal budget cuts, some immigration detainees are released nationwide
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures signal mixed open
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Stocks Close Higher On News Of Housing Rebound
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Wall Street bonuses rise 8% for 2012 but industry warns of looming layoffs --- Don't Get Too Excited About That Rise In Wall Street Bonuses
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The Average Wall Streeter Still Makes A Staggering Amount More Than The Average New Yorker
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Bernanke: There is no stock bubble
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Layoffs:
JPMorgan Chase to Slash $1 Billion in Costs; Cut Staff by 4,000
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Yahoo's Risky Work-From-Home Memo --- Marissa Mayer's ban on telecommuting "smart, not ruthless," business analyst says --- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's work-from-home memo is childish --- 4 Reasons Marissa Mayer's No-At-Home-Work Policy Is an Epic Fail --- CEO right: Yahoo workers must show up --- Yahoo Employee: 'Getting Your [Rear] To The Office Is Not Too Much To Ask --- Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Has Lost the Plot
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Best Buy cutting 400 HQ jobs to save $150 million
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JCPenney Cuts 10% of HQ Staff as Turnaround Prospects Falter
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Union Criticizes Hostess Bidder for Failing to Promise Jobs
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Mass layoffs down in January
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Want to be Taken Seriously at Work? Stop Doing These Things
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Chart: The many jobs that pay women less than men
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Distressed Investing:
Why Bankruptcies are on the Decline
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Investors in struggling companies see signs of stress to come
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Europe: Babson seeks $250M for new distressed debt fund
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Autos:
GM: Requesting $9 Million CEO Pay, Not $11.1 Million
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House panel chides Treasury on GM, AIG pay
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Compensation:
Officials debate high pay at bailed-out firms
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Metals:
Ormet melts into bankruptcy again
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Wells Fargo, Wayzata Support Ormet Sale with DIP Facility
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Food/Beverage:
Hostess gives $17.9 million in claims to end retiree benefits
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Hostess' auction Thursday
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Closing: Brooklyn's Oldest Bar P.J. Hanley's Goes Bankrupt
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CEDC offers debt exchange or . . . bankruptcy
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Drake's Bay Oyster Farm Not Shutting Down (Yet); Gets A Reprieve
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Banah Sugar Bankruptcy Declared After Miami-Dade, Enterprise Florida Awarded Incentives
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Miami-Dade Sees Failure in Company It Favored
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Religion:
There's Been A Subtle, Yet Important, Shift In How The Vatican Handles Sex Scandals
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Lilly Foundation monitoring Charles Street AME bankruptcy
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Student Debt:
Student debtor who lost fair debt case loses again in Supreme Court
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Private Student Loans Are A Tiny Part of the Debt Problem
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More Wiggle Room for Student-Loan Debt?
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Politics:
Ben Bernanke Meets Elizabeth Warren
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Coal:
Another 10 people arrested during Peabody Energy protest downtown
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Succession:
Many Firms Don't Survive After Owners Die
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Predatory Lending:
Title Lending’s Big Question: Dude, Where's My Car?
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Economy:
Dow, S&P rise as Bernanke defends policy, warns on cuts
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Bernanke leans on housing, exit from MBS purchases unknown, may never sell
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Obama: The Sequester Is A 'Pretty Bad Name,' But Its Effects Are Going To Be Even Worse --- States That Are Going To Get Slammed Hardest By The Sequester --- House Republicans Are At War With Economists And Their Own Researchers --- More spin than solutions as spending cuts near --- Sequestration Will Wreak Chaos On US Federal Prisons --- These World-Class Navy Ships Are Going To Deteriorate --- Sequester Job Cuts Likely to Be Costly to Firms
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Consumer Confidence in U.S. Rose More Than Forecast in February
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About 30% of Benefit Recipients Say They Are Disabled
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Survey: Only 55 percent of Americans have more savings than credit card debt
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Warren versus Bernanke: A Senate Showdown
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How A Family Of Four Manages To Live Well On Just $14,000 Per Year
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
US home prices cap year with biggest rise since 2006 --- Surge 15.6% Crushing Expectations --- A few Comments on New Home Sales
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A Look at Case-Shiller, by Metro Area
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Shiller’s Bottom Line: Risk Lingers in Housing
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Ally and ResCap foes over $2 billion --- ResCap Creditors Say They May Pursue Litigation Against Ally
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Case-Shiller: Comp 20 House Prices increased 6.8% year-over-year in December
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JPMorgan Chase to Sell Mortgage Servicing Unit to Wingspan
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Mortgage Rates Tick Up
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It’s time to abolish the FHFA
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Housing’s ‘Wealth Effect’ Isn’t What It Used To Be
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Homebuilder Stocks Are Surging
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Home Depot boosted by early signs of US housing recovery
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Sears Once Ruled The World From This Decaying Office Tower In Chicago
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Aviation:
A Look at the US Airways-American Airlines Merger
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The American Airlines-US Airways Merger in an Evolving Airline Industry
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American, US Airways execs face gentle questioning in Congress
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Which airlines will survive? It's all in a 1995 book
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Airlines, Not Yet Where They Want To Be, Make 21 Cents Per Passenger
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Lawmakers ask whether American merger will hurt service --- AMR Says Merger Will Preserve Competition
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Spain's Orizonia says flights normal, no tourists stranded by bankruptcy
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Govt withdraws flying slots of Kingfisher Airlines --- SBI may issue loan recall notice to Kingfisher soon --- IndiGo, SpiceJet to compete for Kingfisher's flying slots
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Alitalia Chief Quits As Loss Deepens
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Newspapers:
Tribune Co. Hires Bankers to Sell Newspapers: Sources --- Tribune has hired Evercore
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Hollywood:
Life of Pi special effects Oscar win bittersweet for animator
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The Visual Effects Problem in Hollywood
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Effects Community Mobilizes at Hollywood Protest
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Rhythm & Hues identifies buyers
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Municipalities:
Detroit: Mike Duggan is clear he wants to be mayor --- Don't let mayor's race fuel EM resentment --- Opposition to possible Detroit emergency manager grows louder --- NAACP To Snyder: Once You Name An EM, Detroit Is Your Responsibility
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Detroit's fiscal opera will end with bankruptcy aria
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Financial report: Detroit council's response unclear after private meeting nixed
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Detroit's NAACP says State Should Partner With, Not Oversee the City
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Emergency Manager Won’t Work In Detroit, Hasn’t Worked Elsewhere
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Detroit council cancels closed meeting after legal questions raised
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Stockton: City reaches accord with bond insurer creditor
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Trial on Stockton, California's bankruptcy eligibility next month --- Stockton's CalPERS payments will be tested in March bankruptcy trial
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San Bernardino and CalPERS Continue Battle Over City’s Debtor Eligibility
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How many said, “Don't try for me, San Bernardino”?
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Simpson: San Bernardino must bolster Finance Department
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Woonsocket Retirees Offered Choice Between Static Pensions, Uniform Healthcare And Bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:
States Are On A Mission To Take Down A Major Consumer Watchdog
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SEC budget in line of fire as House panel seeks cuts
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U.S. regulator says settlements with banks are appropriate
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Gambling:
Casino bankruptcy is lesson for Mass.
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Debt Collection:
FTC Releases Complaints Report for 2012: Debt Collection ...
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US appeals court voids Encore robo-signing settlement
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Banking:
FDIC describes bad loans in case against American Marine Bank
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US banks post highest profits since 2006 --- Profits rose nearly 20% last year -- largely from reducing loan loss reserves
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Banks Processing Internet Payday Payments through Bank Accounts that Customers Asked be Closed
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Elizabeth Warren Absolutely Grilled Ben Bernanke On Too Big To Fail Banks' '$83 Billion Subsidy'
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Banks Face Key Hurdle in Libor Fight
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Banks are dumping their crisis-era CDO books, and hedge funds are buying
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Lehman:
Lehman Gets $16.3 Billion in Claims on Defunct Brokerage
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Lehman Trustee Offers Details on Claim Settlements, Payback
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Finance:
Asset-Based Loans: Not Your Father's Pawn Shop
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Brokers:
Hedge-Fund Manager Aurelius Backs J.P. Morgan in MF Global Fight
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Retailing:
Radio Shack's 4Q Loss Steeper Than Expected, 4th Straight Quarterly Loss
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Why bulls are tuning into RadioShack
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Mass Torts:
BP Profit Push ‘Root Cause’ of Gulf Spill, Witness Says
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Accusations Fly as Trial Over Gulf Oil Spill Begins
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Alternative Energy:
First Solar Outlook Disappoints; Shares Skid
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Personal Finance:
The Truth Behind 7 Personal Finance Myths
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Agriculture:
Farm's future in doubt
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Resorts:
Compromise will keep Naples Bay Resort open, obtain loan and pay debt
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Video Games:
THQ selling off remaining IPs
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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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Disclosure:
There is no "Oops Defense" When Debtor Lies Or Misleads the Court In Schedules And Pleadings
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Committees:
An Introduction to Chapter 11 Creditors’ Committees
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Sales:
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Recent Pleadings:
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Insurance:
Can an Excess Insurer Sue a Primary Insurer’s Defense Counsel for Malpractice?
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TBTF:
Elizabeth Warren , Ben Bernanke Clash Over 'Too Big To Fail' --- The Too Big To Fail Subsidy Is Negative Sixteen Billion Dollars, Or Possibly Some Other Number
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Judge puts AIG/New York Fed case on hold, BofA still on
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Celebs:
Casey Anthony bankruptcy trial to stay in Tampa
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Michael Jackson's skin medic Arnold Klein avoids arrest in bankruptcy case
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This Is Why So Many Professional Athletes Are Going Broke
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25 Regular People Who Married Into Royalty
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The Mass of Contradictions that Define "Bad Boys" in Sports, Art, Life, and the Law
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Electricity:
KKR, TPG aim to avoid bankruptcy of Energy Future
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Textbooks:
Textbook Publisher Cengage Opens Discussions With Restructuring Advisers
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Health Care:
Facilities' bankruptcy filing marks latest twist in Connecticut nursing home strike
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Corporate Governance:
A Warning on Abuses of Shareholder Power
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Fraud:
Bernard Madoff urges investigators to keep pursuing big banks
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Judge certifies Madoff feeder fund class action
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New Stream Fund Executives Charged With Securities Fraud
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It's All Over for SoCal Ponzi Man
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Miami first deals with Ponzi schemer, now NCAA
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Judge freezes assets related to precious metals firm
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Feds only 10 yrs. late on Cohen’s ‘inside’ job
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Walnuts Filled With Cement?
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Basketball:
Bankruptcy trustee may hurry up and sell minority stake in Sacramento Kings --- Details of Seattle deal for Sacramento Kings remain sealed in Bob Cook bankruptcy case
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Pensions:
Low rates and longer life spans are killing corporate pensions
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Providence, RI claims firm missed $10 mln in pension costs
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Sovereigns:
Argentina vs. hedge funds debt drama
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UK:
Rise in number of distressed law firms
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Government to force suppliers to maintain services to insolvent firms
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New chair of insolvency body R3 in the Midlands appointed
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End of ransom payments in insolvencies
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Government tackles suppliers’ demands in administration
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Harrisons administrators called to law firm Calibre Solicitors
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Scottish businesses in line for £400m tax bill
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Dundas insolvency head quits for Pinsent Masons
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EU:
ECB bond plan in jeopardy as Italy's voters reject conditions
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PIIGS:
Italy's election mess won't knock out Europe --- Why Italy caused global markets to crater, and what happens now
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Bankruptcy Cheat Must Face the Music in Italy
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Irish Exit Emergency Ward With Bank Guarantee End, Noonan Says
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Portugal opposition chief demands renegotiation of bailout
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Three in ten Greeks facing poverty risk
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Canada:
Ottawa sinks $540-million into student loan write-offs
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Germany:
German Supreme Court renders ipso facto clauses invalid and unenforceable
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Hong Kong:
Aerial Views Of Hong Kong's Tiny 'Cage' Apartments
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Thailand:
Thai Bankruptcies Rise as Minimum Wage Rolls Out
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Mexico:
Vitro at Highest Since 1997 on Legal Cases
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MENA:
Nakheel pays additional Dh206m to creditors
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The complicated but lucrative world of restructuring
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India:
India issues optimistic economic growth forecast
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China:
China's 'Dubai' is deserted
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Lithuania:
Natural persons in Lithuania to be able to go bankrupt as of March 1
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