Law:
Citi: Firms Posted 4.3 Percent Rise in 2012 Profits
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The legal industry got nuked by the financial crisis [CHART]
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Denial and partner morale problems proliferate at law firms, report says
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DLA Piper Literally Doesn’t Know What Countries Some Of Their Offices Are In
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Pension fears over younger partners' ability to pay --- Law Firm Retirement Plans Get Fresh Attention
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The ATL Interrogatories: 10 Questions with Peter Kalis of K&L Gates
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Paralegal Jobs Are Vanishing According to New AP Analysis
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FHFA to Congress: Quinn, Kasowitz better than Justice for bank cases
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Locke Lord's Net Income Up by 7 Percent
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White & Case Reaps Record Return on Investments
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Holland & Knight reports 'healthy' 2012
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O'Melveny's Profits Hit All-Time High
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In First Year Post-Merger, Faegre Baker Daniels Sees Revenue Near $450 Million Mark
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Hogan Lovells LLPs detail firm's flat performance amid tough market
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Kay Bailey Hutchison joins Bracewell & Giuliani
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Law firm releases report on litigation trends in 2013
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Cheating and Suing to Get What You Want
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Future Law School Applicants Tend To Have Bigger Egos Than Their Peers
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Law School News—Optimistic and Smug
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Zombie Law Schools
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Law School Transparency: In the long run
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Law schools told 'adapt to survive'
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Really Weak Arguments For Going To Law School: The Small Law School Edition
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Future law school applicants are wealthier, more self-confident
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Student loans: The next housing bubble
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Non-lawyer Investments in Law Firms: Jacoby & Myers could bring end to law as "special institution"
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Practicing Law 2013: Zero sum game
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Survey Results: Do Law Firms Feature Benefits of Non-Lawyer Staff on Their Websites?
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Stealth Lawyer: Loni Edwards, Fashion Startup Founder
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5 Tasks to Outsource When You Hit the Big Time
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Ex-Grant Thornton partner charged with stealing $4 mln
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Restructuring Firms Bulk in Asia
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ABA ethics commission tackles issue of foreign lawyers
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Greenberg's Hilarie Bass becomes one of highest-ranking women in Big Law
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When Luddites Handle Cyber Security, You End Up With American Law Firms
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Lawyer asked for s-- with client’s daughter, 13, in exchange for reduced legal fees, police say
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Pol: Ortiz Abused Her Power
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Bar probes 3 lawyers accused of setting up opposing counsel for mid-trial DUI arrest
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A bar applicant is denied a law license for completing her sentences
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Imaginary weapon gets 7-year-old a real school suspension
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5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines
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Prominent Saudi Cleric Released After Paying “Blood Money” In The Alleged Beating Death Of His Five-Year-Old Daughter
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Judges:
Military Arrest in Doubt as U.S. Fights Rookie Judge
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Laughing teen with jewelry ‘like Rick Ross’ gets 30 days for flipping off judge (see video)
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Report Shows Judicial Vacancies Stretching Into the Thousands of Days
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Proposed N.Y. court budget won't remedy cutbacks
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Sotomayor Flip-Flops on Cameras in Supreme Court
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Justice's Plans for Event Tied to Pepsi Stir Outcry by Yale Alumni
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures signal mixed open
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Stocks Close Roughly Flat After Choppy Trading
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So God Made a Banker
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Layoffs:
Home Depot announces plans to hire 80K for spring
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The Best Companies For Women Who Want To Get Promoted Quickly
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Ponzi Scheme Victims and SLUSA: The Supreme Court to Decide What Claims Can Proceed
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Massive Credit Card Ring Steals $200 Million: Feds
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Did NCAA approve bankruptcy attorney expenses on Miami case?
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Prosecutors zero in on SAC Capital insider Steinberg
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Municipalities:
Jefferson County Sued by Trustee for Its Sewage Bonds
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Baltimore Could Be Bankrupt by 2023
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Kentucky pension shortfall a potential bankruptcy bomb --- Ratings Agencies Downgrade on Kentucky's Pension Woe
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Illinois at 'critical juncture' because of pension crisis
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Jeannette fears bankruptcy over police contract ruling
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Park Closings in Detroit: Emergency Manager Imminent
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Bankruptcy judge lets Christine Beatty dump much of debt, but not restitution to Detroit
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Stockton Can Settle Civil Lawsuit While Bankruptcy Is Pending, Judge Says
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City Of Stockton: Bankruptcy Court Holds That Rule 9019 Does Not Apply To Chapter 9 Debtors
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In dispute over receivership's end, Central Falls City Council and state each point fingers
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The 10 Most Expensive Cities In The World
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Crime:
The intersection between criminal law and bankruptcy law: can filing for bankruptcy affect a criminal defendant's sentence?
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Coal:
Fitch: Market Conditions Point to Increased Bankruptcy Possibilities in U.S. Coal Sector
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Golf:
Cherry Hill's Woodcrest golf club has future up in the air, closing threatened
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Economy:
U.S. 30-Year Bond Losses Exceed 5% as Fed Inflation Gauge Rises
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Chart: The Slow Decline of the Middle Class
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The 80 Million People Who Will Save The American Economy
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The Key to Recession and Recovery
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Banks begin to loosen credit standards
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US Gov't Sitting on $128T in Minerals
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate
Housing Recovery a Long Way from Normal
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US: 2 Very Different Housing Markets
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Mortgage Legal Descriptions: When Is A "Boo-Boo" Fatal (Round 1)?
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Sales Pace Quickens for Troubled Assets
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Lenders Lose in Rescission Appeal
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Mail:
Postal Service to stop delivering mail on Saturdays --- U.S. Reps. Gerry Connolly, Jim Moran Blast Post Office Decision to Suspend Saturday Service
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The Post Office gets tough with Congress
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Congress Has to Approve No Saturday Mail
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Banking:
RBS fined $612 million for rate rigging --- The Politics of the RBS Settlement --- Cavalier RBS traders move 'the entire fixing, hahaha'
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RBS’s Seating Arrangements Deprived The World Of Untold Embarrassing IM Conversations
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A How-To Guide for Banks Facing Libor Settlements
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Which Depositors Should Suffer Losses When a Bank Fails?
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FDIC sues directors over Orion Bank's collapse
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Pharma:
Cangene Wins Auction for Inspiration's Hemophilia Drug
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Alternative Energy:
Indiana Ethanol Plant Sale Approved
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Skiing:
Camelback surfaces as potential buyer for Sno
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Food/Beverage:s
USDA files PACA action against Superior Tomato-Avocado
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Adams Produce Co. purchasing director faces federal fraud conspiracy charge --- Third Adams Produce Company Official Charged with Fraud
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30 Million People Say These Are The Best Places In The US
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Tobacco:
Trustee: $10 million needed to resolve Renegade tax disputes ...
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Gambling:
Buyer sues DiamondJacks owner to get back deposit --- Chickasaws, DiamondJacks' owner file suits against one another
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Ratings Agencies:
Bernanke Warned of Risks From Flawed Credit Ratings
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Student Debt:
Cohen reintroduces bill to make it easier to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy
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Universities Suing Students Over Default Loans
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Debt Collection:
Oregon consumers gain big weapon against creditors
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FTC Staff Releases First Debt Buying in Debt Collection Sector Report
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Celebs:
Martino on bankruptcy , arrogance and greed
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Casey Anthony: Forum shopping alleged in bankruptcy filing --- Gonzalez lawyers want Casey Anthony bankruptcy moved to Orlando
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Health Care:
Hospital transition plans in the works
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Michael Brown: Ex-hand surgeon accused of choking flight attendant on plane
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EJ Noble Hospital Board Chair & Members Resign
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Scripps moves into hospice care as another provider files bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
Alcatel Chief Is Out as Turnaround Stalls
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Resorts:
Judge to rule in Naples Bay Resort bankruptcy case
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Forest Products:
RusForest struggling to avoid insolvency
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Safety Products:
Cosalt facing insolvency
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Agriculture:
Zacky Farms buyer cries foul over sale of turkeys
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Autos:
Former General Motors CEO Whitacre talks about his time at the automaker in his new book
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Corporate Reform:
Why the nation's most famous free speech lawyer won't use the First Amendment to defend S&P
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S&P hires John Keker for $5 bln lawsuit
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High court stays out of Obama recess appointment issue
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Education:
School Specialty unsecured creditors committee, advisors selected, full list
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Colleges May Help Banks to Rob Students
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 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:
Why a flood of bankruptcies are good for America
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Wake bankruptcies down 28 percent
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Bill on Bankruptcy: Delaware to Continue Dominating Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:
A New Chapter 11 Could Impair Creditor Rights
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Claims:
Bankruptcy Court Allows Full Damage Claim Without Reduction to Present Value
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Recent Pleadings:
Whistleblower Case Based On Bankruptcy Trustee Fraud Dismissed Because Whistleblowers Didn't Uncover The Fraud
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Rothstein Plan Filed --- Disclosure Statement
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Insurance:
Agent Liability for Insurer Insolvency
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Oil/Gas:
Oil and gas "leases" and farmout agreements in bankruptcy proceedings
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Failure seems to pay for ATP execs
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Norse Energy Corp ASA: Norse Energy US Subsidiary Secures DIP Financing Commitment
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Corporate Governance:
Delaware, New York judges clash over control of merger cases
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Aviation:
Airways near merger deal --- New Air Giant Takes Shape
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What an American-US Airways Deal Would Mean for Fliers
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Things You Can't Do on a Plane: Vol. 29
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Kingfisher woes could hit funding for other Indian airlines
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Consultants:
Restructuring advisory firm FTI Consulting hires Von Keitz in Europe
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Consumer Finance:
The High Cost of Making High Cost Payday Loans
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Younger generation borrowing more, repaying more slowly
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Education:
Growing Doubts About For-Profit Public School Management
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Mass Torts:
BP Objects to $34bn Spill Claims from States
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Sovereigns:
Agencies project lower bankruptcy filings
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Argentina Bonds , Stocks Slump as Investors Take Profits
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Argentina's YPF sued in U.S. over nationalization
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UK:
IPs need tougher sanctions in pre-packs, says BIS --- Pre-pack administrations called into question by MPs
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Report finds Insolvency Service lacks resources
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DWF on verge of Cobbetts purchase as KPMG confirms administration role
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39 jobs lost as Insolvency Service closes Stockton office
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Scottish Insolvency Statistics 2013
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Payday Loans Being Used By Poorest Scots To Become Bankrupt
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Guildhall Chambers stands by insolvency silk charged with conspiracy to defraud
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EU:
EU Says G-20 Debt Restructuring Talks Could Roil Markets
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Draghi Counts Cost of Euro's Salvation as Currency Rebound Bites
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PIIGS:
Seat PG files request with court for debt restructuring
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Sordid financial love triangle at the heart of Anglo debt problem
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Bankruptcies in Spain rise
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Canada:
Vancouver-based publisher Douglas & McIntyre to continue operating after sale
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Pensions need better bankruptcy protection
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Lenders dealt blow in Supreme Court's pension decision
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Germany:
German factory orders increase in December
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France:
Hollande Discovers Schroeder With U-Turn on Car Sector Cuts
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Argentina:
Argentina may lose access to $3.2 billion of emergency aid
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Netherlands:
SNS Investors Challenge Dutch-Ordered Wipeout at Highest Court
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Dutch Parliament Wants to Claw Back Bonuses Paid to SNS Board
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Offshore:
Offshore Round-Up - Insolvency and Restructuring January 2013 →
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