Law:
Judge Slashes Fees in Dewey Bankruptcy
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Law firms face real disruption from virtual rival
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Bankruptcy expert sees defense, media as vulnerable in 2013
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Morgan Stanley lawyer had joke names for toxic assets sold overseas, including ‘subprime meltdown’
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How to create opportunity for newbie lawyers? Cut their BigLaw salaries, law prof says
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Working from Home
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My Boss / My Self
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A&O to lay off US and Euro support staff as near-sourcing implemented
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Eversheds set to cut up to 166 jobs in latest redundancy round
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Jones Day Names M.&A. Partner to Head New York Office
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Citigroup Plaintiff Lawyers Fire Back At Fee Objectors
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Building Your Vocabulary Can Hurt Your Writing
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Farming the Green Space: Identifying the Best Business Development Opportunities for Your Practice
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Penn State Law Dean Flees To China
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Anatomy of a Law School Collapse
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'Going To Law School Was The Biggest Mistake Of My Life'
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Vulture culture
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Attorney files gender suit against Wilmer Hale --- Suit claims WilmerHale fired counsel for taking adoption leave
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Female Lawyers: Don't risk the Wednesday 3:30 P.M. looks fade-out
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Knives Came Out After Menage Failed To Occur
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Man Wearing "Breathalyzer" T-Shirt Arrested For Sixth Time For Drunk Driving
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Meet Samantha Kurdilla
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Mug shots
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Man 'forced fiance to swallow engagement ring when she tried to leave him'
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Man Could Face Criminal Charges For Killing A Pit Bull That Was Attacking His Neighbor
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Man Suffers a Medical Golgotha
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Krazy Glue May Not Really Be “All Purpose”
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When Neighbors With Lots of Money Sue
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Man Calls 911 Ten Times Asking for a Ride to Mexico
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Goat found not guilty
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Say What?!
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Judges:
You Be The Judge: Can Judges Order Fines For Outside Their Jurisdiction?
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Wall Street:
Stock index futures signal mixed Wall Street open
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US stocks close in a split
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S&P 500 passes 1,500 for first time since 2007
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How Apple ate Wall Street
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Goldman Made $400M on Food, People Starved
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Layoffs:
United Continental to cut 600 front-office jobs
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Ex-Vertis employees picket outside Stevensville plant
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Dollar General Plans to Hire 6,000
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Job Cuts, Job Cuts and More Job Cuts; Is Lanny Breuer Leaving DOJ?
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Jobs recovery favors highly educated workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Religion:
Milwaukee Archdiocese says it's going broke
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Mass Torts:
Attorney: Pharmacy tied to outbreak paid out $70M
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Judge to appoint trustee in Mass. pharmacy case
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WR Grace raises asbestos liability to over $2B
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Food/Beverage:
Can Twinkies make a comeback? --- Bids for Hostess bode well for Twinkies
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Hostess Seeks End to Sparring With Unions Over Sales
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Subway: Size matters
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Health Care:
Judge orders Carraway to open its books
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Sale of Westchester Square Medical Center to Montefiore approved Thursday by federal bankruptcy judge
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Hospital parent company emerges from bankruptcy
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West Penn-Highmark Transaction Costs to Surpass $1.6B
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Highmark Asks Court to Order UPMC to Return Confidential Documents
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Banking:
Dimon Hits Out at Bank Regulators --- Tired of Banks Being Scapegoated
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First Financial Announces Loan Sale on Behalf of FDIC
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Libor Suit List Shows Barclays Probe Spanned NY to Tokyo
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Withdrawn: $114 Billion From Big U.S. Banks
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Morgan Stanley CEO to Take Pay Cut for 2012
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UK judge rejects Barclays' LIBOR anonymity bid
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Alternative Energy:
A123 Systems envisions Feb. 1 sale close
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Solarworld Bonds Plunge With Shares on Push for Debt Revamp
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SolarWorld CEO says creditor talks could take months
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Credit Cards:
New Credit Card "Checkout Fee" Arrives This Weekend
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Tax:
IRS to Appeal Ruling on Licensing Preparers
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Debt Collection:
Debt Collectors Are Infiltrating Facebook To Track Down Delinquent Borrowers
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Debt collection attorney gets letter containing white powder
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Deadbeat patients in cross hairs
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Four Seasons sues NAACP for alleged unpaid bill
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Economy:
Weekly Jobless Claims Keep Up Steady Move Lower --- Are Missing Numbers From California Behind The Drop In Jobless Claims Again!?
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It's Official: Worst. Recovery. Ever. --- US Economy is Slowing Down
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IMF: Global Recovery Weakening
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Timothy Geithner's Legacy
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Fed Pushes Into ‘Uncharted Territory’ With Record Assets
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Interest Rates Could Spike This Year: Soros
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Rise in Leading Index Signals US Expansion Into 2013
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6 Members Of The Walton Family (Walmart)Have As Much Money As The Bottom Third Of The US
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Trucking Economist: Q1 Will be Weak
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Roubini Gets Optimistic: 'Things Are Less Worse'
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The biggest problem with the US deficit? It's shrinking too quickly
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Shiller: All This Housing Optimism Is Way Too Premature
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Timothy Geithner: Solving Housing Crisis 'Just Was Not Possible'
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Eminent domain shelved in San Bernardino
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30-year mortgage rate rises to 3.42%
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ResCap to Pay Fannie Mae $298 Million to End Objection --- Settlement to permit sell-off
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At Builders’ Show, an Upbeat Forecast for Housing
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Inside the Foreclosure Reviews
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Lenders must provide free copies of appraisals
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California Foreclosure Activity Drops as 2013 Begins
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Fannie Mae: Housing will pave the way in ‘new normal’ economy
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Mortgage Brokers Group Blasts CFPB's Compensation Rule
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Bankruptcy filing stalls Jones Block building auction
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Long-Term Vacant Properties: Part II - Strategies For Healing
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23-Year-Old Squatter Occupies Empty $2.5 Million Mansion
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Corporate Reform:
Obama's Nominations Today Could Scare The Pants Off Of Wall Street Execs --- Just what doctor ordered --- Incoming SEC Chairwoman Has 'Mandate' To Go After White Collar Criminals
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Mary Jo White's Greatest Hits
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Mary Jo White and the SEC: Right person at the wrong time
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The Dual Duties of the Next S.E.C. Chief
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Obama urges swift Senate vote on SEC, CFPB nominees
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Re-Nominates Cordray To Lead CFPB
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Financial Crisis Suit Suggests Bad Behavior at Morgan Stanley
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Retailing:
JCPenney Accused Of Coming Up With 'Fake' Prices
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Penney’s pinching vendors on pricing
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Fraud:
Undercover Mole Has Implicated Another Former SAC Capital Trader In An Insider Trading Scheme
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Dark Pools Enabled Secret Insider Trading
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Deloitte & Touche Wins Dismissal of Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
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A conman faked a career as an economist and became an adviser to the World Bank
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Attorney in Miami case points finger at NCAA
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Footwear:
Trustee named in Bakers' Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Video Games:
A Breakdown of How Much THQ Sold Individual Assets For
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Student Debt:
As Student Loan Debt Surpasses $1 Trillion, Senators Introduce Legislation to Address Crisis
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Student Debt Isn't Rising As Fast As You Think
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Politics:
Sen. Warren 'Disappointed' In Filibuster Changes
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You Can Take The Girl Out Of The South, But You Can't Take The South Out Of The Girl
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Celebs:
Patrick Dempsey Saves Lives on TV, Saves Jobs With Tully’s Purchase
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Former NFL football player Erxleben arrested in Ponzi scheme
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Municipalities:
Budget officials flee San Bernardino amid bankruptcy chaos
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San Bernardino, unions at impasse in mediation
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Opening statements begin in Bell, Calif., trial --- Former California officials claim they were 'duped"
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Santa Ana official credited with avoiding city bankruptcy fired
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Chapter 9 Eligibility: The Test for Insolvency (Part 1 of 3)
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Judge sides with bankrupt Alabama county in documents dispute
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Crime:
US Freezes Assets of World's Top Gangsters
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Brokers:
Commissioner Overseeing MF Global Inquiry at C.F.T.C. Abruptly Quits
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Education:
An Amazing Graph: The Real Cost of College vs. College Spending Per Student
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The 38 States That Have Slashed Higher Education Spending
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Agriculture:
Bankruptcy—and Questions—Plague Northern Colorado’s Grant Farms
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Grant Family Farms' legal woes began before latest bankruptcy
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Autos:
Saab Hometown Prays for Revival With China Electric Push
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A Bankruptcy for GM in Europe?
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Telecoms:
Efforts to reach a settlement on dividing Nortel's $7.3 billion fail
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The ever-rising Nortel tab: Legal bills pile up as mediation fails
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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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Miscellaneous:
Weil Restructuring Outlook: 2013 Survey
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Fairness For Struggling Students Act Would Reform Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Rules
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Safe Harbors:
No Safe Harbor for You Because Distributing the Proceeds of a Sale of Securities Isn't "In Connection With" a Securities Contract
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Claims Trading:
Advanced Distressed Debt Lesson: Trade Dispute Litigation
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Sales:
Selling Other Peoples' Stuff? - Auction ‘mistake’ will have to go before judge for decision
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Section 363 Sales: Mooting Due Process?
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Personal Bankruptcy:
The Over-Encumbered Trade-in in Chapter 13
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Projecting the Impact of Lanning and Ransom : Calculating “Projected Disposable Income” in Chapter 13 Repayment Plans
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Educational Expense Deductions from the Chapter 13 Plan: Creating a “Reasonably Necessary” Standard
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Secured Debt:
Third Circuit Rejects Wait-and-See Valuation Approach and Accepts Lien Stripping in Section 506(a)
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Jurisdiction:
Responding to Stern v. Marshall
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Stern v. Marshall Update – Ninth Circuit Holds That Bankruptcy Courts Lack Constitutional Authority To Finally Determine Fraudulent Transfer Claims Against Non-Claimants
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Automatic Stay:
Termination of the Stay for Successive Filers: Interpreting § 362(c)(3)
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Litigation:
Firm Focused on Investing in Lawsuits Brings in Old Leader
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TBTF:
Why A.I.G. Did Not Sue the Government
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AIG counsel told board Greenberg lawsuit has low chance of success
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AIG Put A Lot Of Thought Into Making Its Obvious Decision Not To Sue The Government --- AIG Saw Starr's Lawsuit as Likely to Fail, Damaging
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Richard Fisher: Break Up Too Big to Fail Banks
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Basketball:
Sacramento Kings sale: Bankruptcy trustee could slow down process
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Aviation:
American to use Republic Airways for some flights --- Eagle pilot union chairman frustrated with American's plan to use Republic, even though it was expected
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American Airlines retirees must wait a little longer to learn fate of health and welfare benefits
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Boeing on the 787 investigation: We welcome the progress, continue to assist and deeply regret the disruption
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Why fly Delta?
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'Never Say Never' on Bag Fees: Southwest CEO
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Sovereigns:
Argentina and the courts: The sky will not fall
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Hardship and sacrifice, now at the Warwick Hotel
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UK:
We're not about to stop cutting, says George Osborne after IMF austerity warning
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Britain risks new recession
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Insolvency profession exempt from no-win no-fee reforms
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Mark Sands appointed as Deputy Vice President of the Insolvency Practitioners Association
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Is It Too Soon to Talk About a Depression?
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Intimidating debt collectors push Britons to suicide
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Ex-model bailiff who rakes in millions from hard-up families
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UK to tax cheats: 'Wake up and smell the coffee'
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Blockbuster UK embroiled in tax outcry
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EU:
Draghi Says Jury Still Out on Whether Euro Economy Will Improve
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How Austerity Is Increasingly Crushing Europe
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Belgians feel bite of austerity
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PIIGS:
Greeks Avoid Taxes With Bulgarian IDs and Plates --- Greek riot police break up striking subway workers' sit-in
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5 Ways to Understand Just How Absurd Spain's 26% Unemployment Rate Is
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Canada:
Nortel Networks Mediator Ends Talks Without Settlement
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Huge Ponzi scheme
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Canadians' three-legged stool is getting wobbly
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Netherlands:
SNS Reaal subordinated bonds hit by loss fears
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Honduras:
Honduras can't pay its bills, neglects services
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Cyprus:
Would a bailout for Cyprus mean underwriting dirty money?
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MENA:
Dubai developer Nakheel year profit up 57 pct
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Australia:
Insolvency Quarterly - Edition No 2
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