Law:

GCs Not Satisfied With Outside Counsel Rates
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Comparing Firm Billing Rates by Practice, City, Size
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Leading With Integrity
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Hogan Lovells Leads Way On Spate Of Office Openings
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Vincent & Elkins, Ashurst, Paul Hastings: Business of Law
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Senator Says Mean Law School Is Ignoring Him
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Three Law School Admission Myths Debunked
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Lawyer sues clients for $6K, is blasted by judge and told to repay $21K
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Barbership-law Office Combo On Cusp Of 'Hybrid Business' Trend
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Ten Tips For Landing J.D. Jobs for Law Students and Graduates
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Law Departments and the 40/60 Ratio
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Zimmweman: Not Guilty --- Scattered Protests --- Friends Say George Zimmerman Wants To Go To Law School To Help Others Like Him --- Zimmerman attorney: 'Disgraceful' --- Defense Attorney: 'If George Zimmerman Were Black, He Never Would Have Been Charged With A Crime' --- Pressure Mounts for Federal Trial Against Zimmerman Won’t End Well --- Federal Probe --- Department Of Justice Leaves Door Open --- Famed Lawyer: Zimmerman's Trial Never Should Have Happened --- Legal Experts Weigh In on Verdict --- 5 Key Ways The Prosecution Lost The Zimmerman Case --- Eliot Spitzer Blasts The George Zimmerman Verdict: 'This Is A Failure Of Justice' --- 'Watch Your Children:' Black Moms Terrified After Zimmerman Verdict --- Zimmerman verdict no surprise to many lawyers --- NAACP Is 'Outraged And Heartbroken,' And Will Pursue 'Civil Rights Charges' Against George Zimmerman --- The Craziest Moments Of The George Zimmerman Trial --- Instructions To The Jury Were At The Forefront Of The Zimmerman Verdict --- Will George Zimmerman Join O.J. Simpson In The Hunt For Real Killers? --- Obama Releases Statement On George Zimmerman Verdict
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Man 'Using Rifle As Crutch When It Fired,' Killed Girl Upstairs
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Rupert Murdoch could face criminal charges in US
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Man dies after cow falls through roof on top of him
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Lawyer/Soldier/Model Sues Apple for Allowing P--- to Destroy his Marriage
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Former Fried Frank worker who stole $376K in copy machine toner not likely to repay firm
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Man ticketed for picking dandelions forced to pay $75 fine
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Iowa Court: You Can be Fired for Being Too Hot --- Court again OKs firing of woman whose boss found her "too irresistible"
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Law Librarians to the Rescue: Fixing Firm Pain Points
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The Professional Value of Storytelling for Lawyers
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How to Give Great Speeches
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Blind elderly man robbed twice by same mugger
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Say What?!
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Judges:

No 'better man' for post - Croom becomes U.S. bankruptcy judge for Western District TN
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Tom Waldrep Opens Up About Judgeship, Bankruptcy And What's Next
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Former Bankruptcy Judge Raymond T. Lyons Joins Fox
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Diverse reading list from Supreme Court Justice Kennedy
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How lawmakers and special interests are making sure we get the judges they want
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Former FISC Judge Quit Over Warrantless Wiretapping, Now Argues FISC Is Out Of Control
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Wall Street:

US stock futures advance
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JPMorgan second-quarter profit surges on investment banking
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Markets feast on 'good news is bad news'
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Layoffs:

Americans Warming Again to Unions
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Will Robots Lead to 75% Unemployment? --- Robots Are About To Take All The Farm Jobs
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America's part-time economy?
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Cities with the biggest pay hikes
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Health Care:

Glenmoor owner, owing millions, files for Chapter 11
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Benchmark Eyes CCRC Market Opportunity Through Distressed Acquisition
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Fate of Passaic hospital is uncertain as N.J. mulls purchase by California company
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Regulators' crackdown on doctor's hospitals took years
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Layoffs Hit Western Massachusetts Hospital
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Tech:

EI's strategy for survival: Moves made before bankruptcy filing could determine company's fate
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EI owes 20 creditors more than $27 million
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Retailing:

Circuit City name is for sale, again
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RadioShack considers hiring financial adviser: report --- Analyst: RadioShack Restructuring Is More Likely than Bankruptcy --- Can RadioShack Be Saved? --- RadioShack's Problem Is Not Its Balance Sheet
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Photography:

Kodak shareholders may get day in court
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Kodak Said to Set July 15 Meeting to Seek $695 Million in Loans
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Banking:

Firm files objection to Mercantile Bank sale
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Why an honor system doesn't work for banks
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Banks Are Cautious Even as Profits Rise
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From the Fed, Another Reason for More Bank Capital
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Wells Fargo profit jumps 19% as delinquent loans decline
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What Glass-Steagall 2 Gets Wrong: Everything --- JPMorgan Chase Fires Back At Warren-McCain Plan --- Elizabeth Warren , You Can't Prevent the Past --- No, Senator Warren, Let's Make Banking Scary Again --- 'The 21st-Century Glass-Steagall Act'
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Office Supplies:

NE Opco Reaches Deal Allowing for Consensual Bankruptcy
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Religion:

Milwaukee Archdiocese to release new priest file
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Church faces its debt with openness
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Vatican freezes assets of arrested monsignor
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Mail:

U.S. Postal Service Near Default
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Debt Collection:

Slap on the Hand to Biggest Debt Collector
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Distressed Investing:

Investing in Times of Distress : The Bank of Ireland and WL Ross
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Economy:

Consumer Comfort in US Improves to Highest Level in Five Years --- Consumer sentiment slips on concern for future
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Thought business confidence was improving? Think again
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Global CFO Council survey: An improving US outlook
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A Must-Read For Anyone Who Thinks Sequestration Doesn't Matter
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Changing Odds on Next Fed Chair
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Congress Debates Food Stamps, Poor Worry --- Congress Will Pass Food Stamp Funding Measure, Republican Says
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Potential Perfect Storm of Debt Ceiling and Fed
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Fed’s Plosser: Time to Taper Bond Buying, End by Close of Year --- Bullard: If Inflation Weakens Further, Fed Must Act
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Paul Krugman Crushes Rick Santelli
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Spiking Gas Prices Have Joined Spiking Interest Rates As The Newest Threat To The Recovery
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Eminent domain mortgage relief plan in North Las Vegas ignites morality debate
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The True State of the American Dream
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Fast rising mortgage rates are dire for housing
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BofA: Ex-Workers Were Not Rewarded For Sending Homeowners Into Foreclosure
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Here's What To Watch If You're Worried About The Housing Recovery
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Expected Decline In Mortgage Lending To Hurt Big Banks' Profits
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How Mortgage Bonds Are Made
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Obama Scorecard: Housing market continues to improve, but risks linger --- Foreclosure mitigation programs continue to aid borrowers
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Owning a Home Isn't Always a Virtue
(DBN - NY Times - Paywall Limit Possible)

Rising interest rates may cut banks mortgage future short
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Lender Of Failed Condo Project Loses Appeal Of Malpractice Suit Against FL Firm
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Colorado foreclosure lawyer must turn over documents in bill-padding probe
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Miami vise as big investors put a lock on hottest US housing market
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Phoenix housing market sees 'boomerang buyers' sooner than expected
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Foreclosures fall even as judges ramp up
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Sale of Blue Heron mill in Oregon City on track after U.S. Bankruptcy Court appearance
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Eresian, bank spar over ownership of apt. buildings
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Chapter 11 filing stalls auction of prime Madison Avenue development site
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Creditors seek bankruptcy for Gannon International
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Clay McCormack, indicted on bank fraud charges in rental home sales, leaves trail of partners and debt
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Mortgage REIT Meltdown, I Told You So
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Celebs:

The Broke and the Beautiful: Nicole Farhi Edition
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Settlement sought in SD's largest ever personal bankruptcy --- $70 million Vucurevich bankruptcy nears end
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Court cases closing in on pitchman Trudeau
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Casey Anthony Pregnancy Hoax 2013
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Paula Deen Finally Gets Some Real Lawyers --- Lawyer's 'Doing' Paula Deen Tweet Raises Ire, No Sanction
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Tax:

Foreign bank rule to discover tax evasion delayed
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Apple and the Complex Irish Tax Web
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Aviation:

US Airways shareholders OK American Airlines merger
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Up to fourteen banks that lent Kingfisher Airlines Rs 6,203 crore try to recover funds from defunct carrier
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US Airways proposes lower pay for new American Eagle pilots
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TV Station Makes Excruciating Error, Reads 4 Wrong Names Of Asiana Crash Pilots --- Asiana May Sue
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Four Reasons So Many People Survived the Asiana Crash --- Why That Crashed Asiana Plane Is Still on the Runway
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Govt to revive Uganda Airlines
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Corporate Governance:

When the Business Judgment Rule Isn't Available to Protect Directors
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Municipalities:

Cash-starved Pa. city to sell Wild West artifacts
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Bankruptcy is inevitable for Detroit
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Detroit Creditors Get New Worry in Jefferson County Fee Ruling
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Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr to submit city's quarter report to state Monday
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Possible changes ahead for City of Detroit retirees
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Don't blame pensioners for Detroit's fiscal crisis
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As Detroit breaks down, scourge of arson burns out of control
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Detroit Resident: 'This Whole Neighborhood Is Going To Burn Down One Day'
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In Detroit, Snyder's a populist
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Hundreds occupy City Hall to protest Orr's wage cut plan
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Detroit pension funds prepare for fight
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Detroit's EM should surround himself with fresh faces
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Detroit's 20% Offer Jeopardizes Insurers' Recovery
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Detroit creditor: 'A promise is a promise,' so pay up
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Insurer opposing Kevyn Orr's Detroit plan just emerged from bankruptcy
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Muni market braced for fallout from Detroit
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White House not offering Detroit help to avoid bankruptcy
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Detroit manager says bankruptcy issue may be answered
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Detroit owes $1.4 million to law firm for consultation work
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New Jersey Is A Bad State For Business --- 19 Awesome Experiences You Can Only Have In New Jersey
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Stockton Considers Hiring More Meter Attendants To Boost Revenue
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Retired San Bernardino employees form group to protect pensions
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Prichard lays off employees
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Beyond Act 47 : A Call to Action
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Hedge Funds:

Suddenly Everyones Hates Hedge Funds — Now Here's What That Actually Means
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Shipping:

Bulk shipper seeks protection from US creditors
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Student Debt:

Student Loans Killing Home Sales
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I risked my life to pay off $108,000 in student loans
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Why college has become so costly
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Sorry, students : Higher loan rate still good option
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Resorts:

Creditors agree to delay sale of Tamarack assets
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (24 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
(large downloads)

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:

MD PA: Bankruptcies fall 13 percent in first half of year
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Automatic Stay:

Pre-Bankruptcy Stay Waiver: Who Cares, It’s Not Enforceable Anyway – Right?
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Subordination:

Subordination Agreements Work: If You Assign Your Plan Vote
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Plan Confirmation:

Give a Little, Get a Little: Court Crams Down Plan on Oversecured Creditor Who Faces Substantial Risk Under Debtor’s Plan of Reorganization
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Discharge:

Bullock Cannot Save ERISA Fiduciary, a Sole Corporate Shareholder Whose Company Failed To Make Multiemployer Fund Contributions, From Being Unable To Discharge His Liability Through Personal Bankruptcy

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Recent Pleadings:

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Alternative Energy:

Better Place assets bought for $12 million -- a smidgen of the $850 million it raised
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Food/Beverage:

Piccadilly files reorganization plan
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Twinkie Fans Delight in Hostess Return From Zombie Death
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Cleanup Continues in Affiliated Foods Collapse
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Education:

Sam Houston State Grabs at Dead College’s Charity Money
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Fraud:

Madoff Trustee to Hold Auction for Office Furniture, Decorations
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SEC bans three ex-Madoff employees from securities industry
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How the RRA liquidation settlement was worked out --- Investors in law firm chief's $1.2B swindle to get full repayment under OK'd bankruptcy plan
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Bankruptcy plan restores many Fla. Ponzi investors
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Ex-Goldman trader's fraud trial due to begin --- Four Things to Look for in "Fabulous Fab" Trial
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Elder Debt:

Elderly Debtors Win in Fourth Circuit Appeals
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Electricity:

At Texas Electric Firm, Users May Hold Key
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Sovereigns:

US may intervene in fight between Argentina , hedge funds
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How do you restructure a contingent liability?
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UK:

'I'd Live In A Council House': Kerry Katona's Fiance George Kay Vows To Stand By Her Following Second Bankruptcy
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Personal insolvencies fall in UK
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IVAs have ‘rocketed’
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UK businesses in financial distress falling - report
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UK’s Vince Cable expects big rise in business insolvency when interest rates rise
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HMRC: Decline in winding-up orders not due to policy
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Vince Cable plans to force bosses of failed firms to compensate creditors
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Fall in individual insolvencies may mask informal insolvency problem
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UK Privy Council dismiss Caribbean Steel defunct
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UK Seeks to Tighten Client-Money Rules After Lehman, MF
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North East worst for insolvencies
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Auditors hit out at "zombie" tag
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UK to crack down on negligent company bosses
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EU:

Euro Falls as Fitch Downgrades France
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CMBS defaults more than double
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PIIGS:

ie: Mortgage crisis will worsen if the banks have their way --- What it is really costing us – 'the coping classes' – just to survive --- Court order for Quinns to hand over financial details delayed --- 'I was close to penniless' – Shane Filan on his bankruptcy --- Ireland Debt Outlook Raised at S&P on Impact of Budget Cuts
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Spain Power Reforms to Cost Companies 2.7 Billion Euros --- Prisa Is Said to Seek Alternative to Unanimous Creditor --- Jobless rate of 27.2 per cent in Spain may end age of austerityAccord --- Spain Claims to be Out of Recession --- Spanish Opposition Calls On Prime Minister To Resign After Newspaper Publishes Secret Text Messages
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Greeks divided over mass layoffs ahead of parliamentary vote on reform bill --- Greece Puts Railways Up For Bid --- Schaeuble Brokers Greek Investment Deal --- Troika Wants Greece To Cut Priests’ Pay --- Greece Wants Germany To Pay For WWII --- Greeks Wait Tables and Hope for Economic Dawn
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Canada:

Six Charged in Bankruptcy Fraud Investigation
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Germany:

Praktiker shareholder mulls taking over bank loans: paper
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France:

Post- downgrade , France's Hollande 'in denial' over crisis
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Austria:

Hundreds of Austria's Dayli drug stores face closure
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Austria expects EU decision on Hypo bank in autumn -paper
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MENA:

ElBaradei sworn-in as Egypt's vice president --- Calm on streets as cabinet assembled --- Public Prosecutor Orders Assets of 14 Brotherhood, Islamist Leaders Frozen --- Has The Arab Spring Failed? --- Egypt's new finance minister faces daunting task --- Egypt announces criminal investigation of Mursi --- Democracy without Freedom
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Russia:

Bankruptcy Threshold Could Be Increased by 6 Times
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China:

China Growth Slows to 7.5% as 2013 Target Under Threat
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Mexico:

Second housebuilder defaults as Mexicans desert the suburbs
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