Law:

Can a Biglaw Partner Fix the Big Old Mess… of Detroit ?
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SNR Denton Boosts Profits By Trimming Equity Partners
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Steptoe, Fasken, Perkins Coie, Porzio: Business of Law
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ABA Provides New Resources in Fight for Pay Equity
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Sidley Austin LLP Announces Participation with Lean In --- ' Lean in '? For Millennials, the question is what are we leaning toward --- Working women respond to Sandberg's ' Lean In ' revolution --- Erin Callan: I Want To Be A Cautionary Tale — Don't 'Lean In' The Way I Did
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The Second Step in Leaving Law Behind – Cut Your Losses
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A Conversation with Herb Thomas
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The In-house Bar Challenges Excessive Fees for Contract (“Temp”)Lawyers in Citigroup Securities Litigation --- In-house lawyer group objects to $100 mln Citigroup fee
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Five Winning Law Firm Business Development Strategies
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Attorney Suspended For Conduct As An Arbitrator
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After physical confrontation with campus protesters, adjunct law prof loses teaching duties
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Emory law students bring bankruptcy fight to Supreme Court
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Law Schools and Other Shameless Schemes
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The Best Law Schools For Getting Rich Quick
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University of Oregon Law Professor Snatches Camera from Student Protester
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The Law Graduate Debt Disaster Goes Critical
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France's 'Most Powerful Lawyer' Found Dead Near His Private Island
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Colleagues mourn NY courts lawyer who died in suicide leap with son --- 13-Page Suicide Note Left By Mother/Lawyer Who Jumped With Baby --- In Defense of the Suicidal Columbia Law Mother
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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: NY Legislator Against Legalized Pot Arrested For . . . Pot Possession
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Passenger's body found in elevator shaft at Tampa airport
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Chicago lawyer owns popefrancis.com domain name, hopes to donate it to church
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Accused ringleader in scam that bilked $70M from law firms has taken plea
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Jury convicts IRS worker of masterminding bogus tax refund scheme
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Can’t We Get All Alabama Football Fans Declared Legally Insane?
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Man asks to see shotgun at sporting goods store, kills self in bathroom
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9-year-old charged in McDonald's armed robbery, carjacking
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Woman holds 'Lying Cheating Sale' to sell all her husband's stuff while he's 'gone with his floozie'
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Two female Supreme Court Justices on the bestseller list
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NC: Bankruptcy court needs two judges
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US Sen. Warren names judicial nominee review panel
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Judge is tossed from Whitey Bulger case in appellate opinion by Souter
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Traffic Court Judge Brings Federal Suit Against Pa. Supreme Court
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Wall Street:

Cyprus bailout roils US stock futures
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Markets Dive All Around The World Thanks To Tiny Cyprus
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Dow retreats after 10-session win streak --- Dow's winning streak: 10 days. The meaning: Nothing
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Traders braced for stockmarket turbulence amid bailout chaos in Cyprus
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High-Frequency Firms' Wash Trades Need US Review, Chilton Says
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Layoffs:

Millennials Are Way Too Immature At The Office

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:

America’s Dirtiest Coal Company
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Peabody Energy slams Patriot Coal after lawsuit over retiree benefits
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Expert: Patriot Bankruptcy Outcome Could Leave Lasting Effects on Coal Industry
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Defense:

Small Defense Firms Die, Bigs Pivot
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Aviation:

UST challenges outgoing AMR CEO's severance --- U.S. Trustee objects to merger proposal because of management compensation
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Analyst: Bankruptcy has been good to AMR investors
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Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net
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Personal Finance:

Simple Household Tips That Will Save You Thousands Of Dollars
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Make Your Savings Last into Your 90's
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Health Care:

Judge frees hospital foundation funds
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Rotech Healthcare Says It Will Restructure in Bankruptcy
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Brown Medical Center Announces Restructuring Plan, Names CRO
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Hospital lay offs, pay cuts and hiring freeze; CEO blames reimbursement rates
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Brooklynites Fight Brooklyn Hospital Merger
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Rotech Healthcare Reaches Agreement in Principle with Its Major Debtholders on Debt Reduction and Restructuring
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MRI Costs $1,080 in America, $280 in France
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So you want to buy a hospital…
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Dairy:

Creditor supports sale of bankrupt Golden Guernsey
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Brokers:

Details emerge from MF Global bankruptcy plans
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Financial Literacy:

States Focus on Debt Collection Education this Week
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Food/Beverage:

U.S. Cane-Sugar Processors Seen at Risk of Default on Price Drop
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United States Bakery Said to Win Bid for Hostess Breads
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The Broke and the Beautiful: Twinkie Edition
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Hostess Fights Objections Ahead of Asset Sales
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Compensation:

Third Wave of Exec-Pay Suits Roils
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Student Debt:

CFPB needs aid on student loans
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Regulating the Repo Man
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Why It's Hard to Modify or Refinance Student Loans
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Shipping:

Top German players join growing push to 'park' insolvent tonnage
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Symphonies:

Nashville Symphony seeks deal on debt with lenders
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Economy:

Fed to hold course on stimulus despite debate over risks
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Fed sent record $88.4 billion profit to Treasury last year
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The US Could Face Another Brush w/Default
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Consumer sentiment falls, but autos a bright spot --- Consumers Angrier with Feds Than Ever
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NY Fed manufacturing grows in March, but pace slows
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Young Adults Worse Off Than Parents
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CEOs See Rise in Capital Spending
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CPAs Express Wide Optimism Gap
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Factory Data Highlights Economic Momentum
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Fitch: Global Economy Lags Financial Recovery
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Paul Ryan's $5.7 Trillion Magic Trick --- The 2 Most Magical Numbers in Paul Ryan's Magical Budget --- No, Paul Ryan hasn’t proposed a $400,000 tax cut for millionaires --- Paul Ryan doesn’t like to talk about his actual budget cuts
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Restricted access to consumer credit slowing down U.S. recovery
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The Countries Sitting On The Biggest Piles Of Gold
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How young people are getting poorer
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Bank of America changes horses in MBIA's MBS case
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Judge says Allstate can pursue mortgage cases against three banks
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Judge says foreclosure law firm misused law to get fees
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Sacramento Home Prices Up 24.5% Over 2012
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The Florida housing market is on fire
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Coming Back to Life: The Housing Market’s Vital Signs
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17 American Cities Where Foreclosures Are A Serious Problem
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Updated Table of Short Sales and Foreclosures for Selected Cities in February
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Why Twenty-Somethings Aren't Doomed to Be Poor (but Thirty-Somethings Might Be)
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5 Defunct Developers Who Went Out With a Bang
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IRS Eying Builder Mike Hill After Bankruptcy
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HI: Judge: No bankruptcy protection for mortgage couple
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Fraud:

Plaintiffs Counsel Defend Fee Request in Madoff-Related Settlement
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Steve Cohen's Hedge Fund To Pay Over $600M To Settle Insider Trading Charges --- Divided Views of SAC Capital Settlement
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Obama Said to Weigh DeMarco Replacements as Fannie Mae Regulator
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SAC Criminal Probe May Speed Up With SEC Allegations
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Indicted Louisiana investor had bankruptcy filings in 2001 and 2011
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Levin Committee report makes fraud case for JPMorgan shareholders --- At JPMorgan, Big Losses Distorted Reality
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$7 Billion Swindle: Investors Only Likely To Get 1 Percent Of Their Monies Reimbursed
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Officials: Fla. lawyer at center of $300M scheme
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Government seizes individuals' real property it says were purchased with commingled Ponzi money - Fed judge overrules: "absurd contortion" of forfeiture law
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Municipalities:

Where to find the cash to help fix Detroit? --- Emergency Manager begins work March 25th --- EM Orr plans to start with quick fixes --- Detroit's New Emergency Manager Keeps Bankruptcy Card In His Deck --- Won't rule out bankruptcy --- Michigan governor defends Emergency Manager power grab: I’m the elected official responsible --- Felix Rohatyn Explains Why Detroit May Go Under --- S&P Upgrades Detroit Outlook To 'Stable' --- Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr described as 'loyal Wolverine' and University of Michigan law school grad --- Newly Hired Detroit EFM Has Some Financial Issues Of His Own --- Orr: 'It's on me,' liens "remarkably embarrassing" --- Detroit's new EFM Kevyn Orr says he has taken care of tax liens against his Maryland home --- Detroit's new EFM says he's ready for challenge -- and criticism --- Detroit Financial Manager : I'm Used To Being Hated --- Detroit manager warns against bankruptcy --- Orr, Snyder "Let It Rip" following EFM appointment --- Detroit's messiah says: 'we can rise from the ruins' --- Relevance of Detroit officials in manager's hands --- Rachel Maddow Says Choice In Michigan Appears to be 'Dictatorship over Dysfunction' --- Strong Criticism Emerges After Detroit Manager Is Named --- Detroit City Council declines to file lawsuit --- Detroit protesters vow unrest over emergency manager
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Fitch: Uncertainty Remains for Detroit's Bondholders
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Furloughs increase Calif's long-term costs
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Bankrupt Alabama county eyes debt cuts topping $1 billion
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Alabama lawmaker proposes Jefferson County tax
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Racism Helps Create Fiscal Distress, Ex-Harrisburg Receiver Says
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Stockton avoids bankruptcy stigma for now
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Clawback legislation heads to governor
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Directories:

Dex One, SuperMedia file for Chapter 11 --- File To Complete Merger
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Weapons:

U.S. company's bankruptcy leaves behind cache of weapons
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Autos:

How America's Coolest Automaker Crashed So Hard, So Fast
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Fisker Founder: It Would be Wrong to Stay
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Gilbert Auto Group files for Chapter 11
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Feds: No More Auto Loans Despite Funds
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Ally Reduces Credit Facilities for Auto Loans to $11 Billion
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Celebs:

How Broke and Desperate Is Casey Anthony? --- Casey Anthony in Bankruptcy , Offered $10,000 To Never Sell Story
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Casey Anthony Bankruptcy: Anthony Fights Gonzalez Over New Finance Disclosure Requests
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren: St. Patrick drove snakes out of Ireland...to Wall Street --- Elizabeth Warren says U.S. economy succeeds only with government regulation
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Ten Questions For Richard Cordray
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Banking:

Fed Approves 14 of 18 Bank Capital Plans
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Ex-Exec: Dimon Withheld Data from Feds --- Dimon: Cover Up Always Worse Than the Crime
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Pensions:

Repairing a Pension Plan
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Accounting:

Restatements by Accelerated Filers Shoot Up
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Ethanol:

Days of Promise Fade for Ethanol
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Religion:

How Rich is the Catholic Church?
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Alternative Energy:

Why We Need More Solar Companies to Fail
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US Solar Installations Up 76% in 2012
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Suntech 'could be sued' over $541m in unpaid bonds --- Why Suntech’s aggrieved bondholders have little chance of getting their money back
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Chinese solar giant cuts deal with bondholders and avoids bankruptcy—for now
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Mass Torts:

BP cries foul at "fictitious" spill claims
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Iowa man pleads guilty to fraudulent schemes
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 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 (61 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Bankruptcy Reform Commission Field Hearing 3/14/2013 (Video)
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:

AMR CEO Horton’s $20 Million Severance Draws Objection
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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead in Bankruptcy : ResCap, Arcapita and Eastman Kodak
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Secured Debt:

Secured Lender Only Entitled To Secured Claim For Actual Fees, Not Contractual Fees, After Foreclosure
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Fifth Circuit Affirms Ruling That "The Loan Has Been Paid!!!;" Rejects Stern and Jurisdictional Defenses
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Avoidance Actions:

“Show Me the Money (or Money’s Worth)” — Divided Court of Appeals Finds New Value Defense Protects Surety’s Use of Loan Proceeds
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Means Testing: Updated Census Bureau Data
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Recent Pleadings:

UST Slams AMR Severance Plan: Newco Schmooco
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TBTF:

Keating says ending “too big to fail” would hurt the economy
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Dallas Fed president: No banks too large to fail
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Fisher: To Big to Fail Banks Are Crony Capitalists
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Fed's Fisher Says Too-Big-to-Fail Banks Should Be Shrunk
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Fed Sends Ally Financial Back to the Drawing Board
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JPMorgan Report Piles Pressure on Dimon in Too-Big Debate
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Insurance:

D&O Rates on the Rise as Insureds Ask More Coverage Questions
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Golf:

Bankruptcy may sink golf course operator
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Sovereigns:

Moody's downgrades Argentina's foreign law bonds --- Moody's kick in the teeth for Argentina
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Argentina : Trouble and strife
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Survey names debt derivative as riskiest financial product
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Creditors Concerned about Agreement Between Cuba and Russia
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UK:

PPF founding head of restructuring and insolvency steps down
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Lehman clients in line to recoup £1bn
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Cash machines emptied across Cyprus and 60,000 British savers face losing millions
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HMV And Blockbuster 'Owed £490m'
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Tory lord Johnnie Corbett faces bankruptcy over £50,000 debt
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EU:

Europe Announces Stunning Bailout For Cyprus --- Cyprus central bank forbids banks to make bank transactions and payments --- Cypriots stunned --- The 'rescue package' designed to destroy the economy --- Cyprus: A Brutal Lesson in RealPolitik --- Cyprus as Precedent: Will There Be Bank Runs Elsewhere? --- The Great EU Bank Robbery --- New Deal for Cyprus? Authorities in Talks --- Cyprus Bailout: What Happened to Absolute Priority? --- Bank Depositors To Get Instant 10% Tax Before Banks Reopen This Week --- Cyprus Bailout Risks Europe Bank Runs --- Can Cyprus tax all bank deposits 10%? A look at the deal and potential problems --- Cyprus parliament delays vote on bank deposits tax --- Europe Just Pissed Off A Whole Bunch Of Russian Mobsters And Oligarchs With Its Stunning Bailout Of Cyprus --- Cyprus President: Nation Faces Total Financial Collapse And Euro Exit Without Bailout --- The Meaning of Cyprus ---Small Depositors Are Getting Hit Because Cyprus Didn't Want To 'Price Themselves Out Of The Laundry Business' --- Germany would have protected insured deposits: Schaeuble --- Troika are 'vindictive and neo-colonial' --- Krugman --- The Cyprus precedent --- Report: Germany Told Cyprus They Could Tax Their Depositors, Or Leave The Eurozone --- Russian deposits in Cyprus face tough hit --- Cyprus Eyes Russian Aid --- Economist Slams The Cyprus Bailout --- Europe Braces for Renewed Turmoil as Cyprus Deposit Levy at Risk --- Cyprus: key stages in island's financial crisis --- The Stunning Bailout Of Cyprus Is A Reminder Of Who's Really In Charge --- Cyprus Bailout 'Disaster' Risks New Euro Crisis
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IMF: Eurozone Banks Are In Trouble, Trample Taxpayers and Democracy To Bail Them Out!
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Deutsche Bank: 'Only Jesus can save Eurozone'
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6 Tough Lessons That Germany Just Taught The Rest Of Europe
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Goldman: Now Everyone With Deposits In Euro Zone Banks Has To Worry About A New Wealth Tax
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S&P Warns on Explosive Eurozone
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PIIGS:

A Poll From Italy That Should Terrify Europe --- Italy parliament elects speakers as tensions continue --- Bank of Italy instructs banks to avoid bonus, dividend pay-outs
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Spain: Thousands against the 'European Union of markets'
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Creditors circle IBRC over €1.8bn loss
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Germany:

Federal Supreme Court decides on validity of insolvency-related termination clauses
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Netherlands:

Moody’s downgrades three Dutch banks citing future economic difficulties
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Largest Dutch banks required to hold up to five percent additional capital
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India:

India bank head urges US-style bankruptcy
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China:

Moody's Sees Defaults as PBOC Warns on Local Risks
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Australia:

Tinkler says assets controlled by wife
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Ambitious Sun King falls from grace
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Japan:

Tepco Faces Growing Suit by U.S. Troops Over Radiation Exposure
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Grenada:

Grenada to commence discussions with creditors on the restructuring of its public debt
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MENA:

Egyptians Turn to Vigilante Justice as Economy Worsens
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