Law:
Fried Frank lays off 29 support staffers in NYC and DC
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Does The Law Have to Protect Wusses?
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Big Law Mergers Fuel Skepticism
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Business of Law --- Business of Law (2)
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Recently Announced Law Firm Mergers Could Create Cascade of Lateral Moves
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McKenna Merger Sparks Internal Doubts
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The new law firm cash cow: professional athletes?
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Is Axiom the Bellwether for Disruption in the Legal Industry?
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A Law Firm's Global Reach Isn't Always Clients' Priority
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Madonna Doesn't Dress Her Age. Why Should You?
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Legal Jobs Report: October --- Legal sector loses jobs after three months of gains
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Horrible Job Watch: Surprisingly Honest Terrible Job Offer
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Manhattan's Jones Day Re-locates Downtown - Closer to Wall Street clients
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2013 Am Law Tech Survey: Firms' Data Security Fears Rise
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A Good Week For Alumni Giving
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In Defense Of Dean Lawrence Mitchell
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Does Case Western Dean Really See Himself as a Dictator?
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Dean Frank Wu on Shrinking Law Schools --- Private Colleges Join Law Schools in Facing Shakeout
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Legal Education Is Innovating by Educating More Non-JD Students
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Why Would Admissions Offices Think the LSAT Nosedive Is Temporary?
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Redemption is Possible for Disgraced Journalist Seeking To Practice Law
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Apple's Working On iPhones With Big, Curved Screens And Pressure-Sensitive Touch Sensors
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The Best iPad Apps For Kids
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Face to Face: Free Video Chat Options
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'Walter Mitty' lawyer who faked qualifications forced to quit
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Dechert Hit With Overcharging Claim
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Incognito gives first interview --- Building Character the Richie Incognito/Ron English Way --- Dolphins fend off questions about harassment case --- Miami Dolphins Player Says He Got A Threatening Text From The Guy Who Was Allegedly Bullied --- Dolphins' Martin Faces Limited Legal Options If He Presses Bullying Claims --- Jonathan Martin, Future Gunner
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75-year-old man arrested for drugs, prostitution in sweep at senior citizen complex
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Las Vegas Installs 'Intellistreets' Light Fixtures Capable Of Recording Conversations
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Who Is The Best Divorce Lawyer Around?
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Man dies after mistaking $56K of crystal meth for health drink
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Thieves steal, r--- woman's dog
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Undercover Cop And 10 Other Bikers Indicted
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Judge bars woman from Twitter
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Neuroscience criminal defense emerges: ‘my brain made me do it’
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At Nelson Mullins' Festival, Kids Play as Adults Network
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Is This Father Unfit For Not Taking His Four-Year-Old To McDonald’s?
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School Kids In A Small New York Town Are Allegedly Tormenting Jewish Students
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DMV Official Pleads Guilty to Giving Driver's Licenses to Hundreds of Illegals
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Homeowner claims he accidentally killed teen said to be looking for help, police say --- Questions About Renisha McBride’s Tragic Death
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Former prisons get reinvented as chic hotels
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DC Trying to Put Frequent 911 Caller Under Guardianship
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Family rescues kidnap victim, kills abductor
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Homeless man finds $850, turns it in and gets benefits cut for his honesty
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Caught on camera: Disturbing moment man, 25, is surrounded by five police officers and Tasered for 'being drunk'
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Judges:
New Judge Appointed to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Nevada
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Ex-Judge/DA to Serve 9 Days in Jail --- Ex-DA takes plea in wrongful conviction case: 10 days, community service, $500 fine and disbarment
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Rattlesnakes add extra oomph to courthouse keep-off-the-grass signs
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Stop-and-frisk case judge makes new bid to end legal fight --- Ousted stop-frisk judge's lawyer slams NYC motion
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Was Ginsburg fan a pest? Dear Prudence weighs in
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Understanding The History Of The Clerkship Timing Issue
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Charlie Sheen breaks gagging order, calls judge "a--- brain"
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Wall Street:
US Stock -Index Futures Little Changed After Stock Rally
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US stocks gain on advancing jobs report; Dow up 0.98%
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9-Year-Old Who Rang The Opening Bell Writes Awesome Thank-You Note
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Socgen: This Is It For The Stock Market
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Layoffs:
Are New Jobs Good Jobs?
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U.S. Payroll to Population Rate Increases Slightly in October
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What’s Going On With the U.S. Labor Force?
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Surprisingly High-Paying Blue Collar Jobs
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The 15 Best Internships In America
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6 Companies That Cut the Most Jobs in October
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Improving Employment Masking Problems
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The U.S. labor force is still shrinking. Here’s why.
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The Workforce Is Even More Divided by Race Than You Think
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Why Every Robot Should Love the Senate's New Minimum Wage Bill
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:
Never-Before-Seen Video Of Steve Cohen Sounding Confused About Insider Trading Laws During A Deposition
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SAC Pleads Guilty, But Deal Is Far From Done
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SAC Judge Delays Decision on Insider-Trading Plea --- Plea deal on ice
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Cohen's Trades Won't Be Part of Steinberg Trial, US Says
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Kim Rothstein Files For Divorce
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Video Rentals:
Can Video Rental Survive? Meet Blockbuster's Last Man Standing
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Should We Be Glad Blockbuster's Gone?
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Distressed Investing:
Treasure Hunters of the Financial Crisis
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Gambling:
Revel in Atlantic City Mulls Sale 6 Months After Bankruptcy Exit --- To pursue strategic alternatives
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Atlantic Club casino, in bankruptcy, is seeking buyers --- Atlantic Club casino OKd to operate in bankruptcy
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Coal:
Patriot eyes bankruptcy emergence next month
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US miner Patriot Coal's sales volumes drop on weak markets
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Can James River Coal Avoid Bankruptcy?
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Rail:
$3M Loan Allows Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway to Continue Operations Through Sales Process, Rehire U.S. & Canadian Workers
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Buses:
NYC's biggest school bus operator files for bankruptcy protection, has until end of year to sort things out
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Orchestras:
Brooklyn Philharmonic may face bankruptcy
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Tech:
Velti Announces Agreement to Sell Mobile Marketing Businesses
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Hollywood:
Bergstein: Everyone Wants to be in the Movies
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Hotels:
Hotelier files for bankruptcy on 7 properties
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Cemeteries:
Trustee: Groups Interested in Running AL Cemetery --- 4 companies interested in buying bankrupt Carver Memorial Gardens
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Media:
GateHouse wins approval of plan for quick bankruptcy exit
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Economy:
Fed’s Lockhart: Aggressive Monetary Policy Stimulus Needed for Some Time to Come --- Fluky Jobs Report Keeps December Fed Action in Play, But Not Settled
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Yellen to get quizzed as taper-timing debate rages --- This Is the Biggest Mistake Republicans Make About Janet Yellen
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The Great Recession and Older Workers
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October nonfarm payrolls up 204,000 vs. 120,000 estimate; unemployment rate at 7.3% vs. 7.3% estimate --- Temporary Laid-Off, Now Back to Work ---- Highlights From the October Jobs Report --- Five Takeaways from October Jobs Report --- Jobs Strength Puts Fed on Hot Seat --- Bernanke, other policymakers point to weakness in labor market?
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Bernanke: Why the 2008 crisis was a lot like the Panic of 1907
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Why Next Month’s Jobs Report Will Be More Important
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Little Lasting Shutdown Impact Seen on Labor Market
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End of Shutdown Doesn’t Boost Consumers’ Moods
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When Is the Next Financial Crisis?
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Here's Why Rising Interest Rates Won't Crush Corporate Profit Margins
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Which of the 11 American Nations Do You Live In?
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19 Signs We're in a New Bubble
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Class 8 Truck Orders Strong in October
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Is The World About To Get Hit By Another Huge Wave Of Central Bank Liquidity?
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How many Americans actually believe the earth is only 6,000 years old?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Mortgage Delinquencies Hit Five-Year Low
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Home Price Surge: Top Ten States
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DeMarco: People Are Forgetting Why Fannie, Freddie Failed
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BofA Should Pay $863 Million in Fannie Mae Case: U.S.
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BofA Says ‘Fat Kid’ Mortgage-Bond Case Should Be Tossed
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Wall Street figured out how to securitize your rent. Should you worry?
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NAR Sees Home Prices Rising in 2014, Rates Jumping to 5.4%
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Title Company Escrow Check: Now You See It, Now You Don’t
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Legal hurdles hinder Colony comeback
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The 15 Most Expensive Housing Markets In America
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Here Are The 14 Most Affordable Housing Markets In America
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The Most Expensive Celebrity Homes On The Market Right Now
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Manhattan's Priciest Condos Now Average Nearly $5,500 A Square Foot
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Closing attorney indicted in claimed mortgage-fraud and identity-theft scheme
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LGI Homes IPO Mediocre on Day One
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Milwaukee-area developer Michael Dilworth files for Chapter 11
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Municipalities:
Bond insurers sue Detroit over Oct. 1 bond default--- Insurers want bankruptcy judge to safeguard funds intended for debt
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Mike Duggan: 'Enormous weight on my shoulders to deliver the services I promised' --- Mayor-elect Duggan: Detroiters should expect 'immediate progress' under his leadership --- Many Rooting For Down-On-Its-Luck Detroit And Its New Mayor --- Duggan, Orr must manage realities --- Stocking Duggan's Cabinet: He's not naming names, but others are making predictions --- Mike Duggan, Kevyn Orr meet to discuss new Detroit mayor's role
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Interview: Bing says bankruptcy 'inevitable' --- But state could have helped more --- Attorneys: State didn't seek Detroit bankruptcy
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Orr stops retiree health care changes, restarts talks with retiree committee
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Lawyers wrap case in Detroit bankruptcy trial --- Detroit bankruptcy case ends in tense exchange --- Detroit awaits ruling on bankruptcy eligibility as trial ends --- Lawyers representing EM make final case
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Mediator gave foundation leaders 'clear picture of potential' of Detroit bankruptcy
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Detroit Bankruptcy Case Turns on Issue of Good Faith --- Can Detroit bankruptcy proceed? What the judge must (and might) consider --- Detroit's Pension Offer Not Serious, Adviser Robins Says
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Four Months After Bankruptcy, Michigan Leaders Reframe Detroit as America's Comeback City --- Snyder: Detroit's comeback 'has been going on for years'
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Time for Detroiters to put pride aside
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Detroit Residents as Abandoned as Their Homes
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DPS debt swells $18.7M, looks at cutting costs
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Leaders of Michigan cities want more secure revenue, bankruptcy forum shows
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Detroit retiree health coverage OK through February
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Detroit nears deadline to clear lawsuits in bankruptcy case
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Detroit's bankruptcy brings up more than finances
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Jefferson County asks for two lawsuits to be dismissed
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Jefferson County asks bankruptcy judge to approve creditor agreements
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JeffCo salvages exit, so what happens now?
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Desert city finances not so hot --- Desert Hot Springs, California, May Weigh Bankruptcy --- $3M shortfall
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Bankruptcy looming larger for Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District
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Moody's warns that Scranton could be facing default or bankruptcy
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Former Bell official testifies at corruption trial
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Act 47 plan slams city pensions
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Disorder at City Hall is the order of the day in Stockton
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Elections in bankrupt U.S. city usher in pension reformers, Calpers battle
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Why invest in American cities?
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Municipal Distress: Lessons Learned And The Challenges To Come
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Celebs:
The Broke and the Beautiful: Playing Nice Edition
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Judge in NY rejects DMX's bankruptcy filing --- Filing Thrown Out Of Court Over Inconsistencies --- DMX back on the hook for child support and debts
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Mike Tyson opens up about bankruptcy , s-- in jail
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Broke Tori Spelling Shops Dean McDermott S-- Tape
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An Isley Brother In Tax Court - Does Tax Crime Pay?
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Politics:
White Republican Wins ‘Long Shot’ Election After Leading Voters To Believe He’s Black
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Philadelphia voters elect a Whig to public office for first time in 160 years
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New Republic November Cover: Elizabeth Warren as Being John Malkovich --- Elizabeth Warren is Hillary Clinton's Nightmare --- The Ten Baddest Elizabeth Warren Clips Out There --- Elizabeth Warren NCLC Speech --- Warren Says U.S. Political System 'Rigged' by Special Interests --- Report fuels prospect of 2016 Elizabeth Warren run
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Retailing:
J.C. Penney Divides Distressed Funds From Avenue to Centerbridge
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Black Friday gobbles up Thanksgiving — and grows into a 2-month season
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A helping of holiday creep
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Amazon offers Sunday deliveries with US Postal Service
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The Amazon Mystery: What America's Strangest Tech Company Is Really Up To
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Health Care:
Census: Medical Expenses Put 10.6 Million Americans in Poverty
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Meridian Health Group in Carmel enters bankruptcy
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Michael Brown, hand surgeon who is bankrupt , dies after heart attack --- Reports: Suicide note, more than $16K found at Michael Brown’s Fla. home
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Most Uninsured Americans Ignoring Health Exchange Sites
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Blame game as insurers dump doctors
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The Sad Truth on Obamacare's Contractors
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Obamacare: Doctors on Hook for Deadbeats
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Anyone Skeptical Of National Health Insurance Should Read This
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U.S. Obesity Rate Climbing in 2013
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Compensation:
A Proposal To Limit Swiss Executive Pay To 12 Times That Of Low-Paid Employees Has Fat Cats Worried
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Agriculture:
Farmers seek $75K from defunct grain company
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Telecoms:
Ex-Omnicity CEO blames bank for bankruptcy filing
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Apparel:
100 Factories Close, As Garment Worker Protests In Bangladesh Turn Violent
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Mass Torts:
Beware the Lawsuit Industry's 'Naked Gun' Campaign to Fight the FACT Act
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Publishing:
How Daredevil and Jessica Jones Saved Marvel From Bankruptcy
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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 (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (42 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 Reform:
Video: November 7 Bankruptcy Reform Commission Meeting
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Cross-Border:
COMI or Not COMI: Timing Is the Question
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Preemption:
Unpredictable Preemption: New Jersey Bankruptcy Court Says Bankruptcy Code (Sometimes) Trumps State Rules on Collection of Prepetition Fees
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TBTF:
NY Fed President: Some Wall Street Banks Are Just Morally Bankrupt
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Ending Too Big to Fail
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Litigation:
Best Practices Report on Electronic Discovery (ESI) Issues in Bankruptcy Cases
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Corporate Reform:
How the Justice Department exaggerates its financial prosecution claims
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Whatever Wall Street Banks Have Put Aside For Lawsuits, 'They'd Better Double It'
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Bernanke: Regulators Have Taken Steps to Limit Excessive Risk Taking
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Enforcer in chief: A conversation with Robert Khuzami
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New York Said to Seek $100 Million-Plus Over Ex-AIG Units
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CFPB Puts Lawyers in Cross Hairs
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Personal Finance:
When Personal Financial Disaster Hits Home
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How To Squeak By On $5 Million
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Can Suze Orman Save America?
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Mail:
US Postal Service to deliver Amazon packages on Sundays
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Food/Beverage:
Attorneys suing Horvaths over unpaid legal fees
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Guy's emerges from bankruptcy; owners fall into lawsuit
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Sriracha Founder: Factory Shutdown Could Have Led To Bankruptcy
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Allens Inc. Sells Properties as Bankruptcy Fees Stack Up
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Finance:
Wall Street feeds the ravenous debt beast again
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Aviation:
Divest flight slots at Reagan National - Southwest , JetBlue to AMR
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AMR says October unit revenues up 6.6 percent
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How Terrible Is Spirit Airlines, Really?
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Flybe expands restructuring , expects 500 job cuts
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Alitalia 'has other options' than Air France
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Autos:
Franchise Services of North America Inc. provides update on Simply Wheelz LLC bankruptcy proceedings
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Tax:
Judge Faults Tax Agency's Delay in Ending Garnishment
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Can Severance Pay Be Taxed?
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Alternative Energy:
Why hasn’t cellulosic ethanol taken over, like it was supposed to?
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Sovereigns:
Group of Argentine bondholders plan 'private debt swap' to holdouts
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UK:
Tycoon Scot Young at centre of Britain’s most high-profile divorce accused of engineering 'sham' bankruptcy to hide vast wealth
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Falconer: demise of generalist high street law firms “inevitable”
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Management loses out in LSH rescue
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Harris Cartier creditors "likely" to suffer shortfall
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The Crazy Gap Between London And Everywhere Else In The UK
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Newspaper columnist at heart of plagiarism row is a lawyer
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EU:
Euro Zone's Fizzling Growth Seen to Back Draghi Cut Case
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PIIGS:
Mystery as 'penniless' McFeely settles €24000 debt --- Nobel economist Stiglitz: 'I'm astonished at Irish ability to suck up austerity pain' --- Ireland Insolvency Overview --- Bailed-out bank takes over failing credit union
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Portugal Rating Outlook Revised to Stable by Moody's on Economy
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Greek government survives no confidence motion --- Job losses outpace hirings by almost 35,000 in October
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EU Commission received Monte Paschi's restructuring plan Monday
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Canada:
EastCoal Inc. Files a Notice of Intention to Make a Proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
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BlackBerry Ltd isn’t the first Canadian tech company to go from rockstar to (near) ruin | Financial Post
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Germany:
German blueprint for group insolvencies
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France:
Anti-tax revolt spreads in France
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French Government To Borrow $6B To Settle Debts From Credit Lyonnais Bankruptcy
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S&P Downgrades France's Debt Again, to Third Tier, Halfway to Junk
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China:
China Holds Conclave Over Economic Reforms
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Fed’s Williams: Bubble Risks Rising In China Economy
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Suntech Tops Slump on Restructuring Woes
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A fading Suntech
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China to let private investors hold up to 15 pct in state firms
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Venezuela:
Venezuelan military seizes major retail chain
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Venezuelan shoppers amass outside seized stores
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Philippines:
Typhoon Haiyan ravages the Philippines --- 'World's biggest storm' hits Philippines --- Survivors 'walk like zombies' --- Devastating Pictures --- 1,000 bodies floating in one town --- U.S. Sends Marines To Help
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Brazil:
Is Brazil in an ‘Astrological Hell’?
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Eike Batista’s shipbuilding company OSX to file for bankruptcy
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OSX Bonds Backed by $800 Million Ship Rally Before Bankruptcy
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Brazil's Batista Replaces OSX's CEO and OKs Bankruptcy Protection Filing
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Australia:
Examinations by foreign representatives in cross border insolvency cases
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How AFL star Brendan Fevola lost his fortune
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Minters loses insolvency expert to single-office firm
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