Law:
Bankruptcy industry getting a taste of its own medicine
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Big law coming under cost pressure
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Will continuing to ban nonlawyer ownership make US firms and clients less competitive?
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Business of Law --- Business of Law (2)
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Boies Schiller Sanctioned - GC ID'd Conflict Early On
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LeClairRyan opens ‘legal solutions center’ in collaboration with tech company
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Survey: New Partners Feel Well-Prepped and Well-Paid
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Is Greenberg's New Residency for Recent Law Grads the Beginning of the End of the Associate?
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Video: Lawyer robbed as she leaves work holds onto handbag as she is dragged down street
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Work Less, Earn More: Take the Risk, Become the Boss
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Ranked: The Best Smartphones In The World
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Fiscally Weak But Boston Strong
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The Gentleman's Guide To Buying Gorgeous Shoes Without Going Broke
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A Guide to Pearls
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Police arrest two men found with slain law student’s cellphone
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Wyoming law dean resigns, cites lack of ‘meaningful consultation’ on recent decisions
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Poor Funding And Maybe Politics Force Popular Dean To Resign
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Yoga anyone? Law school offers wellness program
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How LSAC Recalculates Your GPA For Law School Admissions
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Big Slump for LSAT --- LSAT Taker Numbers Fall 45 Percent Since 2008
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As Clients Speak, Are Law Firm Leaders Listening?
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Snowden Leaks Reveal That The NSA Is 'The Amazon Of Intelligence Agencies' --- Snowden Says Calls For Reform Prove Leaks Justified --- Spying And World Politics Go Hand In Hand --- Europe's spies work together --- Ex-NSA Director Has A Radical Idea For Handling The Snowden Leaks --- Mystery Deepens Over Job for Snowden --- No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A. --- Snowden Appeals for Clemency --- NSA revelations boost corporate paranoia about state surveillance --- More NSA Leakers Followed Snowden’s Footsteps, Whistleblower Lawyer Says
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Pregnant Army Wife Stabbed By Intruder While Video-Chatting With Her Deployed Husband: Survives To Give Birth
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How A Murderous Few Minutes Unfolded For TSA Officers At LAX --- Gunman 'wanted to kill TSA and pigs' --- Sent 'suicide text' to family --- Shooter Hated The Government --- Police Had Warning --- LAX Gunman: "Patriot Movement" Docs on Him --- What We Know About Alleged LAX Gunman Paul Ciancia
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Paper: Bieber busted sneaking out of Brazilian brothel
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Supreme Court to Hear New Public Prayer Case
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Toll worker steals driver's wallet at toll booth
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"I don't like that bar anymore"
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Tapes show mentally ill prisoners forced from cells with pepper spray in CA
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Trucker Who Ran Over a Policeman Was Looking Up Escorts While Driving
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Dog Saves Camper From Bear Attack, Camper Eats Dog To Survive
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10 trials that changed the world
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FEDS: Navy Commander Sold Secrets To Malaysian Businessman For H------, Gaga Tickets
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Police Chief Threatens Citizen with Arrest for Facebook Complaint
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Crime in the Hamptons Is Exactly Like You'd Expect
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Can the Government Tell You You’re Fat?
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Judges:
Houston: 2013 Bankruptcy Judge Evaluation Questionnaire Results (scroll to page 31)
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On Second Thought… - Is it awful when a judge concedes possible error?
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D.A. Rips Judge On Radio Show, Judge Calls In, Hilarity Ensues
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Judge Dons Fairy Godmother Costume
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Judge Wizmur To Receive Joseph M. Nardi Jr. Distinguished Service Award
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Chief Judge Of Patent Court Compares Killing Bad Patents To Genocide
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Censure for Judge Scheindlin --- A cheap shot
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The Delicate Balance of Booting Judges
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Wall Street:
Stock futures higher; factory orders ahead
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Stocks Rise; Dow, S&P Gain For 4th Week
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:
Low Wages Force More Than Half Of Fast Food Workers To Rely On Government Assistance
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All Around The World, Labor Is Losing Out To Capital
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What Recruiters Look At During The 6 Seconds They Spend On Your Resume --- 6 Skills You Should Always Highlight On Your Resume
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Electricity:
Energy Future Holdings says talks with creditors break off
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Energy Future interest payment buys time to restructure
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Regulation all bad? It's softening impact of Energy Future Holdings' fall
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Autos:
US government shutdown debacle doesn't stop auto industry in October --- Detroit sales strong: Chrysler up 11%, Ford rises 14%, GM zips 16%
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Award:
Greenberg Traurig Bankruptcy Head to Receive Judge Learned Hand Award
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Professor G. Ray Warner Received Bankruptcy Judges’ Excellence in Education Award
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Newspapers:
Freedom Communications Owners Face Suit - Former newspaper owners sue buyer over withheld payment
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Businessman wants to buy Philadelphia Inquirer
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Mass Torts:
Appeals Court to Review Approval of BP Settlement --- BP spill payouts slow after court ruling
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Textbooks:
Apax May Sit on Both Sides of Cengage's Bankruptcy
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Tax:
Why Bankruptcy Is Rarely If Ever An Effective Means Of Dealing With A Tax Liability
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Former law partner is convicted in tax-shelter scheme
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Advertising:
Mobclix Ceases All Operations; Files Voluntary Chapter 7 Petition
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Rail:
Managers at bankrupt Maine railway could face layoffs
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Fraud:
Report: SAC Will Plead Guilty To Insider Trading As Soon As Monday
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Economy:
Citi: Rich Families Are Hoarding Cash
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Euro falls on potential ECB rate cut; Wall St rises
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US Manufacturing Up the Most in Five Years
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Collapse in US Infrastructure Spending
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Older Americans reject major Social Security changes, poll finds, but support raising tax cap
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1 in 7 Americans Face Food Stamp Cuts --- Food stamp cuts create high demand for food bank supplies --- Food Banks “Panicking” Over Demand Following Welfare Cut
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Gas Prices Are Declining, And It's Turning Into Real Wealth Gains For Americans
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Here's What It Would Take For The Fed To Start 'Tapering' As Soon As December
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The 15 Best Countries For You To Move To Right Now
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Here's What Americans Are Doing Every Minute Of The Day
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Here's How Much Berkshire Hathaway Made On Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Q3
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Homeland Security Employees Refer to Overtime Pay as a "Candy Bowl"
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Single Asset Real Estate Case: How Single is Single?
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Municipalities:
Detroit, bankruptcy creditors talking in private
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Trial continues, but Detroit, creditors making plans that presume bankruptcy --- Detroit's bankruptcy trial resumes today; testimony likely to focus on unions --- Trial enters 6th day
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Bankruptcy Judge Predicts Supreme Court Will Answer Questions Over Slashing Pensions
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‘We’ve Already Sacrificed’: Detroit Retirees Speak Out On Bankruptcy
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Detroit could try on 'Boots' plan
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Governor to testify in Detroit bankruptcy trial
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Who is it that's promising to fix Detroit, Satin?
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Detroit Recovery Begins Where Philadelphia and Leipzig Converge
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Risqué website seeks naming rights to Detroit landmark
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Journalism Review Salutes Detroit Free Press Bankruptcy Project
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Michigan Offers First G.O. Since Detroit Bankruptcy
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Vallejo poised to make same financial decisions that led to bankruptcy
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Jefferson County Selling $1.7 Billion in Debt in Bankruptcy
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What the Jefferson County Commission didn't say about its new bankruptcy plan
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Judge Delays Jefferson County Bankruptcy Confirmation Hearing to Nov. 20
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Rob Ford Calls Himself Best Mayor, Pledges to Stop Getting "Hammered"
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Cities' Revival Curbed By Red-Ink Budgets
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Retailing:
Wal-Mart kick starts holiday shopping online
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Retailer Edwin Watts Golf Shops files for bankruptcy
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Depressing Photos That Show That Kmart Is Dying
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Corporate Reform:
JPMorgan Discloses Eight DOJ Probes From Asia to Madoff --- Discloses wider probes of hiring, currency trading --- JPMorgan Says It's Cooperating With Currency-Trading Probes
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Big banks undergoing greater scrutiny by government agencies
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Food/Beverage:
Sunland bankruptcy leaves NM farmers scrambling
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The Best Sandwich From Every US State
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8 Amazing Sandwiches You've Probably Never Heard Of
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Tricks To Make Starbucks Visits Better
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Personal Finance:
20 Items Under $20 Everyone Should Buy
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Alternative Energy:
Suntech Has A Friend In Wuxi But Foes In NY
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Bankrupt Fisker bought by one of Asia's richest men
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Aviation:
U.S. seeking divestitures from American, US Airways
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US Airways/American Merger Trial Is Set for Takeoff
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Swift Air execs’ request to postpone depositions denied
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Creditors Propose Trust for Ex-Employees of Bankrupt Mexicana Airlines
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Bondholders Encounter Unexpected Turbulence: Second Circuit Grounds Make-Whole Provision in AMR
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Air France sets tough conditions for Alitalia investment: report
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Two Small Planes Had a Fiery Midair Collision and Everyone Lived
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Television:
CSN Houston's Crash And The Potential Consequences
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Imaging:
Can Eastman Kodak Rise Again?
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Celebs:
Former NFL Star Andre Rison Talks Overspending and Bankruptcy
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Environmental:
US Bankruptcy Court approves $14 million settlement for cleanup of Oklahoma Superfund site
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Start Ups:
How Not To Pitch Your Business On 'Shark Tank'
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Brokers:
MF Global Targets Payment to Former Executive
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Accounting:
PriceWaterhouse Sued for $1 Billion
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Oil/Gas:
When Will the Shale Bubble Burst?
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Gasoline Prices Giving Drivers Whiplash
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Metals:
Ohio Regulator Says AEP Must Supply Power to Ormet Facility
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Tech:
Velti U.S. Unit Files for Bankruptcy Protection in Delaware --- Velti to sell businesses to Blackstone, US ops file for bankruptcy
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Tech Sector Is In A Massive Bubble
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Finance:
Carfinco Stalking Horse to Acquire Western Funding Incorporated
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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 (38 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (51 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:
HI: Bankruptcy filings continue descent
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Buffalo: Bankruptcy filings drop 7.5 percent in October
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Toledo: Bankruptcy cases fall 5% locally in October
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Discharge:
Ninth Circuit Rules that Withdrawal Liability May Be Discharged in Bankruptcy
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Miscellaneous:
Cravath: Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law
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Administrative Claims:
Administrative Expense Requests Not Subject to 502(d) Disallowance
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Reform Commission Nov. 1 Hearings: Witness Statements - Dennis F. Dunne --- William K. Snyder --- Brady C. Williamson --- Mark A. Gittelman --- Prof. Anne Lawton --- W. Clarkson McDow
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Sales:
The Results Are In: Readers Split, But Advantage Process!
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E-Discovery:
Homebodies - Conference attendees say they prefer to keep e-discovery in-house
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Banking:
US Fed sets tough tests in annual bank health war games
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If It Looks Like a Bank, Regulate It Like a Bank
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Second Jackson County Bank Seized By FDIC
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Bank Tellers Ask Banks: Please Don't Replace Us With Video Screens
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Telecoms:
Fairfax Said to Be Short of Financing for BlackBerry Bid --- BlackBerry pie, anyone? Banks say no thanks --- BlackBerry Co-Founders Might Join Cerberus And Qualcomm In Buyout Bid
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Bankrupt LightSquared sues Deere & Co, GPS industry titans --- Sues GPS Manufacturers Over Alleged Broken Promises
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Health Care:
Interfaith supporters, de Blasio to ask bankruptcy judge for more time
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At Least 3.5 Million Americans Have Now Had Their Health Insurance Policies Canceled Thanks To Obamacare --- For consumers whose health premiums will go up under new law, sticker shock
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Critical Weeks Begin for Health Law Rollout
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HealthCare.gov: How political fear was pitted against technical needs
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Politics:
Obama's Approval Rating Down To 40%
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Mitt Romney Says Chris Christie Can 'Save Our Party,' And Disses Ted Cruz
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Rand Paul Wishes He Could Challenge His Critics To A Duel
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Sovereigns:
Bondholders lose bid to lift stay in Argentina litigation
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Argentina and Elliot, Again
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UK:
Fewer firms collapsing as economic picture brightens
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Number of people going insolvent edges up
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IVAs soar as struggling borrowers opt for ' bankruptcy lite'
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R3 comments on Q3 insolvency statistics
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Bankruptcy Tourism explained
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Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Update
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Insolvency expert takes over as independent law firm chairman
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UK's PRA watchdog backs Co-op bank's restructuring plan
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EU:
Burden-sharing back on the agenda as AQR gets under way
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PIIGS:
Greeks fear more violence after Golden Dawn members shot dead
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Lenders should set aside post-bailout funds for Ireland, says IMF official --- Delay to McNamara's British bankruptcy exit --- McNamara walks free of his €1bn debts --- Shane Filan warns One Direction to save their millions
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Hedge fund interest could spur Portuguese bank debt revival
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Spain's manufacturing sector expands for third straight month
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Canada:
Former Directors and Officers of Bankrupt Company Reach $4.75 Million Settlement with the Ministry of Environment over Cleanup Orders
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Contractual Clause a “Fraud Upon the Bankruptcy Law”
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Germany:
Insolvent "Gherkin" owner IVG to restructure with court consent
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Brazil:
Batista Offers USD $46 Million "to Save" OSX
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The Man Who Flew Too High
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For Brazil's Batista, fall of OGX has been sudden and sharp
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Brazil regulator may fine OGX for natural gas unit sale -paper
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Brazil may finally escape from the samba clichés
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Brazil watching warily for fallout from Latin America’s biggest bankruptcy
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Brazil's EBX empire crumbling
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UBS says Itaú, Bradesco cut loan exposure to Batista's Grupo EBX
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China:
China Services Index Rises to Year's High in Rebound Sign
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Shunfeng scoops up bankrupt Suntech unit
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