September 17, 2013

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Law:

Voluntary Buyout Watch: McKenna Longs To Lower Headcount
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Should You Accept A Biglaw Buyout Package?
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Guess What Entry-Level Job This Unemployed Lawyer Is Seeking
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Lehman Bankruptcy Attorney Miller Faults Treasury
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Attorney who billed for 29-hour day did the work, his lawyer says
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After former friend’s tip-off, onetime BigLaw partner loses disability benefits
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How Networking Really Works
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Wolf Rifkin Adds Bankruptcy Litigator
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On The Value Of ‘Wasting’ Time
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Lawsuit investors back the losing parties in two recent cases
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5 Rules Every New Associate Must Know (But No One Will Tell You)
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Recipients of Dewey's Final Payments Sued By Trustee
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25 Beautiful Apps That Show Exactly How Our iPhones Are About To Change This Week
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Oops. Ethics board leader forgot to renew his law license
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Attorney faces disciplinary case over driver’s license application
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The 2013 Summer Associates Survey
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Is The Scholarship Arms Race Responsible For Shrinking Law School Class Sizes?
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At Least 12 Dead in Washington Navy Yard Shooting --- Stories Of Navy Yard Shooting Victims Surface As Washington DC Mourns --- Navy Yard Killer: Arrested Twice Before Over Guns --- Unanswered Questions to Navy Yard Rampage --- Gunman Kicked Out of Navy Over Ft. Worth Gun Incident --- Gunman Had Secret Clearance
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NSA Monitors the Financial World
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Government surveillance revelations are having a chilling effect on lawyers, says author
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Prosecutor’s ‘white world’ remarks lead appeals court to order new murder trial
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Lawyer suspended for ‘illegal alien’ comment
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Should This Indiscreet Young Lawyer Get A Second Clifford Chance?
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Filling Out Basic Forms Without Signing Doesn't Justify Sanctions for 'Ghostwriting'
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Indian-American Nina Davuluri Crowned Miss America Amid Racist Backlash
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Corporate lawyer's horror as she caught fox licking her six-year-old daughter's face
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Users On This Web Site Have Successfully Driven Nine Teenagers To Kill Themselves
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How I Fell In Love And Got Married In Federal Prison
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SPOILER ALERT: The 37 Most Shocking Moments From Sunday's 'Breaking Bad'
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‘God Help This Nation’: The FCC’s Best Miley Cyrus Complaints
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Judges:

Detroit bankruptcy judge gets view from other side of bench
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Why Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is A Fan Of History's Most Famous Footnote
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More Misleading Attacks by Elizabeth Warren
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Should Judges Become Teamsters?
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Nation's Judges Appeal to Obama for Help in Budget Fight
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Wall Street:

Stock Futures Cautious Ahead of Fed Meeting
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US stocks gain on Summers Fed withdrawal; Dow rises 0.77%
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S&P nears record after Summers' withdrawal
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Layoffs:

Obamacare Will Change How You Work And Retire
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Still 8.3 Million Jobs from a Full Recovery
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Construction:

Bridge contractor files for bankruptcy
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Many US bridges old, risky and rundown
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Lehman:

Lehman Wants No 'Priority' Status on $1.2 Billion Freddie Mac Claim
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A 1985 Book About Turmoil At Lehman Brothers Was Full Of Warnings That Dick Fuld Might Be Bad For The Bank
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Where is Lehman's Dick Fuld now ?
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Some ex-Lehman employees do well out of bankruptcy
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'Lehman & Its People Have Been Unfairly Vilified'
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Five years after Lehman Brothers collapsed, four lessons we learned
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The skeleton of Lehman walks on indefinitely
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How Media Failed In The Wake Of Lehman Brothers' Collapse
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Corporate Reform:

Five years of financial non-reform
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Don't blame the big banks, say Dodd-Frank authors
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Poll: Americans say Washington, Wall Street haven’t done enough to thwart financial crises
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Pharma:

KV Pharmaceutical emerges from bankruptcy
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Aviation:

American CEO Horton sends "thank you" video to employees
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US Airways, American look to rally support for $11B merger
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Non-Profits:

NY: Downtown dance space may be forced to close
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Autos:

Twinkie's lesson for the Detroit auto bailouts
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Chrysler IPO to bring shareholder battle to a head
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Owner of Defunct Chevy Dealership Sues Westwood Zoning Board
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Economy:

Summers' exit eases pressure for budget tradeoffs --- The False Furor Over Larry Summers  --- Larry Summers Rally Already Evaporating --- Dollar Instantly Weakens On News Of Larry Summers Fed Chair Withdrawal --- Elizabeth Warren bounces Larry Summers as stock continues to rise
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Remaining Candidates For Fed Chair Now That Larry Summers Has Withdrawn
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Republican Newcomer Influence in Congress Risks Shutdown --- Obama says will not negotiate with Congress on debt ceiling
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Janet Yellen for Fed Chairman --- Sen. Warren: Yellen will make 'terrific' Fed chair
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Janet Yellen is 'damaged goods' --- Here's The Petty Reason Obama Might Not Appoint Janet Yellen To Fed Chair
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Factory output up 0.7% as car plants busy
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Americans Are Rekindling Their Dangerous Love For Credit
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Many States Look to Raise Minimum Wage
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Which Economic Indicators Actually Matter
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Empire State Manufacturing Index rises to 6.29 versus 8.5 estimate
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Obama: Budget tightening could widen income gap
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The Fed Is On The Verge Of 'Tapering' — And It's Got Nothing To Do With The Economy
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Forbes 32nd Annual Forbes 400 Ranking Of The Richest Americans --- Inside The 2013 Forbes 400: Facts and Figures On America's Richest --- Forbes: Gates is richest American --- Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Doubled in the Last Year --- The Most Impressive Rags-To-Riches Stories On Forbes' Latest Billionaires List --- One Of The New Additions To The Forbes 400 List Made Billions Refinancing Underwater Homes
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Inviting the next recession
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Financial Services: 5 Years After Lehman
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Time To Do Something About Bad Parents
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US Economic Freedom Lowest Since 2000
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Switzerland Tops List of Strongest Economies
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Using Eminent Domain to Rescue Main Street
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Judge OKs Deal Cutting FGIC’s Claims Against ResCap By as Much as $4.61 Billion
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Fractional Remainder Interest: Sale Will Thwart Grantor’s Estate Planning Objectives – Who Cares?
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Mortgage Bonds Imperiled by $17 Billion of Sales
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Tax lien system in DC is ‘predatory system of debt collection,’ newspaper probe concludes
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Donald Trump Plans To Split His Real Estate Empire Evenly Among His 3 Oldest Kids
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Donald Trump expected to bid on Versace mansion
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Yes, You Can Still Get A Government-Backed Mortgage With Just 3.5% Down
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Municipalities:

Aggressive Dates Set for Detroit's Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Creditors to Present Their Arguments
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Judge Steven Rhodes to hear retiree committee objection to Detroit bankruptcy
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Hearing set on retirees' request for a different Detroit judge
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Crucial mediation process starts in Detroit bankruptcy case
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Detroit Paper Releases Must-Read Investigative Report on Bankruptcy
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Detroit Hotel Says City's Bankruptcy Filing May Be Spurring Business
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Gov. Rick Snyder: China mission 'critical' to discuss Detroit bankruptcy, promote Michigan business
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Detroit Government Shuts Down Power Because Residents Didn't Conserve Electricity
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Detroit's Abandoned Building Problem Is An Actual 'Blight Emergency,' Says City Manager
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Municipal bankruptcies confront huge pension issue
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Strong state oversight helps U.S. municipal credit-Moody's
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Trucking:

Auto Hauler Allied Selects Jack Cooper Transport Bid
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Fraud:

How To Tell If A Firm Is Hiding Bad News
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Furniture:

A Roadmap for Suppliers, Retailers, Licensees and Employees As the Furniture Brands Bankruptcy Proceeds
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Bankrupt Furniture Brands seeks OK to pay out bonuses
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Court shouldn't rubber-stamp bankruptcy bonuses
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What we can learn from FBI
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Education:

Morris Brown: History is not for sale
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Harvard: Welcome to Graduate School, Here's How To Use A Bathroom
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Waste:

Clean Harbors Announces Acquisition of Evergreen Oil
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Ethanol:

Wall Street role in ethanol credits questioned --- Are We Shocked That Wall Street Hoarded Ethanol Credits?
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Alternative Energy:

Wisconsin's Helios Solar is Bankrupt ; Part of SolarWorld's CASM
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Hotels:

Kenoi's statement on Naniloa Resort
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Pensions:

Ryan: Extend credit for Delphi retirees
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Tobacco:

Chinqua Penn owner could serve 5 years in prison
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(6 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 (76 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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:

Bankruptcy “Preference” Checklist
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Lawsuits Against Creditors of NewPage
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Finance:

Second Circuit Affirms Bankruptcy Court Ruling Authorizing American Airlines to Repay $1.3 Billion Debt Without Make-Whole
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Insured vs. Insured Exclusion Unambiguously Precludes Coverage for FDIC Failed Bank Lawsuit
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TBTF:

Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond Calls For A Global 'Resolution Regime' To End Too Big To Fail
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Student Debt:

For All Our Good, Let Student Debtors Go Bankrupt
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Food/Beverage:

Beef Plant Documents Detail Where Money Is Going
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Former Workers Frustrated With Beef Plant
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Beef Plant Attorneys & Managers Paid Thousands
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The 20 Best Restaurants In America

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Coal:

Peabody seeks to end health funding for 3100 PCC retirees
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Banking:

Ex-JPMorgan Employees Indicted Over $6.2 Billion Loss
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JPMorgan in talks to pay $800m 'whale' fine
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JPMorgan Chase Is Said to Admit Fault in Settlement of Trade Loss
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Rogers lawyer: Creditor cash likely
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Cornerstone Releases Updated Failed Bank Litigation Report
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Study: FDIC Lawsuits Against Bank Executives Balloon
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Celebs:

Casey Anthony lawyers back in court today for bankruptcy hearing
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Magazines:

Penthouse publisher FriendFinder Networks files for bankruptcy
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Rail:

Bankrupt Maine railroad asks for help with legal fees
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Health Care:

Most Governors Want to Expand Medicaid
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UK:

Kerry Katona shocks Through The Keyhole viewers with luxury mansion home after going bankrupt
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U.K. to Sell Stake in Lloyds, Five Years After Bailout --- Lloyds sale to net taxpayer £3bn
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Firms disagree with Chancellor's optimism
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Struggling firms warned off rogue insolvency practitioners
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EU:

European Auto Sales Hit New Low
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PIIGS:

Cartesian Capital plans legal action against BDO over Pescanova
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Canada:

The Privileges of Bankruptcy – Court rules that chief restructuring officers may assert privilege against a trustee in bankruptcy
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Austria:

New legislation increases opportunities for piercing corporate veil
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Germany:

German Investor Sentiment Blows Through The Roof
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German Landesbanken's bailout and restructuring so far
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The battle to secure German shipping lender HSH
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Poland:

Poland Proves Best in Years Since Lehman: Riskless Return
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Israel:

Israel's postal service seeks government intervention to save it from bankruptcy
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Australia:

Westpac, Other Banks Settle Dispute With Bell Group Liquidators
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