Law:

Honors Georgetown law grad, 29, retains 6th Circuit clerkship despite being charged in Dewey case
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A Dragnet at Dewey & LeBoeuf Snares a Minnow
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Jacoby & Meyers Creditors Seek Bankruptcy for Failed Firm
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Lawyers in prestige positions aren’t as happy as those in public service-jobs, study finds --- What Makes Lawyers Happy?
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Lawyer Depression Begins in School
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Claims Administration Puts Law Degree to Use
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For Milbank, a Solid Year Under New Leader
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Freshfields names litigator as US head
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McKenna's Revenue, Profit Sag Amid Expansion Efforts
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Merger of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney with Fowler White Boggs: Implications
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Cotterman On Compensation: Realization
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Contagious: Why (most) lawyers can't create that force field
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Business of Law
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Time for Lawyers to Connect Like the Most Connected Man in the World
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Letter from London
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UK sees ABS success as 300 firms use structure
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Half of women experience discrimination in Australian law firms
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USD sees dip in law students as an opportunity
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Shrinking Law Schools Face Financial Devastation
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February LSAT takers up very slightly from last year
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The Most Overrated and Underrated Law Schools
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Law Student Can't Beat Rap for Craigslist Ad
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Law School Subtly Asks Students, ‘Have You Considered Wrestling’?
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ATL March Madness: The Worst Law School In America
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2015 U.S. News Law School Rankings (31 – 49) --- The U.S. News Law School Academic Reputation Scores, 1998-2014
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Law School Rankings, Law Firm Bonuses & Other Preoccupations of the 2nd Gilded Age
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Partner explains how a manufacturing practice is helping his firm grow and better serve clients
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Facial recognition database leads feds to fugitive 37 years after prison escape
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Top county prosecutor tackles fleeing defendant
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This lawyer’s footnoted rap video could be the best thing on the internet
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The Ides of March: How to Handle Backstabbing at Work
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Playboy Model Sues After Sticking A Golf Tee Up Her B--- Goes Wrong
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Smokey Robinson Sues Ex-Wife To Prevent Her From Claiming 50% Of His Recaptured Motown Hits
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$50K-a-year bakery worker and wife lived lavishly while laundering $16.6M, feds say
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Lawyer acquitted in voice-mail intimidation case
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School counselor one of NYC-area’s worst toll skippers with $65K debt, says facing bankruptcy
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Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed After Allegedly Posting Selfie With Sub-Machine Gun
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Gunman dressed like 'Rambo' storms restaurant, stabs patron
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Patent theft suit blames former McDermott partner; defense sees ‘smoke and mirrors’
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Judges:

Federal judge who sent staffers to defendant businesses is removed from case
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Will Justices Ginsburg and Breyer Head for the Exit?
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Much depends on Ginsburg
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Wall Street:

Stock futures shrug off Crimea vote
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World stock markets mostly shrug off Crimea vote --- European stocks firm after Crimea vote
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Investors Await Response to Crimea Vote --- Shares hit as Crimea vote to spur sanctions against Moscow
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US stocks end lower as investors weight tensions
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Layoffs:

Private Employment Slowly Reclaims Pre-Downturn Peak
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Teens face toughest job market on record, study says --- The Plummeting Labor Market Fortunes of Teens and Young Adults
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Cruz Blowing Smoke About Part Time Jobs
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CA Technologies - 600 Additional Layoffs
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Quitting the academic job market: Should I give up on trying to be a professor and go into government or the private sector instead?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Currency:

MtGox Chapter 15 Case Brings Japanese Insolvency Proceeding and Bitcoin Drama to Dallas Bankruptcy Court
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Bitcoin Bankruptcy : What the Heck Is Chapter 15?
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MtGox knowingly traded non-existent bitcoins for two weeks?
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Mizuho caught up in suits against Mt. Gox --- U.S. class action over bitcoin losses names Mizuho as defendant --- Canadian class-action lawsuit filed against Mt. Gox, Mizuho Bank
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Regulators don’t want to regulate bitcoin, says BitPay’s Gallippi
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Bitcoin? Here's what Warren Buffett is saying
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Why the underworld loves bitcoin
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Dorian Nakamoto Issues Statement Through Lawyer 'Unconditionally' Denying Creating Bitcoin
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Autos:

Lawsuit could test GM's immunity from pre-bankruptcy lawsuits --- GM under mounting pressure to pay crash victims --- Ignition Switch Recall Straddles Old And New GM --- GM pressured to compensate victims in faulty ignition crashes
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GM , experts call latest crash death tally misleading --- US database may have overstated deaths in GM ignition switch recall --- GM’s Mounting Killer Car Problem --- Toll From GM Ignition Flaw Seen Rising as Victims Sought
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As Scandal Unfolds, G.M. Calls In the Lawyers
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How Will General Motors Fix This Recall Mess?
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Fitch: Greatest Recall Risk to GM Is Reputational
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Owners of recalled GM cars feel angry, vindicated
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GM may recover quickly from ignition switch recall
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Kyle Bass: GM shares could hit $50, despite probe
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Bertone Reportedly Falls Into Bankruptcy
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Why the DOJ won’t back down on auto lenders
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Banking:

In lawsuit, FDIC accuses 16 big banks of fraud, conspiracy
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Big banks put forex bonuses on hold
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Cashing Out on BankUnited
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Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 559 Institutions
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On eve of stress tests, Fed asks banks for more info
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Video Games:

Chafee's office gave memo to 38 Studios defendant
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Television:

Astros, Comcast file more arguments in CSN Houston lawsuit
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McLane asks federal judge to dismiss Crane lawsuit
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Aviation:

Qantas risk tops Air France-KLM on plan doubts
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Unions focus on the future at merged American-US Airways
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Ocean Off Perth Called Flight 370's Most Likely Last Fix --- 26 nations involved in search for Malaysian jet --- Search for Flight 370 Enters Daunting New Phase --- US Pilot Who Rode Malaysia Airlines A Lot: The Cockpit Door Was Often Unlocked --- Malaysian PM: Missing Airliner Flew on for Six Hours --- Malaysia Airlines Jet Made 'Tactical Aviation Maneuvers': Law Enforcement Officials --- Malaysia Appeals to 25 Countries in Flight 370 Search --- Jet Probably Crashed in Ocean as U.S. Help Resisted
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Mass Torts:

Freedom aims to repay its borrowed money
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W.Va. chemical spill tanks coming down
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Nonprofits:

Telemarketer profiled in worst charities series files for bankruptcy
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Economy:

Consumer confidence, wholesale prices drop
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Obama was right: To boost the economy, spread the wealth
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Chance of U.S. Minimum Wage Rise So Remote Lobbyists Pay Little Heed
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Yellen Chairs First Meeting as Guidance in Focus
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Treasuries Drop Before Fed Meets, as Crimea-Vote Sanctions Loom
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FOMC Preview: More Tapering, Change to Guidance
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Business Finds New Reason for Optimism
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Loan Rebound Misses Black Businesses
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Income Inequality a ‘Key Issue’ for Global Economy, Prasad Says
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Foreclosure Filings Plummet To Lowest Monthly Total Since 2006 --- Foreclosures Drop 10 Percent in February
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14 US Housing Markets Struggling With Foreclosures
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The Solution For Zombie Foreclosures: Cure Or Kill?
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Justice Department's Phony Fight Against Mortgage Fraud
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Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Make a Comeback
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California Gov. Brown Sued Over Mortgage-Settlement Funds
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Senate Draft Bill Seeks to Wind Down Fannie Mae in Five Years --- Fannie Mae Wind Down Deemed Threat to Home Recovery
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What Can Take the Place of Fannie and Freddie?
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NY state regulators eyeing Wells Fargo foreclosure manual
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Kolko: Where Do Housing “Leading Indicators” Lead Us?
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"Blackstone’s Home Buying Binge Ends"
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Trial begins in Fannie Mae foreclosure kickback scheme
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CoStar: Commercial Real Estate prices increased in January, Distress Sales Declining Rapidly
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Fed's Fisher says U.S. housing on 'sustainable rebound'
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Housing groups, small bankers wary of mortgage reforms
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Hedge Funds vs. Uncle Sam Over Fannie and Freddie
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The racist housing policies that created inner-city American poverty
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The Best Hamptons Summer Rentals At Every Price Point
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ResCap Liquidating Trust Provides Preliminary Tax Valuation Information
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Man Unwittingly Rents Out Apartment on Airbnb For "--- Freak Fest"
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Glittering prize of the Windy City
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Municipalities:

Detroit City Council approves loan on split vote 6-3
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Deal still needs judge's OK
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Detroit s $120M DIP Loan Remains Elusive
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Detroit area water authority talks hit cutoff
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How Standard & Poor's compares Chicago to Detroit
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How to Fix Detroit
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Paperwork, squatters, dirt just a few hurdles in Detroit blight blitz --- Detroit is going to need a lot of dirt: Can the city actually remove 400 blighted homes a week?
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How will a Puerto Rican default affect the municipal bond market?
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Pittsburgh to remain under state's Act 47 oversight
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Duquesne, Clairton remain distressed
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How to Become a (Public Pension) Millionaire
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Christie Cannot Invoke ‘State of Emergency’ To Cut Pensions
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Food/Beverage:

Quiznos files for bankruptcy --- Quiznos Files Pre-Packaged Chapter 11 Plan After Debt Deal --- Bankrupt Quiznos to Honor Gift Cards --- Quiznos Goes Bankrupt, But the Sandwiches Will Live On --- What Quiznos Co-Founder Thinks of Its Bankruptcy --- Toasted: Quiznos files for bankruptcy --- Quiznos Follows Sbarro Into Bankruptcy as Competition Grows --- How Subway Toasted Quiznos --- Why only seven outlets affected --- Fortress poised to get biggest stake in bankrupt Quiznos --- Quizno's bankruptcy yanks chain's future into question
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Changing consumer tastes take toll on food court restaurants
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Sunland peanut plant to be auctioned this week
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New producers paying some old BottleRock debts
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Like Sbarro, Will Your Company Be the Next to Fall?
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Celebs:

The Broke and the Beautiful: Production Company Prospect Park Networks Enters Bankruptcy
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Lady Gaga Bankrupt? Net Worth Ruined After Crazy Monsters Ball Tour Stage Cost
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Firn '16: Riches to rags: How million-dollar athletes go broke
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Fraud:

Ex-Synergy CEO convicted of running check fraud in U.S., Canada
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Former NAPFA chairman Spangler gets 16 years for fraud, must pay $19.8M in restitution
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JPMorgan accused of aiding yet another Ponzi scheme
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4 Accused in Law Firm Fraud Ignored a Maxim: Don’t Email
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Retailing:

Avenue & Lane Bryant Are Looking At Ashley Stewart's Assets
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Target Warns Data Breach Could Still Get Worse --- Target details risks from giant data breach
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Buyout activity in retail expected to be strong this year
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The Death of the Shopping Mall in 3 Charts
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Healthcare:

Nursing a hospital back to health
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Brooklyn Hospital’s plan for LICH causes some consternation at Carroll Gardens Q and A
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Confirmed: LICH bidding attracts strong interest from full service hospital teams
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Hundreds to be laid off at LICH, as final bidding round approaches deadline
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Theater in a Hospital Throws Spotlight on Inequality
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Brooks Memorial begins ‘transformation’ effort
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Coshocton Hospital- 25 Layoffs , 22 Pos. not Filled
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Fear growing that Newfane hospital may close
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Hospital revenues fall with state, federal cuts
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Doctor’s bankruptcy means injured patient can’t collect on $30 million verdict
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$200k 'exquisite' pens go on sale as new clues emerge about Michael Brown's missing fortune --- Judge freezes bank accounts of artist linked to Michael Brown
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Telecoms:

Ergen Calls LightSquared Suit Illicit Ploy to Help Falcone
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Fuel Supply:

Thousands of heating oil customers left out in cold in fight for refunds
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Tax:

IRS Violated Procedures in Trying to Collect from Bankrupt Taxpayers
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Religion:

Legal costs escalate in Kansas City diocese
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How and why more churches are teaching about personal finance
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Debt Collection:

The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence
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Class Accuses Chase Bank of Robosigning
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Tech:

Many Silicon Valley start-ups 'doomed' --- Bill Gates says it's ok if half of Silicon Valley startups are silly
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Oil/Gas:

Duncan family leaves tangled legal mess in oilpatch
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Hedge Funds:

Frustrated investors sue ‘zombie’ Cayman funds
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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 (46 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Absolute Priority:

USEC Bankruptcy Shakes Up Creditor Line
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Sales:

363 Asset Sales: Going Once, Going Twice, Sold! . . . Subject to Court Approval
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Sale Contract for Mineral Interests: Speak Early and Often, Or Forever Hold Your Peace
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Insurance:

Directors' Bankruptcy Does Not Relieve D&O Insurer of Obligation to Defend
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Corporate Governance:

Bankruptcy Court Says Directors May Owe Fiduciary Duties to Debtor's Estate Despite Disclaimer in Partnership Agreement
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Delaware Court of Chancery Finds Financial Advisor Liable for Aiding and Abetting Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
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Contracts:

The Interpretation of Contractual Survival Clauses
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Agriculture:

Farmers seek trustee control of Brownfield guar business over $4M in unpaid bills
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Gambling:

Revel Casino: The $300 million pension gamble
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Corporate Reform:

Why No CEO Paid Price for 2008 Meltdown
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Why Prosecutors Whiffed on Subprime Crime
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Banking's back room risk cops step into top jobs
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Shipping:

Creditors seize ship tied to Mexican oil company probe
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Personal Finance:

Pawnshops for the wealthy
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5 strategies to use to get the most Social Security
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Education:

Morris Brown and Atlanta may revive talks over selling property
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Half of U.S. Business Schools Might Be Gone by 2020
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Student Debt:

The Truth Behind the Student Loan Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You Think
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Sovereigns:

Skeel on Bankruptcy for States and Nations
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UK:

Insolvency Service increases fees
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Scotland Set to Modernize Bankruptcy Laws
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New York takes London's crown as top financial center: survey
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Cash crisis: One in 10 Brits is £10000 in debt --- Average family is £54000 in debt
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Now Co-op pays official £2,000 a day to examine why it is in debt
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EU:

Europe's Economic Woes Could Enrich Some - Those Who Bill for Bankruptcy Advice May Emerge as Winners
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Draghi holds course in face of deflation threat
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One year on, Cyprus still scrambling back from the brink of bankruptcy
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Lloyds Is Being Too Nice, or Too Mean, to Its Bondholders
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Proposed 'common principles' for EU insolvencies reflect UK's current, "more flexible" approach, says expert
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PIIGS:

ie: Dunne's wife wants visa files kept secret --- Stephen Donnelly: We need a strategic review of mortgage crisis --- KPMG conduct as Nationwide’s auditor queried
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Hellas liquidators say TPG and Apax left it insolvent --- Greece: Government Negotiations with Troika Continue; Hopes for Agreement by Monday --- Onassis: When Bankrupt Germany Greeted Him With Greek Flags
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What Happened to Mortgage Debtors?
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Canada:

Ontario court approves Colossus Minerals bankruptcy plan
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Sears Home Services bankruptcy leaves customers in the lurch
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China:

Creditors look beyond China default
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Hurdles ahead for China workout
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Chinese private steel mill Haixin Steel defaults on bank loan
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Small aluminum producers could face closure
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China's high wire act on failing companies
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Krugman: Chinese Debt Worries
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How Chinese Defaults Could Create Opportunity
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The end of China's boom need not trigger a bust
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Yuan Tumbles Again
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Brazil:

IMG Worldwide Hasn't Held Talks About Buying Out Brazil's Eike Batista
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Ukraine:

Crimea referendum: Voters 'back Russia union' --- Will Russia Press Further Into Ukraine --- Ukraine: Russia and West on Collision Course --- East-West standoff complicates any IMF deal for Ukraine --- Russia's Deputy Economic Minister Warns Kremlin Economy Is In Crisis --- In Putin’s Russia, risk prices you --- What History Teaches Us About Ukraine Crisis --- How Russians Became Crimea's Largest Ethnic Group --- Russian soldiers seize natural gas terminal --- Crimea's Deputy Prime Minister Made A Troubling Prediction About What Happens Next --- Crimea: Economic fallout of a 'yes' vote --- Is Russia Pulling Money Out of U.S. for Safekeeping? --- Cold War Reflexes Return To Europe Over Ukraine
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Argentina:

Creditor nations Paris Club and Argentina will begin debt discussions in May
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Venezuela:

Venezuela's economic nightmare takes an ugly turn
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Australia:

Fortress Hit With Lawsuit Over Australian Co. Bankruptcy
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MENA:

Iran's central bank may cut services to debtors
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Austria:

Austria says plans to play hardball in Hypo cost recovery
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India:

ABG Shipyard's corporate debt restructuring fails to take off
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