October 7, 2014

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Law:

Legal sector loses 4,600 jobs in September
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Smaller staffs are expected to hold bigger jobs as firms redefine their work
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Lawyer Compensation Holds the Line
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To Run a Law Firm, It Takes a True Leader - With a Matching Pay Plan
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Baker & McKenzie extends chairman term amid management shake-up
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Bingham London office reduced to one partner as restructuring partner exits for King & Spalding
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Business of Law
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How profitable are alternative fee arrangements?
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Webcast site is good for drumming up business
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A Hot Check Can Plunge A Lawyer Into Hot Water
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Mrs. Clooney, Please Don't Quit!
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Most Americans Don’t Want to Live in Rural America
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Lawyers hardest working and most loyal professionals says survey
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10 tips for better legal writing --- How to shape your legal storytelling
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This Guy Will Pay You Not To Go To Law School
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How This Law School Landed $50 Million from a Donor Who Didn't Go There
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Lawyers from dissolved firms may now keep clients, courts say
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New York’s Most Eligible Biglaw Bachelors
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Bankruptcy lawyer surrenders law license to avoid federal prosecution
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Study finds Wisconsin has an unsustainable backlog of attorney ethics complaints
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21 Conversation Starters Professionals Can Use To Break The Ice
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6 Tips For Dealing With A Lazy Coworker
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Proof That The Internet Did Not Destroy The Ability To Write
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The complete guide to stress relief at the office
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Business Travelers Using A Debit Card Are Asking For Trouble
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This Is The Biggest Networking Mistake That Smart People Make
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High School Football Player Commits To Florida Gators, Finds Out He Was Tricked By Someone Pretending To Be The Coach
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Judge excludes evidence in Aaron Hernandez murder case over inadequate affidavit
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Traffic court defendant didn’t deserve jail for swearing in courthouse hallway, says appellate court
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A Bestselling Author Claims To Own The Word 'How' And He's Launched A Lawsuit Over It
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Do You Want To Be A Law And Reality TV Star?
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A Case That Will Make You Want To Gag
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Heavily armed drug cops raid retiree’s garden, seize okra plants
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Man Stabs Restaurant Employee Who Refused To Lend Him Pen... Wanted 'to get girl's phone number'
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11 Year Old Boy Turns in Mom Over Marijuana Stash
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Cops: Pocket-Dial To 911 Sinks Florida Trio Operating Meth Lab In Backyard Shed
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Mystery: Bear cub found dead in Central Park
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Judges:

Supreme Court Hands Gay Marriage a Tacit Victory --- Supreme Court Punts on Same-Sex Marriage --- An Explainer on the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision --- Watch how same-sex marriage has taken America by storm --- SCOTUS Doesn’t Want To Ask, Won’t Tell Gays They Can’t Get Married --- What the Supreme Court said today by not saying anything at all on gay marriage
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Fall
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Shares Slip as Investors Await News From Fed About Rates
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US close: Markets slide amid volatility
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Goldman had inappropriate relationship with Libyan fund -court filing
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Goldman: Here Are The 40 Cheapest Stocks In The Market
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Layoffs:

Why are people leaving the workforce?
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HP Increases Layoffs Again To 55,000, And More Cuts Are Likely
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Turner Broadcasting to Cut 10% of Staff
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One in three jobs will be taken by software or robots by 2025 --- Rolls-Royce To Add Robot Chauffeur
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Financial Privacy:

JPMorgan Refuses To Admit How Many People Were Actually Hacked
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Tech:

How A Company That's Worth $1.5 Billion On A Friday Could Go Bankrupt On A Monday
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Severe Breakdown In Apple Relationship Cripples GT Advanced Technologies, Analysts Say
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Apple Supplier Bankruptcy Weighs on Broad Market --- Stock Dives 90%
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GT Advanced Plunges: Has Apple Asked for Money Back?
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'Severe liquidity crisis' prompted GTAT's bankruptcy --- Investors Surprised --- Understanding GT Advanced Technology, Inc.'s Bankruptcy
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Will Sapphire Supplier’s Bankruptcy Help or Hurt the Apple Watch?
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Samsung Warns Weak Q3 Earnings
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Talks Heartbreak With Andy Cohen After Prison Sentence --- Teresa Giudice opens up about prison sentence: 'It was very unexpected' --- Teresa Giudice finds support from daughter --- Teresa Giudice sticks to her story
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Do Teresa and Joe Giudice Deserve Any Sympathy? --- Busted! Why 'Real Housewives' star got prison time --- Teresa and Joe Giudice Sound More In Denial Than Remorseful
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Teresa Giudice and husband Joe 'snag big $325k payday' for his-and-her interview on Watch What Happens Live
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Ex-Baywatch Star Nicole Eggert Sells 'Scoops' Ice Cream As New Enterprise After Suffering Bankruptcy
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No Longer Living Large? ‘RHONYC’ Star Sonja Morgan’s Creditors Demand Her Home Be Sold After Her Alleged Manipulative Games In Bankruptcy Battle
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Shane Filan given money by worried fan
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Telecoms:

U.S. bankruptcy judge orders LightSquared parties back to mediation
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Globalstar Short Seller Claims Spectrum Is Worthless
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Kramer Levin Selected as Counsel to Unsecured Creditors Committee of NII Holdings, Inc.
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Electricity:

Federal prosecutors probe relationship between regulators and PG&E
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Economy:

US inflation measure proves headache for Fed
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US Fed's Dudley says would be 'delighted' to raise rates in 2015
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Inflation hawks keep insisting they’re right. Reality disagrees.
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Prime Working-Age Population Growing Again
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The never-ending tale of two economies
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One in Six Americans Thinks Alan Greenspan Still Runs the Federal Reserve
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Americans think the unemployment rate is way higher than it really is
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10 Charts on Jobs, Wages, Presidential Standing–and Midterm Elections
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Trendy New Labor Market Indicator --- Fed's Labor Market Conditions Index
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Did Americans permanently change their spending habits during the recession?
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Stocks slip on concerns over Fed interest rates
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Class 8 Truck Orders Still Going Strong
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Pimco's outflow headaches only just beginning
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Dick Bove Gets Backup On Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac
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Indianapolis: HDG Mansur owner files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

Detroit mayor testifies in bankruptcy trial --- Detroit not 'where we need to be,' but can rebuild after bankruptcy --- "Only 10% of where we need to be" --- Duggan: Detroit bankruptcy exit plan 'not without risk'
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Detroit Mayor Looking to Corporate Team to Run City
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Duggan, Jones take the stand in Detroit bankruptcy trial
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Creditor lawyer calls out Brenda Jones
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Detroit settlement talks intensify with major creditor
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Detroit bankruptcy trial live blog, Day 19 Live
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To rebuild, Detroit must nurture its human capital
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Snyder, Schauer differ on Rx for ailing cities, schools --- Poll: Most approve Snyder's handling of urban issues
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San Bernardino fire union attorney challenges proposed employment conditions for firefighters --- Firefighter contract imposed at San Bernardino meeting
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A Calpers Comeuppance
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Pensions Still a Puzzle in Stockton Bankruptcy
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Retired CUNY History Prof Gets $560k/Year Pension: 'Darn Right I Deserve It'
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Puerto Rico Senate Clears Path for Government Borrowing
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Cities Where Incomes Up the Most
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Corporate Reform:

White House: Obama Urges Regulators To Do More Re Risk Taking --- White House asks regulators to tailor standards for financial firms
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Obama Just Met With Some Top Financial Regulators At The White House
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Compensation, capital standards key to Obama’s call toward fighting ‘excessive risk taking’
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Cuomo: Bank settlements could fund infrastructure bank
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Big Banks Face Another Round of U.S. Charges --- US May Press Deutsche Bank for Libor Guilty Plea --- Senior British banker pleads guilty to Libor rigging
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Asset Protection:

Albright Relief Applied To Personal Services LLC
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Retailing:

RadioShack Rescue Package Decried as Stopgap Measure
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Lifeline or Not, RadioShack Is Still Sinking --- Analysts: RadioShack's latest lifeline delays 'ultimate demise'
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The Container Store Is Crashing
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Personal Finance:

20 Easy Steps To Become A Millionaire
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Tax:

Is Profligacy Enough to Defeat Tax Discharge in Bankruptcy ?
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Here's the Dirty Secret of Tax-Dodging Corporate Inversions
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How a tech entrepreneur is hoping to avoid a huge tax bill
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Gambling:

Trump Wants Name Scrubbed From Failing Atlantic City Casino Buildings --- The Donald wins. Trump name coming off casino
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Goodbye, casino business. Hello...Arena Football?
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Trump Casino Union to Block Atlantic City Road in Protest
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Glenn Straub Files Objections to Revel Auction
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Fight over Revel assets expected to play out today in bankruptcy court
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Judge likely to approve sale of Revel to Brookfield
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Mass Torts:

Motions Debate Access to Asbestos Plaintiffs' Files
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Court Rules in $1.85 Bil. Asbestos Coverage Dispute
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Autos:

Note to Mary Barra: GM's Recalls Aren't Just a PR Problem
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Television:

Comcast opposed to SportsNet Houston channel's sale proposal
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The Death Of Network TV Nears: Apple, Pepsi And McD’s Told To Slash Millions From Their TV Budgets
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Healthcare:

Texas Wants 2nd Possible Ebola Patient Put in Protective Custody
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Obama On Ebola: 'All Hands On Deck'
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How contagious is Ebola? – Graphic of the day
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Personal Finance:

Here's How Long To Keep Any Financial Record
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Chemicals:

Reichhold files for bankruptcy protection
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (34 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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:

Alabama bankruptcies down nearly 13 percent in first nine months
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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IP:

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review In Jaffe v. Samsung, Letting Stand The Fourth Circuit's Decision Applying Section 365(n) To Protect Licensees In A Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Case
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Subordination:

Court Refuses to Equitably Subordinate Because Conduct Was Consistent With the Contract
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Proofs of Claim:

Am I The Creditor's Authorized Agent? (Or: The Article That Ensured I Will Never Sign a Proof of Claim)
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Venue:

Would You Rather Litigate In Odessa, Texas Or The Cayman Islands?
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Insurance:

Another Blow to the Restitution/Disgorgement Defense
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TBTF:

Hank Paulson says AIG bailout terms needed to be 'harsh' --- Paulson: AIG bailout designed to be punishment --- Harsh Loan Terms Meant to Send Message
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Hank Paulson, Lawyers Have Handbook to Handle You: Opening Line

The architects of the 2008 financial bailouts have their day in court
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Paulson Discussed U.S. Financial Bailout With China
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The Real Silver Lining of the Absurd AIG Lawsuit
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AIG isn’t only megabucks case uncovering new facts about 2008 bailouts
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Michigan Republican Senate candidate now says she would have supported the auto bailout
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MetLife to regulators: We're unimportant
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Treasury's Lew responds to criticism over regulating non-banks
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ADR:

A Texas Bankruptcy Lawyer's Blog: Judge Says "Over My Dead Body" to Trustee's Mediation Plans
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Sovereigns:

US Judge Griesa orders Argentina to reinstate BoNY
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Holdouts insist they want to negotiate with Argentina a solution to bonds dispute
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IMF supports reforms for more orderly sovereign debt restructurings
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Kazakhstan's $1 Billion Bet That It Can Avoid Argentina's Mistakes --- Want to avoid Argentine-style debt stand-offs? Buy Kazakhstan’s new bonds
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IMF and Kazakhstan, Fixing Sovereign Debt in Unison
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Castro slams 'vulture funds' in UK trade unionist conference
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Judge: Workers can take control of shuttered Argentine RR Donnelley plant
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UK:

Lloyds Cutting Thousands of Jobs as CEO Pares Costs
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The clients' verdict: Linklaters wins best firm in show from annual in-house survey
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Banks under pressure on UK ringfencing plans
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UK:

Tesco Fires A Fifth Executive In Accounting Scandal
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KPMG Appoints New Global and UK Restructuring Heads
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EU:

Even Mickey Mouse can’t ride out Europe’s ailing economy
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One chart explaining what happened to the European debt crisis
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PIIGS:

IMF says Irish economy will expand by 3.6%
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Insolvency fees scrapped and in bid to kick-start process
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Many with debt scrimping on food, says insolvency service
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Canada:

US Steel bankruptcy hearing adjourned for negotiations
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Biogenesis clinic owner Anthony Bosch receives jail time
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U.S. Steel workers worry about behind-the-scenes bankruptcy negotiations
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Germany:

German factories see 5.7% drop in orders
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Germany's Economy Is Sinking
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Weak German output numbers send Europe into reverse
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MENA:

Turkey's Latest Plan To Drain $3 Million A Day From ISIS Is Working
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FBI Makes Airport Arrest Of Teenager Allegedly Attempting To Join ISIS
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US Attacks ISIS Near Baghdad
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Islamists Torch 185 Churches in Nigeria
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Brazil:

Brazil bankruptcy protection requests surge in September
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Batista Faces Trial Next Month on Alleged Insider Trading
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Japan:

BoJ downgrades outlook for economy
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Serbia:

Serbia: Insolvency Act Amendments adopted
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