Law:

Weil Partners: Restructuring Doesn’t Have to Stay a Male-Dominated Field
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Top Law School Plans Tuition Hikes To Make Up For $3M Budget Deficit
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Bingham's entire London office may ditch firm
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Business of Law
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Squire Patton Boggs' Website Fails to Keep Up with Merger
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4 top partners, including insolvency chair, will exit NY law firm to establish new office for competitor
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Law firm merger talks continue with a planned deal to create Locke Lord Edwards
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Strong Litigation Demand Continues to Power Davis Polk Growth
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Polsinelli Attorneys Call on Law Firms to Help Close Gender Gap
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Older Law Students with Loans Could Spend Senior Years in Poverty
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Student and faculty memorial being held for Dan Markel
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GCs Want Law Firms That Are Partners, Not Just Lawyers
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'Mystery woman', ex-bankruptcy lawyer offered deal for 2 years prison
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Linklaters paralegal jailed for defrauding firm of $140,000
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America's 10 most overrated jobs
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Managing Partner Confirms That Biglaw Is Really Just A Big D--- Measuring Contest
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4 Things Powerful People Never Do
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Gentlemen, Here's What You Need To Step Up Your Fall Shoe Game
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11 Outdated Style Rules Every Guy Can Stop Following
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What Do The World's Top Watchmakers Think of Apple Watch? --- Smart watches compared
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Here's How Much The iPhone 6 Will Cost On Every Major US Carrier --- Which iPhone Should You Buy?
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LinkedIn for Dummies Lawyers Part 2: Building Your LinkedIn Network
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Legal Blogging - Seven Habits of Successful Lawyers
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NSA Threatened Yahoo with Huge Fines Over Customer Data
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Eyewitnesses agree Michael Brown was shot with his hands up
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Uber Is Being Sued After A Driver Allegedly Put A Blind Person's Service Dog In The Trunk Of A Car
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Anchorage police confirm Palin family involved in heated brawl
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Female Senators Demand NFL Adopt 'Zero Tolerance Policy For Domestic Abuse' --- A Carolina Panthers Player Was Found Guilty Of Assaulting A Woman In July, And He Played In Week 1 --- Ex-FBI Director To Investigate NFL's Handling of Ray Rice --- Well Bully For John Mara And Art Rooney
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NFL Investigation Leads to Questions on Law Firm Choice
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The Ray Rice of Judges May Keep His Job --- NFL's Ray Rice Loses Job for Knocking Out Wife, Federal Judge Mark Fuller Keeps Lifetime Appointment After Beating Wife Bloody --- From Ray Rice to a federal judge, is the system too lenient in domestic violence cases?
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Elementary school teacher shoots self through leg with concealed weapon
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Judge: Pistorius Negligent in Killing of Girlfriend
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Lawsuit Sez Baseball Team Sucks At Baseball, Life
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Lawyer disbarred for naming his firm after a cash machine
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Police arrest suspect charged in Boston Scientific lawyer’s murder after citizen spots him on foot
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Prosecutor resigns amid video voyeurism investigation
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Meet the Lawyer Claiming He Was Tricked Into Selling Grammy Awards Tickets
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Lawyer is convicted for helping frame school volunteer
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Woman Busted For Motorcycle Session
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5 Movies That Make Lawyers Look Great
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Judges:

The Sixth Circuit Has A New Chief, An Ex-Bankruptcy Judge
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Federal Judge: If Judge Fuller won’t resign, the Chief Judge of the Circuit and the Circuit Judicial Council should strip of him handling cases for as long as the law allows --- Mark Fuller can't stay on bench
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More Benchslaps — But Mild Ones — From Judge Richard Posner
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Lawyer sues for copies of courtroom videos, says judge’s demeanor is an election issue
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Judge sacked after he orders defendant to be electrocuted
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Judge banned from bench due to online comments, disclosing confidential info on celebrity’s adoption
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Wall Street:

US Stocks : Futures Flat
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Stocks close mixed ahead of data
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10 Thing You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:

The Chances That An Internship Will Land You A Job In Your Industry
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Credit Cards:

MasterCard loses EU court battle over cross-border fees
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Healthcare:

The "pay less, get more" era of health care
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How Much 14 Everyday Life Factors Affect How Long You Live
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Corporate Reform:

No Crimes? That’s The Biggest Lie of the New Century
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Six Years After Lehman’s Bankruptcy, Wall Street Is as Reckless as Ever
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Enron-Busting `Godzilla' Aids Government's Hunt for Crime
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Mass Torts:

Republic Powdered Metals joins Bondex in bankruptcy as part of deal
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Man pleads not guilty to fraud in 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak
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Defense rests after just an hour in salmonella case
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Fraud:

Former Sacramento Capitals owner prepares to accept sentence for fraud
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Jailed investor Moncure freed while probe continues
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A ‘Cringeworthy’ Evening With The Real ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’
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Gambling:

Expert Says a Revel Buyer Will Need Very Deep Pockets To Succeed
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Atlantic City's Revel bought for fraction of development cost
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Revel Bidder Straub Considering Atlantic City’s Showboat
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Odds in Trump's favor, despite AC's woes: Trump Jr.
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Lehman:

Lehman selling claims for about $619 million
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Economy:

Jobless claims rise to two-month high --- Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 315,000
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Charts: State of the US Consumer's Finances
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US Budget Deficit for 11 Months Shrinks 22% as Economy Grows
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Fed to tighten policy in second-quarter next year; 55 percent probability: poll --- Fewer Economists See Fed Rate Hikes Starting Before Next Summer
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Fed's rate guidance on chopping block, new exit plan nears
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Krugman: Wall Street Is Wrong, Janet Yellen Is Making Exactly The Right Move On Inflation
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Growth In The Second Quarter Was Absolutely Massive --- Goldman Sachs Revises Q2 GDP estimate to 4.7%
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WSJ Survey Shows Optimism on U.S. Economy, but Not So Much for Rest of World
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The Other 1 Percent
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A Simple Equation: More Education = More Income --- Where to go to college if you want the highest starting salary
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Health insurance premiums are eating American workers' raises --- One place we don't see Obamacare working — our paychecks
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Obamacare Participants Worse Off, But Don’t Blame Washington — Blame States, Paper Says
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The Reality Of A 'Lost Boys' Generation
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How Rich People Are Using High-End Pawn Shops
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Foreclosures Up 7% in August: Is the Housing Crisis Really Over?
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Mortgage Rates Tick Up a Bit in Latest Survey
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Mortgage rates were supposed to rise this year. Here's why they didn't.
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Home Sales slow in SoCal and Bay Area
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Loan Forgiveness Isn’t the Best Use of Government Resources, Paper Says
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Developers Ponder Hotel in Defunct TWA Terminal After Balazs’ Exit
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Municipalities:

From Chrysler and General Motors to Detroit
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More mediation ordered over potential Detroit bankruptcy deal --- Mediator Orders New Round of Talks
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Settlement options shrink for Detroit creditor
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Detroit's bankruptcy trial: What happened this week and what comes next
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In Bankrupt Detroit, Nature Reclaims Debris Mounds on Vacant Land
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Bankruptcy creates 'unique opportunity' for regional water board
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Cold realities of new water authority deal sink in for Detroit suburbs
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Empty Detroit homes accrue millions in water bills
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Tech experts offer to replace Detroit firefighters pop can alert system
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Overworked Detroit Jailers Passing Out: Sheriff
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San Bernardino Can End Firefighters’ Contract, Judge Says
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Public Pensions Are Still Marching To Their Death
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Pensions' Unfunded Liabilities Still Going Up
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Can insurance companies save public pensions?
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Fair and Unfair Discrimination in Municipal Bankruptcy
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Lawmakers all in on gambling as revenue crutch
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Missing from California's Economic Comeback: Los Angeles
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Retailing:

RadioShack Says It May Need More Capital --- Warns Of Bankruptcy --- Running out of cash --- RadioShack Q2 Loss Wider than Expected, Revenues Miss --- The end might be in sight --- Is RadioShack going to file for bankruptcy ?
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S&P chops RadioShack corporate credit rating to CCC-
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RadioShack's Last Hope for Survival: Shrinking Fast in Bankruptcy
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RadioShack Rescue Raises Question of What's Worth Saving
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RadioShack's biggest challenge: Making you care
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The slow, sad decline of RadioShack, one of the great brands of the ’80s
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Death May Be At RadioShack's Door
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RadioShack: Last-drink saloon
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Retailers Are Bizarrely Replacing Human Workers With Robot Mannequins
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Politics:

Ted Cruz Got Booed Off The Stage At A Christian Event After Praising Israel
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GOP candidate comes out as Sandy Hook truther during debate
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Clubs:

Historic Black-Owned Swim Club Seeks Bankruptcy
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Construction:

Truland Group Inc.'s largest creditor, BMO Harris Bank, moves for receiver
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Student Debt:

Comparison of Outstanding Federal Student Loan Balances by Age Group, 2005 and 2013
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Rep. Foxx Urges Reforms to Student Loan Crisis
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Brookings student loan study updated; CBA launches website to dispel student loan myths
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Private student loan can outlive student
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Corporate Governance:

Want Better Governance Put Women on the Board
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Toll Roads:

Indiana Toll Road Operator Weighs Bankruptcy Filing
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Chemicals:

Apollo’s Momentive Wins Court Approval of Bankruptcy Plan
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Tax:

DOJ's Focus on Swiss Banks Goes Beyond Switzerland
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy up 4.5%, RevPAR up 10.6% Year-over-Year
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Education:

Settlement could resolve many lawsuits against Mountain State University
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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 (11 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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:

Distressed Debt: Deluxe Entertainment, Endeavour join Restructuring Watchlist
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LoPucki: Bankruptcy Survival
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:

House Panel OKs Bankruptcy Path for Big Bank Failures
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Plan Confirmation:

Momentous Decision in Momentive Performance Materials: Subordination Is as Subordination Does
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Avoidance Actions:

An Argument for Creating an Exception to Section 547 for Payments on Intraday Overdrafts
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DIP Finance:

The Fifth Circuit Narrowly Construes “Good Faith” in the Context of Lending to a Debtor
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Cross-Border:

Harmonizing Choice-of-Law Rules for International Insolvency Cases: Virtual Territoriality, Virtual Universalism, and the Problem of Local Interests
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Professional Compensation:

SCOTUS may decide whether fees are allowable for defending fee applications
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Secured Debt:

Large Punitives Award Against Bank in Loan Foreclosure
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Celebs:

Teresa And Joe Giudice Sentence: 'The Real Housewives Of New Jersey' Star Reportedly 'Crying' Selling Mansion Before Hearing
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Teresa Giuidice Fired Update, Divorce Plans: Real Housewives of New Jersey Star Divorcing Joe After Sentencing To Save Bravo Job?
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Teresa and Joe Giudice defend their marriage
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Michael Jackson's family treasures
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Autos:

GM largely finished with vehicle recalls
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Electricity:

Longview Power seeks OK to settle pollution suit
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Personal Finance:

Quitting My Corporate Job For My Startup Dream Completely Ruined My Life
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Sovereigns:

'We have put future credibility at stake'
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Argentina's Congress passes debt restructuring law --- 'Those who voted against favor vulture funds'
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'Argentina will return to foreign markets'
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Vulture funds reach BA province classrooms
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UK:

The clean-up operation - Huw Merriman on winding up Lehman Brothers' UK business
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Restaurant insolvencies up as costs rocket and spending falls
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Top Scottish law firm shifts cash to English banks ahead of referendum
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Scottish 'Yes' vote poses significant risk to UK growth forecasts --- Vote may deliver economic disaster for U.K.
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Top banks plan move in case of Scots' independence
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Europe Is Silently Terrified That Scotland Could Secede
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Why Scotland Wants To Ditch England And Go It Alone
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Bank of England's Kohn urges banks to focus on risks from end to QE
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Statutory Erosion of Secured Creditors' Rights: Some Insights from the United Kingdom
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EU:

Vulture funds could hold crisis-hit EU nations to ransom
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PIIGS:

Greek Unemployment Is Still Unbelievably Bad
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Banco Espírito Santo secretly lent funds to controlling shareholder
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Canada:

Hearing date for accused in Lac-Megantic case to be set in January
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Golden Oaks investors feud over receiver's role in bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy casts doubt over downtown Vancouver casino proposal
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Russia:

Yukos Minority Shareholders Defeat Russian Federation in Swedish Proceedings
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Sanctions: The West Is Threatening To Cut Off Russian Oil Exploration In The Arctic
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Obama Says U.S. to Join EU in Tightening Russia Sanctions
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Bankruptcy Epidemic Wipes Out 2 More Travel Agents
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MENA:

Iraq Is Going To Be A Mess Even If Obama's Plan Works
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Kerry wins Arab states' support for US campaign against Islamic State
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Australia:

Australia jobs rise by most on record, in huge surprise
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Venezuela:

Spectre of default looms over Venezuela despite oil reserves
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As Venezuela economy worsens, fears of default
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Venezuela Promise to Pay Every Dollar of Debt Triggers Rally
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China:

China Lender Faces $650 Million of Defaults From Shadow Banking
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