Law:

Biglaw Firm Figures Out A Way For Clients Not To Pay For First-Year Associates
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Law Students Need to Hear about ‘Dark Side’ of Being a Lawyer, says Professor
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The Magic Circle vs. New York’s Elite
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Defense Argues For Dismissal of Charges Against Ex-Dewey Leaders
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Should partners lose their couches and corner offices? Paul Hastings considers changes
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Five Reasons to Outsource your Legal Administration Needs
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What It’s Like To Be A Solo In-House Lawyer
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FSU Law School to Hold Memorial Service for Murdered Professor Dan Markel
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You Can Do Anything With A Law Degree — Like Sell Cake Pops!
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Man Sues Akerman, Says He Was Beaten During Deposition
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Bingham Loses Bulk of London, Frankfurt Offices to Akin
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SEC's Mary Jo White on Women in the Law
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Law School Cuts Tuition, But We Still Have A Long Way To Go
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Troubled Law School Defaults On Its Bonds, May Be Forced To Cease Operations
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Suspended law student sues Penn State Dickinson, says law school denied her a fair hearing
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An Illustrated Guide On How To Avoid Drafting Horrible ESI Discovery
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LawProse: "judgment"
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Mobile devices are a minefield for law firms
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Beyond Biglaw: Advice For Job-Hunting Law Students — Ask About Alumni
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What Does Lawyering From Home Say About You? Either You’re A Genius Or Unemployable
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Help, I'm a Rock - Who could possibly care about which 10 books influenced lawyers
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Wilson Sonsini tech engineer charged with insider trading --- Firm: ‘deeply disturbing’
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What To Expect At The Apple Store When You Pick Up Your New iPhone 6 This Friday
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Apple iOS8 Available Wednesday --- We Can't Wait To Try These 10 New Features In iOS 8
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Everyone Loves The iPhone 6 --- iPhone 6: Apple's Cure for Android Envy --- Foxconn Struggles to Meet New iPhone Demand
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To Solve Phone Addiction, App Shows How Many Times You Check Your Phone
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This Man Demanded An iPhone 6 As Dowry For Marrying Off His Sister
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Doctor: Keep Cellphones On 'Airplane Mode' While In Pockets To Lower Cancer Risk
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Teen busted for rubbing -------- on customer's takeout pizza
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Prosecutors: Mother of 4 R---- Sleeping Man
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Lawyer and Teachers Say NYC Hotel Employee Accused Them of Being P-----------
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S--, Shoe Bonuses For Interns NBD At UBS
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Court Rules Woman's Virginity Is Worth $5,000
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Black High School Football Team Taunted With Bananas Before Game
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Woman Commits Suicide by Jumping Into Crocodile Pit
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Some Gamblers Wind Up Signing Their Own Arrest Warrants
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Former law firm worker takes plea in $197K embezzlement case
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Florida man kills his sister at her 40th birthday party while attempting ‘Tombstone’ gun stunt
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The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for the fifth straight year. Here’s why.
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A Conversation with NFL Players Association President Eric Winston
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Major Sponsors Now Voicing Disapproval of NFL's Constant Scandals --- Cover Girl's New NFL "Game Face" Ad
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NFL Star Adrian Peterson Suspended --- NFL Players Union Appeals Suspension Of Ray Rice
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Limbaugh on Women: Saying No is Consent
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Judges:

CO: Judge Elizabeth E. Brown Reappointment Application Notice
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Judicial Conference Receives Budget Update, Forwards Rules Package to Supreme Court --- Federal Judiciary Approves Civil Discovery Rules Changes
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‘Sovereign citizen’ battles cops during ‘full-frontal assault’ on courthouse
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Judge overheard by juror trashing 'stupid' discrimination case --- There is news and then there is The New York Daily News
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Judge Kozinski Wants John Galt!
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Sonia Sotomayor Spent the Summer Reading Up on Antonin Scalia
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Imprisoned for plotting to kill federal judge, law grad wants to play the violin in supermax
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Courts Use Copy and Paste, Too
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Wall Street:

US Index Futures Are Little Changed Before Fed Decision
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World stocks mostly higher ahead of Fed statement
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U.S. Stocks Jump Ahead of Fed
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Companies' Stock Buybacks Help Buoy the Market
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Fed’s exit plan may be a bumpy ride for investors
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Layoffs:

The Next Wave Of Microsoft Layoffs Is Expected To Hit Thursday
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

For Decades, Ex-Corporate Raider Holds Off SEC Effort to Collect $62 Million Judgment
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Group forms to represent TelexFREE victims
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Shoe Company: Our CEO Just Disappeared And Most Of The Money Is Gone
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Health Care:

Adams County approves $3M loan for hospital sale
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The Uninsured Rate Just Plunged To Its Lowest Level Since The 90s
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Closing arguments scheduled in liability trial involving spine surgeries
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Gambling:

Trump Plaza to become latest Atlantic City casino to close
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Then there were 8: Trump Plaza shutdown marks a bad summer for Atlantic City casinos
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Will Trump rescue his former casino empire?
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A Gloom Has Taken Over The Biggest Gambling Center On The Planet
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Margaritaville owners file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Straub Strong-arms Revel to a September 24 Auction Date
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Banking:

Failed NC Bank Execs Granted Summary Judgment on All FDIC Claims
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Florida regulators probe Espirito Santo Bank
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Credit Suisse loans under US Fed scrutiny
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Student Debt:

Putting Student Debt in Some Much-Needed Perspective
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Strike student debt!
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Aviation:

Plenty of lawsuits, but the take is uncertain in Myrtle Beach-based Direct Air’s bankruptcy
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Why United Will Try $100,000 Buyouts to Shed a Few Flight Attendants
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American, US Airways agents vote to join a union
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Can Pilots Even Fly Airliners Anymore?
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Space:

NASA picks Boeing, SpaceX to launch US astronauts to ISS
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Religion:

Bankrupt diocese receives 34 claims of sexual abuse
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Personal Finance:

Here's What Mark Cuban Wishes He Knew About Money In His 20s
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10 foods never worth paying full price for
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Electricity:

Bankrupt Energy Future to offer auction plan amid bidding war
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Consumer Finance:

Cuomo administration launches 'hard money' probe
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Economy:

US Incomes Edge Higher for First Time Since Recession
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Why So Many Americans Believe the Recession Never Ended
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Poverty in U.S. Declines for First Time Since Before Recession --- U.S. poverty rate drops to 14.5% --- More than 45 million people in poverty --- The Poverty Rate In America Has Been Going Nowhere For Decades --- We’re actually doing better fighting poverty than the poverty rate shows
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Income Divergence Between Different Races In America
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Test: Are You Middle Class?
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U.S. CEOs gloomier about hiring, spending plans: survey
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The US Economic Recovery Still Has A Lot Of Life In It
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5 Things to Watch at This Week's Fed Meeting --- Eight keys to Fed’s September meeting
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What's Keeping the Fed From Raising Short-Term Interest Rates
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Why the Fed could still surprise markets
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US Producer Prices Unchanged in August
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USA is 12th in global well-being poll --- Country Well-Being Varies Greatly Worldwide
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Paul Krugman: We Still Don't Know What Technology Is Going To Do To Work
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The US Is Gushing Oil
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UPS to hire up to 95,000 temp workers for holiday season
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Early Read on Existing Home Sales in August
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Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
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Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in August
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Fed: Why Aren’t More Renters Becoming Homeowners?
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Virginia sues 13 banks for $1 bln over alleged mortgage bond fraud
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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Female Homebuyer Scorned
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MI county sells injured mom’s home over one tax bill, and will keep extra $80,000 profit
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15 Ways To Save Space In Your Small Apartment
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Colony Unit owners sued for $5 million
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Owners of Fall River properties file for chapter 11, blame problems on crime, fire and bankers
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TX: Arlington apartment developer files bankruptcy plan
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Pittsburgh: Judge signs final order to sell 260-acre Rockpointe property in West Deer
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Chicago: Partner to buy property stakes of jailed developer
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Municipalities:

Detroit bankruptcy trial live blog, Day 9
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The 8th Plan of Adjustment
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Bankruptcy trial: Former auto czar, DWSD head to testify
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Court's expert witness on Detroit bankruptcy qualified to testify: judge
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Judge questions Detroit's pension expectations
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Detroit's bankruptcy settlement is far from the end of the story
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Retired attorney tapped to serve on 'grand bargain' oversight board
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Detroit Consultant Defends Art Value Creditors Call Low
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Detroit's Post- Bankruptcy Blues
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Protesters drop off 158K signatures to stop Detroit water shut-offs
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New Jersey loses 4th casino as Trump Plaza closes
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Donald Trump: I 'May' Save Atlantic City After All --- Trump Tweets Possible Play for Atlantic City Casinos --- Donald Trump's Atlantic City history --- Donald Trump: Bankruptcy Genius
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Atlantic City's Downfall: Lessons Learned the “Hard Way”
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Atlantic City searches for another comeback --- Atlantic City: Decline in the US gambling centre
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Puerto Rico to pay $9.7 mn to restructuring consultant
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Skyrocketing Pension Costs Mean Higher Taxes or Fewer Services
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LA, Chicago Listen Up: Clock Is Ticking For Cities Sitting on Costly Swaps
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Do state retirement pensions belong with Wall Street hedge funds?
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America's Fifty Best Cities to Live In
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Food/Beverage:

3 Problems Threatening Chipotle's Business
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General Mills sees $100 mln in cuts; profit dips
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Education:

US sues Corinthian Colleges for predatory loans --- Seeks refunds of private loans --- Sued For Luring Students With Talk Of 'Bogus' Job Prospects
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What a Consumer Watchdog's Suit Against Corinthian Could Mean for Other Colleges
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The 50 Best Colleges In America
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Hotels:

A Lender Is Foreclosing On The Swank NYC Hotel Donald Trump Unveiled On 'The Apprentice' --- CIM Group is Foreclosing on the New York 'Condo-Hotel' and Will Auction It Off
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Retailing:

Sears Shares Fall After It Taps Its Billionaire CEO For $400 Million Loan --- Sears: Worst Loan Ever?
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Sears Could Be Gone If Slump Lasts Through Christmas
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With Coffers Running Dry, Is Sears Holding Corp. Doomed?
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For RadioShack, a History of Misses
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RadioShack Attack ? And This One's Looking Fatal
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Amazon + RadioShack = You've Got to Be Kidding --- Amazon Should Buy Netflix Before RadioShack
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RadioShack Slips to Sell on Dismal Q2, Bankruptcy Concerns
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Besides RadioShack, 5 Companies You Thought Were Already Bankrupt
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Brookstone President and CEO Speltz resigns
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U.S. Retail Sales Down in First Half of September
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Autos:

GM Seeks To Block Deposition of Former In-House Attorney
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U.S. Consumer-Finance Regulator Plans Auto-Lending Examinations
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House Panel: Safety Agency Mishandled GM Recall --- Under Scrutiny, Federal Regulator Takes Aim at G.M. for Its Mistakes --- NHTSA to overhaul recall system in wake of GM's 'flawed' culture
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Franchises:

Franchises: The Government Keeps Helping People Buy Failing Brands
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Lehman:

Hey, Whatever Happened to Lehman Brothers?
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Waste:

New potential buyers emerge for Creative Recycling Systems
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Penske, Creative Recycling Systems come to agreement on truck fleet
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Defaults:

Leveraged loan default rate to remain low in months ahead: LCD survey
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Electronics:

Sony deepens loss estimate on struggling smartphone business
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Steel:

U.S. Steel Canada shielded from creditors
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Taxis:

San Francisco Taxi Industry Decimated
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Agriculture:

The decline of the small American family farm in one chart
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Toll Roads:

Senator: Indiana protected in Toll Road bankruptcy
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Chemicals:

Momentive noteholders appeal plan confirmation, but won’t slow implementation
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Theme Parks:

Trustees make no bankruptcy decisions for Conneaut Lake Park --- Bankruptcy protection for Conneaut Lake Park could cost $250,000
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 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 (22 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
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:

Back to School: Circuit Courts Provide “Cheat-Sheet” on Stern Consent Issues in Advance of the Supreme Court’s Consideration of Wellness Int’l Network v. Sharif
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IP:

The messy problem of IP licensing during insolvency
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Sales:

Court Vacates Four-Year-Old 363 Sale Order Based on Bad Faith Filing of an Involuntary Bankruptcy Case
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Awards:

The American Lawyer Names Global Legal Awards Grand Prize Winners - Global Finance Grand Prize: The Chapter 11 Restructuring of Arcapita Bank
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Mourant Ozannes team scoop top honors at The American Lawyer Global Legal Awards 2014
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TBTF:

Tarullo Wants Banks to Pay for Being Too Big: Who Will Pay the Banks?
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Tax:

Ninth Circuit Orders New Hearing in Tax Dispute Involving Electronic Arts Co-Founder Hawkins
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The OECD Just Unveiled A Historic Plan To Crack Down On Corporate Tax Avoidance
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OECD Takes Aim at Corporate Tax Dodgers
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New global plans unveiled to crack down on corporate tax avoidance
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How Fair is the Tax System in Your State?
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Ratings Agencies:

Uh-oh, the credit rating agencies are up to their old tricks again
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Television:

75 Comcast SportsNet Houston employees facing layoffs
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Pharma:

Siga seeks bankruptcy shelter --- Smallpox Drug Maker Files Bankruptcy to Fight Court Loss
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PharmAthene Plunges After Siga Technologies Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Attorney says Garlock’s estimation ‘pales in comparison’ to importance of disclosure
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Telecoms:

Downsized Nextel operator is not giving up the fight in Brazil --- Judge Approves NII's First-Day Bankruptcy Court Requests - Company Says Progress Made on Talks With Bondholders Over Restructuring
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Nextel co-founders' firm buys back push-to-talk spectrum from Sprint
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Nextel Brazil, Mexico, Argentina 'unaffected' as NII Holdings files for bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Vince Young Sued for Unpaid Loan He Knew Nothing About
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Federal judge declares mistrial in Patti LaBelle case because there are no black jurors
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Weather:

Odile Poised to Bring Catastrophic Flooding to Southwest
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Debt Collection:

Firm Fights U.S. Consumer Unit's 'Lawsuit Mill' Litigation
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Brokers:

Executives of defunct IBD hit with $1.05 million arbitration award
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Sovereigns:

Timerman meets Sullivan, warns of 'most severe measures' in default comments spat
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Argentina's 'Default' Begs a Few Questions
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Argentina slams US for using Default word --- Argentina Summons U.S. Acting Ambassador over 'Default' Comments
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UK:

Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and CMS get call on Phones 4U administration
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Why Scots Are Fed Up with the UK
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Good riddance, Scotland: We don’t need you
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Scotland ready to call London’s bluff over sterling
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Here Are All The Places That Won Independence From The UK
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London Promises New Powers if Scotland Votes No --- Police brace for unrest --- Banks Fear Runs On ATMs
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Phones 4u, with £105m profit and 'cash in the bank', enters administration with CC, A&O and CMS acting
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Less than half of Brits carry country's £1.5tn debt burden
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Scotland sees fall in company failures after year of dismal data
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UK unemployment near pre-crisis 6-year lows
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EU:

Lenders hit at ECB over secrecy agreements
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How Europe Would Be Redrawn If All The Separatist Movements Get Their Way
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European stress tests to challenge banks' political defenses
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PIIGS:

Spain Warns Will Block Independence Vote in Catalonia
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Goldman partner says Novo Banco should attract foreign bidders --- Espirito Santo's Miami Unit Probed Over Wealth Sales --- Novo Banco board quits in disagreement with BdP
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ie: Banks lose millions as insolvency deals vetoed --- Ministers insist Ireland has nothing to fear from OECD proposals --- ie: Banks lose 70% of mortgage debt in bankruptcies
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Canada:

Algoma gains liquidity after restructuring plan approved
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MENA:

Vatican warned ISIS wants to assassinate Pope
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Russia:

Moscow warns against panic as ruble plunges to historic lows
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Russia Places Billionaire Evtushenkov Under House Arrest
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Russian tycoon's arrest sparks fears of 'second Yukos'
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Ukraine:

‘Bankrupt' Ukraine cannot pay for needed reforms to join Europe
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India:

Willful defaulter norms don't apply to us: Kingfisher Airlines
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Turkey:

Turkey's Bank Asya dented by Erdogan call
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Brazil:

Brazil's Local Court Declares Bankruptcy of Small Bank Banco BVA
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Batista’s Bank Accounts Said to Only Cover Daily Expenses
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Denmark:

Deadly shooting at Copenhagen debt court
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China:

China Joins ECB in Adding Stimulus as Fed Scales Back --- China central bank injects $81 billion into major banks
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