Law:
J. Scott Victor On Men’s Role in Bridging the Gender Gap --- Sharon Levine on Setting Boundaries
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Business of Law
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Legal Sector Back in Positive Territory for 2014 After August Job Gain
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A Look At Associate Compensation In The 1990s (Part 3)
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Sheppard Mullin Chases The Cool Quotient in D.C.
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A Tale of Unbundled Bankruptcy Legal Services
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The Post #ILTA14 Guide to Stats, Facts, Quotes and Quips
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Shattering the glass ceiling
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Telecommuting presents challenges for law firms
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Martindale Nolo Surveys Online Marketing Trends
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Law Firms Often Fail to Analyze 'Past Due' Bills
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Technology Brings Disruption to Lawyers, But Not Destruction
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Plaintiffs Attorney Fees Slashed in BofA Case
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The (Alleged) Uber-ification Of Legal Services
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What’s Worse Than Billing A Client For Bottled Water? Billing Them For Sanctions
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Another Big Law Partner Weds Hottie
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How to Lure a Rival Managing Partner
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You Don't Need Permission to Change Careers
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Biglaw’s Big Dumb Teacher Tenure Lawsuits
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Should Big Trouble For Big Banks Generate Big Legal Bills? Not Necessarily
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Is Laughter the Best Medicine for Law Students? --- Humor Always High-Risk - In Law School Right Now It Could Be Highly Inappropriate
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The ‘Death’ of Law Schools and the Five Stages of Grief
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The 10 Worst Body Language Mistakes People Make While Giving Presentations
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The Ultimate Guide To Fighting Procrastination
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Most People Use Only 4 Apps
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12 Hot New Apps You May Have Missed Recently
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Cool Siri Tricks You Never Knew Existed
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The Best Gadgets To Keep You Entertained While Traveling
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How To Build A Suit Wardrobe To Last A Lifetime
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Florida school forces new student to wear ‘shame suit’ after skirt deemed too short
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Women’s College Under Fire For Banning Outfits
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Drew Carey Offers $10,000 Reward For Cruel 'Ice Bucket Challenge' Prank
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Every Second Of Jefferies CEO’s Ice Bucket Challenge Is Better Than The Last
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Judge Rules Statements To Your Mother About Your Expected Bonus Don’t Equal A Legally Binding Contract With The Company Paying Your Bonus
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Lawsuit: Teacher fired after being forced to raise grades for college president’s lovers
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Day care that duct-taped kids to floor may have withheld water to avoid diaper changes
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Here's What Chris Brown Says Jail Is Like For A Famous Singer
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Bruce Levenson will sell Atlanta Hawks after releasing racist e-mail --- Here's The Email That Forced Hawks Owner Bruce Levenson Out Of The NBA
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When the Police Steal Hundreds of Millions of Dollars from Motorists
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Teacher Allegedly Locked Kids in Closet to Teach Them "How to Survive"
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11 Hard Facts About Gun Violence in America
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Ex-partner gets 64 months in $2.7M client theft case
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Lawyer is charged with tampering with evidence in son’s murder case
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Dick Cheney’s unedited bio stirs controversy among Wyoming lawyers
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Woman faces negligent homicide case after allegedly surfing Facebook while driving at 85 mph
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Nine-Year-Old in Pajamas Steals City Bus Just Because He Could
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Man Divorces Wife Over Her 'Excessive And Insatiable Desire' For Sex
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City of 574 People Has 14 Cops
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Auto Shop Owner Finds Old Lottery Tickets in His Truck, Wins $2.9M
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5-attorney law firm is lead sponsor for NASCAR driver, hopes he will win race and new clients
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Shaq Has Applied For A Job As A Reserve Police Officer In Florida
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Judges:
Book Review: David Lat’s first novel, “Supreme Ambitions,” deftly dissects judicial power, how to get it and how to use (and abuse) it
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Federal judge on courthouse shooter’s ‘hit list’ asked to step aside in cases against family members
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Federal judge takes plea in domestic battery case, will not be convicted if he completes treatment
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A Texas Judge Cited 'The Big Lebowski' In A Legal Decision
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Wall Street:
US stocks seen lower on Ukraine, China worries
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S&P 500 Ends Week at Another Record High with Gains for Fifth Week in a Row
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Robert Shiller: The Stock Market Is At A Pre-Crash Level, 'But...'
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Master Of The Universe Throws Pee-Pants Tantrum After Being Rejected on Tinder
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Layoffs:
August’s Job Gain Suggests A Tougher Path To Full Employment
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Don't Blame Boomers for Workers Leaving the Labor Force
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5 Takeaways from the August Employment Report
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The Market Basket Protests Showed Up In The Jobs Report --- August hiring slowed by manufacturing, retail
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Jobs: Signs of strength, pockets of pain
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Things You Should Never Say When You Quit A Job
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
Judge: GM Didn't 'Channel Stuff' Prior To IPO In 2010
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Wiesmann Planned Cheaper Model Before Bankruptcy
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Morgan Stanley: We Could See The 'Largest Decline In Used Car Prices In History'
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GM to Introduce Hands-Free Driving
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Awards:
Carl Marks Student Paper Winners to be Recognized at TMA Annual
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Mayer Brown Wins Insolvency Firm Of The Year Award At HK Law Awards 2014
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Nuclear:
USEC restructuring plan gets court OK
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Celebs:
The Broke and the Beautiful: Almost Over Edition
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Sentencing postponed for 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' stars
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'Real Housewives of New Jersey' Star Teresa Giudice Pleads Guilty to Fraud; Fired from ‘RHONJ’; May Face 35 Months of Imprisonment
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Married Banker Pays $81K To Kiss Actress Elizabeth Hurley
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5 Career Lessons From Joan Rivers
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Student Debt:
There Are Some Major Problems With Income-Based Student Loan Repayment
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Should Colleges Foot the Bill for the Student Loan Crisis?
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Banking:
Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 437 Institutions
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U.S. Banks Have Positive Image for First Time Since 2007
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Bank clients of Middle Eastern descent want answers on closed accounts
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Electricity:
Somervell County makes cuts as Comanche Peak’s value drops
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Energy Future Bondholders Clueless About NextEra’s Stance On Oncor Deal --- Energy Future Holdings Bondholders Seek Answers About NextEra Offer
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Gambling:
Trump Taj Mahal Deals with Money Concerns while Trump Plaza Sets to Close --- Trump Plaza to Retain iGaming License Despite Closure
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Sources: Taj To File For Bankruptcy , Close In November
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Slot machines' decline shows Atlantic City woes
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Florida interested in Showboat casino --- Developer mulls $20M plans for closed Atlantic City casino
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Shaping the future of closed Atlantic City casinos
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Argosy bankruptcy case dismissed, mayor looks forward to riverfront development
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Healthcare:
Where Have All the Rural Hospitals Gone?
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Some good news — and some concerning news — for health insurance premiums
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Fate of bankrupt Mart nursing home up in the air
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Why your fear of medical debt is entirely justified
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Economy:
Plosser, Fed's lone dissenter, warns again on risks of waiting to hike U.S. rates --- Fed's Plosser says doubts legislation forcing Fed to adopt rule-based policy
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Kocherlakota: Interest Rates Are Too High
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Millennials are saying no to credit cards
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These 9 tweets nail millennials and housing
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Morgan Stanley: Messed Up World Economy
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Geopolitical crises to hit global growth: Lagarde
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Fed’s Rosengren: ‘Significant’ Slack Calls for ‘Patient’ Monetary Policy
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US economy generated only 142,000 jobs in August
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Survey: Consumers’ Debt Levels Decline Since 2010
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5 Events That Could Spark the Next Great Recession
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Obama vs. Reagan: Jobs, Growth, Investing
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Research: Much of Recent Decline in Labor Force Participation Rate due to "ongoing structural influences"
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Slowdown in Hiring Brings Letdown on Growth Outlook
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New Paper From The Fed Shows Piketty Was Right: The Rich Get Richer While The Middle Class Suffer
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Did Unemployment Benefits Boost Jobless Rate? Only Slightly, Fed Paper Says
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Wall Street: The Fed's First Rate Hike Is Coming In Q2 2015
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Prime-Age Working Population Growing Again
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Krugman: Conservatives Want 'To Push Us Back To 1894'
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Did Ben Bernanke save the U.S. economy? Paul Krugman thinks so
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The WSJ again wrings its hands over the struggling 1%
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How America's Suburbs Got So Miserable
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Homeless-Man-Turned-Billionaire Shares The Secret To The American Dream
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Ranks of street vendors swell amid weak economy
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An odd approach to attacking crony capitalism
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The surprising places we go when we leave the cities we’re from
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About 30% of Ca. Kids Illegal or Don't Speak English
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More Dollar Stores Than McDonald's in America
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M.B.A. Students - 44% Expect Parents To Be "Angel Investors"
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Housing the Baby Boomers Is Going to Be a Big Problem
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Americans will pay $155K in ‘useless fees’ in a lifetime: analysis
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Improperly Indexed Mortgage: How Far Does Your Record Review Need to Go to Be Safe?
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10 Most Affordable Housing Markets in US
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The states with the priciest homes for sale
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Housing walks a tightrope
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Latest Release Shows Sizable Revisions in S&P/Case-Shiller “National” Home Price Index
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DBSI officials appeal fraud convictions
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Crumbs Bake Shop Bankruptcy Highlights Commercial Landlord/Tenant Issues in Bankruptcy
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The Most Expensive Home For Sale In The US
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Municipalities:
Detroit bankruptcy trial stretches into second week
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City budget depends on revenues and future 'adjustments'
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Detroit Bankruptcy Trial Gets Under Way
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Judge asserts control as bankruptcy trial gets under way
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Detroit ends bankruptcy trial's first week with witness on both sides of debt-cut fights --- Detroit CFO John Hill finishes testimony --- Detroit Ends Week With Witness From Stockton Bankruptcy --- Consultant testifies on city services, restructuring plans --- Consultant: Detroit won't have money outside bankruptcy to reinvest --- Detroit needs to shed debt to afford improvements -witness --- Bankruptcy scorecard Day 3 --- Recap: Day 4 notes from Detroit bankruptcy court --- Live blog
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Charts presented at trial break down reinvestment in Detroit's bankruptcy plan
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Creditor Rips Debt Plan in Detroit Bankruptcy Case
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Orr: Rejecting bankruptcy plan would be 'catastrophic' --- Kevyn Orr vs. Detroit’s Creditors: What’s at Stake?
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Detroit's top financial officer: Higher taxes in bankrupt city wouldn't fix long-term finances
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Detroit fire alert system that you will struggle to believe
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The bankruptcy of Detroit and the division of America --- Robert Reich Shows Us The Importance Of Being Able To Exit Detroit --- Economic Equality Crusader Robert Reich Leaps Into a 'Greater Detroit' Fantasy
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A Plan to Fix All of America's Detroits
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Why Detroit's bankruptcy case could impact you
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All Sides Show Their Cards on Detroit Institute of Arts Collection as Bankruptcy Trial Begins --- The Fine Art of Pricing Detroit’s Collection
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A safer Detroit means big fines and racial profiling for black residents
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Requiem for Atlantic City, the city built on failure
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Where does A.C. go from here?
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N.J. Considers Ending Atlantic City’s Gambling Monopoly
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AC minus the tiara
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Chris Christie loses a big Atlantic City bet, posing another challenge for 2016 run
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Politicians Are Killing a Great American Town
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Fiscal recovery: Act 47 communities need more than five years
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The Most Common Ancestry In Each NYC Neighborhood
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Television:
CSN Houston Still Dying, But Drayton McLane Got Paid
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Attorneys sort out issues in CSNH dispute
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Rockets, Astros to ask judge to let CSN Houston creditors vote on acquisition
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Apparel:
Blue Jeans Losing Their Grip On American Hips
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Quiksilver Shares Are Crashing
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Religion:
Milwaukee Archdiocese, sex abuse victims resume mediation Monday
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As mediation begins, here are 5 things to know about the Milwaukee archdiocese's bankruptcy
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Pastor admits role in $15 million mortgage fraud scheme
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Personal Finance:
Some High Earners Live Paycheck to Paycheck. Here's How to Break the Cycle of Overspending
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CFPB Warns Credit Card Issuers Against Deceptive 0% Offers
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9 Career Lessons From Joan Rivers On How To Be Successful
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How To Be The Most Popular Person In The Office
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren: When it counted most, Hillary sided with the vultures --- Elizabeth Warren's unvarnished view of Hillary Clinton in 2004
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Bridgeport mayor facing drug charge files for bankruptcy
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Obama: Golfing after condemning James Foley's execution was a mistake
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Just don't call these consultants lobbyists - "Strategic consultant" helps in bankrupt hospital deal
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Education:
The 50 Most Expensive Boarding Schools In America
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Finance:
Judge Drain: Make That ‘Make Whole” Clause Explicit and Clear
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Tobacco:
Phelps tries to stop liquidation of bankrupt tobacco companies
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Agriculture:
Turner Grain President Dale Bartlett Files for Bankruptcy
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Tax:
Republicans, Democrats on Senate Panel Issue Dueling Reports on IRS Controversy
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Food/Beverage:
Smashburger Stores Up for Auction
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Former Starbucks Employee Reveals What Baristas Really Think Of Your Coffee Orders
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Education:
What to do when your college shuts down
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Corporate Reform:
Thinking about the Criminalization of American Business
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Brokers:
Judge Allows Corzine and Others to Tap MF Global Insurance
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Accounting:
FASB Issues New ASU To Fill The Gap In GAAP Guidance Regarding Going-Concern Uncertainties
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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 (33 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:
August Bankruptcy Filings Register Largest Percentage Drop in 2014
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Bankruptcy petitions show NM property rich, cash poor
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Winners of Rudy's Tickets Announced
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Avoidance Actions:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Weighs in on Subsequent New Value Circuit Split
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Professional Fees:
Asarco tells Supreme Court that no court split exists over fee dispute
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Secured Debt:
I'm a Secured Creditor so I'm Entitled to Default Interest, Right?
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Sales:
Eleventh Circuit Vacates Bad-Faith Asset Sale --- Unwinds 363 Sale Because Bankruptcy Case Filed in Bad Faith
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Bankruptcy Court Upholds Secured Creditor's Right to Credit Bid, Rejects 'Chilling' Argument
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Recent Pleadings:
Stockton Holdout Slams Plan: Unfair Discrimination - 100% For Pensions But Less Than 1% For Creditor
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Cross-Border:
Geoffrey Edelsten’s US bankruptcy trustee launches Federal Court case for Australian assets
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Mass Torts:
Fraud charges reinstated against Cahill Gordon over asbestos case --- Asbestos Cover-Up Burns Victims' Families
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill could haunt BP for years to come
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Gulf of Mexico residents hail ruling against BP
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Judge's Ruling May Encourage BP to Settle
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Supreme Court could settle punitive damage question in BP case
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Aviation:
How American Airlines Could Inherit US Airways' Seven-Year Old Pilot Seniority Battle
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Big Drop In Waits At Airport Security Checkpoints
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Flier Charged With In-Flight Molestation
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Airlines have never been better at making certain your flight is full
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Six Months On, Families Cling To Grim Reminders Of Malaysia's Missing Flight MH370
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Fraud:
Scott Rothstein's Relationship with Then Gov. Charlie Crist at Center Stage in Nasty Governor's Race
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HP Believes This Email Shows Autonomy 'Covered Up' Lack Of Revenue In $11 Billion Deal
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Judge OKs $50M Settlement Between Prosecutors, Rothstein Law Firm Trustee
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Zeek receiver goes after Canadian 'net winners'
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Sovereigns:
Waiting for December
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Argentina says discusses mechanism of currency swap with China
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Pollack fails to reach deal on new meeting --- Argentina and holdouts again disagree before Pollack; end of September another deadline
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‘They aren’t vulture funds, they are predators’
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Argentina says 'many creditors' want to swap into local law debt --- Holdouts warn about "contempt of court"
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Argentina swap plan gets cold reception
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Argentina, Bondholders Have Exchange Of Euphemisms, Hand-Signals, Code Words
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Wikileaks founder Assange claims US supports 'vulture funds' in dispute with Argentina
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Venezuelan Default Suggested by Harvard Economist
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UK:
5 Things to Consider Ahead of Scotland's Independence Vote --- The British Pound Is Getting Destroyed After Scotland Poll Stunner --- Scotland Would Have To Win 4 High-Risk Bets For Successful Independence --- Paul Krugman Has An Important Warning To Scotland --- Don't let me be last Queen of Scotland: Monarch in talks with PM over UK break-up --- Scottish-Law Bonds: A Thorny Question
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Bankrupt Miquita Oliver wears scruffy old tracksuit to star-studded Adidas event
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EU:
For Europe's vast unemployed, hopes remain dim
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Draghi pins hopes on ‘orphan child’ plan --- Draghi's Case For ECB Quantitative Easing
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Insolvent businesses could face extra holiday pay claims
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Investor Sentiment In Europe Crashes
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PIIGS:
Banco Espirito Santo: The billion dollar fall from Grace
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Greek PM announces cuts to crisis-era taxes --- Greece starts to 'stand on its feet' --- Greek workers stage anti-austerity demonstration in Thessaloniki
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EU positive about Ireland's early pay back of IMF loans: EU official
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Canada:
Myron Gottlieb reaches tentative deal with OSC in Livent financial scandal
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Mercator Minerals Announces Resignation of Directors and Officers
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Germany:
Germany's Trade Surplus and Exports Reach All-Time Highs
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Ukraine:
'Listen To The Sound Of The Ceasefire': Russian Shelling Shakes Ukraine Truce --- The War In Ukraine: Reversal Of Fortune --- Ukraine's Pro-War Party Is Collapsing In The Polls --- Ukraine Fighting Threatens Peace Deal --- Ukraine Ceasefire Already Breached --- Ukraine crisis: Russia could hit EU with flight ban
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Ukraine’s Falling GDP Could Create Bond Problems
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Russia May Boost Sanctioned Rosneft With $40 Billion As Debt Piles Up --- Russian PM: We're Not Scared Of Western Sanctions --- Moscow defiant as sanctions loom --- Russia Threatens More Retaliatory Sanctions
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MENA:
U.S. Expands Iraqi Bombing Campaign
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Obama Is About To Unveil His ISIS Game Plan
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John Kerry: ISIS Will Be Destroyed Within 3 Years
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Arab League Chief: Confront ISIS --- Army Chief: Don't Rush into War with ISIS
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South Africa:
Bizarre twist in R200 million business scam: Fake bankruptcy lawyer?
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Brazil:
Dozens of Brazil politicians accused in Petrobras scandal
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Netherlands:
One in four Dutch egg farmers in financial trouble
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Uzbekistan:
Uzbekistan introduces responsibility for intentional bankruptcy
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Australia:
Palmer 'was close to insolvency '
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Geoffrey Edelsten Says He Could Be Up To $50m In Debt As US Lawsuit Targets His Aussie Assets --- Faces losing multiple properties, shares and cars as U.S bankruptcy trustee chases him
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Australia's Western Desert calls administrators as iron ore price plunges
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India:
C Sivasankaran: Once the country's most astute deal maker, now a bankrupt entrepreneur
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Vietnam:
“Zombie banks” exist as State Bank prevents them from going bankrupt
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Japan:
Japan Says Economy Contracted 7.1 Percent in 2Q --- Bad News Piles up for Japan’s Economy
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