Law:

Nortel Can't Pick Opposing Firm, Lawyer Tells Judge
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Firm Freezing Salaries, Will Ax as Many as 84
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Kirkland Lays Off Perhaps 57 Staff, But No Attorneys
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Salary Cut Watch: Baker McKenzie Brings Salary Cuts into the Vault Top 50
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Legal Professionals Role-Play the Future of Big Law
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The Worthlessness of American Legal Education
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Firm Decimates Salaries for "Underperformers," Loses Seven-Lawyer Team to Rival
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New Management at Mayer Brown Delays Start Dates, Changes Bonus Threshold
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What about 1Ls?
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Buchanan Ingersoll Puts Off Start Dates, Cuts Summer Program
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No Bailout for Laid-Off Lawyers as Government Jobs Prove Elusive
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More on Big Case Attorneys Fees
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Law Firm Managers Face Possible Sanctions From State Bar
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Commercial Real Estate CDO Litigation: The Credit Crisis' Next Wave?
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"I Would Have Cursed My Boss Out The Day I Quit If It Weren't For the Federal Probe"
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Can Bachelor and Former U.S. Attorney Dan Bogden Come Home Again?
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When VCs Get Tangled With The Law
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The Future Comes to Bloomington
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Dole Accuses Banana Case Attorneys of Fraud
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Supreme Court to decide if prosecutors can be sued
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The Things Lawyers Do to Get Disbarred
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‘Greedy’ Stanford Law Grad Must Pay $630K in Legal Fees Over Meritless Art Suit
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High-Profile Vegas Lawyer Accused of Shoplifting Necklace at Sundance Shop
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Ex-Chief Counsel Censured After Camera Catches Cafeteria Food Theft
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Former Employees Say Insurer May Have Paid Their Lawyer $5 Million
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The Perils of 'Reply All'
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Lawyer Owes Ethics Duty to Non-Client
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Judges:

Judge gets in trouble for holding back
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Supreme Court Statistics So Far This Term
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High Court to Hear Important Cases in ‘Intense’ Two-Week Period
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Advocate Starr Watches as Justices Breyer and Scalia Spar
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Happy Birthday, JPS!
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Justice Stevens, a Shakespeare Buff, Says Real Author Was Nobleman
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Wall Street:

Stocks Point Lower Amid Mixed Earnings Reports
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Futures Rise Ahead of Earnings Flood
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Stocks likely to snap back today
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Stocks Fall in Asia, Mirroring Wall Street Decline
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US Stocks Tumble as Financials, Commodity Shares Retreat
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European shares slip sharply, led by banks
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Wall Street tumbles as investors dump financials
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As the privileged class loses its privileges, a collective moan rises from the canyons of Wall Street.
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Pelosi Sets Wall Street Probe Modeled on Pecora in 1933 After Market Crash
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Cantor Fitzgerald, Victim of 9/11, Thrives in Recession
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Banking:

Banks can repay TARP if in national interest
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US should allow banks to pay back TARP
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Geithner Weighs Bank Repayments
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A Backdoor Nationalization
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Regulators Said to Put Greater Emphasis on Loan Quality in U.S. Bank Tests
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White House: Some Banks Will Show Serious Woes
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Audit Says US Estimated $900 Million Loss on Citigroup Assets
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Banks Likely Face $400 Billion More in Losses, JPMorgan Says
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Loan-loss reserve cushion weak at Bank of America, Citigroup
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How much toxic waste is aboard the stagecoach?
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Bank Profits Appear Out of Thin Air
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Two Surprises For Bank Of America
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Huge Bank of America Profit Doesn't Calm Investors
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Bank of America & Merrill Lynch: Now, About that Integration
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BofA bled 2,000 advisers in first quarter
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Jonathan Finger Balks at BofA Results, Pushes for Lewis' Ouster
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Lewis Sings Praises of Merrill and Countrywide Deals
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Bank of America sees bad debt provisions mushroom
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Fuzzy Math at Citigroup and Bank of America
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Bank of New York Mellon Profit Down 57%
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Hedge-fund Pirate Bill Ackman Sets His Sights on Big Banks
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After stress tests, what next for US banks?
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Big banks have a big credit problem
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A Short Spring For Ken
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Deal or Die for 'Under-Capitalized' BankUnited
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Run fueled Greeley bank's failure
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Citibank Said to Hold Up Customers for Fee
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Tech:

Asyst Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Buses:

Motor Coach leaves bankruptcy after 7 months
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Newspapers:

Extra! Extra! Newspapers Need an Overhaul, Not a "Rescue Plan"
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Layoff victims among Pulitzer honorees
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Judge OKs probe into taping at debt negotiations
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Philly papers owner: Creditors criminal
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Sun-Times cuts 140 jobs
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Horse Racing:

Maryland Ponies Up
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Owner Wants His Gift Horse Back
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Bankruptcy judge approves Magna financing
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MI abandons pursuit of Magna assets
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Breeders' Cup wants Magna bankruptcy OK for 2009 races
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Breeders' exec quell Santa fears
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Judge postpones hearing on sale of racetracks
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Debt Collection:

NJ Bill Would Require Collectors to Send Copies of FDCPA to Debtors
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Commercial Placements Increase in First Quarter
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Accounting:

The banks get their way on mark-to-market rules.
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Insurance:

Lawmaker urges AIG CEO to quit over Goldman stake
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Hedge Funds:

Two bills in Congress could decisively undermine the hedge fund industry
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Hedge Fund's Book May Have Fallen 75%, FRM's Tomlinson Says
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Radio:

Commercial Radio Stations Beg for Cash
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Robots:

Robotic Dinosaur Maker Goes Bankrupt
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Robots narrowing gap with humans
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Chemicals:

DuPont Cuts 2009 Profit Forecast as Weak Demand Cuts Sales
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Arts:

Board Eats Endowment, Gloom Deepens at City Opera
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Economy:

Leading economic indicators dip more than expected
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Leading Index Shows Extended Recession
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US recession seen likely to go through summer
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Erin Go Broke
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The Recession’s Impact
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Treasury asset plan vulnerable to abuse: watchdog
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Companies Predict Bailout-Related Increase in Whistleblower Lawsuits
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TARP cop: 20 criminal probes
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Oversight panel has bailout questions for Geithner
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US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner dampens TARP repayment hopes
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Fed's No. 2 Kohn Sees Gradual Recovery in 2009
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How the Great Recession Might Affect Fortune 500 Companies
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Southeastern States Are Hit Hard By Recession
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IMF Easier Lending Exceeding $55 Billion Prompts Anxiety Among Bondholders
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Obama proposes $100 billion U.S. loan for IMF
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Bigger, Bolder Role Imagined at IMF
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Real Estate:

Home Prices Return to Affordability in Much of U.S.
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US MBA Mortgage Applications Index Rose 5.3 Percent Last Week
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Fannie Mae Appoints New Chief Executive
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$1B Horseshoe Bay project in jeopardy: Lawsuits, bankruptcy, foreclosure mangled
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Utah enclave bought back
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Macklowe Lender to Seize 1330 Tower as Empire Shrinks
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Lennar Declines on Possible Stock Sale, Drywall Suit
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Shares of LPS fall, recover amid reports of investigation
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Homebuilders: A Report Card
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Fraud:

Judge blocks Madoff bankruptcy
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US judge orders Madoff assets secured for seizure
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Judge OKs interim trustee in hunt for Madoff assets
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Madoff Judge Double-Teaming May Spur Battle Over Assets, His Lawyer Claims
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Madoff Victims Frustrated as Wait Continues for Claims to be Paid
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Allen Stanford Denies Swindle, Says SEC Destroyed His Business
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Stanford Points Fingers in Fraud Case
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Arthur Nadel Receiver Seeking “Profits” from Investors
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Suit claims Marin investors lost $27M in alleged Ponzi scheme
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Waterford Loan Fund may have been Ponzi scheme, creditors told
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Report Details Broad Scope of Fraud at Satyam
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DIP Finance:

The market for debtor-in-possession loans is alive, but it's expensive, picky and creditor-friendly -- yet DIPs are needed more than ever before.
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Autos:

GM to lay off 1,600 salaried employees
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Steve Jakubowski Talks About a GM Bankruptcy
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Sources: Chrysler Financial Refused Government Loan Over Limits on Executive Pay
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Chrysler Financial won't add loans
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Bankruptcy by any name will hurt GM
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Bankruptcy no fast cure for GM
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US to give Chrysler $500 mln, GM up to $5 bln in new aid
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UAW lobbies Obama to back workers
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Will Fiat rescue GM, too?
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CAW appears to soften on issue of Chrysler concessions
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CAW won't budge on pay cuts
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Canada Talks Are Crucial to Chrysler Survival
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Autoworkers union urges members to lobby Obama
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The UAW and Chrysler: a Lose-Lose Situation
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Arnold to Michigan: Let’s Be Friends
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Dealer Jobs Disappear as GM, Chrysler Bankruptcy Threat Looms
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Dealers prepare for worst if GM files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Survey: GM Bankruptcy Will “Severely Impact” Smaller Car Parts Makers
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Noble International wins DIP OK
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Martinrea makes deal with insolvent SKD
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Opel Won't See ‘Implosion' in GM Bankruptcy, Board Member Says
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Toyota's Japan Output Lowest in 31 Years
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Layoffs:

Brown-Forman To Cut 6% Of Jobs, Stop Merit Raises
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When Companies Opt for Pay Cuts Instead of Layoffs
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Sovereigns:

Ecuador to Offer About 30 Cents on Dollar for Bonds
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Obama's latest budget-tightening hardly makes dime's worth of difference
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Lehman:

Mayor Bloomberg Loves Richard Fuld and He Doesn't Care Who Knows It
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Credit Suisse offers £30m Lehman compensation
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Bonuses:

Pension Fund Calls for Review of Exec Bonuses
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AIG Gets Aid, Minus Bonus Pay
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Executive Compensation:

AIG, Morgan Stanley Should Recoup Pay, Fund Contends
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Pay Limits May Apply To Toxic-Asset Relief Program, Report Says
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Chrysler Financial Denied Additional TARP Aid on Salary Limits
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Firms End Key Benefit for Executives
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Apparel:

Broder warns of bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Evergreen to ask for Ch. 15 order
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Oil/Gas:

SemGroup wants to sell Nymex seats
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Halliburton Profit Tumbles 35%
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Conspiracy alleged by SemGroup co-founder
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Oil drops 8% on economic outlook
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Crude Oil Falls a Second Day on Concern Economy Isn't Recovering
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Credit Counseling:

Debt Settlers Offer Promises but Little Help
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Attorney Caught Cheating on Credit Counseling Requirement
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IP:

Supreme Court Denies Cert in NCP Marketing Case - Kennedy and Breyer Signal Preference for Actual Test
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Protecting your intellectual property when your licensee (or licensor)is bankrupt.
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Directories:

Directory publisher Idearc's restructuring plan could serve competitor R.H. Donnelley equally well. But will either company's creditors go for it?
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Building Supplies:

Masonite wins disclosure statement OK
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Receiverships:

Former U.S. Attorney Named Receiver in Millennium Bank Case
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Avoidance Actions:

6th Circuit Rules that Transfer by "Convenience Check" from One Credit Card to Another within Preference Period is an Avoidable Preference to Recipient
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Sales:

Default Interest Rates Apply to Section 363 Sales
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Food/Drink:

Buffets' reorg plan confirmed
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