September 10, 2009

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Law:

Lawyer Fees Cut as Company Counsel Use Social Networks to Swap Secret Tips
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Latest Sonnenschein Layoffs Cut Partners, Too
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Winston & Strawn: The August Recap
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Eversheds restructuring to hit property and secretarial
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Drinker Biddle Makes Offers to Two-Thirds of Summer Class
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Big Law’s Prospects: A View That’s Glass-Three-Fourth’s-Full
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Bank of America Lawyers Reject Cuomo’s Criticism
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Bank Firing of Counsel Is Examined
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Bofa Says It's Not Hiding Behind Lawyers
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Cleary Lawyer Calls Out Cuomo
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SEC Takes Aim at Wachtell in New Filing
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Bank of America Calls Cuomo's Allegations 'Spurious'
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Cuomo to BofA: Disclose lawyers' advice on Merrill deal
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With Cuomo Letter, BofA, Merrill Situation Heats Up
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The Case Against Bank of America
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Liman v. Cuomo Gettin’ Good; BofA Counsel Calls Out NY AG
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SEC Defends Deal in Merrill Takeover
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SEC, BofA Differ on Merger Wrongdoing, but Back Bonus Pay Pact
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Chadbourne Challenges Tribune Co. Fee Examiner's Call
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Bryan Cave Sued Over Pricey Alleged Error in Prenuptial Agreement
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Lawyer Takes Fraud, Malpractice Suit Against Proskauer to Nevada
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Notes from the Breadline: We’re All in this Thing Together (Walking the Line Between Faith and Fear)(Part II)
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NY Firm Inks Deal for More Office Space With an Eye Towards Growth
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BigLaw Firm Hires New Appellate Honcho
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Katten Raids Hunton & Williams to Form New White-Collar Practice Group
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US Justices Question Limits on Corporate Election Spending
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Pro-Business Ruling Likely in High Court Campaign Finance Case
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Debuts Everywhere: Postgaming the Citizens United Arguments
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These Lawyers Found New Careers More Gratifying than Law Practice
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Merger Talks End Between Ice Miller and Greenebaum Doll
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Ringing Arizona: The Curious Case of a Church and its Bells
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Recession is forcing law schools to keep it real
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Fired In-House Lawyers' Age-Bias Suits Clear Hurdle
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It's Time for a Lone-Star Pay Cut
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The Boldest Move (To Date)in Legal Curriculum Reform?
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How a Solo Gained More than 600 Facebook Fans for His Fledgling Firm
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Discriminating Against Women Doesn’t Amount to Gender Discrimination???
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Duke is the Douchiest Law School
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Slashing BigLaw Libraries
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Swindle-Your-Law-Firm-Month Continues!
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Adventures in Lawyer Advertising: State Bar Association of Hubba-Hubba
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Pranking Network
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Mug Shot Roundup
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Legal Rebels Roundup: Malamud, O’Malley & Rebels on Tour Named
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Saul Ewing Secretary Accused of Using Firm Credit Card for Exotic Dancer Trip
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Law Firm’s Accounts Hijacked by Scammers Who Promise Sweepstakes Win
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Meet The Students Who Are Going to Law School for Free
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Pa. Judges in Corruption Scandal Indicted for Racketeering
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Americans Like the U.S. Supreme Court, They Really Do
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Without GOP Support, Leahy Pushes for More Judges
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Pop Singer Attends Justice Sotomayor’s Ceremony
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Partying with Sonia from the Block
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Sonia Sotomayor jumps in to question lawyers
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The Funniest Justice: The OT09 pre-season
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Starlets fight over who stars in "Sotomayor: The Movie"
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Denny Chin Gets Nod for Second Circuit Vacancy
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Wall Street:

Stock Index Futures Point to Mixed Open
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Asian Stocks Rise
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After Fed Report, Shares Extend Rally to 4 Days
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Retail Hiring Study Shows Signs of Growing Confidence in U.S. Recovery
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Temporary Hiring Shows U.S. Job Rebound Isn't Imminent
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DHL Cuts 560 Jobs in Retailer Bankruptcy
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GM to lay off about 1,000
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Education:

Colleges Are Failing in Graduation Rates
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Tax:

American UBS Customers Win Ruling on Access to Swiss Regulator's Documents
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Newspapers:

Judge faults newspapers, creditors in ad dispute
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Stephen A. wins Inquirer arbitration
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So, How Is It In Newspaper Bankruptcy Court These Days?
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Oil/Gas:

Judge orders SemGroup creditors, producers to meet
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Next SemGroup leaders to join creditors meeting
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Economy:

Fed survey shows US recession may be over
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Record Plunge in U.S. Consumer Credit Signals Weakened Spending
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The Rich to the Rescue? Well, as Soon as They Get Out of Bankruptcy
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The Bankrupt Rich
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It's Still the Economy, Stupid
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Recovery rules out depression a year after Lehman
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Greenspan Sees `Fairly Pronounced Recovery' in U.S. and Global Economy
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Geithner Says Americans Saving More After Years of Adding `Too Much' Debt
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What Will the Next Economic Crisis Look Like?
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What Really Caused the Credit Crunch?
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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Recovery Index
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Real Estate:

US Aug. foreclosures off 1% from July, up 18% vs. year ago
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US Foreclosure Filings Top 300000 for Sixth Straight Month
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US home loan demand at 3-month high as rates fall
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Hotels, Retail Properties Make Up More 63% of Largest Problem Loans
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Buyers of Huge Manhattan Complex Face Default Risk
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Tishman, BlackRock could default on StuyTown loans
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As an Exotic Mortgage Resets, Payments Skyrocket
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Sounding the ARM Alarm
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Fannie Mae's Williams Still Cautious About Housing Recovery
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Even the US Treasury is downbeat on housing
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Banks Step Up Loan Modifications Under Obama Program
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Why Aren't Foreclosure Rescue Policies Working?
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12% of eligible borrowers helped by Obama plan
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Treasury says millions more foreclosures coming
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Treasury Says HAMP On Track To Start 500K Trial Mods By Nov
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Wells Fargo mortgage modifications jump 64 percent
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Is it Really the Time for China to Buy U.S. Real Estate?
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Fire Sale or Bankruptcy : Capmark Faces a Choice
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Oregon AG to hire mortgage fraud team
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In Florida, Vestiges of the Boom
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Nearly Complete, 705 W. 9th Residential Tower Enters Bankruptcy
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Records of Nova Group bankruptcy estate show reckless spending
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Banking:

Overspending on Debit Cards Is a Boon for Banks
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Chaotic BofA
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FDIC may extend debt guarantee program for banks
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The Art of Bank Failures
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Autos:

Taxpayers May Face Losses from Auto Bailout; Warren
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TARP Panel Chimes In On GM, Chrysler
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GM's Henderson Said to Get 60% Odds From Task Force of Fixing Automaker
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Was the Auto Industry Bailout Legal?
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Delphi trims workers as it nears bankruptcy exit
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German Fin Min: GM Must Pay Back Loan If It Keeps Opel
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GM Says Germany Can't Force Early Opel Loan Repayment
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Jaguar Land Rover Says China, Russia to Rescue Sales
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GM to Unveil Opel Decision
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GM's Board Said to Recommend Magna as Buyer of Opel
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GM negotiator dispatched to Germany to brief officials ahead of time
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GM's European Factories at Risk
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GM May Take Opel Into Bankruptcy
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UK taxpayer may be called on to help fund GM Europe
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Gambling:

States Face Drop in Gambling Revenues for the First Time
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Telecoms:

FairPoint may soon be driven to bankruptcy
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Football:

Firm tied to Cowboys collapse files for bankruptcy
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Elevator Music:

Muzak Files Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Milwaukee couple charged for bankruptcy fraud
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Advertising:

U.S. advertising spending drops 15% in first half of the year
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Accounting:

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Rivals are Recruiting More M.B.A.s
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The Creative Geniuses at E&Y Do It Again
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Big Four are riding out the storm
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Hockey:

Balsillie's best shot still to come
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NHL May Have to Live With Owner It Opposes
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Leafs GM Burke tight-lipped about Phoenix Coyotes bankruptcy case
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Bankruptcy judge to review offers in NHL team sale
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(No new opinions today)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Rep Frank to pursue mortgage bankruptcy bill
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Bankruptcy law may be turned on its head if Republicans in Congress have their way
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcies up 22%, could approach 1.5 million for the year
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Chapter 11 Filings By Wealthy Families Jump 73%; Real Estate Blamed
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Bankruptcies in OK still on the rise, up 29.2 pct
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Personal Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings rise in Nashville area
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Compensation:

Goldman CEO: Clawback Compensation
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Goldman boss says anger over pay justified
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Goldman's Blankfein Calls for Pay Rules to Stem Risk
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Fraud:

Bernard Madoff's obsession laid bare in series of videos
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Aviation:

Air Chapter 11: flying the bankrupt skies
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Passengers face new tax to halt rise in air travel
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Singapore Air Customers Wonder `Where Is Recession' on Packed A380 Planes
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Corporate Reform:

Goldman Chief Warns on Overregulation
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Reform May Fail to Avert Another Lehman
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Religion:

Christian money guru gets rich mixing faith, funds
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Credit Cards:

S&P: Drop in July Card Losses Not Expected To Last
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Health Care:

Slump May Have Swollen Ranks of US Uninsured to 50 Million
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Cancer Patient: Family Could Lose Home
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Patient Lawsuits Against Endoscopy Clinics Move Forward
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Read the Union Health-Care Label
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Obama Makes Pitch
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Obama and Health: Man on a Tightrope
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Obama disapproval on health care up to 52%
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Prepared Text of Obama's Speech on Health Care
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The President's Speech In Ten Key Points
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Food/Drink:

Cafe Des Artistes, Manhattan Eatery, Files Bankruptcy
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New York's Tavern on the Green Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Steakhouses: Buyouts and bankruptcy
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Lawsuit claims fraud at LeNature's ignored
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Municipalities:

Municipal bankruptcy bill revived
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California cities, counties wary of bill to limit bankruptcy filings
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Jewelry:

Estate, bankruptcy jewelry auction Sept. 16
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Lehman:

Dick Fuld Rehabilitates His Reputation
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Sleep-At-Night-Money Lost in Lehman Lesson Missing $63 Billion
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Seeing a way out of the Lehman abyss
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London Suicide Connects Lehman Lesson Missed by Hong Kong Woman
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Blankfein Says Lehman Rescue May Have Led to Bigger Failure
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After Lehman: 'Proud of the work'
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Celebs:

Photo Scout Says Leibovitz Swiped Credit
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Why Hasn't Annie Leibovitz Filed for Bankruptcy Yet?
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Leibovitz, creditors talking beyond loan deadline: report
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Annie Leibovitz's one last shot ... to pay up
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Leibovitz update: Nothing happens - yet
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Retailing:

Liz Claiborne CEO says liquidity position sound
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Blowout at Barneys
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UK:

U.K. Consumer Sentiment Climbs to 14-Month High as Signs of Recovery Mount
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Candy Brothers in Monaco Making Millions of Pounds in London Housing Slump
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UK Home Prices May Fall After 'Unsustainable' Gain, JLL Says
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Bank of England leaves rates, asset program unchanged
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Desnos: failures not fault of credit insurers
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Confusion reigns over HMRC's conflicting tax amnesties
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Netherlands:

Dutch Van der Moolen declares bankruptcy
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Germany:

Germany - More firms file for bankruptcy
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