September 14, 2009

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Law:

Snapshot: Lisa Hill Fenning
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Arnold & Porter Axes 44 Staff Members
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Squire Sanders & Dempsey: Layoffs and No Offers
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Last Week In Layoffs
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Bankruptcy lawyers on watch, brace for decision on debt relief provision: Infringement on counseling clients cited
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Allen & Overy's 'Life after Lehman' Report Reveals Changes in Global Financial Market Practice
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Court-awarded fees disadvantage creditors
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Keeping Up With Jones Day
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Powell Goldstein Dragged Back Into Malpractice Battle
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Fearless Fashion
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Sizing the Alternate Fee Arrangement Market
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Merck Case Over Fosamax Ends in Mistrial in New York
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Merck trial ends in chaos
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A Chair is Thrown, a Mistrial is Declared
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Fosamax Plaintiffs Lawyer: Mistrial a 'Shock' to Merck
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Pfizer GC Loses Compliance Chief Role Under $2.3B Drug Marketing Settlement
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Pop Tort: BigLaw Firm Draws Straw as Defendant as Soft-Drink Maker Fell Flat
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Lawyer Awaits Verdict in Barratry Trial Over ‘Subpoena’ Sent to Opposing Party
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San Antonio litigation firm survives GM financial crash
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Taxpayers Pay $6.3 Million to W&C, Zuckerman Spaeder, and Mayer Brown for Defense of Former Fannie Mae Execs
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Donovan Hatem and Name Partner Ordered to Pay $3M to Ex-Partners
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Eversheds' hasty due diligence exposed in MG Rover report
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Eversheds to outsource UK-wide secretarial jobs
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Covington & Burling Gets Partial Win in Ex-Employee’s Disability Bias Case
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Lawyers' Sanctions Lifted, but 3rd Circuit Judge Delivers Lecture - cause celebre among defense lawyers who contend the four sanctioned lawyers had been unfairly targeted for using common legal tactics
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Skadden Arps Donates $1 Million To Penn Law to Honor Partner
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Crime Novelist Lisa Reardon is Jailed in Case Reminiscent of Her Books
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Now, computers become lawyers!
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Lawyer scolds colleagues' Web advertising
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Law Grads Who Fail the Bar Have a Difficult First Five Years, Then Spring Back
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Downturn Hits Harvard Law School, Forcing Coffee Cuts and Clinic Moves
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The person who was suing Match.com because his emails went unanswered dropped his lawsuit due to 'the amount of ridicule' he received
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(Fake)Lawyer of the Day: Random Dude Neither A Lawyer Nor A Judge
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Cashless in Manhattan: But is it Legal?
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The 'Citizens United' Argument, by the Numbers
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A Family Fights and a Lawyer Falls
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Solicitor General Elena Kagan: What Color Was Her Pantsuit?
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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Lawyer
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Online Attitude vs. Rules of the Bar
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Say What?!
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Judges:

On campus, Chief Justice Roberts still in charge
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Blogger's pot case fires up fed judge
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On Marijuana, a Famous Blogger, and One Skeptical Judge
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Chevron's Slugfest Shows No Sign of Slowing in the Late Rounds
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Wall Street:

US Stock-Index Futures Decline
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Stocks slip after 5-day advance
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Insiders sell like there's no tomorrow
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Wall Street's New Gilded Age
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A Year Later, Little Change on Wall St.
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The new kings of Wall Street
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Has anything changed on Wall Street?
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Big week ahead on Wall Street
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The Deal of the Century
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Wall Street has staged a surprisingly strong recovery from its meltdown a year ago. But it will not return to business as usual
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Monsanto will lay off 600 American workers
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Deere & Co. is scheduled to lay off 367 employees
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Layoffs lead to fewer corporate blood donors
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The Obama Jobs Disaster, Continued
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FDIC pushes mortgage help for jobless
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Aviation:

American Air Said to Consider Buying Stake in Japan Airlines
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Delta exploring stake in Japan Airlines
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Television:

At Channel 13, the financial signals are red
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Politics:

Wall Street Goes to Washington
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Obama to urge financial overhaul
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Economy: Where Politics Don't Belong
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Autos:

Will GM's Money-Back Guarantee Work?
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Car dealers fight slow sales after end of Clunkers
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Magna to Cut 10,500 Opel Jobs
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Magna's Opel Plan Challenged by German 'Sacred Cows'
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Opel deal has Magna's 2nd biggest customer worried
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Charges of Protectionism Greet GM's Deal on Opel
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EU warns against protectionism in Opel sale
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Germany's risky game of chicken
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Millions in German Opel aid bound for Russia, says report
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Ford's CFO puzzled over GM's sale of Opel
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Selling Opel: GM's Biggest Mistake Ever
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Personal Finance:

No law can substitute for credit discipline
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Wealthy Families Succumb To Bankruptcy As Real Estate Crashes
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Marijuana Farming Grows
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Don't Ignore Federal Loans
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Credit Cards:

Banks now modify credit card debts
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Credit Reporting:

Mortgage problems are walloping Americans' credit scores
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Shipping:

The Ghost Fleet of the Recession
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Rail:

Traffic Slips at Large Railroads
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Book Reviews:

How America's top policymakers flailed against financial collapse
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M&A:

The Return of the Deal
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Economy:

Adviser: High unemployment for years
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Poll: Economy Still Troubles Most Americans
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Top economist: Things are worse
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Global Financial Crisis Hasn't Ended, Fund Manager Survey Says
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Federal deficit hits $1.38T through August
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Wholesale inventories drop in July; sales grow
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Economic Confidence Rebounds
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Consumer Confidence Down in California
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The typical American household made less money last year than the typical household made a full decade ago
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Obama to give speech on financial crisis Monday
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Global financial crisis sows seeds for another crash
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A lost decade ahead
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Fed, BOE Stimulus Exits May Differ
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U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard to Unwind
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How The Federal Reserve Bought The Economics Profession
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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:

Housing market recovery to take time, Fannie Mae leader says
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Uncle Sam the big player in home loans
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Feds use Madoff mystique in Apt. sale
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Parties at Foreclosed Malibu House (Pics)Wells Fargo Exec Scandal
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Living Large: Wells Fargo Executive Squats in Foreclosed House
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Goings-On in Repo-ed SoCal Beach House Raising Eyebrows
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Bank launches probe into parties at foreclosed Malibu mansion
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Wells Fargo Responds to Malibu Foreclosure Flap
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More on the Wells Fargo Foreclosure Flap
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N.Y. Judge Takes on Foreclosures
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Failure of Corus Bank puts condo loans up for sale
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Corus Bank: First To Fail Without Delinquencies?
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Thornburg Execs Face US Trustee Probe
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After Bankruptcy, Qualifying for a Mortgage
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First Colony exec backed millions in project loans
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Tishman, BlackRock are way underwater
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Rise in commercial real estate vacancy rates leads to meltdown
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Celebs:

The Rolling Stone Who is Destitute
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Photographer Leibovitz reaches deal with lender
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Leibovitz, Art Capital come to agreement
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On Sale Soon: Dykstra's 1986 NY Mets Champion Ring
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Banking:

Stiglitz Says Banking Problems Are Now Bigger Than Pre-Lehman
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Fed Failed to Curb Flawed Bank Lending, Inspector General Says
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3 more down: Bank failure tally hits 92
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Why some small banks still love TARP
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BofA wrestles with Merrill culture clash
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Bair To Lenders: Borrower Forbearance Is A Good Thing
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Ten US banks collapse each month; 107 fail since Lehman demise
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Sizing Up the Big Issue for Banks
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

US starts to unwind bank support
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Corporate Reform:

Where's the change?
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But Who's Watching the Regulators?
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Why Wall Street Reforms Have Stalled
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Why Wall Street Can't Be Fixed
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Financial regulation overhaul on Obama's list
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Schumer plan to let SEC keep fines, fees sparks controversy
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The Criminal Case Against AIG
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Fraud:

Madoff Slept Here May Prove Selling Point for Homes
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Scorn of Madoff's woman
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SEC not alone in missing the Madoff debacle
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Feds eye ' Madoff ' art sales
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Mortgage Fraud: The Unusual Suspects
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Madoff recorded coaching witness to outsmart SEC
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Madoff “investigations” show watchdogs don't understand Wall Street
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Blameless firms shouldn't have to pay for Madoff
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Before there was Madoff , there was Musica
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Former agent goes to court on Stanford-related charge
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No guarantee of insurance for Stanford execs
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Receiver removed from Stanford case
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Kroll's roll in the Stanford muck
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No crime shredding Stanford papers: defense lawyer
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Ex-Stanford Security Chief Seeks Speedy Trial
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Indicted Financier Danny Pang Dies
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Danny Pang Autopsy Shows No Foul Play, Coroner Says
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Lebanon's ' Madoff ' charged with embezzlement
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Grisham says real-life swindlers outdo his fiction
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Super Heroes:

How Marvel Went From Bankruptcy To Solvency
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Municipalities:

Controlling bankruptcy for state's cities
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New York Faces Consequences of Crisis
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U.S. Supreme Court says California cannot delay prison plan
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Private Equity:

Lehman And PE: A Look Back
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Health Care:

Forum Talking with Lenders to Meet Deadline
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Doing the Math on the Uninsured
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Without Health Care, One Burger From Ruin
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Some Rethinking on Health Care Costs and Bankruptcy
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The Heart of Regulation
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Fact-Checking Obama on Health Insurance
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Bonds:

Bond investors see shaky recovery
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Newspapers:

Philadelphia's Newspapers Face a Big Court Date
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Accounting:

Mixed reviews for Deloitte in MG Rover report
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Final rant by former PwC employee sparks internet sensation
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Accounting watchdog to consider MG Rover report
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Now That the #1 Spot Is Secure, Deloitte Is Making Some Changes
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Cross-Border:

Real cross-border insolvency problems
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Committees:

Upcoming DE Organizational Meetings
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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 Humor:

Bankruptcy Bill
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Lehman:

Lehman Fee Police Shave 2% From $119 Million in Adviser Charges
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Why Lehman's failure in September 2008 was so much more devastating for the rest of the world than for the United States
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Tales From Lehman's Crypt
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A year after Lehman, the pain remains
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When the Novel Starts in Chapter 11
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Lehman collapse: the drama of a mad 48 hours that will never fade
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After the fall - Former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld was at the centre of events that brought economy to its knees
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High and mighty: What the masters of the universe did next
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What if?
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From Lehman's Wreckage, New Lives
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There is life after Lehman
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Lehman's Legacy: Larry Bortstein
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Lehman's Legacy: Sally Saltzbart Minier
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Lehman's Legacy: Charles Ayres
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Lehman's Legacy: Aline Almeida
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Lehman's Legacy: Aubrie Fine
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Lehman's Legacy: Jason Kilgariff
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Lehman Brothers and the Guns of August
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Social Networking for Ex-Lehman and Bear Stearns Workers
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Hidden costs emerge from the debris of Lehman crash
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Lehman Had to Die So Global Finance Could Live
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After Lehman, US firms adjust to new face of credit
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Looking Back: Wall Street Post-Lehman Bros.
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It was up to you, New York
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Lehman tales
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Lehman loot: Get it while it's hot
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Lehman's collapse -- an insider's view
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Vale Joins Line of Lehman Workers Filing Compensation Claims
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'An Epidemic of Capital Destruction'
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Ex-Lehman traders talk toxic assets over tonics
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The Lehman fire could smolder for a decade
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A Neuberger Fund Manager Demands $12 Million from Lehman
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The fate of Lehman Brothers' art
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Lehman's European wrangle
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Movies:

George Clooney's "Up In the Air" Spotlights Economic Trouble
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Hockey:

Where is Rodier?
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NHL Lawyer Serves Up Meat Loaf
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Gretzky stays away from Coyote camp
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Absent Wayne Gretzky should just resign from Phoenix Coyotes
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Gretzky in limbo, just like his team
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Coyotes camp opens amid chaos
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Panthers may be next Coyotes
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Hockey is the name of the game, not auctions, lawsuits or drama
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NHL's best show is in Ariz. court
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Balsillie Asks Judge to Force NHL to Accept Him
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Balsillie v. Bettman Going once, going twice ...
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Sales:

Huntsman: From Stalked to Stalking Horse
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Telecoms:

Nortel to sell enterprise unit to Avaya
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Verizon slams Nortel unit sale
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Fashion:

House of Ferrý Chief Is Banking on a Comeback
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Corporate Governance:

Chancery Court Addresses: Aiding and Abetting Fiduciary Duty
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UK:

46,900 UK companies have gone bust since run on Northern Rock
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UK Banks to Post $215 Billion Losses, Moody's Says
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MG Rover Report
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Desnos slates pre-packs
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Life on the street
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Recovery spells long-term questions for IPs
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Too early to take UK banks off the life support system
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Director disqualification proceedings on the increase
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UK 'should take lead' in bank reform
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UK Voters Back Spending Cuts Over Higher Taxes
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Lawyer says former JJB chief is a scapegoat
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Lehmans Brothers' UK victims forced to wait another year
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FSA 'to take action' over Lehman products
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This economic earthquake isn't nearly over yet
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What happened to bankers who crashed with Lehman
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The Love of Money and Lunch Monkeys
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England cricketers give ECB vote of no confidence after Sir Allen Stanford debacle
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Drip-drip of financial crisis claims fresh wave of victims
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UK mortgage lending rises in July
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EU:

Euro zone economy at turning point
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Canada:

Bankruptcy And Insolvency Act Changes Come Into Force
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Bad Timing: Cost of Personal Bankruptcy to Double
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Canada July bankruptcies show signs of improvement
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Mortgage broker who allegedly bilked $5M seemed trustworthy
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BC pair ran Ponzi scheme: securities commission
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Iceland:

French judge Eva Joly compares Iceland crisis to Bernard Madoff
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Iceland's Government Reaches Agreement Over Failed Glitnir Unit
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Ireland:

Irish Lenders Face 30% Bad Bank Discount
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Australia:

Australia's Jobless to Rise, Boosting Stimulus Need
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Italy:

Prevention is Better than Cure: Re-Organizing the Bankruptcy Reorganization in Italy
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