Law:
Snapshot: Lisa Jacobs
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Who Needs Law Firms?
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Cut the Law Firms, Keep the Lawyers
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Several Law Firms Plan to Increase Hiring; Law Schools Jockey for Placements
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Fears of Double-Dip Recession Take Hold Among U.K. Law Firms
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The Lawyer UK 200 preview: Insurance: Upstarts force pace of change
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The Lawyer UK 200 preview: Worst performers: Trowers, Clarke Willmott top of the flops
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Everything Must Go: Howrey's DC Furniture on the Auction Block
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The Legal Profession Is Literally Going to the Dogs
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Slipping the e-Leash
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Duane Morris Partner Criticized in Postal Service Report
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Former Clients Allege Winstead Did Not Disclose Conflict
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Irell Fires Back at Ex-Partner Who Filed Discrimination Suit Against Firm
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Am Law 100 Firms Have Been Generous With 'Super Committee' Members
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August at the Beach? Not so Fast, You Job-Seeking 2Ls
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More Dumb Lawyer Tricks
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Confessions of an Aspiring Yale Transfer Student
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Aspiring Yale Transfer Student Explains and Defends Her Blog
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Prof Who Claimed His Boss Called Him a ‘Litigious Jew’ Gets $550K and His Job Back
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Cooley Law School to Open a Campus in Tampa, Fla.
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Behind Inside the Law School Scam
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Gambling Away Law License
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When Law Departments are on the Business End of Labor Strikes
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Lawyer Indicted in Extortion Plot Tied to Fake IRS Probe
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Showgirl-Strewn Mailing for Lawyers' CLE Event in Vegas Offends Some Women Attorneys
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Lawyer Who Videotaped Women at Tanning Salon Sentenced to Probation
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Chicago cops arrest 10-year-old for train robbery
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State report finds Casey Anthony 'responsible' for daughter's death
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Casey Anthony look-alike afraid to go outside
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Nasdaq, Lanco Infratech, Ex-Hypo Alpe CEO, Mechel, Mattel in Court News
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Judges:
Suspicious Package Found Behind Bankruptcy Court
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Judge's financial woes lead to bankruptcy filing
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Outgoing ABA President Stephen Zack Decries Cutbacks at Courts
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Judge Suspended for Encouraging Vigilante Justice in Open Court
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Judge Educates with Good Lawyer/Bad Lawyer film
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Wall Street:
US stock index futures signal early gains
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Market Looks for Stability in Coming Week
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Stock Market No Longer Reflects the Economy
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Markets Go Down the Rabbit Hole
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Markets recover slightly Friday after week of turmoil
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Asian Stocks Rise as U.S. Retail Sales, Japan GDP Boost Economic Outlook
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Will Surging Severance Costs Save Wall Street Jobs?
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Buy, Sell, Hold (Tight): Eight Days of Market Frenzy
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High-Frequency Firms Tripled Trading as S&P 500 Plunged 13%
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Who Is to Blame if Shares Continue Steep Declines?
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Layoffs:
Teen Unemployment Hits 50% In DC
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Municipalities:
Central Falls: Receiver wants bankruptcy case resolved quickly
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Despite bankruptcy, city life goes on in Central Falls
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This is what happens when a city goes bankrupt
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AG concerned about cutting cops in CF
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Could RI's pay-bondholders-first law be unconstitutional?
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Faltering Rhode Island City Tests Vows to Pensioners
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Municipal, State Employee Benefits Not Assured In Bankruptcies
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Jefferson County rejects creditors' offer
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Jefferson County is seeing red
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Jefferson County Commissioner Little Brown Sees 80% Chance of Ch. 9 Filing
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Jefferson County sewer debt talks grace period crucial to solution
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Alabama county defers bankruptcy decision
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Jefferson County delays again. But the acting was better
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The Jefferson County Commission's decision to reject sewer creditors' latest offer wasn't all bad news. The most important thing is they're still talking
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Troubled city of Bell selects interim manager
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Fire sales are crippling metro Detroit communities, leaders say
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Starved Budgets Inspire New Look at Internet Gambling
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Wall Street's ride compounds states' pension fears
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Texas billionaire funds California pension overhaul group
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Factbox: U.S. Municipal Bankruptcies
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Orchestras:
Louisville Orchestra's bankruptcy may end soon
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Media:
Tribune ESOP settlement near
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Pensions:
PBGC, Harry & David reach deal on plan takeover
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Mail:
US Post Office Downsizing May Go Deep
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US Postal Service Reducing Workforce, Slashing Benefits
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Fraud:
Bernie Madoff's Wife Dumps Him
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Madoff's britches replacing lost riches
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Conn. Town Can't Sue Fairfield Greenwich
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Madoff trustee sues Abu Dhabi sovereign fund
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Olint money search - US prosecutors on the hunt for funds, assets
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David Smith Gets 30 Years in Ponzi Scheme
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Report: Mets file for dismissal of trustee suit
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New York Mets owners Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz, want Irving Picard's Madoff clawback thrown out
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Homes owned by Scott Rothstein set for foreclosure auction
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Lawyer Should Get as Long as 46 Months in Prison in Inside Case, U.S. Says
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Experts: Judge sends message with Ciavarella sentence
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Nigerian Behind $31 Million Scam Targeting Law Firms Extradited to US
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Economy:
Economists' outlook darkens: See 30% chance of recession
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The Road Ahead: Insolvency, Policy, and Economic Stress
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US Buckling Down for Long Economic Slog
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White House debates fight over economy
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Obama Meets with CEOs at the White House
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Consumer sentiment plummets nearly nine points
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US Retail Sales Up in July
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Low Rates May Do Little to Entice Nervous Consumers
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Consumer sentiment as grim as Carter malaise in 1980
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Wall St. Bailout: Too Big to Collect?
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World Bank: Markets heading to new danger zone
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The Limitations on Central Banks
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Quantitative Easing: Good for Rich, not for Poor
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Conventional Fed Wisdom, Defied
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Fed Officials Clash on State of Economy
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Locke to China: We'll Reduce Deficit
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Market Wary Investors Insure Millions in Cash
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US Credit Downgrade Was About Politics
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SEC Said to Scrutinize S&P Methodology, Possible Leaks of U.S. Rating
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Paulson Says Treasuries Are AAA, Political Process Isn't
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Sen. Coburn: Tax Rich, Give Them Less
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Krugman: Solve the crisis and end the turmoil
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Economic Stress Map
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Bailout Recipients
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Real Estate:
The US Government and the Foreclosure Crisis: Out of Ideas or Out of Will?
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Fannie Mae promises to keep families in homes, but instead pressures banks to foreclose
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Fully excused second-lien mortgages spike in June
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Home prices still poised to drop 5% by early 2012, say JPMorgan analysts
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Delinquent mortgage borrowers 25% above pre-crash levels
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Real estate brokers just want to move homes
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Big boost for home prices in Orlando
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Amount of Manhattan's distressed real estate assets falls
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Making Sense of Home Appraisals
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10 Housing Markets That Will Collapse in '11
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Private-label mortgage market in waiting game
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Mortgage fraud remains prevalent, organized crime involved: FBI
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Mortgage broker pleads guilty; Cincinnati RE agent indicted
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Bank of America Uses Attack Dog to Smear NY AG Schneiderman
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Blumenthal: Mortgage Servicer Misconduct Is Huge Problem
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At Vacant Homes, Foraging for Fruit
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Health Care:
Two tracks to completion: Hospital must receive state approval solve bankruptcy before sale is finalized
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Hoboken hospital chief's golden parachute irresponsible amid bankruptcy filing
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Peninsula Hospital Rally In Queens
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New York Senator Launches Investigation Into Peninsula Hospital's Bankruptcy
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US Appeals Court Rules Against Obamacare
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On Health Care and the Constitution: When Does the High Court Step In?
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Oil/Gas:
Brent edges up, above $108 as economic concerns ease
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High Oil Prices Don't Really Hurt Economies
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Recession Risk if Oil Prices Stay High
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Ethanol:
Closed ethanol plant to be sold
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Politics:
Obama job rating sinks below 40% for first time
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'Debt-ceiling hullaballoo devastated' approval
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Perry: 'Time to get America working again'
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Perry's Texas Jobs Boom: The Whole Story
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Issa Rips Perry's Texas Miracle
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Perry to Enter Race with Vulnerabilities
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Rick Perry's Crony Capitalism Problem
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Perry: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Are ' Ponzi Schemes"
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Perry Doesn’t ‘Buy Into The Premise’ That Rescuing America’s Auto Companies Saved Jobs
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And The Winner Is: Bachmann
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Bachmann Only Hates Gov't Some of the Time
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Bachmann Says Entitlements Should Be Cut
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Bachmann ‘Real Deal’ Isn’t Reagan-Style Compromise
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G.O.P. on Defensive as Analysts Question Party’s Fiscal Policy
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Signs Point to Senate Run by Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren Sounds Like a Senate Candidate
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Elizabeth Warren: Don't be coy
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Mass. GOP hits Warren over consultants
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Dem Senate hopefuls undeterred by Warren
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Religion:
Weakland, Sklba to be questioned as part of archdiocese bankruptcy
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Irish Chase Vatican Cash, Real Estate
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Paper:
Recycler Manistique Papers Seeks U.S. Bankruptcy Protection
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Autos:
Nothing masterful about auto bailout
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Saab Customers Abandon Automaker as Swedish Hometown Frets
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Suppliers forcing the issue of Saab bankruptcy
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GM stock holders yet to benefit from 15 years in China
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Avoidance Actions:
Dad's Looting Of Corporation By Making Gifts To His Kids Gets Them Caught Up In Fraudulent Transfers
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Building Materials:
California LBM chain closes
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Hotels:
Marriott Demands Right To File Restructuring Plan For Sawgrass
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Food/Beverage:
Giordano’s Suit Shines Light on Required Vendor Debate
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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
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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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Miscellaneous:
Lehman, Barzel, Harry & David, Hooters Casino: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy filings drop in Washington area
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Personal Bankruptcies Fall Nationwide
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Gambling:
Casino operator Affinity Gaming says business flat, profits down
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Litigation:
E-Discovery - Judge Grimm: ‘Mt. Hawley’ Set the Search Bar too High
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Federal Circuit Affirms $500K Sanction for Litigation Misconduct
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Banking:
Creditors, Shareholders Prepare For Washington Mutual Plan Showdown
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Société Générale Rises as a Global Worry
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Banks say Walmart finance services need regulation
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Is Bank of America Headed Toward Collapse?
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Banking enters the new world order
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WaMu : No justice, no peace (of mind)
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Tax:
Credit Suisse Likely to Settle Criminal Tax Probe
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Corporate Reform:
SEC ready for new whistleblowers
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GOP is politicizing consumer protection
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Biotech:
Ordway board in creditors' sights
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Education:
Ernst & Young, For-Profit School Still Face Lawsuit
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Aviation:
Air India Restructure Plan In Three Months
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History:
Aftershock to Economy Has a Precedent That Holds Lessons
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Retailing:
Jamestown Mall owner files for bankruptcy
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Retail center operator files Chapter 11
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Retail Sales Rise, but Pessimism Drives Consumer Sentiment to a 30-Year Low
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Not Much Made in China Stuff Sold Here
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Corporate Governance:
Courts should curb executive pay
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Sovereigns:
What would bankruptcy plan for US look like?
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UK:
Scots bankruptcy law under review
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Nearly 600 Charged in London Riots
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Rioters' benefits removal splits coalition
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UK gangs thrive in riots
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Cameron: We must reverse 'moral collapse'
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U.K. Court Backs Montenegro Steel-Mill Lenders, MNSS Says
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Smith Cooper unveils Leicester shake-up
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New insolvency recruit at Fraser Brown
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New 'pre-pack' rules to better protect creditors
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When Holidays 4U turns out to be 'no Holiday 2 anywhere'
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Credit cards dominate Brits' debt worries
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Debt worries swell to encompass half the nation
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Appointment of Administrators - 12 August 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 12 August 2011
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EU:
Bunds dip as stocks stabilise, ECB purchases eyed
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Bond Brush Fires Spreading in Europe
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Lira Gains 2nd Day on Possible Steps to Resolve EU Debt Crisis
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Setbacks May Push Europe Into a New Downturn
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France:
French Economy Ground to Halt in 2nd Quarter
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PIIGS:
Emergency Decree: Italy Approves Tough Austerity Measures
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Italy calls for euro bonds
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Soros suggests Greece, Portugal quit euro-zone
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Greek Economy Shrinks by 6.9%
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New Zealand:
Snow stalls Serepisos' bankruptcy hearing
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Russia:
Floating Nuke Plant Seized in Bankruptcy
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China:
US Woes Loom Over Biden's China Visit
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China Costs Start to Worry US Multinationals
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MENA:
Tens of Thousands Still Protesting in Israel
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Syria: More Mass Protests, 13 Dead
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Admissibility of the laws of liquidation on guarantor
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Vietnam:
Vietnam foreign debt hit 42% of GDP in 2010
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Denmark:
Denmark Plans Support Measures for Banks
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