Law:
Legal Outsourcing: Is the Bloom Already off the Rose? --- As new lawyers flood market, wages for US lawyers comparable to pay of lawyers in India
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Top law firm profits are up, but bonuses don't follow suit
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Bonus Watch: Debevoise and Plimpton Matches S&C --- Simpson Thacher and Cleary Matching S&C --- Kaye Scholer Tries to Confuse By Matching Cravath’s Year-End Bonus and Last Year’s
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Lawyers look at new ways to bill
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Anti-Catholic Bankruptcy Lawyer Merits Sanctions
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Philip Falcone's lawyer on hot seat with regulators
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U.S. Judge Rejects Motion to Disqualify Quinn Emanuel in AIG Suit Against BofA
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In a Court of Last Resort - Ruden McClosky Used Chapter 11 to Protect Its Sale Plan, Rather Than Perish
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MF Global, JPMorgan, HSBC, Pfizer, Wells Fargo in Court News
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HSBC-MF Global, AT&T, Sabre, Apple, AMR Corp. in Court News
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Crowell & Moring settles $5.5 mln suit involving fugitive lawyer
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Occupy Big Law
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From Biglaw to Boutique: Looks Like Rain
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Are Happy Times Here Again for IPOs?
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Growth In Federal Criminal Sentences
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The Squire Sanders Attorney Who Made the ‘Most Epically Awful’ Video of 2011
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Perkins Coie Gets E-Male; Does This Qualify as a Legal Response?
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Innovating: Upgrade Your Cofficing Digs with an Airstream Sport Camper :))
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Virtual Offices Offer Lawyers Prestige of Manhattan at Fraction of the Cost
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Civil Contempt Finding Against Ted Stevens Prosecutors Upheld by Circuit
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Client Alleges Attorney Promised a Win, Pressured Her to Settle
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Narcissus: Alive, Well and Practicing Near You
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State High Court Says Verrill Dana Partners Violated Ethics Rules by Failing to Monitor Lawyer
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How I Use My Android Tablet in Court
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Diversity: The Measure of a Plan
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Cooley Dean: Media, Not Market, Are Discouraging Legal Careers
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New Law School Job Posting Borders on the Absurd
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Univ. of Texas law school dean resigns after pay battle --- Dean Ousted As Rumors Fly --- Turmoil at Texas
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Yale, Harvard, Stanford ... UC Irvine?
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Unorthodox Pa. Lawyer Preps for Sandusky Hearing
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UN Calls For 'International Climate Court of Justice'... Would force nations to pay 'climate debt'
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Woman charged in injection death
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Woman caught making meth inside Walmart
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Lawyer Falsely Accuses State Trooper of Using Anti-Semitic Slur, Loses Law License for 6 Months
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Friends angry, relieved about arrest of Colorado lawyer, financier who vanished in 2007
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Women charged with stealing neighbor's Christmas ornaments
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Saudi Man Sentenced to 2,080 Lashes, 13 Years in Prison
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Wife Allegedly Tried to Cut Off . . .
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Homeowner's Association Confiscates Family's Virgin Mary Statue
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Judges:
Appeals court chilly toward challenge to gay judge
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Americans want to see High Court's healthcare hearings on TV
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Judge Blasts ‘Spectacularly Incompetent’ Lawyers After Man With Iron-Clad Alibi Is Convicted
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Judge Orders Homeless Man to Get a Job
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So You're Just Sitting In The Courtroom
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Wall Street:
Stock futures signal lower Wall St open
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US stocks soar on consumer sentiment; Dow up 1.55%
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Stocks rise, celebrating European nations' deal
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Stocks close sharply higher as most of Europe agrees to fiscal coordination plan
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The Amazing Life Of The Queen Of Wall Street: Sallie Krawcheck --- Sallie to ride again
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8 Hilarious And Horrifying Tales From Dating Wall Streeters
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How Wall St. engineers a merry year end
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Top Street talent grab bigger bonuses
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Layoffs:
Army Cuts 8,700
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Obama Says Jobless Rate Could Drop to 8%
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Is the US Job Market About to Rev Up?
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Trapped by $50,000 Degree in Low-Paying Job Is Increasing Lament
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Unemployment Dips, but That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year
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Why Is Anyone Asking Why We Don't Have Enough Jobs?
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No, Entrepreneurs Like Steve Jobs Do Not 'Create Jobs' By Inventing Products Like The iPhone
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Your Employees Are Not Entrepreneurs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
Karl Rove Super PAC: Elizabeth Warren Is A Class Warrior AND She's Too Cozy With Wall Street ---Warren Strikes Back at Karl Rove on TARP Ad --- Brown slams outside attack ads --- Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street Shill
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Occupy's next step: Elizabeth Warren
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Poll: 66% of Americans Say Throw Out Congress
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Romney: 'Entitlement' society means 'we're all poor'
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Dems Move To Ban 'occupy' From 2012 Convention --- 1968 all over again?
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Noonan: Gingrich Is Inspiring -- and Disturbing --- Gripes Aside, Gingrich Poised to Win Conservatives
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Rick Perry Tackles the Supreme Court, and, Well . . .
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Huntsman Targets Wall Street Behavior to Draw Contrast to Romney
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Mitt Romney Just Tried To Make A $10000 Bet With Rick Perry --- The Real Problem With Romney's $10000 Bet Offer
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MF Global:
Chicago broker shows 'em the money post MF Global
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Judge OKs release of $2B to MF Global customers
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MF Global's Bankruptcy Trustee Finally Pinpointed The Shady Trades In Customer Accounts --- Probe uncovers shady pre-fall trades
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A Risk Once Unthinkable
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A Romance With Risk That Brought on a Panic
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Corzine's Testimony Came With Plenty of Caveats
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MF may happen again
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HSBC Sues MF Global Over $850,000 of Gold
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Political ties win Corzine respect in Congress --- Mr. Corzine Goes to Washington, With No Pull
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Corzine's testimony is 'height of disbelief,' says Congressman
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Fleckenstein on MF Global Bankruptcy
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That $1.2 billion? It's around here some place --- MF Global Money Missing Forever? --- Jon Corzine the Teflon CEO: He doesn't know where the 1.2 billion dollars is --- Just Answer The Darn Question Corzine
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Enough Everyone, The MF Global Failure Doesn't Vindicate The Volcker Rule At All
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Freight:
Rail Traffic increased in November
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Personal Finance:
Most Lottery Winners Lose It All In Three Years
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Student Debt:
These College Degrees Are Worth The Student Loan Debt
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Municipalities:
Harrisburg Council Appeals Bankruptcy Decision
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Mayor's wish list should include a financial guru
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Harrisburg receiver David Unkovic to weigh in on city debt crisis
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Jefferson County Bankruptcy Should Be Thrown Out, Creditors Say
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Detroit: Drastic Steps to Avoid Bankruptcy
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NY's Tax Overhaul, Said to Raise Taxes on the Rich, Actually Doesn't
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Public Retirement Ages Come Under Greater Scrutiny --- States Expand Lucrative Pensions to More Jobs
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Northeast States Cut Heating Aid to Poor
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States Post Another Strong Quarter for Taxes
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Economy:
Consumer Sentiment increases in December
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US trade deficit in October shrinks to $43.5 billion
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The Most Bullish Trend In The Economy Right Now...
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Bank Credit Highest Since Before Lehman Bankruptcy as Expansion Continues
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Sesame Street Muppet Pitches Government Dependence: Free Food at School -- 'Deficit Reduction'
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Finally, A Rich American Destroys The Fiction That Rich People Create The Jobs
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Why America's top tax rate could be over 80% without hurting growth
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Arguing Over a Tax Cut Nobody Noticed
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Here's What's Wrong With The Lipstick Index
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Paulson Hedge-Fund Chat Just Business as Usual
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What Happens When the World's Economic Growth Engine Goes Kaput
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Euro Crisis Pits Germany and U.S. in Tactical Fight
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Countries with the widest gap between the rich and the poor
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Trillion Dollar Bailouts is Crony Capitalism
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No One Says Who Took $586B in Fed Swaps
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A More Open Fed May Disguise Risk
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Obama: Economic Fix Could Take Years
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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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Real Estate:
American Airlines, Bankruptcy, and the Housing Bubble
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Report: Iowa AG says mortgage deal to be done by Christmas
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Ex-FDIC Chief Bair Top Pick for Bank Monitor In Foreclosure Settlement
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Now it's 'Occupy foreclosed homes' --- Occupy Our Homes Makes a Move
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BofA developing foreclosure rental programs to deal with distressed properties
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Hot real estate markets begin to cool
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JPMorgan warns home prices face another 5% decline
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Fitch expects ailing real estate markets to improve
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Mortgage Debt Lowest in Nearly 5 Years
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Why US Housing Market May Be 'Ready to Turn Around'
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Here's How Much Buyers Are Really Putting Down For A Mortgage
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Ex-Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo Is Selling His California House
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Two Mortgage Meltdown Whistle-Blowers
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At 1st Circuit, two ex-lawyers appeal mortgage fraud convictions
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CMBS delinquencies decline for fourth straight month
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EpiCentre lender files suit against Ghazi, Cornelson, Johnston Allison & Hord law firm
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Israeli developers lose their shirts in Las Vegas
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Lehman Said to Prepare $1.3 Billion Bid for Archstone Stake
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Aviation:
AMR Bankruptcy Creates Opening to Speed Cutbacks at Eagle Unit
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American may be in bankruptcy but battle with Sabre continues
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The Unprofitable Skies
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TWU leadership to locals: We're handling the AA bankruptcy case, not you
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Players Eye Buying American
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American Airlines spent $1.33M on 3Q lobbying --- American Airlines pilots lobbied about bankruptcy
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No Second Round Of Debt Restructuring For Kingfisher By Banks
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Baldwin blames 9/11 security for airliner ruckus --- Baldwin goes onto SNL, apologizes to himself
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"They chewed through the restraints"
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Retailing:
US online holiday sales up 15 percent to $ 24.6B
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Furor surrounds Amazon's comparison-shopping app
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Is The Pawn Shop New Spot For Holiday Shopping?
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Here's What Happened To The Woman Who Attacked Black Friday Shoppers With Pepper Spray --- Lawyer : Walmart Pepper-Sprayer Was Defending Kids
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Education:
Student Has Meltdown In Library Over Other Students 'Breathing Too Loudly'
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Corporate Reform:
Watchdog threatens action against Democrat donor's hedge fund --- Regulators could sanction Falcone---Falcone's Harbinger to Halt Withdrawals as SEC May Sue Fund
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Sheila Bair Doesn’t Know What The Volcker Rule Prohibits --- Bair: We Need a New Volcker Rule for Banks
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Rakoff takes aim at the settlement process
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Advocates explore constitutional powers to appoint consumer nominee
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The Partisan Fight Over Consumer Protection
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Chemicals:
DuPont cuts full-year outlook
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Protests:
Occupy Protesters to Take on Ports Monday --- Goldman Sachs Top Target of Occupy Protests at West Coast Ports --- ILWU opposes Occupy port blockade
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Law & Order: SVU Set Occupied by Wall Street Protesters
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You Can Thank The Occupy Movement For These New Taxes On Millionaires In California And New York
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#OccupyFail: “Occupy Harvard” Left Vacant — This is What Anarchy Looks Like
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Banking:
European crisis: Banks' hesitance to lend has ripple effects in the US
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Pay for Our Mistakes? Not Us
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Celebs:
10 Things Star Athletes Need to Know (and Do)To Not End Up Bankrupt at 50
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The Broke and the Beautiful: American Airlines Edition
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Funeral Services:
More Americans Are Forgoing $10000 Funerals Than Ever Before
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Distressed Investing:
And Just Like That, Phil Falcone Told His Investors Withdrawals Are Suspended
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Falcone follies
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Who Is Phil Falcone?
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Harbinger’s LightSquared Faces Its Own Challenges
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Why Is Phil Falcone in Trouble with the SEC?
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Mail:
Proposed postal cuts worry businesses
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Postal Service plant closures will be 'a mess'
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Corporate Governance:
Delaware's Chancery grapples with multijurisdictional litigation
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Lehman:
Lehman Told Not to Pay Gleacher for Advice on Archstone
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Health Care:
New hospital likely to open at old Pascack Valley facility
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Aunt Midge Not Dying in Hospice Reveals $14 Billion U.S. Market
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Private Equity:
Private equity trapped in 'zombie funds'
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Religion:
Henderson church, bank reach bankruptcy settlement
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Catholic officials failed to report sex abuse
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Ethanol:
Buyers sought for Levelland ethanol plant
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Resorts:
Peek'n Peak's previous owners fight over $8.5M
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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
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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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Miscellaneous:
Rochelle on Madoff, Syms, Garlock, Bankruptcies
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Vitro, Lehman, MF Global, Dodgers, Madoff, Syms: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Mass Torts:
How to Achieve a Lasting Peace in Mass Tort Settlements
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Litigation:
'Pippins v. KPMG' Order Highlights Preservation Burdens
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Setoffs:
Another Blow to Triangular Setoff in Bankruptcy: "Synthetic Mutuality" No Substitute for the Real Thing
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Jurisdiction:
The Stern Files
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Ethics:
Corporate Bankruptcy Raises a Question of Ethics
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Fraud:
The Lasting Shadow of Bernie Madoff
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Frustration mounts over Madoff backlog
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Ex-Madoff Employee Lipkin Continues Cooperation; Sentencing Rescheduled
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Stanford's donations still stain lawmakers' hands
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Scott Rothstein to Face 30 Lawyers in Depo Equivalent of Speed Dating! --- Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein on stand today
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Court affirms 50-year sentence for Ponzi schemer Petters
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Olympus Auditor Ernst & Young to Probe Accounting, Judgment
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$150 Million Mortgage Fund Ponzi Scheme
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Food/Beverage:
One Bad Apple Can Spoil the Whole Company
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How A&P emerged from bankruptcy quagmire
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Newspapers:
Newspaper group Lee Enterprises files for bankruptcy
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Tax:
Swiss and U.S. Officials Inch Closer to a Tax-Row Deal
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Government Loans:
The price of Solyndra, Open Range
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Subprime Finance:
Thinking Deeply on Risky Mortgage Lending
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Pensions:
Only 6 Countries Have Sound Pension Systems, And America Isn't On The List
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Sovereigns:
OECD: Animal Spirits Are Behind Soaring Sovereign Borrowing Costs
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UK:
Cameron Veto Sees UK Alone as Europe Pushes for Fiscal Unity--- Why the veto, and will Britain pay a price?
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Cameron's long night's journey into the political unknown
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Don't Blame David Cameron For Opting Out Of The Euro Deal
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Britain faces increasing isolation from Europe
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UK Regulator Seeks Future Fines for Managers in RBS Report
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Cornwall Is Britain's Bankruptcy Capital
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Scots top personal bankruptcy stakes
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Damning RBS report urges law change
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Alarm over payday loans
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A&O, Bingham and CC among firms on €1.3bn Quinn restructuring
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EU:
Eurozone Solution: Aaah, So That's How They're Trying To Do It!
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Euro Undermined as Draghi Undoes Trichet Rates
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World Sours on Europe Agreement
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Euro slides as summit deal glow fades
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Snags, diversions - and the crisis goes on
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Euro Falls as Moody's Says Ratings Will Be Reviewed; Krona Drops
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Latest Plan for Europe Fails to Wow Investors
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Euro Weakens After ECB, EU Leaders Fail to Boost Confidence
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New treaty splits European Union ---Official: New euro accord to include 23 countries --Europe Is About To Enter A 'Legal Minefield' With New Treaty --- Brussels Summit Will Not Avert Eurozone Crisis
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Euro Extremely Prone To Collapse After EU Lackluster Rescue Effort
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Growth Is Not an Easy Solution for Europe's Woes
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Europe is locked in a dance of death with its banks
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It Looks Like Saving Europe Will Once Again Depend On The Taypayers
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European Banks Hunt for Ways to Increase Capital
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Why the Euro Isn't Finished
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IMF Seeks Funds for European Debt Crisis as US Stands Back --- Euro Zone Agreement Only Partial Solution: IMF --- IMF seeks funds from the world, US not to participate
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Europe May Have Just Opened Pandora's Box
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The EU's Camouflaged Bazooka? --- Blunderbuss Replaced by Peashooter
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Euro Breakup Trades Take Hold
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Europe Friday
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Sarkozy 'snubs' Cameron handshake
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Summit ends with mixed results --- The Failure of a Forced Marriage
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Britain stands alone after David Cameron’s historic veto
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Angela Merkel Is Using The Rest Of Europe To Buffer Germany From The Coming Threat Of China - Business Insider
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Worries grow over IMF loans ---Euro States to Shift $267 Billion to IMF as Focus Shifts to Deficit Deal
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Nicolas Sarkozy: 'Never has Europe been in more danger'
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Britain ponders new status as odd man out
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New 'Fiscal Discipline' Treaty in Eurozone Crisis --- Britain, Germany and France -- Europe's reluctant dance partners
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ECB's Nowotny Says Rumor ECB Could Expand Bond-Buying Is Wrong
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Forget Hours Worked, This Is The Statistic That Tells You How Hard Europe Is Working
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The Man Who Said No to Europe
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Comparing Bureaucracy: No Wonder The Euro Zone Is In Crisis
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PIIGS:
Soros Goes Long on Italian Bonds
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Due To Austerity, The Italian Catholic Church May Have To Begin Paying Property Tax
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Italian Yields Are Jumping, And Markets Are Falling Again
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Greek debt crisis no nearer resolution
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Greece Braces For Troika Scrutiny And Creditor Talks
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The ignored part of the problem
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Tradesmen?s cry of agony
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Tax avalanche coming in 2012
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Ireland May Have To Renege On Pay Deal
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20 Banks That Are Praying Europe Doesn't Go Bust
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Russia:
Moscow Rocked By Biggest Protests Since The Fall Of The USSR
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A Russian Political Strategist Explains Exactly How He Helped Rig The Election
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MENA:
Egypt's economic woes mount
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China:
Cloudy Risk View in China
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