Law:
Bonus Watch: Quinn Emanuel Rewards High Billers
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Jones Day Names Three New Bankruptcy Partners
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Advisers to Howrey bankruptcy collect fees 10 months after firm's dissolution
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After a Vote, Merger of Luce Forward and McKenna Long Still Not a Done Deal
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Fed to Death
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Delaware Judge Approves $285 Million in Lawyers’ Fees, $35,000/hour
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Goal Setting – Non-Billable Hour Edition
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A Partner’s Lament
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Do You Make 3xs Your Tuition?
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Exec ignores judge's order for records in bankruptcy case tinged with Catholic animosity
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Ex-BigLaw Partner Collapses in Court as Judge Warns of Likely Jail Time for Drunk-Driving Case Lies
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Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Barclays, BP, CDR Financial, UBS in Court News
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Verizon, Cablevision, Healthcare, JPMorgan in Court News
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For the Moment, All Eyes on the King & Wood-Mallesons Deal
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Twice in a month, a Reed Smith lawyer appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court
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‘Extraordinary Legal Event’ Unfolds as Man Exonerated of Wife’s Murder Seeks to Hold DA Accountable
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Even at Top Chicago Law Schools, Fewer Grads Go to Law Firms
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Is Going To UVA Law School Like Using Cocaine?
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To Stop the ABA, Do We Need to Allow Everybody to Start a Law School?
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Why new law grads don't report their salaries
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US Epidemic: Arrests of Young Adults
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Tebow Sniffs Out Kilo Of Cocaine
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Sued Over ‘Like’ Ads, Facebook Calls Users Public Figures to Whom Right of Publicity Doesn’t Apply
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Hash Browns Rage
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For The Lawyer Who Has Everything
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Shocking New Brittany Murphy Claim Says Toxic Mold May Have Killed Star - Mother Sues Attorneys
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Shoplifter Caught With Steak, Ribs, Smoked Turkey, Bags of Shrimp in Pants
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NYC Man Ticketed For Putting Trash Can Out -- 30 Minutes Early
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Mug Shots
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Judges:
Ex-Judges on Rakoff’s Citi Ruling
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New cookbook: eating like a Supreme Court justice
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Health Care Arguments Will Span Three Days
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Federal Judge Calls Blago Lawyer’s New-Trial Motion ‘Harebrained,’ Says Contempt Ruling Could Result --- Judge: Blago lawyers to 'apologize' to juror
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Lawyer’s Twin Stand-In Stunt at Preliminary Hearing Leaves Judge Furious
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Eye Of Newt
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As Judge Vacationed in China, Clerks Issued Warrants and Continuances
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Wall Street:
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance Before Housing-Starts Report
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European Stocks Advance as German Business Confidence Increases
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US stocks drop; Cii and other big banks fall hard
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Jefferies’s ‘Intensely Private’ Handler Lifts Firm’s Veil to Defend Legacy
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Yanked AT&T-TMobile Deal Could Cost Wall Street $150 Million
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Holiday Parties Still Over for Wall Street's Big Players
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Layoffs:
U.S. Underemployment in Mid-December Similar to a Year Ago
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10 Predictions For How The Workplace Will Change In 2012
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
Airports ask for AA fees to be separated in bankruptcy case
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Pinnacle Air Has 'High Probability' of Bankruptcy , Maxim Says --- Faces Falling Stock, Layoffs --- Furloughs 154 Memphis workers
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39% Don't Want to Fly
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The World's Only 1-Star Airline
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Municipalities:
Harrisburg, Pa. receiver converting worried critics
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H'burg financial custodian asks for extension
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Central Falls: Cuts for the Already Retired
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Is Rick Perry’s $92,376 pension a harbinger of a major fiscal crisis?
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Where Are the Municipal Bankruptcies? --- Meredith Whitney: Her Huge Call, One Year Later
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Now That the Factories Are Closed, It’s Tee Time
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Car Washes:
Danny's Family Cos. emerges from bankruptcy
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Retailing:
RoomStore wants to close 25 stores – and possibly more
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Too many shops, too few shoppers
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Marc Andreessen: Retailers Should Be Scared About 2012
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Politics:
Brown blasts GOP on payroll tax cut
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Politicking Law Prof Makes List of Top 10 Quotes of the Year
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Romney's Gordon Gekko Moment
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As Romney's firm profited in SC, jobs disappeared --- How vulnerable is Romney on Bain?
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Mitt Romney tells David Letterman Top Ten things he would say: 'It's a hairpiece'
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Gingrich Drops Below Ron Paul
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Ron Paul Back on Top in Iowa, New Poll Says
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Is Newt Gingrich Getting Rich Off His Zany Presidential Campaign?
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Bachmann: 'Condescending' Newt Talked To Me Like I Was His Student
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Corporate Reform:
Finally, the SEC gets serious
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McConnell Takes Every Single Judicial Nominee Hostage To Sabotage Consumer Protection Agency
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CFPB issues three interim final rules on consumer protection laws
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CFPB to Financial Whistleblowers: Let's Talk
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FINRA ordered $19 million returned to investors in 2011
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Why ‘self-regulating agency’ is an oxymoron
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Fraud:
Madoff Ex-Controller Cotellessa-Pitz Pleads Guilty to Role in Ponzi Scheme --- Says She Faked Books, Was Unaware of Theft
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Doctors, lawyers, Mom called for Stanford hearing --- Move to Trial or Treatment Argued in U.S. Court in Texas
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FBI Pulls Off Perfect Hedge to Nab New Insider Trading Class
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JPMorgan staffer admits insider trading
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Photography:
Kodak Struggles to Secure Financing
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Baseball:
Dodgers Seek to Settle Dispute Over Injured Pitcher
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McCourt insinuates Dodgers ticket prices too low
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Prospective Dodgers owners receive bid book
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Sale Book For Los Angeles Dodgers Shows Team Lost A Lot Of Money
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Shipping:
Greek Shipping Companies In Difficult Situation
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Forest Products:
Sino-Forest hit with default notices
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Personal Finance:
How This Family Of Three Lives Well On $20,000 A Year
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The Essential Bill-By-Bill Guide To Saving Money On Monthly Expenses
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Missing $4,155? It Went Into Your Gas Tank This Year
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Economy:
Payroll tax cut extension stuck in partisan fight
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GOP's Sen. Lugar 'hopeful' House passes payroll deal tonight --- Reid Says No Negotiations Until House Passes Senate Bill --- Boehner: House Will Reject Senate Payroll Tax Cut Agreement, Reopen Negotiations --- Payroll Tax: Congress on Strange Path --- The payroll tax cut, the pipeline and politics --- Has Boehner lost control --- House Delays Payroll Tax -Cut Vote
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Yield Gap Between US 2-, 30-Year Debt Drops on Crisis Concern
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Lacker sees no need for Fed to ease
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Lacker: Impediments to Growth Deeper, More Persistent Than Thought
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Dallas Fed chief blames politicians for stalled recovery
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Law Profs: Cap Income of One Percenters When Inequality Reaches ‘Tipping Point’
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Two-Month Tax-Cut Extension Makes No Sense
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ECB: Global contagion risks
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Dark Knight Rises Trailer Suggests Inequality Theme in Batman
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What's Behind The Shocking Collapse In Violent Crime?
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The 18 Most Hated Companies In America
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The Worst Run Companies in America
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Bankers and Billionaires Defend Top 1%
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Roubini: Euro Zone 'In Denial,' US Postpones Reforms
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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:
Senator wants full investigation of banks before deal is done
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NY AG, Feds team in bank mortgage probe
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Closer Look at S.E.C.'s Mortgage Fraud Charges
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In SEC's Fannie and Freddie Suit, What is a 'Subprime' Loan?
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Bondholders Tell RMBS Trustees To Investigate JPMorgan Loans
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Dirt Bonds: U.S. Bank Sued By Florida CDD
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Modification blunders bedevil US housing recovery
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NFMC Counseling Cuts Redefault Risk By 67%
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Delinquency Rate Creeps Up
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Home sales up for fifth-straight month
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Texas existing home sales rise 9%
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US Housing Heals Even as Damage Widens
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Home remodeling activity continues record rise
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U.S. One-Family Home Building in Worst Year: Chart
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Home Builders' Outlook Improves
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Florida justice shuts down foreclosure mediation program
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Nevada sues home foreclosure firm
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CMBS delinquencies hit 22-year high
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S&P report says upper, lower CMBS tranches likely to polarize
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Autos:
Ex-auto czar Steven Rattner 'clarifies' UAW pay cut comments
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Why GM Struggled in 2011
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Romney: Obama cut jobs, factories in GM restructuring
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Saab declares bankruptcy as GM blocks Chinese deal --- 'Neglected stepchild' never fully given a chance to thrive
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Who wins in Saab bankruptcy ? General Motors
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The People Who Will Miss Saab the Most
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Resale Value to Saab Over --- Warranty coverage “suspended” --- Loyalists lament passing of iconic brand --- Saab in pictures: A car that inspired devotion --- 5 Quirky Models
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Saab CEO, eternal optimist, reaches end of road
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Ex-Saab chief: 'rescue still possible'
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Still interest in Saab, now up to receivers --- Youngman has stopped all negotiations with Saab
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Renault to slash five models, third of dealers
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Banking:
Bank of America stock falls below $5
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Warren Buffett Is $1.5 Billion Underwater on His Bank of America Stock
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BofA's Former Chairman and CEO Might Be Regretting What He Said About The Bank On Friday
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It’s Not Just Bank of America Shares Sucking Wind
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Whose Job Is It to Punish Wamu Execs?
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Gretchen Morgenson's Disastrous Attack On The Latest WaMu Settlement
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Creditworthy banks are increasingly refusing trades from weaker peers
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Two Ways for Banks to Win
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Fed Rules Redefining Bank Oversight Said to Be Issued This Week
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New Fed regs offer banks no ho-ho-ho
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MF Global:
MF Global bankruptcy files a "disgraceful disconnect"
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MF Global Trustee Freeh Reports Using $2.4 Million in Cash Last Month
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MF Global Judge Considering Nine Investor Suits Against Ex-Chief Corzine --- What motivates Jon Corzine? --- Corzine Another Victim of the Alpha-Male Curse --- If it Gets Personal Between Corzine and Duffy, Go All In on Duffy
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Sorting through the MF Global debacle
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The 3 Most Important Lessons From the Collapse of MF Global
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The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global
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How George Soros ended up with MF Global's client money
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A Corporate Compliance (Officer)Lesson From MF Global
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Top Traders Give a Rare Inside Look...
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Hopes fading for MF Global sale, KPMG admits
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MF Global's U.K. Staff Face 'Threats of Violence,' KPMG Says
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KPMG still to locate nearly 20% of MF Global funds
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Consumer Finance:
The Money Tree files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Telecoms:
Phil Falcone's Telecom Start-Up Might Run Out Of Money By Q2 2012
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Protests:
99 Percent Tops List of Year's Best Quotes
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IP:
A Chip Too Far
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Health Care:
An Alarming 10% Of All Strokes Are Caused By Stress From Work
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Death Is a Growth Industry for Hospices; Lawsuits Detail Incentives for Referrals
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Derivatives:
Derivatives Exchange Looks To Offer Political Contracts
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Paper:
Judge OKs NewPage executive bonuses
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Debt Collection:
FTC Wins $300,000 Debt Collection Suit Against Payday Lender
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NY Man Charged With Murder of 73-year old woman in Elevator Fire - Owed Him Money
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Compensation:
Pushing Back on Clawbacks
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Asset Protection:
Too Much Control And Right To Access Neuters California Irrevocable Spendthrift Trust
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Alternative Energy:
Industry: Light bulb war a dim idea
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Tax:
Payroll Processors Fume as Congress Fiddles on Tax-Cut Extension
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Companies Hold 46% of Untaxed Foreign Profits in U.S. Assets
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Corporate America Puerto Rico Tax Break Shifts to Cayman Islands
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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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Miscellaneous:
Dodgers, WaMu, Madoff, Dynegy, Delta Pet., GenMar: Bankruptcy
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Rochelle on Delaware Judges Saved, Dodgers, SAREs Frozen
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:
Akin: Supreme Court to Address Secured Creditors' Right to Credit Bid
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Does a Single "Or" Excommunicate Congressional Intent From the Bankruptcy Code? Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split on Credit Bidding
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Jurisdiction:
Withdrawing the Reference in a Post-Stern World
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Plan Confirmation:
Torpedoing Plans 101: Court Refuses to Enforce Assignment of Junior Creditor’s Right to Vote on a Plan
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Insurance:
Directors and officers insurance declaws clawbacks
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Litigation:
Delaware's Default E-Discovery Developments
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Plaintiffs Have Their Own Duty to Preserve
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Fears of E-Discovery Burden Are Exaggerated
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Lehman:
JPMorgan Funds Claim $700 Million in Losses From Lehman
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Celebs:
Teresa Giudice Withdraws Bankruptcy & Resolves Fraud Lawsuit
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Michael Jackson Home Auction Rakes In The Money, But Not As Much As His Clothing
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Media:
Federal judge panel consolidates Tribune Co. shareholder suits
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Credit/Debit Cards:
Stolen Credit Cards Go for $3.50 at Amazon-like Online Bazaar
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Sovereigns:
The Meme that Refuses to Die: Government Debt Must Be Paid Back
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UK:
Company failures continue to slide as economic storm clouds slide
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Bankruptcy tourists cross Irish Sea --- Quinn business move is 'bankruptcy tourism' --- Irish bank challenges move to Northern Ireland --- Barrister ponders how 'unemployed' man can have a Northern office
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Quinn due back before the High Court
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UK refuses to contribute £25bn to eurozone rescue package
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U.K. going too far down anti-Europe road
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HMV warns of 'material uncertainties'
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Government sets out plans to reform the structure of banking in the UK
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Osborne calls time on RBS's global ambitions
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Royal Bank of Scotland Prepares for Massive Layoffs
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London authority clings to Battersea Station plans
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Appointment of Administrators - 19 December 2011
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EU:
German Push to Remodel Europe May Backfire
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European ministers seek S$340b in crisis funds
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Europe Channels $195 Billion to IMF as UK Shuns Crisis Aid --- Lending Plan on Shaky Ground --- EU urges world to aid eurozone via IMF
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EU fails to reach euro200 billion IMF loan target
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Hopes for Crisis Relief Ride on ECB Loans to Banks --- The Chart That Really Makes The Germans Furious
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DSK: No 'Firewall' Exists, Europe Has 'Only Weeks'
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'The Euro-Zone Bailout Programs Must Be Stopped'
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EFSF’s Regling Says €3 Trillion Already on Table for Euro Rescue
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Europe divide lingers on additional IMF loans
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ECB says eurozone leaders created 'cycle of risk'
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Draghi's Risky ECB Bet: Reject QE, Hope Merkozy Makes Bailout Fund Work
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Draghi’s Dose of Reality
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Draghi Tries To Free The ECB From The Grasp Of The Ratings Agencies, Forecasts Contraction With Austerity
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Eurozone risk rises to Lehman levels: ECB
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Stocks Decline Amid Draghi's Comments, Banks Tumble
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Jeffrey Sachs: Crisis Countries Must Pay Bills
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Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty? Depends if It’s European or American
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Staggering to the Rescue
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PIIGS:
IMF releases funds to Portugal
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Spain Said to Summon Banks to Urge Borrowing of 3-Year ECB Money
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Spain's new leader vows cuts of 16.5 bn euros
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Spain grits teeth yet again as austerity deepens
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Spain Short-Term Yields Plummet, Greece's Rise --- Italian Bond Yields Are Back On The Rise
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Greece: Gov’t stops tax refunds to everyone
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Greeks Bracing for Another Round of Tax Hikes
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Public Sector Cutbacks And Political Paralysis In Greece
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In 3 years, Greece's suicide rate has gone from the lowest to the highest in Europe
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Greek rescue frays as Irish crisis drags on
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Ireland wants its debt burden cut before considering new EU budget rules
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Quinn still got director's pay months after quitting group
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To survive, Italy must drastically reduce wages
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Germany:
German business confidence rises, consumer sentiment steady despite euro woes
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Netherlands:
Bankrupt aluminium maker ZALCO looks for buyer
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Argentina:
Argentina Shows World How to Beat the Economic Crisis
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North Korea:
North Korea's Horrific Economy And The Cost Of Reunification
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What Daily Life Was Like In North Korea Under Kim Jong Il
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Creepy Pictures From The Hidden 5th Floor Of A North Korean Hotel
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Kim Jong-il's youngest son "spent hours doing meticulous pencil drawings of Michael Jordan"
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The Top 10 Weirdest Things About Kim Jong-il
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A look inside North Korea's hidden trade in drugs, smuggling and counterfeiting
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The Dirty Little Secret About North Korea
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If You Think Capitalism Is Bad, Check Out What's Happened To North Korea
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China:
Krugman Joins The China Doom-Mongers
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A Shifting Market Stings Chinese Homeowners
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China's foundering replica of NYC is not a sign of a bubble. Nope. Not one bit
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Sweden:
Sweden cuts its main interest rate on eurozone fears
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Australia:
Six years' prison for Ariff insolvency fraud
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