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Law:
The Dangerous Life of the Service Partner
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Milbank PPP Rises 12 Percent to $2.5 Million
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Bonus Watch: Winston & Strawn
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Adviser: Howrey's End Wasn't Foregone Conclusion
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Four Firms Advise as DISH Raises Offer for Bankrupt DBSD
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Money-Center Law Firms Rake in the Dough
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The Latest Foreclosure Fallout Could Further Mangle The Legal System
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New Suit Against Juridica Exposes Cracks in Litigation Funding Model
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LyondellBasell Chapter 11 Wins M&A Advisor 2011 Turnaround Award
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James Bond, Esq.: License to Lose?
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Biglaw Firms Poised To Help Japanese Relief Efforts
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Law Firm Offers Better, Cheaper Medical Benefits via Self-Insurance Plan
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‘Significant Core’ of Clark Thomas Forms New Firm at Same Offices
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Up to 180 Lawyers Will Be Looking for Jobs with Dissolution of Yoss Law Firm
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Harvey Miller Interviewed on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart"
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Trying to Recruit Gen Y Lawyers? Focus on Innovation and Lifestyle Rather than Tradition
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Rajaratnam, Massey, Madoff, Zijin, Devon Energy in Court News
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Wave bye-bye – how to quit a law firm without burning your bridges
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BigLaw Firm Sued Over Decade-Old Tax Advice
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Only in NYC: Mother v. Pre School
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Daddy's Girl
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Why People Don’t Like Lawyer Tenants, Redux
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IIIIIIIIIII Keep On Falling, In(House) ... and Out of Love ... With YOU!!!
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A Thing Like This Could Give Going In-House a Bad Name ...
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Mandatory Mediation in Italy? Mamma Mia!
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Girl Who Did Not Go Wild Gets a $3 Million Judgment Thanks to Ashley Dupré
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"Trash torts"
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Man Watering Neighbor's Lawn Fights Cops
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Woman mistaken for Spitzer gal pal in Girls Gone Wild internet video awarded $3 million
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Small Firms: Meet Two Happy Partners In Law And In Life
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Town Declares "Food Sovereignty," Inspiring a Movement
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Attorney, Two Firms Have Brushes With Scammers
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Bobby Unser vs. the U.S. Government
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White House pushes prison for intellectual property crimes
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Smartphone, Dumb Idea: Using Blue-and-Red Light App to Pull Over Fellow Motorist
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Manhattan Mom Sues Pricey Preschool for Spending Too Much Time on Play
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Judges:
HAZMAT situation at bankruptcy court
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Bankruptcy Court to fill Rochester vacancy
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Celebrates 78th Birthday
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Federal courts face shutdown as well under impasse
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‘Dire Consequences’ for Courts If Federal Funding Fails Could Include Late Legal Fees Payments
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With Budget in Flux, Administrators Put the Brakes on Use of JHOs
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Supreme Court Justices Are Nerds
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Filings in the Federal Judiciary Continued to Grow in Fiscal Year 2010
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Sotomayor: Inequality in Education Biggest Hurdle to Diversity
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Wall Street:
Stock futures fall amid Japan, Mideast fears
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Japanese Stocks May Defy Earthquake, Gain as Global Demand Drives Exports
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Asian stocks rise as Japan's Nikkei rebounds
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Stocks Slump Worldwide as Investors Flee Risk
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Japan's market uncertainties mirror Tokyo mood
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Layoffs:
19,000 educators getting pink slips in Calif.
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Jobless Claimant Count Falls, Wages Up
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:
FDIC Seeks Comment on Clawbacks for Executives at Failed Financial Firms
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FDIC too Slow to Sue Officers of Failed Banks
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FDIC proposes liquidation pecking order
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Citigroup Tops List of Banks Who Received Federal Aid
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Anonymous’ Perplexing Leak of Bank of America Documents
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Foreign Bankers Flee Tokyo as Nuclear Crisis Deepens
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Utilities:
Energy secretary defends U.S. nuclear industry
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US committed to nuclear power but wants to learn from Japan crisis
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Germany Shuts 7 Reactors for 3-Month Review
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Emerging Economies Move Ahead With Nuclear Plans
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Retailing:
Borders gets 90 more days to negotiate leases
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Borders Wins Approval of $505 Million Bankruptcy Loan From GEEC-Led Group
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General Growth Properties Releases Bankruptcy Bonuses
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Davis-Kidd Parent's Bankruptcy Draws Ire
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Food/Beverage:
Winter Blamed for Steakhouse's Bankruptcy Filing
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Indian restaurants entrepreneur vows comeback from Ch. 11
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Eatery's blizzness woe
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Trucking:
YRC Worldwide misses restructuring milestone, warns of bankruptcy potential
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Golf:
Golf course developer buys failed Pinemoor course
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Satellites:
Dish Network Negotiates Revised $1.5 Billion Offer for Bankrupt DBSD
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Derivatives:
Buffett Bid Burns Default Swap Traders Betting on Lubrizol LBO
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Consumer Debt:
Payday lenders boost spending on lobbying, campaigns
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Tax:
Ex-New York City Council President Avoids Jail Time In Tax Case
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IRS Nearly Doubles Audits of Wealthy's Tax Returns
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Enron Whistleblower Scores $1.1M Reward from IRS
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Trucking:
YRC Worldwide warns of bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:
When an energy company faces bankruptcy
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Toll Roads:
South Bay toll road steps away from emerging from bankruptcy
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Debt, Reframed
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Health Care:
Judge to decide fate of donated funds
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Economy:
FOMC Decision: No Change To Rate, Recovery Is On A Firmer Footing, No Mention Of Japan
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Steady Fed sees firmer economy, watchful on oil
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Fed Faces Widening Risks: Inflation vs. Growth
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Manufacturing in New York Area Grew at Faster Pace in March Amid Recovery
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Fed to Assess Multiple Trouble Zones
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If Market Keeps Falling, Fed Will Keep Printing: 'Dr. Doom'
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World wide effects of Japan disaster
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Crisis Adds New Risk to Recovery
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Gauging Disaster’s Toll on an Economy
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Meltdown Macroeconomics
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Retirement Confidence Falls in Past Decade
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Watchdog says TARP helps perpetuate "Too big to fail"
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Gov't Panel Issues Mixed Final Verdict on Bailouts
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TARP's Lower Cost Reflects Troubles Of Foreclosure Effort - Panel
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TARP price tag at $25 billion; rescue losses to be smaller
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Huh? Greenspan: Stimulus Hurt Recovery
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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:
Fewer CMBS loans make scheduled balloon payments in February
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Mortgage Applications Fell Last Week
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Geithner seeks quick foreclosure pact with banks
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Geithner: Consumer Bureau Won't Be Party To Mortgage Settlement
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Obama Administration Pushing For Banks To Modify Millions Of Mortgages
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Geithner defends consumer agency's role in talks on deal with mortgage firms
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AGs clash over proposed mortgage settlement
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Walsh Says Single Foreclosure Possible
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Factbox: States' mortgage settlement proposal with banks
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Freddie Mac and Florida foreclosure law firm part ways
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Housing needs mortgage servicing standards: OCC
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Texas bill to prevent HOA foreclosures on active military passes committee
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DE bill would aid struggling homeowners
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IA: Big banks foreclose on homes lost to '08 flood
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Residential Remodeling Index shows strong increase year-over-year
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US Homebuilder Confidence Rose in March on Sales Expectations
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Builders Probably Began Work on Fewer US Houses in February
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Southern California home sales, prices remain sluggish
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Housing Official to Take Lobbying Job
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Homeownership should not be part of the American Dream
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Do Republicans Lack Consensus on Plan for Fannie, Freddie?
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Freddie Mac’s Former Chief May Face S.E.C. Action
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Statler to be sold Wednesday
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Foreclosure.com nears end of bankruptcy ordeal
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Man Charged With Arson For Burning His Foreclosed Home
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Another Lawsuit Filed Against Bankrupt Las Vegas Real Estate Developer
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GSEs inflated subprime balloon before it popped: Cato Institute
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Issa Seeks Data on Whether GSEs Still Buy ‘Risky’ Mortgages
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Judge names guardian for injured Mastro
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First Bank takes steps against developer John Kline
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Beazer Homes Directors Sued by Teamsters Funds Over Executive Compensation
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Deadline set for Pacific Towers bankruptcy plan
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Distressed Property Numbers Set to Rise Worldwide
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Fraud:
In the Raj Rajaratnam Trial, E-Mail Lessons Learned, but . . .
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Rajaratnam Jury Hears Wiretaps of Ex-Goldman Director
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In Raj Case, Much Talk Monday of Tips on Big Tech Deal
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The Battle Is ON As Raj Witness Anil Kumar And Defense John Dowd Yell At Each Other
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In Cross-Exam of Rajaratnam Witness, Sparks Fly
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Galleon Executive Wanted to Use Burner Phones, Witness Says
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Anil Kumar Has A Message For Raj: "Look Who's Laughing Now!"
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Rajaratnam Was Told by Gupta Goldman Sachs Considered Buying Wachovia, AIG
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Goldman Board's Talk of Wachovia, AIG Buyout Leaked to Rajaratnam by Gupta
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Rajaratnam Favored Chiesi's Tips on AMD, Kumar Tells Galleon Trial Jurors
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Did Raj Rajaratnam Not So Subtly Suggest Anil Kumar Should Trade S-- Favors For Inside Information?
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Ruth Madoff Has $14 Million From Fraud Scheme in BNY Account, Trustee Says
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Madoff Caught In New Ponzi
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Bernie Madoff Would've Made a Fine NFL Owner
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Guilty Plea in Fraud Case Tied to TARP
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US Attorney recommends 9- year sentence for Kurlemann
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Rowan gets 14 months ... and a tongue-lashing
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Texan Charged in $100M Fraud Case
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Decade-old Heartland fraud case nearing end
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Easy-to-recover assets from Fair Finance sold
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CFTC charges Michigan firm in $45M Ponzi
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Ex-Adviser Out of Jail After 11 Years, Including 7 for Contempt
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Corporate Reform:
Regulators Worry a Case May Limit Ability to Police Wall Street
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Warren girds to defend reg reform
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President Warren's Empire
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Building the new consumer bureau
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Warren Defends Openness of Consumer Bureau to Congress, Public
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UBS Is Being Investigated Over Possible Manipulation of the Libor
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Republicans fight Dodd-Frank one provision at a time
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Randy Neugebauer On Elizabeth Warren's Consumer Agency: 'I Don't Like Them'
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Accountability for consumer financial protection
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Study Calls For SEC Overhaul
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Four People Who Get Why Wall Street Can Scoff
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Public Database for Safety Complaints Goes Live
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Autos:
Global carmakers fear Japanese parts shortages
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GM Falls to Lowest Since IPO on Rising Oil Prices
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Car Dealers Fear Ripple Effect of Earthquake
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Japanese Disaster: What Are The Impacts On The Auto Industry?
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Toyota Is Losing $73 Million A Day Due To The Japanese Catastrophe
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Japan's automakers: Down but not out
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Toyota says to keep 12 assembly plants shut to Mar 22
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Toyota to Reopen Seven Parts Plants in Japan; Shares Surge
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GM Execs Meet with Washington Leaders
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18 Ford execs to share $34M under retention plans
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China's Car Sales Slowed in February
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Toyota, Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Close to Agreement on Evidence
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Municipalities:
Bentley supports bankruptcy over sewer debt
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What about it? Bankruptcy for Jefferson County?
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2 Jefferson County, Ala. commissioners say governor would support bankruptcy
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13 signs of a comeback in Detroit
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The economy has been bad to both public and private-sector workers
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Mich. lawmakers broaden emergency managers' powers
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Emergency managers bill waits for governor's signature
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Angry Retirees Converge On Lansing To Protest Budget Plan
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California: Teacher Pink Slips Arrive Today
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Union: 19K teacher layoff slips so far in Calif
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Victorville, California, Faces Insolvency
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Miami-Dade mayor ousted in recall vote; anger over tax hike
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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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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Insurance:
10 Insurance Stocks With Significant Exposure To The Catastrophe In Japan
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Quake, tsunami could cost European reinsurers 8% of premiums
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Earthquake Losses May Be Limited for Japanese Non-Life Insurance Providers
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Miscellaneous:
DBSD, Rittenhouse, Local Insight, Lehman, Madoff: Bankruptcy
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Ssangyong, Rodovid Bank, Pfleiderer, Powerfuel Bid: Bankruptcy
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Lehman, Innkeepers, Blockbuster, Jackson: Bankruptcy
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Filing Bankruptcy From Outside the USA
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Finance:
In re Chemtura Corporation: An Analysis of the Enforceability of Make-Whole and No-Call Provisions
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Compensation:
March (Money) Madness
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Bank CEO pay creeping back to bad old days
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Lehman:
Lehman Said to Seek Partner for Residential Property Development Projects
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Silver Point Pursues Tiffany & Co.'s Claim Against Lehman
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Probe of Lehman Brothers Executives Raises Doubt
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Fading Chance of Charges in Lehman Case
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Newspapers:
Newspaper Ads Hit 25 Year Low
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Credit Cards:
The card revolution: Wall Street may be the new Egypt
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Small Banks and Debit Interchange Reform: Winners or Losers?
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9 Senators Seek to Delay Debit Card Fee Changes
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Museums:
Bankruptcy Trustee Throws Hail Mary in Heisman Fight
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Hotels:
MSR Resorts to Draw $5 Million of $30 Million Loan
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Bank forecloses Hotel Mead
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Viaticals:
New Stream, Life Settlement Company, Under SEC Investigation, Lawyer Says
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UK:
Ruthless suppliers at fault for pre-pack administrations
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HMRC fails to fast-track football insolvency case
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Appointment of Administrators - 15 March 2011
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Winding Up Petitions - 15 March 2011
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EU:
Euro-Zone Ministers Stall on Bailout Details
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Noonan Seeks More Support For Banks
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Germany:
German Investor Confidence Unexpectedly Drops for First Time Since October
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Canada:
Bankruptcy verdict may change face of Bamfield
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Japan:
Workers Strain to Retake Control After Blast and Fire at Japan Plant
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Radiation spikes at reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
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Workers flee Japanese nuclear plant as radiation surges
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Photos Show Massive Nuke Plant Damage, Cooling Operation Aborted, Fears Grow At Reactors #5 And #6
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Setback in Fight to Control Reactors
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The Future of Nukes, and of Japan
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Officials Make Gains as Nuclear Crisis Sparks Rift
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Reactor Design Caused GE Scientist To Quit In Protest
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1989 Article: "How A Tokyo Earthquake Could Devastate Wall Street & The Global Economy"
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Japan helicopter unable to drop water on to stricken reactor
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Death toll rises, stocks plunge, foreigners flee as nuclear crisis escalates
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Millions in Japan Freeze without Electricity
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Radiation Fears Threaten Relief Effort
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Latest Japan News at a Glance
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Anxiety Spreads to Japan's Neighbors
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Chernobyl clean-up expert slams Japan, IAEA
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Japan Grapples With Radiation Risk
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Electricity Outages Amplify the Anger
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Rebuilding Northeast Japan to Take Years, Billions
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Japan's Government Likely to Bear Much of the Loss
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Tokyo Restaurants Brace for Tough Times
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Quake Roils Tech Supply Chain
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`Worst Case' Nuclear Disaster in Japan Hangs on Unlikely Events
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Tokyo Electric may be held liable for nuclear plant explosions
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Some Expats Head for Exits
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In Japan, Eventually A Big Buying Opportunity
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5 sectors hit hardest by Japan's crisis
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MENA:
Problems Grow as Egypt's Exchange Stays Closed
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Gadhafi Forces Push Libyan Rebels to Brink
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Qaddafi Crushes The Rebels On Both Fronts
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US Freezes Assets Of Libya's Foreign Minister
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UN: No Consensus on Libya No Fly Zone
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Two Protesters Dead as Bahrain Declares State of Emergency
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Oil rises above $98 in Asia as traders eye Bahrain, Libya violence
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Drydocks World debt revamp likely next month
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Mexico:
Cemex’s Troubles Highlight Broader Risks For Investors In Mexico
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Vitro Bankruptcy Case Rejected in Court Report, El Norte Says
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Korea:
Busan Savings Bank and Affiliates Under Probe
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PIIGS:
EU: Very Satisfied With Irish Bank Restructuring Thus Far
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German Banks Give Ireland Leverage
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European Central Banks Play Hot Potato With PIIGS Bonds
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Pressure on Portugal After New Credit Downgrade
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Portugal Raises $1.4 Bln Despite Debt Downgrade
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Czech Republic:
Number of firms in insolvency grows by 6.2% in 2010
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