Law:
2011 Holiday Gifts for Lawyers: Harvey Birdman, Red-Tape Cuff Links, Bobbleheads and Tech Toys
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Top 5 Tips for Escaping From the Office During the Holidays
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You Want Your Bonus? We Want Your Time Sheets.
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When Will The Bonuses Come Out?
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Peering Into the Minds of Law Firms' Young Lions
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The economic crisis means there are bargains, and pitfalls, in M&A
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DLA Piper advises as UBS tries to evict protestors from 'Bank of Ideas'
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Jones Day appoints DC partner to target global litigation domination
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"Mr. Nocera — You have destroyed everything and everyone related to Steven J. Baum PC"
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Credit Suisse, BofA, Bayer, AIG, Microsoft in Court News
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Merck, Debit Card Fees, MF Global, Hewlett-Packard in Court News
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Two NJ Lawyers Are Charged with Structuring Bank Deposits to Avoid Reporting Threshold
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Mayer Brown Names New Bankruptcy Partner (scroll down)
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2nd-Degree Murder Charge Dropped Against Lawyer in Parking Lot ‘Road Rage’ Incident
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A Justice Department Round-Up: Gloomy News
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Personal Injury Law Firm Is Reportedly Making Layoffs After Reversal in Once-Winning $43M Case
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Judge Rebukes Lawyers for Rowdy Conduct in Controversial Case, Questions Safety of Courtroom Chairs
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Law Prof’s Hypothetical Students Lose Money Acquiring JDs; ‘Also Ran’ Outpaces Top Performer
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Lawyer’s Son Among 20 Charged in SAT Cheating Case; Lawmaker Points Finger at Some Parents
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For Students at Top Chicago Area Law Schools, It’s All About the Pie
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Aggregate Law School Graduate Debt Grew $475 Million Between 2008 and 2010
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Would Adjunct Faculty Fix the High-Cost Problems of Law Schools?
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Penn State football players lived by special rules: ex-official
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Are Asian American Lawyers Still Too Nerdy?
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Attorneys can ghostwrite pro se briefs
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Murder Suspect Goes Free -- After DA Forgets To Fill Out Paperwork
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Worst Shoplifters Ever?
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BOLO: 30-foot beer bottle
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Police did recover a pacifier . . .
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Police Don Turkey Suit For Sting
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Thieves Steal Family's Elaborate Christmas Decorations Just After Being Set Up
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Judges:
Justices Who Are Slumming It
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Measuring Justice Sotomayor’s Liberal Bona Fides
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Thanksgiving and the third branch
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Is there no limit to Congress’s power?
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Smith Presses Administration for Kagan Documents
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The Myth of Scalia's Puppet Is Quashed As Quickly As It's Created
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Courthouse Burglar Takes Judge’s Robe; DA Calls Incident a ‘Wake-Up Call’ re Security Issues
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Your Honor, I Have Controlling Authority Directly On Point: Keith Urban!
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Panel Rejects Many Obama Prospects for Judgeships
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Wall Street:
Dow Futures Off 120
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World stocks hit by signs of slowdown in China, US
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Stocks drift as government lowers growth estimate
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Markets Continue to Show Signs of Debt Distress
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Jefferies needs to raise $1 billion: ratings agency
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Wall Street faces 'darkest days' as jobs vanish
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At Goldman Sachs, Where Are All the Women?
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10 Scary Weapons Cops Are Using Against the 'Occupy' Protesters
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Layoffs:
How "long-term unemployed" became synonymous with "unwanted"
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Unemployment Rates Drop in Most States
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Nearly $8M In Back Wages, Etc. Recovered From Defunct Silver Spring, Md.-Based Security Company
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Our job market is being hollowed out in the middle
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:
US bank profits rise; regulators fret about Europe
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Federal Reserve Will Force 31 Banks To Stress Test Portfolios
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Fed's 2012 Stress Test Recipe: Half Of 2008 Plus A European Blowup
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Fed sets US banks toughest 'stress tests'
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The Fed Stress Tests While Europe Starts to Burn
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What Problems? Bank Of America Is Fine, Bove Says
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US Lenders Earned $35 Billion on Lower Loss Provisions
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Ex-bank execs sued by FDIC over loans
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FDIC's list of problem banks shrinks
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France, Belgium wrangle about Dexia deal
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Alternative Energy:
China Solar Makers Face 'Suicidal' Prices on Excess Output
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Solar Manufacturers Expect Tough Times for 2012
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Solyndra auction draws no qualified bidders
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Public Transit:
Las Vegas Monorail to talk with creditors on new bankruptcy plan
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Bankruptcy judge too grounded to take monorail ride
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MF Global:
MF Global Customers Missing $1.2 Billion Denied Court Committee
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MF Global Judge to Consider Claims Processing Procedure
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CME Group increases financial guarantee to $550 million
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Good news bad math
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How MF Global Beat Red Tape
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CFTC asked to create rules on handling dollars from separate accounts at securities firms
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With MF Global Case Growing, Agency Expands Enforcement
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MF Global: Fraud, Incompetence, or a Bit of Both?
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Day 4: Inside MF Global's Bankruptcy Hearing
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MF Global effectively lobbied CFTC last year to delay enforcement
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Bankruptcy judge asks ex-MF Global CEO Jon Corzine to testify before Congress next month
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Corzine to Face Congress Over MF Global Collapse
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MF Global is not the first Corzine trading scandal
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Jon Corzine Jokes About Getting Drunk After Hearing About Lehman's Bankruptcy Fallout
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MF Global and the Chicago connection
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Is Jon Corzine “Too Big to Be Indicted”?
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$1.7 Billion Customers' Money Missing From MF Global
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CCC reacts to MFGI trustee's moving target on shortfall
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MF Global liquidation presents unprecedented test of US bankruptcy regime for dually registered brokers
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JPMorgan to buy MF Global's stake in LME
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Hollywood:
Ted Field Claims His Film Company Was Stolen, Forced Into Bankruptcy
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Movie Magnate Claims Wrecking Crew Infiltrated Radar Pictures
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Economy:
Federal Reserve minutes reveal debate among members
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A Few FOMC Members Said Outlook May Warrant More Easing
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Congress Prepares for Payroll Tax Battle
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Norquist: The Man With an Iron Grip on GOP
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Grover Norquist Goes Invisible
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Balancing the Budget, for Real
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US economic growth weaker but outlook firms
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Central Bankers: Stop Dithering. Do Something.
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3Q GDP growth revised down to 2%
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IMF broadens lending power
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These Will Be The First Weapons Projects To Face The Chopping Block
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Will 50% Cuts “Hollow Out” The Military?
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Is the Bloated Defense Budget Weakening the US?
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Enough already about the Bush tax cuts
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Silver lining in deficit panel's failure?
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Congress Has Over a Year to Thwart Cuts
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Why the supercommittee was a super bust
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For Deficit Panel, Failure Cuts Two Ways
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S&P: No Further Cut to US Credit Ratings
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Fed officials back clarifying policy
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Supercommittee Fails to Find Even Bogus Cuts
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'Economic perfect storm is the most likely scenario'
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The 17 Hottest Economies In The World
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John Steinbeck's bitter fruit
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10,000 Expected To Line Up For Free Turkey Dinner In LA
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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:
States moving on smaller U.S. mortgage probe deal
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Attorneys General Balk at Proposed Deal
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Kamala Harris, deal breaker
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Lawmaker wants original copies of foreclosure review letters
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Banks dark on previous work with foreclosure reviewers
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Attorney General Kamala Harris takes up home loans
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Bank of America Settles Countrywide Fraud Claims With Calpers
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Federal judge orders class-action status against Countrywide
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Delaware, NY vs. BofA
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Banks chip away at REO inventory
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The Cities Where People Finally Want To Buy Homes
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BayernLB sues JPMorgan over $2.1 bln mortgage debt
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Albert Edwards Has A Killer Conspiracy Theory About The Housing Bubble
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If you had any doubt where the 1% live
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Memphis-area developer Rusty Hyneman's assets in question
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Bankrupt Las Vegas lender sues state over its license
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Arizona judge upholds state seizure of The PMI Group
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Retailing:
Brown Shoe to close 145 Famous Footwear stores
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Shop on Thanksgiving? No thanks
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Record sales expected on Black Friday, but . . .
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Holiday Shopping Online at Work? Employers Are Taking Notice
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Politics:
Newt Gingrich tops GOP field in new polls
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Gingrich Explains Why Child Janitors Are a Good Idea and Child Labor Laws Are ‘Truly Stupid’
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The Latest Explanation For Obama's Troubles Is That He Hates Being President
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"They Got The Blueberry Pie All Over Their Face"
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California Republicans Quietly Embrace Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion
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The winners and losers from last night's GOP debate
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Ron Paul: Patriot Act Is 'Unpatriotic'...
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The Romney campaign will not apologize for their love of (misleading)pastiche
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Sporting Goods:
Power Balance seeks bankruptcy protection
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Municipalities:
Jefferson County Bankruptcy Judge Questions Method to Split Sewer Cash
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Jefferson County Seeks Temporary Halt to Sewer Bond Payments
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Fight continues in court over Jeffco sewer receiver
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Bankruptcy judge praises Young's efforts
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Jefferson County Bankruptcy judge Thomas Bennett says receiver John S. Young has done 'great job'
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Jefferson County sewer boss David Denard says system can survive without receiver
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Jefferson County sewer chief David Denard: 200 more 'ghost accounts' found after receiver probe
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The receiver is Harrisburg's best option
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Harrisburg May Get Receiver Even If Bankruptcy Case Is Tossed
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Harrisburg's receiver will only protect creditors
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Harrisburg mayor asks court to force receiver to adopt her fiscal plan
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Mayor presents budget while bankruptcy hearing looms
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Court to hold public hearing on Harrisburg receiver appointment Dec. 1
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Bankruptcy hearing affects more than Harrisburg, finance experts say
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City Council bankruptcy attorney has issues with appointed receiver
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Lessons In Harrisburg's Decline
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Corporate Reform:
The butterfly effect : spotted in the financial industry
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Dodd-Frank Law May Hinder Crisis Response by U.S. Policy Makers
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Financial Finger-Pointing Turns to Regulators
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Food/Beverage:
No Happy Endings for Friendly's
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Celebs:
Bankruptcy trustee wants second crack at Martino
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Aviation:
Judge OKs $400,000 Pace/estate settlement
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Media:
Former Tribune Co. boss to receive $675,000 settlement
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Baseball:
Torre Draws Inquiries From Suitors for Dodgers
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Top 5 Worst Possible Buyers for the Los Angeles Dodgers
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Frank McCourt leaves his mark on baseball's labor deal
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Basketball:
Defunct Basketball Team Claims TV Revenue From Lawsuit Settlement in 1976
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Freight:
ATA Trucking Index increased 0.5% in October
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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:
(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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Miscellaneous:
Dynegy, Vitro, Chef Solutions, Xanadoo, Lehman: Bankruptcy
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Las Vegas Monorail, Trailer Bridge, MF, Dodgers: Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
October OC bankruptcies continue to inch down
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Litigation:
Defending the Use of E-Discovery Software
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A Growing Trend: Use of E-Discovery 'Special Masters'
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Citigroup May Need to Sweeten $285 Million Agreement With SEC, Lawyers Say
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Debt Collection:
Illinois AG boldly declares opposition to the archaic practice of debtor's prisons
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Lehman:
Lehman Paid $37.2 Million in Bankruptcy Fees in October
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Protests:
Occupy marchers from New York reach Washington
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Pregnant Seattle Protester Says She Miscarried After Being Kicked And Pepper Sprayed By Police
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Occupy LA, city inching into endgame for City Hall camp
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California’s Campus Movements Dig In Their Heels
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Demonstrators Plan to 'Occupy' Retailers on Black Friday
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"It's a food product, essentially," Fox says in defense of pepper-spraying cops
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Corporate Reform:
Whistle-Blowers, Over 100 per Month, Seek Rich SEC Bounties
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Software:
Ordinary course professional fees disputed in Ezenia bankruptcy case
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Autos:
GM options grim as it returns to Opel quagmire
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Trust Says 'Old' GM Owes It Millions
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Marchionne's Bad Bet at Fiat
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Convenience Stores:
Eight Buyers Acquire Properties After RPM Bankruptcy
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Energy:
PSEG want Dynegy's bankruptcy dismissed
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Fraud:
Rothstein Auction Raises Thousands For Creditors
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Madoff trustee settlement to recover $326 million from IRS
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Chicago's Bryan, McNerney may be witnesses in Gupta trial
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Wielding Enron's Tale of Woe, Eichenwald Warns About Fraud
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Allied Health Care Founder Charles Schwartz Gets 16 Years in Leasing Fraud
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Fair Finance money trickling in as 2-year FBI raid anniversary
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Olympus’s Woodford Lands in Tokyo for Showdown With Board That Fired Him
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Mail:
US Postal Service Wants Restructuring Advice
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US Postmaster: Plans to Save Us Fall Flat
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Postal Service says rates will rise in January
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Electricity:
Beartooth Electric Cooperative ponders exposure, implications of Southern bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:
IMF Revamps Credit Lines to Lure Nations
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UK:
Bank of England: Risks are Highest Since 2008
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EU:
This is what a wholesale dumping of Europe looks like
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German 10-year bond auction a 'disaster'
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Germany, France clash on ECB crisis role
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France, Germany to press euro zone treaty change
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Merkel slams eurobonds, presses again for transaction tax
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Germany's Merkel : Money To Defend The Euro Is Limited
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Europeans plan Christmas without the trimmings
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Belgium: Things Are Getting Worse By The Minute
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Sources: Jefferies Rebuttal Letter a "Delaying Tactic"
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European Industrial Orders Drop Most in Almost Three Years
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Euro-Zone Private-Sector Activity Falls
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European bond yields rise on Dexia worries
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Belgium, France Lead Govt Bond Market Losses Wednesday
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Europe’s Banks Relying on Money From E.C.B.
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The New, Scariest Chart In Europe...
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PIIGS:
Greek workers to hold first major strike under new interim gov't
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Where Greeks hide their savings
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Protest builds against unpopular Greek property tax
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Greece on brink of running out of money
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Germany’s Merkel says all parties behind Greek gov’t must sign on to new bailout plan
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Greece Faces Last Chance to Stay in Euro, Central Bank Says
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German rigidity complicates crisis
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The Greece basis trade: What could go wrong?
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Fate of Euro May Hinge on Italian Savers
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Germany Sees No 'Bazooka' in Crisis as Spain Yields Surge
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Spain in race against time to avert bail-out
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Quinn's claim to be bust is all made up says bank
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Canada:
Head of failed Vancouver financing company under police investigation
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MENA:
Egypt's military promises to surrender power by next summer
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Defiant Egyptians Converge for Million Man March
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Egypt: Repression Worse Than Under Mubarak
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