November 9, 2011

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Top Partners to Work For – California (Part 2)
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DLA Piper Co-Chairman Sees Radical Evolution for Profession as Firm OKs Ex-Linklaters Top Hire
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Four Firms Grab Roles on Asset Sales by BoA, Kodak
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Sidley Austin, White & Case Take Lead on Unusual Dynegy Bankruptcy
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A Jewel [v. Boxer] is a Law Firm Bankruptcy Trustee’s Best Friend; Unfinished Law Firm Business Taxes Departing Partners and Their New Law Firms for Years
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Judge Rules Ex-BigLaw Associate's Discrimination Suit Can Proceed
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Them Lazy Broads?
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Plenty of Good News in the Latest Report on In-House Compensation
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Wachtell Brings One Girl to Party, Leaves with Another
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Illinois Law and the Lone Gunman Theory of Admissions Fraud
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Illinois blames fudged data on a single administrator
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Will Student Loans Be the Next Bubble to Burst?
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Law firm sued for barring disabled woman's dog
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Prosecutor Served Search Warrant on Defense Lawyer During Trial to Get His Documents
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Court: Health Law Is Constitutional
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Lawyer Gets Public Reprimand for Gifting Client with $442.32 ‘Recovery,’ Then Delaying Payment
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DOJ: We Don’t Pay for Mistakes, Even if You’re Roger Clemens
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60 Top-Value Law Schools Named; Georgia State Is No. 1 Once Again
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Judge Orders Exchange of Facebook and Dating Website Passwords in Custody Fight
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You've Been Served -- on Facebook?
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Facebook Spoliation Costs Widower and His Attorney $700K in Sanctions
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Firm's Virtual Network Boosts Productivity, Drops Costs
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Virtually all of the most profitable law firms use iPhones
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Businessman Says Former Partner Tried to Settle Arbitration Dispute by Calling a Hit Man
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Justices Rebuke a New Orleans Prosecutor
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Rapper's Lawyers Answer Lindsay Lohan's Lawsuit by Outlining the Actress's Rap Sheet
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Wife, 87, Shoots "Cheating" Husband, 88
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Cops: Girlfriend Assaulted Trying To Stop Beau's Overdose On "Fred Flintstone Vitamins"
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Inmate Sues Over 'Cruel And Unusual' Soy-Based Meals
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Mug Shots
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Man armed with pesticide sprayer robs bank
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Brilliant
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Judges:

Poll suggests majority of Americans don't know Roberts is conservative
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Justice Roberts: Could the Government Track My Car?
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An Angry Supreme Court Gives New Orleans Prosecutors a Scolding
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Wall Street:

US stock futures signal lower open for equities
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European Stocks Slide as Yield Spread Widens
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Wall St. executives bonuses to fall 30%: study
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Lagging Wall Street Bonuses Through the Lens of Public Opinion
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The backwards Wall Street bonus
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Did Wall St. Bonuses Cause the Financial Crisis?
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End Bonuses for Bankers
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Occupy protesters plan march from NYC to DC
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NYC Shop Owner Complains of Threats From 'Occupy Wall Street' Protesters
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Occupy Wall St. -- Harassing Everyone But the 1%
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NYC protesters erect military tents for winter
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Occupy Wall Street Protesters' Dilemma: Less Space to Occupy
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The Only Way Occupy Wall Street Will Ever Amount to Anything
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China is ripe for its own Occupy protests
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Portland Cops Say "Occupy" Protesters Threatened To Assault Workers, Vandalize Pizzeria Over Breadstick Shortage
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Protester Arrested During Bomb Scare Evacuation
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Homeless Fed Up With 'Occupy' Sacramento: 'I Just Wish They'd Give Us Our Park Back'
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For The Good Of Capitalism, Don't End Occupy Wall Street
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At Occupy Wall Street, the beat goes on -- with Crosby and Nash
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Amid Arrests, Occupy Atlanta Sues City
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Latest developments in the Occupy protests
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Layoffs:

Number of jobs available in the US grows
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The 11 Majors With The Highest Unemployment Rates
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Where Are the Jobs? A Look Back at Growth Drivers
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Four Unemployed for Each Job Opening
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Fed's Plosser: Wrong to Allow Inflation to Rise to Cut Unemployment
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Tax Break for Hiring Jobless Veterans Heads Toward Passage
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Filene's Basement bankruptcy to cost 530 Mass. workers their jobs
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Foreign banks cutting jobs here
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ECD to idle all 6 plants, lay off 500 workers
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Adobe Drops 9%: Sets Restructuring, Laying Off 750
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:

Bank of America Loses Longtime Auditor
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Overdraft Settlement: Winners Are Losers
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Greece Hurts Société Générale
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H.P. Paid $81 Million For Lots Of Bad Advice From Bankers
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HSBC Says Economy Challenging, Investment Bank Profit Shrinks
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Corporate Reform:

Most finance professionals think deregulation has a negative effect on ethics
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Citi's CDO settlement now seems to pass muster
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Politics:

Ron Paul: Elizabeth Warren is a 'Socialist' ‎
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Elizabeth Warren Apparently A 'Hypocrite' For Believing That Others Could Be As Affluent As She Is
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I Do Not Think That Word Means What Politico Thinks It Means
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Perry Faces Tough Road to Reclaim Lead
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Cain's book on Bialek's money woes
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Cain suggests accuser's finances are motive for allegation
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Herman Cain Denies All Claims of Sexual Harassment, Retains ‘Pit Bull’ Celebrity Libel Lawyer
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15 Things I Learned About the Tea Party From Occupy Wall Street
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Compensation:

Wall Street bonuses set to plunge
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Baseball:

Fox Sports to get its say in Dodgers' settlement, judge says
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Nitty-gritty details about Dodger sale process emerge
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MLB, McCourt Agree to Unique Structure for Dodgers Auction
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Dodgers Judge Approves Legal Fees, Overrules US Trustee
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Of course Frank McCourt is going to try to complicate the Dodgers sale
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Time Warner Cable Said to Consider Bidding for Dodgers' TV Rights
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Hotels:

315 Union trustee seeks case conversion
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Autos:

Dems hit Romney on auto bailout opposition in new ad
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Mitt Romney Insists He 'Was Frankly Right' On Auto Bailout Stance
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Defense:

US weapons 'full of fake Chinese parts'
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Economy:

New Poll: Americans Want Everything
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IMF's Lagarde Warns of Risk of 'Lost Decade' for Global Economy
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Fed’s Kocherlakota: FOMC Should Provide Policy ‘Contingency Plan’
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Small Business Optimism Improves a Bit
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Employers post most job openings in 3 years
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Financial Woes Worsening For Seniors
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The age-based wealth gap is big and growing, thanks to younger Americans' debts
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Treasury to Sell Bank Warrants Privately
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Five reasons Italy should scare you
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Supercommittee Said to Weigh Republican Plan to Overhaul U.S. Tax System
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Deficit Panel Members Seeking to Avoid Blame
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The Christmas Tree Tax
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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:

The 46-state mortgage fraud settlement is guaranteed to prevent a housing recovery
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Ally’s ResCap Said to Hire Centerview for Restructuring Advice
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ResCap Possible Bankruptcy: By the Numbers
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Ally Weighs Bankruptcy Filing for ResCap Mortgage Unit
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Mortgage payments show surprising rise in delinquencies
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Housing Market Looks Fine From Here
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Fannie Mae taps $7.8 billion more from Treasury, loss widens
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Why BofA Decided Against a Countrywide Bankruptcy For Now
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Tarrant DA: Squatters Affidavits Fraudulent
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Freddie Mac: 82% Of Q3 Refinancing Avoided Higher Debt
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CFPB reveals larger prototype mortgage form for public scrutiny
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Designing the Mortgage Form of the Future
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The Long Road Back
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The Comeback Trail
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Three years and $6B later, efforts to stabilize neighborhoods still struggle
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Candidates, Take Heed: Housing Matters, Survey Finds
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Senate wants changes to Fannie, Freddie executive pay
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Now Kyle Bass Now Has A Big Stake In A Mortgage Insurer
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MGIC writes $1.4 billion in new insurance business
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Mastro's largest creditor facing involuntary bankruptcy
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Mastro bankruptcy trustee gets $35.8M in judgments
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Status report for Prium founders' bankruptcies : Not much has changed
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RMBS, CDOs account for 91% of structured finance losses
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Global Office Rents Up 1.1% In Q3
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Campaign in cemetery to warn relatives of possible eviction
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Mass Torts:

CSX brings Harron back to forefront in asbestos fraud case
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Municipalities:

Alabama's Jefferson County again eyes bankruptcy filing
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Jefferson County Commission still reviewing legal documents behind closed doors
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Jefferson County Postpones Bankruptcy Meeting
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Charleston Flirting with Bankruptcy Over Firefighter Pensions
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Cuts eyed as Central Falls school funding rises
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Central Falls show pitfalls of Rick Perry pension proposal
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Rhode Island Pension Reform Unprecedented
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Attorney for Harrisburg, Pa., Puts Bondholders First
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Harrisburg's financial uncertainty makes elections in the city extremely important
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Municipal Bankruptcy No Bargain
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Prohibition’s Hold on Liquor Sales in 18 States May Relax in Boon for Beam
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Muni Downgrade-to-Upgrade Ratio Highest in 3 Years, Moody’s Says
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Wells Fargo Settles Muni Case
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California Budget Fight Goes To State Supreme Court
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Super Committee Not So Super for Muni Market
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MF Global:

MF Global May Liquidate Firm Instead of Reorganize, Bankruptcy Expert Says
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MF Global Settlement Over Losses in Doubt
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MF Global Trustee Giddens Seeks Payment for Work, Expenses
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MF Customers May Have to Share Cash Unless Missing Funds Found
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Creditors line up in wake of MF Global bankruptcy filing
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MF Global clients face shortfall despite protections
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CME Is Legally Liable For MF Global Customer Losses
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MF Global clients may need to resort to bankruptcy claims
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MF Trustee Explores Options
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MF Global Commodity Traders Ask Court’s Permission to Access Brokerage Cash
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MF Global Creditor Panel Named
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Face-Off Over MF Global Shortfall
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MF Global Clients to Get Frozen Cash at CME Group Once Transfers Verified
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MF Global May Have Used Customer Funds In The Losing $6.3 Billion Trade Without Informing Clients
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Gensler: MF Global Highlights Capital Shortfall Risks
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In MF Global's Downfall , an Argument for Stronger Boards
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MF Global Proves We Are All Still at the Mercy of Bankers
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Bankruptcy Bonuses? MF Global Rewards Staff Just Before Bankruptcy
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New Details About The MF Global Bonuses Paid Out During Hours Before Bankruptcy
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MF Global Did Indeed Pay Bonuses Before Bankruptcy, But They Were Already in the Pipeline
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Peterffy Bought 8 Million MF Global Shares as Broker Failed
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MF Trustee Exploring Options to Free Customer Cash
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MF Customers Describe an Unwanted Game of Limbo
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Corzine's Wealth is Eroding with His Reputation
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Corzine Downfall Is Teachable Moment for Japan
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Jon Corzine: Too Big to Jail?
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Jon Corzine and the 1%
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Gasparino Calculates Jon Corzine's Net-Worth At Closer To $1 Million Than $1 Billion
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Uncertainty continues for MF Global Canada clients
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MF Global bankruptcy snags CBOT grain deliveries
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Chicago's Harris Bank plays role in MF Global mess
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MF Global Suits Up
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Fraud:

Trustee Picard Now Seeking $226.4 Million From Madoff Family Members
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Madoff investors sue JPMorgan for $19 billion
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Madoff Victims May Have to Arbitrate Claims
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Olympus Clears Up Little
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Olympus shareholders say board must go
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Olympus Urged to Extend Purge of Executives Over Hidden Losses
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A History of Japanese Accounting Frauds
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Federal judge orders Raj Rajaratnam to pay $92.8 mln in SEC case
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Tax:

Credit Suisse to Hand Over Data
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Credit Suisse tells clients of disclosure plans
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Can Swiss banks survive without secrecy?
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Education:

Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay
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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:

Dynegy, Madoff, MF Global, WaMu, Taylor Bean
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Madoff, MF Global, WaMu, Taylor Bean, Solyndra, AAI
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Rochelle on MF Global, NewPage, Borders Bankruptcies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Analysis of National Filings Prepared by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
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Pace Of Corporate Bankruptcy Filings Steadies In October
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Bankruptcies Fall 8% in Fiscal 2011 on Lower Debt, ABI Says
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Increase in Bankruptcy Filings for SC Businesses
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Credit/Debit Cards:

AmEx Seeks Claim to Plastic-Free Future
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Student Debt:

Is an Ivy League Diploma Worth It?
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Energy:

Dynegy shares jump as bankruptcy losses limited
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Dynegy's upside-down bankruptcy
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The Odd Dynegy Bankruptcy… Good for Stockholders
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Dynegy's done: company puts worst-performing assets in bankruptcy
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Dynegy Bankruptcy Takes Aim At Bondholders
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Plant operators file Chapter 11
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Bankruptcy Brings Unknowns for South Bay Power Plant
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Dynegy Holdings Files Restructuring Support Agreement and Term Sheet Outlining Terms of Proposed Pre-Arranged Restructuring
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Ex-Enron Executive Returns to Energy Sector
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SME's bankruptcy lists $132M in liabilities
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Southern details financial problems in latest bankruptcy records
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Aviation:

Does Frontier Have a Future?
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JAL returns to profit in 1H, after bankruptcy
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Holiday travelers should expect higher airfares and packed planes
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Photography:

Kodak's Fate: Will Asset Sales Be Enough?
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IP:

Qimonda ruling protects licensees of U.S. patents, holding that application of German insolvency law to cancel licenses is “manifestly contrary” to U.S. public policy
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Celebs:

Socialite Patricia Kluge May Sell Marble Cupid Statues
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Food/Beverage:

Giordano's Pizzeria Chain Hard-Pressed for Dough
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Retailing:

Borders Resolves Random House Debt With $36.4 Million Claim
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Borders liquidator sells George Harrison guitar
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Senate bill would clear way for online sales tax
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Alternative Energy:

Solar Shakeout Could Soon Reach China
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Trucking:

Arrow bankruptcy case winding down
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Shipping:

Shipping Companies Quizzed on US Ownership Law Called Obsolete
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UK:

Appointment of Administrators - 7 November 2011
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EU:

European Banks Cutting Sovereign Bond Holdings Threatens to Worsen Crisis
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Europe fails to find united front on reinforcing banks
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Carney: EU Recession Depends on Banks
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No Jobs or Hope for Young Europeans
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Financial Alchemy Foils Capital Rules in Europe
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French ready for pain as debt reality bites
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PIIGS:

Debt crisis shakes up Greek, Italian governments
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Berlusconi confirms will leave after reforms passed
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Berlusconi's Resignation Shifts Focus to Forming Government
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Now we know why Berlusconi wrote "resignation" on this piece of paper
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Bonds not impressed by Berlusconi resignation
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Silvio Berlusconi leaves behind an Italy deep in financial crisis
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The Nine Lives Of Silvio Berlusconi
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Italy crisis: Silvio Berlusconi finds he's not too big to fail on day of drama
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Berlusconi and Italy are no longer in a relationship
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Could Berlusconi Finally Be Sunk?
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Silvio Berlusconi: From cruise ship crooner to captain of Titanic
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Now what?
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Goldman Sachs: We See Three Scenarios For Italy
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Draghi's Europe interests come before Rome
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What In The World Is Going On With This Greek Deal?
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Greek Shipper: 'The World Does Not Appreciate The Extent Of Social Deterioration In This Country'
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Migrant workers feeling the economic squeeze in Greece
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Greek debt: cheap but no bargain
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Greek leaders struggle to agree on PM
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Latest Greek Debt Deal Doesn't Solve Problem
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Be Glad You Don't Live in Spain
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Spain's party leaders indulge in navel-gazing as crisis rages
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China:

Housing Drop Imperils China’s Growth
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China shipyards in troubled waters as orders dry up
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Australia:

Judge reserves his decision on crucial Centro court case
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BVI:

You Are Now Entering the Twilight Zone: The British Virgin Islands, The Only Place Where Madoff, Stern, and Chapter 15 Meet
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Mexico:

Vitro Defaulted Bonds Signal Sell to JPMorgan
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Japan:

BOJ policymaker warns of heightening risk to Japan
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India:

State Bank of India Drops as Defaults Overshadow Profit Gain
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