October 22, 2013

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Law:

Smaller Law Firms Grab Big Slice of Corporate Legal Work
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Lawyers and Groupon Deals May Be a Difficult Mix
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Managing Partner Q&A: Akin's Anthony Pierce
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Business of Law
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Calling All Unemployed Law Grads: Greenberg is Hiring
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Now Trending—Silly Dress Codes
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Molly: Great for those law-firm all nighters, celebrating making partner
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The Myth About Law Jobs Dying
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86% of Students Text in Class
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From Homeless to Harvard: Liz Murray’s Resilience in Tough and Troubled Times
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Lawyers Of The Day: Additional Allegations Of Attorney (And Judicial) Misconduct
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Deposition Advice Column Irks Fellow Lawyers
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Clifford Chance comes under fire for 'misleading clients'
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5 things to expect from Apple's Oct. 22 event
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Why Not Start A Law Firm?
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The Future of Legal Education
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Law school applications slow, admissions steady
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Can Law Reviews Get Any Worse?
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For-profit law schools on the rise
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Can lawyers use Groupon-type marketing? ABA ethics opinion sees problems with prepaid deals
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Private-Equity Group's for-Profit Law School Plan Draws Critics
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In Case You Don't Realize How Fast Apple's iPad Business Has Gone Down The Tubes ...
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Cops Are Creating Totally Bogus Facebook Profiles Just So They Can Arrest People
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The 6 Most Common Mistakes Made By Rookie Criminals
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Lawyer writes tell-all book about his life with late-night TV king Johnny Carson
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Captured: 2 murderers released from jail on phony court orders; probe now focused on who helped them
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BigLaw partner’s Twitter F-bomb is aimed at SCOTUSblog snark --- Reed Smith Responds to Partner's Crude SCOTUS Tweet
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Halloween and Law Firms? Some Things Just Don't Mix
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Man implements $200M estate plan, but dies before signing will; sons file unjust enrichment suit
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Viral video of man toppling rock in state park catches attention of disability claim defendant
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Breastfeeding mom faces contempt of court for bringing her baby to jury duty
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Silk Road's Most Famous Heroin Dealer Was an FBI Informant
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How A $2.9 Million Jury Verdict Over Spilled Coffee Became America's Most Misunderstood Story
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Florida Police Pursue Man After Being Spotted Driving Without Seatbelt . . . Man Flees On Foot And Is Run Over By Police Cruiser
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Wannabe lawyer places photo of his p---- online in protest at ‘tidal wave of social media firings’
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Killing Chincee: Pennsylvania Man Shoots Dog In A Family’s Yard Because Of “Abnormal Fear of Dogs”
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What Good Wife Storyline Did CBS Kill to Avoid Pissing Off the NFL?
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Judges:

Judge can vie for cash prize in Jamaican Jerk cooking competition, so long as it’s not a fundraiser
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Ex-judge gets 5 years of probation in theft from elderly neighbor
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Disciplinary counsel calls for mental exam of sitting judge
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Judge accused of texting prosecutor about case during trial will step down from bench
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Wall Street:

US stocks seen down ahead of jobs report
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Markets Are Going Nowhere Ahead Of Historic Jobs Report
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Stocks close mixed; S&P 500 at all time high --- Wall Street nearly flat on lackluster earnings
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TMX Group's Risk-Management Service Provider in Bankruptcy Protection
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Layoffs:

Here's your unemployment check. Now pay it back
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Delayed U.S. jobs report to be issued today
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New Study Shows The Downside Of Extended Unemployment Benefits
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Shipping:

TMT vessel arrested by Hyundai
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Health Care:

Chapter 9: An Rx for Health Care Districts and Public Hospital Authorities?
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Emergency motion asks judge to order Michael Brown to turn over cash
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2 bidders interested in Natchez Regional
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Three Reasons Why The Website Problems Could Become A Total Disaster For Obamacare
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Obama Is Having His Worst Moment Since That Disastrous Debate In Denver --- The White House has put ‘the best and the brightest’ on Obamacare. So who was on it before? --- Is Obamacare in a Death Spiral? --- Jon Stewart On Obamacare: “How Are Democrats Going To Spin This Turd?” --- Why millennials need Obamacare
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Yes, terrorists could have hacked Dick Cheney’s heart
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Religion:

'Bishop Of Bling' Spent A Reported $42 Million On His Official Residence
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Lehman:

Lehman Australia Creditors Approve $48 Million CDO Settlement
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Rail:

Bankrupt Maine railroad gets $3 million loan
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Celebs:

Casey Anthony reaches settlement with searchers for her 2-year-old
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Autos:

Judge Approves Pact Between Hedge Funds, 'Old GM' Creditors
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Old GM Bankruptcy Judge Approves Settlement in Fund Deal
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Religion:

Palm Beach Gardens church files Chapter 11 to halt foreclosure
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Economy:

Dollar inches higher ahead of US jobs data
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Greenspan looks back
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Wealthy could lose big if Fed stops money flow
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Famous Wall Street Strategist Has A Big Warning To The Investment Community About Inequality
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A Third Of The World's Biggest Companies Are Located In These 20 Cities
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No, technology isn’t going to destroy the middle class
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Existing Homes Sales Fall In September As Housing Becomes Less Affordable --- Housing affordability at five-year low: NAR
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Why Existing Home Sales Slowed Down In September And Will Continue To Do So
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BofA Said to Face Three More U.S. Probes of Mortgage-Bond Sales
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How Hedge Fund Magnetar Took Over A Small Ohio Town
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Condos Are Going Back Up for Sale
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New York Bankruptcy Case Could Undercut DC Rent Control
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Peace University completes acquisition of Raleigh's Seaboard Station
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NY Times Horrified That Rent Control Leases Might Be Treated Like the Assets They So Obviously Are
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Municipalities:

UAW lawyer: Detroit's historic filing will change Chapter 9
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How to Break an American City
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Detroit bankruptcy hits pivotal phase
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Judge Hears Arguments on Legality of Detroit Bankruptcy Filing
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Key Obama aides coming to Detroit amid bankruptcy hearings
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Protecting Detroit pensions may violate bankruptcy code: Judge --- Detroit's bankruptcy should be blocked because of possible pension cuts, labor says
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Michigan governor may testify --- UAW wants Snyder as witness in bankruptcy trial
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Detroit Retiree Lawyer Says Pensions Live Even If City Dies
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Detroit council rejects $350M loan for bankruptcy financing --- Council rejects loan to end rate swap
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Detroit buses to roll Tuesday after driver protest
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$350(M) deal needed to keep Jeffco bankruptcy on track
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Snyder's NERD Fund to be dissolved
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Jeffco commissioners head to NY for debt talks
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Scandals Simmer in San Bernardino
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San Bernardino considers outsourcing fire services
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Cullerton: Illinois pension problem not 'crisis'
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How Wall Street Fed Puerto Rico’s $70 Billion Borrowing Binge
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Being A Twentysomething In Los Angeles Vs. New York
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Corporate Reform:

JPMorgan deal 'preposterous': Former prosecutor
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Why A $13 Billion Fine Means Almost Nothing To JP Morgan And Its Investors
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U.S. Deal With JPMorgan Followed a Crucial Call
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J.P. Morgan Aimed to Limit Damage
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Banks could face high compo deals after JP Morgan sets record
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J.P. Morgan Talks Nearly Ended in a Lawsuit
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JPMorgan's $13 billion fine: Pay-off, not extortion
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JPMorgan Is Too Big to Whine --- Here's Why JPMorgan Chase Doesn't Deserve Your Sympathy --- Poor Little JPMorgan
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Five things to know about JPMorgan settlement
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The Way Obama Let Jamie Dimon Know They Weren't Pals Anymore Sounds Right Out Of 'Mean Girls'
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Jamie Dimon will be just fine, Wall Street says --- PMorgan's stock buoys Dimon despite legal woes
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Would Jamie Dimon Do Bear Stearns, WaMu Deal Again?
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J.P. Morgan’s Legal Mess Still No Countrywide
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Retailing:

Penney shares plunge after analyst sets $1 price target
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JC Penney Parries Twitter Attacks After Shares Decline
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JC Penney Credit Default Swap Pushes To Record-Wide Levels
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Persistent rumors follow J.C. Penney; doesn’t matter if they’re false, analyst said
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J.C. Penney Bears Are Running An Obama-Campaign Like Bear Raid
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Why J.C. Penney Insiders Are Not Buying
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JC Penney scales back Martha Stewart partnership
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Why Nobody Wants To Shop At Sears
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RadioShack Strikes Deal With GE Capital to Refinance Debt
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Fraud:

Madoff Offices Not Secured for Five Days, FBI Agent Says
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Madoff Had No Rules for Credit Card Use, Jury Told
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Bernie Madoff Securities Doubled As The Madoff Institute Of Fraud
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Madoff employees lived high on corporate money, prosecutors say
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Mark Cuban Sounds Off on Trial
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Tom Petters' get-out-of-jail-early hearing set for this week
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Fair Finance trustee to settle dispute with data company
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SAC investors to keep big profits
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Alternative Energy:

Hoku Open to Potential Buyers
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Food/Beverage:

McDonald's cites economy, forecasts tough fourth quarter
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Strange But Brilliant Hack For Opening A Bag Of Potato Chips
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15 Things Every Barista Knows To Be True
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The highly unusual company behind Sriracha, the world’s coolest hot sauce
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Aviation:

Surprise, surprise – Judge Lane approves the American Airlines plan of reorganization
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Unions ask permission to file brief in US Airways-American Airlines antitrust case
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AMR Surges to Record Profits
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 new filings today)
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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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Jurisdiction:

How The US Supreme Court Is Resurrecting The Spirit Of Anna Nicole Smith Yet Again
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Tax:

That Makes Two for the FDIC: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Another Precedential Decision Interpreting Tax Sharing Agreements in Bankruptcy, Awards Ownership of Tax Refund to FDIC
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Ex-UBS banker wanted in U.S. tax probe arrested in Italy
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Executory Contracts:

Nine Years Later and We Are Still Peering Through the Muck: Are LLC Membership Agreements Property Interests or Executory Contracts?
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Chapter 13:

Chapter 13 Debtor Has Continuing Duty To Disclose Post-Petition Causes of Action
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Bankruptcy Claims:

Monetizing Your Bankruptcy Claims: An Introduction To The Claims Trading Market
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Dismissal:

Dismissal of 'Litigation Tactic' Bankruptcy Cases
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Insurance:

Financial Ruin and the Duty to Settle Within Policy Limits
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Litigation:

War Stories: Tales From The Trenches Of Litigation
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Five Ways to ruin your oral argument
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Conference Examines Alternatives to E-Discovery Status Quo
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Banking:

To Prosper, Banks Can't Act Like Clones
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Entrepreneurs:

A coming-out party for business failures
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Environmental:

Edison Mission Ch. 11 Doesn't Bar Enviro Action, Judge Told
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Electricity:

Edison Mission Seeks to Keep Control of Chapter 11 Case
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Skiing:

Bankrupt ski mountain's mortgage to be auctioned
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Tech:

Texas Instruments Forecasts Profit That Trails Analyst Estimates, 20% Decline
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Pensions:

Detroit Retiree Lawyer Says Pensions Live on Forever
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Personal Finance:

When adult children return to the nest
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Finance:

An appetite for junk - Companies have taken advantage of investors’ growing willingness to buy speculative bonds
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Sovereigns:

The IMF revisits sovereign bankruptcy
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Argentina sics ex-solicitor general on hedge fund
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UK:

UK business insolvencies fall in September --- Insolvencies rise in the West but drop in the East
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Judge Allows Journal to Publish Names in Libor Case
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Co-op Group will hold 30 pct stake in bank after restructuring
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U.K. Prosecutor Investigating 22 More People in Libor Probe
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Cable's dodgy director crackdown 'set to fail'
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Co-op Bank Gets an Ethics Lesson
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EU:

Europe seeks back-up plan for troubled banks within weeks
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The Man Who'll Do Triage on Europeýs Banks
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Europe Breakup Forces Mount as Union Relevance Fades
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The Euro May Not Be Doomed, But It Is a Disaster
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PIIGS:

ie: First personal insolvency case comes before the courts --- Quinns want to sue Sean FitzPatrick for damages
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To Hell and Back: Spain's Grotesque Recession
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France:

Luxury French grocer Hediard files for bankruptcy
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China:

China Solar Executives Arrested
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Romania:

New insolvency code, in Romania is due to come into force on October 25
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