Law:
Do lawyers have the ‘design mojo’ needed to re-think the delivery of legal services?
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A Discussion About Biglaw’s Present: My Turn (Part 2)
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Snapshot: Marianna Marysheva-Martinez
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American Law Schools and the Psychology of Cyber-Hysteria
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American Law Schools: The New Economic Realities
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A Law School Dean's 2014 Predictions for Legal Education
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Don’t Let The New Year’s Blues Lead You To Law School
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Above the Law’s Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2013
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ATL’s Top Rated Firms For 2013
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Fresh with mismanagement charges, ex-head of bankrupt US law firm becomes a UAE top legal advisor
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When Big Law Feels Like Home: A Conversation With MoFo Diversity Fellow Chris Urruela-Stauss
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'This Is Where Lawyers' Careers Go To Die'
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New job titles reflect economic challenges, changing career expectations for lawyers
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A Tale of Two Lawyers
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See Talent. Feed It.
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No-Offered In A Down Market? You May Be Doomed….
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Business of Law --- Business of Law (2)
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Calif. Law Firm Leaders Look Ahead to 2014
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Law School Libraries: Going the way of associates who make partner
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Law Partners: Will they be asking newbie associates to friend them?
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Committee calls for caution as more lawyers use group-coupon or prepaid marketing
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Mobile Technology Creates Expectation of Immediate Answer: Speed as competitive edge
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Too Much Information
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Putting Apple's iOS 7 in Counsel's Hands
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4 vignettes lead to a single moral about writing better briefs
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Face time holds steady, but digital interactions are changing client communications
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New tech product picks for the New Year
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Road to retirement: Ways to make retirement anything but resignation
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Law firm demands man remove racist ‘commercial or whatever it is’ from Internet
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Missouri Bar Gets Cease-And-Desist Order From Starbucks, Responds With Hilarious Letter And $6 Check
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Unhappy with $128K award in family farm case, couple sues prominent lawyer and wins $1.1M
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John Ray III Appealing Jury Verdict on Alleged Ropes & Gray Retaliation
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These 5 Legal Battles Will Dominate America's Headlines In 2014
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SCOTUS Logic That Could Destroy Privacy
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What Hazing Is Like At The Deadliest Frat In The Country
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Apple feuds with court-appointed BigLaw monitor over his access, firm’s 2-week $138K bill
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How an ordinary attorney got hired as general counsel to Marlon Brando
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Lawyer charged in drug case, accused of taking prescription pills for legal fee
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Lawyer fined for telling friend that client ‘Harry Potter’ author wrote new novel under pseudonym
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A dead child, an old grudge, and a lawyer caught between the facts and the truth
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Federally indicted lawyer accused of telling clients to pay him in cash calls case ‘a DOJ vendetta’
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4 charged in slaying of lawyer in high-end shopping mall parking lot
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Lanny Breuer: Bite Me - Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
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The City Of Camden, New Jersey Is Under Intense, Military-Style Surveillance
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Customs officials destroy virtuoso flautist’s 11 instruments because they were ‘agricultural products’
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Drunk Women Celebrate on Fox News
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New York Shelter Worker Arrested For Allegedly Taking $500 To Care For Dog And Then Throwing Her Into Dumpster
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The Complete List of Everything Banned by Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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The 7 Most Awesome New US Laws Of 2014
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The Year Ahead in Court Battles
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Drunk Driver Failing "Walk And Turn" Sobriety Test Explains To Cops, "I Can’t Dance Like Britney Spears."
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The 2013 Mug Shots Of The Year
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Say What?!
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Judges:
Invitation for Public Comment on the Reappointment of SD CA Bankruptcy Judge
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Chief justice stresses fiscal constraints --- Roberts Seeks to Boost Some Judiciary Spending After Cuts
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Despite more nominations to federal bench, Obama trails Bush in ‘imprint’ on judiciary
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Judge arrested in domestic violence case actually saved girlfriend’s life, his lawyer says --- Judge Offers ‘Laughable’ Criminal Defense To Choking Charges
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Judge violated ethics rules in relationship with prosecutor, commission rules
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The Supreme Court says the tomato is a vegetable
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Top 3 Twisted Quotes From Federal Judges in 2013
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Blogging Federal Judge Signs Off --- Richard G. Kopf Sounds Like Warren Buffett of Federal Judges
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Wall Street:
Wall Street looks to start 2014 with gains
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Can mighty Wall St. bull keep charging in 2014?
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3 Reasons Why Audiences Hate 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'
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Layoffs:
Career Trends 2014
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Hewlett-Packard Plans to Layoff 5,000 More Employees in 2014
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Merck to Fire Even More Workers
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30 of the Fastest Declining Occupations
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Blue Collar Americans: Work Til You Drop
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Transit:
Bluego bankruptcy settlements wrapping up
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Celebs:
15 Billionaires Who Were Once Dirt Poor
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Economy:
US consumer sentiment on economy, labor market higher in December --- Gallup: Economic Confidence Barely Improved
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For Many the Great Recession Never Ended
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2014: What Dreams May Come
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What Could Go Wrong in 2014
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New Year: Time to Taper!
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Congress lets 55 popular tax breaks expire
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Census: 6 Ways the US is Changing
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Justice Roberts Rails Against Sequester
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The Most Important Charts Of 2013
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Nouriel Roubini's 2014 Outlook Is Only A Tiny Bit Gloomy
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Billionaires Worth $3.7 Trillion Surge as Gates Wins 2013
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home Prices Mark Biggest Gains Since 2006
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Home Price Increase Expected to Ease, Buyers Will Still be hit by Interest Rates
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Wells Fargo to pay Fannie Mae $591M over bad mortgages
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First Capital Center sold out of foreclosure
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Shiller: Housing Could be in New Bubble
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Municipalities:
Duggan takes bankrupt Detroit's oath of office --- Detroit's new leader wants role on fiscal panel --- Duggan says he'll work to move Detroit 'back to elected leadership' --- Power Curbed, Detroit Mayor Faces Big Job
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What's next in Detroit bankruptcy case?
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Detroit water department mediation to continue --- Bankruptcy mediator to Detroit: Give creditors details on water restructuring plan
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Orr deposed over Detroit pension debt deal
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Detroit mediators ask judge to approve swaps deal
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Detroit's year of bankruptcy : Photos of heartbreak, joy
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Desert Hot Springs Teeters on the Edge of Bankruptcy , Again --- Closes Fire Co.
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Tax-Free Bonds Go First-to-Worst After Risk Adjustment
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The 25 Most Hungover Cities In America
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Personal Finance:
11 Common Money Excuses Boiled Down To One Terrible Philosophy
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I Have A Six-Figure Salary, Yet I'm Still In Financial Trouble
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Protection From Creditors for Retirement Plan Assets
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9 Money Lies That Could Wreck Your Marriage
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The Best Time to Buy Anything During the Year
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Autos:
Fiat buys rest of Chrysler from UAW; no IPO
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Chrysler's Now an Italian Car Company
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Hyundai, Kia see weakest annual car sales growth since 2003
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Retailing:
This Holiday Season Showed Just How Much The Retail Game Has Changed
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UPS Holiday Season Fiasco: A Failure of Strategic Planning --- Christmas Delivery Fiasco Shows Why Amazon Wants Its Own UPS --- Amazon's delivery drone dream may come true after all
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Private Equity:
Buyout Shops Double Down With Debt Play - Grabbing Bonds Instead Of Walking Away
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Resorts:
Yellowstone Club founder ruled in contempt of court
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Skiing:
It's all downhill now for ski slope
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Hotels:
Economy Inn owners file bankruptcy petition
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Food/Beverage:
New buyer for Allens could keep N.C. canning plant open
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Hurricane-Ravaged New York Wine Storage Company Liquidated
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Banking:
Park Cities Bank to be acquired by Olney Bancshares of Texas
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Electricity:
Longview Power Seeks More Time to File Chapter 11 Plan
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Members of bankrupt Montana power cooperative seek to hasten break-up
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Energy Future Holdings Faces Probable Bankruptcy In Fall 2014
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Metals:
Under pressure, Powell Steel lays off its last 20 employees
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IP:
US Patents Protected in Foreign Cases: Bankruptcy
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Health Care:
Rural Metro out of bankruptcy
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In Churn of Assisted Living Deals, An Island of Misery
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Over 2 Million Now Enrolled in Obamacare
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Health Law May Hit Midsized Businesses Hard
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What Is a Hangover? --- 6 Strange Hangover Cures --- Why We Get Stupid On New Year's Eve
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Gambling:
Miami Jai-Alai Can Sell Assets During Bankruptcy Auction
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Student Debt:
Loan Monitor Is Accused of Ruthless Tactics on Student Debt
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Furniture:
Former Furniture Brands execs can access $1 million for legal bills
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Pensions:
Is It Time to Bring Back Pensions?
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Military Vets Angered by Cuts to Pensions
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (17 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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Distressed Company Watch List
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Eastern Massachusetts bankruptcies off sharply in 2013
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:
Friedman's: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
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Trustee May Avoid Debtor's Entire Transfer To Charity if More Than 15 Percent of GAI
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Miscellaneous:
The Year’s Bankruptcy News in 11 Chapters
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Plan Confirmation:
Options for an Underwater Mortgagee: The Mysteries of an 1111(b) Election
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Obits:
Margery N. Reed, bankruptcy lawyer
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TBTF:
The Wind Down of TARP is Almost Complete
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Litigation:
Predictive Coding: Revolutionary or a Fading Trend?
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Corporate Reform:
Here's What White Collar Prison Is Really Like For Three High-Profile Criminals
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Regulators Have New Cases of Frauds and Abuses to Tackle
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Law 2014: In White Collar Crime, It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
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Aviation:
Evergreen International Airlines files voluntary Chapter 7 petition on New Year's Eve
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Education:
Faculty Pretend to Teach, Students Pretend to Learn
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This Fake Ad For A For-Profit University Shows How Ridiculous They Can Be
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Brokers:
Where is my MF Global check?
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Telecoms:
Dish Network, LightSquared battle rages into 2014 --- DISH to Wait for LightSquared Auction
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LightSquared Seeks Preliminary Approval of New Financing
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Disqualified Lenders: The LightSquared Controversy Over the Acquisition of Its Debt by the Executive Chairman of Its Competitors Illustrates the Importance of Careful Drafting to Avoid Costly Pitfalls and Unintended Risks
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LightSquared directors: New plan better than Dish option
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Dish Gets FCC Nod For Flexibility Of Frequencies
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Nortel settlement in Europe could be bad news for Canadian pensioners
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Weather:
40 Million Face Massive Winter Storm --- Hercules: Unless Courts Close in NYC, Brutal Commute for Lawyers
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Winnipeg is as Cold as Mars
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Book Reviews:
The Financial Crisis: Why Have No High-Level Executives Been Prosecuted? by Jed S. Rakoff
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Alternative Energy:
Fisker creditors seek auction to clear bankruptcy --- 2nd company shows interest in Fisker assets --- What Is New For Henrik Fisker In 2014? How About Getting Sued!
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2 top officials at bankrupt Ecotality to get hefty bonuses
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U.S. Solar Panel Maker Seeks to Close Loophole in Duties on Chinese Products
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Apparel:
Hardwick Clothes OK'd for $1M credit
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos defendant declares bankruptcy
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Textbooks:
Cengage Requests Approval to Line Up $2 Billion in Financing
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UK:
Ranks of UK zombie companies shrink
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EU:
Latvia becomes 18th state to join the eurozone
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Canada:
Denying licenses conflicts with ‘fresh start principle’
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Australia:
Potential bidders for Gunns get more time
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Panama:
Panama Canal contractors warn may halt work
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Brazil:
Batista’s Losers Shout and Sue as OGX Meltdown Casts Pall
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OGX Has 15 Days to Pay Oil Field Investments
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Brazil's Ethanol Sector Struggling
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Russia:
Russian Tycoon Is Free, but His Money Is Still Tied Up
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Netherlands:
Aluminum smelter applies for bankruptcy , hundreds of jobs to go
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