October 23, 2013

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Law:

Are InfiLaw's for-profit law schools succeeding?
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Midsize firms are getting a bigger share of high-revenue work, study shows --- Why Company Lawyers are Sending More Work to Smaller Law Firms
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Law Departments Trading Large Firms for 'Large Enough'
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Survey says half of in-house law depts have outsourced legal work, most were happy with results
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BigLaw: Finally following Corporate America model of ditching traditional full-time status job
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Legal Services Sector Adds 1,100 Jobs in September
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'New Lawsuit Ecosystem' Report Charts Litigation Trends
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5 Ways To Call In Sick To Your Biglaw Job
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21st Century Legal Skills
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Weil Gotshal's Glenn West: We're committed to Dallas
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Lawyer who flipped the bird at defendant is removed as juror; was cab conflict the reason?
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More Jobs, With Better Training, But At Lower Pay: Welcome To The Future Of Biglaw
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For Whom The Munger Tolles: A Peek At Partner Pay
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Dow Lohnes: Lessons For Law Firm Leadership
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Biglaw Health Insurance Costs: Survey Results
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What Law Students Do With Their Kids: Make Incredibly Cute Viral Videos
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Law student YouTube sensations mock Snapchat addiction of fellow legal hopefuls
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Biglaw Business Development — The Hardest Way
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5 things most people don't know about negotiating
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Law firm sued over claimed use of competitor’s name as Google AdWords
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500 law profs urge ABA legal ed council to keep faculty tenure as an accreditation requirement
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US divorce law is gradually undergoing profound changes
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Apple Announced That Its New Operating System Will Be Totally Free --- Apple's New iPads --- How The New iPad Mini Stacks Up Against The Competition
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Why lawyers will love the iPad Air and the iPad mini with Retina display
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Guy Gets 7 Years In Prison For Defrauding Banks Of $11 Million To Fuel His Rock Star Fantasy
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Suspected Art Thief Threatens To Sue Museum, Saying Alleged $24 Million Heist Was Too Easy
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Man, 68, Shoots 22-Year-Old Caught In Bed With His 63-Year-Old Wife
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Lawyer Parks Lambo Like A Jackass, Because He Can Afford To
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Judge Judy’s Son Involved In Crazy Rape Prosecution
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Law School Investigates Whether SBA Embezzled Money
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Thieves Pose As Truckers, Steal Huge Cargo Loads
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Pitchman Kevin Trudeau jailed until he reveals assets to pay $37M fine in FTC matter
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Man Jailed For Calling In A Bomb Threat After He Forgot To Book His Wedding Venue
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Once the ‘meanest lawyer in Houston,’ author shares story of love for his murdered brother
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Parent Files Bullying Complaint Against High School Football Team That Beat His Son's Team 91-0
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What sort of person would punch a police horse?
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Black student says he was detained for buying a belt at Barneys
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Police officer fired after pepper spraying, shooting squirrel
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Judges:

Judge's Crude Trial Notes Tainted Malpractice Case
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7 prisoners may have used phony court papers in escape attempts; $20K reward offered for information
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Alito and Kagan recused in dozens of denied cases; reason for some Alito recusals unclear
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock Futures Drop After Five-Day Rally for S&P 500
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S&P rises to fourth consecutive record close
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Here's How Much The 'Average' Wall Streeter Makes Compared To The 'Average' New Yorker
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Wall Street Profits May Halve in Second Half
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Layoffs:

Employment among women hits 24-year low
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Wary Employers Turn to Temp Workers
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Housing Construction Gains Not Translating to Much Hiring
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90,609,000: Americans Not in Labor Force Climbs to Another Record
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State And Local Governments Are Finally Adding Jobs Again
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Two Key Reasons Why The US Labor Force Is Shrinking
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:

DMX in Hot Water with Bankruptcy Watchdog
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Retailing:

There's A Big Slowdown At Malls Across America
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J.C. Penney Parries Twitter Posts After Shares Decline
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The Latest Falling Shoe at J.C. Penney
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JC Penney Needs A Deep-Pocketed Investor to Avoid Chapter 11
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Portfolio of 37 Retail Centers to be Liquidated
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Economy:

Tepid job growth supports Fed's cautious stance --- The scariest jobs chart ever --- Jobs Report Keeps Fed on Hold for Now
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The state of American jobs
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Goldman On The Slowdown In Job Growth
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J.P. Morgan, Goldman See Fed Tapering Delayed Until Spring
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Construction spending rose 0.6% in August
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How Budget Fiasco Whacked The Economy
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Chamber of Commerce Really Mad at Cruz
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Big Business and House GOP Don't Mix
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Blinder Laments Paradox of Public Distaste for Crisis Programs Even as They Succeeded
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Greenspan: The System is Broken --- 'YOU JUST LEARNED THIS?!?' — Jon Stewart Struggles To Understand How Former Fed Head Greenspan Missed Wall Street 'Screwiness'
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Employment Shows 'Missing Households' Still Weigh on Housing
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Bankrupt Tenant May Bust Up Rent-Control System
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Insurer of ResCap's RMBS Wants Right to Go After Claims
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Municipalities:

Court To Decide If Detroit Really Is Broke --- It's City Vs. Creditors In Detroit Bankruptcy Trial --- Detroit bankruptcy on trial: 8 things to watch for --- Detroit Unions, Retirees Face Uphill Battle to Kill Bankruptcy --- Live blog: Day 1 of Detroit bankruptcy eligibility trial
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Detroit City Council considers alternative bank to settle Kilpatrick-era swaps deal --- Detroit City Council shot down deal that would have saved millions
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Judge Orders State to Release Detroit EFM Candidate Names
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Case in Detroit Highlights Costs of 'Extra' Pension Payments
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Detroit Retirees Sue Emergency Manager Over Health-Care Cuts
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Obamacare's Disastrous Debacle Might Screw Detroit's Retirees
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Attempted carjacking on Detroit police chief
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PBS is latest national news outlet to take a look at bankrupt Detroit
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'American nightmare'
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Some Shocking Facts about Detroit's " Bankruptcy "
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State and Local Governments Picking Up Pieces
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Vallejo Water-Bond Deal to Be City's First Since 2008 Bankruptcy
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The Top 10 Cities In The United States
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Aviation:

US airlines poised to report strong earnings for the third quarter
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Corporate Reform:

JPMorgan Guilty Plea Sought by Holder Shows Harder Stance
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Here's Where The Money From JP Morgan's Massive $13 Billion Legal Settlement Will Go
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JPMorgan's $13 Billion Lesson
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Delamaide: Time to hold JPMorgan to account
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J.P. Morgan takes cue from Bank of America
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Considering the Fairness of JPMorgan's Deal
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JPMorgan $13 billion settlement could cost bank closer to $9 billion --- The Numbers Behind the JPMorgan Deal
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No, sorry, the JPMorgan fine isn't remotely big enough
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What was JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon thinking?
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Banks Brace For Fallout Following JP Morgan Deal
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Brokers:

Court blocks "excessive" Proskauer and Dewey fees on MF Global bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Claims Bound by Section 524(g) Channeling Injunction
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Construction:

Caterpillar dealer sales figures tell a sad story
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Furniture:

Furniture Brands looks to sell its corporate jet
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Television:

Rockets take different stance than Astros on CSN Houston bankruptcy
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Awards:

Commercial Law League of America Announces Award Recipients
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Religion:

Bankruptcy an option for church confronting clergy misconduct, financial uncertainty
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Court ruling could reduce Wis. clergy abuse claims
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Judge rejects 1 archdiocese bankruptcy claim Tuesday
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Consultants:

McKinsey consultants help to pull Patheon off the road to bankruptcy
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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 (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sales:

Bankruptcy Sales: “Free and Clear” Of An “Interest” May Even Extend To Blocking A Successor Unemployment Insurance Experience Rating
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Recent Pleadings:

MF Global Slams Proskauer and Dewey Fee Requests: "No Meaningful Oversight Of Professionals' Fees"
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Insurance:

How To Handle D&O Coverage In A Bankrupt Co.
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Electricity:

How Did Energy Future Holdings Fail?
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“Call Me [a Good,] Maybe”
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Opera:

New York City Opera Lists Assets of $6.7 Million in Court
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Health Care:

Montefiore gets OK to take over Sound Shore, Mt Vernon hospitals
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Bankruptcy judge to Brown: Prepare a budget
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Jon Stewart Savages The Obamacare Website Disaster
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The Coders Who Built The Obamacare Website Knew It Had Huge Problems
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A Slow-Motion Trainwreck: Here's How Things Get Worse Everyday The Obamacare Website Isn't Fixed
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Obamacare Website: Out of Control Contractors
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Health co-ops, created to foster competition and lower insurance costs, are facing danger
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Compensation:

CEO Pay Report Shows Big Gains
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Fraud:

Amid Plea Negotiations, SAC Capital Retrenches
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Ex-Madoff Employee Was Sick Over High Returns, Jury Told
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Tax:

IRS Delays Start of 2014 U.S. Tax Filing Citing Shutdown
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IRS doles out $11.6 billion in erroneous tax credit checks
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Swiss bank exec faces US extradition in $20B tax case, due to vacation in Italy
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Food/Beverage:

Moonstruck's Cammareri Bakery Files For Bankruptcy
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Resorts:

Two qualified bids submitted for Naniloa Volcanoes Resort
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California Company Bids $3.5 Million for Naniloa
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UK:

Scottish bankruptcy cases decline
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RSM Tenon lender sees £50m debt wiped off
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12 Ridiculous And Outdated British Laws That Still Exist
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EU:

Paper by EU Economist Backs Austerity’s Critics
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Key Euribor rate falls after dovish ECB talk
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ECB, on new mission, sets out tougher bank health tests
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PIIGS:

Why Bill Gates Is Making a $155 Million Bet On Spain --- Spain Ends Two-Year Recession Amid Effort to Add Jobs
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ie: Insolvency legislation no bonanza for distressed borrowers --- Hundreds of new debt arrangements ‘in the pipeline’, Insolvency Service of Ireland says
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Restructuring debt would not solve Portugal's problems
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Canada:

Quebec rail victims could see money mid-2014
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Netherlands:

Receiver in foreign bankruptcy proceedings can sell and transfer Dutch assets
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MENA:

UAE judges get trained on finance and bankruptcy law
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China:

The Chinese Bank Story That Has Markets Worried
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