Law:

Patton Boggs Managing Partner Comes Clean On Why Merger Was Necessary
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15 Highest-Paying Jobs For Professionals With Excellent 'People Skills'
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Reinventing The Law Business: An Ode to Large Law Firms
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Business of Law
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HogLove cuts jobs and offshores more work to South Africa
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With BofA Settlement Comes Shift in Work for Firms
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Argentina Blaming Cleary Gottlieb for Defaulting on Bonds
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How GCs Can Benefit From Litigation Funding
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LinkedIn for Dummies Lawyers More Associates Are Using LinkedIn, But Not Well
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Two Law Schools Offer Refund Program for Students
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ExamSoft Finally Apologizes For Botching The Bar Exam (Refunds Not So Much)
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Why Did American University’s Law School Plunge in the Rankings?
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Sublease Costs Belong to Defunct Firm, Panel Says
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State Attorney General Candidate Described As ‘Train Wreck’ By His Former Law Firm Evaluators
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Former Siri Skeptic Explains Why He Started Using The App All The Time
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Body of Work: Lawyer Says Bodybuilding Has Changed Her Look and Her Life
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Two Shapes Of Shoes Men Should Never Wear
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Norton Rose Fulbright trainees star in dream movie
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Are You Smarter Than A Paralegal?
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Ferguson and the Modern Debtor’s Prison --- Lawyers Playing Key Roles Amid Unrest in Ferguson --- Finally a Peaceful Night in Ferguson --- Prosecutor in Police Shooting Tells Nixon to Decide His Status --- The National Guard Is Being Withdrawn From Ferguson --- ?The Road To Injustice Is Paved With Facts, Evidence, And Witnesses --- Video --- Ex-Police Chief Analyzes Shocking Cellphone Video Of St. Louis Police Shooting Man
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Perry Lawyers Dispute Links Between Charges, Ethics Probe --- As Perry Faces Indictment, His GC Faces a Big Test --- Perry Indictment: All Hat, No Cattle
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6-year-old won’t stop playing with mom’s BB gun — so she shoots him to teach a lesson
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7-year-old turns in mother for cooking meth
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Court: Home insurance doesn't have to cover damage from decomposing body
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Williamsburg hipster-hater made 400+ fake 911 calls to get rid of cool kids
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Tourists, Police, and Elmo Tangle in Times Square
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Selfie sent to burglary victim’s cloud account puts couple at forefront of investigation
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Woman Steals Police Cruiser, Takes Police On 132 MPH Chase While Yelling At Them Over The Police Radio
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Cops: iPhone Shoecam Used To Film Store "Upskirts"
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Losing litigant who threw chair at defendant cop after verdict gets 5 years
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Attorney charged with murder solicitation wanted his former office manager killed, her lawyer says
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Cops: Mail Carrier Beat Pregnant Woman After Questioned About Missing Letters
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Feds: Obama Broke Law with Bergdahl Swap
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Judges:

Federal Judge's Arrest Shines Light on Federal Judicial Discipline --- Judge Could Avoid Prosecution in Atlanta --- 'Embarrassed' Judge Will Cooperate with Investigation, His Lawyer Says
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A Federal Judge And His iPad
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Justice Ginsburg Laments 'Real Racial Problem' in U.S.
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The Twilight of Antonin Scalia
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Wall Street:

US Index Futures Little Changed Before Yellen Speaks
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Wall Street Uneasy Ahead Of Yellen Speech
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US stocks : S&P 500 sets record close ; Dow regains 17000
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The 50 Stocks Hedge Funds Are Shorting Like Crazy
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2 Simple Reasons Why Young Wall Streeters Are Getting Big Raises--- Pay Hike Watch ’15: The Youth Of Goldman Sachs --- Pay Hike Watch ’14: Raises For Everyone (Under 25)! --- But… Why that 20% bank pay raise may be deceiving
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Layoffs:

Jobless claims drop below key threshold, beat expectations
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Americans' Satisfaction With Job Security at New High
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Twinkie bakery to close, putting 400 out of work
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EMS service to lay off 361 workers in central Indiana
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10 Companies Hiring Like Crazy Right Now
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:

The Student Loan Crusader: How Elizabeth Warren Wants to Reduce Debt --- Elizabeth Warren Wants To Reduce Student Debt By Taxing The Rich --- Warren : Senate to vote again on student loans --- Zywicki : What Elizabeth Warren Fails to Understand About Finance
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Stop paying your kids’ student loans
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Finance:

Covenant-Lite Loans: Borrowers Are Running the Show
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Politics:

Elizabeth Warren dodges Hillary question
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Celebs:

Not So Fast: The Anna Nicole Smith Estate Battle Isn't Over Yet
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Dentist Auctions Off 12-Year-old Unpaid Judgment Against Kim Kardashian
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Chef Gordon Ramsay Bankruptcy Issue: 'Kitchen Nightmares' Host Admits To Facing Challenges In Restaurants and Business, Almost $50 Million Dollars In Debt?
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Nonprofits:

Foam Race Facing Bankruptcy, Racers Out Money
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Brokers:

Judge Lets Corzine, Other Ex-MF Global Executives Tap Insurance
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Retailing:

Sears 2Q loss widens on sluggish sales --- Sears Is Headed Straight For Death --- Sears more 'irrelevant by the day' --- Here's how you finally fix Sears, says Cramer
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Sears Earnings: A Textbook Example of a Company in Freefall
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Cutlery:

America's Knifemakers Are Losing Their Edge
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Personal Finance:

10 Key Characteristics Of Debt-Free People
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Construction:

Robert Truland and his wife could be personally on the hook for millions, surety claims
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Education:

Green Bay: Parents unlikely to get tuition money back from bankrupt private school
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Aviation:

$9 million tentative agreement reached for Rock Airport property
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Economy:

US jobless claims fall, bolster labor market outlook
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Why Are Jobless Claims Falling So Fast?
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Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey increases to 28 in August, Highest since March 2011
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Fed Officials Said Job Gains May Bring Faster Rate Increase --- Fed's Williams: Summer 2015 rate hike 'reasonable' --- Fed's George: Hike rates sooner than later --- Fed optimism will give way to total economic meltdown --- The Fed just might raise rates sooner than expected
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In Jackson Hole, Central Bankers and Easy Money Collide
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‘Hissy Fit’ Risk to Markets Seen If Hawks Prevail in Fed
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Banks Told Fed Ahead of July FOMC They Expected 3Q 2015 Rate Hike
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Manufacturers Love US, Mexico --- US manufacturing PMI rises to 4-year high in August
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Rates Tick Higher As Fed Minutes Hint At Earlier Hike
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Families Forced to Live in Cars
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Census: The Poor Did Get Poorer
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The World Economy Is Stuttering, And Russian Sanctions Haven't Even Been Felt Yet
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Saving Horatio Alger: Equality, Opportunity, and the American Dream
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Car Loan Delinquencies Rise Slightly
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How The World Feels About 8 Moral Issues
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11 Companies That Lost Money in 10 Quarters
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Existing- home sales have hit their strongest pace of 2014 --- Sales Rise for 4th Straight Month --- A Few Comments on Existing Home Sales
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Foreclosed-Property Sales Fall to Lowest Levels Since 2008
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Florida homeowners get huge chunk of BofA settlement
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It's officially unaffordable to rent in almost all major cities
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Los Angeles Housing Still the Least Affordable
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Bank of America Monitor Vows to Speed Mortgage Relief
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Some homeowners could get hit with a whopping tax bill if they accept help through Bank of America’s settlement
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Homes Built for Rent Claim Smaller Share
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates fall to year's lows
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Distressed sales down to lowest share since before housing bubble broke
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Capmark Strikes Secret Settlement With Former CEO
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Bankruptcy judge approves unusual Aventura office sale
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Barclays-Thornburg Settlement; Every CEO Should be Watching BofA & Mozilo Events
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Check Out The Floor Plan For NYC's New $110 Million Penthouse
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Municipalities:

Detroit Updates Bankruptcy Plan Saying Water Agency Possible
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Detroit’s latest Plan of Adjustment
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Detroit's bond offer may not have hit mark --- Detroit water and sewer bond tender appears to fall short
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Detroit Seeks Water-Bond Sellers to Escape Default
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Fitch: Detroit Water/Sewer Tender Would Not be a Distressed Debt Exchange
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How Detroit will pay its bills, post-bankruptcy
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Plan to cut Detroit schools' pay by 10 percent OK'd
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Atlantic City is a debacle where the worst is yet to come
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Hedge Funds in Puerto Rico's power authority accord include Redwood, Knighthead
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Coal:

NWR Bondholders ‘Likely’ to Back Restructuring, CFO Says
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Telecoms:

LightSquared Is Back In Business
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Healthcare:

UMC announces second, bigger round of layoffs
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Mass Torts:

Asbestos Defendant Wants to Comply with Subpoena
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Garlock Creditors Oppose Bankruptcy Asbestos Plan Proposal
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Food/Beverage:

Warren Blasts Market Basket
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MI: Louie's Fresh Supermarket files for bankruptcy
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Hot Dog on a Stick is purchased from bankruptcy for $12.2 million
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Auction dud leaves Lemonis clear path to pick up Crumbs
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Corporate Reform:

US Regulators Issue Verbal Slap Down To The World's Largest Banks
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Record Bank of America Settlement Latest in Government Crusade
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Bank of America's $16 Billion Mortgage Settlement Less Painful Than It Looks
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The largest bank settlements in history
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How Much Banks Have Paid Out in Fines
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Music:

Watch The American Music Industry Splinter Into Bits Over 30 Years In 30 Seconds
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Accounting:

Extra-Marital Affairs Site Claims Accountants are Kings of Romance Because Their Jobs are Boring
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Fraud:

Ken Springer airs Wall Street's dirty laundry
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Soccer:

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Aim to Score Bankruptcy Exit
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Alternative Energy:

The MIT Curse Strikes Again: Lilliputian Systems Files For Bankruptcy
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Financially troubled fuel maker KiOR misses key payment
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Debt Collection:

ABA continues to oppose CFPB’s proposed debt collection survey
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Rare Earth Minerals:

Molycorp: Sans Oaktree Financing, Q1 2015 Bankruptcy Likely
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Iowa man sentenced to 46 months in prison for grain and bankruptcy fraud loses sentence appeal
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Golf:

Job losses after Milton Park Golf Club goes into liquidation
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Weather:

Think the Water Crisis Can't Get Worse? Think Again
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Has Atlantic Ocean Stalled Global Warming? --- Temperatures to Rise Again After 2030
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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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (21 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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History:

J. Howard Marshall: Scion of Bankruptcy Reform?
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DIP Finance:

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: What Happens if the Bankruptcy Code Says Yes, But the Debtor’s Governance Documents Say No?
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Successor Liability:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Holds Section 363(f) Bars Successor Liability for ERISA Claims
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Administrative Claims:

International Shipments Deemed "Received" by Debtor When Delivered to Common Carrier "FOB Port of Origin" - Rather Than Physically Received - for Purposes of Granting an Administrative Expense Claim Under Sec. 503(B)(9) of Bankruptcy Code
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Cross-Border:

Chapter 15 Bankruptcy a Developing Area of Law
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Judicial cooperation in international insolvency- swings and roundabouts?
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TBTF:

Breaking Up (the Banks) May Not be Quite So Hard to Do
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Autos:

Some GM Plaintiffs Seek a Way Around Bankruptcy Stay
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US Probing GM Lawyers on Recalls
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Gambling:

Interest payment looms for Hard Rock's owner
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Sovereigns:

Argentina's Defaulted Bonds From 2001 Plunge as Payout Odds Fall --- Argentina bonds steady as investors brace for long fight
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Argentine Debt Proposal Falls Flat; Aurelius Says Country Choosing ‘To Be Outlaws’
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Argentina Bonds Judge to Hold Hearing on Contempt Request --- Argentina describes Griesa as 'ignorant'
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Frustrated Judge Scolds Argentina but Does Not Hold It in Contempt
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US judge Griesa declares jurisdiction change illegal
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The Judge In The Argentina Vs. Hedge Funds Case Just Exposed A Big Weakness
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Argentina and Elliott – was it really a bond play?
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Argentina’s Defiance in Debt Swap Dims Market Redemption
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Gov't calls holdouts to accept new swap for 'certain' payment chances
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European holders of swapped Argentine bonds willing to accept removal of the RUFO clause --- Argentina bondholders working with Deutsche Bank on RUFO waiver
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'Macri more in tune with vultures, Griesa than with Argentina’s interests'
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Stiglitz would have recommended debt swap reopening
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Argentina Swaps Auction to Include Disputed Yen Bonds , ISDA Says
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Argentina’s Peso Weakening at Fastest Pace Since January
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UK:

Ex-BlackRock Exec Doesn’t Have To Explain His £43,000 Commuting Scam To You
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Hedge Fund Bonuses Got Whacked In London
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Antony Costa becomes the third member of Blue to become bankrupt in a year
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Co-op Bank reports loss of £75.8m --- Co-operative Bank warns more job losses to come
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EU:

Nobel Laureate: 'Historians Are Going To Tar And Feather Europe's Central Bankers'
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Spectre of ‘lost decade’ haunting Europe
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Europe Worried Banks Lack Cash to Cover Bad Loans
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Worse than the 1930s: Europe’s recession is really a depression
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PIIGS:

Surprise as Dunne tries to drop US bankruptcy bid --- Tycoon badly miscalculated in seeking redemption in US
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Russia:

It Could Take 6 Months To A Year Before Sanctions Begin To Really Hit Russia
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Russia Is Going After More McDonald's Restaurants --- After Russia targets McDonald's, businesses on edge --- Russians Are Peeved --- Kremlin to Russians: No food? No problem
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MENA:

The Islamic State Warned The Foleys Their Son Would Be Killed In An Email --- James Foley Was Reportedly Traded As A 'Pledge Of Allegiance' To ISIS By Another Rebel Group --- The Final Email ISIS Sent To James Foley's Family Is Released --- ISIS offered to swap Foley for 'Lady al Qaeda'
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Up to twenty more Westerners held hostage
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ISIS Is 'Beyond Anything We've Ever Seen'
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Everyone Who Wants To Destroy ISIS Needs To Know One Hard Truth --- Obama's Mission Against ISIS Just Fundamentally Changed
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More British Muslims fight for Islamic State than Britain
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The Failed Rescue Operation In Syria Was Huge
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A Leading Hamas Commander Just Said The Group Was Behind June's West Bank Kidnappings --- Israel Is Now Going After Top Hamas Commanders With Air Strikes
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China:

China's Big Bosses Face Massive Pay Cuts
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Ukraine:

Russia's Gazprom Says Ukraine's Unpaid Gas Bill Tops $5 Billion
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Moscow Defies Kiev, Moves Russian Aid Trucks Toward Ukraine
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Germany Is Telling Ukraine To Back Off Crushing Pro-Russian Rebels Or Else Putin Will Get Mad
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Mexico:

Oceanografia Ships Said to Sit Idle as Losses Increase
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Asia:

Legal hodge-podge frustrates Asian harmonization
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South Korea:

Daewoo founder blames gov't for group failure
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Australia:

Does Australia need a US style chapter 11? Encouraging and facilitating corporate turnaround in Australia
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