Law:
Legal Sector July 2014 Jobs Report - 200 Jobs Lost (sluggish trend continues)
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Finding Your Passion Above The Law (Part 3)
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UK law firm mergers soar
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Government paralegals making up to $80K had little work to do, report says --- Paralegals Paid Up To $80K To Play Online, Watch TV
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Decision due this year on US$20m fine threat to Chicago law firm
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Goldman Sachs leveraged finance group loses enthusiasm for Linklaters
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What Really Should Be in General Counsel's Skill Set
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Insane And Awesome Lawyer Ad
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Pivoting your career back to a law firm
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Flashback: ATL Lawyer of the Year, 1974
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Law School Dean Thinks Law School Is Important
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ABA Poised to Adopt Sweeping Changes to Law School Accreditation Standards This Week --- Legal Education Due For a Makeover
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Details Emerge in Murder of Dan Markel
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Virginia Apologizes To UVA Student For Confusing Her With Jesus Christ
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11 iPhone Camera Gadgets That Will Make Your Photos Much Better
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5 Email Tricks You Didn't Know You Could Do On Your iPhone
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Three Common Productivity Tasks That an iPad Performs Better Than a PC
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The Role iPads Play for Lawyers Today
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Facebook Went Down And People Started Calling The Cops
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Coworkers You Should Never Friend On Facebook
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Lawyer not required to report colleague’s mental lapses absent ethics violation, ethics opinion says
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Firearms Instructor Accidentally Shoots Himself During A Lesson
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Death Of Man Killed By NYPD Chokehold Ruled A Homicide
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Woman 'Traumatized' After NYPD's Arrest Left Her N----
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Racy Emails Emerge In Corruption Trial Of Former Virginia Governor
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Private Prison Companies Could Make A Lot Of Money From The Migrant Border Crisis
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Modern mafia bosses flaunt their wealth and power on Facebook
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Things Not To Say (Or Admit) To A Law Enforcement Agent
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Woman finds 80 skeletons crammed into Ikea bags
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Should Attorneys Be Prevented From Googling Jurors During Voir Dire?
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Grandmother sentenced to jail for public s-- at retirement community
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Woman Allegedly Tries to Steal Police Car With Two Officers Inside
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Don't Mess With Mr. Nguyen
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Woman Eats Cookies For Breakfast, Roommate Attempts to Murder Her
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The Hamptons police blotter
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Cliven Bundy: God Told Me to Do It
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'Knockout' video suspect will claim insanity
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Arizona Inmate Was Injected 15 Times
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Border militias moving across Texas
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Judges:
Justice Ginsburg: Supreme Court will take up same-sex marriage by 2016
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg And The Myth Of The Indispensable Man
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Obit: Judge Edwin D. Breland
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Report from Review of Three Bankruptcy-Related Supreme Court Decisions
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The education of Mr. Justice Jackson
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Judges vote to unionize
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Judge stopped trial because he had tickets for event - 'I've got tickets... they were bought a while ago'
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Wall Street:
S&P 500 suffers worst week since June 2012
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Wall Street on Edge
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Layoffs:
Weak market blamed for coal layoffs
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Army to force 550 majors to leave service
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Education:
CalVet Takes Action After Bryman College Declares Bankruptcy and Closes
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Aviation:
Court dismisses Freedom Air bankruptcy case
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Coal:
Pushing Back Against Obama's War on Coal
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Autos:
GM Recall Information Falsified at Website --- GM help site as defective as the switches, feds say
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GM's faulty-ignition fund taking victims' claims
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It's Preview Season For GM Claims
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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales decline to 16.4 million annual rate in July
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Americans Are Driving Ancient Cars, And That's Pushing New Vehicle Sales Higher
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Celebs:
The Broke and the Beautiful: Ne-Yo Edition --- Grammy winner Ne-Yo: Ex-manager owes me $8M
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Nearly 80% Of NFL Athletes Blow All Their Money — Here's Who Didn't Mess It Up
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Creditors Accuse Jacqueline Laurita And Chris Laurita Of Purposely Delaying Bankruptcy Trial To Avoid Debts
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Lenny Dykstra: Out of Prison, and Still Headstrong
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Aviation:
Would a Name Change Help Malaysia Airlines?
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Student Debt:
Families are finding alternatives to student loans
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Healthcare:
NRMC announces employee pay cuts
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Bankruptcy Court OKs BMC Bid for Northern Berkshire Healthcare
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State Auditor Probing Fiscal Health of Kentucky's Rural Hospitals
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One of the healthcare sectors is not like the others --- Hospital jobs are declining again
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Boating:
Buoyant market for yachts as rich return... Sales of luxury crafts at highest level since financial crisis
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Retailing:
Retailer Dots Bounces Back After Shutting Down in Bankruptcy
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Remember these stores? Retailers that went bust
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Love Culture's plans approved over Simon's objection
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Television:
CSN Houston Still Bankrupt , Still Not Coming to a TV Near You
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Food/Beverage:
Judge Rules Allens Inc. Must Pay $2M Claim
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Construction:
Army Corps delayed payments on Utah project tied to Truland
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Economy:
Economy adds 209,000 jobs in July; unemployment rate edges up to 6.2 percent
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Sorry Obama, this is not the best job market since 1997 --- For Jobs, 2014 Has Been the Best Year of the Recovery—By Far --- The US Labor Market Looks Tight
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Manufacturing Job Creation Eases To 13-Month Low
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Wall Street Worries You're Being Paid Too Much
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College Grads Group Saw Their Unemployment Rate Fall — For The Wrong Reasons
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Not so golden: Wealth gap lasting into retirement --- Retirees Are Happily Living On Only 66% Of Their Previous Income
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Demographics: Prime Working-Age Population Growing Again
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Watch hospitals replace factories
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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Corporate Debt Is Piling Up
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Greenspan: The US Economy Is 'Running Out Of Buffer'
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More and more Americans are living with the ‘double burden’ of concentrated poverty
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The amazingly rapid suburbanization of poverty
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How 16 Of The Oldest Companies On Earth Have Been Making Money For Centuries
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What People Earn Has Little Or No Relationship To Their Worth To Society
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Buffett's Berkshire billions billowing --- Warren Buffett: How to Avoid Going Broke
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Krugman On Ryan: Con Men Aren’t Stupid --- Quadrillions and Quadrillions --- Knowledge Isn’t Power
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Actually, Some Material Goods Can Make You Happy
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TPG Is Said to Seek $12 Billion Fund After Boom-Era Busts
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Obama Order: Companies Must Admit Wrongs
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Poll: 75% Say Our Two Wars Were Failures
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US Cities Homeless Crackdown, Ethic Cleansing?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Lawler: More Builder Results and Summary Table
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Construction Spending decreased in June
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Banks Burdened With Compliance Costs Outsource Home Loans
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Settlement reached in Lake Las Vegas lawsuit against Bass brothers
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JPMorgan Mortgage-Bond Accord Mostly Accepted by Trustees
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Frightening Growth of Suburban Slums
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Municipalities:
Federal judges put a halt to appeals in Detroit bankruptcy case
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Come on, Judge Rhodes — take Detroit's bus tour of hope and despair --- Detroit Bankruptcy bus tour: Your turn to tell creditors where to go
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Detroit's resilience must be seen to be believed
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Detroit poised for takeoff, but still needs big private sector assist
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Mayor Duggan takes over DWSD, now what?
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Groups keep pressure on Detroit over water shut-offs
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Levee district in St. Peters files Chapter 9 bankruptcy
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A Puerto Rican Solution for Illinois
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Puerto Rico Debt Load Defied as Bonds Extend Rally
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Toledo Loses Its Water Supply to Toxins
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San Bernardino has yet to move beyond bankruptcy
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Stockton's bankruptcy and pension reform
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Chris Christie's latest big lie: Bankrupt scare tactics
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Christie Pension Fixes Range From Unlikely to Unpalatable
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Adelanto officials say disincorporation last resort
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Mass Torts:
Parties Exchange Accusations in Asbestos Case
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Bankruptcy Judge Vows to Move Asbestos Case Swiftly
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For victims, tainted peanut butter trial a chance for justice
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Prosecutor: Ga. peanut plant faked lab results
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Locomotives from bankrupt railroad to be auctioned
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Alternative Energy:
ME: Owls Head solar energy company, supported by state funds, files for bankruptcy
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LDK Solar has amassed funds needed to exit insolvency
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Obama’s Delay on Renewable Fuel Puts Producers in Bind
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Tax:
Up to $20 Billion In Tax Revenue Potentially Lost
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Inversions: Investors May Be Hit with Tax Bills
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Banking:
Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 451 Institutions
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Morgan Stanley Once Made A 6-Figure Loan To A Man Whose Only Collateral Was An Unredeemed Lottery Ticket
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What that $34 overdraft fee is really costing you
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Weather:
California declares war on lush lawns
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Calif. Governor Declares Emergency on Fires
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Drought: Lake Mead, Before and After
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Scientists May Have Solved Siberian Crater Mystery
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Video Games:
Judge says Raimondo must be deposed on 38 Studios
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Gambling:
Revel Aims to Secure a Buyer to Prevent Shutdown
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Labor:
Class Certification Granted to Former MF Global Employees Seeking Vacation Pay
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Distressed Investing:
Distressed Acquisitions
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MLM:
Sometimes, life is like a box of cacao products
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Personal Finance:
Here's What To Do When Your Partner Is Lying About Money
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15 Cognitive Biases That Mess With Your Money
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12 Ways To Spend Less At Any Restaurant
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Nonprofits:
YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee updates ongoing restructuring effort
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KidsPeace out of bankruptcy
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Finance:
Make-Whole Provisions Continue to Cause Controversy
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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 (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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:
HI: Bankruptcy filings continue to decline
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Bankruptcies keep declining in Buffalo area
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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IP:
Key Court Holds Trademark License Survives Bankruptcy
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Uncertainties Remain Following the Eighth Circuit's En Banc Decision in Interstate Bakeries
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Bill Would Let 'Medically Distressed' Cast Off Student Loans
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Puerto Rico To Get Chapter 9?
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Discharge:
Creditors: Delete a discharged debt from a credit report or face possible liability
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Interest:
Post-Petition Interest: Default Rate Is Not a Slam Dunk
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Recent Pleadings:
Thornburg Mortgage Trustee's $94 Million Suit Against Barclays Moves Forward
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Baker Botts Seeks SCOTUS Review of 5th Circuit Decision Denying $5.2 Million For Defending Fee App
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TBTF:
Too big to fail is going out of style, says new GAO report --- ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ Becomes Too-Hard-To-Solve in GAO Study
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Big Banks Still a Risk
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Litigation:
Less Is More: Proposed Rule 37(e) Strikes the Right Balance
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Social Media Hearsay Objections
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Fraud:
Judge Won't Compel Arbitration in Stanford Case
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Cheating Banker Gets Mercy After Wife’s Plea to Judge
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How Common or Rare is Corporate Fraud ?
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Sovereigns:
Global System Is Needed for Debt Restructuring
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Argentina blames US mediator for debt default --- U.S. Judge Rejects Argentina's Appeal for New Mediator --- Argentina's lawyers criticize mediator, judge says 'cool down'
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Argentina says ''biased'' judge won't end debt standoff --- Judge Griesa: "The Debts Weren't Extinguished. There's No Bankruptcy, No Insolvency Proceedings. The Debts Are Still There." --- Judge to Argentina: Settlement 'only avenue' to resolve dispute --- US judge scolds Argentina over debt crisis remarks --- Stop spouting 'half truths' over default, US judge tells Argentina --- Argentina debt talks must continue after default: US Judge --- Where Do We Go Now?
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New York judge allows payment to bondholders based in Europe
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Paris Club confirms first receipt of Argentina arrears
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Argentina's Secret Plan to Escape Default
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Twisted Logic Contagion, WaPo Edition
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Fitch Downgrades All Argentina Corporations in Wake of Default
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A Costly, Lose-Lose Situation for Argentina and the Holdouts
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Everything you need to know about Argentina’s weird default --- Lessons Learned, What Happens Next
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Now Everything Is In Motion For Argentina To Pay Out Billions
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Business as unusual after Argentina's second default --- Why Argentina's Default Isn't Too Surprising Or Unusual
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You Can Blame Argentina's Default on a Handful of Greedy Hedge-Funders --- A man of contradictions --- A Great Victory for Speculators --- Argentina and Singer caught in financial tango --- How a Hedge-Fund Billionaire and an Octogenarian Judge Pushed a Whole South American Country Into Default --- The posterboy of the 1 per cent who can bring down a country
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Debt Ruling Shows a Callous Disregard to the Effects on Argentina
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For Argentina, debt default is a solution not a problem
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The President Of Argentina Compared Her Country's Default To Violence In Gaza --- Argentina comes full circle as crisis clouds Kirchner's sunset
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Argentina: Solo Deadbeat
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Argentina’s Default Is a Warning to Frothy Government Bond Markets
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Argentina Defaults On Its Debt....Again --- Argentina Is in Default, and Also Maybe in Denial --- Argentina: Defaults can differ --- Argentina tries to cap fallout from default mess --- Argentina's Fernandez Denies Default Ruling as Bonds Sink --- ISDA declares Argentina in default, bonds extend losses
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Argentina Needs to Make Good on Its Promises to Investors
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Be Fair to Argentina's Creditors, Too
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Why Argentina's Default Triggers $1B in Swaps
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Argentina equities still hot despite the country's debt woes — really
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Argentine Bonds Fall Second Day as No Deal Seen Imminent --- Argentina 85-Cent Defaulted Bonds Show There's Still Hope
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UK:
Gherkin owners fight back against receiver’s move to sell tower
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Britain's Biggest Train Fare Dodger Has 2 Mansions
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The 9 Worst Things To Do In London
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UK housebuilding grows at fastest rate since 2003
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Personal insolvencies in Scotland decrease
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EU:
The euro zone needs to make it easier for investors to buy restructured assets off the bloc's banks
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Hedge funds eye a profit from European bank research retreat
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PIIGS:
Moody's Upgrades Greece Credit Rating
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Portugal's Troubled Banco Espirito Santo Crashes Into Financial Purgatory --- Banco Espirito Santo Wasn't A Systemic Problem, Rather A Specific And Local One --- Banco Espirito Santo Junior Bonds Slide as Bailout Forces Losses --- Reports: Portugal rescuing Banco Espirito Santo --- ISDA to Rule on Espirito Santo Financial Bankruptcy Event --- Portugal Will Quarantine Banco Espirito Santo At A Cost Of 4.9 Billion Euros --- European stocks flat after Portugal bank bailout
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Russia:
The Real Yukos Shocker
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Obama: 'Russia Doesn't Make Anything'
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Russian Sanctions Begin To Backfire
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Fascinating Facts About The Majority Of Russians
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ECHR judge says Russia has grounds to contest ruling on Yukos
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China:
China official nonmanufacturing PMI drops in July
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MENA:
Some lenders eye exit as Dubai World seeks to revise $25 bln debt deal
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Israel withdraws most troops from Gaza --- US Appalled by Airstrike at UN School
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Islamic State seizes Iraq's biggest dam
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Tankers Wander Ocean with Kurd's Oil for Sale
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Kuwait's Investment Dar Loses Protection Against Creditor Legal Claims
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Korea:
More debtors apply for bailout program
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