Law:

Voluntary Buyout Watch: Biglaw Firm Seeks To Thin The Herd
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The Best Law Firms To Work For (2015)
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Number of LSAT Test Takers in June Falls to 14-Year Low
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Things Are Looking Up for In-house Counsel Hiring
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Manhattan Prosecutor Asks Judge to Halt Dewey Civil Suit --- Dewey Defendants Slam Partners' 'Voracious Greed'
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Unfinished Business: And The Winner Is . . .
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Christine Lagarde, IMF and ex-BigLaw chief, talks about women and leadership
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Lessons From Non-Traditional Law Grads
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Business of Law
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Magic circle sees UK market share shrink as global consolidation takes hold
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Are Law Professors (And Lawyers) Playing Baseball When We Should Be Playing Soccer?
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Court Explains Fair Use To Lawyers Who Sued Westlaw & LexisNexis
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‘Dark triad’ of personality traits, in small amounts, can benefit ambitious workers, study says
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Lawyers Responding to Negative Online Reviews Tread Tricky Path
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Attorney fears claimed lawyer impersonation, using his name and bar number, isn’t the only one
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This Lawyer Just Wrote The Best Smackdown Letter
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A Look At Associate Compensation In The 1990s (Part 2)
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Law Schools Peer Into The Abyss, But The ABA Blocks Serious Change
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A Probe of How Firms Won Libyan Business – The Short Answer
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Dems tap witnesses in possible Boehner lawsuit --- Boehner's Obama Lawsuit is a Loser --- Here are a few other things Boehner could sue Obama for
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15 Apps For Your iPhone That Are Better Than The Ones Apple Made
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The Best Computer Monitor Setup for Lawyers
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iPads May Be The Cause Of Itchy, Allergic Rashes
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LinkedIn: The Magic Bean Strategy Will Fail
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A Bigger Screen Might Not Be The Most Desired iPhone 6 Feature After All
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What To Do If You Forget Someone's Name Immediately After Meeting Them
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Why Impatient Kids Are More Likely To Grow Up Criminals
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Men Arrested For Allegedly Smoking Heroin In A Chuck E. Cheese Bathroom
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US Jails Are Struggling With Role As Makeshift Mental Asylums
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Man Busted, Despite Top-Shelf Protectors
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Utah Man Arrested In Bomb Plot To Cause An Uprising Against The Government
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Judges:

Bankruptcy filing shows dueling domiciles for judge
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An interview with Judge Richard A. Posner
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Dumb Broad Judges Ruin Sports Best
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Scalia Calls Thomas ‘A Nut’
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The Roberts Court: Playing the Long Game
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Did You Hear the One About the Appellate Lawyer?
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Wall Street:

US futures rise as sentiment improves; Dow Jones up 0.33%
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Stocks close down for week
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22 Strange Interview Questions That Wall Street Firms Ask
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Goldman: We Think These 22 Stocks Will Beat Earnings Expectations
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Empty Floors Fray Traders' Nerves
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Layoffs:

Pentagon - Pink Slips to Thousands of Soldiers
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A federal agency is about to answer the question: Who do you actually work for?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Awards:

Nancy Mitchell and Nancy Peterman Named ‘Top 100: Restructuring & Turnaround Professionals’ by Global M&A Network
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Celebs:

The Broke and the Beautiful: Crummy Edition
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Teresa Giudice's Legal Problems Should Make for an Intense 'RHONJ' Season 6 --- Teresa Giudice, Joe Giudice Face Prison, 39 Count Indictment, Deportation?
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Personal Finance:

17 Tips For Making Your Money Last A Lifetime
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25 Ways to Improve Your Finances
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Here's What To Consider Before Trying To Make Money From Airbnb
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Ways You're Already Wrecking Your Retirement
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Financial Literacy:

Are You More Financially Literate Than A 15-Year-Old?
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Fraud:

Former head of giant US pension fund pleads guilty to bribery, fraud
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CalPERS Ex-CEO Buenrostro Guilty Plea Explains Why Bankers Make So Much Money
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Telecoms:

Harbinger sues US govt over wireless company LightSquared -report
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Nonprofits:

Nebraska service provider seeks bankruptcy shield
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Auto Racing:

Speedway auction set for July 24
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Politics:

State Sen. Sean Nienow files for bankruptcy ; owes $900K
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Autos:

Prosecutors reportedly building fraud case against GM --- Feds may nail General Motors for 'criminal fraud' --- Prosecutors' case against GM focuses on misleading statements
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Some victims get nothing from GM's compensation plan
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Who needs insurance? GM paying victims on its own.
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Stile Bertone Declared Bankrupt , Assets Go Up For Sale
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Currency:

Bitcoin and Bankruptcy: Understanding the Newest Potential Commodity
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Private Equity:

A fee too far
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Opera:

Bankruptcy threatens New York opera
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Tax:

Supreme Court Clarifies Severance Payment Tax Rules
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Corporate Tax Dodgers Leave Us to Foot the Bill
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Economy:

This Week's Big Economic Events
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Fed’s Evans: Inflation Over 2% Not Necessarily a Catastrophe --- Fed’s Lockhart: Still Sees First Fed Rate Boost Some Time in 2015 --- Fed’s Plosser: Federal Reserve Must Prepare Markets for Rate Increases --- Plosser Says Fed Must Consider Higher Rates as Policy Goals Edge Closer
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Central Bank Exec: The World Is Vulnerable Like 2007, Stocks Are Irrational, And China Is Poised To Crash
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Americans Still Skeptical of Economic Forecasts
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It’s not your imagination: millennials really are living in their parents’ basements
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Inequality Is Forcing US Towns To Try Scandinavia-Style Taxation — And It's Working
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Economists Predict GDP Growth After Decline in Early 2014 - Low probability for a recession in 2014 or 2015
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Wage Inflation Is Coming
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Stocks Are Not The Economy
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This Year's Deficit Will Probably Be The Smallest Since 2008
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The Government Just Posted Its First Four-Month Budget Surplus In Years
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Two More Signs Of A Strong Economic Recovery...
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Corporate America Is Still Finding Ways To Cut Costs
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The Rate At Which Americans Move Has Been Falling For Decades
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Piketty's Failure to Account for Tax Law Changes Makes His Wealth Inequality Claims Worthless
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Facts About The World Economy That Every Investor Should Know
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College Kids OK Because Others Doing Worse
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A ‘nationwide gentrification effect’ is segregating us by education
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Citigroup Mortgage Accord Includes $2.5 Billion Relief
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The Cities Where Middle-Class Homebuyers Are Screwed
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Cities with the Most Abandoned Homes
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LeBron James Just Showed How To Solve The US Housing Crisis
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Preliminary Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in June
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Existing Home Sales: Lawler vs. the Consensus
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Real Estate Firm Accused Of Trying To Evict A 98-Year-Old Woman Will Let Her Live There For Free
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Municipalities:

Deadline passes for thousands of creditors in Detroit bankruptcy --- Last Votes Cast Over Plan to Lift Detroit From Bankruptcy --- Pensioners appear to say yes to grand bargain --- Crucial bankruptcy debt-cutting plan reportedly being approved by Detroit retirees --- Final ballots 'extremely unlikely' to trip up Detroit's grand bargain
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Bond Insurer Takes On Detroit
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Judge Will Hear Objections From The Public On Bankruptcy Plan
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Detroit: It is an amazing accomplishment
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Orr: Duggan, City Council are ready to run Detroit
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Hedge funds swoop in to profit off Detroit debt
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One year into bankruptcy, a grand coalition emerges to move Detroit forward
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A year into bankruptcy — hope, frustration in Detroit neighborhoods
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Court of Appeals Mandates Expedited Appeal to Keep Detroit’s Plan Confirmation on Track | Wiley On Bankruptcy
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Detroit dodges a bankruptcy bullet --- Federal judge: Insurer can't trap Detroit's casino revenue
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The Post-Post-Apocalyptic Detroit
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New cooperative tone helps Detroit weather bankruptcy
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Detroit bankruptcy time line
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Who's who in Detroit's bankruptcy
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The language of Detroit's bankruptcy
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The 'rest of the story' on Detroit's bankruptcy
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Detroit Bankruptcy , An Unique Opportunity To Transfer Wealth, Assets
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Sparton recovers after move, but hometown Jackson, Michigan suffers
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Atlantic City Is Doomed
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Stockton: Watching and waiting
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Stockton bankruptcy judge seeks final answer on pension status
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Puerto Rico Luring Hedge Funds on Record Price Drop
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5 of the worst cities to find employment
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Gambling:

Report: The Trump Casino In Atlantic City Is Expected To Close
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Casino shutdown to hit Atlantic City
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Revel Reaches Deal With Creditors to Start Sale Process
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A.C. casino closings have employees reeling
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Pink slips expected today for Trump Plaza workers
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Banking:

Unofficial Problem Bank list unchanged at 465 Institutions
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Food/Beverage:

Crumbs lives to bake another day --- New life for Crumbs cupcakes
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Crumbs Bake Shop To Reopen Under Dippin' Dots Owner
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Pink Elephant Declares Bankruptcy , Fights To Keep Space
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Corporate Reform:

The Huge US Fines On Foreign Banks Are Having The Intended Effect
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Reports: Citigroup to detail $7B settlement
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Behind the Scenes of Citigroup's $7 Billion Settlement --- How a Raid in Benghazi Helped Shape Citigroup's $7 Billion Settlement
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Top banks have paid $100B in fines
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ACE Cash Express Fined for Predatory Loans
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Education:

Dozens of U.S. colleges were just downgraded by Moody’s
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Flunking Out, at a Price
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Davis Seeks Protections for Military in For-Profit Colleges
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Wisconsin International School files for bankruptcy
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Healthcare:

Transparency still needed in NRMC sale --- Hospital sale takes yet another step forward --- Community Health Systems Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Natchez, Mississippi Hospital
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Union hospital district moving forward with bankruptcy process
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Religion:

The Pope and the Vatican Bank
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Electricity:

Bankrupt Energy Future Holdings’ value surges
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Metals:

London court convenes RUSAL creditors for debt restructuring
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (49 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

MD PA: Bankruptcy filings continue to retreat
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Phoenix-area bankruptcies continue to decline in June
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10 Brands That Will Disappear In 2015
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead: Energy Future Updates on Restructuring Support Agreement
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Back from Bankruptcy: The Billion-Dollar Families Whose Fortunes Survived Near Brush With Death
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Bankruptcy Reform:

New Senators: Corporations Must Give Workers and Retirees Fair Treatment In Bankruptcy
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Plan Confirmation:

SD CA: New Form Ch. 11 Plan
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Jurisdiction:

American Exceptionalism and Extraterritorial Application of Bankruptcy Law
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Avoidance Actions:

Tri-Valley Corporation Preference Actions Filed
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Exemptions:

Homestead (And Other) Exemptions: Some Fraud Counts More Than Others
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Chapter 13:

Do Debtors or Creditors Get Undisbursed Chapter 13 Plan Payments Upon Conversion? -- A New Circuit Split
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Bank’s Directors and Officers Not Related to Earlier Claims, Trigger Separate Policy Period
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Student Debt:

A Student Debt Documentarian Explains How Things Got So Bad
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Student Debt-Relief Services Come Under Scrutiny
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Nightlife:

A Club That Represents Everything Passé About NYC Nightlife Has Finally Gone Bankrupt
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Retailing:

Retailer Love Culture Said to Prepare Bankruptcy Filing
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Financing terms limit Dov Charney's role at American Apparel
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Women's clothing retailers face tough year, more bankruptcies: analysts
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Retailers Have Given Some Discouraging Commentary About The US Economy To Start Earnings Season
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Aviation:

Evergreen aviation campus up for sale
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Jetmakers braced for slowdown in orders
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Mass Torts:

Garlock denies lawyers' claims
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Six Months After Massive West Virginia Chemical Spill, Residents Still Wary Of Water
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Sovereigns:

Still no deal between Argentina , debt holdouts
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Argentina Debt Negotiations Continue
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Pollack's hope is that dialogue between holdouts and Argentina will continue
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Argentina not negotiating multimillion debt, say holdout creditors
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Argentina edges closer to default
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BNY Mellon Seeks to Hold Argentina Bond Payment
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Argentina Bond Fight Extends to Beef as Default Date Looms
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How Argentina Could Go Down In Flames Even If It Does Pay Off The Hedge Funds
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UK:

Former Cobbetts partner speaks out
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Solicitor went bankrupt to “prove dishonesty claim"
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Bankruptcy looms for tax scheme investors
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More young women becoming insolvent
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Pre-pack the backdoor to UK insolvency regimes?
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Don't turn it off — supplying services during formal insolvencies
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EU:

Another Ugly Economic Report From Europe
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Draghi Seen Delivering $1 Trillion to Banks in ECB Offer
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PIIGS:

The Legal Concept Of Insolvency According To The Spanish Supreme Court --- Spanish Bad-Debt Data Tell Divergent Stories --- Jenaro García Martín to face court over Gowex collapse
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Portugal rules out state support for Banco Espírito Santo --- Troubled Epirito Santo family loosens grip on Portugal's BES --- Portugal bank gets new boss but stock still falls --- Little Heed Paid to Market's Espirito Santo-Driven Fall --- Risk Appetite Vanishes On Portugal Insolvency Suspicions
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Greece battles to defuse ticking debt bomb --- More Greeks Unable to Pay on Their Loans
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ie: Insolvency service sees sharp rise in arrangements
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Canada:

Ponderosa in financial trouble
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Bulgaria:

Bulgaria Will Start Corporate Bank Bankruptcy Process --- In a First Since the 1990s, a Large Bulgarian Bank Goes Bankrupt
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Serbia:

Serbia Committed to 3-Year IMF Agreement
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Australia:

What's up in Australian insolvency law, and why should we care?
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