November 5, 2014

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Law:

Ralph Tuliano: Restructuring Is More Than a Numbers Game
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Mark Roe: Are Chapter 22s Really So Bad?
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Shaunna D. Jones: When Assigning Blame, Debtors Shouldn't Look Far
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Worth Nothing, Failing Law Schools Are Kept on Life Support
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Bingham Partner Retreat Canceled as Morgan Lewis Deadline Looms
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Harvard Law Students Embarrass Harvard Law Profs
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CLO Survey Has Bad News for Outside Counsel --- The Report
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Willkie picks Houston to set up first new US office in over 30 years --- Willkie Opens Houston Office Amid Deal Boom --- Willkie Puts Down Stakes in Houston
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Legal deserts
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Law firms skew blue in political donations
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Firms still paying for time billing
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Business of Law
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Beyond Biglaw: Sales Training (Part 1)
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Ten Thoughts on Business Development
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The Future of Legal Services – What Will They Look Like?
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Willkie Farr team helps MPM with reorg and bankruptcy exit
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Suddenly, The iPhone 6 Is Available To Buy Everywhere
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How will a Republican-controlled Senate affect lawyers?
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4 Essential Suits Every Man Needs In His Closet
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Understand LinkedIn's Pitfalls for Lawyers
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5 Small Scanners You Can Tuck into Your Pocket
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How Far Will Facebook's Malicious Prosecution Case Against DLA Piper Go?
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Post-Recession, Firms Try to Teach the Art of Rainmaking
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Doctors Warn Sitting Leads To Deadliest Diseases Americans Face
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This Bar Exam Failure Needs Your Help
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No good deed goes unskewered at upcoming Brooklyn Law School Roast
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White & Case to negotiate over Barclays dispute
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The Bridge Builders: Connecting Solos To Clients
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Adrian Peterson Reportedly Reaches Plea Deal To Avoid Jail Time
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NFL: Ray Rice's Career in Judge's Hands
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A-Rod Stays True To Form
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Former state trooper is charged with sending DUI arrestees’ racy photos to his own phone
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Juror recognizes defendant’s name on sample ballot in DA race
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Lawyer Accused Of Extorting S-- From Clients, Amateur P---, Polygamy
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Introducing The Dumbest Drug Smuggler Ever
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Man Killed By Falling Tape Measure At Construction Site
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Would a SCOTUS vacancy result in gridlock in a GOP-controlled Senate?
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Cops: Woman drives into shopper for stealing parking spot at Walmart
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Judges:

Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta succeeds Bankruptcy Judge Eugene R. Wedoff as chair of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules
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On the clock in the Supreme Court
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SD NY Kicks Off 225th Anniversary Celebration
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Was top Pennsylvania court’s email with AG’s office ex parte? If so, it’s a big deal, experts say
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For older women, sex isn’t as important, court says, igniting outrage
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Where The Broke Courts Are Spending Their Money
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Retired Judge Claims Courthouse Asbestos Gave Him Cancer
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Judge Reveals The Disturbing Reason Almost Everybody Pleads Guilty
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Judge calls former state supreme court judge’s apology letters ‘unsatisfactory,’ orders a do-over
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Wall Street:

Stocks : Futures pushing higher
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US stock market psyched for GOP win --- Market predicting not just a GOP win, but a ‘wave’
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Global shares fall on ECB report; Saudi move hits oil
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Sex, Drugs and Investment Banking
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Expert: Bigger Market Selloff Coming
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Layoffs:

Warner Bros. Layoffs Beginning Tuesday to Eliminate Roughly 1,000 Jobs
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6 Reasons You Didn't Get the Job (That No One Will Ever Tell You)?
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Ford Fires 100 Factory Workers By Robocall On Halloween
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PPL cutting 450 jobs
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167 employees laid off at Bridgepoint Education
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IBM reportedly cuts 50,000 jobs
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The No. 1 Mistake People I Interview Are Making These Days
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Tech:

Apple to Stick With GT Advanced Deal After Unsealing --- GT Advanced Technologies Inc. Announces Amended Settlement Agreement With Apple
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Judge releases details of latest Apple deal: GTAT will take a big loss
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A Small Positive For GTAT On Its Apple Agreement
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Telecoms:

Sprint shares plunge 17 percent after disappointing outlook --- Sprint Needs Identity Beyond Cost Cuts, Promotions
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Awards:

US News: Best Law Firms for Bankruptcy
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Milbank Partner Gregory Bray to be Inducted by The American College of Bankruptcy
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Dickinson Wright Attorney Steven Howell to Receive the Barbara J. Rom Award for Bankruptcy Excellence
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Gambling:

Owner of Trump Plaza, Taj Mahal revises bankruptcy plan
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Consultants:

Epiq Systems Settles with Activist Investor Which Still Wants a Sale
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History:

There Are Alarming Economic Similarities Between Now And 1873
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Economy:

US factory orders slip in September
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QE Worked, But Not As Advertised
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Gallup Poll: October Consumer Spending Remains Stable
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Trade Deficit increased in September to $43.0 Billion --- US Exports Decline in Sign of Global Slowdown
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Apple borrowing billions to pay shareholders is everything wrong with capitalism today
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Ayn Rand vs. Adam Smith: the only midterm election that counts
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Singer's Elliott Says U.S. Growth Optimism Unwarranted as Data ‘Cooked’
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Crashing Oil Prices Won't Kill The US Economy
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Oil price swoon pulls WTI crude to 3-year low
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Oil Keeps Tumbling
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Gas now cheaper than milk
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Look out below! Oil is not done falling
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A Response to Piketty’s Capital from a Surprising Corner
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home-price growth slows to two-year low
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CoreLogic: House Prices up 5.6% Year-over-year in September --- CoreLogic: Home price growth "clearly slowing"
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Status update for the top 5 housing markets
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Mortgage credit availability drops again
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The 25 Wealthiest Suburbs In America
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Beazer Homes Is Headed For Bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

Detroit fire union rips bankruptcy judge over legal fee ruling
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Snyder defeats Schauer in election for governor
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Bankruptcy costs Detroit retirees
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Controller John Chiang drops bombshell on California public pensions
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Philadelphia Schools: Another Year, Another Budget Crisis
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Tiny LA district is approving charter schools beyond borders
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More taxes, outside help only ways for Greenville to exit Act 47
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Five American Cities Back from the Dead
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Oil/Gas:

Hercules Offshore to lay off 324 workers
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Buccaneer sells assets; wants $20M from state
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Aviation:

D-Day for MAS
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Healthcare:

Some former Hampden County Physician Associates doctors will join Sisters of Providence starting Wednesday
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84% of Struggling Hospitals Put Population Health on Hold
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Doctors Medical Center announces Election Day "Hail Mary" gambit
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New funding models for Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo proposed
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TLC Health hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 by Jan. 1
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Medical Marijuana: What Happens in Bankruptcy (Not Much)
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Columbus Regional to eliminate 219 jobs, includes 99 layoffs
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3-D-printed organs are on the way
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Derivatives:

Industry Coalition Objects to FSB Proposal on Bankruptcy Early Termination Rights
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Hedge Fund, Investor Groups Hammer Swaps 'Stays'
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Food/Beverage:

Nell’s Shurfine Market sale approved by bankruptcy court
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Quiznos Has One Last Hope For Its Business
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Is The McDonald's 'Secret Menu' Real?
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Here's How Much It Costs To Open A Fast Food Franchise
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Personal Finance:

7 things you really shouldn’t have delivered
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Should the man always pick up the check at dinner?
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These Frugal Habits Are Actually Just Wastes Of Money
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Mass Torts:

Judge: Garlock bankruptcy case a ‘long, strange trip,’ ultimately led to public access
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Garlock Has No One but Itself to Blame for Bankruptcy, Says Attorney for Asbestos Plaintiffs' Law Firm
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BP ups attack on Gulf of Mexico administrator
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Retailing:

Two Dozen Retailers Won’t Open on Thanksgiving–And They’re Shaming the Ones That Will
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Michael Kors sees slowing same-store sales on muted spending --- Why Michael Kors Can't Afford to Cut Prices
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Pensions:

Nortel Bondholders Fight Canadian Retirees for $1 Billion
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PBGC claims $40M in Asahi Tec settlement
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Fraud:

Supreme Court to Take on Whistleblowers
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Judge chooses to 'cheat justice,' sentences prominent S.I. businessman to probation, $4.8 million for bank fraud
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Lehman:

Investor hopes rise for huge settlements in ex-Lehman RMBS
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Banking:

Ex-Bank CEO Says He Led A Double Life As A CIA Agent And Hunted Osama Bin Laden
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Autos:

GM Could Face $2 Billion Tab If Bankruptcy Shield Falls
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Uber’s ‘Thousands’ of Car Loans Said to Include Risky Subprime Borrowers
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Half of GM's Recalled Vehicles Not Repaired --- G.M. Offers $25 Cards to Owners Who Get Ignition Switches Fixed
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Education:

Ivy League schooling still packs a serious wallop
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Politics:

Elections Are Democratic Disaster
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Harry Reid Congratulates Mitch McConnell On Becoming Majority Leader --- Republicans Have Taken Over The Senate With Victory In Iowa --- Battle for the Senate: How the GOP did it
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First Black Sen Elected in South Since Reconstruction
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Exit Polls Showed a Very Angry Electorate
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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 (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 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:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Tax:

Give and Take: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Trustee’s Turnover and Avoidance Claims Relating to Debtor’s Net Operating Losses
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Avoidance Actions:

New Value Does Not Need to Remain Unpaid
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Mootness:

Stop in the Name of Equity: Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Appeals in Chapter 11 Liquidation Proceedings as Equitably Moot
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TBTF:

Hedge Funds Decry Swaps Changes Meant to Allow Big-Bank Failures
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Litigation:

How NOT to do PC searches: Experts explain dangers of Rule 41 changes
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Litigation Finance: Transaction Structures
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Resorts:

Developer of bankrupt Montana luxury club grilled
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Television:

What Houston Lost to Finally Get the Rockets and Astros on TV Again
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Photography:

Kodak wants to close Chapter 11 case --- Kodak is Racking up Fees and Wants to Close its Chapter 11 Case
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Corporate Reform:

JPMorgan prepares for cost of criminal investigation
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Celebs:

A Melancholy List of Edgar Allan Poe’s Debts, From His Bankruptcy Petition
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Wyly Widow Gives Bankruptcy Court Details of Homes, Furs --- Wyly Bankruptcy Won't Block SEC Asset Freeze --- N.Y. judge to Wylys: You can’t keep SEC away by declaring bankruptcy
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'RHONJ' Teresa Giudice Prison Sentence Fallout: Companies Cut Ties With Bankrupt Bravo Star! --- Teresa Giudice's Net Worth Suffers
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Teresa Giudice Filming Real Housewives of NJ Now, Report Says - Prison sentence will be part of it
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Chrisley Knows Fraud? Bankruptcy Trustee Claims Reality Stars May Have Used Shady Behavior To Hide Cash From Creditors
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Jacqueline Laurita bankruptcy lawsuit stalls: ‘RHONJ’ star to pay $1 million
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Retrial May Await Anna Nicole Smith's Lawyer
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Gone in an Instant: How One NBA Player Lost $110M
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Sovereigns:

Argentina asks US appeals court to reverse Griesa's contempt ruling
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George Soros, Kyle Bass Battle With Paul Singer In UK Court
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Hedge fund owner says will ‘continue search for Argentine assets to seize’
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Griesa widens battleground
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Will Argentina Settle with Holdouts in 2015?
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Kicillof rejects rumors of vulture funds negotiations as ‘pure lies’
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The plot thickens
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US reply to Argentina: Soderberg's responsibilities as public servant not linked to bonds' dispute
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UK:

The future for pensions in bankruptcy
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UK Services Index Slumps to 17-Month Low as Economy Cools
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Insolvency in the charities world – the pension scourge
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Don’t fear the insolvency practitioner
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David James forced into auctioning signed memorabilia after becoming bankrupt
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Premier League footballers: four who went bankrupt
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An Update on the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014
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Lawyers brought in to study background of Phones 4u’s collapse
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Analysis Of An Alternative Finance Bankruptcy - Why Did Albemarle & Bond Go Under?
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Rolls-Royce to cut 2,600 staff, appoints new CFO
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11,000 Farepak cash claims remain unpaid - eight years after the Christmas savings club collapsed
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EU:

Eurozone PMI Makes For An Ugly Reading
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Efforts to make resolving insolvency easier in Europe are proceeding slowly
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EU slashes eurozone growth forecast
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All The Ways The Euro Crisis Is Actually Much Worse Than The Great Depression
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EU economic growth outlook dims on rising geopolitical risks
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European shares extend losses after report on challenge to Draghi
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Too Many Children Are Living With Unemployed Parents In Europe
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Warnings from Japan for the eurozone
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PIIGS:

Artworks to be returned to Seán Dunne's wife and son
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Canada:

Scotiabank Cuts Most Jobs Among Canada Banks in a Decade
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School bankruptcy leaves parents high and dry
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Bahamas:

Bank of Bahamas: $69m loss drove insolvency fears
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Bulgaria:

Corpbank's bankruptcy postponed due to a mysterious investor with links to Bulgaria, Malta and Russia
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