Law:
Dentons Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Fried Frank Continues Rebuilding Litigation Ranks
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Alston & Bird Partner Hits Links as Masters Caddy
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McKenna Will Merge With Dentons, but Will Everyone Join? • Dentons to become more gargantuan with US merger • Dentons Adds Lawyers in U.S. Through McKenna Long Merger • Dentons-McKenna Long tie-up: why it took 18 months to seal the deal
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Sidley Austin’s Chair on Big Data & Cybersecurity
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Growing Revenue Matters More Than Managing Expenses
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Bigger In-House Budgets, Better Legal Value
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Number Of Law School Applicants Has Bottomed Out, But Quality Of Applicants Continues To Plummet • Lat, Diamond Debate The Law School Crisis
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UK: 40% of firms' new partners are women
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Suspect charged with killing lawyer in D.C. hotel stole $40, police say
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13 pictures that prove lawyer Amal Clooney is a complete boss • Amal schmoozes SCOTUS
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A ‘Beadgate’ Update: Did Drexel Really Have To Investigate The Law Professor Who Accidentally Sent P--- To Her Students?
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How A Criminal Defense Lawyer Uses Trial Presentation Technology
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Game Perfectly Sums Up Everything Wrong With Prosecutors
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‘Frat house’ mood alleged in suit against Nelson Brown; lawyer says she was fired for not fitting in
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Whining Lawyer Highlights The Disrespect For Maternity Leave
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All Lawyers Are Losers
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How bankers prepare for an all-nighter
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Why Hillary Clinton was told not to be a trial lawyer: she didn't have a wife at home
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The 8 big takeaways from the first Apple Watch reviews
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These guys took a power drill to the Apple Watch and this is what happened
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This Apple Watch video will destroy any remaining desire you had to buy one • Netflix pokes fun at Apple Watch geeks in its latest ad • What you need to know about buying the Apple Watch
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Nothing Was Better Than This Season Of Better Call Saul
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'Jinx' murder suspect Robert Durst sends rambling letter to the LA Times
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This Lawyer Is a Sharpshooter
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Texas DPS Sent a Trooper to Mandatory Counseling for Posing for a Picture With Snoop Dogg
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Judge in Aaron Hernandez's murder trial warns of mistrial risk
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SWAT Teams Called After Woman Stole $8.50 In Groceries... Hides In Store Ceiling For 7 Hours
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Lawyer depicts escape from Winston & Strawn in Lego
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South Carolina Cop Radioed Taser Claim After Fatal Shot • US: How Many Die in Police Encounters? • The Familiar Killing of Walter Scott • Witness: Cop Didn't Warn Scott Before Shots • New lawyer for fired cop charged with murder over foot chase points finger at client’s ex-counsel
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Say What?!
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Judges:
AL: Callaway named federal bankruptcy judge
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Italy: Man kills lawyer, judge, co-defendant in bankruptcy fraud trial at Milan courthouse • Gunman Shoots Up Courthouse, Killing His Former Lawyer And A Judge
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Study: Judges Are Far Less Biased Than Law School Students
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A Woman's Place: Supreme Court, and the Frozen-Food Section
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Exemption from PACER Fee Increase for Government Users Expires on April 1, 2015
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TX Judge Could Face 70 Years On Weapons Charges • Judge indicted in federal firearms case is suspended without pay
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Wall Street:
U.S. Index Futures Little Changed as S&P 500 Set for Weekly Gain
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Stocks close higher as energy stocks rebound
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World stocks keep rising on greater optimism
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Why stock market could be ‘sort of scary’ this year
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How this high-flying market could cause major damage
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‘Major Correction’ Unlikely Considering Investor Appetite, Says Citi
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Get ready for some eye-popping deals on Wall Street
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Layoffs:
Morgan Stanley to Marissa Mayer: You're going to have to fire A LOT more people
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Religion:
Court grants St. Paul archdiocese's request for more time to submit plan
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Retailing
Sprint set to open 1435 co-branded locations with RadioShack
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Walgreens profit beats expectations; more cost cuts planned • Walgreens to Close 200 U.S. Drugstores to Propel Profits
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Weather:
6 industries hurt the most by the California drought
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California Drought Tests Limits of Endless Growth
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Can California's Golf Courses Survive Drought?
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Fraud:
Sentencing Commission Adopts New Framework For Fraud Cases
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Lawsuit alleges Wall Street exec Lynn Tilton used Army tie to overcharge on military contracts
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Texas Wind Farm Was a $3.7 Million Scam
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Currency:
Chaos at Bitcoin Foundation Sparks Move to Bifurcate
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Hockey:
Erie Otters file for bankruptcy in unusual case
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Otters, in legal battle with Oilers, file for bankruptcy
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Court records: Erie Otters worth $9.4 million
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Aviation:
Wikileaks credited with US air subsidies document
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Apparel:
Save The Tourist Wear! Fresh Produce Clothing Line Looks for Buyer
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Electricity:
PG&E Ordered to Pay Record $1.6 Billion for Deadly Gas Blast
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Environmental:
Prosecutors working to notify potential victims in Freedom cases
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Sullivan International Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Shipping:
As DryShips works to pay down debt, negative headwinds could loom
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Economy:
Applications for US jobless aid rise but still at low level • Jobless claims over past month lowest in 15 years
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IMF's Lagarde: Global growth moderate, uneven • IMF's Lagarde Sees 'New Reality' of Mediocre Growth • Living with low economic growth
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Summers: Preemptive inflation war would be ‘a big mistake’
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Huge Split Inside the Federal Reserve
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Dimon, now Summers: There's a liquidity problem
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Expert: Why we’re ready for 2 Fed rate hikes
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Top 400 Average $336M in Earnings
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Here's where the very rich make their income
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Government Handouts: The Rich Get Them Too
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Social Progress Index Takes Wider View of Economic Success
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Enjoying the Low Life?
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Fact Check: Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account
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JP Morgan's Dimon warns next crisis will bring even more volatility
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Middle class jobs aren’t gone; they’ve just moved
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The 15 highest-paying companies in America
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Almost 50% of US Women Have No Children
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Freddie Mac Finds Mortgage Rate Drop Amid Underwhelming Job Growth • Average rate on 30-year home loan falls to 3.66 percent
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The most expensive homes for sale in San Francisco right now
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Bankruptcy bid delays 'fire sale' of Midtown office tower
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Charleston: Behind on loan, Laidley Tower placed into receivership
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Mortgages may be a bright spot for U.S. bank results in first quarter
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Municipalities:
Billionaire Stephen Ross: 'It Brought Tears to My Eyes' To See Detroit Slip
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Mapping out Pennsylvania’s distressed municipal pension plans
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How Scranton's pension system took a nosedive, and what other cities can learn from it
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Emanuel’s re-election present: Chicago’s fiscal nightmare is just beginning
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PREPA Restructuring Officer Optimistic on Consensual Restructuring Plan
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Ferguson city finances: not the new normal
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Wallace bankruptcy lists $11.5 million in debt
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Oil/Gas:
Jack Butler: Energy Rules are Being Fundamentally Rewritten • Paul Leake: Distress Trend Will Continue as Prices Remain Low • Phil Dublin: Restructurings Won’t Be Extreme
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Coming down the pipeline: risk and opportunity for the oil and gas sector in the era of low oil prices
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Fri.: Oil slips further below $57, still heads for weekly gain • Oil Prices Fall Ahead of Data on U.S. Drilling Activity - Rising dollar is pressuring prices
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Thurs.: Oil rallies on German economic data, Iran deal uncertainty • Oil Rises as Iran Says Nuclear Deal Must End Sanctions
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Where Big Oil is cutting back
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Wages for oil and gas workers are growing the slowest of any industry
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UK makes a big oil discovery
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Fitch: 1Q HY Energy Coupons Swell; E&P Default Rate 1.7%
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Moody's downgrades Abaco Energy's CFR to Caa1; outlook revised to negative
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Canadian oil company to liquidate due to crisis in Yemen
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Bankruptcy trustee goes after Mike Moreno for $230 million
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Neither a Borrower Nor A Lender Be . . . In an Oil Market After a Plunge in Prices
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A hedge fund that bet on energy junk bonds is shutting down because of the oil crash
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The oil industry’s $26 billion life raft
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BPZ Energy Provides Operations Update
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Tax:
IRS' Koskinen Warns Of Dysfunction, Cheating
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And the worst state for tax audits is ... • The IRS Has New Favorite People to Audit
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France opens criminal probe of HSBC's Swiss banking unit
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Politics:
FactCheck: Rand Paul's Balanced Budget
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Richard Nixon’s incredibly sexist advice for Hillary Clinton in 1992
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Why Wall Street is hoping Jeb Bush will be just like his brother
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Elizabeth Warren Is Right About Everything
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Hillary to Launch Campaign on Sunday
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Awards:
Top 150 Under 150: Bankruptcy
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Baker Donelson bankruptcy attorney named to the University of Tennessee's President's Council
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Defaults:
S&P Tallies 29 Defaults In 2015 So Far, Vs. 17 a Year Ago
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Healthcare:
Big creditors agree to Johnson Memorial Medical Center sale to St. Francis
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Gambling:
Power plant shuts off service at Revel casino • Revel goes dark: Energy supplier shuts off service to Atlantic City hotel, lawyer says • Revel goes dark • Revel owner to be fined for code infraction after power cut
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Rich Optimist Buys Atlantic City's Busted Revel Hotel At Bargain Price
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Creditors' Committee Wants Caesars to Consent to Involuntary Bankruptcy
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Atlantic City doubles down on a bad bet
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge Fund Kamunting Capital Shutting Down
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Celebs:
Teresa Giudice eyed to return to Real Housewives Of New Jersey after serving her 15-month Bankruptcy fraud prison sentence
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Will Allen's $31 Million Ponzi Scheme Explains How Athletes Get Ripped Off • Jackets D Johnson a debtor in Allen's Ponzi case
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Consultants:
EPIQ Systems, Inc. Issues FY15 Earnings Guidance
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Debt Collection:
CFPB Files Massive Lawsuit Against Debt Collectors
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Personal Finance:
19 interview mistakes young people make that cost them good jobs
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Student Debt:
Attorney General Madigan: Students of failed Everest College shouldn't have to repay loans
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Don't make student loans eligible for bankruptcy
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Aviation:
Crash co-pilot may have spiked captain’s drink
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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 (11 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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:
Q1 Distressed debt & bankruptcy restructuring review
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI Commission Report – Section 506(c)and Charges Against Collateral
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Avoidance Actions:
The Fifth Circuit Shifts the Risk of Doing Business with Fraudulent Enterprises to Trade Creditors
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Discharge:
Eleventh Circuit Approves Non-Consensual, Non-Debtor Releases in Chapter 11 Plan
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Finance:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Follows Momentive and Denies Noteholders’ Make-Whole Claims
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GE to Exit Most of Lending Operations
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Recent Pleadings:
Caesars Examiner Seeks To Put Winston Strawn To Work ASAP
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Caesars Committee Seeks To Compel Debtor To Consent To Involuntary Filing To Preserve $468M Preference Through Earlier Petition Date
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TBTF:
Dimon's Defense of Big-Bank Model: An Exercise in Hubris
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Insurance:
Judge Approves Auction of Doral Financial Insurance Unit
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Telecoms:
Northwest Missouri Holdings, Inc. and Three Affiliates File Bankruptcy
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Housewares:
Oneida Kitchenware Maker Files for Prepackaged Bankruptcy • EveryWare Global Files Prepack
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Mass Torts:
NYC asbestos firm opposes subpoenas in racketeering case against it
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Asbestos Litigation Bill Births Tort Reform Battle
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Corporate Governance:
Record Activism Seen by Moody's as Growing Threat to Creditors
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Q&A with Mark Lebovitch of Bernstein Litowitz: A Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s Perspective on the Fee-Shifting Bylaw Debate
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Recharacterization:
PCD Bankruptcy Trust Can't Extinguish $50M Mezz Loan
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Alternative Energy:
Lima Energy owes thousands in back taxes
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Off-Grid Solar Threatens Utilities In The Next Decade
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Sovereigns:
Citigroup's CEO for LatAm: Griesa's rulings are 'impossible to fulfill'
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UK:
The Moral of the Tael
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Bank of England keeps key rate at record low
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Baker Tilly strengthens practice with trio of senior hires
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Assigning your rights away – Changes to the Insolvency Act 1986
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U.K. Industrial Output Barely Rises as Oil and Gas Declines
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Chantrey Vellacott to merge with Moore Stephens
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EU:
European stocks climb to record high
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PIIGS:
Greek banks are stuck on life support — and time is running out • Greece given six days to improve reforms
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EU draws up secret plans to kick Greece out of eurozone
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Banco de Madrid Files for Bankruptcy
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Spain's Martinsa Fadesa enters liquidation after failing to strike deal with banks
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Bankruptcies in Spain decrease 30% in Q1 of 2015
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Brief relief for markets as Greece repays €450m loan to IMF • Greece meets April IMF payment, but uncertainty reigns
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Grenada offers debt restructuring model for Greece
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Hardly working: More than 1 in 4 Greeks are still out of work
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Milan Courthouse Shooter Arrested After Killing Bankruptcy Judge
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Canada:
Jacob retail line to go on with 5 stores in Quebec
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Ottawa unloads remaining GM stock for $35.61 per share
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Germany:
Intellectual property rights under German insolvency law
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France:
France: Insolvency & Restructuring Marketplace Analysis
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Netherlands:
Fashion chain Miss Etam asks for protection from creditors
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Argentina:
Bankrupt Petersen Energia Blames Argentina in U.S. Lawsuit
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Cyprus:
Insolvency debate will go ahead on April 17
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Australia:
ASIC data on corporate insolvencies: April 2015
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India:
The Satyam scandal: How India’s biggest corporate fraud unfolded
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Argentina:
Suez Wins $405 Million Arbitration Ruling in Argentina Dispute
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Malaysia:
Malaysian PM pledges no cover-up in probe of indebted fund
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China:
A Bloomberg analyst just traveled across China and came back with a serious warning
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