Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: Yet Another Firm Enhances Its Payouts
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McGraw Hill GC: ‘Gut Checks’ Are Better than AFAs
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Police: $40, Subway Card Stolen From Slain DC BigLaw Lawyer
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In Cambridge, Lawyers Debate Future of Their Profession
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Considering Merger? Spend Your Time Wisely…
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Lawyer says his restitution for dodging thousands in train fares should reflect weekly pass rate
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BigLaw partner moonlights as Masters caddy, thanks to deal cut at Amateur tournament
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The Tyranny Of Title IX: How The Case Of The P--- Linking Law Professor Could Be Worse
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On The Beaten Path? What Your Law School Ranking Says About Your Prospects For Making Partner
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How Would Your Law School’s Ranking Change If It Merged With Another Law School?
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The Working Stiffs Of Harvard Law School
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Dershowitz Says He's "Vindicated" in Sex Abuse Case
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Past Drug Charges Derail a Law Student’s Education
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The Case Against Gay Marriage: Top Law Firms Won't Touch It
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Apple Watch Deliveries Stretch Out Despite Scarce Store Crowds
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5 apps that will boost your productivity right now
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Apple Watch set to beat iPhone with 1 million sales • Apple Watch sells out, but not due to demand
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Staying up late might be bad for your health — but not because you're getting less sleep
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Is your employer killing you?
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Here’s what you should know about the 4 different types of men's shoulder styles
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Here's how to avoid an awkward silence
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Mom dangled son over cheetah exhibit before he fell in, Ohio zoo says
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Cabbie Ordered to Pay $15,000 After Telling Women to Quit Kissing or Get Out
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The Justice Department wants its employees to stop sleeping with pros
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Police: Thousands Dead, Few Prosecuted • Cleveland officer facing trial in 137-shot barrage says he cannot recall shooting • 10 cops suspended over taped beating that was allegedly 'worse than Rodney King' • Shocking new video shows shooting of unarmed black man that Tulsa reserve deputy claims to be an accident •Think Walter Scott's death is 'another Ferguson'? Cops don't • Here's when cops are justified in using deadly force • Veteran NYPD officer explains what makes the Walter Scott shooting so troubling
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Rancher ticketed for riding horse to Taco Bell
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3 Year Old Picks Up Gun and Shoots 1 Year Old
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How an Insurer Is Taking Money From the Fan Beaten at Dodger Stadium
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DA’s office: Ex-lawyer charged in $1.2M theft got the money by having someone impersonate her client
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An armored car spills cash on a highway in Texas, chaos ensues
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Better Call Saul season 2 returns in 2016: Jimmy is one step closer to Saul Goodman; What to expect next in the series
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Judges:

Conn. Bankruptcy Judge Retires After 22 Years on Bench
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10-year sentence for child s----- leads to recall effort for judge who imposed it
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Should female justices be recognized with an ice cream flavor by Ben & Jerry’s?
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Wisconsin chief justice sues over voter-approved measure that could demote her
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Which SCOTUS Justice Went Drinking With George And Amal Clooney?
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Sotomayor: Don't Blame the Justices for Politicization of SCOTUS
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Is the Supreme Court broken?
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The Justices Save the Big Rulings Until the End. Here's Why.
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The Most Ridiculously Long Judicial Vacancies The Senate Still Hasn't Filled
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Wall Street:

Futures lower, Asian stock markets mostly higher • Stock futures dip, but big earnings in sight
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Boosted by GE surge, U.S. stocks close the week on a high note
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Layoffs:

OH: Republic Storage closes; nearly 300 lose their jobs
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MBA: Job creation problem lies at nexus of hirings, opening and quits
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:

People's Community head describes plans to end bankruptcy
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Survey: Nearly 9 in 10 US adults now have overall health insurance coverage • Rate of Uninsured Americans Drops to 11.9%
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Retailing:

Sears Nets $114 Million in Property Pact as Reshaping Continues • Sears Holdings, Simon Property Group Enter Real Estate Joint Venture
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Karmaloop’s business boomed, then unraveled
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RadioShack Looks to Unload Defense Mobile Phones
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Amazon Sues Websites Selling Product Reviews
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Retailers come under fire for work schedules
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Golf:

Guy Who Tanked Lehman Now Tanking a Malibu Golf Course
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Manufacturing:

Milacron plans IPO in comeback from bankruptcy
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Soccer:

Parma: Players of debt-ridden club now do their own laundry • Rock-Bottom Parma Stun Champions Juventus
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Autos:

Chassix receives bankruptcy court approval for $250M in financing
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Non-Profits:

Things just got worse for this social-services nonprofit
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Coal:

Bankruptcy Fears Cause Alpha Natural Resources Inc.’s Stock to Slip Another 16% in March
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Why Peabody Energy Corporation's Stock Took a 33% Beating in March
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Xinergy DIP loan nets interim court OK; final hearing set for May 5
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Food/Beverage:

Maui IHOP's owner files for bankruptcy protection
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Computers:

Xchange Technology trades bankruptcy for prosperity
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Worldwide PC Shipments Slip Again in Q1
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Resorts:

Club founder ordered to appear in court for contempt hearing
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Museums:

Death knell sounded for 80-year-old Marin History Museum
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Aviation:

Airbus files court claim against Skymark Airlines
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Report gives US airlines lower marks across the board
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Personal Finance:

What to say when an interviewer asks, ‘How much money do you want to make in your next job?’
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All the awful mistakes people make in job interviews
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The college degrees that will make you rich
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7 signs you need to quit your job
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The simple secret menu trick for getting a cheaper Big Mac
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Gambling:

Atlantic City fining powerless Revel casino $5,000 daily • A.C. Revel casino fines begin, water and power stop
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Debt Collection:

The Amazingly Confusing Life Insurance Exemption From Creditor Claims
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Economy:

Middle Class, but Feeling Economically Insecure
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Gap's tale of 2 brands shows how broke Americans really are
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Job Opportunities Are Improving for College Graduates
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Larry Summers has a major warning about the US economy
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Top 20% pay more than 80% of income taxes
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The Real Reason the Dollar is So Strong
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Here's how much money millennials are earning in each state
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New York Fed Provides Look at Regional Household Debt and Credit
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Almost no one pays attention to the most important inflation indicator
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Fed Heeds Wall Street’s Warning on Where Next Crisis May Come From
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Charts That Show Dramatic Changes in U.S. Economy Since 1967
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General Electric Resorts To Financial Engineering To Boost Stock Price • GE to sell bulk of finance unit, return up to $90 billion to investors • GE Tears Down the House that Jack Built •GE Capital succumbs to changing regulatory climate • GE Capital's Checkered Past • The Lessons for Finance in the GE Capital Retreat • GE's $23 billion financial asset sale to Blackstone, Wells Fargo will help it exit Fed oversight • Krugman: A Victory Against the Shadows
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GE Looks to Check Out of ‘Hotel California’ of Added Federal Oversight
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Texas leads nation in generating export-supported jobs
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Gwyneth Paltrow is living off food stamps this week, but what she bought for $29 is completely unrealistic
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These Will Be the World’s 20 Largest Economies in 2030
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15 Fortune 500 Companies That Pay No Taxes
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Where the White People Live
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Hotels near Record Occupancy Pace
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Where Do Firms Go When They Die?
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Economics professor: We're no closer to happiness than we were in the 1950s
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Closing the gender wage gap could pull half of working single moms out of poverty
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

More Cities Post March Homes-Sales Gains
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Deduction really isn’t a tax benefit
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Millions facing higher premium rates for flood insurance
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OR: Bankruptcy woes widen for developer
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Aaron Chitrik files for Chapter 11 to prevent auction of Midtown office building
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LA Times: Office Vacancy Rate Declines
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Decreased Valuations Pose Challenge for CMBS Refi
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Power Bonds Rally as Creditors Seek to Repair System • Puerto Rico, Investors Enlist Ex-IMF Officials
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Atlantic City's path / Agree on cuts or end in bankruptcy • Atlantic City needs a (wealthy) savior
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Making Detroit grit chic
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Gosling on Detroit: 'It was pretty dangerous'
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San Bernardino firefighters union sues city
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Former downtown development partner lists $11.5M in debt
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Ohio lawmaker calls for an East Cleveland bailout
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Saginaw County trying to find $136 Million to fund county retiree healthcare
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Former Enron trader Arnold may launch national PR push to reform pensions
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Reform of NYC Pension May Follow CALPER’s Script
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Democratic mayors call for pension reform • 10 mayors take fellow Democrats to task on pension fix
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Oil/Gas:

U.S. oil rig count down 42 as industry’s slowdown accelerates
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An update on oil prices • Crude oil futures rally $1 as China stimulus bets fuel risk appetite • Oil rises, supported by US drilling slowdown • Oil Futures Rally But Fundamentals Remain Weak • World Oil Demand On The Rise Says Saudi Oil Minister • Saudi's Plan to Extend the Age of Oil
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O&G survey: How companies are managing the downturn
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Forest Oil Loophole Lures Second Energy Firm to Skip Bond Payout
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What's Really Behind The U.S Crude Oil Build
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Oil Merger Mania: The Best Way to Make (and Lose) Money • Exxon might be next in line for mega deal, analysts say • EnCap raises $6.5 billion to pour into North American oil firms
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Shell Bets the Oil Age is Near an End
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The world's biggest private equity firms are fighting over Shell's scraps
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Oil Markets Reaching a Bottom?
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Oil Stocks: Don't Believe the Liquidity Hype
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IEA: Iran's oil output could rise significantly 3-5 years post-nuclear deal
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Creditors seek $230M from Moreno
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Creditors Seek To Take Over Connacher Oil & Gas
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Analysts and Oil Prices Pummel Halcon Resources Corp's Stock, Sending It Down 19% in March
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U.S. households to save $700 this year on gasoline
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Radio:

Price For James Crystal Radio Stations In Bankruptcy Sale: $5.5 Million
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Hockey:

Interest in Erie Otters' fate stays high, in and out of court • Most early bidders want to keep Otters in Erie • Bankruptcy Case Aims to Move Erie Otters Sale Forward • Otters say bankruptcy won't affect team
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Fraud:

Motion lists evidence being gathered against TelexFree
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Sentencing Commission Adopts New Framework For Fraud Cases
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VA: Moncure sentencing delayed to analyze losses
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Judge waves plastic handcuffs, threatens Jeff Parsons with jail time in THR case
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New York woman with eight husbands denies fraud charges
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Mass Torts:

AZ: Gov. Ducey signs bill to limit asbestos claims, require disclosure of bankruptcy trust claims
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Software:

Florida Department of Law Enforcement pulls contract from Louisiana vendor with bankruptcy history
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Student Debt:

Nine AGs ask Department of Education to forgive debts of Corinthian College students
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Disaster looms with student loan bankruptcy consideration
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Group urges student loan 'debt strike'
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Social Media:

Owner of Bankrupt Gun Store Chooses to Stay in Jail So He Can Keep Facebook, Twitter Accounts
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Celebs:

10 Notorious Tax Cheats: Real Housewives Stars Teresa And Joe Giudice Faced A Staggering 50 Years
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Shipping:

Private Equity's Bet on Shipping Falters as Deal Boom Ends
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Judger Shipbuilding files for bankruptcy
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ABG Shipyard’s lenders call for stake sale
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Weather:

California's New Era of Heat Destroys All Previous Records
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Our Weird US Weather
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Professional Compensation:

Fifth Circuit Reverses Pro-Snax • Fifth Circuit adopts bankruptcy fees test used in other courts • The Opinion
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Academia:

New and Improved Warren & Westbrook, now with Porter & Pottow!
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Bankruptcy Reform:

ABI Commission Report – Section 552(b) and the “Equities of the Case”
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Weil’s March Madness: the 2015 Champion is …
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Reclamation:

Reclamation, Administrative Claims and Other Possibilities for Recovery When a Factor Has Not Approved Orders
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Distressed Investing:

For Wells Fargo’s Fred Berens, There’s Profit in Turmoil
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Oaktree Nears $10 Billion Finish Line for Distressed Debt Funds
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Management:

Successfully Navigating Disruption
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Banking:

Bankruptcy Judge Considers Allied Bank Auction • Golden Moments in Acme Bankruptcy Court
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Religion:

Minnesota Archdiocese, Abuse Victims at Odds Over Claims Deadline
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Compensation:

Despite Federal Regulation, C.E.O.-Worker Pay Gap Data Remains Hidden
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Education:

This might be the death blow for an imploding college
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American Boychoir School in Princeton files for bankruptcy
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Stanford's tuition giveaway program is a dangerous idea
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Feds arrest law firm “runner” as he tries to board plane
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Agriculture:

Turner Grain's Dale Bartlett Asks for Chapter 7
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Politics:

Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid • Where They Stand: Clinton on issues of the 2016 campaign • 'Everyday Americans need a champion and I want to be that champion' • Hillary faces an unusual problem in her campaign • The Definitive H&H Hillary Clinton Scouting Report
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Rand Paul gets scolded by Fox News hosts • Rand Paul walks out of interview • Rand Paul Wants Non-Violent Offenders to Get Fines, Not Jail Time
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John Boehner just uses Leonardo DiCaprio GIFs to explain entitlement reform
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This billionaire hedge funder is quietly bankrolling Ted Cruz's campaign
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Paul Krugman: Whether Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren, the difference between Democrats and GOP is stark
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Sovereigns:

Citigroup: Big Troubles In Little Argentina
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Getting Ukraine's bondholders from B to A
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Main players in Ukraine debt battle prepare to face off
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Grenada adds warrants to bond restructuring
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Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz backs UNCTAD's work on debt workouts
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UK:

Phones 4u collapses and no money guarantee for creditors
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Lawyers recover £5m from fraudsters' Caribbean accounts
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BHS buyers tipped off to deal by rejected suitor
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Gordon Brothers Europe expands Valuation & Corporate Recovery team
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Luxury golf club enters administration
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TLT to defend 26 former Halliwells partners • Ex-Halliwells partners switch lawyers to TLT in liquidator dispute
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EU:

The eurozone's economic crisis is far from over
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PIIGS:

Greece May Have Blown Best Hope of Debt Deal
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ECB president 'blew up' over a proposal that could have solved the Greek crisis in 2010
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Greece's banks hamper economic recovery • Time is running out for Greek banks
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Greece’s poor are back to where they were in 1980
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Greece: Orthodox Church offers up property to raise funds for country's debt
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Euro zone officials shocked by Greece's stance • Eurozone officials slammed Greece for acting ‘like a taxi driver' as it 'just kept asking for money'
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Greek finance ministry hits back at German newspaper report
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Even Spain—Spain!—is getting paid to borrow money now
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Canada:

Ottawa to report $1.8 billion gain on GM
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Ontario judge authorizes U.S. Steel Canada to look for buyers
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Customer plans funeral as Target leaves Canada
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China:

Major Warning Signs From China's Economy
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China's First Bond Default Suggests a Reform Attempt
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China’s economic growth to slow: World Bank
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Brazil:

Creditors agree not to execute on OGX DIP financing
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Judge charged in landmark Brazilian trial
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Cyprus:

Cyprus: Insolvency row turns from theatre to farce
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Insolvency framework vote this week
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Hungary:

Hungarian investors want full reparation as brokerage falls • Hungary Broker Clients to Get Compensation in Hit to Banks - Bloomberg Business
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Ukraine:

Negating Russia's Veto Over Ukraine's IMF Package
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Ukraine Debt Rating Now Super-Duper Junk
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S&P expects Ukraine's GDP to fall by 7.5% in 2015
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Austria:

German lenders should write off half of bonds from Austria's Heta - Bundesbank
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Malaysia:

Is Malaysia's 1MDB a tragedy or farce?
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