Law:

Layoff Watch: Biglaw Firm Will Shutter Atlanta Office (While Opening New Offices Elsewhere)
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Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Who Now Pays A Starting Salary Of $200,000? • Associate Pay Still Lags Behind Prerecession Levels • NY Times: Welcome to Your First Year as a Lawyer. Your Salary Is $160,000.
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How Sidley Austin Compensates Lawyers & the Key to Survival
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A bankruptcy attorney's open letter to auto shop after anti-gay Facebook post
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Bankruptcy Attorney, 80, to Serve 30 Days for Theft From Firm
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In Law Firm Mergers, Panelists Urge: ‘Avoid Drama,’ Bury Ego
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How DLA Piper Plans To Become A Premium Global Law Firm • DLA Piper’s Meltzer Sees Favorable Conditions For Mergers With Chinese Law Firms
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Fox Rothschild opens Chicago office
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Firm Finance: Head Count, Gross Revenue Drop at Strasburger
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Law school brain drain: Fewer individuals with high LSAT scores are applying
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Parents’ Weekend? Is This A Top-14 Law School Or Camp?
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Court Denies Gibson Dunn Partner's Initial Appeal in $1.3M Sanction Case
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NALP sees ‘upward movement’ in starting pay for associates; median increases $10K
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Mentally Ill in a High-Stakes Job
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Demanding work schedules are damaging their health, say 82% of surveyed lawyers
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Minorities, Women Still Underrepresented In Law
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The Art of Business Development
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‘Hire’ LinkedIn for referrals, marketing your firm, lawyers advise
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Standing Your Ground, Even To Clients
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Clifford Chance cancels YouTube rant trainee's Singapore secondment amid regulatory concerns
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From Big Law to Beaver Creek, One Partner's Journey
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UT Law School faculty members fall victim to ID theft, tax scam
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Is Laurence Tribe Right That Liberals Should Like His Bad Conservative Arguments?
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4 steps for reinventing legal education
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Loyola-L.A. Law School Shrinks Enrollment By 20%, Receives $20 Million From University Endowment For Student Scholarships
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Firm to outsource all its IT
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Manage your law office technology so it doesn’t manage you
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Attorneys tout the benefits of having a paperless law practice.
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The fashion risks every modern gentleman should take
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Lawyer accused of stealing from his Washington law firm wasn’t licensed in state, prosecutors say
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Many Court Cases Left for Aaron Hernandez • Ex-NFL star Hernandez's murder conviction poses legal challenge • The Arrogance of Aaron Hernandez • Lots of Ex-Athletes are in Prison
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Sheriff’s Office allegedly falsified training records for reserve deputy who killed Eric Harris
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Texas Rep Wants To Make It Harder To Film The Police
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Jury awards couple nearly $240K over neighbors’ barking dogs
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Kentucky Man, 40, Arrested For Drunk Driving . . . A Horse
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Woman Blames Coffee-Drinking Parrot For Car Crash
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Ecstacy, Alcohol
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Judges:

Speaking Truth to the Supreme Court
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100 Most Influential: Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Ginsburg makes Time’s list of most influential people; Scalia explains why
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Prosecutors Bring Supreme Court Protest Case in Federal Court
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Federal Judge Benchslaps Litigant For Acting Like An Ostrich
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Judge Judy: In Case You Were Wondering . . .
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Courthouse workers build nesting box on 5th-floor ledge after peregrine falcon eggs fall off edge
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Wall Street:

U.S. Index Futures Extend Earlier Decline to Signal S&P 500 Drop • U.S. stock futures tumble after China regulatory news
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US stocks finish lower amid mixed economic data, earnings
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Goldman's Profit Surges On Higher Trading Activity
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Layoffs:

Walmart lays-off 2,200 employees over plumbing issues at stores
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Tentative settlement reached in Aberdeen beef plant dispute
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:

Attorney General meeting on Mercy hospital sale
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Improved Hospital Profits Are Not What They Seem As Malloy Cuts Loom
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Protections in Place for Former Lifestyle Lift Patients, Employees
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Worcester med device firm files for bankruptcy
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7 charts that show what Obamacare critics are getting wrong • Obamacare Savings Experiment Yields Modest Results in Study
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Student Debt:

Poor Americans are taking out student loans, failing to graduate, and struggling to pay back their debts for years
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Autos:

Warren: Car lending is like home loans before the crisis
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GM bankruptcy filing in 2009 blocks economic loss claims in ignition-switch cases, judge rules • GM's Swelling Bankruptcy 'Loophole' • GM Car Owners to Fight On for Billions After Bankruptcy Ruling
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Consultants:

Alvarez & Marsal Adds Restructuring Pro In Detroit
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Tax:

While Swiss bankers indicted in U.S. tax-evasion probe remain at large, whistleblower went to jail
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Aviation:

Struggling West African airlines seek capital, partners
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The jumbo jet faces a make or break year at Boeing, Airbus - Zero orders last year
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Corporate Reform:

Dodd-Frank 2.0: The Unfinished Business of Financial Reform
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Weather:

To Fight Drought, L.A. Needs Rain Revolution
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Gambling:

Caesars Seeks More Time to Control Bankruptcy Case • Caesars seeks plan filing exclusivity extension through Nov. 15
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State: Revel generators need to be replaced by cleaner ones
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Bid fails to broker truce at Revel
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Revel Energy Company Tries to Explain Itself
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Guns:

Colt considers refinancing debt or Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing
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What Is the State of the U.S. Gun Business?
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Student Debt:

Who is Helping Consumers With Defaulted Student Loans?
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Credit Cards:

Target Agrees to Pay Banks $19 Million for Breach-Related Costs
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Banking:

Citigroup profit jumps as legal, restructuring costs fall
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Economy:

US housing starts data underperforms; jobless claims rise • Jobless Claims in U.S. Hold Below 300000 for Sixth Week
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$15 Fight Becomes Largest Protest by Wage Workers in US History
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Fed’s Rosengren: Conditions Not Yet Met to Support Rate Rises
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Fed’s Mester: ‘Comfortable’ Raising Rates Soon If First-Quarter Slowdown Proves Transitory
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Fed’s Lockhart: Recent Weakness Calls for Caution on Rate Rises
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Fed’s Fischer: U.S. Economy Should Rebound After ‘Poor’ First Quarter
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The world's debt is greater now than it was before the 2007 crash
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Philly Fed manufacturing index rises to 4-month high in April
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Why even high earners are struggling to save - 1/3 live paycheck to paycheck
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Car Reliance Squeezes the Middle Class
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Dodd-Frank's Hotel California May Have Exit After All
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Global property bubble fears mount as prices and yields spike
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Bernanke Gets His First Job in Finance • Ben Bernanke and the Revolving Door
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Unemployment rate for recent college grads rose in 2014
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US home construction off to weak March start • US housing starts rise below expectations; permits fall • Deep weakness • Sluggish Housing Starts Belie Builders' Confidence
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Mortgage rates unchanged and remain near 2015 lows
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RealtyTrac: Foreclosures see first year-over-year increase since 2010
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These 15 states are getting hit hardest by foreclosures
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Bank didn't tell widow she had mortgage insurance, even as home foreclosed
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These are the top 5 single-family home markets in America
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Montana Supreme Court Upholds Five Million Dollar Punative Damage Verdict Against U.S. Bank of Montana For Bait And Switch Loan
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico's Junk-Rated Utility Gains Time for Creditor Talks
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Puerto Rico's PREPA taps reserve fund for quarterly payment
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Rauner: No CPS bailout
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Environmental:

Texas regulators fine closed plant operators nearly $2.5M
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Alpha Natural faces shortfall in coal cleanup funding -official
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Oil/Gas:

Oil ebbs from 2015 high; OPEC reports jump in output • Oil futures retreat from 2015 highs • Crude oil is falling again as Saudi production keeps climbing • OPEC: Rivals' oil supply growth will slow • OPEC Joins Downbeat Forecasts for U.S. Oil Output • OPEC plan to strangle US suppliers working • Saudi Arabia Adds Half a Bakken to Oil Market in a Month
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Fri.: Oil slips below $64 as ample supplies weigh
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BP CEO: Oil Could Stay Low for Years
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This isn’t the oil rally you’re looking for
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One emerging economy is coming out as the big winner from the drop in oil prices
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Schlumberger cuts another 11,000 jobs in wake of oil crash
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Nearly half Colombia oil companies at risk of insolvency
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AP: Offshore wells buried during Hurricane Ivan have been leaking oil into the Gulf since 2004
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Are Fossil Fuels About to Go Extinct? • Fossil Fuels Just Lost Race Against Renewables
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Minot rent prices collapse
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Telecoms:

LightSquared's Losses Since Bankruptcy Hit $2 Billion
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Fraud:

Another Settlement of Fraud Accusations May Be on the Way for Plethico
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The Mansions Owned by White-Collar Criminals
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A Yale Graduate Leaves a Trail of Ventures and Debts
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Former investment advisor charged with defrauding JP Morgan Chase clients of $20M
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The Tragedy of Orange Is the New Black
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U.S. Sentencing Commission Approves Major Changes to Fraud Guidelines
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Politics:

Hillary Clinton wrote Elizabeth Warren a love letter in Time magazine • 100 Most Influential: Elizabeth Warren
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Wall Street on Hillary's Populism: They Know She Doesn't Care
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Elizabeth Warren's New Agenda for Democrats on Financial Reform • Elizabeth Warren: Tax the Banks
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Chris Christie says his Social Security plan hurts the rich, but it really hurts the poor
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Fiorina gets ready... Would take Hillary's all-women pitch away
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The World According to Jeb Bush
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Publishing:

Family Christian Stores Will Be Up for Auction on June 8
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Religion:

Judge cuts time for clergy abuse victims to file claims against St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese
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Retailing:

Frederick's of Hollywood closes all stores, strips down to Web
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Simply Fashion files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Television:

Netflix CEO On The TV Industry: It had a great 50-year run, but it's over now
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Personal Finance:

Facebook parents gang up on allowance ingrate
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A Navy Seal, a Yacht Captain, and the Other People Billionaires Trust to Manage Their Money
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Retiring: You'll Need Less Money Than Thought
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Awards:

Justine Lau of Mayer Brown JSM receives the Fetner Award from The International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
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Newspapers:

Little Saigon News Files for Bankruptcy Following Defamation Dispute
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Food/Beverage:

Twinkie's Miracle Comeback: The Untold, Inside Story of a $2 Billion Feast
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Compensation:

Your Pay Raise This Year? Just 3%. CEOs? Almost 13%
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Disruption:

Our Uber Future: Back to the 19th Century
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Celebs:

IRS hits Sam Wyly, brother's estate with $3B tax bill
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Former NBA Player Josh Childress Explains Why So Many Athletes Go Broke
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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:

Corporate bankruptcies are on the rise in America
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Bankruptcies Suddenly Soar Across Corporate America, Worst First Quarter Since 2009
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College grads and retired pro football players alike experience a high rate of personal bankruptcy
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Will ABI Bankruptcy Reforms Destroy Cash Flow Lending?
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Bankruptcy Cost:

The $12,473 Corporate Reorganization
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Discharge:

Big Victory for New GM, but Threats Remain
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Trustees:

Not Necessarily Lockstep: Trustee’s Compensation Still Subject to Reasonableness Requirement
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Jurisdiction:

More on Stern: What Does “De Novo Review” Mean?
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Proofs of Claim:

SCOTUS May Take LVNV Case Addressing FDCPA Liability For Filing POC
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Litigation:

As Data Grows, More Challenges in e-Discovery
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Page Missing in Discovery = Award of $6K in Attorney Fees
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Education:

Million-plus students go to financially shaky colleges
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Sweet Briar College Lawsuit: Verdict Declared Victory
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A Guide To Small College Survival
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Louisiana College Students March on Capitol Over Education Cuts
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Moody's: Rich Colleges and Universities Are Getting a Lot Richer
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'Culture of Cheating' Prevalent at Stanford, Other Elite Colleges
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Lehman:

Ernst & Young settlement marks end of Lehman saga
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Sovereigns:

Argentina’s priority payment on its restructured sovereign debt
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Argentina: Judge dismisses Citibank injunction plea against Central Bank
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Argentina raises 4.7 bln pesos in local debt sale
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UK:

UK pension scheme deficits increase by further £50bn as inflation stays at record low
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WTH: 'Sleeper'
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Scottish courts too protective of banks - QC's warning
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EU:

Europe Is Running Low on Children
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PIIGS:

Ahead Of Varoufakis' Meeting With Famous Sovereign Bankruptcy Lawyer S&P Downgrades Greece To CCC+ • Varoufakis digs in heels on ‘Ponzi scheme’ austerity
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Greek bonds set for worst week since January as cash crunch looms
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Greece's Government: 'Molon Labe'
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Today's Unsurprising News Story; Greece At Risk Of Default • Greece in 'slow-death scenario' amid defaults fears
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'Neighbouring countries have effectively quarantined Greece'
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Lagarde Won't Give Support to Greece Missing IMF Payment • IMF's Lagarde To Greece; Pay Us Or Else • IMF knocks Greek debt rescheduling hopes • Greece pushed a step closer to Grexit after IMF snub • Schaeuble Warns Greece to Ditch False Hopes, Do Reforms • Greece plans to raid coffers as creditors dash hopes of resolving cash crisis • S&P on Greece: 'It's a race against the clock' • Officials nix Grexit despite languid talks • How close is Greece to Grexit?
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Why it's proving hard to save Greece
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Greek call for reparations might actually make sense
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Espirito Santo Insolvency Receivers Put Art, Buildings Up for Sale
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IMF upgrades economic forecast for Spain
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Italians revolt against migrant 'invasion'
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Canada:

P.F. Chang’s files for bankruptcy protection as U.S. eatery loses way in ‘ethnically diverse’ Canada
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Stelco's fall from grace
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Austria:

German state asks Schaeuble to intervene in Heta case
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Brazil:

Brazil's Grupo OAS Seeks Protection of U.S. Court
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Brazil’s Tonon Said to Discuss $530 Million Bond Restructuring
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BNDES sees oil rig supplier Sete Brasil reorganization by June
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China:

China's economy is worse than Beijing admits and demand is plunging for the first time on record
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The smart money is now *following* the dumb money into Chinese stocks
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Ukraine:

Ukraine plays hardball on bank debt restructuring
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Ukraine's Ukreximbank to restructure 2015 bond
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Ukraine mining-metal sector on verge of bankruptcy
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Russia:

The Russian banking sector is about to implode
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Russia's Bond: It's Official! (... and Private ... and Anything Else It Wants to Be ...)
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Vietnam:

Getting ‘death certificate’ a trouble for bankrupt firms in Vietnam
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Cyprus:

Cliff-hanger over insolvency vote
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