Law:

Who Makes More: Partners Or General Counsels?
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Law Firms Grapple With Compensation in U.S. Forums
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Biglaw Revenues Outpace The Fortune 500 And Pro Sports
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Welcome to Your First Year as a Lawyer. Your Salary Is $160,000. • For New Lawyers, $160,000 Remains the Norm
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The Smartest People Are Opting Out of Law School • The Ugly Truth About What's Going Wrong in American Law Schools
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Robins Kaplan to close Atlanta office; firm is ‘working on a transition plan’ for 12 lawyers
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Dorsey Adds Restructuring Pro in New York
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Lawyer Driving to Work Wasn’t Working, Court Rules
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Bankruptcy lawyer writes open letter to shop owner who vowed to turn away openly gay customers
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Reed Smith can’t arbitrate malpractice claim; ex-client, an attorney, didn’t sign required form
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Cherie Blair Talks Gender Parity in Law
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LawProse — Whether ‘Whether’ Causes Problems For Legal Writers
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Who Are The Most Influential Lawyers In The World?
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Law professors come up with zany plan to ruin your retirement

10 speaking and writing errors that are killing your credibility
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Anxious people often share this one positive trait
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10 Phrases Successful People Avoid (But Losers Use)
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Balancing The Three-Legged Stool Of Success In Our Legal Careers
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The iPhone 6 Plus is my favorite computer
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Infographics make the complex simple for a jury, presenter says
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Smartwatches and other wearables can enhance the practice of law, attorneys say
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Law firm efficiency starts by carving out time to train, speakers say
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The Pope’s old iPad just sold for an astronomical amount of money
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Two roommates stabbed each other during a heated iPhone vs. Android debate
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14 things you didn't know your iPhone headphones could do
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Survey: Most Americans agree death penalty may kill innocent people — but still support it
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George Lucas' Payback Against Rich Neighbors
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Helicopter parents ruin childhood • The Free Range Kids' Debate • How the Constitution protects “free range” parents
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What Prison Life Will be Like for Hernandez
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5 professional athletes who went to prison on murder-related charges
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Texas ready to legalize handgun 'open carry'
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Lawyer spent $26K of his savings to attend every Knicks game this season
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Federal judge nixes evidence from FBI agents who shut off hotel Web service, then posed as repairmen
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Judges:

CA: Courts' Improvement Fund Broke, Cuts Coming Judicial Council Says
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Report: Attorney says he will sue "mean-spirited" retired bankruptcy judge
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Ex-judge gives up law license after taking plea in federal bribery case over jury verdict
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Former state supreme court judge mails court-ordered apology letters
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How to clear a courtroom
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Federal Prosecutor Says Pissing Off Judges Is His ‘Public Interest’ Duty
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Wall Street:

Stock futures point to Wall Street rebound
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Why global markets staged a huge selloff, in 7 charts
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Layoffs:

U.S. Steel says 799 workers have been laid off in Fairfield
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gambling:

Revel owner can't connect to utility's gear
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Ex-lender offers $300K to get Revel fire systems back online
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The never-ending story of Revel
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Billionaires in Bitter Fight Over the Heart of Las Vegas
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Social Media:

Bankruptcy judge refuses to free ex-Katy gun store owner over Facebook password
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When Cops Check Facebook
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Coal:

Patriot Coal Seeks Help From Restructuring Advisers
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Walter Energy's Delay Of April Interest Payments May Indicate Bankruptcy Possibility
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Alpha Natural faces shortfall in coal cleanup funding
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China's got bad news for the world's coal exporters
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Personal Finance:

What to say when the interviewer asks, 'Why should we hire you?’ • The 50 most common job interview questions
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Brand name products worth paying for
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Aviation:

Airlift out of bankruptcy: ANA nearing deal for stake in Skymark • Japan's Skymark Airlines Keeps Haneda Slots in Rescue Deal With ANA
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Your flight attendants have a secret language. Here it is.
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Why Flying is Getting Even More Miserable
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New Pilots Urged to 'Marry'
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Guns:

Gun Maker Colt's Curious Exchange Offer
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Telemarketing:

Florida Telemarketer Offering GSA Work Files for Bankruptcy
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Television:

Miami owner of TV and radio stations in Denver, W. Coast files Chapter 11 with $13M in debt
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Agriculture:

Farmers have a horrifyingly high suicide rate
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Shipping:

Korea's Pan Ocean is preparing to change the terms of its court rehabilitation plan
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Disruption:

The hundreds of thousands of 'jobs' Uber brags about creating are mostly part-time contractors
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Meet the lawyer taking on Uber and the rest of the on-demand economy
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Religion:

Secured Credit in Religious Institutions' Reorganizations
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Compensation:

11 CEOs Richer as Their Investors Get Poorer
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Publishing:

Family Christian: Bankrupt bookstore chain faces scrutiny
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Economy:

Inflation Shows Signs of Life as Americans Gain Confidence • US consumer prices surge in March, backs Federal Reserve's rate hike • Key Measures Show Low Inflation in March
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Preliminary April Consumer Sentiment increases to 95.9
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Despite slowdown, economists upbeat about growth • US Economy Not Growing Fast Enough
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Funk or flu? What this report may tell us about economy
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Yet another sign the job market is tilting in favor of workers
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Global finance leaders see economy strengthening • IMF nations say global growth is 'moderate' and 'uneven' • World Finance Leaders See Threats Ahead for Global Economy • Global Economic Gathering: US Primacy Seen as Ebbing
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Here's the best explanation for why households aren't spending
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The CEO raising his company's minimum salary to $70,000 highlights an important point about money and happiness • Why one CEO raised the minimum wage at his company to $70,000 a year
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Companies can't find workers who can hold a conversation or show up on time
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How a world awash in debt devalues your money, life
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GE Loses $13.6 Billion in Q1
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

A banker is being sued for allegedly renting out his downtown NYC rent-stabilized apartment on Airbnb
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Morgan Stanley, New York Talk $500 Million Mortgage-Bond Pact
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Exurban Growth On the Rise
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HUD Loan Sales Help HUD More Than Hard-Hit Homeowners
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Will unprecedented mortgage lending finally save Detroit?
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Mass. Appeals Court rules for MERS in mortgage assignment
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San Antonio: N.W. Side land case back in bankruptcy court next week
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Municipalities:

Rauner's dangerous talk of Chicago schools bankruptcy
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Detroit bankruptcy could signal national problem for U.S.
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What is the True Cost of Living in New York City?
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Chris Christie Reminded of New Jersey’s Fiscal Woes
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Jersey's junk finances
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Oil/Gas:

Fri.: Oil Prices Fall on Doubts About Output • Saudi oil production near record high in April • The EIA Is Bizarrely Optimistic About Future US Oil Production • OPEC Says US Oil Boom Will End This Year
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Fed could be to blame for oil's decline: Analyst
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For crude oil, this looks like 2009 all over again
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Shale as World’s Swing Producer Signals ‘Jagged’ Oil Future
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US oil rig count declines to lowest since 2010 • US Drilling Faces Long, Slow Recovery • Total U.S. Rig Count Drop Over 50%
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New Capital Is 'Postponing The Day Of Reckoning' For Oil Companies
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Oil Markets May Finally Be Adjusting • End of the Oil Glut? Hardly
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Expect A Sharp Decline In Baker Hughes' Q1 Numbers As Rig Activity Plummets
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Falling oil prices are crushing boutique investment bank MLV & Co.
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Hercules Offshore - Bankruptcy ? Not A Chance
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Schlumberger CEO lays out his plan to weather the crude crash
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Cash-strapped oilsands junior returns 3 leases to province
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The Oil & Gas Psychic Hotline
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Retailing:

Simply Fashion Files for Bankruptcy to Liquidate Chain
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Frederick's of Hollywood Files for Bankruptcy Protection - Lingerie retailer has $22.5 million offer in hand from Authentic Brands, to continue only online
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Frederick's of Hollywood Preparing Bankruptcy Filing
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The RadioShack Name: Worthless or Worthwhile?
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Private equity firm finalizes deal to buy Wet Seal
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The Rumors of Kanye West Buying Karmaloop Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
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In NYC, debate over saving small shops amid chains' rise
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Electricity:

Blackstone Unit Objects to Optim Energy Bankruptcy-Exit Plan
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Fraud:

PwC to pay $65 mln to resolve lawsuit over MF Global
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Conn. Court Wrestles With $100 Million Ponzi Scheme - Bankruptcy judge wants early investors to repay $14 million
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Former NH steel executive denies fraud charge
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Lynn Tilton made a video from her living room attacking the SEC's lawsuit
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Jon Corzine Considers Launching Hedge Fund
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Brides:

Cakeless bride may go to police over Romano's closing
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Student Debt:

Student loans in bankruptcy: How the Bush administration pointlessly screwed over borrowers
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Three Charts Explain the Student Loan Mess
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Goldman Sachs: "An Update on Student Loans: A Bigger Headwind but Still Not a Deal Breaker"
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Celebs:

'Real Housewives' home foreclosed by bank
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What the American family can learn from the NFL bankruptcy crisis
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Ex-Billionaire Wyly Targeted by SEC Over Colorado Ranch Sale
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Gwyneth Paltrow confesses to giving up on the food stamp challenge after 4 days
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Mining:

World's Lowest Cost Iron Ore Miner Turns Screw on Rivals
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Weather:

California Towns Shrink Amid Drought, in More Ways Than One •Parts of California missing two years of rain • Climate Change and the California Drought • A Day in the Life of a California Water Cop • California delta smelt survey turns up only 1 fish • Dry Wells Plague California as Drought Has Water Tables Plunging • California drought water-use rules could force 36% reduction on Beverly Hills
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Apparel industry: LA braces as cotton acreage falls
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Desert oasis collides with drought
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March was the hottest on record worldwide since 1880
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Education:

Can Taylor Swift save American Boychoir School in Princeton?
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Currency:

MtGox 'lost coins' long before collapse • WizSec: The missing MtGox bitcoins
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Healthcare:

Hollywood hospital with jailed CEO seeks bankruptcy auction
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Seton to reduce workforce: Daughters of Charity reducing expenses at six hospitals to attract buyer
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Jeb Bush endorses "death panels" — and he's right to do so
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Communication:

Dayton's Standard Register hosting potential buyers since bankruptcy filing
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Bankruptcy judge says Standard Register can tap $155M in new credit lines
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Steel:

Lee Steel Corp. files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Paper:

Payday at the mill: How sophisticated financiers used a Maine investment program they devised to wring millions of dollars in risk-free returns at taxpayer expense
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcies Suddenly Soar Across Corporate America, Worst First Quarter Since 2009
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Five ways to spot a dead company walking
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Bankruptcy Reform:

ABI Commission Report – Absolute Priority Rule and Plan Gifting Provisions
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Proposed Recommendations for the Reform of Chapter 11 U.S. Bankruptcy Code
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Automatic Stay:

SEC Temporary Asset Freeze Not Barred by Automatic Stay Provisions
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SCOTUS:

SCOTUS Asked To Decide If Bankruptcy Case Dismissal Bars Committee Counsel's Fee Request • 7th Circuit Opinion
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Avoidance Actions:

Transferee Liability: The Lottery Ticket/Uranium Contract Rule
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Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects The Ponzi Scheme Presumption
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Politics:

Stay Classy Donald
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Fact Check: "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
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Fact Check: "More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."
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Congress' Dangerous New Gamesmanship
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Lindsey Graham: 91% Chance I'll Run Too
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Rubio Still Criticizing Auto Bailout
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Creditors of ex-New Jersey Assemblyman Robert Schroeder want six firms included in bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:

SEC Whistleblowing Program: The Agency Means Business
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Prisons:

Private Prisons Lobby to Keep Immigrants Locked Up for Profits
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Amusement Parks:

Mediation fails on Conneaut Lake Park bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

Ukraine's Bond Restructuring: Surgery, Conspiracy, and Campaign
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The IMF in Argentina: A Bondholder's Best Friend?
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CFK warns about 'global modus operandi' against 'sovereign nations'
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Sovereign Default And The Impending Greek Reverberation
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UK:

The (not just) Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015
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Employment and insolvency reforms will redress the balance for employees
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George Osborne basks in IMF glory as Britain achieves jobs miracle • Christine Lagarde heaps praise on UK economy
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Yikes Does the UK face a pensions blowout?
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EU:

European stocks retreat on Greek financing woes
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PIIGS:

Greek Bond Yields Climb Most Since Aftermath of Syriza Election • Greece: Decision time • Europe Braces for Brinkmanship Over Greece as Country Moves 'Ever Closer to the Abyss' • Let's face reality, Greece is bankrupt • ECB's Draghi won't 'contemplate' Greek default • Draghi: 'More work needed now' by Greece for debt deal • 4 signs that the markets are preparing for a ‘Grexit’ • Greece's Money to End in June - IMF Europe Head • Both Grexit And Greek Default Are Desirable But Not Necessary
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Greek finance minister: There will be contagion • Greece's fate hangs in balance amid contagion fear • Greece Remains Defiant as Creditors Up Pressure for a Deal
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Creditors Chase Consensus With Greece
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Krugman: Greece on the Brink
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Greece's big nowhere
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ECB examines possibility of Greek IOU currency in case of default - sources • Greek Officials Ponder Life Without the Euro
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US Treasury secretary urges Greece to reach debt deal
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IMF urges EU to slim down its demands on Greece • Delamaide: IMF faces tipping point over Greece
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G-20 keeps Greece off meeting agenda
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Greece will need to tap €2 billion from public funds to pay its civil service workers at the end of the month
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Athens eyes billions worth of Russian gas cash • Russia denies German report it is ready to sign gas deal with Greece
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ie: Kenny plays down Labour calls for cut in bankruptcy term • Penrose row over reducing bankruptcy period
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Canada:

Everest College grads want loan forgiveness for 'worthless' diploma
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U.S. Steel pumped money into pension fund
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Poland:

New Polish Restructuring Law - Avoiding Liquidation
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Austria:

German bank sues in Austria over Heta moratorium
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Cyprus:

Cyprus bailout on track after foreclosure law passed • Parliament passes insolvency framework • Cyprus passes laws to empower banks to manage toxic loans, clear way for more European-IMF aid
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Brazil:

Brazil's Schahin says 28 units file for bankruptcy protection • Petrobras Supplier Schahin Seeking Bankruptcy Protection • Schahin bond slides after bankruptcy announcement
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Hedge Funds Aurelius, Alden Oppose OAS Creditor-Protection Bid
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Is Brazil's 'Lava Jato' Money Hiding In Miami?
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When Settling for a 75% Writedown Is a Bondholder’s Best Option
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Brookfield Said in Talks for Renuka Brazil for $490 Million
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Australia:

A liquidator’s power of sale under s 477(2)(c) of the Corporations Act does not extend to trust assets
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Switzerland:

Swiss pension schemes ' bankrupt in 10 years'
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China:

Chinese stocks tanking
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China Housing Cooling Even As Developers See Double Digit Gains
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Greenland:

NunaMinerals A/S to file for bankruptcy
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