Law:
Remembering Harvey R. Miller: The Evolution and Changing Environment of Bankruptcy Reorganization Law and Practice
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US trustee wants Burns & Levinson bounced as Karmaloop counsel
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Firms Seek New Ways to Respond to Shrinking Bankruptcy Filings
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Biglaw Mommy: Women Of Biglaw, Unite?
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With Fewer in Law School, Job Prospects Improve
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Bankruptcy and Bad Behavior - The Real Moral Hazard: Law Schools Exploiting Market Dysfunction
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Court Orders Top Biglaw Firm To Pay $1.3 Million In Fees
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Work-Life Balance Is NOT Work-Fun Balance
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Law School Grads' Jobs Rate Rises - But There's a Catch
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GC: Firms Will Have to Change
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Accountancy firms predicted to jettison hourly billing before lawyers
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Norton Rose Fulbright Names New Global Chair
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Corporate Counsel Say Law Firms Are Becoming More Tech-Savvy
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‘Just Win, Baby’ – The Path To Prosperity In A Plaintiffs’ Firm
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Barack Obama To Teach Law School Classes After Presidency Ends?
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Group salutes bankruptcy lawyer’s advocacy
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Cox Smith, on the year ahead
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Convicted of egging prosecutor’s cars, man gets a reprieve from state’s top court
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5 Secrets to Submission Success in Legal Rankings
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3 sleep hacks that will make you feel rested and more productive
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7 psychological tricks that will make you instantly smarter
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FBI: Disbarred Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Bank Fraud
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In West Baltimore, some residents see rioting as a rational response to daily despair • Baltimore neighborhood at the center of riots was a ticking time bomb • Baltimore Curfew Meets Resistance • Report: Baltimore police won't release report on Freddie Gray's death to the public • Prisoner: Freddie Gray Trying to Hurt Himself
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Law School Finals Delayed Amid Baltimore Protests
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Public defender asks private lawyers to help represent hundreds arrested in Baltimore
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How Responsible Are Lawyers For Injustice In Ferguson?
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Indian lawyers turn to discounts, bargains and estimates on fees
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Judges:
What Should Judges Do in Chapter 11?
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Judicial campaign finance reformers just won a massive victory at the Supreme Court • States may ban judicial candidates from personally asking for campaign cash, SCOTUS rules • Excerpts: Supreme Court Ruling on Judicial Fundraising Bans
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Justice Alito: Why Not Let 4 Lawyers Marry One Another?
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lawyers protest federal judge’s questions during contempt hearing
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Justice Scalia Makes Completely Tone-Deaf Joke During Gay Marriage Arguments
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Wendell Pierce Set as Clarence Thomas in HBO's 'Confirmation'
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Wall Street:
Fed caution, weak economic growth weigh on stock futures
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Stocks close lower amid weak GDP, Fed statement
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Layoffs:
U.S. Steel CEO: Layoff notices nationwide rise to 9,000
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
U.S. SEC proposes disclosure rules on executive pay versus performance • Will new CEO-pay rules pay off?
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Celebs:
'RHONJ' Star Teresa Giudice Is Doing WHAT in Prison?!
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Gambling:
Caesars to Face Multiple Probes of Pre- Bankruptcy Actions
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Caesars gets temporary extension to keep control of bankruptcy
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Revel may not open this season, owner says • There is now power into the Revel building, future still murky
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Student Debt:
Some on Wall Street say $1.2 trillion in student debt could trigger the next market crash
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AZ: Lawmakers Want Debt Free College
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Personal Finance:
How to answer the 10 most common interview questions
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The 'George Clooney Effect' explains why younger women often pair up with older men
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Finance:
PennantPark, A BDC, To Buy Assets Of Struggling Rival Lender MCG Capital
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Fraud:
Madoff Settlements to Bring in $11.1M More
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Religion:
Diocese names priests, sisters, staff accused of sexual abuse
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Creflo Dollar: Demons Stole by Private Jet
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Economy:
Fed points to softer US labor market, weak economic growth • Parsing the Fed: How the Statement Changed in April from March • US economy stumbles in first-quarter as weather, low energy prices weigh • Noting Slower Economy, Fed Appears No Closer to a Rate Hike • Fed lowers economic outlook but stays mum on rate plans • Fed: All calendar references removed • Fed keeps its options open as it sees better days ahead • The Fed says the economic slowdown is temporary and markets don't know what to think • Here's what changed in the new Fed statement • Complete text • Here’s the ‘wild card’ for a Fed hike this year
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Fed, White House choose not to mention the D-word
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U.S. economic growth slows to 0.2 percent, grinding nearly to a halt • First Take: 3 things that undercut GDP in first quarter • Another Year, Another Weak First Quarter for GDP. What Gives? • Who murdered first-quarter GDP?
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Consumers holding on to their wallets for dear life
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Income Inequality Is Costing the U.S. on Social Issues
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The Bad News (Poverty) and Good News (Education) About Millennial Parents
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National Credit Default Rates Remain Flat Despite Jump in Bank Card Defaults in March
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One in five elderly Americans dies broke
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For boomers, it's the retirement that never was
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PIMCO hire Bernanke as senior adviser
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Apple warns of ‘material’ financial hit from probe FT
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Generation X Now Wants to Run the World
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The jobs most likely to make you drink
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Pending Sales of Previously Owned U.S. Homes Rose 1.1% in March • Spring home sales ‘starting off on solid footing’
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Do millions of Americans face impending housing peril?
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Judge reopens TH Properties bankruptcy case
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Foreclosure Sales: When Is the “Deed” Done?
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Deep-dish profit: Giordano's buildings sell for $14 million
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Ocwen, Assurant to pay $140 million to settle force-placed insurance suit
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Municipalities:
Emanuel to civic group: City's fiscal hole 'dug over many, many years'
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Chicago Wants Out of Complex Finance Deals
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Can Evans save Wayne County?
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How Two Billionaires Are Remaking Detroit in Their Flawed Image
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Detroit’s Ravaged Packard Plant Looks to Europe for Renaissance
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Facing insolvency , Puerto Rico contemplates VAT • Puerto Rico's debt crisis has left the US territory with no good options
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Jeb Bush Endorses Puerto Rican Statehood
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The California Metro Area With a European-Style Jobless Rate
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Oil/Gas:
Here's why oil is rallying to its highest level this year
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U.S. oil inventories rise by almost 2 million barrels, but below expectations
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For Sale: Used Oilfield Machinery - Firms try to unload equipment after collapse in oil prices and U.S. drilling
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Domino Effect of Disappearing Oil Jobs
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Moody's: Banks Oil Losses Manageable
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Oklahoma rig manufacturer files for bankruptcy protection
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Oil Field Services To Bear The Brunt Of Price Collapse
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We Are Witnessing A Fundamental Change In The Oil Sector
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Bust? What Bust? Franklin Sees Opportunity in Shale
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Shell profit up 7% despite sharp fall in revenue
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Oil Drop Opens Door to Megadeals
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Fitch: Energy Defaults Resurface in U.S. Leveraged Loans
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KBR reports income up after restructuring that 1,000 cut jobs, 11 business segments
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Europe’s biggest oil refiner joins those predicting end of boom
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Pickens: Don't Worry, Oil is Coming Back
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Education:
Your college has closed? Try this troubled for-profit school, Education Department advises
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For-profit college's collapse is particularly devastating for this veteran
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Eaton Vance Joined Buyers’ Revolt That Killed Louisiana Bond
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Flooring:
Lumber Liquidators says DoJ seeking criminal charges, shares plunge • Lumber Liquidators sets aside $10 million as DOJ probes
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Golf:
NFL owner Bob McNair buying bankrupt Charleston golf course
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Internet:
Yelp is crashing after earnings miss
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Restaurants:
The eyesore on the North Shore: Workers prepare for last Chattanooga chapter about Casey's barge leaving
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Housewares:
EveryWare Bankruptcy Loan Wins Final Court Approval
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Privacy:
Will RadioShack Intellectual Property Sale Go Through?
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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 (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:
The Eleventh Circuit Wallops Involuntary Bankruptcy Petitioners
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IP:
DE Chancery Interprets Bankruptcy Code to Find Jurisdiction Over IP
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Indentures:
Recent Decisions Concerning The Trust Indenture Act Underline The Limits On Out-Of-Court Restructurings
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Litigation:
The Hazy Line Around Disqualifying eDiscovery Vendors
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Insurance:
Corporate Loan Provisions Aimed at Proxy Campaigns Trigger D&O Litigation
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Awards:
Berger Singerman Named Top Mid-Size Workplace By The Sun Sentinel
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Consultants:
Epiq Systems Names Jill Bauer as Managing Director, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Solutions and Fiduciary Services
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Mass Torts:
Illinois county does booming business in asbestos lawsuits
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Electricity:
Oncor Sale May Offer a Way Out for Former TXU
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Sovereigns:
Debt restructuring: Kicillof calls for 'urgent intervention of all countries'
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President faces off with holdouts over rates
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Kicillof denies dumping 'vulture funds' conflict on next gov't
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UK:
Sainsbury's struggles as Cairo court sentences boss Mike Coupe to jail in bizarre legal drama
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Scottish construction bankruptcy numbers fall
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Scotland feels insolvency pain – despite UK's 'austerity gain'
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Fewer IT firms going bust in 2015, shows Exaro Insolvency Index
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Royal Bank of Scotland reports heavy loss
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Company and personal insolvencies sink to pre-recession lows
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KPMG administrators called in to collapsed paper maker
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EU:
Eurozone inflation rises to 0%
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PIIGS:
Greece signals concessions in crunch talks with lenders
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'We won't surrender': Firebrand Greek minister risks fresh schism with Europe • Greece has days for reform deal, must start third bailout talks - official • Greece considers selling ports to reach deal with EU/IMF - government source • Greek endgames • It's time to start thinking the unthinkable • Grexit could cause a recession 'of unprecedented magnitude' and a 50% currency devaluation
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Moody's rating agency downgrades Greece's debt to junk.
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Italy promises rapid action to simplify bankruptcy procedures
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Spain's economy is booming
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Canada:
Charges laid in a number of bankruptcy fraud investigations
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Austria:
Austria reckons with its own little Greece as bank pain spreads
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Dominican Republic:
Economy chief says Dominican businesses need a bankruptcy law
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Serbia:
Private sector to take cost of Serbia's bad loans - central bank
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China:
When equities no longer equitable: applying the Deep Rock Doctrine in PRC
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Australia:
Goldman Sachs says Australia at risk of losing AAA rating
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