Law:
U.S. Legal Sector Loses 1,200 Jobs in March
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Misreading the Legal Sector's Outlook • Steven J. Harper Not Upbeat, Like The New York Times, On Legal Sector Outlook
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Steptoe lays off 32, including 14 attorneys, following energy-price drop
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7% Of ACLU Workforce Laid Off - Lawyers Let Go Didn't See It Coming
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Global law firm apologizes for April Fool promising better work-life balance • Thank-you, Weil, for exposing work-life balance charade
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Nationwide Layoff Watch: Lawyers Swept Out For Spring Cleaning
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The case of a 30-year-old corporate lawyer stabbed to death in a luxury hotel keeps getting weirder • Woman charged in hotel slaying of BigLaw attorney responded to his Craigslist ad, filing says
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Law Professor Who Sent P--- To Her Students Now Under Investigation
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As Law Schools Undergo Reform, Some Relax LSAT Requirements
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Davis Polk Tops Q1 M&A Rankings
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Drinker Biddle Revenue Down 1.8 Percent, PPP Up 2.1 Percent
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Firms Make It Hard for Partners to Say Goodbye
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McElroy Deutsch Faces Gender Bias, Sexual Harassment Suit By Bankruptcy Lawyer
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15 things you didn't know you could do with your iPad
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13 features we'd like to see in iOS 9
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Ranked: The best smartphones in the world
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New Apple Watch: What you must do to buy one
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You've been wearing the wrong belt for way too long
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10 habits of genuinely charming people
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Lawyer seeks $3M in damages from ex-boyfriend, for both legal fees and palimony
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Speaker at Indiana law school’s annual lecture cancels over state’s new religious law
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Providence Journal With Second-Worst Aaron Hernandez Story This Week
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An Oklahoma officer shot and killed a man after confusing his gun with his Taser
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Ballsy Process Server Spoils Famous Rapper’s Party
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Good Reason to Kill #54: Was Eating All the Salsa
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Lawyer left red-faced in Facebook advert typo
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Judges:
Reassignment of Judge Alan M. Ahart's Bankruptcy Cases to Judge Martin R. Barash Effective April 7, 2015
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Foley Client: My Bad on The Brief!
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Justice Kennedy's Plea to Congress
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More than 60 briefs urge court to keep gay marriage bans
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Wall Street:
Why we may see 'earnings recession' this quarter
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Celebs:
Real Housewives Of New Jersey Teresa Giudice in Prison Pictures Sparks Controversy
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Real Housewives' Joe Giudice Opens Up About Teresa Going To Prison
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Politics:
Don’t run, Elizabeth! It’s not worth it
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Elizabeth Warren has an interesting way of dealing with questions about Hillary Clinton
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Fortune: Carly Fiorina is Just Nuts
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Student Debt:
Strangling debt: Congress must reform the student loan system
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Currency:
Bitcoin Foundation Is 'Effectively Bankrupt '
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Gambling:
Straub puts up $26M for ex-Showboat casino, eyes $500M plan • Florida developer finally getting the Revel, but maybe that's not all he wants
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Stockton's backup plan: Sell Showboat to Straub
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Millions owed top Caesars execs may be lost forever
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Environmental:
Judge cancels major Freedom Industries bankruptcy hearing
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Aviation:
Airlines Squabble Over "Open Skies" Treaties - Middle East Airlines Say US Bankruptcy = Government Subsidies?
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Crash piles pressure on Lufthansa CEO Spohr
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Privacy:
How safe is your information when a company goes bankrupt?
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Religion:
PNC Bank takes church land in bankruptcy settlement
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Church lending pulls itself back from the depths
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Schuller memorial plan still unclear; family says it needs money for a public service
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Metals:
iron ore’s recovery rests with China
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Golf:
Another Gold Coast country club on the block
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Economy:
Why job growth and cheap gas aren't doing what they should
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Jobs Report: Is Bad News Bad News Again? • More weak jobs reports to come • A dip or a blip? The jobs boom went bust in March • Eight Takeaways From the March Jobs Report
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More Employment Graphs: Duration of Unemployment, Unemployment by Education, Construction Employment and Diffusion Indexes
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Private Job Creation during Presidential Terms
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How much you have to earn to be considered middle class in every US state
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Dollar Sputters After Surge - Some investors say U.S. currency's biggest gains are over, as weaker data raise doubts about a Fed rate increase
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Wage Growth Remains Largely in Check - Annual pace stays around 2%, even as some big employers plan pay raises
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It’s not just you: Americans are actually still getting poorer
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Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke are having the most important blog fight ever
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The American people are clueless: Why income inequality is so much worse than we realize
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Social Security disability fund will run empty next year
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How poor jobs report is blurring economic outlook
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Rising home prices could be bad news for working-class Americans
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Revisiting 'Subprime' Mortgages
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Free House? - Bank Loses Mortgage in Bankruptcy Due to Mere "Technicality"
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A Versailles-inspired mansion owned by CNET's bankrupt founder gets its price chopped to $12.5 million
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How The Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Conservatorship Has Undermined The Resolution Process
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Feds bust massive mortgage fraud scheme
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Warren Buffett's mobile home empire preys on the poor
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Municipalities:
Detroit council's pay ranks 11th among big cities • Detroit council spend raise angers retirees facing cuts
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Why everyone has started building a Detroit hotel
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NLV mayor backs bankruptcy power for cities, counties
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Forever unemployed: Why N.J.'s long-term jobless rate remains among highest in U.S.
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Is Puerto Rico Heading For A Crash?
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How to resolve Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis
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New proposal to revitalize Atlantic City de-emphasizes gambling's role
What to do in NYC this spring
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Cash-strapped Troy can't afford police cars and cameras
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Michigan wrangles with school debts
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Oil/Gas:
Mon. A.M.: Oil rebounds as Iran exports seen taking months to ramp up • Oil up more than $1 after Saudi's Asia price hike
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Investing in Oil and Gas Royalties: Distressed Counterparty Risk Considerations
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Distressed energy companies: drilling down
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Creditors Pulling the Plug on Shale Sector
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The US oil boom is moving to a level not seen in 45 years • US oil production growth hits 100-year high
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Moody's downgrades Sabine amid financial woes
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Willbros says it escaped a potential debt default after reaching a deal with its lenders
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Oil sands developer denied bid to restructure in Canada
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EIA: Permian is the last major shale play pumping more oil
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BP Fears U.S. Unit Insolvency on Deepwater Horizon Spill Fine
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Energy Glut Is More Than Just Crude
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Personal Finance:
10 common cover letter mistakes that can hurt your career
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17 interview questions that are designed to trick you
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5 ways to look like a millionaire
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Lehman:
Lehman Brothers administrators prepare to pay dividends
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Lehman Brothers’ Richard Fuld to Speak in NYC in Late May
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Healthcare:
Ombudsman Does Not Find Patient Care Decline At Hutcheson Under Bankruptcy, But Cites Physician Shortage
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Struggling hospital's officials accuse attorney of fraud • Hutcheson Says Its Own Lawyer Was Secretly Sharing Information
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FTC Clarifies “Failing Firm” Defense
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Retailing:
RadioShack stores sold out of bankruptcy begin trek as new company
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RadioShack's Blueprint for a Rebirth, Planned by a Hedge Fund
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Fresh Produce files for bankruptcy
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Retail chain shows interest in closed Alco stores near San Antonio
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Retail bankruptcies leave employees in the lurch
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
St. Louis businessman faces bankruptcy fraud charge
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Springfield businessman pleads guilty to bank and bankruptcy fraud
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Apparel:
Monet Handbags, which made custom purses in upstate New York, files for bankruptcy
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Fraud:
Carmel man gets 4 years in prison in Ponzi scheme
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1)-(2)- (3)-(4)-(5)-(6)-(7)-(8)-(9)-(10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy Filings Continue Yearly Tumble, Falling 10 Percent In March, Filings Per Capita Up
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Forecasting Corporate Failure: Understanding Statistical and Theoretical Approaches To Bankruptcy Prediction (page 19)
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI Commission Opts to Assume the Current State of the Law on Executory Contracts and Leases
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Chapter 11 Reform: Proposed ’Adequate Protection’ Recommendation Hurts Retailers
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Administrative Claims:
International Shipments: When"Received By The Debtor" Under Section 503(b)(9) Might Not Mean Physical Possession (p. 11)
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Tax:
NOL Preservation For Bankrupt Corporations: Choosing Between 382(l)(5) and (l)(6) (page 16)
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Appeals:
Argument analysis: Justices weigh practicalities of appellate review of decisions rejecting bankruptcy plans
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Education:
544 colleges under watch over shaky finances
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America's Flagging Higher Education System
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What these colleges are doing on tuition is better than Stanford
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Finance:
Make Whole Provisions In Ch. 11
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Tech:
GT Advanced seeks debtor-in-possession loan
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Weather:
California's wealthy lagging in water conservation
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Sovereigns:
Argentina pulled the most 'only in Argentina' thing ever on Citibank • Bankers, Central Bank crossfire over Citibank CEO's removal
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Argentina central bank to inspect local Citibank HQ and ensure it complies with local laws
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UK:
EE hit with £336m bill from Phones 4U collapse
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Bankrupt ex-footballer Michael McIndoe at centre of £30m scam probe: 'I'm surviving on handouts'
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PIIGS:
Greek Finance Minister to IMF Head and US Treasury Next Week
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Greece needs deal with lenders on April 24 -finance minister to paper • Greece will 'meet all obligations'
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Greek political unrest and deepening debt crisis fuel talk of snap election
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Greece ready to make $490m IMF payment on time • IMF chief Christine Lagarde: Greece will pay us back
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Greek officials reportedly have a plan that would 'cause a furor in the markets'
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Meryvn King sees way to ‘growing’ Greece
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Canada:
Target’s retreat tactics raise questions about CCAA
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Brazil:
How Much Of Brazil's Economy Got Lost In Petrobras Scandal?
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The Petrobras Scandal Is Helping Destroy Brazil's Job Market
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Ukraine:
Ukraine Is Going Bankrupt following Year of War
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Japan:
Japan's wary manufacturers are keeping the country's economic recovery stuck in the slow lane
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Russia:
Russia is at the dawn of a darker economic era
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Bulgaria:
Bulgaria Court to Hold Hearing on KTB Insolvency Case on 15 April
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Hong Kong:
Rise in litigation funding lures overseas legal experts to Hong Kong, insolvency is good market
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