Law:

Lawyers Keep Lawyering On After JPMorgan's $1.5 Billion Bungle
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Summer Associate Offer Rates (2015): A Round-Up
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Two Big Law Firms Allegedly Involved In Discovery Shenanigans
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U.S. Legal Sector Adds 200 Jobs in July
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NJ: Bankruptcy lawyer joins Woodbury law firm of Sherman Silverstein
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Your Lawyer May Soon Ask This AI-Powered App for Legal Help
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Being Yourself In Your Role As A Lawyer
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Law Firms Have Reined in Partner Board Memberships
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At Gateley, Law Firm Sees IPO as Salve for Legal Industry’s Woes
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The Pill = More Women Lawyers?
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Firm Strategy: Understanding Industry Dynamics
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GC: Call Me When I’m Not Sending You Work
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Clinton Emails Generate Work for Big Law
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Two firms monitor lawyers’ calls in bid to combat stress through voice analysis
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TV bosses want Amal Clooney to replace Donald Trump on US Apprentice
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Hourly Rates for Top Supreme Court Advocates Revealed
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Apple is going to fix the most annoying thing about using WiFi on the iPhone
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People can tell these 9 things about you from the way you look
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12 rules for dating a coworker
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When Apple will start selling the next iPhone
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A close look at why the tablet market isn't coming back
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Here's a Bluetooth keyboard for your smartphone that fits in your pocket
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5 tell-tale signs someone is lying to you
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Here's the trick to removing 'like' and 'um' from your vocabulary
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Take Care Of Your Staff As Soon As You’re Able
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Every man needs to know how to iron a button-down shirt
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Texas Issues Death Certificate After Contempt Threat
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Lawyer demands Game of Thrones-style 'trial by combat'
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Judge Sentences Texas Man to Marriage • Idiot Judge Orders Idiot Couple To Marry And They Comply Because Stupid
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Real-life crime-fighting doctors combine the 'school-smarts of a doctor and the street-smarts of a detective'
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The law office that helped inspire Harper Lee's novels is for sale in Alabama • Why I refuse to read Harper Lee's record-breaking new book
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Won’t Quit Over Leaks Charges
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Cops Caught Misbehaving During Pot Dispensary Raid Sue Police Dept. To Prevent Recording From Being Used Against Them
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4 murderers tried to dispose of a body using a method they learned on the TV show 'Breaking Bad'
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Stoned Driver Took "Selfie" With Arresting Officer
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Man seeking state police job takes polygraph test, gets 20 years in prison
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San Francisco Bay area news crews targeted by robbers
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Ferguson Still Pumps Out Arrest Warrants • Tensions flare in Ferguson on police shooting anniversary... Crowd of 50 loot store
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Judges:

Appeals Court Apologizes for Misplacing Case for Five Years
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Judicial Heroes’ Courthouses Named Landmarks
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Judge in Dewey Trial Known for Fairness, Measured Approach
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Wall Street:

Stock futures point higher
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Stocks close down after jobs numbers bolster Fed rate hike plans
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A golden goose for investment bankers stopped laying eggs
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Layoffs:

10 professions with the best job security
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States Where Unemployment is Still Above 7%
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How rising unemployment rates change students' choice of majors — and it's different for men and women
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CenturyLink plans 1,000-job layoff
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Television:

Cracks in the cable business send media stocks tumbling • Cablevision CEO Doesn't See 'Landslide' of Cord-Cutting for Now • People are finally panicking about cable TV
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Religion:

Reasonable end to bankruptcy • Victim advocates decry settlement plan
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Food/Beverage:

Union, landlords, others raise issues in A&P bankruptcy
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A&P Faces Opposition on Plan to Quickly Sell and Close Stores
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Citing bankruptcy , A&P drops Closter Plaza legal fight
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S. California bankruptcy creates Bello Family Vineyards troubles
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Fraud:

Co-owner of defunct Long Beach real estate firm convicted in $169 million Ponzi scheme
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3rd payment made to investor victims in ZeekRewards
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Movies:

NBC Universal Emerges as Major Unsecured Creditor in Relativity Bankruptcy • NBCU Makes Surprise Appearance on Creditor Committee • Carat, Cinedigm, NBC Universal Lead Creditors Committee • Why investors should have doubted Relativity Media's charming wunderkind
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Shipping:

Overseas Shipholding investors settle lawsuit with execs, others
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Bunker supplier linked to OW fraud scandal declared bankrupt
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Coal:

Is Arch Coal Next for the Bankruptcy Line? • Arch Coal Under Pressure Over Debt Dispute
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Walter Energy's Asset Value Dropped in Second Quarter
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The markets dig a grave for Big Coal
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Manchin has question for coal opponents
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Tech:

Apple Watch killing watchmakers?
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Weather:

Here's where over 90% of the extra heat from global warming is going and the billions of dollars it's costing us
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Currency:

Japan court rules against Bitcoin compensation plea
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Aviation:

A flight leaving Norway was delayed almost 5 hours after nearly all crew members failed a Breathalyzer test
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Debt Collection:

New York law firms that act as debt collectors set back by court decision
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Economy:

U.S. economy adds 215K jobs • Steady US job gains likely foretell a new era: Higher rates • A solid month of job creation, but wages stagnate • Jobs report gives Fed the cover to hike in September • Only one thing can stop the Fed from raising rates in September
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We're Making Life Too Hard for Millennials • Millennials aren't as poor as you think.
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Workers the Recovery is Leaving Behind
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Fed’s Past, Present and Future Seen in Bank of England Data Dump
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Why American Teens Aren't Working Summer Jobs Anymore
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Consumer Borrowing in U.S. Increased More Than Forecast in June • Consumers don’t think it’s the right time to buy
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What Would Higher Interest Rates Mean for You?
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Most people in advanced nations think their economy is bad
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This map shows why a $15 minimum wage is a terrible idea
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Need a job? Two industries are desperate for talent
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The hardest states to find full-time work
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America's biggest companies can't stop worrying about these 9 things
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Bill Gross: Global Economy Dangerously Close to Deflation
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Federal judge rules Bank of America hurt Jacksonville couple, must pay $204,000
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Mortgage Rates at 4%
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New Proposed Bankruptcy Rules: Focus on Periodic Statements
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Bankrupt Developer Struever Could Be Tapped By Lucchino for Providence Stadium
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Housing is so outrageously expensive in San Francisco the city can't hire enough teachers
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This man collected 50,000 pennies to make a statement about paying his property taxes
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Judge orders disgraced mortgage broker John Torgerson to pay $444K to victims
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The Resurrection of America's Slums
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Mastermind gets 15 years in ‘mind-boggling’ scheme to fleece Vegas HOAs of millions
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico's struggle with $72B of public debt
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How Puerto Rico got in over its head
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Puerto Rico's 'death spiral' can be traced back to one mistake
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Judge orders Flint to cut water rate, stop disconnections
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Bank Freezes Carroll County's Credit Line
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The debt bomb: Survival, suicide pacts and Illinois - Chicago Tribune

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Taxis:

Uber, Lyft And No More Loans: Twilight Is Here For Big-City Taxi Barons
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices fall, weighed by weak Chinese data • U.S. crude closes at second lowest price of 2015
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Goldman sees oil staying lower for longer to end supply glut • Poll: When will the oil supply glut end?
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U.S. rig count grows again despite the price of oil still dropping
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Bullish Bets On Oil Go Sour
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The Game of Chicken Behind Low Oil Prices
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The only major U.S. industry cutting jobs
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US oil drillers add rigs despite crude prices collapse -Baker Hughes
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Cook Inlet Energy faces involuntary bankruptcy petition
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What's happening in the oil market right now is 'unprecedented'
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What Airlines Can Teach the Energy Sector about Adversity
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Surviving the oil industry
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To please investors, Big Oil makes deepest cuts in a generation
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Oilfield jobs decline in July
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U.S. shale drillers struggle amid slumping prices: Kemp
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EOG Resources CEO: Expect US production declines in 2nd half
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Oil to see only slight recovery in 2016, Moody’s says.
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For Norway, Oil at $50 Is Worse Than the Global Financial Crisis
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Radio:

Colorado investor buying North Carolina radio station
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Healthcare:

El Paso: In hospital bankruptcy, key players give starkly different versions of events
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Winsted nursing home's owners still in bankruptcy court
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Retailing:

Does Sears Management Really Think It Can Avoid Bankruptcy?
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Celebs:

Bankruptcy Puns: Available Today For Only Fifty Cents On The Dollar
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50 Cent Bankruptcy Watchdog: ‘You Can’t Get a Dollar Outta Me’
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Here's how 50 Cent says his entire $25 million fortune vanished
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6 ways 50 Cent says he tricked the world into believing he was rich
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Teresa Giudice More Prison Time For Fraud
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Bossier City man gets 10 months for bankruptcy fraud
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Student Debt:

Education Department Plan Is an Incursion into Banking, Industry Says
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Video Games:

38 Studios Settlement Reached for $12.5 Million with Adler Pollock, Stokes, and Saul
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Politics:

What Trump didn't say about his four big business bankruptcies • Going Bankrupt Like Trump Did Is for High Rollers, Not Homeowners • Donald Trump's claim about never going bankrupt got quite a bit of traction • What Donald Trump gets right about bankruptcy • Trump: Treat me 'fairly' or I'll run 3rd party • PolitiFact fact checks Donald Trump's claim that Mexico sends criminals to the U.S. • Trump on the Ropes at the First Debate • Watch: Trump, Kelly spar over comments on women • Donald Trump disinvited to speak at RedState event • 'The Republican Party Created Donald Trump' • Republican candidates pile on Donald Trump for his 'offensive' attack against Megyn Kelly • Donald Trump doubles down on 'mess' Megyn Kelly and blasts 'total loser' activist in epic statement • Carly Fiorina Says Donald Trump's Perceived Insinuation Is Nothing New • Donald Trump Says He 'Cherishes' Women • Donald Trump Then and What He Says Now • Trump: Trump and China give opposing lessons in failure • Jeb's got the woman problem, not me • Donald Trump's campaign is in the middle of a major shakeup — and everyone's pointing fingers in the 'civil war' • Meet the real people who want Donald Trump to be president
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Icahn Says He'll Be Right There at Treasury for President Trump
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5 takeaways for business from the Republican presidential debates
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The Republican race just got more interesting
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Is Starbucks's Howard Schultz the Liberal Donald Trump?
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All the Ways They Tried to Outshine Trump
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Which GOP Candidates Got Money From “The Donald?”
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Fiorina to GOP field: 'Game on' • Carly Fiorina’s Debate Performance Invites New Scrutiny of HP Tenure • Will Her H-P Past Doom Her? • What You Need to Know About Carly Fiorina • Carly Fiorina, Republican Debate Winner, Is The Daughter Of The Late 9th Circuit Judge (And Tax Prof) Joseph Sneed
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John Kasich’s Standout Performance in GOP Debate
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GOP Hopeful Compares Marriage Equality To Slavery, Takes On ‘Rogue’ Supreme Court
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 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:

Rochester region's bankruptcy filings dip 2.8 percent
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July Chapter 11 Filings Spike, Up 77% Y/Y
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Bankruptcy Reform:

The ABI Commission on Business Bankruptcy Reform: The Sale of All or Substantially All of the Debtor's Assets and Proposed Creation of "Section 363(x)"
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Plan Confirmation:

Second Circuit Articulates the Standard for the Extinguishment of Liens Under a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plan
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Second Circuit Holds That a Chapter 11 Plan May Extinguish a Lien When the Lienholder “Participates in the Bankruptcy Proceedings”
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Discharge:

Delaware District Court Addresses Dischargeability in WCI Communities Appeal
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Bankruptcy Forms:

Pending Changes in the Bankruptcy Forms
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Proofs of Claims:

Can Filing a Claim in a Debtor’s Bankruptcy be a Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? Maybe, But in this Case the Bankruptcy Court Rules in Creditor’s Favor
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Litigation:

In a Deposition, Tell the Client to Answer the Questions
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Insurance:

Tenth Circuit: D&O Insurance Policy’s Insured vs. Insured Exclusion Unambiguously Precludes Coverage for FDIC’s Failed Bank Claims
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Credit Reporting:

Banks, credit bureaus urged to stop reporting erroneous debts; 20% of consumers have credit report mistakes
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Car insurers don't care if you drive well
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Theatre:

What will happen to the Surflight Theatre?
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Education:

New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts files for Chap. 7 bankruptcy
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Autos:

Tesla loses more than $4,000 on every car it sells • What 8 Wall Street analysts are telling clients about Tesla
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Resorts:

Baha Mar: Too big to fail for The Bahamas
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Golf:

Trump International Golf sale hits a bunker
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Electricity:

Junior creditors close to taking control at Oncor
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Personal Finance:

Personal-Finance Lessons From the Greek Crisis
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Sovereigns:

Tango With Creditors Takes a Twirl
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Griesa grants vulture funds hearing to discuss motion for sanctions
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New deal for debt overhangs?
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Seven countries near bankruptcy
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Ukraine Bonds End 6-Week Rally as Investors Count Debt-Deal Risk • Ukraine Takes Talks to Templeton Turf as Debt Payment Looms
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UK:

Late payments put a quarter of small firms at risk of insolvency
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Economy showing signs of recovery with business insolvency numbers down
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PIIGS:

Greek government says discussing draft of third bailout deal • Greek Government Officials Pore Over Third Bailout Agreement • Here's why Greece's next bailout is far from a done deal • Greece Seeks Resolution to Aid Deal as Creditor Talks Progress • Finland Throws Support Behind Greek Bailout It Says Won’t Work • Greek yields fall as new bailout deal seen near • Greek Debt Talks Have 'More Optimistic Tone'
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Irish developer who planned to build Chicago spire sues NAMA
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Canada:

Insolvencies rising in Sask
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Canada Stocks Fall as Oil Producers Drop With Banks After Jobs
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Herbal Magic Files for Bankruptcy and Closes Stores
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Appeals court decision gives hope to US Steel Canada pensioners
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Germany:

German Industrial Production Drops as Chinese Slowdown Looms
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France:

French Supreme Court rules out liability for undercapitalising companies
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MENA:

Gulf Stocks at Mercy of Oil Price in Qatar-Led Retreat
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Venezuela:

With no money to buy food, 82% of Venezuelans go without
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Conviasa Woes Worsen as Venezuela Crisis Deepens
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Venezuela is tilting toward a major social crisis
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Indonesia:

66 coal firms go bankrupt in Jambi
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China:

How everything in China is shrinking
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Producer prices in China slid to a six-year low in July
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China inflation rate rises to 1.6%
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Chinese exports nosedive • China's imports are plunging
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Nobody believes China's growth figures — and the truth could be much worse
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UBS Wary as China Cleans Up Debt Mess
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Cyprus:

Cyprus: New Insolvency Laws
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Brazil:

The world's seventh largest economy is in a downward spiral
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