Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: Davis Polk Announces!!!
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Associate Bonus Watch: A Chance To Exceed The Cravath Scale
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Associate Bonus Watch: Boies Schiller Pays Up To $350K (Again)
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Skadden comes top on associate bonus with extra $10k for high-flyers
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Associate Bonus Watch: Two More Firms Hop On The Cravath Bonus Bandwagon
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Associate Bonus Watch: Another Cravath Match, But This Time, Associates Who Did More Got ‘More’ Money
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5 Reasons These Biglaw Bonuses Suck
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Haynes & Boone Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Negotiate Like Trump: Use This One Technique To Get Massive Results
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GC: Part Time Lawyers? — Why not?
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How to Save Time, Money and Heartache in eDiscovery
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Glenn Siegel on Why Chapter 11 Is So Expensive
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Glenn Siegel on The Next Restructuring Wave
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Would You Represent Donald Trump?
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Partners warned of dangers of firm-hopping
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Is Law School A Better Investment Than Medical School?
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BigLaw partner suggests his own sanction for tweeting photos during trial
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ABA Approves Merger Of William Mitchell And Hamline Law Schools
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Law firm files for bankruptcy after $2.25M verdict against it
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Pillsbury Elects Five New Partners for 2016
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May lawyers reveal client information to prevent suicide? Virginia ethics counsel has guidance
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Will Technology Create More Legal Jobs Than It Destroys?
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17 awesome gifts under $50 for your office's Secret Santa pool
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13 small things you do that people use to judge your personality
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5 ways you are screwing up your iPhone battery
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2-Year-Old Dies Tragically; Law Student Arrested For Murder
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You CANNOT Sue An Art Museum Because It Has Paintings Of White People
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Glamorous Solicitor of the Year: Round Two
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2015 gifts for lawyers (gallery)
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Bonkers Las Firm Website: You don't have to be a criminal to work here
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Another lawyer is indicted in alleged scheme to file false certificates of completion with court
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Lawyer who lives in Iowa seeks election as Illinois state’s attorney
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Firefighters sue siren maker over hearing loss
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Keeping Billionaire's Family Feud Quiet Proves Tricky
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Wow Mom buys 300 presents for kids, gets trolled
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Cadets Who Wore KKK Hoods Suspended
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Judge overturns death sentence because of prosecutor’s Bible quotes
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Calif. Shooters Planned Bigger Attack • Jihadists Ignored Malik Communications
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Authorities say paralegal stole nearly $440K, created fake real estate parties to cover up
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Oklahoma City Cop Guilty on 18 Counts • Case Exposes National Problem
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Protesters aren't accepting Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's apology over police shooting
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Woman pouts after losing gun permit for shooting at shoplifters: ‘I will never help anybody again’
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Judges:

Rep. Conyers Urges 6 New Bankruptcy Judgeships, Conversion Of 16 Temp Bankruptcy Judgeships To Permanent
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What’s The Difference Between Donald Trump And Antonin Scalia? • Was Scalia’s comment racist? He notes argument that blacks may do better at ‘slower-track’ schools
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That’s A Helluva Nickname For A Supreme Court Justice
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A Judge Should Really And Truly Know Better
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Satire At The Supreme Court In New Novel ‘Tuttle In The Balance’
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Hot Mic Captures Justices' Remarks During Court Protest
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Drug defendant’s turnaround a ‘Christmas present’ for judge, who gives him a hug
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Wall Street:

Losses deepen for U.S. stock futures
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Wall Street rises after three down days, tracks oil
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Is $50 Billion the Price of Repo Safety?
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Third Avenue Blocks Redemptions From Credit Fund Amid Losses
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Layoffs:

December layoffs after company closes two Kan. ethanol plants
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Religion:

Lender Discrimination, Black Churches, and Bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Jos. A. Bank sales are down 35%, and Men's Wearhouse shares are getting punished • Men's Wearhouse Plunges on Free-Fall in Jos. A. Bank's Sales
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Banking:

Banks Seek Capital From Fed in Wake of Dividend Reduction
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Regulators Warn BofA That It Still Has Work to Do
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Special: 'RHONJ' Star Blamed For Bravo Budget Cuts?
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'Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Freaks Out Amid Fraud Charges
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Bankrupt 50 Cent Drops Video For “Too Rich”
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Healthcare:

New Hospital Group Applies At Last Minute To Purchase And Operate Hutcheson Medical Center
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First Day Dec: Hebrew Hospital Senior Housing
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Voya Sues Over Millennium Health $1.8 Billion Financing
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HDL officers can access legal insurance, with limits, judge rules
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New York City company seeks to take control of TLC Health nursing home
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Many Obamacare Co-Ops Are Leaving Patients In The Cold
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Can Competition Produce Less for Creditors?
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Coal:

Bankruptcy: Walter Energy Reaches Global Settlement With Lenders, Creditor Panel
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Walter Energy Seeks Creditor Accord Approval to Avoid `Crash'
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Bankrupt firm seeks bonuses for executives; plans cuts to employee benefits
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Arch Coal risks delisting from NYSE
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Mining:

Glencore Cuts More Debt, Sells Assets
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Pigeons:

Farmers defrauded by Pigeon King won't see much money
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Pensions:

Plan To Cut Teamsters' Pensions Could Be First Of Its Kind Approved Under New Law
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Alternative Energy:

More Bad News for Tesla
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Taxis:

Uber Failing a Large Number of New Yorkers
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States Pass Laws Selling Out Uber Drivers
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Economy:

US jobless claims at five-month high; import prices fall
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'We're going to see some high-profile companies go bust'
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U.S. Household Wealth Fell $1.23 Trillion in Third Quarter
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Are We Seeing Danger Signs in the U.S. Economy?
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US budget deficit widens in November to $65 billion
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M&A to increase in 2016 as oil prices remain low
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TransUnion Predicts Recovery from the Great Recession in 2016
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This is what Goldman Sachs sees coming in 2016
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American marriage changed in 35 years
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Dow, DuPont to merge in deal valued at $130B
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Grantham: Here are 12 ways people get America all wrong
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Mortgage rates move higher following upbeat jobs report
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A Chicago bankruptcy lawyer, a Mexican billionaire and a fight over a Mag Mile penthouse
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MBA: New home purchases fall 6% in November
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac suspend foreclosure evictions during holidays
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Sacramento Housing in November: Sales up 11.5%, Inventory down 28% YoY
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KC: Hassenflu bankruptcy case dismissed after settlement with plaintiffs
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Morgan Stanley reaches $225 million settlement with NCUA
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Buffett Bets on Sears's Blank Space
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Wants Bankruptcy Provision Attached To Omnibus
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Senate introduces bill for Puerto Rico relief - No bailout or bankruptcy court included
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Puerto Rico debt aid depends on a deal in DC
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Congress is trying to get Puerto Rico out of its 'death spiral' • Republicans float plan to stave off Puerto Rico default
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Congress Unlikely to Agree on Puerto Rico Rescue by Year's End
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Misguided Plan for Puerto Rico Would Set Dangerous Precedent
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Puerto Rico governor: No pension cuts to fix crisis
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Presentation on Puerto Rican Debt
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Puerto Rico Now Bankrupt?: What the U.S. Congress Plans To Do
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Puerto Rico's Member Of Congress Is So Frustrated, He'd Prefer Independence
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Protests Halt Forum With Detroit Bankruptcy Judge • Audience calls 'baloney' on Snyder at WSU bankruptcy talk • One year after exiting bankruptcy, Detroit 'modestly outpacing' projections
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MI’s good times breeding anxiety among business leaders
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Hope for a new city amid Detroit’s blight
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Stockton: Beware another cruel blow to city finances
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Moody's cuts rating of Ferguson, Missouri deeper into 'junk'
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Environmental:

2 ex-Freedom executives agree to settlement in spill lawsuit
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Politics:

Donald Trump just took his most commanding lead yet in a new poll • Trump Fact Check: Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad." • Donald Trump fires back at 'disgusting' White House for mocking his hair • The Trump Effect Begins to Hit Congress • Scotland Cuts Ties to Donald Trump • Most Americans oppose Trump’s Muslim plan • Dumping Trump: The backlash begins • Is Donald Trump a fascist?
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The absolutely epic trolling letter Jeb Bush’s leadership PAC sent to Donald Trump’s lawyer
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Ron Paul: This would shake up the market
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Dictatorships, Double Standards and Ted Cruz
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Clinton's Plan to Complicate Corporate Taxes
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New survey casts doubt on Latino loyalty to the Democratic Party
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Why Isn't Marco Rubio Doing Better?
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Bernie Sanders: Why He Can't Win
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GOP Worried About Contested Convention
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Rent Is Too Damn High Party is for sale, ‘trademark and all’
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Autos:

No New Scandals From 100 VW Whistle-Blowers • The VW Scandal Is Looking Overblown • Volkswagen: Emissions Cheating Not 1 Off Deal • VW Execs Duck Question on Responsibility • VW Blames US for Their Emission Scandal • VW Owners' Lawyers Nominate Feinberg as Settlement Master
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Oil/Gas:

20 Tips for Your Next Oil & Gas Restructuring
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Oil Drops to 2009 Lows • Oil Trades Near Six-Year Low as OPEC Strategy Weighs on Market • 'Unrelenting' supply hits oil demand growth: IEA
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Oil Industry Cutting Again, But It Still Might Not Be Enough
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John Arnold: OPEC smells blood
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4 reasons crude-oil prices are in a nasty death spiral—again
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IEA Sees Oil Glut Lasting to Late 2016 as OPEC Keeps Pumping • IEA swipes at OPEC’s ‘freewheeling’ policy
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Russian deputy FinMin sees oil price around $40-$60/barrel for next 7 years
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Billions of barrels of oil vanish in a puff of accounting smoke
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The Latest Oil Trade: Swapping Control for Cash
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Zombies appear in U.S. oilfields as crude plumbs new lows
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Junkyard Dog: How Oil-Fueled Debt Caught Up With Chesapeake • How Chesapeake Can Erase Oil From Its Books
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TransCoastal Corporation Files For Bankruptcy in Dallas, Texas
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OPEC's oil production spiked to a 3-year high in November
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The Hidden Danger Of OPEC’s Market Share Strategy
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North Dakota to see more declines in oil drilling as prices hit 7-year low
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The Crude Reality on Lower Oil Prices
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Oil and gas companies see more layoffs ahead: survey
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KPMG warns of bleak oil industry prospects
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Oil companies that may be in big dividend trouble
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Arnold: Half of US energy industry may go under
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Boost From Oil-Price Drop Is Elusive
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Oil's low price brings oil patch hard choices
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Is Crude on the Same Suicide Path as Coal?
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The Oil-Patch Bust
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Deal to End Oil Export Ban Near
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Construction:

Subcontractors, Worcester rest home try to force Whipple Construction into bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:

In Pacific Northwest locations, Albertsons emerges stronger from Haggen’s troubles
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Fraud:

No More Public Company CEO Jobs for Jeff Skilling
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Compensation:

2015 Compensation Committee Handbook
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Gambling:

Casino bill pits Reid against Warren • Sen. Reid stands up for Caesars and Nevada workers
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Student Debt:

Who's Profiting From $1.2 Trillion of Federal Student Loans?
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‘Mapping Student Debt’ Report Shows Concentration of Low-Income Consumers with Student Debt Troubles
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Four Ways Student Debt Is Wreaking Havoc on Millennials
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The IRS Won’t Tax Corinthian Students’ Forgiven Loans… But What About Everyone Else?
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5 things I gave up to pay off $68,000 of debt
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Theatre:

New Auction Date Scheduled For Surflight Theatre Property
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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 (7 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:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Plan Confirmation:

Revisiting § 1129(a)(7)’s “Best Interests of Creditors Test”
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Exemptions:

Debtor Equitably Estopped from Claiming Homestead Exemption
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TIA:

The Trust Indenture Act Rider Is Not a "Clarifying Amendment"
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Law Professors Urge Congress to Postpone ‘Hasty’ Changes to Trust Indenture Act
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Changes to Law Made Bankruptcy More Expensive
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Jurisdiction:

“Determining Party Consent to a Bankruptcy Judge’s Authority to Decide ‘Stern’ Claims,”
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Finance:

Trends In Finance Law: Prepayment Penalties
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S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index in the red, YTD return negative 0.10%
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UCC:

First Circuit Confirms that Right to Payment under Insurance Policy Not Covered by Article 9 of the UCC
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Cross-Border:

Section 1505 – Authorization to Act In A Foreign Country
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Sales:

Sales Free and Clear: Does Consent Really Mean Consent?
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TBTF:

The Fed's New Emergency Lending Rules: Not Far Enough, Not Surprising
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Sovereigns:

IMF defends lending rule change after Russia criticism • Russia says no plan to leave IMF in wake of debt rule change • IMF Policy Change Pushes Ukraine, Russia to Resolve Bond Dispute
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Argentina Said to Seek $10 Billion in Loans From Wall Street
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Now Comes the Hard Part for Argentina's Next President
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UK:

Cash crisis at English club Bolton escalates over tax debt
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IMF Says BOE Should Keep Rates on Hold, Warns on Housing Market
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Top U.K. Banks Face $39 Billion Shortfall Under BOE Failure Rule
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EU:

The Recast EU Regulation No. 2015/848 On Insolvency Procedure
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Hope for eurozone’s smooth recovery is fading fast
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PIIGS:

Abengoa Said to Skip 2.25 Million-Euro Commercial Paper Payment • Spain's Abengoa, creditors put Abengoa Yield share sale on hold • ISDA to Rule on Whether Abengoa in Failure-to-Pay Credit Event
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Greece: Talks with creditors stumble on sell-off fund • Gov't, creditors agree on selloff fund
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Greece struggles with creditors to keep bad loans from "vultures"
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Court of Appeal refuses O’Donnells’ appeal of decision not to overturn bankruptcy
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Gayle Killilea appeals US court's ruling on asset recovery
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Drumm faces dilemma after bail denied by Boston judge • Drumm denied bail despite claim prison was 'uncomfortable'
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Portugal's new anti-austerity government makes more cuts
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Bank of Italy says asked to stop small investors buying junior debt-paper
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Rajoy Hasn't Fixed Flaws That Made Spain's Economy So Dangerous
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Canada:

Charges laid in bankruptcy fraud investigation
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China:

China Swallows Its Mine Debt Bomb
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Brazil:

Brazil's Tonon Seeks Bankruptcy Five Months After Restructuring
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Mexico:

Abengoa Mexico says to default on local coupon payments
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Russia:

Russia's Mechel aims for approval of restructuring
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For Indebted Russians, a Holiday Staycation
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Bahamas:

'Significant Movement' On Baha Mar, Says Prime Minister
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Bahamas PM expects bankrupt resort to open partially or fully by March
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MENA:

McKinsey Says Saudi Arabia Can't Wait for World to Get Better
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Islamic State got $500 million from oil sales
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Ukraine:

IMF Policy Change Pushes Ukraine, Russia to Resolve Bond Dispute • Ukraine's ex-PM calls IMF decision on Kiev's debt absurd
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Invaders Can't Expect Debt Repayment
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Ukraine Pushed to Mend Fences With Russia to Keep IMF Rescue
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South Africa:

South Africa Market Rout Deepens on Speculation of Rate Meeting
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China:

China's Debt Problem Weighing on Economic Growth
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China Sets 2017 Deadline for State Firms to Limit Losses
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China says loss-making state firms should exit market
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China Ghost Town Developer May Default on Bonds Next Week
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Hungary:

Hungary wants to become creditor-friendly
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South Korea:

Creditors to provide 450 bn won to STX Shipbuilding
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Japan:

In the Land of Jobs for Life a Harsh Reality Dawns for Employees
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