Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: Without A Billable Hours Requirement, All Associates At This Firm Got Bonuses
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What Do Rising Interest Rates Mean for Restructuring?
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Report Workflow Increase, Embrace Novel Out-of-Court Deals
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Contract Attorneys Settle Overtime Lawsuit Against Skadden • Skadden, staffing agency OK payment of $75K
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Demand for contract lawyers to be pushed up by market uncertainty
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Client Sues Bankruptcy Attorney for ADA Violations
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Big Law Chair Retires After Transforming Firm
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Hildebrandt: In 2016, Winning Battle for Laterals Will Be Key
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Not Going Global, Why Law Firms Fail & Partner Pay Spreads
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2016 Citi Client Advisory Sees Slow, Uneven Law Firm Growth Ahead
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Survey: In-house counsel pay keeps getting better
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Can Legal Ops Overcome the Persistence of the Billable Hour?
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2015 Was A Weak Year For The Legal Industry… And You Should Expect More Of The Same In 2016
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Law firms play major role in creating most expensive streets in US
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Dickstein Shapiro Partners Approve Bryan Cave Tie-Up • Dickstein Shapiro Partners Approve Tie-Up With Bryan Cave • Dickstein Shapiro Finds A Firm To Rescue It From Certain Death
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David Lat on Associate Bonuses, ‘Shaming,’ and a Snail-Mail Five Dollar Bill
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Law School Enrollment Falls Again • Enrollment Is At 42-Year Low
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Does A Law School's Duty To Its Students End At Graduation?
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Law school consumer information for 2015 is now available on ABA website
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Who's Who Legal: Top Banking Lawyers
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Big Law’s Short-Termism Problem
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Gibson Dunn Used ‘Opacity and Gamesmanship,’ Judge Says
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A True Confession
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Lake-safety knowledge aids Debevoise partner in subway rescue • Debevoise Partner Saves Man from Subway Tracks
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As WordPress Moves Upmarket, Law Firm Websites Could Be Next
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Every Lawyer Needs To Know How To Work A Room
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TV Reporter Spots Bank Robbery Suspect on Live TV
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Undress for Success?
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9 unprofessional behaviors that will make you look flaky
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eDiscovery Too Big To Fail?
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How it feels to be a Syrian immigrant in America
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Americans used to support an assault weapons ban. Not anymore.
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Man Charged After Stopping Busy Houston Freeway To Propose
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NYC Orthodox Jewish Rabbis Sentenced To Prison In Religious Divorce Plot
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Police drones snatch illegal drones right out of the sky
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Judge Declares Mistrial of Baltimore Cop in Freddie Gray Case
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Cop accused of seeking g------- photo in sexting probe kills himself as he is arrested
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So Maybe This Affluenza Thing Really Was B.S. • On the Run From the Police • Affluenza Teen Feared Out of Reach of the Law
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Saudi millionaire of r---- teenager - Claimed he accidentally fell on her
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Bill Would Make Men Jump Hoops for Viagra
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Lawyer suspended for 1 year over large unsecured loan from client
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Farmer’s deposition on his ‘follow the chicken’ philosophy is re-enacted
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A security guard stole $5 million in diamonds that were thrown out in the trash
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Death sentences imposed this year are at the lowest level since 1973
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Mom did not neglect sons by letting them play outside, state agrees after BigLaw legal battle
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Judges:

Carolyn Walker-Diallo, Muslim judge, sworn in on Koran
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Scalia was rejected by two schools; Dad told him schools without all smart kids might be better
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set to continue Fed-fueled Santa rally
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Stocks end near session highs; Dow up 224
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Layoffs:

Coral Gables' Preferred Medical Plan to lay off 162
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160 More layoffs hit BAE's Norfolk shipyard
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:

Nonprofit Hospitals On The Ropes: Hedge Funds Moving In
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Go Ye authorized to pay employees; ombudsman picked
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Hutcheson could re-open as soon as Friday
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SIGA Files Consensual Plan of Reorganization
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Pharma:

Congress is doubling down on pharma companies that jack up drug prices
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Valeant Cuts 2016 Earnings Forecast Ahead of Investor Day
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Martin Shkreli Arrested on Securities Fraud Charges
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Skiing:

Willard Mountain stockholders get $5 a share in bankruptcy deal
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Banking:

The 'Chinese Wall' at banks is crumbling
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Banking 2016: Trends
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Newspapers:

Owner of 21 weekly newspapers files for bankruptcy protection
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Steel:

Outlook for the global steel market
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Hollywood:

Relativity Lawyers Allege Serious Missteps By FTI Consulting
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Relativity Bankruptcy: Judge Delays Reorganization Approval, Movie Releases Hang in Balance • Bankruptcy Resolution Postponed To February
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Ryan Kavanaugh Feuds With Studio's Chief Restructuring Officer • Relativity’s Ryan Kavanaugh Obstructed Bankruptcy Efforts, Says CRO
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Relativity Bankruptcy: Reorganization Continues Despite Film Problems
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Autos:

Chrysler dealer wins appeal, plans reopening
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Tennis:

Sacramento’s pro tennis team facing financial problems
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Shipping:

Drybulk Shippers Could Feel Pain For Several More Years
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Economy:

Fed finally lifts key interest rate from near zero • Signals 4 Quarter-Point 2016 Increases • Yellen: Fed Action Marks End of Extraordinary Period • The Fed's New Normal • Fed Ends Historic Era by Raising Rates • Yellen: Fed policy remains accommodative • Here's how the Fed's main interest rate has changed over the last 60 years • Fed raises interest rates, citing ongoing US recovery • Confident and clear, Yellen says rate path will be well signaled • The Fed Wants a World That Makes Sense Again • Fed's Smooth Liftoff Doesn’t Signal Mission Accomplished • Federal Reserve Rate Hike: Who Wins, Who Loses, Who Goes Meh
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Wells Fargo ups rate for borrowers, not savers
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Major banks move to 3.5% prime rate
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Where Wilbur Ross Sees Fed-Driven Opportunities
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$10 Trillion Later, Corporations Wake Up Today to a New Debt Era
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Factory Production in U.S. Stagnates on Less Output of Durables
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The 2016 Job Market Is Looking Bright For Workers
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Marc Faber: This is ‘precisely the wrong time’ for Fed to hike
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Rate hike will hurt THIS group the most
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What's inside the $650B tax deal • New Ryan budget hands out goodies for NASCAR tracks, racehorses, teachers, college students • Qualms in both parties over massive tax and spending package • 2,200 Pages, $1.8 Trillion, Done in the Dead of Night
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Where there are more women than men working in the US
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A Surprising Finding About Divorced Women and Money
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Everyone is wildly overestimating how many immigrants there are
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Oil at $100? 10 'outrageous' forecasts for 2016
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Killing Entitlements Would Make Inequality Worse
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This indicator signals a 4% jobless rate next year
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America's 25 Thriving Industries • America's 25 Dying Industries
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US Housing Starts Surge 10.5% in November • Multifamily construction led a November leap in housing starts
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Individual Debtor Exemptions: What Can You Do With a Rent-Stablized Lease?
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Lawyer for Cay Clubs' Clark vows appeal, says feds didn't prove their case
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac switch gears and increase foreclosures
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Nearly 95% of Young Renters Want to Buy, But Many Say They Can’t Afford It
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Average Manhattan Apartment Now Over $1 Million
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Municipalities:

Why Municipal Junk Bonds Are A Favorite Among Top Mutual Fund Managers
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Puerto Rico Will Default in January or May, Governor Says • Governor of Puerto Rico Warns of Looming Default Without Bankruptcy Plan
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Puerto Rico creditors ready to duel with 'lame duck' governor
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Puerto Rico Christmas Bonuses Pit Workers Against Investors
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Congress offers no lifeline as Puerto Rico heads toward default
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U.S. bill has health, technical aid for Puerto Rico; no Chapter 9
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Puerto Rico Bankruptcy -- No Bailout
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U.S. House to explore help for Puerto Rico's financial woes • House Turns Attention to Puerto Rico Debt Crisis
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Puerto Rico emerges as key issue in budget fight
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Hedge Funds Deepen Puerto Rico's Debt
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Detroit unlikely to forgive water debts of poor • Panel says Affordability Plan for Detroit Water Customers Won't Include Forgiving Debt
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Town of Browning warns residents bankruptcy or disincorporation possible
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These Are the 5 Cities Where Americans Are Best and Worst Off
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Food/Beverage:

Are Menu Prices Too Far Ahead of Inflation?
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Mining:

Joy Global Struggles to Survive Mining Slump
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Molycorp's asset plan reportedly fails, reorganization plan moves ahead
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Oil/Gas:

$100 billion evaporates as world’s worst oil major plunges 90 percent
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Pulled down by storage report, oil traders shrug off rate hike
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Oil slump resumes on U.S. supply build, expected Fed rate hike • U.S. crude inventory build sends oil prices down • Crude Oil Price Slides as Stockpile Adds 4.8 Million Barrels
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Why oil stocks are no bargain
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Theft, royalties dispute merits examiner in Samson Chapter 11 -trustee
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Yellen: Surprised by Further Oil Drop
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No Fear: Banks Bet on Energy Comeback
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This outrageous prediction says oil will hit $100 in 2016
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Big Oil among biggest winners from budget deal
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Export news little comfort for U.S. drillers drowning in crude
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End to US oil export ban won't hit prices • White House Signals Support for Plan Allowing Oil Exports • Critics seethe over end to oil export ban • Why ending the US oil export ban is a game changer • The Irony of Ending the U.S. Oil Export Ban Is Imports May Rise • Shale Drillers Are Now Free to Export U.S. Oil Into Global Glut
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Chesapeake Energy Doubles Bond-Uptier Exchange Deal
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Coal:

Amid Arch Bankruptcy Worries, Coal Clean Up Costs A Concern
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A Coal Lobby Boss Just Compared His Industry to the Slave Trade
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Alpha plans to sell off more than 20 mining sites as part of bankruptcy
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Complaint filed against Arch Coal in Wyoming
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Celebs:

Abby Lee Miller reacts to charges in 'Dance Moms' trailer
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Would You Want 50 Cent as Your Landlord?
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Lance Armstrong Says He's Run Out of Money
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Personal Finance:

The 10 things not to buy in the new year
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Religion:

Pastor cozies up to Trump, bankrupt church faces backlash
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Lehman:

Lehman Bros settlement releases $500m to creditors
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Radio:

Big Radio Companies Facing Bankruptcy
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Fuel Oil:

Fuller Oil bankruptcy filing leaves out $2.8 million claim
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Travel:

10 Worst Airports in America
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Corporate Governance:

How Costly Is Bankruptcy For The CEO?
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (56 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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Miscellaneous:

Lookback Period – Six Weeks (Part I)
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Personal Bankruptcy:

House passes military bankruptcy-relief bill • National Guard And Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act Of 2015
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Gifting:

A Holiday Present from the Third Circuit? The Court of Appeals Upholds a Secured Lender’s “Gift” to General Unsecured Creditors Under Narrow Circumstances
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Sanctions:

Bankruptcy Court Violated Due Process With Sanction
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Bankruptcy Rules:

BK MA: New Standing Orders
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TBTF:

Fed's Plan for Unwinding Behemoths Won't Cut It
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Distressed Investing:

The Mutual Fund Equivalent of Bankruptcy
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The Accidental Distressed Debt Fund
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Third Avenue Allowed to Temporarily Halt Redemptions by SEC
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Bargain hunters dip back into junk bonds • Junk bonds are an 'A-plus' buying opportunity
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As traders freak out over junk , one takes advantage
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Why junk bonds may be an ‘A-plus’ buying opportunity
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Reality starting to bite investors in US junk bond swings
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Investors Leaving the Worst Behind in This Junk-Bond Rally
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? Junk - bond turmoil threatens Boston fund managers
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Junk Rout Trips Up Longest-Serving Manager
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BlackRock, Pimco Push for Credit Swaps Clearing Amid Junk Rout
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Goldman Sachs: Junk Bond Spreads Are at Recession Levels
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Alternative Energy:

Solar Companies Gain as Tax Credit Provides Early `Holiday' Gift
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Solar Industry on Building Boom Despite Memories of Recent Bust
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Politics:

Donald Trump's Walmart Candidacy • Jeb Bush said Donald Trump can't insult his way to the presidency. So Trump insulted him. • Trump's business to see 'irreparable damage' • Trump loses wind farm legal challenge • Trump Disproves Liberal and Conservative Myths • Trump Tries to Rise Above His Own Fray • ‘Trump Your Competition’ Pursues Trump In Trademark Dispute • How Trump could win the general election • Pentagon Troops: It’s Us or Trump • Muslims Should Be Grateful to Trump • Donald Trump Wants to "Penetrate the Internet," Doesn't Know What the Internet Is
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Hey, Republican establishment: it's time to panic • GOP debate proves the party can't win the general election
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3 winners and 3 losers from the fifth Republican debate
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Ben Carson's North Korea plan: put "one horse show" Vladimir Putin "in a box"
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Clinton hints at expanded ‘Buffett rule’ to tax rich
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Ted Cruz's totally incoherent answer on how he'd beat ISIS • Cruz Out of Sync on Ethanol with Likely Republican Caucus-Goers in Iowa Poll • Cruz Fact Check: Carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."
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Bernie Sanders slams the Fed's decision to hike rates
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Carly Fiorina said she’s been “called every b-word in the book” at the Republican debate
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Defense Secretary Used Personal Email Too
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Fraud:

Former Associate Dean at MIT, Son, Sentenced for Hedge Fund Scam
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Student Debt:

The provision in the budget agreement that could radically change student loan servicing
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Guns:

Colt Ready To Exit Bankruptcy; Union Agrees To Retiree Benefit Cuts • Colt Defense Announces Court Confirmation of Plan of Reorganization
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Sovereigns:

IMF recognizes Ukraine's debt to Russia as sovereign, not commercial
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Bond restructurings – Implementation mechanisms: schemes vs. exchange offers
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UK:

Businessman owes bank and creditors £580 million
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Northern Rock Bonds That Lost Over 90% in Value to Repay in Full
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PIIGS:

Drumm sets out grounds for bankruptcy bid appeal
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Energy giant on brink of collapse
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Canada:

Employees looking for answers after mass layoffs at CHCH • 'Was this a genuine bankruptcy ?' • Senior CHCH employees could get reprieve
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China:

Beijing to go after 'zombie companies' in reform push
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The good times are over for China's once-hot start-ups
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As Fed fog lifts, central bankers keep puzzling over China
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China Ghost Town Developer to Avert Default as Xi Prevents Risks
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Brazil:

Brazil Cut to Junk by Fitch With Negative Outlook on Rating
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Gloom on Brazil Finances Deepens
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Brazil's Fall From Darling to Doldrums Cemented by Junk Status
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Japan:

Japanese investment fraud: Former AIJ heads into bankruptcy over retirement assets
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India:

Ensuring information access during financial distress
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Ukraine:

Russia Says Ukraine Bond Due Too Soon for Out-of-Court Deal
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Lithuania:

Lithuania's Snoras selling assets through eBay
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