Law:

Where Are The Biglaw Bonuses? Associate Bonus Watch, Day 2
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Cooley Elects New Bankruptcy Partner
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Male Skadden lawyers show off their ‘highfalutin style’ • What Can You Buy With A Biglaw Bonus?
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How the Law Business Has Changed Since 1981
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Law firm leaders hopeful, if uncertain, for 2016
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Harvard law prof whose portrait was defaced sees harm in ‘excessive vulnerability’ to slights
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Let’s Keep The Racist Harvard Law Crest And Fix The Harvard Law Racism
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Women In The Legal Profession Continue To Be Treated Like Crap
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Is Your Jewelry Hurting Your Career?
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Staples’ Attorney Rejects Old School Approach
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Lawyer says airline banned him from flight because crew didn’t ‘feel comfortable’ with him
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Lawyer’s deposition question was ‘serious misconduct,’ top state court says in suspension order
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Why Meetups Are A Solo’s Secret Weapon
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“Collegial & Collaborative?” Guess Again
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Another Law Firm Adopts Automation Technology
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Texas Attorney General Arrives in Court—As the Defendant
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Man shoots neighbor in the head for parking in front of his house
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Here’s how to find out your Uber rating
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What to Wear to Your Holiday Office Party
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The only 28 apps you need to have on your iPhone home screen
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12 things you should do on your commute instead of playing mindless games on your phone
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How iPad Pro, rivals are changing tablet market
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The County With America's Deadliest Police
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel Fires Chicago Police Superintendent • Chicago's mayor is responding with 'more than just words' to the death of a black teen police allegedly shot 16 times • The top cop of Illinois wants the federal government to investigate the Chicago Police Department • Chicago Mayor Announces Police Accountability Task Force • Claims of deleted video among questions in Chicago shooting
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Lawyers can’t be ‘conscripted’ to represent indigents, rules US Virgin Islands Supreme Court
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California thieves prove anything can be stolen
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Legal Writing Tip: Its v. It’s
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Lawyers That Expand Their Interests Beyond The Law
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5 of America's Strangest Driving Laws
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A 68-year-old man successfully sued Apple for deleting precious photos from his phone
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Judges:

Judge Gets Whimsical When Dealing With A Dumb Argument
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Man gets 10 months for threats in voice mail to federal judge
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Embattled judge in court confrontation video now waging war of words over PTSD finding
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Man disarmed deputy, committed suicide in courthouse, authorities say
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Former court clerk charged in claimed scheme to dismiss $40K worth of tickets for $20K in bribes
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Beating of character in Scalia mask in ‘Scream Queens’ shows liberal intolerance, justice’s son says
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Wall Street:

Stock futures edge up
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Santa rally? Stocks close higher on first day of Dec.
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Citigroup's bonus pool for traders and bankers will remain unchanged despite cutbacks at other banks
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Layoffs:

Manufacturing jobs at risk as industry contracts
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Massive layoffs coming to Volvo plant
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Whitehall gold mine lays off 135 employees
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Gulfstream laying off 1,100 employees
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Brinderson announces 329 layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:

Wall Street cuts lending to coal
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Will Coal's Slump Leave States Like Wyoming On The Hook?
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Met Coal - Where Is The Upside?
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Arch Coal Bankruptcy Looms As George Soros And Leon Black Sell
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Corporate Reform:

Wells Fargo Under Regulators' Probe over Business Practices
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Mining:

Molycorp wants to keep parts of bankruptcy plan secret
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Healthcare:

As more Forest Park Medical Centers file for bankruptcy protection, investors look for new buyer to surface
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Hospitals in Dallas and Forth Worth file for bankruptcy: 6 things to know
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State Regulators Approve Trinity Acquisition of Johnson Memorial Hospital • Trinity Health sells bankrupt hospital to for-profit firm
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Once-lauded Nashua medical company files for bankruptcy
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UnitedHealth CEO: Joining Obamacare Was a ‘Bad Decision’
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Medicare Rules Reshape Hospital Admissions
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Retailing:

Investor Blasts American Apparel Bankruptcy
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Bonds of Apollo-Backed Claire's Plunge After Earnings Miss
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Is the great American department store losing its way?
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Student Debt:

Student Loans Should Be More Easily Discharged in Bankruptcy
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Student Loan Defaults Jump; Accounts Sent to Collection Agencies Double
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Gambling:

Report: More Northeast casinos, more Atlantic City closures
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Bankruptcy judge orders town and county to greenlight casino • Judge's order paves way for Suffolk OTB facility
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Debt Collection:

Two New York Federal Courts Find No FDCPA Violation Where Debtor Account Numbers Appear on Collection Envelopes
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Massachusetts Collection Law Firms Are Now ‘Debt Collectors’
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Celebs:

50 Cent to appear in new Fox meta-comedy, My Friend 50
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Did lawyers for 50 Cent spend too much? Woman awarded $7M by jury disputes $123K bill for his costs
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Rick Ross' Baby Mama Is Making Sure She Gets Her $7M From 50 Cent
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Todd Chrisley Wife Julie Battles Further in Bankruptcy Court
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‘Real Housewives Of Potomac’ Star Robyn Dixon’s Financial Woes
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Mark Zuckerberg will give away 99% of his Facebook shares • Zuckerberg's Facebook Stock Gift Perpetuates Inequality?
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The CEO who raised all his employees' salaries to $70,000 may have been motivated by brother's lawsuit
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Robert Durst's Ex-In-Laws Want $100 Million
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Food/Beverage:

Smart & Final will take over closed Haggen stores
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Funds Brace for Redemptions as Losses Engulf Marquee Firms
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Pharma:

Gilead Cared About Profits, Not Patients
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Economy:

Manufacturing in U.S. Unexpectedly Shrinks Most Since June 2009 • But rest of economy humming along
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Why Millennials Are Finally Getting Real Jobs
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Fed's Evans Says December FOMC Rate Decision Makes Him Nervous • Fed's Brainard backs cautious hikes
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Bond market is starting to get cold feet about rates
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Yellen calls the shots on Wednesday • Treasury Curve Flattest in 10 Months Shows Trust in Fed's Yellen
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The Fed Is About To Put The Brakes On The Economy
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Some Families Earn Six Figures and Still Need Help With the Rent
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Why It’s Still Too Early for the Fed to Start Raising Interest Rates
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Credit Markets Scream Recession, But Goldman Says Not to Worry
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Economic expectations of top US CEOs sink to three-year low • More Plan to Pull Back Investment • Why Business Investment Is Slumping
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U.S. Monthly Economic Confidence Remains Level in November
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Delamaide: Fed handcuffed by its own rules
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Young white people are losing their faith in the American Dream
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What Americans Spent More on Last Year: Housing, Health Care
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America’s 20 richest have more money than these 152 million people • 20 Americans: Own More Than 50% of Wealth
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America's Poor Still Heavily in Debt
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We just got another major sign that cash is dying
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US Debt Limit Threat Defanged on Wall Street
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The Good Old Days of the Gold Standard?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home prices rise 6.8% in October
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[Report] The housing market can withstand a Fed interest rate hike
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Wallace partner turns over information sought in bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico takes dramatic step to avoid default • Puerto Rico Avoids Default by Redirecting Revenue From Bonds • Puerto Rico avoids default on debt payment • Puerto Rico Makes Bond Payments But at What Cost to Residents? • Puerto Rico Makes A Bond Payment, Avoiding Default, For Now • Warns of dwindling funds • Future payments uncertain • Crisis just got more serious
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Puerto Rico's governor issues 'distress call' to US Congress about fiscal crisis • Governor tells US Senate the island cannot repay debts
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Puerto Rico Pleads With Senate to Let It Go Bankrupt • Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Would Be Bad Idea, Senator Grassley Says
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Benefits to Sticking With the Framework for Puerto Rico’s Debt
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The Risk of Insuring Puerto Rico's $70 Billion Debt
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Puerto Rico's struggle with $72 billion in debt as economic crisis mounts
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What about the neighborhoods? The Detroit bankruptcy one year later
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Detroit files slew of vendor lawsuits to recover $50 million
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Detroit bankruptcy lesson: Underfunded pension funds could trip up other municipalities
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Atlantic City bankruptcy still on table • More Atlantic City casinos may close, says Moody's
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How To Bankrupt A City- Scranton Edition
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Southern Cities Grim Bargain: Selling Out the Workforce
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Oil/Gas:

Crude prices slip as traders brace for rising stockpiles
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Investors look forward to a better year for oil
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Why OPEC's plan to balance oil markets backfired
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Saudis Prepared To Listen At OPEC Meeting
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The party is over for oil
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Shorting OPEC, hedge funds leave crude prices at risk from recoil: Kemp
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It's just brutal out in the Bakken oil fields right now
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IEA Chief Reiterates Forecast for $80 Oil • The Surprise For Oil - Not What You Think
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Judge Approves Sale Of HOVENSA To ArcLight
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The Long Wait: Oil And Gas Private Equity Is In A Holding Pattern
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Energy scene leaves Houston SBA loans up for grabs
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We can't say for sure if the evil speculators are responsible for low oil prices
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Energy And Exploration Partners Creditors File Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
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Scrapping 150 projects, Big Oil could become “structurally impaired”
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Texas manufacturing picks up again, but pall over sector remains
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Norway's Offshore Shipping Sector Faces Bleak Year As Oil Price Pain Deepen
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Canada: Further staff cuts possible at 1/3 of oil and gas companies in 2016
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Russian Oil Output Stays Near Record Level as OPEC Set to Meet
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Halliburton Company: Our Customers Will Soon Face a Drill or Die Future
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Schlumberger yet to confirm where another 20,000 jobs will be cut
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Wind and solar now leading Texas in power growth
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Drilling contractors facing up to long downturn
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U.S. judge approves reduced incentive plan for bankrupt Sabine
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What’s next for oil boom towns gone bust? UT Austin has some advice
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Awards:

Douglas Gooding from Choate Hall & Stewart Selected as Fellow of The American College of Bankruptcy
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Benchmark Recognizes Weil’s Leading Litigation Practices
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Politics:

Trump says he would charge CNN $5 million for next GOP debate appearance • Panic, and Paralysis, as GOP Realizes Trump Isn't Fading • The Koch brothers are afraid to take on Donald Trump
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New Jeb Bush Ad in N.H. Seeks to Show Him as a Strong Military Leader
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Is Bernie Sanders a Democratic Socialist?
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Clinton’s Campaign Promises Total Nearly $1 Trillion – With More to Come • Most of Hillary Clinton's $275 billion infrastructure plan would be funded by closing corporate tax loopholes
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Live Dive: Hillary Clinton’s Emails, Round 7 • Emails Show How Clinton Camp Reacted to ‘Women Still Can’t Have It All’ • Clinton Emails Show Blumenthal No Fan of Axelrod
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Carson Fact Check: "The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group."
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Ted Cruz Is the Ultimate Insider • Ted Cruz claims that the 'overwhelming majority of criminals are Democrats' • Iowa: Cruz's Fight Against Ethanol
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Congress Agrees on Highway Bill • The Highway Bill Is Turning Into A Vehicle For Bank, For-Profit College Favors • How A Single Manhattan Bank Hijacked The Highway Bill
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Why Do Politicians Get Away with Lying?
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Personal Finance:

50 under-$50 gifts for everyone on your list
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You can’t afford to be single in New York
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5 money habits that make it nearly impossible to build wealth
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Concerts:

Debt restructuring for SFX Entertainment could mean better terms for potential buyers
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Travel:

17 things you should definitely ask for the next time you check in to a hotel
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Credit Cards:

Some US shoppers are so annoyed with the new credit cards they're avoiding stores that use them
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Compensation:

Company directors work few hours, get many pay hikes
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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 (48 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

WD NY: November bankruptcy filings flat with a year ago
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November bankruptcies hit 25-year low in NH
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Toledo: Bankruptcy court filings fall 1% locally
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Six Steps to Failure: Lessons from WorldCom & Nortel’s Record-Breaking Bankruptcies
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PACER:

Pacer Outages Reported Amid Bankruptcy Paperwork Changes
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Sealing:

Molycorp Asks to Seal Data in Bankruptcy Ballot Materials
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Proofs of Claim:

Bankruptcy Proof of Claim Form Gets a Makeover
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Miscellaneous:

Random Thoughts for the Week
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Bankruptcy Rules:

The Weight To Be Given To Comments From Bankruptcy Judges On Proposed Bankruptcy Rules and Forms
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Everything You Need to Know About The New FRCP Amendments
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The Bankruptcy Forms’ Makeover Takes Effect
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IP:

A Reminder Of The Limits Of Section 365(n)'s Licensee Protection
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Factoring:

When Is the Factoring of Accounts a True Sale?
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Avoidance Actions:

SDNY Bankruptcy Court Reaffirms Rigorous Pleading Standards in Lyondell LBO Fraudulent Conveyance Action
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Non-Compete Agreements and Fraudulent Transfer Law--How Doing Nothing can be Reasonably Equivalent Value in the Tenth Cir.
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Cross-Border:

Foreign Debtors’ Access to U.S. Bankruptcy Courts: Expansion of “Property in the United States” Definition in Chapter 15 Cases
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TBTF:

'Too Big To Fail' Banks' Status Report: 2 Growing Assets, 1 Not, 1 Unchanged
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Former Mauston resident sentenced for bankruptcy fraud
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Autos:

Bosch Sued Over VW Scandal
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VW downgraded
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VW, banks agree terms of 20 billion euro bridge loan: sources
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How automakers play the emissions game
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Pensions:

Reportable Event Changes for Pension Plans Effective January 1, 2016
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Alternative Energy:

Looming Spanish Bankruptcy May Reshape California Solar
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Fraud:

US investigators are accusing a bitcoin entrepreneur of running a $20 million Ponzi scheme
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Agriculture:

1 lawsuit settled in Turner Grain case
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Tax:

IRS May Start Stamping Passports When You Pay Your Taxes
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UK:

Are U.K. Bank Stress Tests a ‘PR Exercise’?
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EU:

The EU is Now in Serious Trouble
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Eurozone unemployment rate falls to near 4-year low
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Eurozone inflation stays weak, misses views
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PIIGS:

Shareholders threaten to sue Abengoa over plunge in share price • Abengoa Plans to Hold Call With Bondholders, Houlihan Lokey Says • Abengoa Creditor Banks Said to Ask Adviser to Map Debt, Leverage • Abengoa collapse could change renewables financing • Abengoa, the Teetering Sun King of Spain, Prepares for End Game
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Spanish election: Economy could sway result
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Judge orders public examination of O’Donnell children
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Q&A: What does the change in bankruptcy law mean? • Short bankruptcy term may be bittersweet pill • New bankruptcy regime ‘to protect thousands’ from US vulture funds
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Canada:

How Fed Liftoff Could Sink the Last Bastion of Canadian Growth
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Postmedia Downgraded to CCC+ by S&P on Looming Debt Maturities
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Canadians are paying their bills while piling up debt
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Germany:

German Unemployment Rate Falls to Record Low on Domestic Demand
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Australia:

Forest contractors call for insolvency law changes in latest shot in Gunns liquidation
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Senior judges call for Chapter 11 bankruptcy rules
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Australia is on to its 25th year without a recession
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Brazil:

Brazil recession deepens, worst annual drop on record • Goldman Warns of Brazil Depression After GDP Plunges Again
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How Low Can Brazil's Scandal Go?
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BTG Pactual Cut to Junk by Moody's Following Esteves's Arrest
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Mexico:

Shares in Mexico's ICA slump to 13-yr low after bond payment delay
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India:

Farm sector suicides rise to 12,360 in 2014
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Strange growth: Bankruptcy code must be chief priority
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India's Banks Are Swapping Bad Debt for Equity to Avoid Losses
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Indonesia:

Bank Central Asia Reins in Lending as Indonesian Bad Loans Grow
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China:

Watch Out China: A Reserve Currency Brings Boom and Busts
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China's Economy Is Consuming One-Third More Steel Than It Needs
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MENA:

Morgan Stanley: Iran is the biggest thing for the global economy since the Berlin Wall fell
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