Law:
Associate Bonus Watch: Two More Cravath Matches — Including One From A Major Player
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Bonuses and the Reality of Big Law Associate Compensation
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Associate Bonus Watch: Skadden Does Its Thing
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Associate Bonus Watch: Another Hour, Another Match
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Biglaw Bonuses Are Here, And Exactly The Same As Last Year... Which Is Weird
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Jones Day surpasses Skadden Arps as world's biggest litigation earner
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Allstate GC: Law Firm Rates Are Way Too High
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A Law Degree: A Good Return on Investment?
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PwC Wants to Be a Big Law Firm When It Grows Up
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WalMart-based law firm is in an expansion mode
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Are All Firms As Bad As F&D? A Conversation With ‘Biglaw’ Author Lindsay Cameron
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Yale law librarians dispute ‘wildly erroneous’ claim on Bluebook’s origin
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NYU Law Kids — Calm Down
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Anderson: LSAC President 'Fundamentally Misunderstands' LSAT, Which LSAC's Own Studies Show Correlates With Bar Performance
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Numerical credentials of law school applicants this fall up "significantly" from last year
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Savvy Use of the Federal Rules Saves Time and Money: Privilege Review
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After Setbacks, Pittsburgh Now a Hot Legal Market for Out-of-Town Firms
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Dechert Elects 14 New Partners
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Beyond Biglaw: Celebrating Failure - How to deal with setbacks
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Judge calls St. Louis bankruptcy company "a massive rip-off operation"
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How to simplify your life
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See, Lawyers Can Foster Compromise
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People are mocking Apple's latest iPhone accessory
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11 ways to make your iPhone run faster
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A Lawyer’s Guide to Social Media (Part 2): Facebook
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A strong case for deleting your Facebook account forever
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Are LinkedIn Profiles Better Credit Barometer than Loan Applications?
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4 email apps you should be using instead of the one that comes with your phone
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A dog owner whose animals killed a boy has been charged with murder
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Cops: Gator ate burglary suspect
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Source: Malik radicalized years ago • The First Glimpse Into The Farook Family Confirms Twisted and Hateful Views • Online lender Prosper made loan to Calif. shooter: Source • The man who supplied guns to the California shooters is connected to their family by marriage • Muslim groups have raised more than $100,000 for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting
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Anti-Muslim Attacks on the Rise in US
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In Michigan, You May Now Dance to the National Anthem
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John Oliver Is The Criminal Justice Hero We Need
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Man is released from prison after 15 years when DNA testing points finger at his brother
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Woman is charged with fleeing accident scene after her own vehicle called 911
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City Orders Removal of Ohio Man’s Zombie Nativity Scene
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Nevada Assemblywoman Generously Offers to Shoot Syrian Refugees Herself
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Judges:
Ex-Judge Arrested With a Lot of Weapons
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Judge repeatedly mistreated women, had ‘propensity to remove his pants in chambers,’ report says
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Federal judge ran a mile barefoot to get help after home invasion
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Does Posner resort to a ‘cheap debater’s trick’ in skewering Scalia’s ‘majoritarian theocracy’?
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When a Federal Judge's Son is the Defendant, Courts Turn to Other Circuits
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks on track for third down day in a row
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Stocks Claw Back From Lows as Oil Concerns Ease • U.S. stocks finish in red as crude-oil rout continues
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Layoffs:
Morgan Stanley to cut 1,200 jobs, take $150M charge • To Tell A Whole Lot Of Employees To Clean Out Their Desks
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Barclays Was Just Kidding About Getting Rid Of 7,000 Investment Banking Jobs
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WalMart's Chinese Imports Cost 400,000 US Jobs in Past Decade
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Education:
The 50 colleges where students earn the highest salaries
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Travel:
The best airport bars in America
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Movies:
The company that owns those DVD-vending machines said sales are terrible, and now its stock is crashing
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Finance:
Q&A: What’s Next for the U.S. Export-Import Bank?
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Computers:
Children's tablet maker Fuhu files for bankruptcy, agrees to sale to Mattel
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Retailing:
Putting off holiday shopping? You're not alone
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Walmart: Wage hikes are killing our profits
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Warm Winter Weather Dampens Seasonal Apparel Sales
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Being Broke Won’t Stop Dov Charney From Buying American Apparel
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Staples Stock Is Getting Destroyed
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Gambling:
Harry Reid Offers Caesars Ent. a Legislative Lifeline
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Distressed Investing:
Oaktree's Marks Likens Distressed-Debt Conditions To Post-Lehman
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Distressed Investor: We're ready to 'catch falling knives'
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Dan Och Sees Opportunity From 'Cracks and Fissures' in Credit
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Coal:
Foresight Energy LP Stock Price Down 22.6% on Analyst Downgrade
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Bankruptcy Risk Rising For Coal Stocks, JPMorgan Says
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Bankrupt Alpha Natural Resources reaches agreement to reclaim WV mines
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Healthcare:
Tuesday Hearing Called Off As No Hutcheson Sale Is Reached
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Shelley: Daughters of Charity deal carries warnings for the future of health care
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Judge confirms hospitals' bankruptcy plan • Judge approves joint plan for UMC, El Paso Children’s Hospital
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Forest Park’s Frisco hospital seeks to halt finance partner from pulling out
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Survey: Fewer Struggle to Pay Medical Bills
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Newspapers:
Tribune Working on Offer for Freedom Communications
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Brokers:
Boston Prime bankruptcy coming to a close, final claims due by January 5
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Economy:
Job openings fall; more people quit • BLS: Jobs Openings "little changed" in October • Fewer openings, but there is good news in job market
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Hiring, Firing and Quitting Have Finally Gotten Close to Where Janet Yellen Wants Them
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Here's how much millennials are earning annually across the US
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For more Americans, it's debt till they die
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This is how much debt the average American has
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Aging population seen restraining US labor force growth
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How the Low-Tax U.S. Stacks Up Against Other Countries
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Fed official: Not raising rates in September was a ‘mistake’ • Will The Fed Raise Rates This Month? $27 Billion Says Yes • 5 signs the US economy isn't ready for a rate hike • Gundlach Says the Fed Might Regret Raising Rates
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Sales Worries Pull Down US Small-Business Confidence
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Economists agree: economic models underestimate climate change
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This is why Americans are overweight and broke
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The lawyer who is looking to kill the ‘gig economy’
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Freddie Unloads Over $1 Billion in Distressed Loans
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Foreclosure Inventory and Rate Both Fell in October • Ongoing Decline in Mortgage Lates, Foreclosures • Much of Remaining Foreclosure Inventory is Concentrated in a Few States
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Phoenix Real Estate in November: Sales up 6%, Inventory down 9%
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Las Vegas Real Estate in November: Sales Decreased Slightly, Inventory Down YoY
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Why Chicago is 5th in the nation in distressed home sales
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The 12 states with the hottest housing markets
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18 Years Prison for Foreclosure Vampire
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Top Ten Tax Cases (And Rulings) Of 2015: #5- The Role Of Partnership Liabilities In Foreclosures
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The smart money is getting out of real estate
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Municipalities:
Update on Puerto Rico
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Walmart vs. Puerto Rico?
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House Democrats try to help Puerto Rico in U.S. spending bill
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Puerto Rico denies stalling on bills amid bankruptcy debates
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PREPA extends deadline for restructuring support agreement
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Virtual Bankruptcy for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico governor to visit Washington seeking help for island
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Puerto Rico's governor tells US Senate the island can not repay debts
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Puerto Rico Steps Up Lobbying Effort Amid Congressional Inaction
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A look at Detroit's improvements since bankruptcy exit
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Scams, ignorance burn foreign buyers of Detroit properties
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Atlantic City’s Jobless Rate Fell Most in October. How Does Your City Compare?
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Why the Mortgage Industry is a Threat to Detroit's Rebound
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3 Texas cities have heaviest taxpayer burdens in US
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Oil/Gas:
Distressed Oil and Gas Sales to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Chevron CEO: 'Hundreds of billions of dollars are being taken out of the business right now'
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Oil Price Fall Leaves Investors Down $700bn
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Crude prices pare losses, but global oversupply not going away
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Even cheaper oil would do a world of good for all
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Oil price hits fresh post 2009 lows as glut grows • WTI oil sinks below $37 for first time since 2009 • Oil plunges can get even worse than this • Oil Swings Between Gains and Losses After Slipping to 2009 Level
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When Oil Turns 40, the Aches Turn Into Real Pain
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Oil is in free fall
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An Oil Recession?
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Global Rig Count Imploding, Except Middle-East
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Lowest gas prices in nearly 7 years as oil plunges
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Moody's: Oil, Gas Is Profound Credit Hazard in 2016
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2016 Spells More Gloom For Oil Producers
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Driller becomes 18th to seek bankruptcy in Texas
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Some offshore supply vessel companies teetering on bankruptcy • OSV Owners Face Bankruptcy Risk
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OPEC's price war is crushing American producers
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Energy & Exploration Partners files Chapter 11; has $135M DIP Loan
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The real danger of the oil collapse
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Investors pick drilling winners as oil nears $35
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El Nino heat wave makes energy declines even worse
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Oil selloff drives commodity-linked currencies to multi-year lows
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Suicide rate in Alberta leaps 30% in wake of mass oilpatch layoffs
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EQT GP Holdings LP Hits New 1-Year Low Following Analyst Downgrade
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Ultra Petroleum Corp. Sets New 12-Month Low on Analyst Downgrade
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Range Resources Corp. Hits New 1-Year Low Following Analyst Downgrade
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These might be the 3 worst CEOs in the energy sector
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‘Window dressing’ trade: more bad news for oil
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The 'god' of crude oil trading is looking awfully human
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Houston energy job losses could hit nearly 19,000, GHP says
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Struggling Texas oil field workers may be fleeing state, report says
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These states are getting clobbered by oil's crash
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Kinder Morgan Cuts Dividend by 74 Percent to Conserve Cash
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The death of OPEC is exaggerated
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S------- Suffering From Low Oil Prices
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Mining:
One of the world's biggest miners is about to cut two-thirds of its workforce
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Miners swept up in commodities slump
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Anglo American Restructuring Slump Helps Some Hedge Funds
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Anglo American's Overhaul: Dire Straits in Mining
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Could private equity fill the mining M&A vacuum?
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It's All Gone Wrong for One of World's Biggest Mining Companies
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Food/Beverage:
Chipotle Takes Another Hit After More Than 20 Athletes Fall Ill
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Bankrupt juice chain Organic Avenue to live again
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Grocery Outlet gets approval to buy 6 Fresh & Easy stores
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A&P Wins Approval to Sell Food Emporium Brand to Key Food
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Fraud:
SEC Sues ZeekRewards Ponzi Promoter
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Jury Convicts Florida Trio In $80 Million 'Virtual Concierge" Ponzi Scheme
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Donald Trump sued for fraud in California and New York
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Personal Finance:
12 things you should never say on your first day at work
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Corporate Reform:
Why it’s hard to hold corporate executives accountable for crime
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U.S. Redoubles Bond-Fraud Pursuit, Seeing Victory in Lost Appeal
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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 (16 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Kansas better than average on bankruptcy filings, Missouri worse
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TIA:
No Way to Run a Railroad: Scholars' Letter on the Trust Indenture Act Amendment
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Congress Is Wrapping A Huge Gift For Private Equity Titans
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Law Professors Ask Congress to Delay Changes in Debt Law
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Automatic Stay:
In Considering Motions to Sever, District Courts Might Effectively Shift the Burden to Plaintiffs to Show Why the Automatic Stay Should Not Be Extended to Nondebtor Defendants
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TBTF:
AIG going from too big to fail to too big to succeed?
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Politics:
Trump: Visitors Would Be Questioned on Religion Under ‘Temporary’ Muslim Ban • Donald Trump defends proposed ban on Muslims: ‘What I’m doing is no different than FDR’ •Trump Tells Barbara Walters His Muslim Friends Agree With His Proposed Ban on Muslims • Donald Trump: White House Says Disqualified From Presidency • 'That's not who America is': CNN's Chris Cuomo battled Donald Trump in an intense interview • 'Unhinged': Republicans are slamming Donald Trump's 'outrageous' proposal to stop Muslims from entering the US • Watch the Worst of Donald Trump's Wild Media Tour • Republican rival goes nuclear: 'Trump's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot' • Donald Trump wants to 'close the internet off in some ways' to stop children being radicalized • The Huffington Post publishes scathing Donald Trump op-ed, reverses coverage of his campaign •Analyst: President Trump would mean a ballooning deficit and higher interest rates • Two new Iowa polls showed wildly different results for Donald Trump • A fed up Joe Scarborough cut to commercial break to get Donald Trump to stop interrupting him • Philadelphia newspaper compares Donald Trump to Hitler • Experts: Trump's Muslim entry ban is 'ridiculous,' 'impossible,' and 'blatantly unconstitutional' • One tweet that shows how expertly Donald Trump is manipulating the media • Donald Trump wants Bill Gates to ‘close that Internet’ to stop the Islamic State • Trump vs. the World • Trump says WashPost is Amazon tax shelter: Huh? • Paul Ryan: Trump comments not 'who we are as a party' • Warns That Trump Rhetoric Could 'Doom' Republican Party • Each of the Republican candidates calling Trump unfit for the presidency also pledged to support him if he’s the nominee • Fox's Shepard Smith torches Donald Trump's plan: 'The worst, darkest part of all that is America' • A hair surgeon explains what's going on with Trump's hair
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Is an immigration ban on Muslims unconstitutional? • Legal Experts: Trump's Idea Unconstitutional
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Most Trump supporters would back him in third-party run, poll shows
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Donald Trump unloads on Chris Christie with multipronged attack
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Ted Cruz is even less electable than Donald Trump
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Hillary Clinton's Right-Hand Woman Takes On Trump: 'I'm A Proud Muslim' • Hillary Clinton's Plan To Rein In Wall Street Misses The Mark • Hillary Clinton blasts Donald Trump in open letter to American Muslims
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Democrats' extraordinary state election losses under Obama
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JebBush.com now redirects to Trump's campaign website
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Study: Jeb Bush’s tax plan is 4 times as expensive as his brother’s tax cuts • Jeb Bush's Last Resort: Donald Trump Is a Clinton Plant
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Carson: My Tracking Plan is Ridiculous
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Carly Fiorina Town Hall Was Empty
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What Becomes Decisive Issue in 2016 Campaign as Economy Fades?
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Jon Stewart hammers Mitch McConnell over 9/11 responders bill in emotional ‘Daily Show’ return
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Elizabeth Warren Versus the Bond Market • This is what good government looks like: Why Elizabeth Warren is the senator America needs
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Paper:
Cleanup concerns emerge in Lincoln mill bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
LightSquared strikes spectrum deal and exits bankruptcy
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Autos:
U.S. Suits Over Volkswagen Emissions to be Weighed in San Francisco
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge-Fund Rout Leaves Pensions With Little to Show for the Fees
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Sovereigns:
IMF Executive Board lifts ban on lending to nations with past-due sovereign debts
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UK:
Dreamland creditors: Meeting called to arrange payment of £2.9 million debts
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EU:
Europe ends sharply lower as miners slip; oil eyed
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The $1 Trillion Liability Stalking Some European Bond Investors
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PIIGS:
David Drumm beefs up legal team to fight bankruptcy appeal
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Bankruptcy Credit Event Triggers Some Abengoa Swaps, ISDA Says • Abengoa: A Deeper Dive Into The Capital Structure Fails To Uncover Much Opportunity
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EU, creditors put Greece finances under the microscope • Greece expected to miss privatization target
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Going bust in south 'will end bankruptcy tourism'
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Foreign investors buy into Spanish restructurings
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Canada:
Canadian Stocks Head for Two-Year Low
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Walter Energy Canada enters CCAA protection
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Calgary office towers teem with 'palpable paranoia'
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Chlorophyll under the protection of the Bankruptcy Act
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The Bank of Canada just said the 3 most controversial words in central banking: 'negative interest rates'
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MENA:
Why inequality isn’t driving the rise of the Islamic State
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Is ISIS trying to start World War III?
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What no one wants to admit about fighting ISIS: the US has only bad choices
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Sales of “Trump Home” products have been suspended across the Middle East
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Brazil:
Brazilian president's woes deepen
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Brazil alternative energy projects threatened by Abengoa's woes
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Offshore:
Claims Jersey heading for bankruptcy 'inaccurate'
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Australia:
Insolvency reforms don't go far enough
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'Short a Few Quid': Bankruptcy Stigma in Contemporary Australia
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Ukraine:
IMF changes lending rules in boost for Ukraine
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IMF's dilemma: to help or not to help Ukraine, if Kiev defaults
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Russian Prime Minister Says Ukraine `Swindlers' Won't Repay Debt
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Brazil:
BTG Pactual stock plunge tops 51% since CEO arrest
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