Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: A Firm Offering Associates DPW Bonuses… And More To Some
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Associate Bonus Watch: Yet Another Firm Offers Up ‘Insulting,’ Below-Market Bonuses
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What Minorities And Women Can Learn From Michele Roberts, Leading Litigatrix Turned NBA Union Chief
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It's Not Easy for Firms to Make In-house Counsel Happy
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‘Competition cohort’ makes it a great time to go to law school, says Dinsmore managing partner
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Migration of Lawyers to New Firms Continues: Business of Law
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From Berkeley Law To XXX: One Law Student Cum P--- Star’s Journey
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Are law school admission standards slipping?
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Morgan Lewis Brings Bingham Lawyers Into Leadership Fold
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Clifford Chance’s Aysh Chaudhry saga — a sad and salutary tale
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Would-be client says Baker Botts revealed his unsolicited email, resulting in his firing
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This Is Why You Pay Your Lawyers And Don’t Ask Questions
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Rich Lawyer’s Wife Leaves Incredibly Drunk, Racist Message Promising ‘Massive F------ Lawsuit’
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10 Résumé Tips From A Legal Recruiter
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8 iOS 8 Mail Tips
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Nixon Peabody reportedly negotiating merger with Chicago’s Ungaretti & Harris
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A company's death can kill attorney-client privilege
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Top Corruption Prosecutor at the Justice Department Is Moving On
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NFL Taps Attorney to Lead ‘Deflategate’ Probe
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The Best Laptops You Can Buy
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When Marissa Mayer Became CEO Of Yahoo, She Let Thousands Of Employees Ditch Their BlackBerrys For 'Real' Smartphones
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Crucial New Career Advice From LinkedIn
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LawProse: lest
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American Sniper: The legal sniping behind the story
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Legal Murkiness Hovers Over Sheldon Silver Case
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Man accused of taking mother’s dead body to bank to withdraw money
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Photographer depicts bizarre laws across the country
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Judge Issues Arrest Warrant For World's Biggest Tom Brady Fan
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"It was time for him to go"
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'Better Call Saul' TV Review
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With Engagement Off, 'Bachelorette' Lawyer Takes to Blogging
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Seattle Seahawks attempting to trademark the number 12, the word ‘boom’ and more
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Court awards $150,000 after company refuses to accommodate employee’s fear of the ‘Mark of the Beast’
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Burger King Screws Up Woman's Order, Hands Her $2,600 at Drive-Thru
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge Rhodes talks Detroit in commencement speech --- How Walsh College snagged Judge Steven Rhodes for commencement
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Republicans Weigh Expanding ‘Nuclear Option’ for Supreme Court Nominees
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California Bans Judges from Boy Scouts
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Phyllis Hamilton Begins Work as Chief Judge, First African-American woman chief judge in ND CA
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Top 10 Tips To The Judicial Clerkship Interview
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Wall Street:

Futures slide as Greece vote triggers risk aversion
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Stocks Close Mixed, But Log Big Gains For The Week
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Religion:

Spokane Catholic church, bankruptcy law firm settle legal malpractice claim
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Abuse costs changed everything for Catholic Church
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Indiana church sues JPMorgan for millions
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Retailing:

Will RadioShack Be The First Retailer To Go Bust In 2015?
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Cache Prepares to File for Bankruptcy
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Theatre:

Beach Haven's Surflight Theatre Seeks $600,000 to Stay Open
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Celebs:

‘Real Housewife’ Teresa Giudice Looks ‘Amazing’ in Prison
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Jamie Olivers restaurant in Turkey closes down
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Former NFL player sent to prison for mortgage fraud
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Fraud:

In Vino Veritas. In Napa, Deceit.
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Judge Lets Four Defendants Retract Insider-Trading Guilty Pleas
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Extraordinary fall from grace of Weavering founder Magnus Peterson
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U.S. Seeks Review of Sweeping Ruling Limiting Insider Cases
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Sandy Insurance Issues Said to Be Focus of Criminal Probe
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Weather:

Blizzard Could Bring East Coast To Standstill --- NYC mayor: Snowstorm could be worst ever --- Airlines preemptively cancel 600 flights ahead of Monday storm
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The Amazing 1888 Coverage of New York's Worst Blizzard
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Gambling:

First Skirmish in Caesars Bankruptcy Campaign? Where to Fight --- Caesars, creditors start unusual trial to pick bankruptcy court --- Caesars bankruptcy venue decision near
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Competing Bankruptcy Filings For Caesar’s: Third-Party Releases
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How Elliott Gained an Edge on Caesars Swaps
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Caesars Shifts $1.6 Billion Interest Costs to Bankrupt Unit
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Obscure Law Is Getting Its Sexy On
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Caesars Accused in Lawsuit of Trying to Buy Bank Lenders’ Votes
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Caesars Hit with Complaint by Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Bank Lenders
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Revel Creditors Lose Bid to Halt Sale to Challenge Terms
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Mining:

Bankruptcy Rumors Hammer Molycorp
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Banking:

BofA CEO: Anger at Banks Understandable
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Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 390 Institutions
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Bank Failure #2 in 2015: Highland Community Bank, Chicago, Illinois
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So Far Banks Have Paid $178bn in Fines
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Autos:

Plaintiffs Lawyers Urge Clients To File Claims With GM
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Economy:

Eyes on Fed after ECB, other bank stimulus moves --- Did ECB's new stimulus program just upset the Fed's plans to boost rates? --- The Fed Can't Just Ignore All The Wild Moves Made By The World's Central Banks Last Week ---
Euro's Big Drop Puts U.S. Economy, Federal Reserve to the Test
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Uneven Progress for 3 Chicagoans Janet Yellen Held Up as Symbols
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GDP: Annual and Q4-over-Q4
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Middle Class Shrinks Further as More Fall Out Instead of Climbing Up
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No, the U.S. economy isn’t about to fall into recession
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The World's Third Largest Economy Is Warming Up To The US
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World Bank Warns on Commodity Decline
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US firms raising wages; skills gap in goods producing sector: survey
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White House Defends Tax Proposals to Aid Middle Class
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An Economist Explains In Simple Terms Why Deflation Is Dangerous
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Davos's gender inequality problem shows why Davos matters --- Dog Days of Davos --- At Davos: That $43 Hot Dog --- Davos Elite: We're Not the Bad Guys
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Why rising inequality is great news: Burman
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The Coming Uber Economy
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The surprising cost of growing up poor in the shadow of wealth
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The rapid decline of “white America” over three decades
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Which of the 11 Americas Do You Live In?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home Sales Rise, but First-Time Buyers Remain Few
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Ocwen sued by investors for mortgage payment negligence --- Hedge fund claims Ocwen breached bond covenants
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Housing Weak Even With Government Programs and Big Bank Interest
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Senior House Republican says housing finance reform "huge priority"
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Lawsuit says bankers knew loans to Detroiters had been risky
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Renters are Pushing for Larger Apartments
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IL: Former co-owner of Hidden Cove files for bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

Moody's drops Atlantic City credit rating, fears default
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Atlantic City vs Detroit: Who is better off?
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The men who would save Atlantic City: Christie's fixers target 'awful mess'
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Everything we know about the emergency manager plan
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Could emergency team be first step toward A.C. bankruptcy?
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No Rash Decisions Expected From Those Appointed To Guide AC To Financial Health
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A.C. residents skeptical about emergency manager --- Atlantic City emergency manager / Give plan a chance
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Kevyn Orr Named Special Counsel to EM in Atlantic City
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The right response for a city on life support
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Judge Rhodes: Detroit deserved a second chance --- Bankruptcy judge : Lessons to be learned from Detroit
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Detroit offers auction homes to city workers at half off
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Stockton bankruptcy saga drawing to an end
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Super Bowl host city still reeling over sports deals
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The 10 richest cities in America
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Delivery:

UPS Didn't Have a Happy Holiday
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Oil/Gas:

Hedge Funds Bet Oil Will Fall Further
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US gas prices at April 2009 low, bottom in sight: Lundberg survey
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Oil Is Slumping Again After Greek Election Results
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Why Oil Prices May Not Recover Anytime Soon
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US$55 a barrel average oil price , a fair and realistic figure : Citibank
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Oil Price Fallout: Now What?
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Drilling activity continues to slow down in Eagle Ford, Permian Basin --- US Oil Rigs Have Dropped 20% from October
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Houston, We Have a Housing Problem
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Tx. Oil Crash: This Time It'll be Different
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Oil Crash: Making the Strong Stronger
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Unemployment in Texas falls to lowest rate in more than six years
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Tough choices loom for oil, gas companies --- Texas leads nation in drilling rig losses--again
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Low oil prices chill a once-hot oil town in North Dakota
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Oil price collapse exposes banks to major losses
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Agriculture Sector Benefits from Low Oil, Gas Prices
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Oil Prices Force Russia Into Evasive Action
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Thank you OPEC! China saves $100 billion
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Plunging prices threaten UK's 'cash cow' oil industry
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For Angola, plunging oil price jeopardizes budget
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Africa's Second Biggest Oil Producer Has Resorted To Painful Austerity Measures
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Asian oil firms could see losses if prices continue slide
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Iran Is Doing Better Than Its Rivals
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Why the U.S. Is Stuck With Saudi Arabia
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Kurd producers unrelenting to boost supply at low oil prices
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Aviation:

Considering Life in the Air Without SkyMall to Kick Around --- Skymall Is Bankrupt! Buy This Cheesy Art Before It's Too Late! --- SkyMall, killed by the smartphone --- SkyMall Is Earthbound, but Its Legacy of Nutty Gifts Lives On --- I Was a Flight Attendant, and I Also Thought SkyMall Was Incredibly Weird --- SkyMall bankruptcy grounds flying yetis --- The worst of SkyMall
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American Airlines Union Claims Threats for Safety Complaints
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Russian Airlines Brace for Tough Year as Ruble Falls
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PM: Thai Airways won't go bankrupt but faces rehabilitation
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Personal Finance:

Here's The No. 1 Predictor Of Career Success, According To Network Science
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Survey: 60 Percent of Americans Have Checked Their Credit Report in Past Year
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Student Debt:

A Quiet Revolution in Helping Lift the Burden of Student Debt
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Resorts:

Failed ski resort: Jenson testifies he paid for access to former A.G.
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Healthcare:

GOP Plan To Repeal Obamacare Is Doomed --- Republicans are finally learning they can’t undo Obamacare
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Are Nonprofit Hospitals That Sue Poor Patients Breaking the Law?
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The devastating impact of vaccine deniers --- Vaccine deniers stick together. And now they’re ruining things for everyone
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Telecoms:

AT&T to buy NII Holdings' wireless business in Mexico
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)-(2)- (3)-(4)-(5)-(6)-(7)-(8)-(9)-(10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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UCC:

Mistakes and Regrets: UCC Filing Error Terminates Security Interest
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Excusable Neglect:

Bankruptcy Court Refuses to Hop Aboard Faulty Subway Directions Excuse for Delayed Petition Filing
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Indentures:

A New Tool for Holdout Bondholders: The Trust Indenture Act
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Post-Confirmation:

Post-Confirmation: Ignoring Court Orders Is Not A Good Idea
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IP:

Bankrupt Franchisor Has Its Cake and Eats It Too in IP Dispute
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Lessons from Chapter 13 - When is 8% Not Really 8%
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Mass Torts:

Dallas Asbestos Plaintiffs Firms Find RICO Allegations 'Offensive,' 'Preposterous'
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The Sheldon Silver Scandal and Where We Are on Asbestos Corruption
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TBTF:

Ally Shakes Off ‘Ridiculous’ Pay Limits After Taxpayers Profited
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Management:

Businesses Need Certainty; Distressed Businesses Need It Even More
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Politics:

Washington Post Writer Attacking Elizabeth Warren Is Actually A Wall Street Lobbyist
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Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.
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Fact Check: The Texas leg of the Keystone pipeline "has already created 4,800 jobs in just the year it's been up and running."
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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Attended A Koch Brothers Retreat At A Luxury Resort
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UK:

Alpari UK Clients Will Be Required to Cover Negative Balances --- Should Clients Be Responsible for the Negative Balance?
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Proposed tightening in regulation of UK pre-packs
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Footballers face bankruptcy from HMRC clampdown
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EU:

Far-left victory in Greece bruises European markets
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Euro could extend weakness as traders eye Greece elections final results
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Bundesbank''s Weidmann Didn't Back ECB's Bond-Buying Program
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Historian: 'Germany Was Biggest Debt Transgressor of 20th Century'
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Draghi's QE is an imperfect compromise for the eurozone
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Europeans Won't Feel The QE-Fueled Wealth Effect Like The Americans Did
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ECB now faces yet another battle: Dealing with Greece
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Views of the ECB stimulus from those who must make it work
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Europe's Austerity Moment Is Ending
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PIIGS:

Greece Erupts In Celebration --- Here's What Comes Next For Greece --- Greek Stocks Are Getting Slammed After Syriza's Triumph, But The Euro Has Clawed Back Losses --- IMF's Lagarde rules out special treatment for Greece --- First Order of Business for Greece's Winner: Compromise
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Syriza Win in Greek Election Sets Up New Europe Clash
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Greeks on Vote: We Have Nothing Left to Lose
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Likely victors in Greek election may pull nation out of eurozone --- Greeks go to polls in critical snap general election --- Anti-bailout Syriza party wins Greek election, exit polls show --- Radical Left Wins By A Landslide In Greece --- Syriza could win outright majority as Greece rejects austerity --- Greek radical left wins election, threatening market turmoil
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Greek radical left wins election, threatening market turmoil
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Alexis Tsipras, Greek 'Che Guevara' on the cusp of power
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Greek elections: Faces of austerity
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Greece: Austerity, Relief or Exit? – The Short Answer
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A Greek tragedy of Olympic proportions
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Europe's Greek Miscalculation
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The Accessibility of the Italian Bankruptcy Procedures
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Canada:

Harper government braces for grilling on oil price plunge
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Prince Alaweed predicts end of $100 per barrel oil, which could hamper future production in Alberta
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Canada's Mobilicity out of one airwaves auction, needs cash for another
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Russia:

Obama threatens more Russia sanctions
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Russia Under More Pressure on Ukraine War
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China:

China developer Kaisa's bonds up on buyout reports
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Venezuela:

Thousands march in Venezuela over shortages
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Switzerland:

Swiss private banks fight for survival
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Fallout from Swiss Franc Move Not Over
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Brazil:

Pimco-Led Rescue of Batista Startup Seen Faltering on Oil
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Brazil: Worst Drought in 85 Years --- The Amazon is Burning
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Australia:

Perfect one day, heading for bankruptcy the next
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Anguilla:

Anguilla publishes draft bill for new insolvency legislation
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