Law:
Ex-Dewey Partner: In Bankruptcy With a $19,000 Monthly Rent
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The Biglaw Firms With The Highest Partner Billing Rates (2015)
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Stoel Rives Announces New Bankruptcy Partner
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Crowell & Moring Elects New Bankruptcy Partner
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Kelley Drye Elects Head Of Bankruptcy Section As Firm Chair
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Baker Botts Expands Bankruptcy Practice with Arrival of New York Partner Emanuel Grillo
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Perkins Coie Announces New Bankruptcy Partner
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Wiley Rein bankruptcy group that split from law firm now at Nelson Mullins
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‘We are deeply saddened’: Dechert insolvency disputes star Antony Dutton dies
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Meet The New Lawyers in Congress, Including A Bankruptcy Lawyer
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Top US firms announce flurry of lateral hires
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An Exodus Of Attorneys Out Of Irell & Manella --- Seven Partners and 25 Associates Quit Irell to Launch Boutique
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Closing The Biglaw Training Gap
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For Six Am Law Firms, New Leadership
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Predictions for Big Law in 2015
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Blank Rome develops new, cross-functional legal teams for financial industry clients
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Consumer-Facing Legal Startups Will Own The Day
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Fennemore Craig Adds 18 From Dissolving Nevada Mainstay
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PA: Bankruptcy lawyer receives three-year suspension from district, federal courts
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O'Melveny Faces Sanctions
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Study Looks At How to Get a Law Degree For Less
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In-House: Welcome Package
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The Secrets Behind Getting Your Profile Viewed On LinkedIn
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Beyond Biglaw: A Good Start
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Dewey GC Joins Hinshaw as Partner
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JD enrollment adjusts to current demand
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Lawyer Hacker Now Helps Secure Smartphones
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How To Choose The Best Document Review Platform
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Alternate Web Browsers for iPads and iPhones
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How Does Your Law Firm Library Stack Up?
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Disproportionately Common Names By Profession - Cecily?
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The Guy's Guide To Packing For Long Trips
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How To Wear Tweed
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Woman seeking discipline for McCulloch had attorney license suspended for bankruptcy shenanigans
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In Sworn Statement, Dershowitz Calls Accuser a ‘Serial Liar’ --- 'Jane Doe' Lawyers Sue Dershowitz for Defamation
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After 44 years at law firm, name partner to lead a 3-partner team elsewhere
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Lawyer must pay client’s estate $4.3M, including $2.6M penalty, judge rules
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Famed trial lawyer Sanford Rubenstein will not be charged with r---
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Worst Legal Defense Ever, Courtesy Of The Police
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Stock trader ejected from courtside seat in final seconds of Knicks game sues arena
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30 Most Memorable Women's Mug Shots of 2014
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Judges:
2015 Federal Holidays
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After retiring as federal judge, Illinois jurist relishes his return to the state trial court bench
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Citing loss of judicial independence, Iowa judge takes early retirement
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Jailed 12 days, man proves his mistaken arrest by dropping pants in court; $88K settlement proposed
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Lawyer Proposes Worst Solution To Drunk Driving Ever
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Removal from bench is recommended for judge who went to work at drug court while intoxicated
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Now, the Supreme Court gets really interesting
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The Supreme Court’s Advocacy Gap
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Judge's Twitter Debut Draws Cheers, Some Caution and a Small Following
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Wall Street:
US stocks : Futures point to first gain in 2015
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Stocks could get drilled again by oil
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Stocks Fall Again
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Furniture:
Carolina Mattress' steep revenue decline led to Chapter 7 protection
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Television:
UniTek reorganization plan approved
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More talk but no more money for ECTV
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Hotels:
Trump Panama Hotel Developer Misses $23 Million Bond Payment
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Healthcare:
Waterbury Hospital Layoffs, Cuts 'Imminent' Despite Pending Senate Talks With Tenet
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Rally set to support sale of 6 struggling Catholic hospitals
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'America's Bitter Pill' Makes Case For Why Health Care Law 'Won't Work'
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Truth on Why Obamacare Will One Day Fail
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Shipping:
Oil price fall could put spanner in the works for OSV market warns S’pore law firm
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OW Bunker: How One of the World's Largest Marine Fuel Traders Went From IPO to Bankruptcy
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Environmental:
Lawyers contend Freedom exec is no flight risk
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Brokers:
Goldman, Underwriters Win Approval of MF Global Accord
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Economy:
Service Industries Help Put U.S. Expansion on Even Keel
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US services industry, factory data point to slower growth --- U.S. Factory Orders Drop for Fourth-Straight Month
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Bill Gross's outlook for 2015: 'The good times are over'
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How debt mercy helps drive US recovery
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It's Like We're In The Panic Phase Of A Financial Crisis
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Here's How The Economic Center Of The World Moved Over The Past 2,000 Years
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Obama to Name Allan Landon to Fed --- Who Is Allan Landon?
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The new American dream: high school-educated millennials pursue individualism rather than marriage
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1 million expected to lose food stamps as economy improves
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home prices headed upward in November
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Home prices continue to moderate, acceleration unlikely to sustain into 2015
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Apartment Vacancy Rate Since 1980
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President to speak on Fannie, Freddie on Thursday
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New American Homes Are Bigger Today Than They Were During The Housing Bubble
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Manhattan Apartment Prices Reach Highest Since 2008 Peak
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New York City Is The Hottest Real Estate Market In The World
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Ocwen volatile over concerns company could lose existing servicing
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Municipalities:
Detroit bankruptcy judge: Were fees too high?
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Detroit bankruptcy firms ordered to defend bills
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DIA says it has reached $100M 'grand bargain' goal
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Pockets of Investment Opportunity in Detroit: Rayburn
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The Year(end)in Bankruptcy
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Beyond Bankruptcy: Life in Detroit in the post-Chapter 9 era
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CA: Report finds Clearlake financially unstable
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Central Coventry Fire District Chief resigns amid bankruptcy
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Aliquippa Fire Department responds to Act 47 recommendations
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Scranton hopes to renew contract of financial consultant
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Scranton orders pension administrator to withhold retiree raises
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The 10 Best US Cities For Finding A Job --- The 10 Worst US Cities For Finding A Job
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Public finances: A world of debt
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Oil/Gas:
A dozen ways to stretch your borrowing base
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Brent oil slips below $50 on mounting glut, slack demand --- Oil closes below $48 a barrel as rout continues
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Oil slides more, prices seek bottom after five and a half year low --- Oil Keeps Crashing --- Oil Prices Hit New Lows
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Oil's Fall Continues Into 2015, and Stock Markets Shudder
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Oil Selloff Accelerates
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Bottom of the barrel: The fallout if oil hits $40
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How The Price Of Oil Could Fall To Just $20 A Barrel
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Deep Debt Keeps Oil Firms Pumping - Producers Have Increased Their Borrowings by 55% Since 2010
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Oil price slump deepens as drillers seen slashing spending
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Memories Of Houston, The Last Oil Plunge, And $10 Crude
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Non- oil companies hurt by cheap crude
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Oil group CEO: Amid price drop, US set to be global leader
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US Steel says it's laying off 756 because of low oil prices
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Reserves the next pressure point after drastic drop in oil prices
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Low oil prices send energy stocks sliding --- Wall Street's Stock Analysts Have Brought The Axe Down On Energy Stocks
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High Noon On The Gulf Coast: Canada, Saudi Oil Set For Showdown --- The Saudi Oil Game --- Saudi Arabia's $750 Billion Bet Drives Brent Oil Below $54 --- Unraveling the latest Saudi oil price move --- Saudi Arabia Can Hold Out Indefinitely As The Oil Crash Brings Pain
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Oil Crash Watch: When Do the Good Times Roll?
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SandRidge Energy Inc. Takes Another 10% Dive as Oil Prices Drop
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The oil price is just plain wrong
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The Democratic Effects of Tumbling Oil Prices
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Americans Are Buying Less-Efficient Cars as Gasoline Prices Dive --- Cheap gas idles auto plant where Obama will celebrate industry rebound
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Luxury home sales boom in Texas - But will oil’s drop bring that to a halt?
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Oil industry turmoil cuts both ways for buyout firms
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Top Bond Managers Plan for Energy Rebound
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White House Will Veto Keystone XL Bill
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Boise man sentenced to prison for bankruptcy fraud
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Retailing:
Wet Seal receives notice of default
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Wet Seal faces online outrage --- Wet Seal store protests: What's it all about?
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Wet Seal Workers Claim Company Shipped Unassembled Boxes Instead Of Clothing
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The Shopping Mall Crisis Is Getting More Ominous --- Are Malls Going Extinct? American Eagle Outfitters and Aeropostale Closing Stores, Furthering Concern About Its Future
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Kelley Drye Represents Creditors’ Committee in dELiA*s, Inc. Bankruptcy
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Delia's Earnings Preview: Can Girls’ Clothing Retailer Recover After Filing For Bankruptcy?
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Sandpoint weathers Coldwater Creek's crash
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J.C. Penney's holiday sales stir hopes recovery is back on track
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One Of The Hottest New Retail Companies Is Suddenly Closing Its Doors
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Mail:
Holidays deliver for Postal Service, but losses mount
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Currency:
Jitters After Bitcoin Exchange Suspends Services
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Education:
EDMC announces progress on debt restructuring deal
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Museums:
Bank of America, Wells Fargo close to dumping NASCAR Hall of Fame loans
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Politics:
The new Congress in numbers: How politicians are unlike America
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Day-Old Congress Most Hated Ever
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Tech:
Microelectronics maker HEI seeks bankruptcy restructuring
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Theme Parks:
Conneaut Lake Park has more time to detail debts
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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 (43 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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:
Bankruptcy Filings Decrease by 12 Percent in 2014
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AACER: Bankruptcy Filings End Up and Down Year With Slight MTM Increase
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
Top Ten Bankruptcy Filings (Audio)
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Automatic Stay:
Common Provisions in a Chapter 11 Plan Prevent Lender from Collecting From the Owner of the Debtor
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Delinquent Property Tax Collection: Dancing Around the Automatic Stay
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Distressed Investing:
Trends in Distressed Loan Sales in US and Europe
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Professional Compensation:
Local Bar Association Files Amicus Brief in Baker Botts v. ASARCO Case
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Class Actions:
Class Action in Bankruptcy: “NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT DESIGNATION!” Said the Second Circuit
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TBTF:
The Rise and Fall of Merrill Lynch, and the Lessons Learned
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Insurance:
The Top Ten D&O Stories of 2014
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Mass Torts:
W.R. Grace Asbestos Trust is Accepting Claims
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$18M seized from owners of Massachusetts compounding pharmacy at center of meningitis outbreak
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Travelers Stuck with $500M Tab in Manville Asbestos Saga
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Trial Nears in Reinsurance Fight Over Nine-Figure Asbestos Settlements
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Aviation:
United's 2014 Profit Lagged All U.S. Airlines, Even As Stock Soared
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Airline Sacrificed A Pair Of Goats To Fix A Broken Jet
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Investment Firms:
Investment Firm NSB Files for Bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:
Mississippi hoping to force KiOR into liquidation
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Gambling:
Apollo Plots Salvaging of Bad Caesars Bet
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Icahn still holding to key demands in Trump bankruptcy
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Straub: "We won the war"
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Caesars Entertainment Might Fear This Coming Las Vegas Megaresort Most
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Ceasars CDS: ISDA Sends Query to Arbitration Panel
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Corporate Governance:
Privilege Issues With Former Officers and Directors
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Food/Beverage:
J & B Restaurant Partners Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petitions --- Friendly's franchisee J&B files for bankruptcy protection
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Celebs:
17 Mind-Blowing Facts About Warren Buffett And His Wealth
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Toni Braxton's Ex-Husband Has Royalties Auctioned Off In Order To Pay Back Child Support
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Teresa Giudice in Prison: 5 Interesting Facts
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Mrs George Clooney, Esq. Creates Controversy
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Corporate Reform:
Lawyers on All Sides See Whistleblowing Evolving Fast
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CFPB Fails To Protect Consumers
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Art:
Art Dealer Leigh Morse Returns to Court for Failure to Pay Restitution
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Sovereigns:
Spectre of sovereign bond defaults looms
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Deja Vu All Over Again For Argentine Debt Deal Holdouts
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Argentina Debt Dispute with Hedge Funds on Deadlock
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US Federal judge Griesa sets hearing over Citi bond payments
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Massa economists: offer ‘vultures’ more
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Cristina meets Kicillof in Olivos
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UK:
Baker Tilly poaches Moore Stephens restructuring head
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BOE 'toothless' in face of financial crisis, documents reveal
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Britain Fines Former Banco Espirito Santo Unit
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City Link staff face non-payment of December pension
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High Court decision leaves pension bankruptcy rules in limbo
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Irish seek insolvency packages in the UK
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EU:
Eurozone's big economies increasingly drag on the region
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Eurozone officially falls into deflation, piling pressure on ECB
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German Unemployment Falls to Record Low on Economic Recovery
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France done with high tax on the rich, wants reforms
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PIIGS:
Why Europe is suddenly rediscovering Greece's financial instability
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Former Anglo Irish Bank Chief Executive David Drumm fails in US bankruptcy bid --- 'Fraudulent' Drumm faces ruin after bankruptcy bid fails in USA
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Italy unemployment rate at record high
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Brazil:
Petrobras Bond Default Odds Increase --- Aurelius denies part in lawsuit against Petrobras
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Russia:
Russia Credit Risk Soars to Six-Year High as Ruble Slides on Oil
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China:
Chinese Bankruptcy Law in its Eighth Year: An Evaluation in Theory and Practice
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There's a Leadership Crisis in Chinese Property Firms -- They're Defaulting. Who's Next to Go?
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China developer Kaisa says no resolution on winding up, restructuring
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