July 13, 2015

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Law:

Jump in LSAT Takers Gives Law Schools Finally Something to Cheer
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For Dewey Prosecutors, A Long Road Ahead Dewey Case Comes Into Focus
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What's Going On At Kenyon & Kenyon?
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Hinshaw Elects First New Chairman in 26 Years
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Squire Patton Boggs - As Expected, Merger Didn't Go Smoothly.
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Bankrupt law firm brings case to Richmond
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Specialists gain edge over full service firms
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Can An Ex-Lawyer Help Law Firms Hire Better?
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Cartoon: Quinn's Summertime Tune
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NJ: More Shake-Up Among 'Second 20' Firms
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Is popular verein structure jeopardizing big firms? Dentons challenges conflict-of-interest ruling
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You Won’t Believe Why This Biglaw Partner Was Arrested
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PA: Bankruptcy lawyer faces more sanctions
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Running A Small Sophisticated Practice To Do What Big Firms Can Do
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Biglaw social media Dos and Don'ts
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How To Start Law School Right
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65% Of Faculty Plan To Delay Retirement
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Indiana Law School Freezes Tuition For Three Years For Entering 1L Class
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Brooklyn Law School Offers a Safety Net for New Students - Will Repay Part Of Tuition If No Job At Graduation Brooklyn Law School's Bridge To Success - But Where Does It Lead?
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Law School’s Ex-CFO Arrested After Spending $50K At Hooters And Other Inappropriate Expenses Former law school CFO charged with using work AmEx card to pay $50K in personal bills
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UK: Anger and confusion as hundreds of law students unexpectedly fail the ethics module
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20 Schools Are Responsible for 20% Of All Graduate School Debt
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That Time I Went To The ‘Erwin Rommel School Of Law’
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Apple iOS 9: 6 new features everyone's been waiting for
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Lawyers - Your LinkedIn Self-Published Influencer Article Can Get You As Much Exposure As Placement In Establishment Media
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The US is having a cyber defense crisis
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How to fly on a private jet for under $150 per person
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Armed Robbers use backhoe to rob ATM from bank
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The South Will Rise Again (And This Time It Will Try To Be Less Racist) Confederate flag supporters are rising up to defend it The Rise of Confederate Flag Supporters
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FBI: Church Gunman Shouldn't Have Been Able to Get Gun Nikki Haley not ‘interested’ in fixing gun waiting periods after Dylann Roof’s failed background check
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You’ll Never Guess This Woman’s Name
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Former Glock GC: Glock Wanted My Wife and Had Me Jailed
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The Best ‘Attorney General In Superhero Spandex’ You’ll See All Day
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Man charged in law office bombing case is having a hard time finding defense counsel
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My almost 3 month old daughter has been subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case
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Religious Freedom Bill Gains Momentum
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Virginia's former governor just lost his best chance of staying out of prison
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9th Circuit: Marijuana Dispensaries Cannot Deduct Business Expenses, Must Pay Taxes On 100% Of Their Gross Income
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Meet Scout as ‘a reasonable facsimile of a human being’ in first chapter of Harper Lee’s new book So Atticus Finch is Really a Racist
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Bill Cosby's Wife: Women Consented to Drugs
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Suit claims sapphire purchased by lawyer for $9,000 is actually worth about $30
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Woman Angered by Bad Taco Bell Wi-Fi Allegedly Pulls Knife on Teens
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Judges:

RBG Remains #1 In Our Hearts
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‘Scalia/Ginsburg’: An affectionate comic opera look at the high court Operagoers may be able to spot the real Justice Ginsburg at opera that gives her second billing
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One Robe, One Vote
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Federal judge says he will stop blogging; Ted Cruz post isn’t the reason
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Student pays fine with 11K pennies
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures boosted by Greek bailout deal
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Wall St. ends sharply higher in broad rally
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Is the NYSE relevant anymore?
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Layoffs:

Walmart, Sam's Club expected to make 1,000 corporate job cuts
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University of Akron announces hundreds of layoffs, $40M in budget cuts
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Golf:

Country Club case heading back to court?
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Aviation:

Delta Pilots Spurn Contract Linked to $4 Billion of New Jets
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Aegean Growth Strategy Threatened By Greece’s Imminent Insolvency
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The not so friendly skies of America
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Electricity:

Energy Future Dodges $431M Bullet in Bankruptcy Case
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Coal:

Amid bankruptcy rumors, Walter Energy to be removed from New York Stock Exchange
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Resorts:

The Dream of A Luxurious Baha Mar Resort In the Bahamas Lost, China Construction Fires Back at Developer
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Baha Mar Says It Is Still Being Blocked from Accessing Documents
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Politics:

Lindsey Graham: GOP must reject ‘demagogue’ Donald Trump or party will ‘deserve to lose’ David Letterman returns from retirement to deliver scathing Top 10 list on Donald Trump GOP Tries to Cancel the Donald Trump Show How Donald Trump is trolling the Republican Party
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Trump, Bush in Virtual Dead Heat
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What Jeb Bush has right — and terribly wrong — about worker productivity
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Hillary Clinton to outline ‘economic vision’ Seven big things to know about Hillary Clinton’s new plan for the economy
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Bernie Sanders' Secrets
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Santorum: Supreme Court Not the Final Say
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Gambling:

Deal in the works for Caesars unit's restructuring
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Economy:

Yellen reiterates rates likely to increase this year
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Economy hums along despite China, Greece
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How the Super Rich Became the Uber Rich
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Governments roll out red carpet for rich foreigners
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Hotels: On Pace for Record Occupancy in 2015
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Krugman: Greece's Economy Is a Lesson for Republicans in the U.S.
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home sales reach 8-year highs but what comes next?
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A Map of the US by Property Value
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Underwriter activity 5 times lower than 10 years ago
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Sacramento Housing in June: Sales up 22%, Inventory down 10% YoY
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West Palm Beach office tower has $36M loan placed in special servicing over default concerns
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Hovnanian Q2 Loss Widens , Results Miss Estimates
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These are the 10 best housing markets for growth and stability
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rican Officials Push Congress to Help Solve Debt Crisis
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History Indicates Perilous Path for Puerto Rico
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Chapter 9 bankruptcy for Puerto Rico is a taxpayer bailout
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House Judiciary Committee Unlikely To Act On Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Bill
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Puerto Rico Needs Bankruptcy Option, Says Detroit Judge
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Puerto Rico's debt crisis, explained in 11 basic facts
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Puerto Rico governor heads to Washington to discuss fiscal situation
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Puerto Rico Confronts Bondholders as Debt Talks Turn Contentious
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Art-Deco Gem for Sale as Detroit's Home County Fights Insolvency
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Rauner pension plan would end union negotiations, freeze pay
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Wall Street Offers States a ‘Magic Bean’ for Ailing Pension Funds
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Retailing:

With an eye towards Christmas, Family Christian Stores sets August vote on bankruptcy sale Family Christian, U.S. Trustee Objects to Conditional Approval of Disclosure Statement
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How 'Amazon factor' killed retailers like Borders, Circuit City
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PA: Rescue plan for Cheltenham mall is taking shape
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Awards:

Announcing the Winner of the Weil Bankruptcy Blog First Annual Law Student Note Competition
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Oil/Gas:

Oil rig count grows again after gains in the Permian
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Oil Production Shows Signs of Flagging
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Oil slides as Iran nuclear talks continue OPEC ups output, warns on global growth Saudis Borrow $4Bn to Maintain Spending
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China Oil Imports Up 27% in June
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Why We Should Get Used To Low Oil Prices
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Memorable quotes from the Primera Energy bankruptcy ruling
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TX: Corporate Deals Plummet on Oil Prices
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Brent oil price may fall to US$55 per barrel
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‘Three Stooges’ of sentiment fuel weekly oil drop
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BP could pay billions more over oil spill saga FT
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Food/Beverage:

Assault Victim Awarded $21 Million From Bankrupt Pizzeria Owner
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Hockey:

Court Approves Erie Otters Sale; Closing Scheduled for Next Week
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Corporate Governance:

Dish Suit Arising From LightSquared Deal Shows Close Ties Between Executive and Board Members
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Chancery Rejects Two Separate M&A Settlements on Same Day
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Religion:

Archbishop Hebda talks about bankruptcy and priests Interim St. Paul archdiocese administrator looks to heal church, regain trust
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In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism
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Lehman:

Lehman's Fuld defeats employee lawsuit over retirement losses
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Guns:

Gunmaker Colt gets bankruptcy loan that empowers bondholders
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Personal Finance:

17 things keeping you from getting rich, according to a journalist who spent his career studying millionaires
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Healthcare:

All Med files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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Grove Instruments' vision is strangled by debts
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Crittenden County Hospital Reopening Rests on Vote
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Education:

Education Dpt. to Delay Some Corinthian Student-Loan Collection - Agreement comes at urging of bankruptcy judge
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Shipping:

Courts in New York and Singapore reach opposite conclusions on the validity of interpleader applications arising out of the OW Bunker bankruptcy
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OW Bunkers and the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement: an English court decision
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Student Debt:

Mother of Deceased Addict Wins Bankruptcy Discharge of $63,500.00 in Private Student Loans Taken for Son's Drug Treatment
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Mining:

Debt load squeezes global mining industry
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Pensions:

Treasury, PBGC Begin to Wrestle with Multiemployer Pension Plan Reforms
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Banking:

Authorities close Colorado bank; Indiana bank assumes deposits
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(6 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy filings hit 7-year low in eastern Wisconsin
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Arizona bankruptcies down sharply
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Proofs of Claim:

No FDCPA Violation when Creditor files Claim on Expired Debt says 8th Circuit
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Lien Stripping:

9th Circuit BAP Opinion Allows For Stripping Wholly Unsecured Junior Liens in a Chapter 20
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Corporate Reform:

The New Synthesis of Bank Regulation and Bankruptcy in the Dodd-Frank Era
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Sen. Bill Would Allow Feds To Jail Deceptive Auto Execs
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Recent Pleadings:

GM Accident Victims Bring Takings Clause Class Action Claiming That Government Used "Auto Caper" To Take Their Successor Liability Claims
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TBTF:

Number of Subsidiaries at Big U.S. Banks Hasn’t Fallen Much
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Insurance:

24 Years Later, Collapsed Insurer Case Settled
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Distressed Investing:

Hedge Funds and the Allure of Distressed Debt
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Telecoms:

Apple’s share of phone profits hits 92%
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Software:

Baton Rouge attorney David Rubin named trustee in Thinkstream case
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Computers:

The fall and fall of worldwide PC shipments
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Debt Collection:

Zombie debt eats lawyers’ ethics — and your money
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Sovereigns:

Kicillof: Vulture battle is David vs. Goliath
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UK:

Greece and the ISDA – when does the English Court have exclusive jurisdiction?
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Queen Elizabeth Broke? Puts Royal Family On Strict Budget
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Insolvency firm moves after sale
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Insolvency Service shuts down film production company
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Court Stops Corrupt Mayor Trying to Sell $26 Million Henry Moore Sculpture To Pay Debts
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EU:

France is the sick man of Europe, says former French prime minister François Fillon
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EU Summit Cancelled
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Cross-border insolvencies more efficient under modernized European rules
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PIIGS:

Eurozone Leaders Reach Unanimous Agreement on Greece Greek Fury Meets Resignation at Demands for Concessions What’s next for Greece after the ‘aGreekment’ ‘Bitter pill to swallow’ — analysts assess the Greek deal Why Greece’s Debt Agreement Is Not a Reason to Celebrate 5 Reasons Why the Greeks Were Right
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Greek Bailout Deal Remains Elusive Greek Deal Prospects Slim as Eurozone Leaders Convene Finland pushing for 'Grexit': reports Do more to get more cash, Europe tells Greece Angry at demands, Greeks rail at German 'humiliation' How Greece went from victory to economy-destroying defeat EU Demands Complete Capitulation From Tsipras Greek bailout price may be surrender to EU creditors U.S. Treasury's Lew encouraged by progress in Greek talks Angela Merkel faces a ‘lose-lose’ choice on Greece Greek proposal documents include bankruptcy changes Greek Parliament approves new austerity plan What's Behind Greece's Spectacular U-Turn On Austerity Greece needs to do more to start third bailout talks: Eurogroup draft How Greece created an existential crisis for the euro zone With or without Greece, Europe faces a difficult future Putin says Greece has not asked Russia for aid Merkel says trust with Greece has vanished What We Can Learn From Greece (Besides Drama) A Grexit would be worse than expected, say managers Greece: A lesson in brinkmanship and the art of negotiation The Greeks invented narcissism, and it has caught up with them Greece brought a latte to a gunfight The Greek politicians who were ignored Germany wants Grexit to frighten France: Varoufakis Varoufakis Comes Out Swinging: “Germany Won’t Spare Greek Pain – It Has an Interest in Breaking Us” European leaders meet on whether to rescue Greece or cut it loose Greek industrial output shrinks drastically Greece Is On The Brink of Disaster -- Or Raging Success The life of Greece’s young: When $50,000 of loans in America beats a life back home Adding a Greek chapter to Connolly’s rotten heart of Europe Greece's Tsipras set to expel Syriza rebels as bailout votes loom Elderly Greeks tapping pensions fear cuts could hit hard Greeks face six months of cash controls Germany doesn’t want to save Greece. It seems to want to humiliate Greece. Goldman Sachs could be sued for helping hide debts when it joined euro
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Killilea's former lawyer arrested in US over her missing $500,000
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Canada:

Grads from defunct Everest career school left stranded without needed diplomas
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The inside story of how Rogers Communications Inc acquired Mobilicity: ‘Everybody won but Telus’
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Australia:

ASIC tackles phoenix firms, seeks reforms
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Court sets aside bankruptcy composition passed and accepted by creditors » Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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Ukraine:

NBU categorizes Radical Bank, Bank Stolychny as insolvent
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China:

China's Stock-Market Fear Is Everyone's Worry
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Numbers don't lie: The truth about China's crash
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What China’s nerve-wracking stock market looks like from inside the country
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China stocks recovers for third day, regulator curbs margin lending
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Moldova:

Bankruptcy Looms For Moldova
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MENA:

Dubai’s Drydocks World hires Citi for $2.3bn debt restructuring
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