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
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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 (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
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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 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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