Law:
Former Dewey partner testifies she lost $621K in equity capital while two leaders earned millions
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Will Firm Culture Supersede Prestige?
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2nd Circuit Looks at Contract Attorneys • Contract Attorneys Gather, Voice Frustrations
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Always Be Selling — Even When Billing
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GC: AFAs Are Overrated
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How one startup wants to solve an 'insane' problem for a $400 billion industry (law)
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Lawyer Arrested… Mid Trial • Trial is stopped after judge learns lawyer has outstanding arrest warrant
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Four law schools participate in residency program with legal tech firm
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Yale Law School drops to No. 5 in blog’s rankings • Why, YLS? • Everything Wrong With The Above the Law Rankings
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Free Market Law Professor Seeks Unpaid Help
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Megan Fox Might Go To Law School
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3 Things Law Firms Can Do Right Now To Increase Diversity In The Legal Profession
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"I spent $134,918 and I don't even get a lousy law degree?"
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Your email typos reveal more about you than you realize
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Fixing your #@(*$#)$( Single-Spacing in Microsoft Word
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5 body-language moves that will make people trust you
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Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert indicted, resigns from Dickstein Shapiro • Hastert Post Congress: Chasing Cash • How Hastert Made His Millions • Hastert Scandal Gets More Disturbing • Sources: Dennis Hastert cover-up for misconduct with male student
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Josh Duggar Is Not The Only One Who Escaped Prosecution • Duggar's Cop Friend Was a Pedophile
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Haller Jackson, Former Federal Law Clerk, Pleads Guilty To A S-- Offense
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Fatal police shootings in 2015 approaching 400 nationwide
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A defense attorney uncovers a brazen scheme to manipulate evidence, and prosecutors and police finally get caught
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Texas Senate clears concealed carry of guns on campus
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The world's elderly are on a crime spree
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Belichick Never Believed Brady on Deflation
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Mississippi Yearning - Out-of-state paramour had insufficient contacts
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Why the founder of Silk Road got life in prison without parole
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Judge tosses defamation suit against boss-rating website
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Chameleon owner who blew pot smoke in its mouth is acquitted of animal cruelty
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Laws allowing mass collection of American phone records by the NSA have expired
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Judges:
Mr. Fuller has done the honorable thing, even if there was an inducement
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures inch up
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European Markets Close Lower as Grexit Rumblings Echo Louder
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Here's some great news for those who want the stock market to crash
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Why gloom is looming for the stock market in June
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Why a wife bonus makes complete sense
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The New Way Wall St. Measures the Economy
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Layoffs:
Jobs robots are most likely to take over
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This other unemployment rate is at its lowest level in 15 years
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Weather:
Texas floods and commodities: Farms face 'total loss for year' • Texas Floods: $27M in Infrastructure Damage
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California's Snowpack is Now Officially Zero
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Satellites:
NewSat may yet be back in orbit as turnaround efforts continue
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Lehman:
Ex-Lehman Chief Dick Fuld Says Firm Was ‘Mandated Into Bankruptcy’
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Dick Fuld's Comeback Attempt Was a Disaster
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Wall Street has one question for Dick Fuld
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Education:
Taxpayers will shoulder the financial burden of defunct schools’ students
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Toll Roads:
Indiana Toll Road Exits Bankruptcy Protection
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Healthcare:
Health care provider Atrinea Health and affiliates file Ch. 11 bankruptcy
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El Paso Children's Hospital bankruptcy costs will grow, expert warns • Bankruptcy is wrong choice for El Paso Children's Hospital • What does Children's Hospital want? UMC board and county commissioners meet
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Natchez employees still waiting for benefits
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Doctor Poisoned Patients for Money
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Out-of-network medical bills a costly shock
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Alternative Energy:
NY: With million in debts, Latham solar firm seeks bankruptcy refuge
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US Light Energy seeks bankruptcy court shield in $13 million debt
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Currency:
Bitcoin Mining Hardware Producer Bitmine Declares Bankruptcy
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Telecoms:
Same Issues, Fierce Debate as LightSquared Bankruptcy Ends; GPS Spectrum Battle Reappears
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Gambling:
Caesars’ Latest Court Loss Adds Pressure to Meet With Creditors
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Caesars’ Creditors Can Try to Force Parent to Back Debt
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Macau's Gaming Revenue Dropped 37% In May, And Other Troubling Signs
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Retailing:
Company buys SkyMall for $1.9 million, will make “dramatic changes”
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High retail vacancy rate 'a one-off for Kamloops'
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3 reasons Etsy is in big trouble
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Abercrombie & Fitch's website shows everything that's wrong with the brand
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Hockey:
Canadian company wants to buy Erie Otters
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Construction:
Contractors seeking share of proceeds from sale of Mamtek site
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Shipping:
Frontline Sacrifices Huge Upside For Greater Stability
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Infrastructure:
Once Upon a Time We Could Raise the Gas Tax and Build Roads
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Economy:
Grim signs for the global economy
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Sluggish factory growth puts central bank stimulus in spotlight
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Economy in U.S. Shrinks for Third Time Since Expansion Began
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Corporate Profits Tanked in Q1
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The lifebelt for up-and-down U.S. economy
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What It Really Means to Rely on Food Stamps
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Why American Dream is unraveling, in 4 charts
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The hotel industry is sending a clear signal about the US economy
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Robert Shiller: 'There is a bubble element to what we're seeing.' • Rate hike needed to pop bubbles: Robert Shiller
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Roubini: There's a market 'time bomb' raising the risk of a dramatic collapse
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Baby Boomers, Grab A Shovel And Help Millennials Dig Out Of Debt
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
New Lift For New-Home Prices
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This MBA chart shows the real impact of the recession on homeownership
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Map: Wage Needed to Rent 2 Room Apartment
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The $265 Billion Bill That’s Coming Due for Homeowners
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Bankruptcy judges get tough on debtors who don't surrender property
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The Last Mortgage Crisis Bet Will Soon Be Over: Which Major Hedge Funds and Banks Will Come Out Ahead
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Buffett’s home didn’t make him rich; neither will yours
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Municipalities:
Bill to ease Chicago pension payments heads to final vote • City Hall pension proposal moves forward in Springfield • Illinois Cuts Chicago a Pension Break as Its Own Finances Spiral
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Prepa Says It's Set to Present Restructuring Plan in NYC Monday • Puerto Rico's PREPA to ask creditors to take some pain - sources
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Chapter 9 for Prepa Would Be Wrong
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Debt Default Ahead for Puerto Rico?
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Kevyn Orr Looks Back on Detroit's Bankruptcy
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How can Detroit succeed post-bankruptcy?
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Detroit is starting to shut off people's water again
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Highland Park officials dismiss talk of dissolving city • Snyder hints he wants to avoid dissolving Highland Park
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San Bernardino bankruptcy deadline looms • San Bernardino bankruptcy reaches 'beginning of the end'
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Oil/Gas:
OPEC oil output in May reaches highest since 2012
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More oil rigs shut down
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Oil prices jump on US tightening
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EIA Reports Bizarre Increase In U.S. Oil Production
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US Oil Contango Vanishing
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A Look at Quicksilver Resources
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Saudi Arabia is no friend to the United States
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OPEC could drown world in oil for years
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Big Oil's Campaign to Misled the US Public • Commentary: the resurrection of McCarthyism
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Midstates Petroleum Company Distressed Debt Exchange
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Oil Falls, Calgary Housing Hammered
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Energy sector cost cuts put spotlight on Origin Energy for similar action
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Tech:
AMD Bonds: How Much Time Is Really Left On The Clock?
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Elon Musk's growing empire is fueled by $4.9 billion in government subsidies
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Celebs:
Find Out Which Bachelorette Contestant Filed For Bankruptcy Last Month • Bachelorette suitor files for bankruptcy and he'd better not blame the show
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50 Cent can't dodge s**-tape trial with bankruptcy: judge
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Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Millions Of Dollars In Debt?
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Aviation:
Malaysia Airlines 'technically bankrupt': CEO • Malaysia Airlines' new CEO is off to a good start but doubts loom about the airline's future • Will cut about 6,000 jobs
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Passenger jet nearly collides with drone in midair; lasers target planes
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Why airplane windows have tiny holes
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Debt Collection:
BofA fined $30M for improper debt-collection practices
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Software:
CEO of bankrupt Linux company says employee lawsuits put it out of business
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Creditors trying to force Thinkstream into reorganization
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Mass Torts:
New Discovery Order Requiring Greater Transparency Regarding Bankruptcy Trust Claims in Southern California Asbestos Litigation
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The DOJ is About to Take General Motors on a Rough Ride
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Jury in Delaware awards $100M to 51-year-old woman in mesh case
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Judge Upholds Convictions in Peanut Corporation of America Case
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Museums:
Settlement deal puts Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum on firmer ground
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Water:
Bankruptcy case could leave hundreds without water
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Soccer:
Indicted former FIFA VP actually cited an Onion article to defend himself • Sepp Blatter wins fifth term as FIFA president despite corruption • Fans don't care if FIFA is corrupt • FIFA Scandal Explained in 2 Minutes
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Advertising:
PennySaver files for bankruptcy in the wake of lawsuits
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former Owner of Gallup-Based Oil Distributor Sentenced to Prison for Federal Bankruptcy Fraud Conviction
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Taxis:
Don't blame Uber for being an attractive job opportunity for many Americans
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Environmental:
Prosecutors oppose motion to move W.Va. chemical spill case
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Personal Finance:
Why Kevin O'Leary flies first-class, but puts his kids in economy
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Survey: Married and Engaged Couples Struggle With Debt
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Corporate Reform:
SEC Names Goldman’s Donohue Chief of Staff
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The SEC Gets High Living Debtor Sent To Jail In Greenberg
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Politics:
Fact Check - Huckabee: The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.
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The next president needs to speak up about housing right now
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Debunking the Benghazi Myths
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 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 (31 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
(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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Changing Nature of Consumer Debt Influences Decline in Bankruptcy Filings
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Bankruptcy League Tables
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Automatic Stay:
Is an Underinsured Motorist Policy Subject to the Automatic Bankruptcy Stay?
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IP:
Trademark Licensees Beware: The Hypothetical Test Lives On in the Third Circuit
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Finance:
Dashed Expectations: Delaware Court Rules Make-Whole Premium Not Payable Upon Early Repayment of Bond Debt in Bankruptcy
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Standing:
Delaware Courts Continue to Clarify Creditor Standing With Respect to Insolvent Companies
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Derivatives:
Can ISDA’s Close-out Protocol Stay the Next Lehman Brothers?
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Avoidance Actions:
No Decision From Eighth Circuit on Validity of Ponzi Scheme Presumption
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Liquidators for Two ICP Asset Mgt. Funds Sue Barclays For Fraudulent Transfers
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Actions Speak as Loud as Words in Deprizio Waivers
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Sales:
Credit Bidding Alert: Fifth Circuit Rules That Inaction Results in Waiver of Right to Credit Bid
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Jurisdiction:
Wellness: To Consent or Get the Bankruptcy Judge Anyway
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U.S. Supreme Court Holds Implied Consent Sufficient for Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction
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Discharge:
Fifth Circuit Narrows Fraud Dischargeability Claims
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Insurance:
E&O Carrier’s Duty to Defend Was Triggered Because Allegations that the Insureds Mismanaged Debtor’s Trust Account Concerned Professional Services for Others
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TBTF:
Failure resolution not breakup
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Coal:
Alabama's Birmingham Coal & Coke files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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The American coal industry is collapsing • Coal Facing Worst Year Yet in 2015
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Compensation:
WaMu 'Golden Parachutes' Contested
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Student Debt:
The US has a festering student loan problem
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Sovereigns:
Sovereign Debt Update
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Griesa tells 'me too' bondholders to negotiate with appointed mediator • Argentina 'Me-Too' Bond Holdouts Seek Equal-Treatment Ruling • Bondholders piggyback off Paul Singer's battle with Argentina
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US judge issues no ruling in latest hearing on Argentine bond dispute
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Ukraine says debt restructuring talks with creditors picking up pace
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UK:
Queen Elizabeth II is making too much money
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EU:
Forum shopping – the end of an era?
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Europeans are so sick of being unemployed that they're working fake jobs at fake companies
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Eurozone PMI rises, but lower than estimate
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How To Make Europe’s Turnaround Permanent
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PIIGS:
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras says we're seeing 'the complete abolition of democracy in Europe' • Greek PM slams creditors in 'defiant' tirade • EU's Juncker warns against Greek exit from euro • How Greece is playing the ECB for chumps • Varoufakis’s Great Game • Greece, creditors agree on need for quick deal as talks continue • Savers pull cash out of Greece • Greece continues talks on aid, deal unlikely on Sunday: sources • Can a Few Chocolate Euros Stop a Grexit? • Deutsche Bank Breaks Down Greece's Possible Futures
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ie: Drumm rejects IBRC challenge to bankruptcy appeal • David Drumm accuses IBRC of personal attack • Accountability among Ireland's elite? Don't bank on it
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Spain, Italy Manufacturing Strengthen on Euro Boost
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Canada:
The “bitter bidder”: late bids in insolvency sales processes
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Bankruptcy rates drop
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Russia:
Russia's Football Governing Body Ousts President Amid Bankruptcy Fears
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Australia:
Twice-bankrupt developer Craig Gore banned permanently from financial services
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Hungary:
Hungary's central bank says number of foreign currency personal loans is dangerously high
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China:
Slow payments force more firms to fold
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China HSBC PMI at 49.2 in May, contracts third month, export orders near two-year low
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Brazil:
Brazil's economy shrinks by 0.2%
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Mexico:
Junk + Junkier = Less Junky in Mexican Bond Market Topsy Turvy
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MENA:
Islamic State is a threat to attack U.S.: CIA chief
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How Did Egypt's First Elected President End Up on Death Row?
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