Law:
Which region had the best employment rate for 2014 law grads?
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Which Biglaw Firm Has Blocked Personal Email?
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Fighting to Win: A GC's View on Retaining Outside Counsel
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We Don’t Need Fewer Lawyers. We Need Cheaper Ones.
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Biglaw Didn’t Teach Me How To Handle Initial Consultations
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So, Your Company Wants to Start Some Litigation
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NY Bankruptcy Pros Start Boutique Restructuring Shop
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Succession Planning: The Client P.O.V.
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Altman Weil 2015 Law Firms In Transition Survey results • Reaction to Altman Weil’s “Law Firms in Transition”
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Which Law Schools Had The Best Employment Rates In 2014?
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Lawyer sues after his patent is featured in ‘stupid patent of the month’ blog post
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Ex-Biglaw Partner Gets License Suspended For Relationship With Client
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Clifford Chance hikes salaries for all fee-earners
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10 skills California law students say are must-haves to succeed in the modern legal profession
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Clifford Chance leaps to top of junior lawyer pay league table
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Millionaire A&O partners award themselves bonuses while remaining silent on junior lawyer pay rises
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Former BigLaw partner takes felony tax fraud plea
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Man sued for sawing neighbor’s garage in half isn’t liable, judge rules
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Chili’s waiter spit ‘loogie’ in my drink, customer says; suit is filed after cops test DNA
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Suit accuses Florida man of exploiting glitch in hotel rewards program
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Camping ‘law student’
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Outstanding judgment of the week
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Firm mocks solicitor on his own profile
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Bonkers firm website
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It’s legal to carry a loaded assault rifle at Atlanta’s airport
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9 young lawyers to follow on social media for a glimpse into the glamorous side of law
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Is It Racist To Charge Black People For Cheering?
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Colorado gunman IS sane and meticulously planned rampage, court hears
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Alan Dershowitz Pees, Slips, Falls, Sues • Nothing Weak-Kneed About Alan Dershowitz's Lawsuits
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Hot Bench Is A Remedy For A Sick Day
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Judges:
Invitation for Public Comment on the Reappointment of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Vincent P. Zurzolo
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Justices Urged to Provide More Access to Financial Disclosures • Federal judge: "It is complete pain in the ass for the public to get copies of these reports"
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Law Firms Bench Slapped Over Treatment of Witnesses
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The Supreme Court On Criminal Intent; Or, The Rise And Fall Of Tone Dougie
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Social Media Post Gets Judge Suspended
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Judicial law clerk quits after taking heat for Web posts criticizing state trooper who died in crash
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures tilt lower
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Dow off as much as 200 points as stock slide steepens
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TED spread suggests correction may be coming
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Layoffs:
Fired Butler & Hosch Workers Want to Add Ex-CEO to WARN Class Action
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Telecoms:
NII Holdings in talks to sell Nextel Argentina
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Are AT&T and Verizon in Trouble?
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Tobacco:
Wife wins access to Renegade records
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Coal:
Birmingham Coal & Coke files bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos Claimants Should Vote Against the Garlock Plan, Says Official Asbestos Claimants Committee
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Mining:
Will Molycorp Shareholders Get Totally Wiped Out in Bankruptcy?
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Molycorp: Without A Capital Injection, Bankruptcy Is Imminent
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Privacy:
As it Happens, You Can Put a Price on Privacy
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Fraud:
Judge Says Madoff Trustee Can Proceed With Clawback Lawsuits
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Fore! Ponzi Scheme Lands The Golf Channel In The Rough
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Bankruptcy judge approves $35 million Fair Finance settlement
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Politics:
Rick Perry Announces 2016 Bid for President
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Jeb Bush Says Announcement Coming June 15
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No New Taxes Vow is Now Haunting the GOP
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Retailing:
Gap Sales Fall in May
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Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores profit falls
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Economy:
IMF: Fed should delay interest rate hike to 2016
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Deutsche Bank thinks we should be ready for an absolutely huge jobs report • Goldman Sachs identifies just 1 reason why the jobs report could be great... but 4 reasons why it might stink • Looking ahead to the employment report
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US productivity plunges in Q1; unit labor costs surge
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Fed's Tarullo: US Economy Has 'Lost Some Momentum'
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Ben Hecht: 'Inequality Of Income Presents A Threat To Our Society, Our Economy And Our Democracy'
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US unemployment aid applications drop to 276,000
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The Most Entitled Generation Isn't Millennials
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Need a job? Make like Lewis and Clark, and go west
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Bank of America's Supreme Court Win May Boost Lending
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Average US rate on 30-year mortgage stays at 3.87 percent
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Reverse mortgages may sound risk free, but failure rate is high
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Here’s why millennials aren’t buying homes
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Housing bubble was built by J.P. Morgan, Barclays
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10 most undervalued housing markets
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Municipalities:
Former California City Officials Move to Put Pensions on Ballot
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Puerto Rico Utility’s Restructuring Moves Toward Legal Showdown
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Broke And Barred From Bankruptcy, Puerto Rico Seeks Outside Cash
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North Las Vegas Still Struggling With Economic Recovery
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America's Most and Least Valuable States
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Corporate Reform:
HSBC to pay $43 million in Swiss money laundering probe
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Goldman Said to Near U.S. Settlement Exceeding $2 Billion
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Religion:
Pope’s rebel advisors infuriating Vatican stalwarts by breaking code of silence on child s-- abuse
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Awards:
Legal 500 US Bankruptcy Awards • UK • Canada
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Roma N. Desai selected for NCBJ Next Generation Program
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Guns:
Bleak Outlook for Firearms Maker Colt • Ailing Colt revises offer to investors, addresses bankruptcy option
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Oil/Gas:
Oil ends at lowest level in a week • Oil trades near week-low as OPEC meets • Oil's breakout just 'failed miserably': Trader
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Price Manipulation in the Oil Markets?
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Shale is 'here to stay' Conoco chief tells OPEC
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Fortune 500: Oil prices take slight toll on rankings for Houston companies
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After Filing Bankruptcy, O&G Company Gears Up to Sell Assets
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Dealing With Fractional Oil, Gas Interests In Bankruptcy
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Energy companies grew “lazy” and “flabby” while oil prices were high, executive says
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Primera Energy files for bankruptcy amid legal woes
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Federal Reserve says oil service costs down 30 percent
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Banks assess exposure to energy sector as low oil, gas prices pose risk to loans
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Celebs:
Kim is broke as a joke after being fired from RHOBH
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Ahmed Zayat's Journey: Bankruptcy, Big Bets and Maybe a Triple Crown • Financial questions have dogged owner of Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah • American Pharoah Almost Got Repossessed Before He Was Even Born
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Publishing:
Family Christian Stores CEO trusting in God as bankruptcy decision looms
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Coal:
Coal giant Peabody faces federal scrutiny over clean-up insurance
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Healthcare:
UMC, El Paso Children's Hospital mediation talks approved
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Obamacare Health Insurance COOPs Are Unraveling
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Obamacare 2015 by the Numbers
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Best Health Care in the World? Nonsense
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Education:
'Chipping Away At My Soul': Insiders Detail The Decline And Fall Of Corinthian's For-Profit College Empire
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Former students press claims against Santa Ana-based Corinthian Colleges
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For Profit Colleges Are Real Welfare Queens
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When a Parent Files for Bankruptcy Colleges May Forfeit Tuition Payments
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Why would anyone give Harvard $400 million?
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Lehman:
10 reasons to feel sorry for Lehman’s CEO Dick Fuld
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Private Equity:
MidOcean Partners struggles to put rocky performance in past
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Compensation:
How Chase's Jamie Dimon Because a Billionaire
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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 (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1)-(2)- (3)-(4)-(5)-(6)-(7)-(8)-(9)-(10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Structured Dismissal:
Third Circuit Allows Structured Dismissal of Chapter 11 Case that Violates the Bankruptcy Code's Priority Scheme
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Debt Collection:
Western District of Missouri Bankruptcy Court Finds No FDCPA Violation for Proof of Claim Filed on Time-Barred Debt
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Property of the Estate:
Time is Money: Conversion and Property of the Estate
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Setoff:
Setoffs – Cutting Your Losses Both Inside and Outside Bankruptcy
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Jurisdiction:
Supreme Court’s Wellness Opinion Effectively Overturns The Sixth Circuit’s Decision On Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction in Waldman
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Supreme Court Holds That Parties May Consent to Adjudication by Bankruptcy Court of “Stern-Type” Claims
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Bankruptcy Strategy:
Quick Bankruptcy Exit May Lead to Return Trip, Professionals Say
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Lien Stripping:
United States Supreme Court Begrudgingly Extends Dewsnup Decision
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Environmental:
Exide says California claims an 'end run' around Ch. 11
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Gambling:
Caesars' Restructuring Chief Says 'Big Step Backward if Suits Against Parent Continue
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Shipping:
Shipping faces increased exposure from failure to manage risk
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Movies:
Relativity Media Hires Blackstone to Advise on Refinancing
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Aviation:
Major Skymark creditor approaches Delta over rehabilitation • Skymark Creditor Intrepid Says Seeking Other Airline Sponsors
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Sovereigns:
Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Has a Plan for Argentina's Bond Holdouts
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UK:
The Eversheds international guide to company insolvency
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Rescue deal for luxury coach hire business
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EU:
EU Retailers’ Struggles Continue Amid Signs of Improvement
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PIIGS:
Tsipras Raises Stakes in Greek Showdown as IMF Payment Deferred • Greece shocks IMF by holding back €300m • ‘Greece is doing a Zambia’, say analysts • Key sticking points in Greek debt showdown
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Lagarde 'confident' Greece will make debt payment • Lagarde: Late talks opened ‘window’ for Greek deal • Greece delays IMF payment, PM to brief angry parliament • Greece delays IMF payment as Merkel warns crisis far from over • Greek left vents fury at creditors as Tsipras edges nearer to deal • Alexis Tsipras says Greece deal ‘within sight,’ but party denounces conditions as ‘murderous’ • Cabinet Members Offer Nice, Utopian Alternatives • Greek opposition leader calls on PM Tsipras to avoid elections • Greece requests merger of June IMF payments into 1 • As Greece teeters, fallout for Europe uncertain
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EU/IMF stance may force Greece into early elections: deputy minister • Greece's bailout talks are getting even more sour — and snap elections could be round the corner • Close to half of Greeks favor compromise deal with lenders: opinion poll
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Greece would suffer if it left the eurozone. But would Europe?
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Irish Bank Controversy Rages as Government Sets Up Inquiry
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Germany:
Germany’s bond rout is a warning of things to come
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Avoidance under German bankruptcy law
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China:
The everything creditor - Bad loans for sale in online auctions • Who Needs IMF When You Have Alibaba? China Sells Bad Debt Online
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India:
Govt sets up panel to suggest changes to Companies Act
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Australia:
Alan Bond, villain and hero of Australian business, dies
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Indonesia:
Distressed Funds Make Japanese Saviour of Indonesian Bank Pay Up
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