Law:

Few lawyers added at nation’s top law firms in 2014; which firms gained and lost the most? • Legal Services Jobs Inch Up
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Prosecutor: Dewey Pay Promises Exceeded Income
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Barclays Wins Dewey Loan Case Against Michael Jackson Lawyer
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Finally, Some New Jobs For Law School Graduates
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Littler is hiring for new Kansas City admin center as it lays off 113 staffers in San Francisco
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Ex-Deutsche Bank broker wins new trial in US after juror misconduct
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At Law Firms, Managing Partners Slow to Try Twitter
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Partners in Crisis Face Litmus Test
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In Praise Of Compulsive Nutcases
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Lawyers pay $1M and apologize to resolve ‘provably false’ claims made in abuse suit
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UK law firm goes public, raises nearly $46M; how much will partners get? • Law firm Gateley raises 30 mln pounds in pioneering London float
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UK Top 100 see revenue rise - but worry about rising costs
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DLA prepares to launch contract lawyer unit
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Barnes & Thornburg law firm launches Dallas office
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: How To Meditate: A Guide For Lawyers (Part I)
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Panel Allows Marijuana Clinic to Pursue Ex-Lawyer in Bankruptcy • 'Unclean hands' doesn't bar medical pot biz from recovering $25K taken by lawyer, 9th Circuit says • Attorney Stealing Is More “Unclean” Than Selling Marijuana
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SCOTUS to Consider Assets Seizure Question
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59, JD, Underemployed Bartender - Never Letting Go
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BigLaw ex-partner prepares for sentence over tax fraud
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Your iPhone will now tell you who every mystery caller is so you can stop ignoring unknown numbers
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These are all of the new features coming to your Apple Watch
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The 12 best new features coming to the iPhone
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Ten proven ways to free up space on your iPhone
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There's a simple way you can tell whether a man is wearing a bad suit
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New York Prison Break Probe Focuses on Whether Employees Helped Inmates • New York Prison Break A Mystery • Murderer who escaped from New York prison is 'the most vicious, evil person I've ever come across in 38 years as a police officer' • New York prison break: What chance of success do escaped prisoners have? • The maximum-security prison escape by 2 murderers is 'mind-boggling'
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SC Grand Jury Indicts Ex-Police Officer Who Shot Walter Scott
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McKinney teen describes the moment cop pulled her to the ground by her braids • Dueling Views of McKinney Melee
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Perjury charges filed against 4 police officers after dramatic ‘Perry Mason’-type reveal at hearing
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Russia's richest man in $7 billion divorce fight
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Oscar Pistorius out on probation in August
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Judges:

Christopher J. Panos Is Selected For The United States Bankruptcy Court In Worcester, Massachusetts
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Poll: Trust lacking in Supreme Court over key issues
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Supreme Court Scorecard: The big decisions due this month
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Second Florida judge faces sanction for improper Facebook activity
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A chance encounter with Justice Rehnquist
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Kansas governor signs law cutting off court funding if courts strike down 2014 law
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Justice Antonin Scalia Is Here To Rain On Your Nazi Parade
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Justice Scalia's speech at a high school graduation was surprisingly funny
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Good Grief! ‘Charlie Brown’ Calls Judge An A------
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Complimentary CLE Program: Attorney Privilege and Work Product
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Wall Street:

US futures and global stocks lower
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Wall Street loses ground as investors eye September rate hike • U.S. stocks fall, pulling Dow into the red for year
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The New York Post ripped a huge hole in that controversial 'wife bonus' tell-all, and now the publisher is backtracking • Upper East Sider Has Heard Of Pre-Nups That Include No Fatties Clauses But Wife Bonuses? Get Out Of Town
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There's No Place to Hide as Bonds Move in Tandem With Equities
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Deutsche Bank sees 5%-9% correction for S&P 500
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Layoffs:

HSBC is getting ready to cut thousands of jobs • HSBC to shed 50,000 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:

Deutsche Bank's new CEO brings turnaround record • Cryan's no-nonsense approach caught eye of Deutsche Bank board
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Bank Accounts: Next Thing to Go Obsolete
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Healthcare:

Blood-testing company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy • Health Diagnostic Laboratory Files for Bankruptcy • Embattled Laboratory Files For Bankruptcy • HDL's lawyer: 'We're starved of cash'
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Bankruptcy judge OKs El Paso Children's Hospital budget to stay open • Texas Tech claims El Paso Children's payments 'woefully insufficient'
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Dark choices ahead for some rural Ohio hospitals
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Hospitals That Overcharge the Uninsured by 1000% • Why some hospitals can get away with “price-gouging” patients, study finds
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Hospitals Price-Gouge, But It's Not Their Fault
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Republican senator criticizes Obamacare on the grounds that Obamacare subsidies are awesome
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice gives feds Maserati, Bravo pay to satisfy court debt • 'Real Housewives' star Oks deal on court judgment • Teresa Giudice gives feds percentage of Bravo network pay
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Allegedly Drunk Kate Moss Escorted Off Plane, Called Pilot "Basic B----"
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Lehman:

Lehman Brothers to Pay Barclays to End Legal Battle
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Food/Beverage:

Pizza Hut made one mistake that sabotaged its turnaround
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McDonald's sales slip in US and overseas
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Fraud:

Warren Capital receiver hires firm to seek insurance
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CSC Books Called 'Unspeakably Unacceptable' • SEC Claws Back $3.7 Million From Ex-CEO
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Mastro associate Hazelrigg now in prison in Oregon
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Rezko creditors come up short in bankruptcy case
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Gambling:

Caesars stock hits 52-week low as company seeks to stop bankruptcy litigation
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Revel Nightclub Could Reopen in July – Straub Talks Selling Property • Revel, power company agree to keep lights on for now
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Economy:

CEOs temper US economic growth outlook for 2015: survey
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One-year US inflation expectations rebound -NY Fed survey
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Demographics are going to cause the US economy to see decades of slower growth
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NFIB small-business optimism index rises to five-month high in May
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Study: Consumers on pace to rack up $55 billion in credit card debt
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Krugman: Inflation Derp
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Billionaire Sees Wealth Gap Fueling Social Unrest
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OECD indicators cast doubt on US rebound • OECD cuts global growth forecast, says recovery taking hold • Investment Lags, Greece Looms
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How tax rates are far higher than we all realize
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Economy adds 280K jobs in May, but the definition of 'job' is changing
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New Fears of job loss hit a new low: NY Fed
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Get ready for autumn rate move from the Fed
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Give to Those at the Bottom? Sure, as Long as They Stay There
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Skyscrapers correlated with economic doom
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Why are Americans buying so many cars?
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$Millions in Medicaid Benefits Flow to Dead People
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Chipotle to Offer Part-Time Workers Paid Vacation, Sick Pay, Tuition
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Why mergers might not signal optimism
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Cisco CEO: 40% of Companies Dead in 10 Years
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How the Post Ownership Society Works
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Tactical Use of Bankruptcy when a Lis Pendens is Recorded
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Is the rental crisis bringing down housing?
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62% of serious delinquencies already used retention programs
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Distressed sales accounted for 12% of home sales in March 2015
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Home-Equity Lines of Credit See Jump in Delinquencies
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This fundamental problem with the housing market is stopping lots of people from buying a home
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Tech money is destroying streets of San Francisco
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Colony trustee seeks $23 million judgment sale
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Former DBSI chief operating officer released from prison
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This is why your rent just won't stop going up
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Homeowner Furious after Police Destroy House to Capture Burglar
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Municipalities:

Chapter 9 Cases with Debtors Other Than Cities, Counties and Towns
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Bankruptcy or annexation appear most likely solutions to East Cleveland's financial woes
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State rep. suggests Chicago Public Schools should declare bankruptcy
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Pensions mean cash trouble for CPS
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Volcker Sees Hidden Peril in State Budgets • Paul Volcker, others fault New Jersey budgets
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Oil/Gas:

Tumbling Oil Boon for Hedge Fund Bankruptcy Specialists
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Oil drilling in Montana taps out
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Global Oil Shortage Before Year's End?
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Could This Be OPEC’s Long-Term Goal?
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U.S. shale production set to fall again in July, EIA says • US Shale Boom is Grinding to a Halt
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BPZ Energy Provides Update on Chapter 11 Process, Will Sell Substantially All Assets
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Against Odds, Conventional Crude Oil Production Reaches New High • Key Oil stockpiles continue to build: Govt.
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Rubiales Becomes Riskiest Oil M&A as Biggest Holder Vows Dissent
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Pensions:

A $300 billion institution is about to make a move that will send chills down all of private equity's spine • Calpers cuts costs by dumping many outside managers
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Retailing:

Kmart's sales have fallen off a gigantic cliff
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Ann Taylor Pulled from the Bargain Bin
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Anna's Linens Said to be Near BK
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Family Christian bankruptcy sale hearing set for June 9
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Sears' biggest problem: cash
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Sears Officials Plan To Sell About 235 Properties And Form New Leasing Contracts
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Unsecured Creditors Cry Foul at Proposed Karmaloop Auction
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Gift cards becoming worthless for merged, bankrupt stores
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See America's most lucrative shopping malls
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Student Debt:

A New York Times op-ed says you should default on student loans. That's a terrible idea • Is this the worst op-ed ever written about student loans?
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Gov't announces plan to ignore debt for more Corinthian students that could cost $3.6B • Why the federal government is forgiving millions of dollars of student loans, explained
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Boycott student loan debt?
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Coal:

Coal Miners: Is Bankruptcy the Smart Move?
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US coal producer Peabody Energy cuts jobs • Will Fire 250 Workers, Close Two U.S. Offices
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Coal country college students are divided about whether to let their regions rot
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Peabody Energy to Layoff 250 Employees Downtown
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Aviation:

US carriers drive record global profits for airline industry
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Many airlines still struggling - IATA boss
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Falcon Air Goes Out of Business
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TSA Misses Airport Workers on Terror List
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Delta Air Lines approached about investing in Skymark Airlines
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Airlines have $3.7 bln ticket sales cash trapped in Venezuela -IATA
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Mass Torts:

World Fuel Services Corporation Announces Lac-Mégantic Settlement
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Lac-Megantic settlement fund grows to $345 million
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Trial Tuesday to decide Chinese drywall damages for 3000
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Television:

Aereo Wins Court Approval of Liquidation Plan
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Alternative Energy:

Bankruptcy hearings continue in KiOR case this week
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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 (22 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (59 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:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Eligibility:

Section 109(a) – Filing a Chapter 11 Case for a Foreign Business
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Cross-Border:

Fifth Circuit Sharply Limits Discretion to Remand Proceedings Related to Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Cases
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Debt Collection:

No FDCPA Violations in Simon After Remand
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Subordination:

Substance Triumphs Over Form in American Housing Foundation
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Fifth Circuit orders mandatory subordination of contractual guaranty claims
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Bankruptcy Reform:

ABI Commission Report – Class Acceptance & Cramdown
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Plan Confirmation:

A Lender’s First Line of Defense May be the Debtor’s Own Chapter 11 Plan
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FRBP 3017: Don’t Forget To Serve The S.E.C. Your Disclosure Statement
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Usury:

Second Circuit Holds Application of State Usury Laws to Third-Party Debt Purchasers Not Preempted by National Bank Act
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Litigation:

Seventh Circuit holds that emailing complaint to the clerk's office constitutes timely initiation of suit
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Personal Finance:

The best and worst things to buy in June
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Education:

Students duped by colleges might get some relief
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This is America’s worst college: Screwed-over Corinthian College students get screwed again by so-called debt relief
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The US government is about to provide unprecedented debt relief to a huge pool of students
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Hey, kids: better start saving up now for college
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Travel:

Luxury cruise travel company files for bankruptcy
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Politics:

Only one group of Americans has become less accepting of homosexuality in the last two years
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Soccer:

Football League toughens insolvency rules
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Accounting:

10 companies that won’t stop playing games with earnings figures
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Hoarders:

Accused hoarder violates bankruptcy judge's order, gets monitoring bracelet
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Sovereigns:

Kicillof: Griesa’s ruling proves we were right
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UK:

Milbank, Paul Hastings and Weil complete £1.5bn restructuring of General Healthcare Group
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OECD tells George Osborne to spread pain of public spending cuts
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Plus500 has unfrozen over 8,000 accounts — and only 457 customers have left
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Councils 'may lose out' from increase in bankruptcy threshold
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EU:

When America gets snippy about Europe
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If Europe cannot bend it will break
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PIIGS:

Greece submits new reform plan to EU and IMF • Greece is now asking for an extra bailout to cover the €6.7 billion of debt it owes this summer • Greek shares soar on reports of new reform plan
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Greece willing to compromise with EU/IMF: government • The prime minister's dilemma • Tsipras moves Greece closer towards a debt default • Greece's and the Eurozone's Best Move -- Adopt Limited Purpose Banking and Then Default • The Greek Trap • Merkel warns time running out • President Barack Obama Warns Both Sides Need Flexibility • Greece, Creditors Consider Extending Eurozone Bailout • And now it looks like the Greece drama could drag on... until 2016 • Greek finance minister calls for quick deal • Obama Leads Calls for Greece to Secure Deal Swiftly • Merkel should give a "speech of hope" in Greece - Varoufakis • Joseph Stiglitz: Backing Greece into a corner serves no one • Juncker says waiting for Greece to 'build its part of bridge' • WSJ Foresees Elections and Third Memorandum for Greece • Greece is in crisis (again), and here's what you need to know
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Tsipras says Spain or Italy could follow Greece out of the eurozone
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Canada:

OECD slashes Canadian GDP growth forecast to 1.5% in 2015
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39 suitors show interest in purchasing U.S. Steel Canada plants
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Iceland:

Iceland to Ease Capital Controls Imposed After 2008 Crash
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Claimants of Collapsed Banks Accept Terms
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Japan:

Japanese Bankruptcies Hit 25 Year Low in May
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Ukraine:

Central bank decides to liquidate insolvent Kiev Bank Nadra
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China:

China Shadow Banker Sidesteps Default Concern to Sell Debt
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India:

New debt rules squeeze India's crony capitalists
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Gandhi-Style Protests Used to Combat Indian Bad Loans
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Why bankruptcy code should be a part of Companies Act
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