Law:
Wiley Rein Cuts 18 Partners, 30 Staff Members Amid Restructuring • Layoff Watch: Almost 50 Partners And Staff Let Go At A Leading Law Firm
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Winston Adds Insolvency Partner in NY
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Which BigLaw firms were targets in cyberattacks? Internal Citigroup report lists two of them • Internal Citibank Report Raises Questions on Law Firms' Cybersecurity Efforts
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An Introvert's Advice for Getting Ahead
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Corporate Chair, Partner Resign From Duane Morris
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Business of Law
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Debunking Myths About Hiring Outside Counsel
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Is This How Big Law Partners Gamble on March Madness?
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The Law Office Will Look Totally Different in Five Years
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“How many lawyers will be out of work because of you?”
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Charleston School of Law founder Ed Westbrook resigns from board, plans to sever ties with school
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Widener Law announces split into two schools, new dean in Delaware
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Is The Pace Tuition Discount A Treat Or A Dirty Trick?
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These 7 apps can help you save money right away
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21 iPhone cases that will make everyone do a double take
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A Gentleman's Guide to buying shoes
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Web success propels lawyer's practice
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Amanda Knox murder conviction overturned
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Ellen Pao Loses Bias Case Against Kleiner Perkins • Courtroom Drama: Pao-Kleiner Juror Changed His Vote Mid-Verdict • Why the jury rejected Ellen Pao's claim of gender discrimination • In losing gender bias trial, Pao's lawyers denied millions in fees
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New Indiana 'Religious Freedom' Law Seen Hampering Hiring Ability • CEOs: Indiana Now a No-Go Zone • Angie's List is halting expansion plans in Indiana because of a controversial new law there • Indiana Governor Refuses to Clarify Anti-Gay Bill He Vowed to Clarify • The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act
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Aaron Hernandez's fiancee testified at his trial — and may have made things worse for him
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Fashion Statement at Justice: ‘Free Eric Holder’ Wristbands
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Guards at a San Fransisco jail allegedly forced inmates to fight 'gladiator-style' and bet on the outcomes • Is Gladiatorial Prison Combat ?Worse Than What We Already Do?
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Woman Faked Being Lawyer For 10 Years, Made Partner: Cops
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Sometimes You Just Have To Shoot Up A McDonald’s
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Watching Lawyers Freeze To Death For Fun And Cash
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Texas Bill Would Make It Illegal for You to Film a Cop Beating You
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Controversial new plan to reduce America's prison population
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Judges:
How Harry Reid Changed the Federal Courts
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Detroit bankruptcy judge is Lawyer of the Year
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Benchslap Of The Day: No More Mr. Nice Guy
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A Tip From The Justices on Writing: Keep it Simple
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Prosecutor seeks judge’s recusal in all pending cases, cites ‘legal advice’ email to public defender
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Scalia Fan Fiction • The Originalist Q&A with playwright John Strand
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The Most Interesting Man In The HOV Lane
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Suit Survives Against Over Judge Accused of Groping
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Wall Street:
Stocks Rise With U.S. Futures on Stimulus Bets; Oil Falls • Futures rebound as bulls run with Yellen
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A 'sobering' week for stocks • U.S. stocks suffer big weekly losses
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84% of S&P 500 outlooks have been negative
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Who is gaining as investors flee U.S. stock funds
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Kiss Wall Street's 'middle class' goodbye
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Wall Street's biggest banks are being abandoned
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Most controversial stocks
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Layoffs:
Western banks axed 59,000 jobs last year
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Golf:
Faced with big losses, country clubs scramble to adapt
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Oil/Gas:
Mon. A.M.: Crude oil sinks below $48 as Iran talks continue to weigh
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Fri. P.M.: Crude Prices Fall as Middle East Supply Fears Ease • Oil sell-off intensifies after rig count report • The oil rig count is not important — yet
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US Oil and Natural Gas Rig Count Drops By 21 to 1048 • Rig Counts in North Dakota Fall Below 100 • Drilling Rigs are Stacking Up
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Connacher Lenders Find Advocate in Ex-U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
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Cash-strapped oil firms top Moody’s watch list
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North Dakota’s Jobless Rate Is the Lowest No Longer
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Texas Oil Town: Signs of Economic Slowdown
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As Oil Prices Fall, Oil Firm Default Rate Rises
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Barnett Shale play on hiatus
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Wyoming has lost 1300 jobs in oil and gas since December
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Houston area's economy loses some of its zing • What a drag: Low oil prices continue to slow Texas job growth
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Coping with an oil price crash
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The 101-Year-Old Oil Woman Who Found Millions in Her Mailbox
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Why Oil Could Be Facing A 20-Year Bear Market
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Some Energy Companies Find the Going Tough
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How American frackers plan to beat OPEC
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Trustee in oil company's bankruptcy claims land grab conspiracy in federal lawsuit
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Fitch: E&P Firms in Focus as US High Yield Energy Default Rate Rises
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Canada’s Hit from Slumping Oil May be Broader than Expected
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Low oil prices force 2 Oklahoma companies to cut jobs
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Oil bonds are becoming a major problem
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New survey shows what energy pros are thinking as oil prices tumble
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Blackstone CEO sees ‘remarkable’ opportunities in slumping oil
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U.S. Oil Glut Story Grossly Exaggerated
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Robert Shiller: Buy oil
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Mass Torts:
Insurer Claims Asbestos Fraud Tainted Pittsburgh Corning Bankruptcy
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Privacy:
RadioShack Sale Sparks Data Privacy Concerns
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Healthcare:
Credit for NRMC recovery is misplaced • Future looks bright for hospital merge • Questions still remain regarding former hospital’s PERS accounts
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Public holds bill for health co-op's collapse
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A year after NARH closed, health care makes steady comeback
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The only thing tougher than keeping DMC alive is letting it go
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Report: 2 in 5 Cancer Patients Concerned About Bankruptcy
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New bidders woo Daughters of Charity
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Ameris Health planning to reopen Arkansas hospital
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Pensions:
Shortfalls sabotage promise of union retirees' pensions
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Beauty:
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Media:
Former Kalispell broadcaster loses another round in court
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Economy:
US Economy is Showing Signs of Cracks
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Fed's Janet Yellen Pitches Cautious Tack on Rate Increases
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The controversial theory that worries Janet Yellen
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US jobs to add heat to Fed lift-off debate
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Profit decline in 2014 was first since 2008
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BLS: Twenty-Six States had Unemployment Rate Decreases in February
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US 4Q GDP Revised to 2.2% • Fourth-Quarter GDP – At A Glance
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Survey: Consumers Report Higher Likelihood of Applying for Credit
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Fed: Wages grew in recession, went flat in recovery
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No, inequality actually doesn’t help everyone
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This chart shows only growing sector of economy
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Fears of a new global crash as debts and dollar’s value rise
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Why We Cannot Afford The Republican Budget
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Carly Fiorina: Economy is suffering because workers are ‘watching p--- all day long’ • This former HP exec just told the world she's almost definitely running for president
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Hotels: On Pace for Best Year on Record
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Krugman: Air Conditioning and the Rise of the South
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Foreclosure to Free Home, as 5-Year Clock Expires
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Foreclosure Crisis Update
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Freddie Mac completes largest sale ever of seriously delinquent loans
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Chart: US Housing Recovery
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Will the Fed’s inevitable interest rate hike break a fragile recovery?
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Rate of Delinquent Mortgages Still on the Decline, OCC Says
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It's getting harder to afford a home
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8 Housing Markets with Long Road to Recovery
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Does Non-Recourse Liability Still Exist?
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Thomas Kee: Three reasons I shorted housing
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Buffalo: Special servicer takes over University, D&L Plazas
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DC: Pair of suburban office buildings drops $126M in value since 2007
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Municipalities:
Bill pushes for possible municipal bankruptcies in Illinois • Bill would allow Illinois' cash-strapped local governments to file for bankruptcy
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Atlantic City report hazy on answers • Christie on Atlantic City aid plan: Show me the passed bill • A.C. on the brink • Sucker Bet: Bankruptcy is looking more likely for Atlantic City •Atlantic City May Default on Debt
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Now It's Detroit's Turn for a High-Speed Comeback
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Detroit: Police command officers violated terms of bankruptcy order
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Detroit City Council pay raise could be decided today
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Duggan may have tough time finding blight funds
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Creditors offer Puerto Rico's troubled utility $2 bln financing-sources • Puerto Rico utility closer to deal with creditors - sources
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San Bernardino bankruptcy 'unique,' 'perplexing,' creditor says
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Chicago's on the brink of bankruptcy • New York Lessons for Chicago's Fiscal Blues
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LA: State needs to fix its retirement
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Financially Distressed Municipalities Obtain New Taxing Powers
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Cities on the brink? Municipal pensions causing fiscal frailty
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Philly’s School District is Bust
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City of Joplin sues Houston area man, former master developer for fraud
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The 10 US cities where it's cheapest to live
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Gambling:
Caesars close to deal with top lenders to bail out its unit
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Vegas casinos back to cashing in: Caesars CEO
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You'll Never Guess Las Vegas' Caesars Entertainment's Latest Bad Idea
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Plan to Turn Showboat Casino Into College Campus Runs Into Legal Issues
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Report: N.J. real estate veteran Goldberg and N.Y. developer preparing bid for Revel
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Politics:
Election 2016: People are ready for Elizabeth Warren • Warren Pushes Back at Banks
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Ron Paul supporters turn backs on Rand Paul
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When Clinton deleted work emails from server • O’Malley Criticizes Clinton as 2016 Candidate
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Rubio Likely to Announce Presidential Run
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Food/Beverage:
Bankruptcy trustee seeks $25.7 million from Tyson Foods
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Divers discover holes leaking water into bankrupt restaurant barge
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Car Buff Indicted, Accused of Lying about a Lamborghini, a Viper, 2 Corvettes and 2 Trans Ams
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Education:
Morris Brown College “victoriously emerges” from bankruptcy • Morris Brown trustee: College emerging from bankruptcy
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Students, staff left scrambling after Bucks Co. school abruptly closes
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Trump casino execs fault Stockton Univ. in Atlantic City property purchase
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Celeb:
Kanye West Seeks to Buy Streetwear Retailer Karmaloop • Karmaloop Sale Buzz Heats Up: Will Kanye, Damon Dash Nab the Deal? • Will Kanye West buy Karmaloop? Maybe, says CEO
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Once worth $1 billion, Sam Wyly is bankrupt but still fighting
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Batteries:
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Theatre:
Steiner and Supporters Pushing Surflight Theatre Bankruptcy Trustee for Decision
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Student Debt:
A Simple Solution for Overburdened Student Loan Borrowers
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Aviation:
Germanwings Co-Pilot's Death Wish •Crash pilot was psychiatric patient, planned big gesture • Depression didn't make the Germanwings co-pilot murder 149 people • Liability for Germanwings Crash May Still Rest With Airline, Insurer • Germanwings crash co-pilot may have had detached retina • The Germanwings pilot left for the bathroom and came back shouting 'open the d--- door'
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Germanwings - Could Be On The Hook For Unlimited Liability • Germanwings: Urged Pilot to Leave Cockpit?
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Want to Live? 4 Airlines to Avoid
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Personal Finance:
7 things hiring managers value much more than your education • 2 common résumé mistakes that make hiring managers cringe
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Banking:
Unofficial Problem Bank list decline to 349 Institutions in March, Q1 2015 Transition Matrix
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Publishing:
Picture changing for bankrupt Christian retailer
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Fraud:
Utah judge rules that 'legal' Ponzi scheme, targeted to Mormons, was still just fraud
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Ex-Direct Access CEO Sentenced to Four Years in Bribe Scheme
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Tech:
GTAT secures US$95 million debtor-in-possession financing
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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 (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (237 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:
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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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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Discharge:
Boies Schiller attorneys keep pushing over BofA's post- bankruptcy credit reports
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Professional Compensation:
Section 328 and Its 'Two-Way Ratchet'
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Mootness:
Creditors' Rights in Chapter 11: Use Them or Lose Them
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Avoidance Actions:
Think You Have a “Good Faith, for Value” Defense? Value to Creditors is the Key!
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Settlements:
Third Circuit Finds Settlement Agreement to be Plan Modification
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Tax:
SCOTUS Asked To Look At Level Of Culpability Required To Lose Discharge For A Tax Shelter
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TBTF:
Senate Takes Swing at Big Banks
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Retailing:
RadioShack bankruptcy hearing drags on, Salus plans new bid • Lender working on 'significant' new RadioShack bid
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Retired RadioShack chief sees bright tech future as company struggles
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Bidders ready for second week of action in RadioShack bankruptcy
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Grupo Gigante to Buy RadioShack's Mexican Business
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New SkyMall Owner May Relaunch Catalog
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Slow Bleed in GameStop Stock Resumes
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Autos:
Bankruptcy Judge May Lift Shield for GM Over Ignition Switch Claims
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Payback Due for Sacrifices, UAW Tells Detroit Three
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Furniture:
Chromcraft Revington has been ordered to pay more than $632K after defaulting on IHFC lease
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Amusement Parks:
Hotel Conneaut operator says events will go on despite letter canceling lease
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Religion:
Archdiocese asks bankruptcy court for more time to reorganize
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Bankruptcy shadows New Mexico diocese's 75th anniversary
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Supreme Court weighing whether to hear Rev. Schuller case
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Looking Past Cardinal Dolan's Hearty Smile
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Asset Protection:
The MacDaddy Of All Intra-Member Charging Order Versus Levy Disputes
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Sovereigns:
Changes in Sovereign Debt Risk Rules Won’t Come Quickly
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Gov't suspends Citibank's market operations • Argentina Bans Citi From Market Operations on Holdout Agreement • Argentina: 'We will maintain Citibank’s suspension' • 'Citibank has left its clients high and dry'
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Argentina's Local Dollar Bonds Fall on Griesa Contagion Concern
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Argentina bond saga takes another twist
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Argentine Bond Plaintiffs to Withdraw Subpoenas, Judge Told
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UK:
Investigation into Comet's collapse concludes
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New rules could prevent certain pre-packs from proceeding
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Govt confirms undrawn pensions out of debt collectors' reach
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EU:
The EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive: moving towards full implementation
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Eurozone can't survive in current form, says PIMCO
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PIIGS:
Greece Submits Reform Proposals to Eurozone • Greek Bailout Proposals Lack Necessary Detail, Officials Say - Eurozone finance ministers unlikely to meet before mid-April to give Athens more cash • Greek Economic Reform Proposals Don't Make The Grade • Greece says not backing down on debt relief goal • Greece struggles to accommodate lenders as cash dwindles • Greece says talks with lenders are continuing positively • Greece's bailout talks are still going nowhere as the country runs out of money • Tsipras seeks 'happy ending' with EU • Greece aims to unlock bail-out cash with €3bn reform plan • Investors fear Greece will impose capital controls
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Greece's Fate Lies in Athens' Hands, Not Berlin's
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Fitch downgrades Greece's rating to 'CCC'
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Greek stocks slammed with reforms in view
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How Greece pushed Europe's creditors to the edge
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Factory in Portugal exemplifies Europe's jobs fight
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ie: Massive vacant stores struggle to find buyers
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Weak capital ties Italian banks to bad debts
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Canada:
Target moves to shut all Canadian stores faster than planned
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Germany:
Demographic change could be disastrous for German pensions
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China:
Half-Pie or No Pie? News for Kaisa’s Offshore Creditors
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THSRC proposes new restructuring plan to avoid bankruptcy
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Chinese developers build into bust
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Andorra:
Andorra's Fascinating Experiment, FRB Without LOLR
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Brazil:
Petrobras engineering firm contractor files for bankruptcy
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Brazil police arrest Grupo Galv+úo CEO in Petrobras probe
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Vale chief nominated to be next chairman of scandal-hit Petrobras
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's Pension Fund is bankrupt
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What’s $3 Billion Between Enemies? Ukraine and Russia Battle Over Debt Terminology • Russia is refusing to negotiate over its $3 billion loan to Ukraine
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Soros 'stands ready' to invest $1 billion in Ukraine
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Hungary:
Calls for Orbán’s resignation: In Quaestor scandal, all roads lead to Fidesz
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Quaestor Brokerage Scandal: Chief Prosecutor Under Fire
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