Law:
Gap With Top Firms Will Close, Ballard Spahr Chair Predicts
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DLA Piper Names 2 Restructuring Partners
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Freshfields cuts bonuses
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Kelley Kronenberg Adds Bankruptcy Practice Group, Diversifies Office in Tampa
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Good news for new lawyers: Fewer grads mean better job prospects, report shows
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Beyond The Billable Hour: 6 Key Insights
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Malpractice concerns spark heightened scrutiny of lawyers switching firms
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Before Dentons-McKenna Merger, Departures
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Three Times The Work, One Third The Billing
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The Top 10 Law Schools For Best ‘Social Life’ (2015)
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Do Prestigious Law Degrees Really Matter?
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Northwestern Extends Loan Repayment Aid to Private Sector
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Students at one Baltimore law school may take exams at home
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Cooley Snags a Webby Award
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4 Ways to Ensure Security and Ethics in Law Firm Emails
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Fraud Claims Against Proskauer Over Tax Shelter Advice Upheld
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2 lawyers charged after courthouse deposition erupts into fistfight
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Northwestern offers ‘interest freedom plan’ to law grads earning less than $85K in private sector
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Getting Paid In SmallLaw
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How these American lawyers have built their lives and careers in foreign lands
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Reinventing The Law Business: The Most Important Thing I Do
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Rapped for photo taken with Snoop Dogg, state trooper files whistleblower suit against department
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Judges:
These Guys Ticked Off The Wrong Bankruptcy Judge
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Chief Justice John Roberts Has Become Less Predictably Conservative
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In Defense Of Justice Scalia
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Barry Bonds, Judge Kozinski, and Trusting the Government
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Wall Street:
Major U.S. stocks indexes end April with a whimper
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Education:
This chart of projected tuition costs will give anyone saving for college the chills
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Stockton spending $400K a month on unusable Showboat • More questions, but few answers, about Stockton's Showboat purchase • Stockton may scrap Showboat casino campus deal
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Social Media:
LinkedIn plunges on weak outlook • LinkedIn shares crashing more than 26%
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Student Debt:
College grad who refuses to pay back her loans has applied to 300 jobs — and she's still unemployed
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Batteries:
Exide Technologies Emerges From Chapter 11 Restructuring
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Privacy:
RadioShack Is A Reminder That Old Data Don't Die, Or Fade Away
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Economy:
Employee compensation costs jump in Q1
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The Death of the 40 Hour Workweek
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It looks like the US economy is 'beyond full employment' • Jobless Claims in U.S. Decrease to Lowest Level in 15 Years
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Consumer Spending Ends Sluggish U.S. Quarter on Better Note
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Millennials might yet be bailed out by better wages
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This new set of rankings shows which colleges pay off the most
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Warren Buffett Losing His Economic Mojo
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Average US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.68 percent
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Mortgage rates inch up on mixed economic news
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The first quarter saw a refinance mini-boom
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Mortgage Giants Seen Needing up to $157B in Aid in Disaster • Fannie Mae: More Questions, Fewer Answers From Treasury • Leaked Treasury memo on Fannie, Freddie fuels fire for sweep critics
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Montco real estate developer's bankruptcy case reopened
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Municipalities:
Michigan Governor Calls for State to Pay Detroit Schools' Debt • 18 Detroit schools close as hundreds of teachers protest Gov. Snyder's education plans • OK, let's break down Snyder's plan to overhaul Detroit Public Schools • Detroit school system to split under Michigan governor's plan • Detroit Mayor Duggan Disses Gov. Snyder's Proposed Reforms of Detroit Schools
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What Detroit can teach us all
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S&P ratings agency says bankruptcy unlikely in near term for Atlantic City
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Puerto Rico's economy in limbo after legislators reject governor's tax proposal
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Puerto Rico utility wins bondholder agreement for extra time
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After setback, Puerto Rico governor lays out recovery agenda
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Chicago Touts Shift in Debt Practices
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Retailing:
Sears Creates Venture With Macerich in $150 Million Deal • Sears strikes third real estate deal this month
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Celebs:
‘Real Housewives’ Star In Prison For Bankruptcy Fraud Reportedly Acting Like ‘Diva’ Behind Bars
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Celebrity chef will close Largo restaurant after filing Ch. 11
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George Soros May Face a Monster $6.7 Billion U.S. Tax Bill
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The 1990 NFL draft class: Some thrive, but just as many struggle
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Oil/Gas:
Crude- oil prices flirt with $60 a barrel • Oil Price Rally Built on Very Fragile Ground
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Cashion-based drilling Falcon Rigs files for bankruptcy protection
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Franklin Resources Backs Hard-Hit E&Ps
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Oil crash forces Endeavour to seek sale, abandon bankruptcy plan
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How Shale Is Becoming The .COM Bubble Of The 21st Century
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Exxon profits fall 46 percent amid cheap crude
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OPEC April Output Highest Since 2012
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Low oil prices could destabilize the financial system
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Low oil prices could destabilize the financial system
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Mass Torts:
Asbestos firm’s opposition to releasing clients’ information is revealing, Garlock claims
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Financial Literacy:
How to teach kids about money at any age
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Food/Beverage:
Is It Too Late for McDonald's to Save Itself?
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Religion:
'Slow road to recovery': Finances run thin for Diocese of Helena after approval of bankruptcy
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Victims getting payment through abuse settlement say trauma is far from over
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Fraud:
April 2015 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Environmental:
Rush job on Freedom Industries clean-up?
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Coal:
Peabody chief questions climate science, backs 'clean coal'
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Consultants:
Moelis Plunges as Revenue Falls on Weaker Restructuring Market
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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 (33 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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:
Single Asset Real Estate Debtors Account for 19 Percent of All Ch. 11 Cases to Date
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Cross-Border:
Reorganization by Foreign Debtors in the US and UK
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Bankruptcy Reform:
The American Bankruptcy Institute's Recommendations for Chapter 11 Reform
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Reclamation:
When Are Goods "Received" For Purposes Of Section 503(B)(9) Of The Bankruptcy Code?
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Avoidance Actions:
CPI Corp. Preference Actions Filed
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Litigation:
Civil procedure nerds unite! The FRCP amendments are here!
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New Supreme Court Case Could Have Huge Impact on Class Action Litigation
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Apparel:
Moody's downgrades NYDJ to Caa1 from B3; outlook negative
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Gambling:
Caesars Examiner Close to Deal on Creditors’ Investigation
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Tropicana refuses anti-Icahn letter from casino workers
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Electricity:
After A Year In Chapter 11, Energy Future Holdings Still Divided, Outlook Unclear
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Museums:
Infighting, legal fights bury Graves Museum
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Sovereigns:
Elliott's Newman Says Investors Too Optimistic on Argentina Deal
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More debt , you bet!
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UK:
Begbies Traynor Gives Profit Warning On Declining Insolvency Market
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Interview: R3 president Phillip Sykes
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The Wonder Of Woolies – Good News For UK Insolvency Practitioners
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Lloyds upbeat on UK growth as profits lifted by drop in bad debts
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U.K. Manufacturing Unexpectedly Cools as Pound Saps Exports
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EU:
Mario Draghi is 'truly radical'
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PIIGS:
Greece, Euro-Area Partners Target Deal by Sunday
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What Greece Faces if It Defaults
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IMF says next Greek payment to Fund due May 6
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The Coming Defaults Of Greece
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Russia:
Russia cuts key interest rate, hopes worst of crisis over
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Brazil:
Creditors of Brazil's Eneva Approve Restructuring Plan
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Austria:
Austria's Schelling rules out insolvency for Carinthia • Carinthia Won't Be the Next Greece
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MENA:
Bahrain central bank puts Iran-linked bank, insurer into administration
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Indonesia:
Indonesian government to write off Merpati
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China:
China's struggles argue for stimulus all round
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