Law:

15-lawyer team exiting Gordon Silver to form new firm
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Cravath Gets It Right, Again
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There Are Too Many Lawyers , Say Law Firms
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Disappointed with earnings after law school? You’re in good company, lawyer happiness study says • Lawyers With Lowest Pay Report More Happiness
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Sharon Levine: Bankruptcy Reform Could Actually Aggravate Student Loan Issue • Shaunna Jones: Everyone Suffers Without Bankruptcy Reform for Student Debt • Richard Chesley: Helping Over-Burdened Borrowers is the Goal of Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Litigator Named Director of Dykema’s Newly Expanded Financial Industry Group
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Former SMU Law Professor Donates $2M to School to Help Advance Gender Equality
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Evansville bankruptcy attorney suspended, used client money to pay the cost of filing his own bankruptcy
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Unchartered Territory: Law Firm IPOs
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Biglaw Mommy: You Are Not A Failure
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Lifestyles of The Am Law 100
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Law Schools Are Trying To Fix Lawyers' Business Ignorance
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McKenna Long Waived Rules to Ease Dentons Merger
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4 Tips to Help Lawyers Master Their Lives
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Collaboration in BigLaw; Easier Said Than Done
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Law School Website Rankings
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Hawaii Law Will Admit Students Who Haven't Taken LSAT
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The Author of 'Prozac Nation' Hasn't Stopped Working for Superlawyer David Boies
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7 Strategies for Dealing With Negative People
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Is The Apple Watch Tax Deductible?
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After 3 weeks of using an iPhone, I'll never use Android again
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Texas attorney general tells CNN: Gays can ‘feel how they want’ but marriage is for straight people
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Homeless Lawyer Secretly Lived In Public Defender’s Office For 5 Months
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Weed-loving church will fill sanctuary with pot smoke to test new religious freedom law
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Thieves are stealing cash from ATMs using an iPod Nano and a piece of plastic
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Lawyer pleads guilty to insider trading based on tip from golfing buddy
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Should Tom Brady Sue The NFL And Roger Goodell? A Deflategate Email Exchange
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So, I CAN’T Tell My Associate To Do More To ‘Satisfy’ Her Husband?
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Lawyer’s tree house, rented online for $195 a night, is legal but may raise property tax bill
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Ex-lawyer is accused of soliciting murder of third wife after second wife’s slaying
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Two lawyers are convicted of extortion for arrest threat in bid to collect fee
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Managing partner: Lawyer asked about firm, Knights Templar before knife attack; wife played dead
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Sonia Sotomayor On Vicious Infighting At The High Court
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Retiring Judge Sanctions Lawyers $451,381
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Wall Street:

Wall Street set for solid open
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U.S. stocks close flat after early gains fade
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The bond market is sending shock waves, and Wall Street insiders are worried
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57% of investors expect a correction soon: Poll
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Layoffs:

Settlement underway for shuttered firetruck-maker’s former employees
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HRG’s Salus Capital Lending Unit Said to Trim 40% of Its Staff
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Rail:

For Many Northeast Lawyers, a Life Riding Rails
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The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia was going way too fast • Hit Curve Going Over 100 Miles Per Hour • Train cars ripped apart... 'Disastrous mess' • Passengers 'Didn't Care About Anyone Else, Stepping Over People' • 'Dozens' Remain Unaccounted For • What we know about Amtrak’s history of accidents, injuries and deaths
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Amtrak crash may reveal the high cost of neglect • Amtrak Crash Fuels Rancor Over Transportation Budget
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Politics:

Trade proposal deal reached, congressional leaders say
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Senator Warren Means Well, But She's Dangerously Wrong
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The ridiculousness of the Obama/Warren sexism flap
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RNC Lists 36 Candidates
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Bush slips, admits running for president
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Golf:

How California golf courses are responding to the historic drought
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Briar's Creek bankruptcy plan approved
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Education:

Corinthian Students to Receive Official Committee Representation
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Corinthian students in the dark about their options, state AGs say
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Here's a big reason why Americans have $1.16 trillion in student debt
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Art Institute of Jacksonville to close campus, 'teach out' remaining students
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Latest college with financial problems: ITT Educational Services
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The Real Cost of College
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Which For-Profit Colleges Will Shut Down Next?
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Environmental:

Judge Rejects Bankruptcy Plan for Freedom Industries
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Freedom's Southern hit with additional charge
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Theatre:

Surflight Theatre Auction Scheduled for July
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San Jose Rep theater plan clears first hurdle
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Coal:

Patriot Coal Says Talks With Buyer 'Highly Advanced'
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NWR Reports Operating Loss in ‘Extremely Difficult’ Coal Market
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Walter Energy Is A 'No-Touch' Stock
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Does Coal Have a Future in the United States?
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Tough Times for Coal Getting Worse
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Mining:

Molycorp Could Exhaust Domestic Cash Within Weeks
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Aviation:

Qatar Air CEO decries 'bullying tactics' of rival U.S. airlines - Says Ch.11 Is "Government Subsidy"
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Corporate Governance:

Is The Only Purpose of a Corporation to Maximize Profit?
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Economy:

Food-Stamp Use Is Now the Lowest Since 2011
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Household Debt Remains Flat in First Quarter
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First Quarter Casts Shadow on Spring
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Dollar slides to lowest since January
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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Where Are Americans Spending Their Money? Restaurants and Online Shopping
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Sales bummer adds to bleak economic outlook
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Reckoning for the Fed
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Senate Duo Takes Aim at Fed’s Lending Powers
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The latest ugly economic report has people saying 'recession'
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Dick Grasso: $4T question nobody is asking the Fed
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Secret corporate takeover hidden in trade bill: Stiglitz
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Greenspan: Get ready for another taper tantrum
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HSBC: The world economy faces a 'titanic problem'
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Facebook mandates $15 minimum wage and paid leave for contract workers
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America's wealthiest zip codes
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Mapped: The places where most public school children are poor
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These are the things people who are forced to work long hours miss the most
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Foreclosures: Beware Unexpected Violations
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Cash home sales drop as cheap investments dry up
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey
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Map: Where it’s cheaper to buy than rent
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Goldman’s odd reason to bet against housing stocks
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Foreign Money Is Pouring Into U.S. Real Estate, and It's Not Just Houses
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A.G. Schneiderman Announces Court Judgment Against Brooklyn & Florida Law Firms For Running Fraudulent Mortgage Rescue Scheme
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Fannie Mae accused of neglecting homes in minority communities
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Survey: More Millennials Renting, But Just As Many Want To Own
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Municipalities:

What It's Like When Your City Goes Broke
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Court fight revs up over legality of Chicago pension reforms • Unions demand Emanuel drop pension court battle • Judge sets hearing in Chicago pension deal lawsuit
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Report: Illinois is Hiding Billions More in Retirement Debt
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How Chicago, City of Junk, Just Moved a Little Closer to Detroit
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Chicago's first junk-rating blow: a $2.2 billion bank payout • Chicago's race to the bottom accelerates
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How Illinois’ Pension Debt Blew Up Chicago’s Credit
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As Moody's junks Chicago, more peril across Illinois
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Puerto Rico Talks Seeking to Avoid Receiver, Knighthead Says
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San Bernardino plan to exit bankruptcy to be released today
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Las Vegas: Record Visitor Traffic in 2014, Same pace in 2015
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The 10 best cities to start your career
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Oil/Gas:

Mitigating Buyer Risk in Oil and Gas Acquisitions
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Bankruptcy expert says more calls rolling in from Sask. oilpatch
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Crude oil prices rise again after U.S. inventories continue to dip
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U.S. shale-oil producers set to raise output
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Analysts turn more optimistic on oil • Forecasters Are Wrong About Oil Prices • US Oil Execs: No Hope for Price Bounce This Yr
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Goldman Sees Oil Dropping As Price Rally Makes Crude Too Costly
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Brazil, Russia enter ring in U.S.-OPEC heavyweight fight • OPEC Output Up, U.S. Shale Down
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3 Ways Oil Companies Can Survive Low Prices
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Canadian oil field services company cuts 2,000 jobs across North America
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Saudi claims oil price strategy success
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Colorado's oil and gas slump is fallout from global game of 'chicken,' says exec
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Mud King Products Exits Bankruptcy, Litigation Dismissed
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Retailing:

U.S. retail sales flat in April, continue to slow
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As April retail sales fall flat, mall stores close in droves
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Woodville Mall owner files for bankruptcy
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Southwest Center Mall, which Dallas has been trying to save since 2009, is now up for grabs
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The RadioShack brand sells for $26 million • RadioShack IP Auction Won by Hedge Fund Standard General
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Judge Approves $7 Million Sale of Fresh Produce Retail Chain
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JC Penney posts narrower 1st qtr loss, lifts margin target
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Macy's has ominous insight about US consumers • Macy's falls on lower profits
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Why Best Buy Won't Go Away in the 'Age of Amazon'
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Taxis:

How Uber's subprime auto loans trap drivers like a 'ball and chain'
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Newspapers:

Cable giant drops $1 bid for the New York Daily News, says it's too much to pay
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Fashion:

Final Report Filed in Betsey Johnson Bankruptcy Cases
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Healthcare

Bankruptcy judge approves auction for Hollywood hospital with jailed owner
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Judge: Hutcheson must give debated documents to Erlanger
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Utah company facing bankruptcy ; nursing home residents in limbo
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‘Mercy Killers’ puts human face on health care debate - Play inspired by huge numbers of Americans driven into bankruptcy by medical debt
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Downgrades:

Fitch: 1Q Downgrades Surpass Upgrades; US Issuance Still Strong
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Bonds:

Bond Protections Still Weak: Moody's
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Celebs:

‘Sonja Morgan Needs Some Help’ Says Kristen Taekman After ‘RHONY’ Meltdown
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Corporate Reform:

UBS Guilty Plea for Libor Seen Opening Door to Political Battle
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5 banks expected to plead guilty to felony charges
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Consequences? Barclays Exec Involved In LIBOR Fixing Becomes Bank's Head Of Asia-Pac
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Hockey:

Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Agresti Rejects Joint Administration in Erie Hockey Cases
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Alternative Energy:

City hires lawyers in Lima Energy bankruptcy
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:

Bankruptcy Court Analyzes Preferences and Fraudulent Transfer Claims as Applied to a Lease Termination Agreement
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Ninth Circuit Insulates Corporate Insider from Preference Liability
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:

Court OK's multi-million dollar bonus plan for critical Standard Register employees
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Automatic Stay:

Act in Good Faith or Else: The Limits of the Automatic Stay
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Bankruptcy Reform:

It's Not All Bad: ABI Proposals That Could Benefit Secured Creditors
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How Bankruptcy Reform Undermined Cigar Butt Investing
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Mediation:

Cooler heads prevail: Why mediation is growing as a tool in bankruptcy
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Discharge:

Major Banks to Delete Records for Some Borrowers Who Filed for Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Litigation:

Orchard Supply - The Trouble With Motions to Dismiss
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Estoppel:

Dismissing Bankruptcy-Debtor Plaintiffs' Cases on Judicial Estoppel Grounds
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Secured Creditors Must File Timely Proofs of Claims to be Paid: Seventh Circuit
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TBTF:

Banks must get 'serious' about bankruptcy plans: FDIC's Hoenig
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Federal Scrutiny of MetLife Isn't Focused on Its Biggest Business
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‘Too big to fail’ banks are still around — but Elizabeth Warren and David Vitter plan to change that
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Free Lunch: The legacy of America's bailouts
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Insurance:

Nebraska firm loses round but insurance fight continues
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Thinking About Excess D&O Insurance
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Gambling:

Atlantic City casino revenue down 3 percent in April
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Telecoms:

Judges rip into squabbling Nortel lawyers • Judges craft their own formula for Nortel's $7.3 bln in cash
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DLA Piper obtains success in Nortel cross border insolvency allocation trial
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Nortel Networks beaten as thousands of British pensioners win share of billion dollar fund
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Nortel bonds plummet after court ruling on assets
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Pressure mounting on creditors to accept Nortel ruling
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Personal Finance:

Bankruptcy Can Help Seniors Protect Assets
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What to say when the hiring manager asks, 'What motivates you?' • The 50 most common interview questions
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History:

Business Booms and Busts
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Crisis Chronicles: The Man on the Twenty-Dollar Bill and the Panic of 1837
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Mass Torts:

Once hailed as victory, Texas man’s asbestos case was used against plaintiffs firm in bankruptcy case
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Ex-Freedom Industries president faces new fraud charge
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Shipping:

Esco Marine attempts to reorganize
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Sovereigns:

Argentina rejects appointment of pro-vulture lobbyist
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Greek bailout talks: Here’s one way to avoid ugly fights over sovereign debt.
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UK:

Illegality, insolvency and fraudulent directors: Clarity at last?
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Olympic Airlines pensions case raises question of establishment in insolvencies
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EU:

Euro zone economy outpaces US • Euro at 3-month high, bond yields key
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Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive – Implications for Repo and Derivative Counterparties
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'Father of Euro' Knew It Was a Problem Child
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PIIGS:

Greek minister calls for ECB repayment delay • Greece rules out bailout deal that won't allow crisis exit • Europe Preparing Greek Bankruptcy Loan "In Event Of Grexit" • Should You Really Fear a Grexit? • Political Will Is Keeping Greece From Bankruptcy : Vogt • Greece's Payment Plan Is a Shell Game • EU Said to Consider Plan for Greece in Event of Euro Exit • One more risk for Greece right now • Greek economy: Just how is the country paying its bills?
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ie: Big plan to help mortgage holders ‘won’t have the banks quaking in their boots’ • Banks' veto removed under Coalition mortgage arrears plan • Courts Service to be given powers to overrule banks which reject debt deals • Mortgage groups call on banks to stop repossession cases
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Drumm faces uphill battle in appeal against bankruptcy ruling
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Argentina:

The only picture you need to see to understand how insane Argentine inflation is
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China:

Everything China's doing isn't working • Economists React: China’s April Economic Weather Report Is Mostly Cloudy
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India:

Indian child bride, now 19, faces $25000 fine for rejecting marriage
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Japan:

Sharp Posts Annual Loss, Reaches Financing Deal With Lenders • Sharp again saved from bankruptcy by its banks
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Sri Lanka:

Former Sri Lankan president warns of government financial bankruptcy
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