Law:

Dewey Day 2: CFO Just 'Blunt,' Says Lawyer, as Accountants and Ex-Partner Take Stand • Dueling Narratives in Trial of Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Leaders • Defense Says Dewey & LeBoeuf Emails Taken Out of Context • Defense in Dewey leaders’ trial blames disloyal partners who ‘picked up their marbles and ran’ • The Blame Game Begins: Opening Statements In The Dewey & LeBoeuf Trial • Defense Puts Spotlight on Dewey & LeBoeuf Emails • Opening Statements Conclude in Dewey Trial
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Biglaw Firm Only Wants Big $$$ Clients
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Keeping Pace with Changes in Big Law
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Biglaw Mommy: Misery Loves Company — And That’s Okay
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Why Are You Here? Living Your Life’s Purpose
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3Ls and old pros differ on whether new grads are prepared for practice
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Five Tips for Law Firm Summer Associates
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Professional Development Tips from a DLA Piper Partner
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Arm Your Headhunters to Bag the Best Lateral Talent
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Law Schools + The Internet = Embarrassing Screenshots
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The Cruel Grading System Of Low-Ranked Law Schools
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Memorable Law School Graduation Speeches
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Temp services offer part-time lawyers for occasional needs
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The View From Up North: The Joy Of Taking A Law Firm Public
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Ashurst pay rises across the board as new lawyers' salaries hit £65,000
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Shearman freezes associate pay but hikes trainee salaries by 15 per cent
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A new iPhone bug crashes people's phones with a single text message • How to make texting on your iPhone as private as possible
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Speech recognition moves past the dream stage
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'Ransomware' software attacks stymie law firms
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A psychologist says these personality types are most likely to clash at work
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Former in-house lawyer admits stealing $2.6M from his company
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Wal-Mart Settles Turnpike Crash Lawsuit by Comedian Tracy Morgan
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How Law Firms Use Facebook and Other Data to Track Down Medical Victims
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America's Magna Carta
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Judge Gives ‘Field of Dreams’ Project the Go-Ahead
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Judge Ponders Whether Chimps Should Get Same Rights as Humans
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Two Students Charged With Felony After Filling Lockers With Alarm Clocks
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Students Charged After Releasing 72,000 Ladybugs in High School
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World's Slowest Police Chase
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Chicago Cop Fired for Posing With Black Suspect Dressed in Deer Antlers
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Judges:

Staging Scalia
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Voters Still Question Supreme Court's Political Biases
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New Initiative Urges Voluntary Term Limits for Future Justices
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Judge resigns amid allegations she retaliated after rebuffed Facebook request, exhibited paranoia
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Judge who remarked on ‘temptresses’ who are ‘asking for it’ faces ethics complaint
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This Judge Has Some Crude Insights About Women And Booze
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June is busting out all over with big-time SCOTUS decisions
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Wall Street:

Futures lower; Wall Street awaits jobless claims; Greece hopes hit • Rate-hike fears hamper U.S. stock futures
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US stocks bounce back; Nasdaq sets record close
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Religion:

Gallup diocese billed $2.25M so far in bankruptcy case
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Twin Cities archdiocese puts buildings up for sale
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Infrastructure:

Cities, states borrow more, but spend less on roads
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Soccer:

How FIFA makes its billions How FIFA makes its billions • The most staggering part of FIFA's $150 million bribery scandal • US officials say FIFA inquiry is only beginning • FIFA Sponsors Could Play Major Role in Scandal • Budweiser to 'closely monitor' FIFA situation • McDonald's in contact with FIFA over charges • Visa threatens to end FIFA deal as pressure mounts • The banks and brands sweating on FIFA probe • UEFA committee: Corruption 'deeply rooted' • Only The American Justice System Could Go After FIFA • FIFA’s Paris Cash Drop: $10,000 Bundles Stacked in Suitcase • How Will the U.S. Extradite FIFA Officials From Switzerland? • US. Swiss Timed FIFA Raids for Max Effect
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Fraud:

Court approves $11.1 million global settlement in three Madoff avoidable transfers cases
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A venture capital exec facing insider trading and fraud charges has vanished
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Electricity:

Creditors Say Energy Future Privately Aims To Thwart Alternate Reorganization Plans
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Tax:

IRS May Be Closing Corporate Tax Debt Cases Too Soon
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Guns:

Colt again extends deadline on distressed bond swap, Ch. 11 vote • Colt hopeful exchange offer will win over investors on third try
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Coal:

The war on coal is real, and one side is clearly winning
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Can Peabody Hold On?
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Museums:

Evergreen settlement meets with opposition
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Former Pageant Queen Headed To Prison For Bankruptcy Fraud
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MI: Decatur woman sentenced to prison for bankruptcy fraud
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Politics:

Bernie Sanders targets income inequality
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Does Elizabeth Warren have a Silicon Valley problem? • Elizabeth Warren Unleashed
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Jeb Bush’s busy role on corporate boards could become issue in 2016 presidential campaign
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Elizabeth Warren flipped houses while denouncing speculators
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Shipping:

Overseas Shipholding Asks Lenders to Relax Merger-Limiting Rules
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Hedge Funds:

Liquidators of Ex-Harvard QB's Funds Sue Barclays for $80 Million
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Economy:

What we've learned from Yellen and Fischer
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Fed's Williams says US rate rise likely this year, economy to bounce
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Businesses Ramp Up Borrowing to Get Ahead of Interest Rates
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BLS: Twenty-Three States had Unemployment Rate Decreases in April
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One-Third of U.S. Workers Want Longer Hours Even With No Raise
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Regional Fed Manufacturing Surveys for May and the ISM Index
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Skills, not wealth, drive U.S. income inequality
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Maybe the U.S. economy isn't tanking after all
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The current unemployment rate in each state
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Sen. Warren: Rise of Contract Workers Is 'Real Problem'
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College-educated workers took biggest pay cut in 2014
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More seniors are going hungry
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Union to Fight to Ignore LA's $15 Minimum Wage
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Credit card delinquency statistics
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Bill Gates' Biggest Fear: Global Epidemic 'Far Worse Than Ebola'... Well over 50% chance 'in my lifetime'
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Healthcare Costs And Their Effect On The U.S. Economy In 3 Charts
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Struggling Companies, Creditors Weigh REIT Conversions
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Loans For Builders Not Quite Keeping Pace
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Top 10 buyer and seller markets
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Mortgage applications drop 1.6% as refinancing stalls
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Freddie Mac: The top 5 improving metros right now
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RBS mortgage settlement with FHFA could reach $4.5B
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Ocwen to cut 140 jobs at Houston • Ocwen closing residential servicing operations in Houston
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Toll Brothers revenue falls 1 pct on lower home sales
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Here's the salary you have to earn to buy a home in 15 major US cities
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Rental Fever
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St. Louis: Creditor seeks $6.3 million from Steffen, Pyramid
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Bankruptcy judge: Michigan farmland sale doesn’t violate conservation easement
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Municipalities:

Detroit's turnaround is about more than money
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Bankruptcy judge to decide Detroit spousal health care
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Detroit Police Chief: I Wouldn't Gas Up in City at Night Unless Had To
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San Bernardino’s Financial Gordian Knot
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Leaders renew push for local control of Detroit schools
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Kansas budget struggles could bring furloughs
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Don Guardian, Atlantic City's uncommon mayor, is fiercely optimistic in face of city’s economic crisis
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Puerto Rico limps towards debt default
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Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Is Big Business for Washington Lobbyists
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Borrowing to Replenish Depleted Pensions
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NY: The real numbers on the state's pension plan are worse than officials are willing to admit
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Fastest growing U.S. cities: Texas is king
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Oil/Gas:

Thurs. A.M.: Oil tries to stabilize ahead of weekly U.S. data
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Weds. A.M.: Oil falls below $63 as dollar strengthens
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OPEC seen backing Saudi Arabia’s plan to keep supplies elevated
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The Oil Glut is Not Real
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Inside the Duer Wagner III bankruptcy: Low crude prices forced oil man into default
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Tanker Market Sends Warning to Oil Bulls
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Analyst: More cuts to come as reality sets in for oil companies surprised by downturn
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Solar as fastest growing U.S. power source rivals shale boom
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Awards:

Arent Fox Bankruptcy Associate George Utlik Named a ‘40 Under 40’ Emerging Leader by the M&A Advisor
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Food/Beverage:

McDonald's stops monthly sales reports
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Banking:

Overdraft fees top $1 billion at top 3 banks
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Alabama One Bankruptcy Hearing Ignites Drama
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FDIC: Fewer Problem banks, Residential REO Declines in Q1
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Lehman:

Why Lehman Brothers lives on
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Fallen Lehman chief opens real estate brokerage
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Retailing:

Meet The Real Estate Experts Helping Reshape Retail, Booming Or Bankrupt
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SkyMall Is Back from the Dead
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Family Christian Stores Lives On, For Now
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Student Debt:

Here's an Innovative Idea for Reducing Student Loans
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Government investigation finds companies are not overcharging troops on student loans
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Personal Finance:

The majority of self-made millionaires have a similar approach to earning money
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Emergency savings: How much you really need
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Education:

For-profit colleges lose bid to scuttle government rules
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Meet ‘privileged’ community college students
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Environmental:

Bankruptcy trustee hopes to keep Agawam business, under fire for Saudi dealings, running while marketing it for sale
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Mass Torts:

Garlock evidence showed spike in settlements, costs during asbestos bankruptcy wave
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Healthcare:

El Paso: Taxpayers still owe $116M for construction of Children's Hospital
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Financially challenged Alameda Health System names Delvecchio Finley CEO
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (93 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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Bailment:

Bailment: Retaining Funds Received From a Bankrupt Bailee Is Not a Slam Dunk
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Cross-Border:

New York’s Southern District Has 70 Percent of Ch. 15 Cases
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Sanctions:

New ABA annotation may help courts and lawyers navigate attorney sanction process
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Cross-Border:

DTEK Restructuring Scheme Opens Door For Global Bond Issuers To Bypass Chapter 11
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Avoidance Actions:

Kekonas' Punitive Damages Award For Fraudulent Transfers Gets Bigger On Appeal
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Actions Speak as Loud as Words in Deprizio Waivers
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Structured Dismissal:

Third Circuit Holds Structured Dismissal Deviating from Bankruptcy Code Priority Scheme May Be Utilized in Appropriate Circumstances
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Third Circuit Authorizes Structured Dismissal of Chapter 11 Case
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Property of the Estate:

Ex-gun store owner provides Facebook access, freed from jail
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Jurisdiction:

Well Well Wellness: The Supreme Court’s Most Recent Decision Regarding Stern v. Marshall and its Progeny
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Consent, Express of Implied, Allows Bankruptcy Judges to Adjudicate “Stern Claims”
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Opinion analysis: Justices reaffirm authority of bankruptcy judges based on parties’ consent
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Supreme Court expands authority of bankruptcy courts • Supreme Court Gives Bankruptcy Judges Power to Make Final Decisions
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Lawyers React To Justices' Ruling On Bankruptcy Court Power
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Plan Confirmation:

Avoiding Make-Whole Premiums and Calculating Cram Down Interest Rates: What Lenders and Borrowers Need to Know About the Appellate Ruling in Momentive
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Insurance:

Professional Liability Exclusion Precludes Coverage for D&O Claims against Ponzi Schemer’s Bank
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Trade Credit:

Risky Business: Selling to a Potentially Insolvent Customer
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Gambling:

Caesars Gets Time to Craft Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan •Caesars Allowed to Remain in Control of Bankruptcy for Six Months
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Abandoned baby found in Atlantic City casino
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Autos:

Judge puts GM ignition-switch lawsuits on ice, for now
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Sovereigns:

Ukraine takes 'odious' path to default
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Argentina Has Room for Holdout Negotiation, Scioli Adviser Says
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UK:

Paid in pennies and now left in the dark
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McGuireWoods and Scott & Scott to take on Tesco in multibillion pound shareholder claim
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EU:

European parliament gives final approval to cross-border insolvency regime based on business rescue
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PIIGS:

Greece, creditors converge in talks but still room to cover- minister • Greek government says hopes for deal with lenders by Sunday • ECB working on the assumption that Greece won't leave euro: Constancio • Greece's hopes for a quick deal are getting smashed to pieces • Greeks, EU can’t agree whether deal is near
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Lew finds little leverage to push for Greek deal
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Myth or reality? Greece's debt saga festers
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How four Greek businesses are coping amid default crisis

European stocks rally on reports of Greece 'staff level accord' with creditors • EU officials dismiss Greek statement on aid agreement being drafted • Greek Talks Said to Be Going Nowhere • Worries over Greece eclipsing G7 agenda as default threat looms ever closer • In slip of tongue, Greek official uses taboo word 'troika' • Larry Summers: Greece Needs to Be Clearer on Reforms • Greek PM expresses confidence in reaching debt deal with lenders soon
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Greece owes drugmakers $1.2 billion – and counting
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ie: 37000 mortgages in arrears of over 720 days
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China:

China’s richest man might have been running a massive fraud
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China markets plunge in record turnover as margin traders take fright • China stocks plunge 6.5%
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Hope yet for creditors in China property-bond saga
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Japan:

General Overview Of Insolvency Proceedings
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Latin America:

A New World For Latam Creditors: Insolvency Reform In Latin America
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Australia:

More twists to come in the Gina Rinehart saga • Gina Rinehart loses control of $5b family trust
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Romania:

Romania's Hidroelectrica to stay in insolvency process
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Switzerland:

Swiss charge ex-Bank of America employee in Parmalat probe
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South Africa:

Creditors of S. Africa's African Bank agree to restructuring
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