Law:

Senators Take On Law Schools for Failing Students
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The Deal Announces Results of Q3 2015 Bankruptcy League Tables
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U.S. bankruptcy lawyer faces fresh creditor attack over Caesars
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Let go after 74 years, law firm sues client to regain representation
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David Boies to Defend Pimco in Bill Gross Suit Over Bonus
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Will Declining LSAT Scores And Bar Passage Rates Shift The Legal Landscape?
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13 apps that will help you make the most of your time
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Apple will release the iPad Pro on November 11
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IBM saving money using Macs
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These are the best laptops on the market
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9 things you're doing that make people dislike you immediately
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What to do when you catch someone in a lie
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Displaced Lawyers - You May Have Better Shot At Second Careers Than Other Professionals
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Here's the No. 1 sign nobody trusts you at work
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Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice
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Jared Fogle's Shocking Request of a Mother • FBI Knew About Jared Fogle for Years
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Ex-client charged with arson in fires at law firm and prosecutor’s office gets 16 years
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Friends since childhood, two men earn law degrees and establish large PI firm
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Chicago lawyer is charged with battery in courthouse altercation with client
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Lawyer Hit With Disciplinary Charges For Comparing Judges To Monica Lewinsky, Bragging About His F----
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Former BigLaw lawyer pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme
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Woman sues ex-husband over creepy Craigslist ad about her
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Spooky Torts: The 2015 List Of Halloween Litigation Horrors
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Child marriage problem in the US
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Reports: Attorney facing disciplinary matter shot bar chairman, then himself, at courthouse
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Yes, but How Did Uber Get Their Cut of Ride?
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judgeship Vacancy in the District of Connecticut
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Woman is convicted for bogus court papers served on judge and lawyer
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Wall Street:

Stock futures wary
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UBS: Stocks bull market signs of the top
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Layoffs:

UniCredit's new business plan envisages 12,000 layoffs: source
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Verizon may lay off 5,000 to 6,000, analyst says
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Sprint says aims to slash costs up to $2.5 billion, layoffs loom
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19 signs your company is about to conduct mass layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Personal Finance:

Budget Deal: Key Social Security Strategies Hit
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6 pieces of misguided financial advice that need to die
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31 smart answers to really tough interview questions
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27 surprising things that affect whether you get hired
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Education:

The 50 most underrated colleges in America
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When an Ivy League college isn’t worth it
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The college majors that are dying
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Food/Beverage:

Investor Burkle's Fresh & Easy grocery chain files for bankruptcy
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I started going to McDonald's instead of Starbucks for my coffee — here's why
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The era of McDonald's is coming to an end
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The 10 best lunch options to keep you from passing out at your desk
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Pharma:

The short seller going after Valeant says he has more dirt on the company • There are some red flags in Valeant's revenue numbers • Mysterious pharmacy at center of Valeant controversy will close • Pharmacist Accuses Valeant of Massive Fraud • Why Valeant Has No Friends • The Valeant Debt Story • Valeant: The Perils of Fantasy Numbers
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Nutritional Supplements:

GNC Leveraged Loan Debt Dips Anew On 3Q Numbers Miss; Shares Tumble
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Gambling:

Bank says Revel owner owes $1M in unpaid electricity bills
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Autos:

Lehman Bankruptcy Early Sign of Trouble for Porsche's VW Bid
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Tesla is Losing Its Luster • Is Tesla Doomed?
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Retailing:

American Apparel Asks Bankruptcy Court to Approve Staff Bonuses
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Retailers Run a Win-or-Die Sprint When They File for Bankruptcy
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Electricity:

Calpine Revenue, Profit Decline
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Energy Future Bondholders Look to Challenge $890 Million Court Defeat
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Financial Literacy:

Only 5 states received an A in teaching financial literacy
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Steel:

The outlook for U.S. Steel: bleak and bleaker
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About 90 salaried employees to lose jobs at TimkenSteel
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Hockey:

Panthers covered $99M in losses; bankruptcy risk without county help: Report
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Worst Person of the Week: Man Steals Puck Being Thrown To Boy At Penguins Game
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Communications:

Former Standard Register Co. settles lawsuit with one of its biggest lenders
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Debt Collection:

Debt-buying industry and lax court review are burying defendants in defaults
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Trucking:

YRC Soars as Trucker's Seven-Year Losing Streak Seen Ending
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Celebs:

Taxi King says estranged wife ‘stole’ two pricey chandeliers from townhouse
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Religion:

30 Yrs of Catholic Church Abuse Scandals
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Economy:

Poll: American Dream is Dead • The Coming Middle Class Tax Increase • How's the American Middle Class, Really?
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Are You Better Off Than 7 Years Ago?
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Is the Economy Really in Trouble?
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The 'McCulley' recession indicator hasn't looked this bad in 6 years
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Job creation in cross hairs with Fed rate increase looming • US Jobs data to hold key to Fed's rate plan • Fed's Updated Model of Economy Suggests It's Time to Raise Rates
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BEA: Personal Income increased 0.1% in September, Core PCE prices up 1.3% year-over-year
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Bonds Send Same Ominous Signs No Matter Where in World You Look
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Why the US economy is not near recession
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Chicago PMI increases Sharply, Final October Consumer Sentiment at 90.0
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Chicago PMI vaults back into positive territory in October
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Disappearing Middle Class and Retail Giants
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Consumers Spend Less Amid Soft Wage Gains
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World Recession is Coming, but How Bad?
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America Slows
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Wage growth in the US bounces back
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Middle market loan volume in Oct on pace to set six-year low
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Hotel Occupancy: 2015 on pace for Best Year Ever
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Restaurant Performance Index indicates slower expansion in September
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World Split on Whether Immigrants Take Jobs Away
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Millions just lost a key Social Security strategy
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National Debt Nearly Doubles Under Obama
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

They’re back … the sub-prime mortgage market has returned
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No-money-down mortgages are back
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Stegman doubles down: White House will not recapitalize Fannie, Freddie
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate declined in September, Lowest since October 2008
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Here are some lessons from the most beat-up housing market in the country
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29 of the hottest housing markets share this one problem
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Q3 2015 GDP Details on Residential and Commercial Real Estate
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rican Govt Could Run Out of Cash Nov. 15, Report Says
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The pitfalls of a Puerto Rico bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico Doesn't Need Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico Bond Yields Reach Record High as Default Risks Mount
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Puerto Rico's bankrupt power utility looks to finalize restructuring deal on nearly $9B debt
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Puerto Rico Electric Gets Negotiation Extension From Bondholders
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Puerto Ricans Have Lost Hope
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The 13 best big US cities to live in if you want to get rich
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As U.S. Libraries Are Outsourced, Readers See Public Trust Erode
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices sluggish • Oil prices drop on China worries
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Bankruptcy becomes a way of life for oil and gas companies
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Saudi Arabia Credit Rating Cut by S&P After Oil Prices Sink • Saudi Consumers Are Still Spending Like the Oil Slump Never Happened
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Chevron to cut up to 7,000 jobs amid oil slump
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Big Oil Gears Up For $60 Break-even Price As Profits Sink
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Oil rig count collapses for 9th straight week • Oil rig count plunge returns to double-digits • Permian Basin holds steady at 229 rigs
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Sub-$50: When ‘fracking does not work’ • Harsh realities finally push US champions of shale oil into retreat
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Oil market slides out of control
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Bad timing: Big Oil ramps up output just as prices sink
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Saudi Arabia's 'game of thrones' could derail global oil markets
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10 Tips For Oil Companies To Ride Out The Storm
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Reality Setting In For The Oil Majors
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Chevron will lay off thousands more workers, slash spending • Chevron Takes Drastic Measures, Lays Off Another 7000 Employees
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Port of Muskogee business announces more layoffs
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Husky cuts 1,400 jobs, posts $4.1-billion loss
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Exxon 3Q Profit Falls 47% But Beats Expectations
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Samson Resources Says Ch. 11 Deal In Danger Of Collapsing
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Paragon Offshore To Implement (But Does Not Announce) Retention Plan... Prelude To Bankruptcy ?
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RAAM Global Energy Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
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OPEC Oil Output Rises in October Led by Libya, Saudi Arabia
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Kazakhstan faces oil dilemma as prices plunge
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China's slowdown casts shadow over oil states
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1 Company Taking Advantage of the Oil Downturn
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Energy companies may rain on S&P 500 earnings parade
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Politics:

GOP Debate Fallacy Index
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Hugely influential billionaire backs Rubio • Rubio Follows the Big Money • Rubio Fact Check: Says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included "discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents." • Krugman: The Hamptons Hyperinflation Endorsement
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15 celebrities who love and endorse Donald Trump
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Candidates Fail to Tell How They Would Govern
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Clinton faces protests as she courts black voters • Media Turns Blind Eye to Hillary's Mistakes • Just-released emails show Hillary Clinton was once baffled by a LinkedIn request • The 13 Must Read Clinton Emails • Emails: Clinton Still Faces Legal Questions • Clinton Lawyer Attempts to Explain, to Hillary, Her Own Feelings About Her Blackberry • Ben Affleck Knew Hillary Clinton's Secret Email Address
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2 high-profile Republicans are in danger of missing November's debate
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Democrats Could Take Control of Senate
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A visual guide to The Donald’s successes and failures (but mostly failures) • Trump Goes to War Over Republican Debates • Trump calls John Oliver's HBO show ‘very boring’ • Donald Trump goes on lengthy tweet-storm rant blasting Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio
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Why the Republican Tax Plans Won't Work
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Pluses and Minuses of Cruz Tax Plan • Even Fox is Pounding Ted Cruz
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Springtime for Grifters • A Carson staffer admits that the candidate did have a 'contract' with Mannatech • Inside Ben Carson's Cancer Scam • Why Republicans like Ben Carson love comparing abortion to slavery
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Resorts:

Court Names Receiver to Secure Chinese Stake in Baha Mar
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Apparel:

Company Behind Cooling Sportswear Fabric Is Looking for Buyers
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Newspapers:

Orange County Register owner files for bankruptcy protection
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With bankruptcy filing, local group bids for ownership of Freedom Communications
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Layoffs coming to Philadelphia papers amid newsroom merger
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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 (37 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (247 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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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Lookback Period — Six Weeks
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Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law
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DIP Finance:

Banks Beware: DIP Loans May Prime Setoff Rights
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Exemptions:

Nevada Supreme Court Opines On Scope Of Debtor’s Exemption For Stock
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TBTF:

Largest US banks face $120 billion shortfall under new rule
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Fed's New Rule Would Ease Strain From Dying Banks
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Fed: No More Bailouts
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Fed looks at way to shift big-bank losses to investors
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Litigation:

What’s the Difference Between a Motion to Dismiss – FRCP 12(b) – and a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings – FRCP 12(c)?
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Alternative Energy:

SolarCity Braces For Hard Times
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Opera:

Rival Visions to Reboot New York City Opera Detailed
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Distressed Investing:

Distressed Investor: 'We're getting closer'
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Fraud:

This fraudster won't have to sell properties to repay victims
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Ponzi schemer gets 9 years, ordered to pay $18M in restitution
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October 2015 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Corporate Governance:

Delaware Court Emphasizes Importance of Corporate Formalities in Director Compensation Case
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Banking:

October 2015: Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 264 Institutions
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HSBC net profit rises 52.5% on lower fines
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The new CEO of Deutsche Bank just called out the bank's bonus culture with 3 key words
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Corporate Reform:

The SEC may have to return millions to a hedge fund it helped shut down
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Inside the battle for the soul of New York's top financial regulator
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Healthcare:

Forest Park’s Dallas hospital misses payroll, closes its doors • Lender’s failure triggered Forest Park’s closure in Dallas; all options on the table for the hospital system
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Bankruptcy judge orders medical center to shut down in GA
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Physical Therapy Provider to Injured Fed Workers Files for Bankruptcy
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Fort Oglethorpe hospital is only hope; Hutcheson doors to be shut in month
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Q&A: Picking up the pieces of HDL
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Sovereigns:

Judge rules in favor of "me-too" bondholders in Argentina US judge orders Argentina to pay to “me too” bondholders • debt dispute • Griesa accepts 'me too' claims and raises Argentina's bond debt to US$ 9bn • More Argentine Bondholders to Benefit From U.S. Judge's Orders
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Argentine candidate blames rival's prospects for ruling
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UK:

Controversial pre-pack reforms begin • Independent pre-pack review pool launched
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Controversial sales of failed firms targeted by UK Government-led reforms
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Former bankrupt Tory tycoon reinvents himself as a movie star
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Sub-prime mortgages make surprise comeback in the UK
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Manufacturing output rebounds with fastest growth for 16 months
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Living in London is now 40% more expensive than it was in 2005
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English High Court Gives Go Ahead For Closure of Long Running Orion Insurance Insolvency
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EU:

Now Afghans Fleeing to Europe
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The eurozone's manufacturing industry beat expectations in October
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PIIGS:

ECB: Greek banks need $15.8 billion to get back on track • Greece must recapitalize its banks by year end: EU's Dombrovskis
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Bad loans pile pressure on capital-strapped Greek banks
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Greece reconsiders a tax on private education
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Canada:

Quebec to Seek Canada Match on $1 Billion CSeries Bailout
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MENA:

S&P just downgraded Saudi Arabia
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Dubai Stocks Fall to 2-Month Low as Saudi Downgrade Jolts Gulf
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Brazil:

Brazil’s unemployment reaches 8.7%
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'Carwash' Probe Recovers $622 Million in Brazil, O Globo Reports
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Russia:

Russia's Transaero to offer partial debt for equity swap -CEO
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China:

Chinese Demand Is Weakening For These Key Commodities
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China Manufacturing Fails for Third Month
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Asian shares drop after China PMI
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Why many families in China won’t want more than one kid even if they can have them
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Luxembourg:

New bill aims to modernize bankruptcy legislation
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Sweden:

Swedes Hiding Money in Microwaves
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