Law:
Richard Chesley: Integrity Demands Insider Pay Disclosure • Perry Mandarino: Evaluation of Insider Pay Needs to Consider the Market • Lisa Donahue: Pay Disclosures Keep Bankruptcy Transparent, Fair
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9 Ways To Lose Clients
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Reinventing The Law Business: Porter’s 5 Forces Applied to the Legal Profession (Part I)
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Big Law Firm Hosts Hillary in New York
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A New Lawyer Learns About The Streisand Effect — The Hard Way
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More than 50% of judges and lawyers read almost exclusively on a computer screen
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Barristers brawl at Middle Temple dinner • Brawl marks the arrival of Christmas party season
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Law Firms Get Perfect Scores for LGBT Policies
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Percentage of black associates continues to fall in ‘distressing’ trend, NALP leader says
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Global Law Firms Consider Hedging Strategy as Currencies Fluctuate
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The photos of black tenured professors at Harvard Law school were all defaced • Police Investigate • Alan Dershowitz Says That's Not Protected Speech
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Alan Dershowitz Loses His Sh*t Over Student Protesters
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I Don’t Care About The ‘Hate’ Crime At Harvard Law School, And Neither Should You
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The Charleston Saga...Concluded?
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A High-Profile Law School Dean’s Sudden Departure
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One Law School’s Biggest Bar Exam Bust — Ever?
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AG Kathleen Kane is ‘legally disabled,’ top deputy tells Pennsylvania senate committee
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10 business etiquette rules you're probably breaking
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One Of The Best Speeches Ever Given By A Lawyer
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How to make people like you in 4 seconds or less
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First impressions on the iPad Pro and the Apple Pencil as a tool for lawyers
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Big update to Adobe's Acrobat app for the iPad
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California Judge Orders Destruction of Divorced Couple’s Frozen Embryos
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Q&A: How Does the Syrian Refugee Screening Process Work? • How a refugee gets to America, explained by an actual refugee • 5 questions about Syrian refugees • Republican Campaign Against Refugees Is Just Beginning
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Virginia mayor favorably cites Japanese internment camps as reason to refuse Syrian refugees • Before people start invoking Japanese American internment, they should remember what it was like • George Takei has the perfect response to a mayor who praised Japanese internment
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How America’s rejection of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany haunts our refugee policy today
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House Acts to Cripple Refugee Aid, Defying Hours of Expert Testimony
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17 awesome gifts under $50 for your office's Secret Santa pool
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The Lawyer Who Quit Big Law to Work For a Food Museum
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Law Firm Sets Up Major Data Privacy and Security Law Center
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DC police framed man imprisoned 27 years for 1981 murder, jury finds
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CA officer fatally shot in car targeted, authorities say
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Judge orders video of fatal police shooting released; city forgoes appeal
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$5 Million to Cover Up Horrific Cop Shooting
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Woman pleads guilty to smuggling loaded gun in ------
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Spying on Black Lives Matter Recalls Days of FBI Snooping
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Case Prompts Lawyers to Look Way Back - to 1328 • Ancient English legal precedents at heart of US legal tussle
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Bonkers Law Firm Website: Around the World in 80 Russians
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Law student YouTube star set to forsake fame for the magic circle
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Lawyer is federally indicted over $185K in allegedly unpaid payroll taxes
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‘Butterball’ operation puts officer dressed as turkey in crosswalk to reduce pedestrian fatalities
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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be :)
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Subway's Jared Fogle Gets 15 Years
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Judges:
Prosecutors Want Judge Off Criminal Cases Because of Facebook Posts
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2015 Director’s Awards Honor Bankruptcy Court Employees
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Is Scalia The Best Supreme Court Justice Of All Time?
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Judge William B. Shubb & His Twitter Account - We're scratching Our Heads
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Sotomayor Says Congress Should Not Tell Judges How to Review Cases
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Supreme Court Justice Eakin calls for p--- inquiry to move to disciplinary court
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Wall Street:
Stock futures point higher
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Stocks close mildly lower
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A trader started a GoFundMe page to pay back $100,000 to E-Trade after a disastrous short
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Layoffs:
Blackhawk Mining announces layoffs; around 200 jobs lost
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Intalco files layoff notice for 465 Ferndale workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:
VW to Meet With Regulators as Patience Frays
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VW Faces Pressure to Buy Back Older Diesels
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Subprime Auto Lending Soars
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Retailing:
Best Buy comparable sales down; outlook for holiday season weak • Best Buy is getting slammed
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Gap's Gap Problem • Gap Cuts Outlook as Sales Disappoint
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Healthcare:
Forest Park Medical Center seeks stalking horse bidder for Frisco hospital; 13 possible buyers so far
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Garrison moves Speed Commerce, Forest Park Medical to non-accrual
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UnitedHealth warns it may exit Obamacare plans • Analyst: UnitedHealth move a 'wake-up call' for WH • What UnitedHealth Doesn't Mean for Obamacare • Obamacare Insurers Are Suffering. That Won't End Well.
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Hospitals Feel Pain as UnitedHealth Eyes Obamacare Exit Door
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New ObamaCare angst as top insurer threatens to bail
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Obama healthcare law criticized as useless because of high deductibles
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WA: Kent mental health nonprofit buys defunct treatment center building
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5 questions for Attorney General Kamala Harris as a hospital chain hangs in the balance
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Education:
Dershowitz: Some student protesters are 'oppressive intolerants representing the worst of the pack'
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Travel:
10 things you should know before renting a car
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Hollywood:
Relativity Files Plan to Restructure Film Business
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Fashion:
Houston fashion designer launches new brand after bankruptcy filing
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Economy:
Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey showed slight expansion in November
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This is why the Fed has waited to hike, says Ken Griffin
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Expect a 'one-and-done' Fed rate hike: Strategist
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Fed Says Mortgages Push Household Debt to Highest Since 2010
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims declined to 271,000
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Household debt at highest level since 2010: NY Fed
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Half of New Yorkers Say They Are Barely or Not Getting By, Poll Shows
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We Need to Talk About the Global Economy
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Consumers’ Overall Credit Market Experiences Remain Stable
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Why It Matters That New Businesses Are Creating Jobs More Slowly Than a Decade Ago
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Gundlach: One of 'the scariest indicators in the world'
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Caterpillar monthly sales decline • Caterpillar Downbeat on China
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UBS: Rapid acceleration in inflation is coming
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Peter Schiff: Yellen Fed is playing a ‘dangerous game’
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Study: More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Mortgage rates level off
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Preliminary Table of Distressed Sales and All Cash Sales for Selected Cities in October
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Sacramento Housing in October: Sales up 11%, Inventory down 22% YoY
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NYC: Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of 71 Clinton St. For $16 Million
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Feds set deadline to claim Independent Foreclosure Review relief funds
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Cash sales on track to return to pre-crisis level in 2017
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Clark Turner Homes files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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House votes to revamp Qualified Mortgage rules - Veto looms
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15 American Ghost Towns
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Municipalities:
Senate Republicans Work on Puerto Rico Bill as Default Looms
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Chicago in tough battle to overturn ruling on pension reforms
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Puerto Rico, creditors to meet on Friday
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Puerto Rico Says Offer Won't Be Made During Creditor Meeting
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Group protests event lauding bankruptcy plan architects • Detroit retirees say city stole from them to exit bankruptcy
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Ruling on Stockton appeal expected early next year
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Municipal Bond Trading Volume Tumbles to Lowest in a Decade
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Producer Bankruptcies Piling Up
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Oil pulls back, WTI flirts with sub $40
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Iraqi Oil Selling at $30 as OPEC Readies for New Battles
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Low Oil Prices Crank Up Pressure on OPEC
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Iran sanctions might be lifted in January as atomic gear removed
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Global oversupply is persistent in global oil, LNG markets
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Texas oil production drifts lower
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Perfect Storm at Petrobras, the World's Most Indebted Oil Company
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TSX Venture Exchange-listed Iona Energy Inc succumbs to low oil prices
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Oil platform operator to pay more than $41 mln in penalties-U.S. Justice dept
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Chesapeake investors seen signaling surrender as bonds plunge • Chesapeake yield curve steepens as high yield bonds plunge, default protection cost rises
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Flu Season for Junk Debt as Oil and Fed Spread Pain, UBS Says
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Politics:
Poll: Trump retakes lead in GOP race; Cruz gains
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Ben Carson’s campaign made a U.S. map and put a bunch of states in the wrong place • Ben Carson Compares Syrians to Rabid Dogs
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How Bernie Sanders’s big speech could change your view of ‘democratic socialism’ • Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution
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2016 Candidates’ Big Initiatives Face a Big Barrier: Congress
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Hillary Clinton to Lay Out Strategy Against Islamic State
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On the trail with the GOP frontrunner • 'That's pretty sad': Donald Trump pounces on 'devastating' Ben Carson report • Donald Trump explains the give-and-take of deal-making like only he can • Trump's Slippery Road to Fascism • Donald Trump Says He's Open to Requiring American Muslims to Carry Special IDs
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Carson Fact Check: "There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees. • Ben Carson Fading Fast in New Hampshire Poll
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Prosecutor Looking at Harry Reid
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Songwriter sues Huckabee over use of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ at campaign event
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Martin O'Malley Is Running Out O'Money
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Secret Donors Fuel Democratic Campaigns Too
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Mining:
Golden-based gold miner Atna Resources files for bankruptcy
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Boating:
Luxury catamaran company files for bankruptcy
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Marketing:
Cary Francis Group files for bankruptcy
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Shipping:
Indicator Shows Cost of Shipping Raw Materials Falls to Record Low
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Coal:
Arch Coal creditors hire adviser as debt battle continues: Report
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Peabody Energy's Restructuring Plan Could Be Announced After VEBA Issue Is Resolved
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Bankruptcy contempt concern scrubs hearing on Wyoming coal mine permit
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Celebs:
'Real Housewives' Stars Joe & Teresa Giudice Hit With Federal Tax Lien
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Non-Profits:
Milwaukee Y faces fundraising crunch
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Video Games:
Corso agrees to pay $45000 settlement in 38 Studios bankruptcy case
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Food/Beverage:
A&P's Imprint on New York Region Fades as Stores Close
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Cruise Ships:
Haimark Line cancels sailings through mid-December
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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 (22 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Discharge:
Individual Debtor Discharge: Does “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” Work?
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Service:
One Fewer Reason To Fear The Hague Convention – New York Bankruptcy Court Permits Mailing of Claim Objection to Foreign Claimants
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Plan Confirmation:
The Second Circuit Establishes a Binding Standard For Lien Extinguishment Under a Plan of Reorganization
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Avoidance Actions:
The House Always Wins: Seventh Circuit Broadly Applies “Good Faith” Defense Under Section 550(b)(1) to Fraudulent Transfer Defendant That Lost Millions at Casino
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Casino Not Liable to Return Proceeds of Fraudulent Transfers
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Paper:
Auction for Bankrupt Lincoln Mill to Begin Thursday
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Buyer emerges from lengthy mill bankruptcy • Lincoln mill draws top bid from firm that doesn't make paper • Liquidation group wins auction for bankrupt Lincoln paper mill • Mill bought for $5.9M, will likely be dismantled
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Fraud:
Judge Grants Asset Freeze in Fraud Case
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Ethics:
NY Court: Ethics Rules Bar Whistleblower Suit By Former Vanguard Tax Lawyer Alleging Mutual Fund Giant Evaded $1 Billion in Taxes
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Tax:
Clock Ticking for U.S. Holdouts as BNP Joins Swiss Tax Pact
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Jewelry:
Judge to Lake Park jeweler: Turn over documents or go to jail
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Pensions:
Please Don't Kill All the Pensions
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Banking:
Credit Suisse investors back cash calls for restructuring
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Inside the Money Laundering Scheme That Citi Overlooked for Years
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Gambling:
Massachusetts to ban fantasy sports for people under 21
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Taxis:
Court Deals New Blow to Uber
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Leaked Lyft Documents Show Massive Losses
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Electricity:
NextEra makes new bid for Oncor, complicating EFH bankruptcy saga
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NextEra Energy reenters race for Oncor, challenging Energy Future bankruptcy
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Judge rebuffs NextEra's late interest in Energy Future unit
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Energy Future Holdings Judge Knocks NextEra
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Sovereigns:
Eight Defaults and 180 Years Later, Ecuador to Repay Bondholders
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UK:
HBOS executives could face a probe into their behaviour 6 years after the bank's collapse
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Fresh HBOS inquiries hold no prospect of speedy judgment
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Britain Calls for Closing of all Coal Fired Power Plants
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Ex-Charlton defender disqualified over 'Ponzi' scheme
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EU:
Draghi: ECB will do what it must to lift inflation
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Europeans Shut Borders to Economic Migrants
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PIIGS:
Court review for rejected insolvency proposals
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Why Greece's Rescue and Reform Policies Are Working
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Canada:
' Bankrupt ' man actually earning $180Gs: RCMP
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Poor Quarter for Canada’s Oilfield Services
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France:
France Still Planning to Accept 30000 Refugees , Hollande Says
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Paris: Latest Evidence Points to Wider Conspiracy
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Experts: Troops to Fight ISIS Misguided • Advisor: Ground Forces in Syria Unsustainable
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Several of the Paris attackers were on US watchlists
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The Life and Death of Abdelhamid Abaaoud
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Bulgaria:
Bulgarian judge sacked a year after controversial bankruptcy trial
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Ukraine:
A Ukrainian lawmaker just kicked someone in the head during a hearing in parliament
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China:
China's middle class isn't what we thought it was
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China breaks up $64 billion underground banking network
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China Coal Miner Gets Government Bailout Before Bonds Mature
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Does China Have a $1.2 Trillion Ponzi Problem?
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India:
Bankruptcy reform for India
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MENA:
Warrants of arrest issued against five Dubai Bank managers
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Bahamas:
Tony O'Reilly is going bankrupt in the Bahamas
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