Law:
Is there a generational divide in BigLaw? Only 3% of managing partners are from Gen X • Baby Boomers dominate BigLaw leadership
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Who's Who Legal: Canada 2015 Restructuring and Insolvency
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King & Spalding Names New Restructuring Counsel
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ATL Power 100: Come Get Your Prestige Points
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Pillsbury's David Dekker: No Merger Before Spring, Not Even With Chadbourne
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Firm rolls out work-from-home program following successful trial
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Why Are Bar Exam Retakers Failing At Such A High Rate?
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How Has Law School Changed Over The Decades? Alumni Speak.
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Texas Law Professor Sued School Over Tailgate Party Injuries
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Friday is ‘Love Your Lawyer Day’ • What Are You Doing to Love Your Lawyer? • On Friday, the First Thing We Do, Let’s Love All the Lawyers
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In Tight Market, Lawyers Using More Products
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Diversity Leader to Join Duane Morris
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Lawyer is reprimanded for belittling opposing counsel and his case during deposition
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Reinventing The Law Business: Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, Bacon, Eggs, And Spam
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Bankers Do Battle In Obscure Courts
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Business Cards: The Original Avatars
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Why Blackberry’s new Priv is a challenge to iPhone
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6 ways to show people you're really listening
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Shock, disbelief in Ill. town after police say ‘G.I. Joe’ was leading a double life • Illinois 'hero' cop ordered a hit on a village administrator months before his staged suicide • Fox Made This Cop a Slain Hero, but Now They Say Nothing • Personnel Records Shows Years of Complaints Against Officer
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Public defender suit says she was terrorized by serial stalker assigned as a client
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Ex-prosecutor who choked woman at bar while costumed as Clark Kent gets community service
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Driver’s license may not be enough ID to board a plane
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Attorney faces p--- charges over images found on law firm computer
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You Aren’t As Bad At Your Job As This Guy Is At His
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P--- scandal: Top prosecutor keeps releasing officials' raunchy emails
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Cop Shoots Unarmed Man in Back, Cleared
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University Releases Orwellian Social Media Policy, Hopes Students Are Too Dumb To Fight
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Pitching The Plot Of ‘Legally Blonde 3′
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Dying Grandmother Shreds $1.1 Million to Spite Heirs, Mete Out Justice
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Judges:
Public Notice for Reappointment of Bankruptcy Judge Harlin DeWayne Hale
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Greenville courthouse could be renamed after bankruptcy judge
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Scalia Takes on Katzmann in Statutory Interpretation Smackdown
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Want a favorable ruling in court? Catch a judge right after lunch.
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Scalia Is A Tease
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Appeals judge absent from work 13 months agrees to voluntary unpaid suspension
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks set for weekly gain
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Stocks close mostly lower as Street awaits big jobs Friday
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Layoffs:
Rise of 'thinking' machines could exacerbate inequality
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Layoffs: Outbreaks Cost 1,937 Food Workers Their Jobs in 2015
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
Family drama: George H.W. Bush faults son for how he handled 9/11 • George H. W. Bush Was Settling Old Scores with Cheney and Rumsfeld
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Jeb 'guarantees' NH victory as poll numbers fall • GOP Voters Find Jeb Bush Likable, But His Challenges Run Deep • Bush Fact Check: "My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family."
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Trump starts to attack Carson • Ben Carson: Egyptians used the pyramids to store grain, not bury the pharaohs • Ben Carson’s striking ignorance • Ben Carson's bizarre theory about the pyramids, explained • Ben Carson Among the Pyramids • Ben Carson States, Wrongly, That Founding Fathers ‘Had No Elected Office Experience’ • Ben Carson and Ted Cruz Turn Campaigning Into a Game • Ben Carson’s new rap ad aims to reach young black voters ‘in a language that they prefer’ • Carson: Stabbing Was of a Close Relative
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Rubio hits back at Trump: It’s ironic that the only man in the field who’s declared bankruptcy is attacking my finances • Marco Rubio (and every Republican) is hiding his tax cut's true effect on the poor • How Jeb Bush and Donald Trump Have Put Marco Rubio on Defense • Rubio swings back at Trump over finances • From Rags to Rubio
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Trump Fact Check: Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit. • Donald Trump on SNL: Why all the controversy? • Trump Entertainment sues insurers, claiming Sandy shortfall
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Christie Off Main Stage
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Economic Policy Splits Democrats
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There's a problem with a common theory about Donald Trump and Ted Cruz
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Chris Christie’s Plea For America To Change How It Deals With Drug Addiction Includes Story About Biglaw Partner Who OD’d
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Warren wants Social Security pay increase
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This week's elections in Kentucky and Virginia reveal the Democratic Party's peril
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Autos:
Fiat Chrysler U.S. Unit's Profit Falls 89% on Costs for Recalls
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Pharma:
Valeant is getting brutalized
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Cruise Ships:
Haimark Hopes To Cancel Bankruptcy Filing By Week's End
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Fraud:
Lawyer , Advisers Accused in $300 Million Stock Fraud Scheme
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Economy:
US jobless claims rise; third-quarter productivity posts surprise gain • Applications for U.S. Jobless Benefits Reach Five-Week High • Jobless claims match 2-year high • Jobs report is making bond investors panicky
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What to Watch in the Jobs Report
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US employment seen raising December rate hike chances
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Index increased to 59.1% in October
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Chances of 'unexpected recession' rising: Paulsen
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Trade Deficit decreased in September to $40.8 Billion
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Here's what 23 top forecasters are predicting for Friday's jobs report
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This is the real impact of a decade of low interest rates
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What’s Driving Inequality: CEO Pay or Company Success?
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Case for a rate hike will continue to ‘firm up,’ Fed's Lockhart says
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The white working class is a dying breed
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The money in America is concentrated in 5 regions
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Deflation Risks May Warrant Radical New Central-Bank Thinking, the IMF’s Chief Economist Says
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20 college majors where the pay goes nowhere
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Small Business Borrowing is on the Rise
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Mortgage rates surge in anticipation of Federal Reserve rate hike
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Share of First-Time Homebuyers Falls in U.S., Now at 28-Year Low
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U.S. Trustee Program Reaches $81.6 Million Settlement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to Protect Homeowners in Bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
As Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis grows into a humanitarian one, health care looks like the first big casualty
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Puerto Rico Electric Finalizes Pact With Bondholder Group
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Puerto Rico's Murky Math
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Puerto Rico Needs Access to Bankruptcy Protection
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Greek lessons for Puerto Rico
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Steven Rhodes: Engineer of Detroit's bankruptcy
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Gerald Rosen: Architect of the 'grand bargain'
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Atlantic City Rescue Bills Set to Be Law Without Christie Action
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Municipal bankruptcies are a lot rarer than you think
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A city broken down but not destroyed
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Corporate Reform:
Ex-Rabobank Trader Convicted in U.S. Libor Manipulation Trial
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Newspapers:
Tribune Pledges Funding for Freedom’s Bankruptcy
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Tribune Publishing reports a loss for third quarter as advertising revenue is flat
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Hedge Funds:
Weak performance dragging down hedge fund pay • What Hedge-Fund Guys Make in Bad Years
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Healthcare:
Judge Orders Immediate Closure Of Hutcheson Medical Center; Assets To Be Sold Dec. 3 • Hutcheson workers told hospital will shut down Dec. 4
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Drug Overdoses Kill More Americans Than Car Crashes or Guns
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Bankrupt Insurer Leaves Many New Yorkers in the Lurch
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Food/Beverage:
Leigh Catherall files for bankruptcy protection for two Here to Serve restaurants
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More A&P Store Sales Win Bankruptcy Judge's Blessing
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An up-and-coming sandwich chain that mysteriously declared bankruptcy is back in action • 100 Montaditos Emerges from Chapter 11 Reorganization
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Electricity:
Fairness to creditors the focus as Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy trial begins
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Oil/Gas:
U.S. review of banks could spell trouble for energy companies
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Oil prices rise
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Oil companies are learning to do more with less
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Oil Slump Forces Deep Cuts by Service Providers
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Apache posts multibillion-dollar loss as oil production slips
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Hercules Offshore could emerge from bankruptcy protection soon • Moody's assigns Caa1 to Hercules' term loan; negative outlook
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China keeping an eye on surging U.S. oil and gas production
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Exxon Mobil Investigated in New York Over Possible Lies on Climate
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EOG Resources posts $4.1 billion loss on impairment
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Escalera Resources Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition Under Chapter
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Transocean will reduce fleet to meet tough market
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Impairment charge drives Linn Energy into third-quarter loss
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'Peak Demand' Means World May Never See Oil at $100 a Barrel Again
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U.S. Oil & Gas Company Earnings Take a Huge Hit in Q3 2015
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It's a gusher! October layoffs by oil industry companies
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Denver-Based E&P Company Ceases Operations; Lays Off 106 Employees
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$50 is the new $80 in the oil industry
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Religion:
Lawyer to congregation: Pastor hindering church’s exit from bankruptcy
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Gallup Diocese faces huge bills, possible civil suits
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Aviation:
The Pilot Now Makes $40 an Hour. Who Pays?
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Hollywood:
Relativity Is A “Fraud” Claims Neal Moritz; Wants ‘Hunter Killer’ Pic Back • Moritz Group Says Hedge Funds Back Relativity ‘Sham’
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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 (29 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (23 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Bankruptcy Filings Climb in October
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Miscellaneous:
Coming and Going Concerns
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Avoidance Actions:
Seventh Circuit Holds Transferee Liable for Decline in Value of Fraudulently Transferred Stock
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Jurisdiction:
Be Careful — You Might Consent to Adjudication in Bankruptcy Court Even If You’ve Expressly Said You Don’t
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SDNY Transfers Delaware Trust Company V. Wilmington Trust N.A. Intercreditor Dispute To Delaware Bankruptcy Court, Reaffirming Broad View Of Bankruptcy Jurisdiction
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Cross-Border:
Foreign Borrower’s Rights in Indenture Ruled Sufficient to Meet Second Circuit’s Controversial Chapter 15 Eligibility Requirement
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:
Ever Considered Filing an Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition? Then You Need to Review this Case
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Plan Confirmation:
Second Circuit Articulates The Standard For The Extinguishment Of Liens Under A Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plan
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Insurance:
Ten Mistakes Companies Make When Buying D&O Insurance –A Litigator’s Perspective
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Woman hid life insurance proceeds from husband's death
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Finance:
John Thain: CIT Went Through Bankruptcy Fine
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Shipping:
Shipping giant Moller-Maersk sees 48% drop in profits
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Celebs:
Burt Reynolds Isn't Broke, but He's Got a Few Regrets
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‘Dance Moms’ Season 6 Would not be Affected by the Bankruptcy Fraud Charges Against Abby Lee Miller
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American Apparel Founder Says He's Broke and Can't Afford Lawyer
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Coal:
Walter Energy Enters Into Asset Purchase Agreement with Company Formed by its Senior Lender Group • Walter Energy to auction assets under new agreement
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Bankrupt coal company Alpha seeks to drop miner benefits
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Education:
Mid-Continent University tries to settle bankruptcy objection
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Gambling:
Caesars examiner delays delivery of pre-bankruptcy investigation
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UK:
Leave or Remain – What the UK referendum on EU membership means for Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyers
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London Lure for Troubled Firms Threatened by Spanish Gamble
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The charts that keep the Bank of England from raising rates
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City Link 'hopelessly' insolvent before Christmas, court told
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Richard Rufus stole almost £9 million through 'Ponzi' fraud, judge rules
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Scam victims' details placed on 'suckers list' and sold to other scammers
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Canada:
Universities 'scrambling' to check private donor contracts
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India:
Bankruptcy law to help debt-heavy companies
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India to Recast $76 Billion Debt at Ailing Power Retailers
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Centre’s Bankruptcy Law Reform: Whooshing the Weasel
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Why not have a US Chapter 11-equivalent in the bankruptcy code?
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MENA:
Small Biz Loan Default Has UAE Banks In A Panic
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Brazil:
Credit Suisse's Brazil CEO Sees Crisis Dragging On for Years
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Russia:
Russian Banks Face More Pain
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Russian Salmon Producer Files for Bankruptcy
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China:
Oaktree struggling to capitalize on rising China distress
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