October 27, 2015

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Law:

Bad Bet: Kirkland and Jones Day At Odds Again in Casino Case
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GCs Know How Lazy You Are — Here’s How They Figured You Out
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: 10 Tips For Overcoming Fear Of Public Speaking
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You Won’t Get The Money!
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Bankruptcy in top five for legal malpractice risk
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Tone - It's Almost Everything, Ranging From Courtroom To Pitching For New Business/Job
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Some big firms are finding profit in commoditized work
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Computer vs. Lawyer? Many Firm Leaders Expect Computers to Win Law firm bosses envision IBM Watson-type computers replacing young lawyers Will newbie associates be replaced by Watson? 35% of law firm leaders can envision it
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Is This What ‘Exoneration’ Looks Like To Alan Dershowitz?
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This law school had a 30% bar pass rate; do lower standards presage troubled times for law grads?
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The FBI Director’s Troubling Comments on the ‘Ferguson Effect’
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How lawyers can turn fear into an ally 32 of lawyers' most common fears
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Lawyer is arrested after allegedly shouting at opposing lawyer and resisting bailiff who intervened
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Lawyer is reprimanded for fourth time, this time over deposition conduct
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Disciplinary actions against lawyers who commit acts of domestic violence appear to be on the rise
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1000+ Ethics Complaints For Lawyer Convicted Of Sex With Minor
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Making Fun Of This Struggling Law School
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Saudi prince held after seizure of two tons of amphetamines at airport
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How One Woman And Her Lawyer Changed U.S. History
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Lawyer Gets Paid In Weed, Keeps His Law License
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What I learned by waking up at 4:30 a.m. for 21 days
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Is your pronunciation on point? Take this quiz to find out
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Half of respondents in legal tech survey have encryption, but less than a third use it
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Are lawyers better at evidence collection than tech companies?
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Lawyer suspended for conduct ‘far beyond a lack of civility’ by top state court
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Ecuadorean Judge Backflips on Explosive Testimony for Chevron
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DOJ Gets (Majorly) Smoked In Federal Court
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Ole Miss Removes State's Confederate Flag
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Appeals court OKs suit against school district over a student who knocked down others on field trip
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People with concealed carry permits have committed at least 29 mass shootings since 2007
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Judges:

A Lawyer Way Out Of Her League Gets Benchslapped By Frustrated Judge
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What’s the Matter with Kansas? Candy-A** Judges, According to Scalia
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Chapter 11 Case Management and Delay Reduction: An Empirical Study
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Wall Street:

 

Wall Street ends mixed as Fed eyed
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Global shares cool as easing expectations fade
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Layoffs:

Companies Finance Buybacks With Layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Consultants:

KPMG Announces New Additions to Restructuring Practice
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Healthcare:

Pre-Insolvency Planning Is Key for Employers with Self-Funded Health Plans
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Hot dogs, bacon and other processed meats cause cancer, World Health Organization declares
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Mitt Romney takes credit for Obamacare, a law he vowed to repeal Why ObamaCare Is Failing
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Medical Errors Found in Half of Surgeries
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Taxis:

New York's Taxi King Is Going Down
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Taxis Can Still Survive Uber
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Finance:

How to Kill a Debt Boom
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Fraud:

Alabama AG: Bankruptcy scammers threaten jail if bogus debt isn't paid
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Latest sentencing in $1.2B Scott Rothstein Ponzi scheme
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Thybo Asset Management Settles Madoff Clawback Claim for $46M
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Manufacturing CEO seeks distance from man convicted in Ponzi
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Gambling:

Caesars’ Rolls Snake Eyes: District Court Refuses To Enjoin Suit Against Parent
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Will Caesars' bankrupt casino operating unit attract buyers?
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Museums:

Shuttered Fredericksburg Area Museum's future uncertain
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The Spruce Goose is safe. The aviation-themed water park? Maybe not.
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Coal:

Hillary Clinton Attacks Coal Company For Trying To 'Shirk Its Responsibilities' To Retirees
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Software:

Globo Plc Will Likely File For Bankruptcy: Tilson
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Student Debt:

Ropes & Gray Attorneys Petition the U.S. Supreme Court to Restore the Availability of a Student Loan Discharge to Debtors Experiencing “Undue Hardship”
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Members of Congress Push to Ban Social Security Garnishment for Student Loan Debt
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Defaults:

`Fallen Angel' Ranks Grow Amid Commodities Slump, Moody's Says
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Miller Energy bankruptcy to lift Fitch's leveraged default rate
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Consumer Finance:

How a hip-hop mogul’s company made a mess of people’s finances
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Economy:

US Companies Warn of Slowing Economy
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Why the Fed won’t raise rates in October — in five charts 13 charts that show why the Fed might still raise rates in 2015
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How a Fed Rate Hike Could Actually Stimulate the U.S. Economy
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Onshoring Isn't Bringing Back Good Jobs
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U.S. Companies Warn of Slowing Economy U.S. profits recession: strong dollar is killing American profits
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Baby Boomers Hugely Underestimate What They Need for Retirement
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A Fiscal Cease Fire Is Needed Until There’s a Plan to Fix the Debt Congress negotiators near deal on budget, debt limit : sources Washington is on the verge of a massive budget deal Lew on the Debt Limit: Code Red
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Wages Aren’t as Stagnant as You’ve Been Told
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M&A boom sees 60% of global firms in market to buy
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Number Of Americans Renouncing Their U.S. Citizenship Hits All-Time High
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

New Home Sales Fell Sharply Percent in September: 11.5% Decline New Home Sales decreased to 468,000 Annual Rate in September Comments on September New Home Sales
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Black Knight: House Price Index up 0.3% in August, Up 5.5% year-over-year
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9th Cir Holds "Chapter 20" Debtor May Void Mortgage In Chpt 13 After Obtaining Discharge in Chpt 7 Bankruptcy
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House will vote this week on measure to limit CEO pay at Fannie, Freddie
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Debt Load Hinders Recovery at Hovnanian
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Municipalities:

How To Make Money From Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis
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The Help That Puerto Rico Needs
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Rahm Emanuel Trades Reform For The Largest Property-Tax Hike In Chicago's Modern History
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Illinois budget mess spurs biggest pension fund withdrawal ever
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Municipal Bond Regulator Pushes SEC for Direction on Bank Loans
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Company That Sold a Record Muni Junk-Bond Is Back With an Even Bigger Deal
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Oil/Gas:

Oil ends at 2-month low dogged by demand worries Oil Prices Cut Off At The Knees By Inventory Build Crude starts Halloween week running scared
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BP: We're planning for $60 oil
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U.S. Oil Imports On The Rise Once More
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US Oil Rig Count Down 8 Weeks
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The IEA says oil and gas investment hasn’t been this bad in 20 years
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Banks Give A Stay Of Execution On Oil And Gas Sector
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Billions in impairments, spending cuts expected in oil earnings
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Energy industry fuels growth in Moody's list of spec-grade companies
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Vantage Drilling Co. lays off 135 workers in the Gulf of Mexico
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Ugly third quarter predicted for Canada's oilpatch companies
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US stocks under pressure as energy shares sell off
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Texas manufacturing picks up for the first time in months, but outlook is still negative
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How Oil Prices Have Impacted Refining And Shale Companies
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Transocean, Shell delay delivery of two new drillships
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Cheap Oil May Force Exporters to Sell Assets, Fueling Market Volatility
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New way to bet on oil wipes out billions in investor savings
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Former refugee faces new fears as oil patch crashes around him
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Bakken oil companies file for bankruptcy
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Junk Rig Bonds Return 22% as Mexico Driller Dodges Industry Woes
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Retailing:

AlixPartners Retail Bankruptcy Insight
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Wal-Mart Shrinks the Big Box, Vexing Vendors
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Politics:

Candidate made loans to campaign while on bankruptcy plan
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Donald Trump describes father's 'small loan': $1 million Trump's Hard-Knock Life How family wealth really works in America: An explainer for Donald Trump Trump Fact Check: "Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble." What Donald Trump doesn’t understand about dealmaking Sorry Trump : Ford Still Building in Mexico Ben Carson Leads Donald Trump by Double Digits in Iowa, Polls Show
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Watch Elizabeth Warren's Candid Interview About Hillary Clinton From 2004 Hillary Clinton Backs Miners in Peabody, Patriot Benefits Fight
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No More Messrs. Nice Guy: First Sanders, Now O’Malley Takes Glove Off
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JEB! Still Totally Wants To Save Our Economy, He Just Needs To Deal With Some Campaign Money Issues First
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Where Is Ben Carson’s Money Going? Ben Carson's Risky Endorsement Strategy Carson Fact Check: "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."
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Lindsey Graham wonders why he’s losing to Ben Carson: ‘At least I didn’t try to murder someone’
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Rand Paul: You Can't Be A Fiscal Conservative If You Are A Liberal On Military Spending
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Tea Party Support Hits All Time Low
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Hollywood:

Relativity Media Butts Heads With Investor Ahead Of Bankruptcy Hearing
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Relativity Media Swipes at Financial Backer, Hints at Fraud Claim Ahead of Bankruptcy Hearing
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Laundry:

Coyne’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Progressing, Has Buyers for All Plants
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Resorts:

Nov. 2 Liquidation Hearing Looms in Wake of Baha Mar Layoffs
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Roberts Blames Izmirlian For Layoffs By Liquidators
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'Don't Play Politics Over Baha Mar'
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Tax:

Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts
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Debt Collection:

Debt-buying industry and lax court review are burying defendants in defaults
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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 (4 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

 

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Miscellaneous:

October 2015: Bankruptcy & Restructuring Litigation Update
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Introduction to the Articles Presented by Three Rising Stars in Bankruptcy Scholarship
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Gifting:

Third Circuit Provides Gifting Guidance in § 363 Sales
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Insiders:

Tenth Circuit Saves Insider's Severance Payments
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Avoidance Actions:

Chopper Express Preference Actions Filed
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Cross-Border:

New Delaware Chapter 15 Filing - Thane International, Inc.
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Eligibility:

Debtors’ Operations that Violate Federal Law Preclude Access to Bankruptcy Court Relief
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Aviation:

Half of American Airlines' revenue came from 13% of its customers
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CDS:

Inside the Secretive Circle That Rules a $14 Trillion Market
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Celebs:

50 Cent’s Gargantumansion Is Now Less Than Half Its Original Price
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Education:

For-profit colleges under fire in Illinois
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Weapons:

Chemring Falls Most in Two Decades as Export Delay Risks Default
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Pharma:

Valeant forms board to examine pharmacy ties, shares tumble again Drugmaker Valeant raises detailed defense Valeant's Pharmacy Relationships Were Complicated
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Sovereigns:

Legal battle with ‘vulture’ funds to resume Argentina bond impasse will be high on election victor's to-do list
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UK:

U.K. Economy Expanded Less Than Forecast as Production Cooled
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Scottish business failures at pre-recession levels
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KPMG reveals corporate insolvencies down by almost a third
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McClure Naismith debts estimated at more than £5m
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The Avengers: Fallen London Bankers Seek Own Form of Justice
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EU:

Bankruptcy Law in European Countries Emerging from Communism: The Special Legal and Economic Challenges
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PIIGS:

Widow of Greek Pensioner Beats Lehman Brothers in Supreme Court
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Portugal: Directors' duties and liability in the vicinity of insolvency
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Canada:

Local steelworkers back in court to unseal secret deal
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Canadian Bankruptcy Considerations in Factoring Transactions
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U.S Steel secret deal with Ottawa to get speedy court of appeal hearing
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Essar Steel Algoma hires debt restructuring advisers - sources
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Cuba:

Why Cuban cab drivers earn more than doctors
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Ukraine:

Ukraine PM threatens non-payment of Russian debt
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Romania:

Romanian Bankruptcy Law: A Central European Example
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China:

China's Five-Year Plan Facing New Normal of Slower Growth
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Why the first bond default by a state firm is a game changer
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China September industry core earnings fall, third-quarter unemployment stable
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South Africa:

Credit Downgrade Lurks as South Africa's Default Risk Increases
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South Korea:

Korean Shipyards -- Afloat, But Taking On Water
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India:

India to Squeeze State-Run Companies as Deficit Worries Grow
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Will try to table new bankruptcy law in winter session: Joshi
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Russia:

Transaero shares up 40% in early trading on Moscow Stock Exchange
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MENA:

Persian Gulf Unlivable by 2100
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