Law:
As Bankruptcy Filings Fall, Big Firms Forge Path Through Slowdown
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Associate Bonus Watch: It’s A ‘Sin’ To Make This Much Money
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Do Associate Bonuses Create Perverse Incentives?
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Latham & Watkins Names New Bankruptcy Partners
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Cleary Gottlieb Names New Restructuring Partner, Counsel
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An Interview with Sharon Levine of Lowenstein Sandler
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Cleary Gottlieb builds up counsel numbers but plays safe on partners
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Firms Still Reviewing Strategy in Wake of Recession, Clients Want to See More
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Layoff Watch: More Lawyer Jobs Slashed Due To Weak Market
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No ‘Appreciable Progress’ for Women in Partnership Ranks
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Law Firms Risk Replacement as Boards Focus on Cybersecurity
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Corporate Counsel to Outside Firms: Get With the Tech or Else
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Five practical tips on how to network
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Need a Lawyer? Legal Ads Are Proliferating, Says New Report • This law firm will spend more than $25M in legal advertising this year, report says • A Dubious Legal Distinction
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Is Legal Scholarship Barren of Meaning?
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Don’t Baby Law School Applicants
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An Inside Look At A T14 Law School’s Unemployment Rate
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NY Times Has Pulled A Loose Thread On The Legal Education Establishment’s Sweater
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‘Grow’ your law school? The what, why and whether of Denver Law
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University of West Los Angeles School of Law Granted Re-Accreditation by California State Bar
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Baker & Hostetler's Madoff Tab Tops $715 Million
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The Bonfire Of The Vanities: A Conversation With Preet Bharara And Tom Wolfe
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When Your Career Is On The Chopping Block
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Smart-dressing law student slams ‘tracksuit slob’ classmates for judging her
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Downsized In-House Legal Department Works For Lear - Could Be Hybrid Model For Future • Lear GC explains why legal team is getting smaller
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4 Rules Entrepreneurs Should Understand Before Pitching Their Products To Attorneys
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Mysterious barrister lifts lid on cocaine-fueled life at the bar
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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty
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S.C. officer fired after throwing student across classroom • Students called South Carolina cop filmed attacking girl ‘Officer Slam’ • Another Lesson in Race, Policing and Mistrust
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Judge Dismisses Case Against ‘Drone Slayer’ Who Shot Down Drone From Back Porch
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Criminal lawyer accused of charging clients $1M for ‘guaranteed’ dismissals gets 15 years
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A D.C. cop tried to break up a group of teens. It ended in an impressive dance-off.
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St. Louis Prosecutor Pleads Guilty To Covering Up Police Brutality
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Using taxi as getaway car points police to bank robbery suspect
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Hackers Threaten to Release KKK Names
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Hasbro Says Toy Hamster Looks Nothing Like Fox News Anchor
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Sometimes DNA Evidence Lies
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Woman Molested During Flight From Dubai
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Judges:
Ex-Detroit bankruptcy judge to mediate VW suits
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Judge Kathryn C. Ferguson Becomes the 6th Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey
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Justice Ginsburg's Warning To A Dysfunctional Nation
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A Discussion With Judge Andrew B. Altenburg
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Public officials with moral qualms about laws should resign or enforce the law, Justice Kennedy says
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New Legally Blonde film could feature Elle Woods as a Supreme Court judge
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Wall Street:
Stock futures stumble
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Wall Street climbs after Fed in volatile trading
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Layoffs:
Deutsche Bank to cut 35,000 jobs in shake-up
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A&P notifies state of layoffs at Montvale corporate headquarters
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:
The Effect of Switching from a Brunner to a Totality Test for Student Loan Bankruptcy
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Interview With Student Loan Activist Alan Collinge On Bankruptcy Protection
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Budget bill rider would allow student debt collectors to robocall your cellphone
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Celebs:
5 Famous NFL Players Who Lost Their Fortunes
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Dykstra Admits Extorting MLB Umpires
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Politics:
Republicans face off on taxes, gun-free zones • GOP debate: Who won...and who lost • Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio won the Republican debate • Fact checking the CNBC GOP Presidential Debate • GOP Debate: Fact-checking the candidates' claims • Republican debate: CNN’s Reality Check team inspects the claims • Insiders, outsiders stake claims in GOP presidential debate • The third Republican presidential debate, explained • All out war on CNBC • Analysis: A Free for All GOP Debate
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Carson, Trump will be center of attention at Republican debate • These are the 3 enemies of the GOP debates thus far
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Trump: I have no apology for bankruptcies • Trump defends his Atlantic City tenure again at GOP debate • Donald Trump: Boy am I good at solving debt problems • Donald Trump's Logic: 4 Bankruptcies Show His Skill With Debt • Trump: I carry a gun on occasion • Trump to Iowa: ‘What the hell are you people doing to me?’ • If Trump isn’t winning, he’s whining •The Donald Has Filed For Bankruptcy Multiple Times. What's His Strategy, and What Can It Teach You? • s CNBC Debate Will Be “Unfair” • A Humbler Donald Trump Pleads With Iowans: 'I'm Not Leaving' • The most interesting thing about Donald Trump's thoughts on tech is how boring they are • Trump Fact Check: "I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.
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Why Hillary Clinton Is Rising in the Polls Now • Ads Position Hillary Clinton as Champion of Working Women • Hillary Clinton’s progressive problem: Explaining the past she can’t quite manage to escape • What Hillary Clinton said on Stephen Colbert’s show, and what she might have meant
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Top Bernie Sanders aides say Hillary would make a ‘great vice president’ • Why millennials love Bernie Sanders, and why that may not be enough
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Ben Carson believes the world was literally created in 6 days • Ahead of debate, new spotlight on Carson reveals gaps in his platform • Stop Losing to Ben Carson! • What to Make of Carson's Surge • Ben Carson, Beating All Comers • Ben Carson Will Be Best-Liked Candidate on Debate Stage • Ben Carson's disappearing act • Carson Fact Check: Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech. • Ben Carson vs. Ben Carson
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Third GOP Debate a New Shot for Carly Fiorina • Fiorina adds detail to antiabortion story: Planned Parenthood • Carly Fiorina's wildly misleading "92 percent" claim about women and jobs • Carly Fiorina's controversial record as CEO, explained
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Kasich indicates his GOP rivals Trump and Carson are crazy
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It was not a good night for Jeb Bush ...
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Florida Newspaper: Marco Rubio ‘Ripping Us Off’, Should Quit Senate • Marco Rubio's $6 Trillion Problem
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Ted Cruz is wrong about inflation
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6 ‘presidential’ quotes Rand Paul totally made up
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Charles Koch — oops! — praises Obamacare
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As Speaker, Paul Ryan Can Finally Get Tax Overhaul Done
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Debt Collection:
Congress Set to Allow Robocalls to Cellphones
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Electricity:
Fees in Energy Future Holdings' Bankruptcy to Exceed $200M
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Economy:
FOMC Statement: No Rate Hike • Fed leaves target interest rate at zero, but a December hike is still on table • Complete text • 4 Takeaways From the Fed's Announcement • How Yellen got Fed doves to go along with hike hint
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Krugman: Check Out Our Low, Low (Natural) Rates
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Here's How You Know The Economy Is Not Growing Fast Enough
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10 Charts on the Obama Economy
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Parsing the Fed: How the October Statement Changed from September
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Ben Bernanke reveals the biggest financial risk in the global economy
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GOP Hopefuls Rail Against Debt-Ceiling Deal • Budget deal will require 15 million older Americans to pay more for Medicare
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CEOs have millions more put away for retirement than their workers • Top execs have 900 times the average Joe’s savings
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The Best and Worst Countries to Run a Business, According to the World Bank
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Study: Millennial Small-Business Owners are Active Borrowers with High Delinquency Rates
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Chart: Stop Complaining About Long Workweek
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The Sharing Economy's Monopolies
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Ocwen posts big loss, erasing profits for 2015
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey, Purchase Applications up 23% YoY
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WA: Brinkman files for bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
A Macabre Idea for Reviving the Puerto Rican Economy
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Puerto Rico close to default precipice
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Larry Summers: Puerto Rico is a test of whether financial interests control Washington
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Obama Administration’s Legislative Proposal to Address Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Crisis
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How the U.S. Should Fix Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico utility PREPA's bond insurers present terms -source
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Puerto Rico Fiscal Crisis: Private Business Likely to Feel the Pinch
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The 'Land of Lincoln' is still sinking
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Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Revives Debate on Statehood
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Puerto Rico government bank that issues bonds announces drop in liquidity amid economic crisis
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Puerto Rico Governor May Not Seek Re-Election, Report Says
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Puerto Rico Default Won't Derail Market, Bond Insurer Says
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Big U.S. Cities Are Adding Jobs, Cutting Jobless Rates. How Does Yours Rank?
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California Clarifies and Enhances Protection for Municipal General Obligation Bonds
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Jacksonville Pension Bled Money as Funding Shortfall Doubled
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Retailing:
Hawaii retailer Hilo Hattie to auction off store fixtures, office equipment and memorabilia
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Quiksilver Asked Court to Approve Sale of Shoe Brand
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Will other retailers follow REI and close on Black Friday?
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Hollywood:
Weinstein Co. Must Face Bankrupt DVD Distributor's Fraud Claim
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Oil/Gas:
Oil tops $45 to settle at highest level in a week • Oil prices jump on smaller inventory build • Why oil is soaring despite 5 weeks of rising supplies
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Low Oil Prices Could Bankrupt OPEC in 5 Years -- but Crush Rest of World in 3
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Too Much Oil at Too Small of a Price for Producers
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Nabors CEO: Expect more exits from U.S. oil patch in fourth quarter
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Sabine Oil & Gas Strikes First, Seizing Control of Bankruptcy Litigation
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Shell takes $2 bln write-down on oil sands • Shell’s Scrapped Oil Sands Project Highlights Major Issue For Canada • Shell Has Biggest Loss in More Than a Decade
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Weak oil prices hit Russia’s sovereign-wealth fund
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Occidental Petroleum to Exit Bakken Shale Amid Heavy Losses
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Anadarko CEO: “Growth will not be rewarded” amid cheap oil
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Weak prices 'may hurt ratings' of oil and gas firms
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Oil majors rush cuts to hit $60 break-even
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Are investors in the Canadian fossil fuel sector in denial
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NatGas Glut Mirrors The Problems Facing Oil Markets
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Statoil posts $330 million loss in third quarter
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Suncor Posts Loss Amid Oil Crash Even as Company Cuts Costs
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ConocoPhillips Reports Loss as Oil Crash Limits Shale Growth
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Why EBITDA is so misleading for E&Ps these days
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Judge declines to freeze Alfaro's assets • The Opinion
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Shell swings to loss on $7.9 billion charges
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Gas Powered Cars Could Go Extinct by 2050
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Downsizing with dignity as challenge as oilpatch layoffs mount
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How OPEC is likely ruining your retirement
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Coal:
Arch Coal Inc: Bankruptcy Is Here... Almost
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Arch Coal Running Out of Options
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Mines delinquent on taxes big part of Kanawha County budget deficit
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Paper:
‘A lot of people might be out of work soon’: Lincoln lowers tax rate
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Personal Finance:
The complicated product that is leaving some retirees deeper in debt
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You're About to Lose $50,000 in Social Security
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Awards:
Pittsburgh lawyer Robert Bernstein honored by American College of Bankruptcy
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Resorts:
Predictions For Baha Mar’s Future
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Resort’s Reputation Has Been Tarnished
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AG defends govt’s handling of Baha Mar crisis
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Food/Beverage:
New Bedford seafood company files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Environmental:
LA County to spend $2M to speed cleanup of battery recycler
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Consumer Finance:
Will This Online Lender's Risky Business Model Hold Up?
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Real estate investor, medical business owner get prison time over bankruptcy, tax charges
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Trucking:
Trucking Industry Sees Swooning Demand
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Gold:
World's Biggest Gold Miners Answer Price Slump With More Output
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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 (9 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 declined 11% in Fiscal 2015, Lowest Filings since 2007 • Fiscal Year Bankruptcy Filings Continue Fall
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Mootness:
Third Circuit Judges Debate the Future of Equitable Mootness
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Chapter 13:
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Free and Clear:
High court asked to rein in confusion over 2 key bankruptcy issues
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Insurance:
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Chapter 13:
BK SD CA: Court Seeks Comments On Mandatory Ch. 13 Plan
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Bankruptcy Policy:
What is Right About Bankruptcy Law and Wrong About its Critics
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Default Interest:
Postdefault Interest Rates in Bankruptcy
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TBTF:
Stephen Colbert asked Hillary Clinton if she'd let big banks fail: 'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes'
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Fed's Disaster Plan Is Bitter Pill for Debt-Averse Wells Fargo
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Hedge Funds:
S&P 500 vs Hedge Fund Returns Since 2011
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Education:
Judge Rules Defunct For-Profit College Is Liable for $530 Million in Damages • Corinthian Colleges Ordered to Pay Damages to Students
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Corinthian Colleges Loses Federal Lawsuit As Education Department Faces Reckoning
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California student test scores among worst in US
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Aviation:
Bankruptcy Reprieve: One Hurdle Down For Republic Airways
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Communications:
Bankruptcy court grants more time to former Standard Register entity
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Healthcare:
Statement Ok'd for Children's reorganization
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Bankruptcy judge approves $5.7 million sale of Nurses Registry to Louisiana company
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Court: Medicare, Medicaid can't be cut during home's bankruptcy appeal
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Hutcheson board questions critical report
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Almost Half of Obamacare Co-Ops to Close
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More Seeking Low Cost Health Care in Mexico
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Autos:
Christie Agrees Those Behind Bad GM Switches Should Be in Jail
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Millikin Faces Subpoena as GM Bellwether Looms
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Why VW Is “Too Big To Fail”
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Hotels:
Ousted Hotel Conneaut operator considering court fight to get hotel back
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Taxis:
So the Uber Surge Price Theory Doesn't Work?
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Sovereigns:
New York hearing with vultures ends
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Argentina: Holdouts dispute, a Cristina Fernandez legacy for the next government
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UK:
Personal insolvency numbers rise sharply • Personal insolvencies long-term decline continues
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The UK steel industry – the beginning of the end?
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Scottish corporate failures fall but concerns over offshore debt recovery tactics
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How ministers gave millions to Kids Company despite repeated warnings from officials
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EU:
The Quantitative Easing Experiment Is Failing
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PIIGS:
Spanish Insolvency Law Amended with a Welcome Reform to Article 90.1.6º
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Canada:
US Steel claiming $2.2 billion in debt owed by former Stelco
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U.S. Steel wants court to make Canadian operation pay $2.2 billion debt
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Devon Energy Cuts 15% Of Staff In Canada
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Oilpatch expected to lose $2.1-billion this year
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Lawyer Fights Incurable Cancer With Humor, Hope, And An Amazing Blog
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Algoma discussing fourth Canadian insolvency
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MENA:
Low oil prices threaten savings, economies of Middle East countries
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Israeli Grocer Alon Slides as Default Concern Boosts Competitors
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Africa:
A New OHADA Uniform Act on Insolvency and Restructuring in Africa
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Brazil:
The Use of Chapter 15 by Brazilian Companies: A Case Study
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How A Lone Oil Rig Embodies the Brazil Boom That Never Was
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Brazilians Pay 414% on Credit Card Interest
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Ukraine:
Russia minister: We're not taking part in Ukraine debt restructuring talks
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Putin Tests English Debt Law as Ukraine Feud Heads to London
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India:
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Russia:
Bankruptcy in Russia: New Instruments of Protection of Creditors’ Rights
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Russia Oil Production Poised for Record as Industry Defies Slump
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South Korea:
Daewoo Shipbuilding Gets Rescue from Creditors
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