Law:

Dewey Jury Sifts Through Evidence, Ponders Reasonable Doubt • Dewey Jurors Receive Hundreds More Documents
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Who Reps America's Biggest Companies: You Want Me To Pay For What?
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Scores on this Year’s Bar Exam May be the Worst in Decades
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Is Legal Education In Crisis? A Dean Responds
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Department Of Education's New Loan Repayment Program Punishes Law School Grads
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Top Lawyers Dish on the Art of the Client Pitch
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Future of Legal Automation Holds Multiple Scenarios
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What are humans good for … in legal services? • Regulation could dampen effect of AI on law, says paper
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Sullivan & Worcester Boosts New York Presence with Bankruptcy Pro
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How to Successfully Launch a Boutique After Big Law
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How New Lawyers Can Avoid Malpractice Nightmares
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Minnesota Lawyer Under Investigation Files for Bankruptcy
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Paralegal who ‘couldn’t keep up with the work’ charged with forging court orders
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Business of Law
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Law firms still cut corners on billing and services, says insurance lawyer
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Small Law Is Huge
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Meet the Women in Charge in Big Law in Texas
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Turnover seen among general counsel at big banks
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Hire People (Or Not) Because Of Who They Are, Not Because Of Who You Hope Them To Be
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"Don't worry bro, someday you will be doing this just like me."
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Movin’ Out: Top 5 Relocation Destinations For New York Attorneys
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How Some Leave The Law And Others Do Not
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This T14 Law School Has Some Trouble With Spelling
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21 signs you're mentally stronger than average
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The 13 best fall boots for men
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17 speaking habits that make you sound unprofessional
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Word Processor Smack Down
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Markup in iOS 9 -- useful feature for lawyers and their clients
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Court: Threatened Wal-Mart Employees Have the Right to Stand Their Ground
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Costly prison fees are putting inmates deep in debt
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Kim Davis did the one thing a judge told her not to — and now she could go back to jail
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4 tons of garbage dumped in national forest by homeless man
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How Our Constitution was Pro-Slavery
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Alan Dershowitz's History of Jewish Lawyers • Dershowitz starts with Abraham in history of Jewish lawyers
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‘Sealed Windows’ has won the 2015 ABA Journal short story contest
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Borgota Retains The Right To Mistreat Their S-- Objects
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Attorney and intern face murder case in fatal messenger bag dispute; counsel cites self-defense
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5 Tips for Fantasy Football in the Law Firm
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Seattle Police Officer Sacked After Questionable Arrest Of Man Carrying Golf Club • Officer Involved In Controversial Incident With Golf Club Instigated Prior Chemical Spray Row
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Man Pleads Insanity to Killing Wife After Eating Weed Candy
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Cops: Man Raised $5,000 After Vandalizing Own Truck, Blaming Black Lives Matter Activists
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Ashleigh Madison Is a Lawyer Too Busy to Worry About That Website
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City Says Murdered Woman Should Have Known the "Risks" of Public Housing
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3 Questions About The Boy With A Homemade Clock • Some Critics Aren't So Sure on Ahmed Story
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Judges:

Judge’s ‘Reprehensible’ Conduct Merits Impeachment, Judiciary Says
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Trust in U.S. Judicial Branch Sinks to New Low of 53%
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Appointment of United States Bankruptcy Judge Mark X. Mullin
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Honorable R. Kimball Mosier Appointed to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
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Supreme Court justice's new book contains a radical idea for the court
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Using private court entrances protected defendant and counsel, but was it good for judges?
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RBG to DJ for Chicago radio audience
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This Is What Happens When Two Supreme Court Justices Play Video Games
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Ted Cruz on John Roberts: Why Let the Facts Get in the Way?
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Judge Uses High School English Class Knowledge In Pithy Benchslap
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Mark Fuller, Former Federal District Court Judge, Could Be Impeached • Report: Fuller physically abused woman 8 times, lied under oath
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Wall Street:

Global shares struggle on global growth concerns
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Stocks sell off as Fed fans global fear • Fed Decision One Day Later: Why Stocks Are Declining
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The easy money has been made
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Layoffs:

Job Cuts At Hewlett-Packard Could Leave Investors With Scars
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Fort Wayne transportation company to cut nearly 200 jobs
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Johnson Controls plans to cut 3,000 from salaried workforce
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Wells Fargo lays off 182 mortgage team members
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

Abercrombie is poised to become the comeback of the year
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Once- bankrupt Filene's Basement returns online
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American Apparel Underscores Retail's Big Problem: Overstoring
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Wal-Mart says it will hire 60,000 holiday-season workers
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Personal Finance:

The easy way to get free money at Wal-Mart
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A Millennial just wrote the dumbest article about money in the history of ever
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Coal:

Patriot Coal Files Modified Plan Based on Possible New Bidder
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Duke Energy to foot $85M more in coal-gas plant's costs
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Coal Under Siege Offers `Red Hot' Bargains to Willing Buyers
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Alpha, unhappy creditors agree on loan terms
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The rarest commodity in coal? Good news.
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Food/Beverage:

A&P Insiders Took Home Millions in Year Before Bankruptcy
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A&P again extends bid deadline for 177 stores
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Another week, another D.C. restaurant Chapter 11 filing
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Where's the restaurant? Lawsuit alleges leaders of Hardee's, Carl's Jr. franchise operation ran real estate scheme
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Licensing Under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: Is a USDA Apology Enough to Rescue a PACA Licensee?
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Haggen attempts $12M asset sale to Albertsons, says more stores will close
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IRS: Coca Cola Owns $3.3 Billion in Taxes
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A dangerous myth about who eats fast food is completely false
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Shipping:

Global Maritime Chapter 11 Causes Snags for Harvard Endowment
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UK subsea contractor Ceona goes into administration owing $800M
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Harvard-Linked Fund Sank More Into Ailing Shipper Despite Losses
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Jewelers:

Shamrock Jewelers owner gives bankruptcy court financial document
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Festivals:

Ink-N-Iron Nashville Flops...Hard
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Economy:

Three Fed officials on board for rate hike before year-end • A divided Fed pits world's woes against domestic growth • Fed Dissenter Lacker Says U.S. Economy Needs Higher Rates Now • Bullard Says He Argued Against Fed’s Call to Leave Rates on Hold
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Yellen, others to ramp up October hike debate
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Traders now wagering Fed will first raise rates in 2016
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Evidence That Millennials Are Still Living With Their Parents
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Morgan Stanley: 'Piketty is history'
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Fraud, fools, and financial crises
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Household Net Worth at Record High at end of Q2
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Life Expectancy Gap Between Rich and Poor
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Richest Americans Won the Economic Recovery
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Why won't candidates address the economy?
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Hasn't A Clue About Economic Reality
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Half Say Gov't Regulates Business Too Much
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Government, Economy, Immigration Seen as Top U.S. Problems
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Boehner, Pelosi Work on Shutdown Strategy • Why a government shutdown could be rational • The small stakes of the latest government shutdown fight, visualized • A lot of Republicans want to shut down the government over 10 'undercover' videos
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US auto workers get first raise in a decade
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BLS: Twenty-Nine States had Unemployment Rate Decreases in August
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The richest places in America all have one thing in common
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Chase CEO is OK With Higher Taxes
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Student Loans Don't Restrain Young Home Buyers
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New Federal Mortgage Lending Policy Includes Changes for Student Loan Borrowers
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Mortgage Rates Decline after Fed Announcement
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Wait, the San Francisco mummy house sold for how much?!?!?
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Commercial Real Estate prices "indices post moderate gains" in July, up 12% year-over-year
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$23 million Colony estate sold to unit owners
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The Rent Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Utility Fails to Extend Contract With Insurers • Puerto Rico's PREPA continues debt talks despite setback
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Puerto Rico's VAT Is A Good Idea: But It's The Residents Who Will Be Paying It
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Livi'n La Vida Broke-A: How Puerto Rico Found Its Muni Mojo
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U.S. Congress should give Puerto Rico access to restructuring -Treasury
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Courts call the shots for budget-less Illinois
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Central Coventry Fire District: State walking away from bankruptcy dealings • R.I. blames Coventry leaders for failed bankruptcy plan
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Real stories of Detroit's recovery from bankruptcy
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Brownback's Kansas Experiment's Disaster
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Oil/Gas:

`Furious' Samson Judge Rebukes Banks for Collateral Demand
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Reeling Samson Resources, Once Worth $7 Billion, Files For Bankruptcy • Samson Resources bankruptcy involves Denver billionaire's consortium • Samson bankruptcy highlights M&A plans in offshore oil industry • Samson bondholders said to contest Cerberus-led takeover plan
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Shale drillers spending most of their cash paying off high debt • Shale Driller Debt Burden Puts 400,000 Oil Barrels at Risk • Which Shale Firms Will Cut Production? • Oil Companies Running Out Of Options
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Bankruptcy Plagues Offshore Drilling Market • Oil prices rise as US drilling declines
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Haynes and Boone Conducts Fall Survey of Borrowing Base Redeterminations
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US oil and gas battles bank lenders • Is a Credit Crunch Looming on the Near Horizon for Oil Stocks?
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Mon.: Oil rises, recovering some of Friday drubbing
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Fri.: Crude falls ahead of 'All or Nothing at All' from the Fed • Oil Drops Amid Broader Selloff as Fed Points to Global Risks • US oil tumbles 4.7% to settle at $44.68 a barrel • Wall Street selloff offsets rig data
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Oil Speculators Most Bullish in Two Months as OPEC Calls for $80
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Weekly US oil and natural gas rig count falls by 6
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The oil price outlook: A slippery slope for energy stocks
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Gas Bears Rattled by Shrinking Shale Cut Bets to Six-Month Low
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How one US state went from two quakes a year to 585
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China Is Hoarding the World's Oil
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In a Mideast upset by cheap oil, more crude may enter market • 4 Reasons Why Saudi Arabia Will Keep The Spigots Open Until 2018
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BP Sees Oil-Sands Costs Falling
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HOVENSA gets preliminary OK for $40M loan
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One energy company is on the verge of a 'liquidity death spiral'
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Quicksilver Resources begins marketing and sale process
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Oil-price depression brings sleepy feel back to South Texas boomtown
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Breaking the oil and gas bust
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Can The Saudi Economy Resist ‘Much Lower For Much Longer’?
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Bankruptcy Plagues Offshore Drilling Market
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Federal court authorizes seizure of Moreno’s BR property
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Shale Oil Resilience Spells Bad News For Premier Oil PLC And Tullow Oil PLC
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Texas Lost 13,700 More Jobs in August
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Russian Government Readies for Prospect of $30 Oil
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Alfaro, investors spar over court order on dissipating assets
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Hollywood:

Relativity Sports Joins Dispute Over Contracts at Bankrupt Parent Company
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Producers Of Halle Berry Pic ‘Kidnap’ Slam Relativity Over Proposed Sale
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Evian, Disney, Producers Among Dozens Unleashing Legal Onslaught as Sale Approaches
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Disney: Relativity Owes ‘Earth To Echo’ Pension Payments
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Politics:

Dems: Joe Bankruptcy
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Trump Says He’s Willing to Spend $100m to Win Nomination • The True Story of Donald Trumps Florida Casino Fail • Donald Trump on Muslims: 'Are You Trying to Say We Don't Have a Problem?' • Trump to CNN: 'I love the Muslims' • The White House fired back after a man called Obama a Muslim at a Donald Trump rally • Why Hispanics are thanking Donald Trump • Rivals Condemn Trump as Muslim Obama Suggestion Returns to Spotlight • How Donald Trump Was Stumped at GOP Debate • Trump Pushes National 'Right to Carry' Law in Gun Rights Paper • I learned everything I needed to know about Donald Trump 25 years ago: "Combover bankruptcy acrobat" • What Donald Trump doesn’t understand about calling women beautiful • Trump Courts Skeptical Christian Conservatives in Iowa • Donald Trump finds religion • Donald Trump vows to fight for religious liberty
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Poll: Fiorina rockets to No. 2 behind Trump in GOP field • Only a Woman Could Slow Donald Trump • What Carly Fiorina Needs to Do Now • Fiorina Is Woman of the Hour at South Carolina Conservative Gathering • Carly Fiorina edges right on some hot-button issues • Carly Fiorina Aims to Foil Attacks on Her Record as a C.E.O. • A simple guide to what Carly Fiorina actually believes
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Scott Walker's campaign is in deep, deep trouble
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Fact Check - Rand Paul: "There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."
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Fact Check - Marco Rubio: Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick."
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Fact Check - Ted Cruz: The Iran deal "trusts the Iranians to inspect themselves." • Senate GOP Shuns Cruz's Tactics
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Shutdown Prospect Mystifies Rest of World, Clinton Says • Clinton Says ‘Overdue for Debate’ on Military-Industrial Complex
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Ben Carson Does Not Believe a Muslim Should Be President • Carson's Appeal: He's Zen Ben in a Field Led by Trump
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Pressed on Plans to Cut Deficit, Sanders Is Short on Specifics
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Biden aides indicate question is more when than if • Sources: Joe Biden Has Wife's Support for WH Bid
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This post-debate poll will horrify the GOP establishment
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The De-Reaganization of the Republican Party
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Krugman: Fantasies and Fictions at GOP Debate
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A Window into Elizabeth Warren's View of Hillary's Record on Women's issues
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Lehman:

Here are the crazy stocks Lehman Brothers is still trading
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Music:

SFX Gets Surprise Bailout
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Mass Torts:

Georgia salmonella case: Tainted peanut executive faces sentence
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Bankruptcy judge poised to sign off on settlement for oil train disaster victims in Canada
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (38 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: Two Weeks
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Abandonment:

Former Standard Register fights charges by Silver Point Finance in bankruptcy court
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Sales:

Ruling Will Encourage Debtor's Sales in Bankruptcy
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Class Actions:

Putative Class Actions in Bankruptcy for Violations of the Discharge Injunction and Bankruptcy Code Section 524(j)
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Appeals:

Ninth Circuit: “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Improving Chapter 13?: Some Thoughts on Dear Congress
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Recent Pleadings:

Dune Energy Confirms Plan
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Insurance:

Texas Court Rules for Former Energy Executive in D&O Dispute
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Autos:

Has General Motors learned its $900 million lesson?
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Healthcare:

Univita collapse leaves disabled man, many others, stuck
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UMC to make new offer for Children's Hospital
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Potential liabilities cloud Children's outlook
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Carlsbad Mental Health Center official facing fraud charges
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Kips Bay asks shareholders to shut it down
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All the ways the GOP candidates were wrong about vaccines
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Drug Goes from $13.50 to $750 Overnight
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Celebs:

Bankruptcy judge tosses out defamation claim against Casey Anthony
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Jack Johnson's bankruptcy claims disputed
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David Cassidy's House Gets Higher Offer
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Joe Giudice Plans to Fight Deportation
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Helping athletes, stars make and keep their money
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Asset Protection:

EarthGrains Turns Up The Heat With Utah Charging Order Against Nevada LLC
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Aviation:

TSA makes PreCheck way more valuable by ending free passes, limiting program to enrolled members
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Student Debt:

Low-Income Students at Wealthiest Schools Have High Debt Burden
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What Was Missing From The GOP Debate? Student Loan Debt
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Distressed Investing:

Junk Bond Leader Krug Keeps Winning by Outsmarting Rating Firms
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Education:

New York Military Academy to close after 126 years
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Fraud:

North Carolina Bank Sued By Victims of $40 Million “Black Diamond” Ponzi Scheme
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Hollywood Filmmaker Charged With $21 Million Ponzi Scheme
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Gambling:

Florio Firm Shares Blame for Showboat Deal, Report Says
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Taxis:

State takes over credit union after taxi medallions tank
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Corporate Reform:

SEC Flexes Its Muscle on Accounting Fraud and Targets More Individuals
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Consultants:

EPIQ Systems Rating Lowered to Sell
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Marinas:

Pier 36 progress: Corps reviews applicants to lease marina
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Sovereigns:

Hedge fund Aurelius holds Ukraine debt, asking better terms – source • 'Vulture' fund Aurelius targets Ukraine debt
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CDS holders seek Ukraine credit event ruling
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UK:

Ailing steelmaker SSI halts UK production; 2000 jobs at risk
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Prohibitions on Restrictions to Assignment of Receivables
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Lotus given seven days breathing space in HMRC insolvency proceedings
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It's right for investors - not the taxpayer - to pay for bank failures, says BoE
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Former Westlife singer Shane Filan on bankruptcy : I lost everything
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China's dumped steel leaves UK industry facing fight for survival
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EU:

Restructuring the European Business Enterprise: The EU Commission Recommendation on a New Approach to Business Failure and Insolvency
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Yellen Pause Ups Pressure on Draghi as Global Pessimism Mounts
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PIIGS:

Syriza Wins Greece's Election • After the vote: 'Massive challenges' for Tsipras • Tsipras Must Meet Europe's Demands After Win • Greeks vote on whether to give leftists another chance • Greeks Expect More of the Same Hardship as They Vote Again • Greeks Look to Their Own Initiative to Rebuild Crisis-Racked Country
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Alitalia's Chief Executive Resigns Amid Turnaround Plan
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Ukraine:

Fitch Downgrades Ukraine's Privatbank to 'RD'
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Ferrexpo bonds plummet as company denies restructuring claims
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Australia:

A Brisbane junior minor has paid a pittance to snare a failed iron ore project which saw some very high profile bizoids lose a lot of money
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China:

Baoding Tianwei Group to File for Bankruptcy After April Default
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China Beige Book Says Pessimism `Thoroughly Divorced From Facts'
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MENA:

Iran desperate for nuclear deal dividend as economy stagnates
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Iceland:

Distressed Debt Trading Protocol: Kaupthing Closing Transfer Register
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Russia:

Putin Faces Growing Exodus as Russia's Banking, Tech Pros Flee
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