Law:

Pillsbury And Chadbourne Talk Merger: Will Someone Finally Marry This Old Maid?
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More Questions, Still No Answers from Dewey & LeBoeuf Jury
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Layoff Watch: Litigators Left Longing For Labor
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Reinventing The Law Business: Competitive Advantages In The Law Business
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Re-Entry Program for Women Lawyers Expands
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Is the Bar Too Low to Get Into Law School?
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MBA Applications Soar As Law School Applications Fall To 30-Year Lows
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Law Firms Are Learning: Work-Life Balance Isn't Just for Moms
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What Happened At This Law School Tailgate?
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David Edelberg Joins Sokol Behot
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From Pittsburgh to Global Firm: Reed Smith’s Growth Story
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Will dropping bar passage rates create too few lawyers for available jobs? Experts assess the stats
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Interview Horror Stories: Interviewing With An Emperor
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Dentons Suit Against Guinea Over Fees Survives Dismissal Bid
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Fox Rothschild’s Chief Privacy Officer: We See Hackers Every Day
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Lawyer gets suspension for blog posts about ‘feeding frenzy’ of connected lawyers
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SmallLaw Clients (And Why They’re Better Than Biglaw Clients)
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What happens when you act too manly at work
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15 things the modern gentleman should buy for fall
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The 2 best features coming to the new iPhone cameras
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The iPhone 6S is available in stores today
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Wearable Technology and Lawyers: A Love Story?
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Invite—the easiest way to organize meetings on the go
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We tried the Starbucks app's new mobile ordering feature
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Here's how the iPhone 6S holds up when you bend it
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Lawyer who blamed difficulties of solo practice for mistakes in brief won’t get a third chance
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77% of prisoners in DOJ recidivism study were rearrested within 5 years
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Saudi prince has been arrested on s-- crime charges at a Los Angeles mansion
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Lawyer Arrested for Leaving Kids in Car to Handle Court Case
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Federal judge rejects Kim Davis’ latest attempt to avoid giving same-sex couples marriage licenses
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UK Firm Aghast: "She failed to perform a full 360 degree check"
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Ex-prosecutor accused of ‘disruptive conduct’ at adult store agrees to suspension
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More police officers charged over deadly shootings in 2015
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Arizona city council votes for Christian-only prayers: ACLU warns it’s unconstitutional.
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Lawyer’s Facebook status about feeding client’s cat goes viral
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Right-Wing Threesome Gone Wrong Led to Mysterious Yale Stabbing-Suicide
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‘Dead Soon Enough’ Is A Mixture Of Mayer Brown And A Millennial Detective
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Judges:

Scalia: I 'wouldn't be surprised' if SCOTUS overturns the death penalty
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Supreme Court Justices Will Join in Papal Events
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Catholic Justices Spurn Pope’s Joint Sermon Of Congress
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Judge issues ‘report my unsafe driving’ bumper stickers
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Justice Alito Positions Himself as Anti-Gay Culture Warrior
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Psst! Somebody Nudge Justice Ginsburg Again!
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New Jersey Judge Faces Judicial Complaint Over Crude and Personal Comments
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Wall Street:

Dow futures surge 200 pts. after Yellen talks rate hike
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Global Markets Rebound on Yellen Speech
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Stocks Fall
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Here's how much the top Wall Street banks have earned in fees this year
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Layoffs:

Caterpillar to cut up to 5000 jobs by end of 2016, stock falls 6%
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Mortgage servicer Ocwen to cut US workforce by 10 pct
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:

Walter Energy Judge Says Bankruptcy Headed for `Crash and Burn'
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Walter Energy Tries to Salvage Restructuring With New Cash Order
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Arch Coal debt swap deadline extended to Oct. 26
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Patriot Pressured Over Bankruptcy Plan
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Deutsche Bank Questions Patriot Coal Bankruptcy Plan
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Goldman Sachs: “Peak Coal” Is Here
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Gambling:

Caesars Debt Talks Said to Hit Impasse as Creditor Pact Expires
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At Even $7 A Share, Is Caesars A Gurkha Black Dragon In Hiding Or An Exploding Cigar?
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Why Caesars Entertainment Corp Dropped Again Today
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Audit finds that OTBs in NY face fiscal insolvency • Report casts doubt on future of OTBs amid mounting losses • DiNapoli: New York's OTBs are headed toward insolvency
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Religion:

Pope Francis's speech to Congress, annotated
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Why one Republican congressman says he was "disappointed" by Pope Francis
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Fox’s Shep Smith: Those angered by Pope’s call to care for poor and environment ‘should consult a mirror’
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Pope Francis delivered a speech too progressive for Obama to give
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Hollywood:

Relativity Bankruptcy: Trustee Objects To Revised Key Employee Payment Plan
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Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh Deposition Could Come Soon
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Relativity Bankruptcy: Netflix Says Sale May Threaten Streaming Rights
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Fraud:

Founder Of Defunct Charter Flight Company Tried To Defraud Wayne Bank
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The 10 Biggest Frauds In Recent US History
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Your Loft Could Be in the Bernie Madoff Movie
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Michelle Pfeiffer could be Ruth Madoff's twin
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Judge approves $40 million settlement in Stanford suit • Stanford investors unhappy with BDO's $40 million settlement
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US Attorney Preet Bharara Indicts Masterminds Behind Gerova Financial Pump And Dump
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Resorts:

Baha Mar breakthrough as CCA returns to resort for ‘analysis and assessment’
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Mining:

Glencore Drops to Record Low as Goldman Flags Credit Concern
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Aviation:

Sun Country Airlines reaches contract deal with pilots union
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Arik Air May Be Bankrupt – Report
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Mail Order:

Columbia House Brand Heads to the Auction Block
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Economy:

Fed still on track for rate hike this year, Yellen says • Janet Yellen: One of these 9 slides makes me think we could get inflation wrong • Yellen Fails to Convince This $100 Billion Investor on Rate Move
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Jobless Claims in U.S. Increased Less Than Forecast Last Week • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 267,000
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Kansas City Fed: Regional Manufacturing Activity Declined Again in September
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US business spending plans measure slips in August
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Durable Goods Not In Free Fall As Some Expected
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Interest rates are at a 5,000 year low
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Junk Deals Get Wary Welcome as Lenders Put Off by Fed Delay
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Markets want 'normal,' Fed didn't deliver: Strategist
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Yellen's `Uncertainties' Could Imperil Fed's 2015 Liftoff
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Will Yellen Bend to Calls for an Immediate Fed Rate Hike?
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Consumer Spending Growth Remains Steady
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The Pope’s visit is a magnificent case for teleworking
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It's All `Perverted' Now as U.S. Swap Spreads Tumble Below Zero
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It Is Very Expensive To Be Poor
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Rove: Government Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood Would be a Disaster
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

New Home Sales increased to 552,000 Annual Rate in August • 7-Year High
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Mortgage delinquencies see biggest annual drop since 2011
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More research questions why Treasury snatched Fannie Mae
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Look closely: This explosive mortgage lending article actually doesn't make any sense
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CFPB, DOJ fine Hudson City $27M for mortgage discrimination violations
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Lumber market warned of housing weakness
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Municipalities:

Key Puerto Rican debt holders circle wagons as restructuring talks take shape
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Puerto Rico's financing arm next in line for restructuring-official
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Puerto Rico's Bonds Overshadow Pension Fund Poised to Go Broke
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Puerto Rico Loophole Utilized by UBS Targeted by House Lawmaker
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Puerto Rico to Respect Bondholders' Protections in Restructuring
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Puerto Rico's Biggest Hedge Fund Creditor Group Said to Disband
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Lawmakers to Introduce Bill That Subjects Puerto Rico Funds to Federal Regulations
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Puerto Rico's economic activity index for July falls 0.7 pct y/y
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices rise as firm Chinese seasonal demand offsets weak Japan data
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Gulf Rig Supplier May Be First to Exit Oil-Slump Bankruptcy
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Energy Lending Caught in a Squeeze
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Banks to pull plug on energy companies
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Fracking Firms Struggle to Survive
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EIA: Oil firms’ deficit between spending and cash balloons to $50 billion
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Four San Antonio energy companies file for bankruptcy
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Halliburton Plans More Job Cuts, Mainly in North America
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Low prices keep eating into oil and gas investment
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TransCanada says its cutting one-fifth of its senior management positions
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NOV's David Reid Talks Survival at Oil, Gas Conference
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Saudi Arabia's Crude Stockpiles at Record High
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Oil Prices - What Does “Lower For Longer” Actually Mean?
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Oil prices and stock market are in a strange relationship
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Canadian oil has nowhere to go
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Primera Energy HQ sale waiting on judge's approval
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How Russia’s Oil Companies Are Defying Sanctions and Low Oil Prices
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Winners And Losers Of Iran’s Return To The Oil And Gas Markets
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Samson’s weakness is a cautionary tale
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YPF Said to Plan 2016 Spending Cut as $77 Crude Disappears
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Can Part-Time Work Minimize the Number of Layoffs in Oil, Gas?
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Politics:

Elizabeth Warren tells Stephen Colbert why she would make a ‘terrible’ presidential candidate
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This Republican candidate said we’ll be judged on what we do for the poor. Here’s what he did.
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Fact-checking claims about Donald Trump's four bankruptcies • Donald Trump's bankrupt character • Trump's Hand-Picked Professors at Trump University had previously Declared Bankruptcy • Donald Trump Tops Bloomberg Poll With 21% • Donald Trump is still leading in a key primary state — but Jeb Bush is nipping at his heels • Donald Trump goes off on 'dishonest' reporters who say he's slipping • Trump: Not just Clinton; Rand Paul is ‘shrill,’ too • Trump pays up $40,000 to get on South Carolina ballot • Donald Trump is shedding his playboy image to win support from evangelicals • Trump’s Lawyer Threatens “Multi-million dollar” Lawsuit for Attack Ads Against His Client
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Donald Trump is in an all-out attack against a surging new rival — and he just fired back
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An undeterred Jeb Bush vows 'I'm all in'
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Why Do We Care Whose Side the Pope Is On?
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From corner office to Oval Office - Even a successful business career is no guarantee of political competence
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40% of Americans Want Wall with Canada
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Maine Republican Demands Bill To Post Welfare Recipients' Addresses Online
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Healthcare:

UMC files emergency motion to present its plan to salvage El Paso's Children's Hospital
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Millennium Health Said in Bankruptcy Talks Before Settlement • Reportedly to Pay Fine, May Hand Over Company to Creditors
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The hedge funder at the center of the drug-increase controversy has a long history of alleged bad behavior • A health economist explains the real reason American drugs are expensive
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Sabra Grapples With Bankrupt Tenant
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Buffalo: Hamburg surgery center approved — with conditions
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Mass Torts:

Bankruptcy settlement for railway that caused Lac-Megantic fire goes to court • Final approval of oil train settlement is delayed • Settlement for railway that caused Lac-Megantic fire inches forward
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Food/Beverage:

Sbarro Looks Beyond Food Courts in Post-Bankruptcy Comeback Bid
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Haggen asks court for permission to close 100 stores • Haggen to exit U.S. Pacific Southwest after bankruptcy filing • Haggen closes more Oregon stores as union gets involved in bankruptcy proceedings • Haggen Plans To Close California Stores • Haggen to close all its Arizona stores • Haggen down to nearly bare shelves • Haggen to stick with 38 core stores • Haggen collapse galls grocery shoppers
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A&P: More than 100 bidders in store auction
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Chemicals:

Omnova Profit Declines as Sales Tumble
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Lehman Brothers:

Eighth Distribution Percentages Announced for Lehman Brothers
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Gadgets:

The strange products Quirky is leaving behind
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The Real Reason Why Quirky Failed
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After Quirky's bankruptcy, big Chelsea offices to have a big new tenant
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Non-Profits:

FEGS' bankruptcy tab: $2.7 million and counting
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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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Venue:

GAO steps into debate on forum shopping in bankruptcy
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Cross-Border:

What Happens in the Bahamas – – Stays in the Bahamas
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Priority:

So Long as It's Your Own Money - Third Circuit Allows Secured Creditors to Gift Value to Junior Creditors to Resolve Sale Objection Even When More Senior Creditors Receive Nothing
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Substantial Contribution:

Creditors' Expenses Can Be Reimbursed in Ch. 7 Case
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Plan May Vest Surrendered Property in Creditor
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Comments from Hank Hildebrand on Conduit Payments
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Jurisdiction:

Can’t Control Your Emotions? Well, Maybe the Bankruptcy Court Can.
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Equity:

Reexamining the Equitable Powers of the Bankruptcy Court After Law v. Siegel
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CBAs:

The Rejection and Modification of Collective Bargaining Agreements Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section 1113
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Broker-Dealers:

Struggling broker-dealer Fintegra files for bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

Concerns Grow Over Student Loan Repayment Scams
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Debt Relief for Students Snarls Market for Their Loans
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Think Students Can't Declare Bankruptcy? Think Again
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Autos:

VW to skip bankruptcy but 'German brand' damaged - analyst
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Volkswagen is in deep trouble • Volkswagen Set to Name Mueller as CEO in Sweeping Overhaul • Volkswagen turns to Porsche boss to steer it out of crisis -source
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Dirty secrets - Volkswagen's falsification of pollution tests opens the door to a very different car industry
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The Inside Story of the CFPB’s Battle Over Auto Lending
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Banking:

Defaults More Likely To Drive Bank Stocks Than Janet Yellen's Decision To Hike Interest Rates
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Video Games:

Documents shed light on start of disastrous 38 Studios deal • A look at the revelations in unsealed 38 Studios documents • Inside the 38 Studios scandal: Who knew what, and when?
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Education:

Why Shaming Expensive Schools Won't Lower the Price of College
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Finance:

High yield bond prices tumble to 2015 low as market eyes Fed, commodities
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The State of Asset-Based Lending
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Celebs:

Tyga Lawsuits and Taxes Might Mean He Files Bankruptcy Like 50 Cent?
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Financial Hardship for Samuel L. Jackson? How Celebrities Get Out of Jury Duty
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Currency:

It looks like one of the world's best-funded bitcoin companies is running into trouble
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Sovereigns:

IMF chief urges all lenders to join Ukraine debt deal
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Kiev stops debt payments, faces technical default
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UK:

Begbies bullish about its future
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October brings major changes to insolvency law
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Wales: National Library facing insolvency unless jobs are slashed
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UK steelmakers appeal for help as threat of closures looms
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EU:

Pimco Joins BlackRock Bond Manager Predicting ECB Will Expand QE
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PIIGS:

Catalonia Isn't Really About to Break Away From Spain, Is It?
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Italy's Renzi May Find Reality Bites in Debt Reduction Struggle
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China:

China, explained simply with charts
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China's Stocks Fall as Capital Outflows Hit Record in August
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Brazil:

Petrobras Riskier Than Argentine Peer Shows Confidence Collapse
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MENA:

ISIS has a cash-flow problem
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Horrific Stampede at Hajj in Saudi Arabia Kills 717 Pilgrims
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India:

US CEOs seek faster reforms; PM promises speedier decisions • Modi’s India is moving—but not fast enough to impress the US, or beat China
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Norway:

Bergen Group's rig services subsidiary declares bankruptcy
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Thailand:

Thai Banks Face Biggest Default Since '97 as Steel Venture Fails
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Japan:

Japan effectively downgrades view of economy
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New Zealand:

Pumpkin Patch in fight for survival as shares plunge
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