Law:

Dewey Jury Questions Suggest Indecision • Still no verdict in Dewey case as jurors ask judge about procedure for undecided members • Jury Drama Drags on at Dewey & LeBoeuf Trial
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Starting associate pay of $160K is common--but not as common as in 2009
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In-house lawyers start to search out revenue generators
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Latham tops Global 100 with $2.6B in earnings; revenue is up 4.5% overall
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Was lawyer’s courtroom selfie photo a breach of decorum? • Is It Ethical To Take Selfies With Your Acquitted Client?
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Which states had the greatest growth in lawyer population?
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Citi Analyst: There is a ‘Fundamental Shift’ in the Litigation Market
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Are the Worst Days for Law Firms Behind Them?
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All the Wrong Career Moves, and How to Avoid Them
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Five Legal Startups You Should Get to Know
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Baker & McKenzie Tops Latest Global Brand Survey
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The State Of The Legal Profession In 2015
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What the jobs are: New tech, new client needs create a new field of legal operations
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Drastic change needed in 'outdated and unworkable' lawyer advertising rules, says report
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Every Tenure Letter Ever Written
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Columbia Law School’s Very Public Fail
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Beyond Biglaw: Effectively Ending Engagements
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Majority of general counsel admit to using cut & paste templates for drafting thousands of contracts
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What’s In It For Me?
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24 ways to influence even the most resistant people
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How to prevent yourself from getting ‘office bod’
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People are complaining that the new iPhone fingerprint sensor is TOO good
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Insiders are stealing data without law firms even realizing it
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The perils of mixing personal and professional email
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Google unveils everything Apple did, but cheaper
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Lawyers Urge Caution on Wearable Devices on the Job
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That Dumb Old Facebook Copyright Hoax Is Going Around Again
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Adobe's PDF product has a new face, new skills
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Hands-On With Google’s New Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X Smartphones
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Restructuring Pros Use Flip Phones: "If you're calling somebody about the biggest transaction or bankruptcy of their life, you want to sound like you're sitting next to them"
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You Are Already Behind Enemy Lines — Protecting Yourself From Email Attacks
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LawProse: Is “pursuant to” ever useful?
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New '.law' suffix could set off a domain gold rush
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These lawyers battle in the boxing ring as well as the courtroom
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Ralph Nader opens his American Museum of Tort Law
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South Carolina courts tackle quality-of-life issues
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Judge sends sheriff to seize husband’s devices after spyware is found on wife’s phone
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Indicted estate planning lawyer to take plea; victims say she stole millions
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This lawyer is now representing a death row inmate he reported on as a TV newsman
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Brazen robbers targeting posh eateries in New Orleans
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Maryland man sues Ashley Madison, alleging fraudulent misrepresentations
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How 40,000 'women' on Ashley Madison shared just six email addresses
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What NFL's expedited Deflategate appeal means for Brady, league
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US Violent Crime Rates Still Declining
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Kim Davis’s Lawyers Get A Little Too Aggressive In Latest Promotion • Kim Davis' lawyer says she met with pope
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Bill Cosby Stripped of More Honors
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Judges:

John Roberts marks 10 years as chief justice by taking the long view
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Brooklyn judge: Assault victims were ‘no angels’ — violence is just part of their ‘culture’
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U.S. appeals court backs SEC's use of in-house trials
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11th Circuit History Lesson!
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Convicted judge can’t get pension back, even after felony is reduced to a misdemeanor
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Are weeds protected by the First Amendment? Posner thinks not
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SCOTUS About to Go Conservative Again
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set for gains
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Stocks mixed: Nasdaq deeper into red for 2015
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How much worse can it get for stocks?
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Q3 earnings season could be turbulent for stocks
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Wall Street strategists cut 2015 S&P 500 forecasts; small rise seen: poll
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Global markets to log worst quarter since 2011
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The definitive ranking of Wall Street investment banks in every business line
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Layoffs:

Here's What Whole Foods Offers to Laid-Off Employees
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Chesapeake Energy lays off 740 workers companywide
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Amplify Education Laid Off an Estimated Two-Thirds of Staff, 800 jobs
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Bank of America Is Bidding ‘A Couple Hundred’ Bankers Adieu
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:

Buyers, Investors Paying Up for Tasty Food Deals
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Haggen promises laid-off workers here will be paid on time
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Whole Foods CEO: We're facing a 'tectonic shift'
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Education:

Higher Ed in Distress: Is There a Restructuring Solution?
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Lawsuit: College prep company is insolvent, owes millions
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3 charts that should terrify America's small colleges
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Coal:

Walter Energy, Buying Time For Reorg Plan Talks, Nets OK To Use Cash • Court extends Walter Energy's ability to use cash collateral through Oct. 21
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Hollywood:

Relativity Executive Bonus Details to Remain Secret
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Fraud:

$72M judgment upheld against Huntington Bank in Barton Watson's Cyberco scheme
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Banker Tied To Rothstein's Massive Ponzi Scheme Will Plead Guilty
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Paper:

Another blow to Maine paper industry: Old Town mill to close
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Economy:

Consumer confidence nears post-recession top • Consumer Confidence: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
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A third of couples go into debt for their wedding day
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IMF: Financial Crisis if Interest Rates Raised
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A Global Recession?
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How rich are the Forbes 400, really?
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The Average American Worker Earns Less Today Than 40 Years Ago
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GE moving jobs to Canada, blames US Congress on Ex-Im Bank
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IMF warns of coming spike in emerging market company failures • IMF Flashes Warning Lights for $18 Trillion in Emerging-Market Corporate Debt
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BofA Sees Junk-Bond Train Wreck as Pain Spreads Across Market
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Low Bond Liquidity May Trap Investors When Rates Climb, IMF Says
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The Young People Who Got Screwed by a Strong Economy
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Increased 5% in Year to July • U.S. Home-Price Growth Remains Strong in July, Case-Shiller Says • S&P/Case-Shiller: July sees amazing annual home-price gains
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The hottest 20 places to buy a home right now
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83% of Mortgages Sold by Government to Banks and Hedge Funds End in Foreclosure
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Mortgage applications drop after big jump
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Cash sales in June drop to 31%
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CHLA unveils plan for massive GSE reform, ending profit sweep
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Tough News for Lenders – Major NC Supreme Court Decision on Collection of Post-Foreclosure Deficiencies
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Municipalities:

Senate Finance Committee on Puerto Rico Statements: Pedro R. Pierluisi • Melba Acosta • Douglas Holtz-Eakin • Sergio M. Marxuach • Orin Hatch • Ron Wyden
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Puerto Rico Demands Same Bankruptcy Help As States Get (Which is none ??????)
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U.S. Sen. Hatch says no help for Puerto Rico unless better disclosure
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Puerto Rico Congressman: We feel like 2nd class citizens
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Puerto Rico officials press lawmakers for bankruptcy power • Puerto Rico Looks for Help From Washington
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Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Eludes U.S. Fix, Top Republicans Say
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Puerto Rico's Congressman at Odds With Governor Over Debt Crisis
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Can a Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Be Revisited?
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UBS Unit to Pay $34 Million in Settlements Over Puerto Rico Bond Funds
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Senator Hatch says Puerto Rico faces "enormous fiscal challenges"
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Hillview residents upset over property tax increase following city's bankruptcy
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Cities with Fastest Growing Economies
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Mining:

Mining & Metals: Weathering the storm no more
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Glencore shares just came roaring back • What Are the Prospects for Glencore's Recovery? • Glencore Said to Plan Meeting With Debt Investors After Rout • Glencore Extends Gains in London, Says It Has No Solvency Issues • Glencore Credit-Line Concerns Are `Overblown,' Macquarie Says • Glencore's shares rebound, but the story is far from over
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Politics:

Power Rankings: Here's who has the best chance at being our next president
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Donald Trump Is Not Going Anywhere: "He campaigns in poetry in much the same way a wild hog sips chardonnay" • Forbes gave Trump’s net worth a $5.5 billion haircut • Trump: ‘If Russia wants to go and fight ISIS, you should let them' • Inside The Epic Fantasy That's Driven Donald Trump For 33 Years • Donald Trump clobbers 'bankrupt' Forbes for 'embarrassing' $4.5 billion net-worth valuation • The Art Of The Trump: Just How Did Someone So Crazy Become So Rich? • Donald Trump, the Santa Claus of tax reform • Donald Trump's tax plan is all talk • Math in GOP White House front-runner Donald Trump's tax plan doesn't always add up • Trump's Used Beds, Mirrors and TVs Can All Be Yours • Trump Tax Plan A Triumph Of Showmanship Over Common Sense • Conservatives Analyze Trump Tax Plan • Tom Brady Walks Back Donald Trump Endorsement • Bill O'Reilly confronts Donald Trump after Fox News boycott: 'You have to be kind of presidential'
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Jeb Bush to Donald Trump: I'm 'flattered' that you stole my tax plan • Jeb's Poll Numbers are Just Horrible
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Ben Carson's first 10 fact-checks
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New Batch of Clinton E-Mails Comes Due Amid Pile of Lawsuits
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Kasich Fact Check: "When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus."
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Ted Cruz Sternly Rebuked by GOP • Shunned Cruz Trashes Congress in Speech • How Mitch McConnell Outfoxed Ted Cruz • Rand Paul on Cruz: He's Done for in the Senate
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Shipping:

Sinking Rates Send Shippers Sailing to Bankruptcy
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Daiichi Chuo bankruptcy: Shipper's post-boom rebuilding ran aground with China's slowdown
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Oil/Gas:

Paragon Offshore: A Discussion Of Cash Flows, Bankruptcy And Restructuring
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Black Gold Runs Red
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Chesapeake slashes 15% of workforce
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The oil crash just gave this industry its best quarter in 7 years
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Even The Majors Are Getting Crushed
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Shale Firms Secure Loans Amid Low Oil Prices
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Rescue Funding Could Fall Flat For Companies Needing A Life Vest
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TPH: Production from Big Three shale plays will suffer with $50 oil
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Rig repair firm, apology for mistreated workers
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Personal Finance:

7 signs you aren't as good with money as you think you are
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Concerts:

Concert promoter SFX is looking to jettison assets, explores fire sale
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Healthcare:

El Paso Children's Hospital gives details it says shows it agreed to UMC deal
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The $37.1 million sale of Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc. still leaves many questions
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SRHS pension gets a trustee, retirees told good news coming
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HDL buyer to dissolve brand
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Electricity:

Hunt group files for takeover of Oncor power utility • Ray Hunt Launches Bid to Takeover Oncor
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Gambling:

Revel judge approves more than $17.8 million in fees
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Non-Profits:

FEGS Execs Got Fat Payouts as Bankruptcy Loomed Amid Rampant Mismanagement
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Hotels:

Hotel Conneaut operator files for bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 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 (Temporarily Unavailable)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 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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Eligibility:

Another Marijuana Bankruptcy Case Bites the Dust as the Arizona Bankruptcy Court Dismisses an Involuntary Case Filed Against a Medical Marijuana Dispensary
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Bankruptcy Reform:

More Companies File Second Bankruptcy After Reforms
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Should student loans be dischargeable in bankruptcy ?
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Standing:

Panel Says Herbalife Heir Lacks Standing to Appeal Settlement Approval in Bankruptcy Dispute • Trust Beneficiary Has Limited Standing To Object in Chapter 11 says Ninth Circuit • Ninth Circuit Sidelines Young Herbalife Heir
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TIA:

Mark Roe: End the Trust Indenture Act’s Bondholder Voting Ban • Richard Chesley: Marblegate Shouldn’t Cause Rush to Bankruptcy Court • Sharon Levine: Rulings May Deter Companies from Registering Bonds
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Trustees:

Bankruptcy trustee may be tossed from all of his cases due to hotel bill, 5th Circuit says
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Plan Confirmation:

Are Some Creditors More Equal Than Others ? Gifting as an Exception to the Absolute Priority Rule
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Safe Harbors:

Code's Safe Harbor Provision Continues to Expand
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Corporate Governance:

Thinking About Directors’ Duties and Directors’ Liabilities
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Chapter 13:

Caulkett Does Not Apply in Chapter 13
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Sales:

Avoiding Successor Liability in Distress Sales
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TBTF:

Warren and Vitter Call for End of 'Too Big to Fail'
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Corporate Reform:

House committee grills CFPB director on TRID, HMDA and more
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Resorts:

Baha Mar Talks 'Need Two Sides'
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Retailing:

No Letup In Sight For Retailers' Tough Times
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Student Debt:

Central State students carry most student loan debt in nation
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Actually, You Can Discharge Student Debts and the Feds Want to Make It Easier
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2016 Breakdown: The Candidates on Student Loan Debt
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Agency Slams Student Loan Servicers
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Consumer Regulator Considers Student Loan Rules To Fix ‘Widespread Failures’
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Awards:

Lawyer wins national award for pro bono debt relief program in Massachusetts
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Taxis:

Another Taxi Bankruptcy: Farb, Inc. in Massachusetts – Is This the Uber Effect?
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Autos:

3,200 Workers in Volkswagen's Only U.S. Plant Watch and Wait • Dozens of VW lawsuits will almost surely be consolidated, but where? • Board Member: VW Staff Acted Criminally • County wants $100 million for Volkswagen fumes • VW's Promised Diesel Fix is Just for Europe
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Fiat Chrysler under-reported deaths and injuries, US safety regulator says
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Devious Device Disables Debtors’ Car
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Joplin: Judge delays sentencing in fraud case
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Alternative Energy:

Atlantic Hydrogen Inc. Files for Bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

History: Spain declares bankruptcy
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UK:

A Guide to European Restructuring and Insolvency Procedure
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Powerful Changes to UK Insolvency Legislation – Are You Ready?
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LM action group criticizes rising costs of insolvency
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How the banks ignored the lessons of the crash
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EU:

Europe stocks set for worst quarter in 4 years
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PIIGS:

Scientists are learning more about how the ancient Greek 1% lived
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EU Says Probe Still Open on Italy's Existing Deferred Tax Assets
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Portugal election could shock if austerity wins votes
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Brazil:

Brazil's economy continues to plummet with no relief in sight
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Shree Renuka Sugars seeks to protect its Brazil mills from creditors
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Insolvency on Brazil electricity market grows - traders
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Norway:

Second Bergen Group subsidiary files for bankruptcy
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Liquidity Squeeze Is on for Norway Bonds as Oil Drop Drains Cash
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Japan:

Japan output slide hints at recession
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Singapore:

Singapore's Jurong Aromatics goes into receivership on debt woes • Singapore petrochemical firm may go bankrupt
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