Law:
The 100 Best Law Firms For Women (2016)
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Farmers Insurance to pay out $4m to female lawyers
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Diversity Fail: California Solo & Small Firm Summit
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Fox Nabs Name Partner, Two Others From NJ Bankruptcy Firm
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Bankruptcy lawyer sentenced to 34 months in prison for collecting filing fees from clients without informing the bankruptcy court
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Meet the Orthodox lawyer advising Trump on Israel
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9th Circuit discharges $6K that bankrupt attorney owed ex-client
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Do In-House Counsels Know About Legal Technology?
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The Brain Drain Hasn’t Destroyed Biglaw… Yet (NALP 2016)
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Confessions Of A Legal Recruiter: Why Talent Firms Are Worth It
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Coming and Going Concerns
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Count the Money! It’s Tax Day!
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Princeton Review's Best 173 Law Schools (2016 Edition)
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Virtual Reality & Legal Sector - Amazing Implications
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Consensual sex with client leads to reprimand in one state, resignation from practice in another
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Collaboration? Bah, Humbug.
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Apple Leak Reveals 'All Glass' New iPhone
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The Science of Making Friends
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Supreme Court appears divided in challenge to Obama’s deferred deportations
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Jailed for murder until at least 2033, woman ‘almost got out’ before fake court order was detected
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Oscar Pistorius Will Be Sentenced in June for Murder of His Girlfriend
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Lawyer is accused of defrauding investors in plaintiff-recruitment business
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Lawyer ordered to disgorge $11.4M to former clients loses challenge to consumer bureau’s power
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When the Cops Think the Law is the Problem
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Is God a Spaghetti Monster? That's a Serious Legal Question
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Former BigLaw IT engineer gets 9 years, owes $1.69M for hack into Locke Lord’s computer system
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Can hacked data support fraud suit against Ashley Madison? Plaintiffs want to cite lawyer emails
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For Arnold & Porter Litigator/ Novelist, a Sometimes Blurry Line Between Fact and Fiction
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What Were You Thinking, North Carolina?
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Judge: When Lies are Allowed in Contracts
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Up to 450 mistakenly jailed on warrants for others in one California county over 5 years, suit says
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Judges:
Garland nomination focus of protests at Supreme Court hears immigration case
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Why Republican Resistance to Vote on Supreme Court Nominee Remains Strong
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When a Senator Passes Judgment on a Chief Justice
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The Supreme Court Is All Tied Up • What Should We Expect From the Supreme Court’s Showdown Over Immigration? • U.S. top court appears unlikely to revive Obama immigration plan
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Conservatives on Skids Before Scalia's Death
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Immigration prompts role reversal at Supreme Court
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Embattled Kentucky judge who highlighted jury diversity issues agrees to paid suspension
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Lawyer Who Lied About His Mom Dying… Allegedly Lied Again TO THE SAME JUDGE
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25 Years Later, Anita Hill Reflects on Thomas Episode
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Wall Street:
Dow on pace to rise further above 18000 as stock futures gain
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Global Stocks Higher As Oil Prices Bounce Back
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Dow closes above 18K for first time since July
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The Federal Fleece Of Goldman Sachs Is Rooted In Unforgivably Idiotic Reasoning
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Goldman Expected to Post Lower Profit
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Layoffs:
Fiat Chrysler To Cut 1300 Jobs At Michigan Plant
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Nordstrom expects to cut up to 400 jobs in operational revamp
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Seadrill Plans to Lay Off More Than 100 Workers in Houston
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IA: Kinze Manufacturing to layoff 121 employees
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89 Job Cuts Announced At UConn Health
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Pittsburgh: Allegheny Technologies lays off 250
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Expect More Pink Slips at Morgan Stanley • Morgan Stanley Shrinks Its Workforce Most in Three Years: Chart
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Vestis Retail Group Initiates Chapter 11 Proceedings
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Politics:
No Experience Necessary: Meet Trump’s Orthodox Israel Advisor • Republican Chairman Seeks to Halt Rules Changes as Trump Complains • Donald Trump warns of voter anger if he loses convention • Donald Trump Remembers When the Towers Came Down on 7-11 • Trump’s Bully Pulpit • Poll: Trump Leads Nationally with 40% • Trump's Faulty Rear View Politics • Is Trump Setting Up to Intentionally Lose?
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Party Nominations, Rules and Democracy
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Sanders's Practically Unprecedented Success • Bernie Sanders announces sweeping housing agenda
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Cruz: I have 'zero interest whatsoever' in being Trump's VP pick
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GOP Worries About Holding the Senate Too
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Poll: Over 50% Don't Like Clinton, Cruz, Trump
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Fraud:
IRS Urges Americans: Come Clean Now, Before We Read Panama Papers
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The Panama Papers - A Small Part of a Larger Challenge?
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Tax Attorneys See Reason for Clients to Worry About Panama Papers Inquiries
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Theranos: Feds Began Criminal Investigation
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Alternative Energy:
SunEdison's Complex Finances Make Potential Bankruptcy `Messy' • SunEdison bankruptcy seen as 'complex' and 'messy'
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SunEdison shares fall amid bankruptcy fears
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Questions raised over aid for Toledo solar-panel maker
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Coal:
Peabody Energy's Bankruptcy : It's More Than Just the Coal Market
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Peabody explains bankruptcy filings
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Peabody switched from self-bonding for state mine cleanups before bankruptcy filing
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Arch Coal says it will lose $720 million over the next 3 years
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Foresight Energy Obtains Lender Consent for Debt Restructuring
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Economy:
America is Not Going Broke
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The U.S. Occupations at Greatest Risk of a Labor Shortage
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Jobless Numbers: Early Signs of Recession
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Most Still Don't See That Vibrant Economy
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The debt slaves are starting to revolt
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45% of Americans pay no federal income tax • 57% of Americans Say Their Income Taxes Are Too High. Only 55.5% Pay Income Tax. What?
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Compared to most countries, we’re undertaxed
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The Forgotten Recession That Damaged US
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Why Poor Americans Have Some of the Highest Electricity Bills
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Paying Up for Being Poor
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U.S. Wealth And Income Inequality
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Traditional retirement: May it rest in peace
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States With The Highest And Lowest Tax Rates
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The Sub-Zero Club: Getting Used to the Upside-Down World Economy
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home-builder confidence treading water just as sector counted on for growth • NAHB: Builder Confidence unchanged at 58 in April
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Foreclosure Filings at Lowest Mark in Nearly a Decade
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What Makes Housing Too Expensive
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Lack of inventory hindering housing recovery
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Early Look at Existing Home Sales in March
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Dallas investment firm at the center of Wall Street’s bet on low-income homebuyers
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico: Legislative Update
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Does Canyon Capital Have a Conflict in its Puerto Rico-Fueled Proxy Fight with AMBAC?
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Puerto Rico's Bondholders Divided in Fight Over Federal Rescue
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Hillary Clinton Calls Out Hedge Funds for Profiting Off Misery in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Debt Legislation: Where It Stands in Congress
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Puerto Rico Debt Crises: Time is Running Out!
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Puerto Rico bill to be reworked; Sanders calls for debt audit
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Atlantic City takeover threat reopens residents' old wounds
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Atlantic City rescue now hinges on Prieto accepting compromise
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Are N.J.'s top lawmakers closer to an Atlantic City compromise?
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Atlantic City mayor: Takeover makes 'no sense'
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San Bernardino Bankruptcy Plan Would Shield Police From Claims
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New Wormhole in Chicago’s Pension Black Hole
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Debt payments sinking Detroit Public Schools: transition manager
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Why the Great Divide Is Growing Between Affordable and Expensive U.S. Cities
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Oil/Gas:
Oil Rebalance Pain Falls To U.S. Shale Amid Saudi-Iran Rivalry
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Mon. PM: Oil Prices Fall 5% in Asia After Doha Talks Fail to Bring Production Freeze • Crude falls on Doha, but analysts expect rebound • Oil Pares Drop as Kuwait Worker Strike Counteracts Doha Failure • Oil market stumbles but recovers after OPEC impasse
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A huge power struggle in Saudi Arabia threatens to dismantle an oil price recovery
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US energy groups benefit amid volatility
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Who Is To Blame For Doha's Failure?
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Moody’s Ratings Downgrades Become Another Thorn in Oil Patch
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Bankruptcy case shutting off flow of interest in distressed MLP deals
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Gulf Stocks Hit on Concerns About Impact of No Oil Cap Deal • Russia Says Saudi, Other Gulf Countries Added Last-Minute Demands at Doha Meeting
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OPEC and Falling Oil Prices
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'The pain is set to deepen' for most of OPEC's 13 members
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Saudis want to inflict more pain on oil producers: Kilduff
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Why the US and Saudi Arabia still need each other
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Get ready for an epic post-Doha battle for oil market share
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4 bankruptcies to know in Texas energy this week
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Last Shot For Linn
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Breitburn Energy Partners Reaches New 52-Week Low
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Goodrich's bankruptcy deal mirrors those proposed recently by other struggling oil producers
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Pacific Exploration reaches restructuring deal with Catalyst
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Oil and markets: do ha, ha
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Meet the 30-year-old titan emerging as the global oil market’s new top dog
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Food/Beverage:
Fairway working on bankruptcy deal to keep the struggling chain in business • Fairway reportedly preparing to restructure in bankruptcy
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Logan’s Roadhouse Skips Bond Interest Payment, Continues Talks with Noteholders
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Education:
Midwest Career College Abruptly Closes Doors, Files For Bankruptcy
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Tax:
IRS Clarifies That a Typical "Bad Boy Guarantee" Will Not Cause an Otherwise Nonrecourse Financing to Be Treated as Recourse
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Eleventh Circuit Adds its Voice to Late-Filed Return Issue
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Pipelines:
SAWS: Banks Not Cooperating On Renegotiating Vista Ridge Loan
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Newspapers:
Can Newspapers Survive the Internet?
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Autos:
VW Cheating Code Words Said to Complicate Emissions Probe
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Electricity:
Hunt group says it can’t buy Oncor under the terms of last month’s PUC order, asks for rehearing
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Shipping:
Zhejiang Shipbuilding goes bankrupt
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Hanjin Shipping faces risks of undergoing creditor-led conditional workout program
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Pharma:
Valeant is about to face some tough choices
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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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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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Mootness:
Ninth Circuit Rulings on Equitable Mootness in Transwest and Sunnyslope Impact Third Party Investors
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Insurance:
Please Buckle Your Seatbelts and Check Your D&O Insurance: A Gloomy Forecast Is Ahead
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Avoidance Actions:
Second Circuit Limits Creditors’ Ability to Claw Back LBO Payments
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Insurance:
Please Buckle Your Seatbelts and Check Your D&O Insurance: A Gloomy Forecast Is Ahead
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TBTF:
Kashkari lays out new reasons why nation's biggest banks pose risks to taxpayers
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Celebs:
Financial Reform Crusader Elizabeth Warren Gets The Comic Book Treatment
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Teresa Giudice Update: ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Star Gets No Love From Fans
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Travel:
Faster way to avoid long airport security lines
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Defaults:
Junk Bond Defaults Set To Reach Two-Year High – Fitch
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Pensions:
The Fight to Move PBGC Premiums Off-Budget Goes to Capitol Hill
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LBOs:
Apollo Said to Offer Exit to Loan Buyers Who Took LBO Gamble
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Healthcare:
GAO: VA Has Still Not Fixed Waiting Times for Veterans
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Lawsuits Surge After Nonprofit Health System Outsources ER Services
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Sovereigns:
Argentina finally returns to international bond market
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Argentina Planning $15 Billion Bond Sale in Market Return • Argentina's massive bond set to price Tuesday • Argentina wows market with first bond in 15 years • Argentina's return to markets oversubscribed
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Mediator: Nixing court orders speeded Argentina settlements
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'Argentina is back'
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UK:
Brexit Would Lead to 6% Drop in U.K. GDP, Government Warns
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U.K. Will Be ‘Permanently Poorer’ If It Leaves E.U., Says Treasury Secretary
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Britain 'set for bankruptcy amid £1.85 trillion of hidden debt'
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Sky News got the CEO of collapsed $2.7 billion startup Powa to debate the future of the High Street
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Brexit campaign rules hit law firm events and research
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PIIGS:
Italy's Atlas fund part of banking reforms: Officials • Italy Bank Lifeline Buys Time as Atlas Fund Shows Herculean Task
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Greece and its creditors eye a quick deal after a long delay • Talks with creditors to resume but review up in the air • Greece Creditors Push for More Austerity • IMF Participation Crucial for Greece Deal, EU's Moscovici Says • Creditors Return to Greece Bringing Measures Worth €8 Bln
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Bank of Ireland facing significant haircut on Keenan loans
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ie: Bankruptcy applications fall as PIAs surge; ISI
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Canada:
Supreme Court of Canada will not hear appeal of disputed $15-million D&O liability claim from Onex
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Austria:
Austria's FMA Said to Tell Heta Creditors to Write Down Debt
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China:
S&P Ratings warns over rising default risks at Chinese state-run companies
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It's All Suddenly Going Wrong in China's $3 Trillion Bond Market
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Australia:
Arrium administrator and Morgan Stanley agree to work on $75 mln debt
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Arrium creditors meeting sees businesses demand answers over outstanding payments
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Another $200m needed to preserve Arrium
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Mexico:
Pemex Isn't Mexico's Only Debt Problem as States Owe $28 Billion
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Arrium creditors , employees to meet at Whyalla
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India:
Debt-ridden US brewery firm paid Mallya Rs 1.7 crore as salary in 2015 • Indian Court Orders Mallya's Arrest as Pressure Builds on Loans
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Russia:
Mechel signs debt restructuring deal with Sberbank
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Bahamas:
Baha Mar: Receivers ‘delusional’ if thinking Sarkis’s offer can be beaten
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Malaysia:
Malaysia's 1MDB at Risk of Default as Partner Ends Bond Support
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1MDB expects bondholders to be paid amid dispute with partner
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1MDB's Abu Dhabi Woes Put Restructure in Doubt, Moody's Says
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South Korea:
Gov't set to pick new industries for restructuring
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