Law:

An Early Look at the 2016 Am Law 100
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Character Letters Provide Glimpse Into Ex-Bryan Cave Lawyer’s Life
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Are Average Student Loan Debt Figures Misleading?
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Lawyer who spoke out after fellow lawyer shot himself during trial gets suspension overturned
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Lawyers accused of using paralegal to friend litigant face ethics probe after court decision
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Controversial NC bathroom law also restricts local governments’ ability to regulate employment
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What Should Be A Dinosaur’s Legacy?
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Are India's 1,200 Law Schools Enough?
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Syracuse Law School Exploring Online Degree Program
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7 easy tricks to feel less awkward in any situation
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Business dining etiquette rules every professional should know
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A master networker explains how to become instantly memorable when you meet someone new
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Law Revue Video Contest 2016: The Finalists!
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Out of the Mouths of Babes – and a Response from the Cynical Old Lawyer
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A Harvard negotiation expert walked me through a brilliant strategy for managing a personal conflict
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Awkward Photos Make For A Bad Law Firm Website
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Vatican A Role Model On Social Media For Legal Profession
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Trial date set for Sandy Hook lawsuit against gun companies
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Sacha Baron Cohen on Borat & Lawyers
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This H---- Lawyer’s Strangely Moving S-- Diary Has A ‘Happy Ending’
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Lawyers Accused of Facebook Spying Can Face Ethics Complaint, State High Court Rules
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The United States Ranked 41st Among Nations In Press Freedom
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British LGBT Tourists Warned About Visiting North Carolina and Mississippi • North Carolina's transgender bathroom law could be overturned very soon
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Former New Orleans Cops Plead Guilty to Shooting Fleeing Katrina Survivors
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Shark lawyers: Law firm embraces industry stereotype by naming firm after deadly predator
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A lawyer has made it his mission to debunk health fads
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Judges:

Judge Accused Of Showing Up Drunk
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Two Surprise Votes for the Power of Courts
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SCOTUS Makes Exception to No-Cell-Phone Policy
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Supreme Court Chief Justice learned sign language to swear in deaf lawyers
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks pause in upward chase with GM results, ECB ahead
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US stocks close at 2016 highs as oil rally continues
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5 reasons stocks are surprisingly back near record highs
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Everybody Hates Whatever They Think ‘Wall Street’ Is: WSJ
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Layoffs:

WARNing: You Could be Personally Liable
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

Committee of Unsecured Creditors Named in PacSun Bankruptcy
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Pharma:

MannKind: Bankruptcy Is Off The Table
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Healthcare:

Obamacare Seems to Be Reducing People's Medical Debt
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David Boies Defends Theranos Amid SEC, U.S. Attorney Probes
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Fraud:

Victims of Petters' Ponzi scheme to start getting money
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Madoff Inner Circle Loses Appeal of Ponzi Scheme Convictions
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Stop Hatin' On Lawyers For The Panama Papers
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Panama Papers: US Launches Criminal Probe
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New York Wants Foreign Banks to Hand Over Panama Records
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U.K. Authorities Face Dilemma on Panama Papers They Haven't Seen
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Oxford Con: English Woman Defrauds Parents Of £250,000 To Support A Nonexistent Oxford Education
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Autos:

GM cites progress in ignition-switch case settlement talks
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Rumor: VW to Buy Back 500,000 Cars
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Rumor: VW to Pay $5,000 to Diesel Owners
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VW Settlement Expected Today
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Regulations:

Sorry, Bankruptcy Probably Can't Help You Escape FERC
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Financial Advisors:

Cetera Turns the Page From RCAP Bankruptcy
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Bellevue investment adviser’s ex-clients object to bankruptcy filing
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Funds Suffer Worst Outflows Since Financial Crisis Era
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Hedge Funds Are Getting Stuffed
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Distressed Investing:

Do Distressed Companies Present a Buying Opportunity?
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Gambling:

Apollo, TPG Turn to Oil Crash to Salvage $31 Billion Caesars Bet
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Politics:

Trump says he would dump Fed chief Janet Yellen • Trump’s Colorado Complaint Holds No Water • The one county in New York that Trump lost is the one he calls home • Trump's claims about 9/11 don't hold up to scrutiny • Here's Donald Trump's path to the magic number he needs to win the GOP nomination • Trump's New York Win to Be Tested by Elite's Choice of Delegates • It Is Now Mathematically Impossible for Anyone Other Than Donald Trump to Clinch the GOP Nomination Before the Convention
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Cruz Knocked Out of First Ballot Win • Ted Cruz lashes out at Donald Trump after massive New York primary loss • Contested convention is now Ted Cruz's only chance at Republican nomination
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What defunct Christie campaign sold and rented out to pay off its debt
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Bernie Sander's Failed Revolution
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Art:

Artists Fight to Get Works Back From Ace Gallery, Now Under New Leadership
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Aviation:

Is One Of Delta's Biggest Investments About To Go Bust?
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Default: CHC Group Cut to D After Missed $46M Coupon Payment
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Pilot Fistfight Breaks Out During Flight
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Worst Airline for Nickel and Diming Us
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Electricity:

Hunt deal to buy Oncor will fall apart without changes, buyers say
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Economy:

American Dream is 'no longer in reach'
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Overall Credit Card Debt Accumulation, Delinquency Rates Increase in 2015
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Parents Are Bankrupting Themselves to Look Adequate
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We can't save the economy unless we fix our debt addiction
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Investors Boost Inflation Bets as Treasuries Tumble on Oil Gains
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Harriet Tubman to Take Over on $20 Bill • Jack Lew: Here's why we're putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill • He Never Really Deserved To Be On Our Money • The New $20: Harriet Tubman vs. Andrew Jackson
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Millennials' beliefs about retirement are 'delusional'
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How much money it takes to live comfortably in the 50 biggest US cities
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Big Companies Still Employ Lots of People
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The ‘Idleness Rate’ for Young High-School Graduates Is 15.5%
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As the Economy Floundered, Minority Women Opened Businesses
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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:

Single Asset Real Estate Cases: 0 Is Less Than 4 – Or Is It?
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Landlords Beware: Seventh Circuit Finds Commercial Lease Termination Is A "Transfer" Under Bankruptcy Code
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US mortgage application index rises to 9-week high
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Missing for millennials: Down payment savings
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A How-To Manual for Preventing Commercial Properties from Going into a Court-Appointed Receivership
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Municipalities:

Top House staff to talk over stalled Puerto Rico bankruptcy bill • Puerto Rico Aid Talks Continue With No End in Sight • Congress Bickers As Puerto Rico Edges Closer To A Default
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Puerto Rico Registers to Sell Notes as May 1 Default Looms
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Puerto Rico Wants to Sell You Debt Just Before its Possible Default
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Congress braces for fallout from Puerto Rico default
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Congressman: Puerto Rico is the canary in the US debt mine
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Why restructuring Puerto Rico’s $72 billion debt is not a bailout
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Nuveen Is a Fan of Draft Puerto Rico Rescue Legislation
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Puerto Rico Debt Bill: Accusations Cause Delay
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In Illinois, some push bankruptcy as solution to troubled public budgets
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3 charged with crimes in Flint water crisis • Charges against 3 in Flint water crisis 'only the beginning'
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5 Revelations About Detroit's Bankruptcy Story
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Hillview , KY 2010 GO debt rating raised seven notches
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Illinois lawmaker: Municipal bankruptcy may not be magic bullet but it's another 'tool in toolbox' for pension crisis
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Sweeney fears Atlantic City bankruptcy after meeting with Prieto
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Official testifies that 2012 pension deal helped Providence avoid bankruptcy
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Kansas Delays Road Work, Cuts College Funds • Kansas Tax Cuts Were a Huge Mistake
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Economists: Texas handling oil slump well
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Oil/Gas:

Drilling Deeper: The Intersection of Producer Bankruptcies and Gathering Agreements
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‘Hard choices’ in Texas as oil bust, costly lawsuits collide
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Oil inventories surge past record high • Crude prices fall on end of Kuwait strike • US oil surges 3.77 pct, posts highest close this year • Oil up 4 percent on small U.S. crude build, talk of another producer meeting • Oil makes big gains on stronger market outlook • Oil prices keep climbing despite lack of output freeze • How to make sense out of a confusing rally for oil futures
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Is Pacific Exploration & Production Going Bankrupt?
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EIG Cries Foul After Catalyst-Backed Bid Wins Pacific Auction
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Energy M&A stalls as buyers see little they want
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Oklahoma City-based Seventy Seven Energy reaches prepackaged bankruptcy agreement
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U.S. Bancorp Profit Declines on Bigger Energy-Related Provision
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Kinder Morgan Unveils Further Cuts to 2016 Spending Plans, Profit Falls 27%
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Kinder Cancels Gas Pipeline, Demands Collateral as Slump Deepens
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Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation Receives Approval for Restructuring Plan
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The $2 Trillion Project to Get Saudi Arabia's Economy Off Oil
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Shale War's Collateral Damage: Europe's Gas Prices
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Linn Energy Really Wants You To Do That Exchange
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Negative outlook for oil companies as Fitch predicts 22 percent fall in earnings
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Oil Firms Hit Pay Dirt
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Something Has To Give In The LNG Market
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Shareholders of Sete Brasil, top client of Keppel and SembMarine, approve plan to file for bankruptcy
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Is the Texas Miracle on ice? What low oil prices mean for us
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Texas Draws Millions From Other States
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Stock investors can now ignore the oil market
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Coal:

What Peabody's Bankruptcy Reveals About Coal
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Protesters March on Peabody HQ, Urging Reparations in Bankruptcy
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U.S. Coal Prices Steady - Global Producers Prepare for Protracted Period of Low Prices
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One Final Blow to the U.S. Coal Industry
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Gems:

Israeli diamond dealer arrested amid huge fraud probe - Industry fears of bankruptcy • Multi-million dollar theft suspected at Israel's Diamond Exchange
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Alternative Energy:

SunEdison's Failed Deals Could Bite Back in Bankruptcy
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SunEdison Won't Go Bankrupt
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Pensions:

Elizabeth Warren chides Goldman Sachs, Northern Trust over Teamsters pensions
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Accounting:

Here's what a partner at a 'Big 4' accounting firm does all day
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Personal Finance:

12 items you should always buy from Costco
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How to stop spending money without even noticing
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Task Force Studying Individual Chapter 11 Filings
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Discharge:

Purely “Compensatory” Debts Owed by Attorneys to Clients (Which Are Not Disciplinary or Punitive Fees Imposed by the State Bar) Are Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
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Gifting:

Third Circuit Permits Purchaser in Section 363 Sale to Make Payments to Interested Parties, Deviating from Bankruptcy Code Priority Scheme
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Bankruptcy Rules:

District Court Must Follow Bankruptcy Rules for Filing Deadlines
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Mediation:

Mediation Plays Increasing Role in Bankruptcy Cases
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Mediator Testifying as Witness?! A New Appellate Opinion on Mediation Confidentiality
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Chapter 13:

Bankruptcy Court Reversed on Appeal for Confirming Chapter 13 Plan that Favors Debtor’s Attorney Over Homestead Mortgagee
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Rethinking Chapter 13
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Corporate Governance:

Defalcation and the Hazards of Board Membership – Lessons from the Fifth Circuit
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RSAs:

Bankruptcy's Quiet Revolution
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Absolute Priority:

Priority Matters
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Recharacterization:

Whither Recharacterization
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Avoidance Actions:

Bankruptcy Preferences: Recalcitrant Passengers Aboard the Flight from Creditor Equality
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TBTF:

Break up big banks? Wells Fargo needed size to save Wachovia
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Cross-Border:

The Synergies and Challenges of a Canada-U.S. Insolvency Proceeding
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Recent Pleadings:

Florida Bankruptcy Law Firm Sued In Class Action For Causing Prospective Debtors To Incur Higher Debt In Contemplation Of Bankruptcy - To Pay Retainer
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Sovereigns:

Argentina's 'Malbec' bonds rocket in secondary
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Argentina Delivers $497 Million Windfall to Bond Investors
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UK:

Insolvency expert warns living wage puts 15,000 companies at risk
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Tick, Tick: MVLs- a ticking time bomb?
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U.K. Retail Sales Fall More Than Forecast; Budget Target Missed
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The Brexit Barrier for U.K. Retailers
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Manolete Credits Work of Insolvency Practitioners for Stunning Growth
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PIIGS:

Problems with Italy’s banking system a threat to its neighbors
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Renewed Greek Bailout Talks Imply Europe-Wide Ramifications • Agreement reached on timetable for sale of power grid operator • VAT hike is confirmed in talks with creditors • Greece debt talks may not solve economic woes • Budget Data Boost Greek Hopes in Talks With Lenders • Greece-Lenders Still Disagree Despite VAT Hike and Internet Levy
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Isolux Said to Hire Houlihan Lokey to Review Debt Structure
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Canada:

How the budget’s bank ‘bail-in’ changes could cost Canadian depositors
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Is Alberta's economy really too dependent on fossil fuels?
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Energy sector's woes could put taxpayers on hook for cleanups
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China:

China's Baoding Tianwei Defaults for Third Time on Bond Payment
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How Bad Is China's Debt Problem? • Why We Should Be Concerned
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China's Economic Recovery Masking Financial Risks, Fitch Says
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China to strictly control credit for new coal, steel projects
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'China Inc bankruptcies to climb 20%'
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Soros: China's Growth Mimics US in 2007
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Belgium:

Bankruptcy statistics in Belgium: March 2016
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Russia:

Russia ordered to pay USD 50 billion for actions designed to bankrupt oil producer
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Russia Plugs $50 Billion Yukos Gusher
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Dutch court quashes $50 billion Yukos shareholders’ award
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Russia wins legal victory over Yukos damages
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Australia:

Australia sees $73 million cleanup bill for nickel plant near Barrier Reef
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Clive Palmer 'wanted to hang on to cash'
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Brazil:

Oi's Vexing Credit Mess: How to Deal With $14.2 Billion of Swaps
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Sete Brasil to seek creditor protection in blow to Petrobras
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India:

India’s banks face up to corporate debt problems
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MENA:

Creditor sale brings Limitless to brink of debt plan deal
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ISIS Executes 250 Women for Refusing to Become Sex Slaves • America Can't Do Much About ISIS
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Venezuela:

This is what the death of a nation looks like
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