Law:

Now That There Aren’t As Many Law Students, Hiring Has Stabilized (NALP 2016)
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Skadden Shines on SunEdison's Bankruptcy Outage
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Women lawyers at Wall Street firms rarely promoted to partner, study finds
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A&O and Freshfields auction work experience to highest bidder
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Prince Knew Law Firms Just Wanted His ‘Extra Time’
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Ex-Lawyer Who Lied to Lenders in Maxim Deal Gets Jail
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What To Do When You’re The Only Female Lawyer In The Room
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Jailed Hedge-Fund Manager Sues Lawyer Over `Rushed' Home Sale
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Syracuse University online law program will try Socratic method
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Law Partners - No time to be selling your house in the Hamptons, and other reasons to worry
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For Law Firms, Diversity Is A Matter of Choice
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How Two Men Started a Law Firm After a Trip to Fire Island
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I’d Rather Be A Lawyer Than A Punk Rocker
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Pro Se Filing Tells It Like It Is
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Some Lessons Learned — The Hard Way — About In-House Hiring
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Whining Millennials Or Structural Discrimination?
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Lawgeex Free Contract Review Could Be A Gamechanger
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Harvard Law Student Is Rude, Insufferable And Anti-Semitic
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When can two lawyers from different firms divide a fee in a referral arrangement?
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KEL law firm broke rules on bankruptcy fees, lawsuit alleges
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Bankruptcy attorney suspended for theft, s----- misconduct
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Here is the perfect way to end an email — and 27 sign-offs you should usually avoid
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The head of TED says the best public speakers have one thing in common
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There’s the Wage Gap. And Then There’s the Sleep Gap
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There’s a reason it’s so hard to sleep in a new place
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The real reason you’re not sleeping
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FBI paid more than $1.3M to crack iPhone
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Today’s Tech: Trial Technology In The Classroom And Courtroom
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Typing on Glass
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So, You Want To … Get the Best Mobile Email App
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A high-school basketball star has been arrested and is accused of actually being 30 years old
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Ex-DA is labeled a ‘s----- predator’ at news conference; defense lawyer complains of ‘smear tactic’
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Suit claims ‘Love It or List It’ overcharged homeowners and did shoddy rehab work
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The Growing Cost of North Carolina's HB2
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There are only two countries on the planet that currently jail people for being too poor to pay the government for getting arrested
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Firm sent opposing counsel a picture of a cat
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Transaction Gone Bad: A Deal Lawyer Gets Sentenced To Prison
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Ex-Barclays Analyst And Frontrunner For Worst Roommate Of Year Missed A Little Meeting In Manhattan Supreme Court
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Iran Must Pay 1983 American Bomb Victims
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Homeland Security lawyer admits forging documents that could have led to Mexican man’s deportation
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Ashley Madison plaintiffs cannot sue anonymously over hack, judge says
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Michigan Court Rules That Man Cannot Be Charged With Driving Drunk In His Own Driveway
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Rahm Emanuel Announces 'Immediate' Reforms to Chicago Police After Scathing Report
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Man Swerves Car Into Fresh Concrete And Then Things Got Even Worse . . .
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Lawyer accused of surreptitiously buying client’s property is hired as city attorney
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Judges:

Obit: Dean Gandy, 89, ex-Dallas bankruptcy judge who resigned to protest congressional inaction over court powers
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What The New York Times and Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Agree On
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SCOTUS: Blood Tests and Bad Lawyering
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Defendant forced to repeat his facebook comment calling judge a "c---"
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Pacer fees are too high, class action alleges
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TX Gov blasts Roberts, calls U.S. Supreme Court a 'political body'
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Wall Street:

Stock indexes close lower as market snaps three-day rally
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Regulators introduce new rules to curb Wall Street pay • Wall Street Bonus Pay Restricted Under Regulators' Proposal • Regulators Don't Want Bankers to Be Paid for Taking Risk
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U.S. Money Managers Avoid Brunt of Dodd-Frank Bonus Crackdown
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Lazard's Revenue Declines in Quarter
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Why American equities are close to a record high
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Layoffs:

Schlumberger cuts 2,000 more jobs
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Lockheed Martin to let go roughly 200 more IT workers
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Gulf Island warns of 227 possible layoffs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren wants to know why disgraced hedge fund manager allowed back into banking • Warren Criticizes SEC for Allowing Steven Cohen’s Return to Hedge Funds • Steve Cohen's New Firm Says It Won't Seek Investments Until 2018
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Elizabeth Warren questions SEC's ability to protect investors
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Why the S.E.C. Didn’t Hit Goldman Sachs Harder
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CFPB likely to seek curbs on bank account access by payday lenders
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Politics:

Top Aide Says Trump’s Attacks on Delegate Process ‘Misunderstood’ • Let’s Get This Straight About the Convention • Donald Trump Plans to Adopt More-Traditional Campaign Tactics • Meet the “new” Donald Trump: He’s reinventing his campaign — and that should terrify the Republican Party • Donald Trump is acting presidential! But there are two problems. • 'Pure political correctness': Donald Trump criticizes decision to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill • Melania Trump reveals what habit she wishes Donald would give up • Donald Trump’s Path • 'I'm not going to blow it' • Trump Wave Builds in Steel Town Forsaken by World Economy • Trump Is Getting Great People (for the Wrong Side) • Business: The Trump Way
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Anyone who wants to be president needs to understand these 5 maps
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How Superdelegates Will Help Put Clinton Over the Top • Report: 82 corporations that paid for Hillary Clinton speeches have actively sought to sway the government • Hillary Clinton's Short List for Vice President Will Include Women, Speculation About Warren
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Ted Cruz hammers Donald Trump over comments on North Carolina's 'bathroom law' • Donald Trump and the Art of the Transgender Bathroom Deal • Ted Cruz just released a bizarre attack ad featuring a terrifying Hillary Clinton impersonator
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John Kasich says DC residents can't vote because they vote for Democrats • Strange: The John Kasich Interview
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Healthcare:

New Jersey Abortion Clinic Files for Bankruptcy
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Get Ready for Huge Obamacare Premium Hikes in 2017
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Florida Cardiologist in Medicare Case Files for Bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Casino Union Asks Caesars to Block Apollo, TPG Votes
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Las Vegas Sands is getting slaughtered
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Pharma:

Valeant Stock: The Firm Has "No Real Value" and Will Go Bankrupt
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Valeant Reportedly Wants This Guy as its New CEO
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Software:

Microsoft's Profits Fall by 25%
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Economy:

U.S. Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Drop to Lowest Level Since 1973 • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 247,000 • Jobless Claims Point to Big April Jobs Growth
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Mid-Atlantic Manufacturing Falls Back into Contraction • Philly Fed Manufacturing Survey showed Slight Contraction in April
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These 4 charts have global slowdown written all over them
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Earnings recession or economic recession: which one of these indicators is lying?
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On the U.S. economy, is the glass half full, or half empty?
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Not All Money Troubles Are Created Equal
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Chicago Fed: "Index shows economic growth below average in March"
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Economy Remains Stuck in Mud
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Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 41 states in March
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More ugly news about the global economy
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Uber Drivers' $100 Million Deal May Set Pace for Gig Economy
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If you have no idea who Harriet Tubman is, you're not alone • As the $20 bill gets a new face, Andrew Jackson's sins are recalled • 8 amazing facts about Harriet Tubman • Greta: Put Harriet Tubman on a New $25 Bill • The US is finally putting a woman on the $20 bill — but 48 other countries beat us to it • The conservative meltdown over the Harriet Tubman $20 bill • Jackson Never Wanted to Be on the $20 Bill Anyway • Treasury says Andrew Jackson going to back of $20 bill not getting kicked off it
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Suicides in the U.S. Climb After Years of Declines
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“Boom Bust Boom” chastises economists, with some help from songs and puppets
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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:

Ninth Circuit: Affordable Housing Restrictions Do Not Limit Value of Secured Claim in Bankruptcy Cram Down
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Fixed mortgage rates hold steady, hovering at three-year lows
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Mortgage delinquency rate proves housing market is healing
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Home Prices Are Not Rising Much • FHFA Home Price Index Rises 0.4% in February
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Home prices see highest increase since 2007
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America's Wealth Effect From Rising Home Prices Has Been Cut in Half
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California home sales slowed way down in March
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Discouraged in your home search? You aren't alone
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Retailers Bolt Older Malls for Fancier Digs
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Greater Des Moines developer Stanbrough, now in Florida, claims he's bankrupt
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Municipalities:

U.S. House speaker cites progress on Puerto Rico debt bill
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Top US House Democrat: Hopeful action on Puerto Rico bill comes next week
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Congress Caught in the Middle on Puerto Rico
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Congress' Plan For Puerto Rico Restructuring Is Bad For Bondholders, Muni Market
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Puerto Rican Filmmaker's Tribeca Screening Shows Island's Grit
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Once-broke California county to offer muni bonds
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Boardwalk Bankruptcy
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Atlantic City water utility cut to junk on restructuring concern
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Alternative Energy:

Wall Street's nightmare stock just filed for bankruptcy • SunEdison Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection • SunEdison files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy • SunEdison Files for Bankruptcy , What's Next? • SunEdison files for bankruptcy protection: Report • SunEdison Files for Bankruptcy After Acquisition Binge • SEIA Statement on SunEdison Bankruptcy Filing •
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Petition • First Day Dec
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SunEdison Files For Bankruptcy Testing Billionaire David Tepper's TerraForm Power Trade • David Tepper Profits on TerraForm Stake After SunEdison Bankruptcy
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SunEdison yieldcos say they’ll be OK after parent company’s bankruptcy
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SunEdison Bankruptcy Winners And Losers
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SunEdison Collapse Leaves Renewable Energy Developers Unfazed
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Hedge Funds Biggest Losers in SunEdison's 'Magic Money Machine'
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SunEdison's Epic Failure Had Little to Do With Clean Energy
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Bankrupt SunEdison sticks to India growth plans - Asia head • SunEdison Seeking Equity Partners for Operations in India
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SunEdison bankruptcy makes its Texas solar growth more foggy
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SunEdison seeks examiner to probe recent transactions • The Motion
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Renewable energy has bad managers too
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Personal Finance:

How to stop arguing about money with your spouse
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27 signs you don't need to worry about money
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Oil/Gas:

Russia, Saudis to pump as much as possible: IEA
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Fri: Oil rises on signs of slowing production
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Thurs.: Oil Prices Drop in Volatile Trade • Oil steadies after supply data triggers spike to five-month highs
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OPEC secretary-general says cartel may discuss oil freeze at June meeting
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Why Are Bankrupt Oil Companies Still Pumping?
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Third Great Oil Bust: This Time It's Different
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Moody’s: Banks could cut driller credit by 15 percent
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New Gulf Wins Approval of Chapter 11 Plan
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As Oil Jobs Dry Up, Workers Turn to Solar Sector
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Schlumberger Cuts 2,000 More Jobs in Full-Scale Industry Crisis
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Can CorEnergy's Rent Roll Survive Energy XXI's Bankruptcy?
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Mid-States Supply bought by Staple Street in bankruptcy court sale
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?HII Technologies' Chapter 11 reorganization plan approved
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$91 Billion In Capex Cuts, A Serious Hangover For Oil
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Schlumberger Q1 Tops, But Industry 'Deteriorating'
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Does Freeport-McMoran's Oil and Gas Restructuring Finally Signal The Bottom For Oil Prices?
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Oil Majors Lose Faith In The North Sea – 100 Shut Downs Looming
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Compensation:

Executive pay has crashed, and now things are getting worse
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Pensions:

One of the nation's largest pension funds could soon cut benefits
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Shipping:

Former Portland ferry operator files bankruptcy, owes city $62K • Some Maine businesses don't expect to be paid in Nova Star bankruptcy
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Gov't Presses Hyundai Merchant Marine to Exert Last-Minute Efforts to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Foreigners cut their holdings of Hyundai Merchant bonds
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Hyundai Merchant Marine to Become KDB's Subsidiary
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Hanjin Group Chairman to cede control over Hanjin Shipping to creditors • Hanjin Shipping files for receivership • Hanjin Shipping Seeks Debt Revamp as Cash Dwindles on Slump
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Transit:

California mass transit cracks down on 'manspreaders'
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Financial Advisors:

Despite parent's bankruptcy , Cetera recruits $200 million team
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Tech:

Jumio to Proceed on Schedule with Sale Process
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Printing:

Cenveo first and second lien holders hire lawyers; asset sale proceeds under scrutiny
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Food/Beverage:

TravelCenters of America acquires Quaker Steak & Lube
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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 (49 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Debt Structure When Bankruptcy Law Offers Incentives to Restructure
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Discharge:

Too Little, Too Late: Ninth Circuit Holds Confirmation Objection Insufficient to Revive Untimely Complaint Objecting to Dischargeability of Debt
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Sale to Vulture Fails Business Judgment Test
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Mediation:

Don’t Let This Happen to You: Milwaukee Archdiocese Bankruptcy – Part One, The Mediations
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TBTF:

FDIC chief: Megabank failure would not mean crisis
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Avoidance Actions:

Seventh Circuit Finds Tax Sale Avoidable
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Retailing:

Aeropostale Said to Prepare Bankruptcy Filing as Soon as This Month • Aeropostale shares plunge amid bankruptcy fears
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Why some sporting goods retailers struggle in a tough market
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Spate Of Bankruptcies Raises Question: What's Wrong With The Sporting Goods Business?
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The quick success and slow decline of an icon
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End of the game for Sport Chalet
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Sears to close 68 Kmart, 10 Sears stores this summer • Sears to close another 78 stores, 5 percent of total
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Autos:

Volkswagen Reaches Deal with U.S. Authorities Over Diesel Emissions Scandal • Volkswagen reaches 'substantial' settlement to buy back, repair cars • Volkswagen takes 'step on the road to making things right' with DOJ deal • VW has struck a deal over its emissions-cheating scandal, and it could cost over $10 billion • Volkswagen's Redemption Tour • VW Satisfies Government With Diesel Buyback Plan, What About VW Car Owners? • Volkswagen Owners Ponder Next Move After Company’s Diesel Emissions Deal • Hubris Made Volkswagen Settle With the U.S.
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Mitsubishi Motors Admits Fuel Efficiency Manipulation • Mitsubishi scandal deepens after US regulator demands test data
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GM’s Profit More Than Doubles • Soaring Profits, No Wall Street Love
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Art:

LA Dealer Douglas Chrismas's Bankruptcy
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Hollywood:

Netflix Attempt to End Relativity Deal Dismissed in Bankruptcy Court
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Resorts:

A federal judge is demanding jailed former billionaire Tim Blixseth reveal what happened to hundreds of millions of dollars he diverted from a luxury Montana resort
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Education:

$20 Billion In Tax Credits For College Fails To Increase College Attendance
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Fraud:

How Enron Used Accounting for Prepaid Swaps to Delay its Bankruptcy for a Decade: The Untold Story
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The journalists behind the 'Panama Papers' have no interest in cooperating with the US government
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Celebs:

Louis C.K. says he's 'so not broke' after revealing he has millions in debt
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ESPN fires Curt Schilling for anti-trans Facebook post
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The Legal Battle Over Prince’s Name • Prince hated contract law so much he once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol
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Judge wants jailed tycoon to reveal fate of diverted cash
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Distressed Investing:

There's no stopping the US junk bond train — for now
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Sovereigns:

Argentina bond prices rally strongly in blockbuster return
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Banks get higher fees in bond deal
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Argentine Bonds Are Still Junk...But for How Long?
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Mozambique Bondholders Organize, Seek Legal Advice
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Greece's Secret Debt Evoked in Mozambique $1 Billion Hole
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Memo to Regulators: Sovereign Debt Can Be Risky
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UK:

Banks are 'duping customers over their mortgage debts' - insolvency expert
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British monarchy valued at $84 billion
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Probability of Brexit Drops to 20% as Polls Move Against `Leave'
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Scotland: One of nation's richest men is bankrupt with debts at £2m‏
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Why the U.S. Doesn't Want Britain to Secede
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EU:

Draghi: Helicopter money isn't coming any time soon
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PIIGS:

Insolvency figures show 10% increase in failing businesses
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Greek talks with lenders fraught as fears grow of default • IMF to Scrutinize Greece’s 2015 Deficit Data • Contingency Measures Add Hurdles on Greece-Creditors Agreement • Greek government agrees in principle with creditors on pension reform • Greece Eyes Path to Lifeline as Fiscal Resurrection in Doubt
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Canada:

Nova Scotia claim against bankrupt D'Eon Fisheries gets new life
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Downgrades surge amid commodities rout
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India:

Mallya Offers $240 Million to Indian Court as Intent to Pay Debt • Broke Vijay Mallya owns 3 condos in New York's Trump tower
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Chances of bankruptcy law passage brighten
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China:

George Soros says China looks 'eerily' like the US in the run up to the financial crisis
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Asian banks' bad debt pile highest since global financial crisis
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Brazil:

Brazil's OAS creditors to take over Invepar stake
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Brazil: The Darkest Hour
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Australia:

Queensland Nickel to be wound up after creditors vote • Queensland Nickel liquidators pursue $300m from Clive Palmer's companies • Closed Palmer refinery 'needs millions'
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