Law:
Pepper Hamilton and Reed Smith End Merger Discussions • Pepper Hamilton Announces End of Merger Talks with Reed Smith • Did Reed Smith Just Get Dumped In Merger Talks?
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Checking In: Gary L. Kaplan, Fried Frank
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Law Schools that Feed Big Law Partnerships
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Top 10 law schools for people who actually want to become lawyers
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Law School Rankings: Graduates Who Made Partner In AmLaw 100 In 2015
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Firms Ranked by Gross Revenue
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The Am Law 100: Signs of a Slowdown • The 2016 Am Law 100: Growth Slows For Big Law • Beyond The Am Law 100: A Reminder of Why There’s More to Practicing Law
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Andrews Kurth Settles $200M Malpractice Suit
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Volatile Commodities Market Making Bankruptcy Work Tricky
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Bankruptcy Lawyer Named to Crowe & Dunlevy Executive Committee
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Attorneys Who Practice in New York Must Have an Office There, Court Rules
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Dershowitz: A Nightmare of False Accusation That Could Happen to You
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An Amateur vs. ISIS: A Car Salesman Investigates and Ends Up in Prison
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Chart: The 2015 Top Verdicts
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The 5 Things You Must Do To Make Partner
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To Live and Practice in New York State
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Unemployed Eastern Lawyers - Head West
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A Dentons-Sized Conflict?
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Can Sidley break out of the beige?
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Ford GC on Hiring Laterals: Only If We Have To
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Sorry Law Firms, Verizon’s GC is Taking it In-House
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Law School Attendance, Happiness, And Success
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Look To A Rabbi To See How To Advocate
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21-Step Guide On How To Leave The Law And Begin Anew
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The Pink Ghetto: Paternity Leave Horror Stories From Dads Working In Law Firms
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Amal Clooney’s Advice For Aspiring Attorneys
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Wayne State law dean runs Boston Marathon in just over 6 hours, while 8 months pregnant
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A Harvard Business School professor shares 3 ways to win a negotiation before you even start talking
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8 small signs people use to judge your personality
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Ex-client sues firm for allegedly accepting credit card payment for bankruptcy legal fees
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Federal Prosecutors Drop Court Case to Force Apple to Unlock iPhone
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Texas cop: I’d beat a trans woman unconscious if she tried to share a bathroom with my daughter
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Law Revue Video Contest 2016: Honorable Mentions
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Let’s Play Cards Against Lawyers
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Eight Members of the Same Family Were Murdered in Four Different Locations of a Small Town • Ohio Attorney General Calls Killing of 8 a ‘Pre-Planned Execution’ • Marijuana "Grow Operations" Found at Sites Where Ohio Family Was Murdered
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Former BigLaw lawyer is sentenced to six months in prison
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Better Read Saul?
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Judges:
View from the Bench: US Bankruptcy Judge Michael E. Wiles, Southern District of New York
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New Lawsuit Says Gov't Shouldn't Profit from PACER • PACER Fees are Illegally High, Lawsuit Alleges
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John Roberts Under Attack
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‘Cite you again’ – Law students’ musical eulogy to US Supreme Court judge Antonin Scalia
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Grassley acknowledges facing toughest re-election in decades
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Judge publicly reprimanded for jailing domestic-violence witness who recanted
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This federal appeals court has been waiting more than six years for a judge
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Concerned about veteran with PTSD, judge orders him to jail and serves the time with him
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Wall Street:
US stocks futures dip as crude slips
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Stocks End Mixed
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U.S. Stocks Finally Get a Strong Whiff of Weak Earnings
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Stocks aren’t overvalued . . . as long as interest rates stay low
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The stock market is stalling and exhausted, chart watchers say
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Layoffs:
Halliburton cut 6,000 jobs in the first quarter
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Schlumberger cuts 8,000 jobs in first quarter in ‘toughest environment’ in decades
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Oil Crash Creates Glut Of Petroleum Engineers – More Layoffs Coming
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:
New questions raised over Palmaz Scientific stock sales
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Texas Health Resources makes $112M bid for bankrupt hospital
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Bidding war breaks out for Forest Park's Fort Worth hospital
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Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. Provides Update on Forest Park Medical Center
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Qamar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection • Cardiologist plagued by legal woes files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Retailing:
Department Stores Need to Cull Hundreds of Sites, Study Says
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Aeropostale Delisted From New York Stock Exchange • Aeropostale Won’t Fight NYSE Delisting
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Sport Chalet closing all stores
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Retailer Bankruptcies Are Hailing Down on the US Economy
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Public Relations:
How Companies Spin Bankruptcy Announcements
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Metals:
CCA makes winning bid for Sherwin Alumina
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Class Action Suit Against Certain Officers And Directors Of Horsehead Holding Corp.
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Taxis:
Medallions pile up as Uber, Lyft ride high
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Uber Reaches a Tipping Point With Its Drivers • Uber drivers get some clarification on tipping; riders likely still confused
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The politics of the gig economy
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Corporate Reform:
Wall Street’s Problem Isn’t Too Big to Fail. It’s Too Big to Nail
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Engineering:
Howard Birdsall goes to prison for corruption
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Coal:
West Virginia regulator opposes sales of coal mines by bankrupt Alpha Natural
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WY: Falling revenues prompt Gov. Mead to implement budget cuts
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2016 coal production expected to fall 16%
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Personal Finance:
Ten ways to trick yourself into saving money
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9 easy ways to simplify your life
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7 tiny daily habits that can lead to huge results
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Student Debt:
How Forgiving Student Loans Helps Farmers
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Hedge Funds:
Investors are fleeing hedge funds in droves
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Fraud:
Agape World Ponzi scheme associate sentenced to 7 years
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Economy:
Fed seen holding rates this week with hike still on horizon • Lackluster GDP throws wrench into Fed’s rate-hike plans
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The Fed Fights the Tape Over Interest Rates
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Schwarzman: 'A new distress cycle is clearly underway'
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Gundlach: Negative interest rates 'are the stupidest idea I have ever experienced' • A "horror"
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Most of the Recession’s Stay-at-Home Dads Are Going Back to Work
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All of the problems Universal Basic Income can solve that have nothing to do with unemployment
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What the average 29-year-old looks like
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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:
“Big Box” and Other Retail Tenant Bankruptcies – What Is a Commercial Landlord to Do?
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Missing ingredient for millennials: Down payment savings
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Home Sellers Experience Highest Price Gains in More Than Eight Years
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Housing Crunch: The Price Isn't Right
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Libbie condo buyers pushing developer into bankruptcy
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Kicks a Useless Can
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How US Policy Continues To Leave Puerto Rico In Bankruptcy Limbo
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Puerto Rico at the Brink
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Puerto Rico Economy Worsens With Crisis, Most Anywhere You Look
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Paul Ryan's Biggest Test Yet: Saving Puerto Rico From Congress
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Make No Mistake: Puerto Rico Will Default on May 2, Moody's Says
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Puerto Rico Moving Closer to Deal With Some Bank Bondholders
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Hedge funds want Puerto Rico to borrow more cash
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House likely to miss May deadline on Puerto Rico rescue bill
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Only Congress Can Rescue Puerto Rico
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In new book, Nathan Bomey chronicles Motor City bankruptcy • 'Detroit Resurrected' • Book Excerpt: Detroit Resurrected -- Pills or Picassos? • A conversation with Nathan Bomey
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Detroit After Bankruptcy
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Mayor says Monessen near bankruptcy
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Flint's Water Crisis Could Slow Its Housing Recovery • Judges deny grand juror investigation into Flint crisis
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Municipal Bond Defaults Shake Up a Once-Sedate Market
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Kansas' Never-Ending Budget Mess
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Oil/Gas:
Slump in Energy Market Brings More Restructuring Activity
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Uncertainty Rises for Energy Sector Bankruptcies
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A Perspective on Impact of Failure to Freeze Oil Production
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Oil and gas borrowers on brink as banks begin spring cleaning
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As Energy Bonds Shed Distressed Tag, Some Investors Sound Alarm
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Wary Energy Bankers Trying to Sell Loans Backed by Oil Reserves
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Texas oil rig count keeps falling • Horizontal Land Rig Count Summary 22nd April 2016 • Baker Hughes: US Oil Drillers Cut Rigs For 5th Week To Nov 2009 Lows
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The Worst Is Yet To Come For Oilfield Services
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Low Crude Prices to Boost Oil & Gas Deals, A.T. Kearney Says
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Texas has lost 84,000 oil and gas jobs in the oil bust
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Oil is Heading Towards Another Crash
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Oil Producers Lock In Once-Snubbed Prices
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The Real Reason Saudi Arabia Killed Doha
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Offshore rig operators reel from oil price rout
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Fri.: US oil closes up 1.3 pct, ending week with more than 8 pct gain • Speculators Driving Up the Price of Oil • Worldwide Glut Continues, Causing Sinking Revenues •Oil Glut Continues to Tank Prices
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Why cheap oil hasn’t saved the US economy
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Oil CEO: The oil industry is facing 'a full-scale' crisis
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Debt-To-Equity Oil Bankruptcies And Hedge Fund Investing Suggest Oil Price Floor
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Chancellor: Oil prices don’t need a Doha to rise
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Linn Energy Exchange Offer Implications: Just The Facts
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Gulf Keystone Bondholders Said to Ready Plan to Take Control
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Schlumberger warns of "significant" revenue drop amid oil slump
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Swift Energy emerges from bankruptcy
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Is the fear of bankruptcy forcing Saudi Arabia switch to solar power biz? Wait for 25 April
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Where's the Outrage? Energy CEOs Reap Millions While Their Companies Incinerate Value
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US regional banks brace for losses from energy loans
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Consumer confidence falls as Alaska economy struggles
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The real problem with Iranian oil
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Norske Skog Credit Swaps Can Pay Out on Debt Exchange, ISDA Says
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Engineering students face tough job market in wake of oil downturn
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IMF says cheap oil could cost Middle East economies up to $150 billion
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Politics:
Koch brother: Hillary Clinton might make a better president than any of the Republicans • Could Charles Koch Rally Behind Hillary Clinton?
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Elizabeth Warren Is On Hillary Clinton’s List Of Potential Running Mates • A Clinton/Warren ticket? VP shortlist fuels rampant speculation • Deval Patrick is reportedly on the Hillary Clinton campaign’s short list for vice president
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When Teddy Had a Contested Convention
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Cruz's position on student loans may hurt his appeal among young voters •Ted Cruz’s Establishment Turn • Donald Trump Jr.: 'Ted Cruz can't win without bribing delegates' • Lee Harvey Oswald and Ted Cruz's Dad?
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Bernie Sanders Bashed Hillary, But He’d Back Her Against GOP • The Problem With Bernie Sanders’ Polling Argument
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Poll: Trump, Clinton Set for Another Win in Pennsylvania • Once a symbol of decline, Pennsylvania tests limits of Trump's appeal
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Donald Trump and GOP Grope Toward Unity • Anti-Trump Forces See Plenty of Roadblocks to 1,237 Delegates • Why Donald Trump Thinks He Shouldn’t Have to Testify in University Lawsuit • Hillary Clinton Ad Warns Voters on Donald Trump’s ‘Extreme Makeover’ • Donald Trump Aides Try to Reassure the GOP Elite • Cautiously, GOP establishment is warming to Trump • The Party of Lincoln in the Time of Trump • Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Isn't Fantasy • For Trump, Tubman on $20 bill illustrates broader American problem • If these two new polls are right, Trump wins • It's not an act — Donald Trump really is a pig • Trumps tells Connecticut voters he's "not toning it down" • Will Donald Trump Talk Himself Out Of the Nomination? • Trump Fact Check: "Pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001" and "Harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001." • Cruz and Kasich Announce Team Up to Stop Trump
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A retired Marine general named 'Mad Dog' could be the GOP's last hope • Who is Gen. James Mattis, and why do some Republicans want to run him for president?
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Alternative Energy:
SunEdison Continues Operations Despite Bankruptcy And Lawsuits
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Bankruptcy judge puts off decision on SunEdison independent examiner • SunEdison gets some money to tide it over, but no examiner yet
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SunEdison Creditors Already Girding for Bankruptcy Battle
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TerraForm Yieldcos Try to Steer Clear of SunEdison's Bankruptcy
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Oh, you thought the drama was over now that Wall Street's nightmare stock filed for bankruptcy ?
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SunEdison Shareholders Were Zapped by SUNE Bankruptcy Filing • SunEdison: Get Out While You Can
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Judge Allows SunEdison To Draw $90 Million 'Lifeline'
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SunEdison: The Bankruptcy Was No Surprise
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The Real Problem Behind SunEdison's Woes
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SunEdison: Game Over
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Department of Energy in quandary as US solar giant files for bankruptcy protection
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Here's How SunEdison Drowned Itself in Debt
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SunEdison solar projects in India attract buyers • No impact on India growth plans: SunEdison
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Renewable Energy Stumbles Toward the Future
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Pensions:
Renegotiating Retiree Health Care Plans After New Supreme Court Guidance
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Ruling on Pension Fund Debt Could Shake Up Private Equity Industry
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New Bankruptcy Opinions(6 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 (15 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Is the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court the New SDNY?
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Wall Street is winning big from a rebound in a grim business
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Fact Check: 643,000 Americans go bankrupt every year over medical bills
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Valuation:
U.S. Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Valuations are on the Money
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Chapter 13:
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Bankruptcy Rules Rule the Day in the Eleventh Circuit
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Accounting:
Concerned about a going concern? New standards on accounting standards
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Tax:
IRS Withdraws Controversial Pronouncement on “Bad Boy” Guarantees
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TBTF:
Too Big to Fail? So What, Say Bank Depositors
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Awards:
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Autos:
Key Advisor Who Helped Lead GM Out of Bankruptcy Is Retiring
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GM’s Mary Barra Drives Off With 77% Jump in Compensation
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Bob Lutz: Volkswagen trying to bribe customers • Volkswagen records sharp 2015 loss on emissions scandal • Nightmare scenario every car company • VW Scandal One Part of Automaker's Betrayal • VW Takes $18 Billion Hit on Emissions (So Far) • Lawyer Takes Aim at Volkswagen in Europe • VW's Diesel Crisis Is Now a Global Threat
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Celebs:
Curt Schilling’s Worst Offense Is Not a Transphobic Meme
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50 Cent Reveals Third Son, Davian
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Even Broke, Mark Twain Traveled in Style
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Telecoms:
Airways Plan by Ligado, the Former LightSquared, Advances at FCC
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Shipping:
Hanjin Group Chairman Gave Up Management of Its Shipping Arm • Hanjin Shipping Asks Creditor to Restructure Debt • Fate of Hanjin Shipping in hands of creditors
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Pharma:
Valeant Gets More Default Notices After 10-K Filing Delay
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Sovereigns:
The Lessons of Our Bond War
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Argentina Delivers $597 Million Windfall to Bond Investors
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Argentina says #CiaoDefault, paying holdouts after 14 years • Argentina pays off 'holdout' bondholders, elevating hopes for economy
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Argentina Bans on Bond Payments Dropped by U.S. Judge • Judge Griesa pleased and gratified the Argentine 15-year litigation with bondholders is over
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Jack Lew lauds Macri for directing Argentina's return to debt markets
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Sovereign-Debt Debate Divides EU as Schaeuble Pushes for Limits
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UK:
BHS facing insolvency : Fears grow for 11000 jobs at British chain store • BHS jobs fears grow amid administration concerns • BHS administration: 'Imminent bankruptcy ' puts 11000 jobs at risk • BHS on brink as rescue talks fail • UK retailer BHS to go into administration - source with knowledge of plans • BHS collapse – a consumers' guide
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Weil Gotshal and DLA lead on BHS administration • Duff & Phelps lined up for BHS job
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Court forces tycoon to leave £7.5m Knightsbridge home
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'I haven't got a pot to p*** in': Alex Reid is facing bankruptcy
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Deadline set for Austin Reed to find a buyer
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One of Scotland’s top insolvency experts' firm goes bust leaving behind £20,000 worth of debt
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Losing the U.K. Wouldn't Be So Bad for Europe • The Price Britain Would Pay for Divorcing Europe
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Obama: UK-US trade deal could take a decade after Brexit
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Inside the crash of London's $2.7 billion unicorn Powa
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Tata Steel’s fire sale in the UK will do little to move its mountain of debt
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Leslie named as IPA president
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Renewable energy firms face increased risk of insolvency
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EU:
ECB's Draghi: We haven't talked about helicopter money
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PIIGS:
Schaeuble Sees No Greece Debt Relief as Long as Debt Sustainable • How Close Are Greece and Its Creditors to a Bailout Deal? •
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Canada:
Toronto developer Urbancorp hopes restructuring will ease financial woes • Urbancorp files for restructuring under bankruptcy act • Toronto Condo Builder Urbancorp Files for Debt Restructuring • Bankruptcy Filing by Urbancorp Sends Tremors Through Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
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Canada Does the Global Economy a Favor • Yes, Canada Can Safely Take on More Debt. Here’s Why
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Cameco cutting 500 jobs at Rabbit Lake uranium mine
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MENA:
Tel Aviv court grants injunction against Urbancorp
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Addressing the rising tide of personal indebtedness in the UAE
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Saudi Family Therapist Explains The Islamically Correct Method Of Wife Beating
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Tehran Announces Creation Of Undercover “Morality Police” Force
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The big challenge to Saudi Arabian reform? Saudis
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White House to Release Secret 9/11 Pages
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India:
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill top on govt's agenda • Lack of strong bankruptcy laws hurting the banking sector • Bankruptcy code to help stakeholders realize their worth • Why StanChart isn’t finding enough buyers for its stressed loans
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'Forcing Vijay Mallya to come back to India is bad strategy'
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Russia:
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Venezuela:
Venezuela to cut electricity daily amid crisis
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In luxe Miami condo tower, Venezuelan oil tycoon with state ties chases capitalist dream
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China:
China's Biggest Banks Stand Exposed After Profit Buffers Eroded
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Bad Debt Goes Boom
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Over 90% of China Bond Funds Dropped Last Week Amid Default Woe
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