Law:
Lateral Link Partner And Law Firm Survey: The Results Are In
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Lawyers Can Be Zealous Without Being Nasty
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GC Comp 2016: The Stock Awards Edition
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Anonymous GC: 'The Glass Ceiling Absolutely Still Exists'
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Legal Services - 200 Jobs Lost in July 2016
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At ABA Conference, a Plea for Zika Preparedness
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Law Firms Are 'Terrible' at Billing, Says GE's GC
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Bar Association Considers Striking ' Honeys' From the Courtroom
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Even More Practical Advice For New Lawyers
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Legal Tech Financing Trends
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Corporate lawyer, 27, on £72,000 a year saves just £600 a month
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Georgetown 3L: Put Down That Law School Application, Part 2
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June LSAT takers down less than 1% from last year (which was up over 6% from the prior year) • Number Of LSAT Test-Takers Falls 0.8% in June
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Be Efficient With What You Know: You Can’t Remember Everything, And You Don’t Need To
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How To Stay Married To A Lawyer
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What Law Firm Partners Can Learn From Former Saatchi & Saatchi Chairman Kevin Roberts
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How Do I Make Partner In A Biglaw Firm? Tell Me The Truth, For Heaven’s Sake
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India: Action urged action against cow vigilantes
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Law Professor Resigns From The Bar Over Misappropriation Of Client Funds •Tenured Rutgers Law Prof Resigns From Bar After Misappropriating $250,000 Of Client Funds
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LSAC says it won’t continue certifying LSAT scores for the ABA
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Another study confirms legal community substance struggles
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Despite recent changes, frequent-flier programs can benefit well-traveled lawyers
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Josh Duggar Is Being Sued By the Guy Whose Face He Used on His Ashley Madison Profile
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Lawyer Qualifies For Olympics, Worries About Taking Time Off From Law Firm
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Key figures behind legal TV dramas say the lines are blurring between fact and fiction
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5 Things to Know About Hackers
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Jokes and insults need to hit above the belt to not violate ethics
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You’re Hired: Missouri Governor Conscripted as Public Defender • Missouri Public Defender: ‘I Need to Use All The Remedies Available’
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Court: Shopping at Home Depot Isn’t a Constitutional Right
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Meighan Marie McSherry - Former Legal Aid Lawyer Accused of Robbing Greenwich, CT Bank
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Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Complains That Police Protests 'Depress' Cops
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Alexandra Darraby blends her love for art with her career in the law
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Can You Guess What This Person Was Arrested For?
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A 20-year-old man was shot dead while playing Pokémon Go in San Francisco
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Jailers Mocked Dying Woman in Last Hours
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Judges:
Supreme Court Justices Know How To Be Political
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Judge Kozinski Won’t Read Your ‘Fat’ Or ‘Chubby’ Brief • Judge Refuses Excessive Brief
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Implicit bias is a challenge even for judges
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BK CD CA: Judge Sheri Bluebond Moving Her Chambers Effective August 22
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Breyer Brings Back Courtesy—at a Cost
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks poised for more highs, as feel-good factor from jobs data lingers
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Stocks close at new record highs, lifted by growth in jobs
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Oil's Drop Stokes Worries About a Slippery Slope in Stocks
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Layoffs:
Jobs Report: Mining Jobs Down 6,000
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
Reagan Republican: Trump is the emperor with no clothes • Donald Trump’s poll numbers are so bad his supporters are making up new ones • Donald Trump claims the election will be 'rigged' — and many are saying that's preposterous and dangerous • Trump to Propose Moratorium on New Financial Regulations • How Donald Trump’s Rhetoric on NATO Works to Vladimir Putin’s Advantage • Trump Not the Successful Person You Think • Donald Trump Plans Pivot to Economy •Trump Announces Economic Policy Advisory Team • The Big-Name Financiers Advising Trump on Economic Policy • Trump Fact Check: "Hillary Clinton says she wants to, ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’ " • Trump finance director produced 'Suicide Squad' • Don't Question Donald Trump's Mental Health ... At Least Not if You're a Psychiatrist • GOP Worries Trump Could Affect Others • Donald Trump May Be Able to Slow His Tax Audit • "Unusual" accounting: Inside a Trump business audit • Why Donald Trump Appeals to Evangelicals • Why Are Some Conservative Thinkers Falling for Trump? • Donors Frustrated They Can’t Stop Monthly Payments to Trump Campaign • Why Trump Supporters Think He'll Win • Trump Endorses Paul Ryan
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Donald Trump Presidential Bid Is Hurting Foot Traffic To His Properties
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The $400 Million Iran Payment, Explained For Suburban Voters
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Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Overtaking Donald Trump in Reliably Red Georgia • Reuters Poll: Clinton's Lead Over Trump Narrows Substantially • Electoral Map Shows Clinton Blowout • FactCheck: Clinton's New Email Clarifications • Clinton Short-Circuits the Truth • Hillary Clinton Seeks Again to Allay Concerns Over Email Issue
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Appeals Court Revives IRS Tea Party Targeting Case
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Paul Ryan Stares Down New GOP Revolt • Angry Trump Voters Hit Paul Ryan's Home
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Maybe Don't Tweet Like This If You're Running For Congress
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Elizabeth Warren calls e-mail hack an embarrassment • Elizabeth Warren questions Hillary Clinton's DNC hack response
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Jeb Bush's Son Urges Republicans to Back "the Man That Won"
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GOP Insiders to Trump: Drop Out • Q&A: What Would Happen if a Presidential Nominee Quit?
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Big Government Keeps Getting Smaller
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Golf:
Golfsmith May Be Filing for Bankruptcy
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Coal:
UMW reaches another tentative deal with Murray Energy
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Bankrupt Peabody Energy Seeks Approval To Pay $12M in Bonuses
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Special Report: The rise and demise of a West Virginia coal mine
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How Big Coal summoned Wall Street and faced a whirlwind
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Media:
Legal Fee Voyeurism: Gawking At Gawker’s Lawyer Bills
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Hulk Hogan Accuses Nick Denton of Taking ‘Free Ride’ on Gawker’s Dime
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Gawker boss throwing a reunion party amid bankruptcy
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Gawker Media, Hulk Hogan in settlement talks • Gawker and Hulk Hogan in settlement talks ahead of auction
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Fraud:
July 2016 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Judge won't dismiss SEC suit vs. Wells Fargo over 38 Studios
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Ex-Perella Weinberg Banker Says His Father Is A Great Guy Who Just Stole Inside Information From Him And Traded On It
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Synovus Pays $9M To End Claims Over Check Kiting Scheme
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Stiglitz Quits Panama Papers Investigation • Cites lack of transparency
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Paper:
Cenveo Steps Back From The Brink ... But Not Far
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Food/Beverage:
Southern Season names new CEO, plans to sell company
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Aviation:
American Airlines to Boost Pay for 30,000
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Delta Computer System Outage Ground Flights Worldwide
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Autos:
Tesla Needs $1.1 Billion in 3Q for Cash Flow
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Elon Musk Gets Some More Bad News
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Gigafactory Costs May Exceed Expectations
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Defaults:
S&P: 107 Global Corporate Defaults so far in 2016
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Healthcare:
Judge denies bid to boot elderly from Brooklyn facility
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ObamaCare Death Spiral Update
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Economy:
The July Jobs Report in 15 Charts • July Jobs Report – The Numbers • US Jobs Better Than Expected Unemployment 4 9 • Yay, Jobs! So Why Isn't the Economy Following? • The Sobering Lesson of a Good Jobs Report • What the Newest Job Numbers Don't Say • U.S. Companies Have Enough Confidence to Hire, If Not Invest • Number of Unemployed for over 26 Weeks, Since 1969
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‘No Empirical Evidence’ for Thomas Piketty’s Inequality Theory, IMF Economist Argues
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Fed's Powell urges patience on U.S. rates, citing growth risks
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Middle Class Jobs Disappearing the Fastest
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Comerica economist sees Fed standing pat
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94% of Millennials Believe This Is the Fate of Social Security -- and They're Probably Right
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Majority of Millennials Say they Won’t Reach Target Retirement Savings
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Voter Discord Isn’t Over Wages
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The Rich Get Richer as Billionaires Increase in Number
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Some Small-Business Owners Trim Expansion Plans , Cite New ...
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Denmark Isn't Magic
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Ryan Fact Check: "The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."
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White Trash: The Original Underclass
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New York Region’s Consumer Distress Remains Below National Average
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No End Seen in Global Demand for U.S. Credit: BlackRock's Rieder
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Plunging global interest rates have made borrowing cheap, but many are struggling with sluggish revenue growth and higher expenses
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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:
Justice Department Appeals Ruling Throwing Out Crisis-Era Bank of America Case
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Fannie Mae Posts $2.9 B Profit in 2Q ; Paying $2.9 B Dividend
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Federal watchdog expands anti-money laundering disclosure rules for high-end real estate buyers
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Municipalities:
A Surreal Life on the Precipice in Puerto Rico
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The king has invisible clothes: The travesty of the Flint water crisis
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Wayne explores cost saving moves after tax plan fails
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Municipal Finance: Vulnerable and Distressed
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Opa-locka turned public utility into extortion racket • Fmr. Opa-Locka city manager charged in corruption scheme
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Battle Over 38 Studios Probe Reflects A Lack Of Resolution
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Cities Losing the Most Jobs
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Oil/Gas:
Haynes and Boone Oil Patch Bankruptcy Monitor – Updated August 1, 2016.
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Rig Count Rises, What's Up In The Bakken, And Some New Energy Bankruptcy Data
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Our Oil Patch Has Been Decimated
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Fri.: Oil prices flat after two-day rally • Oil Correction Stalls On Strong Dollar, Rising Rig Count • US Oil Drillers Add Rigs For Sixth Week In A Row
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Mon.: Oil futures rally on fresh push for OPEC freeze deal • OPEC to Hold Talks in September • OPEC Plans Informal Talks Next Month, Sees Oil Dip Temporary • Oil market on path to rebalancing, OPEC monitoring situation
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Crude Slump Sees Oil Majors’ Debt Burden Double to $138 Billion • Oil majors’ debt balloons as energy slump persists
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Offshore Oil & Gas To Invest $800B Through 2025
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The oil rig count keeps growing in Texas
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Fracking Makes a Big Comeback
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Junk energy firms still have market access
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Here’s the one industry that shines among shale field gloom
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Emerald Oil Gets Breathing Room For Ch. 11 Negotiations
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Twin Butte Debt Holders Vow Court Fight If Company Sale Proceeds
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Goodrich Receives Conditional Approval of New Financing Package
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SandRidge bankruptcy extension approved
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Bristow Forecasts Full-Year Loss
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Texas School District Sues SandRidge
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Chiron Financial retained by Equity Security Holders Committee of Energy XXI
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Speculators And Analysts Grow More Bearish On Oil
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Markets Adjusting ‘’Violently’’ From 8 Week Plunge
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Singapore Faces Risk of More Oil Bond Defaults
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DBS Profit Falls as Swiber Provisions Offset Interest Income
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UK Sees Oil & Gas Profits Sink To 20 Year Lows
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The Rarest Texas Flower: A New Oil Billionaire
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European energy groups press on with multibillion-dollar disposals
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Clinton Favors Fracking Restrictions
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Oil Gas industry Has Lost 26% of All Workers
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Accounting:
PwC Must Face $1 Billion MF Global Malpractice Lawsuit: U.S. Judge
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PwC, Plaintiff Point Fingers Ahead of Opening Statements in Negligent Auditing Trial
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Medical Research:
A lab is liquidated, and so is decade of cancer studies
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Retailing:
Aeropostale Discusses Sale to Versa Capital
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Judge approves Total Hockey bankruptcy sale • Company that bought Colorado's Players Bench gets OK for bankruptcy sale
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Michaels buys Hancock Fabrics brand out of bankruptcy
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Americans are abandoning a longtime status symbol — and it's killing Macy's and Nordstrom
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Florida Shudders as Zika Spread Forces Miami Shops to Close • Zika in the United States, explained in 9 maps
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
St. Louis: O’Fallon couple indicted on bankruptcy fraud charges
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Non-Profits:
High Tech Foundation files for bankruptcy
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Hotels:
As Taj, and Trump name, fade from A.C., no more extra pillows for guests
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Trump Taj Mahal Owner Blames Union for Closure
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That second tower at the defunct Riviera resort? It's boom time!
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Religion:
Judge approves $500,000 in Duluth diocese legal bills
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Directories:
Yellow-Pages Publisher Hibu Files U.S. Bankruptcy Case
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Tech:
Creditor buys assets of bankrupt Norman technology firm
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Tech Giants at the Debt Buffet
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Gambling:
Caesars nears deadline to keep holds on high-stakes lawsuits
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Sinatra's old Tahoe casino in bankruptcy
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River Rock Casino seeks to restructure debt
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Alternative Energy:
Indian company buys failed Hoku plant in Pocatello
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Greenko to pay $100 million to take over SunEdison’s assets here
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Pensions:
Who Will Bail Out Insolvent Union Pension Funds?
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Celebs:
Eminem’s 2016 Album rumored to be delayed due to bankruptcy?
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7 NFL Players Who Went Broke After They Retired
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Metals:
Bankrupt Noranda lost nearly $12 million in June
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Awards:
5 Margaret Brent honorees helped level the playing field for women lawyers
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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 (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (16 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - 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:
July Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Increase 10 Percent, Total Filings Fall 15 Percent
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Tennessee still tops in bankruptcy filings
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Proofs of Claim:
Same As It Ever Was: Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Narrow Construction of Informal Proof of Claim Doctrine
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Eleventh Circuit Doubles Down on Crawford
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Structured Dismissal:
Supreme Court to review priority - skipping settlement and structured dismissal of Chapter 11 case
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TBTF:
Forcing Creditors to Take Losses Is How We'll End TBTF
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Sanctions:
How to Win a Motion for Sanctions
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Priority:
Court Throws Cold Water on Plan to Pay Out Car Wash Proceeds
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Plan Confirmation:
Arizona District Court Applies Section 1129(a)(10) on a Per Plan Basis
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Tax:
Yes. It is Possible to Avoid Tax Penalty Claims in Bankruptcy
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Chapter 13:
You Get a Car! You Get a Car! Bankruptcy Court Gives Debtor a Car. Unsecured Creditors Get Nothing.
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Jurisdiction:
Stern Objections Always Must Be Raised to Avoid Potential Malpractice
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Automatic Stay:
Calculation of Punitive Damages Did Not Consider Amount of Attorneys’ Fees
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Electricity:
Energy Future Seeks Court’s Approval on Deal With NextEra
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Distressed Investing:
Global Strategy Helps Bain Credit Invest New $3.5bn Distressed Debt Haul
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Skiing:
27-year-old buyer offers $3.8M for bankrupt ski hill
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Student Debt:
Cracking down on abuses by student loan service companies
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UK:
Snooker legend Willie Thorne 'has disconnected phone to save cash' after gambling away fortune
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Two more law firms freeze pay after Brexit vote • Addleshaw Goddard and Gowling WLG freeze pay as confusion reigns at BLP
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West Dunbartonshire has highest bankruptcy rate in Scotland
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Insolvency rates drop across Scotland
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Sir Philip Green told to 'do the right thing' and plug BHS pension deficit • Growing pressure on Sir Philip Green to cover £700m BHS pension deficit
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British buyouts dive 95% after Brexit vote — and slump is hitting Europe, too
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Brexit was nothing compared to what's coming
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How a Hairdresser’s Lawsuit Could Spell Trouble for Brexit
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RBS Loss Widens ; Revenue Falls 17% • RBS H1 loss widens to £2bn on the back of litigation costs • Royal Bank of Been-Here-Before
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Barclays: There is nothing left to fight the coming economic storm
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Trustees Wound Up Over £3.3m Pension Liberation Racket
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U.K., Europe Discover New Divide Over Negative Interest Rates
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PIIGS:
Greece: Summer break to be short-lived as negotiations loom • Gov't plans to recruit 20000 to civil service • The numbers don't lie • Greece plans alliance of southern EU states, Malta included • Greece Intensifies Crackdown On Tax Evaders • Pity Greece's statistician bearing blame for errors of others
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Courts freeze global assets of Irish developer who was previously named in Panama Papers controversy
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Canada:
Insolvency filing spike in Nova Scotia ‘alarming’: expert
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No severance for laid-off Ben Moss employees -- but pizza lunches
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Emails Show How Enron Clause Slammed Canadians Too
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Bankrupt Arc Productions off the hook for $23-million Ontario job-creation grant
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Canada Lost 31,200 Jobs in July
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India:
Public opinion helped passage of Insolvency Code
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Deep in the red: Debt-ridden Food Corporation of India faces a reckoning
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RBI gives nod for three asset reconstruction companies
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Australia:
Rugby league legend Jarrod McCracken has bankruptcy extended until 2021
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Farmers risk losing millions as bankruptcies rise nationally
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Aussie fugitive businessman dies in Poland owing A$1.3 billion
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Paradise Bay Island Resort the latest Great Barrier Reef tourism facility to go under
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Australia's Woolworths to cut jobs, close stores
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Change bankruptcy laws to help innovators, says billionaire
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MENA:
Changes Expected to the Saudi Arabian Bankruptcy Law
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Saudi Oger expected to declare bankruptcy
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Venezuela:
What Venezuela's diaper shortage says about the country's economic crisis
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Venezuela’s zoo animals are dying, people could be next
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South Korea:
South Korea's 32 firms need restructuring, FSS says
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DSME executive suspected of hiding losses worth $108 mn
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Singapore:
Oil and gas downturn spells trouble for Singapore
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A Penny Stock DBS Couldn't Save Roils Singapore's Oil Hub, Banks
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Deal with Swiber still alive: AMTC CEO
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Brazil:
Brazil: Too Many Hurdles after the Olympic Games
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Iceland:
Iceland Should Learn From Argentina's Bad Example
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Germany:
German orchestra faces bankruptcy
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China:
Disappointing China July imports suggest cooling domestic demand
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Why China Can't Solve Its Debt Problem
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China's Debt Problem Is Worse Than You Thought
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Turkey:
The Challenges Facing Turkey as Junk Rating Looms
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