Law:
Fraud Claims Against Arizona Summit Law School Tossed
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Not Even Your Own Family Likes A Gunner
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Another State Adopts The Duty of Technology Competence
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Trial technology can be friend or foe: top traps to avoid
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21 everyday words you're probably mispronouncing
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Woman Beheaded For Shopping Alone
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Two Expelled Russian Diplomats Were On FBI Most Wanted List
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Westin Builds Hotel Next To Music Center . . . Then Charges That Music Is A Nuisance
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Judges:
‘Orphaned’ Scalia Clerk Breaks His Silence On Finding A New Home With Justice Thomas
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Trump Press Secretary: No Timeline on SCOTUS Nominee
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Wall Street:
US stock futures point to positive end for 2016
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U.S. stocks close fractionally low
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Trump rally delivers solid 2016 results, and analysts see more gains ahead • Why the US equity rally may peter out in the New Year
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Struggling Sears is borrowing another $200 million from its CEO to stay afloat • Sears Jumps After Lining Up $200 Million to Help Stay Afloat • Sears , Kmart prepare for another round of store closures
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Limited Stores may be headed for bankruptcy : Report • Limited closing stores at malls across the country
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Distressed Investing:
Diva of distressed debt finds two agreeable appellate judges
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Personal Finance:
Smart answers to 3 stupid interview questions
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11 habits that can make you lose respect at work
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8 terrible email sign-offs everyone should avoid
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Retailing:
GNC temporarily closes more than 4,000 stores to reset strategy
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Believe it or not, this could be the best holiday season in more than a decade
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Autos:
No Car Households Becoming More Common
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Politics:
Why Trump’s secretary of state pick shows up in leaked offshore documents • Can Donald Trump Hire Ivanka Trump? • The Insiders Already Cashing In on the Trump Presidency • Americans ‘took Trump literally.’ That could hurt him. • Donald Trump Says ‘Nobody Knows Exactly What’s Going On’ Because of Computers • Trump says US will buy, hire American • Trump will take credit for every job creation opportunity: George • Trump Breaks His Silence • Will Trump Face Immediate Impeachment? • It’s President Trump versus candidate Trump on the big issues
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Democrats Have a Religion Problem
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What counties that flipped from Romney to Clinton have in common
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Russia's election hack is a serious threat to US democracy • Lindsey Graham: 99 of 100 senators think Russia hackers targeted U.S. election
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Georgia GOP Senate candidate says his bankruptcy gives him economic insight
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Americans believe crazy, wrong things
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Tech:
BlackBerry Non-GAAP Sausage Couldn't Avoid The Cash Burn
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Economy:
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 265,000 • Jobless claims tumble 10,000 • US Labor Market Near Full Strength
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A plan to make America 1953 again
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Duy: Is The Fed About To Experience A Repeat of 2016?
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The Fed is ‘constrained by the rest of the world’: HSBC economist
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The words that show what Janet Yellen is thinking
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The Most Important Financial Charts of 2016
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What Economic Forecasters Got Right (and Wrong) in 2016
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New Year, New Worries: How Americans Feel About 2017
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The world today looks ominously like it did before World War I
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What RVs Say About the American Economy
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Trade war would disrupt markets in China, US, expert says
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It doesn't matter how many US jobs Trump 'saves' in the long run — we still have a giant problem
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Goldman Sachs describes two different Trump economies, so which is right?
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The best U.S. cities for job seekers in 2017
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NAFTA End May Cost Auto Industry Billions
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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:
NAR: Pending Home Sales Index decreased 2.5% in November, down 0.4% year-over-year
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Mortgage rates wander slightly higher to close out year
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These 5 Trends Will Shape the Housing Market in 2017
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As mortgage rates march higher, a few reasons not to panic
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Here are the least affordable places to buy a home in the U.S.
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Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate increased in November • Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate unchanged in November
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Serious Delinquency Rates for Single Family Homes Since 1998
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Municipalities:
Are U.S. Territories Now Junk? Puerto Rico Creates Ratings Rift
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Will 2017 Be Better for Atlantic City Than 2016 Was?
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Kankakee park district facing insolvency ; nearly whole staff laid off
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Troubled Dallas pension authorizes private equity investment
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Steven Rhodes ready to pass the baton as leader of Detroit schools
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San Bernardino Faces Its Post-Bankruptcy Future
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Oil/Gas:
The End Of The Oil And Gas Bankruptcy Wave
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US refiners export record amounts of gasoline, diesel
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Shale Spending Set to Soar
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Oil traders face 'big punishment' if OPEC doesn't deliver output cuts
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Energy firms improve outlook, despite OPEC doubts
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Oil settles lower after rise in U.S. crude inventories • Oil Prices Steady After Slim Inventory Build
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Oil prices won’t soar in 2017, and OPEC is the reason
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Shale drillers to move cautiously as oil prices rise • U.S. Shale Could Break The OPEC Deal Within Months
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Basic Energy emerges from bankruptcy with growth momentum
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Memorial Production Partners: The Limits Of Hedging
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Distressed Investing:
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Auto Racing:
Filing: IndyCar race CFO used finances as ‘piggy bank’
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(4 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 (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (49 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)
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:
Report: Oil Sector Bankruptcies Drop to Two-Year Low
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Mediation:
Five Lessons From A New Court Ruling: How a Mediated Settlement Creates Further Disputes
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Bankruptcy Research:
Research Looks at Implicit or Explicit Bias in the Bankruptcy System
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Chapter 12:
Chapter 12 Eligibility Requirements Construed Liberally in Favor of the Debtor
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Proofs of Claim:
Lack of “Scientific Certainty” Does Not Excuse Late Filing of a Proof of Claim
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Toll Roads:
They went bankrupt, but say tollway agency still demanded $26,000 in tolls and fees erased by court
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Coal:
Peabody extends debt deadline amid creditor support
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Outlook For Coal Unlikely To Improve
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Taxis:
New York Taxi Mogul Must Surrender 46 Cabs
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Healthcare:
More objections filed to Go Ye reorganization plan
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Autos:
Jenner & Block's Levin tapped as examiner for Transtar bankruptcy
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PIIGS:
Italy's bailout fund makes offer for small banks' bad loans: sources
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Bank of Italy says state to put up about 6.6 billion euros for Monte Paschi rescue
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Is Monte Dei Paschi's Bailout Enough To Save Investors?
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Canada:
Quigg files bankruptcy, leaving nine properties, $80+ million debt
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Japan:
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Bahamas:
Baha Mar can't save Bahamas from credit downgrade • Ex-Minister: Bahamas Is 'Nowhere Near' Junk
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India:
RBI raises red flag on bad loans
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South Korea:
Koreans at Risk of Defaulting on W80 Trillion of Debt
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