Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: Moving The Goalposts?
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Former Dickstein Shapiro Chair Reflects on Demise, Blames Media
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Lawyers and Advisers Agree: White-Knuckle The Falling Stock Market This Year
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Julia Pitney Joins Drummond Woodsum’s Bankruptcy Group
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Cincinnati: Porter Wright Adds New Bankruptcy Partner
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Another Strong Year for Jenner & Block
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Polsinelli to acquire ‘vast majority’ of lawyers and staffers from Novak Druce
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The Tipping Point Of A Lateral Offer: Interview Prep
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Harvard Prepares Students To Thrive In A Disrupted Legal Profession
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Protect Yourself . . . From Your Client
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Apple Is Fixing a Big Problem With iPhones
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The Goldman Sachs Elevator guide to dressing like a gentleman
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Affluenza case: what transfer to adult court would mean for Ethan Couch • 'Affluenza' case moved to adult court: why that may be what defense wanted
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When to walk away from an argument
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How to respond to ‘You don’t look like a lawyer’
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For many lawyers, retirement plan is to keep working
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Lawyers face unmanageable workloads without IT
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Harper Lee’s Death Prompts a Torrent of Tributes • She wasn’t really a recluse”: Rare video shows a warm and friendly side to Harper Lee • Alabama town forever linked to Lee and "Mockingbird" • All Harper Lee wanted was to be 'the Jane Austen of South Alabama' — here's how she accomplished that and so much more • Harper Lee, Elizabeth Warren , Rupert Murdoch: Is This The Truth Behind ‘Go Set A Watchman’? • Harper Lee Created the Greatest American Hero
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The suspect in a Michigan mass-shooting was an Uber driver
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FBI Told San Bernardino to Tamper with Gun's Apple Account • Experts: iPhone Can be Hacked w/o Apple • The FBI just fired back at Apple
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Ted Cruz Moves to Shut Down Birther Suit
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Bar Grievance Over Allegedly Defamatory Lawyer Blog Is Dismissed on First Amendment Grounds
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IRS Returns North Carolina Man’s Life Savings After He Contested Forfeiture
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Lawyers with brilliant names you just couldn’t make up
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Judges:

1st Cir: Panel to weigh applicants to fill bankruptcy judge vacancy
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BK RI: On The Docket Newsletter
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Judge Teaches 50 Cent Valuable Lesson About Taking Pics Atop Bed Of Cash While Claiming Bankruptcy
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Scalia's Passing Probably Good News Creditors, Bad News For Debtors
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Battle over Scalia's successor reignites Supreme Court term limit debate • Obama ready for ‘war’ over Antonin Scalia successor • Scalia's Pro-Business Legacy • The Pros And Cons Of Potential Supreme Court Nominees • Iowa judge would bring unique background to high court • Biden: Obama won’t nominate a ‘new Justice Brennan’ for the Supreme Court • The Supreme Court vacancy and the possible collapse of American democracy • The next Supreme Court justice should be an atheist for one simple reason • Everybody is looking to an 82-year-old Iowa lawmaker to help decide the fate of the Supreme Court nomination • Trump: Would Obama have gone to Scalia's funeral 'if it were held in a Mosque?' • Why liberals loved to hate to Antonin Scalia • Why is Mitch McConnell Picking This Fight?
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People are leaving applesauce and broccoli at Antonin Scalia's memorial — here's why
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Melodrama at Georgetown Law in the wake of Justice Scalia's death
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Why Everyone Should Read A Scalia Opinion Today
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Scalia Had No Idea What He Was Doing In At Least One Area Of Law
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My Favorite Scalia Memory Is When He Was Wrong. Historically Wrong.
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How Justice Scalia Broke PayPal Founder Peter Thiel’s Heart Long Ago
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The Supreme Court According To The Simpsons
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Public Confidence In SCOTUS At Historic Low
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Saucon Valley district judge (bankruptcy lawyer) rescinds resignation
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World's Most Interesting Man Goes to Court
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How John Roberts Can Save the Supreme Court
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SCOTUS: Thomas Hasn't Asked One Question in a Decade
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Wall Street:

Dow futures jump triple digits as oil prices rally
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World stocks gain broadly, pound falls on EU exit fears
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S&P, Dow stumble lower, but eye best week in 3 months • U.S. Stocks Up on the Week, But Rally’s Power Fades
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A former Bear Stearns exec describes what it's like to be a mom on Wall Street
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Jefferies Sees `Meaningful Markdowns' on Stock Amid Turmoil
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Investment banks' trading revenue declined 9 percent in 2015: survey
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Look out below? Options price in scary S&P swoon
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:

Arch Coal lenders object to restructuring plan
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Colorado’s coal output saw 18-point drop in 2015
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Coal states must soon rule on Peabody Energy's cleanup subsidy: U.S. regulator
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$205 million loss for Cloud Peak coal company as exports sag
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Peabody Energy Corporation: Self-Bonding Piling Pressure On Finances
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Peabody Mine Sale Said to Hit Snag as Bowie Stalls on Financing
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Coal Miners Movement emerges in southern Illinois
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Celebs:

Judge Orders 50 Cent to Bankruptcy Court Over Instagram Photos • Stacks of Cash • Spells 'Broke' In Big Bills • Judge Ann Nevins Requests 50Cent To Get His A-- Back In Court • Fiddy's Bankruptcy Judge Is Not Overly Chill With His Cash-Flash • 50 Cent Busts Out The Calculator, Tallies Up His Bankruptcy Case: "There's A Difference Between Filing Chapter 7 & Chapter 11"
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Lawyers for 50 Cent say bankruptcy creditors pointed to cash stacks in online photos to ‘smear’ him
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Lorrie Morgan's 'Biggest Mistake' Is a Valuable Lesson
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How Can An Artist Get Out Of A Record Contract? Kesha & Dr. Luke’s Case Raises Important Questions
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Distressed Investing:

Bad debt is good news for special-situation funds
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Hans Humes' Tips on Distressed Debt Investing
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Seeking Yield? Don't Look for it in Junk Bonds Right Now
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S&P warns it may cut Icahn Enterprises to junk status, stock falls
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Education:

Poorest Students Feel the Bite of Rising College Costs
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College tuition rising at slowest rate ever
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Autos:

Takata air bag recall could cost VW up to $445 million
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Former Saab Officials Charged in Sweden
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Personal Finance:

17 unethical — and sometimes illegal — life hacks people use to get ahead in life
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Here's how you can get your money back if an item you buy goes on sale
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Mass Torts:

The Mass Tort Bankruptcy : A Pre-History
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Significant Inconsistencies Found in Claims to Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts, Study Says
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Pharma:

Valeant Had A 58% Chance Of Bankruptcy Last Year • Valeant Falls Anew on Harsh Analyst Report
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Alternative Energy:

SunEdison Cash Reserves Shrinking Amid Lawsuits, Canceled Deal
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Economy:

Why Yellen, Fed may be heartened by CPI data
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Below Zero: Negative Yields, Negative Rates And The Price Of Baked Beans • Some countries are using negative interest rates to fight slowdowns: Is the US next? • Ex-BOJ Official Sees Side-Effects From New Negative Rate Policy • Fed could trigger another recession • 3 Dangers of a Negative Interest Rate Policy • Here's why negative interest rates could be heading even lower • Fear and Loathing of Negative-Yield Debt: Bond Trader's Dilemma
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Is the Global Economy Slowing Down?
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Recession Already Reality in Spots From West Virginia to Wyoming
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Everybody calling for the Fed to admit defeat is wrong
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The World's Vanishing Middle Class
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Why Small-Business Hiring Should Make You Feel Better About the Economy
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Harry Dent: The recession isn't coming — it already started
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To Match Lofty Growth Goals, Presidential Candidates Need Better Plans • How Bernie Sanders' proposals would spur economic growth
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Ted Cruz's tax plan would cut $8.6 trillion in revenues
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Oaktree's Howard Marks: Donald Trump Scaring Investors
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Down but not out, U.S. economy still a beacon of growth
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US consumers can't save the world economy
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China is buying up American companies fast, and it's freaking people out
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Lagarde wins second IMF term, now comes hard part
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Chilling ways the global economy echoes 1930s Great Depression era
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Welcome to economic stagnation and stock market dysfunction
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This is the most sleep-deprived state in the U.S.
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The 2020 Maturity Wall: $4.1T of Debt to Mature. And 1/3 of that is High Yield
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

'Foaming the Runway' for Homeowners: U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Preserving Homeownership in the Wake of the Affordable Modification Program
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Banks Speeding Up Repossessions of Foreclosed Homes
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Dallas firm faces complaints of selling money pit homes to people who can’t afford them
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Bankruptcy for Camden complex
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Siding With Foreclosure Victim, California Court Exposes Law Enforcement Failure
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Evicted From Home She Lived in for 66 Years
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Municipalities:

The Supreme Court And Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico trap in the midst of crisis; US Treasury Secretary strongly advises debt-restructuring regime
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There's a big sale on Puerto Rican homes
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US Treasury's Lew meets with Puerto Rico bondholders
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A.C. leader calls state takeover bill 'dictatorship,' Sweeney fires back
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Threatening `Farewell' to LSU Football Shows Louisiana's Strains
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Oil/Gas:

Oil and gas producers ‘in distress’ as low oil price pain continues
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These Bankruptcy Court Rulings Could Spell Doom For Pipeline Operators
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Mon.: Oil prices rise on low US rig count, firmer stock markets
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Oil downturn has a long way to go
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IEA sees US oil output at all-time high by 2021
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Veterans of 1980s oil glut say this price slump, too, will last
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Oil may get close to $20, Abu Dhabi bank predicts
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Oil rig count plummets yet again • North Dakota rig count testing new bottom
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Kemp: Oil's Slump Is Scattering The Workforce And Supply Chain
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Production Freeze Won't Fix Oil Collapse • Official: Half of Global Oil Glut May Disappear if Output Deal Works • OPEC Has Never Had As Much Power As People Think
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Saudi oil minister to face rival US producers as price rout bites
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Sorry Joe: Saudis Winning Oil War with US
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Can Saudi Arabia and Russia stop oil price free-fall?
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Obstacles hold back US oil sector M&A
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Oil prices poised to remain low as Saudis ‘blink’
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Saratoga Resources Seeks to Avoid ‘Calamitous End’ to Restructuring
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Low oil prices not driving economy
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Despite low oil, Gulf of Mexico production expected to hit record high
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The Oil Crisis in Plain English
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Bernanke Says Oil, Stocks Moving Together, Driven by Demand Story
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Ultra facing restructuring on debt problems
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Pacific Misses Payment, Says Some Creditors Grant Extension
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Enbridge Looks Beyond Oil Sands as Rout Casts Doubts on Projects
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Whiting Said to Suspend Plans to Drill 20 Bakken Wells
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A Quick Update On Paragon Offshore's Pending Restructuring Agreement
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University of Alaska prepares for millions cut from budget due to oil price slump
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Firesale In Energy Assets
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The oil crash is crippling Texas
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Millennials Are Using One of the Riskiest ETFs to Speculate on Oil
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Moody’s tallies 28 downgrades in the energy sector since December
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Daniel Yergin: Energy industry at its “day of reckoning”
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Exxon Mobil fails to replace production for first time in 22 years
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How Putin Is Surviving Lost Oil Revenue
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Agriculture:

Could Iran turn California's pistachio profits to peanuts?
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Bank told to let Turner trustee access $314,000
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Retailing:

Why Nordstrom Earnings Failed to Please Analysts
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Walmart $1 Minimum Wage Increase Costs It $2.7 Billion
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Home Depot, Target to wrap up dismal earnings season
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Joyce Leslie to Sell Off IP, Store and HQ Leases in Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Fraud:

Martin Shkreli really is a bad boy of pharma, government argues • Shkreli May Intimidate `Mere Mortals' But Lawyer Sees No Threat
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Post-Prison, Former Enron CFO Hits Speaking Circuit
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Brokers:

40 Cetera Advisors Depart, Citing Pressures From RCS Bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:

Court Rules in Favor of Law Firm and Creditor in Four Year Old FDCPA and Bankruptcy Case
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Healthcare:

Forest Park Southlake: Beautiful … and Bankrupt ?
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Food/Beverage:

Haggen auction postponed to March 11
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Fairway Market is on the brink of default. Here's what went wrong at one of New York's most prominent grocery chains
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Asset Protection:

Does A Charging Order Lien Survive The Expiration Of The Judgment? Estate of Metzner
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Radio:

IHeart Said to Discuss Detente With Debt Holders to Forge Deal
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Student Debt:

Obama Administration Tussles With Students Over Debt Relief
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Rapper takes on student loans
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Banking:

HSBC swings to $1.33 billion loss
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Is HSBC’s Loss Feeding a Fear in Banking?
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HSBC Drops After First Quarterly Loss in More Than 5 Years
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (26 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:

Business bankruptcies: 'The carnage is going to be terrible'
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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2016 Lookback Period – Six Weeks (Part 3)
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Claims Trading:

Brett Miller: Claims Traders’ Motivations Irrelevant • Jack Butler: Long History Backs Up Role of Claims Trading in Bankruptcy
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Make-Whole:

Drafting Critical for Bankruptcy 'Make-Whole' Provisions
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Bankruptcy Rules:

U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware Makes Substantive Changes to Local Rules
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BK CO: New Local Rules Subcommittee on Unbundling
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Dollar Amounts In Bankruptcy Code Increase
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Insurance:

Answering Bank Directors D&O Insurance Questions
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TBTF:

Kashkari's sage candor on banks refreshing
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There's no point to breaking up banks
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Banking structure hasn't changed enough to stop another crisis like 2008
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Can Mutual Funds Be Too Big to Fail? NY Fed Says Yes…Sort Of
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Anxiety Over Living Will Grades Goes Beyond Banks
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Shipping:

Commodity Slump Puts Dry-Bulk Shipping on Hold
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Chinese Ship Builder Warns Investors of Possible Rougher Seas Ahead
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GC Reiber Shipping hit by Dolphin bankruptcy slashes workforce
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Steel and shipping have an overcapacity problem
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Hollywood:

Netflix wants to rip up distribution deal with bankrupt Relativity •Netflix Appeals Relativity Bankruptcy Court Ruling On Licensing Deal • Netflix Aims to Exit Relativity Deal With Appeal of Bankruptcy Judge's Conclusions
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Furniture:

RoomStore hosting bankruptcy liquidation sale
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Ethanol:

Creditors get agreement to keep Abengoa from moving assets of ethanol plants
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Defaults:

Corporate defaults are on the rise, with 3 more last week
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Currency:

Is a Bitcoin a Buck? Not in This Case
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US Bankruptcy Judge Bitcoin Is Intangible Personal Property Not Cash
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Sovereigns:

U.S. Judge to Lift Injunction in Argentina Debt Dispute • US judge backs Argentina on its debt repayments • Griesa prepared to drop injunction if Argentine congress repeals 'lock law' • Argentina Bonds Judge Says He Will Lift Debt-Service Injunctions • Argentina ratifies request to have debt injunctions dropped • Major Argentine Creditors Disagreed To Bid In Lifting Debt Injunctions
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Argentina wins a victory against its hedge-fund creditors • Argentina's Legal Moves Turn Up the Heat on Bond Holdouts
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Argentina Ruling a Boon for Bonds as Holdouts Lose Leverage
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Argentina signs, delivers bond deal-on loose leaf
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Argentina : Vulture Funds Go For More
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Pari Passu Endgames: Now With Even More Unequal Treatment!
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Pari Passu Closing Ceremonies Quote Parade
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And... That's A Wrap. (Maybe?)
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Sovereign Debt and Stock Bonuses
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No Need to Negotiate with Vulture Funds
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UK:

The mayor of London will defy Britain's Prime Minister and campaign for a Brexit • Britain's EU referendum will be held June 23
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In defense of CVAs and pre-packs: The UK's insolvency regime might not be perfect, but it does minimize creditors' losses and protects staff more than alternatives
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EU:

Europe's Economy Strains as Global Slowdown Takes its Toll
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Eurozone economic activity slows in February
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PIIGS:

Are Italian Banks at a Boiling Point?
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Canada:

Bombardier Is Heading For A Crash Landing
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U.S. Steel Canada Said to Draw Interest From ERP, Other Suitors
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Canada Stocks Fall to Halt Four-Day Gain as Crude Resumes Slide
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Brazil:

Sete Brasil shareholders may file for bankruptcy -sources • Sete Brasil Plans Bankruptcy • Here’s How Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras Forces Sete Brasil to File for Bankruptcy
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GM could cancel $1.6 bln investment in Brazil - company president
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Brazil eyes Abengoa intervention after default, papers say
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MENA:

Bahrain cancels $750m bond sale after S&P downgrade
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Dubai needs to update finance laws to compete
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India:

'Bad Loan-hit Banks Need Bankruptcy Code, Government Support'
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Indian Sovereign Bonds Decline on Supply Concern, Budget Deficit
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Bahamas:

A $3.5 billion resort in the Bahamas, incomplete and empty
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Romania:

Romanian football: Clubs in deep debts keep players as 'slaves'
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China:

Failure finally an option for state enterprises
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China's Debt Seen Rising Through 2019, Peaking at 283% of GDP
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Overcapacity In China’s Industry ‘Ever More Destructive’ To Domestic And Global Economy: Report
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South Africa:

Tipping Point Looms for Despairing South Africa
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Australia:

Aussie Banks' Debt Is Ugliest in More Than a Decade Versus U.S.
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Queensland Nickel under-investment proves costly
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South Korea:

Gov't to Expand Credit Support for Troubled Firms
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MENA:

Iraq On The Brink Of Chaos As Oil Revenues Fall
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