Law:
As Legal Work Decomposes Will Law Firms ‘Break Rank?’
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Some BigLaw firms face associate shortages; boutiques are partly to blame
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New BigLaw trend is unlimited vacation for associates; is there a catch?
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More 'best firms' have females as top rainmakers
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Minority women are disappearing from BigLaw--and here's why
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Study Cites Lawyers’ Risky Use of Unsecure Messaging
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Louisville: Bingham Greenebaum Doll names new bankruptcy partner
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This DC lawyer is helping her firm attract US Supreme Court clerks
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Attrition May Jeopardize Accreditation Status Of Dozens Of Law Schools
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Woman who OK’d $900K settlement in phone call with her lawyer is bound by it, federal judge rules
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Meet the Lawyer Who Left Loeb & Loeb to Turn Around American Apparel
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More law firms find savings, stability through self-insurance
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Debevoise Sees Double-Digit Profit Growth
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Some firms swear by the use of private investigators
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Beyond Biglaw: Suffer To Transform
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Founder of collapsed law firm to give up license
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Can Lawyers Use The Cloud? Should Lawyers Use The Cloud?
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Law Schools Replace LSAT With GRE To Goose Enrollment
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Things to do in the morning for a successful day
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Talk Too Fast? Say Um? Forget Something and Panic? 10 Ways to Be a Better Oral Advocate
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The Empathetic Lawyer
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The US government has tried to force Apple to extract data from 15 iPhones in the last 4 months • Even iPhone owners believe Apple should unlock the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone • FBI asked Apple to provide data from Illinois couple's phone in bankruptcy fraud investigation
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Boston lawyer rows to world championship
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Former law firm managing partner is indicted for alleged $20M embezzlement
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Businessman wanted ‘broken bones’ due to lawyer’s defamation suit over online review, FBI says
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Will ED Get An Attorney Off?
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Plaintiffs had no First Amendment right to take cellphone video of police, federal judge rules
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Jury awards $183M to firefighters’ families in fatal ‘Black Sunday’ blaze; NYC owes $140M
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Prosecutors Seek Detention of Lawyer Accused of Embezzling
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Billions Recap: NOBODY Has Two Minivans
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University of Houston Offers Teachers Helpful Tips For How to Not Get Murdered • Texas university faculty are freaked out that students will be able to carry guns
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Judges:
Bankruptcy Law and the Post-Scalia Supreme Court
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First Day of the New Supreme Court
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Some Judges ‘Using Social Media Badly’
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It's been 10 years since Clarence Thomas asked a question — here's why he's so silent
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The behind-the-scenes politics of picking a Supreme Court justice
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Here's who should replace Antonin Scalia
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Supreme Court fight has lawmakers doing somersaults
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Senate majority leader McConnell: Senate won't approve any Obama Supreme Court nominee • Senate won’t consider a SCOTUS nominee by Obama, Republicans say after closed-door meeting • Post-Scalia, Senate Republicans See Tough Optics on Blockade
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Federal courthouse draws the public in through lobby art exhibitions
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That Awkward Moment Where The Judge Marks Up Your Proposed Order To Say You’re Misstating The Record
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Federal Judge Prepared To Issue Benchslap After Getting Duped By Disbarred Rainmaker’s Shenanigans
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A Deep Dive Into Sri Srinivasan’s Past
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Wall Street:
Dow futures slump 100 pts • US futures point to sharply lower open as oil tanks
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Wall St. stumbles as oil resumes slide • Stocks Remain at Lows as Crude Closes Below $33
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It is worse than anyone thought on Wall Street • JPMorgan Trading Revenue Drops 20% This Year in Global Rout
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A giant hedge fund asked Wall Streeters what worries them most – this is what they said
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Layoffs:
Lexmark to cut about 550 jobs
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Arris Laying Off 800
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Sports Authority to file bankruptcy soon: Report • Struggling Sports Authority Could Head To Bankruptcy Court As Early As March
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Sports Authority Is Now Technically in Default, Moody's Says
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Macy's 4Q profit slumps, but signs of hope emerge in 2016
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Home Depot profit beats as sales climb 10%
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Lowe's sales rise a better-than-expected 5.6%
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The future of American shopping malls is looking increasingly bleak
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Mining:
Molycorp Reaches Settlement With Creditor Panel On Revised Reorg Plan
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Celebs:
Is 50 Cent Trolling The Judge In His Bankruptcy Case?
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Justice Department Calls for Investigation of 50 Cent's Finances • He keeps flaunting cash on Instagram
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Healthcare:
Forest Park Lender Plans To Sell Fort Worth Through Bankruptcy
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Bad Debt Is the Pain Hospitals Can't Heal as Patients Don't Pay
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Hospital Computer Glitch Wrongly Sends Accounts to Collections
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Hollywood:
Netflix No Longer Wants Anything to do with Bankrupt Relativity
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Ryan Kavanaugh Fires Relativity’s Chief Spokesperson David Shane
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Food/Beverage:
Chipotle is facing a new crisis
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Fresh Del Monte loss widens on writedown
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ACSI survey: Consumers less satisfied with brick-and-mortar supermarkets, and other stores
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Distressed Investing:
Finding Opportunities in Distressed Debt
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Will Junk Issuers Have A Tough Time Refinancing Existing Debt?
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Autos:
90 million more vehicles may be recalled in Takata airbag case
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It's Man Bites Dog As GM Argues For More Trials Over Ignition Defect
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Currency:
Bitcoin Is “Property,” Rules California Judge in Pivotal Bitcoin Case
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Education:
For-Profit Education Institutions Face a Volatile and Uncertain Future
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Trump on witness list in fraud case against now-defunct Trump University
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Newspapers:
Tribune Publishing replaces CEO Jack Griffin
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Debt Collection:
Debt Collection Arrest Story Debunked
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Economy:
Consumer Confidence in U.S. Sinks to Seven-Month Low
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Recession ahead? Here are three signs
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The map that shows where U.S. job growth is spiking
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A co-op that delivers on the American dream
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Fed's George Urges FOMC to Keep March on the Table for Rate Hike
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Fed's Fischer says market turmoil may pass with little economic impact
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Black Workers in Many States Haven’t Seen Much of a Recovery, Analysis Suggests
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US to push for greater fiscal spending at G20: Treasury official
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Fiscal Stimulus and Firms: A Tale of Two Recessions
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U.S. Economic Confidence Index Remains Level at -11
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The 50 richest people on earth
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From high to low end, the consumer's in hiding
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Jamie Dimon: U.S. Economy Will Continue to 'Chug Along'
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There's a new category of super-rich, and JPMorgan wants their money
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The Left Corrects Sanders's Fuzzy Math • Bernie Sanders’s Free Tuition Failed a Cost Test in Past
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Sanders, Cruz and Rubio All Agree With Trump on This Troubling Financial Policy
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More female workers delay retirement, a shift that's helping to transform America's economy
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Six money misconceptions about millennials
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Home prices in 20 U.S. cities increase at a steady pace
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US home market: Sales and prices up but not enough supply
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Appraisal volume records fourth week of consecutive increases
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Mortgage Growth Has Stalled And Homeowners Are To Blame
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Case-Shiller: Making Middle America Great Again? • National home price gains accelerate, Case-Shiller shows
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Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Rise to Second-Highest Since 2007
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Cash offers, bidding wars are rule in L.A. real estate
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Some can't afford to buy homes in their hometown
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After foreclosure suit, unbuilt O'Hare apartment project lands in bankruptcy
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Rent prices are still climbing, just less quickly
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Malls Lose More Department Store Tenants
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Municipalities:
Detroit: $491M pension shortfall looms, Duggan says
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Duggan: Will weigh legal action against Detroit bankruptcy team for $491M pension shortfall • Duggan Upbeat About City, But Attacks Bankruptcy Team for Miscalculating Pension Debt • Duggan: City will deal with its $490M pension shortfall
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MI: Schools' emergency manager reshuffling, recycling continues
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Retired bankruptcy judge hired as DPS transition manager to meet with teachers
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Illinois Fight With Chicago Schools Escalates Over Bond Sales
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Puerto Rico Governor to Paul Ryan: Debt Crisis Affecting Audit on Island's Financial Crisis
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10 American cities with the worst quality of life
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Oil/Gas:
Leon Black predicts 'a lot more' bankruptcies in energy
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API Data: US Oil Supplies up 7.1 Million Barrels
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Oil Industry: Too Big To Fail
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Is Oil Pushing Down The Economy, Or The Other Way Around?
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Fossil fuel industries can fail quickly
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U.S. banks to cut credit lines for energy firms -JP Morgan
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Former EOG CEO predicts carnage will breed caution for U.S. shale
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OPEC, non-OPEC must act to halt oil slide: Iraq
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Conoco exec: banks may wise up, slow shale boom when oil recovers • ConocoPhillips CEO: Margin is king, cost savings key
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Why Oil Producers Will Be Over a Barrel for a Long Time Yet
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Why shale could help to rebalance oil market
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US shale under siege from super-low oil prices
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Oil and gas sector needs to get leaner, executives say
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St. Louis Fed: Financial Markets Are Saying Oil Will Be Worthless by mid-2019
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Oil drops 4 percent after Saudi oil min rules out production cuts •No oil cut means more volatility: Goldman's Currie • US oil settles 4.5% lower after Naimi remarks
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Saudi Oil Minister Al-Naimi: We're not at war with US shale • Saudi Arabia tries to make nice with U.S. shale oil
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Saudi Arabia to U.S. Oilmen: Cut Costs or Exit the Business
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Shale Oil Architect Predicts Doom for Some Drillers Amid Slump
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JPMorgan Says its Energy Sector Losses Could Reach $3 billion • J.P. Morgan Sounds Fresh Warning on Energy Losses • JPMorgan puts another $500 million aside for energy sector woes • JPMorgan's Potential Energy Losses Pale In Comparison To Past Trading And Legal Trouble • JPMorgan to raise loan loss reserves to cover energy pain
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U.S. banks put the squeeze on cash-strapped energy firms
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Consumers 'winning' even as oil hurts banks: Jamie Dimon
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Is Ultra Petroleum Edging Toward Bankruptcy ?
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Chesapeake Energy: This Is Just The Beginning... • What If Nobody Bails Out Chesapeake Energy? • Chesapeake Energy shares tumble after company's loss widens • Chesapeake to Cover $500 Million Debt Tab as Asset Sales Swell
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Encana Corp to cut 20% of its workforce and slashes dividend
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Low Oil Prices + the Impact on Oil and Gas Law: What to Expect in 2016
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Bank of Montreal profit up; US unit offsets bad energy loans
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How long can Saudi Arabia live with $30 oil? • Saudi Oil Minister Says Market Should Handle Low Prices
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Oil still has a chokehold on stocks
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This Year’s Biggest IPO Is a Blank Check for the Oil Business
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Take A Wait-And-See Approach With Linn Energy
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In Russia, what oil bust?
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Putin's Oil Despair Drives Lucky Few Investors Toward the Exits
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Chinese oil demand to peak in 2030, CNPC researcher says
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The Oil Market Downturn Takes a Huge Bite Out of MRC Global Inc.'s Earnings
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World's oil bosses eyeing more pain try to look past 2016
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Wall Street Won’t Give Up On Its Energy Bets
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Crisis in Norway's Oil Industry Deepens Amid Further Cuts
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Silver Run raises $450 million in IPO to buy energy companies
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Coal:
Alpha Natural Resources Sale Worries U.S. Over Environmental Obligations
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Wyo. DEQ Responds on Arch Coal Bankruptcy
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Struggling coal companies must face their cleanup costs -U.S. official
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Coal Lobbying Down as Industry Throws Weight Behind Legal Battle
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Interior Secretary Questions State Agreements With Bankrupt Coal Companies
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Peabody Energy: Mr. Kellow: I Propose An Up Or Down Vote
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Personal Finance:
6 phrases to say during your performance review that will impress your boss
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7 TED Talks that will make you smarter about your money
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Alternative Energy:
Why SunEdison May Go Bankrupt
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Banking:
FDIC DIF financial statements show a 54% drop in cash equivalents since last year
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Stop Being Surprised by Weak Bank Earnings
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The $400 Billion Money-Fund Exodus With Banks in Its Crosshairs
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Mass Torts:
St. Louis jury says J&J must pay $72M to family of dead woman in landmark talcum powder cancer case
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Environmental:
Mining companies' declining fortunes imperil the restoration of land they've mined
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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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Insiders:
A Sui Generis Approach to 'Insider' Status in Bankruptcy
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Claims Trading:
Jay Goffman: Courts Have the Tools to Keep Claims Trading in Check
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Plan Confirmation:
Split Ninth Circuit Narrows Definition of Bad Faith Insider in Cramdown Case
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Third Party Releases:
Exploring the Limits of Third-Party Releases
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:
Time is Money: Conversion and Property of the Estate
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Mediation:
“Momma Doesn’t Want to Settle”: The Value of Mandatory Mediation — Part Two
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TBTF:
Too-Big-To-Fail Banks Face a More Basic Existential Threat
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Kashkari's bank crackdown is dangerous: Bove
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Kashkari: Ending TBTF won't be easy
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Is the era of bank bailouts over? Nobody knows
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JPMorgan Says It Has $125 Billion of Debt Eligible for TLAC
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Banks Love Fed's Too-Big-To-Fail Plan, If They Can Change It
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Non-Profits:
In the aftermath of FEGS, human service providers warn of crisis • Nonprofits Grow Wary of Financial Squeeze
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Gambling:
Future of Caesars may be riding on bankruptcy court report
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Caesars reports revenue increase for fourth quarter, all of 2015 • Sharply Narrowed Loss Driven by Hotel Revenue
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Construction:
FBI looking at J.T. Turner Construction
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Credit Cards:
Federal appeals courts split over law on credit card surcharges
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Tax:
New bill takes aim at ‘earnings stripping’
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Sovereigns:
Watch all the government debt in the world grow
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Argentina Making Progress on Its Debts With U.S. Court-Appointed Attorney’s Help
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How Macri Could Woo Singer and Other Bond Holdouts
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Hugely Profitable Argentina Bond Bet Suddenly Becomes Not So Hot
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Argentina settles dispute with five bondholders
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Macri says agreement with bondholders 'great progress' • Gov’t to issue debt to pay ‘vultures’
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The emotional pari passu rollercoaster
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UK:
HMRC Get Ready to Throw the Book at Tax Evaders
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Pound breaks below $1.39 to hit a 7-year low as ‘Brexit’ fears bite
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R3 welcomes 7% reduction in cost of entering bankruptcy
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Standard Chartered's Bad Loan Charges Surpass HSBC's: Chart
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EU:
‘Wake-up call’ for German economy
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Euro zone composite PMI slumps to 13-month low in February
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Europe stocks dragged on by weaker oil
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PIIGS:
Drumm dismisses bankruptcy lawyers • Decides to represent himself in bankruptcy appeal • Drumms asks for more time in US bankruptcy appeal
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Is a $2.6 Trillion Time Bomb Ticking in Ireland?
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Athens, IMF decide on termination of Greek program
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Canada:
More bad news for Canada's Boeing-challenger
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Alberta most worried, as economic anxiety high across Canada
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China:
The real Chinese plan to control its economy
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CNPC chair: China has “new normal” of slow growth
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Two Wrong Ways to Think About China's Slowdown
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Potential Damage From China’s Debt Problem
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China Adds to the World's Most Dangerous Debt Pile
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China's Baoding Tianwei Group says defaults on bonds worth 1 bln yuan
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Brazil:
Brazil Real Falls as Goldman Sachs Cites Fiscal Insolvency Risk
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MENA:
Owner of Golan Telecom Is Confident Israel Will Not Lead the Company to Bankrupt-report
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India:
Srei arm launches fund for stressed assets
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Japan:
Will The BOJ Write Off Japan's Debt? The Nikkei, JGBs, And The Failure Of Abenomics
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Japan Is a Disturbing Cautionary Tale for America and the World
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Bahamas:
'Unforgivable' For CCA To Hide Baha Mar Opening Miss
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Baha Mar Bidder's 'Hands Are Tied'
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Australia:
Peace Breaking Out in Asciano Battle Leaves Creditors in Limbo
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Mexico:
Mexican economy slows in fourth quarter as industry sinks
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Netherlands:
Lots of interest in bankrupt Perry Sport
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Switzerland:
Preliminary Draft for a Reform of Swiss International Insolvency Law
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South Africa:
South Africa Cuts Borrowing as Debt Ratio Climbs Above 50%
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Rosenstreich: South Africa’s Situation Remains Critical
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France:
Hollande Bravely Takes On the 35-Hour Week
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Sweden:
Fleeing Negative Rates Swedes Are Finding Haven With Taxman
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Ukraine:
Orange Revolution Flashback for Tymoshenko as Ukraine Unravels
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