Law:
NY judge dismisses top charges against former executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf • Judge Drops Grand Larceny Charges Against Dewey Ex-Executives • Dewey Saga Winds Down as Final Defendants Face Slimmer Trial • Judge throws out toughest criminal charges against former Dewey leaders as prosecutors’ case shrinks • Narrowing Charges in Dewey Case Hinders DA's Leverage
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Biglaw Hiring Looking Up
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A Rough Day for K&L Gates: Separate Groups in Chicago and D.C. Jump to Rivals
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UK: A grab for cash: law firms and their cash reserves
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Dentons Wants Money Back from Former Partners • Dentons tells ex-Luce Forward partners of $1.9M clawback years after they joined predecessor firm
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Why Secondments Are Even More Valuable to Law Firms Today
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Global turnover tops $2.5bn at DLA Piper, but profits straggle behind
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4 Things To Consider Before You Take The Lateral Plunge
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Lawyers among most popular on Tinder
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Contracts: If Only They Were Fun
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Publicly Listed Law Firm Slater & Gordon Posts $683 Million Loss on U.K. Unit Writedown
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Hogan Lovells to open global business services center in Louisville, Kentucky • Yet Another Firm To Move Back-Office Operations Offsite; Will There Be Layoffs?
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Amidst 39% Enrollment Decline, Valparaiso Law School Offers Buyouts To 27 Faculty
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Female Attorneys Continue To Be Held Back By Gender Stereotypes
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The Un-Sweet Spot Of Litigation
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Second-Generation Lawyer Who Fled Cuba, Returns with Akerman
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Justice and Clinton’s Email Probe
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Who are the big-shot lawyers Apple hired to fight the US government? • Why Apple says iPhone court order violates its free speech • Here's Apple's best argument against hacking the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone • Apple being forced into government service: Lawyer • We Read Apple’s 65-Page Filing Calling B.S. On The D.O.J., So You Don’t Have To • Likely Nothing of Value on Terrorist's iPhone
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Virginia Police Officer Shot Dead During Her First Shift
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10 Men’s Style Upgrades No One Will Mock
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Seven must-have apps for the Apple Watch
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Donald Trump Promises to Make America Litigious Again • Trump wants to weaken libel laws amid feuds with reporters • The curious case of Donald Trump and illegal Polish workers • Trump's Birther Libel
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Famous Lawyer Gets Famous Clients
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Mass Shootings Ahead of Last Year's Pace
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Judge rules citizens can’t video cops. What?
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Detroit agrees to pay $100K to man whose dog was killed in police shooting caught on dashcam
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Ohio Pastor Shot Dead During Sunday Church Services
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Judges:
Scalia’s Supreme Court Vacancy Could Leave Companies at a Loss
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The case for nominating Elizabeth Warren to the Supreme Court
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Scalia’s Death Prompts Dow to Settle Suits for $835 Million
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Dow Chemical Says Scalia’s Death Doomed Class-Action Challenge
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GOP Stance: Weaker on SCOTUS Than Thought
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The Perils of Getting Picked for High Court
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Behind Supreme Court standoff, party grievances from years ago
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Trump: Judge's ethnicity matters in Trump University suit
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Ethics court blocks deal over Pennsylvania supreme court justice’s email
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2 brothers got no time in drug case until they mocked judge in crude Facebook posts after sentencing
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Why This Judge May Be One Of The Only Supreme Court Nominees Worth Considering
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures pare losses after China move
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U.S. Stocks Dip on Friday, One More Session to Settle February
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For investors, the tough part is only beginning
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Emerging Stocks in Fourth Monthly Decline as China Rout Extends
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Layoffs:
States Reducing Jobless Checks
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Massive layoffs are coming to Bank of America
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Penn State threatens to lay off around 1,100 employees
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Chicago State University sends layoff notices to all 900 employees
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Legions of ex-Nortel workers wait years for bankruptcy payouts
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Workers for Bankrupt Ambulance Company Unexpectedly Locked Out
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Zenefits Lays Off 250 Workers • Zenefits layoffs come days after crackdown on frat-house culture
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Dead man walking Sears is in a 'perpetual state of decline'
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US retailers rethink costs in wake of dismal holiday sales
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Shopping malls face a mauling as even the big brands give up the struggle
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Kohl's closing 18 stores across the United States • Here’s Why Kohl’s Is Closing So Many Stores • 13 of the Biggest Retailers in America Are Closing Down Stores
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JC Penney's shares rise after upbeat revenue outlook • JC Penney Debt Gains, Default Protection Cost Plunges After Strong Year-End Report
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Sports Authority's possible March bankruptcy could mean it closes half its Arizona stores
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No one is talking about a major reason why people aren’t shopping for clothes
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American Apparel workers walk off job in protest of layoffs, salary cuts
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Celebs:
The best African-American figure skater in history is now bankrupt and living in a trailer
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Jack Johnson’s bid to convert bankruptcy denied • Johnson Dealt Setback In Bankruptcy Court
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Is it Possible for Celebrities to Go Bankrupt and Still Be Rich?
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How 50 Cent made and lost his money
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The OC Star Mischa Barton Gets Volkswagen Repossessed
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Olympian, Physician, Bankrupt
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Distressed Investing:
Junk Bonds Look Attractive • Is The Worst Over For Junk Bonds ?
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Energy, Mining Junk Bonds are Facing Jeopardy
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Banking:
Credit Suisse Said to Sell Distressed Assets in Thiam Reboot
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The Crux Of CoCos
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Healthcare:
TN: Nursing Home Bankruptcy
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When Nursing Homes Abandon Their Residents
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FDNY EMS crews work non-stop since Transcare bankruptcy • Following TransCare bankruptcy, new ambulance companies, new contracts
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3 reasons Americans die sooner than people in other developed nations: guns, drugs, cars
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Nursing home business founders did well as business tanked
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Aviation:
Why Republic Airways filed for bankruptcy even though it's profitable
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Embraer says Republic Air had 24 jet orders at Chapter 11 filing
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Republic Pilots Union Expects New Contract to Survive Bankruptcy
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Big airlines say contractor bankruptcy won't disrupt flights
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United Airlines hit with bad news: Regional flight operator Republic Airways declares bankruptcy
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Qantas Returns From Junk-Bond Purgatory With Moody's Upgrade
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Politics:
‘Get on the Plane And Go Home’: Awkward Moment for Trump and Christie • Donald Trump Refuses to Condemn KKK, Disavow David Duke Endorsement • Why Won't Donald Trump Repudiate the Ku Klux Klan? • Donald Trump Retweets Post With Quote From Mussolini • Some of the world’s most infamous racists are endorsing Donald Trump
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How Donald Trump Thinks About the Tax System • IRS Commissioner Says Donald Trump’s Audit Scenario ‘Rare’ • Donald Trump Can Legally Release Tax Returns Despite Being Audited ‘Unfairly’ • Donald Trump Is Being Harassed By The IRS For His Evangelical Lifestyle • Nine Key Points About Trump’s Income Taxes
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This is where all of the true Trump die-hards live
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Ben Carson’s Fruit Salad Makes the Internet Go Bananas
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Recycling:
Recycling industry buffeted by falling prices
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Newspapers:
Insider bid to acquire O.C. Register parent may be in jeopardy as key backer gets cold feet
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Electricity:
A Rocky Engagement Threatens to Spoil Energy Future's Comeback
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Ethanol:
Big Ethanol Player Files For Bankruptcy
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Is Ethanol on Its Deathbed?
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Economy:
Warren Buffett just shredded the most popular idea in economics • Buffett: 'The babies being born in America today are the luckiest crop in history.' • Is Warren Buffett right: Are American children the luckiest in history?
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Consumer sentiment was at three-month low in February
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U.S. inflation rate in past 12 months doubles to 1.3% in January • Deutsche Bank: Inflation is coming
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Here's what will happen to your bank account if Federal Reserve interest rates go negative
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In 36 States, Unemployment Rates Still Linger Above Prerecession Levels
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Citi: There's Been a Worrisome Change in the Market for New Corporate Debt
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How Many Americans Have Great Credit?
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What Changed in the Fourth-Quarter U.S. GDP Report – At A Glance • Economists React to the Fourth-Quarter GDP Report: ‘Less Than Meets the Eye’
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The Economic Recovery's Geographic Disparities
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Work Requirements Return for Food Aid
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Wall Street starts cutting back growth outlook
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The Myth of the Barter Economy
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We're in recession and it's getting worse: Ron Paul
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In the last 115 years, only one thing has stopped a profit collapse from leading to recession
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Now It's Even Worse Than It Was When Lehman Collapsed, But It's 'Contained'
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Former Fed official says central bank should pay less attention to bond market
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Market forces hitting U.S. equivalent to three rate hikes, Fed’s Brainard says
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U.S. Economy Starting 2016 on Solid Footing
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U.S. trade gap in goods widens to 7-month high
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OECD Sounds Alarm Over Slowdown In Economic Overhauls
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'America HAD talent'
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Why Stephen Hawking is more afraid of capitalism than robots
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The worst kind of upward GDP revision — built on more inventories, less imports
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Bankers Haven't Learned Meltdown's Lessons
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Average American Has $106K for Retirement
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
GE units get DoJ subpoenas over subprime mortgages
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The not-so-golden U.S. housing market
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Houston Building Permits Fall 31%
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NY: After failing to block a foreclosure auction, developer Joseph Beninati of troubled condo tower files for bankruptcy
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UBS AG agrees to pay $13 million over mortgage bonds
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Cash sales on homes continue to decline
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Apartment-Building Boom Looks Set to Ease
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Tent city evictions highlight San Francisco's homelessness problem
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These 2 things will pop the housing bubbles in San Francisco and Silicon Valley
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Men are twisting the knife that's already killing shopping malls
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Municipalities:
Detroit shifts to second gear in bankruptcy settlement plan
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As Detroit Starts to Mend, Its Schools Lurch Toward Fiscal Crisis
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Judge Steven Rhodes to start DPS job solo • Judge Rhodes adds heft to DPS debate
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Philadelphia urged to do more to avoid Detroit bankruptcy
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Marco Rubio: Bankruptcy isn't right for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rican crisis roils 2016 race
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Draft Treasury Legislation Would Give Puerto Rico Access to “Super Chapter 9” and Chapter 9 Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico Debt Crises: How Feasible is Treasury’s Plan?
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Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis is Focus of 2 Congressional Hearings as Dems Propose a "Super-Bankruptcy"
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Lessons for New York from Atlantic City's collapse
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Salem's $33M debt is 'unmanageable' investor service says, but city officials disagree
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Alternative Energy:
Live to Fight Another Day: Battered SunEdison Bites Back Against Billionaire Lawsuit
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Oil/Gas:
Mon.: Oil prices lower as investors mull oil-rig data
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Oil Prices: Can Producers Survive the Glut?
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Oil still under pressure, but bulls are on the run
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U.S. shale's message for OPEC: above $40, we are coming back
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Debt swaps become a tough sell for cash-strapped U.S. energy firms
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Asset sales dominate as U.S. energy sector steers clear of big deals
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Biggest Wave Yet of US Oil Defaults Looms as Bust Intensifies
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Breitburn Energy Partners LP Digs In for a Tough Year
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Oil price to stay low: Josh Frydenberg
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The Oil Rout's Effect on Houston
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Why Oil Booms and Busts Happen
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Oil Prices Rally After Renewed Rumors Of Cuts • Oil Extends Decline as Iran Calls Freeze Proposal `Ridiculous' • Production cut “not going to happen,” says Saudi oil minister • OPEC Member: Production Freeze, $50 Oil is Coming
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Baker Hughes: US Oil Drillers Cut Rigs For 10th Week In A Row •Shale bust claims another 13 oil rigs • Eagle Ford rig count down 70 percent in the last year
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Oil prices may be going up, but they can still cause a US recession
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Industry Critics Fall Silent on Oil Profits
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Oil patch going through 'pure hell,' but doesn't look to D.C. for salvation
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New Normal for Oil Could Weight on E&P ETFs
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Rigged deal
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The New Oil-Storage Space: Railcars
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EOG Posts First Annual Loss in its History
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Seadrill (Part II) - All You Need To Know About The Balance Sheet
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Elm Ridge: Lawsuits over debt sign of an ailing industry
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Breitburn Energy Partners May Go Bust
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Whiting suspends fracking, cuts budget 80 percent – investors cheer
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Goodrich Petroleum: A Prisoner's Dilemma
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Chadbourne Represents Lenders to Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. on Approximately US$2.8 Billion Senior Secured Credit Facilities
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Boston Restructuring & Insolvency Partner, K&L Gates Resolve Complex Bankruptcy of Buckingham Oil Interests
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Can Chesapeake Energy Avoid Bankruptcy ? • Chesapeake Energy: A Recovery Is In Sight
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Oil And Natural Gas Crisis: Tracking Bankruptcy Risk Using Predictive Analytics
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Upstream Debt May Put Pipelines Under Pressure
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US shale frackers eye world conquest despite bloodbath
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OPEC Losing Its Grip On Oil Markets
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Nigeria: Price slump: Oil firms, banks risk bankruptcy over IOCs' assets acquisition
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Petronas May Need to Raise Debt, Tap Cash Amid Oil's Slump
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Electric Vehicles Could Soon Reduce Oil Demand By 13 Million Barrels Per Day
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Gambling:
Taj Mahal casino out of bankruptcy • Trump's Former Atlantic City Jewel Exits Bankruptcy, Now Icahn's
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US judge halts NY litigation vs. Caesars Entertainment • Bankruptcy Judge Stays Bondholder Litigation Against Caesars
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Personal Finance:
Shopping for one: A dozen grocery hacks for living single
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Five good money habits you probably already have
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What to buy (and skip) in March
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Being a good parent will physiologically destroy you, new research confirms
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
MA: Topsfield man sentenced to prison for bankruptcy fraud
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Religion:
Top Vatican cardinal will testify about abuse
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A Top Pope Aide Calls Church Conduct in Abuse a ‘Catastrophe’
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County cases against Diocese of Duluth on hold due to bankruptcy
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Video Games:
Consultant to judge: State officials knew loan to 38 Studios wasn't enough
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Shipping:
Consolidation in Container Shipping Needs to Continue if Industry Is to Right Itself, Says AlixPartners Study
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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 (29 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 Statistics:
Oil, Gas and Commodities Sectors Drive Increase in Filings
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:
Petitioning Creditors Beware: A Bad Faith Filing Can Sink an Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition
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Estoppel:
Eighth Circuit Takes Hard Line on Judicial Estoppel
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Professional Compensation:
Creative Lawyers Thwarted in ASARCO Workaround Attempts
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Arbitration:
Will Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will adopt rules to rein in mandatory arbitration clauses?
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Education:
Institution’s Failure to Provide College Transcript Violates Automatic Stay in Student’s Bankruptcy Case
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Checkered Past of Now-Defunct Trump University Comes Back to Haunt Candidate • What’s the deal with Trump University—and why is Trump getting sued by his students? • Trump Fact Check: "We (Trump University) have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau." • Trump's take on lawsuits against defunct school • Trump: Judge's ethnicity matters in Trump University suit
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Trapped in the Community College Remedial Maze
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Coal:
Bankruptcies in Coal Country put Self-Bonding in Spotlight
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With coal in crisis, who foots bill to restore land?
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Northern Plains’ coal reserves no longer seen as limitless
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Lease moratorium: Coal industry was due some lumps
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The slow, cancerous death of coal mining
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More tough news for coal
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Bankruptcy filing shows Arch Coal funding for Climate Denial Legal Group
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Fraud:
Prosecutorial Bent Shows in SEC Accounting-Fraud Push, Ex-Official Says
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Financial Privacy:
IRS Learns 390,000 More Taxpayers Were Victims of Last Year’s Hack
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Music Festivals:
SFX Chairman Requests Lawsuit Protection During Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:
US student debt : Lessons to last a lifetime
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Accounting:
KPMG axes dozens of partners
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Sovereigns:
Argentina inches closer to bond return with holdouts deal
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Argentina Holdouts Face Deadline on Defaulted Debt
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US Treasury backs gov’t on ‘vultures’ case
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Vulture Funds Put to UN Human Rights Test
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Latest News on Argentina and the Pari Passu Clause
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Argentina : no longer a tardy payer?
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Venezuela: the case for default
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UK:
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Says U.K. Should Remain in EU
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Cheltenham man denies hiding assets including a house in Belgium from bankruptcy investigators
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North Sea firms are 'sleepwalking into disaster' as insolvencies loom
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EU:
EU insolvency law reform could boost growth and jobs across Europe, finds new report
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Euro zone dips into deflation, raising heat on ECB
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UBS expects 250-300 billion euro of distressed credit in current cycle
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Lord Mervyn King: 'Forgive them their debts' is not the answer
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PIIGS:
ie: Drumm granted extension in appeal for US bankruptcy after firing his legal team
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Migration Crisis Complicates Greece’s Efforts to Finish Bailout Negotiations
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Indebted Abengoa tells Spanish staff it lacks cash for wages
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Abengoa SA seeks extension on $552 million in bonds
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Canada:
As Ottawa weighs Bombardier Inc bailout, questions about previous aerospace funding linger
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Bombardier's $3 billion deal in peril after Republic Airways files for bankruptcy
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Goodwill bankruptcy claims adding up
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A trail of debt and lawsuits: the last days of Sadie Moranis Realty
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Recycling CEO blames City of Edmonton for bankruptcy
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China:
Vampire attack: Debt-laden companies imperil China's growth
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China is finally facing reality
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As State Firms Brace for Shakeup, China's Great Jockeying Begins
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China’s central bank cuts banks’ reserve requirement
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China stocks drop sharply as yuan hits 3-week low • China Stocks Tumble Toward 15-Month Low as Stimulus Bets Unwind
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China Expects 1.8 Million Coal , Steel Layoffs on Capacity Cuts
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Japan:
Japanese Firms Bet on Bubble Economy
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Land of the Falling Son
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MENA:
3 reasons Saudi Arabia is freaking out about its cash situation
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Arab States Face $94 Billion Debt Crunch on Oil Slump, HSBC Says
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3-year-old boy sentenced to life in prison
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India:
Panel examining bankruptcy code given extension
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New bankruptcy law, rehabilitation of stalled projects can speed up sick business exits
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Brazil:
Sete stakeholders ‘hold bankruptcy talks’
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Will Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras $10 Billion China Loan Ease Off its Debt Miseries?
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Brazil: Laid-off workers occupy factories, demand pay
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Brazil's regulator favors market solution to Abengoa crisis
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Taesa Mulls Acquisition of Abengoa's Brazil Transmission Lines
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Vale Relegated to Junk by Moody's in Three-Step Downgrade
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Australia:
“A Major Leap Forward for Australian Insolvency Laws”
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An Australian insolvency snapshot for 2016
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Venezuela:
Deepening default fears cast shadow over Venezuela’s oil flows
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Venezuela Sees Savior in Gold as Country Fights to Avoid Default
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Maduro running out of time in Venezuela
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Mexico:
Nearing Tequila Crisis-Era Debt Levels Gives Mexico a Hangover
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