Law:
Legal sector loses 1,400 jobs in January; gain in December is smaller than first reported
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In Defense Of Kasowitz Benson (Plus The Firm’s Bonus Announcement)
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Legal Fees Reach New Pinnacle: $1,500 an Hour • Corporate Law Firm Billing Rates Rise Despite Weak Demand • Top partner billing rates at BigLaw firms nudge $1,500 per hour
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Bankruptcy Provides Window Into Law Firm Billing Practices
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Under Client Pressure, Law Firms Focus on Cost-Cutting
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The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Venable Crosses $1M Partner-Profit Threshold
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Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Gross Revenue Jumps at Akin Gump
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Carlton Fields Posts Higher Revenue, Net Income
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Holland & Knight Posts 8 Percent Revenue Growth
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Cadwalader London revenue up 6 per cent amid global dip
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Shkreli’s Big Law Co-Defendant Taps Gibson Dunn
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Time To Rethink Partner Capital Contributions?
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Ashurst considers non-lawyers for global managing partner
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Can We Finally Talk About The Elephant In the Room? Mental Health Of Lawyers
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Pennsylvania AG fails to get her law license reinstated; state senate to consider her removal
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Could Uniform Bar Exam help law grads’ mobility? ABA House asks states to adopt it ‘expeditiously’
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Law School Leaks Grades, Offers Solution, Takes It Back
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Lawyers Grapple with Substance Abuse More than Other Professionals: Study
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How To Cope With A Biglaw Partner Who’s An Alcoholic
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Orrick Congratulates 19 New Partners
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Proposed rule that makes workplace bias an ethics violation not going far enough, ABA president says
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Lawyer sues Avvo, says unauthorized use of professional info violates right of publicity
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Fastcase sues Casemaker for takedown demand, says Georgia administrative rules can’t be copyrighted
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Unsuccessful Faculty Applicant's Age Discrimination Lawsuit Against Iowa Law School Set For Trial
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Attorney blasts billionaire Rams owner in St. Louis Super Bowl ad • Lawyer Runs Super Bowl Ad To Trash Football Team
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Capitalizing On Your Elevator Pitch To Drive Referrals
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FBI accuses lawyers of manipulating evidence for convicted murderer who starred in 'Serial' podcast
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Chicago Lawyer Runs Seven Marathons in Seven Days
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Ex-BigLaw partner is convicted of insider trading; feds say he misused deal info overheard at firm
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Lawyer charged in claimed attempt to extort $2M from businessman pleads not guilty
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Trial of ‘golden boy’ lawyer accused in wife’s death ends with hung jury
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Lawyer With $1 Million To Spare Sacrifices Boat Purchase To Pay Kids’ College Tuition
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Already a Litigator, Super Bowl's Top Ref Now a Hottie Too
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Scammed law firm sues insurer for lost money
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James Madison Would've Backed Phoenix's Satanists
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Lawyer tells how she nearly fell for jury duty scam
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Lawyers on standby as iPhone 6 'Error 53' outrage mounts
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Texas State Bar Votes To Disbar Former Prosecutor For Role In Conviction Of Innocent Man
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The NYPD Is Kicking People Out of Their Homes, Even if They Haven’t Committed a Crime
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Judges:
US Bankruptcy Court judge based in Butte is retiring
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DE: Feds sign 10-year lease for US Bankruptcy Court
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Former Bankruptcy Judge Steckroth Picked for Zucker Probe
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Supreme Court should make video of oral arguments available to public, ABA House urges
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Judge got baseball tickets from law firm trying case, thinking this was OK, filing says
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Judge who sent ‘get a life’ email stipulates to censure, says he would have preferred a jury trial
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Wall Street:
Wall Street scrabbles for direction
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Global stocks hit the rocks after Asian markets slump
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Stocks kick off week deep in the red: Dow off 300+
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Wall Street isn’t panicking about stock-market tumble
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Expectations for first-quarter results are already crumbling
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Brace Yourself, Global Stocks Are Close to a Bear Market
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Why U.S. stocks could post double-digit losses this election year
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Cramer: Nowhere near stocks bottoming
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Layoffs:
Another 6,000 Jobs Eliminated In Oilfield Services Sector
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EIU sending 198 layoff notices this week
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Music Festivals:
SFX Entertainment Granted Initial Access To $80 Million Of Bankruptcy Loan
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SFX still owes a list of creditors over $490.236 million
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Healthcare:
Nursing home operator sees 'squalid' facility closed at bankruptcy court
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Obamacare: Insurers Loses in the Billions
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Minnesota Hospitals Report More Bad Debt
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Politics:
Elizabeth Warren’s critique of Hillary Clinton’s 2001 bankruptcy vote
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Taxpayers Give Big Pensions to Ex-Presidents, Precisely So They Don’t Have to Sell Out
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'I practically fell out of my chair': Bill Clinton unleashes stinging attacks on Bernie Sanders • Bill Clinton Sees A Gaping Hole In Bernie’s Goldman Sachs Armor
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Sanders Is Late to the Wall Street Revolution
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Inside Hillary's Paid Speeches
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Elizabeth Warren's hard choice in Democrats' White House run
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In the U.S., socialism is no longer such a dirty word
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Rubio in freefall in New Hampshire betting
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Everyone is underestimating Ted Cruz
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Trump, Bush Twitter tiff: 'Liar,' 'weak,' 'desperate'
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Michael Bloomberg Acknowledges He Is Weighing Presidential Bid
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Autos:
Tesla can't catch a break • Tesla downward revision is among the biggest
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Volkswagen's quality-control chief resigns
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Emissions Lies Haunt VW as It Faces Tougher Justice Department
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Two Plaintiffs Lawyers in GM Case Escalate War of Words
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Economy:
Yellen may say goal is not to slow the economy
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These Are the Things That Correlate With the Fed's 'Easy Money'
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Americans Can’t Help Themselves From Borrowing More on Credit Cards
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The Economy, Ever a Risk in Election Years, Is Good So Far
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This 'Chart of Doom' explains when a global recession will begin
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Deutsche Bank: It's About to Get Bumpy
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Goldman Sachs: Low Developed World Recession Risk
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The $102 Billion of Bank Debt That's Making Investors Nervous • Nervousness About Global Banking Giants Intensifies • Credit Risk Soars From Japan to Australia on Global Bank Anxiety
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Global Bond Rally Near `Panic' Level With Japan Yield Below Zero
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US small business confidence at 2-year low
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Does your state have the heaviest tax burden?
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What state boasts the highest well-being?
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'I need to get out of my father’s basement': What it's like to be a 29-year-old 'boomerang kid'
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One in 10—Or Is it One in Two?—Americans Has Access to Paid Family Leave
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How America Is Putting Itself Back Together
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China’s crisis, Europe’s debt, and the US oil bust have become one big worldwide mess
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Fed: Too white, too male, too many bankers?
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Yes, the Fed's Errors Made Recession Worse
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Central Banks Make Global Economy Vulnerable, OECD's White Says
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
MBA: Mortgage credit slightly tightens in January
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5 most profitable housing markets in America
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Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl Ad Criticized for Encouraging Another Housing Crisis
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Bankruptcy of Phila. subprime lender nears resolution
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Why You Can't Afford a House
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Needs Bankruptcy Access From Congress, Ravitch Says
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Puerto Rico Fiscal Laws Better Than Federal Board, Group Says
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Puerto Rico Hearing Feb. 25 as Lawmakers Coalesce Around Duffy Bill
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Trouble in paradise: Puerto Rico in default
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A Two-Step Plan for Puerto Rico
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Emanuel: CPS Bankruptcy Could Ruin Educational Gains
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Oil/Gas:
Chesapeake Energy hires restructuring lawyers • Kirkland & Ellis advises Chesapeake Energy • Analyst on Chesapeake's debt load • Chesapeake Energy Says It Has No Plans to Pursue Bankruptcy • Chesapeake Says It Doesn't Plan to Pursue Bankruptcy • Chesapeake Energy: The End Isn't So Near •Chesapeake Plunges 40% on Report It Hired Restructuring Adviser • Chesapeake Energy rebounds after denying bankruptcy plans • A Roller Coaster For Chesapeake Investors • Bankruptcy attorney: Restructuring doesn’t always lead to a bankruptcy filing
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Chesapeake CEO Got Record Option Grant Last Month Before Plunge
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Chesapeake Energy woes cast shadow on U.S. pipeline companies
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Big energy names on the verge of bankruptcy?
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IEA Raises Estimate of Surplus Oil Supply on Higher OPEC Output • Oil demand growth set to ease back considerably
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Oil industry woes grow as storage levels hit ‘critical level’
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Goldman’s Currie Expects Oil Volatility to Go Higher
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Oil Slump: Speculators Drive Bets to Record
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Oil prices rise, US crude shrugs off equity slump
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Oil Bankruptcies Seen Spurring M&A on Signal Prices Near Low
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Oil Drillers Exposed in Three-Way Hedges as Crude Dips Below $30
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One major oil CEO thinks the industry is in a 'severe and prolonged down cycle'
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National gasoline average now below $1.75 a gallon • Really? Gasoline Prices May Spike
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Cash-strapped drillers face deeper financial problems amid cuts
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What are the 8 strongest S&P energy stocks?
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Venezuela can’t get Saudis to cut oil production
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Can Baytex Energy Corp. Survive?
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New details emerge on Escalera's restructuring plan
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John Arnold: Energy companies less hedged
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Still Not Time To Bargain Hunt E&P Stocks
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Famed investor Carl Icahn feeling oil pain
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The second-largest US natural gas producer is having some serious trouble
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Obama's Oil Tax Is Running on Empty
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Celebs:
Mischa Barton's Mom Files for Bankruptcy
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Tyga Bankruptcy , Could A Kardashian Tell-All Save Him From Financial Ruin?
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Metals:
Noranda Aluminum hit by commodity crash, seeks bankruptcy • Business Plan presented To DIP Lenders • First Day Dec
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Moody's downgrades Noranda's ratings, CFR to C and PDR to D-PD, following bankruptcy announcement
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Skiing:
Owner of Echo Mountain Resort files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Fairway Warns It Could Breach Loan Agreement
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Banking:
Does the FDIC Target Only Failed Bank Directors and Officers That Have D&O Insurance?
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Corporate Reform:
Obama Will Seek to Double Budgets for Wall Street Regulators
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Student Debt:
Gov't creates new student aid enforcement office
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Coal:
Tinkler Steps Down as Coal Company Boss Amid Bankruptcy Case
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Education:
National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, which produced 23 Olympic athletes, could be headed back to auction
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Do elite colleges really lead to higher salaries?
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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 (12 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:
Houlihan Lokey Sees ‘Growing Pockets of Distress’ in Debt Market
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Sales:
Opportunities Exist for Purchasers in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, but Risks Remain
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Equitable Subordination:
Seventh Circuit Provides Guidance on Inquiry Notice and Equitable Subordination
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Awards:
Bankruptcy/Litigation Boutique Named To Hot List
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Rules:
BK CO: Vacancy on Standing Local Rules Revision Committee
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Class Claims:
Class Actions and Class Claims in Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Professional Compensation:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Holds That Committee Professionals Cannot Contract Around Baker Botts v. ASARCO
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Delaware Bankruptcy Courts Foreclose Creative Attempts to Distinguish ASARCO
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Plan Confirmation:
Sixth Circuit Denies Bad Faith Cram Down
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Aviation:
Struggling SeaPort Airlines files for bankruptcy
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Non-Profits:
New York Federation Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS
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Agriculture:
Ex-exec at Turner seeks end to delays
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Shipping:
Japanese shipping shares hammered on talk of more bankruptcies
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Host of shipping-related creditors linked to bust Noranda Aluminum
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Hollywood:
Judge Officially Confirms Relativity's Reorganization Plan
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Debt Collection:
OH: Proposed Limitations On The Use Of Cognovit Notes
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Religion:
Gallup diocese owes $3.5M in costs
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Retailing:
Old Navy Hits Deepest Sales Slump in 4 Years
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Sovereigns:
Holdout creditor says Argentina 'bought' support
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Argentina bond battle drags on as Elliott spurns Macri offer
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Argentina charts tricky course to US debt deal
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Argentina's Bond Fight Comes Down to Its Worst Bonds
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Vulture Investing
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Venezuela Flirts with Default
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EU:
Concerns over banks, growth drive European stocks sharply down
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Europe Stocks at Recession Prices Show Growth Faith Falters
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Oil plunge means cash crunch for EU banks
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Ever-Deeper Negative Yields No Deterrent to German Haven Appeal
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PIIGS:
Greek banks plunge 27pc as traders rush for exits
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Greece, lenders should conclude first bailout review as soon as possible: government spokeswoman
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Greek stock market falls sharply on banking sector meltdown
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Canada:
Goodwill Toronto files for bankruptcy in attempt to 'restructure' • Company blamed a 'cash flow crisis' for closing 16 stores
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Danier Leather renews quest for buyer after filing for insolvency
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How the rise of puffy parkas in Canada led to the downfall of Danier Leather
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Japan:
Bain Overcomes `Vulture' Moniker in Japan as Deal Volumes Surge
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Japan's Ten-Year Yield Falls to Zero for the First Time
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Turkey:
Hotels in east, southeast Turkey on verge of bankruptcy
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Ukraine:
Ukraine Bond Rout Worsens on Bets Political Tussle to Block Aid
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Australia:
Tinkler Steps Down as Coal Company Boss Amid Bankruptcy Case
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Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel in red until 2017
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India:
Bankruptcy code to have big impact on corporate governance
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Austria:
Austrian Finance Minister sees movement by Heta creditors on offer
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