Law:
Associate Bonus Watch: ‘Very Pleased’ Associates At A Leading Silicon Valley Firm
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More law firm layoffs are likely, consultants say
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Bracewell & Giuliani is Losing … Giuliani
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Orrick’s Unusual Houston Entry Announcement
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Quinn Emanuel Boosts Law Clerk Signing Bonus to $75K • Clerkship Bonus Watch: Will $75K Become The New Standard?
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Palm Beach Bankruptcy Lawyer Faces Jail for Contempt
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The Rise of Lawyer 2.0
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Is Low-Cost Lawyering The Answer?
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Does Big Law’s Boston Expansion Have Anything to Do with GE?
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The Next Great Investment Idea? Somebody Else's Lawsuit
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How Big Data Is Disrupting Law Firms And The Legal Profession
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The Great Law School Brain Drain Is The Reason Why More People Are Failing The Bar Exam Than Ever Before
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$25 million naming gift for the law school at...
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Dallas Federal Judge Halves Big Firm's Fee Awards - $600/Hour Too HIgh
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Everything a modern gentleman needs to know about how a perfect suit fits
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How to wear a turtleneck with a suit
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15 common fashion mistakes that men make — and how to fix them
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Why Apple owners should update their iOS right now
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Researchers discovered a psychological trick that will make you a better negotiator
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19 things you need to stop saying at work this year
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Oregon militants sit silently as furious residents shame them for ruining their community
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'Very strong possibility' that 'El Chapo' will be sent to the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies'
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Ohio man ordered to euthanize his vicious pet — but he adopts innocent rescue dog to have it killed instead
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Wisconsin tried to shut down 'Making a Murderer' before it came out • A Chat With Dean Strang and Jerry Buting From ‘Making a Murderer’ • Making A Murderer Star Is Super Honest About Being Widely Despised
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Lawyers were among victims of ‘career fabulist’ sentenced in 2nd fraud case, news report says
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After mistrial in client extortion case, 2 law partners take plea involving no prison time
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Spelling error sparks police terrorism investigation of schoolboy, 10
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5 Things Lawyers Can Learn From S-------- About Sales
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Houston lawyer and his son are set on fire; man is charged
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Widow says Apple wanted death certificate, will and court order to reveal spouse account password
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Judges:
New ethics complaint: Judge paid lawyers appearing before him, offered defendant $300 for n--- pose
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Judge nixes $25M settlement because plaintiff’s lawyer was told of jury note before defense counsel
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Supreme Court Justices Can Be Political Too
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Bill Seeks New BK Judges For DE, MI, FL
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Wall Street:
Stock futures seesaw
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Dow falls 500, S&P at lowest level since late 2014 as oil breaks $27 •U.S. Stocks Sink With Markets Around the World • Late Rally Helps US Stocks Claw Back From Steep Selloff • Stocks end sharply lower, but trim heavy losses in wild trading
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Equities whacked by oil tumble; bear confirmation nears
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Everything You Need To Know About The 2016 Stock Market Selloff
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The most powerful force buttressing the stock market has been broken
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Goldman Revenue Tops Estimates, Profit Falls on Legal Costs • Goldman posts smallest profit in 4 years after bond settlement • Goldman Sachs is swimming against the tide
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Gundlach : Stock, credit declines suggest margin calls
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Market is 'adjusting' to oil, China: Citigroup CEO
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Wall Street Seen Enduring Deeper Cuts to Boost 2016 Profits
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Layoffs:
Barclays to Cut Investment Bank Jobs in New York, London
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Banking:
Deutsche Bank just announced preliminary earnings — and they're terrible
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Deutsche Bank Lost $7.3 Billion in 2015
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Computers:
IBM's stock has hit a 5-year low
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Paper:
If Verso Goes Bankrupt, It Will Be The Largest Filing in the Sector Since 2011
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Pensions:
Pension participants weigh in on Teamsters' plan to cut benefits
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Coal:
The Coal Miner `On Everybody's List' as Next Bankruptcy Victim
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Natural gas likely overtook coal as top U.S. power source in 2015
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Not Doomed Yet: Obama and China Slow Coal's Roll
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Moving Walter Energy forward: What's next for the Alabama coal giant?
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Hollywood:
Bankruptcy Judge Orders Relativity Media To Pay Disputed FTI Consulting Fees - "Petty Bickering"
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Telecoms:
Sprint Shares, Bonds Fall to Multiyear Lows on Turnaround Doubts
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Metals:
Allegheny Technologies to book $267 million charge
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Autos:
As Obama Takes Victory Lap Over Auto Industry Rescue, Here Are The Lessons Of The Bailout
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Student Debt:
How to Apply for Student-Debt Forgiveness for Victims of School Fraud – At A Glance
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Celebs:
Dean McDermott Wants Tori Spelling to File for Bankruptcy • Tori Spelling: Filing For Bankruptcy After Humiliating Lawsuit?
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Amal Clooney Is Going Back To School
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Defaults:
Fitch: Verso Filing Would Propel US TTM Default Rate to 3.7% - Yahoo
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Awards:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Lawyer, Megan Craig, Wins Top Honors For Outstanding Performance
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Fabric:
Report: Hancock Fabrics preparing for second bankruptcy filing
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Distressed Investing:
Leveraged Loan Fund Assets Slide To 33-Month Low
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Junk-Bond Market Risk Gauge Stages Biggest Jump Since 2009
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Mining:
Worst Mining Bet in 2016 Is First Quantum as Rout Fans Debt Fear
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Debt Collection:
Typo Can't Save Creditor From Collection Violation
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Private Equity:
Private Equity's Golden Age Wasn't So Golden After All
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Economy:
Weak U.S. inflation, housing data lower March rate hike chances
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Fed rate hikes now seen as one and done for 2016
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Economists See Job Gains Offsetting Stock-Market Pains
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Will a Blizzard Freeze U.S. Economic Growth for a Third Straight Year?
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Gundlach : Declines not stopping anytime soon
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A 'canary down the coal mine' that predicted the 2008 crisis is signaling another crash
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Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions?
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This Isn't 2008 And It's Not Time To Panic . . . Unless You Run A Hedge Fund
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The 25 best jobs in America right now, according to employees
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Which Companies Tend to Outperform Ahead of a Downturn?
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IMF Scraps Loophole Allowing Bigger Loans to Stop Contagion
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Global Bond Downgrades Climb to Highest in Six Years, S&P Says
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Once Upon a Time, Congress Cut Deficits
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
MBA: Mortgage apps jump again, rise 9%
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Here's how much you'd have to earn to buy a house and live comfortably in 23 US cities
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Red-Hot Property Markets Cool as Rich Investors Retrench
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Where America’s Millionaires Live (Increasingly, ‘Mayberry’)
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Municipalities:
Rauner Tells CPS ' Bankruptcy Not A Dirty Word' • How Illinois’ millionaire GOP governor plans to bust Chicago’s largest teacher union • CPS bankruptcy would void teachers contract, give power to judge • Rauner says he'd fight union with state takeover • Rauner on CPS takeover attempt: 'The mayor has failed' • Plan for takeover, bankruptcy is 'lifeline' for CPS, Republicans say • Will Illinois take over Chicago's debt-ridden public schools? • Chicago mayor opposes state takeover of schools • Bruce Rauner Has Pushed a CPS Bankruptcy For a Long Time
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Why Detroit schools are in such deep trouble • Most Detroit Public Schools Closed as Teacher Protests Ramp Up
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The Detroit Bondholders Did Not Get 'Stiffed'
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After Christie Vetoes Aid, Atlantic City Eyes Bankruptcy • Special meeting called to discuss Atlantic City bankruptcy • AC mayor: Bankruptcy is possible • Why Atlantic City's Mayor Says the Place May Go Bankrupt • Atlantic City bankruptcy 'worst possible outcome,' Sweeney says
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Lead-poisoning truthers say Flint water crisis ‘vastly overstated’ — and might even be ’a hoax’ • Newly released emails show Michigan officials' long indifference to the Flint water crisis • Flint: Crisis Grew Along with Shifting Blame • Flint Water Crisis Fallout Spreads • Finally, We Know Exactly What Led to the Flint Water Crisis • Flint's Water: What the Media Got Wrong
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U.S. Treasury Secretary urges Congress to act on Puerto Rico • Urges Congress to Grant Puerto Rico Bankruptcy • Lew: Bankruptcy a must-have for Puerto Rico
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US says Puerto Rico creditors should 'share sacrifice'
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Bankruptcy is Wrong for Puerto Rico
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Bankruptcy bill for Puerto Rico is unconstitutional
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What’s next? Bankruptcy or Disincorporating? Browning’s City Hall closes its doors and radio station goes off the air
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Retailing:
Wal-Mart to hike pay for 1.2 mln workers in 2016 • Walmart Hikes Hourly Pay To $10 Minimum For Most Workers
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How Quiksilver Lost Its Soul and Ended Up in Bankruptcy Court
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American Apparel Founder Charney in Court to Reclaim Company • American Apparel and Dov Charney face off in Bankruptcy Court • American Apparel faces tussle for control at bankruptcy hearing • Ex-CEO to take stand in court fight for American Apparel
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Brick-and-mortar retailers are sinking into a quagmire
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Oil/Gas:
Oil plumbs new lows below $27 in unrelenting rout • Oil plunges further amid global glut • Oil tumbles under $27 on February contract's expiration day • Oil Extends Drop From 12-Year Low as US Supplies Seen Rising • U.S. Oil Posts Biggest One-Day Percentage Loss Since September
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Oil price rout intensifies as 2016 loss nears 30%
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Ex-Burleson Group Moves to BakerHostetler
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Oil Below $30 Is 'Countdown To Endgame' For Some Shale Producers
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Energy sector’s default risk is skyrocketing
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US Oil Sector Bankruptcies To Rise In 2016 As 'Panic And Fear' Grip Industry
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How Energy Companies Are Reacting to the Plunge in Oil
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Default risk in energy debt seen as higher than Great Recession
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Oil price slump is hurting more than just energy companies
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Outlook darkens for oil field services companies as rout continues
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This analyst thinks oil prices may not have hit bottom
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Big U.S. banks brace for energy loan losses as oil plunges
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On Hold: List Of Deferred Upstream Oil, Gas Projects Grows
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Outlook: This energy sector will be a 'bloodbath' in 2016
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Bank of America singles out the No. 1 black swan event for the global oil market
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JPMorgan Chase: Banks Have Back Against the Wall as Oil Glut Worsens
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RBC Lowers Crude Price Forecast
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Auction set for Quicksilver Resources' assets
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At The Breaking Point: Will Iran's Return Mark The Bottom For Oil?
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Shell's Profit Slides Amid $47 Billion Merger, Oil Price Collapse • Shell expects 4th Q profits to drop at least 40 percent
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One Gallon of Milk Is Now Worth About Two Gallons of Oil
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Depressed Rig Demand Continues
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Keppel Stops Work for Brazil Client, Takes $160 Million Hit
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Right now, it's all about oil
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Oil slump is hurting more than just energy companies
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Burned investors: Just give up on oil already
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Report: Oil, Gas Salaries Decline; Employees Will Accept Pay Cuts
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Obama to Force Oil, Gas Companies to Pare Potent Methane Leaks
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Oil below $30 fans wipeout fears among US shale survival artists
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Kinder Posts Quarterly Loss After Slashing Investor Payout
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In The Oil Bust, This Texas Tycoon Sees A Land Of Opportunity
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Canadian oil producers could further slash spending to limit losses
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As Oil Prices Gyrate, Underlying Trends Are Shifting To Oil's Disadvantage
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Moelis Says Energy Buyers Regretting Takeovers Amid Oil Plunge
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How balance of power in oil trade is shifting back to OPEC
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Healthcare:
Complaint Pits Forest Park Fort Worth At Odds With Founding Physician And Management Company
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Education:
University president’s plan to cut struggling freshmen: ‘You just have to drown the bunnies’
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Religion:
Lawyers for Gallup Diocese say they will submit settlement
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Shipping:
Dry-Bulk Shipping Firms Face Unprecedented Crisis
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Eagle Bulk holds off its lenders after missed repayment
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Debt-ridden Hyundai Merchant to sell bulk shipping business
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Fraud:
Martin Shkreli subpoenaed to appear before Congress
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Corporate Governance:
Lessons From the Most Cited Chancery Court Decisions of 2015
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Taxis:
Uber usage by business travelers surpassed taxi and car rentals in 2015
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GM Going into Taxi Business in a Big Way
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 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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Sanctions:
No Sanctions, Interest Award Despite Creditors ' 'Games'
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Exemptions:
Ch. 13 Debtor Can Exempt Home Conveyed to Living Trust
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Settlements:
Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Approves Settlement Agreement with Foreclosing Lender Over Objections of the Debtor
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Chutzpah:
You’ve Got a Lot of Chutzpah : Pondering the Prevalence of Chutzpah as a Legal Term, and Revisiting the Very Issue of Chutzpah
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Proofs of Claim:
Filing a Proof of Claim after Crawford: the Potential for Creditors to Face FDCPA Violations in the Eleventh Circuit
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Litigation:
Supreme Court rules against company seeking to end class action with settlement offer
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TBTF:
U.S. banking regulator says debt rule for big banks could lead to instability
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Press:
Bloomberg Challenges Judge’s Order on Molycorp Disclosures • Bankruptcy court continues investigation into Bloomberg sources; two hearings scheduled • Bankruptcy judge changes his mind on Bloomberg order • Molycorp judge gives Bloomberg time to fight disclosure order • Bloomberg gets hearing to contest order for information from its sources
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Weather:
A historic blizzard may slam the Northeast this weekend • 'Crippling' storm forecast to slam East Coast
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2015 was the hottest year in history by the widest margin on record
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Politics:
Bernie Sanders' stunning popularity is 'almost unheard of' • Sanders Up 27 Points in New Hampshire
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Some of the emails on Hillary Clinton's server were reportedly so sensitive that investigators initially didn't have clearance to view them
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The Republican primary has cratered voters' images of the GOP
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Former Defense Secretary calls out Trump for 'over-the-top’ ISIS plan • The Most Mystifying Lines of Sarah Palin's Endorsement Speech • Donald Trump goes off on 8-minute riff against Ted Cruz at campaign rally • Donald Trump is 'pure propaganda for groups like ISIS,' says the son of a terrorist involved in the 1993 World Trade Center attack • Trump: Bernie Sanders is a 'total whack job' • Trump: Sarah Palin would serve a role in my administration if she wanted to • Trump Is Repaying His Debt to Palin • Palin joins Trump on campaign trail • Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, and Political Instability • Donald Trump Calls Ted Cruz’s Explanations ‘Worse Than Hillary’ • Trump: Hillary Clinton is only being nice to Obama 'because she wants to stay out of the clink' • Donald Trump is crushing a pair of GOP rivals in their own backyard • Palin Blames Obama for Son's Issues • Veterans: Don't Blame Obama for Track Palin's Behavior
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Obama mocks Republican rhetoric on the economy: ‘It’s terrible and on fire and covered in bees!'
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Cruz Has a Point About Big City Values • Bob Dole on Cruz: Nobody Likes Him
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Kasich serene despite pace and stakes of GOP race
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Republican Race Enters Survivor Phase
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Rubio has a late-bloomer strategy in GOP presidential race
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Clinton Fact Check: "Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) had a Republican co-sponsor."
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A contested GOP convention — political junkie's dream, politico's nightmare
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Clinton or Trump? How Executives at Davos See Their Chances
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The Real Ronald Reagan
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Gambling:
Caesars bankruptcy may hinge on releasing probe results -U.S. judge • Bankruptcy Judge Warns Caesars Reorganization Not a Given
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Trump (Entertainment) Wins!
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Guns:
Post- Bankruptcy , Colt Wants a Bigger Piece of Gun Sales
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Sovereigns:
Argentina and holdout investors to resume debt talks Feb 1-mediator
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Argentina says hedge funds seek delay on debt offer
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UK:
Report: Barclays is slashing its bonus pool by 10%
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Fears over Bolton's ability to pay staff as financial woes bite harder
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Pearson to cut 4000 jobs, cap dividend due to weak earnings
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PIIGS:
Greece OKs $402.5M offer from China's Cosco for port stake
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Brussels to probe €2bn in state aid for Italian steelmaker Ilva
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Greek Leader Pushes for Less Austerity
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Greece: Ernst & Young forecasts GDP contraction of 2.9 pct this year
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Italy - Debt Restructuring Agreements entered into by Real Estate Funds
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Italy Bond Drop Amid Global Rout Shows Limits of ECB Protection
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Regulators add to woes over Italian banks
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Canada:
Postmedia woes a microcosm of challenges facing entire newspaper industry
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Primus in court creditor protection as it seeks to revamp mission
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War of words in $2.2B battle over U.S. Steel
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Rough Start to 2016 Brings Down Canadian Oil Company Spending
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India:
Banks take control of debt-ridden Alok Industries
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Australia:
Clive Palmer firms jump queue of creditors for Queensland Nickel • Clive Palmer's nickel refinery cleanup looms as environmental test case
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Woodside writes down asset values by $1 billion-plus on falling oil prices
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China:
China told to let more companies fail
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China Hemorrhaged $676 Billion Last Year
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Austria:
Austria offers Hypo bondholders up to 75% money back
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Carinthia makes bid to slash debt and avoid bankruptcy • Austrian state asks creditors to slash debt to avoid bankruptcy
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Ukraine:
Ukraine finance minister says Russia bond restructuring can differ from private sector swap
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Japan:
Japan Must Let Zombie Companies Die
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Malta:
Insolvency law reform expected in coming months
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Russia:
'Real trouble' in Russia when reserves run out: Browder
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Ruble Hits All Time Record Low
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