Law:
These 10 law firms are ranked the most family-friendly
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Incoming Law Firm Managing Partner Isn’t a Fan of Across the Board Pay Raises
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What The Hell Is Perkins Coie Doing?
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Reason for strained relationship with police • The Dallas shooter was 'ostracized' by black power groups before he opened fire on police officers in Dallas • Baton Rouge prosecutor recuses himself from Alton Sterling police shooting case • Black man shot by officer in Minnesota had been pulled over 52 times by police • Crime Scenes and Weapons of War • Study: Police are no more likely to shoot at blacks than whites, but blacks get more rough treatment • 'The most surprising result of my career': A Harvard economist found no evidence of racial bias in police shootings
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Venable Back on Hook for $11.25M Facebook Con
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Harvard Law Professor Responds To Devastating Diagnosis With Grace
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Ethics And Technology Competence
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How To Close A Law Firm - Practically And Ethically
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5 Terrible Traits No Bankruptcy Attorney Should Have
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This Lawyer Felt an Irresistible Tug Back to Big Law
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7 Bits Of Real Advice For High Schoolers Who Want To Be Lawyers
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Tough Calls for Referee in New York Firm Breakup
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There’s a chasm at big law firms between partners and associates
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Brexit fallout: Is it worth taking the New York bar exam?
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Cheating Law Student Pissed Essay They Bought Isn’t Up To Snuff • Cheating Law Student Isn't Atypical
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The Cost of Harvard Law Versus Yale? Easy With This Calculator
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11 things everyone is going to love about Apple's iOS 10 • iOS 10 has changed the way I use my iPhone
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Lawyers Won't Be Replaced By Robots Anytime Soon
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DA drops charges against publisher and lawyer who sought information on court reporter payment
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An Attorney Feels Like A Fraud In Their Dream Job
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Bank of America Denies Existence of Alleged ‘Bro’s Club’
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Black Dishwasher at Yale University Loses Job After Shattering "Racist, Very Degrading" Stained-Glass Panel
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The owner of the convenience store where Alton Sterling was killed is suing the police
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Judges:
Two bailiffs die in courthouse shooting in Michigan; suspect is shot and killed
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Ginsburg on Trump: ‘I don’t even want to contemplate’ his potential effect on the Supreme Court
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Ginsburg Goes Rogue • Did Justice Ginsburg Violate Judicial Ethics In Her Criticism Of Donald Trump?
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Circuit Gives Us Bible, Star Trek, And Bourbon… And Really What More Is There To Life?
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Turning Down The Opportunity To Be Chief Justice
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The US Supreme Court uses email after all — or at least two justices do
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SCOTUS Briefs: Opinions’ Basic Building Blocks
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The Senate risks Election Day chaos: Imagine a Trump-Clinton standoff and a 4-4 Supreme Court
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Wall Street:
S&P 500 on track for fresh record after Alcoa earnings beat forecasts
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Seeming to shrug off Brexit, S&P closes at a record high • S&P 500 Sets New Record As Stock Rally Rolls On
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The world is horrible right now, and the stock market seems to love it
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With greater highs for stocks come greater risks
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Layoffs:
Layoffs Watch ’16: Goldman Sachs Is Spreading Out Its Tough Goodbyes This Fall
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Seagate will eliminate 6,500 jobs
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Bank of America announces 102 layoffs in Hillsboro
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IM Flash to lay off 130
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KeyCorp: 250 jobs
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BG Group to cut more than 150 jobs in Houston, close office
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
This statistic shows why Trump supporters are anti-trade • What Trump And The GOP Agree On: Tax Cuts For The Rich • Betting markets see Mike Pence as Donald Trump’s running mate • Anti-Trump Forces Unleash Plan to Pick Vice President at Convention • Donald Trump could help -- but not save -- coal country • Why Gingrich could be the ideal running mate for Trump • 'They don't want to hear about it': Trump explains why he doesn't spend more time talking about Clinton's emails • Can Donald Trump Really Win These Blue States? • This Is What a Contested Convention Could Look Like • Donald Trump's Anti-Establishment Scam • Donald Trump’s ‘spiritual advisor’ sells eternal life for $1,144 by stealing from Harry Potter • Possible Trump VP pick gave us his 3rd different answer on abortion in 2 days • Judge strikes down Virginia law binding state Republican delegates to Trump • Thousands of Wharton students, alumni, and faculty sign open letter opposing Donald Trump
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Paul Ryan on whether Hillary Clinton perjured herself before Congress: 'We need to figure it out'
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Bernie Sanders is finally about to come around
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Voters Add to Election Turmoil by Threatening to Jump Party Lines
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Koch: Voting for Trump or Clinton is like voting for cancer or a heart attack
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Laws Posed Hurdles to Charging Hillary Clinton
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GOP Platform Calls for Giving Away Federal Lands
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Retailing:
Mall Owners Push Out Department Stores
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Southern Motion offers $9.3M for Hancock Fabrics headquarters
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Customer information going, going, gone
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Celebs:
Sam Wyly’s battle with IRS, SEC reveal games of the superrich
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Gambling:
Caesars Entertainment, Caesars Acquisition amend merger deal
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Caesars Mediation Continues, With Warning From Judge
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The World Series of Poker Will Not Save Caesars
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Fraud:
Lawsuit Accuses Ex-Banco Cruzeiro Owners of Fraud
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Harvard Law Fraudster’s $3.2 Million Mansion
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Utah man pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme case
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Mining:
Shares of Cliffs Natural Resources Climb on Competitor's Bankruptcy, Chinese Iron Ore Demand
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Food/Beverage:
Revenue collapsed at Lewis Mills prior to bankruptcy
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America's love affair with high-end burger chains might be over
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Pacific Andes willing to meet lenders alleging fabrications of revenue, payments
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Autos:
Tesla may be in trouble
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Privacy:
Data Brokers: Companies Are Buying, Sharing Your Online Info. What You Can You Do About It?
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Economy:
Jobs roar back in June — but here’s why you shouldn’t get used to it
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Fed's George says US interest rates are currently too low
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The Fed needs to stop being such a wuss about the economy
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Financial stability should not become Fed's third mandate: Mester
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Consumer Borrowing Picks Up in May
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Consumers’ Income Growth Expectations Improve from May
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How the West Lost Faith in Globalization
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One number sums up why earnings estimates are a joke
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Slogging on the Economic Road Back to Normal
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Starbucks to increase base pay of workers in October • The brilliant management strategies of Howard Schultz, who just announced a pay raise for US employees of his $82 billion Starbucks empire
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The Near Impossibility of Moving Up After Welfare
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Low-paying crowdsourced jobs are attracting a lot of young, college-educated Americans
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Obama adviser pushes jobless-benefits reform to counter next downturn
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Social Security insolvency is now one year closer
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Banks have slashed savings rates 900 times this year
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The trillions spent by central banks has been a dud, says Bank of America
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Delinquency Rates Rising: Is A New Crisis Approaching?
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Why Those Millennials With Tons of Loans Won’t Refinance
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Underwater Mortgages Continue to Decrease in Q1 2016 • "425,000 Borrowers Out from Underwater on Mortgages" in Q1 • Many borrowers still owe too much on their home
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House Prices to National Average Wage Index
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Phoenix Real Estate in June: Sales up 9%, Inventory up 7% YoY
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A US regulator is already worrying about the next property bubble
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Municipalities:
Federal Government Enacts New Restructuring Law for U.S. Territories and Their Instrumentalities
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How a Broke Little Island Beat the Hedge Funds
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Lists of Candidates for the Puerto Rico Board Are Prepared
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Fresh From Record Default, Puerto Rico Plots Bond-Market Return
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Building on Sand
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Oil/Gas:
Texas upstream and oil field services bankruptcies include 44 cases through Q2
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Oil prices fall on concerns of fading supply disruptions • The Bears Are Back – Oil Slides On Negative Sentiment • Refiner Pain And Macro Economic Fear Drive Crude Lower • Oil Falls to Two-Month Low as US Rig Count Rises, Dollar Firms
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Gasoline prices continue monthlong slide
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Busted E&P Bonds Lead Sector’s Gains, Pumped Up by Oil ’s Rebound
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Dakota Plains Amends Forbearance Agreement; Eyes Aug. 1 Restructuring Plan
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OPEC Up 300,000 Barrels per Day from May; Venezuelan Output Sinks to 13-Year Lows
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Making the Case for Energy Distressed Debt
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New Gulf Returns From Chapter 11 With New Name, Eagle Ford Acreage
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Viking Supply Ships to put new proposal to bondholders
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Distressed-Debt Investors Burnt by Oil Become Coupon Clippers
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Petrobras Oil, Gas Output Jumps to Record after Slumping During Repairs
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Pensions:
The biggest companies in America have a record $600 billion retirement problem
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Music:
Music startup Crowdmix is going into administration
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Corporate Reform:
House committee says HSBC wasn’t prosecuted due to ‘too-big-to-jail’ fears • George Osborne helped HSBC avoid US criminal charges for money laundering
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The Bad CHOICE Act
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Tax:
UBS CEO A Little Stunned Swiss Government Doesn’t Have Bank’s Back On Tax Evasion
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IRS Clarifies Definition of 'Taxpayer' in Sec. 108
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Media:
Gawker's Chief Restructuring Officer Says There Are 55 Potential Bidders
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Coal:
Does Peabody's bankruptcy doom US coal usage?
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How the Sierra Club Became the Owner of a Massive Coal Reserve
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UMWA reaches tentative labor deal with coal miners Alpha, Contura
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The Government Should Get Out of the Coal Business
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Museums:
Buyer steps up for the troubled Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
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Steel:
Essar Steel says mineral lease termination 'invalid'
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Autos:
Fiat Chrysler Botched-Recall Suit Sent To Bankruptcy Court
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UCI Defends $100M DIP Loan Against Creditor Objections
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Elon Musk’s pedestal is crumbling, exposing Tesla risks
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General Motors seeking to get equipment from supplier in bankruptcy case
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Private Equity:
Wynnchurch Capital Expands its Team with the Addition of Alison Miller
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Soccer:
Football Creditors Rule: Is The Football League’s new insolvency policy a step in the right direction?
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Debt Collection:
A state-sanctioned ' debtor's prison'
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Hollywood:
Post- Bankruptcy , Relativity Seems Stuck in Limbo
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (22 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:
Tracking Bankruptcy Risk Using Predictive Analytics
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Structured Dismissal:
Jevic Holding: The Case That Keeps On Giving
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Chapter 7:
Chapter 7 Debtors’ Access to Counsel Threatened by B.A.P. Opinion
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Utilities:
Internet Service a Utility in Bankruptcy? It Might Be Now.
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IP:
Bankruptcy Pitfalls: How an infringer's bankruptcy could impact your IP rights
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Mediation:
Total Artificial Heart: How Bankruptcy Provides a Valuable Service – And a Proactive Mediation Suggestion
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Automatic Stay:
How Reporting a Crime May Subject You to Sanctions
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Mass Torts:
Estimation of Tort Claims in Bankruptcy: A Powerful Step Towards Plan Confirmation
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Lehman:
New York Bankruptcy Court Dismisses Lehman Bros. Special Financing Inc.'s Lawsuit to Recover Over $1 Billion of Swap Agreement Distributions
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Awards:
Bankruptcy Partner Annette Jarvis Named Utah State Bar Lawyer of the Year
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2017 Vault 100
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Student Debt:
How New Jersey Has Embraced “State-Sanctioned Loan-Sharking” to Students
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'I'm A Student-Debt Slave.' How'd We Get Here?
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Parents Are on the Hook for Nearly Every New Private Student Loan
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Resorts:
Owners of Lake Tahoe's famed Cal Neva resort file for bankruptcy
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Celebs:
Erin Andrews: Bankruptcy Won't Save the Perv
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Professional Athletes Often Suffer From Bad Financial Advice
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Construction:
Jail for Birdsall exec in pay-to-play scheme
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Healthcare:
Appeals court rules bankruptcy court did not have authority to block Medicare/Medicaid from cutting off reimbursement
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Florida Heart Center Asks Judge to Approve Justice Department Settlement
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UK:
Brexit: Impact On Restructuring And Insolvency For Companies
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How Britain may get the last laugh on Europe • Brexit Betting: There is a good chance Article 50 may never be triggered
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BOE set to cut rates for the first time in 7 years on Brexit backlash
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After Brexit, Law Firms Face Uncertainties Too But With Benefits
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JP Morgan: Your next finance job could be in Madrid
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Begbies Traynor turns profit as insolvency figures slump
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Nigel Farage's brother Andrew is declared bankrupt after Brexit
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PIIGS:
No acute crisis in Italy, stop asking for public money for banks- EU's Dijsselbloem • Italy warned to abide by 'strict' EU bank rescue rules
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Italy PM’s Tuscan nightmare: the fall of ‘Daddy Monte’
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Italy's economy faces 2 completely lost decades
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Greece: Taxpayers face hefty income tax obligation
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Bank of Greece chief sees recession bottoming out soon
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Portugal banking crisis
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Banks, investors set Portugal Telecom CDS auction for July 21
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Canada:
The Bankruptcy Case Time Bomb That's Ticking in the Heart of the Patch
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Planes, Leaves and Appeals: Appeals Under Section 193(c) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
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Alberta to cut royalty rates in effort to squeeze out more oil, gas production
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Panama:
Panama: Bankruptcy reforms
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Japan:
Tightening Workforce Could Compel Healthy Japanese to Toil to 80
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Brazil:
Workers Party deals drove rise and fall of OAS, Brazil builders
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China:
China's Zombie Companies Stay Alive Despite Defaults
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Australia:
'Diamond' Joe Gutnick bankrupt owing $275 million
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South Korea:
Creditor's Track Emerging as a New Way of Corporate Restructuring
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India:
Should India create a ‘bad bank’ to battle NPA’s?
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