Law:
Firm Goes Back And Does Right By Seniors Overlooked In First Raise Announcement • This Firm Gave Associates A Big Raise AND A Big Bonus! • UK: Pay rise season 2016: Who got paid the most?
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It Pays (Millions) To Be General Counsel • Changing Companies, Top GCs Score Big Pay Days
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Jones Day Closed For Regular Business During The RNC
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KWM to ask partners for capital contributions in firm first
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In Tight Job Market, New Law Grads Boldly Hang a Shingle
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Beyond Biglaw: 2 Perspectives On Error Trapping
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Which law schools’ grads have the least amount of debt?
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How Women Can Be Assertive (and Lovable)
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Akerman acquires 30 lawyers from dissolving litigation firm
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Dallas Lawyer to Oversee Business at McKool Smith
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Markel murder marks two years
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Appeals Court: Reluctantly, Secret ‘Road Map’ for Prosecutors Exempt from Disclosure
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State High Court Considers Case of the ‘Demon Chipmunk’
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Ex-Baseball Exec Gets 46 Months for Hacking Into Astros Data
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Can We Really Have It All?
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Hands on with watchOS 3.0
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Pokemon disrupts neighborhood
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‘Inappropriate’ tweet prompts social media clampdown at DOJ
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Brett Barna: Hamptons Party Was ‘Good Clean Fun,’ Home Owner Is Just Trying To Pressure Me Into Giving Him More Money
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Walt Disney Accused of Firing Intern Who Objected to Sign Telling Employees To Deny Risk Of Alligators At Florida Property
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Can You Guess What This Person Was Charged With?
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Massachusetts Man Charged With Murder After Fatally Shooting Teenager Who Mistakenly Knocked On The Wrong Door
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Malaysia Airlines strikes secret settlement on anniversary of MH17 crash
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Lawyer making routine list discovered law-firm partner didn’t have law license; sentencing is today
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Police in Cleveland, Dallas, and Milwaukee push back against 'open-carry' gun laws
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Fox News, Ailes in negotiations over exit following sex harassment charges: Report
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Netflix to Air New Episodes of ‘Making a Murderer’
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Judges:
Tampa bankruptcy judge's appointment signals region's heavy caseload
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ABA calls on Turkey to follow rule of law; about 3,000 judges and prosecutors are targeted
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What happens to judicial nominees who never get a vote? Some take a big financial hit
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Supreme Court nominee out in cold as election heats up
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The Supreme Court and political world are more entangled than either acknowledges
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The Award For The Longest Wait Between Nomination To The Supreme Court And Confirmation Goes To…
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Wall Street:
Dow poised for 7th straight record as Microsoft rallies
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US stocks close mixed amid earnings; Dow hits 6th day of record
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Goldman Profit Rebounds, But Trading Underwhelms
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The question isn't whether the market is rigged, but how much
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Layoffs:
Comerica to Cut Workforce by 9%, Close 38 Branches
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Trucking:
Trucking Company Failures on the Rise
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Autos:
VW Emissions Cheating Was Prolonged, Widespread, Suit Alleges
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More States Pile on VW in Emissions Scandal
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VW Diesels Will Never Meet Air Standards
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Tarnished brand doesn’t give consumers right to sue: GM judge
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Retailing:
Sports Authority Accelerates Store Closings Amid Bankruptcy
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Hollywood:
Netflix Just Says No: Relativity Attorney Fees “Shocks The Conscience”; Relativity Fights Back
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Netflix Says Relativity Using Bankruptcy To Duck Arbitration
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Alternative Energy:
Biggest Clean-Power Sale Finds No Buyer for All of SunEdison
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Metals:
Horsehead Investors Battle To Lead Securities Class Claim
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Student Debt:
Student Debt Helps, Not Harms, the U.S. Economy, White House Says
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Why student debt may actually help the U.S. economy
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The Feds Get Caught in the Crossfire Between Students and Debt Collectors
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“It’s like a nightmare that just won’t go away”: The Corinthian Colleges scam demonstrates the madness of student debt
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Economy:
The decades-long, post-war growth of America’s middle class is at an end
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IMF slashes world growth forecasts AGAIN on Brexit curveball
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Is there a recession coming? Here’s how to find out
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Fed's Mission Accomplished? Why No Change?
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Little to show from the Obama economic recovery
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'End Of The Game' Near As Corporate Defaults Surge Across The Globe, Says Expert
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We're Rich! We're Rich! Can Flipping Burgers Save The Economy?
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More than 35,000 Americans reveal their biggest financial weakness
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Proposed Texas textbook describes Mexican-Americans as ‘lazy,’ new coalition works to block it • The 5 Hardest Working Countries On The Planet
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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:
Bankrupt Cherry Creek brokerage faces $6M debt, 3 lawsuits
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Carlyle Goes on Trial for a Financial-Crisis Meltdown
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Mortgage applications drop 1.3%, as refinancing loses some steam
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New York Legislation Requires Lenders to Maintain Abandoned Homes Before Foreclosure
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This is what $1,500 rent gets you in America’s biggest cities
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Republican Party calls for significant changes to housing in 2016
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Municipalities:
Island Crisis Makes South Florida Puerto Ricans A Fast Growing 'Watchdog'
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Puerto Rico debt: rum deal
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The man who accurately predicted 4 market crashes told us the dates when oil prices will fall again
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Oil/Gas:
Magnum Hunter Escapes $22M In Creditor Estate Claims
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Upstream Energy Co. Luca Seeks Ch. 11 Plan
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Private-Equity Firms Pumping Money into Oil Patch
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Oil edges lower ahead of US crude inventory data • Oil Halts Slide Near $45 as U.S. Crude Stockpiles Seen Declining
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Many laid-off oil field workers have left industry behind, survey finds
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Oil is on the verge of equilibrium as output declines slow
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Offshore Oil Storage Rising Due to Price
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Politics:
He Did It • How America got to having Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president of the United States • GOP Picks Trump After Rocky Convention Start • The Case for Donald Trump • Republican Jews struggle with Trump candidacy • The Mistake on the Lake • Ivana Trump accused Donald of 'crying poor' in 1990 • Trump “always takes virtually sole credit for anything good that happens and blames anything bad on ‘losers.’”
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It sure looks like Melania Trump copied her speech from Michelle Obama • Melania Trump Speech Used Same Passages as Michelle Obama’s 2008 Address • Paul Manafort Blames Hillary Clinton for Melania Trump Speech Plagiarism Allegation • GOP Tries to Move On After Plagiarism Accusation • Academics Weigh In: Was it Plagiarism? • RNC official cites 'My Little Pony' to defend Melania Trump
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Donald Trump And Kids Named In $250m Tax Scam
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The Global Spread of Trumpism
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FactCheck: Day One of the RNC
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Where Clinton, Trump Stand on the Economy
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Law Dean Dark Horse For Hillary’s Running Mate
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Sorry America: This is Not What Real Freedom Looks Like
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Distressed Investing:
Fitch: Low Recoveries Possible as Distressed Capital Lags US HY
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Privacy:
Selling customer data in bankruptcy
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Media:
Judge Denies Lawsuit Shield for Gawker’s Nick Denton • Nick Denton: Gawker is falling apart and I'm nearly bankrupt • Gawker founder says 'obviously' he'll have to file for bankruptcy
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Pensions:
ESOP Participants Not Allowed to Sell Shares Under Bankruptcy Plan
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Fraud:
Amanat: Fraud Charges Cloud Entrepreneur’s Self-Described Success Story
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Lawyer goes on trial for alleged false oil-spill claims; prosecutors drop several counts
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Celebs:
6 Celebrities With Startlingly Low Net Worths
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9th Circ. Says Ski Club Can Recover $220M From Ex-Owner
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Mass Torts:
NYCHA Can't Revive Asbestos Removal Bid, 3rd Circ. Says
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Corporate Reform:
The Secret History of Glass-Steagall
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Hedge Funds:
Inside the High-Profile Downfall of a $8 Billion Hedge Fund
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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:
Q2 2016 Business Bankruptcy Filings by Liabilities as a Percentage of Total Filings
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The Historical Trend of Altman Z-Scores for 6 Major U.S. Companies
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The Causes of Household Bankruptcy : The Interaction of Income Shocks and Balance Sheets
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Proofs of Claim:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Reaffirms the Viability of Class Proofs of Claim in PacSun Bankruptcy
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Class Claims Not Categorically Barred in Bankruptcy, Delaware Judge Rules
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Appeals:
District Court Denys Interlocutory Appeal of Protective Order
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Bankruptcy Rules:
Eleventh Circuit Holds Bankruptcy Rules Applicable to Matters on Which the Reference has been Withdrawn to the U.S. District Court
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Chapter 13:
Valuing Assets in Chapter 13
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Cross-Border:
Cross-border restructuring in emerging markets
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Service:
Six Year Delay in Serving a Complaint Is Ok, GM’s Bankruptcy Judge Rule
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Sales:
Second Circuit Imposes Conditions On Bankruptcy Sales Free And Clear Of Successor Liability
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Bankruptcy Sales
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Subordination:
Executive’s Unpaid Stock-Based Compensation Considered an Equity Security by the Court
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Mediation:
“How Do I Get a Bankruptcy Case to Mediate?” Or . . . “How Do I Find Someone to Mediate My ‘Smaller’ Bankruptcy Case?”
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Healthcare:
Only a third of these Obamacare insurers made money on their plans in 2014
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Wow! We REALLY pay a whole lot more for health care than other countries
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Sovereigns:
Tanzania: Govt Dismisses Claims of Bankruptcy
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UK:
IMF cuts UK growth forecasts following Brexit vote • How the IMF Sees Brexit Hitting Global Economic Growth
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When an Asset is not an Asset
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Business Didn’t Really Have a Plan for Brexit Either
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Britain's government is already abandoning the one thing Brexiteers and Tory voters wanted done
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Bank Of England: Brexit might not kill us after all
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How Britain Should Brexit
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Barclays: How Britain's 'DIY recession' is playing out
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Britain is giving up its EU presidency to focus on negotiating a Brexit
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Brexit is sending the London housing market into a tailspin
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AlixPartners advises Store Twenty One on CVA deal with creditors
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PIIGS:
Spain Has No Government But it Still Wants Brexit Refugees
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Turkish turmoil strengthens case for Greek debt relief, says US
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Belgium:
Bankruptcy statistics in Belgium: June 2016
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Argentina:
Gov’t plays down severity of recession
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Chile:
Chile Businesses Think Good Times Are Over. Why so Pessimistic?
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Singapore:
Singapore Seeks U.S. Chapter 11 Prowess in Bankruptcy Reform
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India:
India introduces first bankruptcy law
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Malaysia:
U.S. Set to Seize $1 Billion in Assets Tied to Malaysian Fund 1MDB
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Iceland:
U.S. Funds to Argue Iceland Defaulted on Its Sovereign Claims
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