July 20, 2016

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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
(10 new opinions today - DBN)

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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
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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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