Law:
Salary Movement Trickles Down To Midwest Mainstay
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Elizabeth Warren Was A Tough Law Professor, Just Ask Joe Kennedy
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Prominent Restructuring Duo Join Skadden's Restructuring Practice in New York
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What skills do new lawyers need now—and what can wait? Database lets you search for answers
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An appeal from lawyer sentenced for wearing Black Lives Matter pin
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How much do lawyers working in solo practice actually earn?
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Amid Rent Debt, Bankruptcy Firm Seeks Chapter 11 Protection
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Facing A Decline In Enrollment, Law School Seeks Federal Loan For Some Debt Relief
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Laptops And Law Students: A Bad Combo?
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Cornerstone Research: First Half Securities Suit Filings at Highest Level in Years
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What 'Hamilton' teaches lawyers about framing a story
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Ashurst exits continue as CFO quits
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If You Really Want To Open The Legal Marketplace, Let Solo And Small Firm Lawyers Compete
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Once lawyers know how to improve the situation, we no longer have an excuse for tolerating the status quo
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Cory Booker & Perils of Eloquence - Implications for Trial Lawyers' Stylistics
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Democracy And Law Firm Leadership
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Finance And Law: Recessions And Lawsuits
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$33M Legal Malpractice Suit Against Womble Carlyle Ends 'Amicably,' Lawyer Says
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Florida Judge Gives Money Launderers A ‘How-To Guide’ To Getting Around Money Laundering Charges
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Amal Clooney To Quit Practicing Law?
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Lawyer Accuses Former Firm of Refusing to Pay Owed Bonuses So Its President Could Buy Private Jet
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The 6 types of lawyer movies
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Panel issues guidance on best-lawyer advertising
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Many Lawyers Aren't Worried About Retirement - They Just Plan To Keep Working
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A black man playing 'Pokemon Go' was surrounded by Iowa City officers with guns aimed at him
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Shootout Erupts When Alleged Robbers Target Pokémon Go Players With Gun
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Judge Orders Makeover for Alleged Robber With Nazi Tattoos
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Mayor de Blasio under investigation for Long Island College Hospital sale
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Will California Attorney Be Disciplined for Racist Comments?
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TX AG Took Gift While Investigating Company
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Judges:
Drug smuggler pleads guilty for retaliating against judge by filing involuntary bankruptcy
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Judge declares on Facebook his intent to ban plea bargains in assaults against police
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7th Circuit orders new sentence after judge’s remarks on urban decay, riots and fatherhood
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Two judges, best friends, bonded by gift of life
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Pennsylvania judge resigns, attorney cites misconduct probe
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures rise, led higher by Apple
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Stocks close flat as investors monitor company earnings
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Layoffs:
Shell to cut 25 percent of deep-water Gulf jobs
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eBay to shed 2,400 jobs
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Caterpillar Inc. expects more layoffs after disappointing second quarter
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The high cost of layoffs, for workers and companies
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Auctioneers: Bid Expected For Stadium Naming Rights By End Of Week • 'Indications of interest' in buying out Sports Authority's Broncos stadium naming contract
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Attorneys Recast Retail Deal After Sports Authority Bankruptcy
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Sports Authority Top-Executive Bonuses Draw Fire in Bankruptcy
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Under Armour's Profit Tumbles As Sports Authority Bankruptcy Takes Toll
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Liquidator’s deadline for Mile High stadium naming rights passes without a lead bidder
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Aeropostale’s Sycamore Rift Goes to Trial as Vote Proceeds
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Vivarte Loans Said to Fall After Hiring Debt-Restructure Expert
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Under Armour Can Learn From Sports Authority
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Fishing:
Condo, vehicle creditors seek relief in Great Pacific bankruptcy
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Bondholders suffer from Singapore-listed China Fishery's bankruptcy bid
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Pensions:
Detroit Was Just the Beginning: The Crisis of City Pension Systems
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The Pension Crisis Is Coming For All of Us
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Why Pensions’ Last Defense Is Eroding
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Celebs:
Why Media Companies And Celebrities 'Go Broke'
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Billionaire who went bust is out of jail and still owes millions
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Distressed Investing:
Cash Wave Pointed Toward Junk Bonds
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BlueMountain Distressed Debt Head Said to Exit Amid Losses
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Pimco, Prudential Say Next Big Buy in Junk Is the U.S. Consumer
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Compensation:
CEOs Are Paid Fortunes Just to Be Average
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Coal:
How Coal Industry Bankruptcies Could Hurt the Environment
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Alpha Natural Resources Successfully Emerges From Bankruptcy
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Autos:
VW Judge Signs Off on $14B Emissions Settlement • VW Owners Might Keep Driving Dirty Diesels After Settlement • The Only Winners in VW's Mess: Owners
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Lawyers Restart GM Ignition Switch Litigation
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Insurance:
Driverless Cars Threaten to Crash Insurers’ Earnings
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Economy:
Fed may edge closer to rate hike
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Sizing Up Clinton and Trump's Economic Plans • At Democratic Convention, Economic Messages Reveal Tensions
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Consumer Credit Default Rates Steady in June
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US Factory Towns Stop the Bleeding
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Maybe Negative Yields Are a Sign of Prosperity
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Economists Give Up on Milton Friedman's Biggest Idea
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A Professor Explains How the Fed Made a Huge Mistake With Lehman
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Caterpillar’s outlook is the gloomiest so far this earnings season
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Hillary Clinton Committed to ‘New Approach’ on Trade Deal, Not Tweaks, Aide Podesta Says
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Clinton wants to change capital gains taxes
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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:
The Housing Market Continues to Cool
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One Woman's 10-Year Fight to Save Her Family From Foreclosure
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U.S. Home-Price Increases Maintained Strong Pace in May
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How Much House Do Americans Really Own?
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico: Congress and Supreme Court Shape a Path Towards Financial Recovery
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Supreme Court Nixes Puerto Rico Insolvency Law, but Congress Legislates New Path
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Hatch to Lead Congressional Task Force on Puerto Rico Growth
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How Many Mayors Can Puerto Rico Afford?
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Junk-rated U.S. municipalities shine brighter with record low rates
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66ers ball club seeks handout from bankrupt San Bernardino
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Oil/Gas:
Oil , Gas Companies Tighten Cash Flow at Expense of Future Growth
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Oil industry can be its own worst enemy
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Why Oil Prices Are On A Crash Course This Fall
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Energy Companies Buy Time by Paying Debt Interest With More Debt
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Do rig counts still matter?
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Will Falling Oil Crater the Stock Market?
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Oil prices fall to 3-month lows • Slow Panic: Oil Drops 2% As U.S. Stockpiles Continue to Grow • Oil heads back to $30/bbl and probably lower • Crude Falls Again As Short Positions Surge • Oil falls close to three-month low as oversupply weighs • Low Oil Prices Kill Off 7 Billion Barrels Of Oil Production • Morgan Stanley Predicts Plummeting Oil Prices - $35 Likely
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Texas oil job cuts eased in June, economist says
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BP 2nd-quarter earnings fall 45 percent
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Valero’s profits tumble 40 percent in 2nd quarter
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Anadarko posts $700 million loss — and that’s an improvement
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Schlumberger: Global Supply Deficit Likely If Demand Growth Continues
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Paragon Offshore Lenders Want Privileged Settlement Docs
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Emerald Oil Moves Closer to Bankruptcy Sale
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Intervention May Be Close To Resolving Lender Dismissal Row
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Energy Investor Atinum Hits Ch. 11 After $365M Debt Default
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In Venezuela's murky oil industry, the deal that went too far
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Valero's Unflattering Imitation of Big Oil
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Oil Bulls Headed Over Demand Cliff
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U.S. Oil-Train Boom Is Ending
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Statoil falls to loss, cuts capital expenditure
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Going, going, gone: Oil and gas auctions reflect industry woes
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Oil Majors Lost One Engine; Now The Second One Is Sputtering
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Politics:
Donald Trump's Atlantic City Record Attacked on Day One of DNC • At DNC, striking Taj Mahal workers say A.C.'s plight could spread if Trump elected • There’s One Person Donald Trump Did Not Try to Mess With: Michelle Obama • Guess Who's Clothing Line is Made in China? • What Exactly Was Donald Trump Saying About Cory Booker? • Pro-Trump Singing Kids To Sue Trump Campaign For Reneging On Deal •
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Sanders Supporters, Your Shouting Will Not Protect You • Sanders to revert to independent for rest of Senate term • The DNC Is Very, Very Sorry for Those Mean Things They Said About Bernie
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Hillary Clinton Officially Becomes First Woman to Win Major Party Nomination • Hillary Clinton’s Historic Moment Divides Generations of Women • Democrats Launch Operation Humanize Hillary • Bill Clinton's Lapse Into Trumpism • Biggest Names in GOP Backing Clinton •Democratic Machine Chose Clinton Long Ago. But Why? • Millennials can’t stand Clinton — and plan to vote for her
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Wikileaks DNC Email Dump: The Worst of the Worst Listed • The Inside Battle to Oust Wasserman Schultz • Perkins Coie lawyer’s ‘push back’ advice on Bernie Sanders is in emails revealed by WikiLeaks • DNC Lawyers Now Implicated in Email Leaks as Giving 'Pro-Hillary' Advice
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Did Slaves Really Build The White House? • Bill O'Reilly: Actually, the Slaves Who Built the White House Had It Pretty Good
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Elizabeth Warren: Donald Trump’s Divisive Tactics Empower Those At The Top • Elizabeth Warren’s devastating Trump hit: She drew a straight line from Jim Crow to Donald Trump • Warren Heckled, Booed During DNC Speech
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Bill Clinton's speech made Hillary human again
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Healthcare:
Bankrupt hospital company accuses Texas tribe of fraud
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HI: Embattled medevac firm files bankruptcy
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BIND Therapeutics Announces Two Bidders Join Pfizer’s Stalking Horse Bid in Auction for BIND’s Assets • BIND Therapeutics Determines Pfizer’s $40 Million Bid Is Highest and Best
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Chemicals:
David Einhorn Bets Citron Research Is Wrong About Chemours Being Designed For Bankruptcy
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Museums:
For Museums, the Road to Insolvency Can Be Paved With Huge Checks
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Student Debt:
Good News On Student Loans ... For Some
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Banking:
Deutsche Bank profit tumbles 98% • Deutsche Bank's Pain Turns Chronic
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Fraud:
Deloitte Resigns as 1MDB Auditor • Malaysia won’t shield its citizens from foreign 1MDB investigations
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Judge shrinks Madoff trustee $905 mln lawsuit vs Florida firm
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Mass Torts:
Insurance payouts frozen in bus settlement case
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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 (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (42 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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Unfair Trade Practices:
Bankruptcy Court Rejects Unfair-Practices Claim Against Insurer Accused of Aiding and Abetting Conversion of Trust Funds
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Tax:
Are Those Taxes Owing On Your Late-Filed Tax Return Dischargeable? Maybe, But You Better Be In The Right Circuit
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DBSI Trustee Wants IRS To Return All Ponzi Funds
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Bankruptcy Alternatives:
Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors: Stay of Litigation
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Appeals:
Back to Square One … Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Reverses Motion to Dismiss Bankruptcy Case Based on Reversal of Three Year Old Ruling
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Trustees:
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Doesn’t Answer in Syntax-Brillian , Denying Motion to Remove Trustee
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Prepacks:
3 Tips For Acing A Prepackaged Ch. 11
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Cross-Border:
Brazilian Telecom Company Oi Wins U.S. Court Protection
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Avoidance Actions:
Judge Allows Tyson's $13.7M Claim in Quantum Bankruptcy
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Quantum Foods: The Intersection of Preference Litigation and Administrative Claims
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Professional Compensation:
Oaktree, Paul Hastings Battle Over $5M Molycorp Legal Tab
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Chapter 13:
Chapter 13 Plans are Just About Written in Stone
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Sales:
2nd Circ. GM Ruling Shows Value Of Debtor's Disclosures
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Inadequate Notice Limits "Free and Clear" Sales in Bankruptcy
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Settlements:
Eleventh Circuit Permits Lower Court Judgment to Be Vacated After Settlement
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Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split Over Structured Dismissals
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Sanctions:
"As A Result Of Respondent's Conduct, The Bankruptcy Court And Opposing Party Were Required To Endure A Proceeding Which Was Groundless"
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Food/Beverage:
Coming recession could be ‘worst ever’ for restaurant stocks
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Hotels:
New York investor asks judge to toss Hammons Hotels bankruptcy , allow lawsuit to proceed
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Property of the Estate:
Easy Come, Alter Ego Go: Creditors Lose Standing to Pursue Debtor’s Shareholders and Directors
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:
When a "Golden Share Veto" is Trumped by Federal Public Policy
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Receivers:
Unauthorized Transfers of Receivership Property: Void, Voidable or Ok?
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Proofs of Claim:
Against the Grain: Bankruptcy Court Allows FDCPA Claim to Proceed Despite Res Judicata Argument
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Mediation:
What Should be the Mediator’s Role in Documenting a Settlement Agreement?
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UK:
Goldman Rapped in U.K. for ‘Authority Without Accountability’ in Soured Deal
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The Conduct of the Likes of Sir Philip Green Is an Affront to Every Hardworking Business Owner in This Country • UK lawmakers blame Philip Green for BHS collapse • Sir Philip Green is threatening legal action against the chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of BHS • 'Too much leverage': Internal memos on Goldman Sachs' losing performance on the doomed BHS pension plan • How the BHS pension fund collapsed while Sir Philip Green made £307 million • How the BHS pension fund collapsed while Sir Philip Green made £307 million
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UK PM May concerned by lawmakers' damning report on BHS
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UK retailers saw biggest fall in sales in 4 years after Brexit vote
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Think the Brexit Shock is Over?
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If they’re lucky, British millennials will barely earn more than Generation X in their lifetimes
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PIIGS:
ie: Gibraltar-based Enterprise Insurance 'hopelessly insolvent '
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Greek Finance Ministry Denies Allegations that Prolonged Negotiations Inflated State Debt
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Canada:
Largest shareholder in Sault Star parent company wants to buy steel mill
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Alberta takes legal action against power companies’ secret, ‘Enron clause’ to protect consumers
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Brazil:
Record bankruptcies pressure Brazil banks as recession bites
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Brazil Court Names Judicial Administrator for Oi
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Oi seeks large debt cut, $1 bln cash from creditors, Globo says
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China:
Steel firm and creditors see no love lost in public battle
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Japan:
A Quick Guide to Japan's Government Debt
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MENA:
UAE- Call to expedite bankruptcy law will help SMEs
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An Overview of the UAE Insolvency Regime and its Effectiveness
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Singapore:
Changes to bankruptcy laws to kick in Aug 1 • New bankruptcy system to foster rehabilitative environment to bankrupts
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Russia:
Is it possible to Restructure in Russia?
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