Law:
Ire Grows At Mid-Market Firms Failing To Match Their Peers
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Am Law 100 Firm Raises Salaries… And Infuriates Associates
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Do Associate Salary Raises Trickle Down?
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Seeking Equal Pay for Women, Sedgwick Partner Sues Her Firm
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How Diverse Is the Legal Industry?
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The Best Midsize And Boutique Law Firms To Work For
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These law firms are named the best for women
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Reports Of Chaos At Day 1 Of The D.C. Bar Exam • On Final Day of Bar Exam: Frustration, Relief, Drinking Plans
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Taking the Bar Exam? Don’t Study, Finish Early
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This Is Why We Don’t Let Students Run Law Schools
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Dare to Bare It at the Office?
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The Latest Revelations In The Dan Markel Murder Case
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Bankruptcy Attorney, Replacement Both Get Suspended
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The Best Midsize And Boutique Law Firms To Work For
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9th Circ. Wants Calif. Justices' Input In Heller Dispute
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Suit alleges law firm didn’t pay promised bonuses because of free-spending CEO
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How Advanced Technologies Are Helping Litigators Win Cases
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Firms stop workers from working for competitors. States are fighting back.
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The End of the Freddie Gray Prosecutions: No Convictions
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Over 70% of workers are unaware that the First Amendment doesn't protect them from getting fired over dumb social media posts
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Law Firm Sues 20-Year-Old Waitress Over Unflattering Yelp, Facebook Reviews
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TX: $3M Lottery Winner Invested It in Meth
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Amal rumor mill in overdrive: Doughty Street barrister is ‘pregnant’ and/or to become ‘full-time fashion creator’
A Belch in Gym Class. Then Handcuffs and a Lawsuit.
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Which movie lawyer are you? Take our quiz
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Wall Street:
Wall Street set for higher open as optimism about earnings takes hold
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European stocks wobble as avalanche of earnings reports rolls in
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Stocks close mixed after Fed; Apple posts best day in 2 years
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Layoffs:
National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:
This is what it's like when the 1% go to jail, according to a couple that ministers to their families
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Media:
Gawker’s Denton Tries Again to Halt $140 Million Court Judgment • Gawker's Denton Gets Breathing Space For Hogan Appeal • Gawker’s Denton Wins Short Halt to $140 Million Hulk Verdict
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Healthcare:
Hospital CEO says health care system broken, favors Medicare for all
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7 hospital bankruptcies so far in 2016
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Stringer: Public Hospitals Deficit to Jump to $515 Million by 2020
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Retailing:
Never mind Bullock’s — Target is the future of dying malls
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Sports Authority plans to pay top executives $2.85 million in bankruptcy bonuses
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Claire's banking on back-to-school sales to avoid bankruptcy
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Hastings Can’t Find A Date, Kmart Finds The Rumor Mill
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Gambling:
Caesars Unit Bondholders Seek Sanctions Against Apollo
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Toys:
Toys ‘R’ Us Extends Debt Swap Early Deadline for Noteholders
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Aviation:
Boeing Reports First Quarterly Loss in 7 Years
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The Little Airline That Couldn’t
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Compensation:
CEO Pay: $122 Million for Failure
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Autos:
Volkswagen Reports 56% Drop in After-Tax Profit
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Fiat Chrysler ending car production in US
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Mining:
Anglo-American Posts Steep First-Half Loss
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Debt Collection:
Why you could soon face fewer calls from debt collectors
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CFPB Unveils Overhaul of Debt Collection • We’re working to improve fairness and transparency in the debt collection market for you • Regulators propose huge overhaul of debt collection industry
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Economy:
Durable Goods Orders Fell 4% in June
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Federal Reserve is Rethinking Everything
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Fed: Rates to Stay Unchanged for Months
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Can the World Deal With a New Bank Crisis?
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S&P: $10.3T of Corporate Debt Set to Mature Over Next 5 years
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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:
Pending home sales eke out 0.2% gain in June
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Colony case: Close to closure?
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Housing Prices Have Finally, Fully Recovered
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Leases: How About Those Attorneys’ Fees?
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Affordability constraints hold back pending home sales
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Cash sales this year lowest start since 2008
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Municipalities:
Virgin Islands Echoes Puerto Rico as Utility’s Bonds Cut to Junk
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Atlantic City May Default Without State Aid, Moody’s Says • Moody’s: AC likely to default Monday
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Oil/Gas:
Oil tumbles 2 pct after unexpected U.S. crude, gasoline stock build • Here’s the key factor pushing oil prices toward $35 a barrel • Oil Near Three-Month Lows as Stocks Accumulate
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Oil nears a fresh bear market: 5 things to watch
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Crude Rally Unwinds Completely – Expect $40 Oil
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Oil Industry About To Be Burned Again By Fall In Oil Prices
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The Oil-Price Recovery Is Drowning in Gasoline
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Plentiful supply pressuring oil prices • Petroleum stockpiles grow despite strong demand
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Oil companies cutting their way to profits, report says
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Twin Butte Energy's Angry Creditors Hire Help for Better Deal
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Atlas Resource Partners Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy • Atlas Resource Partners Enters Bankruptcy With Debt-Cut Plan • First Day Dec
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Oil producer Halcon Resources files for bankruptcy protection • Halcon Resources, US Oil Explorer, Files for Bankruptcy • First Day Dec
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Judge moves to end Sabine Oil's bitter bankruptcy
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False Sense Of Hope Was Raised For Linn Investors
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Weatherford loses $565M despite massive job cuts
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Shell Earnings Tumble to 11-Year Low on Oil, Weaker Refining
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Swiber to wind up, biggest Singapore casualty of oil slump
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Judge moves to end Sabine Oil's bitter bankruptcy • Sabine To Win Approval Of Chapter 11 Plan
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Politics:
Mayor of Detroit jabs Trump with bankruptcy joke • Donald Trump breaks silence on student debt • Bloomberg Calls Donald Trump a Con Man • Can Donald Trump win? 'Anything is possible,' Obama tells Savannah Guthrie • Donald Trump Wanted a ‘Showbiz’ Convention. Hillary Clinton Got One. • Three-fourths of evangelicals support Donald Trump. Blame the "prosperity gospel." • Trump invites Russian hackers to find Clinton's missing emails • Trump's Nationalist Appeal Fades When He Starts Winking at Putin • Donald Trump Tells NBC's Katy Tur to "Be Quiet" • Trump: Baltimore prosecutor in Freddie Gray case 'ought to prosecute herself' • No plans to release tax returns as pressure mounts, Trump aide says
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‘Someday a woman will be president’ T-shirts banned by Walmart in 1995 for offending ‘family values’ • Whatever your politics, a woman winning a presidential nomination is a hugely important milestone • Supporters nervous Clinton won’t carry Pennsylvania • Elizabeth Warren Calls VP Pick Tim Kaine 'Valuable' for Clinton Team • Obama to Seek to Define Legacy While Making Case for Clinton • Hillary Clinton is telling the truth to white working-class voters. She might be better off lying
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Hillary Clinton’s Legal Career On Display At The DNC
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Democrats Ignored Cybersecurity Warnings Before Theft
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Hero Ex-City Councilman Charged With Stealing DNC Parking Passes and Food Vouchers
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Bill Clinton Recalls Budding Love at Yale Law
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The villain of both conventions: Goldman Sachs
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Bernie Sanders Knocks the Convention Dead with speech attacking the 1%
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Education:
How Clinton’s ‘Free College’ Could Cause a Cascade of Problems
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For-profit blames accreditor scrutiny ripple effect for closure
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Involuntary Bankruptcies:
Bankruptcy Court Freezes Settlements In Charter Bus Crash Lawsuit
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Coal:
Peabody reaches coal mine cleanup deal with three U.S. states
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Peabody seeks leniency on cleanup during bankruptcy
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Illinois Looking for Better Deal in Coal Cleanup?
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Peabody Energy agrees to $32M ‘superpriority’ claim for NM coal mine cleanup
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Food/Beverage:
Analyst Warns of Restaurant Downturn
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Italian restaurant chain files again for bankruptcy
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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 (73 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (34 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes (pick year from drop down list) - 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:
June 2016 Bankruptcy Filings Down 6.9 Percent
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8 Well Know Companies That May Not Survive
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Avoidance Actions:
U.S. judge revives $6B intentional fraud claim in Lyondell bankruptcy
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Sales:
The Second Circuit Articulates Standard For Determining Scope of Free and Clear Sale Provision and Highlights Procedural Due Process Concerns That Bear on Enforcement
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Are Buyers of Assets Acquired from Debtors in Section 363 Bankruptcy Sales Protected from Debtors’ Product Liability Claims?
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You Can’t Buy Me Love and You Can’t Buy a 363(f) Order
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Did Bankruptcy Reform Inflict the Rise in Structured Finance?
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Distressed Investing:
Risky Debt Looks Easy. It Isn't
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Distressed debt diva Lynn Tilton on ‘unfair’ SEC trial: ‘You don’t believe it could happen’
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Celebs:
Abby Lee Miller Gives an Update on Bankruptcy Fraud Charges: "I Made Mistakes Along the Way"
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Fraud:
Fund Lawyer Who Worked With Goldman Holds 1MDB Clues, U.S. Says
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Music:
SFX Entertainment Eyes Reorg Plan, Handing Equity to DIP Loan Lenders
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Insurance:
Insurer’s Coverage Denial Relieves Policyholder’s Obligation to Obtain Consent to Settlement
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UK:
Minister says rise in Scots going bankrupt goes against longer-term trend
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Number of people going insolvent jumps more than one fifth
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Another post-Brexit economic survey shows a collapse in activity — this time in retail
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Boss of bankrupt budget holiday firm Low Cost Holidays warns more travel agents could collapse
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Brexit Hitting UK Economy Hard
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Increase in insolvency figures expected
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PIIGS:
Households on the Hook for Italy's Next Bailout
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Isolux Creditors Agree $2.2 Billion Debt-Restructuring Deal
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Canada:
No benefits, no raises: Judge says no to any changes at the former Stelco • Steelworkers' benefits decision postponed in U.S. Steel Canada bankruptcy hearing
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Canada’s biggest residential landlord is the most shorted company in North America
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Publisher Torstar cuts dividend as loss widens, advertising down
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Alberta to audit coal mines to ensure there's money for cleanup
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Canada’s Suncor Energy Swings to Loss on Production Cuts from Wildfires, Low Oil Prices
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MENA:
Egypt asks IMF for $12 billion loan amid struggling economy
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Brazil:
Oi Investor Tanure Escalates Board Spat With Court Filing
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Aurelius Said to Amass Oi Stock as Bankruptcy Battle Deepens
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South Korea:
Ex-CEO of Daewoo Shipbuilding indicted over accounting fraud
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India:
Global Investors Say Lower Prices on Indian Stressed Debt Needed
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Indian junk's strange allure has investors in a stupor
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Singapore:
Swiber’s Wind-Up Flags Rising Risks Singapore Bondholders Face
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New Singapore rules designed to reduce number of bankruptcies
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