Law:
ATL’s Top Law Firm Bankruptcy Practices
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Former Dewey leader rethinks pro se plan for retrial, retains new defense lawyer
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In Colorado, the number of practicing female lawyers drops sharply each decade, report says
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Solving Biglaw’s Gender Gap
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GC Says Less is More in Legal Memos
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Shell Starts Scouting for a New Legal Ops Center
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Texas Supreme Court Allows $1.29M Legal Mal Case Against DLA Piper
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"The Rise of Independent Legal Contractors in Today's 'Gig' Economy"
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Real Lawyers v. Cyborgs (Part 3)
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Many of the most-profitable law firms have little presence on Twitter
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A ‘seismic shift’ in Texas: BigLaw shops raid local firms for top talent and big bucks follow
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Law Student Turns To Sugar Daddies For Financial Help, Graduates Law School Debt-Free
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Report: Harvard Law Prof Hid Far Left Views To Chair Hiring Committee And 'Heavily Influence Hiring Critical Race Theorists'
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Missouri Law School Dean Resigns Day After Lawsuit Filed Seeking Public Records Of Law Prof Running For Attorney General
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Beyond Biglaw: Small-Firm Interview Tips (Part 1)
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Battle Over Service Dog At Law School Graduation
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Country Lawyers Feeling Good About Their Life Choices
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Indiana law partnership closes after 100 years
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In-House: The Devils You Know
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Drew Peterson guilty of seeking contract hit on prosecutor in murder case
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Tulsa Reserve Deputy Gets 4 Years in Prison for "Inadvertent" Shooting of Unarmed Man
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If We Are Going To Have Zoos, They HAD TO Shoot That Gorilla • Gorilla Boy's Family Probed by Authorities
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The First Memorial Day
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Prosecutors are trying to seize the San Bernardino shooter's $250,000 life insurance payment
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Blind man sues McDonald's for refusing him drive-thru service
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Car Intentionally Runs Over Couple on Motorcycle
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Ex-lawyer found a new career as a pastry chef while in prison
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Judges:
Judge exceeded authority by ordering ethics classes for possibly 3,000 DOJ lawyers, brief says • Justice Dept. pushes back against Texas judge's sanctions
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Donald Trump’s smear campaign against a federal judge, explained
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5-Year-Old Mexican Farm Worker Grows Up to Be US Federal Bankruptcy Judge
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Alabama Judge Preaches States' Rights, Till He Disagrees With His State
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Judge’s ‘bizarre and disturbing behavior’ entitles med-mal plaintiffs to new trial
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Gender Dynamics At SCOTUS? Female Justices Interrupted More Often Than Male Justices
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Trump's sister likes EPA better than he does
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Judge Manipulated 9/11 Attacks Case
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures drop as investors stay stuck in a waiting game
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Stocks close mixed as oil slips
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Layoffs:
When 87,000 Job Cuts Isn't Enough
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Accounting:
SEC targets companies that use make-believe accounting metrics in their financial statements • Here’s how investors are duped each earnings season
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Retailing:
Austin Reed to Be Liquidated After Failure to Find a Buyer
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Retailers are already nervous about Christmas
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Abercrombie & Fitch expected to benefit from overlap with bankrupt teen retailers
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Fall of Sports Authority reignites fight over Mile High name • Denver Broncos Look to Take Sports Authority Name Off Mile High
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Under Armour cut its guidance because it didn't see The Sports Authority bankruptcy coming
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Sports Authority picks Melville-based A&G Realty Partners to sell store leases
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What Went Wrong At Target?
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JC Penney Eyes $2B Leveraged Loan to Refinance Existing Debt
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Student Debt:
There's an app for paying back your student loan
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Advisors:
Jefferies hires two restructuring investment bankers
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M&A Dealmaker Spotlight: Andrew Miller, Senior Managing Director, Financial Restructuring Houlihan Lokey
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Alternative Energy:
Which Solar Companies Will Benefit Most From SunEdison's Bankruptcy ?
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Electricity:
Energy Future Holdings Chapter 11 Case – The Largest Game Ever of Texas Hold’em?
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Fraud:
N.Y. Mets owners reach revised deal with Madoff trustee
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Autos:
VW Profits Down 20% in 1Q on Scandal
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Shipping:
A Protective Method for the Vessel Owners Following the Collapse of O.W. Bunker: The Second Circuit Approval of Interpleader Actions in Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft V.U.S. Oil Trading LLC
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Failing Shipbuilders
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Lessons from the Rise and Fall of STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
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STX Offshore court rehabilitation
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Hyundai Heavy's self-rescue plan approved
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Hyundai Merchant Marine Secures Debt Rollover
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Daewoo Shipbuilding to cut wages, sell assets to stay afloat: report
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Economy:
Consumer confidence lowest since late 2015
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Consumers boost spending by most in nearly 7 years
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U.S. Economic Confidence Index Improves Slightly
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Why Everyone Disagrees on the Economy
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'Act now or risk another deep downturn,' OECD warns
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There's Little Positive About Negative Rates
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Small business job growth declines in May: IHS-Paychex
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The Quiet Worker Recovery
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Texas manufacturers post weakest month in a year
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Many millennials expect to work until they die
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Study Shatters Myth That Millionaires Migrate To Low Tax States
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US companies issued a massive $517 billion of debt last year — but it's not a problem
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Death rate in US rises for first time in a decade NYT
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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:
City by city look at U.S. house prices shows every metro gaining ground
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Salt Lake City Landlord to Tenants: If You Don't "Like" (On FB) Living Here, You Can Leave
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Mortgage applications drop 4.1% over Fed rate uncertainty
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SEC fines First Mortgage $12.7M, bans 6 execs for defrauding Ginnie Mae investors
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Municipalities:
The Puerto Rico rescue we need
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Puerto Rico Has Already Been 'Berned' By Sanders' Policies
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How bad deal will make life worse in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico , Illinois And California: Public Pension Dominoes
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Puerto Rico's born-again farmers dig for victory in island's debt battle
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Puerto Rico faces colonial-style takeover to ease debt
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Is Your State the Next Puerto Rico ?
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DPS bankruptcy , Flint water focus at Mackinac conference
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Illinois Heads for Year Two Sans Budget as Compromise Collapses
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Oil/Gas:
Gasoline prices hit highest point of 2016 as demand spikes • Driving Season Could Jolt Oil To $60 Driving Season Could Jolt Oil To $60
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Oil heads for fourth straight monthly gain
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U.S. March oil demand rises 2 percent year-on-year -EIA
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Why We Need $120 Oil
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Dana Gas CEO Expects ‘Bumpy Road’ for Oil as Shale Sets Floor
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Investors Beware: These 3 Oil Companies Could Go Bankrupt
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Some Energy Fallen Angels Find Their Wings
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Brazil’s Corruption Probe Likely to Expand to Other Petrobras Suppliers
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Residents to start return to fire damaged Canadian oil city
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Scotiabank profit falls 12%, hurt by energy loans
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The Offshore Oil Business Is Crippled And It May Never Recover
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Why the Oil Majors Face Inevitable Decline Why the Oil Majors Face Inevitable Decline
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Court ruling could cast shadow over Brazil offshore oil sector
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S&P: Distress Ratio Eases as Oil & Gas Issues Exit Sample
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With oil near $50, Wyoming oil companies dust off drilling plans
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BP Oil Cargoes in Limbo at Terminal as Venezuela Can’t Pay its Bills
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Politics:
A Word of Advice for Hillary Clinton • Fact-checking Hillary Clinton on her email statements • How much of the pro-Sanders vote is really anti-Clinton? • Jerry Brown endorses Hillary Clinton • Clinton’s lead over Trump may be bigger than you think • Clinton Aide Declines To Answer Questions About Email Server
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Legal Community Shuns Trump in Campaign Contributions • Where Did Donald Trump Send Veterans' Millions? • Why One Bernie Supporter Is Tempted to Vote for Trump • The myth of Teflon Trump • How Donald Trump could win • Trump Fact Check: "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles." • Trump Gave Millions to Vet Groups AFTER Media Report Questioning Donations • Trump to Media: How Dare You Question Me
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Is a mystery anti-Trump candidate about to enter 2016 race?
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Poll: Voters feel disconnected despite 2016 campaign passion
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The alliance between Big Business and the Republican party is in shambles
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The real reason people want Elizabeth Warren for VP • Trump: Elizabeth Warren Is An 'Ineffective' Woman With A 'Big Mouth'
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Kristol Eyes Conservative Lawyer David French for Independent Presidential Run
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M&A:
Cheap Money: Goldman's $8 Billion Debt Assist
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Turnarounds:
Turnaround triage
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Coal:
The US coal industry is in a futile war - Report
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Donald Trump Talks Energy Policy, Proposes To Cripple The U.S. Coal Industry
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Pensions:
Pension Funds Pile on the Risk Just to Get a Reasonable Return
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Ex-CEO of CalPERS Sentenced to Prison
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Travel:
The best cell phone options to consider when traveling
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Tobacco:
Smoking bans around the world are killing the tobacco industry
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Healthcare:
Borrowers Request Approval for Sale to HCA Holdings
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HCA agrees to buy Forest Park hospital in Dallas for $135 million
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UnitedHealth to exit California's Obamacare market
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Compensation:
Bonus Compensation Clawbacks Are New Norm
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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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Valuation:
Finance And Law: The Pros And Cons Of Monte Carlo Simulations In Valuation
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SCOTUS:
Justices reject union appeal over Trump Taj Mahal bankruptcy
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Interest:
Secured Creditors Must Be Diligent to Protect Post-Petition Interest and Costs
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Critical Vendors:
Impact of Critical Vendor Payments … More Critical Than Ever
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Insurance:
Are you Covered? The Insured v. Insured Exclusion
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Securing Lender Access to Insurance Proceeds in Bankruptcy
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Mediation:
6 Reasons Why Bankruptcy Mediation is a Process, Not a One-and-Done Session: Part Six — Differing Priorities
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Aviation:
Republic Airways lands key deal with United Airlines
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Education:
For-profit college students earn less than before they enrolled, study suggests
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Trump University case shows consequences of court secrecy
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Unsealed Trump University documents reveal aggressive sales tactics
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New York attorney general slams Donald Trump's 'phony' and 'shameless' Trump University the same day hundreds of pages of internal documents were unsealed
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Trump University employees were encouraged to be vague about prices when soliciting new members
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Here's the song Trump University sales people were instructed to play during seminars
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Trump U Workers Call the School a Lie, Scheme
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Fraud:
Ashland man in TelexFree case seeks to suppress evidence
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
ID: Rigby Man Sentenced for Bankruptcy Fraud
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Chemicals:
Vertellus Files Ch. 11; Lenders to Buy Assets for $454M Credit Bid
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Sovereigns:
A Venezuelan default could be messier than Argentina’s
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UK:
Rescue Culture or Rogues’ Charter – Is Proposal A Step Too Far?
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Barclays Banker Charged With Passing Inside Information to Plumber
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Britain's property prices are going to crash because homes are becoming unaffordable
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OECD warns Brexit could send shocks through global markets
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EU:
Europe Still Has Work to Do on Jobs
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PIIGS:
It’s not just Brexit — Greece, Spain, France are also on the brink
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Greece, Creditors Closer to Completion of Bailout Program Review • Greece and Creditors Spar Over Legislation Changes
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Canada:
Insolvency rate jumps 43.5% in Alberta
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Second phase of Essar Steel Algoma sale and investment process is done
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The Impact of Bankruptcy Reform on Insolvency Choice and Consumer Credit
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Australia:
Could Banks Down Under Go Under?
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Dick Smith’s digital resurrection and lessons for those buying trademarks out of bankruptcy
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Russia:
Russia's Mechel secures $5bn debt restructuring with shareholders
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Russia's hard times aren't over yet
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MENA:
Oil Change: Affluent Saudi Arabia Goes to Work
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China:
Chart shows China’s debt bubble bigger than subprime bubble
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China could be about to plunge us all into a world of pain
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Corporate China Does Not Make Money
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China official May manufacturing PMI unchanged from April, ahead of forecasts
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South Korea:
Does Korea Have Any Appropriate Plan For Shipbuilding Sector Restructuring?
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Ukraine:
Ukraine's Defense: Russian Suit Part of a "Broader Strategy of Aggression"
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India:
Global Funds See More Pain for Indian Banks After S&P Downgrade
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