Law:

NY To $190K: What Should The New Biglaw Pay Scale Look Like?
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Gender Bias Suit Against Mintz Levin Moves Forward
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Richards Kibbe & Orbe Adds Veteran Bankruptcy Partner In NY
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Saul Ewing Adds Bankruptcy Partner In NJ
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Origination credit is shunned at law firm of former Schiff Hardin lawyers
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Biglaw Partner Benchslapped: ‘If You Can’t Focus… Sit Down, And I Will Ask The Questions’
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The 10 Law Schools Students REALLY Want To Go To (2016)
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What Is An SOH?
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GC on Why Top Lawyers at His Company Become CEO
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Clifford Chance boosts salaries
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When Your Profits Go Black, Can You Go Back (To A Job)?
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Lawyers HATE Giving Money To Donald Trump
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Creative sentence sends Catholic man convicted in assault case to Baptist church
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Kenneth Starr to resign as chancellor of Baylor but will continue to teach • Baylor's Golden Age Turns Sour
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SLU Law School 'Right-Sizes' By 47% Enrollment Reduction, 5 Faculty Buyouts; Faculty May View Consultant's Report Only In Presence Of Dean's Assistant After Signing NDA
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There's An App For That: Scanner Pro – Handy iPhone scanning app with OCR functionality
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20 must-have tech accessories under $20
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Lawyer on trial for home-invasion attack can’t use medication-delirium defense, judge rules
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Can You Guess What This Man Was Charged With?
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Did A Biglaw Lawyer Just Get Slapped By A Summer Associate?
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Wear Makeup, Increase Your Salary?
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The one type of jacket every guy needs for the summer
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After Gov't Refuses To Disclose Hacking Code, Judge Tosses Evidence in Case
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Hulk Hogan's Lawyers Have Made Suing Gawker Their 'Bread And Butter'
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Ex-lawyer at first avoided prison in $700K client thefts, but gets time for not paying restitution
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Legally Blonde Cosplay At Graduation Ceremony
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Jury Awards $22M to Man Who Says Police Locked Him in Closet
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TX AG Loses Attempt to Dismiss His Case
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More than 90% of marijuana arrests in New York City are people of color
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Judges:

Defense bar group blasts judge who had public defender cuffed in court
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There's a Bug Named after RBG!?
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Man upset about eviction faces new charges over bomb blasts outside judge’s home and police station
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Gunman invaded chief judge’s home, held him hostage for 6 hours before release, authorities say
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Judge who was reprimanded for remarks to lawyers and witness is renominated to the bench
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Eight-Member Supreme Court Changes Decisions
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Judge ‘Engaged In Bizarre And Disturbing Behavior’
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Ala. Chief Justice Sues to Compel Reinstatement
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What Trump Thinks Judges are Good For
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Wall Street:

US stock futures drift south as OPEC summit gets underway
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US stocks kick off June with meager gains
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Layoffs:

HSBC Said to Cut Senior Investment-Banking Jobs to Lower Costs
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Goldman Sachs Said to Cut Dozens of Investment Banking Jobs
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Baltimore: 171 School Support Staffers To Be Laid Off
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:

Forbes cuts estimated wealth of 'billionaire' Theranos founder to $0
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Autos:

GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler Report Weak May Sales, Stoking Investor Fears • GM sales drops 18%, Ford falls 5.9%, Fiat Chrysler sales up 1% in May
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How VW Recovered from Its Record Loss
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Car industry will change more in next 5 years than last 50: GM president
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New car, new reality: Auto loan borrowing hits fresh highs
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Fraud:

US appeals court lets SEC pursue Lynn Tilton fraud case
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Judge Puts Gambler's Private Jet on a Leash
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Pensions:

Sun Capital Update: District Court Doubles Down on Imposition of Pension Liability for Private Equity Funds
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Defined Benefit Pensions Are a Foolish Dream
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Sun Capital ERISA Litigation - Private Equity Funds Held Liable for Withdrawal Liability Pension Obligations
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Education:

The Average Student at a For-Profit College Was Worse Off After Attending
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Dowling College on New York’s South Shore to Close After Default
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Judge Tries to Reseal Trump U Documents
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The Art of the Swindle
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Banking:

Bank Stress Tests: The Bar Keeps Getting Higher
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Tax:

Inside the U.S. Swiss Bank Tax Evasion Program
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Consumer Finance:

US to Curb Payday Lenders • Payday loans face new limits under proposal from US consumer bureau
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Pharma:

Execs who rescued Martin Shkreli's old company, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, in line for $700K awards
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Telecoms:

Allied Fiber's southeast dark fiber assets head to the auction block
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Going Broke Slowly: A Guide to Sprint’s $33 Billion Debt Dilemma
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Aviation:

Republic Airways seeks relief by freeing itself of leases
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Report: EgyptAir plane made 3 emergency landings in the 24 hours before it crashed
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Economy:

May ISM Manufacturing Index Rises, Bolsters Fed Rate Hike Case • A ‘Mildly Comforting’ Manufacturing Report
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OECD Worries Governments Are Caught In A 'Low-Growth Trap' But Their Solution Is Wrong
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Consumers Tap Brakes, Auto Stocks Skid
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States, Cities Clash on Pay and Benefit Rules
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Fed: Everywhere we look the job market is tight
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Investors are now ready to accept the Fed’s interest-rate hikes • How an interest-rate hike could send S&P 500 into summer tailspin
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Central Banks Have Already Used a Better Tool Than Helicopter Money
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See How Your Area Compares to California’s Pockets of Stubbornly High Unemployment
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The Most Hated Company in America
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AIG Can’t Escape Pimco Suit Over Losses From Credit Crisis
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Global manufacturing has stalled
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How robots will kill Warren Buffett’s cash cow
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Obama calls for increasing Social Security benefits
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Oil Industry Drove US Wage Growth. Now that Is Over
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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:

Seventh Circuit Rules That Prepetition Nonresidential Lease Termination Is Voidable “Transfer” in Bankruptcy
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Real Estate Developer Kent Lindemuth Indicted on Federal Bankruptcy Fraud Charges
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Curbing Our Enthusiasm Over Rising Home Prices
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Telling tenants to ‘friend’ landlord Facebook page in 5 days or lose lease was mistake, lawyer says
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Rents are finally falling in 2 of America's most expensive cities
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Municipalities:

As Puerto Rico government frays, bondholders might get paid
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Puerto Rico’s U.S. Rescue Won’t Come Soon Enough to Halt Default
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Lew Tries to Tamp Down Liberal Worries About Puerto Rico Bill
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Puerto Rico Debt Bill May Be More Symbolic in Short Term
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With Puerto Rico, Get Over Your 'Principled Opposition'
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Days Ahead of Primary, Sanders Has a Plan for Puerto Rico
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Lawmakers Face Time Constraints on Zika, Puerto Rico Bills
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State house rewrites its bills to address Detroit Public Schools bankruptcy
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Governor orders state to oversee financially troubled Opa-locka
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Study: Maine ranks in bottom 10 for fiscal health • MA ranks 49th in fiscal solvency study • CT: Two Reports Question State's Fiscal Health • Kansas Tax Revenue Again Falls Short
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Oil/Gas:

Sabine Bankruptcy Judge Authorizes Rejection of Gas Gathering Agreements
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Texas oil workforce could shrink to less than Great Recession size
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Don't write off American oil boom despite OPEC
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$50 oil is terrible news for some of the world's biggest producers
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Sharp drop in non-OPEC output expected in 2016 • Oil Price Poised For A Boost From A Big Fall In US Production
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The U.S. Might Soon Lose Its No.1 Positions In Petroleum Production
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Iran targets jump in oil production to 4.8 million barrels a day: DJ
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Oil dips as Saudis 'won't rule out' increasing supply
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Will OPEC Use This Strategy To Defeat U.S. Shale?
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OPEC crude oil loadings ripping higher
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E&Ps: The Only Things To Fear Are These 20 Or So Things
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Linc USA Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection • Australian energy company's U.S. subsidiaries file for bankruptcy
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Linn Energy LLC, SandRidge Energy Inc. Bankruptcies: Who’s Next?
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Like Ebay For Oilfields, EnergyNet Booms As Oil Busts
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Vanguard Natural Resources Gets Some Breathing Room With Creditors • Vanguard Natural Resources Latest Oil Company to Cut Loan Borrowing Base
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C&J Energy gets temporary reprieve on debt default • C&J Energy Enters into Forbearance Agreement Following Covenant Breach
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Oil price rout forcing oilsands companies to think ‘bite-sized’ projects: Husky Energy
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Is OPEC About To Surprise The Oil markets? • Saudis pledge not to shock oil markets as OPEC clash looms • OPEC ministers temper production deal expectations as meeting begins • OPEC showdown: Oil ministers meet, at odds over strategy • Opec is not dead — it is adapting
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Long Boom In Cheap Energy
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Oil fallen angels are opportunity
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Politics:

Could This Be Donald Trump’s Attorney General? • Litigator in chief: Donald Trump tied to 3,500 court battles • How a Trump Presidency Would Threaten Democracy • Myth of Trump's Great Business Success Crumbles As Trump Hotels Lost $1.7 Billion in 15 Years • Trump toilet paper is outselling Hillary Clinton toilet paper by 6-to-1 • Trump didn’t really smear federal judge — he loves Mexicans! • The media finally figured out how to rattle Donald Trump • 'It's not even close': Mark Cuban brags that he has much more in liquid assets than Donald Trump • Trump Fact Check: We’ve broken "by millions" the all-time record for votes in a GOP presidential primary election. • Conflicts of Interest? President Trump's Would Be Amazing • World Golf Championship Taken from Trump • Bill Gates: Donald Trump is not 'known for his philanthropy' • Obama's Trump Takedown: 'Don't fall for a bunch of okey-doke'
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What’s Next With Hillary Clinton’s Emails? • Clinton Email Staffer Takes the 5th • Clinton Offers New Explanation For Email Scandal • Why Does the Left Hate Hillary?
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Clinton, Trump Money Wells: Top 20 ZIP Codes for Individual Contributions
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Who Will Bernie Sanders’s Supporters Back Next?
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Spending Clash Looms for GOP
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Student Debt:

Student loan debt puts kibosh on graduates' startup plans
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Retailing:

After Sports Authority, Which ‘High Profile Bankruptcy’ Will Rock Retailers?
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Sports Authority closing hurts sneaker sales
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Not Even Steph Curry Can Guard Under Armour From This Big Problem
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Lands ' End Swings to a Loss as Sales Drop, Discounting Rises
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Apollo Tries Self-Help at Claire's
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SRG’s Flickinger: More Trouble Ahead in Athletic Retail
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Religion:

Gallup diocese sets aside $21 million in abuse settlement • In New Mexico, diocese nears $25 million payout on abuse
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Catholic Church Turns To Biglaw To Stop Child Abuse Victims Act
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Steel:

Steel: Industry feels the heat
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Food/Beverage:

Burkle, Yucaipa Hit With Lawsuit in Fresh & Easy Bankruptcy
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Gambling:

Members of U.S. Congress oppose Caesars' casino REIT plan
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Topeka developer Kent Lindemuth indicted on 103 federal fraud charges
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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 (29 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Buffalo-Rochester: Bankruptcy filings fall 9.1 percent
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Bankruptcy filings down in NW Ohio
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CBAs:

Third Circuit Rules That a Terminated Collective Bargaining Agreement May Be Rejected Under Section 1113
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Supreme Court lets bankrupt former Trump casino cut pensions
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Blocking Member Provision in LLC Agreement Designed to Prevent Bankruptcy Filing Unenforceable
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US Special Purpose Vehicles’ Independent Directors and the Need for Fiduciary Duties
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Appeals:

It Ain't Over Till (When?) -- Finality of Bankruptcy Court Decisions
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Property of the Estate:

Inherited IRA Excluded From Debtor's Bankruptcy Estate
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Post-Discharge Settlement Not Estate Property
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Proofs of Claim:

Proceed with Caution: 11th Circuit Holds Debt Collectors May Face Penalties under FDCPA for Filing Proofs of Claims in Bankruptcy for Time-Barred Claims
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Bankruptcy Code Doesn't Conflict With Debt Collection Statute
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Corporate Governance:

Directors Owe Fiduciary Duties to Creditors of Insolvent Companies
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Discharge:

Discharge Injunction: Maybe It Works, and Maybe It Doesn’t
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The United States Supreme Court Expands Discharge Exception to Include Fraudulent Transfers
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Burden of Proof:

Essential Resources on Burdens of Proof in Bankruptcy Litigation: Property Exemptions and Beyond
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Avoidance Actions:

Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Signed Into Law by Iowa Governor
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Miscellaneous:

Vendor’s Checklist When a Customer Files for Bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:

Renewable Energy Is on the March Around the World
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Celebs:

Abby Lee Miller Negotiating Plea Deal In Bankruptcy Fraud Case
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Jessica Parido Slams MJ; Did Reza Farahan File For Bankruptcy?
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'RHONJ' star Teresa Giudice's legal malpractice case halted by judge
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Sovereigns:

Sovereign Debt Update
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UK:

MPs order Olswang to reveal BHS fees details
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Bankrupts, trustees in bankruptcy and privilege
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Bankruptcy orders and council tax liabilities
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Clarification of remedies for void payments
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BHS teetering on the brink leaves Sir Philip Green with serious questions to answer
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MPs want to question two property tycoons over their involvement in the £1 BHS takeover
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Ex-Barclays traders are using bullying as a defense in a LIBOR rigging trial
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Ailing firms to get three-month breathing space
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EU:

EU court advisor says Belgian protection for Dexia investors unlawful
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PIIGS:

Athens eyeing loans but auditors want all loose ends resolved
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Greece Running Out of Time for Quick ECB Waiver Reinstatement
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Yanis Varoufakis: Greece needs an end to this loop of doom
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Greece Economy Minister: Concerns remain over creditor demands
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Renzi's Bank Rescue Is On Thin Ice
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Canada:

Canadian Lender Defeats Environmental Claim
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Netherlands:

Trustee in bankruptcy acts unlawfully, nevertheless his salary ranks above the pledgee
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Brazil:

Brazil Soybean Producer Files for Bankruptcy as Debt Talks Fail
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China:

No need to panic, China’s banks are in pretty good shape
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The 'greatest risk to the global economy' has nothing to do with a China slowdown
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Australia:

Peabody Australia coal company loses nearly $3b in 2015 • Peabody's Australian mines in jeopardy despite minister's advice, says lawyer
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Glencore to close Australian coalmine with loss of 350 jobs
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Venezuela:

Venezuela Burning
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Bermuda:

Restructuring and insolvency in Bermuda
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South Korea:

Charter fee talks tease fate of Korean shippers
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Creditors approve restructuring plans of South Korea's largest yards
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