Law:
Firm That Raised Pay In New York Spreads The Love Nationwide • Firm Kicks Off The Weekend With Raises • San Antonio To $462K! • These Partners Desperately Don’t Want Us To Know They Aren’t Raising Salaries • Boston-Based Law Firm Raises Salaries For All Offices • Firm With Big Profits Per Partner Shares The Riches — In Certain Cities…. • The Biglaw Giant That Has Not Yet Raised Associate Compensation • Andrews Kurth Jumps on Salary Bandwagon • Another Top-Tier Firm Raises Salaries • Another Magic Circle Firm Pulls Money Out Of A Hat • MoneyLaw could be the new Magic Circle • Salary wars: Allen & Overy latest to pay $180,000 to New York juniors • Big Money For Most Offices… Smaller Money For One
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Clients start speaking out against the 'Cravath effect'
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An Expensive Law Degree, and No Place to Use It • 6 factual errors and several misleading statements in recent New York Times story by Noam Scheiber • These two Valparaiso law grads exemplify challenges of difficult legal job market • Vivisection Of A Dying Law School • End game • New York Times takes another shot at law schools and puts up an air ball • The Law School • Trap • Some evidence that big firm law jobs have not "dried up" for top law school graduates • New York Times Chronicles Human Cost of Law School • Get ready for more stories about jobless law school graduates • As Law Grads Seethe With 'Atavistic Rage' At Their Financial Plight, Many Law Schools Confront Stark Choice: Continue To Admit Marginal Students, Or Shut Down
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ABA Grants Full Accreditation To 200th Law School: Belmont
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Managing Clients Is An Essential Part Of The Job
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Disruption? More Like Incremental Change for Big Law
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Stanford Hosts the Legal Industry’s Bernie Sanders
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Two indicted in Markel slaying • State Attorney Expects More Indictments; Girlfriend Of Ex-Brother-in-Law Denies Ex-Wife's Family's Involvement
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Global 200: the NY-Lon formula
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Don’t Just Shame Firms Based On Profits Per Partner — Consider Leverage
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How To Make Your Lateral Move Whole
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RNC, Cleveland, OH - Jones Day will close office downtown
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Attorney Survival: Finding Resilience When Experiencing A Workplace Conflict Or Setback
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Why free lawyers shouldn’t come cheap
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7 ways to network effectively without being annoying
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When Lawyers Go Undercover For The Feds
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Don’t Judge Lawsuit Funders by Peter Thiel
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Florida state prosecutor suspended after smearing Orlando: ‘melting pot of miscreants and thugs’
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Eleven Signs You Work For A Weak Manager
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FBI Was Right Not to Arrest Mateen Before • Orlando Gunman Was Always Screwed Up • Mateen Family: American Dream? Maybe • Gunman's Wife Couldn't Grasp Things
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Judge upholds school suspension of boy who chewed pastry into gun shape
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Jury recommends life sentence for lawyer in home-invasion attack; victimized partner makes statement • A Law Firm Partner Relives A ‘Horrifically Cruel Ordeal’
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A Big Law Partner Fends Off Murder Charges in a Small Town
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Poll: Majority Wants an Assault Weapons Ban • General McChrystal: Weapons of War Don't Belong on US Streets
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How O.J. Simpson paid for the 'Dream Team' of lawyers on his murder trial
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Citigroup Sues AT&T For Saying ‘Thanks’ To Customers
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Judges:
Divided Supreme Court Lurches to Term’s End
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Trump's 'Mexican' label of judge evokes history of racial slur
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Prosecutor challenges judge to carry through on her contempt threat, is ordered into custody
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Trump and His Jurist Sister: A Study in Contrasts
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Wanna Work At The Supreme Court? Brush Up On Your Woodworking Skills
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Wall Street:
Dow set for 200-pt gain as polls show a swing away from Brexit
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Stocks close lower; Dow posts worst week in a month
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What’s the Buzz at Goldman Sachs?
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Layoffs:
Boston investment firm Grantham Mayo lays off 10% of workforce
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Unum planning to outsource 300-400 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Environmental:
Maxus Energy Files for Bankruptcy Protection • First Day Dec • First Day Dec (2) • First Day Dec (3)
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Politics:
Clinton to Target Trump’s Business Record • ‘Could a Trump victory hurt the economy?’ and other tough questions coming Janet Yellen’s way • Gundlach: Donald Trump will be the next president and things will get 'scary' • Lawyer: Trump's Business Acumen Won't Translate into Oval • Donald Trump is a disrupter—exactly what we need to fix the economy • Trump reportedly didn't pay income taxes for two years during the early 90s • Republicans Consider ‘Conscientious Objector’ Rule for Convention Delegates • Trump Calls Efforts to Unbind RNC Delegates ‘Illegal’ • The Plot to Stop Donald Trump • This Is How the GOP Could Dump Trump •Trump's Hands Are Weapons of War • Donald Trump says US should consider profiling Muslims • Donald Trump used 9/11 funds program to net $150G payday • WSJ /NBC Poll Finds Age, Gender Gaps in Views of Donald Trump • Maybe Trump Doesn't Want to be President • Ryan: We'll Sue Trump if He Bans Muslims • Trump Gives Clinton Her Cause
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Ryan Leaves Door Open for GOP Convention Revolt
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Elizabeth Warren Visits Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn HQ • Elizabeth Warren keeps up verbal assault on Donald Trump • What Warren did, and didn’t, say to Rachel Maddow
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Bernie Sanders Is Still an ‘Active Candidate’ for President, Aide Says • Sanders Supporters Seek Ways to Keep ‘Bernie’ Movement Alive • Still-running Sanders urges refocus: work with Clinton to defeat Trump • Bernie Sanders Loses Convention Leverage • Walking Away from Bernie Sanders
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Wall Street is divided on the 2016 election
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Coal:
Coal isn't dying because there's a war on it
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Peabody gets court approval for employee bonus plan
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Is Donald Trump Trying To Sell Us The Brooklyn Bridge? Coal Miners Want To Know
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Personal Finance:
Seven Signs You're Not Getting The Job
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Retailing:
Here's what it's like to work for a bankrupt retailer
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Sports Authority's Mile High naming-rights gambit
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Accounting:
One of the most important life lessons a partner at a 'Big 4' accounting firm teaches his team is bigger than work
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Pensions:
Federal report warns of looming pension insolvency
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Pension Crisis Climaxes in Mississippi After Hospitals Don’t Pay
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Autos:
Volkswagen to Phase Out More Than 40 Models
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VW to Settle for $10Bn, Figure Out Fix Later
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Economy:
Don’t Look Now, But There Are Signs Inflation Is Picking Up
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Everything we thought we knew about the Fed just changed
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The jobs picture is getting even worse, Philly Fed says
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Why the Great Recession Hit So Hard
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‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Says the Fed Has Given Up On Forecasting A Rate Hike
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Scrooge-like spending habits of business underlie Fed worries about economy
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BLS: Unemployment Rates stable in 41 states in May
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The U.S. Economy Is in Great Shape (Compared with Its Peers)
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Drop in corporate profits could signal a recession
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US economy just 'doesn't want to grow up:' BofA's Contopoulos
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Why one man thinks the US government should pay citizens $1,000 a month
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10 Key Facts About the US Economy
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How Much it Takes to be in the 1% by State
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California's jobless rate dips to 5.2 percent, 9 year low
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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:
Housing Starts decreased to 1.164 Million Annual Rate in May • U.S. Housing Starts Fell 0.3%; Supply Seen Tightening
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Comments on May Housing Starts
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Distressed sales will hit pre-crisis levels in 2018
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Justice Department Drops Civil Fraud Case Against Countrywide’s Angelo Mozilo
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HSBC pays $1.6 billion to end 14-year mortgage-lending lawsuit
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He built a $24 million mansion along the Potomac. Then he lost it to foreclosure
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Condo project in Richmond's West End enters Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Tiber enters Chapter 11
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Municipalities:
Congress Helped to Make Puerto Rico’s Mess
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Senate Rushed To Pass Bi-Partisan Puerto Rico Legislation
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Puerto Rico's mess: No US bailout for bad borrowing (and lending)
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Puerto Rico Debt Crisis: Trying to Reconcile Sanchez-Valle with the Puerto Rico Bankruptcy SCOTUS Opinions: Some Preliminary Thoughts
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Could bankruptcy change the flow of Flint water?
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MI lawmakers narrowly pass partisan Detroit schools rescue package
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Wall Street vulture hedge funds like Elliot Management made billions off Argentina's debt crisis—bankrupt Puerto Rico may be next
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San Bernardino : Last creditor objects in bankruptcy case
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Hartford seeks fiscal solutions outside bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:
Sabine – A New York Bankruptcy Judge’s Interpretation of Texas Property Law Encourages Compromise and Leaves an Industry in Limbo
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Oil prices are down, but law firms cope by diversifying
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US shale producers confound Opec and eye new chapter as oil returns to $50 • With Oil Price Near $50, Resilient US Shale Producers Eye New Chapter
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‘Undertow’ could drag oil back below $40 a barrel • Crude Headed For Largest Weekly Fall In Over Two Months
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Time Is Running Out For Some Eagle Ford Service Companies
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Record Breaking Production Drop In North Dakota
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Difficult conversations with bankers are "tough but not without hope"
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Why Banks Are Tightening Credit Lines for Oil Drillers
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Here's what electric cars will do to US gas demand
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Horizontal Rig Counts Increased Slightly Again • Texas adds 13 drilling rigs as oil prices improve • Oil Fears Mount As Rig Count Rises For A Third Straight Week
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Oil Bust Leaves States With Massive Well Cleanup • The worst oil bust since the 1980s is forcing states to get creative
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Is The End In Sight For Alaska’s Oil Based Economy?
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Tx. High Court: No Tax Refunds to Drillers
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Entertainment:
SFX Could Boot Sillerman as Part of New Restructuring Plan
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SFX Puts The Brakes On Restructuring Agreement • SFX Entertainment, Inc. Pursues Consensual Plan of Reorganization Noteholder Group-Supported Restructuring Support Agreement Terminated
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Distressed Investing:
Lynn Tilton and Patriarch Win Minor Victory
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Alternative Energy:
Renewable Energy Yieldcos May Not Be As Safe As You Think
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Hedge Funds:
Wall Street has been rocked by an $8 billion hedge fund's implosion
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Hotels:
NY Just Says 'No' To Airbnb • It's About To Be Illegal To Advertise Entire Apartments On Airbnb
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Education:
The Victims of For-Profit Education Are Creating a Debtors’ Movement
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University Of Wyoming Declares Financial 'Crisis', Hopes To Avoid Financial 'Exigency' And Termination Of Tenured Faculty
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Religion:
Catholic Church Uses Mafia-Like Tactics on Law
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Student Debt:
Students must demonstrate 'undue hardship' to have their loans forgiven — and it could be causing a bubble
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Electricity:
Energy Future Holdings’ TCEH Nets Disclosure Statement OK
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Religion:
With Sacred Heart lawsuit, questions over whether parishes are liable
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Debt Collection:
9th Cir. Holds Discovery Rule Applies in All Types of FDCPA Cases
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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 (42 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 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:
Bankruptcies, foreclosures up in areas where gas, coal employees lost jobs
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Bankruptcy Alternatives:
Out-of-court restructuring alternatives
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Invalidates on Public Policy Grounds a "Golden Share" Provision in LLC Agreement Designed to Limit LLC's Ability to File for Bankruptcy
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Jurisdiction:
Sixth Circuit Joins the Split on Whether Bankruptcy Courts Are ‘Courts of the U.S.’
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Aviation:
Bankruptcy court approves amended Republic Airways and United Airlines Agreement
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Gambling:
Revel owner balks at getting casino license
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Caesars Entertainment's Survival May Depend on Billionaire Dropping Bankruptcy Fight
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Media:
Jalopnik May Be Sold as Part of Gawker Bankruptcy Deal
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Ziff Davis Serious About Buying Gawker Properties According to CEO
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Shipping:
The Right to Countersecurity from a Debtor in Bankruptcy
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Seaspan Rejects Hanjin's Proposal on Charter Rate
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Banking:
Don't Believe the Fed's Stress Tests
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Celebs:
Teresa Giudice agrees to settle with creditors but other camp says not so fast
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UK:
Insolvency profession facing bigger challenges Brexit
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‘Brexit’ could send shock waves across U.S. and global economy
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Magic Circle rush to Ireland ahead of Brexit vote
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BP's Dudley Says Brexit Would Plunge World Into Uncertainty
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Wilbur Ross Says Brexit Would Spark Most Expensive Divorce Ever
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Debt Risk Drops in Europe as Remain Regains Lead in Brexit Polls
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Would Brexit even be legal?
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What Is 'Brexit'? A Look at the Debate and Its Wider Meaning
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‘Big Bang’ to Brexit: The City of London Fears End to Golden Age
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Brexit Could End London’s Reign as Europe’s Financial Hub
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Brexit? What Brexit? Europeans Wake Up to Possibility of U.K. Departure
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European bank shares lead gains as Brexit worries recede
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ICYMI . . . EU Referendum
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Brexit debate thrown into limbo after death of U.K. lawmaker Jo Cox
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Brexit could be 'the end of the euro,' Fidelity's Timmer says
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Brexit could cause big banks to lay off thousands: Analysts
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US companies and sectors that are most exposed to a Brexit
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Men and women go bankrupt for different reasons
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PIIGS:
The Anglo trail: Where did the money go?
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Canada:
Builder bankruptcy reveals warranty shortcomings
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Alberta coal town Grande Cache may no longer be a town
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Essar Steel Algoma agrees sale of assets to KPS Capital Partners
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Alberta looking at different ways of making sure companies clean up old wells
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Brazil:
Rio de Janeiro is close to bankruptcy • Rio de Janeiro Declares Financial ‘State of Public Calamity’ Ahead of Olympics
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A Laggard in Brazil Oil Frenzy Is Now a Favorite in the Bust
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Oi Slumps as Talks Stall on $14.5 Billion Debt Restructuring
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China:
China's debt 'sugar high' could lead to a crash
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China's Playing Hot Potato With Its Non Performing Loans
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SouthGobi Misses Deferred Obligation Payments to China’s CIC
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HSBC: Chinese bad loans are spiking
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Denmark:
EU Bank Resolution Plan Ignored in Denmark After Bail-In Trauma
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Banks Face Bigger Penalties in Denmark After Nordea Failures
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Mexico:
ICA Turns to Martinez’s Fintech After Record Mexico Default
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Germany:
German Federal Court Ruling Important for Future Contractual Netting Arrangements
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India:
Here's what will add bite to new bankruptcy law
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