Law:

Why Are So Many Partners Walking Out The K&L Gates?
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Kirkland on Contingency: Behind a $93 Million Fee Deal In Tronox Fraudulent Transfer Case
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Choate Announces New Restructuring Practice Group Leader
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Squire Patton Boggs Names New Restructuring Partner
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Fee Specialist On How GCs Are Tackling Their Budgets
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Faced with declining bar pass rates, Oklahoma changes the exam grading
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The 2017 U.S. News Law School Rankings Leak: The Top 50
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T14 Law School Dean Sued For Harassment • Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law Steps Down
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Law Student Finally Gets Her Shot at Alma Mater
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Law Schools On Trial, Poor Employment Statistics To Blame
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Go West! (For Law School)
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Report: Legal Industry Was Heavily Targeted with Cyber Threats in January
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4 Types Of Jobs That Will Hinder The Career Advancement Of New Attorneys
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Solos And Small Firm Lawyers: What’s In Your Wallet?
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Ten advantages to hiring older lawyers
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The Biglaw ‘Caste System’ — An Impediment To Innovation?
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How robots will kill the 'gig economy' - Lawyers the next gig workers
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Kasowitz Benson's Rebound Falls Short
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Husch Blackwell Revenue, Head Count Decline
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Saul Ewing Revenue Up 4.7 Percent, PPP Up 7.8 Percent
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Milbank’s London revenue climbs 6 per cent to £77.5m
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Gender Gap In Law Firm Associate Promotions And Turnover Is Higher When Partners Are Conservative
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This incredible glitch makes your iPhone work faster
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Florida mom shot by 4-year-old son hours after bragging he ‘gets jacked up’ to shoot
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Wrestler s-- video trial enters fourth day of testimony
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Bankruptcy attorney who defended himself at trial found guilty of trying to put contract hit on wife
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CPA faces felony case, accused of acting as ‘cellphone police’ with jamming device
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Lawyer gets 17 years for helping fugitive client with stock scheme
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The Legal Minefield of Office Group Chat
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Former Brink’s worker pleads guilty in theft of $196K worth of quarters
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Judges:

Supreme Court pick that would be the drama of all dramas
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Elizabeth Warren hits GOP on Supreme Court slot
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Most Voters Disapprove of GOP’s Supreme Court Delay
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Getting the Senate’s responsibilities on Supreme Court nominations right
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President Obama Meets With Supreme Court Candidates
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Environmental groups call on Senate to hold Supreme Court hearings
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Fill Scalia vacancy, urge nearly 250 corporate lawyers in letter to Obama and Senate leaders
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Senators square off over Supreme Court vacancy
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How John Roberts Can Honor Scalia's Legacy
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The Dark Side of All Those 'Friends' at the Supreme Court
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AG says she doesn’t want to be considered for SCOTUS; which judges are deemed leading contenders?
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Double whammy for ex-judge: Removed from bench over residency issue, he is now suspended 90 days
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Wall Street:

Stock futures up ahead of ECB meeting
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Stocks close higher on the bull market's seventh anniversary
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Wall Street is gripped by something called 'juniorization' and it is freaking some people out
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Layoffs:

Société Générale to cut 550 jobs
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Siemens to cut 2,500 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:

Chipotle shares fall after workers at Boston restaurant fall ill with norovirus
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Classic American restaurant chains are disappearing into oblivion
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Politics:

Milbank: Elizabeth Warren for VP
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Hillary Clinton says she would look to Elizabeth Warren for advice on appointments
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FactChecking the Eighth Democratic Debate • Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Miami • The Test Clinton Failed in the Florida Debate
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Trump insists his businesses are fine — and trots out defunct Trump Steaks to prove it • Trump's product claims more sizzle than steak • America's White Revolt: Trump Tears GOP Apart • Tech CEOs' Secret Meeting with GOP to Stop Trump • If You Think You Know Trump's Voters, You're Mistaken • This anecdote about Donald Trump's failed steak business reveals a huge part of his personality
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Trump vows to reopen Trump University if he becomes president • Trump University tale: BBB, lies and videotapes • The university 'scam' and $40m lawsuit stalking Trump
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Trump received tax credit for middle class taxpayers
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GOP embraces the 47 percent
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Coal:

Digging Deeper Into The Restructuring
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Alpha Natural Resources Files Chapter 11 Plan With Stalking Horse Credit Bid
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What would a Peabody Energy bankruptcy mean?
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Former Massey coal baron Blankenship, facing jail, confronts $28 million Alpha threat
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Mass Torts:

A sad truth for veterans: Asbestos and the 'political pawns'
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Retailing:

These retail zombies are showing signs of life
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Walmart's customers are too broke to shop
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Nordstrom could be a better turnaround bet than Macy's
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Tailored Brands to shut about 250 stores
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Gift Cards Feel Pinch of New Rules
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Healthcare:

NJ approves sale of bankrupt Newark hospital
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Prescription Drug Costs Rise $457 Billion
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Distressed Investing:

Oak Hill Said Trying for $2 Billion for Distressed Debt Fund
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Carlyle Said to Hire Och-Ziff's Schmitz for Distressed Assets
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Economy:

U.S. wholesale inventories unexpectedly rise on weak sales
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Let’s Hear it for Walls (of Debt)
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The highest-paying jobs in America
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Ex-Fed Official: Labor Market Not That Strong
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Falling Earnings, Recession Warning
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IMF: Risk of World Economic Derailment • How Bad is the Global Economy?
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Why a college degree means less for the poor, explained in one graph
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Markets betting on near-zero interest rates for another decade
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Billionaire to central banks: We don't want negative rates
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White working-class nostalgia, explained by John Wayne
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U.S. companies have enough liquidity for next 12 months, but face risk after that
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The more we earn, the more often we drink
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Welch: Why I just changed my tune on economy
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Hillary Clinton's auto bailout attack on Bernie Sanders obscures a much bigger issue
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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:

Leases: To Be or Not to Be a Nonresidential Lease
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Mortgage applications eke out 0.2% gain
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Hovnanian to Exit Some Markets as Loss Widens
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Calpers, Moody's settle suit over mortgage deals for $130 million
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Millennial Homebuyers Choose Suburbs as Urban U.S. Prices Climb
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Judge finds enough information supporting allegations former Grubb & Ellis brokers steered business to Avison Young
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Fund manager on Fannie and Freddie: People are going to call this 'The Big Lie'
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More and More People are Renting. Thank the Suburbs
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico: LoPucki's Virtual Bankruptcy Proposal
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Ability vs . willingness to pay in Puerto Rico
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Atlantic City takeover, PILOT bills needed to avoid bankruptcy
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Moody's: Atlantic City could default within weeks without drastic action • Moody's: Atlantic City faces big trouble without state takeover
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Detroit schools expected to run out of money to pay teachers by April 8
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Detroit school unions issue warning over payroll shortfall
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Red Lion schools won’t file for bankruptcy, beginning to make cuts
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Flint families seek financial compensation for lead crisis • Flint Finally Suspends Water Utility Billing Amid Lead Crisis
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Lead Found in Drinking Water at Newark Schools
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SEC imposes rare, and record, penalty on municipal bond issuer
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Texas Towns That Live and Die on Oil
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices dip as global oversupply outweighs strong demand • Brent Falls Back Under $40 as Kuwait Cools on Production Freeze, Goldman Adds to Price Warnings • Kazakhstan balks at freezing oil output
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US crude hits three-month high on gasoline drawdown, OPEC speculation
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Why Ailing Oil Producers Should Love This Court Decision •Judge Says Sabine Can Reject Pipeline Contracts • Bankruptcy Court Rules Gathering Agreements Can Be Rejected • Sabine Court Gives 'Non-Binding' Ruling That Gathering Agreements Are Not Covenants Running with the Land Under Texas Law • Why Does the Sabine Ruling Impact the Broader Midstream Sector? • Burst Pipeline? Bankruptcy Court Rules Sabine Can Reject Midstream Contracts
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Once-Treasured Pipelines Facing a `Culling' as Drillers Go Bust
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Decisions in Sabine Oil & Gas and Quicksilver Resources Inc. Bankruptcy Cases Will Have Broad Impact on Midstream and Exploration & Production Companies in the Oil & Gas Industry
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Oil prices edge closer to hedging territory
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The Shale Reckoning Comes to Oklahoma
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Oil's technicals and fundamentals are predicting different things
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J.P. Morgan: This Oil Slump Is Different
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US MLPs: courting disaster
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Oil exporters to meet March 20 to discuss freeze
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Unlikely stock market winners: oil companies with little debt
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When higher oil prices will start to hurt stocks
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Goodrich Petroleum And Its Likely Chapter 11 Filing • Goodrich Petroleum CEO: 'We've engaged the appropriate bankruptcy lawyers'
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Can a Bankrupt Company Protect Appalachian Drinking Water?
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Linn Energy Looks to Ease Tax Hit on Investors
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Energy XXI to reconsider bankruptcy protection if oil prices remain low
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Halliburton cuts benefits, executive bonuses
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Russia may be running out of oil
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Software:

Aspect Software files for bankruptcy with creditor plan
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Agriculture:

Chesterfield Berry Farm files for bankruptcy protection
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USDA helps peanut producers rebuild after company bankruptcy
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Education:

Lake Placid prep school building attracts no buyers as clock ticks in online bankruptcy court auction • Adirondacks school sells in bankruptcy auction
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Celebs:

50 Cent to Judge: That Cash Was Fake • 50 Cent in bankruptcy court to explain cash piles to judge • Bankruptcy court official calls for review of 50 Cent assets • Money? 50 Cent Says 'I Ain't Got None' • 50 Cent reaches bankruptcy deal with creditors • 50 Cent Taunts Bankruptcy Judge With New Photo • 50 Cent Takes Pics at Bankruptcy Court With Wads of Cash • 50 Cent posed with fake money and made up his house in Africa, he tells court
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Will 50 Cent Get In Trouble With the U.S. Secret Service For Using "Fake" Cash?
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Mining:

Molycorp debtors, creditors squabble in bankruptcy court
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Hollywood:

Relativity Media Reschedules Bankruptcy Court Hearing
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Tax:

Firms Plead Guilty to Helping U.S. Taxpayers Hide More Than $130 Million
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History:

The Law That Started the New Deal
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Student Debt:

Student loan companies: Deceptive or just confusing?
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Merkley, Wyden urge debt relief for students of 'predatory, deceptive' schools
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Court Must Revisit Whether Debtors Can Discharge Student Loans
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Student Loan Companies Could Face Enforcement Actions Over Automatic Defaults
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Alternative Energy:

Meltdown: What happened when a Las Vegas solar company fell apart
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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 (24 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
(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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Insiders:

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Who is Considered Non-Statutory Insider
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Avoidance Actions:

Late Payments Are Not Ordinary Even Without Collection Pressure
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Contemporaneous Exchange Defense Requires That Both Parties Intended For Exchange To Be Contemporaneous
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Funds Must Be Specifically Designated For 'Earmarking' Defense To Apply
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No Preference Liability For Debtor's Insider Guarantor That Validly Waived Its Indemnification Rights
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Prior Payment Plans Do Not Automatically Entitle A Defendant To The Ordinary Course Of Business Defense; Cutoff Date For New Value Calculation Is Petition Date
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Summary Judgment:

BK CD CA: Great Inn of the Court Program
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Venue:

Don’t Mess With Texas (Unless You Are Properly Venued in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court)! Texas Comptroller’s Motion to Transfer Venue of Chapter 11 Case is Denied
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Professional Compensation:

Judges Reject Fee Defense Provisions in Retention Applications
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Chapter 9: Five Proposals for Meaningful Reform
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Plan Confirmation:

Feeling Comfortable Using Legal Jargon in Everyday Life
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Compensation:

CEO Pay Depends on Board’s Independence
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Radio:

IHeartMedia Should Face the Music: Restructuring or Bankruptcy
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iHeartMedia wins temporary restraining order against creditors: filing
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Autos:

Hey, VW! I've Got Some Ideas For That Car You Sold Me
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Volkswagen's top US exec steps down, embroiled in emissions cheating scandal
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Used car dealership in dispute files for bankruptcy
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Why You Shouldn't Worry About Rising Auto Loan Debt
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Sporting Goods:

Performance Sports Group: Yep, This Is A Disaster
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Sporting industry is in trouble
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Sovereigns:

The Rubble of Argentina’s Debt Settlement
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Albany Can Solve the World's Sovereign Debt Crisis
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Argentine Bonds: Time for a Distressed Debt Exit?
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Argentina reaches $190 million settlement with more holdout creditors
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UK:

This chart shows how much the crash in oil prices has hit Scotland
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UBS, Deutsche Bank lose bankers' bonuses tax case in UK • UBS, Deutsche Bank Escaped Bonus Taxes Like Houdini, Judges Say
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BHS pensioners face cuts to payouts as struggling chain goes into insolvency • BHS staff face immediate cuts to pensions
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Income for young British families falls as pensioners prosper
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EU:

Deflation could trigger a wave of unemployment across Europe
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Euro dips as ECB sets sights on deeper negative rates
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German exports fall 0.5% in January
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PIIGS:

Bad loans at Italian banks rise to 202 billion euros in January
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Abengoa Said to Be Reviewing Creditors' Restructuring Plan • Abengoa agrees draft rescue in race to avoid insolvency
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Why Investors Are Concerned Over Greek Banks
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For a Peek Into Greek Banking Mess Look at Eurobank-Nikas Ties
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France:

France Publishes Final List of 19 Specialized Insolvency Commercial Courts
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MENA:

Saudi Arabia is trying to borrow billions from banks
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Denmark:

Famous Danish fashion label files for bankruptcy
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China:

Bernanke: What China should do
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There is a massive threat building in China, and it looks like a Ponzi scheme
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China has 'one last chance' to clean up its mammoth bad debts
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Chinese inflation accelerates to 2.3 per cent
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India:

Lenders Seek to Claw Back $1 Billion Dues From India Beer Tycoon
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The Vijay Mallya Case Shows Why India Really Must Change Its Bankruptcy Laws • Mallya 'flees' India as creditors tighten grip • Mallya faces assets’ attachment, Interpol notice for evading probes • Lax legal system allows defaulters like Mallya to get away
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Mexico:

Mexico’s ICA has prepared bankruptcy filing as precaution: sources
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Venezuela:

Venezuela withdraws top diplomat from Washington
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Russia:

Moody's is pulling out of Russia
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