Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: A Big Win Spawns Special Bonuses
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Attorney Layoffs Hit Well-Liked Biglaw Firm
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Kirkland: all at sea? • It’s fine to reboot, Kirkland. Just come out and say it
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Proskauer, Chadbourne Ponzi Scheme Ruling Reversed • Proskauer Beats Megabucks Class Action Over Work for Ponzi Schemer
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Attorney Linked to Shkreli Resigns from Kaye Scholer
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Which Law Schools Have The Best Bar Passage Rates?
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Veteran bankruptcy attorney tapped for new position at Adams and Reese
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For Bingham, Erin Andrews Verdict Is One That Got Away
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Linklaters takes care of talent with longer leave and better pay
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The 2017 U.S. News Law School Rankings Leak: The Top 100
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California Bar Requires Unaccredited Law Schools To Disclose Dropout Rates (Collectively, 85%)
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Law School Applicants From Top Colleges Plunge 42%
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Berkeley law dean resigns but remains on faculty after s-- harassment allegations
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The California Roots Of The Lawsuit Against Thomas Jefferson Law School
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Baker & McKenzie boosts newly qualified lawyer pay to £70,000
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FBI Alert Warns of Criminals Seeking Access to Law Firm Networks
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How In-House Counsel Are Raising The Bar For Law Firm Diversity
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Why the Role of General Counsel Is Expanding
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Useful Advice For New Lawyers
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High Minority Attrition Rates Continue To Plague Large Law Firms
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An easy 5-step method to remember anyone's name
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How I Tamed the Email Beast at Work
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Which Devices Rule the Workplace?
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9 surprising things people can learn about you from your appearance
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6 Hours of Sleep as Dangerous as No Sleep
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Milwaukee man kills 3 after complaining neighbor doesn’t speak English
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The FBI Claims Failure To Guess Password Will Make Data ‘Permanently Inaccessible,’ Which Isn’t True
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Daylight saving time is a huge inconvenience for criminals
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A Few Discrepancies During Trial
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Ex-lawyer gets 3 years in theft and UPL case; judge blasts ‘disingenuous’ child-support excuse
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‘Blown off’ toilet by explosion from sewer work, woman claims physical injuries and PTSD
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Who Kicked The Hell Out Of James Crawford?
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Hulk Hogan v. Gawker - Probably not since Pao v Kleiner has a trial seemed to go so badly for one side
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Lawyer faces federal fraud case in claimed $7M straw-purchaser auto loan scheme
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Strip-club lawyer threatens to ‘go scorched earth’ and issues F-word tax threat
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Snoozy lawyer napped through client's trial, appeals court hears
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Man in Dire Need Of Potty Arrested for Speeding . . .
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Apparent cyberthieves used Bangladesh bank codes to get $100M from its Federal Reserve account
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Judges:

Supreme Court Shortlist Narrows: And Then There Were Three
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The Supreme Court is starting to lose luster in the eyes of the public
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Conservatives dig for dirt in bid to thwart potential Obama Supreme Court nominees
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Interest groups gear up for what may be biggest Supreme Court fight since Robert Bork
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Ad targets potential Obama court pick
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The Latest In The Supreme Court Nomination Carousel
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Judge Jane Kelly: The Knives Come Out
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Learning from Antonin Scalia – The Story of the “Hapless Law Clerk”
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Supreme Court Justice Takes A Second Job
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Will liberals oppose Srinivasan if nominated for SCOTUS? He would be court’s first Hindu • What would a Hindu justice mean for the Supreme Court?
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Will the U.S. Supreme Court get its first Asian American justice?
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Multiple Supreme Court Cases at the Same Time: the Pros & Cons
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A friend's tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Wall Street:

Futures lower as investors focus on Fed meeting • U.S. stock futures waver as Fed meeting keeps investors on hold
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Stocks surge more than 1% to post 4-week win streak
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Layoffs:

Williams Cos. announces 10 percent layoffs - 670 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:

Fortune Reporter: Trump Isn't Worth $10Bn • Trump’s Long Trail of Litigation • Trump Wants to Make Government Huge Again • Trump: I may pay legal fees of my supporter who sucker-punched a protester • 'All I know is what's on the Internet': Donald Trump confronted on 'hoax' ISIS video claim • 'Ruin the rest of their lives': Donald Trump calls for arrests after wave of protests at rally • Signs of desperation in the Republican 'stop Trump' effort • Trump School Trial Delay Sought to Avoid Pre-Election ‘Zoo’ • Donald Trump’s Rhetoric and the Violence at His Campaign Events • Donald Trump, Meet Your Customers • Millions of ordinary Americans support Donald Trump. Here's why • Trump and the new politics of vulgarity and bling
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren slams ‘extremists’ Trump and Ted Cruz: ‘They demean millions of Americans’ • Elizabeth Warren slams Mitt Romney for not coming out sooner against Trump’s extremism
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Ted Cruz just crushed Donald Trump in Wyoming • Ted Cruz Goes Way Out Of His Way To Take Debate Potshot At Wall Street • Judge: Cruz is a Natural Born Citizen • Ted Cruz: He's Actually Pentecostal
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Candidates Predict Unusual Battle at Party Conventions
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Clinton Demands To Know Where Sanders Was During The Earlier Health Care Fight . . . Sanders Releases Picture of His Standing Right Next To Her
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FactCheck: GOP on Social Security Changes
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Celebs:

50 Cent: Secret Service asking about ‘prop’ money • 50 Cent promises he really is bankrupt. (Ignore all those wads of cash on Instagram)
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50 Cent net worth: He flashes cash because 'rap fans are poor', says hip-hop star's lawyers
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Dallas ex-billionaire Sam Wyly blasted by SEC over bid to save mansion
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Richard Simmons May or May Not Be Currently Held Hostage by His Maid
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Hollywood:

Relativity Media Completes Financial Arrangements to Emerge from Chapter 11
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Very Busy Kevin Spacey Drops Out of Relativity • Kevin Spacey Won’t Be Running Relativity Post-Chapter 11 • Kevin Spacey Not Serving as Relativity Chairman
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Relativity Lender Seeks $110 Million for Ryan Kavanaugh ‘Ponzi Scheme’
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Retailing:

Stage Stores Is A Short
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Why Under Armour, Inc. Isn't Sweating Sports Authority's Bankruptcy
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Another Sports Retailer is Feeling Pain
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Sears Holdings REIT Shares Up 5.7% On Q4 Results - Seritage 'Alchemy' Is Working
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Newspapers:

Freedom insiders confirm bid for O.C. Register ahead of next week's auction
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Digital First Media named top early bidder for the Orange County Register
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Sporting Goods:

Maker of ‘Smart’ Basketball Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Economy:

How Much Does the 1% Really Own?
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Bond Traders Give Fed Green Light to Lift Rates as Soon as June
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Why the Fed should stun Wall Street with a rate hike
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What the Fed Will and Won't Do This Week
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The Great OK: U.S. economy muddles along
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These are all the major concerns investors have about the global economy right now
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Economy still sailing uncharted seas, Fed officials confess
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Credit Card Debt Continues to Increase Beyond Estimates
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Back From the Dead: Interest-Rate Hikes Are on the Radar Again
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The financial crisis 'changed the psyche of a generation'
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What Buffett Believes Caused the Meltdown
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The retirement crisis is getting truly scary
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22 Years to Get Our Economy Humming Again
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The Tidal Wave Of Money Woes Drowning Millennials
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The gender pay gap is bad in some states and worse in others
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Rogers warns world economy will face worst crisis yet
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This infographic shows the devastation of the Great Depression
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Clinton Fact Check: "Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."
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College Degrees Are on the Rise, But Not Among Older Americans
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How Federal Lending Programs Served as a Big Shadow Stimulus
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Income Inequality May Cause Boys to Drop Out of High School More Often
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Biggest Life Regret for Older Americans
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Here’s why Trump is dominating despite a strong economy
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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:

First Mortgage Debt Hits $8.3 Trillion
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Bauhaus Group's Joe Beninati is on the brink of losing it all. What went wrong?
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Manhattan's rental market is slowing
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Here are the 10 hottest neighborhoods for home flipping
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Municipalities:

Ex-judge says without state money Detroit schools will close • Rhodes hopeful lawmakers will help DPS make payroll
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Closing Time for Puerto Rico
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Just Say No to a Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico bonds snapped up by insurers as crisis nears climax
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Democrats' Bills to Empower Puerto Rico Face Uphill Battle
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Congress Needs to Throw Puerto Rico a Lifeline
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Puerto Rico's financial mess
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Electricity Cut Off For Puerto Rico Hospital That Owed $4M • SOS: Puerto Rico Is Losing Doctors, Leaving Patients Stranded
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Democratic Debate 2016 Highlights: Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton Pledge to Save Puerto Rico From Debt Crisis
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Puerto Rico: Colonial Chickens, Structural Priority, and Contingent Debt
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Oil/Gas:

Behind Sabine’s Curtain Lies Negotiation
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New York Bankruptcy Court Authorizes Rejection of Midstream Contracts
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Sabine ruling: significant impact on future oil and gas exploration, pipeline company restructurings – key takeaways
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New York Bankruptcy Decision Puts Pipeline Contracts in Jeopardy
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Mon.: Oil Drops as Iran Output Expansion Counters Falling US Rigs • Oil prices slip, with crude down nearly 2%
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So, oil's price swoon is over? Don't believe it
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Oil pipeline contracts sink into an ‘unspeakable quagmire’
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How Lenders Control The Future Of Oilfield Services
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Oil field workers increasingly sue for unpaid wages
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Profusek: 500 Potential Energy Bankruptcies in 2016
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Denver energy company ponders bankruptcy, says creditors should accept 'reality of low oil prices'
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$19 billion default wave poised to come crashing down as debt catches up to oil boom
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The US Is Pumping All This Oil, So Where Are The Benefits?
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Don’t expect OPEC freeze this month: Expert
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The oil bust could cause 11 Texas towns to be downgraded
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Iran says US companies welcome to invest in oil sector
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Oil-Price Rise Could Be Its Own Undoing
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Shale Patch Pain Sees Speculators Boost Bets on Oil Price Rise
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Some bond funds bet on longer-lasting rally in energy debt
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The final days and deals of Aubrey McClendon
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Midstream Contracts Rejected In Bankruptcy, How Does This Impact MLPs?
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Energy MLPs - A Riskier New Normal
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The State Of MLPs In 2016
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Saudi Aramco again cuts its rig rates with struggling Hercules Offshore
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Pemex Woes Trigger 2,000 Provider Job Cuts as Boom Turns to Bust
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Compensation:

Chipotle CEOs' insanely high pay was just cut in half
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Food/Beverage:

Albertsons Owner Cleared to Bid on Haggen Chain After Antitrust Review
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Haggen agrees to sell remaining stores to Albertsons • Albertsons buys 29 core Haggen stores – the rest will go out of business
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Metals:

Horsehead creditors' meeting delayed a week
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Fraud:

The SEC's version of events in the collapse of Aequitas
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Lawyers expect to cast a 'broad net' in wake of Aequitas Capital collapse
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Now facing receivership and SEC charges, Aequitas seeks trial delay again
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MF Global bondholders reach $29.8 million settlement with banks
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Texas immunity law protects BigLaw firms that represented Ponzi schemer, 5th Circuit rules • Appeals Court Finds Law Firms Protected From Liability in Stanford Fraud Scheme
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Trump University Says Fraud Case Can’t Be Tried Without Witness • Ex-Trump University student: I live in fear of being 'disparaged by Trump on national television' • 'It's absolutely a con': Ex-students speak out about 'beautiful' ratings at Trump University
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Pensions:

This mistake cost one worker nearly $800,000
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Autos:

VW: US Jobs at Risk Over Diesel Scandal
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Subprime Flashback: Early Defaults Are a Warning Sign for Auto Sales • Subprime Auto Loans Aren’t Looming Crisis: Report
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Plaintiffs face critical legal tests in GM ignition-switch cases
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Healthcare:

Blue Cross Lost $1.5 Billion Last Year
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren explains why Wall Street Bankers didn’t go to jail
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The US government interviewed the heroes of 'The Big Short' — here's what they had to say
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (33 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:

A new normal for bankruptcy volume?
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Rozens on Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Corrected BK Code Dollar Amounts
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Surrender:

Florida BK Court Allows Borrowers to Challenge Foreclosure on Surrendered Property
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Proof of Claim:

How Are Informal Proofs of Claim Like Informal Dress Codes? What You Can Get Away With May Depend on Whom You Ask
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Discharge:

District Court Reverses Bankruptcy Court Ruling that State Criminal Restitution is Dischargeable
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Coal:

Peabody Energy Bonds, Shares Soar to Highest Levels in Weeks
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Arch Coal Made $10,000 Gift to Energy & Environment Legal
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Arch Coal Paid $29M to Insiders in Year Before Bankruptcy
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Pharma:

Shkreli's Bankrupt Drug Company Gets Offer From Hedge Fund
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Religion:

Study: Sharp Decline In Americans With Faith Or Religion Affiliations
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Mass Torts:

Head of legal reform group says Calif. appeals court decision in asbestos case just adds to 'hellhole' reputation
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Education:

California residents accuse University of Phoenix, Apollo Education of fraud
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Trouble remains following failed for-profit schools' revival
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Gambling:

Caesars Adequacy Hearing Ch. 11 on Shaky Ground Ahead of Examiner Report
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Sovereigns:

Peronists mull time-out on holdouts bill
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US appeals court delays lifting injunctions • Argentine bonds: US Appeals court puts on hold Judge Griesa's lifting of injunctions
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'We want to put an end to the foreign debt, but we won't kneel down'
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Second Circuit Determines that Argentine Central Bank is Not Alter Ego of Argentina
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UK:

Someone is editing Wikipedia to make the founder of collapsed tech unicorn Powa look better • There's a fight brewing over collapsed unicorn Powa's technology
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BHS plays dangerous game with PPF pensions gamble
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Debt is dealt with better in Scotland - we need the same for England and Wales
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EU:

Heta And Novo Banco Lawsuits Reveal Fatal Flaws In The European Banking Union
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PIIGS:

David Drumm: Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO returns to face Irish court
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Germany Squares Off with IMF Over Greece
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Greek Bailout Retraces a Contentious and Dangerous Route
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Canada:

Ottawa investigating lack of severance paid to CHCH workers after mass firings
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Germany:

Germany is officially heading in the wrong direction
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German Bank Fund Pays $2.9 Billion to Depositors of Maple Unit - Bloomberg Business
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India:

Willful defaulters to be brought to justice: Centre
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Hope to pass GST, bankruptcy bill this session
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Why is nobody talking about Air India losses?
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Insolvency Code to prevent bad debts
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Can the new bankruptcy law prevent more Vijay Mallya?
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Rusty jets on tarmac show India beer baron's fallen empire
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BVI:

Fairfield Sentry - New Guidance from the BVI Court
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Austria:

'Bad bank' creditors push Austria province to financial brink
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Austria, Heta Creditors Turn Page in $12 Billion Face-Off
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Carinthia Seeks New Talks on Heta After Creditors Reject Offer • Austrian province says ready to negotiate over bad bank Heta
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Norway:

Frozen Norwegian high-yield market triggers more debt restructuring
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New Zealand:

10% of farmers could go bankrupt - Key
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China:

China Banks: Time to Fear a Zombie Apocalypse?
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China rebuts economy doomsayers on debt and ‘zombies’
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China Looks to Consolidate State Companies to Avoid Layoffs • China's restructuring will not lead to mass layoffs: regulator • China's labor law under fire as restructuring threatens jobs
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Chinese economic data paint a gloomy picture
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Chinese Regulators Speed Up Bad-Loan Help for Banks
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China is crushing hedge funds that bet against it
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Australia:

Palmer's staff, creditors in 11th-hour refinery session
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Clive Palmer nickel plant closed for at least eight weeks
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Nickel shipments diverted as Palmer plant runs out of ore
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Row reveals Alan Bond's 'zero' estate
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Japan:

The Effects of a Month of Negative Rates in Japan
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Latin America:

New Wave of Corporate Restructuring Drives M&A in Latin America
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