Law:
Proof That Law Firms Don’t Really Care About Associate Development
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Now that it’s an awful time to be a new lawyer, law schools need to prove their worth
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The OFFICIAL 2017 U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Here!
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Catching Up With Cadwalader: Partner Profits, Associate Bonuses, Lawyer Departures, And More
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The ABA Intends To Hold Law Schools Accountable
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Study Finds Growing Debt-Related Stress Among Law Students
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Jacksonville: DOJ: Attorney/Trustee embezzled from bankruptcy estate • Atlantic Beach attorney pleads guilty to embezzling funds as trustee during bankruptcy case
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Beyond Biglaw: Chutes And Ladders
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Harvard Law School finally removed the seal of a 'brutal slaveholder,' but not everyone agrees with the decision
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ABA Council recommends 75% bar passage rate, paid externships
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Technology In Trial (Part 1): How To Excel With Excel
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Top U.S. Firms in London Match U.K. Peers in Revenues, Profits
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Prosecutor Caught With His Pants Down
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‘Pics Or It Didn’t Happen’ Gets Its Day In Court
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The primary race you didn't hear about: Voters just ran a top Chicago-area prosecutor out of office
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What happens to your brain when you check your phone all the time
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Bill Will Stop Marriage Licenses in Alabama
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When A Legal TV Show Spawns One Of Its Own
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Judges:
Report: Obama could announce Supreme Court pick today and he’s choosing between these 2 judges
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Justice Department Warns Against Jail for Delinquent Court Fines
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Guess Who’s Got A Birthday Today?
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Another Pennsylvania judge has fallen victim to the 'P---gate' scandal
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2015 Reports on Federal Courts Caseload and AO Activities Released • In Federal Courts, Fewer Lawsuits But a Longer Wait
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Judicial Conference Addresses Judgeship Needs Issues
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Judicial Conference Says “No” to Expanding Cameras Pilot Program
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The People Who Shape The Future (And Past) Of The Supreme Court
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SCOTUS for law students: Lessons from history for rulings after Justice Scalia’s death
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures inch higher
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US stocks edge lower as drug companies stumble
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Jefferies Reports Loss on Trading Slump as CEO `Humbled'
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We've never seen Wall Street turn on a stock this violently before
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Layoffs:
U.S. Oil Companies Cut 100,000 Jobs to Survive Slump
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?State Street to lay off hundreds of high-level employees
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Royal Bank of Scotland is axing jobs at its investment bank
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New Figures Show Mississippi Has Nation's Worst Jobless Rate
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton dominate 'Super-Duper' Tuesday • Kasich vanquishes Trump in Ohio primary • It's Now Trump vs. Cruz for GOP Nomination
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Donald Trump scoops up all of the delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands • How Donald Trump Treats the Little People
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Donald Trump’s rise has one key Asian ally very worried
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Rubio's Top Finance Guy is the "Vulture" Who Soaked Argentina • Marco Rubio drops out after Donald Trump crushes him in Florida • How Rubio’s campaign failed • Donald Trump tweets 11-second Marco Rubio clip to bury him on the way out
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Hollywood:
Relativity Media Reveals New Film Schedule
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Without Kevin Spacey or New Equity, Relativity Now Must Face Judgment Day
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Coal:
Peabody flags bankruptcy risk after missing payment • Peabody Energy Raises ‘Going Concern’ Doubts in Filing
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Foresight shares tumbled after bankruptcy warning
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Retailing:
How Sports Authority went bankrupt—and who could be next to fall
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How JCPenney CEO Ellison Plans to Turn Company Around
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Here's How Dick's Plans to Capitalize on Sports Authority's Bankruptcy
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American Apparel has a strategy that could save its business
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Student Debt:
Education Department Reviews Improving Debt Relief Process
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CFPB Examines Problems in Student Loan Collections, Servicing
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Bike-Sharing:
Seattle Buys Insolvent Pronto Bike-Sharing Program
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Fraud:
Ex-Kit Digital CFO Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces Prison Time
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Currency:
Mizuho to face US lawsuit over Mt Gox bitcoin losses: ruling • Mt. Gox Bitcoin Bank Case To Be Heard In US Court
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Awards:
Bankruptcy attorney to receive lifetime achievement award
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Newspapers:
Feds warn of anti-trust issues in newspaper auction
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Autos:
CalPERS and other big investors sue VW for $3.57 billion
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Ritholtz: Subprime auto loans very different than subprime mortgages
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GM Asks Circuit to Uphold Shield Against More Lawsuits
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U.S. appeals court weighs extent of GM's bankruptcy protection
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US Law Firm Wants Meeting with VW
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Economy:
CEOs think the economy is below its potential: Study
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Goldman: US rates hikes are on the agenda
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Fed 'Fiddling' While the Economy Burns: Stephen Roach
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How Americans’ Perceptions of the Economy Have Changed in Just Three Months
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CEOs Plan Less Hiring and See Growth Slowing in 2016
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5 Things to Watch at the Fed Meeting
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Manufacturing in New York finally expanded in March
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Producer prices fall in-line with expectations
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Low gas prices drag down US retail sales in February • Retail Sales decreased 0.1% in February • Weak US retail sales highlight risks to economic outlook
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3 surprising reasons 20-somethings are failing at work
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A Less Costly Stimulus for Battling Recession
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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-Time House Hunters Lose Out in Busy U.S. Homebuying Season
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W.J. Bradley Mortgage Capital permanently closes down
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The 11 best US cities for young people to buy a home
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Homebuilder sentiment holds steady in March • NAHB: Builder Confidence unchanged at 58 in March • Homebuilder confidence holds at nine-month low
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New Jersey's most expensive home just got a makeover and is back on the market for $48.8 million
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Loan loss on St. Louis Outlet mall was total
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Municipalities:
Stage Set for Puerto Rico Debt Case at High Court
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`Hamilton' Star Joins Democrats Seeking Help for Puerto Rico
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PR Debt Readjustment Bill Introduced In Senate
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State takeover of Atlantic City moves forward • South Jersey Sees Few Alternatives as AC Takeover, Casino Expansion Bills Pass
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Christie says no to any changes to Atlantic City takeover bill
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After leading the city through bankruptcy , Jones Day grows its Detroit office
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The Next Muni Trainwreck
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The 6 states with the highest tax rates
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Oil/Gas:
Ruling on Pipeline Agreements in Sabine Chapter 11 Case Indicates Battles That Lie Ahead in Energy Company Bankruptcy Cases
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Bankruptcy Court Cases Creating New Risks for MLPs
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More Broken Contracts in the Pipeline?
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Why Oil Firms' Borrowing Costs Are Soaring
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Wed.: Crude turns higher after upbeat read on stockpiles
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Iran will freeze its oil output once it reaches 4 million barrels per day • Oil producers to meet in April to hash out production deal
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Private equity emerges as lender of last resort for U.S. energy firms
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Tues. PM: Oil down 3 percent on technical pressure, US stockpile worry • Oil Falls As Short Covering Seems To Have Run Its Course
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Oil's Global Supply Glut Is Creating Oil's Next Supply Shock
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Time To Put The Oil Production Freeze Hoax Narrative Behind Us - Speculators Slash Net Long Positions
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Oil Companies Capex Down More Than 50% for 2016
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Is Fracking Industry Too Wounded to Respond as Oil Prices Bottom Out? • Many Shale Companies Are Unable to Ramp Up Oil Output
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Linn Energy says bankruptcy may be 'unavoidable' • Linn Energy says Chapter 11 looming • Linn Energy Skips Interest Payment, Warns of Chapter 11 • Linn Energy Shutting in 1000 Wells, Eyeing Potential Bankruptcy
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Linn Energy creditors at risk of collateral damage • Linn Energy's creditors in trouble for unsecured bond swaps
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Energy XXI delays interest payment on unit • Energy XXI says it will defer two interest payments
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Quantum Announces Event of Default Under Bridge Bank Credit Facility and Resulting Cross-Default under Senior Secured Convertible Notes
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Chesapeake Isn't Going Bankrupt
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Kentucky’s ‘At The Well’ Rule for Determining Royalties Owed Under an Oil and Gas Lease
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Lightstream Resources, Oil Firm That Cut A Deal With Apollo Braces For New Debt Squeeze
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Lightstream Weighs Bond Deal as Credit-Line Cut Looms
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The Problem With This Oil Rally
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What the World's Leading Energy Sector Insiders Fear Most
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This is what Texas oil industry carnage looks like in black and white
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Pressures Build in Oil-Shipping Business
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Personal Finance:
23 things worth paying extra for
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5 ways I save money without even realizing
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Food/Beverage:
Chipotle says sales recovering, but down 26 percent in Feb.
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5 Strange Things We Learned About Sudden Closures Of Old Country And HomeTown Buffets
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Pensions:
The world is facing a pension disaster
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Religion:
A s-- abuse scandal is rocking the Catholic Church in France
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Gambling:
Caesars Entertainment Could Face Up To $5.1B In Damages, Bankruptcy Examiner Says • Bankruptcy Examiner Finds Plausible Claims Against Caesars • Caesars could face $5 billion hit from unit's bankruptcy: examiner
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The Report
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Richard Davis, star negotiator, wraps up year probing Caesars
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Mining:
Molycorp bankruptcy gets messy
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Debt Collection:
Second Circuit Approves Debtor’s FDCPA Lawsuit After Receiving Bankruptcy Discharge
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Corporate Reform:
Congressman Rolls Out New Plan to Revamp Dodd-Frank
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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 (22 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (242 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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ADR:
In Praise of ADR and More Litigation Control
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Slashing Reorganization Costs by Early Mediation: Helena Diocese Shows the Way
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Ch. 13:
Secured Creditors Beware: Ninth Circuit Holds a Chapter 13 Debtor may Avoid Liens Even if not Entitled to a Discharge
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Cross-Border:
Brexit: Implications for cross-border insolvencies and restructurings
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Class Actions:
Get to the Head of the Class Promptly: Class Representatives Must be Diligent when Defendants File for Bankruptcy
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Exemptions:
The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Health Savings Accounts: Are HSA Accounts Exempt From Bankruptcy Estate?
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Bankruptcy Forms:
BK SD NY: Pending Changes in Bankruptcy Forms Effective April 2016
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Miscellaneous:
2016 March Madness: Weil Bankruptcy Blog’s Elite Eight
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TBTF:
U.S. bank insurer approves surcharge for larger institutions
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Why Break Up the Banks? A Smart Man Explains
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Corporate Governance:
Directors And Officers’ Ultimate Escape From Personal Liability
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Pharma:
Valeant Plunges Most Ever on Forecast Cut, Warning Over Debt • Valeant struggling to stay ahead of creditors given ongoing filing delay • Why Investors Are Dumping the Stock • Valeant Suffers Biggest Drop on Record, What's Next? • Bill Ackman Loses About $1 Billion on Valeant Worst-Ever Drop • Valeant Stock Still Too Expensive Even After Shares Crash 40% • Valeant Slashes Guidance, Warns of Possible Default; Shares Cut in Half • Valeant Shatters Creditor Calm as Debt Casts Bigger Shadow
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Celebs:
Kevin Spacey Won’t Be Relativity Chairman
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Bill Cosby seeks to use homeowners’ umbrella policy to pay legal bills
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Healthcare:
Bankruptcy Risk Still Looms After MannKind Earnings
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The Surprisingly High Cost of Beating Cancer
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Shuttered East Bay hospital could become boutique hotel
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Tech:
Ybrant Unit Files for Bankruptcy Over Price on Lycos Deal
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Sovereigns:
Sovereign Default in the US
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Argentina Forced Into 30 Year-Debt to Pay Vulture Funds
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Argentina lawmakers edge towards defaulted debt settlement
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Argentine arbiter in debt talks shoots back at bondholder claims
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Lower House debates holdouts bill • Holdouts bill: Lower House marathonic session continues with rough debates • Kicillof criticizes agreement with holdouts • Argentines Tell Lawmakers Not to Hand Country to Vulture Funds
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Argentina debt deal seen gliding toward congressional approval
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Argentina and the Vultures: the Political Economy of the Settlement
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UK:
ICAEW takes on insolvency solicitors • ICAEW set to regulate solicitors acting as insolvency practitioners
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One Click Bankruptcy
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New blow for Rangers creditors as legal claim on £18m oldco liquidation pot is put on hold
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PIIGS:
Ireland’s NAMA Seeks Bids for Loans Once Worth $5.2 Billion
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A new proposed, comprehensive reform of Italian insolvency proceedings: continuity and innovation
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Abengoa Said to Step Up Efforts for Debt Restructure Support
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Athens proposes bank charge again
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Canada:
CHCH bankruptcy : Channel Zero and its web of companies trigger federal investigation
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Target Canada fallout continues as court lifts ban on co-tenancy rights
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South Korea:
SMEs can be subject to corporate workout
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China:
China Traders Hold Noses at Plan to Repackage Bad Loans as Bonds
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China Needs Caution as It Mulls Debt-Equity Swaps, CBRC Says
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China may swap 'zombie' companies for 'zombie' banks
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Bounty Hunter Tracks Chinese Companies That Dupe Investors
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China Premier Li: will try to avoid mass layoffs in restructuring
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Russia:
Russia Arrest Said to Be Linked to Deutsche Bank Trading Probe
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MENA:
Saudi Arabia's banks are pointing to more bad news for the country's economy
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Estonia:
147 companies went bankrupt in Estonia in 2015
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