Law:
More Turbulence Ahead for Big Law?
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Another ‘Reply All’ Screw-Up: Tell Us How You Really Feel
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More Departures From The K&L Gates; Do They Matter?
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Average age of BigLaw partner is about 52; which firms are outliers?
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Lawyer Threatens Federal Receiver, Earns One-Way Trip To Sanctiontown
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Amid partner turnover, Kirkland reportedly requires longer notice before departure
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Polsinelli Hires 44 Novak Druce Attorneys as Firm Winds Down
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Amal Clooney Has Always Been A Power Player
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Slater & Gordon shareholder class action gets backing from UK funder
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Greenberg Traurig moves towards merger with revenue boost
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Baker Botts tops $1m revenue per lawyer
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Why The U.S. News Law School Rankings Will Never Change
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Do The Words ‘I Need You To Draw Up A New Contract’ Make You Want To Run And Hide?
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Did iPad malfunction during Apple GC’s Senate testimony?
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From Tijuana to Harvard to Compton to UCLA Law
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Why Stress Makes Your Hair Fall Out
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Texas Sheriff Candidate’s Office Shot in Racially Motivated Attack
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Marriott Ownership Rep Accused Of Playing Erin Andrews Peephole Video For Friends
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How using a gun emoji can get you arrested
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Cops Woke Up N---- Woman, Then Shot Her
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Alabama Policemen Charged with Murder
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Disbarred lawyer is denied New York taxi license
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Spotlight On ‘Spotlight’
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Hollywood’s Top Divorce Lawyer Spills Her Secrets
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How Dumb Is It, Legally, for a Celebrity to Tweet While in the Middle of a Lawsuit?
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Judges:
After a decade of silence, will Justice Clarence Thomas find his voice?
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McConnell Puts the Ball Into Obama's Court
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Obama to unveil U.S. Supreme Court nomination soon: Senator Reid
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Obama May be Vetting Judge for SCOTUS
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Scalia is remembered as devoted friend who attacked ideas, not people • Justices, law clerks, children remember Scalia • Supreme Court justices heap warmth, wit on Scalia
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Will Dow Settlement in Wake of Scalia’s Death Lead to Other Accords?
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Justice Antonin Scalia Admits He Wrote ‘One Of The Worst [Opinions] Ever’
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Five potential nominees from the federal appellate bench
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Celebrate Women’s History Month With This Fabulous Ruth Bader Ginsburg Coloring Book
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Wall Street:
Stock futures struggle
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Stocks dip in afternoon trading • Stocks inch higher as energy rallies
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Fading recession fears bring out the bulls
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Layoffs:
Sports Authority lays off 3,400 employees
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Tilton's firm sued over 1,200 TransCare workers' sudden firing
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17 Disappearing Middle Class Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Agriculture:
Monsanto Cuts Forecast for 2016, Citing Economic Headwinds
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Distressed Investing:
The Billionaire Banker In The Shadows
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Pimco Says It's Time to Buy Junk Bonds
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Gambling:
Tropicana to Manage Trump Taj Mahal; Icahn Chides N.J. Leaders
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Trump Taj Mahal Re-Investment Won't Happen If Casinos Allowed In North Jersey, Billionaire Says
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Banking:
U.S. Banks Look Sound Despite Stocks’ Slide, Comptroller Says
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Jamie Dimon Thinks It’s Cute That Wells Fargo Wants To Be A Big Boy Bank
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'Banks Almost Forgot They Had Customers'
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Politics:
Republican Lawmakers Air Unease Over Donald Trump • GOP Elites Frightened by Their Own Base
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FBI Grants Ex-Clinton Staffer Immunity
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Donald Trump: The Protector • Super Tuesday: Trump victory highlights GOP's identity crisis • Trump's Shock Strategy Works, Till It Backfires • Donald Trump’s success is frightening: Tony Blair • A Trump supporter’s ridiculous claim: the KKK is a “leftist” group • One of Russia's looniest far-right ideologues endorses Donald Trump • Cramer: These are losers under a Trump presidency • Harry Reid: ‘Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s Frankenstein' • Paul Ryan faces 'impossible conundrum' on Donald Trump • Angry? That's not how Donald Trump voters see themselves. • Who Are Donald Trump's Supporters, Really?
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Cruz Fact Check: "There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."
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Like Trump's business skill? Look at Taj Mahal case
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The unbearable agony of Chris Christie at Donald Trump’s victorious press conference • New Jersey newspapers to Chris Christie: do us a favor and resign
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Ted Cruz admits to eating hair, twerking in hilarious ‘Bad Lip Reading’ spoof
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The Economy Is Killing Voters In Super Tuesday States. Literally.
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Trump University: Is it a real scandal?
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Republican congressmen refuse to honor Maya Angelou with a post office
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Google Searches for 'How to Move to Canada' Spike After Super Tuesday Results
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Debt Collection:
New Laws Protect Consumers or Ease Restrictions on Creditors
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Hollywood:
Relativity’s ‘Before I Wake,’ ‘Disappointments Room’ Likely Postponed
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Corporate Reform:
DNC Chair Joins GOP Attack On Elizabeth Warren’s Agency
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DNC Chairwoman Uses Odd Legislation To Pick Ill-Advised Fight With Elizabeth Warren
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Mining:
Joy Global swings to deeper-than-expected loss
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Economy:
ADP shows job gains accelerate in February • Private Employment increased 214,000 in February
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Treasuries Decline as Jobs Gains Boost Wagers on Fed Rate Move
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U.S. Economy Expands With Wide Range of Wage Growth, Fed Says
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Fed's Beige Book: "Economic activity expanded in most Districts"
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Consumers Pace Factory Improvement
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Will job growth push the Fed to hike again?
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Fed’s Williams convinced U.S. economy will ‘power ahead’
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This is the clearest sign yet the Fed is moving towards negative interest rates • These are the implications of negative interest rates • Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan against using NIRP • Negative Interest Rates Put Strain on the Financial System
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ISM manufacturing index hits 49.5 in Feb; Construction spending up 1.5% in Jan
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Investors Turn Finicky on Corporate Bonds
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World’s Superrich Population Declines for First Time Since 2008
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Here's why a lot of economists hate the idea of free public college
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Sorry, Trump, America Can’t Be Great Again
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Cruz's Tax Plan Would Add $21T to Deficit
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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:
Lease Claims: Once Again, You Snooze You Lose
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Mortgage applications fall 4.8%, despite rate drop
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Zillow Forecast: Expect "Modestly Slower Growth" in January for the Case-Shiller Indexes than in December
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'Evicted' follows the harrowing, heartbreaking cases of eight families
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Commercial Property Values Down for First Time in 5 Years
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California Supreme Court permits foreclosure lawsuits over ownership of loans
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Home 'flipping' exceeds peaks in some hot U.S. housing markets
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FL: Affordable housing project sold out of bankruptcy for $11.3M
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Get the hell out of NYC while you can
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Municipalities:
What Will Become of DPS Under Detroit Bankruptcy Judge's Oversight
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Puerto Rico’s Pooches Jet Off to the Hamptons
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Puerto Rico And (Very) Soft Executive Power
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Puerto Rico: Blame and the Debt of "the Other"
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Rhodes on agenda for DPS: I won't be just another emergency manager
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Rhodes’ pay $18K a month to Sept. 30
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States Losing Ability to Borrow at Record Lows as Issuance Rises
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Retailing:
Sports Authority files for bankruptcy and plans to shut or sell 140 stores • Could Shut Down Without Buyer
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Expects $595M DIP Loan
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Bankrupt Retailer Sports Authority Teaches Private Equity A Lesson
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First Day Dec • First Day Dec 2 • First Day Pleadings
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Sports Authority Bankruptcy Part of Larger Wave
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Sports Authority wants to honor gift cards despite chapter 11 filing
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What Sports Authority bankruptcy means to consumers
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Not sure Sports Authority has reason to exist - Larry Perkins
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Sports Authority and the unwinding of traditional retail
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Under Armour among biggest creditors • Wilson owed millions by bankrupt Sports Authority • Owes Nike $46M
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Bankruptcy Lenders Put Sports Authority on Short Leash
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Here’s the List of Sports Authority Stores on the Block
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Brick-And-Mortar Retail Shows No Sign Of A Comeback
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Oil/Gas:
WTI crude hovers under $35 as Brent falls
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Oil stabilizes as US output falls and stockpiles jump • Oil inventories jump by 10.4 million barrels • Storage Stalemate Subdues Oil Prices
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If oil doesn’t do this, then watch for a steep fall
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Exxon CEO: Industry mired in debt has destroyed value, “encumbered” U.S. oil resources
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Exxon Sees No Oil-Market Rebound Any Time Soon as Glut Persists
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Stress in energy credit market is now at record levels
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Marc Lasry says oil price drop fuels distressed debt deals
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Midstream Energy Companies Defend Contracts as Producers Head to Bankruptcy Court • Oil crash takes heavy toll on midstream energy companies
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The Upside of Plunging Oil Prices
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Why OPEC will never cut production
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$20 billion erased from Exxon's spending budget
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Ultra Petroleum's lenders give it breathing room on maturity and interest payments • Ultra Petroleum Corp Dodges Potential Bankruptcy as Subsidiary Secures Waiver • Ultra Petroleum Becomes Latest High Yield Energy Issuer to Defer Bond Payment
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In Risky Move Wall St. Backs Shale With Nearly $10 Billion In Equity
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Aubrey McClendon killed a car crash
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How cheap oil impacts your wallet
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Energy outlook for 2016: Looking for a bottom
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T. Rowe Price: Still too soon for energy debt
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Island Offshore reaches agreement with creditors
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Clean-up cost issues hamper energy asset sales in Canada
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Alternative Energy:
Can US solar energy survive without incentives?
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Abengoa Converts to Chap. 11 Bankruptcy
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Abengoa Bioenergy gets interim bankruptcy loan to pay wages
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Personal Finance:
How much debt is too much?
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Fraud:
February 2016 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Healthcare:
Lynn Tilton's Patriarch Is Sued by Ex-Employees of Unit
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Food/Beverage:
New York grocer Fairway’s future is on the line
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Autos:
VW CEO Knew a Year Before Scandal Broke
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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 (36 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (27 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Discharge:
SCOTUS Ponders 'Actual Fraud' in Bankruptcy Discharge
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Fifth Circuit Reverses Officer's Release in Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan
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Avoidance Actions:
Lack of Knowledge is No Defense: Seventh Circuit Strips Bank’s Lien on More than $300 Million in Assets
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Make-Whole:
The Saga Continues: A brief update on the EFIH First Lien Make Whole Litigation
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Currency:
Bitcoins Are Not Dollars in Bankruptcy Court • Bitcoin Is “Property,” Rules California Judge in Pivotal Bitcoin Case
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Insiders:
Insider Status Travels With Claim? 9th Circuit Says No
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TBTF:
Too Big to Fail’ Critics Go Too Far on Banks
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Celebs:
Shocking revelation in 50 Cent’s ongoing bankruptcy ordeal • 50 Cent Bankrupt Lies Exposed: Why 50 Is In Deep Trouble
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Bill Cosby Claims to be Legally Blind
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Shipping:
Hellenic Carriers Looks To Leave AIM After Net Loss Widens
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Hyundai Merchant to Cut Capital by 86% as Shipping Losses Mount
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Toll Roads:
Weighed down by debt, toll road company takes bankruptcy route
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NC to reassess contract with toll lane builder after bankruptcy filing • NCDOT reconsidering I-77 contract after Texas bankruptcy
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I-77 toll contractor files for bankruptcy in Texas • SH 130 Toll Road Operator Files for Bankruptcy • Toll road developer with ties to North Texas projects files for bankruptcy • Owner of southern section of Texas 130 files for bankruptcy • Texas toll road files for bankruptcy as cash runs low • Texas Toll-Road Operator Files for Bankruptcy
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Education:
For-profit college files bankruptcy , owes $19.5M to landlord
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Bankrupting Higher Education
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Student Debt:
What It's Actually Worth When Companies Pay Employee Student Debt
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Sovereigns:
Hedge funds poised to make massive gains on Argentina bonds • Elliott Management, Other Funds Get Big Rewards on Argentina Bonds
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Griesa lifts injunctions: 'Argentina needs time to raise money' • Argentina Nears Market Return as Bond Payment Ban Lifted
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14 Years Later Argentina Pays Paul Singer Billions
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'Vulture' funds ask Griesa for more time before lifting injunction
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The Fast-Paced Growth of Emerging Market Sovereign Debt
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Venezuela Still Screwed
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UK:
BlackRock Says ‘Brexit’ Could Trigger Sterling Crisis
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U.K. services PMI hits lowest in almost 3 years
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PIIGS:
Novo Banco Decision Adds to Letdowns in Default-Swap Market
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Greece Points Finger at the IMF for Holding Up Bailout Review
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Australia:
Nathan Tinkler, former billionaire, declared bankrupt • The currency of Bankruptcy - the case of Nathan Tinkler • Boganaire Tinkler's karmic smackdown • High life, low coal price sends Australian mining baron bankrupt • Nathan Tinkler’s bankruptcy filings claim he has just $2000 in his name
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MENA:
Saudi Arabia seeking international loan of up to $10 billion: report
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How The Donald of Dubai Used Outrageous Marketing To Score A $3 Billion Real Estate Fortune
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Brazil:
Only the IMF can now save Brazil
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Petrobras Needs Cash Injection of Up to $26 Billion, Maua Says
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Austria:
Schelling Makes Last-Ditch Heta Offer to German Bondholders
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Austria zero-coupon bond for Heta creditors to be settled around March 18
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Heta bond buy-back will be close call says Austrian official
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Austria's Heta capitulation is good news for bank bonds
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China:
China's Other Growth Figure Is Flashing a Warning
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Lenders 'detoxify' assets t Chinese banks to boost performance
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Moody’s Cuts Credit Outlook on Chinese SOEs, Financial Firms
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India:
Bankruptcy code to help unlock unproductive capital: Yes Bank
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Netherlands:
Perry Sport bankruptcy : Suit filed against banks over unpaid wages
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Japan:
Toshiba seeks $1.8 billion loans for restructuring : sources
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Venezuela:
Despite a Populist Victory, Venezuela Is Still ‘at the Doorstep of the Abyss’
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