Law:

Six Law Firms Named To Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
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Lawyer Writes Epic Departure Memo… Actually Seems Happy?
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More pay, less sleep for Reed Smith associates
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Greenberg Traurig chief: we love BLP, but we’re not changing our pay system
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The Latest Departures Through The K&L Gates
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The End of Lawyers, Period.
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Law Firm's First Latina Partner, With Boost From N.Y.U. Program
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ABA to Consider Change to Bar-Passage Rule for Law Schools
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Law Graduate Gets Her Day in Court, Suing Law School
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Marco Rubio Was Apparently An Afterthought In Law School Too
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Stressed-Out Law Students
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Which College Majors Benefit Most and Least from Law School?
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Harvard Law School Takes A Scythe To Its Wheat Crest
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Big Law PR Shop Splits Up, Citing Differing Philosophies
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Two Freshfields Partners on Why They Left Kirkland
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We MUST Stop Harassment In The Legal Profession
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What Being A Lawyer Means To Rhonda Mims Of Paul Hastings, New Chair Of The Executive Leadership Council
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Here Are the Legal Generals Behind Apple's Brawl With the FBI
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15 ways to stay focused all day, according to scientists
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Bankruptcy judge orders killer's ex-wife to turn over $850,000
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O.J. Simpson's former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, believes Simpson is being unfairly punished
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This Is How You Win By Losing
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Alabama State Trooper Given Plea Deal For A Misdemeanor After Allegedly R----- Motorist After Bogus Arrest
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Report: Police Officer Removed Knife From OJ Estate And Kept It As Souvenir
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Law Firm Managing Partner Steps In Front Of Train, Killing Himself
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Judges:

It's OK to Laugh at the Supreme Court
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Passersby douse courthouse flames with building fire extinguishers; police seek arson suspect
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Law Clerks Skew Liberal, Even Ones Hired By GOP Appointees
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Immigration judge said some 4-year-olds don’t need lawyers in deportation cases, ACLU lawyer claims
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From loaded pistols to garden shears and Sharpie pens, court security officers have seen it all
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Judge sequesters jury after courthouse hallway fight, then declares mistrial
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It’s already looking like a different Supreme Court
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Confirmation Hearings Bring Sunshine To The Court
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Jane Kelly Supreme Court nomination could pressure Grassley
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Three More Judges Said to Be Vetted for Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court Doesn't Need a Hero Right Now
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Justice Scalia’s hapless law clerk
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Clarence Thomas' views to loom larger at Supreme Court following Scalia's death
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Donald Trump says GOP leaders risk loss of Supreme Court
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Mandatory Mediation: Here’s How it’s Done – The Detroit Example
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set to take a breather after three-week rally
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Stocks almost erase 2016 losses as bulls charge
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Bankers love kung-fu — here's why
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Layoffs:

Will your job disappear?
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Former employees file suit against Magnetation execs
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More than 1600 mass layoffs in Illinois last month
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:

Is Peabody Energy Preparing for Bankruptcy ?
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Coal Prices May Do Something They Haven't Done in 2 Years: Rise
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Retailing:

How one of America's top sporting goods stores suddenly imploded
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Sports Authority, Other Retailers Forced To Confront Radical Shifts
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Under Armour: Sports Authority Bankruptcy Won't Affect Us
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Retailer Sports Authority Can Tap Loan, Start Liquidation Sales
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Teen Retailer Pacific Sunwear Hires Financial Advisers
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TPG Said to Write Down J. Crew Stake by 84% As Revival Hopes Dim
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Toll Roads:

Toll road company’s future uncertain as bankruptcy process begins
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North Carolina Sending Top Official to Texas Over Toll Road Bankruptcy • NCDOT: Texas bankruptcy doesn't look like I-77 deal-killer
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Let Cintra keep I-77, and other things unsaid
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Healthcare:

Small towns watch aging hospitals shutter
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Beware of Violating Patient Privacy Laws in Bankruptcy Claim Filings
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Palmaz Scientific files for bankruptcy • Startup that got $3M in state funds files for bankruptcy
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Home health care agencies say Cuomo's minimum-wage hike could sink them
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Dallas doctor and Forest Park Medical Center co-founder guilty in $10M fraud scheme
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Politics:

What I learned suing Donald Trump • Donald Trump’s Three Friends in Finance • Donald Trump goes on riff about his 'large,' 'strong' hands while speaking at press conference • Trump: Ted Cruz 'should do well in Maine because it's very close to Canada'
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Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for Visas
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Explaining Hillary Clinton's, Bernie Sanders' votes on the auto bailout
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Fact Checking the Democratic Debate • Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders clash sharply in Michigan debate
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Orlando commissioner claims homestead for home outside city limits
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FBI Said to Prepare to Interview Clinton Aides About E-Mail
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Pensions:

Retirees Win Lengthy Pension Fight With Renco's Ira Rennert • Renco Group to restore pension benefits for steelworkers
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Hatch says country at 'sobering moment' over union pension plight
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Pension fears cloud US municipal debt market
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Big public pension battle to hit N.J. Supreme Court on March 14
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Mining:

Copper Mountain Mining Is Toying With Bankruptcy
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Magentation seeing light at the end of tunnel
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Fitch Revises Rating Watch on Samarco to Negative
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Hedge funds’ bearish mining bets turn sour
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Paper:

Verso gets motions granted in bankruptcy
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Agriculture:

Deal off in Turner Grain case
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Fishing:

State lawmakers push for crab fishing industry emergency relief
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Debt Collection:

Buffalo debt collector accused of defrauding thousands
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Eleventh Circuit Protects Creditors from Unscrupulous Attorneys
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Food/Beverage:

Largest Bruegger’s Bagels franchisee files for Chapter 11
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SLO County winery's Chapter 11 triggers bank lawsuit
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Autos:

Federal Judge Grants GM Motion to Keep Settlement Documents Sealed
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Lawyers Tee Up Another Loser As Judge Trims Claims In GM Ignition-Defect Case
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Religion:

CA: 'In a Tailspin,' Says 2nd Baptist Church
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Gallup diocese called on to release church records
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Economy:

The February Jobs Report in 14 Charts • This Is the Largest Job-Growth Streak Ever—Kind Of • Economists React to the February Jobs Report: ‘Concerns Over Recession Are Overblown’ • February Jobs Report – The Numbers • After Jobs Report, Economy Is Almost Meeting Expectations
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Tightening U.S. Job Market Keeps Hope Alive Wages Will Rise • Payrolls in U.S. Surge While Wages Drop in Mixed Jobs Report
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How Corporate Growth is Killing the Economy
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Survey: Economists split on Fed's policy stance
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Remember the CEO Pay Cap?
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U.S. jobs may be better indicator of real economy health than markets
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All Clear on Recession Risk? Not Yet
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Trade Gap in U.S. Widens More Than Forecast as Exports Slump
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Earnings Estimates Face Deepest Cuts Since Financial Crisis
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Negative Interest Rates Are Working Just Fine So Far: BIS • BIS sounds note of caution over negative rates
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President Trump would send the national debt soaring
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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:

Another mortgage crisis might be just around the corner
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Why the 9th Circuit Fannie Mae "Federal Instrumentality" Ruling Doesn't Matter for the Net Worth Sweep Litigation
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HOPE NOW: 1.45 million homeowners rescued from foreclosure in 2015
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Bank of New York Mellon to face lawsuit over toxic mortgages
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Colony litigation nears resolution
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FL: Banyan Street has inside lane for Doral Court
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Californians May Be Able to File Wrongful Foreclosure Suits
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Moody’s Clamps Down on Two Ground Lease Issues
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The 50 best places to live in America
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Municipalities:

A.C. bankruptcy or state-led reorganization needed before bailout
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Puerto Rico: The Multiple Issuer Problem
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Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Clouds GOP Primary
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Puerto Rico Utility May Pay Contractors Before Debt, Filing Says
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Marco Rubio Wins Puerto Rico Primary
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Moody's says execution risk for PREPA restructuring remains high
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How Puerto Rico got into its current financial mess
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Puerto Rico governor meets key U.S. House member on crisis
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Puerto Rico Symposium: Of Wills and Ways
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Puerto Rico: Facilitate an Exchange Offer, Now
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Earley gets nearly $83,000 in DPS departure deal
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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Urges Federal Officials to Reconsider Flint Funds Denials
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In Flint, Water Crisis Was Last Straw For Residents Looking For Hope In 2016 Presidential Candidates
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California Counties Experience Huge Drop in Net Value Due to Unfunded Pension Liabilities, Several Counties Deemed “Balance Sheet Insolvent”
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What John Kasich got wrong about Detroit's troubled schools
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The top 10 most 'distressed' cities in the US
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US public pension deficits squeeze city and state budgets
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Louisiana economy suffered 'years of mismanagement' under Jindal
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The Chicago Bloat of Education
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Trustee Doubts City s Commitment To Debt For Failed Research Facility
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MI: Democrats target EM law for extinction
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Oil/Gas:

U.S. bankruptcy court weighs 'white-hot' power pipeline dispute • Judge to Consider Letting Quicksilver Exit Pipeline Deals
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The Assumed Contract Chimera
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Bank watch lists early warning sign of trouble for oil and gas industry
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Fri: Oil Posts Gains In Less Volatile Markets • Oil Market Storm Clears as Prices Stabilize on Output Deal • Judging the Saudi-Russia Oil Freeze Comes Down to Binoculars • Oil Rally Looks Like Last Spring's, And How'd That Turn Out? • Oil Prices Are Now 40% Above Their 2016 Lows
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Specter Of $20 Oil Recedes As Speculators Flee Bearish Bets
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Why you shouldn't be fooled by the big rally in oil stocks
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Rig count falls by eight as drilling continues to slow • Drillers Cut Rigs For 11th Week In A Row
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Wall Street cash pile comes to oil industry's aid
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Getting in on oil-price rebound without getting burned
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U.S. Shale Rigs Nearing Record Low as Drillers Conserve Cash
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Oklahoma slashes spending 7 percent due to oil price plunge
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Oil Prices Jump as Drilling Drops
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Oil Prices Should Fall, Possibly Hard
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The oil industry will survive its wounds, but the pain isn’t over
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Vanishing Profits Don't Stop Resurgence in Energy Stocks
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This 'panic index' suggests an oil-and-gas crisis could be on the way
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Uncertain outlook for U.S. LNG, EIA warns
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Based On Liquidation Value Weatherford Is Insolvent
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Left for Dead, LINN Energy LLC is Starting to Show Signs of Life
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Houston wellhead business WDI Looks to Reorganize under Chapter 11
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Here’s Why Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s Stock Plunged 18.7% in February
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Seadrill Restructuring: Frontline 2012 All Over Again? • Seadrill Jumps as Fredriksen Builds Cash, Short Bets Covered
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Here’s How Sembcorp Marine Ltd May Survive the Oil Slump
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Debt-laden North Sea producer EnQuest hires Rothschild as advisers
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Wage violations high among oil, gas companies
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Oil Nations Face Financial Debacle • Russia Leads List of Oil States at Risk of Moody's Downgrade
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Lower oil prices not driving economy
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The Impact of Oil, Gas on the US Housing Market
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Banking:

Bank Bondholders Helped Drive Plunge in Share Prices, BIS Says
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Business bank accounts vulnerable to cybercriminals
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Bank Profitability Is A Big Question Mark
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Aviation:

Pilot shortage hits US regional airlines
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Republic Airways Bankruptcy Filing May be the Best Thing for its Future
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American Airlines Pilots Blast Return of ‘Toxic Culture’ • 3 Reasons American Airlines Stock Could Fall
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Malaysia Airlines out of danger 2 years after MH370 disaster
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Indigo's Frontier Said to Hire Barclays, Deutsche Bank for IPO
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Electricity:

Vote Delayed, But Hunt's Oncor Plan Inches Forward
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PUC meeting its regulatory mission on Oncor deal
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Education:

NY's Trump U. suit dogs GOP front-runner
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Grand Canyon Education Backs Out of Nonprofit Plans
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Celebs:

‘Dance Moms’ Maddie Ziegler’s Mother Files For Bankruptcy • 'Dance Moms' Star Maddie Ziegler's Mom Melissa Gisoni's 2009 Bankruptcy Papers Leaked
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Dance Moms Star Abby Lee Miller Opens Up On 'Rough' Bankruptcy Fraud Case
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Teresa And Joe Giudice Put On A Brave Face
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Should Cory Booker be liable for watershed's financial losses?
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Tim Blixseth remains defiant
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50 Cent: Rapper's Connecticut mansion still on the market despite claims of nursing home buyer
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Skiing:

Alpine Mtn. files Chapter 11
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Shipping:

OW Bunker Executives Face Fraud Charges
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Western Bulk Chartering distances itself from insolvent Bulk Invest
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Soccer:

Parma Risk Being Without A Field As Training Ground Is Put Up For Sale
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Game over? Italian clubs announce big losses
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Serie A chokes on €365m loss
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Radio:

Sheridan, NBN War Results in Chapter 11
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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 (26 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (16 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:

Number of Troubled Companies Nears 2009 Peak
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Consumer Bankruptcy Filings Down; Commercial Filings Up
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Examiners:

Examiner reports on U.S. bankruptcies, their success and cost
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Report due in days could break deadlock on Caesars bankruptcy
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Safe Harbors:

Is the Safe Harbor of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e) Bigger Than You Thought?
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Recent Pleadings:

Baker Botts Argues For New Asarco Workaround
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TBTF:

Fed plans second effort at limiting banks ' ties to one another
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Corporate Reform:

Obama to Meet With Financial Regulators Ahead of New Rule
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Distressed Investing:

US high yield: back in the game
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Investors Pour Record $5B Into US High Yield Bond Funds
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US Leveraged Loan Funds See 32nd Straight Cash Outflow, Despite Gain by ETFs
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Jefferies restructures junk debt business, bankers leave
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Junk Status Conceals Gems Among Emerging Corporate Bonds
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Awards:

Shortlist For Restructuring/Bankruptcy Team of the Year
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Gambling:

The disputed Caesars deals and other litigation
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Caesars: Was It Stripped by Private Equity?
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Report due in days could break deadlock on Caesars bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

A look at Aequitas' history of litigation
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Tax:

Bad Boy Guarantee May Cause Deductions From Nonrecourse Loan to be Reallocated
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IRS Tool Designed To Protect Identity Theft Victims — Exposes Users To Identity Theft
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Sovereigns:

District Court Order Paves the Way for the Republic of Argentina to Return to International Credit Markets
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Argentina Plans $11.7 Billion Bond Sale to Yield About 7.5% • Banks pin hopes on US$15 billion Argentina bond issuance
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A Good Week for Vulture Funds
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UK:

The ex-CFO of bust Powa Technologies claims management were 'breathtakingly immature and bipolar'
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Fees expected to hit £16m in Phones 4U admin
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Investors criticize the way Sports Direct is run
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Enhanced Rights Against Insurers of 'Insolvent' Entities - One Step Closer
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BHS in plea to landlords for survival or thousands of jobs could go • Pension Protection Fund in talks with BHS • BHS owners took £8.4m loan from chain • BHS store faces uncertain future as chain goes to war with landlords
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Ashmore's Distressed-Debt Head Santiago Pardo Said to Leave Fund
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EU:

Europe is 'close to stagnation'
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Brexit? Business as usual in Brussels!
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Europe Faces Pension Predicament
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European Leveraged Loans Return -1.22% in February; Biggest Slide Since 2011
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PIIGS:

Abengoa Yield Insulated From Potential Bankruptcy of Founder
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Schaeuble Presses Greece on Bailout Terms, Urges EU Solidarity
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Grexit back on the agenda again as Greek economy unravels
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EU summit spotlights Greece's twin peaks of pressure: Refugees and debt
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Gov. Asks Greece to Declare State of Emergency
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Canada:

Target Canada settlement will grant at least 66% to unsecured creditors
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Target Canada announces it has the support of landlords for amended plan
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Canada is pretty much out of gold
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Personal insolvency up 18.5% in Alberta
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United Steelworkers to appeal debt decision in U.S. Steel proceedings
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Germany:

Germany's economic engine throttles back over 'what if' uncertainties
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China:

China says economy will 'absolutely not' experience hard landing • Top Chinese Official Rebuts Soros Prediction for Hard Landing
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China Growth Addiction Leaves Deleveraging, Reform in Back Seat
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China cuts its economic growth target to 6.5-7 per cent • China’s Lowered Growth Target: What the World Can Expect
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We're about to find out how close we are to China's 'line in the sand'
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China Defense Buildup Slows as Cooler Economy Restrains Spending
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India:

Commercial Banks Blamed For Not Declaring Kingfisher Bankrupt • Angry Kingfisher Airlines employees say Vijay Mallya has blood on his hands • Beer Baron Slams 'Hysterical' Media Focus on Kingfisher Dues
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MCA issues draft norms for revival of sick companies
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Government to set up panel for consolidation of state-run lenders
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Government, RBI working to resolve banks' bad loan problem: Jayant Sinha
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Bank loan defaulters won't be spared: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
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MENA:

Iran says court sentences billionaire to death in graft case
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Iraq faces prospect of bankruptcy as oil revenue dries up
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Bahamas:

Hearing Behind Closed Doors Over Stalled Resort's Future
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Japan:

China-related bankruptcies spike in Japan
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Austria:

Umbrella group of Heta creditors rejects sweetened buyback offer
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Creditors look to secure Hypo Alpe Adria bank deal
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Ukraine:

Loss of Ukrainian banks reaches UAH 1.15 bln in Jan – revised data
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Australia:

Clive Palmer should take responsibility for Queensland Nickel
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Rising Bad-Debt Charges Next Hassle for Australian Lenders
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Bad Debts May Rise in Australia
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South Korea:

South Korean shipping giant veers to avoid bankruptcy
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New Zealand:

Dick Smith creditors net $98 million loss
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