Law:

State AG sues seeking to shut down troubled bankruptcy firm, alleging fraud
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Missouri attorney general sues to shut down St. Louis bankruptcy firm
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GC’s Biggest Irritation: When Lawyers Charge Time for Reviewing Their Bill
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask Richard Susskind About the Future of the Legal Profession
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Go-Go Times for Legal Consultancies as Houston Outfit Announces Expansion
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Message From Employees To Legal Department: You aren't making our jobs as easy as we would like
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Kirkland & Ellis Earned $70 Million Contingency Fee
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Tech: 3 Questions That A 2016 Law Firm Needs to Ask Itself
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Firms Bucking the System to Recruit Top Students
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The Best Law Schools For Getting A Biglaw Job (2016) • These law schools have the highest percentage of grads going straight to BigLaw
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The 2017 U.S. News Law School Rankings Leak!
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ABA Poised To Tighten Accreditation
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State Supreme Court Lowers Bar Exam Standards Due To Declining Pass Rates
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$38 Million Award for Online Defamation
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Judge tosses lawyer’s defamation suit against Nevada bar
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Passenger video shows LaVoy Finicum’s last moments — rebuts conspiracies
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Disbarred securities lawyer pleads guilty to evading $1.5M in taxes
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Smoker’s Lawyer Sanctioned for Tobacco Trial Conduct
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Loyola professor who called slavery 'not so bad' loses lawsuit against New York Times
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In Louisiana, People Are Going to Jail Without Ever Getting a Lawyer
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Law Student Convicted For Role In Miami Molly Ring
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Maryland court rules officer must testify against colleagues in Freddie Gray case
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19 unprofessional habits that could cost you a job
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Steven Avery's lawyer says new evidence gives the 'Making a Murderer' convict an 'airtight alibi'
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Lawyer gets 90 days for filing ‘completion’ forms for unperformed counseling, community service
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Erin Andrews won a huge $55 million settlement — but she will probably never see most of it • Marriott GC on Erin Andrews' Case: 'We Have to Live With That'
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How much is a year of wrongful incarceration worth? $1.5M is too high, federal judge rules
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FBI agents are being investigated for not reporting the shots they fired at an Oregon occupier
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Judges:

If I Were a Bankruptcy Judge, I’d be Promoting Bankruptcy Mediation Now — Part Two
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Appellate judge pleads guilty, in private, in airport gun-possession case
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The Conservative Era Is Over • Mitch McConnell’s Sensible Supreme Court Strategy • Possible Supreme Court pick would make history in many ways • Two Justices Pick Up Where Scalia Left Off
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Meet Donald Trump’s sister, the tough, respected federal judge Ted Cruz called a ‘radical extremist’
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Judge orders arrest of defendants who are late to court as a result of her closed-door policy
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Man accused of threatening lives of federal judge and FBI on Twitter gets probation
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Supreme Court Justices Sued!… By Lawyer With Nonsensical Complaint
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Pennsylvania Judge Wins $291.4 Million Powerball Jackpot
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Judge in courtroom rant as roof suffers fourth leak due to overflowing lawyers’ toilets
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set to rebound as oil jump fuels optimism
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China unease weighs on stocks, lifts yen
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Stocks fall; as oil prices slip, energy companies take a dive • Stocks pull back, breaking a winning streak for the S&P 500 • Selloff Led by Energy Halts Longest S&P 500 Rally Since October
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Citigroup Says Markets Revenue to Drop 15% in First Quarter
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Ex-JPMorgan Broker Gets Five Years for Gambling Funds Away
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Layoffs:

Buffet Chain Fires Hundreds With No Warning
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Lockheed seeks to lay off up to 1000 aeronautics workers
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US Jobs Report: Oil, Gas Layoff Troubles Continue
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Oil companies scale back Prudhoe Bay rigs, could cost ‘thousands of jobs’
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Alternative Energy:

Vivint cancels $2 billion deal with struggling SunEdison • SunEdison, TerraForm Surge as Vivint Cancels Criticized Deal • SunEdison Faces Lawsuits, Cash Crunch as Vivint Cancels Deal
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Retailing:

Sports Authority Bankruptcy Disrupts Sporting-Goods Industry
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Dick's Sporting Goods Vows to Be Aggressive With Sports Authority • Dick's Sporting Goods reports fourth-quarter earnings
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Sporting Goods Retailers Hit Losing Streak • Why are sporting goods retailers in such a slump?
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Sports Authority roundtable discussion tackles DIP rollup issues, UCC strategies
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Sports Authority supplier slashes forecast
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Buyers see opportunities, risk in Sports Authority bankruptcy
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Will Bankruptcy Be Next for Pacific Sunwear?
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Beware, Anthropologie: You could be the next J. Crew.
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10 retailers outperforming their beleaguered peers
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Politics:

Trump Looks To November • Trump Is Too Poor for a Third-Party Run • Donald Trump by the numbers • The Better Business Bureau just called out Donald Trump for lying about Trump University • Trump’s new Florida ally is a Sandy Hook truther who mocks parents with dead children • Report: Donald Trump Switched to Phone Interviews This Morning Because He Didn't Like the Way He Looked on TV • The real Trump tax scandal • How Donald Trump gets away with saying things other candidates can’t • 6 Facts That Could Haunt Donald Trump From Trump University • Why Is Donald Trump Using Such Bad Sound Equipment? • Trump paraded raw steaks and assorted 'Trump' products out during his victory speech • Poll: Trump Leads GOP Race Nationally
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What Republicans' 'Demographic Death Spiral' Looks Like
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The net worths of the presidential frontrunners
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Working Class Hero President Trump Can Now Prove That He Makes Less Than $500K A Year
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Zombie Politics Are Driving Negative Interest Rates, The Drag On Reforms, And The Rise Of Trump
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Clinton Takes on Big Companies to Woo Anti-Establishment Voters • Fed Governor Donates to Clinton Even as Bank Guards Independence
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MN: House speaker sued by debt collectors
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Radio:

Has iHeartMedia Defaulted on Debt?
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IHeartMedia, Lenders in Fight Over Disputed Share Transfer
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Moody's: Default notice won't change iHeartMedia ratings
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Mining:

Molycorp bankruptcy auction flops, stirs bondholder rancor
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Iron Ore Wars
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Shipping:

Profit Tumble on Cargo-Rate Slump Drives Down CMA CGM Bonds
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Coal:

Alpha Natural to re-emerge from bankruptcy by June 30
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Assumptions challenged, Alpha changes course in bankruptcy
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Alpha Natural seeks approval from bankruptcy court to sell assets • Coal Miner Alpha Files Chapter 11 Plan • Alpha Natural to Try to Sell Coal Assets, Reorganize Leftovers
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Environmentalists Are Trying To Close Peabody Energy's Coal Mines By Impeding Bowie Financing
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U.S. lawmakers seek independent review of coal cleanup subsidy
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Economy:

Consumer credit grew at slowest annual rate in three years
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Americans owe a dangerous amount of credit card debt
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The 'War on Men' in the Workplace
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What’s the Solution to Middle-Class Stagnation?
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Treasuries Surge as Global Investors Clamor for Government Debt
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The U.S. May Be an Engine of the World Economy, But Perhaps Not For Long
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The IMF Is Sounding the Alarm. Is Anyone Listening?
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Good luck retiring if the Fed turns to negative interest rates
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Jeff Gundlach on the global economy, the Fed's next move, and negative interest rates
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Let's Talk Negative Interest Rates
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Don't Let Rally Fool You: Commodity Firms Still Face Debt Cliff
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America's abandoned factories in hot demand
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This chart holds the key to predicting the next US 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:

8th Cir. BAP Holds Lien Against Only One Tenant by Entirety Avoidable in Bankruptcy
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Completed foreclosures drop 16.2%
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Foreign Buyers Are Pulling Back, Realtors Say
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Milwaukee Senate to look at bill on zombie homes
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico: More Views, Including on the Role of the Obama Administration
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Moody’s may downgrade several West Texas local governments because of the oil bust
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Puerto Rico House Pushes Vote on Water Utility Bill to Thursday
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Settling May Enhance a Creditor’s Standing in a Municipal Bankruptcy, Ninth Circuit Holds
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Connecticut Loses Investors' Faith by Blaming Stocks for Deficit
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How Birmingham, Alabama, Thrived Despite Jefferson County's Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Midstream energy industry braces for key bankruptcy court ruling • Sabine Oil & Gas bankruptcy judge deals blow to midstream companies • Sabine Decision Gives Midstream Operators Powerful New Incentive To Talk • Pipeline investors shaken by bankruptcy ruling • Bankrupt Sabine Can Reject Midstream Contracts, Judge Rules • Sabine Oil & Gas May Reject Pipeline Contracts • US bankruptcy judge lets oil company shed pipeline contracts • Bankrupt oil company Sabine can shed pipeline contracts -court • Sabine Oil wins pipeline ruling in a blow to pipeline operators • The Opinion
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Wed.: The price of oil is seesawing like crazy • Crude prices move higher as investors go bargain hunting
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Oil Prices Fall As U.S. Inventory Build Seems Inevitable • Oil Rally Stalls As Storage Concerns Spike • Oil Falls From Two-Month High as U.S. Supplies Seen Growing
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Art Berman: 30-50% of US Oil Companies bankrupt in 2016
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Deutsche Bank: Crude looks set to top $50 next year
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Plummeting global rig count could trigger oil supply crunch
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Eyeing oil price rise, Chevron to boost Permian rig count
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Forget fracking. Choking, lifting latest efforts to stem U.S. shale bust
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This Is Why I Don't Short Anything Anymore
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Gasoline prices hit first full week of increases • Shocking gas prices from around the world reveal just how bad things are for the oil industries
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MLPs: Critical But Often Overlooked Tax Implications Of Suspended Distributions And Debt Restructuring
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Why oil's 42% spike could soon backfire • Why the Rally in Oil Is Unsustainable • Improving Oil Prices Not A Reason For Short-Term Optimism
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Why the oil crash isn't a repeat of 2008 crisis
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EIA: Second-Biggest US Shale Output Drop Seen For April
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Chevron slashes its spending budget nearly 40% • Surplus production dissipating: Chevron CEO
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King & Spalding taps prominent energy lawyer to lead Houston office
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Energy Wars of Attrition
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China Crude Oil Imports Hit Record 8 MMbopd In February
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Linn Energy : Abandon Ship
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Warning of Bankruptcy, Goodrich Pete Skips Interest Payments, Eyes Debt Swap • Goodrich Petroleum Delays $11M in Interest Payments • Low oil price claims another victim — Goodrich Petroleum
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Falling Prices Test Chevron's Multibillion-Dollar Gorgon Gas Bet
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LNG oversupply likely to persist for rest of the decade: Analyst
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Food/Beverage:

Shake Shack shares plunge 11% early Tuesday
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Aviation:

Cape Verde state airline to cut jobs, debt in restructuring plan
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Distressed Investing:

Is Now a Good Time to Buy Riskier Debt?
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Pimco Says Time to Buy Riskier Debt as U.S. to Avoid Recession
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Lehman Lawyer to China Distressed Debt Holders: Expect Pain
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Affinion, Linn Energy, Peabody, W&T Offshore Join Restructuring Watchlist
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Hedge Funds:

Visium Asset Management probed by DoJ , SEC
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Sporting Goods:

Performance Sports Slashes Profit Forecast
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Celebs:

Rick Ross Defends His ‘In Da Club’ Remix
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50 Cent Claims Stacks of Instagram Cash Were Fake • 50 Cent I Flossed on Instagram with Fake Cash • 50 Cent tells bankruptcy judge that stacks of $100 bills in Instagram photos are FAKE
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50 Cent Files Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan
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Resorts:

Aman Resorts Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy
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Sale of Adirondacks ranch expected this month
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Education:

Clark Atlanta Suit over Morris Brown Property Backed by Ga. Supreme Court
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I Survived Trump University
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Student Debt:

Student debt load growing, so are delinquencies
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Federal agency warns student loan companies about automatic defaults
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Autos:

Takata Enlists Restructuring Lawyers as Air-Bag Recalls Mount
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Feds reportedly making novel use of civil bank fraud law to pursue new Volkswagen probe • US subpoenas VW under bank fraud law: Report
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Hollywood:

Relativity's bankruptcy plan may be in trouble
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Pensions:

Teamsters protest plan that would cut pensions
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Healthcare:

Palmaz may try to buy bankrupt company's assets
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Medical Bills Still Take A Big Toll, Even With Insurance
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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 Statistics:

February Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Climb 32% Y/Y
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Subordination:

In re Sentinel Management: The Seventh Circuit Considers Equitable Subordination
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Discharge:

Supreme Court to Answer the Question: What is Fraud, Really?
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Avoidance Actions:

Opinion in AES Thames – A Pro-Defendant Interpretation of the Ordinary Course of Business Defense
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Miscellaneous:

2016 March Madness: Weil Bankruptcy Blog’s Sweet Sixteen
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Corporate Governance:

The Impact of Chapter 11 on 'Corporate Democracy'
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Toll Roads:

Bankrupt , What Is Next For State Highway 130?
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NCDOT Secretary refuses questions after trip to Texas
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Debt Collection:

ACA International Releases New FCRA Compliance Guide for Debt Collection
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Finance:

Leveraged-Loan Protections Stay Stubbornly Weak, Moody's Says
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Shipping:

Mergers may aid shipping sector
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Religion:

10 years later: Davenport diocese recovering decade after bankruptcy
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Museums:

Sci-Quest granted motion to convert bankruptcy filing to Chapter 7
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Sovereigns:

Deal with Holdouts Marks the End of Argentina's Debt Crisis
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'Vultures speculated about change in government'
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The Price of Argentina's Debt Deal
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UK:

Court of Appeal confirms no duty to unsecured third party creditors on enforcement
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Addition of Partner Ian Frost Bolsters Vinson & Elkins’ London Finance Practice
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Carney Follows Bankers in Warning `Brexit' to Cost Finance Jobs
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EU:

How to Fund Assetless Estates in Insolvency? Assessing European Funding Mechanisms
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EU Warns of Contagion From France, Italy Economic Weaknesses
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Europe's Negative Yields Seep Into Non-Government Bond Sales • Behold! The First Covered Bond to Be Sold With a Negative Yield
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The ECB's Dilemma
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European Bonds Decline as Markets Brace for ECB Rate Decision
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PIIGS:

Greek Debt Writedown Can't Be Attacked in German Courts
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EU Examines Greek Debt Relief as Schaeuble Doubts Urgent Need • Bailout review restarts on Wednesday
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$470M Greek Farm Aid Illegal, EU Court Says
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Is the Risk of a 'Grexit' on the Rise?
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Abengoa shares soar as creditors said to throw lifeline
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Italy isn't Greece — it's worse
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Canada:

Constructive Trusts in Insolvency: A Canadian Perspective
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How Much Can You Fight Inequality? Canada's About to Find Out
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'It's heartbreaking': Struggling families opt for bankruptcy in western Labrador
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Grande Prairie hosts massive equipment auction in wake of energy slump
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Austria:

Austria's Schelling Warns Heta Creditors to Lift Lock-Up
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Heta creditors ignore Austrian call to break ranks
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Heta bond buyback offer set to fail as creditors stick to guns | Reuters
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Africa:

FirstRand to Cut Lending in Another Blow to African Economy
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Argentina:

A $19 Billion Credit Fund Can't Wait to Pile Into Argentina Debt
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Venezuela:

Hedge Fund Plows Half Its Money Into Venezuela Bond and Wins Big
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Maduro pays drug debt with distressed bonds
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Australia:

Insolvency experts question Clive Palmer‘s unusual nickel moves
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Citic May Write Down $1.7 Billion on Australian Iron Ore Project
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Court Clarifies What Is A PPS Lease And When Leased Goods Vest On Insolvency.
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India:

CBI likely to widen probe against Vijay Mallya’s defunct airline • Banks move Supreme Court in bid to stop debt-ridden Vijay Mallya leaving India • Did bankrupt Mallya already flee the country?
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Kingfisher employees stage protest against Vijay Mallya
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India's House of Debt Needs Asset Sales to Keep From Crumbling
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India’s most indebted companies stay afloat with empty promises
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Japan:

Negative Rates Fail to Spur Japan Bank Loans in First Month
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Nippon Steel pushing hard for Usiminas cash injection -source
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China:

The number of people who need to be laid off in China is staggering
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MENA:

Knesset passes bankruptcy revolution bill in first reading
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U.A.E. Banks Agree Measures to Help Struggling SME Businesses
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