Law:
Associate Bonus Watch: Norton Rose’s New Compensation Scheme Smells Sweet To Associates
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Coming and Going Concerns - The latest bankruptcy professional moves
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King & Spalding Adds Bankruptcy Partner With Focus on Financially Distressed Municipalities
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Meet ‘Ross,’ the newly hired bankruptcy law robot • Real Lawyers v. Cyborgs • The tech start-up planning to shake up the legal world
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Ex-Dewey Attorney Leaves DLA Piper for New Venture
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Lawyers: Who Do You Think You Are?
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‘Working Here is Psychological Torture’: Law Firm Sues Over Anonymous Comments
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After a Half Century in the Legal Industry, Law Firm Mergers Are Just As Hard
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Big Law CEO on His Rise to the Throne, NY Roots and the Dentons Hotel
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‘You’re Not My Family Doctor,’ GC Tells Law Firms
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Morgan Lewis Straddles the Trump-Hillary Divide
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The Debate Over Non-Lawyer Firm Ownership Is Officially Closed, For Now
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New focus of litigation funding is law firms’ entire portfolios of cases
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Clifford Chance Partner Finds the Time to Find the Time
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Want something worse than legal bill (or at least less reliable)? Shadow bills.
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Brooklyn Street Renamed for Fallen Lawyer
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Law Partner Helps Bring Major Art Collection to SFMOMA
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The Law Dean Who Became An Undercover Beauty Queen
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The Never-Ending Law School Crisis
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California’s Friday The 13th Bar Exam Results Were Terrifyingly Bad
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State Audit Rips California Bar For Shady Finances, Bloated Salaries
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No Law Students Show Up For Graduation
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Apple's latest iOS update is killing iPad Pros
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Create a PDF of an email on an iPhone 6s
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Chinese firm sues Becker & Poliakoff for malpractice after Fashion Mall bankruptcy auction
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Trial starts for lawyer accused in managing partner attack; involuntary intoxication asserted
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Lawyer who killed client last year is arrested in shooting outside bar
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Real Woman Harassed in Walmart Bathroom, Mistaken for Transgender
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Court Orders Ms. Town to Desegregate Schools
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Early plaintiff in Uber case challenges $100M settlement, says he feels ‘utterly betrayed’ by lawyer • Uber Driver First Named to Lead Suit Calls Accord a Sellout
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Citing brief error, 6th Circuit OKs $6,800 of $180K fee request
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Pastor admits he lied about a Whole Foods incident that caused a public outcry
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Judges:
Without Scalia, Justices Takes Small Steps – or No Steps at All
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The Ghost Of Antonin Scalia Felt In Recent Supreme Court Decision
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Shorthanded Supreme Court Ducks the Big Questions
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Frustrated Democrats plan their own Garland hearing
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Justice Thomas: ‘World Has Gone Mad with Political Correctness’
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What's on the Docket for the U.S. Supreme Court?
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Dallas judge gets extra security after lawyer’s suspicious death
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Judge blasts police after security camera contradicts officers’ testimony
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Concealed Carry Owner Accidentally Shoots Self, Woman at High School Graduation
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‘The White Man’s Burden’: A Frank And Funny Interview With Justice Clarence Thomas
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures seesaw as oil rally fades
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Stocks enjoy a broad rally as oil prices jump
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I went to the biggest Wall Street party of the year and everyone was completely miserable
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Uh-Oh: Stocks Fall Under the 50-Day Moving Average
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Four Stats that Show the Fear in the Market
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Shadow Banks Make Diciest Loans While Wall Street Retains Risk
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A Wall Street banker pulled a risky stunt in a meeting with regulators — and for good reason
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Wall Street banks see a painful summer for stocks ahead
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Layoffs:
Sanjel lays off 155 Colorado employees, closing downtown office
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Offshore Driller Ensco Lays Off 350 Workers in Houston
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Coal:
Wyoming's powerful coal industry facing a downturn
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Protest showdown looms at Casper hearing on coal leasing
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What the U.S. can learn from European coal miners’ second act
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Coal spot prices hold steady, but remain low
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Why Hillary Clinton’s coal gaffe shouldn’t be a big deal
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Personal Finance:
Five myths about emergency funds
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Healthcare:
Health Diagnostic Laboratory Patients Face Bills Years After Blood Work
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WY: Powell hospital files for bankruptcy to deal with lawsuits
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Health insurers quit unprofitable markets
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Poll: Most Now Want Universal Healthcare
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Taxis:
Derailed by Uber, Deposed New York Taxi King Gets Sued In Chicago
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Student Debt:
More Parents Expect to Help Children with College Loans
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U.S. Grads Held Back by Debt
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Debt Collection:
Law firms hired by Ohio didn’t violate federal debt collection law via letterhead, SCOTUS rules
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Travel:
If You Fly, Get a TSA PreCheck Number
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This is the one thing you should never do with your boarding pass
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TSA Blames Fliers for Long Wait in Line
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Economy:
Empire State index weakens sharply in May
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Treasury yields lifted by oil surge, Fed rate-hike expectations
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Political meddling with the Fed won’t make it magically fix unemployment
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Why Hillary wants Bill to run the US economy • Two Questions for Clinton About the Fed
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A closer look at Donald Trump's comments about refinancing U.S. debt • Donald Trump Might Be Right About Defaulting on Debt • Memo to Trump: U.S. Debt 'Shall Not Be Questioned'
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Bank Of America: 'We are living in the midst of the most remarkable demographic transition in history'
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What Can Donald Trump Teach Us About the National Debt?
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The way companies are acting is eerily similar to the financial crisis
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This key recession signal is broken
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Here are the 17 countries that hold the most US debt
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Most US stock investors don't pay taxes on gains: Report
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US Debt Dump Deepens in 2016
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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:
Homebuilder sentiment unchanged for 4 months
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The hidden costs and trade-offs of buying a house
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Cumberland County modular home builder files for bankruptcy
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FHFA: More than 3.4 million homeowners used HARP
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FBI accused of planting hidden microphones around SF Bay Area to nab real estate investors
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Municipalities:
As crisis deepens, Puerto Rico's statehood status increasingly subject of debate
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Puerto Rico Says Revenue Gains Larger Than Revised Forecast
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Bernie Sanders: Puerto Rico could leave the U.S. • Sanders wants the Fed to bail out Puerto Rico
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San Jose Reduces Pension Reform to Attract Police
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Rhodes meeting Wednesday with DPS board to be open
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Atlantic City Bondholders Anticipate Losses Even With Takeover
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Ex-mayor of Harrisburg gets 305 charges dropped
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Oil/Gas:
SandRidge Energy Files For Bankruptcy • SandRidge Energy Files for Bankruptcy Protection • Examining Sandridge Energy's Bankruptcy • Petition • First Day Motions • First Day Dec
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In re Sabine Oil and Gas: Final Ruling Issued Authorizing Rejection of Gas-Gathering Agreements
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Ropes & Gray Seeks $10.9M in Fees in Sabine Oil Bankruptcy
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U.S. Rig Numbers Say Growth Can't Keep On Truckin'
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Using Letters of Credit as a Credit Enhancement Tool
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Wells Fargo to Agent Breitburn Energy’s $75MM DIP Loan • Los Angeles-Based Breitburn Energy Enters Bankruptcy • Breitburn Energy Partners files for Chapter 11 • What Led to Breitburn Energy’s Bankruptcy ? • Breitburn Energy Files Chapter 11 with $150M DIP Loan in Hand
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U.S. Oil Prices Settle at 2016 High
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Bankruptcy in the oil patch
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Drillers will be the last companies to recover in the oilfield: Moody's
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Oil drillers adding hedges as crude closes in on $50 a barrel
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Why Jim Chanos is Shorting the Oil Majors • Why Big Oil Companies Have Already Become Dinosaurs • Can Big Oil Survive At Today’s Prices? Can Big Oil Survive At Today’s Prices?
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EIA: US Shale Output to Dip for Eighth Consecutive Month
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The Energy Companies for Which Oil Rebound Came Too Late
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SandRidge, Breitburn join wave of energy bankruptcy filings • SandRidge is unlikely to be last energy company to file for bankruptcy • With SandRidge Bankruptcy , Energy Defaults 'Mushrooming'
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Linn Energy, Breitburn Could Be Tip of Iceberg for MLP Bankruptcies
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Venoco Restructuring Highlights Unusual Oil Well
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Connacher files for CCAA as Penn West Petroleum Ltd. warns it could default by end of June
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Penn West Could Default On Financial Covenants • Penn West Says May Not Survive If It Can't Amend Borrowing Terms • Penn West seeks to ease debt terms as it scrambles to avoid default
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Linn bankruptcy just the halfway point, experts say • Why Linn Energy Was The Wrong Kind Of MLP
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Linn Energy roundtable discussion digs into cash collateral issues, pre-petition financing moves
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First Day Hearing in Bankruptcy Filings of Penn Virginia
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C&J Energy Finally Implodes
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QR Energy files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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SandRidge Energy files for bankruptcy with $4.1B in debt
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Exco mulls options, including Chapter 11
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Bankruptcies in the Energy Sector: Past, Present and Future
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Mon. AM: Oil Rises as Goldman Sachs Sees Supply Shortfall • This chart shows why Goldman Sachs just u-turned on its outlook for oil • The oil market is rebalancing a lot faster than anyone expected
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Tues.: Oil prices take a breather after hitting 2016 high • 2 Factors That Could Stop Oil Rally Fast • The Oil Glut Will Continue • Oil Price Spike Is Not As Far Away As Many Think
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Where Oil Prices Go From Here
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As Moody Downgrades Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Calls For Freeze
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In Memos, Law Firms Tell Fossil Fuel Industry Clients They Could Be Next in "ExxonKnew" Probe
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Retailing:
Broncos try to block sale of Sports Authority's sponsorship deal
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Sportscastle owners planning for a future without Sports Authority
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Aeropostale Bankruptcy Highlights Challenges for Retailers Seeking to Reorganize
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Alternative Energy:
Are Subsidies Killing US Solar Companies?
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Education:
A Vermont college with ties to Bernie Sanders' wife is shutting down, but it didn't tell its students at commencement
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Directories:
Dex Media, SuperMedia file for bankruptcy for third time • Dex Media Files Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization • Petition • First Day Dec • Disclosure Statement
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Metals:
Constellation, subsidiaries implement debt restructuring via voluntary chapter 11 filing
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Politics:
Breitbart's Anti-Semitic Attack on Bill Kristol
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The Entrepreneur’s Case for Trump • How Trump’s Escapades With Women Are Helping Rebrand The GOP • King Of Debt Seeks Presidency • Trump On UK's Cameron: 'It Looks Like We're Not Going to Have a Very Good Relationship' • Ben Carson spilled the beans on Donald Trump's possible vice presidential picks • Former CIA Director: Why I won't vote for Donald Trump • RNC Chair Reince Priebus is having trouble defending Trump's controversies • Trump to Obama: Dumb Is Good, Actually
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Who supports Donald Trump? The new Republican center of gravity
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'Run, Bernie, Run': Trump keeps imploring Bernie Sanders to mount a third-party bid for president • Sanders Revolt Puts Democrats on Notice
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Hillary Clinton Says She’d Expect Bill Clinton to Help Fix the Economy
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White House: Obama’s Commencement Remarks Not Aimed Just at Trump
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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 (72 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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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Settlements:
Make Me a Tender Offer! EFH Settlement Gets Third Circuit Approval
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Discharge:
SCOTUS Justices Reverse 5th Circ. Bankruptcy Decision
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Fraud is Broad: SCOTUS Declines to Accept Narrow Interpretation of “Actual Fraud” in 11 U.S.C. § 532(a)(2)(A)
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Avoidance Actions:
Third Circuit Agrees That When it comes to Fraudulent Transfers, There’s No Room for 20/20 Hindsight
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Unexpired Leases:
Fifth Circuit Holds That Assumption of a Real Property Lease Is Effective Upon Entry of an Agreed Order
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:
Down with “Bankruptcy Remote Vehicles”
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TIA:
Developments Regarding Section 316(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
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Standing:
U.S. Supreme Court: To Establish Standing, Statutory Claimant Must Allege “Concrete” Injury
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Professional Compensation:
ASARCO’s Revenge: Do Estate Professionals Now Have to Charge the Same Fees to an Estate or Committee that They Would Charge a Similar Client in an Out-of-Court Matter?
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Distressed Investing:
Pimco Seeks a Splash in a Distressed Pool
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Celebs:
50 Cent Reportedly Now More Than $36 Million In Debt
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NFL players go to business school to prepare for life after football
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Radio:
IHeartMedia Discloses Negotiation Details as Trial Begins • IHeartMedia fights investors in court on possible debt default • iHeart frustrates creditors with greedy offer
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Fraud:
Investors Win at U.S. Supreme Court on Securities-Fraud Suit Sites
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Prosecutors claim a Philadelphia congressman orchestrated a series of frauds
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Alternative Finance:
The posterchild of online lending is in a life-threatening crisis
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Gambling:
Caesars Bondholders Ready Lawsuit, Citing Examiner’s Report
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UK:
HSBC is cutting 850 jobs across the UK
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EU:
Pain and Recovery in Southern Europe
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The ECB Is Finding There's a New Zero-Lower Bound for Rates
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Pain and Recovery in Southern Europe
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PIIGS:
Greek parliament to vote on bailout reforms on Sunday
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IMF Wants Eurozone Debt Relief for Greece Until 2040
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Why the IMF must walk away from Greece
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Canada:
Maudore Makes an Assignment of its Property Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
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TD, Scotiabank, CIBC Among Lenders Owed $53 Million by Urbancorp
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Connacher Oil and Gas Seeks Protection Under CCAA
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China:
‘Elusive Risks’ Cited as Chinese Banks Blur Lines
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China’s debt bubble is getting only more dangerous
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PBOC starts probe to true size of non-performing loans
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Can China Shake Its Debt Addiction?
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China's Oil Industry Is Faltering, Production Falls 5%
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Default Blame Game Shifts as China Regulator Probes Underwriters
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China Shipbuilder Evergreen Defaults on Bond Amid Cash Shortage
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China is slowing down a lot faster than anyone expected
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There is one very worrying sign for China's future
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This awesome infographic estimates the size of China's massive debt bomb
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Spread the Blame, China
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MENA:
Saudi Arabia’s bold and risky vision to diversify the economy
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Russia:
Morgan Stanley: Things are only going to get worse for Russia's battered economy
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India:
What does the new Bankruptcy Code promise?
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Mexico:
Mexican Steelmaker Ahmsa Emerges From 17-Year Bankruptcy
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Australia:
Clive Palmer to sue FTI Consulting for $1.2b over QNI • Clive Palmer sues administrators
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Brazil:
Oi board approves talks to begin with creditors this week
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Indonesia:
Special Report - Overview Of Indonesia's Insolvency And Restructuring Regime.
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