November 15, 2016

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Law:

Citi Report: Third-Quarter Growth Slowed
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Chadbourne Asks Judge to Toss Partners' Gender Bias Suit Chadbourne Seeks Dismissal of Gender Class-Action
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Top Women in the Law
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First-Year Associates Getting Totally Hosed By Trump’s Tax Plan
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Plaintiffs Bar Prepares for Fallout From Trump Agenda
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3 Depressingly Low Associate Salaries
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Private Equity-Backed Law Firm Acquires Two Businesses
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Trump’s chief of staff is a BigLaw partner
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The Trump Effect on U.S. M&A Landscape
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Indiana Tech: Another Law School Lesson Ignored
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Counsel's Table Should Mirror Real-Life Diversity
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Five Tips for Working Moms to Maintain a Work-Life Balance
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Why No One Diversity Program Will Work
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Gender Bias in the Legal Workplace: Words Matter
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Microsoft: Our Law Firm Diversity Push Is Working
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Leading, Not Managing: 3 Essential Leadership Skills
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Sexism In The Legal Profession: Will It Ever End?
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Can Trump 'Open Up' Libel Laws? Can Libel Laws Be Changed Under Trump?
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Trump says gay marriage is "settled law", but he still wants to overturn Roe v. Wade Could a Trump Administration Overturn Roe v. Wade?
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A judge has ordered 'Making a Murderer' subject Brendan Dassey to be released from prison
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What Law Professors Would Say to Students About Trump's Win
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T14 Law School Cancels Post-Election Play-Doh Event After Students Labeled ‘P------’
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July 2016 New York Bar Exam Results: Pass Rate Increases 4% After Adoption Of UBE
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Clifford Chance mulls new legal support centre as efficiency drive saves firm 7m
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9 ways to get better at small talk
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Lawyer uses an iPad for appellate arguments
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Social Media Presence Attracts New Clients, Bloomberg Law Survey Shows
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Practicing Law in Boston Could Mean Living Child-Free W/O Stigma
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Michigan Officer Suspended For Being Seen Driving With Confederate Flag on this Truck
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Justin Ross Harris Found Guilty on All Counts in Hot Car Death Trial
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Obama's Hundreds of Executive Orders, Under Trump Microscope
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Big Law Honcho Played Key Role in Real-Life 'Loving' Case
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FBI: Hate Crimes Against Muslims Up 67% in 2015
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Disbarred lawyer is sentenced for hypnotizing clients
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Judges:

Mary Kay Vyskocil is embarking on a new career
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LABF Holiday Party and Tribute to Retiring Judge Thomas Donovan (at the new Federal Courthouse)
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BK NV: Bankruptcy Bugle November 2016 issue
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Eight of Trump's Potential High Court Picks to Appear at Federalist Society Convention
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All Eyes on Trump SCOTUS List
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Justice Ginsburg: 'There is an Existing Vacancy, and President Trump Will Fill It' Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refuses To Retire, Die During Trump Presidency Ruth Bader Ginsburg: post-election, 'perhaps Congress will do some work'
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Trump Looks to Put His Stamp on the Courts
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Supreme Court Never Imagined a Litigant Like President Trump
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Supreme Court spokeswoman responds to Kennedy’s rumored retirement: Clerks are being hired
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Court dockets will shrink as Donald Trump rescinds Obama administration actions
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Trump’s Supreme Court List: Ivy League? Out. The Heartland? In.
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Judge likely to keep job over Trump hat
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Attorney Indicted for Allegedly Impersonating Judge, Wins Judgeship
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Wall Street:

Dow on pace for 7th straight up session
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Stocks Fall, Bonds Plunge Stocks mixed: Dow closes at record high, Nasdaq falls; bond yields jump
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Layoffs:

Alaïa, Chloé, Cartier Parent Co. to Cut up to 250 Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Trucking:

Second Bill Hall Jr. Trucking firm enters bankruptcy
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Update: U.S. Heavy Truck Sales Slump Over?
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Derivatives:

Implementing Symmetric Treatment of Financial Contracts in Bankruptcy and Bank Resolution
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Student Debt:

The Class of 2015 is the Most Indebted Class Ever
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How you could save under Trump’s student loan repayment plan
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Retailing:

American Apparel Files Chapter 11, Seeks Approval of $30MM Encina DIP
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‘American Apparel can’t stay afloat without me’ says founder
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American Apparel employees hoping bankruptcy will save jobs
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American Apparel bankruptcy filing puts stores at risk
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Gildan signs $66M deal for bankrupt American Apparel assets Analysts see fit between American Apparel and Montreal's Gildan
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For Apollo and Bain, Another Tough Holiday-Shopping Season Looms
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Economy:

Government Bond Rout Deepens on Trump's Economic Plans
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Trump Will End Central Banking as Known
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Consumer Sentiment Index Since 1978
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Trump’s protectionism will bite the US economy: SocGen chairman
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What Economists Expect from a Donald Trump Economy
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Increasingly complex economic conditions means stakes are higher for companies in distress
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Trump's plan to rebuild America will be a lot harder to pay for than it sounds
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U.S. Workers to Lose in China Trade War
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Trump team's top pick for Treasury secretary is an ex-Goldman Sachs banker
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Ronald Reagan can tell us a lot about what the economy will look like under Trump
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Trump is about to use a budget trick to steal from an entire generation
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How Trump could pay for his infrastructure plans without increasing taxes
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A Startling Number of Seniors Have Been Victims of Financial Abuse
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Trump And Congress Both Want Tax Cuts. The Question Is Which Ones.
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Retail sales, earnings and Fed speakers take back seat to Trump rally
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These Brand-Name Companies Are Probably Paying a Much Lower Tax Rate Than You
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Petrol Sweat Index: How Many Hours Do People Have to Work to Buy a Gallon of Petrol?
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Trump's Plans Won't Help the Working Class
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Trump's 20 Things He Wants to End Now
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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:

Treasury Pick Mnuchin Drew Praise, Scorn After IndyMac Deal
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Why Housing Should Rank High on Trump's Domestic Agenda
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Economists: Trump presidency will boost economic growth
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Mortgage Rates and Ten Year Yield, Expect 4% Mortgage Rates
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Real Estate Agent Boom and Bust
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Municipalities:

Longtime Christie friend Chiesa to head N.J. takeover of Atlantic City
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6th Circ. Says It Can't Stop Detroit Water Shutoffs Appeals court rules against Detroit residents in water suit
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Sixth Circuit Bars Bankruptcy Courts from Enforcing Constitutional Rights in Chapter 9
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New Jersey Debt Downgraded by S&P Over Growing Pension Shortfall
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Oil/Gas:

Why a Coming Gap in the Supply of Oil Is Unlikely
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Oil Back at 3 Month Lows
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Oil Prices Tumble As Dollar Reaches One Year High
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Oil falls as Iran raises production
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US Shale Firms Go Back To Work Buoyed By OPEC Deal, Trump Victory
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U.S. Refiners Feel the Squeeze as Crude Oil Discount Disappears
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Energy XXI Enters Into Comprehensive Plan Support Agreement With Key Creditor Groups
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Island halts loan repayments
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Pacific Oil Company Changes Name to Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
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Politics:

Trump Already Shifting Positions Rudy Giuliani, John Bolton Are Leading Candidates for Next Secretary of State The controversial face of Trump's White House Glenn Beck: Steve Bannon 'is a nightmare' CNN's Chris Cuomo goes off on Trump's new top adviser: 'Steve Bannon is not a statement of unity' Trump is starting to sound like Obama on immigration LAPD will not help deport immigrants under Trump, chief says Trump may pick a woman to run the RNC, and a gay man to represent the US in the UN Trump: Women who want abortions may have to 'go to another state' Trump’s plan for what will happen to his businesses when he’s president has a massive flaw 5 Rumors About Indy Trump Protests Trump's Great Bait and Switch Worried About Trump? A Survival Guide Trump is Fine With Gay Marriage How Donald Trump Can Help Heal America’s Racial Wounds Students Across the U.S. Stage Walkouts to Protest Donald Trump Trump plans to place his businesses in a blind trust run by his children; will it resolve conflicts? President Obama on Donald Trump: ‘This Office Has a Way of Waking You Up’ Trump reportedly seeking top-secret security clearance for his kids
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Obama's farewell trip to Europe is designed to reassure worried officials about the 'Trump effect'
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Democrats Urge Party to Focus on Working-Class Americans
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Did Third-Party Candidates Cost Hillary Clinton the Election? Smell of Corruption in the Clinton Machine
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Now Mike Pence is Fighting to Keep His Emails Away From Public View
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Trump University Plaintiffs Tell Judge Trial Date Should Not Be Delayed
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Obama: Where the Democrats went wrong
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W.Va. Official: Michelle Obama an "Ape in Heels"
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Elizabeth Warren Gets Real, Dings Obamacare: ‘We Failed Not In Our Messaging But In Our Ideology’
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Shipping:

Chapter 11: A Restructuring Tool for Foreign Shipping Companies
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Korea Line Outbids Hyundai Merchant Marine for Hanjin Shipping Assets Hanjin Gets Winning Bid From Shipper That Once Almost Failed
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Commodities eye Hanjin bankruptcy sees freight rates bottom out
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The Stock Of Deeply-Indebted DryShips Continues to Explode Higher
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Rickmers Maritime says unable to show it will remain in business
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World's biggest shipbuilder to split into four companies
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More uncertainty looms over DSME's fate
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Asia shipping: cast off
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (22 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

67% of November's ch. 11 cases reporting over $10 million in liabilities are from the consumer discretionary sector
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Trustees:

BK ND IL: Looking For Chapter 13 Standing Trustee
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Personal Finance:

5 money strategies for your 30s that will set you up for lifelong financial success
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12 things successful people do in the last 10 minutes of the workday
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Plan Confirmation:

Ninth Circuit Makes Plan Confirmation More Expensive And Doubtful
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Ninth Circuit Reverses Itself on Payment of Default Interest in Cure Cases | Newsflash: Ninth Circuit Reverses Itself on Payment of Default Interest in Cure Cases
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Discharge:

Ninth Circuit Holds that the One-Year Period in Sec. 727(a)(2) is not Subject to Equitable Tolling
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Litigation:

The Intersection of the SCA and Bankruptcy Code
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Exemptions:

Is There a Lien on Entireties Property from a Judgment Against Only One Spouse?
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Safe Harbors:

Tinkering with Ipso Facto Provisions Could Send Them Sailing out of Safe Harbors
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Alternative Finance:

CEO of Online Lender Prosper Steps Down
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Corporate reform:

Say-on-Pay Rules Seen at Risk as Trump Takes Aim at Dodd-Frank
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Nasdaq Names Friedman CEO as Trump Signals Regulatory Upheaval
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SEC’s White Says She Will Step Aside When Obama Leaves Office With SEC head’s resignation, field clears for Trump to cut back regulations
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Consumer Financial Services Regulation Will Remain in a Trump Presidency
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Trump’s Presidency Raises Questions on the Future of Wall St. Regulation
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Aviation:

Buffett's Berkshire takes stakes in four major airlines
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Celebs:

Sam Wyly Must Cough Up $198 Million
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Bankruptcy deals cost Jack Johnson most of NHL salary
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Lawyers', Accountants' Haul For 50 Cent Bankruptcy Case: $2.5 Million
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UK:

“Modernized insolvency” arriving April 2017: What are the key changes?
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EU:

All the potential political risks looming in Europe, in one chart
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PIIGS:

Obama: Give Deep Debt Relief to Greece
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Trump Win Dims Greek Debt-Relief Expectations From Obama Visit
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Spain's Abengoa posts 9-month profit loss of 5.4 bln euros
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China:

China's Debt Plan Feels Like Bad Case of Deja Vu
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Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwe: Impact of Insolvency Bill On Economy
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Brazil:

Aurelius leading group of dissident bondholders at Oi Aurelius leads forming of dissident Oi bondholder group: source
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Caymans:

Voluntary Liquidation of a Cayman Islands Exempted Company
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MENA:

As The UAE’s Bankruptcy Law Arrives, Debtors And Creditors Relax
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Mozambique:

Mozambique Bondholders Say Debt Relief Plan Is Back to Front
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