Law:
Law Firms Come to Terms with Shifting Space Needs
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Law Firm Blogs Can Get You Fired (or Hired), In-House Lawyers Say
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Women Lawyers Who Sued Firms Reflect on Their Decision
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UK: Olswang restructuring head exits for McDermott amid merger talks • Olswang exits continue amid merger talks as restructuring head quits for US firm
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Women And The Panopticon Of The Law: Navigate The Smoking Club Rules
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Retired M&A partner gives $7.7M to law school
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Lawyers will have to cut 1,000 words from their arguments in federal appeals briefs • An Effort To Make Verbose Lawyers A Little Less Verbose • Judges Push Brevity in Briefs, and Get a Torrent of Arguments
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UK: Baker & McKenzie ups junior lawyers’ pay packets to £72,000
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Kirkland & Ellis London NQ dollar-pegged pay packets swell to over £140,000 as pound hits 31 year low
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Suspect accepts plea deal in slaying of law prof Dan Markel; his help led to third person’s arrest • The Dan Markel Case: Luis Rivera Pleads Guilty
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Who Made Partner at Kirkland, Covington, Goodwin and Curtis
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Cuomo and Christie Discussed Bridge Fallout, Trial Witness Says • Bridgegate Cover-Up Had Cuomo's Backing, Star Federal Witness Says
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The Best Tech Upgrades You Can Get for Your Firm
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The Only Top 50 Law School With Fewer Than 100 1Ls
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Guy Allegedly Pulls Gun During Deposition (FWIW, You’re Not Supposed To Do That)
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Was Kim Kardashian a Victim of the Pink Panthers?
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Judge tosses $40M excessive-force suit against Ferguson police
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Service of process via Twitter is allowed in suit
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Biglaw Partner Killed His Wife, Allegedly Because Of ‘Black Lives Matter’
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Teen Tried to Hire Clown to Kill Teacher
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Man Who Sold Laundry Soap As Cocaine is Being Tried as an Actual Drug Dealer
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Met Museum Sued for $100 Million Picasso
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14 ways to become a more interesting person
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How to tell someone's lying to you just by watching their face
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Judges:
Marriage advice from Justice Ginsburg’s mother-in-law has helped her in the workplace
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Breyer Turns Kim Kardashian Into Oral Argument Hypo — Weep For The Republic • SCOTUS Worries About Kardashian Heist
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GOP Senator: Nobody Believes Next President Should Get SCOTUS Pick
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Why does the Supreme Court refuse to hear some big cases?
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Fifth Circuit Rules Against Waco Judge's Impeachment for Harassment
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures penned in by job-market uncertainty
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Stocks close lower as dollar hits near-two-month high
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Bankrupt Rochdale Securities Wins $8 Million Award Against Wall Street Firm
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Layoffs:
United Technologies will retrain Carrier workers when jobs move to Mexico-CEO
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A big Dutch bank is replacing 5,800 people with machines, at a cost of $2 billion
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PHA will lay off 126 to combat huge deficit
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UC Irvine Health to lay off 175 employees
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:
Don Pablo's files for bankruptcy • Owner of Don Pablo's Restaurants Files for Bankruptcy • Don Pablo's Tex-Mex chain files for bankruptcy protection
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Bankrupt Garden Fresh finds a buyer
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Olive Garden Owner Says It'd Sure Be 'Helpful' If More Chains Went Bankrupt
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Celebs:
Instagram Star Blake Coronado files for Bankruptcy
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Distressed Investing:
Investors Piling Into Junk Bonds Could Be Overlooking Warning Signs
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Banking:
Wells Fargo account scandal extends to small business -U.S. senator
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ATM fees hit a 10-year high as banks search for more income
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Retailing:
Sears resumes trade sharply higher after report that bids for Craftsman business due by end of month
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Is Kmart closing? Sears says no
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Ex-Forever 21 Shipper Says Amazon Deal Is Post-Ch. 11 Hope
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Healthcare:
St. Catherine med center sale finalized
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A woman had a baby. Then her hospital charged her $39.35 to hold it.
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Consumer Finance:
The fight over new payday lending rules gets nasty
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Judge orders race car driver and companies to pay record $1.3B restitution in payday-lending scheme
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Autos:
Lawmakers: Takata Bankruptcy Could Leave Consumers On The Hook For Repairs
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Revisiting the Post-Sale Duty to Warn
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Lehman:
Life after administration: contractual interest payments
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Economy:
The Fed finally accepts ‘slow growth forever’
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Fed’s Lacker wants central bank to be ‘preemptive’ like 1994
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Fed: Q2 Household Debt Service Ratio Very Low
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Juckes: Fed Locking in Confidence for a December Move
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Backlash to World Economic Order Clouds Outlook at IMF Talks
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Why Americans Feel Poor, in One Chart
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Top Capital Sources for U.S. E&P Companies over Next 12 Months
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As Trump Threatens Tariffs, Here's How Protectionism Could Thwack the Global Economy
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Woes in Wealthy Countries to Offset Emerging-Market Turnaround, Says IMF • IMF cuts growth forecasts for U.S. and neighbors • IMF sees pickup in U.S. inflation sooner than Fed does
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These 9 charts could define the future of America's workforce
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San Francisco is Not the Queen of Startup Land, this Map Shows Why
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Who Pays Most for Housing, Health Care and Groceries
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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:
Home prices heat up: Crisis and opportunity
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House Prices up 6.2% Year-over-year in August
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Manhattan's housing market is slowing down
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Apartment Vacancy Rate unchanged in Q3 at 4.4%
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Municipalities:
As Chicago Stanches Fiscal Bleed, Schools Are Awash in Red Ink
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Cities Fight Back Against State Interventions
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Puerto Rico economic activity falls 1 percent in August
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Justices hear argument over bribery charges in Puerto Rico • Fruitful Arguments in Supreme Court Puerto Rico Bribery Case
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Judge Denies Class Action in UBS Puerto Rico Securities Case
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Oil/Gas:
Anticipate 20% Decrease in Fall Borrowing Bases: Haynes and Boone Survey
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Oil and gas drillers have a test coming up that will decide bankruptcy for some
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It Sounds Like OPEC Just Cried Uncle
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Non-OPEC participation in deal would cut 1.2 mln bpd - Venezuela • OPEC's agreement 'has more chance of failing than succeeding'
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Could The Bottom Fall Out Of This Oil Rally?
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Canada's Oil Industry Losses to Reach $10 Billion in 2016
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SandRidge Energy emerges from bankruptcy
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Murphy Energy/Connect Transport Files Ch. 11 - First Day Dec • First Day Pleadings
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Shipping:
Measuring the Human Toll Taken By Hanjin's Insolvency
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Hanjin begins layoffs in Paramus
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Shipping fiasco was unavoidable: Hanjin chief
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Electricity:
Luminant, TXU Energy finally out of bankruptcy; Curt Morgan named CEO • Luminant, TXU Energy emerge from bankruptcy after more than 2 years
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Politics:
Clinton: Obamacare is the Craziest Thing
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Warren blasts Ayotte over Trump 'role model' gaffe • Sen. Ayotte Says She 'Misspoke' When Calling Trump a Good Role Model • Donald Trump: The Ugly American • Trumps says US vets with PTSD aren't 'strong.' Will vets still back him? • Trump’s PTSD take is ripped by Biden — but not by the vet who asked the question • Only A Handful Of Lawyers At This Firm Support Donald Trump — And One Of Them Is Rudy Giuliani • Note to Voters Under 30: Giuliani Was Respected Once • No, Donald Trump's tax avoidance is not normal • Donald Trump's campaign appears to be slipping into death spiral • Donald Trump is trying out a new defense for allegedly not paying his federal income taxes • Did Trump's Accountant Talk Out of School? • Understanding Donald Trump’s Legal Options Against The New York Times • 11 First Amendment Experts Comment on Legality of NYT Release of Trump’s Tax Returns
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Hillary Clinton's postdebate surge is now clear
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The stark differences between the Trump and Clinton tax plans and how they address ‘loopholes’
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Gary Johnson: it’s good to not know stuff about other countries
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Mayor of Pennsylvania town under pressure to resign for comparing Obama and family to apes
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America's largest companies dodge taxes on a much larger scale than what Donald Trump did
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Mike Pence sounded like he wasn't even on Trump's ticket • Liberal pundits concede: Mike Pence won the debate • Focus group's reaction to one Mike Pence moment had pollster calling it the 'knockout punch' of the debate • Tim Kaine couldn't stop interrupting Mike Pence during the vice presidential debate • Reports suggest Donald Trump is unhappy at Mike Pence for winning the VP debate • FactCheck: Vice Presidential Debate • Mike Pence 'won' the debate by pretending Donald Trump doesn't exist
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Radio:
IHeartMedia Gets Lender Consent to Add $500 Million of Debt
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Fraud:
The rise and fall of Enron
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En banc 5th Circuit asks: Why do people buy into pyramid schemes?
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Education:
State AGs' ITT Tech Suits Put On Hold, For Now
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Alternative Energy:
Republicans Split Over Renewing Alternative-Energy Tax Breaks
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Celebs:
SEC Says Wyly Estate Must Hand Over $101M Final Judgment
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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 (33 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (32 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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Mediation:
How the Mediation Privilege Works, with an “Opened the Door” Exception: a New Bankruptcy Court Ruling
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Trustees:
BK ED MO Seeks Ch. 13 Trustee
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TBTF:
U.S. regulators say will review Wall Street 'living wills'
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Big-Bank Plans for Life After Death Released by U.S. Regulators
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Big Banks Tweak Business Plans to Avert New Regulator Costs
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Reclamation:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Upholds Reclamation Creditors’ Rights
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Satisfaction of a Prepetition Loan by a DIP Loan Does Not Extinguish Vendor’s Reclamation Rights Under Section 546(c)
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Bankruptcy Rules:
BK WD MI: Proposed Revisions to Model Chapter 13 Plan
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Mootness:
Sixth Circuit Split Decision Upholds Equitable Mootness in Chapter 9
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Student Debt:
Student loans: What to do when you owe more than your annual salary
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Pharma:
Florida Biopharma's Bankruptcy Leaves Big Firms Holding Bag
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Gambling:
How buyout firms have 'cake and eat it too' in Caesars bankruptcy
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Caesars, Creditors Ask Judge To Stay Guaranty Lawsuits
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Defaults:
S&P: Speculative-Grade Default Rates Hit 6-Year High
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US Leveraged Loan Default Rate at 5-Month Low After Spotless September
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UK:
Pound's Plunge Highlights Brexit Divide • Pound drops to fresh 31-year low, briefly trading below $1.27
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Billions of ABFAb Finance
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Insolvent companies, the 'statutory purpose' and administrations
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Banks Tell Britain To Prepare For Brexocalypse
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London Could Face 75,000 Job Losses, Hedge Funds Profit from Battered Sterling
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EU:
European businesses are terrified about the future — and it is crushing the economy • Eurozone economy stutters, adding pressure on ECB
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EU Readies Plans for Clearing Crisis, the Next Too-Big-to-Fail
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PIIGS:
Bank of Italy sees alternatives if sale of rescued banks flops
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EU tells Greece to meet bailout conditions by Monday
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Canada:
Pension decision looming for thousands of former Nortel workers
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Australia:
Proposed outlawing of ipso facto termination clauses
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Streamlining liquidation and relief for directors
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Show me the money: Impact of the Australian insolvency regime on the enforcement of obligations and awards
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Singapore:
Singapore Junk Bonds Slump as Chartering Group Swissco Seeks Restructuring
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Singapore millionaire, 77, joins bondholders in workouts
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India:
Has The Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Been Successfully Decoded?
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RBI to ease norms on debt restructuring
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Germany:
The 4 scariest charts from Deutsche Bank's dramatic sell-off • Deutsche Bank needs a bail-in — here’s how it could be done • Roger Altman Thinks It’s High Time That Everybody Stop Picking On Poor Tiny Deutsche Bank • Deutsche Bank offers a tough lesson in risk • Germany's largest bank is facing a huge fine, prompting fear of a new financial crisis • Deutsche Bank's troubles touch a nationalist nerve • Deutsche Bank's rally is gaining steam • Deutsche Bank Brings Too-Big-to-Fail Quandary Home to Merkel • Deutsche Bank, Lehman and the End-of-Days Debate
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Asia:
Struggling Asian markets need tough insolvency regimes
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Brazil:
Brazil should redouble attention to carrier Oi, official says
Elliott Said in Talks for $3 Billion Investment in Brazil’s Oi
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Venezuela:
Venezuela's well-paid oil workers are selling their uniforms for food
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