Law:
Clerkship Bonus Raises: Three Is A Trend • Susman Godfrey Boosts Bonuses for Ex-Federal Clerks
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Tracking 10 Years Of Women’s Progress In The Legal Profession
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These Biglaw Partners Are Super Pissed Someone Filed A Class Action Lawsuit On Their Behalf
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GCs Have Moved $4B Worth of Work In-house In 2016
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As Litigation Rises, A Glimpse of What Keeps Corporate Counsel Up at Night
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Recent Kirkland Bankruptcy Partner Moves To Faegre
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Work Your Hours at DLA Piper... or Else • DLA Piper’s red card system to punish ‘delinquent’ senior lawyers who fail to work seven-and-a-half-hours a day
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Smith Gambrell Raises Associate Pay as Others Mull Options
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University of Chicago Law School Shouldn’t Be a ‘Safe Space,’ Say Professors
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Mike Lynch’s Invoke Aims to Replace M&A Lawyers With Robots
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Calif. High Court To Hear Heller Ehrman Clawback Query
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Beal, LLC to Serve Companies in Financial Distress
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How To Delegate By Really Trying
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Bookies and Bankruptcy Attorneys: Square Dodges Bankruptcy Atty's 'Bad List' Suit
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NJ Bankruptcy Atty Suspended For Botched Ch. 7 Proceeding
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The Murder Of Dan Markel: Tensions Between Police And Prosecutors • ABC's 20/20 to feature Markel murder
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Worst Bar Exam Results Ever? Only ONE Person From This Law School Passed The Bar Exam
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The Inevitable Lawsuit Over The Georgia Bar Exam Debacle Has Been Filed
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The 25 best hidden features and tricks in your iPhone's latest update • Here’s how to fix the most annoying change in iOS 10 •Apple iOS 10: Should You Upgrade? • Apple's iPhone 7 Plus Sold Out Worldwide
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Cover Your Webcam
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Rise Of The Machines Continues As Another Top Firm Signs AI Deal
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If We Build It, Will They Come? The Problem Of Legal Tech Adoption
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We tried this company's custom suits, and we'll never buy off-the-rack suits again
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Avvo has First Amendment right to publish lawyer listings, Chicago federal court rules
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Appeals Court Rules Against Lawyer Suspended for Shielding Social Security Number
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George Soros is going after 'America's toughest sheriff'
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Kaepernick and a SCOTUS Landmark Decision
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Ex-Simpson Clerk Gets 46 Months in Prison for Insider Scheme
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Cinemark Agrees to Drop Request for $700,000 in Legal Costs From Theater Shooting Victims
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Can You Guess What This Person Was Charged With?
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Judges:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prefers To Be NO-NO-NO-NOTORIOUS!
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94 Year Old Federal Judge: Democracy Dies Behind Closed Doors
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Why We Don’t Need a Ninth Supreme Court Justice
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Ginsburg Urges Law Firms to Make 'Balanced Life' Easier for Lawyers
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Indiana Ban on Syrian Refugees Draws Mockery From 7th Circuit
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures stuck in tight ranges ahead of data deluge
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Stocks close mostly lower as energy falls more than 1%
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UBS: There's 'clear evidence' that the stock market has topped out for now
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Wall Street banks could make close to $700 million from the Bayer-Monsanto deal
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Layoffs:
The Robots Aren't Here Yet
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:
Trump Fact Check: "My opponent has no child care plan." • In Hacked Emails, Colin Powell Dishes About Powerful Secret Society’s Dislike of Trump • In Leaked Emails, Powell Calls Trump a 'National Disgrace' • Ohio: Trump Surges • Trump Overtakes Clinton in New Polls in Nevada, Ohio • Trump Has Hostile Encounter at Black Church in Flint • Mark Cuban: The smartest thing Donald Trump has ever done is not release his tax returns • Who Is To Blame For Donald Trump? • Inside The Trump Organization's Foreign Business Ties • A bombshell report is raising questions about Trump's business ties to Russia and Iran • The big question about Trump's polling boost • Donald Trump’s Shifting Words on Interest Rates and Janet Yellen • Donald Trump Shows Dr. Oz His Health Documents • Lawyer’s Review Backs Melania Trump on Immigration Questions • A theory about how Trump could beat Clinton is coming true • Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Sounds The Alarm: Trump Would ' Bankrupt ' The US
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Clinton Fact Check: "You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama." • Doctor’s Letter: A Detailed Look at Hillary Clinton’s Health, Medications • Hillary Clinton's physician: 'She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President'
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Rep. Steve King: Only ‘natural families’ should get a child care tax credit
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Colin Powell Actually Unloaded on Everybody
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Leaked documents reveal secretive influence of corporate cash on politics
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Shipping:
Cargo Interests Win Partial Victory in Hanjin U.S. Bankruptcy Hearing
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Education:
Former ITT Tech Students Launch Debt Strike
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Debt Collection:
5th Circuit Rules Against Collector For Not Making Disclosures in Time-Barred Debt Case
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CFPB Proposes “Drastic Overhaul” Of Debt Collection
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Corporate Reform:
Warren: Next Administration Should Investigate—and Possibly Jail—Wall Street Bankers • Warren to FBI: Why Not Charge Banksters?
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Consultants:
New York restructuring advisory firm opens downtown Houston office
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Economy:
What Could Go Wrong? Funds Desperate for Returns Load Up on Risk
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U.S. Poverty and Income Inequality in 9 Charts
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Productivity growth in America may not be dead after all
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U.S. Household Incomes Surged 5.2% in 2015, Biggest Increase In Over 50 Years • Takeaways From the 5.2% Gain in U.S. Median Household Income • America’s Inequality Problem: Real Income Gains Are Brief And Hard To Find
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Alarm Sounded on Latest Evidence of Weakening Loan Protections
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Are Americans Better Off Under Barack Obama?
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Gender Wage Gap Narrows to Smallest on Record
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More Employees Getting Full-Time Work Thanks To Obamacare •Workers Now Paying More for Health Care
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Greenspan Worries the Crazies Will Undermine the System
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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:
Mortgagor Claims: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
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Americans are flipping homes like they haven't done since before the housing crash
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Rescue Law to Face First Court Test From Creditors
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New tax on Chicago residents will fund pension shortfall
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Jury Finds Miami Defrauded Bond Investors
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Retailing:
Moody's: Sears' and Kmart's shutdown is imminent • Moody's Slams Sears , Says Battered Kmart May No Longer Be Viable
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Is it closing time?
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Golfsmith files for bankruptcy as sport's popularity fades • What Golfsmith filing for bankruptcy means for the future of its stores • Golfsmith files for bankruptcy protection, to sell retail chain • Austin's Golfsmith owes more than $100M, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy • First Day Dec
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Golfsmith bankruptcy brings fresh woes to Under Armour and Nike • Over last 12 months, Nike has at least $67.5M in aggregate unsecured claims with respect to 6 ch. 11 cases
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Claire’s Says Debt-Swap Tally Delays Filing of Quarterly Report
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Golf:
Bankruptcy Court orders sale of Westport Golf Course
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Golfsmith Files for Bankruptcy , Announces Plans to Sell Golf Town
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Callaway Golf Says It's Carefully Managing Exposure to Golfsmith and Golf Town
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Oil/Gas:
As global investment in new oil projects plummets, crude’s share of the energy mix grows • Investment in oil, gas fields set for longest pullback in decades, says IEA • Oil Investment Slumps to 60 Year Low
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Oil drops below $45 on fears of growing U.S. stockpile
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What $1.8 Trillion Doesn't Buy in Energy
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Crude awakening: At least 58 U.S. oil companies have gone bankrupt this year — has the well run dry?
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IEA Thinks Oil Industry Could Cut Capex 3 Years In A Row
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PDVSA Seeks to Buy Time for Oil Rally With $7 Billion Debt Swap
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Crude stockpiles slip as demand, consumption jump
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The Worst Oil Crisis Ever? IEA Sees Unprecedented Decline In Investment
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The oil industry has a lot of problems
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Saudi Arabia might try to play hardball
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What About Cheniere Energy Going Bust?
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One of Russia's biggest economic problems is summed up in this chart
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When Oil Turns Up, It May Upend Markets
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Hollywood:
Relativity Stumbles With ‘Disappointments Room,’ Needs a Hit to Lure Investors
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Student Debt:
Soaring Student Debt Prompts Calls for Relief
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Student Loan Defaults within 3 Years of Leaving School, By Loan Balance
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Student loan forgiveness can come with a tax bomb
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Food/Beverage:
Southern Seasons Bankruptcy Surplus Assets To Be Sold At Auction
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Gambling:
Caesars directors must 'pony up' details of wealth -judge • Caesars Judge Tells Apollo, TPG Leaders to Release Wealth Data
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Caesars Bankruptcy Ignites Battle Over Company
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Coal:
Peabody Energy Bucks The Trend, Or Hopes To
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Healthcare:
SynCardia bankruptcy sale heads for final OK
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WakeMed fined for HIPAA violations in patient debt filings
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Why Drug Prices are So High in America
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Aerospace:
Aerospace-Parts Supplier Fansteel Files for Bankruptcy
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Autos:
Tesla could get steamrolled by the next big thing in transportation
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Fraud:
Wells Fargo CEO: Don't Blame Me for the Crime
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Beware The Self-Described ‘Stock Trading Whiz Kid’ With A ‘Skyscraping IQ’ And A Newsletter
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Mass Torts:
Napoli Shkolnik mesh cases originated at controversial mass torts marketing firm – ex firm employee
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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 (37 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (24 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:
“12% Increase in Non-Business Bankruptcy Filings”
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:
Is the "Golden Share" Losing its Luster? Delaware Bankruptcy Court Denies Dismissal of Chapter 11 Petitions Not Authorized By Lender Holding "Golden Share"
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Sales:
2nd Circ. Won't Rethink GM Bankruptcy Shield Ruling
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Bankruptcy Court Denies Aeropostale's Motions for Equitable Subordination and to Limit Credit Bidding
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Proofs of Claim:
Fourth Circuit Weighs in on Time-Barred Proof of Claim Debate
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Discharge:
Split Grows on Dischargeability of Tax Liability on Late-Filed Returns
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Standing:
Creditor Holding Nondischargeable Debts Lacks Standing for Discharge Objection
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Subordination:
Ninth Circuit Affirms Mandatory Subordination of Investor’s Securities Claim in Individual Debtor’s Reorganization Case
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Shipping:
Hanjin bankruptcy: How low interest rates are brewing a shipping crisis worse than the 1980s
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Mega-Ships May Be Too Big Not to Fail
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Hanjin Still Short of Funds to Offload Cargo
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Maersk picks up customers after Hanjin goes under
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The strange story of a seized Hanjin ship and its lonely crew
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Hanjin Shipping's Rehabilitation Plan Postponed by South Korean Court
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Hanjin Creditors Seek to Keep Ships Anchored in US Waters
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Three Hanjin charter ships sold as cargo freeze likened to Lehman failure
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Cargo containers from bankrupt Hanjin create expensive problem at Port of Oakland
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The Collapse of a Major Shipping Firm is Causing a Trailer Shortage in California
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Singapore Shipping Trust Seeks Restructuring on Debt Woes • Rickmers Maritime seeks restructuring of $345m in debt as industry woes mount
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Lehman:
On this day 8 years ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed: Have we learned anything?
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Taxis:
Judge Fears Injured Atty Overshadows Cab Co. Bankruptcy
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Management:
Executives in Bankruptcy Court Can Affect Share Price
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Terry resident pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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UK:
Suppliers will bear the brunt of any Bernard Matthews pre-pack deal, warns insolvency expert
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How Arsenal legend Ian Wright lost EIGHT houses in financial meltdown and has been told to go bankrupt
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Legal 500 2016: Insolvency and corporate recovery
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Here’s why the Bank of England will sit on its hands today
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Reality Bites for British Retailers
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EU:
EU to Push Ahead With Harmonizing National Insolvency Laws
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PIIGS:
Greece to stand up to ‘extreme player’ IMF over labour reform demand
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Canada:
Bankruptcies on the rise in Nova Scotia due to debt and job losses
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Hamilton joins call for public inquiry for U.S. Steel Canada bankruptcy process
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Tervita in Restructuring Deal to Cut Debt by $1.5 Billion
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MENA:
FNC members want debate on proposed bankruptcy law
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India:
‘Draft law on Ponzi schemes addresses all the main issues’
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Australia:
Mortgage insurance providers forcing homeowners into bankruptcy
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Clive Palmer Federal Court hearing turns to ' insolvent trading' letter
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Palmer alleges 'corruption at its highest level', denies insolvent trading
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BBY used psychic to make budget forecasts
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Asia:
Experts weigh in on Asia-Pac restructuring and insolvency rise
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