Law:
This Biglaw Firm May Demote Partners To Boost Profits • Shearman reportedly considers demoting some equity partners • Shearman & Sterling considering equity partner demotions
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Which Firms Give In-House Counsel Nightmares? (2017)
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Stroock Adds to Firms Changing Leadership
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Why Hire a Lawyer When a Robot Will Do?
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Global GCs predict continued growth in litigation
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13 things every law student has secretly done
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UK: The firms most at risk from US lateral hiring sprees
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Research: Female solicitors are earning 20% less than their male colleagues
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Lawyers ignore branding at their peril and need to be ‘media companies’
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Several states report lower bar pass rates for July exam • Sagging July Bar Exam Results in Florida and Elsewhere Defy Predictions
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Deans Endorse ABA's Proposed 75% Bar Passage Accreditation Requirement
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After 57% Enrollment Decline, St. Louis Welcomes Larger 1L Class With Lower LSAT, GPA Medians
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How Much More Expensive Is Law School Today?
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BigLaw could retain more women by hiring from lower-ranked schools, research suggests
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Manners? What are they?
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My Love-Hate Relationship With My Harvard Law Degree
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Why Do Women Leave Firms? Because They Can
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This Partner Doesn’t Mince Words When Speaking About What Made Him Leave Former Firm
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Burke Ramsey Killed JonBenét? Not a Theory Everyone's Buying
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New Legal Technology Products To Look Out For
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Dentons subsidiary invests in tech startup aimed at simplifying corporate legal transactions
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Massachusetts court finds that it’s ‘reasonable’ for black men to run from police to avoid racial profiling
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The Long Life of Bridgegate
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Why North Carolina Judges Can Still Refuse to Perform Same-Sex Marriages
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North Carolina Governor Declares State of Emergency
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Juror Prepared for Justin Ross Harris Hot Car Death Trial by Researching the Judge
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Judges:
‘Voodoo science’ is sending people to prison, federal appeals judge says
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Deputy PD refuses judge’s request to remove Black Lives Matter pin; her boss supports her
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Judge allows class action claiming State Farm secretly orchestrated Illinois justice’s campaign
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RBG Explains Why The ‘Notorious RBG’ Moniker Is So Appropriate
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SCOTUS Plays Inside Baseball With Business This Term
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Donald Trump’s List Of Possible Supreme Court Nominees Nearly Doubles To 20
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The Odds of Merrick Garland Getting Confirmed and Why It May Not Matter So Much
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Wall Street:
US futures pause as traders eye data, digest Fed decision
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US stocks rise with oil prices ahead of Fed statement • Dow jumps 150 points after Fed; Nasdaq up 1%, hits new all-time highs
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Mother of All Stock Corrections Coming
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Layoffs:
AT&T announces layoffs affecting over 150 employees
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L’Oréal USA to lay off 120
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Clinton Foundation to Lay Off Dozens
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
Airline that stepped in after Delta scaled back files for bankruptcy • MEM Issues Statement on SeaPort Airlines Bankruptcy
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Shipping:
'Hanjin Shipping could be liquidated,' says Seoul bankruptcy court • Hanjin Shipping tilting toward bankruptcy • Court raises doubts over Hanjin receivership plan
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Hanjin Receives U.S. Temporary Protection; BCOs May Now Retrieve Stranded Cargo
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Hanjin Secures Korean Air Funds as Court Says Revival at Risk • Korean Air to loan Hanjin Shipping 60 bln won to help unload cargo
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Hanjin Gets $45 Million Credit Line From Korea Development Bank
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Full Hanjin ship can't dock without plan to leave
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Wedding dress, onions, frozen desserts stuck at sea and ports as freight carrier Hanjin goes bankrupt
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Stranded Hanjin Milano stuck in tense stand-off outside Port Phillip Bay
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As Hanjin Foundered, Its Former Chairwoman Abandoned Shares
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The Hanjin Legacy
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Hanjin Shipping's former chairman under probe for possible insider trading after selling off shares in company
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K Line dismisses bankruptcy speculation
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The Economist explains
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Golf:
More Bill Murray, Maybe That’s the Answer to Golf Industry Woes
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Healthcare:
$600 million HDL bankruptcy trustee lawsuit casts a wide net
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Elizabeth Warren had one question for the maker of EpiPen, and the CEO couldn't answer it at all • Mylan's EpiPen 'greed is astounding ... sickening and disgusting,' rep says • 'This is why we don't believe you' — Congress rails on the maker of EpiPen • How Much Has Medicare Spent on the EpiPen Since 2007? • Mylan CEO offers no apologies as she goes before Congress
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Healthcare Costs have risen the most in 32 Years
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Food/Beverage:
Creditors sue former Haggen owner over 'convoluted Machiavellian scheme' • Creditors: Haggen’s former owner "tried to slink away" with millions owed to them in bankruptcy
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Autos:
Takata Said to Get Five Bids With KKR, Daicel Among Suitors
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Volkswagen faces $9 billion in claims in Germany
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CarMax Skids As Q2 Store Traffic Declines On Subprime Curbs
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Defaults Based on Principal Amount
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Corporate Reform:
Is It Time for the CFPB to Regulate Retail Bank Employee Compensation?
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Economy:
Fed keeps rates steady, signals one hike by end of year • "The case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened" • The Fed lowers 2016 rate forecast, cuts projections for 2017 • The Fed gets the most grief over this one chart • Economists React to the Fed’s Decision: ‘One of the Most Divisive FOMC Meetings in Recent Memory’ • Parsing the Fed: How the September Statement Changed from July • Fed Keeps Rate Steady Again for No Reason
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What Clinton and Trump Get Wrong About America’s Super Rich
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You're Not as Rich as You Think
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Why it’s so hard for most people to save money — even the wealthy
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Most Small Businesses Are Barely Saving Any Money, New Study Shows
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Central Bankers Throw in the Towel
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Most states debate raising the minimum wage — South Dakota, however, wants to decrease it
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Deutsche Bank: Recession Lights Flashing
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Nobel prize-winning economist Stiglitz rates Yellen’s performance as Fed chair
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What Happens to Wages When Refugees Arrive? More Than You Might Think
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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 inventory falls for fifth straight quarter to near-record lows
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House-Flippers Turn to the Crowd for Quick Cash. What Could Go Wrong?
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Mortgage Delinquencies declined in August
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Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey"
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Troubled Sutton Place skyscraper's site is approved for sale
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Landlords, Leases and Financial Distress
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AIA: Architecture Billings Index declines in August
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Chase officially satisfies $4 billion RMBS settlement consumer-relief requirement
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Municipalities:
Civil Rights Suit Enjoined by Automatic Stay in Municipal Bankruptcy
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There are hidden gems in the Puerto Rican debt crisis
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Latest Casualty of Puerto Rico Cash Grab is University System
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PE Shows Its Savvy as Oaktree Looks To Sell Stake In Puerto Rico ...
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Senate leader rips Detroit schools emergency manager (ex-bankruptcy judge) for giving teachers a raise
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Detroit council heads seek pay data on city consultants
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Public Pensions Are Being Overly Optimistic
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Puerto Rico hit with islandwide blackout
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Oil/Gas:
Roundtable discussion drills into impact of new plugging and abandonment regulations on offshore operators
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Offshore Oil's Dire Straits
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Lightstream Resources Ltd is the latest oil and gas producer to seek creditor protection
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Vanguard Natural Resources taps Evercore for debt reorganization -sources
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Energy XXI Stakeholders Fight Amended Ch. 11 Plan
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Deloitte Survey: Oil and Gas Executives See 2017 As a Year of Recovery
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Standoff Between Big Oil and Big Corn
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Seadrill - Restructuring Deal Announcement Now Expected In Early December
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Oil and gasoline inventories decline more than anticipated
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How To Find The Big Winners In Energy Following The Oil Bust
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Templar Energy reorganizes $1.45 billion in debt, avoids bankruptcy
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Education:
Military veterans are losing GI Bill benefits because of ITT bankruptcy
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Celebs:
Former Duke star Laettner settles out of court over bankruptcy petition
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Politics:
President Trump's First Term • Trump and the Truth: The “Mexican” Judge • Trump Attacks Post Reporter Digging into Foundation Spending • Checking the Math on Donald Trump’s Family Tax-Cut Promises • Why Trump's Taxes Haven't Been Leaked • Trump vaults ahead in 3 must-win states • Study: Donald Trump’s trade policies could cost 4 million jobs • Law professor: Trump can be impeached for fraud and racketeering before he even takes office • Years after casino went bust, Gary still skeptical of Trump • Trump Says African-Americans Are In Their 'Worst Shape' Ever. The Data Disagree • Trump's Comments About African-Americans Set Off Another Firestorm • Three states that could swing the election in favor of Trump
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Clinton: Massive Lead • Clinton holds onto lead over Trump in latest WSJ/NBC poll • Clinton Aide Fears Debate Hosts Will Go Easy On Trump • When It Comes to Baskets, We’re All Deplorable • Hillary Clinton: My Plan for Helping America’s Poor
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George H.W. Bush's Defection Is a Big Deal
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Most Battleground States Posted Healthy Job Growth Over the Past Year
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How Close is the Race for White House?
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Will the “Least Terrible” Candidate Win the Elections?
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Tax:
US Government Extends Reach as Creditor Beyond the Insolvent Estate
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Amusement Parks:
More than $800K spent in legal, other fees for Conneaut Lake Park
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Coal:
Feds Winning Their War on Coal, at a Cost
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Bust Hits America’s Cowboy Coal Basin After 40 Years of Boom
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Senate panel approves pension rescue for coal miners
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Mass Torts:
NYC Receives Last of More Than $100M of Recovery for Asbestos Removal
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Tech:
Inside the catastrophe at Mode Media, the billion-dollar juggernaut that suddenly went bust
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Hotels:
Hotel demand is slowing as supply increases
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Religion:
California diocese outlines plan to exit bankruptcy this year • Stockton Diocese to pay $15 million to sexual abuse victims
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Lawyer fees reach $11 million for Twin Cities Archdiocese
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Federal judge sentences man in bankruptcy embezzlement case
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NV: Woman Sentenced For Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
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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 (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (39 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
August consumer bankruptcy filings inch higher
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Avoidance Actions:
“Reasonably Equivalent Value” – – A Path Without Guideposts.
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Defending A Preference Action – Can You Setoff Post-Petition Amounts Owed by the Debtor Against Your Preference Liability?
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Ninth Circuit Insulates California Tax Sale from Fraudulent Transfer Attack
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Unexpired Leases:
Deemed Lease Rejection: Nothing Says That the Bankruptcy Code Must Make Sense
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Proofs of Claim:
Fourth Circuit Rejects FDCPA Claim Based on Stale Proof of Claim
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Pac Sun Class Representative Denied Permission to File Class Proof of Claim on Behalf of Priority Claimants
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Jurisdiction:
Stern Amendments to Bankruptcy Rules
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Notice:
What is the point of that?
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Gambling:
Caesars Pledges More Than $5 Billion to Unit's Reorganization
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Caesars offers another $1.6 billion to creditors of bankrupt unit
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Caesars Gives Creditors Friday Deadline To Grab Extra $1B
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Caesars private equity owners look to fold 'em
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Fraud:
Hedge-Fund Son Thought Hedge-Fund Dad's Trades Were Pretty Fishy
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At Wells Fargo, workers say, sales focus was all-consuming • Why Blaming Front-Line Staff for Wells Scandal Makes No Sense • Wells Board, Tolstedt Sued by Investor Over Accounts Scandal • Wells Fargo's Perfect Storm of Scandals
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Clawing Back Bankers’ Pay at Wells Fargo Is Harder Than It Looks
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Fraudster gang spent £113m on fast cars and hotels whilst one of their victims committed suicide
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Not Wells Fargo's First Rodeo...
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Madoff Accountants Say Trustee Can't Reargue Dismissal
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SEC Charges Omega's Leon Cooperman With Insider Trading
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Waste:
Trash hauler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Metals:
Aluminum plant in trouble?
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Tobacco:
5 Reasons for NJOY’s Bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:
BlackRock Said to Consider Bidding for SunEdison Yieldco
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Lehman:
Lehman Ends $1B Spat Over GreenPoint RMBS
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UK:
Court of Appeal considers the treatment of contingent assets in balance sheet test
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EU:
Leak of files from Bahamas corporate register reveals former head of Europe’s antitrust watchdog was recruited by UAE venture set up to buy Enron assets
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ECB Launches Public Consultation on Guidance to Banks on Non-Performing Loans
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PIIGS:
Spain's Banco Popular to Cut Up to 3000 Jobs, Close Branches
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Canada:
Bedrock Industries looking to buy bankrupt US Steel Canada
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Why Canadians Are Being Offered Cash to Abandon Their Homes
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India:
ABG Shipyard shareholders reject lenders' proposal to invoke SDR
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China:
The first really meaningful and massive Chinese bankruptcy has arrived
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China's great debt restructuring has begun
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China gets steelier about debt restructuring
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Brazil:
Oi Surges After Report of M&A Interest From Billionaire Slim
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JPMorgan Makes Push for Debt-Restructuring Business in Brazil
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Bahamas:
Smith Defends Committee Over Lack Of Contact With Baha Mar Employees
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Asia:
Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency in Asia Pacific 2016
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Singapore:
High Court Allows Appointment Of Foreign Bankruptcy Trustee In Singapore For The Purpose Of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings.
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Australia:
Restructuring, Turnaround And Insolvency In Australia.
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Suriname:
Suriname slides into economic abyss, in shadow of Venezuela
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