Law:
In Major Overhaul, Biglaw Firm Creates Two-Tier Partnership To Boost Profits
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Warm Winter For Chicago Market?
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Advice to New Law Firm Leaders: Be a Wartime Consigliere
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The Global 100: Rankings and Analysis of the World's Biggest Firms
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Full Pay for Less Work Greets Proskauer Parents Returning From Leave
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ABA won’t be suspended from accrediting new law schools
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Indiana Tech Dean Bristles At Media For Making Law School 'Look Bad' Because Only 1 In 12 Grads Passed Bar Exam, Says He's 'Not Worried' About ABA Accreditation
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As the Market Struggles to Recover, Midwest Law Schools and Their Students Adapt to New Realities
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Not just cogs in the machine: the new demands young lawyers are placing on their employers
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The Lawyer's Challenge: Meeting Client Demand in a Tech-Driven World
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3 Ways to Reduce Data Breach Risks in Post-Panama Papers World
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Stats of The Week: Lawyers Not Exactly Top Of Mind For @realDonaldTrump
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Trying Cases Is Physical Work
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How To Make Getting Referrals A Daily Habit
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The Texas Law Hawk Talks Marketing
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The Alcoholic Law Student
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12 Email Fails And What They Say About You
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One thing they don’t teach you in law school is how much time as a litigator you spend talking people out of litigation.
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Wife of man slain by Charlotte police pleaded with police not to shoot him, her video indicates
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Inspirational Public Defender Billed As Hero Of Charlotte Protests
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Identical twin testifies he committed murder and brother was wrongly convicted
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Tennessee Law Now Investigating Professor Reynolds Over Tweet
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Christie ‘Enforcer’ Tells Jurors One Constituent Counted
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Attorney Wins Prestigious MacArthur Genius Grant
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Former DA heads to prison Monday for obstruction of justice
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Judges:
The Origin Of The Politicization Of The Supreme Court
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More Junior Lawyers Would Please Courts
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Judge Rips Kirkland Over Associate's Appearance in Case
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Judge Resigns Amid Allegations He Sexted During Judicial Conduct Commission Meeting
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Trump releases new list of possible SCOTUS picks • Trump Avoids Big Law Again in New List of Possible SCOTUS Picks • What President Trump's Supreme Court Would Look Like; The Republican candidate successfully wooed Ted Cruz by releasing an expanded list of potential justices • Trump's supreme court picks: from Tea Party senator to anti-abortion crusader • Trump’s New Supreme Court List Favors Swing States Over D.C.
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Nothing Would Be Gained From Knowing More About Health Of Supreme Court Justices
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How High Courts Every where But the U.S. Have Limited Judicial Tenure and Allow ed Broadcast Access
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Are judges for sale? The Supreme Court could decide in pending corruption case
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Lawyer in Judge Thomas Porteous impeachment case suspended again
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Husband Of Retired Tax Court Judge Pleads Guilty To Taking $1 Million In Fraudulent Deductions
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Wall Street:
US stocks brace for sharp losses in nervous wait for presidential debate
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US stocks close lower after 3 days of gains
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Layoffs:
EnerNOC Is Cutting 200 Jobs
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Cary's Biologics announces 132 layoffs
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Goldman axing nearly 30 percent of Asia investment banking jobs
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Bath Iron Works eliminates 160 positions
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Petaluma's Enphase Energy cutting staff 11%
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:
DOT retenders several EAS contracts after SeaPort bankruptcy
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Monarch Airlines denies Twitter-based insolvency rumors
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Healthcare:
OK: Hospital in Antlers files for insolvency
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Judge to decide if Colusa hospital can reopen
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Doctor Confesses: I Lied to Protect Colleague in Malpractice Suit
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Education:
Everything wrong with for-profit colleges
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ITT Tech: The for-profit college that went up in smoke
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The Good Schools, the Bad Ones and the Ugly Ways We Rank Them
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2016-17 World University Rankings
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Healthcare:
Another Way to Violate Privacy: PHI in Court Documents
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Bankruptcy court approves settlement between HDL, LeClairRyan; law firm's troubles may not be over
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Entertainment:
CORE Media Group's Plan of Reorganization Confirmed
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Retailing:
Claire’s Is Said to Tap FTI Consulting for Help
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American Apparel is losing CEO Paula Schneider, who was supposed to turn it around
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Chapter 11 Watch: Hanjin’s Latest Lifeline, Caesars Raises The Stakes And E-Cigarette Troubles
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We Closed Stores, and You Can, Too
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Fraud:
Rothstein Feeder Fund Agrees To $1M Hutchison & Steffen Deal
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Bankruptcy of Diplomat Caught in Ponzi Scheme Survives
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The life and crimes of Sin City's million-dollar mail fraudster
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Behold, The Shakespearean Plot Twist At The Heart Of The Cooperman Insider Trading Case
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Coal:
Coal pensions, benefits divide Kentucky Senate candidates
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Jewelry:
Defunct smart jewelry startup Cuff sued by vendors for unpaid work
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Marinas:
La Crosse moves to evict marina operator; operator files for bankruptcy protection
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Banking:
Bank of Commerce's holding company files for bankruptcy to survive
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Wells Fargo shareholder sues the bank for breaching fiduciary duty; Stumpf resigns from Fed post • John Stumpf's Elizabethan Drama • Ex-Wells Fargo Employees in Class Action Suit • Wells Fargo Hires Law Firm for Advice on Clawbacks • Bernie Sanders: Wells Fargo's business model is fraud • Plaintiffs Firms Pounce on Wells Fargo After Fake-Accounts Scandal
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The Worst Banks in America
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FDIC Closes Bank in Arkansas; Fifth Failed Bank of 2016
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Economy:
81 Consecutive Weeks of Initial Unemployment Claims Below 300,000, Longest Streak Since 1970
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Nowcast down 0.5 percentage point for both Q3 and Q4
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Why The Coming Wave Of Defaults Will Be Devastating
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Millennials: You Can't Afford a Startup. Time to Get a Job
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The know-nothing economists who created this mess blast Trump’s plan
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Why Seniors with Mortgage Debt are Becoming the ‘New Normal’ for Retirement
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Planning for retirement? Check out ‘one of the scariest charts in human history’
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Sheila Bair Called the Financial Crisis. Here's Her New Nightmare
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Obama Has Redistributed More Wealth To The Bottom 99% Through The Tax Code Than Any Administration Since At Least 1960
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Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 39 states in August
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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:
Valuation of affordable housing projects in bankruptcy – a muddied landscape
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“Bankruptcy Baron” may live to buy again
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He lost a $24 million mansion along the Potomac to foreclosure. Now he’s fighting eviction.
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Nationwide: Here are the most and least healthy housing markets
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Fastest appreciating housing markets
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Prop 13 Unfair Home Taxes on 2 Generations
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25 Wealthiest US Suburbs
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Lawler: Table of Distressed Sales and All Cash Sales for Selected Cities in August
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Control Board Set to Meet Sept. 30 to Pick Chair
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Wall Street Vultures Descend On Debt -Ridden Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico's Market-Beating Bonds Still Leave Holders Guessing
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A 12-Step Plan for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Insured: Q3 2016 Review
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Puerto Rico power utility restores service after rare island-wide blackout
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Bankrupt, hobbled by violence, San Bernardino still bleeding
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CA: The pension gap
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Oil/Gas:
Oil price rebound could create headaches for bankrupt drillers
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Oil prices pare gains as investors question chances of an OPEC deal
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Rig count sees small gain amid double whammy for oil • Top Permian producer says rig count there is about to soar • Texas oil production up slightly from early summer
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Oil firms expected to increase capital spending in 2017
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The Real Reason Energy Companies Are Going Bankrupt
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Market Overreacts To News That Vanguard Natural Resources Hired Evercore Partners For Restructuring
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Pacific Drilling: Restructuring Ahead
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Gulf of Mexico Operators: Prepare to Present the U.S. Government with Financial Assurance Covering 100% of Decommissioning Liability for your OCS Leases
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Leon Cooperman’s Man in Shale Patch Goes From Hero to Headache
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As rivals circle, Japan boosting firepower to buy global energy assets
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In Pa. gas -drilling country, landowners receiving royalties feel cheated
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Oil and Gas Companies Could Still Do Some Paring
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Future is unclear for Navajo oil and gas co.
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How to value (worthless) Venezuelan oil bonds
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Trustee Objects To Breakup Fees In Samson's Ch.11 Sales
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Downturn shifts to pipeline companies
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Saudis Announce Oil Deal (In Your Dreams)
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Mexico could open shale fields to U.S. drillers next year • Oil downturn ‘huge blow’ to Mexico, says energy minister • Traders Are Skeptical Mexico Can Avoid Downgrade as Debt Surges
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Solar:
California solar company Verengo files for bankruptcy , plans sale
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SunEdison starts settlement discussions with yieldcos
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TerraForm Power Files Initial Proof of Claim in SunEdison's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – Verengo, Inc. • Verengo to be sold under Chapter 11
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Politics:
New York Times endorses Clinton for president • Clinton Triumphs In Email Court Hearing Friday • FBI releases notes from Clinton email investigation • Clinton aide told FBI there were internal concerns raised at State over private email server • Obama used a pseudonym in emails with Clinton, FBI documents reveal • What’s Really Ailing Hillary • Clinton to Millennials: Pick Me to Stop Trump • Clinton Needs a Better Slogan • 2008 Crisis Deepened Goldman Clinton Ties
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'Draw is a win' for Donald Trump v Hillary Clinton debate • Study finds 20 million would lose health coverage under Trump plan •Trump campaign quarrels over money woes • Donald Trump's Police State • Why the Flawed Bushes Won't Tolerate Trump • Professor Picked Right in Every Campaign for Thirty Years: It's Trump • The Shady Way Fred Trump Tried to Save His Son's Casino • Johnston on Trump • Cruz Won't Say Trump is Fit to Serve • Judge denies media request to unseal Trump’s divorce records • Trump Unleashes on Mark Cuban • No Fortune 100 CEO Backs Trump
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Elizabeth Warren tells Hillary Clinton: Aim higher
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The Questions That Clinton and Trump Should Be Asked
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1916: H. J. Heinz Pushes America First
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5 Ways Candidates Mislead You in Debates • Monday's debate: What to know • What past faceoffs tell us about the first Trump-Clinton debate
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Poll: Most Frustrated with Presidential Race
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Religion:
Diocese bankruptcy deal sets aside $15 million for victims
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Religion in US 'worth more than Google and Apple combined'
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Gambling:
Bankruptcy Judge Responds To Caesar's Mediator Resignation
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Caesars awaits creditor nod on sweetened deal for bankrupt unit
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Caesars Talks Grind On in Bid for Deal to End Unit’s Bankruptcy
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Caesars Entertainment Corp's Future Now a Battle Between Billionaires
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New creditor steps up to block reorganization of Caesars
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Movies:
Indie Film Company Alchemy Files for Bankruptcy
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Mining:
Iron Giants to Add 200 Million Tons of Supply Through 2020
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Debt Collection:
CFPB Can't Back Contempt Push In Debt Scam Suit, Firm Says
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Food/Beverage:
Logan's Roadhouse Reaches Deals On DIP, Plan Statement
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Debt Hinders Economic Mobility
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Orchestras:
Philadelphia players: Board blew $10 million on bankruptcy
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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 (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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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Involuntary Cases:
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Concludes that Section 303(i) Does Not Preempt State Law Claims of Non-Debtors Predicated on the Filing of an Involuntary Petition
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Cross-Border:
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Will Not Tolerate Manipulation of COMI and Bad Faith Uses of Chapter 15
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Credit Bids:
Credit Bidding: Back and Better Than Ever?
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Proofs of Claim:
SCOTUS Asked to Hear Two Cases on Stale Claims in Bankruptcy
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Mediation:
Mediation Confidentiality is the Source of Judicial Bewilderment
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Mootness:
Equitable Mootness in Chapter 11 Confirmation Appeals
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Exemptions:
Validity of Inherited Homestead Exemption Decided by Allusion to Baseball
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Litigation:
The New Rule 26(f)(3): Not Quite the Same as the Old
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Professional Compensation:
Compensation for Successfully Defending Fee Applications: The World after Baker Botts
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Insurance:
D&O Insurance: Consent Judgment Including Covenant Not to Execute Constitutes “Loss”
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Shipping:
Hanjin: Customers Are Not Paying Freight Invoices • Hanjin says cargo owners withholding $80 million in payments
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Hanjin Clients Report Price-Gouging and Container Pileups
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Hanjin Shipping mess: FMC eyes MTO fees for releasing cargo
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FMC: Update Regarding Commission Briefings on the Status of Hanjin Shipping
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Hyundai Merchant begins work to acquire key assets of Hanjin
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Hanjin could be “the 100year flood in the container industry”
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All at sea? The ripple effect of Hanjin's crisis
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U.S. Judge Concerned With Speed of Hanjin Restructuring
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Oil Tanker Up in Flames in Gulf
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On the Majestic Maersk, mega-ship dreams obscure cloudy future for shipping
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Tech:
'The biggest risk of cloud is bankruptcy ,' warns expert panel
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Autos:
Takata's search for a savior could drag into next year -sources •Takata failed to report 2003 air bag rupture to NHTSA
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Not Everyone is a Fan of the $14.7 Billion VW Settlement
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Aerospace:
Carlyle’s Sequa Cut by S&P as Maturity Looms for All Its Debt
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UK:
Know Your Client Checks – A Lesson From BHS for Professional Firms
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Mobile giants 'face £1bn Phones 4U claim' • Phones 4U administrator to sue operators - report
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Brexit jitters trigger pay freeze at Bond Dickinson
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EU:
Draghi Wants Fewer Banks. Good Luck With That!
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PIIGS:
Italy's banking crisis could bring disastrous consequences
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IMF paints dark outlook for Greek jobseekers
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IMF Says Greece Growth Outlook Still Weak as Debt Relief Elusive
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Greece Could Seize Personal Assets • Gov't braces for vote on reforms
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Greece, creditors agree on composition of privatization fund board
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Canada:
Court of Appeal Closes Door on U.S. Doctrine for Re-Ranking Creditors
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Essar Steel Algoma lenders down with $425-million injection
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Turkey:
Amendments to postponement of bankruptcy rules
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Moodys' Cuts Turkey's Credit to Junk
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China:
China just made a key preparation for disaster in its economy
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Chinese bondholders face heavy losses, as metal producer folds
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A New Measure of China's Vulnerability
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Relax, China's banks aren't about to have a meltdown
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China's "Other Sea" (Of Debt)
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China launches $52.5 billion state enterprise restructuring fund, report says
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PBOC Drains Most Funds in Six Months Amid Debt Curb Speculation
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South Korea:
Prosecutors to reapply for warrant to arrest ex-KDB chief over bribery
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Japan:
Bankrupt Mining Town Downsizes to Avoid Becoming a Ghost
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New Zealand:
Dick Smith receivers' six month report throws light on high debts
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Bahamas:
China's Fosun Group isn't buyer of $3.5b Baha Mar, say receivers
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Australia:
Creditors seek winding up of two Otto Marine Australian units
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Illegal phoenix activity is costing billions
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Malaysia:
Malaysian banks brace for profit hits as O&G firms restructure
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