Law:
Working At Chadbourne While Suing Chadbourne for $100M
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Biglaw Firm Announces Mass Layoffs, Almost 200 Left Jobless
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K&L Gates After Peter Kalis’s Reign
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Nelson Mullins Adds Bankruptcy Partner
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Shook Welcomes Former AIG Associate General Counsel to Philadelphia Office As Co-Chair Of Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Group
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Are You a Rich Lawyer? You May Not Be Rich Enough for J.P. Morgan • JPMorgan decision on minimum level of assets for premium service hits lawyers hard
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Law School Celebrates Worst Bar Exam Results In Nearly 10 Years
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What if Associates Donated a Sliver of That Big Salary Raise to Legal Aid?
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Greenberg Traurig’s New Cabinet of Advisors
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Many millennials are very uncomfortable about conversations, preferring to text and/or email
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Rural States See Massive Drop In Bar Examinees
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Why It Is A Bad Idea To Accept And Pay Referral Fees
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Lawyer’s Response To His Child’s Teacher Is Everything Wrong With Lawyers
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Martindale-Hubbell, Nolo launch legal marketing network
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Why lawyers will love the iPhone 7 and new Apple Watch • iPhone 7 Vs iPhone 7 Plus: What's The Difference? • There are two reasons (and only two) to buy the iPhone 7 • Apple wants you to believe design is different on iPhone 7 • Wall Street’s Gonna Wait For The iPhone 8 • The iPhone 7 reveal has me seriously considering leaving Apple for Android • 11 things everyone is going to love about Apple's iOS 10 • Apple just got rid of the worst thing about the iPhone • You'll Miss What You Don't Use on the New IPhone
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J.J. Prescott: Go to court without leaving home
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Bill Cosby is blind, according to his lawyers • More than a dozen accusers could testify in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial
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Roger Ailes' Empty Lawsuit Is a Threat to Free Speech
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Why Fox Moved Fast to Settle Carlson Lawsuit
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Evidence dumped in room cleanup could affect more than a thousand cases
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Because of Stupid Ethics Ruling, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished In Minnesota
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Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Has Nothing to Do With the Military • Sixteen Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick
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What It’s Like to Practice Law in Japan as a Woman
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FBI Says Man Robbed Bank Because He’d Rather Go to Jail than be Home With His Wife
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Lawyer gets prison time for using trust accounts to transfer $12 million in client cash
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Judges:
Longtime bankruptcy judge Robert Martin retiring
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Harry Reid has a plan to force action on Garland nomination; lawsuit has the same goal
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Who Is Not Vocally Supporting The Nomination Of Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court?
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What Clinton Won’t Say: Whether Garland Is Her High Court Pick
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Court clerk at center of massive bribery scheme forged hundreds of records records for drunk drivers and others, prosecutors say
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Wall Street:
US stock futures tread water ahead of ECB meeting, jobless claims
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Nasdaq turns higher, hits fresh all-time high; Beige Book eyed • U.S. stocks mostly lower but Nasdaq ends at record high close
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Layoffs:
2 laid-off ITT Educational employees file federal lawsuit
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Shipping:
S. Korean shipper's bankruptcy crisis could affect US holiday sales
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Lead Hanjin creditor signals new funds for shipper unlikely
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There's now a fleet of ghost ships with no where to go after its owners went bankrupt
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The ripple effect from the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy
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Hanjin clears bankruptcy hurdle, but key container ship might not get to Seattle
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Who are the big losers from scuttling Hanjin Shipping?
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Mammoth cargo ship under arrest off Long Beach due to Hanjin shutdown
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Nike, Polo’s Marooned Suppliers Race to Meet Thanksgiving Rush
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Hanjin bankruptcy puts as much as $14 billion in cargo in limbo • Billions in Cargo Remains Stranded at Sea
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P&I Priority Over a Ship Mortgage: Meet the New Crew Claimants
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Hanjin Shipping Now Under U.S. Bankruptcy Protection: Options for Shippers and Intermediaries
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Hanjin Shipping’s Collapse Puts 11,000 Jobs in Busan at Risk
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Student Debt:
Credit Unions Ramp Up Private Student Lending
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Education:
Was ITT Tech summarily executed?
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Lawsuits Over ITT Shutdown Are Just Starting
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ITT Tech’s Legacy: Angry Grads With Lots Of Debt
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ITT Tech shutdown: Other colleges reach out to displaced students • The ITT Tech shutdown: What we know • Some students may be eligible for loan discharge after ITT closes 130 campuses
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Other for-profit institutions face scrutiny after ITT Tech closure
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ITT Tech Students Should Take Their Money And Run, Experts Say
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The 'Institutional Ethnography' That Led to ITT Tech's Collapse
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Bill Clinton’s $18 million job as “honorary chancellor” of a for-profit college chain, explained
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Hollywood:
'Disappointments Room': Relativity's Return From Bankruptcy Is Conspicuously Quiet
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Economy:
Job openings rise more than expected to a record high • A New Record for Job Openings Deepens Mystery Over Lack of Hiring
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Fed's George says US labor market is roughly at full strength
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Globalization Hits a Wall
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Elizabeth Warren: What Apple Teaches Us About Taxes
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Fed Beige Book: Economy Expanded at a ‘Modest’ Pace Through August • Fed’s Beige Books finds some concern over election • Here's what the Fed's latest report had to say about the only 2 things that matter
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If Trump were to enact his policies, Fed interest rates would have to jump, Nomura finds
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This is the No. 1 cause of financial stress in your state
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The 12 jobs that are disappearing fastest in the US
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Employment: Preliminary annual benchmark revision shows downward adjustment of 150,000 jobs
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Most Americans pay more payroll tax than income tax
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Here are all the 'unforeseen events' that could rock the global economy
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What people miss about the gender wage gap
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The Coming 'Next' Industrial Revolution
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The one-percenters are now destroying dollar stores
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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:
Leases: Prebankruptcy Termination May Not Mean That the Landlord Is Out Of the Woods
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Limit on Right to Amend Homestead Exemption
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Why it’s gotten so hard for many people to get a mortgage
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UBS handed setback in $2 billion mortgage buy-back lawsuit
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Charlotte: Creditors file to dissolve companies that developed Fox Den
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Florida Inferior Liens Not Extinguished If Recorded After Foreclosure Judgment
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Appraisal volume falls two weeks straight
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Phoenix Real Estate in August: Sales up 14%, Inventory up 3% YoY
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Selling a $5 Million, Seven-Story Basket Is No Picnic
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Municipalities:
Rep. Gutiérrez: ‘I Am Not Going to Let This Congress Forget About Puerto Rico’
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In one Virginia city, residents erupt in anger at a community teetering on financial collapse
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Oil/Gas:
EIA forecasts oil output to fall by less than previously expected
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Oil rises, but doubt over output deal tempers rally • Oil climbs ahead of inventory report • Oil futures settle at highest level in a week • Oil Rises as Industry Data Signals Crude Inventories Plummeted
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Drilling activity to fall further than expected
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This gusher in oil stocks will not end well
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Samson Proposes Auction With $320M In Stalking Horse Bids
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Oil market faces supply crunch within a year, warns HSBC
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Global Halliburton exec talks Houston job cuts, new technologies
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Suncor Energy Seeks Permission to Abandon Some Oil -Sands Assets
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Apache's Big Discovery Isn't Even OPEC's Biggest Problem
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Canadian drilling association says 2016 worst on record
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The Next Sector To Recover From The Oil Price Crash
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Chevron's Revenue Will Move If Crude Oil Prices Rebound To $100
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Biggest oil traders see another year of pain as glut endures
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How Houston Dealt with 80's Oil Bust
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Construction:
Indiana Warns I-69 Section's Bankrupt Concessionaire: Pay Contractors Now
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Food/Beverage:
Così hires turnaround firm as interim CFO
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Zio's Restaurant Files for Bankruptcy • Zio's Italian Kitchen files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Chipotle allegedly held 'cleaning parties' where employees were forced to work without pay
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Politics:
Donald Trump lifts blacklist on reporters: 'I figure they can't treat me any worse!' • Trump: Putin has been a leader 'far more' than Obama • Was Trump Fibbing About Buying Politicians Then or Now? • What Supporting Donald Trump Did to Dennis Prager's Principles • Donald Trump’s immigration plan, explained in 500 words • Trump Fact Check: "I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return." • Donald Gave Huge Discount for Florida AG Fundraiser After She Dropped Trump U Case • Trump Raised $90 Million in August, Trailing Clinton: Reports • Donald Trump Is Lying in Plain Sight • The Black Eyes in Donald Trump’s Life • Trump Shows Contempt for the Military and Everyone Else
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Clinton Says There’s No Evidence Her Private E-Mail Was Breached • Powell Told Clinton He Used Private E-Mail to World Leaders• The Full Exchange Between Clinton/Powell About Using Private Emails
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Stark divide as Clinton, Trump talk foreign policy
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Congress will vote on impeaching IRS chief next week
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Giuliani Fact Check: "Food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under Barack Obama."
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State Rep. Ron Reynolds files for bankruptcy
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Presidential Candidate Jill Stein
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Telecoms:
Nortel Reports Progress in Bankruptcy Settlement Talks
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Healthcare:
A new report finds the people signing up might be getting sicker
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Feds sue Vanguard Healthcare over 'false claims'
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Keen-Summit Capital Partners Sells Two Assisted Living Facilities in Virginia Totaling $19,000,000
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Catoosa County Commissioners Want Investigate Of Officials Who Led Hutcheson Hospital Into 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 (56 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (232 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:
NH bankruptcy filings fall again in August
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Business Bankruptcy Filings by Month, 2015 vs. 2016
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August Business Filings Increase 28 Percent from Previous Year, Total Filings Up 1 Percent
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The Great Debt Unwind Beneath the Surface: US Commercial Bankruptcies Soar
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Structured Dismissal:
Amicus Briefs Filed In Jevic Case: US • Loan Syndications and Trading Association • National Employment Law Project, et al. • Law Professors
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Property of the Estate:
District Judge May Have Split with Ninth Circuit BAP on Estate Property
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Jurisdiction:
Post-Confirmation Noncore Claim Defeats Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction
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Proofs of Claim:
4th Cir. Holds Time-Barred Proof of Claim Does Not Violate FDCPA
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Religion:
Florida diocese investigating ex-head of Rhode Island school
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Retailing:
Golden Gate completes PacSun acquisition • Teen apparel retailer exits bankruptcy ; gets new owner • PacSun Post- Bankruptcy Reorg
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Aeropostale’s saviors may have a savvy strategy
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Autos:
GM sued for breach of contract by supplier's creditors
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
'Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Is 'Scared to Death' to Go to Prison: 'I've Been Through Hell'
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Auto Racing:
Bidders Pick Over the Remains of the Boston Grand Prix • Oddball IndyCar items sold at bankruptcy auction
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Fraud:
Stanford Receiver, Investors Seek OK Of $120M Willis Deal
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Student Debt:
Don't Make Colleges Pay for Student-Loan Defaults
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Advisory Group to Examine Student Loan Debt Collection
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How Some Millennials End Up Paying Their Parents’ Student Loan Debt
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Celebs:
SEC eyes contempt for Wyly estate's failure to pay $101 million
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UK:
Football Transfer Spending- high risk leading to high reward?
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South Wales insolvency practitioner jailed
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PIIGS:
Italian Banks: Too Big to Fail, Yet Too Big to Be Saved?
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Canada:
Sears Canada swings to loss as sales drop
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Canada's Postmedia wins investor approval for restructuring
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MENA:
UAE bankruptcy law to allow SMEs take calculated risks
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Fitch rating for Saudi Arabia hints at risks
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India:
India's Lifeline for Debt-Ridden Realty Industry
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Experts seek easy exit for investors, clear bankruptcy laws in India
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Brazil:
Oi’s Creditors Said to Oppose Proposed Restructuring Plan
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Bahamas:
Baha Mar Skeptics Challenge Chinese 'Goodwill Gesture'
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China:
Tens of Thousands of Jobs Go as China’s Biggest Banks Cut Costs
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Singapore:
Are Singapore's Developers Buried Under Debt?
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South Korea:
Lawmakers criticize state mismanagement of shipping, shipbuilding
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Australia:
Receivers put Pluton up for sale
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