Law:
Firm Finally Announces Raises And Associates Are Less Than Excited
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Changing Compensation Strategies Put Partners Under Pressure
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Dewey Cooperator's Sweetened Deal Prompts Subpoena Fight
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Biglaw Managing Partner’s #1 Piece Of Advice For Associates
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Drinker Biddle Grows Revenue, PPP 6 Percent
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Attorney Linda Worton Jackson joins Pardo Gainsburg as Name Partner • Bankruptcy Pro's Move Reshapes 2 Miami Boutique Firms
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Bankruptcy Pro Rejoins Squire Patton Boggs
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Groupon is Creating Scorecards to Evaluate Outside Law Firms
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Skadden's 100 Year Old Lawyer
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Sullivan & Cromwell Makes First U.S. Lateral Partner Hire in Years
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Jackson Walker Posts Big Gains in Income and Revenue
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What Firm Comp Systems Are Really Rewarding
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'Don't Be a Grump' and DLA's Other Advice for Associates
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Trump Needs a Strong Lawyer
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After Flat Year, Winston & Strawn Ratchets Up Lateral Hiring
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Corporations Move Toward Encryption, But It's a Mixed Blessing for Legal
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A Principle Isn’t A Principle Until It Hurts
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Protecting Your Secrets (Part 4)
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Small Law Firms Face Familiar Challenges
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Lawyers - Can Your Family Afford for You to Stay White Collar?
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After 130 Years, Harvard Law Review Elects a Black Woman President
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Trump's Love-Hate Relationship With the First Amendment
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Police Say More Than 100 Jewish Cemetery Headstones Have Been Damaged in Philadelphia • 16 more Jewish centers got rocked by fake bomb threats • 'Do More.' Jewish Leaders Are Demanding White House Action After Another Cemetery Was Vandalized
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9th Circuit denies US request to stay travel ban appeal • 9th Circuit Keeps Travel Ban Appeal on Track • Rebuffing Trump, Ninth Circuit Moves Forward With Travel Ban Appeal
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Artificial intelligence unlikely to replace lawyers anytime soon, report suggests
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Upload to file-sharing site was like leaving legal file on a bench, judge says; privilege is waived
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Alexa’s responses to customers are protected by the First Amendment, Amazon argues in murder case
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Experts explain the problem with Reince Priebus' talk with the FBI
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Father Shot Teen Who Snuck into Home to Visit Daughter, Deputies Say
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Hundreds allege harassment, discrimination at Kay and Jared jewelry company
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Should You Work For ‘Exposure’?
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Judges:
Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald (Ret.) Appointed to the Board of Directors of Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
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Some judges take the alternative-sentencing idea too far.
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SCOTUS Slams Lawyers For Petty Bigotry… Which Is What They Wanted Anyway
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Judicial originalism as myth
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‘Reasonably fit’ reporter tries Justice Ginsburg’s workout and finds it is grueling
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Federal Judge (and Former Colleague) Goes After Ruth Bader Ginsburg For Her ‘Political’ Comments
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Wall Street:
U.S. stocks struggle to resume record run
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New highs for US stocks; Dow win streak longest since 1987
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Why Trump's Next Speech Could Make or Break the Market • How Trump talk Tuesday could end this ‘suckers’ rally’ in stocks
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Trump's 'big' spending hopes nudge world stocks higher
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Layoffs:
When Robots Take Bad Jobs
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Gap Inc. Plans to Trim Workforce With 216 Cuts
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Family Christian to close Grand Rapids headquarters, lay off 170
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Accounting:
Ex-CFO of Bankrupt Enron Offers D&O Lessons From Accounting's 'Gray' Areas
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Awards:
The American College of Bankruptcy Announces Its 2017 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student Awardees
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Politics:
Can Donald Trump Be Wall Street’s Most Unlikely Savior? • No evidence yet of Trump team, Russia contacts: key lawmaker • Trump: 'I haven't called Russia in 10 years' • 'We all need answers': George W. Bush pushes back on Trump’s policies, calls for Russia inquiry in rare interview • What exactly do we know about Trump’s ties to Russia • Sean Spicer enlisted CIA director and GOP watchdogs to push back on Russia reports • 'We spend $6 trillion in the Middle East, and we have potholes all over our highways and our roads' • 'Maybe he shouldn't tweet out every thought he has': Sean Hannity says Trump is maybe 'a little too sensitive' to criticism • The problem with the claim that Trump is on a 'dictatorial path' • FactCheck: Trump's CPAC Speech • Issa: Special Prosecutor Needed for Trump • 'I think he is behind it': Trump suggests Obama is organizing protests against him
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Republicans Want To Make 2018 All About Elizabeth Warren . It Could Work. It Could Also Backfire.
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George W. Bush on why we need media: Power can be ‘addictive’ and ‘corrosive’
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GOP lawmaker tries to strip Clinton name from Little Rock airport
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Report: Sean Spicer Directs White House Attorneys to Tap Staffers’ Phones in Major Leak Crackdown
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Healthcare:
Trump urges insurers to work together to ‘save Americans from Obamacare’ • Trump on Obamacare's rising popularity: 'There's nothing to love — it's a disaster, folks, OK?' • Trump: ‘Nobody Knew Health Care Could Be So Complicated’ • GOP Plan to Repeal Obamacare: Hope It's Not Blocked • Does Trump really know how to fix Americans’ health care? • The Republican health policy agenda is getting more wobbly by the day • GOP Hardliner Shoots Down Obamacare Replacement Draft
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Beating Cancer Shouldn't Force Patients into Bankruptcy
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Aviation:
Warren Buffett says this is one behavior that causes airlines to go broke • Airline stocks take a hit after Warren Buffett indicates he won't be adding to his bets
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New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – Lily Robotics, Inc. • Drone Camera Developer Lands In Ch. 11 With $37M In Debt
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Hotels:
Trenton Wyndham Hotel owners pay off tax lien to avoid foreclosure
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Fraud:
Judge Orders Former Madoff Employee To Give Up $1.1M
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Corporate Reform:
President Donald Trump Issues Another Executive Order to Curb Regulations
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Economy:
Orders for Durable Goods rebounded 1.8% in January
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Yellen could put March hike in play with Friday speech • Markets are beginning to brace for a March Fed rate hike • What a Fed Rate Hike in March Would Imply
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Buffett: 'It's going to be very, very tough' for Republicans to pass revolutionary tax reform • GOP Dream of Tax Reform Already in Trouble • Tax Reform Eliminates Popular Deductions
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Buffett-Gates: America's Already Great
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Bill Gates says it's too early for basic income, but over time 'countries will be rich enough'
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Fed may need to raise interest rates in 'near future': Kaplan
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Fed Can't Do Three Things at Once
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Dallas Fed: "Growth in Texas Manufacturing Activity Continues" in February
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Atlanta Fed raises U.S. first-quarter GDP growth view to 2.5 percent
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Consumer Sentiment Index Since 1978
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Stockman: "After March 15 Everything Will Grind To A Halt"
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The clearest part of Trump's economic plan is also the most delusional part
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Trump seeks 'historic' increase of 9 percent in U.S. military's budget • Donald Trump to Propose $54 Billion Increase in Military Spending •How Much Do We Spend on War? • Defense: The U.S. Outspends These Countries Combined •Trump: The $54 billion increase in military spending will come from 'a revved up economy' • Trump: 'We have to start winning wars again' • Trump: We could spend $30 billion more than estimated on military • Most problems 'do not have military solutions' — Top generals warn Trump on dangers of cutting State Department • Trump stokes rally in defense stocks toward record highs • Trump budget plan boosts defense over safety net, diplomacy • There's a problem with Trump's plan to pay for a $54 billion defense increase with cuts to other agencies • Mattis once said if State Department funding gets cut 'then I need to buy more ammunition' • EPA Braces for 25% Budget Cut
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Trump's big promises come due in major Congress speech • What markets want to hear from President Trump may not be what they get
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Trump Budget Leaves Entitlements Uncut
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Trump and Paul Ryan Head for a Clash Over the Budget, and Ideology
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The hidden costs of mass deportations • Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Cost Hundreds of Billions of Dollars • Trump-backing town angry after ICE detains beloved local Mexican restaurant owner
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Why Millions of Americans Never Finish College
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This Indiana Plant Still Closing for Mexico
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The long path Donald Trump's budget needs to take to become law, explained • Donald Trump’s budget plan is built on political tropes and bad math
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Wilbur Ross, commerce nominee, questioned over bank's links to Trump • Senate confirms billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary • Wilbur Ross Fast Facts
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How two of the most closely watched CEOs see the economy in the Trump era
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Trump is already walking back his most important promise on the economy
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Buffett: Free trade is 'wonderful' ... but not for everyone
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College loans are making it harder for parents to retire
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The retirement crisis may be overblown, study says
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What the US needs is more older workers, but a Fed study says employers refuse to hire them
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Time to Restart That Old Capitalism Death Watch
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A Trillion Dollars of Trump Toll Roads • MIA: The Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Plan
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Border Tax Will Make Jobs Problem Worse
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Bank Card Default Rates Post Significant Gain in January
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Mexico Warns US It'll Cut Off NAFTA Talks If Tariffs Added
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How elites profit from the myth of American bankruptcy
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A BART janitor made $270,000 in a year
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Why Trump’s Next Move Against China Could Spark a Trade War
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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:
NAR: Pending Home Sales Index decreased 2.8% in January, up 0.4% year-over-year • Pending-home sales slide to a 12-month low as supply dwindles • Pending home sales hit lowest level in a year
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How to Save a Dying Mall
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House Price Index up 0.1% in December, Up 5.7% year-over-year
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Property cash sales to hit pre-crisis levels this Summer
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Provincetown Bidding on Bankrupt Timeshare Complex
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Municipalities:
Gatekeepers Gone Wrong: Reforming the Chapter 9 Eligibility Rules
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U of Puerto Rico Faces Massive Budget Cut
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Don't Dismiss the Detroit Turnaround
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Chicago Braces for an Austerity Double Whammy
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County that shelled out tax rebates for creationist Ken Ham’s Ark museum ‘teetering on bankruptcy’
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NMI 'in the midst of a healthcare crisis'
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Oil/Gas:
US crude settles at $54.05, up 6 cents, as bearish stockpile data cut into early gains
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Rig firm Seadrill says may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Pacific Drilling: Chapter 11 Is A Real Option
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Claiming millions of dollars missing, an Alaska exploration company sues 2 former executives
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Wind, solar dominate additions to power grid in 2016
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Funds Prepare $2 Billion Oil Market Play
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Saudi Arabia wants oil prices to rise another 10%
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Autos:
Tesla Bankrupt Without A Capital Raise? The Skeptic's Critics Strike Back • Tesla deepens recent losses after Goldman recommends selling
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Takata pleads guilty to deadly air bag scheme, will pay $1 billion • Takata's U.S. Guilty Plea Sets Stage for Sale of Air-Bag Maker • Takata Air-Bag Victims Seek to Delay $1 Billion Settlement • Takata Plea Deal Complicates Civil Suits • Lawsuit: Automakers Knew About Takata
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GM Defective Tire Suit Remains Stayed After Appeal Bid Fails
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Apparel:
BCBG May Be Going the Way of American Apparel: Bankrupt
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Gambling:
Straub, owner of former Revel, fighting A.C. over PILOT payment
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Pensions:
Almost one million American pension plans on verge of insolvency
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Telecoms:
Bankrupt Avaya seeks to dump suite at 49ers stadium
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Hollywood:
Netflix Wins Dismissal of Two Claims in Relativity Case
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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 (42 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:
Bankruptcy Claims Trading
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Executory Contracts:
Business Judgment • Avaya Rips 49ers' Performance In Bid To Nix Suite Contract
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TBTF:
AIG looks at penalizing or ousting CEO over turnaround plan
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Discovery:
Bankruptcy Court Limits Rule 2004 Requests
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Ch. 13:
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Constructive Trusts:
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Contracts:
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Tax:
SCOTUS Declines to Decide Late-Filed Tax Return Issue
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EFH Tells Bankruptcy Judge It Owes IRS $47.6M, Not $7.8B
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Safe Harbors:
Split Increases Uncertainty as to Extent of Safe Harbors
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Applicable Nonbankruptcy Law:
Sixth Circuit Weighs in on the Phrase “Applicable Nonbankruptcy Law” Under the Bankruptcy Code
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Discharge:
Judgments for Malice in California Aren’t Nondischargeable Automatically
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Surplus:
Federal Judgment Rate Is Employed when Claims Are Paid in Full
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Accounting:
Should have used lawyers: Are PwC accountants to blame for ‘La La Land’ Oscars blunder? • Oscars screw-up 2017: How a rule led to the massive best-picture flub • The internet's best reactions to the Oscars' best picture fiasco • Could Oscars' Fiasco Lead to Showstopping Lawsuit? • 'Tweeting' accountant blamed for Oscar best picture blunder
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Celebs:
Gawker Founder Nick Denton No Longer Needs Bankruptcy Protection
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‘Dance Moms’ Star Ashlee Allen: Abby Miller ‘Left Us,’ ALDC Owner Exits Show?
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Education:
ITT trustee hires ‘feared’ litigators
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Higher Ed ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders
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Banking:
Buffett: Wells Fargo's accounts scandal was 'a huge mistake'
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Newspapers:
Warren Buffett names the only 2 newspapers that have an 'assured future'
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Coal:
How Peabody Energy plans to pay big bankruptcy exit bonuses • Coal revival means big stock bonuses at bankrupt Peabody
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Chance of China Intervention Helping US Coal Miners
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Coal Industry Casts Itself as a Clean Energy Player
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Retailing:
Number of distressed U.S. retailers at highest level since Great Recession
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Appliance, Electronics Store HHGregg On Cusp Of Bankruptcy
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How one teen retailer is thriving while its competitors flounder
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News of the Shut-Down of Family Christian Stores Leaves Host of Unanswered Questions
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Two Retailers, One Big Worry
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Target's shares plunge as sales and earnings fall short in the holiday quarter
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Contract Holders Oppose Eastern Outfitter's Sale Timeline
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Student Debt:
Trump is right: Student loan debt an 'albatross' on families, young people
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UK:
Britain's financial regulator is sounding the alarm on a 'cliff edge Brexit'
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U.K. consumer confidence drops in February: GfK
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UK and Canada closing the door on millennials owning homes: HSBC study
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PIIGS:
ie: Banks recover just 34% of mortgage debt in bankruptcy
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Bailout inspectors back in Athens to resume review talks
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Canada:
Sunrise Records Taking Over Dozens of Closed HMV Stores Across Canada
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Priority of creditors in bankruptcy
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India:
India's Slow-Motion Bank Crisis
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China:
Why "Made in China" could soon be a thing of the past
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South Africa:
The South African industries hardest hit by insolvency
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Ukraine:
Deposit Guarantee Fund to sell assets of 41 insolvent banks worth UAH 2.2 bln this week
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Norway:
Ezra's Norwegian unit and Japanese joint venture file for bankruptcy
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