Law:
Legal Industry Outpaces US Jobs Figures for December
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Dewey Defendants Say Prosecution's Deal With Witness 'Extraordinary'
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Milbank Names Two New Bankruptcy Partners
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Cadwalader Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Firm In Hot Water Over Its Use Of Temp Attorneys
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Haynes and Boone Names Thirteen New Partners
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Behind the Scenes, Big Law Shapes Trump Presidency
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Pay Raise Watch: Which Firm Pays A Starting Salary Of $200,000?
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Seyfarth Snags Barnes & Thornburg Bankruptcy Partner
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Law Firms Struggle to Hire and Keep Black Women • Diversity In The Legal Profession Has Flatlined Since The Great Recession; Who Is To Blame?
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Lawyer receives reprimand for reopening and pursuing bankruptcy case against client's wishes
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Get On Your Feet, Stay Flexible: Dentons’ Ron Hedges On Lawyering, Technology, And Being A Litigator
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Law Firm HR: How To Inspire Excellence In Your Attorney Team
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These Two Entrepreneurs Are Revolutionizing Bankruptcy and Revitalizing Lives
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Looking for a section symbol key? New keyboard is designed for lawyers
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Most liberal and conservative law schools
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Charlotte Law Is Trying To Bleed Every Last Penny Out Of Its Remaining Students
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Should You Switch Practice Groups To Find A Mentor?
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Biglaw Just Got A Surprising New Mascot
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Judges:
Judge holds prosecutor in contempt, says his ‘emotional intelligence needs strengthening’
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State bar can’t discipline judge already reprimanded by judicial regulator, top state court rules
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Potential SCOTUS Pick Has Car Broken Into
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Handicapping Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist
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Chuck Schumer Knows How To Spot Potential Supreme Court Justices Outside The ‘Mainstream’
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A Week in the Life of Justice Don Willett, The Tweetingest Judge in America
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Supreme Court wars escalate • Mitch McConnell: Democrats should 'grow up' and consider Trump nominees
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The Actuarial Life Expectancies of the SCOTUS Short List
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Wall Street:
US stock futures dip with oil prices; all eyes on Dow 20000
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US stocks higher at close of trade
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Layoffs:
Alorica to lay off 200
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Theranos is laying off 41% of its staff • Theranos will shrink by almost half, laying off 155 employees
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:
Inside Sears' death spiral: How an iconic American brand has been driven to the edge of bankruptcy • Sears is closing 150 stores — here's where they will shut down • Lampert’s Rescue of Sears Puts Him on the Hook for $1.2 Billion • A Sears bankruptcy is still a ways off — and some say may never come • A Sears Bankruptcy Will Drag Seritage Down With It • Sears/Stanley: in the long run we are all dead
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The 68 stores Macy's is planning to close
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A Deutsche Bank analyst was painfully blunt about the prospects for department stores
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Why it makes sense for Amazon to buy American Apparel
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Shifting consumer shopping habits lead to surge in major retailer bankruptcy filings
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The Limited closes all 250 stores nationwide
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5 Concerns for Counsel After Macy's and Sears Closings
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Auto Racing:
Boston Grand Prix assets frozen in bankruptcy case
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Motor racing-Manor F1 team goes into administration
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Healthcare:
Lensar Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Nonprofit health insurer won't be coming back to N.J.
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McConnell: Senate will act on Obamacare this week • Who will really win in an Obamacare repeal • GOP Governors Trying to Stop ACA Repeal
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Food/Beverage:
Erie County Farms' ex-workers could get help
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Banking:
Venezuelan family’s takeover bid of troubled Miami bank may be on the rocks
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Hotels:
Peoria's Historic Pere Marquette to Remain Open, As Questions Persist
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Trucking:
Bill Hall Jr. Trucking bankruptcy case dismissed
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Economy:
Trade Deficit at $45.2 Billion in November
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December Employment Report: 156,000 Jobs, 4.7% Unemployment Rate • Health Care Industry Added 43K Jobs in December • Financial Sector Continues Monthly Gains by Adding 13K Jobs in December
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Why Wages Have Lagged Behind the Global Jobs Recovery
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Trump could be looking at the job market all wrong
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How Trump should spend $1 trillion on America's infrastructure, according to architects and urban planners • Trump's Infrastructure Plan: Can It Work? • GOP Slow Walks Trump's Infrastructure Plans
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General Motors to Trump: Pound Sand
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Mexico Hits Back on Trump's Auto Threats • Trump: Mexico Will Repay Us for the Wall • Trump: US Taxpayers to Pay for Wall
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Economists: Thumbs Down to Trumponomics
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Brownback's Tale Warning for Trump Tax Plan
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Red States Mulling Higher Taxes
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Why Did GOP Vote to Increase Debt by $9T?
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This Goldman Sachs chart sums up the global fallout from the 2008 financial crisis
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From unemployment to wages, here's how the US jobs market has grown under President Obama • One chart shows how Obama’s job performance compares with his predecessors
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Older Americans Retiring in Droves
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There are 3 big risks for 2017
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Powell: New Policies Could Take Weight Off Fed
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Here's why the unemployment rate will keep falling in 2017
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Risky Debt Is Moving to Retail and Health Care
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Retailers Risk Multibillion-Dollar Earnings Hit Under GOP Tax Plan
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Food Stamp Program Faces Uncertain Future
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8 Ways the Jobs Market Evolved in 8 Years
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2016: The Year Wages Finally Improved
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Why Employers are Rolling Back Wages
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Treasury Slammed Mnuchin's Bank • Trump Treasury Pick's Loans to Failed Movie Studio Face Scrutiny
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12 Ways You'll Go Broke in Retirement
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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:
The Ninth Circuit Loosens the Cap on Landlord Damages in In re Kupfer
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Homeowners are going to get hosed by the Republicans' tax plan
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Orlando shopping mall owner files for bankruptcy • Fashion Square Mall files Chapter 11 bankruptcy to block foreclosure
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Auction date set for Schuylkill Mall
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Reis: Regional Mall Vacancy Rate decreased in Q3 2016, Strip Mall Vacancy Rate increased
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The 10 hottest housing markets for 2017
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Former newspaper publisher charged in $10 million mortgage fraud conspiracy
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America's 25 Least Affordable Housing Markets
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Judge boots Railyard property owners
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Puerto Rico's representative makes renewed push for statehood
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Las Vegas Real Estate in December: Sales up 3.4% YoY, Inventory down Sharply
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Municipalities:
Governor should follow Hartford Mayor's Example
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Providence On the Brink?
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Prescott: Council seeks solution to growing $81 million pension debt mess
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Puerto Rico Doesn't Want Bankruptcy
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Colonialism is Puerto Rico's Biggest Problem
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Chicago, New York in Worst Financial Shape Among Large US Cities
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Shipping:
Collapse of Hanjin, cross border insolvency and maritime claims
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Oil/Gas:
US crude settles at $53.99, up slightly this week as traders parse signs OPEC is cutting output • Why Oil Is Struggling To Hit $60 • Oil Capped Until OPEC Brings Evidence Of Output Cuts
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Oil companies may boost E&P spending after 2 years of declines
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Samson Resources, creditors agree to basic terms of Chapter 11 plan
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Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. Files for Chapter 11 Protection
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Energy services co. emerges from bankruptcy, eliminates $1.4B in debt
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UK faces £24bn bill for shutting North Sea fields
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US Federal Reserve interest rate hikes to dictate demand for oil
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Oil and gas exec Gerard is pumped about industry prospects under Trump
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US oil , gas recovery a mixed bag
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U.S. oil and gas lobby calls for industry -led energy revolution
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Baker Hughes Says Rigs Up 10th Straight Week
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North Dakota´s Oil Revenue Forecast Decreases By $1B
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Fraud:
Orlando area real estate broker arrested in Ponzi scheme
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Where We Go From Here: Study MF Global • MF Global - A Fractal In A Frying Pan
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Hollywood:
‘Jumanji’ EP Ordered To Pay Fees From Film To Creditor To Settle $2M Debt
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Toll Roads:
Trump: Toll Roads as Far as the Eye Can See
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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 (22 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Rise 26% in 2016
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Commercial Bankruptcy Filings by Month, 2013-16
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Arizona bankruptcy filings fell 10% in 2016
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Jurisdiction:
Direct Circuit Review Isn’t Possible from Proposed Findings and Conclusions
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Cross-Border:
Chapter 15 at 11: Chapter 15 provides provisional relief in Hanjin Shipping
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Sanctions:
Attorney at Center of Contract Breach Case Faces Rare Sanction
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Corporate Governance:
Del. Court Pans Fee-Shifting Portion of Forum Selection Bylaw
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Rail:
‘Multiple bids’ made in auction for Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway assets
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Celebs:
Chris Brown Is ‘On the Brink of Bankruptcy ,’ Ex-Manager Says
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Autos:
VW and Justice Department Close to Deal
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The FBI has arrested a Volkswagen executive on fraud charges
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Student Debt:
Older Borrowers Struggle With Student Loans
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New Jersey paves way for student debt discharge after death
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Debt Collection:
Debt collectors take on lawyers in what may be N.J.’s least empathetic lawsuit
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Fashion:
Boohoo a step closer to acquiring Nasty Gal's assets for $20M
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Travel:
17 things you should definitely ask for the next time you check in to a hotel
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Politics:
Legal Battle Over Paint Bill Lingers as Trump Preps for Presidency • Gov't Ethics Office: Quit Rushing Trump Cabinet Hearings • Five pieces of advice for Donald Trump from Bush's former chief of staff • Kerry Warns on Trump Foreign Policy Plans • Trump Son-in- Law Poised to Quit as Family Firm CEO, Lawyer Says • Trump Call for Leak Probe Suggests No Let-Up in Fight With Media • Trump Administration May Soon Take Clinton’s Side in Email Lawsuits • 5 Big Promises Trump Won’t Be Able to Keep
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Meet the Mercers: New Power Brokers in Trump's Washington
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Krugman is Really Scared for Our Future
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New York City is buzzing with rumors that Hillary Clinton is running for mayor
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UK:
Insolvency firm claims 2,600 UK travel businesses in 'significant distress'
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Are UK Efforts Against Late Supplier Payments All In Vain?
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A TUPE sting in the tail – Project Viva Limited (In Administration)
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Insolvency firm warns of more travel company failures
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Modernised UK Insolvency Rules Arriving April 2017
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A ticking timebomb in the oil industry is going to cost Britain £24 billion
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Britain's Healthcare Crisis
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EU:
The Road Ahead for 2017 – Restructuring & Insolvency in Germany and the EU
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PIIGS:
Greece: Bid to restart bailout talks as QE, IMF fate unclear
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Italy Clears Hurdle in Monte Paschi Rescue Without Even Trying
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Canada:
Pipeline Debt Rolls On for Canada Energy , Producers Wait
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Austria:
Lender's liability in case of borrower's insolvency
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Bahamas:
Baha Mar VAT Free Deal 'Not Abnormal'
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India:
The complicated relationship of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code with banks
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MENA:
Impact of the UAE's bankruptcy law remains ambiguous: Al Tamimi
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