March 6, 2017

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Law:

Former Dewey Partner Commits Suicide, Leaping From His New York Apartment
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Barclays 'Lost Faith' In Dewey Over Scant Info, Jury Hears
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A New Dawn for Allen & Overy in the U.S.
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Salary Negotiation For Women
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For The Legal Profession, Diversity Dies Without Inclusion
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Harvard Publicly Acknowledges Historical Ties to Slavery
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Legal automation is more of a perception than reality, research claims ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Has Become Meaningless
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Roger Meltzer: From Representing Drexel Burnham to DLA Piper Co-Chair
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How to write an email that won't be mocked, trashed, or ignored
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To Win, In Your Writing Assume Your Audience Will Give You Next To No Time or Attention
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Recruiters: But My Friend Works There
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Uber used secret program to evade law enforcement, report claims
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Georgia Supreme Court rejects reprimand for bankruptcy lawyer’s inappropriate emails to opposing counsel
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Is publicly-listed law firm Slater & Gordon going to ZERO ?
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Go Back Home: Sikh Shot in His Driveway
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Trump’s cabinet has fewer lawyers than in past administrations
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Sessions Used Legal Power as Gun for Hire
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Skip Law School
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California bar exam pass score could be lowered
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DLA postpones pay reviews to give management more time to assess moves by competitors
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Stat Of The Week: Law Firm Summer Hiring Flat (But Not Flatlining)
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I’m a law firm associate and want to move to another firm. Is there a best hiring cycle in this market?
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What is the Association of American Law Schools afraid of?
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Vet Gets Cease And Desist Letter Barring Him From Calling His Senator
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Court security officer is accused of emailing photo of defense lawyer’s notes to prosecutor
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Even If This Guy Passes The Bar, Character And Fitness Might Barricade Him From The Profession
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A disgraced reporter trying to frame his ex-girlfriend is behind a string of bomb threats against at least eight Jewish targets across the country
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'SNL' mocks Attorney General Jeff Sessions with 'Forrest Gump' parody
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Florida Supreme Court Rules the Second Amendment Doesn’t Protect Open Carry
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Judges:

Introduction: A close look at Judge Neil Gorsuch’s jurisprudence How Gorsuch the Clerk Met Kennedy the Justice: A Tale of Luck
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Did judge help immigrant escape ICE agents waiting outside courtroom? Federal prosecutor complains
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Small-Town NY Judges Toppled by Scandals
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JAMS Loses Bid to Avoid Trial on Resume-Padding Charges
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SCOTUS Evicts O'Connor-Era Women's Aerobics Class
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Justice Ginsburg to Teach Course Abroad for South Texas Law
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Wall Street:

US stock futures point to a muted start
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Stocks close higher for the week; Yellen puts March rate hike on the table
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Stocks have stopped caring about rate hikes
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Layoffs:

NH: 86 layoffs planned at Clarke Distributors in Keene
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Eighth Circuit Confirms – No Contracting Out of WARN Act Obligations Where Sale of Business is “Going Concern”
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ArcelorMittal plans to lay off dozens at Steelton plant
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SLU to cut 4 percent of staff, administrators next week, 120 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Taxis:

Uber's unraveling: The stunning, 2 week string of blows that has upended the world's most valuable startup Uber Could End Up Spectacular Implosion
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Healthcare:

Calif. Proton Gets Interim Access To $2.3M In DIP Funding
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Trump has 5 priorities for his Obamacare replacement Republicans are facing increasing pressure to make details of 'Obamacare Lite' public Health care sets tone for congressman's contentious town hall Burgess Policy Wonk Behind Obamacare Repeal
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Travel:

The best apps for business travelers
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Airlines Cheer As Trump Admin Halts Baggage Fee Rule
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Tech:

Answers Corp files for bankruptcy to cut $471 million in debt First Day Dec
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Will domains as property come back to bite HeidiPowell.com ?
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Pensions:

The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation is On the Verge of Bankruptcy...
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Personal Finance:

3 Top Tax Breaks for the Average American How reform could affect our favorite tax breaks
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Gambling:

Winners and losers in sale of former Trump Taj Mahal casino
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Accounting:

Could Oscars snafu hurt PwC in court? A millennial-free jury could be key Oscars Blunder Adds Risk for PwC Defense at MF Global Trial Judge Muzzles MF Global On PwC 'Public Watchdog' Role
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PwC’s Other Debacle: A Tax Boondoggle That Has Ballooned Out Of Control
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Shipping:

Hanjin Shipping's bankruptcy backfires on Korean shipbuilders
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Shipping firm Hanjin winding up Singapore operations
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Enforcing security against Hanjin Shipping containers – the 4 questions you need to ask
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Zim swings to profit in fourth quarter
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Education:

Under President Trump, For-Profit Schools Have Been on Fire -- Can It Last?
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Banking:

Deutsche Bank Needs to Raise $8.5 Billion
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Privacy:

US Gov't Privacy Watchdog is Dead
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Utah Couple Sentenced for Bank Fraud and Bankruptcy Fraud
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Leveraged Loans:

LPC: Repricing surge boosts demand for US second-lien loans
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Economy:

Janet Yellen say Fed likely to Raise Interest Rates this month
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There’s a low bar on jobs growth for Fed to hike rates
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Service Firms Expand at Fastest Pace Since 2014 ISM Non-Manufacturing Index increased to 57.6% in February
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Trump Infrastructure Plan: Toll Roads Anyone?
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Thought Keystone XL Had to Buy American? The Keystone pipeline won't use US steel despite Trump's pledge
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Investors should be worried about Trump's speech to Congress
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Import Tax May Raise Car Prices by Thousands
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El Paso Draws Line in the Sand on Trump Wall
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Rising Class 8 Truck Orders Shows Rebound
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AAR: Rail Traffic increased in February
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When Factory Jobs Vanish, Men Become Less Desirable Partners
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Prescription Painkillers and the Economy
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Expedited H-1B Visa Processing Suspended Undocumented Immigrant Who Spoke Out Against Immigration Policy To Be Deported Without A Hearing
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These 4 US states depend heavily on Mexico
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Trump is cutting $1 billion from the Coast Guard at a time when it's doing more than ever
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10 Stats: Boomers in Retirement Trouble
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Global debt is spiraling out of control
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Winner Take All: The disturbing new facts about American capitalism
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Have Americans Given Up?
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Trump Is Headed for a Budget Battle
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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:

NYC Landlords Can’t Touch Rent-Controlled Flats
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Serious Delinquency Rate on Single Family Homes Unchanged in January
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The American suburbs as we know them are dying
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Texas Supreme Court Limits Remedies for Home Equity Loan Violations
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Treasury secretary: Tax reform won't end mortgage interest tax deduction
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Municipalities:

A bad deal for Puerto Rico
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What it means to be 'American' is different for Puerto Ricans
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Legal experts question Detroit lawsuit threats Mayor’s EM lawsuit threat more about politics than money
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Detroit's comeback may be a bit overstated
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Why Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law Is Preemption on Steroids
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Christie's Plan to Use Lottery for Pensions Raises Questions
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We don’t know the future. Rust Belt cities need to stop planning that there isn’t one
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Oil/Gas:

Titans of oil world meet in Houston after two-year price war OPEC, Russia head to Texas for an away game in oil price wars
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Berry Petroleum emerges from bankruptcy
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New Energy Bankruptcy Data - Chinook Energy Inc
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Oil prices weaken further after high oil-rig count
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The Rocks Didn't Go Anywhere. Go Figure
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OPEC May Have To Cut Deeper In 2018 As 'New Saudi Arabia' Develops Is A Second OPEC Cut On The Cards?
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U.S. Shale Production Growing At An Unprecedented Pace Why Big Oil Is Pivoting More to Shale
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Oil services: you know the drill
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Will OPEC end its truce with shale drillers?
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US oil industry becomes refiner to the world as exports boom
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Texas adds 5 rigs to Eagle Ford; U.S. count up just 2
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A two-year oil slump has been hard on an American archetype: the Texas wildcatter
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Politics:

Trump: Obama Wiretapped Me 'This is Nixon/Watergate': Trump alleges without evidence that Obama tapped his phones during the campaign The White House Declines to Substantiate Trump's Wiretapping Claims Comey Urged Justice Department to Reject Trump Wiretapping Claim, Report Says Eight Buckets of Cold Water for the Trump Wiretap Story Why Is Trump Returning to Birther-Style Attacks on Obama? Trump Asks If It's Legal for Obama to Wiretap Him... Here's the Answer Clapper: 'There was no such wiretap activity mounted against' Trump 'This may come as a surprise to the current occupant of the Oval Office, but the president does not have the authority to unilaterally order the wiretapping of an American citizen' GOP senator cites 'civilization-warping crisis of public trust,' demands Trump explain Obama wiretapping claims Second GOP Member to Trump: Show Us the Proof on Wiretapping Trump supporters declare pride in president, slam opponents In day of pro-Trump rallies, California march turns violent Trump to Undo Vehicle Rules That Curb Global Warming Trump proposal: Slash Puget Sound cleanup money by 93 percent Draft Budget: 38 EPA Problems to Cut Schwarzenegger Bails on Celebrity Apprentice Schwarzenegger Fired, Pathetic Ratings! Sad! Trump Not Happy with Way Things are Going Trump: Huge Reductions in Foreign Aid 2 GOP Join Dems in Demanding Trump Taxes
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Trump reportedly went 'ballistic' over Sessions recusal amid Russia firestorm List Grows of Trump Team's Russian Contacts Web of Relations: Trump Team and Russia Congress Should Leave the Russia-Trump Investigation to the FBI Trump, Russia and a Watergate Veteran's Deja Vu
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Trump's likely EU ambassador Ted Malloch 'made false statements' to two banks - debt declared nondischargeable in Malloch's bankruptcy - Malloch: I was never 'convicted'
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Gohmert: I Feared Jail If Trump Hadn't Won
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I Remember When Appalachia Wasn’t Trump Country The Alienation of the White Working Class
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Retailing:

Dying shopping malls are wreaking havoc on suburban America
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HHGregg closing 88 stores amid bankruptcy rumors HHGregg Said to Be Filing for Bankruptcy Soon
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Liquidator Gordon Brothers wins auction for Wet Seal Wet Seal sells for $3 million in a bankruptcy auction Wet Seal IP Assets Garner Double Stalking Horse Offer
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19 retailers on bankruptcy watch for 2017
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Report: Company founded to save RadioShack filing for bankruptcy RadioShack May Be Down For The Count RadioShack successor's bankruptcy may disrupt Sprint's retail plans
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National retailers step up the pace of store closures
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Finish Line Sells 65 Running-Shoe Stores...for $0
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Report: Neiman Marcus seeks help with debt restructuring
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Retail sales are up– but closure and bankruptcies plague giants
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The Bad News and the Really Bad News for Retailers Fighting Amazon.com
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Celebs:

'Housewives' Star Fights Ex-Atty's Appeal Of Bankruptcy Deal
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Mass Torts:

Fungal meningitis victims still hurting from Framingham medicine
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Resorts:

Battle for Aman Luxury Resorts Spills Over Into New York
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Credit Reporting:

TransUnion’s Failure to Mention that “Charged off” Debt was subject to Bankruptcy proceedings could make Credit Report Misleading or Inaccurate
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Coal:

Consol Energy Mines the Trump Rally to Exit Coal While It Can
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LPC: Coal companies return to U.S. leveraged loan market
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23,000 Coal Miners Will Lose Their Health Insurance
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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 (29 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 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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Avoidance Actions:

Courts Confirm That Deposits Into Regular Checking or Savings Accounts Are Not Fraudulent Conveyances
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Executory Contracts:

Ignorance Is Not Bliss: Demystifying Executory Contracts in Bankruptcy Cases
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:

Avaya Fights Trustee's 'Insider' Label In Bid To Pay Bonuses
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Automatic Stay:

Does “Act” Mean Also a Failure to Act?
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Make-Whole:

Energy Future’s ‘Make-Whole’ Tender Offer Survives Appeal
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Arbitration:

Amicus Brief on Arbitrability of the Discharge
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Workouts:

The New Bond Workouts Everything You Wanted to Know About Bond Workouts But Were Afraid to Ask
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Sovereign Immunity:

The Historical Argument for State Sovereign Immunity in Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Personal Bankruptcy:

'No Money Down' Bankruptcy
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Over Two-Year Notice Delay Does Not Bar Coverage Where Delay Did not Cause Prejudice
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Tax:

Income tax audits plummet as IRS loses agents to budget cuts
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Religion:

New Ulm Diocese in southern Minnesota files for bankruptcy New Ulm Diocese files for bankruptcy following abuse lawsuits Minnesota No. 1 in church bankruptcies
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Exclusion Doesn't Ax Priest Abuse Coverage, Judge Says
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Guam archbishop: Settlements promising end to abuse lawsuits
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Corporate Reform:

Brian Moynihan Musters What’s Left Of His Courage, Leads The Charge Against The Volcker Rule
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Autos:

GM set to announce sale of struggling European business Peugeot poised to buy GM's Opel, creating European car giant GM Said Poised to Sell Opel-Vauxhall to PSA for $2 Billion
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GM's Opel Sale Would Cut Off Source of Cheap Finance
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Opel town strives to avoid becoming Germany's Detroit
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Gambling:

Revel Asks to Sell to Polo After Brookfield Drops Out Revel Moves to Scrap Second Casino Sale as Deadline Passes
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Television:

`American Idol' Producers Air Last Episode in Bankruptcy Court
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Fraud:

Former Le-Nature's Exec Can't Reduce 20-Year Sentence
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Convention Centers:

Podiatrist's Bankruptcy Purchase of Convention Center Gives Texarkana Officials Cold Feet
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Golf:

These eerie photos of deserted golf courses reveal a new normal in America
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UK:

Shamed Sir Philip Green to escape a formal reprimand over the failings of BHS, boosting the bid to keep his knighthood Ex-BHS staff slam former boss 'Sir Shifty' Philip Green after shameless bid to keep knighthood Sir Philip Green nears comeback as agencies back down
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Sir Alex Ferguson among footie stars given 90 days to pay millions in tax bills Alex Ferguson and pals face huge film tax dodge bill
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UK will have to give up all EU perks after Brexit, François Hollande warns
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RBS legal costs provision jumps 300% to almost £1bn
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Agent Provocateur founder Joe Corre: My brand was "dropped like a pair of dirty knickers"
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EU:

A 'Bad Bank' Could Be Good for Europe
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PIIGS:

Greece desperate for growth strategy as public mood darkens Greece's economy has turned corner, says central bank chief
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Greece compromises on bailout reforms — officials Gap Between Greece- Creditors Remains After 5 Days of Talks Gov't redrafts countermeasures as talks with lenders continue Greek government talks with creditors reach impasse yet again
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Tsipras warns Greek uncertainty 'not smart' Tsipras: We will lead Greece out of the crisis
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Greek Envoy Lalacos Expects Trump to Help in Debt Talks
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Greek economy suffers sharp hit, shrinking 1.2% in Q4 Greek economy slumps in fourth quarter, hurt by net exports Greece needs 'growth shock' says deputy PM
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Canada:

Deadline looming for claimants to file in 407 toll bankruptcy lawsuit
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Sudden bankruptcy stuns immigrant settlement agency’s clients
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Brazil:

Brazil banks: Serasa says bankruptcy filings slump in February
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China:

China Shifts Stance, Letting Dying Firms Go Bankrupt
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China Cuts Growth Target to 6.5%
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China's Hidden Risks Rise
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Singapore:

Spotlight on debt repayment programmes
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India:

Lenders to auction two Kingfisher Airlines properties
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India Slower Than Pakistan, China in Terms of Resolving Insolvency
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