November 12, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Wells Fargo: Legal Industry's 2013's Growth Continues at Anemic Pace
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Law Firm Mergers Can Boost Revenue - But Do Clients Care?
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Voluntary Buyout Watch: Because Computers Are Better Employees Than You
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Katten Muchin Rosenman: Offering voluntary buyouts to staff over-55
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Which Law Firm Won The SCOTUS Clerk Sweepstakes?
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In-House Salaries Growing at Measured Pace
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Quality Versus The Perception Of Quality
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Business of Law
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Legal Outsourcing: Onshore or Offshore?
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Inside, Outside Or Outsource? Finding The Right Balance – A Survey Of Nearly 600 Corporate Counsel
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Can We Go Back to Role Models?
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Working Mother Is 'Leper' No More
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How Many Lawyers Has Sidley Austin's Big D Office Nabbed From Weil?
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Firms Recalculating Models To Determine Compensation
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What was Sen. Ted Cruz like at Harvard Law School?
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Who Says Law Professors’ Work Isn’t Read?
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Solo Practice: Five Ways To Get Inside a Conference Without Breaking the Bank
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18 ways to wear a necktie
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The Best Men's Coats For Fall
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22 Resume Mistakes That Are Way Too Common
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Iconography of a Law Student Loan
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Here's Why Tons Of People Work In The Bathroom
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Brooklyn Musician Allegedly Kills Bandmates And Himself
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Students Who Used Gun to Defend Apartment Protest Punishment
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Ashley Madison Should Take Better Care Of The Females It Hires To Trick You --- Women Alleges She Hurt Her Wrists Writing Up Fake Profiles For Ashley Madison
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Getting Hit By A Train Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be
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Well-known trial lawyer faces assault case, accused of punching attorney at upscale NYC eatery
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Here's The Dumb Text Message That Richie Incognito Is Using To Prove He Wasn't A Bully
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Rabbi returns $98,000 he found in desk he bought on Craigslist
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Proz Case Dismissed Because Pea Coats Aren't Grounds For Arrest
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'The Good Wife' Recap, Season 5, Episode 7, 'The Next Week'
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Decomposed remains of burglar found in law office chimney
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Teacher fired over this Facebook photo
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Did newlywed blindfold husband before pushing him off cliff?
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Talk Show Host Informs Stunned White Supremacist He's Part African
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Bar grad can’t call himself a ‘barrister’ anymore after he endangered helicopter with laser pen
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There Are So Many Unanswered Questions About An Unarmed Black Teen Girl Who Got Shot --- Homeowner Says He Shot Renisha McBride in the Face By Accident
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Police Roadside Interview In Russia
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Judges:

Is Justice Breyer an atheist? Nonbelievers are buoyed by remark at oral arguments
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Judge mulls possible sanctions for Samsung and counsel over Apple info disclosure as retrial looms
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Appeals court OKs new trials for 5 men because judge was in romantic relationship with their counsel --- Judge-Public Defender Affair Leads to 5 Retrials
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Posner has ‘absolutely no desire’ to join SCOTUS, which ‘isn’t a real court’
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Court Orders New Sentencing After Judge Lectures On Catholic Values
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Former Texas District Attorney, Ex-Judge Accused Of Prosecutorial Misconduct That Sent Innocent Man To Prison For 25 Years . . . Receives 10 Days In Jail
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A must read essay on Judge Scheindlin and the Second Circuit
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Orrin Hatch: Power Grab In Judicial Nominations
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In John Roberts’s World, Only the Court Can Be Trusted
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Decline
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Dow hits another record close
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How Wall Street Sees The World
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How Wall Street Stacks the Deck
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Layoffs:

Job Gap Widens in Uneven Recovery
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Distressed Investing:

What Makes Carl Icahn a Winner: Corporate Cash
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Telecoms:

Corporate daredevil John Chen might just turn BlackBerry around.
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Incoming BlackBerry Chief Gets $88 Million Pay Package
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Video Parody Of BlackBerry's Last Employee Having A Total Meltdown
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Debt Collection:

Bankruptcy FDCPA Case Dismissal Upheld on Appeal
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Retailing:

I Lost Money Investing In JC Penney — Here's What I Learned
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Photos That Show A Dying JCPenney
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Urban Planner Debunks The Myth That Wal-Mart Is Good For Local Economies
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Walmart to launch Black Friday sales earlier
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Religion:

Another ruling favors Milwaukee Archdiocese in bankruptcy case
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Economy:

Dectaper Is Coming --- Bridgewater: It Doesn't Matter When The Fed Tapers — QE Is Running Out Of Gas Anyway
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Inflation Is Nowhere To Be Found
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Abnormal Aid Still Fueling the World's Economy
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The Difference Between Inequality Today And Inequality In 1973
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Saving Middle Class May Take a Revolution
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You Know Something's Wrong When Billionaire Fund Managers Are Worrying About Inequality
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Americans Retiring Early Running Out of Money
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States Moving Beyond U.S. Minimum Wage as Congress Stalls
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Bank of America, Freddie Mac in Talks to Settle Mortgage Dispute
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20-Somethings Emerging From Their Parents' Basement Will Keep American Apartment Demand Robust
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Municipalities:

Detroit nears deadline to clear lawsuits in bankruptcy case --- Detroit to deal with lawsuits en masse
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Detroit Mayor-Elect Duggan Envisions Bigger Role Amid Bankruptcy
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Detroit tries to rise again
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The truth about Detroit: Fact-checking what Los Angeles Times got wrong
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Fiscal health expert: Cities should learn lesson from Detroit's woes
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Detroit Billionaire Goes On Real Estate Buying Binge
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Is Detroit Cash Helping Kevyn Orr's Firm Lure Supreme Court Law Clerks?
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Fitch downgrades Chicago bond ratings --- How can Chicago avoid a similar fate to Detroit?
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Harrisburg parking deal update: $270M Ponzi scheme or city's savior?
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Jefferson County Bankruptcy : 2024, the year the county hits the wall
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Stockton: Creditor objects to city's exit plan
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Failing Mo. school district asks for more time
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Jacksonville pension fund could lead to bankruptcy
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Fla. cities used cuts to get through recession
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Major U.S. Cities Still Not Recovered From Crisis
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Stepping Up With a Plan to Save American Cities
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US city revenues recover with help from states: Pew
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Accounting:

Failed PwC Auditor Finds Success in Burning Bridges With This Ridiculous Farewell Email
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Someone With Lots of Spare Time Has Doodled Big 4 Stereotypes
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Health Care:

RI: Ambulance heads into receivership as 95 lose jobs
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Questions surround Michael Brown’s death
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Hospital closures will leave 'medical deserts'
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State-Run Obamacare Exchanges Say 49,100 People Have Enrolled --- Health Site Far Short Of Obama Target
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Low Obamacare Enrollment More Proof of a 'Disaster'
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How HealthCare.gov Was Supposed to Work and How It Didn't
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Tracking the Progress of the Health Exchanges
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Hotels:

How To Override Your Hotel's Thermostat And Make It As Hot Or Cool As You Want
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Gambling:

Troubled Revel casino may face sale
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Mass Torts:

FACT Act preserves money for future asbestos victims
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Aviation:

Charter Operator Global Aviation Holdings Files For Chapter 11 Reorganization --- Plans to Cut Jobs
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The Greatest Frequent Flyers Of All Time Share Their Best Tricks For Earning Miles
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Scrapbooks:

Creative Memories HQ listed for sale
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Food/Beverage:

Tesco Took $214 Million From Fresh & Easy as Grocery Chain Failed
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Fraud:

Supreme Court asked to hear Madoff -related case
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Ponzi-palooza: Obama Versus Bernie Madoff
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Final 3 Defendants Sentenced In Petters Scheme
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Autos:

Is GM Steering Toward Another Subprime Loan Crisis?
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Corporate Reform:

Clinton Says Bank Fines Should Fund U.S. Infrastructure
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Television:

Crane Postpones Meeting in CSN Houston Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Celebs:

Michael Jackson Estate's Valuation ($2,105) vs. IRS' MJ Valuation ($434 Million)
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Agriculture:

Judge Clears Creditors to Vote on Groeb Farms Chapter 11 Plan
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Bankruptcy Alternatives:

Selling Distressed Assets: The ABC Alternative
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Plan Confirmation:

The Absolute Priority Rule in Individual Chapter 11 Cases
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TBTF:

Jack Lew Brings New Energy to TBTF Battle
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Ratings Agencies:

Bear Stearns clients sue rating agencies
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Fashion:

Former Victoria's Secret Employee Reveals The Three Worst Things About The Job
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Politics:

Why Elizabeth Warren Should Run for President --- Elizabeth Warren for president in 2016? --- Could Elizabeth Warren beat Hillary Clinton? --- There's Absolutely No Chance Elizabeth Warren Beats Hillary Clinton --- Hillary Clinton's Biggest Problem Isn't Chris Christie—It's Elizabeth Warren --- Democrats quietly throwing presidential support behind Elizabeth Warren --- Can Elizabeth Warren save 'hipster' Democrats? --- The Populist Democrat's Dilemma --- Six factors that weigh on speculation about Elizabeth Warren and a run for the presidency --- The Elephant in Elizabeth Warren's Room
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Alternative Energy:

Creditors of Suntech's main unit back debt restructuring plan
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Student Debt:

My Daughter's Life is Over With These Private Student Loans
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Private Student Loans No Better Than Using a Credit Card For College
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Ethanol:

Will Obama slash ethanol mandate?
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AP Ethanol Investigation: Lobbyists Furious
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Auto Group: E15 May Damage Vehicles
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Sovereigns:

Singer's Gramercy Rebuff Blunts Bond Deal Talk
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'Gov't must negotiate on defaulted debt '
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UK:

Barratts Shoes enters administration again --- UK retailers Barratts, Blockbuster go into administration
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Leading restructuring and insolvency experts Moorfields Corporate Recovery appointed Administrators over Blockbuster
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Locke Lord takes top billing as Blockbuster files for administration
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UK inflation falls to 13-month low
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London Is Experiencing A Major Housing Shortfall
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Hearts administration: Ubig insolvency confirmed
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PIIGS:

Italian bank Monte Paschi submits restructuring plan to EU
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ie: Bankrupt developer hit by €13m judgment
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Canada:

Environmental Liability of Insolvent Companies and the Quest for Other Pockets
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Gray Aquaculture Granted Extension
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Calgary Oil Boom May Bust Middle Class
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Netherlands:

743 businesses and institutions bankrupt in October
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Brazil:

OSX Said to File for Bankruptcy Protection in Rio Yesterday --- Batista's OSX confirms filing for bankruptcy protection
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OSX becomes 2d Batista company to file for bankruptcy -source
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Batista Overhauls OSX Management for Court Restructuring
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Sao Paulo suspends trading of shares of Batista's OSX
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Factbox: OSX's path through Brazil's bankruptcy process
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Batista take put option dispute to independent panel
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Australia:

ALP warned on insolvency: report --- How going for broke pushed Labor close to insolvency
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China:

China's Big Reform Meeting Comes To An End — First Details Trickling Out
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Switzerland:

Switzerland's Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive
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