Law:
Associate Bonus Watch: No Billable Hours Requirement Still Equals High Bonuses At This Firm
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Merger Or Acquisition? Will Locke Lord Follow The Morgan Lewis Model?
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The Bingham Case Study - Part I
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Robinson+Cole Elevates Bankruptcy Lawyer To Counsel
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What's Hot And What's Not In The Legal Profession
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Inflation-Adjusted Numbers Show BigLaw Continuing to Struggle
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Legal Sector Jobs Hold Steady in November
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Linklaters top earner receives £2.4m
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Litigation funding: A US perspective
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US law firms face onerous tax changes
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Suspended Erie-area bankruptcy lawyer faces 2nd probe
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The Legal Mastermind Behind New York's Record Bank Fines
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Columbia Student Posts Epic Takedown Of Columbia
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How Law Professors Can Help Failing Schools
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Fall 2015 Law School Applicants Are Down 8.5%
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The Most Conservative (Virginia) And Most Liberal (Berkeley) Elite Law Schools
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The Over/Under on the Number of Law Schools Closing by 2018: One
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Lawyers, Legal Consultants, And Other Hustlers - Don't Overdo LinkedIn
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NYC officer cleared in chokehold death was sued by other black men --- Prosecutors In Ferguson And New York Chokehold Case May Have Screwed Up In The Same Way --- This Is The Video Of New York Cops Strangling A Man To Death That Is Tearing America Apart Right Now
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How Many People Do Police Kill Every Year? --- What I've Learned from Two Years Collecting Data on Police Killings
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A Surprising Reason You Might Not Be Getting Enough Sleep --- Sleep Deprivation Is Killing You and Your Career
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Here's What You Should Wear To That Office Holiday Party --- 10 Things You Absolutely Shouldn't Say At The Holiday Office Party
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The 9 Neckties Every Guy Should Own
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Your Attire Speaks Volumes Before You Open Your Mouth
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The Strange Reason Why Divorced Parents Might Be Legally Obligated To Pay For College
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Billionaire’s ex-wife appeals $995M award in divorce case
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Man who falsely claimed to have Ebola gets 10-year suspended sentence
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Mark Wahlberg Wants Pardon for '88 Crime
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Proud British Lady Says No Court Can Stop Her Illegal S-- Screams
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Longtime law firm employee who stole at least $150K gets 2 years for tax evasion
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Saudi extends detention of women drivers
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Judges:
Notice of Vacancy - US Bankruptcy Judge, Seattle, WA
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ED WI: Susan V. Kelley Named Chief Bankruptcy Judge
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Gavel Is Passed to Ninth Circuit's New Chief Judge
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Federal Judge: "If the society we want depends upon a lack of skepticism we are nearly there"
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S-- toy spurs bomb scare at federal courthouse
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Wall Street:
US Stock -Index Futures Decline After Equities Reach Records
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Wall Street closes at records as the jobs report changed the picture
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Investment banks lag rivals on profitability, efficiency -study
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Wall Street's fear gauge dips on upbeat jobs report
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30 Stocks Traders Are Shorting Like Crazy
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Layoffs:
BP to wield jobs ax as oil price slump takes toll: report
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Decline in the Labor Force Participation Rate: Mostly Demographics and Long Term Trends
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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The 5 Best Apps For Finding A Job
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Bankrupt fertilizer maker to lay off 200 workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Bonds:
Bill Gross' Last Months At PIMCO Were Spent On A Witch Hunt --- Pimco's ex-investors may not be better off
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Fraud:
Five ex-Madoff aides face up to 20 years in prison
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Madoff Aide Hired in 1960s Will Be First to Learn Fate
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Should you sell a Madoff claim?
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Authorities Charge "Bernie Madoff of Orange County" With $11 Million Ponzi Scheme
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Five years after collapse, Fair Finance investors still waiting
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30-Year Sentence For Michigan Man Who Ran $46 Million Ponzi Scheme
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Oil/Gas:
Oil falls to 5-year low, hit by dollar, Saudi price cut
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Leniency expected from oil creditors amid fall in prices
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Oil slips towards $68 after Morgan Stanley cuts price forecast --- $65 Oil Was Inevitable
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UBS: Here's What A $10 Move In Oil Does To GDP Around The World
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U.S. gasoline prices fall to four-year low
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US oil output growth to slow as global prices sink
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The New Economics Of Oil: Sheikhs Vs. Shale
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Why OPEC Will Tolerate Cheap Oil --- Here's What The Oil Cartel Is Up To
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Massive Energy Bond Defaults Are the Next Big Worry
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Falling oil prices: Why an oil bust won’t hurt the American economy or energy industry in the long run --- The Downside Of Lower Oil Prices In The U.S.
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The Trouble With Cheap Oil
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Fear and loathing in Oil City, Wyo
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Assessing the fallout from the fall in oil prices
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Falling oil prices could give West upper hand
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What's wrong with the sharp drop in oil prices?
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Small Oil Drillers Feel Brunt of Crude's Decline - Some Stocks Have Lost Half Their Market Value
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More than $150 billion of oil projects face the axe in 2015
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Paper:
Old Town mill sold for $10.5 million
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Festivals:
Uptown must return $500,000 to BR Festivals' creditors
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Economy:
The Incredible Shrinking Incomes of Young Americans
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Hiring Surge Shows Strength of US Economy as Bears Flee --- U.S. factories show luster with bullish November hiring --- Bullish U.S. jobs report keeps Fed on track for mid-2015 rate hike
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50 Straight Months Of Job Gains --- US Jobs Recovery in 6 Charts
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Employment Report: Best Year for Employment since the '90s
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More jobs created; but not all jobs are equal --- Jobs Report Hides Hardships of Many Workers
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As Jobs Surge, Term Structure Of U.S. Unemployment Remains Distorted
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The Future's so Bright ...
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House-Senate Negotiators Close on Budget
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U.S. factory orders fall for third straight month
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Roubini: The Mother Of All Asset Bubbles Will Burst In 2016
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Orwellian Wages and the Poverty Line
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The Sad State Of American Inequality In 12 Charts
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Consumer Credit Balances Expand
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What The Next Financial Crisis Might Look Like
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McDonald's Worker On Strike: 'Every Day Is A Struggle ... My Son Needs Clothes'
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Millennials Are Crushing It In The Job Market
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Emerging Markets Masking Corporate Foreign Debt, BIS Says
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The Happiness Level Of Every Part Of The World In One Infographic
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Grumpy Cat Has Earned Its Owner Nearly $100 Million In Just 2 Years
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Long-term mortgage rates hit lowest in 19 months
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Short sale tax break passes in House
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Horizon Group Management files for bankruptcy after losing class-action suit
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Municipalities:
The Need for Greater Transparency in Municipal Bankruptcies
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Fair and Unfair Discrimination in Municipal Bankruptcy
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Detroit's manager to resign as city exits bankruptcy --- Orr to resign soon, leave Detroit with one-time surplus
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Detroit's bankruptcy bonanza still in mediation
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Aerial Photos: Detroit's Urban Fabric Looks Like 'A Moth-Eaten Blanket'
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Detroit may not exit bankruptcy until Dec. 15
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Next up: Illinois municipal bankruptcy ? --- Muni bankruptcy ? Chicago is not Detroit
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California Town Seeks Financial Salvation in Imprisonment
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East Cleveland is on the verge of bankruptcy
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Largest NJ Public Employee Pensions Bankrupt, Moody's Report Says
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In Providence, Bankruptcy is a Solution
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Gambling:
Casino Construction Ends Up in Bankruptcy, Resurrection
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Taj Mahal Casino Closing In Atlantic City Pushed to Mid-December --- Taj Mahal plans Dec. 20 closure
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Caesars Judge to Rule Soon on Hearing Creditor Suit
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Coal:
Patriot Coal warns of cuts at Union County mines
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Appalachia ponders a future without coal
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Aviation:
Mueller Gets Hardest Airline Job at Malaysia Air
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Qantas gets lift as turnaround strategy kicks in
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Russian air carrier UTair involved in bankruptcy proceedings --- Avialeasing investment company files lawsuit for bankruptcy of UTair airline
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"Strange Odor" Turns U.S. Airways Flight Into a Vomit-Soaked Nightmare
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Personal Finance:
8 Steps I Used To Pay Off $81,000 Of Debt In Less Than 3 Years
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Understanding Student Loan Repayment Plans
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5 Student Loan Myths That Are Costing You Money
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14 Financial Tasks To Check Off Your List Before 2015
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Mass Torts:
Judge shoots down lawyer claims in Garlock bankruptcy
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Retailing:
US holiday shopping discounts deepen, last longer
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dELiA*s, Inc. Files For Bankruptcy Protection --- Delia's to liquidate merchandise
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US teen retailers going out of fashion
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The Politics of Retailers’ Holiday Sales
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American Eagle shares fall on weak outlook
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Details of Deb Stores Holding's Proposed Debtor-in-Possession Financing Facility --- Deb Shops abandoned by its owners and likely headed into liquidation
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Radio Shack Bankruptcy Watch: O War, thou son of Hell!
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Toll Roads:
Critics of Toll Road deal off track
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Trucking:
Ex-CEO of defunct Tulsa trucking firm named in fraud indictment
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Debt Collection:
Banks Fear Crackdown on In-House Debt Collections
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Tech:
GT Advanced Creditors Object to Proposed Apple Settlement
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Alternative Energy:
Biofuels company files for Chapter 11
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‘Stranded assets’: Will efforts to counter warming render energy reserves worthless?
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Shipping:
Overseas Shipholding Group Asks U.S. Court Who to Pay for OW Bunker Bill
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Pensions:
Immediate multiemployer reforms urged --- Lame-Duck Congress Nears Last-Minute Vote On Sweeping Pension Reform
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Employers' woes push union pension plans to collapse
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Politics:
Republican Message Sinks In Even as Obama Economy Gains Strength
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GOP Matches Truman Era High in House
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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 (28 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (59 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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Phoenix bankruptcies lowest in seven years
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:
The Week Ahead
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Fifth Circuit Review: November 2014
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Bankruptcy Reform:
ABI Commission Unveils Chapter 11 Recommendations
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Bankruptcy commission would reduce barriers to Chapter 11 exit
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ABI Commission's Report on Bankruptcy Reform and the LSTA's Response
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Sales:
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Jurisdiction:
'Fairfield Sentry' and the Second Circuit's Latest on Jurisdiction
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Professional Compensation:
Should an Estate Professional Be Paid for Defending Fees?
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IP:
Bankruptcy Court Bakes Trademark Protection Into Section 365(n)
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TBTF:
Large U.S. Banks Additional Capital Requirements
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Baseball:
San Angelo Colts Rack up Errors in Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Education:
Corinthian Colleges Campuses In California Will Likely Be Shut Down
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Celebs:
How waning fame and fated investments left these boyband stars bankrupt
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The 27 Weirdest Things In Burt Reynolds' Auction
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Cash Money Paying Artists?
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Former NBA star Antoine Walker: Life after losing $110 million
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Banking:
Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 407 Institutions
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Non-Profits:
2011 report raised red flags
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Healthcare:
American Laser Skincare to Liquidate
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Bankruptcy trustee recovers $10M toward Northern Berkshire Healthcare debt
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Golf:
Bankruptcy trustee wants money back
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Sovereigns:
US hedge fund places bets on Argentine debt
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Plan to negotiate debt revisions wins key UN vote
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UN set to create framework for global bankruptcy process in wake of Argentina debt crisis
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US judge’s name is a household word in Argentina
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Is Venezuela Headed For a Default?
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Model law is the key to protecting ‘unprotected’ government debt
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UK:
Waterford Crystal pension deal close to being finalized
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Premier Foods’ demand to suppliers raises concern
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EU:
ECB's loans offer clues in QE guessing game
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Bank on 'Super Mario' to give Europe a monetary jolt
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EU earns 'fail' grade over bank capital regime
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European Stocks Are Sliding
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PIIGS:
Italian court orders new trial for bankers in Parmalat scandal
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Dunne blames high costs for giving up fight to escape debts
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Waterford Crystal pension deal to go to Cabinet
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Canada:
Tanking oil prices threaten profits at Canadian banks
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Mexx bankrupt but Toronto stores still open (for now)
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Paper trail: The decline of Canada's forestry industry
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Resolute to Close Canada Newsprint Plants on Low Demand
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Australia:
Australian banks may need $42b to guard against risk --- Big four Aussie banks face shake-up
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China:
Cao remembered for bankruptcy law role
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'Gold-Obsessed' Chinese Officer Took $5 Billion
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Vatican:
Vatican financial reform czar finds huge amount off books
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Prosecutor freezes accounts of ex-Vatican bank heads
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Japan:
Japan's economy is in even worse shape than feared, data shows
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Japan's Recession Deepens as Election Looms for Abe
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Norway:
Iron ore miner Northland Resources files for bankruptcy
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Ukraine:
NBU declares Bank Cambio insolvent
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MENA:
Dubai World Restructuring Set To Adopt Bankruptcy Law
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