Law:
Delaware Invites Certified Questions from Bankruptcy Courts
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Bankruptcy Partner Craig Wolfe Joins Sheppard Mullin
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This Lawyer Won The Two Biggest US Financial Crisis Cases
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Laterals: Delusions of Crowds
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What Clients Don’t See (And Don’t Care About)
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The 5 Deadly Sins Of Outside Counsel
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How Soon Before One Law School's Troubles Spread?
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To attract students, law schools at KU and UMKC engage in a tuition border war
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Cooley, NYLS have largest enrollment declines since 2010-2011
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Valentine’s Day Special: Online Dating Advice For Bankruptcy Lawyers
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Business of Law
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Canada: Claude Paquet and his team join BCF
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George Zimmerman: I Was A 'Scapegoat' For Obama And The Government
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Big Law Tax Partner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
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Now Comes The Jamie Casino Parody Videos
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Hey, That's Privileged Communication! Or Is It?
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Young small-town lawyers credit thank-you letter for invitation to White House state dinner --- 18 Legal Celebrities At The White House State Dinner
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Investors spent $458M on legal start-ups in 2013; will 2014 be another big year?
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Son-in-law charged in fatal Tennessee package bombing of retired bankruptcy lawyer and wife
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Spying by N.S.A. Ally Entangled U.S. Law Firm --- Report: NSA Gave Blessing to Australia's ASD to Spy on Mayer Brown? --- Disclosure and Demurral: The Mayer Brown Spying Revelations
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Textual citations make legal writing onerous, for lawyers and nonlawyers alike
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Lawyer’s report for NFL backs up Miami Dolphins bullying claims, warns readers of vulgar content
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What's Your LinkedIn Type?
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Hashtag War: Biglaw Winos
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'American Idol': Landing the Role of Season 13 Lawyer Is a lot Like Auditioning for the Show
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A Ridiculous 94-Year-Old Law May Prevent New Jersey Drivers From Having Their Frozen Roads Salted
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Murdered Wife Told Cops Her Husband Would Kill Her, But They Allegedly Never Translated Her Report
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The True Story Of How The Presidency Was Almost A Three-Person Committee
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25% in US Think Sun Revolves Around Earth
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NSA: We Should've Been Honest on Phone Taps
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Police Shoot, Kill 80 Year Old Man in His Bed
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Southern California Police Beat and Taser an Innocent Deaf Man
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Former Pediatrician Who Appeared On 'Oprah' Convicted Of Waterboarding
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WI Man Receives 30-Month Internet Ban After Sending Random Craigslist Users To Neighbor's House
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Sometimes It's Dangerous to Call the Cops
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Mass Murderer Demands Better Video Games In Prison
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Man Pursues, Shoots Teenage Girl Dead Over a Prank
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Grand jury probe finds paralegal’s death in lawyer’s bathtub was accidental
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Judges:
Morris Stern , New Jersey bankruptcy judge, dies at 72
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Ex-Justice Lays Down The Law
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The Benchslap Dispatches: I Pity The Fool Who Tries To Talk Over Judge Posner
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Justice Kagan: Not Ready For Her Close-Up?
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Justice Scalia Has Gone too Far this Time
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For high court, a fantasy league of their own
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Wall Street:
US futures steady ahead of Empire State data; Dow Jones up 0.05%
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US stocks have their best week so far this year
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Stocks Near Records as Caution Recedes
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Global Stocks Erase 2014 Losses as $3 Trillion of Value Restored
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Layoffs:
America’s Labor Market Has Suffered Permanent Harm
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Alternative Energy:
China's Biggest Auto Parts Company Will Pay $150 Million For Assets Of Bankrupt Electric Carmaker Fisker --- Fisker goes to China's Wanxiang --- Wanxiang wins after quadrupling cash bid to $149 million
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Television:
With a Little Patience, Maybe the Astros Can Make Out Like Bandits on CSN Houston
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CSN Houston owes $27 million each to Astros, Rockets, court records show
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Telecoms:
Falcone's LightSquared Files New Reorganization Plan --- New $2.65 Billion, Fortress-Backed Reorganization Plan
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LightSquared bankruptcy plan creates uncertainties for Ergen
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Religion:
Archdiocesan reorganization plan raises fairness questions
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Bankrupt archdiocese pays lawyers, not victims
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N.J. archbishop's retirement home to include hot tub, pool
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Health Care:
Hope For NYC Hospitals: New York Wins $8 Billion Hospital Waiver , Cuomo Says --- $8B Medicaid waiver will help Brooklyn hospitals
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Judge to hear med center's hospital bid
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St. Francis sale hearing set for today
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NRMC's dysfunction beat goes on
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Boomers the Big Winners in Obamacare
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Hollywood:
Learn how Hollywood screwed over the VFX industry in Life After Pi
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Equipment Rentals:
Event Rentals Files Under Chapter 11, Seeks New Owner
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Autos:
Chrysler: The Trap of Corporate Welfare
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Adult Entertainment:
Girls Gone Wild Bankruptcy Auction Planned for April
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Gambling:
Whelan: Caesars meddling in Atlantic Club future
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Economy:
Consumer Confidence Stable in February
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US Manufacturing Output Falls
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Rich Guy: We Should Get More Votes than Poor
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Billionaires Wealth Skyrocketing, Not Giving
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Super Rich CEOs: Mad As Hell, Won't Take It
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Tom Perkins, Like Lottery Winners, Got Lucky. So Why Blame the Poor?
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Taxpayers Will Bail Out Rich Again
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Food Stamp Use by Military Hits Record High
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Why America's Two Biggest Cities Are Full Of Single People
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IMF Paper Slams Reinhart-Rogoff
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18 Surprisingly Critical Thoughts On Money From U.S. Presidents --- 32 American Presidents Share Their Best Life Advice --- In Wealth, Washington Was a Winner and Lincoln a Loser
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Goldman: Here's What Our Clients Worry About The Most
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:
Average 30-year fixed mortgage rate up, but barely
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14 US Housing Markets With The Worst Foreclosure Rates
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Lehman Reaches $767 Million Settlement of Freddie Mac Claim
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Even The Pessimists Expect Home Prices To Rise For The Next Five Years
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Chicago Spire financing draws objection
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Murdered Satmar Slumlord May Have Stolen $3.6 Million, Records Show
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Municipalities:
Detroit's ' bankruptcy bond' to be challenged --- Detroit Bonds: Obligation or Just a Promise?
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Moody's Sees Detroit COPs Repudiation as Isolated
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Detroit's bankruptcy blueprint due out this week: Here's what to expect
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Time to see whether Detroit's big bet on shedding its debt pays off
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Mediator in Detroit Bankruptcy Walks Fine Line Between City, Creditors --- Q&A: What Is a Bankruptcy Mediator’s Role
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What's at stake for Detroit's workers and retirees?
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The Daunting Costs of Municipal Bankruptcy
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How Detroit can build from bankruptcy
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Here's Why No One Rides Detroit's 'People Mover' Train
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Detroiters Without Cars Seek Jobs in Vain Amid Depopulated City
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Detroit, China
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Charles H. Wright Museum could be lost in bankruptcy
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Patrolling a Bruised City
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Linked in Lansing? Michigan’s Term Limits and Detroit’s Bankruptcy
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The Bond Market is Watching
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Five Bankruptcy Bits
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Yes, Virginia, there is a bankruptcy
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After rocky start, Orr, Duggan learn to trust each other as they run Detroit --- How the Bankruptcy is Helping Mayor Duggan
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Detroit bankruptcy bond fight a watershed for municipal market
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Detroit Emergency Manager to file plan with bankruptcy court this week
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Court case could have $2.4 billion impact on struggling Ky. pension plan
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Could Wayne County go bankrupt like Detroit?
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Cities Creating the Most Middle Class Jobs
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America's 20 Fastest Growing Cities
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Celebs:
The Broke and the Beautiful: Nostalgia Edition
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Kyle Richards Responds to Brandi Glanville's Claim That She Started Lisa Vanderpump's Bankruptcy Rumor
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Lisa Vanderpump Issues Ultimatum To Brandi Glanville
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Personal Finance:
The Crushing Mistake Killing Your Retirement
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Tax:
IRS is America's feared and failing agency
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Is the fair tax really fair?
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Fraud:
Anonymous Critic Urges Judge to ‘Kill’ SAC Plea Deal
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Madoff crony to spill his guts in court
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Fraud case jury to view Madoff video
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Government rests case in Madoff employees trial
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A Ponzi Pandemic: 500+ Ponzi Schemes Totaling $50+ Billion in 'Madoff Era'
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Aviation:
A Ruthless Airline Changes How We Pay to Fly
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Co-Pilot Hijacks Plane, Lands In Geneva Seeking Asylum
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Art:
Bankruptcy of Lender for Pledged Art and Antiques Leads to Arrests
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Rail:
New owner, new name: MMA to become the Central Maine and Quebec Railway
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MM&A railway had repeated brake violations on the books
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Mass Torts:
Freedom Industries wants to fast-track bankruptcy process
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Freedom provides more details in bankruptcy filing
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Freedom, others have faced lawsuits before
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Freedom execs' personal assets may be shielded
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Freedom Industries has spent more than $1 million since spill
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Counsel named to represent Freedom's unsecured creditors
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Impunity in West Virginia as Criminal Law-Breaking Polluters Still Walk Free
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Earl Ray Tomblin Bob Kiss and West Virginia American Water
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Retailing:
Dots CEO Leaves as Bankrupt Chain Seeks Buyer
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Target’s Cyber Security Staff Raised Concerns in Months Before Breach
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Banks Scorch Target for Giant Data Breach
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American closing, nearly 1000 employees affected
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Altrec, bankrupt Redmond outdoor gear e-tailer, has a buyer
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Credit Counseling:
Brooklynite Pleads to Debt Fraud Mission
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Corporate Reform:
Wall Street Fraudsters Beware
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Agriculture:
Choice Genetics USA to restructure
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Awards:
FN 2014 Legal Awards: Shortlist - Restructuring/bankruptcy team of the year
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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 (39 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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:
Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Secured Debt:
Chapter 11 Claim: Nonrecourse + No Equity = Disallowed Claim… Or Maybe Not
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Avoidance Actions:
Kirkland Seeks $20.7 Billion in Damages From Anadarko
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Creditors Deserve Better Bankruptcy Reform
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Personal Bankruptcy:
Debtor, What Debtor?
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Sales:
Bankruptcy Court Limits Credit Bid Right In An Unnecessarily 'Rushed' Sale Process
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Professional Compensation:
Will the Fifth Circuit Clarify Pro-Snax?
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Discharge:
Vratsinas hiding cash from bankruptcy court, lawsuit claims
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Jurisdiction:
Jurisdiction: toward the definitive Anna Nicole Smith biopic
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Plastics:
Bioplastics maker Cereplast files for Chapter 11 protection
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Banking:
Cornerstone Research: FDIC Lawsuits Continue to Mount, Individuals Contributing Out-of-Pocket to FDIC Claims Settlements --- Report Says FDIC Failed Bank Litigation on the Rise
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Foreign banks bracing for tough US Fed capital rules
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Sovereigns:
Argentina vs hedge funds: second chapter of appeal before the US Supreme Court
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Sovereign Immunity and Sovereign Debt
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UK:
Insolvency fee proposals unfair
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Insolvency practitioner fee changes: Unintended and unwanted
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Insolvency licensing: If it's not broken don't fix it
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UK: Their Fall of the Middle Class
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UK Inflation Unexpectedly Slows to Below BOE's 2% Target
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Undervaluing property and shares: Insolvency considerations
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Former Jaeger chairman Harold Tillman calls for a US-style bankruptcy laws
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Outlook: Chapter 11 is not a bankruptcy panacea, but it does have its merits
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Former Barclays Employees Charged by UK Over Libor Rigging
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Reader’s Digest UK company sold for £1
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Hell's Kitchen winner Terry Miller declared bankrupt
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BOE Can’t Stop the Craving for London. Time to Worry?
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Co-op Asks Public: ‘What Should We Do?’
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Bankrupt footballer forced to repay millions
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Westcountry towns feature in financial distress top ten
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Lloyds In Tax Dispute With HMRC Over Now Defunct Irish Unit
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EU:
Barmy Brussels at it again! Now EU wants to ban the word bankrupt --- Bankruptcy 'an ugly word' --- Push to banish "bankruptcy" from the English language
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PIIGS:
Mellon considers bankruptcy in UK if NAMA talks fail --- 'The stress of being in debt is ravaging, it is the new cancer' --- Tulisa's former boyfriend Jody Latham declared bankrupt over tax
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Pescanova Hidden Debt Lenders Face 90% Losses
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Greek yields near post- restructuring lows as lenders set to return
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Italy's Sorgenia hopes to strike debt deal with banks ...
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Canada:
MOE targeting ‘convenient victims,’ lawyers charge
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Test for granting leave to sue court-appointed receiver
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France:
Last French Beret Maker Fights for Survival in Hollande Test
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Japan:
Japan Growth Trails Forecast Before Tax Rise
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Brazil:
Batista's Oil Company OGP Files Bankruptcy Emergence Plan
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Batista's Oleo e Gas Participações SA abandons seven oil exploration leases
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Batista's OSX In Talks With Cerberus, Others
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Austria:
Austria won't rule out Hypo insolvency --- Hypo Alpe Debt Cut Four Steps --- Hypo insolvency dangerous but not ruled out
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Austrian central bank head chides government over Hypo bank
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Singapore:
New bankruptcy cases hit four-year high --- Do rising Singapore bankruptcies signal trouble ahead?
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Australia:
Bankruptcy battle goes on
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Mineralogy Drops Bid for Bankruptcy of Citic Pacific Unit
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Vietnam:
Economists push Vietnam to use bankruptcy as restructuring tool for weak banks
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MENA:
Rollover Likely as Dubai’s $10 Billion Debt Deadline Looms
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China:
What Everyone Gets Wrong on China
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Argentina:
Argentina: A Century of Decline
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Malaysia:
Bankruptcy on the rise in Malaysia, says Anwar
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