Law:

The bankruptcy business is booming
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Drinker Biddle Adds To Corporate Restructuring Group • Drinker Biddle Adds Wilmington Partner to Bankruptcy Team
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Dentons Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Corporate Law Firms Reach New Billing Heights • Corporate law firm rates up despite weakening demand
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Malpractice Suit Over Lawyer's Newspaper Comments Proceeds
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Norton Rose Fulbright LLP reveals flat results
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Ashurst reports 9 per cent dip in net profit
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Akin Gump London revenues jump 154 per cent after Bingham merger
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Quinn profit margin hits 73% as firm posts record financials for London
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Law firms collect larger capital contributions and are slower to repay departing partners
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UK: Commercial lawyers top new junior barrister 'hottie' list
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In '60 Minutes,' Ethical Problems in the Legal Profession Exposed
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Attorney Charged With Forgery Of Federal Bankruptcy Court Orders
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Washington D.C. Adopts Uniform Bar Exam
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Who Says Money Can’t Buy Justice?
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5 ways to diffuse the tension from any situation
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11 tips for calming your nerves before a big presentation
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Nothing To Fear
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BLS Job Openings Projections v. Graduating Lawyers • Simkovic: BLS Projected Lawyer Job Openings Underpredict Actual Law Grad Jobs
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These 2 hidden iPhone features will change the way you get your texts
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How To Present Beautiful Evidence
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All The Best Swag At LegalTech NY
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3 Quality Control Tips For Firms
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6 Lawyers and Staff Caught in the Insider Trading Crosshairs
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Mark Lehmann: Law School Wasn't for Me
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Immigration lawyer gets 21 months for trying to help client disobey court order, flee US
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Maryland lawyer gets hundreds of texts seeking free burritos
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Family says prominent lawyer was murdered, and did not kill his wife
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Why some far-right extremists think red ink can force the government to give them millions
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Florida Man Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Live Alligator Into Wendy’s Drive-Thru Window
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Couple accused of enslaving nanny shines spotlight on national problem
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The Defiant Holdouts of the Oregon Occupation
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'The Good Wife' will end: What made the CBS drama great?
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Judges:

American Bar Association Wants Cameras Inside Supreme Court
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Federal judge issues ‘order on ineptitude’ in prosecutor benchslap • Brutal Benchslap Tags DOJ Prosecutors As ‘Pretentious’ And ‘Inept’
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Judge Tells Biglaw Firm To Stop Wasting His Time In Entertaining Benchslap
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Five Signs a Judge is Upset: Clinton Emails Edition
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Wall Street:

US stocks point up in pre-market ahead of Yellen testimony
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Stocks Extend Drop In Tokyo
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Stocks close slightly lower as oil plunges below $28 a barrel
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The charts that detail S&P 500’s precarious posture
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Layoffs:

Wells Fargo Slashes 581 Jobs in Mortgage Operations
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C&J Well Services to lay off 78 Eagle Ford workers in Pleasanton
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Husky Energy Cuts More Jobs as Crude Oil Slump Exceeds 19 Months
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A robot butler is replacing humans in some California hotels
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:

New Hampshire Bucks the Establishment to Back Trump and Sanders • Trump And Sanders Win Big; Kasich Second • Trump proves GOP establishment can't stop him • What's the Anti-Trump Strategy Now? • Bernie Sanders Describes New Hampshire Electorate as "Aroused" • The Clinton Campaign Expected to Get Trounced in New Hampshire, Isn't Worried About It • Hillary Clinton sounded a lot like Bernie Sanders after losing to Bernie Sanders • Marco Rubio Flops In New Hampshire • New Hampshire Primary Could Fundamentally Change Both Political Parties • Trump and Sanders Won New Hampshire, Not the White House
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Disappointed Chris Christie heads home to take stock of campaign
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Hillary Clinton Failed To Bash Goldman Sachs While Giving Speech To Goldman Sachs Paid For By Goldman Sachs • Democrats Are Fuming About Hillary Clinton's 'Smear' Line • Report: Sanders Made $1,892 From Speeches In Comparison $153 Million for The Clintons
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Donald Trump’s coarsest attack yet on Ted Cruz •'He’s a p----': Watch Trump repeat a supporter's vulgar insult of Cruz • Donald Trump's creative defense of vulgar insult: 'I was doing everybody a favor' • Mexico won’t pay for Trump’s ‘stupid wall’ • If Donald Trump wins New Hampshire, here's what happens next
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General: GOP Saying Military Gutted Not True
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‘He’s possessed by a demon’: Man attempts exorcism on Ted Cruz during campaign event
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Rubio supporters tussle with #RobotRubio critics • The Marco Rubio Effect on Your Wallet
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John Kasich: I’m open to even lower tax rate
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Mark Cuban blasts candidates for being out of touch
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Currency:

US Bankruptcy Court Set to Weigh in on Bitcoin's Currency Status
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Skiing:

Owner of Colo. ski resort seeks bankruptcy protection
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Coal:

As coal jobs disappear, retired miners fight to keep pensions
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Alpha Natural lenders offer $500M for core coal assets
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Supreme Court Deals Blow to Obama's Efforts to Regulate Coal Emissions • Obama vows to press ahead
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Coal Trader Seeing Rebound Hunts for Bargains in Troubled Mines
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Museums:

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum owner files for bankruptcy
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Convenience Stores:

Bankrupt Chain Auctions Off 21 C-Stores
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Food/Beverage:

Fairway facing possible bankruptcy
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Distressed Investing:

Sign of the Times: Where do Endowments/Foundations See 2016 Opportunity: Distressed Debt
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Telecoms:

SoftBank Bond Risk Soars to Five-Year High on Sprint Doubts • SoftBank Operating Profit Rises as Son Sees Sprint Revival
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Ports:

Port of Oakland Plans for Terminal Closure • Oakland port sets transition plan after terminal operator's bankruptcy
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Pensions:

Detroit: Feds want $16.8M in restitution from ex-pension trustee
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Corporate Governance:

Report: Judge spares Standard Register directors
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Economy:

Job Openings in U.S. Rise to Second-Highest Level on Record
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US wholesale inventories, sales fall in December
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Fed tells banks to prepare for negative rates •
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The recession signal investors may be missing
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Yellen to face Congress amid uncertainty on Fed rate policy • Yellen's task: Soothe market's frayed nerves
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More Drivers Falling Behind on their Car Payments
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Americans are quitting their jobs like crazy • Highest Level in Nine Years
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Obama gives Congress record spending plan
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White House forecasts decade-best economic growth
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Obama wants to raise taxes on the rich and on banks to pay for his new budget • White House again proposing fee on big institutions
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An obscure indicator is flashing red for the US economy
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Here's your US recession ...
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Welfare in America: Mostly for Those Working
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Goldman’s Kostin: Why this isn't a recession
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Bank of America sees 25% chance of a U.S. recession in 2016
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The global market for negative debt has gone from zero to $6 trillion in less than two years
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Barclays outlines how to invest during a recession but doesn't recommend doing it right now
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Returns are going to be lousy for the next decade, and it is a disaster for savers
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Report: Average Credit Card Debt Increases Among Consumers
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Corporations Lose Billions Buying Back Their Own Stock
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MetLife Says Lew-Yellen Panel Spreads Risks It's Supposed to End
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Here's why renters aren't buying
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Florida Bankruptcy Court Denies Mortgagee's Motion to Reopen Chapter 7 Case
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Home appraisal values still below homeowner price expectations
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S.F. real estate looks like it did before dot-com crash
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Downtown St. Louis developer Craig Heller files for bankruptcy
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Pulte: Houston Home Sales Down 16%
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Municipalities:

Obama budget includes bankruptcy power, billions in relief for Puerto Rico • Puerto Rico could restructure debts, boost healthcare under Obama budget
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Bankruptcy is wrong for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico offers Argentine-style bonds
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Steps for Fixing Puerto Rico's Fiscal Problems
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With Eye on Puerto Rico , Guam Says No to Territorial Bankruptcy
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Michigan governor plans $360M for Flint, infrastructure
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Ending Flint's water crisis is going to cost the city $55 million
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Special counsel: Manslaughter charge possible in Flint water case
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Michigan treasurer calls for quick action on Detroit school bills
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Awards:

Orange County Attorney Joins Board Of Directors For IWIRC, Southern California Chapter
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Environmental:

Environmental Contribution Claims: You Snooze, You Lose
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Banking:

Deutsche Bank CEO issues stunning memo calling the bank 'absolutely rock-solid' • 'Rock solid' Deutsche Bank shares slide 5%
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Deutsche Bank’s Assurance Exposes Tip of CoCo Iceberg: Analysis
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How the Bank Debt That Everyone Is Talking About Works: Q&A
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The five fears stalking the global banking industry
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As Deutsche Bank Chief Turns to Legal Woes, Here’s What He Faces
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Bank stocks extend slide toward multiyear lows
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Hedge Funds:

Some of the biggest hedge fund names are getting scorched
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Retailing:

Sears warns Q4 worse than expected, accelerates store closures
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Fitch: Sears' Liquidity Worsens with $2.5B Needed to Fund Operations in 2016
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Haunting photos of Walmart stores shutting down reveal a new normal in America
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Sports Authority faces possible bankruptcy
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One of the Only Analysts Still Covering Sears Says It Isn't Viable
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Oil/Gas:

Sidley Austin's Irvin discusses investment, transaction trends amid down market
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The Oil Bust…Bankruptcy Boom?
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Oil and gas companies are going bust at a fast rate
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Mounting debt catches up with U.S. oil producers
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Here's What Bank Executives Are Saying About Energy Markets
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Junk Energy Companies Feel More Pain as Borrowing Costs Top 20%
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Can oil get so cheap that it won’t pay to extract it?
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EIA: Oil to average $38 as stock builds outpace production
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Weds.: Oil rises toward $31 as Russia floats idea of supply cut
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Brent Oil Falls Most in 5 Months on Supply Glut
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IEA sees crude inventories over 3 billion barrels, OPEC loadings increase
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Oil could fall below $20, Goldman analyst says
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OPEC expects rivals to pump out less oil in 2016
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Stung by Low Oil Prices, Companies Face a Reckoning on Debts
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Salary Cuts In Energy Sector Could Prevent Mass Layoffs
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North American oil & gas companies must shave a further $24B off 2016 spending
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Tullow Prepares to Cut Spending Further as Low Oil Prices Bite
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Chesapeake Gets Distress Signal From Credit Swaps Market: Chart
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Some 150 oil firms may file for bankruptcy as oversupply pressures prices
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Cheap Gas Prices Creep Closer to $1 Per Gallon
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IEA Warns Oil Prices Could Fall • Oil sinks under $29 as EIA lowers price outlook • Lowest since Jan. 20 • Oil rises as downbeat IEA report fails to add to pessimism
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Cheap oil for longer may trigger a new era of OPEC dominance, warns IEA
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2016: More Bankruptcies and Capital Expenditure Cuts to Follow
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The Power of Bankruptcies in the Energy Sector: Will We Ever See Oil Back Above 100 USD per Barrel?
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Anadarko Petroleum slashes dividend; shares halted • Cuts dividend 81 percent
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Low oil prices could put one-third of UK service firms out of business
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Chesapeake Energy Hires Help to Avoid a 'Lehman Moment'
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Midstates Petroleum Draws Down $249.2M Remaining on Revolving Loan
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Stressed Out: Chesapeake Energy’s Collapse Is a Sign of the Times
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Citing 'difficult times' in oil industry, Denver energy company ponders bankruptcy • Warren Resources may file for bankruptcy if debt talks fail
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The oil trading 'god' has been burned by his bullish bet — but he's not giving up
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Newspapers:

OC Register: Give Our Execs Bonuses Despite Bankruptcy
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Alternative Energy:

Now Musk's Solar City is Getting Hammered
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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 (17 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings for 2015 Lowest Since 2007
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Distressed Company Watch List
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Sales:

Senior Lienholder's Leverage in Disposition of Its Collateral
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Decision Paves Way for Buyers to Apportion Payments Outside Code's Priority Scheme
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Non-Profits:

The Nonprofit's Bankrupcy Conundrum: Filing Is Permitted, but Uniquely Restricted
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Avoidance Actions:

Fraudulent Transfers of Customer Lists and Other Intangible Assets
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Estate Professionals:

The 'Barton' Doctrine Is Alive and Well
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Labor:

Third Circuit Holds Companies in Bankruptcy Can Reject Expired CBAs
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Plan Confirmation:

The Ninth Circuit Gives Individual Chapter 11 Debtors A Double-Whammy
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Professional Compensation:

Lawyers Can't Use 'Workaround' to Get Paid for Defending Fees
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Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Effort to Circumvent Supreme Court’s Asarco Decision
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:

Southern District Bankruptcy Court Dismisses for Cause Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed By Single Creditor for Purpose of Enforcing a Debt in a Two-Party Dispute
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Equitable Subordination:

Illinois Bankruptcy Court Articulates Low Threshold for Equitable Subordination of Insider Secured Loan
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Bankruptcy Alternatives:

Practice Alternatives to a Bankruptcy Filing
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Hockey:

NHL Scores Big on Attorneys' Fees Against Nondebtors
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Meeting of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
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Proofs of Claim:

Tensions Continue to Mount Between the Bankruptcy Code and the FDCPA
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Recent Pleadings:

Asarco Boomerangs On Debtor's Counsel In Samson Resources Case
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Fraud:

The Future of Fraud-Busting
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Liquidation of MF Global Comes to an End
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Consumer Finance:

CFPB presses banks to offer ‘small-dollar loans’
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Recalls 'Horrible' Prison Conditions: It Was Like 'Living in Hell'
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Judge Throws Out Cosby Defamation Suit
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Student Debt:

Why Does the Government Pursue Student Debtors in Prison?
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Federal Student Aid, Not Faculty Salaries, Is Primary Driver Of Escalating Tuition
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Sovereigns:

'The most miserable country in the world' is slipping toward default
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Argentina still has uphill battle with holdouts
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Is Paul Singer Preventing an Argentine Settlement with Hedge Funds?
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Argentina Hires New Lawyers in Debt Battle
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Holdouts: keep Argentina out of markets
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Bond battle drags as Elliott rejection sparks ‘vulture’ divide
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Argentina's Settlement Negotiations and Lifting the Injunction
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UK:

Don't waste my time, Mr Insolvency Practitioner: Creditor Portals do not equal Creditor Engagement
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Section 236, extra-territorial effect and a way forward following Re MF Global UK Ltd and Re Omni Trustees Ltd
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PIIGS:

Greek Church On the Verge of Bankruptcy
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ie: Bankruptcy inquiries ‘double’ after new one-year term reform
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4 things worrying Spanish bankers
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Spain's Abengoa asks for loan of up to 750 mln euros -source
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Italy Said to Weigh Rules Making Layoffs Easier for Bank Mergers
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Canada:

Goodwill Toronto has $6-million in liabilities after declaring bankruptcy
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Holding the black bag: Personal health information and bankruptcy proceedings
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Red Lights: Canada Prepares for Recession
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Canadian energy companies sell “jewels” to keep oil sands afloat
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Australia:

Nathan Tinkler to fight GE bid to bankrupt him over jet debt
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Asciano Creditors Scamper for Protection as Bidding War Heats Up
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Sudan:

For South Sudan, a new challenge looms: bankruptcy
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Iceland:

How did Iceland clean up its banks?
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Ukraine:

Ukraine National Bank declared Kredit bank insolvent
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Germany Asks Ukraine to Boost Debt Terms After Russia Rebuff
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Lagarde Says Ukraine Must Reform or Risk IMF Program Failing
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India:

State Bank of India Default Swaps Jump to Highest Since 2014
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Norway:

Time Has Now Come for `Best' Norwegian Junk Bonds to Feel Pain
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Latin America:

Fitch Sees High Default Probability for 10 Latin America Issuers
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