Law:

Is Law Firm M&A Really On the Up? — Let’s Look Closer at the Numbers
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Ropes & Gray Adds High-Profile Restructuring Partner In NY
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Waller Adds 13 Attorneys From Bankruptcy Litigation Boutique in Austin • Nashville law firm Waller Lansden scoops up Austin bankruptcy/litigation firm • Southern firm triples Austin, Texas, office
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Is 2016 the Year of the Litigation Boutique?
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Verizon GC: We Don’t Need Law Firms At Our Business Meetings
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The Lateral Report: Moves Hit a Post-Recession High
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Group goes undercover at 13 law firms to show how US laws facilitate anonymous investment • New York lawyers caught on tape offering 'grey money' advice
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Sullivan & Cromwell Takes Rare Debtor Assignment for Primorsk
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Advice For The Hesitant Woman Writer
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Is It Time To Set an LSAT Minimum for Law School Admission?
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Should Law School Students Be Allowed to Earn Credit for Paid Work?
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9 partners leave Dickstein Shapiro; is there a new potential merger partner?
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22 partners are leaving this BigLaw firm, including 2 former leaders
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3 Examples Of Unintended Consequences In The Law
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Listed law firm halves earnings forecast
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The New Woman Cave: The Courtroom
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More details about the next iPad • Apple's gigantic iPad Pro outsold Microsoft's entire Surface lineup last quarter — and it was only on sale for 6 weeks
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Woman pulls over cop for driving 90 on his way to work
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Police Officer Mistaken for S------- at 50th Birthday Party
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One percent of Chicago police named in nearly 33 percent of complaints
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Cops use Taser on cleaning woman after mistaking her for burglar — then charge her with evading arrest
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Oregon occupiers were charged under law originally aimed at Civil War secessionists
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Law firm raided by FBI overbilled clients, says fired ex-clerk in federal lawsuit
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Texas Law Hawk Doing A Super Bowl Ad For Taco Bell
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Lawyer who won $390K for clients at trial must pay $11K for alerting media about case
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Judges:

Future of Oyez Supreme Court Archive Hangs in the Balance
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El Paso BK Clerk To Close For Pope's Visit
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Judge faces ethics case after jailing woman who recanted domestic violence claims
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Tire-deflating ex-judge is charged with misdemeanor for ordering deputy to shock ‘rude’ defendant
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No Pajamas In The Courtroom?
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Double Your Justice With Identical Twin Judges
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The Ninth Circuit Sure Has Changed A Lot
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It's Been 10 Years. Would Clarence Thomas Like to Add Anything?
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Wall Street:

US stocks : Dow futures drop by more than 100 points
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Asian shares slip as crude resumes drop
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Stocks higher, shake off oil slide • US stocks edge mostly lower as energy prices plunge again
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Layoffs:

Big cuts coming to Yahoo
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Fox to reduce workforce; targets $250 million in budget cuts
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Quicksilver Resources' demise will cause 164 to lose jobs
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More than 700 layoffs set for Wednesday at Newport News Shipbuilding
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:

Cruz upsets Trump in Iowa; Clinton, Sanders in near tie • Ted Cruz exposes cracks in Donald Trump’s campaign • Ted Cruz's meteoric rise, explained • How Ted Cruz Engineered His Iowa Triumph • Clinton, Sanders dig in for protracted battle • Ben Carson not quitting, just getting fresh clothes • Rubio surges in prediction markets • O’Malley to end run • New York Daily News trolls Trump
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How Ted Cruz used good political science to design a disastrous mailer • Cruz Goes for the ‘Full Grassley’ — a Tour of Iowa’s 99 Counties • Ted Cruz applauds Duck Dynasty star’s ‘cheerful’ vow to ‘rid the earth’ of gay marriage supporters
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Clinton Will Win the Nomination. At What Cost? • Hillary Clinton’s all-American scarlet letter • Hillary Clinton's War on Universal Healthcare Is a War on the Middle Class • Report: Clinton Emails Contained “Operational” Information and Put Lives At Risk
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What Millennials Like About Bernie Sanders
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Trump Vows To Appoint SCOTUS Justices Who Will Overturn Gay Marriage • Trump is accused of paying female campaign workers half as much as men • Trump’s presidential back-up plan: Another season of ‘The Apprentice’ • Rapper Azealia Banks endorses Donald Trump for president in a bizarre rant because she has 'no hope for America' • On Iowa Tour, Jerry Falwell Jr. Vouches for Trump With Evangelical Bloc • Adele has told Donald Trump he doesn't have permission to use her music in his presidential campaign • Here's what Trump is spending on his campaign
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Three delusions driving the Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders campaigns
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Here's how much this year's presidential candidates spend to travel in style
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Ben Carson's Campaign Is An ATM For His Advisors
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Marco Rubio Pulls Ahead Of JEB! In All-Important Goldman Sachs Caucus
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Shipping:

South Korean Shipping Firm Fights to Stay Afloat in Global Storm
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Oakland port's 2nd largest terminal operator files for bankruptcy • Oakland port files for bankruptcy after tenant ends lease
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Hollywood:

Relativity Shows Bankruptcy Court Sizzle Reel With Kevin Spacey, Movie Clips
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Relativity Bankruptcy: Financial Adviser Praises Debt Reduction
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Relativity Squares Off With Netflix Over Feasibility of Bankruptcy Exit • As Relativity seeks to exit bankruptcy, Netflix remains a hurdle
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Relativity Confirmation Hearing: Kevin Spacey ‘Enormously Excited’ to Take Over Studio • Kevin Spacey Asks Court To Let Studio “Go Forward”
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Funding Should Last At Least 2 Years
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Star Power Aside, Relativity Restructuring Faces Skepticism
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Fraud:

Recovered Madoff Money Now Over $11 Billion; More Hidden Away? • More than $11BN now recovered for victims of Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme, more to come
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Tampa bank CEO files for bankruptcy tied to Michigan horse track deal gone bad
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January 2016 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Premier Cru ordered to turn over secret computer as 'wine pyramid scheme' lawsuits mount
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Aviation:

Airlines restore tiny perks, pretzels to pacify fliers
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Delta: Air Hostesses in Fistfight at 37,000 Feet
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Music Festivals:

SFX Entertainment: facing the music • SFX Files For Bankruptcy , Erases $300 Million In Debt
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SFX in Bankruptcy , Overwhelmed by Electronic Music Festivals
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Beatport Issues Urgent Statements Following SFX Bankruptcy
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TomorrowWorld: festival will have a bright future despite SFX bankruptcy
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Distressed Investing:

Lynn Tilton Squares Off With MBIA in Bankruptcy Court
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U.S. Leveraged Loans Fall 0.65% in Jan; 8th Straight Loss for Asset Class
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Economy:

Fed’s Fischer says markets might be right after all
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Fischer Says Fed's Next Decision Unclear Amid Global Uncertainty
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Consumer spending goes nowhere in December • Savings rate is a major risk to the economy
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Banks eased loan standards for U.S. households in 4th qtr -Fed survey
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Wages increase for recent college graduates
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Atlanta Fed tracker says just 1.2% growth for first quarter
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Corporate Distress Deepens as Emerging Bond Spread Widens
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How High Is the Risk of a Recession in the U.S.?
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Cashin: Others doing Fed's tightening for it
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Has the Most Reliable U.S. Recession Predictor Lost its Value?
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Why the Fed must go negative on interest rates
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Weak tone to manufacturing report from ISM in January • How Worried Should You be About U.S. Manufacturing? • US factory sector shrinks for fourth straight month
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Markets too hasty to call a recession: Analyst • Declining Profits at Big Companies May Signal Recession
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Industrial recession engulfing America?
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Is stock market setting up for lower lows?
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This rare, fearful Fed trade may set tone for year
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US Treasury curve flattens as oil prices fall
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The credit markets are setting up for the greatest bust we've ever seen
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The hottest sectors for M&A in 2016
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Inside the Fed's `D-Day' War Games for Breach of U.S. Debt Limit
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How U.S. map looks when sized for local economies
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Treasury sought to withhold plans on debt prioritization : Report
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US Companies Are Spending Less in 2016
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Owners cautiously taking cash out of homes
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Equifax: Subprime mortgage origination on the rise
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Construction spending barely rises in Dec. • US construction spending hit 8-year-high in 2015
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Homeownership finally rising after decade of decline
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Black Knight: Will homebuying become unaffordable in two years?
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Demand for Detroit's old — and affordable — mansions revs up
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Municipalities:

Washington tries to weigh in as Puerto Rico struggles to find a solution to its debt crisis
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Obama likely to discuss Puerto Rico with Republican leaders
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U.S. House Republicans to push Puerto Rico bill by end of March • Committee Chair: House Can Reach March Deadline on Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico proposes debt swap deal • Puerto Rico seeks bond swap in proposed restructuring deal • Puerto Rico Proposes 46% Reduction of Debt in Restructuring • Puerto Rico seeks huge debt cut; creditors, insurers skeptical • Slammed by insurer • Loomis Sayles executive: Puerto Rico restructuring plan 'not going to fly'
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Puerto Rico Bonds Zigzag With Recovery Rates Unclear in Proposal
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Puerto Rico to release draft of 2014 unaudited statements soon-official
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Puerto Rico Faces Prospect of Financial Control Board
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Zika: As if Puerto Rico didn’t have enough to worry about
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Countersuit filed over Atlantic City loan program
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Browning Closes City Offices Amid Financial Crisis
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Flint water crisis could squeeze Michigan's finances: S&P • The Flint water crisis was 'decades in the making' • Flint water crises shakes faith in emergency managers
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Chicago's Emanuel Heads to Wall Street After Deal Postponed
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Chicago teachers union rejects 'serious offer' from district
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Oil/Gas:

Tues.: Crude prices drop to nearly 1-week low
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Banks “finally found religion” at $30 oil, lawyers see wave of bankruptcies
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Oil Prices Tank As Chinese Economic Data Continues To Disappoint
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Natural gas may drop to a more than 20-year low
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Goldman Sachs: It's too late for OPEC to save oil
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Banks On The Hook For Bad Energy Loans
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Oil companies ' 5-year CDS rise
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Moody's places 120 oil and gas companies on review for downgrade
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Kemp: U.S. Economy Slows Sharply as Oil and Gas Slump Deepens
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US oil & gas sector: things to get worse before they get better
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Energy companies detail hundreds more layoffs • Three-Fifths of Workforce Would Recommend O&G Career Despite Slump
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Negative Outlook for Oil Service Sector from Texas Business Owners
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S&P Lowers Shell's Rating, Puts Other Oil Majors on Watch
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BP posts loss of $5.2 billion for the year • BP reports worst annual loss in 20 years • BP Profit Falls 91%
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OPEC’s Serious Decline Forecast For U.S. Shale Is Exaggerated
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Texas Shale Drillers Lure $2 Billion in New Equity to Permian
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Expect M&A from ALL big oil firms: Top analyst
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Priorities for Cost-Cutting in the Oil Industry
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Anadarko loss widens as revenue falls 35% • $1.25B loss, to cut 2016 spending in half
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Investors double down on a losing energy bet
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Why crude oil prices keep falling and falling, in one simple chart
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A big reason it’s too late for OPEC to cut production
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Pickens: Oil already bottomed—here's what's next
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Energy debt trouble ups recession risk: Yusko
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Gulf States Shy Away From OPEC Meeting to Cut Production
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Oil-Price Poker: Why the Saudis Won't Fold 'Em
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Vallourec cuts jobs, seeks capital as oil slumps
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Evaluating Bankruptcy Risk In The Energy Sector Using Altman's Z2-Score - Equipment And Services
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Good joke about junk-bond traders
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Wyoming sees oil and gas jobs drop by 5,400 in 2015
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One way banks are coping with oil crisis? Charging you more
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Upstream Sector To Surprise In 2016 Despite Negative Forecast: New Report
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North Dakota Governor Orders Cuts Amid $1B Budget Shortfall
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Flood Of Oil Asset Writedowns Seen Across Asia On Crude Rout
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Coal:

Walter Energy strikes deal to sell remaining U.S. assets • Walter Energy to Sell Remaining U.S. Assets to Seminole Coal Resources
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Who is the Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund? Things to know about the buyer of Walter's assets
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Federal coal moratorium brings even tougher times for US mine towns
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Mine issues continue as Peabody announces 75 layoffs at two mines
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Defaults:

Fitch: Loan Defaults, Not Just Commodities for U.S. CLOs
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Internet:

Yahoo revenue expected to hit 11-year low
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Newspapers:

Freedom Auction Set
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Mining:

BHP Given Weeks to Act as Prices Rout Endangers Its `Solid A'
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Pharma:

Martin Shkreli's Failed Last Play for a Pharmaceutical Coup
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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 (88 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 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:

Rochester: Bankruptcy filings in region drop 17.4 percent
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Wisconsin Bankruptcy filings dip to lowest level in eight years
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Bankruptcy filings down in NW Ohio
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Professional Compensation:

ASARCO-NO: Estate Professionals Cannot Be Paid Fees-on-Fees by Contract or Alternate Statute
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More Bad News for Bankruptcy Professionals – Baker Botts v ASARCO is Back Like a Boomerang
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Delaware Rejects Fee-Defense Indemnification in Boomerang Tube Case
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Objections to Employment Applications Which Include Indemnification for Defense of Fees Sustained
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Plan Confirmation:

Individual Chapter 11 Debtors Cannot Escape the Absolute Priority Rule
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Cross-Border:

Cross-Border Closing Opinions of U.S. Counsel
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Exit Strategy:

Another Way Out: Structured Dismissals in Jevic's Wake
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Sales:

The Sweet Sound Of A 363
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Surcharge:

Secured Lender Forced to Pay Trustee's Expenses of Preserving Collateral...for 14 Months
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Estoppel:

A Foolish Inconsistency
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Avoidance Actions:

Lender's Inquiry Notice of Fraud Involving Collateral Allows Avoidance of Security Interest in Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Poetry:

Just Sue Me
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Rigs in Repose
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Settlement:

Did I Forget to Turn Off the Stove? What Can Happen If You Forget to Dismiss a Settled Case
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Discharge:

Let Me Be Clear: Fifth Circuit Holds Generic Plan Release Language Lacks Specificity to Discharge Creditor’s Claims Against Officer of the Debtor
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Healthcare:

Put the ‘Community’ Back Into Community Hospital Bankruptcies
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Greenberg Glusker Guides Imaging3, Inc. Through Multiple Bankruptcy Appeals
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Resorts:

Izmirlian Seeks Baha Mar Talks
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Govt Admits Its Baha Mar Timetable 'Over-Ambitious'
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Student Debt:

Politics could stymie student loan borrowers
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New Ed Senior Adviser Rohit Chopra Talks Student Debt Crisis
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice set for 'Good Morning America' interview
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Hollywood:

Relativity Says It Can Function Post-Bankruptcy Without $100 Million
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Retailing:

Birchbox lays off workers
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American Apparel losses widen amid bankruptcy
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Broker/Dealers:

Brokerage RCS Capital bankruptcy to take Cetera private
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Soccer:

Fifa blocks $20m payment to Americas region
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Biotech:

Trustee sought for bankrupt biotech tied to investor Shkreli
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Sovereigns:

Argentina starts talks with vulture creditors • Macri's envoy Caputo meets with Pollack • Argentina resumes talks with hedge fund 'holdouts' • Argentina to Make Offer to Holdout Creditors
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NY talks: Argentina delays debt presentation to 'vultures'
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France to convert half of Cuban debt arrears into investment projects
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IMF Changes Rules to Avoid Large Bailout Loans
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UK:

U.K. Regulators Fine Insurers 19 Million Pounds Over Failures
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PIIGS:

Italian finance official expects big interest in banks’ bad loans
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Greece’s lenders to start first review of $93 billion bailout • Greece Needs Additional Austerity Measures and Reforms to Get Debt Relief, Says ESM Managing Director Klaus Regling • Greece to Begin Bailout Review With International Creditors
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McFeely asks High Court to refuse ‘oppressive’ bankruptcy extension
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Canada:

'Worst IT nightmare you could imagine' took down Target Canada, writer explains
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Russia:

Sberbank demands $92.1 mln in Transaero bankruptcy case
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Denmark:

Danish electronics firm Fona facing bankruptcy
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China:

Record China Factory Slump, What's Next?
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South Africa:

Gordhan Meets Business Leaders as South Africa Junk Rating Looms
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South African Economy `Flirting' With Recession, World Bank Says
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Japan:

Japan's Experiment With Rates of Less Than Zero
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Brazil:

The Lawyer for Brazil’s Troubled Billionaire Banker Wants to Talk
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India:

An economist’s advice to India: When debt turns sour, forgive and forget
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Building an Institution of Insolvency Practitioners in India
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