Law:

Former Dewey chairman avoids retrial with deferred prosecution deal • Dewey's Steven Davis Takes Deal Ahead of New Trial • Is Continued Prosecution Of The Dewey Defendants ‘Un-American’? • Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf chairman reaches deal, averts retrial • Dewey Retrial Set for September, Without Ex-Chairman Davis
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10,000 jobs were added to the legal sector in 2015, stats show
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Suit claims secretive ‘back-office deals’ at BigLaw firm favor males in pay and origination credit
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Allen & Overy hands out thicker pay packets in 2015
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The Ranks of Female Firm Leaders Are Growing — And So Are Their Dinner Parties
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Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee Merges with bankruptcy firm Wright Ginsberg Brusilow
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The Legal World Turned Upside Down—What it Means for Firms
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75 per cent of UK 200 firms could vanish within five years, says new report
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Law firm mergers continue upward climb in 2015; Dentons accounts for eight of them
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Dickstein's LA Leader Leaves Firm
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Study: Future Lawyers Are Hiding Depression and Drug and Alcohol Use
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You’re Not What A Litigator Looks Like. Too Bad.
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Former Big Law Partner Charged for Airplane Assault
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Former law prof pleads guilty to p--- possession
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TJSL Is Just A Symptom, The ABA Is The Disease
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What Could Improve Diversity In The Legal Profession In 2016?
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Why Are In-House Legal Departments Turning To Temporary Attorneys?
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Client Texting
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There's An App For That: Meltdown As You Are Driving To Courthouse - Therapy On-The-Go
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Holland & Knight Opens Operations Center
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Wearable Tech Will Create Discovery Challenges and Other 2016 Predictions
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'Involuntary Intoxication' Defense in Brutal Attack on Virginia Lawyer
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Armed Oregon militants update their occupation wish list • Oregon Residents Want the Thugs Gone • Oregon Rancher: It's Obama's Fault • US Army to Oregon Militia: Eat Bugs
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Texas armed standoff ends after 15 years
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5 New Laws Making News In 2016
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TX: Guns Allowed in State Mental Hospitals
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A judge ruled the parents of a disabled child can file a 'wrongful birth' lawsuit
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Pole dancing lawyer looks for love
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Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped nab 'El Chapo' • 'El Chapo' Guzmán was caught because he was trying to make a movie about himself • Penn Investigated Over El Chapo Interview • Marco Rubio says that Sean Penn's El Chapo interview is 'grotesque' • Mexico Moves Toward Extraditing Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to U.S.
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AZ: Bill Makes It a Crime to Video Police
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Lawyers face 'bleak' marriage prospects in India, Chief Justice warns
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Judges:

Yes, PACER stinks … but is it also overcharging its customers?
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Justice sues colleagues for requiring his recusal
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Justice Breyer says he could support certain SCOTUS term limits • Justice Breyer on Term Limits, Differences with Justice Scalia and More
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Judge waxes poetic on inmate’s pro se filing
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You Are Only As Old As Your Jurisprudence
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This Is What Happens When Judges Have To Deal With P--p
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Peter Thiel's Clerkship Interviews With Justice Kennedy, Scalia Did Not Result In Getting Hired - Hurrah
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Fallout from P---gate leads to cases being appealed, claiming racial, gender, and ethnic bias
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Coal miner's daughter becomes Pa. Supreme Court justice, 2nd woman on highest bench
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise even as China slides
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Markets are tumbling again • Asia Stocks Fall to Lowest Since 2011
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US stock market drops, ending its worst week since 2011 • Historic Week: Dow Plunges 1,079 Points
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This week looks like it could also be brutal for stocks
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Bonus Watch ’16: No One Is In This Business For The Money, Right?
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One anecdote sums up how Wall Street's workforce has changed since the financial crisis
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Layoffs:

US Sheds 8,000 Mining Jobs in December
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Unemployment is low — but many aren't looking anymore
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Solar Company Announces Hundreds Of Layoffs in Wake of Rate Changes
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:

Facing The Specter Of Bankruptcy, Volkswagen May Get A Reprieve From Europe
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VW Refuses to Give American States Documents in Emissions Inquiries
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Dealers, States Pose Bigger Theoretical Threat To Volkswagen Than EPA
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GM Europe Still Bleeding Red Ink
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GM Ignition Nightmare Won't Go Away, for Victims or Company • 'Bellwether' Trial to Provide Template for GM Litigation
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Coal:

Arch Coal files for bankruptcy in bid to tackle debt mountain • Reaches debt deal with lenders • Seeks to cut $4.5 billion in debt
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Will Taxpayers Get Stuck With The Bill To Clean Up Strip Mining Coal Sites?
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'The coal industry is far from doomed'
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Celebs:

50 Cent ALMOST wins Powerball lottery jackpot after filing for bankruptcy • Rick Ross 50 Cent Feud Intensifies Amid 'In Da Club' Rapper's Bankruptcy
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Backers tackle Tamara Mellon over US bankruptcy filing • Mellon mauled
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Billionaire Says He Lost Faith in US Banks • Wyly Says IRS Should `Put Up or Shut Up' on $2 Billion Claim
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Bristol Palin Sued for Child Support
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Hollywood:

Relativity Bankruptcy: Unsecured Creditor Group Proposes Settlement
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Kevin Spacey and his production partner join Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media
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Education:

For-Profit Education Institutions Face a Volatile and Uncertain Future
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Food/Beverage:

New Z'Tejas owner says once-bankrupt restaurants now profitable
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Ruby Tuesday second-quarter loss widens
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Premier Cru folds with enormous debts
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Electricity:

Add Rick Perry to Those Taking Issue with Hunt's Oncor Plan
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Hunter L. Hunt: An open letter to Texans on our Oncor acquisition
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Fraud:

PwC to Pay Investors $55 M Over Madoff Losses
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Furando sentenced to 20 years for biodiesel fraud scheme
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Steve Cohen Will Be Ready For You Come 2018 • Steve Cohen Will Be Back in 2018. That's Good • SEC Settlement Big Win For Both Steve Cohen And His Lawyer David Boies
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Martin Shkreli Feeling Super Thankful That He Kept $45M Handy In His E*Trade Account
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We Finally Have A Case Of Bank TARP Fraud
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Indianapolis: Ringleader in $90M fuel scam sentenced to 20 years
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Miami-Dade businessman convicted in $70 million Medicare racket
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Construction:

Operator of crane company linked to 2008 fatal accident files for Chapter 11
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Guns:

Colt's Continuing Soap Opera
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Shipping:

Shipping Gets a Bearish Start to 2016
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Finance:

Goldman fills vacuum in leveraged buyout market with $8 bln fund
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Gambling:

Nevada Casinos Lost $662 Million in 2015
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Travel:

TSA Gives 2 Years Grace on Drivers License
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Frequent Fliers Lose Challenge to United Perks
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Student Debt:

The Best Way To Fix The Student Debt Crisis (And It’s Not Free Tuition)
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Wall Street Is Pummeling The Nation’s Largest Student Loan Company
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Economy:

December Employment Report: 292,000 Jobs, 5.0% Unemployment Rate • Another Strong Employment Report • December Jobs Report – The Numbers • The December Jobs Report in 14 Charts • The Economy Gained Jobs. But We’re Still Not at Full Employment. • Positive U.S. Jobs Report Extends to Legal Industry
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Merrill: Warm Weather "added nearly 100,000 jobs in December"
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3 Reasons the Economy Boomed in 2015
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Is the Next Recession on the Way?
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Stiglitz: U.S. has backed worst trade deal in decades
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Credit Market's Fear Gauge Jumps to 3-Year High on China, Oil
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Gross Says Tough Time for Bonds If Fed Relies on Jobs
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Consumer credit slowly edges higher in November • Consumer Borrowing in U.S. Rises at Slowest Pace in 10 Months
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America: A Nation of Truck Drivers
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Labor Secretary: Americans Need Raises • Wage Growth Is Weak. Inflation-Adjusted Wage Growth Is Much Healthier
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama
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GOP: Government Can't Stop Poverty
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

The 8 states most at risk of a housing crisis
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Judge Ejects Class Action Against Stern's Foreclosure Company
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When the Capital Markets Crash
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Get ready for a global property slowdown
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Mortgaging the American Dream: A Critical Evaluation of the Federal Government's Promotion of the Home Equity Financing
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A Uniform and More Rational Approach to Rents as Security for the Mortgage Loan
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Fontainebleau expected to be sold soon
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Hugh Hefner's iconic mansion is going on sale for $200 million
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AL: Country Crossing bond holder ends legal battle with landowner
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A&P to turn over leases for 11 former LI stores to landlords
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Municipalities:

'PA for Puerto Rico': Coalition plans political push to give island bankruptcy option
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Bond Insurers Sue Puerto Rico to Stop Revenue Diversion • Insurers Open a Legal Can of Worms for Puerto Rico • Puerto Rico Pleads for Congressional Help as Lawsuits Are Filed
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Puerto Rico Governor: We Won't Make It to 2016 without Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico: Setting the Fox to Guard the Chickens Doesn't Fly at All
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SCOTUS will question its power to decide Puerto Rico case
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Houston: Mayor looks to balance the books ahead of financial crisis
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State officials, Wall Street target Detroit schools for bankruptcy restructuring
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Atlantic City rescue plan heads to Christie's desk
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Invalid paperwork means troubled Harvey can't collect property taxes in 2016
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To narrow states' huge pension gap, look to voluntary buyouts
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Memphis: What the $1 billion OPEB bill means for taxpayers
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When Did Governor Know About Flint's Water?
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Mass Torts:

Class action and asbestos bill faces presidential veto • Asbestos, Class Action Reform Passes the House
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At least 40 former students of an elite prep school claim sexual assault by former staff members
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Oil/Gas:

Mon.: Oil is diving • Oil prices under fresh pressure
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Oil falls near 12-year low amid volatility in Chinese markets
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Is $20 Oil A Possibility?
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This investment bank just slashed its oil price prediction for 2016
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Shell Boss: The oil slump isn't going to last
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Forecast Shows More E&P Spending Cuts Worldwide
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Oil rig count plummets to start 2016 • Rig Count Lowest Since 2010 As Drillers Step Up Cuts • Rig Count: Capitulation?
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Oil prices below $40 not sustainable for most producers - Wells Fargo
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The “Hanging in There” Game for Oil Producers
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The Odd Consequences of the Oil Price Crash
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Sandridge and Magnum Hunter: When Energy Names Go Bust
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Gas prices could drop toward $1 a gallon
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Bankruptcy filing being mulled for top client of Keppel and SembMarine
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Singapore rig builders in dire straits as Sete Brasil mulls bankruptcy • Can rig builders stay afloat if Sete Brasil goes bust?
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Including $1 Billion Capital Hole, Weatherford Is Worth $2.25
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$17.85 Billion in Oil and Gas Bankruptcies in 2015
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Natural Gas Prices Signaling Oil Bottom For Investors
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Hard times hit Texas' Eagle Ford
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Small UK energy groups covered in red ink
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Saudi Arabia projects $87B deficit amid low oil prices • Who's driving Saudi Arabia's aggressive policies and why?
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OPEC's Trillion-Dollar Miscalculation
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Radio:

Cumulus Media hit by debt, radio industry troubles
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Politics:

Races Neck and Neck in Iowa, New Hampshire
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Donald Trump: Hillary is ‘not a victim’ of adultery — because she’s responsible for it • Trump Fact Check: The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield." • Trump Endorses Brain Damage In Speech That Claims Football, Like America, Has Gone "Soft" • Poll: Trump is Real Threat to Clinton • Rival Group Puts High Price on Trump Immigration Plan • Donald Trump: The State of the Union Is a ‘Mess’ • New Hampshire's Largest Newspaper Kicked Out of the Next Debate After Donald Trump Whined About It • Donald Trump's Electability Paradox
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If You Think Ted Cruz Is Eligible To Be President, Then You Think Obama Would Be Even If He Was Born In Kenya • Harvard Scholar: Cruz Eligibility is Uncertain • Cruz Was Against Ethanol, Then For It • Ted Cruz Rejects Trump Plan for Mass Deportation Roundup • The Real Ted Cruz
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Now Jeb Bush Wants to End Food Stamps • Why Do Republicans Dislike Jeb Bush? • Hank Greenberg Would Like To Clarify How 10 Million Of His Dollars Ended Up With Noted Disappointment JEB! Bush • Elizabeth Warren Slams Former AIG CEO Over Jeb Bush Super PAC Donation, Trump Calls It a 'Waste'
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Rauner's business pals are turning sour on him
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A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments • 1,340 Clinton Emails Have Classified Info
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Peggy Noonan: GOP in 'Civil War'
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Dick Bove: Bernie Sanders' Wall Street reform plans are uninformed, ridiculous • The Great Clinton-Sanders Tax Divide • Bernie Sanders Tests Crowd on Economics
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There's a growing push to impeach Maine's governor after his racially tinged remarks
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Brokers:

Questions burn for shareholders after RCAP's demise
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Taxis:

Taxis Are Doomed and They Know It
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Concerts:

SFX Entertainment tumbles 48% on bankruptcy consideration • SFX Inching Closer To Bankruptcy • Hires Restructuring Experts 26 Weeks After $260 Million IPO
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Hotels:

Payments ordered in hotel bankruptcy case
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Waste:

Louisville: Creditors want wastewater company Bullitt Utilities pushed into chapter
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Opera:

New York City Opera seeks to emerge from bankruptcy at hearing Tuesday
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Farming:

Judge OKs Turnet Grain creditor to receive $237,672
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Newspapers:

OC Register Killing Some Community Weeklies
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Amusement Parks:

BK Judge: Beach Club insurance proceeds to pay on back taxes
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Judge orders former amusement park sold at auction
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Steel:

Schnitzer Steel Industries first-quarter loss widens
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Distressed Investing:

US High Yield Bond Funds See $809M Cash Outflow
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Leveraged Loans: 2016 CLO Outlook – Credit Concerns and Risk Retention in Focus
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Debt Collection:

Tensions Continue to Mount Between the FDCPA and the Bankruptcy Code
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National Guard & Reservist Debt Relief Extension
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Derivatives:

$1.9B Swaps Payout Is a Windfall for Funds
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Aviation:

American Airlines Hires Former Union Leader As Consultant, Stirring Controversy
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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 (55 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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 Statistics:

As economy improves, more bankruptcy filings expected
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Pardon the Interruption. . . Bankruptcy Filings Resume Their Decline • Bankruptcy Filings Declined 10 Percent in 2015, but they could increase in 2016.
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Tennessee still leads nation in bankruptcies
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Why Retirees Go Broke
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These companies could be facing liquidity problems
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Property of the Estate:

Bankruptcy court auctions lottery winner's prize paying $1,000 a month for life
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Avoidance Actions:

Bank of NY Mellon is dealt setback in Sentinel bankruptcy
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A bankruptcy trustee can try to recover the market value of a debtor's life settlements from banks that bought the man's unmatured term life insurance policies
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Asbestos Reform Passed By House
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Examining Proposed Chapter 11 Reforms Through the Lens of Recent Retail Cases
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Cross-Border:

There's a Chapter 15?: A Look at the Impact of Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Proceedings on Trade Creditors
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Constitution:

Bankruptcy Takings
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Eligibility:

Previously Discharged Personal Liability Does Not Count Toward Debt Limit
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Meditations on Late Notice
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Metals:

Glencore's US Unit Sherwin Alumina Files for Bankruptcy • Sherwin Alumina Files For Chapter 11 To Facilitate Competitive Sale Process Through A Pre-Negotiated Plan
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Resorts:

Baha Mar: The hotel that threatens to bankrupt the Bahamas
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Mining:

Rare-earths miner Molycorp to start bankruptcy sale of business
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Molycorp Cleared for Auction as `Monopoly Money' Fight Looms • Molycorp Creditors Attack Oaktree's `Monopoly Money' Debt Claim
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Retailing:

Closed for Business: A Methodology for Store Closures in Retail Turnarounds
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Selling Investors on the Troubled Retailer
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Complexity of Bankruptcy for Shopping Center Tenants
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Macy's Woes Cast Shadow Over America's Debt-Laden Mall Retailers
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Is Dov Charney Really Returning to American Apparel? • Dov Charney is preparing a $300 million takeover bid for American Apparel that would give him back control of the company
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Why Finish Line is closing 150 stores even though ‘athleisure’ is booming
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Healthcare:

HDL: Zombie Lab Reneges on Promises to Patients
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Remains of HDL move toward liquidation
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New York Legislators Begin Examining Health Republic's Collapse
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MannKind Corporation On the Ropes After Afrezza Failure
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El Paso Children's Hospital swears in new board • County bills from Children’s bankruptcy : $262K
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Crittenden County Hopes to Build New $21M Hospital
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Turnarounds: SRHS audit shows health system turned $30 million deficit into profit in 2015
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Pfizer Raises Prices on Over 100 Drugs
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Sovereigns:

Argentina gov’t to meet with ‘vultures’ on Wednesday • Argentina to Resume Debt Talks With Holdout Creditors
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Farewell To The Vultures? Argentine Debt Restructuring And Bargaining Theory – Analysis
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Ukraine: dismal economic prospects, great sovereign bond
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UK:

UK legal costs hit $700m for Nortel
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Secured recoveries litigation - England and Wales
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Britain’s Banking Industry To Implement Depositor Bail-in Scheme? The Confiscation of Bank Deposits
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EU:

Europe Set for Leveraged-Loan Deluge Even as Investors Shun Risk
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EU Orders Belgium to Claw Back $763 Million Illegal Tax Breaks
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Rescission of contracts and the EU Insolvency Regulation
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Bank lenders dodge losses suggesting loopholes in new regulation
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PIIGS:

Set-­off of overdue receivables, when purchased after the declaration of bankruptcy, is an “abuse of a right” ?
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Italy: he new rules for the insolvency of banks
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Italian police search offices of rescued bank in loan probe
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UniCredit: Too big to thrive?
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EU eyes start of Greek reforms review January 18: officials
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Tackling NPLs becomes even more difficult
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'Aggressive' McFeely hiding assets - bankruptcy expert
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Spain's Princess Cristina has appeared in court on tax fraud charges
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Canada:

Court upholds $118M award against negligent Livent auditor Deloitte
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Banks Island Gold tips into bankruptcy
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Bombardier, Inc.: Time for Mr. Trudeau to Step Up
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Oil Rout Curbs Morneau's Enthusiasm on Canada Pre-Budget Tour
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China:

China woes continue as benchmark plunges 5%
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China's Hunger for Commodities Wanes, and Pain Spreads Among Producers • Commodity prices slip anew after worst year since financial crisis
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Be Scared of China's Debt, Not Its Crashing Stocks
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China Isn't Headed for a Financial Crisis
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China's Financial Economy Is 'Largely Stable' Says Foreign Exchange Regulator
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Mouldy monument to China's state-owned failures abroad
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Bankrupt shipyard Weihai Samjin to start restructuring
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To say that what happens in China doesn't matter to the US is to ignore how the global economy works
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Kaisa Pushes Ahead With Bond Restructure Plan, Offers Incentives
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Poland:

Polish Banks Face Pressure With Another Credit Union Bankruptcy
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India:

Sale of bad loans to ARCs will get boost from Bankruptcy Code
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Bahamas:

From 'Disappointment To Disillusionment' On Clico
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MENA:

Israel: Receivership order against diamond dealer Uri Schwartz
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Switzerland:

Swiss Central Bank Loses Billions on Move
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Brazil:

Brazilian Blowout Hits Singapore's Sembcorp
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Brazil's Mounting Woes Threaten to Wipe Out Bond Rebound in 2016
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Australia:

ASX loses $100 billion as lack of confidence in Chinese economy panics investors
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APRA looks to Europe for bank rescue plan
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Singapore:

Judiciary looking to enhance court-to-court arrangements in cross-border insolvency
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