July 15, 2016

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Law:

Biglaw Firm Could Owe Associate Up To $1 Million After Refusing To Pay ‘Lucrative’ Bonus
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Why You Should Go On Vacation
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Baker & McKenzie Welcomes New York Bankruptcy Duo
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NV: Black & LoBello Bolsters Bankruptcy Practice
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The In-House Career Stepping Stool
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The GC Who Took Home $25 Million and 29 Other Highly Paid GCs
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Artificial intelligence in the legal profession should be regulated, op-ed argues
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Working Remotely: The Balance of Productivity and Play
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Mummy Dearest: The Careerist Observes the Mommy War in the UK
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Chairs of Morgan Lewis and DLA Piper Interview Each Other
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Microsoft doesn’t have to give prosecutors emails stored on servers in Ireland, 2nd Circuit says
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Today’s Tech: Law School And Legal Job Prospects In 2016
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Elderly homeowner shoots lawyer in alleged home invasion
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Congrats, You Got Into Yale Law School! Oh Wait….
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The Dumbest Reason To Go To Law School
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Law Grads Are 'Terrified' Of Failing The Bar Exam
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Law Schools Should Teach Students How To Write Email
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Business casual goes trendy at some elite law firms
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The Best Summer Associate Programs — Both For Fun Times And For Training
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Butler Snow goes big for new chief operating officer
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‘Analytics for Dumm ...’ eh, lawyers
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Linklaters partner guilty of assault and another indicted for r---
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Lawyers told to charge clients while they're on the throne Multitasking: It’s OK to bill clients while you’re on the toilet, firm says
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Bonkers Law Firm Website: Nice clothes, shame about the slogans
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Fee fight blights $1.3 billion case
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3 Major Invoice Billing Errors, and How Law Firms Can Cut Costs
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Neo-Nazi gets 11 years for murder of Freshfields junior lawyer
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Chicago: Millionaire bankruptcy lawyer's wife battered dog walker in River North elevator, jury finds
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Sen. Tim Scott (R) Describes Experiences as Black American Even Affluent Blacks Feel Racial Profiling
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Judges:

'My recent remarks ... were ill-advised' Justice Ginsburg's 'Ill-Advised' Comments on Donald Trump Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the fetishization of “objectivity” Ruth Bader Ginsburg Issues Apology After Donald Trump Makes Nonsensical Remarks About Her On Twitter
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Feds Must Search for Records on Judge Spying
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures slip as traders reflect on France terror attack
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Stocks close higher
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Healthcare:

Land Of Lincoln Health To Liquidate--Not An Obamacare Problem But A Co Op One
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US health care spending has hit a new high — $10,345 per person
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Celebs:

Indiana Pacers point guard who has made $35 million explains why he's living in his parents' basement for a year
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Metals:

Easing railroad slump may allow for Columbus Castings reopening
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Gambling:

CEOC Noteholders Fight Bid to Wipe Out $1.85B In Claims
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Taj ultimatum: Take deal by Monday
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Distressed Investing:

Junk bond issuance slows amid rising defaults
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Electricity:

Berkshire Hathaway Said to Be Among Leading Bidders for Oncor
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Fidelity preparing bid for Energy Future's Oncor with creditors -sources
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Alternative Energy:

SunEdison Adviser Says Assets Now Worth Up to $1.5 Billion
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Debt Collection:

In Bill, Lawmakers Propose New Limits for Seizing Workers’ Pay Over Old Debts For First Time in 50 Years, Federal Bill Seeks Limits on Debt Collection Seizures
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FDCPA Case Law Review for June 2016
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Asset Recovery 2016: Roundtable
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Food/Beverage:

Cowboys Dancehall owes creditors more than $9 million in bankruptcy
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Steel:

Here's how protectionism failed the American steel industry
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Essar Steel Minnesota names Matthew Stark its new CEO
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KPS Capital Partners walks away from bid for Essar Steel Algoma
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Economy:

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims unchanged at 254,000 Lowest Level Since Mid-April
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US Manufacturing is Alive and Well
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Unemployment Rate by Level of Education
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Food Stamp Rolls Decline on Work Rules
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Fed's Beige Book: "Economic activity continued to expand at a modest pace" in most Districts
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WSJ Survey: Half of Economists See No Fed Rate Increase Until December
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Fed’s Lockhart says decisions on interest rates should wait until post-Brexit outlook is clearer
(DBN)

How a Surprise Upturn in U.S. Growth Could Trigger the Next Recession
(DBN)

Just Two Out of Five Americans Spent Less Than Their Incomes in 2015
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How Income Inequality Is Fueling the Rise of Unmarried Parents
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US Producer Prices Climb 0.5%
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Poor at 20, Poor for Life
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Could You Live on Just $32,000 a Year?
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The world isn't 'drowning in debt,' even though there's more of it than ever before
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Obama plan to stop tax inversions stirs U.S. business concerns
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Class 8 Truck Demand Beats Supply Again
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Mortgage rates remain low and look to stay that way for a while
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Sacramento Housing in June: Sales up 1.8%, Active Inventory down 12% YoY
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More renters sour on homeownership, some blame student debt
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Here are the winners and losers as the foreclosure crisis slogs into extra innings
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More malls turning to unconventional tenants to fill vacancies
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6 Charts: The State of American Real Estate
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Municipalities:

Restructuring Puerto Rican Debt Allows Path To Stability
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Puerto Rico Hires Public Financial Management as Adviser
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Junk City Snapshot: Chicago Taxes Rise, But So Does Pension Debt
(DBN)

Chris Papst and the Crimes of The Harrisburg Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices fall as investors cash in on gains at week’s end
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S&P: Thanks to Oil/Gas, Ratings “Weakest Links” Hit Highest Point Ever
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100,000 oil jobs could be coming back
(DBN)

Does This Estimate Suggest We Are Heading For $30 Oil?
(DBN)

Texas upstream and oil field services bankruptcies include 45 cases through Q2
(DBN)

Hercules Fights Bid For Privileged Docs In Ch. 11 Probe
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Natural Gas Falls as Stockpiles Rise
(DBN)

No rush back to big oil projects
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Distressed funds set for big stakes in Gulf Keystone after debt swap
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OPEC's cheap oil strategy
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BP Has Paid Out $62 Billion on Gulf Oil Spill
(DBN)

Venezuela’s Oil Production Plunges To 13-Year Low
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The Glut Is Far From Over As Offshore Oil Storage Continues To Swell
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Politics:

Clinton Collapses Hillary Clinton’s Lead Has Shrunk, but She Still Has an Edge Hillary Clinton releases brutal new ad slamming Donald Trump: 'Our children are watching'
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How Many Trump Companies Have Gone Bankrupt? Donald Trump releases speakers list for GOP convention — and one person is noticeably missing Trump and the City Published reports say Trump to tap Pence as running mate How ‘thin-skinned’ Donald Trump uses insults, threats and lawsuits to quiet critics Is Donald Trump the USFL's fall guy? Trump’s Advantage on Economy Could Face Test on Housing Trump to delay VP announcement after France attacks On Trade, Trump Takes Republicans Back to Their Roots
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Poll: Americans are sick and tired of hearing about the presidential election
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John Oliver & Elizabeth Warren Join Stephen Colbert To Cover Donald Trump, Hillary Coronations At Conventions
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Big Banks Totally Forgot That They Had Other Plans During This Year’s GOP Convention
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GOP Working to Stop Convention Rebellion Lots of GOP Senators Skipping Convention
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'Welfare Leeches' Are 2016's Version Of '47 Percent Takers.' What Are The National Implications?
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Personal Finance:

Three big mistakes Americans keep making with their money
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Autos:

GM MDL Should Continue After 2nd Circ. Ruling, Drivers Say
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Currency:

Bitcoin CEO released on bail in embezzlement case
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Shipping:

Hyundai Group loses control over Hyundai Merchant Marine
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Lehman:

Could Fed have saved Lehman Brothers?
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Student Debt:

The Perils of Cosigning that Student Loan
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Bearing the Burden of Student Loans
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Survey: Refinancing Rates are Low Among Student Loan Borrowers
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Defaults:

Global defaults hit century mark - S&P S&P: 2016 Global Corporate Default Tally Climbs to 100, vs 62 in 2015
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Coal:

The Future Of U.S. Coal Power Hangs In The Balance
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today - DBN)

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 (8 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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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Judicial Estoppel:

11th Circuit Addresses Judicial Estoppel, Unscheduled Litigation
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Standards Governing Judicial Estoppel Appeals Are Debated in the D.C. Circuit
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Discharge:

Supreme Court Construes “Actual Fraud” Broadly, Resolving Circuit Split
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Disqualification:

Aletheia Trustee Urges Gibson DQ From O'Melveny Row
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Standing:

Creditors Lose Standing to Pursue Debtor's Shareholders, Directors
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Free and Clear Sales:

The Second Circuit’s General Motors Decision Defines Limits To “Free And Clear” Sales
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GM Faces Potential Mountain Of New Claims In Ignition MDL
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Second Circuit Drubs New GM on Successor Liability for Ignition Switch Defects
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Thoughts on the GM Ignition Switch Opinion
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Jurisdiction:

9th Circ. To Rehear Appeal Over Power Of Bankruptcy Panels
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Debtors’ Lien-Stripping Attempt Likely Would Have Succeeded in New Hampshire
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Safe Harbors:

Delaware’s Judge Gross Differs with Second Circuit on the Safe Harbor
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Mediation:

The Absolute Priority Rule Torpedoes Mediation in Individual Chapter 11 Cases (Part Two)
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Education:

Elizabeth Warren and Senate Democrats press regulators to prevent another Trump U
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Former student files class action case over Corinthian debt
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After Backtracking, Dowling College Closes for Good
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Sovereigns:

A Hedge Fund’s Peru Bond Fight Now Playing at a Theater Near You
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UK:

A review of the Corporate Insolvency Regime
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Trustees in Bankruptcy should beware the pitfalls of ignoring legal professional privilege
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Why Mark Carney didn't blink even though he knows a recession is on the way
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The minister in charge of Brexit says Britain 'will quit' the EU in December 2018 Theresa May Signals Desire for Swift Brexit With Cabinet Appointments
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U.K. Prime Minister Assembles Brexit Cabinet
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Why the Politics of Brexit Are Toxic for Investors
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Baffled Credit Traders Call Their Lawyers as Brexit Clouds Swaps
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EU:

European equity funds see record withdrawals
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PIIGS:

Post-Brexit sentiment faces test with Italian junk bond sale
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Why Some Bad Loans are Worse Than Others
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Could Italy Bring Down The Euro? Italy’s Banking Problem Is Serious but Not Intractable
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Exploiting the fine print of EU rules to save Italy’s banks
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Canada:

Landlords scramble to fill near-empty skyscrapers dotting Calgary skyline: ‘We’re not overbuilt, we’re under-demolished’
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The Redwater Decision: The Alberta Energy Regulator - Trumped by Federal Bankruptcy Law
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China:

China’s economy likely lost more momentum amid mounting debt
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Kaisa Group to Complete Offshore Debt Workout as Bonds Rebound
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China’s Credit Expansion Revs Up Again as Debt Warnings Fade
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France:

Truck plows into crowd, killing at least 84 in Nice, France At Least 77 Confirmed Dead After Bastille Day Attack in Nice, France France extends state of emergency; Hollande says 'undeniably' a terror attack Truck Driver Was Known to Police
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Turkey:

Bankruptcy Protection Provides An Easy Way Out in Turkey
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Australia:

Australians declaring personal insolvencies jumps 13.7%
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Australian Corporations Act not beholden to Chapter 11
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Brazil:

Oi CEO Aims to Triple Customers in Key Category Amid Bankruptcy
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