March 28, 2016

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Law:

What’s The Biggest Law Firm In The Country?
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Ex-DLA Piper partner caught in ‘churn that bill, baby!’ crossfire sues firm’s counsel Ex-Biglaw Partner Sues Over ‘Destroyed’ Reputation Thanks To Overbilling Scandal
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Lawyers Face Displacement — Breaking Up is Hard to Do
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Law firm failure—the good kind
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Kirkland's Tronox Bet Paid Off
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Thomas Jefferson Law’s Attorney Defends The School In An Interesting Way That’s Sure To Piss Off Donald Trump
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Was law school worth it? Only 20% of recent grads strongly agree, pilot study says
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Would You Do Law School Again? 67% of Grads Said Yes
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Many Law Grads Second Guessing Themselves, Survey Finds
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The Grueling Biglaw Life Can Take Its Toll
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Are You Really Happy At Your Law Firm?
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Here's the truth about whether it's OK to be unreachable during your vacation from work
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Jury Rules Against Struggling Law Graduate Who Claimed She Was Duped by Law School
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American College of Bankruptcy Announces Formation of Michael L. Cook Extraordinary Grant
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Law Review Sticker Shock
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For The Third Year In A Row, Professor Reuses Old Contracts Exam
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ATL March Madness: The Elite 8 Of Law School Scandals
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Understanding The Alaburda v. Thomas Jefferson Law Verdict: A Conversation With One Of The Jurors Jury Rejects Law Grad’s Claim She was Duped by Alma Mater
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Student Wastes Time Pursuing Law Degree He Was Ineligible To Receive, Tries To Sue School, Fails Miserably
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Dentons’ NextLaw Labs Invests in Fee-Tracking Analytics
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Judge Says Bankrupt Law Grads Can Cancel Bar Prep Loans The Opinion
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Embattled lawyer faces new fraud allegations, challenge from bankruptcy trustee
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The First Female Attorney In America
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Four REAL Ways that Law Firms Are Using Technology For Exposure and Efficiency
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Take Care Of All Logistics Before Trial
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Judge Convicts Woman Who Spent Years Posing as a Licensed Lawyer
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Convicted of UPL, former bar president with no law degree ‘provided a good service,’ her lawyer says
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‘We’ll be bankrupt by August without it’: In Plaquemines, fees that fund Public Defenders Office undercollected
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Ex-lawyer gets weekend jail time for collecting $247K in disability payments while still practicing
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Search nets computer equipment and bankruptcy papers at home of Clarence Briggs, Turnpike shooter
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Hulk Hogan jury wanted to give him more than $140 million
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Photos: Damage Done by Oregon Militia Idaho patriot group leader filed bankruptcy after Malheur visit
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When They’re Too Dumb To Understand
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Lawyer gets 30 days for contempt after admitting he took money from ex-judge’s ‘honey pot’ estate
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The Rise of 1,000 Small Jails
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Not All Habitual Drunkards Are Bad People, Appeals Court Rules
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Better Call Saul has left the shadow of Breaking Bad behind
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Judges:

BK NV: The Bankruptcy Bugle Newsletter
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Kansas Republican Breaks With GOP Leaders on Supreme Court Nominee Hearings, Vote
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Sen. Murkowski will meet with Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
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The verdict is in: The GOP’s Supreme Court plan so far has been a disaster
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Americans Want Hearings for Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Poll Says
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Merrick Garland and the prospect of a centrist Supreme Court
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What I remember about Merrick Garland from junior high
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Why Garland's Judicial Record Slips Through Critics' Fingers
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Senate's Job Is to Protect the Supreme Court Position on Garland a Sad End to Hatch Career
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Republicans twisting Biden's words on nominees
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Justice Department Gets Tongue-Lashing From Appeals Court
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Biden warns of ‘patchwork Constitution’ with eight-justice Supreme Court
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Federal judge wounded in shooting will participate in peace march
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Former state supreme court judge fined $50K over objectionable emails, but keeps pension
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Judge who reduced verdict from $5M to $1M, expecting campaign gift, gets 10 years in bribe case
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Get Ready To Hear A Lot More About The Supreme Court This Election Cycle
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Wall Street:

US futures look ahead to Yellen speech, consumer data
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U.S. Stocks Claw Back After Weak Start
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2015 Was the Worst Year for S&P 500 Earnings Since the Crisis
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Layoffs:

Al Jazeera to Cut 500 Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Non-Profits:

ME: Getchell Agency files for bankruptcy , blames state government
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Aviation:

Republic Airways: A Look At The Delta Air Lines Agreement
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Republic bankruptcy case sure to enrich its advisers
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Republic settles Delta lawsuit over canceled flights
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Coal:

Peabody Coal's bankruptcy would be 'rocket fuel' to end investment in old energy companies
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Despite coal woes, Peabody Energy official optimistic
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Moody's Downgrades Peabody Energy (BTU) to 'Ca'; Outlook Negative
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Things are improving for coal
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Wall Street’s Retreat From King Coal
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Bankruptcies Fuel Uncertainty In Coal Communities
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Appalachian counties hit by coal layoffs take population hits
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Self-Bonding for Mines: The Coal is the Ultimate Collateral
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Peabody tells Illinois it can cover mine closing costs
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Big Coal dealt a big blow: Montanans shut down largest mine in North America
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Religion:

Pope reassigns Newark bishop’s apparent successor to troubled MN diocese
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FL: Questions grow about pastor's $16M in debts
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Pharma:

As Valeant Goes, So Goes Sequoia
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This Could Be Valeant's Route To Bankruptcy
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Education:

California awarded $1 billion vs. defunct for-profit college
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Poor students may have a better chance of graduating from these schools
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Metals:

Horsehead Holding: Egregious Disregard For The Rights Of Small Individual Investors
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Mass Torts:

AIA Statement on Gov. Haslam's Signing of Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act Tennessee Passes Asbestos Anti-Fraud Bill to Stop 'Double Dipping'
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W.R. Grace executives' pay slips without bonuses from emerging from bankruptcy
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Asbestos firm says it has settled with Garlock in RICO suit
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Autos:

The $1.5 Billion General Motors Recalls at the Dangerous Intersection of Chapter 11, Article 9, and TARP
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Fiat Chrysler Hits Back at Dealer Lawsuit
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VW Gets New Legal Deadline: April 21 Volkswagen gets brief legal reprieve, but deadlines loom
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Food/Beverage:

Union supports transfer of Haggen stores to Albertsons
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Albertsons submitted lone 'qualifying bid' for Haggen
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Mamtek consultant to pay $100K bankruptcy settlement in lawsuit
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Quaker Steak sale approved
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Steel:

Essar Steel's US arm hires legal advisers to restructure Essar Steel's growing woes: Now, the US subsidiary mandates advisers for debt restructuring
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Debt-laden Essar Steel likely to bring in strategic investor
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Debt Collection:

Court Confirms Bankruptcy Filing Prevents Expiration of Judgment Creditor’s “ORAP” Lien
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Judicial Estoppel Better than Not Being a Debt Collector
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Corporate Reform:

Wall Street faces new rules on pay
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Broadcasting:

Casa Media Partners Cleared to Sell Airwaves at FCC Auction
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Paper:

Court OKs sale of Lincoln Mill’s intellectual property to liquidators
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Asset Protection:

Trustee Frustrated In Selling Debtor/Member's LLC Interest In Talbut
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Golf:

Tiger's failed N.C. course site on market for $24 million
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Economy:

Inflation Worries Swing From Too Little to Too Much Investors await jobs, inflation data to cement Fed rate outlook
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This Theory Explains Why the U.S. Economy Might Never Get Better
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Survey: Economists more pessimistic on growth this year
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U.S. job gains keeping economy from grinding to a halt
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What Kind of Jobs Is the U.S. Creating?
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US economic growth revised upward Don't trust those GDP numbers Corporate Profits Slip
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Corporate Profits in 2015 – The Numbers
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Income Growth Averaged 4.4% Last Year. How Did Your State Do?
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US economy grows 1.4% in fourth quarter
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How does US gender pay gap compare internationally? Pretty well, study says.
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Pimco’s Forecast for the Global Economy? ‘Bumpy, Below-Par and Brittle’
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The One Economic Question Nobody Is Answering
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Where Americans Move From and Move To
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The lost Americans
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California close to $15 minimum wage deal
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Orwellian economy? Millennials get paid like it’s 1984
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Young, Broke, and Scared of the IRS: The Millennial Tax Trap
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The Business Backlash Against 'Religious Liberty' Legislation
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The Fed may not be able to save financial stocks BofA warns ''slowly tightening' Fed may hit earnings
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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:

The Housing Crisis Never Really Ended
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U.S. January 2016 home prices rise just 0.1%
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More Americans Are Again Moving to Suburbs Than Cities
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Rolling Acres Mall goes on the sheriff's sale block again
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It's Getting Harder to Pay the Rent in America
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Crew Demolishes Wrong House
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico: Reading the SCOTUS Tea Leaves
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Puerto Rico: Further Supreme Court Thoughts
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Atypical Oral Arguments In Puerto Rico v. Franklin CA Trust
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Puerto Rico: The Recovery Act's Potential Second Wind
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Lessons for Puerto Rico from ... Arkansas?
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Puerto Rico Bill Said to Have Investor Cram-Down Mechanism
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Puerto Rican bankruptcy would be a bad precedent
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Tough love for Puerto Rico
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What Washington Risks by Stalling on Puerto Rico
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Why Puerto Rico needs its own currency
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House Republicans to Introduce Draft Bill to Rescue Puerto Rico Outline of GOP plan for Puerto Rico revealed Republican bill would create oversight board Puerto Rico Criticizes House GOP Debt-Restructuring Plan Puerto Rico Doesn't Want Congress's Bailout Plan
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You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t Call it an Airplane: Supreme Court Oral Arguments Suggest Puerto Rico’s Recovery Act May Recover
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Lin-Manuel Miranda: Give Puerto Rico Its Chance to Thrive
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A Fiscal Control Board For Puerto Rico
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Investors Deserve to Know Puerto Rico’s True Pension Liabilities
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Puerto Rico's Congress rep hopes to amend debt crisis bill
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The Puerto Rico crisis, explained
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Here’s Who Benefits From Worsening Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
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These Charts Show Just How Much Puerto Rico Is Shrinking
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The Point Man On Puerto Rico’s Debt Has A Financial Secret, And Obama Doesn’t Seem To Care
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Finra arbitration panel orders UBS to pay for damages over Puerto Rico bond losses
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Congress Should Favor Order Over Chaos In Puerto Rico
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Right-to-sue debate may fracture Puerto Rico rescue talks in U.S
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Christie says no more ‘blank checks’ for nearly bankrupt Atlantic City Christie on Atlantic City: 'They should not play chicken with me'
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Atlantic City Residents Fear Government Shutdown Atlantic City Faces Financial Collapse, Cringes At State Takeover A.C. impasse deepens; workers to get IOUs during shutdown Atlantic City, Bracing for Takeover, Sees Camden as Cautionary Tale
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Put the Atlantic City rescue plan up for a vote
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100 Days to Broke: New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund will be insolvent on July 1
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Chicago’s Plan to Overhaul City Pensions Dashed by Top Court Illinois High Court Strikes Down Chicago Plan to Shore Up City Pension Funds Illinois Supreme Court's pension decision will cost Chicago taxpayers Chicago Pension Nightmare
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Detroit bondholders to wait nearly a year for annual financials
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DPS emergency funding bill heads to Snyder's desk After DPS rescue, hard work looms for schools
(DBN)

America's water crisis goes beyond Flint, Michigan
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Muni-Bond Funds Burned Chasing Yield With Wood-Pellet Bankruptcy
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Houston: City bond rating downgrade reflects oil bust, pension problems
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Oil/Gas:

Executory Contracts Rejected In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; How Does This Impact Midstream Providers?
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Pipeline Companies Leaking After Bankruptcy Ruling
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Oil prices rise in thin holiday trading Oil prices tap $40 a barrel, but some say gains won’t last Oil prices make a run at $40 a barrel before getting pushed back
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Oil Giants Drain Reserves at Faster Pace
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U.S. oil rig count falls by 15
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Oil is still stuck in a bear market: Dennis Gartman
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Oil companies finally tapping long-dormant shale wells
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The big bust in the oil fields
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The end of the U.S. oil boom, told through one Texas company's bust
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Deferrals in Global Oil, Gas Projects Reaching $500B in 2016 Oil Firms Slow Exploration to Weather Low-Price Era
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Energy Companies Pay Up to Raise Cash
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Workers paying the price as crude collapse continues
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Bankruptcy attorney has advice for energy sector players
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Oil and Gas Exploration Bankruptcies Could Sextuple This Year
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Some oil firms borrowed billions. Now they're getting burned.
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US oil sector pain is deepening
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Texas Hasn't Felt Effects of Oil Drop Yet Texas Is Still Booming, Despite the Oil Bust
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Texan Oil Production Rises In January
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Coming to the Oil Patch: Bad Loans to Outnumber the Good
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Despite High Debt Levels Energy Investors Remain Undaunted
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Emerald Oil Has a Suitor: Brian Kennedy's Latium Group Emerald Oil kicked off New York Stock Exchange
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Venoco Reaches Deal in Ch.11 Case that Cuts $1B in Debt
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EIG Pulls Out of Pacific Exploration Deal
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Creditors Seek to Force Whistler Energy Into Bankruptcy
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Paragon Offshore - Debtors Filed Amended Plans
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2 top execs out, jobs cut at Colorado oil and gas company
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Oil Mystery Solved? Interest-Rate Effect Upends Usual Growth Benefit
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Abandoned Oil Wells Pose Crisis
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Goodbye, Super-Cheap Gas
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Natural-Gas Producers Face Painful Spring
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Terra Energy shuts down after bank calls in loan
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Oil Recovery Hits Saudi Devaluation Bet
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Oil traders enjoy commodity price rout
(DBN)

Want to Bet on Oil Companies ? It's All About the ZIP Code
(DBN)

A Downward Spiral Might Be Building in the US Energy Industry
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Few bidders for Gulf of Mexico oil , gas sale
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U.S. Lifted The Crude Oil Export Ban, And Exports Went…Down
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Alternative Energy:

Recovery Or Bankruptcy: Where Will Sunedison Be A Year From Now?
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Axiom Capital fears Sunedison is headed towards bankruptcy
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As SunEdison Tanks, Is Rest Of Solar Going With It?
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Electricity:

Oncor Buyout Approved by Texas Regulators Oncor sale to Hunt group approved, with major conditions
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Celebs:

Dance Moms’ Maddie Ziegler Net Worth Amid Bankruptcy Scandal
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Bankrupt Strauss-Khan firm under investigation
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Joe Giudice begins 41-month prison sentence
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Gambling:

Icahn: Taj future at risk amid benefits, expansion talks
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Retailing:

Bankruptcy court: Hancock sale hearing March 31
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Sears Hometown and Outlet loss widens , sales fall
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Lehman:

Lehman to Pay Out Additional $1.6 Billion to Creditors
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (52 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (16 new filings today)
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Avoidance Actions:

Court bars Tribune Co creditors from unwinding 2007 buyout Tribune Investor Money Off Limits to Creditors
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Landlords Beware: Lease Terminations May Be Voidable In Bankruptcy
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Second Circuit Holds Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbors Bar State Law Fraudulent Conveyance Claims Brought By Individual Creditors
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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Sanctions:

Judge In KSL Bankruptcy Case Slaps Its Former Law Firm With Big Fine
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Bankruptcy Court Sanctions Lawyer, But Appeals Court Reverses and Rules that Lawyer’s Aggressive Advocacy Did Not Cross the Line
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Professional Compensation:

9th Cir. Won't Expand ERISA Attorney Fee Provision The Opinion
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Delaware Judges Remain Aligned on Baker Botts Fee-Defense Issue
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Consignment:

When Vendors Are Consigned to a Lower Authority
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Shipping:

Lessons Learned From an International Shipping Bankruptcy
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HMM told to cut charter costs or go bankrupt
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Alphaliner: Biggest Ever Container Shipping Bankruptcy Edges Closer
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Contracts:

Words Matter—Ninth Circuit Decides Issue of Contract Interpretation
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Mediation:

Bankruptcy Mediation for the Little Guy – Part 2: Nebraska in the Lead
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Insurance:

Latest Battlefront for Closing Health Insurance CO-OPs? The Courts
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Struggling Maine Health Insurance Cooperative Not Allowed to Close
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Hearing for Illinois insurance company insolvent by $31M set for Thursday
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Healthcare:

Good Shepherd's credit downgraded
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Fraud:

Accounting Firm To Pay For Aiding Ponzi Scheme
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Student Debt:

US government offers debt relief to 'defrauded' grads of 91 college campuses
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A Path 'To Debt Relief' For Defrauded Corinthian Students
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More Students Eligible for Loan Forgiveness
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Tobacco:

Renegade Tobacco era nears legal extinguishment
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Banking:

The Next Perfect Banking Storm
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Politics:

Coal Miners Are Losing Jobs In States With Coming Primaries
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Trump and Cruz's tax plans would redistribute historic wealth to the rich Here’s How Each Presidential Candidate Will Impact Your Tax Bill
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West Virginia’s Joe Manchin Shaken by Hillary Clinton’s ‘Horrific’ Coal Comment
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Would-Be Donald Trump Delegate Faces Federal Charges The Voters Donald Trump Wins and Loses Donald Trump’s 2016 Delegate Pace Trails Mitt Romney’s of 2012 – Charts Trump Fact Check: "Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. It's never happened before." Trump's Deal With Small Businesses: Slow To Pay And Quick To Shaft The Ups And Downs Of Donald Trump: Three Decades On And Off The Forbes 400 Profile of a Typical Trump Voter Poll: Trump Has Big Lead in California Is Donald Trump turning the GOP into the 'Man Party'? This Is What It's Like to Try to Sue Donald Trump Mexicans Celebrate Holiday By Burning Trump In Effigy
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In the heat of a legal fight, a lawyer says he got a shocking phone call from Donald Trump
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Ted Cruz Calls Donald Trump ‘Sniveling Coward’ Over Attacks on Wife New York Police Commish on Cruz’s Muslim Idea: Drop It, Ted
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Elizabeth Warren sharpens Trump criticism, praises Sanders
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What Could Go Wrong? - Petition Grows to Allow Guns at GOP Convention
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More 'Lost' Clinton Emails Found
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Sovereigns:

'Vultures' ask gov't to comply with pay date
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Court summons 'vultures' for April 13
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Holdout group asks US not to back Argentina US gov't supports Argentina appeal in debt dispute US supports Argentina in appeal over debt injunctions Hedge Funds Dealt Setback as US Sides With Argentina
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Argentina Debt Crisis Sets Dangerous Vulture Fund Precedent
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Argentina Settlement Surprise Leaves Some Investors in the Cold
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UK:

Anthea Turner is sued by her ex-husband Grant Bovey's creditors for £1.6million
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BHS grabs landlords' lifebelt but stays all at sea over pensions
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EU:

Banks Say No to Funds From Flagship ECB Policy
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EU Mulls Easing Bank-Failure Rules to Align With Global Standard
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Junk Bondholders Step Up Measures to Boost Protections in Europe
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In Europe, states challenge austerity but lack cash to spend
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PIIGS:

MV Agusta Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Spain's Abengoa wins backing from 75 pct of creditors to restructure Abengoa Wins Reprieve in Debt Talks to Avert Insolvency Process
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How an Italian M&A Adventure Went Off the Rails
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Elderly suffer in Greece after financial crisis
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Is Greece on the Verge of Another Debt Crisis?
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Canada:

Oil crunch forces Canadian businesses to make strategy changes
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Canadian Energy Companies Scoop Up Debt Cheapened by Oil Rout
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Germany:

Flash Crash: 139 Days From IPO to Insolvency
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South Korea:

Quarter of bankrupt people in S. Korea over 60s Financial Problems Push Korean Seniors to Suicide
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In South Korea, more and more debt-ridden “marginal households”
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State-run debt collector plans overseas offices to nab hidden assets
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Brazil:

Brazil Economic Woes Deepen Amid Political Crisis
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Brazil graft scandals spur work for lawyers
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Oi bondholders hire Moelis for restructuring talks
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Pakistan:

Pakistan not going bankrupt , says IMF representative
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Vietnam:

Many private hospitals close to bankruptcy
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High risk of bankruptcy exists for iron & steel manufacturers
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Russia:

Yukos 1995 privatization was illegal – Russia’s Investigative Committee
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China:

China's Bohai Steel seen as trial case for debt restructuring
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China bank profits flat-line as bad debts continue to soar
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China Industrial Profits Rise 4.8%, Ending 7-Month Losing Streak
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Japan:

Japan Seen Stuck With Negative Yields on 70% of Bonds for 2016 Japan's negative rates a looming headache for central bank
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Skymark Exits Bankruptcy and Predicts First Profit in 3 Years
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Ukraine:

Russia Seeks $683,333 a Day Interest in Ukraine Bond Lawsuit
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Venezuela:

In Venezuela, the government turns out the lights
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MENA:

Low Oil Prices Forcing Saudi Arabia To Modernize Economy
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