September 15, 2016

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Law:

Clerkship Bonus Raises: Three Is A Trend Susman Godfrey Boosts Bonuses for Ex-Federal Clerks
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Tracking 10 Years Of Women’s Progress In The Legal Profession
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These Biglaw Partners Are Super Pissed Someone Filed A Class Action Lawsuit On Their Behalf
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GCs Have Moved $4B Worth of Work In-house In 2016
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As Litigation Rises, A Glimpse of What Keeps Corporate Counsel Up at Night
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Recent Kirkland Bankruptcy Partner Moves To Faegre
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Work Your Hours at DLA Piper... or Else DLA Piper’s red card system to punish ‘delinquent’ senior lawyers who fail to work seven-and-a-half-hours a day
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Smith Gambrell Raises Associate Pay as Others Mull Options
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University of Chicago Law School Shouldn’t Be a ‘Safe Space,’ Say Professors
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Mike Lynch’s Invoke Aims to Replace M&A Lawyers With Robots
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Calif. High Court To Hear Heller Ehrman Clawback Query
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Beal, LLC to Serve Companies in Financial Distress
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How To Delegate By Really Trying
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Bookies and Bankruptcy Attorneys: Square Dodges Bankruptcy Atty's 'Bad List' Suit
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NJ Bankruptcy Atty Suspended For Botched Ch. 7 Proceeding
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The Murder Of Dan Markel: Tensions Between Police And Prosecutors ABC's 20/20 to feature Markel murder
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Worst Bar Exam Results Ever? Only ONE Person From This Law School Passed The Bar Exam
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The Inevitable Lawsuit Over The Georgia Bar Exam Debacle Has Been Filed
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The 25 best hidden features and tricks in your iPhone's latest update Here’s how to fix the most annoying change in iOS 10 Apple iOS 10: Should You Upgrade? Apple's iPhone 7 Plus Sold Out Worldwide
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Cover Your Webcam
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Rise Of The Machines Continues As Another Top Firm Signs AI Deal
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If We Build It, Will They Come? The Problem Of Legal Tech Adoption
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We tried this company's custom suits, and we'll never buy off-the-rack suits again
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Avvo has First Amendment right to publish lawyer listings, Chicago federal court rules
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Appeals Court Rules Against Lawyer Suspended for Shielding Social Security Number
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George Soros is going after 'America's toughest sheriff'
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Kaepernick and a SCOTUS Landmark Decision
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Ex-Simpson Clerk Gets 46 Months in Prison for Insider Scheme
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Cinemark Agrees to Drop Request for $700,000 in Legal Costs From Theater Shooting Victims
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Can You Guess What This Person Was Charged With?
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Judges:

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prefers To Be NO-NO-NO-NOTORIOUS!
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94 Year Old Federal Judge: Democracy Dies Behind Closed Doors
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Why We Don’t Need a Ninth Supreme Court Justice
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Ginsburg Urges Law Firms to Make 'Balanced Life' Easier for Lawyers
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Indiana Ban on Syrian Refugees Draws Mockery From 7th Circuit
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures stuck in tight ranges ahead of data deluge
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Stocks close mostly lower as energy falls more than 1%
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UBS: There's 'clear evidence' that the stock market has topped out for now
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Wall Street banks could make close to $700 million from the Bayer-Monsanto deal
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Layoffs:

The Robots Aren't Here Yet
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:

Trump Fact Check: "My opponent has no child care plan." In Hacked Emails, Colin Powell Dishes About Powerful Secret Society’s Dislike of Trump In Leaked Emails, Powell Calls Trump a 'National Disgrace' Ohio: Trump Surges Trump Overtakes Clinton in New Polls in Nevada, Ohio Trump Has Hostile Encounter at Black Church in Flint Mark Cuban: The smartest thing Donald Trump has ever done is not release his tax returns Who Is To Blame For Donald Trump? Inside The Trump Organization's Foreign Business Ties A bombshell report is raising questions about Trump's business ties to Russia and Iran The big question about Trump's polling boost Donald Trump’s Shifting Words on Interest Rates and Janet Yellen Donald Trump Shows Dr. Oz His Health Documents Lawyer’s Review Backs Melania Trump on Immigration Questions A theory about how Trump could beat Clinton is coming true Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Sounds The Alarm: Trump Would ' Bankrupt ' The US
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Clinton Fact Check: "You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama." Doctor’s Letter: A Detailed Look at Hillary Clinton’s Health, Medications Hillary Clinton's physician: 'She continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President'
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Rep. Steve King: Only ‘natural families’ should get a child care tax credit
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Colin Powell Actually Unloaded on Everybody
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Leaked documents reveal secretive influence of corporate cash on politics
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Shipping:

Cargo Interests Win Partial Victory in Hanjin U.S. Bankruptcy Hearing
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Education:

Former ITT Tech Students Launch Debt Strike
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Debt Collection:

5th Circuit Rules Against Collector For Not Making Disclosures in Time-Barred Debt Case
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CFPB Proposes “Drastic Overhaul” Of Debt Collection
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Corporate Reform:

Warren: Next Administration Should Investigate—and Possibly Jail—Wall Street Bankers Warren to FBI: Why Not Charge Banksters?
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Consultants:

New York restructuring advisory firm opens downtown Houston office
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Economy:

What Could Go Wrong? Funds Desperate for Returns Load Up on Risk
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U.S. Poverty and Income Inequality in 9 Charts
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Productivity growth in America may not be dead after all
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U.S. Household Incomes Surged 5.2% in 2015, Biggest Increase In Over 50 Years Takeaways From the 5.2% Gain in U.S. Median Household Income America’s Inequality Problem: Real Income Gains Are Brief And Hard To Find
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Alarm Sounded on Latest Evidence of Weakening Loan Protections
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Are Americans Better Off Under Barack Obama?
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Gender Wage Gap Narrows to Smallest on Record
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More Employees Getting Full-Time Work Thanks To Obamacare Workers Now Paying More for Health Care
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Greenspan Worries the Crazies Will Undermine the System
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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:

Mortgagor Claims: If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
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Americans are flipping homes like they haven't done since before the housing crash
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Rescue Law to Face First Court Test From Creditors
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New tax on Chicago residents will fund pension shortfall
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Jury Finds Miami Defrauded Bond Investors
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Retailing:

Moody's: Sears' and Kmart's shutdown is imminent Moody's Slams Sears , Says Battered Kmart May No Longer Be Viable
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Is it closing time?
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Golfsmith files for bankruptcy as sport's popularity fades What Golfsmith filing for bankruptcy means for the future of its stores Golfsmith files for bankruptcy protection, to sell retail chain Austin's Golfsmith owes more than $100M, files Chapter 11 bankruptcy First Day Dec
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Golfsmith bankruptcy brings fresh woes to Under Armour and Nike Over last 12 months, Nike has at least $67.5M in aggregate unsecured claims with respect to 6 ch. 11 cases
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Claire’s Says Debt-Swap Tally Delays Filing of Quarterly Report
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Golf:

Bankruptcy Court orders sale of Westport Golf Course
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Golfsmith Files for Bankruptcy , Announces Plans to Sell Golf Town
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Callaway Golf Says It's Carefully Managing Exposure to Golfsmith and Golf Town
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Oil/Gas:

As global investment in new oil projects plummets, crude’s share of the energy mix grows Investment in oil, gas fields set for longest pullback in decades, says IEA Oil Investment Slumps to 60 Year Low
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Oil drops below $45 on fears of growing U.S. stockpile
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What $1.8 Trillion Doesn't Buy in Energy
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Crude awakening: At least 58 U.S. oil companies have gone bankrupt this year — has the well run dry?
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IEA Thinks Oil Industry Could Cut Capex 3 Years In A Row
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PDVSA Seeks to Buy Time for Oil Rally With $7 Billion Debt Swap
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Crude stockpiles slip as demand, consumption jump
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The Worst Oil Crisis Ever? IEA Sees Unprecedented Decline In Investment
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The oil industry has a lot of problems
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Saudi Arabia might try to play hardball
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What About Cheniere Energy Going Bust?
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One of Russia's biggest economic problems is summed up in this chart
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When Oil Turns Up, It May Upend Markets
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Hollywood:

Relativity Stumbles With ‘Disappointments Room,’ Needs a Hit to Lure Investors
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Student Debt:

Soaring Student Debt Prompts Calls for Relief
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Student Loan Defaults within 3 Years of Leaving School, By Loan Balance
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Student loan forgiveness can come with a tax bomb
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Food/Beverage:

Southern Seasons Bankruptcy Surplus Assets To Be Sold At Auction
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Gambling:

Caesars directors must 'pony up' details of wealth -judge Caesars Judge Tells Apollo, TPG Leaders to Release Wealth Data
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Caesars Bankruptcy Ignites Battle Over Company
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Coal:

Peabody Energy Bucks The Trend, Or Hopes To
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Healthcare:

SynCardia bankruptcy sale heads for final OK
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WakeMed fined for HIPAA violations in patient debt filings
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Why Drug Prices are So High in America
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Aerospace:

Aerospace-Parts Supplier Fansteel Files for Bankruptcy
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Autos:

Tesla could get steamrolled by the next big thing in transportation
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Fraud:

Wells Fargo CEO: Don't Blame Me for the Crime
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Beware The Self-Described ‘Stock Trading Whiz Kid’ With A ‘Skyscraping IQ’ And A Newsletter
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Mass Torts:

Napoli Shkolnik mesh cases originated at controversial mass torts marketing firm – ex firm employee
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 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 (37 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (24 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

“12% Increase in Non-Business Bankruptcy Filings”
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Is the "Golden Share" Losing its Luster? Delaware Bankruptcy Court Denies Dismissal of Chapter 11 Petitions Not Authorized By Lender Holding "Golden Share"
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Sales:

2nd Circ. Won't Rethink GM Bankruptcy Shield Ruling
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Bankruptcy Court Denies Aeropostale's Motions for Equitable Subordination and to Limit Credit Bidding
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Proofs of Claim:

Fourth Circuit Weighs in on Time-Barred Proof of Claim Debate
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Discharge:

Split Grows on Dischargeability of Tax Liability on Late-Filed Returns
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Standing:

Creditor Holding Nondischargeable Debts Lacks Standing for Discharge Objection
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Subordination:

Ninth Circuit Affirms Mandatory Subordination of Investor’s Securities Claim in Individual Debtor’s Reorganization Case
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Shipping:

Hanjin bankruptcy: How low interest rates are brewing a shipping crisis worse than the 1980s
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Mega-Ships May Be Too Big Not to Fail
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Hanjin Still Short of Funds to Offload Cargo
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Maersk picks up customers after Hanjin goes under
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The strange story of a seized Hanjin ship and its lonely crew
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Hanjin Shipping's Rehabilitation Plan Postponed by South Korean Court
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Hanjin Creditors Seek to Keep Ships Anchored in US Waters
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Three Hanjin charter ships sold as cargo freeze likened to Lehman failure
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Cargo containers from bankrupt Hanjin create expensive problem at Port of Oakland
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The Collapse of a Major Shipping Firm is Causing a Trailer Shortage in California
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Singapore Shipping Trust Seeks Restructuring on Debt Woes Rickmers Maritime seeks restructuring of $345m in debt as industry woes mount
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Lehman:

On this day 8 years ago, Lehman Brothers collapsed: Have we learned anything?
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Taxis:

Judge Fears Injured Atty Overshadows Cab Co. Bankruptcy
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Management:

Executives in Bankruptcy Court Can Affect Share Price
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Terry resident pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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UK:

Suppliers will bear the brunt of any Bernard Matthews pre-pack deal, warns insolvency expert
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How Arsenal legend Ian Wright lost EIGHT houses in financial meltdown and has been told to go bankrupt
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Legal 500 2016: Insolvency and corporate recovery
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Here’s why the Bank of England will sit on its hands today
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Reality Bites for British Retailers
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EU:

EU to Push Ahead With Harmonizing National Insolvency Laws
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PIIGS:

Greece to stand up to ‘extreme player’ IMF over labour reform demand
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Canada:

Bankruptcies on the rise in Nova Scotia due to debt and job losses
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Hamilton joins call for public inquiry for U.S. Steel Canada bankruptcy process
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Tervita in Restructuring Deal to Cut Debt by $1.5 Billion
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MENA:

FNC members want debate on proposed bankruptcy law
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India:

‘Draft law on Ponzi schemes addresses all the main issues’
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Australia:

Mortgage insurance providers forcing homeowners into bankruptcy
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Clive Palmer Federal Court hearing turns to ' insolvent trading' letter
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Palmer alleges 'corruption at its highest level', denies insolvent trading
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BBY used psychic to make budget forecasts
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Asia:

Experts weigh in on Asia-Pac restructuring and insolvency rise
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