March 21, 2017

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Law:

More Biglaw Firms Join The Future Of Law Practice By Offering Telecommuting Programs Home comforts - will more flexible working options make for more productive lawyers?
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What Clients Refuse To Pay For
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4 Tips for Not Getting Sued When Changing Jobs
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The Election To Partnership (Or, The Demise Of Hard Choices)
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Dewey Execs Urge Dismissal as Finance Director Ends Testimony Dewey Execs Say State's Secrecy Warrants Dismissal
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Why Would an HBCU Partner With A For-Profit Law School?
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Cincinnati Law School Dean Under Fire From Faculty: Ouster, Vote Of No Confidence Discussed As Provost Unveils 6-Month Plan To 'Restore Mutual Trust And Respect' And Dean Lawyers Up
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MoFo's Financials Took a Dip in 2016
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From Full-Time Mom To General Counsel
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A Wachtell Lipton Partner Joining The Trump Administration
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2 Quick Ways To Get Your Law School Acceptances Revoked
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Arbitrator rules against former executive director of State Bar of California
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Why more law firms are moving to the cloud
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The mystery of Tom Brady's stolen Super Bowl jersey has finally been solved NFL insider Jay Glazer reveals incredible details of FBI's effort to catch international thief behind Tom Brady's missing $500,000 Super Bowl jersey
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How to relieve back pain if you're sitting all day at work
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Sheriff's $150K loan to bankrupt dealership came from inmate food account
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Sheriff Joe says trial date conflicts with his lawyer's son's bar mitzvah
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NY AG Hires Bharara to Take on Trump
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Army veteran asks senators, appeals board for help to stop his deportation
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Family court judge rules Obergefell applies retroactively, and women had a common-law marriage
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Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants lacks guidelines for businesses that hire them
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Arrest warrant issued for litigation funders in $180 million case v. Cigna
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Judges:

Rubio, Coons sponsor bill to create more bankruptcy judges
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Partisan sparks fly at Day 1 of Gorsuch hearing Garland Looms Large on First Day of Gorsuch Hearings How Dare You Question Our Precious Nominee? Gorsuch High Court Hearing Starts With Preview of Party Split Live blog of confirmation hearings, Day 1: Gorsuch says judges aren’t politicians in robes Defeating A Supreme Court Nominee The ‘Frozen Truck Driver’ Case Democratic Senators Are Hanging On Neil Gorsuch Gorsuch and Partisanship on the U.S. Supreme Court Does Judge Gorsuch Have Backwards Thoughts On Working Women And Pregnancy? Gorsuch’s Goal in High Court Confirmation Hearing: Don’t Mess Up
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Lower-Court Judicial Nominations By The Trump Administration
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Why the Supreme Court's Approval Rating Is Sliding
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Wall Street:

US stock futures edge up, as Nasdaq tries for another record
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Stocks close mixed in choppy session after deluge of Fed speakers
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A popular stock-market ‘black swan’ gauge is at a record
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Layoffs:

Workers laid off by Oakland solar firm say their last paychecks are bouncing
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Politics:

Most young Americans see Trump as illegitimate president Comey drops bombshell: FBI is investigating potential ties between Trump and Russia The FBI's investigation into Trump and Russia coincided with game-changing, Russia-related events on the campaign trail FBI confirms probe into possible Trump team ties to Russia Fact Check: "The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process." The Comey Hearing Was a Bipartisan Failure of Oversight FBI director shoots down Trump's explosive wiretap claims Comey's Five Hour Congressional Grilling Cagey Comey's Silence Could Speak Volumes How to Read What Comey Said Trump not prepared to withdraw accusations of wiretapping even after rebuke from FBI and NSA directors Donald Trump's net worth plummets $1 billion in latest Forbes billionaires list Trump's Brand of Fascism Will Fail Trump Voters Stand by Their Man Fox Suspends Judge Napolitano
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Ivanka Trump moves into West Wing office, acknowledges ‘no modern precedent’ for her role
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Taxis:

Uber In Crisis
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Fraud:

Heads of Bankrupt China Medical Indicted on Fraud
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Things Looking Even Worse For Prenda's Paul Hansmeier: Bankruptcy Fraud On Deck
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Retailing:

Bidders emerge who want to keep Gordmans open Texas-based Stage Stores says it might bid for Gordmans stores Former CEO Jeff Gordman, Texas-based Stage Stores might bid for Gordmans stores Jeff Gordman interested in bidding for bankrupt retailer with family's name
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Fashion brands are dying off as consumer habits change
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Retail disrupted.
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Golf:

Inside The Bankruptcy of The Puerto Rican Golf Course Trump Managed
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Nuclear:

Trump budget sends mixed signals to nuclear industry
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Mass Torts:

State AGs Probe Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts To Recover Medicare Payments
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Autos:

Used Car Prices Crash most Since 2008
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Economy:

Fed on track to raise US rates twice more this year: Evans Bond Traders Finally Start Giving the Fed Some Respect Kashkari Emerges as Opposing Voice as Fed Voters Show Optimism Nicklaus: Fed rate increases move from a crawl to a walk The shark swimming underneath us? That's the end of artificially low interest rates
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Chicago Fed "Economic Growth Increased in February"
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How Close Is the U.S. to Full Employment? Trump and Yellen Disagree
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An inside look at why one Fed president voted not to raise interest rates
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U.S. Industrial Production Since 1967
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The Fed Is Stuck in the Past With Its Forecasts of the Future 
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Here’s where the next financial crisis is lurking
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The first shot in a global trade war China prepares to counter any US trade penalties: sources Trump's Reckless Threat to World Trade
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The G20 is letting the US play out its protectionist trade strategy
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Billionaire Gates meets with Trump to talk foreign aid
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'Trumpcare' could crush Wall Street's biggest hope
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Trump's travel ban will not help tourism: WTTC CEO
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Mohamed El-Erian: Exuberance can take the economy only so far
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What Defines the Middle Class?
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Filing Taxes Could be Free and Simple .... but
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Baltimore Passes $15 Minimum Wage Bill
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America was the only country where the number of billionaires grew last year
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Hotels: Hotel Occupancy Solid in early March
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Trump drops 208 spots on Forbes list of billionaires
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Border Tax Battle Escalates With Ads Targeting 13 GOP Lawmakers
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This program has fed 40 million kids in the world’s poorest places. Trump wants to get rid of it
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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:

Credit agency lowers rating on Tampa mortgage firm amid bankruptcy speculation
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Looking for a tiny home? More than 20 are being sold in Alabama bankruptcy auction
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What drives people to arson? Falling house prices
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Ben Carson promises to take care of housing’s most vulnerable
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Housing: Upside and Downside Risks
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Municipalities:

Jones Day law firm slams Duggan as 'political hack' in explosive letter
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New Wave of Puerto Rico Bond Troubles Hits Mutual Funds
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Puerto Rico's defaulted debt at record low as recovery rate, legal battle weigh
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Puerto Rico debt falls on low recovery rate, rising creditor legal battle
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Puerto Rico governor aims to pare cuts at public university
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Moody's lauds Detroit's move to set aside cash for pensions Moody's: Detroit is 'credit positive' on pension plan
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Gary Schools Could Get Emergency Manager
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Oil/Gas:

Ailing Energy Industry Still Pumping Bankruptcy Fees Into Big Law
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Oil slides as US production shows no signs of slowing down Oil falls as investors cut bullish bets on worries over US output The Price of Oil Is Crashing Despite the Trump Bump Oil ends lower as rising US rig count, G-20 statement unnerves Prices fall on fears of U.S. drillers counteracting OPEC cuts
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Oil Markets to Keep Falling Oil Has Room To Fall As Speculators Bail On Bullish Bets
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Stung by Smaller Bonuses, Energy Traders Hang Hopes on Trump
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Drilling permits suggest industry is recovering
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IEA: Leave $1.3 Trillion of Oil & Gas Stranded
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Oil on troubled waters – how to manage an unexpected blowout through the use of new restructuring options
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OPEC leans toward oil cut extension, but non-members need to be in: sources
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Rival Drilling Tycoons Place Bets on Offshore Oil-Rig Recovery
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Ultra Petroleum Exits Bankruptcy ; Issues Outlook
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Seadrill: Is Pacific Drilling's Restructuring Proposal A Good Example?
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Fallout from Ezra bankruptcy likely to be contained: Analysts
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A Small, But Nice Victory For Seadrill
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Ezra's Bankruptcy Move Adds To Singapore's Sorry Offshore Marine Story Emas Offshore Braces for Ezra’s Bankruptcy Ezra calls for trading suspension in S'pore Emas Offshore warns against 'going concern issue' after Ezra's Chapter 11 filing
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Saudi Arabia’s oil supremacy falters
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In new boom, oil companies say they're not likely to go back to old ways
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Corporate Reform:

Trump Promised Return of Glass-Steagall
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DOJ files brief in opposition to CFPB’s leadership structure
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Bankers, House Republicans Have Competing Visions for CFPB
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Trump’s executive order on Dodd-Frank
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Nuclear:

Toshiba's Westinghouse seeks U.S. bankruptcy financing - sources

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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 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 (11 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Mediation:

Mediation: A Solution for Resolving Interpersonal Conflict
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Preparing for a Successful Mediation: It's Elementary!
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Bankruptcy Fees:

'King of Debt' Trump Seeks to Increase Bankruptcy Filing Fees
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Avoidance Actions:

4th Cir. Rejects Bankruptcy Trustee’s Effort to Hold Bank Liable for Fraudulent Transfers
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Ninth Circuit Holds Bank Liable for Preference, Applying Hypothetical Liquidation Analysis
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The Avoidance of Pre- Bankruptcy Transactions: A Comparative and Economic Approach
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Cross-Border:

Swelling the insolvent estate – how do practitioners replenish a fraudulently depleted estate?
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Forum Shopping
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Enterprise groups in insolvency
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Rescue Capital – The Value of New Money to a Distressed Situation
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The good, the bad and the ugly: national and regional law reforms
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The influence of culture on cross-border insolvency and restructuring
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Client retainer not sufficient for Chapter 15 jurisdiction, says California court (audio of hearing)
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Arbitration:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Refuses to Enforce an Employee Arbitration Agreement with a Class Action Waiver Despite Its Opt-out Provision
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Plan Confirmation:

Establishing Till-compliant Interest Rates in Chapter 11 without an Expert
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Jurisdiction:

Miller Act Venue Requirements Eclipse Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction
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Shipping:

How Shippers Can Protect Themselves Against Another Carrier Bankruptcy
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Healthcare:

Death Watch: Oklahoma's Rural Hospitals
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Conservative House Republicans say they have enough votes to stop health care bill
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$350,000 for Retirement Healthcare Costs
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GOP Makes Big Changes to ACA Repeal The Republican reckoning on health care How Trump Can Fix Health Care
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UK:

Monti: A good Article 50 deal for the UK would mean 'organized suicide' for the EU What the Biggest Banks Are Planning as May Sets Brexit Timing
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What the first Jersey insolvency case of its kind in 40 years means for the "back door" to English administration
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Co-Op Bank Senior Creditors Jumping Ship as Maturity Nears
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The trouble brewing in Scotland for Brexit-bothered Theresa May
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EU:

Compromising Europe? The movement away from formal insolvency towards restructurings and reorganizations
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PIIGS:

Greece and creditors to intensify talks over next bailout payment Dijsselbloem: Progress Made With Greece and Creditors Greek FinMin to remain in Brussels to pursue a deal with lenders Greece creditors continue loans talks in Brussels
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Denmark Was Like Greece, Now It’s Really Happy
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MENA:

Struggling businesses push for bankruptcy law in Egypt
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New UAE Pledge Law Takes Effect
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New Zealand:

Legal update on insolvency law - March 2017
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Singapore:

Proposed Chapter 11-like code in Singapore would be welcomed by debtors

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China:

China Sits on Financial House of Cards, OECD Finds China must urgently tackle soaring corporate debts, says OECD
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