May 31, 2017

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Can ‘Value’ Pricing Replace the Billable Hour?
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The Legal Profession's 'Last Mile Problem'
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Enter the era of Freelance Lawyer 2.0
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The Business Of Law Is NOT Changing As Much As Pundits Claim
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88% Of Law Firms Have 'Chronically Underperforming Lawyers': 'Decreasing Demand For Legal Services Is Endemic In The Profession'
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How this Harvard undergrad wound up in Brooklyn making a bankruptcy startup
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GCs must step up to become mini-CEOs or risk existential failure
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These are the two cities with the most lawyers per 10,000 residents
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As they adjust to sluggish demand for legal services, some of the US' biggest firms are opting for modest growth
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1Ls are in the driver's seat as law schools look to poach talent
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Trump’s personal lawyer denies congressional investigators’ requests about any Russian contacts
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SCOTUS Tightens Jurisdiction Rules - Again
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Turning 50, Greenberg Traurig tops list of the 400 largest US-based firms
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How managed services are building systems for corporate legal work
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Why firms need to look beyond revenue growth and fix underlying productivity and profitability problems
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Millennials rewriting law firm DNA as they move into pole positions
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Trump Scandals Scare Attorneys from Applying to Government Jobs, Report Says
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How to pull off a successful law firm merger
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Not ready for a merger? Law firm networks offer an expansion alternative
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Contract lawyers pushing for better pay
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‘President Trump on line one’: Four questions for defense lawyers
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Why UK Law Firms Are Still Caught Between Lockstep and a Hard Place
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Law Firm Minority Demographics, Firm by Firm
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George Fletcher sues Columbia and his Law School Deans for age discrimination George Fletcher Sues Columbia Law School For Age Discrimination, Says His Course Assignments May No Longer Allow Him To Teach One Semester Per Year For Full Pay
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The Law Schools Where The Most Graduates Got Federal Clerkships
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Another Elite Law School Eyes Accepting The GRE
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Paternity-Leave Stigma at Law Firms Lifting, Ever So Slowly
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To whom are government lawyers loyal?
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Preet Bharara Serves Up Snark For Trump During Law School Commencement Address
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What Makes a Standout Law Firm Website?
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What To Do If A Computer Hacker Breaches Your Trust Account
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Brexit Reshaping the Market for Many Law Firms
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Woman’s bias case still isn’t resolved after 27 years
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On Escaping Biglaw: An Interview With Career Coach Elena Deutsch
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Cleveland police officer fired 2 1/2 years after fatally shooting Tamir Rice
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'Even the good hombres are not safe': Federal judge slams Trump deportations
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Two South Carolina Men Charged After Forcing Alligator To Drink Beer
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Lawyer Finds Love on Reality TV Show 'The Bachelorette'
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Accused Robber Seeks Permission to Juggle for Jury
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Federal Prosecutor Found Dead On Beach
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Judges:

Was Justice Scalia’s Judicial Philosophy Right for the Bankruptcy Code?
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The Next Ginsburg and Scalia?
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After serving four decades, local judge, bankruptcy lawyer calls it a career
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Memorial Service For Judge Votolato
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Former New Jersey chief bankruptcy judge William H. Gindin, who sat on the court from 1985 to 2004, has died
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Courthouse Deputy: “I Need to See Your Monkey”
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Wall Street:

US stock futures steady, set to close month on a high note
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Stocks close lower as S&P and Nasdaq snap 7- day winning streak S&P 500, Nasdaq snap win streak even as tech giants set records
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An artist put a statue of a urinating dog next to 'Fearless Girl' in protest
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Layoffs:

Kellogg Co. to lay off nearly 500 workers
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Marc Andreessen says we're wrong about the robots stealing jobs, just like we've always been
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IL: NEIU announces almost 200 layoffs
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E-commerce group laying off more than 100 in Greater Cincinnati
(DBN)Cisco eliminates 250 San Jose jobs
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Retailing:

Bankruptcies Stemming From Financial Struggles in Sporting Goods Sector
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Bankrupt footwear retailer may close more stores Bankrupt Payless may double its planned store closures
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Pop Up Goes the Retail Scene as Store Vacancies Rise
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Retail Apocalypse - Sears Death Spiral?
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Why Gymboree is staring down bankruptcy — and what it means for the rest of children's apparel
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MC Sports bankruptcy case enters next stage
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Owner of Florida's Bike America chain files for bankruptcy
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25% of Shopping Malls Will Die in 5 Years
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Politics:

Trump: Senate Republicans should use the 'nuclear option' to pass healthcare and tax cuts Dubke resigns as White House communications director Trump promotes anonymously sourced Fox News story days after blasting anonymous sources as 'made up' Trump wants his daily intelligence briefings short and full of 'killer graphics' Speaker of the House of Trump Speaker of the House of Trump How Trump Is Torturing Capitol Hill White House issues statement touting Trump’s ‘magnetic personality’ that ‘exudes positive energy’ Trump Approval Rating: Gallup: 41% Fox: 40% Under Siege, Trump Prepares for War Everyone wants to know what ‘covfefe’ is after Trump tweet Trump’s use of private cellphone raises security concerns Trump Country: True Believers Hold Breath
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Report: Russian Officials Discussed Dirt They Had on Trump Trump's personal attorney is now in the crosshairs of the Senate's Russia probe Kurtz: Jared crisis overblown? If FBI Wants to Talk to Kushner, Lawyer Says He's Ready Cory Booker Breaks Ranks With Dems on Kushner Flynn to turn over business documents in Russia probe: report House Russia investigators contact another former Trump aide Kushner: Worst Care Scenario Comes Into View
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Report Says NY Attorney General's Case Led to Sealed Trump Indictment
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Trump Lawyer to Congress: Pound Sand
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The High Price of Presidential Impeachment 5 Reasons This Still is Not Watergate
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Republicans Still Believe It's 'Makers' Versus 'Takers'
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Debt Collection:

Debt Collection Complaints and Consumer Litigation Filings Drop in April
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Autos:

US Banks Fear Subprime Bubble in $1.2 Trillion Auto Loans Market
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Economy:

Americans grow wary of nation's economic health
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How The Next Bust Is Brewing
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Fed's Brainard: Rate hike likely appropriate soon, but slowing inflation could prompt rethink Despite Weak Inflation, Fed Is Likely to Raise Interest Rates in June
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As Americans take on more debt, some pockets of concern
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US Consumer Confidence Drops For 2nd Month In A Row; What This Means For Millennials In Their 30's
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Personal Consumption Expenditures Increased in April
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Dollar weakens as global mood turns cautious
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'Made in China' could soon be made in the US
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Wilbur Ross says he's 'open to resuming' talks on mega-trade deal with Europe
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Germans wonder why Trump keeps lashing out at them and not Russia or Saudi Arabia Angela Merkel isn't trying to hurt you, Mr. President. Germany is our friend 'Very bad for the US. This will change': Trump fires back at Germany Trump's attacks on Germany show he misunderstands a basic fact about Europe Trump's Right: Germany's Trade Surplus Is Too Big Trump's tweet tirade against Germany could backfire on US Spicer: Trump's Really Close to Merkel
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Here's how money woes weigh on millennial women
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The CFPB Wants Data On Small Business Loans. Bankers Are Outraged
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77% Of Trump’s Giant New Tax Loophole Goes To The Top 1%
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Demographer: We Are Reliving the 1930s
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Senators Slam Trump Cuts for Rural Programs
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Growth in US home prices continues in March, reaching 33-month high
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Bargain Hunters Pounce on Weak Retail Properties
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NY: UES Office Building Sells for $17M Amid Bankruptcy and Legal Battle
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Owners face losing condos in Kissimmee
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In re Sundquist – $45 million in Punis Sounds About Right to Me
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Is American housing policy back to historic crossroads?
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Experts predict home prices will just keep rising
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Municipalities:

How to Navigate Municipal Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Judge Freezes Bond Payments Puerto Rico Judge Halts Payment to Sales-Tax Bondholders
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Puerto Rico: We are our own enemy
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The PROMESA Act: A Bailout Rewarding Poor Administrations In Puerto Rico
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U.S. judge delays a Puerto Rico debt payment subject to competing claims
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Puerto Rico will make $13.9 mln pension bond payment due on Thursday
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Puerto Rico Shutters Scores of Schools Amid Financial Crisis
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Puerto Rico governor pushes statehood as vote looms despite no U.S. support
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Roads & pensions swept up in Puerto Rico’s $123bn bankruptcy
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Muni-Bond Vultures Rethink Risks Lurking in Market's Junk Yard
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New book: Bankruptcy gave Detroit hope
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The most and least productive cities in the U.S.
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Oil/Gas:

Weds.: Oil falls on potential undermining of OPEC-led deal
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Oil prices fall on oversupply worries despite OPEC deal
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This Is What the Demise of Oil Looks Like
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Oil companies are set to struggle rehiring workers they laid off during the crash
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OPEC Oil Deal Sinks Tanker Industry
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Once Costly Deep-Sea Oil Turns Cheap, to OPEC's Dismay
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Big rigs pave way for second shale oil boom
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Here’s the case for shorting oil right now
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Canadian Oil Sands Brace As Oil Majors Dump Shares
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurants suffer as people eat at their desks
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Financial woes hit Pichuberry
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Nuclear:

Westinghouse Paid Ousted CEO Roderick $19 Million Executives Earn Millions Despite Losses at Nuclear Projects
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Westinghouse CEO says company will emerge stronger from bankruptcy
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Three Mile Island power plant may close in face of cheap gas
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Solar:

US Kickstarts Campaign To Slap ‘Safeguard’ Tariffs On Chinese Solar Panels Lawmakers back US solar manufacturer in tariff fight US threatens to raise taxes on solar panel imports to protect its own renewable companies Amid layoffs and bankruptcies, solar renegades turn to Trump to fight ‘China’ High noon: Shadow of solar panels trade war looms over WTO Solar panel imports to the US could be hit with tariffs under Trump plan
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Ethanol:

New ambassador, top ethanol advocate sent in to smooth over Chinese crisis
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Energy Dept. Faces Resistance in Effort to Recover Money From Spain's Abengoa
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Pays Off Her Last Creditors From Her Bankruptcy Case!
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Turnarounds:

Disaster Drought Leaves Turnaround Gurus Scrounging for Jobs
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Fraud:

Kimberly-Clark wants new trial after $454 million fraud verdict
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Education:

Defunct for-profit college settles investors' claims it misled them for years about job placement rates
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Maritime:

Creditors set to offer fresh financing to Daewoo Shipbuilding
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Tidewater and GulfMark file for bankruptcy as Seacor spins off offshore vessel company
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Taxis:

Is Uber Doomed?
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Corporate Reform:

GOP Hates Red Tape, Except for the Poor
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (45 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:

Disappearing bankruptcies could start new wave of homebuying
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Sales:

Picking it up for a song: deal considerations when purchasing a distressed business
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Proofs of Claim:

Supreme Court Holds That Filing of Time-Barred Bankruptcy Claim Does Not Violate FDCPA
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Supreme Court Reverses Eleventh Circuit: Debt Collectors Can File Proofs of Claim On Stale Debt Without Violating FDCPA
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Mediation:

How a Judge Makes Mediation Work: Supporting Mediation with Timely Orders
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Discharge:

FDCPA and Discharge Injunction Not Incompatible
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Litigation:

Litigation cost insurance covers losing plaintiffs’ expenses
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The Business of Litigation Finance Is Booming
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TBTF:

Bankruptcy Scholars Urge Congress Against "Grave Mistake"
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Cross-Border:

Digging Out of Trouble in a Cross-Border Deal?
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Electricity:

Public Utility Commission delays hearing for bid to acquire Oncor
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Radio:

Report: iHeart Creditors Ask Restructuring Adviser Moelis & Co. Be Replaced
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iHeartMedia extends debt renegotiation deadline again
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Travel:

Hold it: The threat of a laptop ban resurfaces US to EU: No Laptop Ban for Now
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‘Unruly’ Passenger Kicked Off Vegas-To-Chicago Flight, Tackled After Running Back On
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Amtrak schedule changes will really suck for your commute
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Clubs:

Struggling Pittsburgh Athletic Association files for bankruptcy
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Healthcare:

Court documents shed light on Theranos board’s response to crisis
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Cancer care company’s Chapter 11 filing involves dozens of South Florida locations
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States Where Single-Payer Health Care Could Work (If It Could Work Anywhere)
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The risk of ignoring CBO's warnings
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Donald Trump’s tweets about the AHCA and Congress are indecipherable gibberish
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North Carolina's largest health insurer puts a price tag on ongoing uncertainty
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Poll: Most Don't Want Obamacare Repealed Iowa Senators: Obamacare Repeal Unlikely
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UK:

Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Update - May 2017
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Insolvency risks rise across the North East
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Insolvency practices to merge
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The Brexit treaty renegotiation checklist
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Wine firm Montevino Partners Ltd collapses with million-pound debts
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Cross-border legal merger create UK's 13th largest law firm
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CVR Global announces merger with DDJ Insolvency
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EU:

Merkel Urges 'Europe to Take Our Fate Into Our Own Hands’
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PIIGS:

Greek FinMin: Creditors Must be Clear on Debt Relief Measures Tsakalotos: Europe has moral obligation to grant Greek debt relief Athens dismisses scenarios of renewed “chicken game” with creditors Greece denies report it could opt out of receiving more bailout money
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Canada:

Was Pemberton Music Festival A Scam? Low dollar hastened Pemberton festival's demise Huka Entertainment downsizes after collapse of Pemberton Music Festival
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‘My situation is bleak’: Ex-NHL enforcer Chris Simon files for bankruptcy
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STELCO: Local 1005 members and retirees eyeball tentative agreement
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Brazil:

Joesley Batista leaves behind debt questions at JBS
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Azerbaijan:

Kazakh government hints at support to IBA’s restructuring plan
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MENA:

DSI holding talks with banks on restructuring
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Set-off under the UAE Insolvency Law
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Australia:

When the sun set on Michael King, the Gold Coast coast monarch
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India:

RBI meets bankers to discuss bad loan resolution
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Venezuela:

Goldman Sachs Faces Venezuela Probe, Protest After Bond Purchase Goldman Buys $2.8 Billion Worth of Venezuelan Bonds, and an Uproar Begins
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Japan:

Toshiba's future imperiled on nuclear woes, dubious ethics Toshiba's outlook darkens as key player wavers on chip bid
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