Law:
Latest Law Firm Combinations Show Method to Merger Madness
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As Firms Centralize Management, Are Equity Partners Employees?
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Madoff-Related Fees Grow to $925M for Baker & Hostetler
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DLA Piper accidentally publishes its own lawyers' salaries
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Hogan Lovells Extends Leaders Terms By Two Years
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Savannah Legal Community Prepares to Evacuate Ahead of Irma
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Strange Days: Trump Lawyers Caught Up in Email, Inmate Dramas
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Ty Cobb’s Hilarious Emails And What They Say About Biglaw • Trump lawyer Ty Cobb, fooled by 'email prankster,' asks for 'drone' in private emails slamming reporter
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Ballard Spahr settles suit over $20 million fees bid
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Jake Heller, Pablo Arredondo and Laura Safdie: Their AI Assistant Is Freeing Up Legal Research
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Technology Competence For Lawyers: How Bar Associations Are Stepping Up
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The AI Surge: Coming Soon to a Legal Department Near You
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How Big Firms Can Foster, Develop Female First-Chair Trial Lawyers
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'Dreamer' Law Students in Turmoil over DACA Uncertainty • Trump tells Dreamers 'you have nothing to worry about' . . . for next 6 months • Ryan: Six months is enough time to find a DACA solution • Bannon breaks with Trump on DACA: Conservatives 'are not happy with this' • Fiscal deal sets up tough DACA choice for Democrats • Here's how a DACA deal between Trump and Democrats could work • How Trump’s DACA decision affects colleges and students • Why Trump's Immigration Gambit Will Likely Backfire • ‘Go home and get in line’: Fact-checking Kris Kobach on DACA • Swap DACA for Wall Funding? No Way! • Trump's next move: Stick it to immigration hardliners • Koch brothers want legislative fix for DACA • Bannon: Catholic position on DACA is about filling the pews
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Trump Jr. tells Senate investigators he always planned to ask lawyers about Hillary Clinton dirt: NYT • Trump Jr. Testimony Had Gaping Holes • FBI chief sees no evidence of White House interference in Russia probe • Trump Jr. denies telling his father about Russia meeting • Mueller wants to interview White House staff about misleading Trump Jr. statement • Mueller is homing in on Trump's involvement in responding to Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting
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The Deal Prosecutors Offer When They Have No Cards Left to Play
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Lack of sleep could contribute to mental health problems, researchers reveal
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Alienation of affection tort doesn’t violate lover’s right to free expression, appeals court rules
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Amazon was tricked by a fake law firm into removing a hot product, costing this seller $200,000
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Fall Legal Entertainment Preview
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Tattooed lawyer stuns thousands of followers with shower selfies and underwear shots
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Trump's DOJ Backs Colorado Baker Who Refused Service to Gay Couple • Baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple is backed by Justice Department in SCOTUS case • Members of Congress back Christian baker in same-sex wedding-cake case before Supreme Court
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A federal appeals court just dealt another blow to Trump's travel ban • 9th Circ says Trump travel ban can't block grandparents
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Las Vegas lawyer pleads guilty to stealing millions from clients
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3 Taco Bell Employees Pull Guns, Kill Robber
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Florida Cops Wants To Use Hurricane To Make Arrests
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Oklahoma lawmaker charged with forcibly kissing an Uber driver
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Wife, of Trump Organization ethics lawyer is arrested for s-- in prison parking lot
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Lawyer rages over firm's coffee
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Judges:
Why did Posner retire? He cites ‘difficulty’ with his colleagues on one issue • The Backstory Behind Judge Richard Posner’s Retirement • Posner says friction on 7th Circuit bench led to his retirement • There’ll Always Be Posner: An Appreciation • The judicial philosophy of Richard Posner
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BK SD GA: Savannah and Brunswick Courts To Close For Hurricane
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BK MD FL Closed Fri. and Mon.
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BK SD FL Closed Thurs. and Fri.
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Ex-Judge Eugene Wedoff Takes on Bankruptcy Appeals Pro Bono
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Trump Nominates 5 Texans to the Federal Bench • Trump nominates 16 judges as Democrats look ahead to Supreme Court fight
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Franken's ignoble rejection of Stras nomination
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Trump nominates White House lawyer, a former Jones Day partner, to DC Circuit
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Menendez Judge Blasts U.S. for ‘Tabloid’ Start to Bribery Case
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Judges Resign Amid News of Secret Recordings
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Wall Street:
Futures point to a lower open on Wall Street as investors await data
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Stocks Close Roughly Flat Following Lackluster Session • Dow finishes lower as Disney and Goldman shares tumble
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Lloyd Blankfein tweets photographic proof that he once had hair
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Layoffs:
Eli Lilly to cut 3,500 jobs
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WARN lawsuit filed against companies allegedly associated with Ruby Tequila's • Laid Off Workers Sue Restaurants, Lawyer Claims "Evil" Corporate Greed
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Angie's List to lay off approximately 230
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Brutal day as Anheuser Busch lays off hundreds
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Politics:
Steve Bannon says Gary Cohn 'absolutely' should have resigned after Charlottesville
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Ryan: Trump was trying to avoid a 'food fight' in cutting deal with Democrats • Meadows: Trump said he cut deal with Dems to focus on tax reform • Trump’s flirtation with Democrats makes Republicans nervous about 2018 • Powerful GOP conservatives push back against Trump's deal with Democrats • Trump did GOP leaders a huge favor by striking debt deal with Democrats • Trump ‘wanted to make sure we had a bipartisan moment • The theories behind Trump's decision to side with Democrats • Debt-ceiling shift signifies a remarkable political evolution for Trump • No regrets: Trump exuberant in Oval Office after deal with Dems
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Trump hits new low in public opinion — but he's still beating Hillary Clinton
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By bashing Bernie Sanders in her new book, Hillary Clinton proves she still doesn't get it
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Freedom Caucus Members Frustrated With GOP Leaders on Agenda • The GOP has a Trump divide
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Another Moderate Republican Calls It Quits
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Personal Finance:
How to answer the job interview question: 'Tell me about yourself'
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Marijuana:
Congress gives medical marijuana users a good reason to be paranoid
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Healthcare:
People in half of Virginia's counties on track to have ZERO Obamacare insurers next year
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Graham's Lonely Quest to Repeal Obamacare
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Fishing:
Two Large Peruvian Fishing Companies Go out for Bid
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Corporate Reform:
What Is the Fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
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Newspapers:
Rogoff faces creditors at bankruptcy hearing, claims $12.7M debt • Creditors question ADN owner Rogoff in person in bankruptcy court
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Energy Storage:
Battery maker that struck deal with Hagerstown files for bankruptcy
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Economy:
The derby to see who is the next Fed chair just got a lot more interesting
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Fed's Mester: Don't wait for inflation to rise before hiking rates
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Fed’s Dudley shows no signs of wavering from support for December interest-rate hike • NY Fed President William Dudley says it is appropriate to 'gradually' curb stimulus
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Lawrence Summers: In praise of Stanley Fischer
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Hurricanes raise uncertainty for U.S. economic growth
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Storm surge: Hurricane Harvey boosts jobless claims by 62,000 to 298,000 • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 298,000
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Don't Look Now, But Productivity Is Finally Rising
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The stunning prevalence of painkiller use among unemployed men
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Did Trump’s Deal with Dems Destroy the Chances for Tax Reform?
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How Hurricane Harvey Will Ripple Through the U.S. Economy
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Unemployment Rate by Educational Attainment Since 1997
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Hunger in U.S. Drops to Lowest in a Decade
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Goldman: Demographics and Inflation
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Why the U.S. Government Can't Be Downsized
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Senate passes bill on storm aid, debt limit and government spending • Mnuchin: 'I'm comfortable' with fiscal deal Trump struck with Dems • Mnuchin Says Trump Didn’t Want a One-Year Budget Deal • Trump's Debt-Limit Deal Much Ado About Nothing • Trump suggested scrapping future debt ceiling votes to congressional leaders • Trump, Schumer agree to pursue plan to permanently ditch the debt ceiling: Report • Trump Says ‘a Lot of Good Reasons’ to Get Rid of Debt Ceiling
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Hurricane Aid Measure Grows to $15 Billion as Irma Bears Down
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Ryan won't commit to releasing tax plan this month • Trump's deal with Democrats another hurdle for tax reform • 'Cheating on the numbers' is the only way to cut corporate tax rate to 15%, says Jack Lew • Ivanka teams with Norquist to boost tax-reform efforts • Trump called the estate tax a ‘tremendous burden’ on family farmers. Here’s the truth • Ryan offers much different tax rate target than Trump • Here are 3 big reasons Republicans are unlikely to achieve major tax reform this year • Meadows Says Trump ‘Myopically Focused’ on Tax Reform
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Starting school later could save the U.S. economy billions
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Millennials say anxiety about money is literally making them sick
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New Data Details How Americans are Spending Their Money
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AAR: Rail Traffic decreased slightly in August
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:
Mortgage rates follow bond yields down to a 10-month low • Fixed mortgage rates keep falling, sinking to yearly lows • Mortgage Rates at 2017 Lows
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Redfin saw signs of real estate slowdown in August
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Framing Lumber Prices Up Year-over-year
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Young people aren’t buying homes because they’d rather travel the world
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Florida was leveled by the housing bust, but now is back on top
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Ocwen fined $1 million for force-placed insurance issues
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Americans agree: Time is right to sell, but not to buy
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Municipalities:
Irma threatens Puerto Rico's hopes to emerge from debt crisis
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After Irma pounds Puerto Rico, investors weigh impact on island's popular muni bonds
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More than 1 million left without power in Puerto Rico; some could stay in the dark for months
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Puerto Rico wasn’t ready for Hurricane Irma. We couldn’t possibly be.
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Puerto Rico's money woes 'dire' after Hurricane Irma, as Jose lurks
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Puerto Rico breathes sigh of relief as spared Irma's worst
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Did Irma's Off-Center Lashing of Puerto Rico Worsen Its Economy?
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Hartford Warns It Will File for Bankruptcy Unless State Provides a Bailout • Hartford Can Only Meet Financial Obligations For 60 Days, Bankruptcy Likely Without State Aid • Hartford warns lawmakers, Gov. Malloy of bankruptcy • Bronin Threat Is Real But Not So Fast With Bankruptcy
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State gives Flint direction, sets limit for emergency manager legal bills
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Oil/Gas:
How American Fracking Ran OPEC's Oil Recovery Off The Rails
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Oil inventories climb 4.6 million barrels after Hurricane Harvey
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Oil steady as Irma heads for Florida, Saudi Arabia cuts supply
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OPEC Fails To Cut Oil Exports Below 2016 Levels
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The North Sea Oil Recovery Is Dead In The Water
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Advisors:
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Fraud:
'Hedge fund of the year' reportedly got duped by radio star's alleged Ponzi scheme
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Prosecutors ask judge to revoke bond of convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli after threats to Clinton • Feds want Martin Shkreli's bail revoked after bizarre Clinton hair threat, comments to Teen Vogue writer
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Student Debt:
Dept. of Ed’s edits of forms call for judicial review in loan forgiveness case, ABA says in filing
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U.S. Department of Education Unveils New Approach to Federal Student Aid Compliance
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Media:
Lawyer who helped Hulk Hogan bankrupt Gawker files lawsuit targeting Jezebel • Jezebel Calls Lawsuit by Hulk Hogan’s Lawyer ‘Obvious Attempt… to Intimidate Journalists’
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Privacy:
Equifax: Hackers may have the personal details of 143 million US customers
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Equifax executives sold stock after data breach, before informing public • Equifax says 3 top execs 'had no knowledge' of a massive security breach when they sold nearly $2 million in shares after the hack was discovered
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Oh, They Stole Your Credit Card Numbers Too
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Equifax's Historic Hack May Have Exposed Almost Half of U.S.
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Music:
Defunct Salem Symphony scrambles to pay promised scholarships, seeks donors
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Retailing:
Bon-Ton Stores Hires Restructuring Adviser to Explore Turnaround
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Toys R Us isn't the only retailer that needs stellar holiday toy sales • Toys R Us Bankruptcy ? 8 Things We Know • S&P pushes Toys R Us deeper into junk
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Amazon’s value will more than triple to $1.6 trillion within 8 years, Wall Street analyst predicts
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Supplements retailer GNC seeks China partner to aid turnaround -sources
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Depressed Valuations Pose Added Challenge to Retail Reorganizations
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Gymboree says court confirmed plan of reorganization
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Maritime:
Zeaborn and Bertram Rickmers step in to rescue insolvent Rickmers Group
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (54 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
Third Circuit Educational Program - Important Bankruptcy Decisions of the Last Twelve Months
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ACB Fall 6th Circuit Weekend
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
August Commercial Chapter 11s Increase 29 Percent over Last Month, Total Filings Up 11 Percent
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August bankruptcies rise 11 percent versus previous month
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Potential Impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on Bankruptcy Filings
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Reopening:
When is it Too Late to Reopen a Bankruptcy for Distributing Newly Discovered Assets — Never?!
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Avoidance Actions:
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Fiduciary Duty:
Fiduciary Duties in Bankruptcy and Insolvency
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Pro Bono:
BK WD TX Assures Pro Bono Business Bankruptcy Attorneys That They Will Not Be "Debt Relief Agencies"
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Proofs of Claim:
Coming Soon: Bankruptcy Proofs of Claim Must be Filed Sooner and by More Claimants
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Corporate Governance:
Exculpatory Provisions Under Delaware Law: Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say
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Recharacterization:
Supreme Court to Address Circuit Split Regarding Debt Re-Characterization Claims
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Weather:
Miami Beach Mayor Says Residents Must Leave: 'This Is A Nuclear Hurricane' • Miami's Financial District Shuts as Irma Approaches • Irma cost could hit $125 billion — or double that, Credit Suisse says • 'No Buildings We Can Guarantee To Keep People Safe' • Death toll rises to 10 as Hurricane Irma barrels through Caribbean, heads for Florida • Why Hurricane Irma could hurt, a lot: Much lies in harm’s way • Irma will be 'devastating' for US: emergency chief • Hurricane Irma has the potential of affecting every major city in Florida • President Trump’s and Richard Branson’s Caribbean homes destroyed by Hurricane Irma • Branson: Irma Devastated His Private Island • Hurricane Irma set to squeeze a lot more than just Florida’s oranges • Florida Accused Of Limiting South Miami Shelters To Wealthy, White Neighborhoods • Deal orders mandatory evacuation of coastal Georgia • Parts of Florida are running out of gas as Hurricane Irma approaches • Traffic nightmare as over half a million people told to leave South Florida • Sorry, You’ve Got Basically No Legal Recourse If You’re Fired For Fleeing Hurricane Irma
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How a former Marine sniper turned entrepreneur is raising millions to help Harvey victims • How Houston’s Growth Created the Perfect Flood Conditions • Houston may have sunk from Harvey rain • First responders sue Arkema over injuries in Houston chemical plant fire after Hurricane Harvey • The Assistance Available for Harvey Victims • Texas Churches Sue FEMA for Funding • FEMA Wants Faster Way to Buy Out Houston • Houston tollway took severe hit from Harvey, buckling pavement
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How Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are affecting health care companies
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Hurricane Harvey is still battering insurance stocks and Irma hasn’t even touched land yet
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Home Depot, Wal-Mart among retailers that could get a boost from hurricanes Harvey, Irma
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Who is responsible for hurricane damage? Suits could be based on climate-change science
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ICE canceled a large planned deportation operation due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
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Hurricane Risk Models Dangerous Out of Date
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Who Pays Cost of Mother Nature's Destructive Fury?
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Food/Beverage:
Gordy's interested parties list stretches to 48 pages
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Kroger Faces Amazon Pressure as Food Inflation Returns
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Bankrupt soup co. that inspired Seinfeld character gets Ch.11 sale OK'd
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Solar:
Trump likely to issue solar tariffs
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UK:
Ex-KWM staff set for payout as group accepts 'maximum recoverable' settlement over layoffs
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Mutual Recognition- It takes two…..
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Bob Diamond Sees Brexit's Impact as More Profound Than Expected
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U.K. Manufacturing Jumps, Construction Falls as Quarter Starts • Britain's construction output just dropped for the 4th consecutive month
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PIIGS:
Banco Popular bondholders file appeal in Spain over rescue •Popular bondholders challenge Spanish bailout fund
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Canada:
100,000 jobless energy workers struggle for a place in the new economy
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China:
China's manufacturers unconvinced by recovery
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Ukraine:
Ukraine picks Rothschild as advisor, hopes for debt swap
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Mexico:
Massive 8.2 earthquake hits Mexico, triggers tsunami warning
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Netherlands:
McGregor clothes chain declared bankrupt for the second time
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India:
Jaypee Infra insolvency : Can homebuyers get relief under RERA? • Homebuyers group seek change in bankruptcy code
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Insolvency cases may hit home financiers
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Insolvency in India: Why Essar Group Is Digging Deep for Funds
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State laws repugnant to IBC are void: SC
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Japan:
Toshiba's Continuing Struggle to Stave off Bankruptcy
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Venezuela:
Marathon's Richards Says Venezuela Poised to Default Next Year
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