Law:
Jones Day Files For Sanctions In Ongoing Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
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Some Associates At This Firm Will Get An Extra $40,000 On Top Of The Standard Bonus Scale
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Law Firms Urged to Be Cautious Despite Robust 2020 Forecast
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Adds Bankruptcy Counsel In Miami
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Four Law School Students Allege Pregnancy Discrimination
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Report predicts law firm revenue growth and consolidation in 2020
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Examining the Disconnect Between In-House Leaders and Legal Teams
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Author of 'Big Law Killed My Husband' Calls for 'Individual' Improvement
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White & Case Deployed 400-Lawyer Army for Saudi Aramco IPO
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LA Associate, Linklaters Crypto Expert Move Forward With 'Mommy Track' Suit Against MoFo
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Should Law Firm Owners Speak Their Truth?
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A Lawyer and Technologist Walk Into a Northwestern Lecture Hall
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Jones Day Sues Client for $5 Million in Unpaid Bills
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To Fatten That Book of Business, Tap Into Your Imperfections
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Lawyer Well-Being at Work: It's a Two-Way Street
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Law school student interrogated by FBI, expelled over 'It's Okay to be White' flyers
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Attorneys Are Fun People To Be Around
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Headhunter Litigation Puts Spotlight on Secretive Industry Focused on Partner Moves
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Lawyer Faces Disbarment After Failed SCOTUS Bid in 'Hollywood South' Case
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Lawyer’s Heart Attack One Day Before Raise Doesn’t Cut Benefits
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Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen asks for reduced criminal sentence, blasts ‘Barr-led’ DOJ • Michael Cohen, Broken and Humiliated, Asks for Leniency From Prison
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House Democrats Urge SCOTUS to Deny Stay of Deutsche Bank Subpoenas on Trump Records
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DOJ inspector general: No one who touched FISA process should feel "vindicated" • We Just Got a Rare Look at National Security Surveillance. It Was Ugly •FBI Botched the Trump Investigation
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Senate Republicans defend FBI director after Trump lashes out
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Appeals court to rehear arguments in Trump hotel lawsuit
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For Second Time This Week, Judge Blocks Trump's Use of Military Funds to Build Border Wall
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ICE arrests plummet amid sanctuary cities, border diversion • ICE deported thousands of family members, minors as overall arrests dropped • House passes bill to establish path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers
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Lawyer who told BigLaw attorneys to ‘eat a bowl of d----' faces possible sanctions • And What Will You Eat In Settlement Negotiations?
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Why It Is Difficult To Achieve Civility In The Legal Profession
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America’s weak gun laws enable shootings by terrorists and extremists
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Global #MeToo movement has resulted in 6 convictions, 5 charges of influential figures • Harvey Weinstein accusers reach tentative $25 million settlement • Insurers Paying $25M to Settle Harvey Weinstein Sex Abuse Claims • Weinstein reaches $47-million settlement with accusers and creditors • Attorneys for alleged Weinstein victim reject tentative settlement • Judge raises Harvey Weinstein's bail after court hearing • Harvey Weinstein bail increased over ankle bracelet issues • Weinstein settlement deal with accusers prompts mixed reactions • Harvey Weinstein Proposed $25M Settlement “Appalling,” Says Lawyer; Producer Could Get Millions Intended For Victims • Time’s Up Criticizes ‘Flawed’ Weinstein Settlement
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Trump’s executive order on campus anti-Semitism, explained
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Pentagon halts operational training for Saudi military students after Pensacola shooting
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Suspects in Horrific Jersey City Shooting Have Been Identified • One of the Jersey City Shooting Suspects Made Anti-Semitic, Anti-Police Posts: Report • Were Prime Suspects in Other Homicide • Jersey City shooting: Video shows moment suspects open fire on kosher market • Jersey City kosher market shooting rattles tight-knit Orthodox community • Police sent to protect Jewish neighborhoods in New Jersey after deadly gun battle in kosher market
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Man charged with capital murder after confessing to strangling his grandmother and great-grandmother
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Sandy Hook lawsuit against gunmaker set to go to trial in 2021
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Swastika, Confederate flags on display near Iowa elementary school 'sickens' school officials
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Krispy Kreme Owners Donate $5M to Holocaust Survivors Over Nazi Past
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Former bank robber is sworn in as lawyer - by the same judge who sent him to prison
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Judges:
Temporary Assignment of Bankruptcy Judges to the Middle and Eastern Districts of Louisiana
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Chief Judge John W. Kolwe temporarily assigned to the Eastern District of Louisiana
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Judge faces salacious allegations of courthouse sex, a threesome request and courthouse drinking
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Judge Throws The Book At Defendant, Defendant Throws Water Pitcher At Judge
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Conservatives Arguing For Supreme Court Term Limits — Watch Democrats Somehow Screw This Up
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Trump Fills 50th Appeals Court Seat With ‘Unqualified’ Pick
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The Supreme Court majority should resist the temptation to expand the Second Amendment
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Wall Street:
US stock futures point to a slightly higher open ahead of Trump meeting with top trade advisors
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Global shares mixed as Fed leaves rates unchanged
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Stocks record small gains following Fed announcement
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As economy booms, Wall Street bonuses shrink
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Layoffs:
NIO lays off 141 employees
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Retailing:
The rise and fall of Sears is the perfect symbol of retail's challenges over the last decade
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Video of Sears shoplifters running off with armloads of clothes goes viral
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It’s the last Christmas for some Forever 21 stores. Here’s why the retailer went bankrupt • Why Forever 21 failed abroad
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Can Bergdorf Goodman Win the Barneys Race?
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At Home Group: Lit Fuse On A Financial Time Bomb
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Will Retailer Bankruptcies Have a Negative Impact on Warehouse Sector?
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GameStop's year gets bleaker as comps plunge 23%
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Aviation:
The FAA said the Boeing 737 Max had a high risk of crashing, but let the plane continue flying anyway • FAA Administrator Dickson pressed on agency's prediction of 737 Max crashes • The FAA Knew • FAA analysis predicted many more Boeing Max crashes without a fix
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FAA won’t rule out fining Boeing over 737 Max safety disclosures
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Boeing's Timeline on 737 Max Return Foiled Again
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Southwest reaches deal with Boeing over 737 Max
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Autos:
Reagor Dykes bankruptcy continues, U.S. Trustee asks to convert case
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Economy:
FOMC Projections and Press Conference • Fed Decision: Interest rates left unchanged, indicates no changes through 2020 • FOMC Statement: No Change to Policy • Fed Chair Powell says he would want to see persistent rise in inflation before hiking rates again • Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
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Fed in focus as worries mount over a year-end repo market flare-up
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Cleveland Fed: Key Measures Show Inflation Above 2% YoY in November, Core PCE below 2% • BLS: CPI increased 0.3% in November, Core CPI increased 0.2%
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Gundlach Lowers Recession Risk Odds, Warns on Credit Market
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‘Hold the epitaphs’—why this aging economic cycle may have another year left
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Trump sending Jared Kushner to Mexico in final stage of USMCA trade talks • Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner takes a bigger role in China trade talks • China: envoys in 'close communication' ahead of US deadline • High-stakes White House meeting is expected Thursday to debate US-China tariffs • US-China Tariffs: Billions Lost in Consumption
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NAFTA 2.0 is Almost the Same as NAFTA
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How robots are transforming Amazon warehouse jobs — for better and worse
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As Gig Economy Grows, Workers are Fed Up
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2 million federal workers are poised to get paid parental leave for the first time ever
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Disney Sued for Failing to Pay Living Wage: Employees 'Live in Cars'
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Trump's border barrier a possible obstacle as Congress faces government shutdown deadline
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Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax would raise $1 trillion less than she estimates, Wharton study shows
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Jeff Bezos named businessperson of the decade by global finance chiefs
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:
This new trend in house selling could cast a cloud over America’s property market
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The 22 American cities with the most million-dollar homes
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13 mind-blowing facts that show just how expensive San Francisco really is
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Cash-Out Refinances Increase in 3Q 2019
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The 13 US states where it's easiest to refinance and save money on your mortgage
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Municipalities:
Judge signals litigation over Puerto Rico bonds can proceed
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Five Years After Detroit’s Bankruptcy, Kevyn Orr Stands By Decisions
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Detroit tops list of hard-to-count cities ahead of census • The U.S. communities in danger of being overlooked in the 2020 census
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Oil/Gas:
Chevron is writing down as much as $11 billion worth of assets, and it could cost the entire market • Chevron charge points to billions more in U.S. gas writedowns - analysts
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Private Equity Investment in Oil and Gas through DrillCo Transactions
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Natural Gas Boom Fizzles as a U.S. Glut Sinks Profits
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Politics:
The other report blowing up D.C. • The Real Reason Behind Bill Barr’s ‘Crackpot’ Theory On The Inspector General Report • Inspector General Horowitz ‘Surprised’ by John Durham’s Statement on FISA Report • Key takeaways from the Michael Horowitz hearing • DOJ's Watchdog on Barr: 'He's Free to Have His Opinion. We Have Our Finding'
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Louie Gohmert Publicly Identifies the Whistleblower
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USA Today Editorial Board: Impeach
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DOJ Inspector General Investigating Giuliani and FBI Over 2016 Election Interference
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On campaign trail, Biden facing repeated questions about his son's overseas business dealings
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How Elizabeth Warren should deal with charges of hypocrisy
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Voters Narrowly Agree That Congress Is Responsible for Holding Trump Accountable
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Bloomberg calls for ‘war on poverty’ on 1st California trip • Mike Bloomberg gives $10 million to help endangered House Democrats
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IA: Trump Leads Democrats in Early Polling
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Trump video shows him as 'Avengers' villain Thanos, who commits genocide
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Trump went on a Twitter tear and posted more than 60 times in 3 hours to rage about impeachment and the FBI • Joe Manchin says he's torn on voting to convict Trump in Senate trial • Watergate prosecutors: Trump should be impeached • Bill Clinton weighs in on Trump impeachment: Congress 'doing their job' • Whistleblower's team preparing for possibility of Senate testimony • Trump, allies aim to delegitimize impeachment from the start
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Wallace Hits Trump for Assaults on the Media
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A day of history accentuates America's divide and the distortions of truth in the Trump era
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Trump’s speech in Hershey revealed a presidency off the rails
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Republican blocks election-meddling bill
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Vexed Voters: 8 In 10 Americans Say Politics Are Biggest Source Of Stress In Life
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Trump: Macron is a Pain in the Ass
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Personal Finance:
11 habits that can make you lose respect at work
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Utilities:
PG&E Judge Skeptical as Bondholders Demand Higher Interest Rate
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PG&E settlement likely end to bondholder plan and zero stock price, Citi says
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FEMA seeking billions in PG&E settlement with wildfire victims
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PG&E diverted millions from putting lines underground, audit finds
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Pimco, Elliott Group Press Newsom to Reject PG&E’s Restructuring Plan
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90% of Bay Area residents want to end PG&E's existing operations, poll finds
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PG&E Using Huge Heli-Saws To Trim Trees From Power Lines In Wildfire Country
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Lower Interest Rate Could Save PG&E $500M in Bankruptcy
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Autos:
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Healthcare:
Republican satisfaction with health care costs surges under Trump
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More Americans are dying at home than in hospitals
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Climate:
The Climate Crisis Is Now So Bad That Even the Arctic Is Emitting Pollution • The Arctic may have crossed key threshold, emitting billions of tons of carbon into the air, in a long-dreaded climate feedback
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Newspapers:
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
BK ED LA: Update Filing Statistics
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Absolute Priority:
Corporate Restructuring under Relative and Absolute Priority Default Rules: A Comparative Assessment
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Arbitration:
Arbitration Award in Favor of Subsidiary Precludes Subsequent Litigation Against Parent
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UCC:
UCC Requirements for Describing Collateral in Financing Statements – REDUX
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Corporate Governance:
Corporate Governance and Corporate Agility
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CDS:
Thomas Cook CDS: When Does a Corporate Debt Reorganization Amount to a Bankruptcy Credit Event?
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Fraud:
The Securities and Exchange Commission wants bad guys to know: ‘We’re watching’
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Treasury staffer resigns after mother's guilty plea in college admissions scandal
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High Court Seeks U.S. Input on $3 Billion Bid by Madoff Trustee
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Baldwin, Wis., coin broker sentenced for Ponzi scheme targeting elderly
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Student Debt:
New Docs Show Betsy DeVos Completely Ignored Recommendations from DOE Officials
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Revised loan forgiveness program to exclude students of now-defunct for-profit schools
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Religion:
The Vatican is using donations for the poor to fight its budget deficit, report says •Only a tenth of Vatican donations directed to charity
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Private Equity:
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Trucking:
Celadon Bankruptcy Strands Truckers, Leaves Thousands Jobless
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FreightWaves job board rapidly gains steam in wake of Celadon bankruptcy
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Celadon bankruptcy biggest of nearly 800 truck company failures this year
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Travel:
The debate over reclining plane seats never seems to end. Blame airlines.
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Pharma:
Home Depot ties opioid crisis to recent surge in store theft
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Celebs:
Former Geordie Shore and Celebrity Big Brother winner Scotty T has been declared bankrupt
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What Gigi and Bella Hadid Think of Dad Mohamed Hadid’s $100 Million Bankruptcy Nightmare
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Asset Protection:
Protection from tax liens: The crucial importance of timing when protecting assets from creditors
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Building Materials:
New York Granite files for bankruptcy on heels of founder’s liquidation
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Food/Beverage:
Dean Foods’ Sleepless, Angry Shareholders Turn to Court for Help
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Save-A-Lot hires consulting firm to help it prepare for sale
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UK:
What impact does the General Election have on the proposed return of Crown preference?
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Leaders scramble for final votes as UK’s ugly election ends • Boris Johnson 'hides in a fridge' to avoid Piers Morgan interview • General Election 2019 latest news: Latest poll shows Labour up two points
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UK voters head to the polls as Brexit’s destiny hangs in the balance
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Whoever Wins in Britain's Election, Big Government Spending Is Back
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Thomas Cook Brand Poised for Relaunch Next Year by Chinese Owner
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EU:
Christine Lagarde faces her first real test at ECB debut meeting
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Canada:
Strategic Group puts 50 Calgary properties, with $650M in mortgages, under creditor protection
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Court sides with bank staffer who says he was denied promotion because he’s not gay
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In Canada, relief at a North American trade deal, but concerns for the dairy and aluminum industries
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MENA:
How Lebanese Default Would Play Out
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Israel heads for third elections with Netanyahu weakened by indictments
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India:
UK High Court reserves judgment in Vijay Mallya's bankruptcy case till early 2020
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Cabinet clears amendments to insolvency law
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10 Things To Know About Latest Amendments To Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
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How the Union Cabinet’s move to strengthen IBC is a game changer
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Argentina:
Argentina's largest province says can't afford to pay debts • Argentina Local-Law Bondholders Brace for Painful Restructuring
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