Law:
Global Law Firm Expansion Is All About Becoming More Local
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Dentons’ New U.S. Strategy Poses Alternative for Growth
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EY Law Jumps to Top Spot in Global Brand Recognition Index
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The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall
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Freshfields partner resigns after guilty verdict for sex with drunk junior lawyer
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Sozzled lawyer suspended for sexting and groping junior colleague
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Wife claims partner arrested for beating her on his birthday is innocent
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Law School Students Protest Outside Of DLA Piper Over Alleged Sexual Assault • DLA Piper Hit by Law Student Protests Over Arbitration
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Yup, Nonequity Partnership Is Used Disproportionately For Minorities
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California Lawyers to Pay $544 for Year’s License
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Increasing Client Requirements: Securing Law Firms for the 21st Century
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Alleged go-between denies involvement in murder-for-hire plot against law professor
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Lawyer Reflects On Mental Health After Surviving Attempt To Take His Own Life
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Trump says Trey Gowdy can't join legal team until January • Gowdy a Divisive Addition to Team Trump
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Deutsche Bank doesn’t have Trump’s tax returns, court reveals • Deutsche Bank Lying About Trump's Returns?
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A new study just debunked the claim that dialing up mental healthcare will stop firearm deaths
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'Stand your ground' killer sentenced to 20 years in Florida shooting
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Lawyer accused of flying pregnant Marshallese women to US to place children for adoption
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Cheap Biglaw Associate Survives On Rice And Beans, Squirrels Away Six Figures To Retire
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Attorney Involved in Massage Parlor Sale Disqualified from Suit
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NYPD Suicides: Commissioner O’Neill Says Department Is Dealing With A ‘Mental Health Crisis’
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CEOs broke rules at secretive summit to expose billionaire's crude sexual comments
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Shock at NBC Over New Lauer Allegations
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Cat cafe burglarized , and the cats did what cats do: absolutely nothing
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Instant karma! Vandal is smacked in the face by brick after he tries smash car window
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Breastfeeding lawyer charged to express milk at court
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OCI: Firm trainees caught mocking job candidates on train
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Wall Street:
US futures point to higher open as US-China trade talks resume • Dow futures surge 270 points in response to Trump comments on US-China trade
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Stocks finish higher as Trump plans to meet China’s chief trade negotiator
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Layoffs:
Victoria's Secret cuts 15% of staff at headquarters: report
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Hilliard Lyons cuts 86 Louisville jobs
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Politics:
Odds of Trump winning reelection worsen as Warren surges
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The latest Fox News impeachment poll contains remarkably grim news for President Trump • Trump attacks Fox News over poll showing majority favors impeachment • President Rages at Fox: Polls 'Suck', Napolitano 'Terrible', Shep Smith, 'Fired' Donna Brazile • “People You Meet Just Don’t Give a Damn”: The Impeachment Conundrum in Trump Country • Prominent Conservative Lawyers Supporting Impeachment • Conservatives call for 'expeditious' impeachment probe • White House adviser says China gave him information on Joe Biden’s son around the same time Trump asked Beijing to investigate the Bidens • Joe Biden's campaign accused The New York Times of aiding a 'smear campaign' against him with its Ukraine coverage • McMaster: It's "absolutely" inappropriate for Trump to solicit foreign interference • Trump's former Russia aide set to give revealing testimony on Giuliani, Sondland • EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland to testify next week • Rick Perry subpoenaed in House impeachment investigation • House Subpoenas Rudy's Associates • Unpatriotic? Whistleblowers have been speaking up, and suffering the consequences, from the beginning • It Took A Long Time For Republicans To Abandon Nixon • Trump’s resistance to the impeachment inquiry is a genuine constitutional crisis • Law classmates tell Trump lawyer Cipollone he distorts Constitution by blocking impeachment witnesses • Analysis: In impeachment fight, it’s Trump vs. Constitution • White House aides try disappearing act amid impeachment talk • Impeachment: Chief Justice John Roberts would be the 'umpire' in Senate trial of President Trump • The Actual Laws Trump Has Broken, Just With the Ukraine and China Affairs, Could Land Him 10 Years in Prison • White House political appointees overrode career staffers before freezing Ukraine aid • Several national security officials raised alarms about Ukraine policy before and after Trump call • Trump claims on Ukraine call may stem from foreign official’s year-old request
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Trump attacks Bidens in personal and coarse terms at Minnesota rally • Trump travels to liberal Minneapolis for his first rally since the impeachment probe began
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Despite attacks and to the surprise of some, Biden's firewall is holding - for now
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Karl Rove: The President Has a Problem
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2 of Rudy Giuliani's associates who prosecutors say helped him dig up dirt on Joe Biden have been charged with campaign finance violations • CNN reports that Rudy Giuliani’s financial dealings are under investigation by prosecutors • Giuliani associates were at airport with one-way international tickets when they were arrested • Takeaways from arrests of men with ties to Giuliani • 5 Facts About Giuliani's Arrested Sidekicks • Arrest of Giuliani associates ensnares 'Congressman 1' • Look Who’s Laughing Now: Rudy Giuliani’s ‘Comic Sans’ Stooges Arrested • Giuliani dealings with associates scrutinized as part of investigation • Ukrainians arrested hours after having lunch with Giuliani at Trump Hotel • We have no idea who is paying Rudy Giuliani • Envoy to Ukraine was removed after pushback on Giuliani • Trump asked Tillerson to help broker deal to end U.S. prosecution of Turkish trader represented by Giuliani • Dear Pete: Then Rudy Wasn't Your Friend • Sessions Took Donations from the Arrested • Pete Sessions in Rudy's Associates' Indictment • McCarthy, DeSantis pledge to return donations from indicted Giuliani associates • Trump denies knowing indicted Giuliani business associates • Giuliani's associates tried to cut business deal in Ukraine boasting of Trump ties
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Romney dismisses Trump attacks, falsely claims not to follow him on Twitter
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Lindsey Graham dishes on Trump in hoax calls with Russians • Report: Sen. Lindsey Graham called U.S. ally Kurds a "threat" in August phone call • Graham calls Trump decision on Syria 'biggest blunder of his presidency' • Lindsey Graham is leading a Senate bill to punish Turkey with crushing sanctions
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Trump's latest tweets on Syria show he has absolutely no plan to help the Kurds as Turkey boasts about killing over 100 of them • Trump reportedly offered to sell F-35 jets to Turkey in exchange for not attacking Kurdish forces in Syria • The US shared intelligence with Turkey that may have helped it target the Kurds in Syria • GOP congressman drops support for Trump over "despicable" Syria move • Turkey's Erdogan threatens to send Syrian refugees to Europe • Turkey shelled prison holding IS foreign fighters Kurdish-led administration • Trump’s Syria decision tests the bounds of Republican support as he demands solidarity on impeachment • Metro East Congressman John Shimkus pulls Trump support after Syria decision • They fought alongside the U.S. for five years only to be bombed by U.S. NATO ally • Turkey's Syria invasion: Member of US Special Forces says, 'I am ashamed for the first time in my career' • Turkish forces push deeper into Syria as Kurds fight back • Trump under pressure to response to Turkey's offensive in Syria as death toll rises
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Partisan Antipathy: More Intense, More Personal
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Study links Russian tweets to release of hacked emails
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Commerce Rebuked National Weather Service
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4 winners and 3 losers from the presidential town hall on LGBTQ issues
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Education:
The top 20 millionaire-producing US colleges where most of the ultra-wealthy alumni are self-made
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Retailing:
US retail sales could exceed $730 billion this holiday season
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Target Deal Means Toys R Us Is A Retailer In Name Only
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Radio:
Bankruptcy trustee says buyers lining up to buy radio licenses operated by Grim Reaper
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Conglomerates:
Inside the quest to save GE
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Telecoms:
Small U.S. telecom companies face huge costs if they have to ditch Huawei
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Economy:
Where does it all go? Here’s a breakdown of how Americans spend so much money
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Households’ lightening debt load
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Average, Median, Top 1%, and all United States Individual Income Percentiles in 2019
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Fed’s Kashkari pushes back against Trump pressure
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Cleveland Fed: Key Measures Show Inflation Above 2% YoY in September, Core PCE below 2%
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BLS: CPI unchanged in September, Core CPI increased 0.1%
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Fallout from U.S.-China trade war was top concern at Fed meeting, minutes show
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 210,000
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Expert who called the 2008 crisis says repeat of December meltdown is inevitable
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Half of Americans think a recession is coming in the next year — and they admit they're unprepared
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Most federal retirees and Social Security recipients to get cost of living adjustment
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Young people are quitting their jobs in droves. Here's why
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Paul Krugman: What economists (including me) got wrong about globalization
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The U.S. And Global Economy: A New Relationship
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The trade war isn't stopping Chinese billionaires from getting even richer • Trump sees a 'good chance' of a US-China trade deal. Don't hold your breath •'They want to make a deal, but do I?': Trump plays coy as he announces plans to meet with China's top trade negotiator • Trump says China trade talks are going very well • The White House eyes new economic penalties against China as trade talks kick off • These stocks are the China trade talks ‘tells’ — they’ll move on deal progress or a breakdown • Nonsense Market Moves Have Investors ‘Exhausted’ by Trade Talks • A pause in US-China trade war would be a ‘big relief’ to markets, says economist • Trump to meet with top Chinese official as trade talks reach critical stage • How Blacklisting Companies Became a Trade War Weapon • Port of Los Angeles September imports fall as trade war roils shipping
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If American companies seem pathetic when it comes to China, it's because they are
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Lonely, burned out, depressed: The state of millennials' mental health in 2019 • Millennials and Gen X are both stressed, broke, and in debt — but Gen X is more worried about it • American workers say jobs should do more to help them cope with mental health issues like depression and stress
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20 jobs popular in the 1950s that are almost gone today
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Fed eases Dodd-Frank banking restrictions on capital requirements, ‘living wills’
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Ban billionaires? What progressive Democrats don’t understand about the economy
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Obesity is weighing on education, productivity and the economy
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Are We Asking the Wrong Question About Trump's Tax Cuts?
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Why Huge Deficits Could Be Here to Stay
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We can’t wait 208 years for gender equality
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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:
House Prices to National Average Wage Index
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Americans Are Being Fleeced by Real Estate Agents
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Houston Real Estate in September: Sales up 9.5% YoY, Inventory Up 7%
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WeWork Asks SoftBank for More Funding Amid Bankruptcy Concerns • Forbes just revoked Adam Neumann's billionaire status and lowered its estimate of his personal net worth to $600 million — which means his purported net worth has plummeted by $3.5 billion in just 7 months • WeWork’s Neumann Loses Billionaire Status. It’s Unlikely He’ll Be Getting It Back •The Larger Ramifications of WeWork’s Problems • WeWork Reveals the Downside of Sarbanes-Oxley
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Century III Owners Agree To Revise Redevelopment Plans
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Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Hit to Homeowners
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico gov’t still doesn’t know where the $70M to pay Christmas Bonus will come from
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The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Bring Constitutional Equality to Puerto Rico
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A Reasonable Proposal: How US Law Allows Puerto Rico’s Legal Bills to Flourish
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Here's exactly how much more you'd have to earn to live a similar life in San Francisco
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Pension Obligation Bonds May Soon Have Their Moment
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Pharma:
Sackler Activists Throw “Blood Money” and Stage Die-in Outside Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Hearing
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The case for prosecuting the Sacklers and other opioid executives
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Appellate court rejects requests to halt landmark opioid trial
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Judge to hear arguments on stopping suits against Sacklers
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Purdue's choice of bankruptcy court part of common strategy, experts say
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U.S. judge urges parties to wisely use Purdue opioid settlement funds
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Metals:
Michigan processor files for bankruptcy
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Magazines:
Tiger Oak Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Cybersecurity:
Cybersecurity company files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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E-Cigarettes:
More than two dozen now dead from vaping lung illness as outbreak spreads, CDC says
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Vapers – like smokers – may now have to pay more for life insurance
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Mass Torts:
California Jury Hands Johnson & Johnson a Defense Verdict in Talc Trial
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Aviation:
At least 38 Boeing 737s grounded for wing-related cracks, company says
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Autos:
GM urges UAW to engage in ‘around-the-clock’ bargaining to reach a deal, potentially end strike
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GM CEO Mary Barra meets with union leaders to jump-start stalled negotiations
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UAW Letter to GM: Strike Won't End Quickly
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GM strike has already cost automaker more than $1 billion
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Ford's China Sales Decline
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Dyson Becomes Latest Sign That Electric-Car Bubble Is Bursting • Dyson vacuum inventor shows it's too easy to make electric cars, so he won't
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Faraday Future Founder Faces Potential Bankruptcy
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Climate:
IMF Warns on Global Warming. Carbon Tax Best Way to Fix It
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Denver: 83 Degrees Then It Snowed
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This climate problem is bigger than cars and much harder to solve
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PG&E’s power shutoff in California shows the inequities of climate risks
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The Century’s Strongest Super-Typhoon Hagibis Is About To Hit Japan—1,600 Flights Canceled
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The Cost Of Climate Change
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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 (6 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:
Industrials Ch. 11 Filings Up 48% Y/Y
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Plan Confirmation:
‘Dirt for Debt’ in Bankruptcy Plans of Reorganization
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Subordination:
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Lien Stripping:
Dividing Secured Claims from Under-Secured Claims: A History
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Utilities:
PG&E Plunges on Fear of Total Wipeout by New Bankruptcy Plan • PG&E stock plunges amid power cuts, bankruptcy ruling • PG&E shares tank as power cuts irk Californians and bankruptcy ruling threatens shareholders • Bankrupt PG&E could go up in flames as shares drop over 30%
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PG&E restructuring pivots to parallel plans in 'fair shake' for wildfire victims
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Unprecedented California Blackout Ending as PG&E Restores Power
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California winds move south, may force new power outages
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Record power shutoffs in California are set to become the new normal
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Wildfire destroys homes, causes injuries in California mobile home park • California: north and south battle wildfires as preventive shutoffs hit millions • Saddleridge fire burning homes, threatening numerous foothill communities • Wind-driven wildfire in Los Angeles spreads to 4,000 acres
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They lived through California’s two worst fires. Now, they face a future of blackouts
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What it's like when a criminal, bankrupt, for-profit monopoly cuts your power
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Tales of Chaos From the California Blackout • Northern California Thrown Into Chaos By PG&E Blackouts
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California governor slams PG&E, saying 'greed,' 'mismangement' led to widespread power cuts • California governor says broad power shutdown to prevent fires 'unacceptable'
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Was PG&E’s massive California blackout worth it? No major fires, but much criticism
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California’s Power Outages Are About Wildfires—But Also Money
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PG&E Office Egged As Anger Over Shutoffs Mounts
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Blackouts draw ire across northern California
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Millions in California Face Days in the Dark Even as Winds Slow
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Hedge funds holding PG&E bonds score win in bankruptcy proceedings
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PG&E outages could cost California more than $2 billion
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How Long the PG&E Outage Will Last, and Other Questions Answered
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The California dream is over. What comes next?
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Agera Bankruptcy Filing Not a Sign of Financial Stress at Greg Lindberg's Companies
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Electric supplier’s bankruptcy filing leaves NH Renewable Energy Fund in a bind
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Falling Demand For Electricity Has Utilities Burning The Midnight Oil
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Student Debt:
Joe Biden: Here’s My $750 Billion Plan To Fix Student Loans
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Fraud:
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Newspapers:
Defending a lawsuit puts Iowa newspaper in financial peril
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Healthcare:
California hospital chain going to court over high prices
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Trump's smoke-and-mirrors 2020 health care strategy
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Resorts:
Former owners of bankrupt Daufuskie Island resort face new federal charges
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Cannabis:
Mitch McConnell meets with pot execs in California, pitched need for cannabis banking reform
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Maine set to begin legal marijuana sales in March 2020
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UK:
The pound is soaring on reports that UK and Irish leaders see a 'pathway' to a Brexit deal • Boris Johnson's Irish 'Pathway' Is Full of Holes
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EU officials say there have been "promising signals" in Brexit talks
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Brexit's future remains murky ahead of a looming Oct. 31 deadline
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Boris Johnson could deport thousands of EU citizens after Brexit if they miss registration deadline
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Trump Organization gets approval to build more than 50 homes at Ireland golf course
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Banksy painting cashes in on Brexit mess
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Nissan: No Deal Brexit Jeopardizes All EU
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Parliament Furious Over US Diplomat's Wife • Death of Teen by Diplomat's Wife: 'Happens"
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5 Ways A Hard Brexit Will Sicken Britain’s Healthcare
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PIIGS:
Once-toxic Greek debt is now in high demand as global recession fears mount • People Are Paying Greece To Keep Their Money Warm And They Have Yanis Varoufakis To Thank For It
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A No-Deal Brexit will force Ireland into a recession, Central Bank warns
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India:
Jet Airways insolvency: Synergy Group seeks more time to put in final bid for airline
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Germany:
German Jews Feel Under Siege Following Rise in Anti-Semitism
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MENA:
Iran says missiles struck one of its oil tankers in the Red Sea • Oil prices jump 2% after Iran says two missiles struck one of its tankers
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Australia:
Holiday plans wrecked as rental company owner declares bankruptcy
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