September 4, 2015

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Law:

US Law Firm Sues Virgin Islands, Alleging Leaks, Faulty Tax Bills & Bad Blood From Bankruptcy Cases
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Dewey & LeBoeuf Defense to Rest as Prosecutors Mull Shedding Charges Without calling any witnesses, defense plans to rest in case against former Dewey & LeBoeuf leaders
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Solutions That Are Being Discussed At ILTACON To Make Law Firms Better
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BigLaw leaders out of sync with clients due to age gap
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Business of Law
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Lawyers: You'll Be Working On Labor Day Or Pretending You Are
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GC Keeps E-Discovery In-House
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More Partners Exit K&L Gates in Dallas, As McDermott Adds Two
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What's driving the demographic gap between BigLaw leaders and their CEO/GC clients?
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Opposing Counsel Join in Bid to Preserve $5.7B Credit Card Allegedly Tainted Pact
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No lawyers in satellite office? No problem; Dilworth is like Netflix, its CEO says
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Utah Law School Celebrates Opening Of New Building With Audacious Goal: 100% Bar Passage, 100% Professional Employment
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More On Law School Tuition Discounting
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Why Did A Top Law School Chancellor Abruptly Resign?
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Law firms can spend a lot, or very little, and improve their cybersecurity, experts say
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What are the security risks for law firms using Windows 10?
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Reading is Fundamental
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UK: Northern powerhouse law firm stands by London’s ‘ugliest’ building
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Deposition Reveals Insecure Side Of Steve Jobs
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How LawDingo’s CEO Moved In With His Ex To Keep The Company Going
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N.Y. ethics commission drops complaint filed by Trump against state AG
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3 simple ways to instantly appear successful
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Indicted lawyer accused of stealing $6M from clients
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Former lawyer’s alleged confession to reporter is secretly taped by FBI
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Slater & Gordon strongarms lawyers into crappier contracts
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Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' suspension overturned by judge Paul Weiss Role in NFL Deflategate Questioned by N.Y. Judge NFL will appeal The ‘Deflategate’ Decision In All Its Glory Why Judge Berman Threw Out Tom Brady’s ‘Deflategate’ Suspension Meet the Judge Who Lifted Tom Brady’s Suspension Brady Free to Start Opener After Beating Goodell in Court Disaster for the NFL Donald Trump showers praise on 'total winner' Tom Brady after court ruling How Tom Brady beat the NFL
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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis found in contempt, taken into custody What the oath of office means to clerk Kim Davis Kim Davis's Deputies Reportedly Say They Want To Issue Marriage Licenses But Are Too Afraid Of Davis No, Kim Davis Is Not Martin Luther King, Jr. Judge Warns Deputy Clerks They Must Comply This group is defending Kentucky clerk and others who refuse to issue gay-marriage licenses
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Wrong Way To Collect A Fee Or BEST Way To Get Disbarred?
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Lawyer arrested in alleged assault of golf club employee; club didn’t call cops, offered her $500
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Lawyer who hired hit man to kill his wife dies
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Bonkers law firm website: Propellerheads
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Harvard Law Grad/Kidnapping Suspect Missed Key Lesson In Crim Pro
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A police officer could face charges for shooting his own cruiser 'to concoct a story that he was fired upon'
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Busted for DWI, college student loses license and car but still has wheels ... a Barbie Jeep
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Judges:

Expert bankruptcy judge aimed to restore dignity to those in debt
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Long conference is a longer shot for cert petitions; study suggests newbie law clerks are to blame
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New courthouse audio at security checkpoint caught attorneys by surprise
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Did Law Clerk Destroy Documents To Help Captivating Lawyer?
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Backlash Against Black Lives Matter
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Sotomayor shares Supreme Court insight, advice
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Inmate offers to be a bone marrow donor for judge who put him in jail while a prosecutor
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A Tennessee judge is refusing to divorce a couple because of the SCOTUS gay marriage ruling
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Wall Street:

Stock futures fall; weekly drop in sight
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Global stocks slide ahead of US jobs data Nikkei falls to its lowest level since February
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Stocks close mixed as rally fades
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Risk of big stock drops grows: Robert Shiller
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US federal grand jury indicts 'flash crash' trader
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Layoffs:

Planned layoffs plunge in August: Challenger
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FL: Broward company bankruptcy triggers August layoff spike
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America's Fastest Shrinking Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mining:

Joy Global Plummets After Cutting 2015 Forecasts on Miner Demand
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Guns:

Gunmaker Colt Says Chapter 11 Turnaround Deal on the Way
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Healthcare:

Children's Hospital claimed rent expense, now says it never owed
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Hutcheson close to sale, CEO says
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Hutcheson Medical Center May Get Bankruptcy Trustee Who Would Focus On Sale Of Fort Oglethorpe Hospital
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Univita reported a $136M loss in 2014
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The “unusual” bankruptcy : Univita Health
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Education:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, AG Maura Healey want student loans canceled for defunct school
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Why College Isn't Worth The Money
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Autos:

Two Former Saab Board Members Hit With Forgery Charges
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Coal:

Patriot Coal Union and Suitors Agree on Labor Pact
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Bankrupt coal miner Alpha Natural Resources applies for Eagle Butte Mine permit renewal
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U.S. Has Fewest Coal Mines Since the Lightbulb Was Patented
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Economy:

Goldman Employment Forecast: 190K Jobs
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September or Not, Market Says Fed's One-and-Done Until Late 2016 No September rate hike: ex–Fed insiders
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Most workers actually making LESS than 5 years ago
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 282,000
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US job gains seen solid in August, spotlight on Fed
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Index decreased to 59.0% in August
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Shrinking US trade gap shows economy's underlying strength
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Bond traders think this is when the Fed will hike
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The jobs number minimum for a Fed hike: Pimco exec
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Draghi Just Made a Fed September Move an Even Longer Shot
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This chart shows how much each state contributes to the US economy
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Rising Tides: Ports Point to a Healthy U.S. Consumer
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Slowdown in global economy threatens U.S.
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Maternity leave is shrinking
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The Number of Americans Living on Less Than $2 a Day Is Skyrocketing
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What if the China Panic Is All Wrong?
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Millennials don't think much of themselves, report says. Millennials admit they're self-absorbed and greedy
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Half of homemakers have no retirement strategy
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Making Money in the Coming Economic Ice Age
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Lien-Stripping Landscape More Hospitable to Debtors: Decisions suggest avoiding a lien on real property may be permissible
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Home Builders Say Loans Are No Longer Scarce
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Underwater-Home Recovery Reaches Struggling Neighborhoods
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FHA Hopes to Spur Lending to Risky Mortgage Borrowers
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Almost Half of Homes in New York and D.C. Are Now Losing Value
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Most Expensive Home On West Coast--'Palazzo di Amore'--Price Chopped To $149 Million
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Dear Parents, don’t expect your homebuying Millennials to pay you back
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Fannie Mae extends foreclosure timelines in 33 states
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NJ title company owner stole $7.7M
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico's debt problems aren't going away
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Marco Rubio opposes bankruptcy lifeline for struggling Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico’s Pathway Forward Without Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico’s Struggling Power Utility Reaches Deal With Bondholders
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Emanuel Said to Plan Property-Tax Increase for Chicago Pensions
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Here are the 20 best US cities for getting a new job
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Student Debt:

Students ask Education Department to discharge college debt
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It may be a long time before many Corinthian students get debt relief
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Debt Collection:

Debt Collection Lawyers Beware, FDCPA Applies to Litigation
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Banking:

FDIC: Fewer Problem banks, Residential REO Declines in Q2
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices fall as investors wait for key US jobs report
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Global economic worries keep crude in check US oil settles up 1%, at $46.75 a barrel
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Oil prices soar as much as 4% as equities rally
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As Oil Falls, Short Contracts Rise
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Private-Equity Firms Plunge Back Into the Oil Patch
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Oil Sands Glut is About to be Much Larger
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Banks poised to squeeze Canadian oil companies into forced asset sales to avert bankruptcy
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S&P lowers Goodrich Petroleum to ‘selective’ default following distressed exchange
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For Russia, Oil Collapse Has Soviet Echoes Russian Economy In Dire Straits As Chinese Demand For Oil & Gas Slows
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Energy Creditors Balk at Deals Aimed at Saving Miners, Drillers
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Oil companies facing forced asset sales as banks assess funding
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Crash could cost cities in U.S. and Canada cities $170 billion
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Politics:

Joe Biden’s Bankruptcy Bill Could Complicate His Presidential Run
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Marco Rubio announces he doesn’t support granting Puerto Rico the bankruptcy provisions it’s looking for
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Puerto Rican voters prized by Democrats, Republicans
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Hillary Clinton Returns for Delicate Dance in Puerto Rico
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Donald Trump is absolutely destroying his Republican rivals in almost every facet Donald Trump tells Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: ‘You don’t have a clue about life’ Republicans are taking their biggest step yet to try to box in Donald Trump What Trump would do as president: It’d be great Past businessmen did poorly as presidents Why Donald Trump would still be a billionaire even if he never worked a day of his life Should Trump Have Indexed? The real reason Donald Trump is so rich Trump Finally Talks: The Self-Invented Man Immigration study backs Trump's 'freeloader' attacks Trump to sign GOP pledge, commit to back party nominee Donald Trump Just Signed His Political Death Warrant How many jobs has Donald Trump actually created? How Trump Exposed the Tea Party
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Donald Trump, Jeb Bush Seen Tangling Near Jungle Gym at Lunch
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Biden: The Butterfly Effect
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Rick Perry's campaign is imploding Oops — Rick Perry says broken clock right once a day
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3 policies that divide Ben Carson, Donald Trump
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Clinton Emails Reveal the Persuasive Nature of Lanny Davis Who’s Who in the Hillary Clinton Email Controversy Former Clinton Staffer to Plead the Fifth on Server Set-Up Judge Uneasy With Government’s Push to Lump Clinton Email Lawsuits
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Fraud:

Taberna Capital pays $21.5 mln to settle US SEC charges
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With final defendant, Madoff criminal case comes to an end
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SEC freezes assets of Path America after filing civil suit
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Food/Beverage:

A&P severance pay cut in half
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