February 6, 2018

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Law:

Biglaw Firm Boots Merger Partner Off Its New Branding
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Legal Sector Drops More Than 1,000 Jobs To Kick Off 2018
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Legal employment drops by 1,100 jobs in January
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The Extraordinary Rise And Sudden Decline Of Law School Tuition
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Female litigators should be given equal opportunities to gain trial experience, ABA House urges
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Archer & Greiner Expands into NYC with the Addition of Bankruptcy Boutique DiConza Traurig Kadish LLP • NJ's Archer & Greiner Acquires New York Bankruptcy Firm
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Corporate Risks Impacting Legal in 2018
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Corporate Legal Departments moving more work in-house even as satisfaction with outside counsel value increases
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The Worst Law Schools If You Ever Want To Pay Off Your Student Loans
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Why Taking On Law School Debt Is A Lot Like Racking Up Concussions In The NFL
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Andrews Kurth Loses Seven Partners to New Katten Muchin Dallas Office
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GC Roles at Large Banks Went Mostly to Women in 2017
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Akin Gump Boosts Partner Profits
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Political wrangling and inter-office rivalries impairing client service at global firms, in-house lawyers say
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Meditation Can Help To Soothe The Anxious Mind
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Lawyers Too Drunk, High, Depressed To Do Their Jobs Properly
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ABA Passes Measure on Lawyer Substance Abuse and Mental Health
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Nunes Admits FBI Included 'Footnote' Explaining Political Link to Carter Page Warrant • White House says Trump's legal team supports a second special counsel to probe FBI, DOJ • House panel votes to release Democratic memo on Russia probe • Trump's lawyers reportedly want him to refuse an interview with Robert Mueller • Trump's legal team is stonewalling Mueller as he closes in on the White House • The Smearing of Christopher Steele • Oh, So You Forgot to Put Facts in the Memo • Lanny Davis agrees with Trump that Comey deserved to be fired • Fox News analyst says GOP ‘under-delivered’ on Nunes memo — and it doesn’t come close to ‘vindicating’ Trump • GOP's Nunes Plans to Publish Five More Memos: Report • Senate documents show FBI trying to suppress release of new Trump dossier info • Trump Has Already Won the Memo Wars • Emails: Turns Out the FBI Staff Liked Comey • 'I Hope This Is an Instance of Fake News' • Why Didn’t Comey Go After Christopher Steele for Lying to the FBI? • Poll: Most Republicans think FBI, DOJ trying to 'delegitimize' Trump • Trump to Review Memo From House Democrats
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2 Big Law Firms Hired to Probe Allegations of Misconduct • Baker McKenzie partner embroiled in assault scandal to leave as firm faces SRA scrutiny • Baker McKenzie in spotlight over alleged assault cover-up • Baker McKenzie partner at center of assault scandal will be leaving the firm • ABA takes timely stand on harassment • New Lawsuit By Former Weinstein Employee Paints A Grim Picture • Here’s what the 30 companies that make up the Dow industrials are doing to address harassment claims • Lululemon's CEO has suddenly resigned — and the company is calling him out for poor conduct • Frat brothers at Yale are adding water stations and bouncers to parties after multiple women say members assaulted them • Female entertainment execs blast Recording Academy head • Vegas paper blocked 1998 story detailing Steve Wynn harassment claims • Wynn wanted ‘to see how it feels’ to be with a grandmother?
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Larry Nassar is sentenced in second Michigan case; judge says he is in denial
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The Mistakes You Make in a Meeting’s First Milliseconds
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Former Venable attorney sentenced to 7 years behind bars for laundering more than $2.1 million as part of a fraud scheme
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All NYPD officers will get work iPhones — and one cop calls it 'the ultimate tool'
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LA Sheriff's Department says it's getting closer to solving actress Natalie Wood's mysterious death, and that what her husband Robert Wagner has said 'doesn't really add up'
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Newsweek's Top Editor And Staffers Suddenly Fired For . . . Reporting About Newsweek
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Lawyer Serves Complaint Via Instagram
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Mother Found Guilty of Killing Disabled 2-Year-old Son, Using His Identity to Get Credit Cards
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Court: Clean Cars are Not Suspicious
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Man Gives Photo ID To Bank Manager Before Robbing Bank
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Lawyers share their biggest humiliations, from dozing in court to falling off chairs in interviews
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Judges:

High Court Mulls How Judges Should Read Its Messy Rulings
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Attorneys Slammed By Judge For ‘Lack Of Civility’
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John Ninfo: Credit card debt is back in the news
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Judiciary Closes Kozinski Misconduct Probe, Saying It Can't 'Do Anything More'
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GOP Lawmaker Wants to Impeach Judges in Gerrymandering Case
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Judge Accepted Bribes to Take It Easy on Criminal Defendants, DOJ Says
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Wall Street:

Dow futures swing more than 1,000 points in battle to recover from historic selloff • S&P 500 futures down 33.95 points, or 1.2%, to 2,575.50 • Dow futures extend slide, down 410 points, or 1.7%, to 23,505 • Treasury yields continue to fall as stocks shape up for another selloff • Stocks are headed for another drop at the open as global markets plunge
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Obscure security linked to stock volatility plummets 80% after hours, sparking worries of bigger market effect • VIX: The 'fear index' has only been this high on 3 prior occasions • Volatility Index Spikes by Largest-Ever Amount
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Stock rout goes global after Dow’s worst single-day drop
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'A perfect storm': European stocks plummet as global sell-off wipes $4 trillion from markets • European stocks suffer sharp losses after Wall Street carnage
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falls 3.2% — more than 1,000 points — as sell-off continues into Asia • Japan's Nikkei stock index falls more than 1,200 points — about 5 percent
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Dow dives 1,175 points as stocks sink, losing all of this year's gains • 'There's no place to hide' — A Wall Street chief strategist breaks down the stock market's catastrophic plunge • Sell-off continues after hours — S&P 500 futures now down 5% on the day • Worst day in 6 years • Computer-driven selling • Machines Had Fingerprints All Over a Dow Rout for the Ages • U.S. stock plunge is a welcome reality check
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Here's what Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deutsche Bank and more are saying about the global stock market rout
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Dow's nearly 1,600-point plunge marks its biggest one-day point drop ever • Dow turns negative for 2018 in brutal stock-market rout
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There are 3 main theories about why stocks just threw up
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What on Earth Happened to Stocks? Here’s Where to Cast the Blame
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Stock market loses more than $1 trillion in value in February
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More than $90 billion in value wiped out from the popular 'FANG' tech stocks
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The end of the market’s Trump honeymoon
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Central banks were behind the complacency in markets, now investors are spooked, economist says
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Traders nervously eyeing retail investors for next shoe to drop
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White House downplays worries about stock market plunge, says 'the fundamentals of this economy are very strong'
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Here are the biggest one-day point drops in the Dow's history
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The global stock bloodbath has nervous traders doing something not seen since the presidential election
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The S&P 500 suffered quite a rapid 5% drop, history shows buying the dip is no sure bet
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Blackstone COO Tony James: Stock market decline could reach 10 to 20 percent
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White House says it's 'concerned' about stock market drop
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Hedge funds are making an unprecedented bet that's signaling more stock market pain
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Stocks are reeling over something most people were hoping for
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Layoffs:

Banks Shutter 1,700 Branches in Fastest Decline on Record
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100 IPL employees to be laid off
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Banking:

Wells Fargo shares are tanking as Wall Street is stunned over the Fed’s ‘harsh’ action; multiple firms downgrade bank • The sanctions against Wells Fargo are so unusual, no one knows what to think • Wells Fargo's Sell-Off Looks Overblown
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Wells Fargo's Moving to Resolve Another 'Phantom Accounts' Whistleblower Case
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Currency:

Bitcoin price will crash to zero, Nouriel Roubini says
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A Multitude of Cryptocurrency Developments
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Over $60 billion wiped off value of cryptocurrencies as bitcoin drops to lowest level since Nov 18 • Over $550 billion of value wiped off cryptocurrencies since their record high just under a month ago
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Behind the latest bitcoin plunge: A credit card ban and increased scrutiny from regulators • Banks, Retailers, China Have All Turned On Bitcoin • Texas takes the lead on states' cryptocurrency crackdowns • Bitcoin is down 45% this year — but that's not what's worrying cryptocurrency exchanges • China is moving to eliminate all cryptocurrency trading with a ban on foreign exchanges • North Korea is a suspect in the world’s biggest cryptocurrency heist
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Bitcoin Billionaires Want a Crypto Utopia in the Sun
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Bitcoin Miners Fried in Game of Chicken
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Bitcoin briefly drops below $7,000 to two-month low • Bitcoin slumps to $6,300 as global equity rout casts a shadow
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As Bitcoin Bubble Loses Air, Frauds and Flaws Rise to Surface
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Bitcoin could fall below $5,000 if this report on a mysterious cryptotoken is right
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Money was pouring into crypto during the stock market's selloff
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Rail:

Amtrak blames freight train operator CSX for its deadly South Carolina crash Reuters 2 Hours Ago
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Debt Collection:

Tenth Circuit Joins the Fray Regarding Whether Foreclosures Are Debt Collection Activity
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Autos:

How VW Paid $25 Billion for Dieselgate — And Got Off Easy
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Fraud:

Shkreli’s Forfeiture Could Give U.S. Stake in Notorious Drug Firm
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Economy:

Market tumble lessens market fears of Fed rate hike
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New Fed chairman Jerome Powell has his hands full as he takes office • What to Expect From Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's Tenure • Markets putting Powell to the test, even quicker than other Fed chairs
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Inflation Set to Appear ‘With a Vengeance,’ Paul Tudor Jones Says
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Non-manufacturing sector accelerates, reaching 12½-year high • ISM Non-Manufacturing Index increased to 59.9% in January • America’s Service Industries Are on a Tear
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The rich are much richer than many of us realize, and it's a result of the way we measure wealth
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Janet Yellen calls stock market, real estate valuations 'high' in last interview before exit as Fed chief
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The next government shutdown deadline is 3 days away — and it doesn't look promising
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Lawmakers to vote on a funding bill today to try to avoid another partial government shutdown • House GOP scrambles to avoid shutdown • Debt Ceiling Likely Not Part of Stopgap Bill, GOP Lawmakers Say • New bipartisan bill would protect young immigrants and fund border security, but neglects the wall • McCain, Coons bill gives permanent legal status to Dreamers • Trump shoots down new bipartisan immigration plan: It's a 'total waste of time'
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The new tax law creates a huge boon for Uber and Lyft drivers • Haim Saban credits GOP tax reform for $1000 bonuses • UN agency: US tax reform could cut investment elsewhere • ECB experts: US tax law could erode Europe's tax base • US tax overhaul may drain $2 trillion from foreign projects: UN • Murphy Oil Flags Large Loss Due To US Tax Reform • A '$1.50' tweet by Speaker Ryan raised his challenger more than $150,000 in donations • Think Carefully Before Cutting Off Subsidies to Red States • Trump's biggest victory — tax cuts — could lead to the demise of his beloved bull market • Tax Loophole You Can Blow Wide Open • Falling markets show Trump the other side of the tax stimulus
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Here's how much you have to earn to live comfortably across the US
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How rising inequality hurts everyone, even the rich
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Here's who gave away the most money in 2017
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Class 8 Truck Orders at 12 Year High
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Is consumer debt the bubble that finally ends the economy’s strong run?
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US Distress Ratio Sinks to Lowest Level Since 2014
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Fixing Our Infrastructure at the Wrong Time
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China fires back at Trump in a warning shot at sorghum imports ahead of a possible trade war
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The effects of 137 minimum wage hikes, in one chart
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The world’s richest countries guarantee mothers more than a year of paid maternity leave. The U.S. guarantees them nothing.
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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:

Year-End Foreclosure Inventory Since 2000
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Las Vegas sees boom in housing starts
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Black Knight Mortgage Monitor: '“Hurricane Effect” Aside, Mortgage Performance Continued to Improve in 2017'
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Framing Lumber Prices Up Sharply Year-over-year, At Record Prices
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Billionaire fed up with goose poop, says he won’t pay his property taxes
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"I need to report a stolen house!": Houston couple wants vacation home back
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Michigan House Passes Bill Adopting the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico oversight board wants changes to island's fiscal plan
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Puerto Rico’s Utility Moves Toward Privatization, With Strained Cooperation
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Puerto Rico Oversight Board Defends $1.3B PREPA Loan Bid
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“Puerto Rico’s ‘Assured’ Decision Should be Reconsidered or Reversed”
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Illinois Handing Struggling Cities A Lifeline Or An Anchor?
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Puerto Rico governor announces public education overhaul
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Four months after Maria, still desperate in Puerto Rico
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Hedge Fund-Driven Austerity Could Come Back to Bite the Hedge Funds Driving it in Puerto Rico
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Surging Pension Costs Push More California Cities Toward Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Prices Ravaged By Financial Turmoil • Oil nears one-month low • Oil slides as stock markets crumble • Crude oil falls 0.6% to $63.78 a barrel • Oil Drops Near $63 as Markets Slump, U.S. Stockpiles Seen Rising
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Energy stocks post worst 2-day performance in 2½ years
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Uresti's lawyer seeks to show jurors Cantu has her facts wrong
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Seadrill Gets Contract For West Hercules While Key Restructuring Hearing Is Postponed
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Personal Finance:

Experts everywhere tell you to buy a home—they're wrong
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Corporate Reform:

Trump team is determined to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Democrats lash out at consumer watchdog amid reports that the agency is dropping its Equifax probe
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Football:

Lawyer’s Super Bowl Ad Mixes Flag Backdrop, Heavy Metal, Crucifix, Sledgehammer, And — Amazingly — Tort Reform? — Into Most American Ad Ever
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Super Bowl Ratings Slip To 8-Year Low As Eagles Score Historic Win • Americans turning off Super Bowl in Droves
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Photos show what Philadelphia looks like the morning after the Super Bowl
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Philly Chaos Shows Double Standard Over Riots: Critics
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Retailing:

BofA Agents up to $725MM DIP Financing for The Bon-Ton Stores • Uncertain future for Bon-Ton department stores after bankruptcy filing • Bon-Ton Is The Next Retailer To File For Bankruptcy • A 100-year-old department store has filed for bankruptcy after closing dozens of stores • As Predicted, Bon-Ton Stores file for Chapter 11 Protection? First Large Retail Department Store Bankruptcy of 2018 • Bon-Ton always running up a down escalator • Emerging from bankruptcy could be tough task for Bon-Ton Stores Inc. • Bon-Ton Bankruptcy: Michael Kors, Under Armour & Ralph Lauren Owed Millions • Beleaguered Bon-Ton files for Chapter 11 • BofA Agents Up to $725MM DIP for The Bon-Ton Stores
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Nine West could be the next retailer to file for bankruptcy
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Amazon's Super Bowl commercial might contain a clue about where HQ2 will be
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7 Tips For Snagging Bargains At Store Liquidation Sales
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The wolf is at the door of grandma's store, but next generation of shopping looks exciting
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Landlords, brands brace for less shopping at the mall
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Retail Stocks Lose Post-Holiday Mojo, Get Swept into Market Meltdown
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CDS:

Deutsche Bank Plans Return to Key Part of CDS Market
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Toys:

'Star Wars' toys may not be enough to save Hasbro from Toys R Us bankruptcy woes
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Tech:

Makers of the hyped ultra-secure Turing Phone file for bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

Hard Lessons From the Federal Student-Loan Program's Coming $36 Billion Shortfall
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New developments that could affect your student loans
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Paper Products:

Cenveo, Inc.'s $290 Million Financing Facility Approved • Cenveo Update.
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Buyer backs out of deal to buy Turners Falls paper mill from Southworth
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Pensions:

Deadline Nears for Pension-Rescue Bill
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Private Clubs:

Justice department seeking to block PAA's reorganization plan
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Education:

Educause Steps In to Save New Media Consortium
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Coal:

US to Help Coal Industry . . . in Afghanistan
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Food/Beverage:

Trump administration faces audit of proposed rule that could let bosses pocket employees’ tips
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (24 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

NMI: Only 5 bankruptcy cases filed in 2017
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Automatic Stay:

New York Bankruptcy Courts Hold That a Debtor’s Failure to Make Postpetition Loan Payments is a Basis for Granting Relief from the Automatic Stay
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SCOTUS:

Jayfest and Bankruptcy Cases in the Supreme Court
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Ch. 13:

BK SD CA: Chief Judge's Letter to Bar Leaders regarding Chapter 13 Presumptive Fees
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Miscellaneous:

The Year in Bankruptcy: 2017
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Awards:

James H.M. Sprayregen To Receive The 2018 M&Amp;A Advisor Lifetime Achievement Award
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Credit Cards:

10th Cir. Affirms Dismissal of Fair Credit Billing Act Claims Due to Paid Off Balance
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Eligibility:

The Bankruptcy Eligibility of Quasi-Government Entities
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Avoidance Actions:

Fraudulent Transfer Avoidance Recovery Not Limited to Total Amount of Creditor Claims
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Unexpired Leases:

Lease Profit-Sharing Provision Unenforceable Condition to Assignment in Bankruptcy
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Plan Confirmation:

Bankruptcy Court Rules That It Has Constitutional Authority to Grant Nonconsensual Releases in Chapter 11 Plan
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Politics:

ASchiff “Must Be Stopped”: Trump Attacks Schiff As “Liar” and “Leaker” • dam Schiff mocks Trump for "Executive Time" • 'He must be stopped': Trump lashes out at top Dem on House intel panel • Trump accuses top House Intel Dem of "illegally leaking" info
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Trump attacks Democrats over health-care funding, citing protests in Britain • Trump stirs hornet's nest in Britain by blasting its health system
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Trump and Republicans discover the perils of touting the stock market
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White House Official Said Trump Was 'Deplorable'
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Two Americas: Republican districts have far fewer immigrants
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Numerous Eagles are already planning to skip team's White House visit
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Trump calls Dems “treasonous” for not applauding his State of the Union
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Trump ambassador nominee promoted fringe conspiracy theories on Twitter
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Scott Pruitt called Trump "an empty vessel" in 2016
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Democratic challengers are vastly outraising House Republicans — and the GOP is worried
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Marijuana:

US Justice Dept. Defends IRS Power in Marijuana Dispensary's Tax Case
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Healthcare:

Powell Valley Healthcare plans to regroup after bankruptcy
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B. Braun subsidiary's $17.3 million deal to acquire California firm approved by Bankruptcy Court
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May Rebukes Trump Over UK Health Care
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Personal Finance:

1 in 6 millennials have $100,000—here's what you should have saved at every age
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The sad way this ‘What Not to Wear’ TV host went broke — and you could too
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Religion:

Pope Francis pulled further into Chile priest abuse scandal • 2015 letter belies pope's claim of ignorance
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UK:

High Court says it cannot permanently stay enforcement of English law debt obligations in favor of a foreign insolvency proceeding
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Leeds insolvency partner named Armstrong Watson chairman
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U.K. Health Secretary blasts Trump's universal care tweet
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Trump Weekly Job Approval Edges Up to 40%
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Americans! This is what it's like to use the NHS, Britain's universal healthcare system that Trump thinks is 'going broke and not working' • Conservative UK lawmaker hammers Trump for attacking his country’s universal health care system
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Meghan Markle Refused To Help Bankrupt Dad, Sister Says In New Interview • Meghan Markle's half-sister says future royal should support father - 'She spends $75k on a dress, she can help Dad'
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Another 452 jobs to go at collapsed UK builder Carillion • Firms 'doing a Carillion' will murder small businesses • £100m of Government-backed finance for Carillion's SME creditors • Carillion's former finance boss denies 'being asleep at the wheel' • How Carillion's Board Missed the Looming Failure
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£250 million Tesco fraud trial discontinued after defendant suffers a heart attack
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Rise of an English Gentleman Threatens the Hardest of Brexits
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PIIGS:

ie: High Court ruling brings good news for insolvent debtors wanting to pursue reviews of creditor rejections
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Greece: State pays off dues under pressure from creditors
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Greece 'Postpones' Launch of 7-Year Bond • Greece takes rain check after savage equity sell-off
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Canada:

Fairfax Financial Holdings acquires some Carillion Canada assets • Fairfax Financial to buy some Carillion Canada contracts, take over 4,500 jobs
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When Can a CCAA Monitor Bring an Oppression Claim Against a Stakeholder?
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Bankrupt railway and former employees settle, fined $1.25M in Lac-Mégantic case
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South Africa:

Cape Town braces for civil unrest as city's water crisis continues to worsen
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Venezuela:

Leave Right Now or Arm Yourself to the Teeth: Life in Caracas
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How Fast Are Prices Skyrocketing in Venezuela?
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China:

Chinese Debt To Equity SWAPs Do Not Specify Who Is Left Holding The Bag When The Deal Goes Bad
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China's Next Debt Bomb Is an Aging Population
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Germany:

Parent guarantees in the insolvency of a German subsidiary – claw back risks
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India:

Supreme Court refuses to halt bidding process for Jaypee Infratech
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Australia:

Quistclose trust case law delivers blow for bankruptcy trustee
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Laos:

Debt-ridden Laos living on borrowed money
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Maldives:

Maldives declares state of emergency, arrests 2 Supreme court judges and former president
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