June 6, 2018

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Law:

Let The Salary Wars Commence!! Another Biglaw Firm Has Matched The $190K Scale • Everything You Need To Know About The Associate Salary Raises In One Image • Milbank Takes Associate Starting Salaries to $190K • Why The Milbank Raise Is Not That Big Of A Deal — And Why It Is • Salary Wars Scorecard: Which Firms Have Announced Raises? (2018) • $190k Law Firm Associate Starting Salary - Now There are Four • MoneyLaw 2.0: US outfit Milbank ups London junior lawyer pay to £143,000 • Firms May Think Twice Before Matching Milbank On Salaries • Winston & Strawn Latest Law Firm To Raise Associate Pay • The $190K Question: Will Clients Balk at Rising Associate Salaries?
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This is an Awesome Time to be a Big Law Associate - Not!
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Do You Know Which Firm To Really Thank For Your Raises?
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Are Layoffs Looming If Some Firms Match Milbank’s Associate Salary Increase?
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Nelson Levine Ex-Chair Wants Breakup Suit Sent to Arbitration
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Winstead and Troutman Sanders in Merger Talks
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Idiot Biglaw Law Clerk Tries To Pick A Fight Over The Finer Points Of Contract Law Governing A Used West Elm Dresser
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Law Firms Are Increasing Leverage, and They Shouldn't Stop
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A Decade of The Am Law 200 by the Numbers
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ABA Says Charlotte Law Whistleblower Suit Is 'Last-Ditch Effort'
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China: JunHe Recruits Insolvency Partner From King & Wood Mallesons
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Hurricane Season Is Timely Reminder for Firms to Address Storm Preparedness
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Eat Your Heart Out, Michael Clayton
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Fitbit Faces Possible Contempt Charge For Admitting What Everyone Already Knows
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Biglaw Summer Programs Phasing Out ‘Boozefests’ To Create All-New, Worse Harassment Opportunities
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Allstate, Sheppard Mullin Attorney Fight Sanctions At 9th Cir.
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Giuliani on shifting Trump Tower story: 'It was a mistake. I swear to God.' • Law professors torch Trump legal memo • Trump Says He Can Pardon Himself. Nixon Was Told He Couldn't • Behind Trump’s bold stance on the scope of presidential power • Sarah Sanders reluctantly says President Trump is not above the law • Trump’s legal team readies for fraught showdown with Mueller, even as president declares broad powers • Gingrich says Trump pardoning himself would be "arrogant statement of power" • Donald Trump is ‘Obsessed’ With Pardons, His New ‘Favorite Thing,' White House Official Says • Donald Trump Has No 'Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card' and Can't Pardon Himself, Legal Experts State in Letter • Ted Cruz Said He ‘Never Studied’ the Pardon Power. But in 2015 He Wrote About the Pardon Power. • Wife of Indicted Trump Aide George Papadopoulos Asks for Presidential Pardon: 'He Did an Excellent Job' • Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has filed paperwork asking Trump to commute his sentence • Dinesh D'Souza, Recently Pardoned By Trump, Says He's Not As Bad As Jeffrey Dahmer • Bill O'Reilly Slams Trump's Legal Team: 'I am Perplexed...Button It!'
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Court Master Negates Attorney Client Privilege in Cohen Trump Docs • Just 162 Seized Cohen Docs Deemed Privileged So Far
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Trump must sit for deposition in Zervos defamation case: judge • Judge sets deposition deadline in defamation suit against Trump by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant • Lawyers for Donald Trump, Summer Zervos Battle over Letting Other Women's Accusations into Defamation Case • Trump Loses Bid To Slow Down Defamation Suit
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Paul Manafort tried to hide from the feds using encrypted WhatsApp—but forgot about iCloud • What Is Paul Manafort Doing?
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Inside the Mysterious Intelligence Firm Now in Mueller’s Sights • First Person Jailed by Mueller Has Already Been Released. Here's Where He's Going • Giuliani says Mueller's team is trying to frame Trump
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Trump Again Laments Choice of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General • Trump is still having buyer’s remorse about Jeff Sessions • Donald Trump: 'So Many Lives Ruined' in Mueller Probe Because of Sessions
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Several lawyers reportedly rejected potential candidacy for No. 3 post at Justice Department • The big job at DOJ no one wants
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SCOTUS Urges Mutual Respect
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Netflix’s “Making a Murderer” may push SCOTUS to address a fundamental injustice
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Bill Clinton, the 'Me' in '# MeToo ' is not you • Colbert To Clinton: You're An Example Of Misbehavior • Time’s Up, Bill • Bill Clinton's # MeToo reckoning • Bill Clinton complains his 'points' got lost in coverage of tense interview over Monica Lewinsky scandal • Bill Clinton: "Today" interview "wasn't my finest hour" • Fact-Checking Bill Clinton’s meltdown on NBC’s ‘Today Show’
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Family of student advocate Hogg 'swatted' at home • Everything you need to know about 'swatting,' the dangerous so-called 'prank' of calling a SWAT team on someone • DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won't Be Studying: Guns
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UN human rights office calls on Trump administration to stop separating immigrant families
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Ex-lawyer captured outside Pizza Hut in Honduras pleads guilty to escape charge
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Oregon Sheriff’s Department Investigating Video of Officer Allegedly Punching Homeless Person
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Woman Who Hid Tracking Device in Husband's Car 'for Months' Could Be Jailed
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Masterpiece Cakeshop — not as narrow as may first appear • Kennedy Ends ‘Masterpiece’ With LGBT Rights Legacy Intact • The Press Is Wrong on Masterpiece Cakeshop. The Baker Lost
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Black Woman Says Target Made Her Take Off Her Clothes to Prove She Didn't Steal a Bikini • Target Fires Worker After Customer Claims She was Racially Profiled
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Judges:

Retired judge wrongly used ghostwritten rulings without notifying opposing parties, report says
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Elderly Supreme Court judges are again resolving our most contentious social debates. Here’s a radically democratic alternative.
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Why McConnell Canceled August Recess
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Senate Confirms Trump's Ky., Texas District Judge Picks
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At Least One Supreme Court Justice Still Cares About The Rule Of Law
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Why Did Elena Kagan Vote for the Masterpiece Cakeshop Supreme Court Ruling?
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The high court’s ruling against anti-religion bias
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Voters recall Judge Aaron Persky over his sentencing in Brock Turner campus assault case, first recall of a judge in state since 1932 • Another #MeToo Win: Californians Recall Judge in Brock Turner R--- Case • Judge responsible for Brock Turner's infamous sentence taken down by the #metoo movement
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Pa. Judge 'Mortified' That Staff Saw Him Viewing Lewd Pics
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Wall Street:

Dow set to lead Wall Street higher on signs of thawing trade tensions • US stocks set for a positive open, yet trade turmoil continues to weigh
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Nasdaq scores record as stocks advance modestly • Dow finishes little changed, while the S&P 500 books a slight 0.1% advance
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Layoffs:

Trump’s steel tariffs will cost 400,000 Americans jobs, a new estimate says
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HP Says It May Cut 5,000 Jobs
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Food/Beverage:

Conflicting Reports in Results of Necco Bankruptcy Auction • Twitter reacts after Necco candy company is saved by same people who revived Hostess
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Planet Hollywood Owner to Buy Bertucci's Pizza Chain • Bertucci’s bought by owner of Planet Hollywood
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Tops scraps controversial plan to award top five executives with $3.6 million in bonuses
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Clearwater Man Sentenced in Bankruptcy Fraud Case
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Corporate Reform:

Wall Street Deregulation Won't End Well
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SEC’s Democrats vote ‘no’ on Volcker Rule changes
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Climate:

NASA administrator describes his evolution on climate change
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Coal:

'Economy crippling' and 'third grade' work: Conservatives pan Trump's move to save coal and nuclear
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More Questions than Answers for FERC, RTOs on Bailout • FERC Chair: Trump's Coal, Nuke Bailout Push Has Legal Legs
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Rick Perry's Obama Imitation
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Trump’s Bizarre Bid To Bailout Coal And Nuclear
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Student Debt:

Student loan assistance at work could become as common as 401(k)s • Employers attract Millennial workers with student loan benefits
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Student loan debt just hit $1.5 trillion. Women hold most of it
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The 10 cities with the most and least student debt
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Your Unpaid Student Loan Could Cost You Your Tax Refund
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Musical Instruments:

Judge OKs Gibson financing plan
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Guitar Center looked ready for its swan song, but now the retailer is gearing up for an encore
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Retailing:

Toys 'R' Us had advanced talks with Sycamore before liquidating • Tears “R” Us: The World’s Biggest Toy Store Didn’t Have to Die
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Local toy stores scramble to scoop up Toys R Us business
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Is Retail Real Estate Dead? Or Just Morphing?
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Troubled Sears gets more time to pay back its loans
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PetSmart Spinning Off Stake in Chewy.com to Private-Equity Owner
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Claire's CEO Made $2.7 Million in 2017
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Taxis:

Taxi Driver Suicides Warning to All
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Gambling:

Delaware becomes first state (outside of Nevada) to allow sports betting
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After MGM and Caesars deals, Las Vegas union negotiates with smaller casinos
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Economy:

There are more jobs than people out of work, something the American economy has never experienced before • BLS: Job Openings Increased in April to New Series High
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Index increased to 58.6% in May
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Hedge funds cool on rate hike expectations by going long on 2-year Treasury note
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US growth is now probably ‘as good as it gets,’ Goldman’s chief economist says
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ISM non-manufacturing index grows in May, expanding for the 100th month
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The world's biggest hedge fund warns: '2019 is setting up to be a dangerous period for the economy'
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Tariff increases could bring us back to 2008 crisis levels, World Bank warns • Corker bill would give Congress power to rein in Trump's trade war • Here's How The Economy Gets Whacked In A Trade War • With G-7 united against his trade war , Trump is going it alone • Trump's latest actions effectively declare a global trade war • Mexico Hits U.S. Steel And Farm Products With Tariffs, Retaliating For Trump Move • China just extended Trump a massive olive branch to try to calm the trade battle • China warns the US that any trade deals are off if Trump's threatened tariffs go ahead • Tim Cook Says Trade Wars Won't Make Apple’s iPhones More Expensive • American companies in China don’t care about the trade deficit — they want equal market access • Trump tightens screws on trade, raising risks for economy – and himself • Why Europe Is a Reluctant Trade Warrior • U.S. tariffs 'unjustified', Britain's May tells Trump on call • America’s allies should respond to steel tariffs with targeted sanctions on the Trump Organization • Mexico to start WTO dispute settlement over U.S. tariffs • Lobbyists rake in cash but can't kill Trump tariffs • China Offers to Buy Nearly $70 Billion of U.S. Products to Fend Off Trade Tariffs, Offer Depends On Whether Trump Imposes Threatened Tariffs • Jamie Dimon: Trump's trade policy is a fly in the ointment that could end the economic recovery • Trump contemplating separate trade deals with Canada and Mexico instead of NAFTA fix, says economic advisor Kudlow • As NAFTA deal appears more elusive, Mexico's peso, Canadian dollar slump • Trade conflicts and tariffs won't hurt US economy, but they do have a dark side
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CEO Economic Outlook Cools on Worries Over Trade Wars
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U.S. Steel to fire up another blast furnace in Illinois, hire workers
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ZTE signs agreement with U.S. to lift ban, will pay $1.7 billion fine • ZTE provides a lens into U.S.- China technology and data war
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Seven reasons to worry about the American middle class
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FactCheck: Biggest Tax Cut in History
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The jobs are in Houston, according to the LinkedIn's Workforce Report
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Death knell for the G-7 may be at hand after hostile reaction to Trump tariffs
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Social Security now running a deficit; Medicare to hit insolvency three years earlier than projected • Social Security taps into its trust fund for the first time in 36 years • Trustees Predict That Social Security Will Be Insolvent In 16 Years
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IPhone Indicator: How Long Do You Have To Work To Afford An iPhone X?
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U.S. economy can’t keep on truckin’ without more drivers to ease flat-bed shortage
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Reality check: Here’s what the average retiree spends every month • Americans are way more in debt before retirement than ever before
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This millennial running for Congress has a solution to the retirement crisis — at least for her generation
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White men are more likely to get a raise when they ask for one
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Unequal Geography of the Gig Economy
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Blue districts have more income inequality than red ones
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Florida is one of the worst places to live if you're poor, says study
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US Companies on Path to Pump Trillions into Economy
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You're Not Rich Until You Have $25 Million… At Least
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America may soon face its biggest labor strike in decades
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The world’s biggest hedge fund is reportedly ‘bearish on financial assets’
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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:

Nearly half of San Francisco Bay Area voters plan to leave in the next few years
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A San Francisco startup charges renters almost $1,300 a month to live in converted living rooms — and it's so popular it's expanding to 5 major cities around the US
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CoreLogic: Home values increase in all 50 states • House Prices up 6.9% Year-over-year in April • US house prices are going to rise at twice the speed of inflation and pay: Poll
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Housing's big problem: Boomers aren't downsizing
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey • Weekly mortgage applications rise 4.1% as rates hit lowest levels in 6 weeks
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Underwriting Loosening for Conventional Conforming Loans
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Historic Rise in Lumber Costs Ripples Through Economy
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Where Evictions are the Most Common
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Almost Half of US Housing Now Overpriced
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Volcano lava destroys hundreds of homes overnight in Hawaii
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Municipalities:

A judge just ordered Puerto Rico to release all death certificates issued after Hurricane Maria
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Judge Charts New Waters in Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Case
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1st Circ. Mulls Creditors' Role In Puerto Rico Recovery
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Puerto Rico's GO, COFINA bondholders reach settlement
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Remember hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico
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Naomi Klein on 'disaster capitalism' in Puerto Rico
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Donald Trump's mishandling of Puerto Rico came with a human cost
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Puerto Rico’s non-bondholding creditors call for independent bond probe
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Connecticut Wants to Borrow $500 Million. In Return, It Promises Thrift
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50 Worst American Cities to Live In
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Oil/Gas:

The End of Fossil Fuels Will Cost Trillions
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Oil prices climb, ending a 3-session skid • Oil prices move higher as Venezuela supply crisis intensifies • Venezuela's PDVSA mulling force majeure on oil exports
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U.S. Said to Ask OPEC for 1 Million Barrel a Day Output Hike
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Jobs Report: US Adds Thousands of Mining Jobs in May
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Watchdog: Government isn’t sufficiently tracking costs from ‘orphaned’ oil, gas wells
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Pacific Drilling Delays Filing Of Reorganization Plan - Again
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Healthcare:

2 Arizona hospitals enter bankruptcy
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Some struggling small-town hospitals have embraced a legally murky approach to staying afloat
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Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital discusses bankruptcy possibility with hospital directors
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Texas pays companies billions for ‘sham networks’ of doctors
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Medicare's financial outlook worsens in latest trustees' report • Trustees warn Medicare's financial problems are worsening
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New suit is filed against dancing cosmetic surgeon, this time for alleged privacy violation
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The Data on Death: How Perceived Causes Differ from Reality
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Soccer:

Bari risk bankruptcy
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Entertainment:

Judge Orders Release of Harvey Weinstein's Employment Contract • Harvey Weinstein Employment Deal Becomes Public Record
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Judge Rules Weinstein Co. Class Action Can Resume • Judge Sides with Survivors Against The Weinstein Company as Court Grants Motion to Lift Stay • Weinstein Co. must face sexual assault victims' New York sui
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Newspapers:

Rogoff to give deposition over claims at Arctic Blvd. warehouse
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Banking:

Wells Fargo Bailing on Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
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Education:

Here’s How Higher Education Dies
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Colleges Are No Match for American Poverty
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Electricity:

The Lobbying Bills Attached to FirstEnergy’s Coal and Nuclear Emergency Action
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Fraud:

Will Victims of a Ponzi Scheme Now Pay for a Diversity Scheme?
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Media:

Penthouse Media Bought Out of Bankruptcy
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Farming:

Walker says crisis team needed to help state's crippled dairy industry
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Tech:

Cambridge Analytica's CEO allegedly took $8 million from the firm before its closure
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Former head of Cambridge Analytica to testify
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Pensions:

GAO Releases Report On $15.3B Multiemployer Plan's Decline
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Pharma:

New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – Sancilio Pharmaceuticals Company, Inc.
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (26 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Business Bankruptcies: A Rising Tide of Filings?
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Farm Bankruptcy Rates Really Haven't Budged
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Discharge:

Justices confirm that “respecting” means “relating to” in the Bankruptcy Code
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The Supreme Court Extends Bankruptcy Protections To Even Dishonest Debtors
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Defining and Illustrating “Statement Respecting Financial Condition” for Nondischargeability
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Third Party Release:

Yankee Practitioners Cheer US Bankruptcy Court's Recognition of British Flexibility
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Chapter 15: US Court Respects UK Scheme of Arrangement: Third-Party Releases Enforced
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Litigation:

5 Myths About Litigation Finance
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Insurance:

Ninth Circuit: Professional Services Exclusion Precludes D&O Insurance Coverage
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Autos:

How much cash Tesla needs is the $10 billion riddle no one can answer • Tesla shareholders strike down proposals to remove Musk as chairman and shake up board • Tesla factories reportedly struggling with high scrap volume, and low vehicle production rate per employee • 'Tesla builds cars with love': Elon Musk fights back tears at company shareholder meeting • Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund wants Elon Musk out as chairman of Tesla • Elon Musk to Reorganize Tesla
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Travel:

JetBlue's new emotional support animal rules: Only dogs, cats and mini horses and more documentation
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Asking for this one thing at check-in could mean your suitcase arrives first at baggage claim
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Radio:

Wilmington Trust Agents $1.3B Term Loan for Cumulus Media
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Politics:

O say you can see Trump’s real reason for uninviting the Eagles to the White House • White House accuses “vast majority” of Eagles team of abandoning fans • Fans slam Trump for uninviting Eagles to White House • NFL Players Union Issues Statement: Players 'Love Their Country,' 'Disappointed' with Canceled White House Visit • Trump tried to make the Philadelphia Eagles a culture war. Then Fox News fumbled it • Fox News apologizes after getting slammed for airing misleading images of Philadelphia Eagles players kneeling • Protesters kneel during national anthem at Trump White House celebration that snubbed Eagles • Which America Is Trump Celebrating? • Trump made ‘huge mistake’ by canceling Philadelphia Eagles visit: Former Bush aide • 'Is the president aware that this is about police-involved shootings?': Sarah Huckabee Sanders grilled over Trump's snub of Eagles • The NFL's worst nightmare for its anthem policy has already come true • Nothing Unites a Team Like Getting Disinvited From the White House • Trump FactCheck: Philadelphia Eagles players stayed "in the Locker Room for the playing of our our National Anthem" or were "kneeling" • Philadelphia Mayor's Aide Ridicules Trump With Photos of Eagles' Super Bowl Crowd Size Next to President's Inauguration • There is mounting speculation that the White House ceremony for Eagles fans did not have any Eagles fans
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LeBron says 'no one wants to' visit Trump's White House, regardless of NBA Finals outcome; Stephen Curry agrees • 'Typical of Him.' LeBron James Did Not Hold Back About Trump Canceling the Eagles' White House Visit • How LeBron James and Stephen Curry Explain Politics
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Charlottesville Rally Marcher Is Now a Republican Elected Official as More White Nationalists Run for Office Than Ever Before
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Scott Pruitt's growing list of bizarre scandals • Pruitt Got EPA Aide to Help Find Wife a Job • Scott Pruitt Used EPA Staff to Try to Get Wife Chick-fil-A Job • Sen. Joni Ernst: Scott Pruitt is a Liar • Government Accountability Office Investigating Pruitt's EPA for Alleged Partisan Propaganda • Scott Pruitt Turning Out to be a Grifter • How Does Scott Pruitt Survive?
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McConnell cancels bulk of August recess
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Why there’s so much speculation about Starbucks chair Howard Schultz’s 2020 ambitions • Here's how Howard Schultz and other business titans stack up against the potential 2020 presidential field • Howard Schultz could have access to a superior campaign war chest come 2020 • Schultz 2020 is a possibility — but Democrats are skeptical • Howard Schultz could ditch both parties, US 'ripe for an independent candidacy': GOP strategist • Howard Schultz rips Democrats for veering too far left: 'How are we going to pay for these things?' • There Is No Stupider Idea Than A Howard Schultz Presidential Run • Howard Schultz on presidential speculation: 'Let's see what happens' • Howard Schultz: The $21 trillion national debt is the 'greatest threat domestically to the country'
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How the Clintons erased $16 million in debt in 3 years and ended up worth $45 million • Clinton FactCheck: "I left the White House $16 million in debt."
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The 2018 Congressional Retirement Tracker
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California, other midterm primary matchups show potential for blue wave • Golden State Dems come out on top • Primary election results: Was there evidence of coming "blue wave"? • California 'Jungle' Primary May Dim Blue Wave Hopes
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Americans Are Tired of the News, Poll Finds
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Why people vote against their economic interests
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Republican Voters More Likely Than Democrats to Prefer Men in Office, Poll Shows
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A Valedictorian Trolled His Own Classmates with an Obama Quote Disguised as a Trump Quote
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Kelly Sadler, White House aide who insulted John McCain, is out
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Corporate Governance:

This airline CEO says no woman could do his job because it’s so challenging
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Personal Finance:

9 bad habits to break if you want to save big
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Paper Products:

CEO of bankrupt Cenveo to step down • Cenveo Reaches Agreement with Key Stakeholders
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Sovereigns:

Debt 'contagion' in Argentina and Turkey is spreading to other countries
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UK:

Carpetright secures £60m equity raise for CVA
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Fresh doubt cast over Poundworld as Alteri ends rescue bid
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‘Doomsday’ for Brexit?
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PIIGS:

Here’s why Italy is unlikely to avoid showdown with Europe and the markets • Italy's premier unnerves investors with `revolutionary' agenda • Politicians who promised all sorts of foolish things on debt forgiveness are suddenly running the country • Italy’s slow-motion euro train wreck • If the EU punishes Italy , it will reap the whirlwind • Italy's New Populist Government Articulates Vision, but Few Specifics • 'Pack your bags,' Italy's new leaders tell 500,000 illegal migrants — but it'll cost them • Italy's new populist government will have political and economic consequences that far exceed Italy's borders
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Italy credit default swaps hit highest in nearly a year on political risk
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Greece May Be Turning a Corner. Greeks Who Fled Are Staying Put.
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Japan:

Japan is shrinking
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India:

Four of debt-ridden family in Uttar Pradesh consume poison, three die • Mounting debts drive 55 year-old farmer to suicide
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SEBI Eases Listing Norms For Insolvent Companies
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Adherence to Timelines in the Insolvency Resolution Process
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President approves ordinance to treat home buyers as creditors
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Barbados:

Barbados to suspend payment to domestic and external creditors
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MENA:

Dana Gas wins over creditors for sukuk restructuring plans
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U.S. Companies Wind Down Iran Business After Nuclear Deal Pullout
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Australia:

Federal Budget addresses key insolvency issues
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Australian bankers charged in $1.9 billion cartel case
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China:

China's debt-cutting efforts are sinking private companies
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Asia:

'Govts allowing failures': Why credit default risks are higher in Asia
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Barbados:

Credit default • Suicide by default • Barbados PM meets with IMF in bid to get funding
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