Law:

Square’s Ban of Bankruptcy Lawyers Scrutinized in California Court
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The Law School Getting Its Grads The Best Legal Jobs
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The Law Firm Generation Gap: A Millennial and a Baby Boomer Talk It Out
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Rethink Law Firm Sales by Shifting Your Perspective
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How I Made Partner: Nixon Peabody’s Kathleen Ceglarski Burns
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Summer Associate Hopes Firm Meeting Doesn’t Interfere With Gym Time
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The Tragedy Of The Law Firm Commons
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California Lawyers Could See Annual Bar Fees Hiked By 40 Percent
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Kirkland & Ellis hires director of well-being and plans apps to help increase resilience
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Most people are bad at arguing. These 2 techniques will make you better.
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Dad wins $5M class settlement after he’s denied primary caregiver parental leave • JPMorgan Pays Out $5 Million In Belated Recognition That Men Are Technically Also Sometimes Parents
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Shadow IT And Bring Your Own Device Policies
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23 Affordable Work Dresses That Will Make You Feel Like A Powerhouse
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Fight for Attorney Mental Health Starts in Law School
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If you say yes to any of these 8 questions, you're definitely more confident than you think
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Attorney General William Barr: The FBI crossed 'a serious red line' by investigating Trump's campaign • AG William Barr Goes Full MAGA • Spying, treason and politics: President Trump ups the stakes in Russia probe battle despite scant evidence • AG Barr stokes the conspiracy fires • William Barr just contradicted himself over a key claim he's made about Mueller's obstruction findings • William Barr vs. Robert Mueller, explained • The Mueller conundrum facing House Dems: What to do with a reluctant special counsel? • Roger Stone aide Andrew Miller testifies before a grand jury in Mueller probe spinoff • Mueller Wants it Both Ways • Trump Chief of Staff Concedes Russia Interfered in Election, Blames Obama
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Elizabeth Warren says she wants to make it legal to indict presidents
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Emmet Flood, White House lawyer brought on to navigate Russia probe, to depart June 14, Trump says
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Trump Lawyer Message to Flynn Released • 'Thanks, Pal.' Read Trump Attorney's Message to Flynn Lawyer About Cooperation • Trump Lawyer Sought ‘Heads Up’ From Flynn, Transcript Shows 
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The states passing strict abortion bans have some of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the country • Donor's Rift with Law School - Fomented by New Abortion Law - Puts $27M Gift in Peril • Abortion bans are popping up all around the US. Here are the states that have passed new laws to challenge Roe v. Wade in 2019. • Illinois affirms “fundamental right” to abortion by passing new bill • Missouri’s last abortion clinic will stay open, for now • Judge blocks closing of state’s only abortion clinic with TRO • Corporations are getting dragged into a debate they've long sought to avoid: Abortion • Nikki Haley to attack pro-choice "conformity"
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Trump Can’t Figure Out How to Keep His Biggest Promise
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Data shows immigrant minors are routinely held past legal time limit; ABA is ‘deeply disturbed’
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Gunman Kills 12, Injures 4 in Virginia Beach • Virginia Beach attacker notified boss of plans to leave job • Virginia Beach Shooting: What We Know • Survivors relate horror: 'Suddenly, a kind of hole exploded in my wall' • Va. GOP killed bill to ban sales of large-capacity magazines like those used in Virginia Beach • Mulvaney on Virginia Beach shooting: "Let's not get too deep into politics too soon" • Craddock was violent with co-workers before Virginia Beach rampage
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Mass shootings transform how America talks, prays, prepares • Mass shootings create rippling network of stricken survivors
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The '90s Case That Changed the History of American Legal Proceedings
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What Two Crucial Words in the Constitution Actually Mean
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Republicans and Democrats Are Describing Two Different Constitutions
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Lawyer Disbarred For Stealing Wine… A Lot Of Wine
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Bill Cosby drops legal fight against seven women who say he defamed them
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‘Flagrant D-------’ Is Now The Greatest Legal Commentary To Come Out Of Harvard Law School
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Judges:

Justice Dept. Keeps Wiretaps Secret in Flynn Case, "Rejecting" Judge’s Order???? • If the administration defied a court order, all bets are off
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How a resort weekend for judges made courts more conservative
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SCOTUS told of new evidence in challenge to census citizenship question
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Two Biglaw Firms Get Benchslapped As Federal Judge Questions ‘Integrity’
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SCOTUS Case Could End Administrative State
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On Dark Money and the Right's Judicial 'Revival'
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Wall Street:

Stocks tumble on trade-war fears after China pledged to 'fight until the end' • Dow futures sharply lower amid intensifying trade war concerns • Trade-War Contagion Puts Markets on Alert for Fresh Risk Selloff
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Stocks plunge as China trade war and Mexico tariffs fuel a 'triple hit of bad news' • Stocks end rocky month lower as Trump widens trade war
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Layoffs:

Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Eddie Lampert: effort to avoid paying $43 million to Sears for worker severance is a ‘betrayal’
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Republic Wireless lays off around 20 percent of its workforce
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Politics:

Hofeller's Secret Files a Nightmare for GOP
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Top Democrat says the House will impeach Trump, just not yet • Pence: I wouldn't know why Congress would impeach Trump
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Kushner, for first time, claims he never discussed security clearance with Trump • Kushner unsure whether he'd alert FBI if Russians request another meeting
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Jared Kushner defends Trump against racism allegations but dodges questions on Trump's promotion of the birther conspiracy
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Warren swipes at Biden: 'The time for small ideas is over'
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Lampert Draws Uproar From Warren, AOC on Sears Severance Pay
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Hickenlooper booed in San Francisco for denouncing socialism
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White House: Moving USS McCain Not Unreasonable
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Leading Democratic candidates took subtle digs at Joe Biden while he was absent at an event that most of them attended
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Joe Biden says LGBTQ rights will be his top legislative priority
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Fox News supported Laura Ingraham after she defended a prominent white supremacist
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12 vintage commercials that reveal who Trump was before he became president
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Italy revokes Steve Bannon’s right to use a monastery for his political “gladiator” school
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Why AOC and Ted Cruz are working on a proposal to ban lawmakers from lobbying for life
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Watch radio host Charlamagne tha God tell Elizabeth Warren she's 'like the original Rachel Dolezal'
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Top North Korean official who was reportedly sent to a prison camp over failed nuclear talks has reappeared alongside Kim Jong Un
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Pentagon chief to White House: The military "will not be politicized"
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Autos:

'The pain is just beginning': After 38,000 layoffs, Wall Street wakes up to 'peak car'
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Tesla is going it alone while other carmakers are partnering and merging — here's why Elon Musk doesn't have a choice
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US car companies are trying to help Trump — but Trump keeps kicking them down
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General Motors tumbles after Trump threatens to slap tariffs on Mexican products
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Taxis:

Uber and Lyft drivers reveal the wildest things they have seen while driving passengers
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Uber drivers are thrilled with the company's plan to bar passengers with low ratings
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Aviation:

FAA says more than 300 Boeing 737 jets could have parts ‘susceptible to premature failure’ • Boeing's nightmare year gets even worse as it admits hundreds of planes — including 159 737 Maxes — may have defective parts on their wings • Boeing Faces Doubtful Airline Chiefs in Mission to Restore Faith
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Education:

More than half of community colleges are too expensive for low-income students
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Crypto:

DLA Piper prepares report on the impact of cryptocurrency on insolvency and restructuring
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Celebs:

‘American Chopper’ Star Paul Teutul Sr. Found in Contempt of Court, Ordered to Pay $17,000
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Skiing:

Companies that ran closed ski resort seeking bankruptcy help
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Tax:

When does the IRS have Priority in Bankruptcy?
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Tech:

Fusion Takes Action to Enhance Capital Structure and Deleverage with Support of Secured Lenders
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Economy:

Q2 GDP Forecasts: mid-1% Range
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Personal Income Increased 0.5% in April, Real PCE declined slightly
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Still Not on Recession Watch
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Morgan Stanley sees global recession ‘in three quarters’ if Trump escalates trade war
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Reforms Saved Gov't $262Bn Since 2010
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A new credit bubble gets ready to burst
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Powell Channels Bernanke: 'Subprime Debt Is Contained'
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Bill Could Save Social Security
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Fear Gauges Light Up in U.S. Credit
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Poll: Americans Disagree with Use of Tariffs • China to Issue White Paper on Trade Talks • Here Are the Most Interesting Items in China's Trade White Paper • Is China really paying for Trump’s tariffs? It isn’t so straightforward • Goldman Sachs is predicting an escalation of global trade wars • Real Origins of the US-China Cold War • China Targets FedEx in ‘Warning’ to U.S. • Factories Feel Trade War Pain as Wall Street Sees Recession Risk • The Trouble with Auto Tariffs • China has made its trade war demands ahead of the G20 summit: tariffs have not 'made America great again' • Trump just took his trade battle to a new front — and now traders are more sure than ever that the Fed is going to cut rates • Didn't Wharton Teach Tariffs and Intl. Trade? • U.S. Can Get Heavy Rare Earths Only From China • China's rare earths saber-rattling • Here's the dirty truth about China's rare-earths threat • The US-China trade war just sparked a $14.6 billion exodus from emerging markets • Trump wants to pass his trade deal. But he’s not acting like it • A US-China trade deal isn’t likely at the G-20 summit this month, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley say • How New Tariffs Would Jolt California
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Trump Strips India of Special Trade Status
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U.S. stock market forgoes $5 trillion in returns thanks to trade war, estimates Deutsche Bank
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Trump's war on global trade
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Lighthizer Opposed New Tariffs on Mexico • Republicans slam Trump's Mexico tariff threat • Top Trump officials says tariffs on Mexico will not derail trade deal and were meant to force immigration discussion • Trump Calls Mexico an Abuser • $17Bn Wiped by Mexico Tariff Threats • Laredo Braces for Trump's Tariffs • Trump sees Mexico tariffs as financing his promised border wall • Trump is trying a risky new strategy to force Mexico to stop migrants from reaching the US. Experts say it could backfire spectacularly. • What is Mexico doing - and not doing - to keep migrants from crossing into the US? • Trump's decision to escalate trade wars with China, Mexico signals turning point for US policy • As Mexico becomes largest US trading partner, here are industries that could be most hit by tariffs • Avocados, cars, and all the other products that will get more expensive if Trump puts a 5% tariff on Mexican imports • Trump's Mexican Tariffs Threatens Autos • What Mexico Has Done to Limit Migrants • Trump is deploying a tactic from 'The Art of the Deal' in his trade threats against Mexico • 2 maps show how every US state's economy could be affected by Trump's proposed Mexico tariffs • Trump's latest trade-war grenade has the global economy heading toward a scenario where no one wins • Mexican president to Trump: tariffs and coercion won’t work • Tariffs Cure All Ills • Mick Mulvaney: Trump is "deadly serious" about Mexico tariffs • US, Mexico plan summit in Washington on Wednesday in bid to head off trade dispute • Goldman Sachs sees U.S. trade war with China and Mexico escalating • Trump administration to send DHS agents, investigators to Guatemala-Mexico border • Art of the no-deal: Trump's Mexico threat makes U.S. 'world's biggest rogue trader' • Trump Pours Cold Water on Mexico's President
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Trump proposes the biggest tax hike in 30 years
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What happens if we abandon NAFTA, and don’t replace it?
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Trump announces departure of White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett
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Average After Tax Income by State
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More than half of baby-boomer job seekers say they've faced age discrimination, and it's costing them work
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American millennials have an average net worth of $8,000 — and it's part of a bigger financial problem the generation is facing
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The striking evidence that Medicaid expansion can help single moms get jobs, briefly explained
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More America Moving West and South
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The Trump tax cuts are failing badly
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Increased Year-over-year
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No country in the world meets the mark on gender equality — these are the best and worst performers
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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:

Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in April, Lowest Since August 2007
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Home Contract Financing and Black Wealth
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Hidden Realtor commissions could be next housing-market domino to topple as government probes MLS
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Cities With Highest And Lowest Real Estate Taxes
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Municipalities:

$5.2 Trillion Of Government Pension Debt Threatens To Overwhelm State Budgets, Taxpayers
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Muni Lowdown
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Oil/Gas:

Why the CEOs of Shell, BP, and 11 other major corporations have decided to lobby DC for climate change legislation
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Religion:

US Catholic Church reports big rise in abuse allegations
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IRS says evangelist’s generous gifts to strangers and tips to waiters aren’t tax deductible
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Wild eyed televangelist Kenneth Copeland appears unhinged in interview where he defends his $760million fortune and says he needs to use THREE private jets because 'demonic environment on commercial flights are not good for a preacher'
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Personal Finance:

I was 20 years old when the Great Recession struck. Here's what I wish I'd known about money back then.
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Scranton man with lousy credit finds his own bankrupt father had stolen his identity and been running up bills since he was 14
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30 Easy Ways To Save Money You Can Start Doing Now
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11 reasons why it's taking you so long to succeed in life
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Cannabis:

The number of people over age 65 using marijuana is increasing faster than any other age group
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Retailing:

Sears' bankruptcy has burned thousands of vendors worldwide
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The Sears Bankruptcy Killed This REIT’s Earnings, But Not Its Long-Term Opportunity
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Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say Eddie Lampert "betraying" thousands of Sears workers • Lampert' backpedaling at Sears renews severance uproar
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Sears and Kmart parent Transform to buy Sears Hometown shares not owned by Eddie Lampert's ESL
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Transform Holdco, LLC Statement On Severance Payments For Former Sears Holdings Employees
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Arcadia faces angry creditors in battle to stave off bankruptcy
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Bankrupt Performance Bicycle starts store-closing sales
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The Mall Meltdown Continues
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Shopko's Ch. 11 Plan Rejected Over Executive Releases
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Trump's China trade war meets the retailpocalypse
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President Trump's tariffs are hitting the country's most vulnerable: Dollar store shoppers
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Amazon could face heightened antitrust scrutiny under a new agreement between US regulators
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Gap craters as sales slump at Old Navy • We went to a Gap store and saw why its sales have been struggling
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Costco exec says it won't copy Walmart's blockbuster online grocery strategy because 'if somebody wants something in an hour, they're probably not going to get it from us'
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Mass Torts:

Ex-Boy Scouts are preparing to sue for abuse by troop leaders • Boy Scouts Abuse Problem Even Worse
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NYC Jury Adds $300M in Punitive Damages to Verdict in Lawsuit Linking Talc Products to Mesothelioma
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Entertainment:

Meet the Dallas duo who bought Harvey Weinstein’s company and scored an instant hit
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Harvey Weinstein’s $44-million settlement with his accusers is in jeopardy
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Advertising:

Amazon buys part of ad tech company Sizmek
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Credit Reporting:

The Conundrum of Credit Reporting In and After Bankruptcy: Help May Be on the Way
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Climate:

Sierras Get 33 Times More Snow Than Last Yr.
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Hurricane season is here, but thousands are still reeling from the past two years
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Agribusiness:

Tim Ryan: China tariffs are hammering U.S. farmers
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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 (46 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (31 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:

(1) • (2) • (3) •(4)• (5) • (6) • (7) • (8)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

Webcast: Getting Ready for the Next Cycle: Unlocking Value in Troubled Companies: 363 Asset Sales and Alternatives
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Litigation:

Don’t Try To Make Friends. Try To Win.
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UCC:

A Recent Case Highlights the Importance of Precision in Drafting a nd Maintaining U CC Financing Statements
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Make-Whole:

Fifth Circuit Rules on Payment of a Make-Whole Premium and Post-Petition Default Interest
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TBTF:

Not a Bank, Not a SIFI; Still Too Big to Fail
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle
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Avoidance Actions:

Termination of Buyback Option Not a Fraudulent Transfer
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Bankruptcy Rules:

The Bankruptcy Judges of the Middle District of Florida have approved new and amended Local Rules
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IP:

The Supreme Court Decision Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC Has Broad Implications for Licenses and Other Agreements in Bankruptcy: Analysis
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So the U.S. Supreme Court Resolved a Circuit Split Concerning Trademark Licenses, Now What?
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Trademark Licensees’ Rights Survive Bankruptcy Rejection
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"Rejection" of a Trademark License in Bankruptcy Is a Breach, Not a Rescission
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Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split to Hold that a Licensee's Trademark Rights Survive Following Rejection of the License in Bankruptcy
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When trademark rights and bankruptcy collide
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Tech:

The US Justice Department is reportedly preparing a potential antitrust case against Google
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Telecoms:

Amazon is reportedly looking into expanding into the telecom industry
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Healthcare:

Springfield Hospital plans bankruptcy filing, and hopes to find a partner
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Officials concerned about Astria, but optimistic it will emerge from bankruptcy
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2019 is a very bad year for measles
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Suicide Epidemic Sweeps Western US
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ACA linked to reduced racial disparities, earlier diagnosis and treatment in cancer care
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Why are so many doctors burning out? Tons of real and electronic paperwork.
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Voters are tuning out the health care debates
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Fraud:

May 2019 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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UPS Store Clerks Will Notarize Anything: Ponzi Scheme Edition
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Woman who called Michelle Obama an 'ape' sentenced to jail for defrauding FEMA
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Electricity:

PG&E Bankruptcy Truly One-of-a-Kind
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PG&E Creditors to Boost Restructuring Plan to $45 Billion
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Failure to give ratepayers representation in PG&E bankruptcy to raise bills
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Ohio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Balloons to Embrace Coal (while Killing Renewable Energy Rules)
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U.S. TVA to cut carbon emission by 70 percent by end of next decade: CEO
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Student Debt:

People are fleeing the US to keep from paying off their student loans
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For black students, debt casts long shadow
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Pharma:

The most common drugs are getting more expensive
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Banking:

May 2019: Unofficial Problem Bank list unchanged at 73 Institutions
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Music:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to cut summer's programming.
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Flowers:

FTD Companies, Inc. Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petitions to Facilitate Completion of Strategic Initiatives • First Day Dec (1) • First Day Dec (2)
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Newspapers:

'Newspaper-killing' Digital First Media to buy bankrupt Reading Eagle
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UK:

The construction industry, insolvency and directors’ liabilities
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U.K. factories stall as Brexit stockpiling cools
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Leader: Backing Arcadia's CVA is best bet for creditors
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Trump: Boris Johnson is Great for PM • There's Nothing Behind Boris Johnson's Mask • Why Brexit could quickly bring down Britain's next prime minister
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On UK trip, Donald Trump will wade into Britain's Brexit crisis and discourage work with Huawei • Trump says the UK should “walk away” from its Brexit deal • Trump is heading to the UK. Here’s what you need to know.
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What Queen Elizabeth's relationship was like with every US president, from Truman to Trump
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As Trump's state visit looms, Britain seems a reluctant host • Can US-British Ties Survive This State Visit? • Trump met with very rude protest as he flies into Stansted Airport for UK state visit
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The giant orange Trump baby blimp that the president says makes him 'feel unwelcome' is making an appearance for his state visit to the UK
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London mayor compares Trump to "fascists of the 20th century" • Trump blasts London Mayor Sadiq Khan on UK trip: ‘He is a stone cold loser’ • Trump calls London mayor "foolishly nasty" after fascist comparison
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US-UK ties on ‘shaky ground’ as Trump arrives for three-day visit
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AP FactCheck: Trump denies calling Duchess Meghan 'nasty'
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EU:

Merkel & Macron at Odds Over New EU Leader
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MENA:

Kushner: Palestinians Can't Self Govern • US Deal Finishes Off the Palestinians • Egypt Sides with Palestinians on Peace Deal
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Pompeo delivers frank view of Trump's Middle East peace plan in off-record meeting • Pompeo Says Trump's Middle East Peace Plan May Be Considered 'Unexecutable'
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In Iran, economic worries outweigh fear of war with US
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Venezuela:

Russia withdraws key defense advisers support to Maduro, seen as major setback
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China:

China Considers SMB Bankruptcy Path
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