Law:

Heller Ehrman Ruling Shows Perils for 'In-Between' Partners
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K&L Gates must face revived fraud suit, Second Circuit says • Second Circuit Revives Fraud Suit Against K&L Gates, Ex-Partners • The Opinion
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Big law firms fail to please clients on business acumen
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Law Firm Partner Rate Gap Widens, Consolidation Increases
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Positioning Yourself For Partnership
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Can Women Lawyers Ever Find Equality In Biglaw?
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Kerrie Campbell asks judge to halt Chadbourne expulsion vote
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Big Law Bends to Challenge Midsize Firms on Flexibility
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Six partners to leave Freshfields this month as part of finance restructuring
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Are Big Law Associates Less Concerned With Diversity Than Their Partners?
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The American Bar Association Is Cracking Down on Bad Law Schools
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Ciber, Med Dev Bankruptcies Leave Trail of Big Law Creditors
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Think Long-Term In Your Cases
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Smith Gambrell's 2016 Growth Extends Into 2017
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Former Berkeley Law Dean Choudhry settles lawsuits with Berkeley and with secretary • UC-Berkeley, Former Law School Dean Settle All Litigation Over Alleged Sexual Harassment; Sujit Choudhry Agrees To Pay $100,000, Resign From Tenured Faculty In Spring 2018
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Trump Company Faces $400k in Legal Fees to Fight $32K Lien
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Trump's crackdown on 'sanctuary cities' is creating a chasm among police
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How To Stop Treating Conversation Like Cross-Examination
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Aaron Hernandez Acquitted of Drive-By Killings • Aaron Hernandez Jury Foreperson Speaks Out About the Verdict
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Lawsuit says email from Eli Manning incriminates him in memorabilia case • Giants defend Eli Manning amid claim of false memorabilia
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Two pharma companies file to stop Arkansas from using their drugs to execute seven inmates
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Jesus Had A Terrible Public Defender
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Speaking Of The Laws Of Ancient Rome…
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From Filing Briefs To Fine Art — Painting Isn’t All That Different From Practicing Law
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Why Trump’s Lawyer Was Sued Over $350,000 He Says He Doesn’t Remember Cashing
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Judge delays fraud trial of former Sutherland partner to determine competency
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Law Deans call for investigation of California Bar Exam passing score
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Multistate Bar Exam Scores Drop to Lowest Point Ever; Is There a Link to Low-end LSAT Scores?
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Montana legislature says ABA model rule on discrimination and harassment violates First Amendment
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A MoFo atty recounts a courtroom scuffle that left a tax collector gasping for air in My Strangest Day in Court
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Is William & Connolly’s Bob Barnett Superman or Zelig?
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Living In A Solo World
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Legal pitfalls of social media in a luxury world
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Court: Detention of woman during moon rock sting 'degrading'
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Domestic violence victims are being evicted for calling 911 in a growing number of US cities
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Deputies Say Woman Walked in on Burglar Cooking Her Chicken, Drinking Her Vodka
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Secret Service Reportedly Investigating Professor Who Wrote ‘Trump Must Hang’
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District Attorney Says He’ll Jail R--- Victims to Make Them Testify
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Lunch Lady Fired After Giving Free Food to Kids Who Couldn’t Afford Full Meal
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7 Words That Make You Sound Less Confident in Emails
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Why No One Cares That You Work Really Late
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The United Airlines Fiasco Should Lead to Better Pay for Jurors
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6 Clients You May Not Have Known Bill O’Reilly’s Lawyer Has Represented
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Manhunt for Cleveland man accused of broadcasting murder on Facebook
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Georgia just made it a lot harder to make money on people ensnared in the criminal justice system
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'Afluenza Kid' Loses Appeal of Sentence
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Judges:

With Trump pick aboard, top U.S. court tackles religious rights
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Judge testifies that San Antonio DA threatened defense lawyers in her chambers
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Below the Surface of the Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings • Justice Gorsuch Should Take Inspiration From John Adams • For Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court job may seem subordinate • Will Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch recuse himself on his first day on the job? • Justice Gorsuch can forget about ethics code for court now • Justice Gorsuch is no Antonin Scalia
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Is the Supreme Court acting less like a court?
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The Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court
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A civility award for the Supreme Court's odd couple
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Judge delivers sassy burn to DOJ in Washington travel ban case
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Federal judge was diagnosed with brain disorder caused by alcohol abuse, court filing says
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US judge says her alcoholism didn't affect case resolutions
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Judges' Deaths Highlight Vulnerability in Judicial Security
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Who Will President Trump Nominate To The Circuit And District Courts?
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Snarky judge in former JPMorgan executive case not going anywhere
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Mystery and Melancholy Surround Death of Judge Found in the Hudson • The female Muslim judge found deceased in Hudson River was a relentless advocate for the poor • NY Judge's Suspected Suicide Shines Light on Silent Struggle • Judges 'Afraid' of Seeking Help for Mental Health Issues
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Man allowed to bring cat into courtroom with him avoids prison for stalking DLA Piper lawyer
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Outrage as judge describes r--ist Mormon bishop as 'an extraordinarily good man'
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Supreme Court action to show Donald Trump’s impact
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Wall Street:

Stocks eye political tensions before Monday open
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US stocks close lower for third time in 3 days
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The ‘Trump bump’ has turned to a ‘Trump thump’
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Layoffs:

Trump can start cutting the federal workforce right now
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Group home provider closing; 200 lose jobs
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Martin's Food Markets to lay off 487 workers
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Groupon cuts about 100 jobs
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Crestview aerospace firm lays off 130 employees
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Evant laying off nearly 200
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Henderson's Methodist Hospital lays off more than 60
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HHGregg to lay off 268 corporate workers
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NY school bus company to lay off 238 workers by end of June
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Travel:

A deal with the dragged passenger is likely United's best bet •United Passenger Suffered Concussion, Broken Nose, Lawyer Says • United Passenger's Lawyer Says Airlines Bully Customers • Here's what United will do differently after passenger fiasco • United Changes Crew-Booking Policy After Passenger's Removal • After dragging incident, United will no longer allow crew members to displace passengers on a plane • Poll: People Won’t Fly United If Another Airline Has An Identical Flight • New York City police are taking a hands-off approach on overbooked flights
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The Lawyers Who Are To Blame For Making Flying So Miserable
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Delta changes policy, will now pay customers up to nearly $10,000 to give up seats
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Here's why overbooking flights is actually a good thing • The Airline Industry: Overpacking Planes Since the 1940s • Delta and the Game Theory of Overbooking Flights
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Airline food shows a growing divide between premium and coach class
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Banking:

Wells Fargo posts flat profit as new customers stay away • How illegal schemes were used to pad Wells Fargo's profits • Wells Fargo Says Scandal Costs Will Be Higher Than Projected
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Credit Suisse Leaders Cut Their Bonuses 40% After Backlash
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Marijuana:

If Jeff Sessions wants to crack down on medical marijuana, he’ll have to battle more than half the country • Denver is finalizing rules for the public consumption of marijuana at coffee shops and bookstores • Sponsored Article Big Investors Backing A Marijuana Boom In 2017
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Economy:

Where the Fed goes from here
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Fed Nowcast stands at 2.6% for 2017:Q1 and 2.1% for 2017:Q2.
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Retail Sales, Consumer Prices Fell in March
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Q1 GDP Forecasts Downgraded Again • Stock Shock: First-Quarter GDP Growth Now Looks Remarkably Weak
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Diverging US economic data raise questions over 'Trump bump'
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Confidence Is High but Economic Gains Are Elusive
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Here's how much the average family in their 40s has saved for retirement
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Bank Lending Stalls on Doubts About Trump's Pro-Growth Agenda
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Krugman: Why Don’t All Jobs Matter?
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Krugman: Trump Is Wimping Out on Trade
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Key Measures Show Inflation close to 2% in March
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After Their Break, Congress Will Have 4 Days to Avoid a Government Shutdown
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Debunking The Washington Post’s Latest Outrageous Attacks On Social Security
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Which state sends most taxes to DC? Hint: It's not a state
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Trump's ‘Reciprocal Tax’ Seen Affirming His Love of Tariffs
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People don’t like paying taxes. That’s because they don’t understand them. • What Bothers Americans About the Tax System
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Treasury doesn't name any countries as currency manipulators
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Trump nominates vocal critic to head Export-Import Bank, casting uncertainty on agency's future
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Former adviser warns Trump: ‘A weak dollar is a weak president’
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On China, Trump Realizes Trade and Security Mix
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Even Canadians are skipping trips to the U.S. after Trump travel ban
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Trump's big shifts come at a dizzying pace • Trump Beasts a Hasty Retreat From Populism
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Why Trump’s wall contradicts immigration trends
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Visualization of the U.S. States that Depend on Foreign Trade the Most
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Social Security Advocates Sound The Alarm About The Latest Trump Tax Plan
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Trump wants to give the rich a big tax cut. Here’s what his supporters want.
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Trump's Health Care Obsession Will End in Tax Reform Tears
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Is Trump's Tax-Cut Tactic Based on an Error?
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This guy convinced cities to cater to tech-savvy Millenials. Now he’s reconsidering.
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What the Gig Economy Looks Like Around the World
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Cities With the Highest (and Lowest) Credit Scores
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Arguing Lack of Standing to Foreclose? Don't Expect Attorneys' Fees
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Homes Are Flying Off the Market Faster Than Ever
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Judge approves plan to rebuild bridge to marooned mall
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Who Will Buy the Baby Boomers' Homes?
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Municipalities:

Territorial Federalism • The International Place of Puerto Rico • Guam and the Case for Federal Deference • American Samoa and the Citizenship Clause: A Study in Insular Cases Revisionism
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Puerto Rico at a loss
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Recession- Debt -Austerity
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Puerto Rico Oversight Board Mediates Last Ditch Debt Negotiations
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Puerto Rico Teetering on the Edge of Official Bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico debt default looming, bankruptcy ‘likely’
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Oil/Gas:

Sabine: The Next Episode
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Bankers' Fading Fear of Oil Lending Is Latest Boon for Shale • Banks raise borrowing bases for some oil companies
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Undaunted by oil bust, financiers pour billions into U.S. shale
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Oil prices push lower on U.S. supply concerns • Oil slides as U.S. pumps more, but OPEC and North Korea loom
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Oil: Solid increase for Oil Rig Count
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OPEC Sees a World That Still Has Too Much Oil
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E&P companies 'out of the emergency room, but still in hospital
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Big Oil Is Set To Disappoint Again With Q1 Results
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Why Oil Markets Are Not Recovering Much Faster
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Stone Energy bankruptcy case to end
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SandRidge bounces back from bankruptcy
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Most OPEC Members Wants Extension of Cuts
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Manufacturers worry exports will drive up natural gas prices
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2020s To Be A Decade of Disorder For Oil
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Fracking could fuel Alaska’s next oil boom
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Politics:

President says he can’t be sued for violence at his rallies because he won the election • After a day of marches demanding he release his tax returns, Trump asks why people are still talking about them • Trump tweetstorms response to protesters demanding he release his tax returns • Donald Trump Is An Embarrassment To Anti-Corruption Lawyers • Preet Bharara Throws Shade at Donald Trump over Decision to Hide White House Visitor Logs • Trump Promises to Tear Down Barrier Between Politics and Churches in Tax Bill • Judge Orders Trump to Pay $300K for Stiffing Paint Company on Golf Resort Renovation • Trump Demands a Carriage Ride in London with the Queen • Trump Is Not the Apotheosis of Conservatism • Trump is Hiring Lobbyists and Top Ethics Official Says ‘There’s No Transparency’ • Majority in US No Longer Thinks Trump Keeps His Promises
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'Why is it your right to take away my right to choose?': Teenager slams top Republican senator during testy town hall
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Here are the country's most and least popular senators
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Christie's defunct presidential campaign still has expenses
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Steve Bannon Was Doomed
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Top Election Official on Voter Fraud
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Reporting on Trump's 'forgotten men and women'
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Jockeying begins among Democrats for race to take on Trump in 2020 • Elizabeth Warren Describes Why She Didn't Run for White House in New Book
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Student Debt:

Cosigning your kids' or grandkids' student loans? Think twice
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Which Graduate Degree Gets You Out of Debt the Fastest?
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Lapsed Student Loan Payment may cost you a Tax Refund
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Consumer Finance:

Minnesota-based Pawn America files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:

IRS Using Private Debt Collection Companies (Again)
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Shipping:

Government makes final push to save ailing DSME • Time is running out for world's top shipmaker as lenders argue • Top shipmaker in dire straits • Pension fund pressed to accept final offer over DSME • Korea's pension fund accepts bailout plan for Daewoo Shipbuilding • Main creditor expects 'good result' in DSME shipyard talks
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Taxis:

Uber Losing Historic Amounts of Money
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Retailing:

List of the 138 JC Penney stores that are closing • JC Penney postponing store closures and liquidation sales • JCPenney stores get a temporary lifeline
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Why Toys R Us is still struggling — even as the wider toy industry booms
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Retail Sales decreased 0.2% in March • Retail Sales Increase Slightly in March
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The State Of Retail
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3 Huge Mistakes Explain Why Sears Is Now Dying
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Instagram Killed the Retail Store
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Way too many malls
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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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (18 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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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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

33rd Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference
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12th Annual Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference
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Structured Dismissal:

Structured Dismissals: Alive and Well After 'Jevic'
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Supreme Court Ruling Draws a Vague Line in Bankruptcy Cases
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Jevic: Structured Dismissals Must Respect Creditor Priority, but Survive Supreme Court Scrutiny (For Now)
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DIP Finance:

Judge Scolds Unilife DIP Lender For Unjustified Limits
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Bankruptcy Reform:

ABI Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy – First Public Meeting is May 6, 2017
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Avoidance Actions:

Global Preferences
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Bankruptcy Humor:

Secured Transactions in the Funny Pages
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Means Test:

Updated IRS Data and Administrative Expenses Multipliers
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SCOTUS:

SCOTUS Asked To Decide Whether A Suspended Healthcare Debtor Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies Under Medicare Before Filing Bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

Avaya Files Plan to Slash Debt Load By More Than $4 Billion
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'We see it as a big opportunity' - Juniper on Avaya bankruptcy and Brocade sale
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Autos:

Almost anyone can get a car loan now — and that's not a good thing for the country
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Takata rescue talks extended, even as bankruptcy risk looms
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The Auto Industry is About to Decline
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When nation's oldest operating GM plant closes, families emerge from Great Recession into uncertain future
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Food/Beverage:

A number of key measures show restaurants are in their worst tailspin since the recession
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How much your favorite restaurant foods cost — and how much they usually get marked up
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Pharma:

Can Drug Companies Be Shamed Into Lowering Prices?
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Healthcare:

Trump is playing a risky game of chicken with health insurers
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Solar:

Sungevity’s messy solar bankruptcy leaves customers on the hook
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Solar Installers Struggle as Panels Become Cheap Enough to Own
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Electricity:

Texas rejects $18b bid for electricity firm
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Prospects of a Public Oncor Raised by $18 Billion NextEra Rebuff
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Fraud:

Bernie Madoff is helping teach MBA students how to combat fraud from jail
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Coal:

More coal is rolling out of the pro-Trump Western Slope, but is it adding up to any jobs?
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EPA chief tells coal miners ‘regulatory assault is over’ • Wrong Message, Wrong Coal Mine
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Wind, Solar Power on the Rise Amid Trump's Mooted Coal Comeback
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Poker:

Founder of Players Poker Championship Files For Bankruptcy Protection
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Nuclear:

The bankruptcy shaking nuclear energy to the core
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Toshiba is losing money on 2 nuclear plants it’s building in Georgia and South Carolina
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Some U.S. Nuclear Workers Are Staying Home on Westinghouse Woes
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The Westinghouse Bankruptcy: Test for Chinese Investment in US Infrastructure
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Nuclear Power Bums, Bailouts and Bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges
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UK:

Hinkley Point EDF Bridgwater road works: Traders 'pushed towards bankruptcy' says councilor
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Agent Provocateur’s unsecured creditors will be left with a whopping £20.7m bill
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PIIGS:

Alitalia reaches preliminary deal with unions for €670 mn labor cost cut
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Stop pretending on Greek debt • Eurozone Crisis Looms As World Bank Throws Doubt Over £2.6 Billion Loan To Bankrupt Greece
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Canada:

Survey Shows Ontarians Taking On More Debt
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How a bankrupt shipper’s blunder turned into a bureaucratic nightmare for Ottawa
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India:

35 corporate insolvency resolutions in progress: IBBI chief
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Take A Deep Breath; Bad Loan Resolution Is Moving, Says Rashesh Shah Of Edelweiss
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MENA:

In time, new bankruptcy law will benefit UAE capital markets
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Croatia:

Yield-hungry Russians play vulture with Croatian distressed debt
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Japan:

Apple May Be Coming to Toshiba’s Rescue
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Toshiba Loses Access to Unit's Cash After Hedge Fund Sues
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Toshiba: Too big to fail?
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Australia:

Australian Government Releases Draft Insolvent Trading And Ipso Facto Legislation.
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China:

China GDP grows at fastest pace since 2015
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Haiti:

Five Nobel Peace Laureates urge UN to pay off debt to Haiti
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