Law:
Charlotte Law Finally Gets Around To Telling Students The School Is Closing
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After Wedding, An Associate's Overbilling Leads to a Suspension
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Former Pennsylvania bar chief is detained in courthouse scuffle; no charges filed
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Incoming NAWL President Sees Change on Horizon For Legal Profession
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Another State Supreme Court Mandates A Lower Bar Passage Score
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Freshfields won't increase associate pay bands this year
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Magic circle top payer opts against raising NQ pay above £85k, dashing ‘100 Club’ dreams
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Holland & Knight Obtains $772K Judgment Against Ex-Partner
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White Supremacist Cantwell Denied Bond • Charlottesville marchers have been fired, disowned, arrested
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The ACLU's moment of crisis on free speech
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A Memo To Trump’s Lawyers: Where Is The Outrage?
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Christian group sues Southern Poverty Law Center over hate-group designation
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Some data about anti-Trump website subscribers must be turned over to federal prosecutors: judge
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A Court Strikes Down Texas's Voter ID Law For the Fifth Time • Federal judge blocks revised voter ID law in Texas, cites perjury prosecution threat
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Federal Judges: Texas House Map Discriminates and Must be Redrawn
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Ex-Uber Engineer Takes Her Tale of Harassment to Supreme Court
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Bonkers law firm website: Victoria Flawless and The Summoner
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Novel ‘The Trial Of Prisoner 043’ Prosecutes George W. Bush
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Trump seriously considering ending DACA
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Law firm salesman in outstanding expletive Facebook meltdown
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Job Hunting? The Key Traits of a Good Candidate. How Do You Stack Up?
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Anger as City law’s only Michelin-starred chef ‘forced out’ of law firm
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Email scammers dupe law firm out of $500,000
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Judges:
BK SD TX Preps For Storm
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Ohio Supreme Court justice goes on Facebook to slam Browns players who kneeled during anthem
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Hero Federal Judge Takes Steps To Increase Meaningful Experience For Diverse Lawyers
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Judge Could Be Disciplined For #MAGA Hat
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Retiring Loudly: Judge, 70, Leaves Bench to Serve as Paramedic
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Wall Street:
U.S. stock futures climb as market gears up for Yellen’s Jackson Hole speech
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Stocks close lower as investor focus on Jackson Hole symposium
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Layoffs:
Third Circuit Applies More Flexible Standard for WARN Exemption
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Chicago: Groupon lays off 130 employees
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AECOM To Layoff 108 Workers In Pennsylvania
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These Are the 12 Employers Who Have Laid Off the Most Workers This Year
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Education:
Defunct Burlington College still owes bank $730000, says judge
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Pensions:
R.I. Senate president calls for investigation of St. Joseph pension insolvency
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TRS warns of insolvency and there’s blame all around
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Trump Team Blocks Criticism of Bill Allowing Hunters to Massacre Bear Cubs
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Food/Beverage:
Yakima hop broker cites slowing craft brewery growth for bankruptcy
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Transport:
Supply Chain Execs Explain Lessons Learned a Year After Hanjin Disruption
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Retailing:
Amazon once again flashes its ability to destroy the competition
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Wealthy shoppers have a new attitude that signals doom for Tiffany
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Retail stock rally is an overreaction caused by low expectations, say experts
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Sears freefall: sales decline another 11.5% • Sears posts double-digit sales slide
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Without insurance, some vendors balk at stocking Sears’ shelves
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Abercrombie's 2nd-qtr loss widens
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Food/Beverage:
Amazon buying Whole Foods should terrify 'nearly every grocery store in the nation' • Grocery stores are getting whacked as the Amazon-Whole Foods deal finalizes • Amazon can cut grocery prices at Whole Foods and still make more money than it does now • Amazon's new Whole Foods discounts wipe out nearly $12 billion in market value from grocery sellers • Amazon cuts Whole Food prices in clear signal of sweeping changes to come
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Surfing:
WSL paddles into choppy Mavericks waters
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Economy:
Fed Chair Yellen set to deliver what could be historic speech in Jackson Hole
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Moody's economist: The Fed still needs to convince the market that more hikes are coming
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There's a great irony to the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium
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An overlooked indicator just plunged, and that could signal trouble ahead
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China says it is ready to tighten 'not perfect' intellectual property controls
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The Destructive Path of Protectionism
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78 percent of workers live paycheck to paycheck
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Fed's Kaplan: US needs more immigrants to fill open jobs
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Amazon isn’t keeping U.S. inflation low — or putting Janet Yellen’s Fed in a pickle
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Mexico, Excuse Me, Congress Will Pay for Wall • White House still won't rule out Mexico paying for border wall, even after Trump shutdown threat
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Lawrence Summers: Mexico isn’t taking Trump’s threats that seriously anymore
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Reporters grilled Sarah Huckabee Sanders about Trump's threat to shut down the government over the border wall during her first press conference in 3 weeks • Sanders: Trump is committed to raising the debt ceiling • Trump attacks Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell for making 'a mess' out of the debt ceiling • Markets Eye Debt Ceiling With Unease • Forget the wall. Here's why Trump should shut down the government • Why Trump Is Calling Out GOP Leaders on Debt Ceiling • Paul Ryan shrugs off Trump jab, assures that debt ceiling will get raised • Moody's strikes less dire tone over US debt ceiling • Debt Ceiling Fight Is a Damaging Distraction • U.S. Won’t Default on Debt, But Expect a Shutdown, Bell Says • Moody's Defines Debt Payment Risk for US Credit Rating • Debt-ceiling drama could cause serious volatility ahead
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Republican strategist 'optimistically cautious' tax reform will get done in September • Mohamed El-Erian: The market will worry about debt-ceiling fight delaying tax reform • Trump’s Tax Cuts Delight Wall Street as Debt Worries Fade • Where’s Trump on Tax Reform Push? • Trump to let House Rs write his tax plan • White House to roll out tax reform messaging next week - not a plan
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5 countries have more productive workers than the U.S., according to this chart
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Apple to build Iowa data center, get $207.8 million in incentives • Why Iowa is giving Apple $208 million for a project that will create 50 full-time jobs
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Steel execs to Trump: Do something -- soon -- about imports
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Is President Trump on track to reach his 4% GDP campaign promise?
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Half the jobs in America pay less than $18 an hour. Can Trump help?
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:
Existing-home sales tumble to 2017 low as supply crunch bites • Economists: Existing home sales disappointing but unsurprising • A Few Comments on July Existing Home Sales
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House building is at its highest level since 2008
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30-year fixed mortgage rate sinks to its lowest level in nine months
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Foreclosure inventory below 400,000 for the first time since February 2007
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The most popular cities where house hunters want to move right now
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Home-price ‘Zestimates’ live on as Zillow wins lawsuit dismissal
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A third of luxe real estate deals involve 'suspicious activity'
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There are no more low-priced homes
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Goldman and Pimco Are Loading Up on Mortgage Bonds
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Closed-door talks as Naval Hospital bankruptcy and Charleston County lawsuit continue
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Income Inequality Is Making Rent Even Less Affordable
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Municipalities:
Hartford, CT Latest Municipality To Face Possible Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Filing Trends for Puerto Rico
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Oil/Gas:
Seadrill, a Big Offshore Oil Player, to Seek Bankruptcy Protection • SeaDrill: into the deep • Seadrill Equityholders Might See No Recovery At All
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Why Gulf of Mexico storm Harvey is bearish for oil • Refineries 'scrambling' to prepare for sudden arrival of Hurricane Harvey • Hurricane Harvey could hurt oil refining long after it hits the Houston area • Oil prices rise as Hurricane Harvey heads for US Gulf coast
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Where's Texas When Oil Stops Selling?
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Ex-offshore drilling regulator "baffled" by Interior plans
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Politics:
Trump Fought with GOP Senators Over Russia • Brennan: Congress Ignores Russia's Election Meddling
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Trump is Finally Tearing the GOP Apart • Trump calls out McConnell—again—hours after White House says they're 'united' • Mitch McConnell Is Trump's Latter-Day Ed Koch • Polling Shows GOP Voters Souring on McConnell as Trump Keeps Up Attacks
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The real problem with Donald Trump's never-ending campaign • California Dems ignite debate on Trump's mental health
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Our 50-50 nation trends 60-40
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Mission improbable: Kushner trek begins U.S.-brokered peace talks
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John Kelly cuts down on Infowars, Charles Johnson stories
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Can Trump Issue A Pardon Via Tweet? Apparently Yes.
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Public Left in the Dark Over Changes to National Monuments • National Monuments Review is a Sham
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Trump's Pick For Top Science Post: Hates Science, Screams About Race Traitors
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Law Professors Come Out Strong Against Roger Stone’s Impeachment Comments
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Healthcare:
Troubled Pinellas Park nursing home files bankruptcy reorganization
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One of the biggest fears about the future of Obamacare was just eliminated
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Last 'bare county' in US gets insurer
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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 (22 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
2017 Delaware Views from the Bench Conference on September 13 at the Hotel DuPont, Wilmington DE
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Discharge:
Damages for Copyright Violation Can't Be Wiped Out in Bankruptcy
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Litigation:
The Decline of Litigation? Part 2
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Electricity:
Texas Regulators Wary of Latest Deal for Utility Business Oncor
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Return On Warren Buffett's Attempt To Buy Oncor: Zero
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Warren Buffett not only was outbid for Oncor, but also lost $270 million breakup fee • Buffett wouldn’t negotiate for Oncor. He lost the deal — and a $270 million termination fee
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Berkshire's Oncor deal falls apart hours before court appearance
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Gambling:
Caesars unit clears Nevada hurdle in bankruptcy emergence
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Student Debt:
Student loan company accused of delaying debt forgiveness for teachers and social workers
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Autos:
Subaru counts cost of Takata failure as £580m, hit destroys profit growth prospects
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Carmakers pan investment bank's fees in Takata unit's bankruptcy
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Coal:
The (Only) Culprit Of Coal’s Demise
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Student Debt:
As U.S. student loan debt reaches trillions, Millenials share burden with Baby Boomers
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Why students need better protection from loan fraud
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5 facts about student loans
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Personal Finance:
Winner of the largest lottery prize in US history comes forward • Powerball winner has already quit her job • $758.7 million Powerball winner already broke one rule. What else not to do • Hospital worker claims record $758.7 million Powerball. Here's her estimated tax bill
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Weather:
Hurricane Harvey could devastate parts of Texas — here's what you need to know • Is Texas Ready for Hurricane Harvey? • ‘Life-threatening’ Hurricane Harvey intensifies to Category-2 as it heads for Texas • Hurricane Harvey strengthens, threatens US with most powerful storm in 12 years
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Consultants:
Verisk to buy bankruptcy data and risk management firm for $151M
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UK:
KPMG announces catch up distribution for former clients of insolvent Alpari (UK)
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Linklaters escapes prosecution after de-instructing itself
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Law lecturer convicted of potty-mouth air-rage
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Scotland on verge of insolvency
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BHS liquidator drops Arcadia claim in £30m Green deal
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Bank of England Is Vindicated as Growth Deteriorates
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Canada:
Two Cassels Brock partners admitted to Insolvency Institute of Canada
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Germany:
Air Berlin’s Post-Bankruptcy Future Is Unclear but Ryanair Wants a Piece • Thomas Cook's Condor, Lufthansa eye Air Berlin planes -sources
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India:
Old-Fashioned Insolvency Policy in India
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First insolvency case sees 94% haircut for lenders
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Australia:
Australians Not Buying Economic Recovery
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Singapore:
Move to streamline insolvency framework
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