Law:
Here’s More Bonus News, You Salivating Dogs
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UK: Slaughter and May hands out fat bonuses, hikes junior pay
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Arnold & Porter To Award Cravath-Scale Associate Bonuses
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Faegre Baker Daniels Names New Bankruptcy Partners
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Trial of Martin Shkreli's lawyer interrupted by 'serious' claims about government official • Ex-Katten Atty Trial Halted Over 'Career-Ending' Claims
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Nelson Levine Ex-Chair Renews Plea for Partner Arbitration
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4 In-House Counsel Who Fudged Their Credentials - With Disastrous Results
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To Woo Clients, Big Law Defectors Find Strength in Numbers
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A Plea For Holiday Civility
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The Law Firm Disrupted: A Hitch in a 'New Law' Business Model
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5 Things I Miss About Biglaw (Part 2)
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Both Firms and In-House Feel Confident in Cyber Prep, but That Might Be Overconfidence
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Virtual Law Firms - The Growing Pay-to-Play Business Model
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Ex-Radnor CEO Wants 3rd Circ. To Rethink Skadden Win
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Sorry, Cooley Law, But You Can’t Hide Vital Information From Prospective Students • Federal Court Chides Western Michigan-Thomas Cooley Law School For Seeking TRO To Block ABA's Release Of Letter On School's Noncompliance With Accreditation Standards
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Some Charlotte School of Law students wrongly denied discharge of federal loans, NC AG’s office says
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Law School Dean Puts Students In ‘Time-Out’ Before Allowing Them To Take Final Exam
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A proposed limit on student loans for graduate education (other than medical) • A Looming Asteroid For Law Schools: Proposed $28,500 Annual Federal Loan Cap
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5 Legal Tips for a Safe and Happy Holiday Office Party
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FBI Agent Scandal Even More Stupid Than Previously Known • FBI agents spoke negatively about Democrats, too • “Hillary Is Corrupt and Trump Is Crazy”: At the F.B.I., Anger at Being Scapegoated • ‘Show your text messages during Benghazi’: Morning Joe rips GOP members undermining Mueller • DOJ now says early release of FBI agents' private texts to reporters was 'not authorized' by the department • Mueller Reviewing E-mails From Bannon-Linked Data Firm • Doubting the intelligence, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked • Report: Trump never held a high-level meeting on Russian interference • Trump still refuses to believe Russia interfered in the election • Trump Dossier Claims Have Credibility, Says Former Spy • Trump was reportedly offered a meeting with Putin one month after launching presidential bid • Poll shows that 7 in 10 US citizens think Trump did something illegal, or at least unethical, with Russia • Trump, GOP ignore issues with Russia, Putin
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Accused Tavis Smiley Blasts PBS for 'So-Called Investigation'... 'This Has Gone Too Far' • Dem Senator Admitted To Hitting Wife In Interview • NYPD Opens Russell Simmons Probe • Chief judge initiates review of allegations against Alex Kozinski •
Women twice as likely to say they face gender discrimination at work • What Salma Hayek’s account of Harvey Weinstein being her “monster” reveals about Hollywood • A former 'Today' show employee details an alleged secret relationship with Matt Lauer • The Outrage Machine Comes For “Inappropriate Conduct”: Unexpected Consequences Of The #MeToo Moment • Official Who Investigates Lawmakers for Misconduct Is Accused of Attacking Women • Top TX AG staff member resigns after story about social media comments • Dustin Hoffman: More Accusers Come Forward • Murdoch claims harassment allegations at Fox are politically driven • 42% of working women say they’ve been discriminated against at work • Gender discrimination comes in many forms for today’s working women
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Trump’s tweets were too vague and subjective to be defamatory, appeals court says
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Ole Miss Latest School to Seek New GC After NCAA Probe
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Anger issues, impulse disorder could explain ‘baffling phenomenon’ of lawyers who shoplift
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Partners reveal what they're really thinking in survey
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In-house lawyers bemoan hourly billing and needy firms
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Glamorous Solicitor 2017: Round 2
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Louisville Athletics Says Pitino Must Repay Forfeited Funds
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Died in '93, Daughter Kept Cashing Her Checks
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Crime-fighting robot retired after launching alleged ‘war on the homeless’
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Here’s how being stressed at work can hurt you physically—and what you can do to beat it
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Tiny Train Town: Sedgwick Partner's Christmas Tradition
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Lawyer began throwing drug-fuelled 'chem s--' parties after being diagnosed with HIV, court hears
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Conservative City Official Faces Charges After Allegedly 'Teasing' Liberal Coworker with Shotgun
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Police Remove Woman From Starbucks After She Rants About Students 'Speaking Oriental'
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Men Hung Noose Outside Black Teacher’s Classroom But Judge Acquitted Them of Hate Crime
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Yeah, The Courtroom Isn’t Like This In Real Life
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Judges:
What Will It Take To Get Alex Kozinski Off The Ninth Circuit? • Will complaints of harassment by Kozinski have any impact? • Here Are the Women Who Have Called Out Judge Kozinski • Atty-Journalist Describes 'Hypersexualized World' Of Kozinski • Federal judge in SF under investigation over sexual misconduct allegations • Who Will Judge the Judge? • Sources Report 3 Kozinski Clerks Are Out • Ninth Circuit Launches Inquiry Into Alex Kozinski • Court calls for inquiry into Judge Alex Kozinski accusations • Inquiry launched into harassment allegations against U.S. appeals judge • Case Western's Cassandra Burke Robertson calls for impeachment proceedings against Judge Kozinski • Why is legal academia still remaining (mostly) silent on Alex Kozinski? • Texas Law School Professor Among Women Calling Out Judge Kozinski
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Trump has now appointed most ever federal appeals judges in 1st year • Trump's Judge-A-Palooza: A Sneak Peek at Trump Watch
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The Hanging Judge: An Interview With Judge Michael Ponsor
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Senate Fills Second 5th Circuit Seat in Two Days With Confirmation of Ho
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Wall Street:
Dow, S&P set for 4th week of gains as traders shake off tax worries • US futures rise as investors look to data; tax overhaul concerns linger
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Dow falls as investors await final tax bill • US stock indexes veer lower in afternoon trade; oil rises
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If the bitcoin boom goes bust, the stock market could see collateral damage, analyst Bob Doll says
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JPMorgan Sees S&P 500 Hitting 3,000, Warns on Tech Stocks
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How America’s Inequality Is Sending the Dow Soaring
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Layoffs:
Teva to lay off 14,000 workers in bid for survival — but some are skeptical • Teva's feverish bailing efforts deluged by reality
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New round of layoffs announced at GE Hitachi
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Wells Fargo lays off 60 staff members from mortgage unit
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GE Hitachi Nuclear confirms layoffs
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Bold Films Laying Off Half of Its Employees
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Disney's deal to buy Fox studio could bring substantial layoffs
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Retailing:
US retail sales rose 0.8% in Nov, vs 0.3% increase expected
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Stores may be in trouble, but people are spending like mad
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Will The 'Big 6' Retailers Nab All of The Holiday Shopping Cheer?
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Retailers Hope For the Best Christmas Sales Since the Recession
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Sears lands another deal with Amazon — this time for car batteries, tires • Sears just dealt a huge blow to its stores
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Amazon Prime growth is slowing down in the U.S., says Morgan Stanley
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Costco continues to hold its own against Amazon
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Politics:
Roy Moore turns refusal to concede into religious crusade: ‘Immorality sweeps over the land’ • Doug Jones' message to Roy Moore: "It's time to move on" • The suburban revolt against Trump continued in Alabama • How Jones won: Moore missed Trump’s standard in every Alabama county • Many conservatives are downright relieved that Roy Moore lost • The Doug Jones vs. Roy Moore results, in black and white • Alabama Secretary of State Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About on Roy Moore Recount
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The Republican Nightmare Is Just Beginning
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Trump's approval rating is sinking to unthinkable levels in places you'd never expect
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Karl Rove on Steve Bannon: He showed up looking like ‘a scruffy out-of-work homeless guy’
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Paul Ryan To Step Aside In '18, Leave DC •The 'Paul Ryan considers retirement' stories have started • Paul Ryan: I'm Not Going Anywhere
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It’s payback time for those Trump has bullied
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Omarosa denies being fired and escorted off White House grounds • Omarosa talks about her White House exit, and ‘Good Morning America’ host Robin Roberts isn’t having any of it
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Trump's "really diverse team" is mostly white
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Monopolies are Threatening American Democracy
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Economy:
Fed Raises Interest Rates (Again): A Christmas Gift for Bankruptcy Professionals?
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It’s Trump’s Fed Now
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The Fed's Inconsistent Numbers
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Experts: The Fed will revise its estimate to four rate hikes in 2018
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U.S. Worker Pay Is Having Its Worst Stretch Since 2009
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Yellen Not Buying Tax Cut's Economic Fables
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This is What Happened to the American Dream
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Business inventories slip in October, following a month of no gain
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US weekly jobless claims rise less than expected • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 225,000
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World's richest 0.1% have boosted their wealth by as much as poorest half
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Slow rebuild after the Great Recession killed economic equality
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Trump chose five families to show how the tax bill benefits them. Their stories show the reality is complicated. • White House budget director Mick Mulvaney: I'm 'cautiously optimistic' on tentative tax cut deal • Some Serious Math Problems for the GOP Tax Plan • Mystery, Suspense Mount as Final GOP Tax Plan Is Due • Will the GOP Tax Plan Create Jobs? Business Execs and Big Investors Say No • Sen. Rubio a ‘no’ on GOP tax bill unless tax credit for working poor is expanded • How Sen. Marco Rubio’s child tax credit could be the final big GOP tax fight • Trump: "I think Senator Rubio will be there" on tax bill • Marco Rubio opposes current GOP tax plan; Mike Lee is undecided • 2 Senators Sidelined By Illness • Senate Republicans try to placate Rubio after he threatens to oppose tax bill over child credit • GOP considers shortening duration of tax cuts for families as a way to fund changes to tax plan • Paul Ryan And Top Republican Lawmakers Could Reap Personal Windfall From New Real Estate Tax Breaks • White House pitches millennials on tax bill, saying they'll be more prosperous under Trump than Obama • Share buyback machine now in overdrive — dropping a strong hint at what CEOs plan to do with tax savings • GOP Tax Bill Faces New Uncertainty • Proposed ACA mandate repeal makes GOP tax plan more unpopular • The GOP tax bill could be even more costly than it looks • The Republican tax bill that could actually become law, explained • Corporate Bonds Sour on the Republican Tax Plan • Congress Keeps $7,500 EV Tax Credit • Here are 25 companies that will benefit the most from the GOP tax plan • Why the Disney deal suggests the tax bill may mean little for the economy • Michael R. Bloomberg: This Tax Bill Is a Trillion-Dollar Blunder • Israel Poised for ‘Economic Earthquake’ Caused by U.S. Tax Reform
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The ‘unretired’: Coming back to work in droves
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The FCC has reversed a 2015 rule that could change how you access and pay for internet service
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Banks are still not passing on higher Fed rates to savers
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Deutsche Bank: 30 Risks for 2018
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Texas Tells Trump to Back Off on NAFTA
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One question will tell you if you're actually wealthy
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Hotel Occupancy Rate Increased Year-over-Year, 2017 will be Record Occupancy Year
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Retail Sales increased 0.8% in November
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Americans' Satisfaction With U.S. Same in 2017 as in 2016
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One In Every 3 People In This City Are Millionaires And Pay No Income Taxes!
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'Child care deserts' are leaving rural parents with few options
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:
We’re still building the wrong kind of homes for renters
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The 11 worst places to buy a home if the GOP tax plan passes
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Xceligent Shuts Down Operations, Files for Ch. 7 Liquidation
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The new renters are older and wealthier
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Is the Rental Housing Explosion Over?
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Kushner Ignores Questions on Troubled NYC Property
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The U.S. States With the Most Million Dollar Homes
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Famed dude ranch may be headed for foreclosure
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Municipalities:
One-third of Puerto Rico still doesn't have power
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The key helping Puerto Rico is removing politics from electricity
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A three-tiered solution for Puerto Rico
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After Maria, Puerto Rico Struggles Under The Weight Of Its Own Garbage
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GOP Tax Plan Could Devastate Puerto Rico’s Manufacturing Sector With One Line
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Puerto Rico Bondholders Are Fighting to Know What Island Even Spends
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Storm-hit Puerto Rico starving for tourists
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls for Puerto Rico’s Debt Forgiveness • Lin-Manuel Miranda: Helping Puerto Rico is 'politically smart thing to do'
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Connecticut, Already Strapped, Is Coming Up Short Again
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Detroit breaks ground on tallest tower, symbol of resurgence
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Michigan lawmakers introduce legislation to repeal the Emergency Manager Law
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Muncie Schools Put Under Full State Control • Second Indiana school district, Muncie, joins Gary under emergency management
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Prop. Taxes Higher In Poor Chicago Neighborhoods, Suit Says
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Oil/Gas:
Cobalt files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy • Cobalt International files for Ch. 11, plans to sell off assets • Deepwater oil producer Cobalt seeks quick sale in bankruptcy • Cobalt International Energy Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Texas
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Investors Not Impressed As Permian Basin Rig Grows For 7th Week
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Energy Sector Eyes 'New World' of Returns to Quash Oil Angst
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Investors pour cash into US shale despite questions on returns
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Paralysis at PDVSA: Venezuela's oil purge cripples company
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Telecoms:
Bipartisan Uproar as FCC Unravels Net Neutrality • FCC Votes to End Net Neutrality Rules • The End of Net Neutrality: What Comes Next? • The End of Net Neutrality: Who Cares? • Portugal hints at what the American internet could eventually look like without net neutrality • Why you should care that the FCC has put an end to ‘net neutrality’ • No Waiting for This: Here Come the 'Net Neutrality' Lawsuits • 'The fight isn’t over': Tech erupts after the FCC's vote to kill net neutrality • Why the end of net neutrality isn’t the end of the internet
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Hedge Fund and Rural Phone Company Face Off in Court Over Debt Drama • Aurelius and Windstream's Game of Debt Chess Heads to Court
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Student Debt:
Why Does the Trump Department of Education Hate Student Loan Debtors This Much?
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Student Loan Default Rates by School Type and Age
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U.S. states sue Trump administration for not granting student-loan relief
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Final tax plan expected to keep medical deduction and grad student waiver, a relief to millions
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Autos:
Faraday Future hit by another setback
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Tesla Headed for a Brick Wall • Remember When Goldman Upgraded Tesla The Same Day It Underwrote A $2 Billion Stock Offering? So Does The SEC • Stanley Druckenmiller And Jim Chanos Occupy Opposite Ends Of The Tesla Derangement Spectrum
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Healthcare:
Lab bankruptcies thwart Medicare efforts to recover millions in testing overcharges
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ACA enrollment won’t make things better, but it could get worse
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Aesculap Provides DIP Financing for Dextera Surgical
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Coal:
Bankrupt Coal Co. Asks To Pay Bonuses To Retain Workers
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Solar:
Tesla is largely responsible for the slide in US home solar sales, report finds Reuters 4 Mins Ago
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Festivals:
Creditors Move in on Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland
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Farming:
The USDA Rolled Back Protections For Small Farmers. Now The Farmers Are Suing
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Taxis:
NYC 'Taxi King' serving 28 days in jail for defying judge order
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U.S. criminal probe is latest in string of bad news for Uber
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Debt Collection:
Why States Should Have Primary Oversight of Attorney’s Activities in Debt-Collection Litigation
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Surfing:
Mavericks big-wave surf contest gets go-ahead to resume
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Currency:
Bitcoin Buyers: Be Prepared to Lose It All • Thinking about investing in bitcoin? The currency may be virtual, but the risk is real.
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Don't Take Out a Second Mortgage to Buy Bitcoin
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If you put $1,000 in bitcoin in 2013, here’s how much you’d have now
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Bitcoin investors could see bigger bills thanks to the GOP's tax plan
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Turning Coal Into Bitcoin? The Dirty Secret of 2017’s Hottest Market
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
BK MN: Updated Filing Statistics
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Sanctions:
Punishing Attorneys vs. Positive Incentives: Inducing Good Behavior in Bankruptcy
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Property of the Estate:
Debtor’s Subchapter S Status Isn’t Property of the Estate
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Awards:
MVP: Kirkland's Nicole Greenblatt
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Avoidance Actions:
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Litigation:
An Early Christmas Present From The Federal Rules Of Evidence
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Side Benefits of Oral Argument: Training, Fun, Predicting the Future
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Tips for Capturing Social Media Evidence
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Interest:
Too Much Insolvency: 'Unmatured Interest' and 'Debt' Under the Code
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Celebs:
7 once-bankrupt stars who bounced back to fame and fortune
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50 Cent Pulls Plug On JAY-Z, Calls Out TIDAL's Alleged Money Woes
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These Five Athletes Are Surprisingly Careful With Their Money
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‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’: Are Teresa and Joe Giudice Getting a Divorce?
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Climate:
Wildfires are burning longer and hotter each year
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Vicious winds to test crews battling raging California wildfires
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$5 billion worth of Southern California real estate faces significant fire risk
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Oh, So Now Harvey was Global Warming
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Construction:
After filing for bankruptcy, Mammoet-Starneth seeks freeze of NY Wheel lawsuit
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Marijuana:
Marijuana Businesses Barred from the Bankruptcy Courts: But How Far Will the Bar Extend?
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Sales:
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Corporate Governance:
Court reverses Dell buyout ruling that alarmed dealmakers
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Education:
You’re not going to get accepted into a top university on merit alone
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Electricity:
Oncor and Sempra Energy Reach Settlement Agreement With Several Key Texas Stakeholders
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Food/Beverage:
Outrage Over Proposal to Let Employers Pool or Pocket Workers’ Tips
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Museums:
Judge Extends Injunction Against Museum's Art Sale
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Pharma:
Teva's New CEO to Slash 25% of Jobs to Salvage Ailing Drugmaker • Teva’s new plan is to raise drug prices, but it won’t be easy
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Non-Profits:
Vet Charity Raised Millions for Themselves
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UK:
'Sinister' View of Tesco Accounting Unfounded, Lawyer Says
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Insolvency Litigation Update - December 2017
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Four Seasons wins late reprieve on debt repayment
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EU leaders call on Theresa May to spell out what U.K. wants in Brexit trade deal
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Large firms fall foul of PCAOB inspectors
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Almost the entire EU has agreed a major joint military plan — without Britain
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EU:
Europe's Sovereign-Bank 'Doom Loop' Can't Be Broken
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Canada:
Restructuring & Insolvency
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Australia:
The one-year bankruptcy
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The ‘hotch-pot’ causes a stir and a twist
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Brazil:
Oi shareholder tries to delay creditor vote on new restructuring plan • Oi’s creditors provisionally approve debt restructuring plan • Oi's board may call shareholder meeting to debate new restructuring plan -sources
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Austria:
Airline for sale: Niki's future hangs in balance • Ryanair says will review Niki's slots? • Seven days left to find solution for Niki airline - works council chief • Austrian airline Niki to lose runway slots unless buyer is found
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Ukraine:
US Department of Treasury to help Ukraine to remove insolvent banks from market
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Sweden:
Knowledge of counterparty's insolvency in claw-back case
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Venezuela:
Over 1 Million Flee Venezuela
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Venezuelan creditors eyeing Citgo assets face uphill battle
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France:
Jews Flee Paris Over Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism
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India:
Indian Minister of Happiness Sought As Murder Suspect
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Operational creditors linked to promoters may spook buyers
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Germany:
German s-- shop company filing for protection from creditors
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Singapore:
Noble Group locked in talks with creditors to restructure debt • Noble Group chairman expects creditors' proposal soon on debt restructuring
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South Africa:
Global companies snared in South Africa's corruption scandal
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