December 18, 2017

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Law:

Opening Up Sullivan & Cromwell’s Bonus Black Box • Biglaw Firm Goes Over The Top Of Market Bonuses • Associate Bonus Watch: Looks Like Another Market Match For This ‘A-List’ Firm • US firms stump up for end of year associate bonuses
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2018 Looks Like Another Year Of Blah For The Legal Industry
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Citi Analysts Predict Law Firm Consolidation in 2018
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Which Am Law Firms Have Grown (And Which Have Decayed) In 2017?
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I Was With Heather Heyer the Day She Died in Charlottesville: Her Mentor and Friends Remember Her
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Is It Worth the Hassle to Accept Bitcoin for Legal Services?
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Texas In-House Lawyers Making More, Spending Less
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Law Departments and the Foundation of Law Firm Marketing BS
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How important is in house experience when applying for an in house job?
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Insolvency team on the hunt for Prince Charming or Cinderella
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Law School Is Hot Again as Politics Piques Interest
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Orrick Grows Litigation Ranks by Absorbing Boutique
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Law School Enrollment Edges Up, with Surprise Spike in Non-JD Programs • Law School J.D. Enrollment Fell 0.7% in 2017-18, But Non-J.D. Enrollment Surged 20.5%
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The ‘Culture Card’ In Law Firms
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White & Case’s Asia Restructuring & Insolvency head joins Ashurst in Hong Kong
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Cobalt Bankruptcy Leaves Big Law in the Lurch
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Big Trouble For Biglaw Partners From ‘Tax Reform’
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ABA Releases Law School Section 509 Reports
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Lawyer who used analytics is named top legal innovator
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Law school enrollment shows loss and gain—both slight
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Percentage of women and minorities at law firms increased slightly in 2017, NALP report says • Despite Slight Gains, Study Finds Women and Minorities Still Underrepresented at Law Firms
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Can news on social media be ‘generally known’? ABA opinion considers confidentiality exception
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The 3 Main Fears That Keep You From Leaving The Practice Of Law
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She Cried Hearing Her Career Was Derailed • Kansas Democrat Andrea Ramsey quits congressional race amid harassment allegations • Lisa Bloom's Quest to Pay Trump Accusers Raises Serious Legal Concerns • Trump SHOULDN'T Resign over Harassment Claims, Says Dem Who Beat Roy Moore • A top lawyer for the Texas attorney general resigns after calling #MeToo claims ‘pathetic’ • The creepiest harassment story we aren't talking about • Female Congressional Candidate Ends Run After She Is Accused Of Harassment • Where Does The # MeToo Movement Go From Here? • Harassment allegations swirl around ESPN • Google AI Researcher Accused of Harassment • Gene Simmons Sued • Anita Hill Chairs Hollywood Anti-Harassment Commission • 'Russell Simmons Is Just the Beginning' • Matt Damon's Controversial Harassment Comments Get Him Canceled on Twitter • Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson is being investigated after allegations of 'workplace misconduct' were made against him • NFL takes over probe into allegations against Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson • Carolina Panthers owner Richardson is selling team after facing a misconduct investigation • Rep. Bobby Scott accused of harassment, denies allegations • Anonymous Email to Visa CEO Led to Top Executive's Firing • In A Crisis Of Harassment , Whither The Office Romance? • Celebrity Chef Mario Batali: Sorry for My ‘Mistakes,’ Here’s a Cinnamon Roll Recipe • Mario Batali tells fans he’s ‘so very sorry’ for sexual misconduct. But his note’s postscript left many with a bad taste. • Kiss Bassist Gene Simmons Being Sued For Harassment • Are we rushing to judgment too quickly on harassment? • Women of Fox Tear into Rupert Murdoch • O'Reilly Accuser Says Fox News Executives, Murdoch About to be Exposed • One big thing Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on when it comes to harassment • A freshman Democratic lawmaker accused of harassment announced he won't seek re-election • Washington Prepares For Final Week With New Harassment Cases and A Final Tax Vote • Capitol Hill Nervously Waits For The Next Big Harassment Scandal
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Trump on whether he'll pardon Michael Flynn: 'We'll see' • MI6: Trump Dossier Claims Have Credibility • House Rushes to Complete Russian Probe • Kushner's Legal Team Looks for Crisis PR Firm • The 18 Days That Haunt Trump's Presidency • Manafort Nears Release From House Arrest • Paul Manafort might be moving to Florida if his house arrest ends • Mueller obtains "tens of thousands” of Trump transition emails • Trump lawyer: Mueller improperly obtained transition documents in Russia probe • Key Officials Push Back Against Trump Campaign’s Claim That A Federal Office Illegally Turned Over Emails To Special Counsel • 'Beyond Stupid': Lawyer Shreds Trump Team's Claim That Mueller Illegally Obtained Emails • Trump lawyers set for key meeting with special counsel next week • Rumor is Trump could fire Mueller before Christmas • Grounds for impeachment or a 'witch hunt'?: How the left and right see the Trump-Russia firestorm so very differently • Muddying Mueller: Trump allies say strategy working • Trump just said he isn't considering firing Mueller
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Trump blasts the FBI minutes before major speech at the top law enforcement agency • DOJ inspector general says department did not consult him before releasing FBI agents' texts • Did DOJ Overplay the Textgate Scandal? • Republican Trey Gowdy suggests deputy FBI director will be ousted by next week • White House Says FBI Records Show Extreme Bias Against Trump
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Bat-wielding racist caught screaming about ISIS in viral video outed as rich lawyer from influential family
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Trump had fewer deportations than Obama's first year
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Trump said an immigration program lets countries pick their 'worst of the worst' and 'put 'em in a bin' — that's not what happens
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New JFK files show FBI misplaced Oswald's fingerprints, and CIA opened his mail -- and John Steinbeck's
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Uber Stole Trade Secrets, Bribed Officials • Uber used undercover agents, court letter says • Bombshell Letter Exposes Uber's Corporate Spy Tactics • New Evidence Could Blow Open the Uber/Waymo Self-Driving Lawsuit
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Pedestrian tickets lead to hundreds of suspended driver’s licenses
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Trial By Combat Lawyer Indicted In Federal Kidnapping Scheme
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Lawyers Who Provided Pro-Bono Assistance At Airports Across The Country Are My Inspirational Attorneys Of The Year
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Anti-Immigration Fervor Is Different This Time
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Trust Your Gut, Lawyers
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Dogs descend on Eversheds Sutherland in new wellbeing initiative
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Good Grief: I Try Out Counseling To Help Get Through A Tough Time In My Life
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Debtors' Prisons in New Orleans Ruled Unconstitutional
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College Presidents Declare There Is No Protection For “Disingenuous Misrepresentation Of Free Speech.”
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Wisconsin Man Get A Six-Month Sentence After Breaking 20 Bones In Beating Of His Two-Month Old Daughter
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Trump: Protesters Who Were Beaten Up By My Supporters Violated My Rights First
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Track Palin, 28, Son of Sarah Palin, Collared by Police for Alleged Assault, Burglary
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Ex-Wife Of Deceased NBA Star Lorenzen Wright Indicted For Murder
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George Zimmerman Threatens to Feed Jay Z to Alligator over Trayvon Martin Documentary
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Jury Pays Off Maid’s Fine After Convicting Her of Stealing
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Social mobility in law ‘worse than the 1970s’
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Punishment Continues for Attorney Ordered to Tell Clients He Is 'Thief'
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‘Makes My Stomach Turn’: Police Chief Says It Was Mistake to Handcuff 11-Year-Old Girl at Gunpoint
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“Definitely, I Feel Sorry The Dog Did Not Light The First Time”: Man Given Five Years For Burning Girlfriend’s Dog
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Judges:

Judge Roberta A. Colton Sworn In As Middle District Of Florida Bankruptcy Judge
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Judicial Pick Didn't Even Know Legal Terms • Clip of judicial nominee who can’t define motion in limine goes viral • Senator Embarrassing Judicial Nominees With Remedial Law School Questions • Amazingly Unqualified Trump Judicial Nominee Flayed by Republican Senator • Meet Matthew Petersen, DC Court Nom Who Flunked Senator's Pop Quiz
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Trump's Formidable Judicial-Appointment Machine Starts to Sputter
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Nine more women say judge subjected them to inappropriate behavior, including four who say he touched or kissed them • More (Yes, More) Allegations Against Judge Kozinski • Judge Kozinski: Will Due Process Emerge? • Kozinski Harassment Inquiry Is Routed to the Second Circuit
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Ethics case alleging disrespectful conduct by top Baltimore judge is dismissed after his resignation
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Federal District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein, 96 - No Plan to Retire
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So You Want to be a Supreme Court Clerk?
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SCOTUS Clerks and Diversity: A Conversation
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Seriously? Court Spends Four Pages Analyzing Whether ‘F’-Word Is Offensive • Barring the f-word and other ‘immoral or scandalous’ trademarks is unconstitutional, court rules
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Wall Street:

Dow, S&P 500 look ready to power to new records on tax-plan optimism • Dow futures point to triple digit rise at open on back of tax plan hopes
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Stocks close at all-time highs as odds of tax bill passing increase
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Investors Most Bearish Since Great Financial Crisis
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Strategists recommend buying on rumors of tax reform, because 'people are going to sell on the news'
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Layoffs:

Workers From Shuttered Maine Paper Mills: Bankruptcy Payouts ‘A Total Ripoff’
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Disney-Fox Deal: Thousands to Lose Jobs
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AT&T cutting 245 Michigan jobs
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ESPN To Cut Another 150
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89 Layoffs Possible in Scranton District
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Exhibitions:

That fancy necklace from Titanic helped bankrupt an entire company
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Fraud:

He Stole $100 Million From His Clients. Now He’s Living in Luxury on the Côte d’Azur
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New York Art Dealer Duped Clients Out of Millions, U.S. Says
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Museums:

Museum's plan to sell off art crosses ethical boundaries
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Solar:

White House paper suggests solar tariff support
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Ethanol:

Attempt to Change Ethanol Mandate Flops
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Economy:

Economic optimism soars, boosting Trump's approval rating
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Americans say they are worse off today than 50 years ago
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What the Federal Reserve rate hike means for your credit-card debt and savings
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Who created today’s strong economy? Janet Yellen.
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GOP Tax Plan: Everything You Need to Know • Davis Polk's Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Navigator • Tax Reform Roadmap • What the GOP Tax Plan Means for Your Favorite Deductions • Tax plan could push assembly lines abroad • Republicans on the verge of tax victory as Corker, Rubio fall in line with GOP • Cutting the Top Tax Rate Makes No Sense • Corporate Winners and Losers in GOP Tax Bill • What Did and Didn't Make the Final Tax Bill • How the Republicans’ ‘final’ tax plan could impact you • Mnuchin says ‘no doubt’ Congress will pass tax bill this week • Fed officials are showing doubt that tax cuts will pay for themselves • One Republican explains why he's shrugging off the economists on the GOP tax plan There's a very simple thing most people get wrong about taxes • The 11 worst cities for homeowners if the GOP tax plan passes • New Tax Code Will Still be Complicated • Tax Policy In The Trump Administration • The Forgotten Tax Increases of 1982-1993 • The GOP has some real chutzpah • Excuse Me: The Tax Cuts Don't Add Up • Canada: High Cost of Low Corporate Tax Rates • Bloomberg's Blistering Takedown of Tax Bill • How Republicans Closed the Deal on Tax Cuts • Rushing to Take Tax Deductions This Year • Tax Bill: Billions are Stake, Hard Lobbying • Tax Bill a Dream Come True for GOP Wonks • The GOP tax bill may be the worst piece of legislation in modern history • Corporate Tax Cut May Not be All That • Here's when Trump's new tax plan will take effect if it passes • Trump defends tax plan, says economy set 'to rock' • How You Can Exploit the Tax Bill Right Now • Last Minute Real Estate Tax Break Benefits Trump • GOP Tax Bill: Corrupt, Cruel, Budget Busting • Trump, Real Estate Investors Get Last-Minute Perk in Tax Bill
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We talked to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman about tax reform, Trump, and bitcoin
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GOP faces a five-day sprint to pass its tax bill, forge a deal with Democrats to avoid a shutdown
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Millennials' troubling financial future, by the numbers
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Have More Babies or Social Security Gets It • Killing Medicare & Social Security: It's a Scam
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Here are the ages you financially peak at everything throughout life — from salary to net worth
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US: Don't Mention Climate Change in NAFTA • Mexico Plots Open Trade with Others • GOP Governors Meet with Pence Over NAFTA
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Trump to accuse China of 'economic aggression'
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World Trade Order Wobbles on US WTO Stance
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Why Don't America's Rich Give More to Charity?
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Growing Number Americans Working Well Past Age of 75
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South Korea ready to revise trade deal after Trump's complaints
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When RVs Become the Home of Last Resort
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Corporate Bonds' Ugliest Losers and Greatest Winners of 2017
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Homeowners have had it good. Too good, says the GOP tax bill
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Xceligent Goes Down, To Liquidate In Bankruptcy • Despite Xceligent's Bankruptcy, CoStar Plans to Continue Legal Battle
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GOP tax plan could drive down New York City home prices
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Municipalities:

Broken bonds: The role Wall Street played in wiping out Puerto Ricans' savings
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Next Crisis for Puerto Rico: Crush of Foreclosures
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The Spiraling Diaspora From Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico to Lose Tax Advantages Under GOP Plan, Expert Says
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Ambac Debt Swap on Schedule Despite Puerto Rico Unknowns
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Puerto Rico warns GOP tax bill would hit its already reeling economy
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2.5% pay hike proposed for Detroit elected officials • Local officials say they can rein in retiree benefits costs
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Indiana to Take Over Control of Muncie Community Schools
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Oil/Gas:

5-Week Streak Of Gains Comes To An End For The U.S. Oil Rig Count
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What to Expect From Seadrill Ltd in 2018
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The clumsy way Congress picks energy winners
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Telecoms:

Senate Democrats plan to force a vote in Congress over the FCC's repeal of net neutrality • 11 Lies You've Heard on Net Neutrality • The States Planning to Sue Over Net Neutrality • ISP Won't Promise to Treat Net Traffic Equally • Net Neutrality Was Never Enough
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Avaya emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy • They're baaaack: Avaya outlasts Chapter 11
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Retailing:

Amazon may have just dropped a clue about the home of its new headquarters
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Sears is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and Kmart could be its first casualty
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How investors bought into the Steinhoff success story
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Attention Retail Investors And Vendors: Beware of January 10, 2018
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5 Strategies to Keep Your Retail Brand From Suffering the Same Fate as Those Big Box Stores
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Autos:

The Rise and Impending Fall of Tesla • Tesla Was Under Investigation Over Model 3
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Faraday Future Is On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
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How An Ex-Con Became A Billionaire From Used Cars
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GM Faces $1 Billion Reckoning in Disputed Ignition-Switch Settlement
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Personal Finance:

What to say in an interview if you were fired from your last job
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Climate:

After California's most destructive fire season, a debate over where to rebuild homes • California wildfire is now the third-largest in state history • Wildfires: Santa Barbara a Ghost Town • Calming winds help California firefighters battle the historic wildfire
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Trump To Remove 'Climate Change' As National Security Threat
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Newspapers:

Judge gives OK for counsel to probe Rogoff finances
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Marijuana:

Marijuana Businesses Barred from the Bankruptcy Courts: But How Far Will the Bar Extend?
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Another lawsuit makes racketeering claims against state-legal marijuana business
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Food/Beverage:

Soupman Goes Into Ch. 7 Liquidation With Judge's Blessing
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Healthcare:

Operator of 179 cancer treatment centers admits falsifying data about EHR use
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Medicare fails to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in lab overcharges
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Electricity:

Would a rate cut bankrupt SCE&G? Analysts say it's not that simple
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Logistics:

Judge skeptical of partnership claims in Apollo Global suit
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Guns:

Report says Remington Arms close to bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:

10 financial lessons you can learn from holiday movies
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Celebs:

'RHONY' Star Sonja Morgan Sued by Her Bankruptcy Attorneys
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Travel:

Atlanta Airport: Over 1,000 Flights Canceled • Atlanta airport travelers stranded in darkness as power fails for nearly 11 hours
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Wanting More Airline Fee Transparency
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Festivals:

Trustee To Untangle Fyre Festival Financial Docs
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Nuclear:

America's Only Nuclear Project Facing a Tax Reform Setback
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Currency:

Janet Yellen says bitcoin is a highly speculative asset — but the Fed played a key role in its rise
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Bitcoin Has a Dirty, Dirty Secret
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Bitcoin futures hover under $20,000 in debut on world’s biggest exchange •Bitcoin price, already on a tear, is now surging to $20,000
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Analyst who predicted bitcoin's rise now sees it hitting $300,000-$400,000
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Here come CME bitcoin futures: What you need to know • Bitcoin debuts on the world's largest futures exchange, and prices fall
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Bitcoin's Surge Prompts U.S. to Police It Like Other Commodities
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(6 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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:

More Retirees Than Ever Are Filing for Bankruptcy -- Here's Why
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The 7 biggest retail bankruptcies of 2017
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Cross-Border:

Singapore chip firm Global A&T files for bankruptcy in NY
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Avoidance Actions:

Revocation Of A Company's S-Election By Shareholders Not Deemed A Voidable Transaction In Arrowsmith
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Awards:

MVP: Proskauer's Martin Bienenstock
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Public Access:

Midland Insurance Claims Sale Can't Be Secret, Judge Says
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Iowa Judge Blocks Newspaper From Reporting Legally-Obtained Court Records
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Safe Harbors:

Examining the Limits of the Forward Contract Safe Harbor
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Structured Dismissal:

Applying Jevic: How Courts Are Interpreting and Applying the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Structured Dismissals and Priority Skipping
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Plan Confirmation:

Indubitable Equivalence in the Woods
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IP:

Recent Trends Involving Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy
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Insurance:

D&O Insurance: Coverage Carve-Backs in the Insured vs. Insured Exclusion
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Mediation:

The Three Targets of Insolvency Mediation: Dispute Resolution, Agreement Facilitation, Corporate Distress Management
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Corporate Reform:

FactCheck: Trump's Iffy Numbers on Regs
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Banking:

How Deutsche Bank Enabled A Dirty Offshore Bank To Move Dark Money
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Aerospace:

XCOR update: Bankruptcy court now recognizes the MDC as a secured creditor
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Coal:

Coal still isn't expected to make a lasting comeback
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Amusement Parks:

SpeedVegas driving attraction files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Politics:

Poll: Majority of Trump voters would support him even if he colluded with Russia
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The biggest Pinocchios of 2017
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CIA Tailors Briefing So Trump Isn't Angered
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How White Nationalists Staged a Comeback
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The Trump administration reportedly wants 7 words and phrases banned at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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What holds a society together in the absence of common ideas?
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The Voter Fraud Panel Has Gone Dark
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Omarosa Manigault Newman’s White House role fraught with tension, sources say • Omarosa became worthless to Trump after she launched tirade at black lawmakers: report • Omarosa Manigault reportedly told Congressional Black Caucus members they couldn't 'demand f------ privacy' in the West Wing after a meeting • Trump unaware Omarosa had been ousted until he saw it on TV: report • Omarosa Says Donald Trump Is ‘Racial’ But ‘Not A Racist’ • Omarosa, Leaving the White House, Suggests the Show Will Go On • “You can’t roll hard with President Trump for a year, and then come back to the neighborhood like, ‘Hey, that was really weird, right?’”
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Americans loathe Washington, but like home
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The GOP Lives Up to Expectations
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Chris Christie not amused as grinning successor poses with infamous beach photo
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UK:

Crucial Christmas in Store for Three Besieged U.K. Retailers
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Citi: The UK only has two options left in Brexit negotiations
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Brexit divorce bill 'could be an extra £8.8 billion'
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Brexit Talks About to Get Messy
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The founder of a new bank that aims to help people 'pay off their debts sooner' allegedly owes a friend £30,000
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PIIGS:

In Italy, # MeToo Is More Like 'Meh'
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Greek Bond Yields Fall to Lowest Since 2006
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Canada:

Canadian Oil Prices Fall to $30
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This Canadian billionaire and his wife were found dead in the basement of their mansion — and police are treating it as 'suspicious'
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Spareparts has no spare change: Saskatoon-based company goes bankrupt and cuts off gift cards
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Toronto homicide police take lead in probe of billionaires' deaths • Billionaire Toronto couple died of ‘ligature neck compression.’ Homicide detectives investigating.
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India:

Government Unlikely To Table FRDI Bill In Budget Session Too
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Bankrupt corporations don’t need protection
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Supreme Court Removes “Two Threshold Bars” Under Insolvency Law
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Section 14(1)(a) of IBC not applicable to proceedings beneficial to corporate debtor, Delhi HC
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Moral Hazard if Dubious Promoters Bid for Their Own Distressed Assets: IBBI Chairman
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TN staring at financial bankruptcy : Gurumurthy
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Why Rajya Sabha is key for bankruptcy law to succeed
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Lack of transparency plagues India’s new insolvency and bankruptcy regime
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Supreme Court Levels Field Between Overseas, Domestic Operational Creditors
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Venezuela:

(Updated) About That Mysterious Crystallex Settlement
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Poor Venezuelans launch local currency amid cash crunch
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Venezuela's Collapse: Hundreds Die of Hunger
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Venezuela's Oil Industry Staggers Closer To Collapse
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Germany:

Easyjet confirms acquisition of Air Berlin assets • EasyJet presses ahead with Air Berlin deal
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Austria:

Air Berlin receiver says optimistic on last-minute rescue for Niki • Lauda says Lufthansa wants to ‘destroy’ Niki airline • Ryanair eyes purchase of Niki assets
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Mexico:

One Out, Three In: How Mexicana’s Bankruptcy Made Mexico More Competitive
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Australia:

Bankruptcy Reforms
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Brazil:

Brazil telecoms regulator Anatel still against Oi restructuring plan
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MENA:

Dana Gas's application to appeal English high court order rejected
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Iran economy's recovery strengthening but bank reform is urgent, IMF says
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Workers at Israel's Teva Pharm block roads, continue protest over job cuts
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