Law:

The Legal Industry Is Undergoing More Than a 'Dance Around Change'
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Costs of malware attack on DLA Piper could be in the millions; does insurance cover it?
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Trump's FBI Pick Christopher Wray Earned $9.2M Partnership Share at King & Spalding
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What Is Really Behind Freshfields' Poor Financial Results?
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Clifford Chance Aims To Boost US Revenues To 20% Of Firmwide Total
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Norton Rose Fulbright raises NQ pay to £75k
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Ex-Akin Gump atty arrested in disguise trying to sell sealed complaint is in talks with the feds
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Sidley Can't Avoid Suit Accusing It of Ties to Investment Fund Fraud
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The Legal Profession's 'Last Mile' Solution
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A History-Making Litigator Leaves Biglaw To Launch A Boutique
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Law School Final Exam Basis Of Sexual Harassment Charge
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Trump Clan's Newest Lawyer: 'Nothing Happened' in Meeting With Russian
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CFPB bans companies from using arbitration clauses to block consumer class actions
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Top law firms feel the heat as clients are delaying payment by an average of 130 days
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The Quantity And Quality Of Law School Applicants
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Bingham Greenebaum Doll names bankruptcy head as managing partner in Louisville office
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Over A Dozen Firms Aided Top 1st-Half Real Estate M&A Deals
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3 phrases that'll stop a big talker from taking over a conversation
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Coffee drinking could lead to longer life, studies say
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Priest arrested in brandishing road rage incident on Florida’s Turnpike
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Comey's Friend Responds to Trump Tweet
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Publicly-listed law firm Slater and Gordon settles class action against itself • 'Alternative was insolvency': Slater Gordon investors settle
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Friend of lawyer-litigant is new person of interest in 2009 death of opposing counsel
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From Simpson Thacher Associate To Middle School Principal
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Former Law Dean Wants Court To Ban Everyone From Learning Why He’s The Former Law Dean
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Hate Billable Hours? Have You Considered Becoming A Mafia Don?
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Judges:

Why Bankruptcy Judges Have a 14-Year Term, Instead of Life Tenure
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Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Law Clerk Vacancy Announcement
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One of the Biggest Reasons Republicans Stick by Trump
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Chief Justice John Roberts' speech wishing new grads 'bad luck' has gone viral
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Judge Richard Posner Rips On SCOTUS, Oldsters — And No, He’s Not A Troll • ‘No need for octogenarians’ on the bench, including those on the Supreme Court, Posner says
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Wall Street:

US stock market set to edge lower
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Stocks pare gains as tech leads
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Everybody Hates Goldman Sachs (Or Do They?)
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Layoffs:

Veterans Affair - 500 Layoffs since Trump took Office
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White House urges agencies to make "bold" budget plans to increase efficiency and reduce workforce
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The Next Job Humans Lose to Robots: Real Estate Appraiser
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Retailing:

M Stock – Can Macy's Master Plan Stave Off Bankruptcy ?
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33 depressing photos that show Sears is a disaster
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Abercrombie & Fitch faces Wall Street mayhem • Abercrombie & Fitch Plunges After Takeover Negotiations Fail • Abercrombie & Fitch plunges 21 percent after announcing it has ended talks with potential buyers • Abercrombie & Fitch is no longer for sale, sending stock plunging to 17-year low • Sycamore got closest to acquiring Abercrombie & Fitch: sources • Abercrombie Buyout Idea Was Band-Aid, Not Solution
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Retail stocks plunge as Abercrombie deal scrapped, renewing fears about the apparel sector
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The Cosmetics Counter Was Long Immune to Discounting. Not Anymore
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Best Buy's stock tumbles to pace S&P 500 decliners amid concerns over Amazon effect
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Making money off retail failure just got easier
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Adidas, New Balance, Gucci & Other Brands Owed Money by Newly Bankrupt Shoe Store The Tannery
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Gymboree tweaks rights offering plan after U.S. trustee objects
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JPP Increases Sears L/C Up to $500MM as 43 Stores Close
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Politics:

Donald Trump junior’s meeting with a Russian lawyer • Donald Trump Jr.: I 'had to listen' to Russian lawyer who promised dirt on Clinton • New York Times: Trump Jr. Told In Advance That Anti-Clinton Information Was Coming From Russian Government To Help His Dad • If There Was No Collusion, It Wasn’t for Lack of Trying • Donald Trump Jr. says he's 'happy' to talk to Senate about meeting with Russian lawyer • There's a very specific reason why the Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr. wanted to talk about adopting babies • Trump Team's Russia Meeting Was Really About Releasing Billions to Corrupt Oligarchs • Donald Trump Jr.'s stunningly incriminating statement to the New York Times • The Dark Truth About Donnygate • No, Trump Jr. Almost Certainly Didn’t Commit a Crime by Trying to Get Dirt from Russian Lawyer • Why Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer matters • Donald Trump Jr. Changed His Account of Meeting with Russian Lawyer • Meet the music publicist taking credit for setting up Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer • Kellyanne Conway squirms as she’s shown her own past denials of campaign meetings with Russia • ABC calls out Kellyanne Conway over Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer after previously denying any contact with Russians • Was Donald Trump Jr. Told the Kremlin Was Behind the Leak? • Trump's other Russian dilemma • Republican senator calls for panel to interview Trump Jr. on Russia • Trump Jr.'s Three Different Stories (So Far) • Lawyers: Trump Jr. Getting Horrible Advice
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Trump's long history with Russia just got a lot more complicated
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When Russia Tried to Help Elect JFK
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Is Pence Betting It All Comes Crashing Down?
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Mapping the Lawyers in the Trump-Russia Orbit
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Republicans say Medicaid is ‘broken.’ Here’s how the people it covers feel. • Chuck Schumer to Mitch McConnell: Work with Democrats on fixing Obamacare • Senate Republicans debate plan B if Obamacare repeal fails • Revised Senate health-care bill may come this week, but GOP opposition remains • What's next if the Senate health bill fails
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Democrats’ internal dispute over the white working class is about to get real
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Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions
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America’s Most and Least Popular Senators — July 2017
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Federal prosecutors step up probe of land deal pushed by wife of Bernie Sanders • Fraud Investigation into Jane Sanders Is Now in High Gear, Report Says
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Republican lawmakers are buying health insurance stocks as Obamacare repeal advances
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President Trump's Enemies List
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'You've been a bully your entire career': Chris Christie gets blasted by constituents while hosting a sports talk radio show
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Electricity:

Elliott Set to Duel Berkshire for Energy Future's Oncor • Elliott says considering $18.5 billion deal for Oncor • Elliott Management says it is wiling to top Buffett's $9 billion bid for Oncor • Elliott challenges Buffett's $18bn Texas utility deal • Paul Singer Ready, Willing, Maybe Able To Pull Plug On Warren Buffett’s $9 Billion Energy Deal • Elliott Girds for Battle With Buffett in Texas Utility Bid
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Oncor CEO says Berkshire Hathaway has the edge over Elliott in bidding, for now
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Education:

Portland woman sues Betsy DeVos for delaying rules targeting for-profit schools
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Researchers Say You Should Go to College in a Big City. Here's Why
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Engineering:

Final Birdsall exec pleads guilty in $1 million pay-to-play scheme
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Food/Beverage:

Strack & Van Til auction delayed until Tuesday, more properties added
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Debt Collection:

Game, Set, But Not Match: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Henson v. Santander
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Fifth Circuit Rules Consumer’s § 1692e(8) FDCPA Claim Not Foreclosed by Consumer’s Failure to Timely Dispute Debt
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Maritime:

Shippers merge as industry remains sluggish
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Gambling:

Everything must go! Trump's Taj Mahal in Atlantic City is stripped as buyers scramble to snap up a bargain
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Economy:

Average FICO score hits an all-time high
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Working Past 70: Americans Can’t Seem to Retire - U.S. seniors are employed at the highest rates in 55 years
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Dog-eared economy? Job surge puts that idea to rest
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For the first time on record, U.S. companies are dying at a faster rate than they're being born
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These two reports could be the true tell for the economy
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Trump to nominate Randal Quarles to Fed board • Fed Nominee Randal Quarles in His Own Words
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Fed's Williams still sees rate hike, asset unwinding this year
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Fed Has Put Markets in Survival Mode
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Second-quarter results will lift profits for US companies to a record, according to S&P
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The Inflation Numbers Yellen Should Be Talking About
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There's a strange debate at the Fed over whether the US can create too many jobs
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Seattle Approves New Income Tax for Wealthy Residents
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Trump Treasury may reopen this loophole for companies stashing cash abroad
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Despite Trump threats, auto imports from Mexico keep climbing
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Why this Social Security budget nightmare must be resolved now
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How The World Is Trying To Tame Trump On Trade
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Jobless Rates for Hispanic and Black Workers Fall to Historic Lows
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This New Poll Just Revealed Who America's Best Tippers Are
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The Overhyped Seattle Minimum-Wage Disaster
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Tax Reform, Health Care Reform Loom Large For Small Businesses
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A challenge to Piketty's theory about the future of work
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True cost of living in the United States
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

6th Cir. Bankruptcy Panel Holds Foreclosure Deficiency Judgment May Be Avoided
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Underwater Borrower Population Below Two Million for First Time Since 2006
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Here's how much you'd have to pay each month to own a home in 15 major US cities
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Former billionaire Sam Wyly's Highland Park estate hits the market for $12.5M
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California man charged with running $20 million real estate Ponzi scheme
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House Prices to National Average Wage Index
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Municipalities:

Fraud verdict should cinch bankruptcy for Hartford
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Private Business Could Back Hartford Bankruptcy, Says MetroHartford Alliance CEO
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Up to two thirds of California school districts face insolvency
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Think states like Illinois can't default? Think again
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Puerto Rico's Broken Promesa
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Bailout for Puerto Rico power authority could be a bad deal for other creditors
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Brevard County Commissioners Consider Opposing Puerto Rican Statehood
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Potential emergency managers to pitch turnaround plans for Gary schools
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Illinois: A State In Crisis
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IL: Big Financial Woes Linger in New Budget
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What on Earth Is Wrong With Connecticut?
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Short of cash, wealthy San Francisco suburb declares fiscal emergency
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Troubled Chicago school system sells $500 mln bonds at high rates
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Oil/Gas:

The sale of a bankrupt company's gas wells finds federal opposition
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The Oil Slump Is Killing Off Old Fields
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Will U.S. shale come up short?
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'Big oil' dismisses predictions of collapse in demand
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Oil rises slightly, but growing global supply a worry • Oil Up? Oil Down? Blame the Algorithms • Oil prices dip on ample supply as OPEC may consider widening cap
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Gas prices keep falling
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U.S. shale oil investment surges more than 50%, IEA says
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Citi: Demand Growth Could Push Oil To $60 By Christmas
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The Major Wildcard That Could Send Oil To $120
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Saudi Aramco Chief Predicts Oil Shortage as Investment Falters • Saudi Aramco to spend $300 billion, CEO warns on world oil supply • Low Oil Prices Lead To Fastest Mature Fields Decline In 25 Years
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Falling investment in energy sector could create oil and electricity shortages, watchdog warns
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OPEC: Further Cuts Off The Table • OPEC’s “Whatever It Takes” Is An Empty Promise
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OSV Companies Running Out of Options -Study
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Electricity investment overtakes oil and gas for the first time ever, IEA says
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Sedona Oil & Gas is one of a string of organizations the SEC says committed energy fraud in oil-driven Texas
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Halliburton hiring 100 per month to meet Texas fracking demand
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Drilling rig count jumps again after brief dip
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Goldman Was Vilified in Venezuela for Something Big Oil Does Every Day
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Fraud:

Judge won't free Sidley Austin, Deloitte and others from suit alleging they participated in $350M Ponzi scheme
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Insurers for Bank Used by Ponzi Schemer Rothstein Aren't Liable for Coverage, Court Says
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U.S. judge disqualifies Watts as Uresti's attorney in criminal fraud case
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Healthcare:

The number of people without health insurance is suddenly spiking • The Number of U.S. Adults Without Health Insurance Has Risen by Two Million This Year
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Trump presses congressional Republicans to pass healthcare plan • President Trump Wants to Pass Health Care Bill by August. But GOP Senators Are Skeptical
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Medicaid cuts could affect coverage of special needs kids •Why Americans With Disabilities Fear Medicaid Cuts
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Photo published for Trump’s CDC Pick Peddled ‘Anti-Aging’ Medicine to Patients
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Will the ACA repeal pass? 11 experts give us their predictions
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Obamacare marketplaces just had their most profitable first quarter ever
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Travel:

‘Summer of Hell’ at Penn Station kicks off this week • For N.Y. Commuters, Day One of 'Summer of Hell' Starts Out Less Hellish Than Feared
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74% of subway riders have been late to work due to delays in last 3 months, survey shows
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Hundreds of flights canceled at 3 DC-area airports
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Religion:

Cardinal Pell arrives in Australia to face abuse charges
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Golf:

Apollo Makes $1.1 Billion Wager That Golf Remains a Cash Cow
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Currency:

CEO of Bitcoin exchange MtGox denies embezzlement
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Corporate Reform:

Trump names new Fed rules chief as efforts to rollback post-crisis rules moves ahead
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CFPB's long-awaited arbitration rule may be a short-lived victory for consumers
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CFPB Arbitration Rulemaking--and Potential FSOC Veto
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Trump Has Secretive Teams to Roll Back Regulations, Led by Hires With Deep Industry Ties
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Student Debt:

How Student Loan Debt And Defaults Differ Across Red And Blue States
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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 (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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

BK MN: Updated Filing Statistics
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Incomes up, bankruptcy filings down in 2016
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Miscellaneous:

2017 Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy Mid-Year Review
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Proofs of Claim:

Delaware Court Shuts Down Creditor’s “Unreasonable” Motion to Amend its Proof of Claim
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UST:

United States Trustee Program's Agenda on Chapter 11 Corporate Reorganization Issues
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Corporate Governance:

Exculpatory Provisions Under Delaware Law: Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say
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Ch. 7:

Section 707(b) Applies to Converted Cases
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Ch. 13:

Proposed NDNY Chapter 13 Form Plan Posted for Public Comment
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Reopening:

Cold Case: Bankruptcy Reopened More Than 80 Years Later
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Insurance:

Professional Services Exclusion Precludes Coverage for All Insureds, Not Just Those Performing Services
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Litigation:

In-House Versus Law Firm Litigating
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Intercreditor:

Recent Trends In Enforcement of Intercreditor Agreements and Agreements Among Lenders in Bankruptcy
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Sales:

The Cloak of Good Faith: Protecting Bankruptcy Sales from Appellate Review
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Autos:

Harvard Law prof tapped as overseer of $1 billion Takata restitution fund
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Takata's Ch.11 tort committee is facing a tough road ahead
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Honda confirms 11th U.S. death tied to ruptured Takata air bag inflator
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China's FAW to recall 680,000 more Mazda cars over faulty Takata airbags
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Detroit's Urgent Embrace of Self Driving Cars
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Resorts:

Got $19M? Daufuskie Island's bankrupt Melrose Resort could be yours
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Solar:

Sunrun Now Owns Solar Systems From Some of Bankrupt Sungevity’s Customers
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SunEdison's Confirmation Hearing Is On July 20 - The End To This Saga
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Celebs:

All-Star Miami Marlins Pitcher Files For Bankruptcy • He was a World Series hero for the Marlins, and now he's bankrupt • Star's fall from World Series hero to stunning bankruptcy
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'RHOA' Kim Zolciak-Biermann Asks Fans To Buy Her Used Boat Due To Alleged Money Woes
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Swiss court rules for Becker in debt case
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Aviation:

Fate of New Orleans regional airline is up in the air after July
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Soccer:

Premier League clubs headed toward bankruptcy , according to report
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Banking:

Special Assets: No Longer the Last Stop
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Dick Bove is not impressed with banks despite their passing stress tests
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Apparel:

The Amazon effect is hitting the apparel industry
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UK:

Over half of the UK's doctors, barristers, and journalists went to private schools
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Brexit Dreamers Get Smacked in the Face by Reality
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Japan's Brutal Brexit Note to Britain
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Brexit will bolster UK as top global legal disputes hub
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PIIGS:

ie: Insolvencies up by 13% in first half of 2017
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Canada:

Sears Canada Shareholders Weigh Options • Eddie Lampert says might consider deal with Sears Canada • Lampert, Fairholme Eye Sears Canada Deal
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Proposed deal would install new owners at Essar Steel Algoma
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Warren Buffett invests in Canada, but should you?
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India:

NCLT to hear SBI's insolvency plea against Electrosteel Steels today
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First test of India's new bankruptcy law offers cautionary tale
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Electrosteel Steels not to oppose SBI’s move to take control of its assets
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Bad loan resolution: Banks need to watch for promoters trying to regain control
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A Trial of Central Bank Strength
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Financially troubled Air India goes veggie
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France:

France to push ahead with tax cuts in 2018 after Macron overrules PM
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Venezuela:

Things are so bad in Venezuela that people are rationing toothpaste
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How Venezuela's Economy Collapsed
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Singapore:

Swiber's judicial managers given more time to deal with creditors
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Australia:

CBS claiming debts of $843 million from Network Ten
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China:

China's LeEco crisis to cost listed unit $2.5 bln in market value, funds estimate
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China's Junk Bond Rally Seen Threatening to Spread 'Land Mines'
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In China, Shoppers Buy Bad Loans Online With Their Groceries
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Norway:

Norway’s ‘Voluntary’ Tax Plan Brings In Just $1,325
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