Law:
Norton Rose Fulbright upsets associates with pay rise
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Law firm leaders project increased demand, growth in associate hiring
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Dinsmore Adds Three Am Law 100 Attorneys to San Diego Office
Drinker Biddle beats ex-associate's $30 million wrongful firing suit
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Credentials or outcomes: What’s the fairest way to assess lawyer performance?
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Arms and Toes and B-----, Oh My!
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The Case For An ABA Accreditation Standard On Employment Outcomes
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If Chris Wray Becomes FBI Director He Will Take a 98% Pay Cut!
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Husband of BigLaw associate is accused of using wife’s deal information for insider trading
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Why should law schools have to require LSAT or GRE? Law deans ask the question
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Unplugging On Vacation? Only In Your Cyber Dreams
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Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , B----’ • Trump's lawyer apologizes for sending threatening emails to a stranger, says it was 'at the end of a very long day' • Kasowitz Apologizes for Emails as Partner Describes Firm 'Under Siege'
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Marc Kasowitz Is Not A Drunk
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In Bizarre Move, Trump Attorney Decides Not to Get Security Clearance for Russia Probe
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Kasowitz P.R. Guy Describes Himself As Mob Fixer In Official Bio
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Trump’s Attorney Trolls Joe Scarborough Over Ditching GOP
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What Robert Mueller Learned From Enron
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Trump World Lawyers Up • Trump's lawyers vs. Trump • Trump’s legal team faces tensions — and a client who often takes his own counsel
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Iraqi facing deportation after training tens of thousands of American troops takes refuge
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What Dog Shootings Reveal About American Policing
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Cosby Trial Cost $219K, More Than Half Paying for Overtime
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Philly personal injury firm says BigLaw attorney bled them for fees
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Clarence Darrow Statue Draws Ire Because 92 Years Later, People Are Still Stupid
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FHFA’s MBS litigation offers 25 billion reasons why government should hire private law firms
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Orlando cops pull over black state attorney, and the video goes viral • Police Pull Over Black State Attorney, Struggle To Explain Why
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Higher pay, but fewer jobs at largest law firms
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US judge grants bid to exempt grandparents, other relatives from Trump's temporary travel ban • Trump's travel ban was just cut back by a judge in Hawaii
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Partner ticked off for groping staff at Xmas party
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Airbnb Host Fined for Canceling Law Student's Reservation Based on Race
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Guess What Happened When This Man Allegedly Showed Up to Jury Duty Drinking Beer
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Yes, iPad Pro is ready to be your work machine--with one baffling exception
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Judges:
BK SD TX Seeks Bankruptcy Judge
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Connecticut man charged with threatening US bankruptcy judge
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Judges, Social Media, And Bad Choices
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Judge's tweets not grounds for recusal
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Four of Trump’s judicial nominees clear Senate committee
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Wall Street:
Dow industrials set to hover at record as JP Morgan, Citi report
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Wall Street stocks close higher
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New Lloyd, Same Goldman
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Layoffs:
SolarWorld Americas Secures $6 Million Cash Infusion, Cuts 360 Jobs
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The 12 most automated jobs in the US
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Politics:
Donald Trump's alarming G20 performance
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Experts think Moscow 'dangled' a Russian lawyer to lure in Trump • All Roads Now Lead to Kushner • McConnell Tries Business as Usual Amid a Trump Team Disaster • Donald Trump Jr. Is in the Fight of His Life. He’s Not Ready for It • Trump tries to blame his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer on Obama's Justice Department • Trump Changes Tune On Russian Lawyer Meeting: ‘Maybe It Was Mentioned’ • If Trump Jr. Committed a Crime, So Did McCain When He Sought Dirt From Foreign Spy • The History of Trump and Agaiarov Families • Rob Goldstone's Pivotal Role in Russiagate • That Russian Attorney Might Just Be Part of Why Trump Fired Preet Bharara • One question about the Russia investigation is prompting a 'robust discussion' in the Republican Party • White House staffers are 'pointing fingers at one another' in the fallout surrounding Trump Jr.'s emails • Republican donor kills himself after talking about working with Russian hackers to get Hillary Clinton's emails
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Trump's Defense on Everything: Obama Did It
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The 'What About Ukraine?' Defense of Trump Jr.'s Russia Meeting
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DOJ Dismissed Russia Lawyer Fraud Case
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Obama administration lawyers sue Trump campaign, adviser Stone for DNC email hack
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Republicans’ immigration crackdown is forcing American farmers to confront their own politics
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Trump's Stalwart Geopolitical Regions Are Religious, Rural
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Trump told the French first lady that she's 'beautiful' and in 'such good shape' during a meeting
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Kid Rock for Senate a Terrifying New Normal
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Motorcycles:
Millennials are destroying America's most iconic motorcycle brand
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Tech:
SoundCloud Has Enough Money to Survive Only 50 Days, Report Claims • After cutting 40% of its staff, SoundCloud still reportedly has only enough money to last for 50 days • SoundCloud Reportedly Nearing Bankruptcy • SoundCloud Responds To Reports Of Impending Insolvency
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Former owner of Innovative Objects faces 30-count indictment on fraud charges
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Fraud:
Investors: 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli was shady - and profitable • Martin Shkreli "sings a song and everyone wants to follow him," Retrophin CEO testifies
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Hedge Funds:
Investors have reportedly yanked $400 million from David Einhorn's hedge fund
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Toll Roads:
Restructured Texas Toll Road Emerges From Chapter 11
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Student Debt:
A GOP congressman wants to make sure the Fed isn’t planning a student loan bailout
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Autos:
Used-Car ‘Time Bomb’ Expected to Drag on U.S. Auto Sales
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Drivers Could Be Stuck with Faulty Airbags for Years
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IN: Auto dealer goes bankrupt
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Subprime auto loan ABS performance worsens in May
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Asset Recovery:
5 Questions Every Attorney Should Ask When Hunting for Hidden Assets
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Food/Beverage:
Group that operates Boston Beanery files for bankruptcy
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Antitrust concerns sunk Jewel's Strack bid
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Resorts:
The fate of Lake Tahoe’s Cal Neva is still being determined
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Distressed Investing:
Junk Bonds Work Without a Net
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Taxis:
Uber Driver: I Made Under $2 an Hour
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Economy:
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 247,000 • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Since 1971
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Tale of two factories: hope, anguish ahead of Trump's steel tariff call • Trump might impose tariffs and quotas on foreign steel • 15 ex-White House economists oppose steel tariff • Trump promises to crack down on foreign steel, but delays continue
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Forecast of weak economic growth raises big questions about Trump’s populist agenda
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Heartland’s Struggling Economy Shows That the U.S. Needs More Good Jobs
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McMaster, Cohn Detail 'America First' Policies
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National Wealth Still Depends on Making Some Stuff
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One chart blows up Trump's promise that his budget will eliminate the deficit • CBO: Trump Budget Doesn't Improve Economy or Balance Budget
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Consumer Borrowing Reaches Highest Increase Since Last Fall
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White House budget wouldn’t eliminate deficit or do much to grow economy, CBO says
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Fed is prepared to act against Wells Fargo if warranted, Yellen says
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Janet Yellen Still Going Through The Motions
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Yellen Would ‘Discuss’ Renomination With Trump if Asked
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Trump's New Fed Nominee Could Be a Seismic Shock to the System
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Hotels: Occupancy, RevPAR down Year-over-Year
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Health-Care Bill Delays May Doom Tax Reform This Year • Tax reform and tax cuts are coming even if health-care bill fails — political strategists
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The GOP’s under-the-radar tax break for the upper middle class
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Trump says his wall along the US-Mexico border will have to be see-through so people don't get hit with giant sacks of drugs • Trump's Incredible Shrinking Border Wall
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Stanford: Americans Among Laziest in World
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An Indiana senator who slammed Carrier for outsourcing is profiting from outsourced labor
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Here’s How Americans Spend Their Time, Sorted by Income
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Social Security Trust Runs Out in 17 Years
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How Income Inequality Makes Economic Downturns Worse
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Globally, More Name U.S. Than China as World’s Leading Economic Power
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:
Mortgage rates soar to highest levels since early May
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Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate Increases in June
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Quality Care Properties’ Sets Short Deadline for Receiving Past Due Rent from HCR ManorCare
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Homeowners seek to halt Wells Fargo loan changes in high-profile bankruptcy case
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Millennials most likely to regret real estate choices
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Pimco sues Wells Fargo, claims MBS trustee ‘looted’ trusts to pay legal fees
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The No. 1 thing Americans hate about their homes
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Municipalities:
Pension costs just jumped for Kentucky's school districts, local governments
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States Should Stick to Pension Promises
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As Bankruptcy Looms for Hartford, Conn., S&P Downgrades Its Debt to 'Junk'
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Illinois' strategy for digging out of debt : taking on more • Illinois Budget That Saved It From Brink May Add to Pension Debt
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Puerto Rico's Tennessee Plan
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Maglan Capital: Some Lessons Learned From Puerto Rico
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PROMESA and the Bankruptcy Clause: a Reminder About Uniformity
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Hedge Funds Disclose Just How Many Puerto Rico Bonds They Own
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JeffCo turns to credit markets for first time since bankruptcy
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Moody's Cuts Hartford Rating Further, Citing Bronin's Move To Restructure Debt
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Ranking The States By Fiscal Condition
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Oil/Gas:
US shale firms are teaming up with Wall Street to frustrate OPEC
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Fri.: Oil gains pause, but optimism remains after IEA report
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Thurs.: Oil gains 1.5 pct as robust Chinese demand seen draining glut
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Oil slides as IEA grows less confident on global rebalancing
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‘’Oil Market Rebalancing Hasn’t Even Started Yet’’
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OPEC Oil Woes Go Beyond Nigeria and Libya
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A New Sign of Fear for U.S. Drillers
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Oil Sands Help Shale Stymie OPEC's Effort to Rebalance Market
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Russia Sanctions Bill Stalled by GOP Over Energy Provisions
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Fear of bankruptcy spreads from US energy stocks to junk bonds
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Houston offshore engineering co. files for bankruptcy
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Tidewater announces confirmation of plan of reorganization
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Saudi Arabia’s worst-case oil scenario might surprise you
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Plaintiffs seek $43.9M as both sides make arguments in Primera Energy investors lawsuit
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Big Oil Just Woke Up to Threat of Rising Electric Car Demand • EU: Only Electric Cars Sales by 2035
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Healthcare:
Hospital Impact—A guide to a healthcare provider bankruptcy case
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More in U.S. Say Healthcare Is the Most Important Problem
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Republicans just released a new healthcare bill — here's what's in it • Massive Senate GOP shift on pre-existing conditions • Senate health care bill is in moderates' hands • Senate GOP’s revised health bill would allow insurers to sell cheaper, stripped-down plans • From acne to pregnancy, here's every 'preexisting condition' that could put your insurance at risk under the Senate's healthcare bill • How the Senate Health Bill Compares to House Bill, Obamacare • Susan Collins, Rand Paul to vote no on revised health bill • The 5 faulty beliefs that have led to Republican dysfunction on health care • The GOP healthcare plan could strip care from tons of children — and their parents are fighting back • The revised Senate healthcare bill is already on the verge of imploding • How Republican reform would weaken Medicare • Trump: 'The only thing more difficult than peace between Israel and the Palestinians is healthcare' • 'Unacceptable': Doctors and patient advocates slam the Senate Republicans' healthcare plan (again) • Why the Senate Health-Care Bill Might Never Get a Final Vote
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Everything's Negotiable Except Cutting Medicaid
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The Senate's Health-Care Follies Are Years in the Making
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Obamacare Is Not Collapsing, Imploding or Exploding • Here Is the Deal Democrats Should Offer Republicans to Save Obamacare • The GOP dilemma: Strengthening Obamacare policies they’ve promised to end • How Would a Bipartisan Health Bill Even Be Possible?
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Health insurers have been strangely quiet about undoing Obamacare. Until now.
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Guess How Many Americans Don't Have Health Insurance -- The ...
DOJ announces charges against 400 people for $1.3 billion in health-care fraud
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‘Extreme’ Use of Painkillers and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare, New Report Says
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New Report: ‘Extreme’ Use of Painkillers and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare
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Trustees' report says Medicare will be insolvent by 2029
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Health Care Will Bankrupt the Nation
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US spends big on health care but doesn't get much back, study says
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Banking:
Banks are not headed back to 2007, says analyst
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An ATM dispensed cash — and notes for help from a man trapped inside
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Media:
Bankruptcy Newsletter Is Protected by NY Shield Law, Appellate Court Rules • In Defeat For coal Giant Murray Energy, Appeals Court Expands Protection Of NY Reporter Shield Law
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Celebs:
Mike Myers' Brother, Star of a Sears TV Ad, Laid Off By Retailer
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Rapper DMX charged with evading $1.7 million in taxes
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Former "Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller reports to prison today
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Advisors:
Industry Veterans Launch Caissa Capital Restructuring Firm
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Brides:
Bridal Retailer Alfred Angelo, Planning to File for Bankruptcy, Closes Stores • Dressless brides are freaking out about Alfred Angelo's sudden bankruptcy • Alfred Angelo Bridal store abruptly closed • Alfred Angelo Bridal store's closing nationwide
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Aviation:
GLO bankruptcy doesn't leave Okaloosa in the lurch
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Auto Racing:
Formula 1's bosses may need to step in to save the British Grand Prix
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Coal:
Trump Wants US Money to Build Coal Plants
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Nuclear:
Why Nuclear Power, Once Cash Cow, Now Has Tin Cup
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Climate:
Dozens of Republicans side with Dems on climate vote
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(8 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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (53 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:
35% YTD Increase in Retail Bankruptcies
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Why Texas business bankruptcy filings have hit record levels
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Ch. 13:
BK CD IL Seeks Comments On Model Ch. 13 Plan
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TBTF:
Yellen: Essential to maintain orderly liquidation
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Reclamation:
Third Circuit Clarifies Definition of “Received” in Context of Section 503(b)(9) Claims
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Insurance:
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Avoidance Actions:
F-Squared Investment Management – Avoidance Actions Filed
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TIA:
TIA White Paper
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Retailing:
JCPenney is scavenging the carcasses of America's dying retailers
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Analyst urges Costco to buy Whole Foods in brutal open letter
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U.S. retailer Guitar Center explores debt restructuring
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Target's upbeat forecast drives retail stocks higher • Target's Back-to-Basics Approach Works, for Now
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We’re starting to shop online as often as we take out the trash
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Bonfire of the Retail Stocks Brings Traders Running
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UES Retailer Peter Elliot’s Madison Avenue Shop Heads Into Bankruptcy
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Children's clothing retailer to close 5 Orlando area stores
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Retail bankruptcies in 2017 may eclipse financial crisis toll
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Tiger, Great American to Manage Gymboree Store Closings
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Amazon is getting too big and the government is talking about it
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Why the Post Office Gives Amazon Special Delivery
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'Amazonification' of Main St. is killing wages, causing Japan-like deflation, strategist says
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Electricity:
Elliott Management hires Moelis for $9.3 billion Oncor bid
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3 Reasons Why Paul Singer Is Not Happy with Buffett’s Bid for Oncor Electric
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Travel:
It's war: American Airlines cuts ties with 2 of its biggest rivals in huge airline dispute
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Fraud:
Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's 2015 conviction overturned • Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Could Still Face Retrial in Corruption Case • Silver May Start ‘Parade of Horribles’ Out of McDonnell Case, Critics Say • In Next Silver Trial, Prosecutors Will Have Narrower Road, Lawyers Say
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Corporate Reform:
Here’s Why White-Collar Criminals Often Go Free
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CFPB Hits Back at Efforts to Kill Rule Easing Bank Lawsuits
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Litigation:
Meeting Client in a Coffee Shop? Be Wary of Privilege Waiver
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Personal Finance:
5 things rich people confess to sacrificing to get rich
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Luxury:
The firm that sold $14,000 smartphones has reportedly collapsed
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History:
The Story of “The Last Bankrupt Hanged”
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Education:
States Fight to Protect Students of Schools
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UK:
Pound's Brexit Slump Boosts Earnings at Big London Law Firms
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Insolvency service continues clampdown on debtors’ irresponsible behaviour
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Women ‘increasingly more likely than men to become insolvent’
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Blackpool's insolvency rate is 10th worst
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RBS’s Legal Reserve Starts Coming In Handy
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Brexit Clash Threatens U.K. Crisis as Scotland, Wales Revolt • The UK accepted for the first time that it will need to pay a Brexit bill to the EU • Theresa May is set to do battle with Scotland and Wales over the historic Brexit bill • A 'Hard Brexit' could be 'catastrophic' for the City of London and cost 70,000 jobs
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Pre-Action Protocol: What is it and what do creditors need to do?
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Oil City's Property Slump Exposes a Jaded Britain
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EU:
COMI, creditors and insolvency practitioners – the recast regulation
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Canada:
IMF warns Canada on housing, trade; urges caution on rate hikes
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Sears Canada's employees want court to protect their health benefits • Former Sears Canada employees fume as company seeks approval for sales process • Laid off Sears Canada workers include Mike Myers' brother who starred in ad • Sears managers to earn thousands in bonuses while laid-off workers get no severance • Sears Canada extends benefits to former employees while seeking approval for sales process
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Sears Canada wins court approval for sale process
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Outlook is bleak for oilfield service companies as crude prices continue to drop
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Czech Republic:
Czech Republic introduces new solvency test
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India:
Insolvency: JSW Takeover Of Monnet Ispat Not Acceptable, SBI Says • Monnet Ispat eyes JSW deal to escape insolvency •JSW Steel chief Sajjan Jindal says could tweak offer for near bankrupt Monnet Ispat
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Order to banks to speed up loan recovery within our powers: RBI
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Essar Steel suppressed facts: SBI to Gujarat High Court on insolvency case
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Insolvency : NCLT sends notice to Bhushan Steel, Bhushan Power • Bhushan Steel falls as NCLT hears firm's bankruptcy petitions
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Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India finalizing standards to set up info utility
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JSW Energy's acquisition of Jaiprakash Power Bina plant deferred till Dec
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Desperate measures
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Brazil:
Brazil banks near $5.5 bln JBS debt refinancing -sources
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Ukraine:
NBU declares bank Novy insolvent
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Singapore:
Singapore narrowly dodges recession — here's how Reuters • Singapore's economy has been growing much more slowly than people thought
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Venezuela:
Venezuela is at risk of losing an entire generation
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Australia:
GFG Alliance's bid for Arrium is given all clear by creditors ' committee
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Turkey:
Oger creditor banks in talks on sale of $3.3 bln Turk Telekom stake
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Azerbaijan:
Azeri bank IBA says has over 87 pct support for restructuring
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