June 15, 2017

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Law:

Will Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne Merge? • Chadbourne's Norton Rose Fulbright Deal Faces Conflict Delay • Norton Rose ‘working through the technicalities’ of a merger with Chadbourne
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Proskauer says partner who lodged $50 million gender bias suit isn't an employee
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Chadbourne loses bid to nix attorneys' $100 million gender bias suit • Lawsuit alleging gender discrimination at Chadbourne gets past summary judgment
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Judge Keeps $100M Chadbourne Gender Bias Case Alive; Proskauer Looks to Escape
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Biglaw Refugees Start Their Own Women-Owned Boutique
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In-house lawyers say they're enjoying the same status as outside counsel
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Winning in Managing Outside Counsel
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New ACC Survey Finds 'Dramatic' Gender Pay Gap for In-House Counsel
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Girl (Senator) Interrupted: Women Litigators Feel Kamala Harris' Pain
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett downsizes and rents office space to boutique legal practice
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Freshfields US lateral hires bring in key role on Alitalia bankruptcy
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Biglaw Firm Will Pay Associates & Staff To Take A Day Off And Volunteer
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The Legal Scholarship Bubble Has Burst
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Political Power and a Shifting Narrative in Shooting Death of Prominent Atlanta Lawyer's Wife
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Due diligence from the lateral partner's perspective
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Law firms need a wake-up call on commoditization
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Adopt or Perish? Attorneys and Vendors Battle Over AI Adoption
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Growing number of BigLaw associates are cutting their teeth on Pro Bono cases
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When People Start Writing About You Destroying Your Firm, Things Aren’t Going Well
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The Discrimination Tolerated By Lawyers
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Summer Associate Allegedly Fired For Making Racist Remarks

Congressman among multiple people shot at congressional baseball practice • Trump calls Rep. Scalise 'a true friend and patriot' after congressional baseball shooting • 66-year-old James Hodgkinson named as suspect in congressional baseball practice shooting • Virginia Gunman's Long Descent into Rage • Gunman Had Record of Domestic Violence • Rep. Duncan: I think I may have spoken to the gunman before he started shooting • What to Know About Suspected Virginia Shooter James Hodgkinson • Who Is James T. Hodgkinson? • Shooting Rocks the Capital • Democrats Pray for Republican Colleagues After Congressman Shot in Virginia • When a Suspected Shooter’s Facebook Page Becomes a Circus • Sanders 'sickened' to learn congressional shooting suspect volunteered for campaign • The suspect in the congressional baseball practice shooting was a fierce Trump opponent who called him a 'traitor' • Former Alexandria mayor says he talked with shooting suspect every day for the past month and realized he was living out of a gym bag • The Last Time a Congress Member Was Shot • Emotional Paul Ryan says Congress "united" after shooting • Steve Scalise remains in critical condition, needs more surgery after shooting • Trump Sits by Scalise's Bedside
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The GOP baseball shooting is the 154th mass shooting this year
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Cosby Jury Leaning Towards Acquittal? • Bill Cosby's lawyer told Cosby's wife during the trial — in front of the jury — 'You deserved better'
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Robert Mueller Assembles An All-Star Legal Team
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The Justices Don't Have Much Guidance for Handling Trump's Tweets
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Judge orders convicted drunken drivers to download ride-hailing apps
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Judge Overturns Verdict in Jersey Boys Case
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iphone Misconduct: Bankruptcy Sanction Becomes Reciprocal Censure
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86 percent of low-income Americans’ civil legal issues get inadequate or no legal help, study says
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Philly DA loses bid to dismiss bribery charges ahead of trial
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Judges:

Trump's judicial picks distance themselves from their earlier political writings
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Was A Possible Judicial Nominee Told To Curb His Twitter Use By… The Trump Administration, Of All People?
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Believe It Or Not, Supreme Court Justices Actually Like Each Other
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NFL Player Has Unpaid Summer Internship With State Judge
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set to slide with Fed determined to end easy money
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Stocks Sink as Investors Seek Safety After Weak Sales Data
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Stock market risk is much greater than we thought, this study shows
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Hedge funds are dumping these 11 big-name stocks
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Layoffs:

GM Extends Summer Break Amid Industry Slump, Growing Glut
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Robots are doing the work of $326,000-a-year Goldman Sachs employees
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Healthcare:

President Trump Wants Senate Republicans to Pass a ‘Generous’ Obamacare Replacement
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The Emerging Senate Repeal Bill Eviscerates Protections for Millions in Employer Plans Nationwide
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Retailing:

US retail sales unexpectedly decline in May
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Sears Canada: Accelerating Down A Road To Zero
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J.Crew Launches Debt Restructuring Deal • J. Crew's Debt Swap Plan Already Faces Opposition
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RadioShack’s liquidation auction is both a sad coda and an odd treasure trove
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Chain store closing can be blow, blessing for small business
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US Retail Sales Had Their Biggest Drop in Over a Year
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Travel:

The Best and Worst Coach Seats on U.S. Airlines
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This is the worst thing about flying for most Americans
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American Airlines Ditched a Plan to Take Away Even More of Your Legroom
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More trouble for United: Customer sues for being shoved to the ground in 2015
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United Airlines grounded a flight after passengers witness jet fuel gushing from the wing
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Bye-bye boarding pass? TSA, airlines test fingerprints, facial recognition to ID travelers
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Airline customer complaints soar following terrible April
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Finance:

Hunt for Yield is Driving Loan Investors Crazy
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Healthcare:

 

Senate Republicans Push to Reach Health Deal
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Food/Beverage:

CVS, suitors for Marsh stores agree to settlement, helping clear way for sale
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Court approves Marsh deals to sell 26 grocery stores
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Marsh buyer Fresh Encounter, Inc. taking ownership of local store, 14 others in week
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Starbucks shares sink to 8th-straight loss after analyst downgrade
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Festivals:

People are selling their merchandise from the disastrous Fyre Festival and calling it 'a piece of history'
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Banking:

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Targeted Deregulation of Community Banks
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Wells Fargo Fake Accounts and Arbitration
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Student Debt:

Feds point fingers as 'debt relief' cos. prey on students
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Education Secretary seeks rule redo for defrauded college students • DeVos Ends Rules to Protect Student Borrowers
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Aviation:

Freshfields Swoops in for Alitalia's US Bankruptcy Work
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Solar:

This Case Could Upend America’s $29 Billion Solar Industry
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Economy:

Fed hikes key interest rate and readies plan to reduce assets in validation of economic recovery • FOMC Statement: 25bps Rate Hike • Fed raises interest rate, signaling confidence in the economy • Interest Rates Edge Up; Fed Promises Tapering To Begin Later This Year • It’s official: Fed raises interest rate for the second time this year • Federal Reserve Interest-Rate Decision - Live Analysis • Here's the Fed's plan to unwind its massive $4.5 trillion balance sheet • Here's the new Fed dot plot • There's a reason markets don't believe the Fed will raise interest rates again this year • The Fed Raises Interest Rates Again, but Where’s the Inflation?
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Who Will Be the Next Fed Chair?
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Fed seen hiking rates but inflation, economic outlook dim: CNBC Survey • Fed will have to respond to weak inflation data as expectations fade for further hikes
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Key Measures Show Inflation mostly below 2% in May
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Portfolio Managers Are Holding Record Levels of Corporate Debt
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Trump apprenticeship push won't come with more cash
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Federal Reserve Survey: Consumers’ Overall Financial Well-Being Improves
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Consumer prices fell more than expected in May • US Consumer Price Index fall 0.1% in May vs 0.2% increase expected
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The Fed is missing a key sign of economic weakness coming from American consumers
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The world is awash in $9 trillion of bonds that are guaranteed to lose money
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This one chart shows why the Fed is in such a tough spot right now
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Earn minimum wage in the US? You can afford to live in exactly 12 counties
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Treasury yields tumble after disappointing retail sales and CPI data
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How a Fed rate hike would affect your finances
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What market risk? Deutsche Bank sees only a 9% chance of a recession
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Lousy Pay Raise? That May Be as Good as It Gets
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US retail sales in May are weakest in 16 months
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Millionaires own a record 45% of the world's wealth — and their share is growing
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Here's how much you have to earn to be in the top 1% in the 25 biggest US cities
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Billionaire Ron Baron says the stock market and economy will double in 13 years
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Two economists tested a common assumption about the poorest Americans — and found it dead wrong
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The healthiest and happiest state to raise your kids
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Immigration Not Enough to Halt Exodus From Biggest U.S. Cities
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How This Economic Recovery Ends
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

A Perfected Assignment of Rents is Not Property of Bankruptcy Estate
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Short Sale: Is There an Argument That an Underwater Mortgagee Is Required to Consider and Approve?
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How the Fed’s rate hike will affect homeowners’ ability to save by refinancing
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Wells Fargo is accused of making improper changes to mortgages
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey
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RCWE Holding enters bankruptcy
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Proof almost no one can afford a decent life anywhere near San Francisco
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico statehood bid a total failure
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5 federal judges to mediate Puerto Rico bankruptcy fights • Team set up to mediate Puerto Rico debt • Mediation team created for Puerto Rico bankruptcy cases • Stockton bankruptcy judge among five tapped to mediate Puerto Rico debt fights
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Puerto Rico’s $123 Billion Bankruptcy Will Impact More Than Your Wallet

Five Michigan officials charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint water debacle • Michigan health officials charged with manslaughter over Flint Water Crisis • Charges in Flint water crisis climb closer to Gov. Rick Snyder • Schuette Files Toughest Flint Water Charges Yet • No denying politics in AG's Flint water roll-up
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Kansas’ experiment with tax cutting failed spectacularly — on its own terms • These are the people who suffered when Kansas’s conservative experiment failed
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CA: County to make final bankruptcy debt payment
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Oil/Gas:

France's CGG files for bankruptcy protection • CGG Files For Bankruptcy Protection • CGG: Following Agreement with Key Financial Creditors, CGG Begins Legal Process to Implement Balance Sheet Restructuring
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Oil prices under pressure as IEA warns of ongoing glut • Oil prices are tanking; US crude drops below $45 a barrel to 5-week low • Oil drops to 7-month low, roiled by bearish US inventory report • Oil sinks to November lows on shock US gasoline build • Oil Prices Fall As IEA Points At Poor Fundamentals • Oil prices fall again, staying around 7-month low as ‘alarm bell’ goes off over U.S. supply • Oil cheapest since before November OPEC deal
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Saudis Cut Oil Exports to U.S. to Ease Global Glut • As oil tanks, Saudi Arabia's next effort to boost prices may be targeting US oil inventory data
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Occidental CEO: Oil Crisis Isn't Over
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Shale Oil Drillers Cannibalize Themselves While Debt Bombs Loom On The Horizon
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Iraq Sends Millions of Barrels of Oil to US While Saudis Cut
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US shale oil strikes again: Non-OPEC output growth to outpace demand gains in 2018
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Is now the time to buy battered energy stocks?
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Will American shale drillers crush their own rally before OPEC, other rivals thwart it?
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Seadrill - The Sword Of Damocles Is Dangling Over Shareholders' Head
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Solar power emerges where oil and gas once dominated • Wind, solar surpass 10 percent of power production • Where America Gets Its Electricity
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Big Oil's Pivot To Renewables Has Begun
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A Tanker That Can't Sell Its Oil Anywhere
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Oil shares drop to 5-week low, but Canadian dollar gains
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Inflation, Rising Rates Can Spark Oil's Rebound
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Electricity:

NRG Energy unit GenOn files for bankruptcy • NRG Energy's GenOn unit files for bankruptcy • First Day Dec
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Politics:

Why the GOP Still Grovels to Trump
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Mueller probe looks into Trump over possible obstruction of justice • Trump is reportedly under criminal investigation • This Is Mueller’s Dream Team for the Trump-Russia Probe • Did The Special Counsel’s Office Just Leak Against Trump?
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Senate Judiciary Committee to probe circumstances of Comey’s firing from the FBI
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Between the Lines of Jim Comey's Testimony • Congress dealt a huge blow to Trump's Russia plans, and the White House is already 'pushing back'
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Chris Christie Is the Most Unpopular Governor in 20 Years. In Any State
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Dennis Rodman gave Kim Jong-Un a copy of Trump's 'The Art of the Deal'
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Student Disqualified As Class President After Campaign Speech With Trump References
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Museums:

13 of the biggest flops featured in Sweden's new 'Museum of Failure'
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Mass Torts:

Insurers: We're off the hook, Duke Energy knew coal ash risk
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Coal:

Life support for coal will make America an energy backwater
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A $2.5 billion bidding war could signal a resurgence for coal
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The War on Coal States
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Gambling:

Phil Falcone Bets on a Casino (Where the Locals Can’t Gamble)
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Consumer Finance:

The Shadow Banks of the Barrio
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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 (93 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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: May Filing Statistics
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Bankruptcy Rules:

BK DE: Court Revises Rules For Claims Agents
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Jurisdiction:

Jurisdiction Retention Clause in Sale Order Can’t Provide Bankruptcy Court Subject Matter Jurisdiction for Contract Disputes between Non-Debtors
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Litigation:

The New FRE Rule 902 Should Lead to Litigation Cost Savings, Experts Say
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Six Degrees of Separation: Use of Bankruptcy Rule 2004 Examination in Connection with Third-Party Litigation
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Ch. 13:

Grace Period to Cure Arrearage Beyond Five-Year Plan Period
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Third Party Release:

Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction and Third-Party Releases: The Latest Frontier
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IRS Can Pursue “Responsible Persons” for Unpaid Trust Fund Taxes and Automatic Stay Cannot Be Used to Enjoin Collection Against Non-Debtor Officers and Directors
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Celebs:

Bankruptcy cases show we’ve become a nation of selective justice
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Teresa Giudice's Lawyer Blasts Claims She's Cheating on Husband Joe: 'This Is the Embodiment of Fake News'
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Debt Collection:

U.S. Supreme Court Offers Some Clarity in Assessing Debt Purchaser FDCPA Liability
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How debt collection industry scored rare ‘victory’
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Education:

Why so many small private colleges are in danger of closing
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Corporate Reform:

Yellen says she’s ‘sympathetic’ to Trump’s deregulation plan
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Fraud:

7th Circ affirms fraud conviction of Bentley-driving pastor who warned judge to beware the "wrath of God."
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Harrisburg Woman Sentenced For Bankruptcy Fraud
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UK:

The Insolvency Rules 2016: an assault on red tape?
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Cross Border Insolvency Regulations 2006- UK recognition of Azerbaijan Restructuring Proceedings
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81% of Brits who are heavily in debt are so worried they can't sleep
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In Britain's post-election disarray, can a Brexit consensus be found?
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Brexit Update – Signs of “Regrexit” Following UK General Election?
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EU nationals are losing interest in moving to the UK as Brexit approaches
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Now Britain, Not France, Risks Being 'Sick Man' of Europe
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Grenfell Tower Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen • Council ‘threatened blogger with legal action’ over Grenfell Tower warnings
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EU:

Debt collectors make Europe’s bad loans pay again
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Germany, Italy push for changes to Europe's rules on bank failure
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PIIGS:

Greece Seeks Credible Debt Deal • Greece Set for Case `Full of Money,' No Debt Relief at Eurogroup
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Wiped Out Spanish Bank Notes Become Lottery Ticket for Traders
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Canada:

Canada household debt -to-income ratio hovers near record highs
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China:

China has a worrying habit of making business leaders disappear
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Can China Really Rein in Credit?
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Germany:

We're not about to go bankrupt , Air Berlin insists • German government looking into loan guarantees for Air Berlin
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India:

Bill To Help Financial Sector Deal With Bankruptcy Approved • Insolvency framework soon for banks, insurers
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Energy sees some big-ticket filings under new insolvency law
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NCLT, insolvency infra won't suffice to handle RBI's move to curb NPAs
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RBI identifying defaulters for insolvency can hurt banks’ balance sheets
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Four cases that show invoking bankruptcy code is no panacea to resolving bad loans
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Bankers brace for hitches and legal battles over RBI action on defaulters
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Battling toxic loans
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Stressed firms race to sell assets
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Croatia:

Croatia's Agorkor receives 9864 claims from creditors
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Australia:

Korean bid eyes $1 billion spend on Arrium steelworks
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Station masters join forces to save Ten Network
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Macquarie says it's not a major bank in bid to escape bank levy
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Arrium closer to salvation as Korean bidders get nod
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Australian Insolvency Reforms - The Harbour Appears Safer Than it Was
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Venezuela:

Cuba Scrambles As Venezuela's Oil Industry Collapses
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Brazil:

Brazil watchdog wants out of Oi reorganization, paper says
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Switzerland:

UBS, Credit Suisse need to draft credible insolvency plans
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Azerbaijan:

Kazakhstan to swap into Azeri sovereign debt in IBA restructuring • Azerbaijani Bank's Restructuring Draws U.S. Creditor Objection
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MENA:

Islamic finance industry frets as Dana Gas deems its sukuk invalid • Why Everyone's Talking About Dana Gas's Sukuk
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Mozambique:

Traders Buy Up Assets in Mozambique, Where Defaults are Rife
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