Law:

Dewey retrial jury eyes execs' actions in $150 million bond offering • Second Dewey & LeBoeuf Jury May Be Bracing for a Long Deliberation
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Legal industry jobs bounce back in April after rough start to 2017 • Jobs Report Shows Slight Improvement for Legal Employment in April
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Artificial Intelligence Closes In On The Work Of Junior Lawyers
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Top 12 Reasons Why Associates Switch Law Firms
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ABA expresses concern about border searches of lawyer laptops and other electronic devices
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How to be a lawyer without going to law school
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Law Student's Harassment and Bullying Ran Amok, Claims Professor's Suit
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A law student used Harry Potter-style invisible ink to sneak 24 pages of ‘unauthorized notes’ into exam
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ABA Rejects 2U-Syracuse Initial Proposal For A Hybrid Online J.D., While Other 2U-Syracuse Graduate Programs Are Flourishing With Over 1,700 Students
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Law firm partner owes former secretary $80,000 for unpaid OT, California jury finds
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4 red flags laterals should watch for to spot a toxic firm
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How To Become A High-End Law Firm
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The Pink Ghetto: Sickening Examples Of Harassment In Law Firms
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Kirkland Ellis partner likely to be tapped for DOJ criminal chief
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Big Law Partner Makes Lateral Move for a Lifestyle
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Cleary Gottlieb: Making disclosures to auditors without waiving privilege
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Indiana attorney sanctioned for helping Florida firm that allegedly fleeced clients
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Atty who went MIA on two federal cases and practiced while ineligible suspended for 2 years
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The First To Law School
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Law students are more likely to be psychopaths than their psychology-studying peers — but economics and business students are the ‘darkest’
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18 at Penn State Fraternity Charged in Death
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Woman who sued ex-attys saying $1.5 million settlement was too small has suit removed to Illinois federal court
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Texas Adoption Agencies Could Now Reject Jewish, Muslim, or Gay Adoptions
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U.S. Life Sentences Have Nearly Quintupled Since 1984
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Trump travel ban: Virginia appeals court hears arguments in crucial next stage
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San Diego Police Shoot Kid with BB Gun
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Trump Seeks to Dodge Suit by Supporters Who Beat Protesters
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Kirkland & Ellis’ graduate recruitment website inadvertently promotes Viagra
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We Crown A Law Revue Winner!
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Texas governor signs ban on so-called 'sanctuary cities'
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Judges:

AL. Judge: Segregation is Good for Black Kids
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Man in the middle: Chief Justice Roberts leans to the left
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Judges Standing Up For Other Judges In The Wake Of Political Personal Attacks
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‘Fake Law’: The Latest Effort To Delegitimize The Judiciary And The Constitution
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Trump to Announce Slate of Conservative Federal Court Nominees
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Wall Street:

Wall Street stocks set to struggle after French vote
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S&P, Nasdaq notch record close ahead of the French election; Apple hits all-time high
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Signs abound that the U.S. stock market is headed higher
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Why Warren Buffett told his wife to buy index funds rather than Berkshire’s stock
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Get ready for dramatically lower stock market returns over the next decade
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Layoffs:

Cintas will close former G&K headquarters in Minnetonka, lay off 232
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Layoffs: Auto Industry's Uncertain Summer
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Ford Touts Plant to Trump, Then Lays Off 130
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White House Proposal Would Slash Budget for Drug Czar’s Office by 95%
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Healthcare:

Campbellton-Graceville Hospital declares bankruptcy , making cuts
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Trustee Sues Doctors at Humble Surgical Hospital Over Alleged Billing Fraud
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Closure of Texas diabetes centers catches some patients, staff off guard
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How the GOP vote to undo Obamacare could affect the places that went for Trump
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One state shows the chaos Trump is wreaking on the Obamacare exchanges
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4 key takeaways for attys from the AHCA
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Why 60 percent of small-business owners want Obamacare repealed
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GOP Struggles to Explain AHCA’s $880 Billion Medicaid Cuts
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Warren on ObamaCare Replacement: 'Families Will Go Bankrupt, People Will Die' • How the Affordable Care Act drove down personal bankruptcy • GOP Rep. Nobody Dies from Losing Health Care
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Republicans’ plan to protect sick people has a long history of not protecting sick people
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How Kentucky, one of Obamacare's biggest success stories, is leading the charge to dismantle it
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TrumpCare is Really About Tax Cuts
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A huge section of the GOP bill undoing Obamacare isn’t actually about Obamacare
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Health Act Repeal Threatens to Strike Economy’s Engine
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Death Spirals and Other Problems the Republican Health Plan Doesn't Solve
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'Let Me Finish My Point': Ryan Flustered by Stephanopoulos Over Healthcare Bill Questions
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Obamacare had 79 committee hearings before it passed. Trumpcare had none
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The 'Oracle of Omaha' Condemns Republican Health Care Bill At Berkshire Meeting
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Free-standing emergency rooms offer costly convenience
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Politics:

Jared Kushner's family is trying to raise $150 million from Chinese investors in exchange for US visas
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What Trump Got Right and Wrong About Andrew Jackson • Why Trump's Orders Are Ringing Hollow • The Many Scandals of Donald Trump • Polls show that Trump’s base is holding firm. But that shouldn’t give him comfort
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Anger Over Removing Confederate Statues • Protesters, Counterprotesters Face Off over Confederate Statues
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The new doomsayers taking up arms and preparing for catastrophe: American liberals
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Political Ads Step Up Pressure in Health-Care Debate
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Court orders release of Benghazi-related emails from Clinton
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Cemeteries:

Long Beach’s Sunnyside Cemetery, steeped in history, struggles on the edge of insolvency
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Retailing:

Everything Must Go: Retail Chapter 11 Filings
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Gander Mountain files bankruptcy , closing all locations • Bankruptcy court OKs Gander Mountain sale • Gander Mountain closing? Not so fast says new owner Marcus Lemonis • Camping World Announces Goal of Operating 70 or More Gander Mountain Stores Following Planned Acquisition
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The Long, Hard, Unprecedented Fall of Sears
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Gymboree could close up to 350 retail stores as bankruptcy looms • Gymboree Plans Store Closures as Part of Upcoming Bankruptcy Filing
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Sunday marks final day of business for MC Sports stores
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It's more than Amazon: Why retail is in distress now
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Why Retailers Are Going Broke at a Record Pace
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Kmart Bankruptcy, Part Deux
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Report: Hudson's Bay Taps Debt Adviser To Review Neiman Marcus Bid • Bid for Neiman Marcus faces hurdles, spurring Hudson's Bay to tap debt adviser, sources say
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American Apparel Website May Ask: How Much Do You Want Made-in-the-USA?
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Gambling:

Caesars: Poised For A Takeoff Or A Rocky Post-Bankruptcy Landing This Summer?
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Mass Torts:

J&J hit with $110 million verdict in suit alleging talc caused woman's ovarian cancer • $110M award in talcum powder case is largest award in suits claiming link to ovarian cancer
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Non-Profits:

YMCA files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Education:

Students At Bankrupt For Profit College Could Get Loan Relief
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Aviation:

Etihad to Inject $382 Million Into Struggling Air Berlin
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Economy:

Unemployment Has Nowhere to Go But Up for Trump
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Economy Added 211,000 New Jobs in April • April Employment Report: 211,000 Jobs, 4.4% Unemployment Rate • A Solid Employment Report • The Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.4 Percent: What the Analysts Are Saying • Unemployment rate drops to lowest level in a decade in April as economy adds 211,000 jobs • The Obama economy continues: Unemployment reaches a 10-year low three months into Trump’s term
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America’s economy has been made adequate again
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Consumer spending growth slows in April - Visa
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Fed Nowcast stands at 1.8% for 2017:Q2.
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump
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The Impossible Math of Trump's Tax Cut Plan
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Men Slowly Return to the Labor Force
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USA jobs surge clears the way for interest rate rise
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How Zombie Companies Stop Productivity Growth
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Health Act Repeal Could Threaten U.S. Job Engine
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Treasury Secy says Trump believes in 'reciprocal' free trade
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Options Signal Pragmatism May Trump 'America First'
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Who Are the Faces of Our Gig Economy?
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Older Worker Rate Highest Since 1962
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GE CEO: Trump is Right on Trade
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Ross: Canadian Trade Retaliation is Not Right
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Mexico Could be the Winner With New NAFTA
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Trump's Buy American Campaign Not Working
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Top US Contractors Outsourced Jobs
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Warren Buffett Is Making Plans for a Lower Tax Rate
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Heavy Duty Truck Orders Remain Solid
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Hotels: Hotel Occupancy Rate Increases Year-over-Year
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AAR: Rail Traffic increased in April
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Killing Banking Rules Will Invite a Whopper of a Recession
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Can Low-Wage Industries Survive Without Immigrants and Refugees?
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A Wall Street bear warns 'bad things are about to happen,' and a recession is on the way
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Assigned Rents Not Bankruptcy Estate Property After Assignment is Enforced
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Failed DeKalb ‘Grand Empire’ backers pay $4.6 million for alleged fraud
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Municipalities:

John Roberts appoints New York judge to oversee Puerto Rico bankruptcy • Judge in Puerto Rico's Debt Lawsuit Handled Major Financial Cases • Chief Justice Roberts Picks Judge Laura Swain • Puerto Rico Judge Handled Seinfeld Cookbook, Madoff Cases • Judge Will Work From San Juan • Who Is Laura Swain? • Puerto Rico governor 'hopeful' over judge • Judge Laura Taylor Swain to preside over Puerto Rico's $70 billion bankruptcy case
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Puerto Rico Is Approaching a Steep Precipice
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Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis Threatens the Rest of the US
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Ricardo Rossello, Puerto Rico's young governor
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Puerto Ricans Face 'Sacrifice Everywhere' on an Insolvent Island
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Market Ignores The Largest Municipal Bankruptcy In U.S. History
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Puerto Rico closes 184 schools after filing for bankruptcy
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Bond Insurers Hold Up Against Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Exposure
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Puerto Rico Faces Backlash After Litigation Freeze Expires
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Our Bankrupt Policy for Puerto Rico
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What is Title III and Why is Puerto Rico in It?
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Bond Insurers Hold Up Against Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Exposure
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Puerto Rico's bankruptcy is the next step in its slow dance of default
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Puerto Rico bankruptcy: Archbishop's suggestion becomes forced reality
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Puerto Rico files for bankruptcy in last-ditch attempt to sustain public services
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Puerto Rico Somewhat Unique Among U.S. Municipal Bankruptcies
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Puerto Rico's only hope
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Message of Puerto Rico debt crisis: Easy bets sometimes lose
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Puerto Rico's Bankruptcy a 'Dramatic Reshaping' of Muni Risk
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5 Facts about Puerto Rico's utter economic misery
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Puerto Rico's ' bankruptcy a warning to Illinois • Puerto Rico is the frightening Ghost of Illinois Future
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Puerto Rico: A Debt Problem That Kept Boiling Over
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Puerto Rico's Bankruptcy is the Canary in the Coal Mine
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Puerto Rico has officially gone bankrupt . In a way, that's good news.
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Puerto Rico Bond Default Called Over Fiscal Plan's Debt Cuts
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Woman who Destroyed Ukraine's Economy, doing same to Puerto Rico
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A Neighbor Grapples With Same Woes That Led Puerto Rico to Brink
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Tracking Detroit's Economic Recovery After Bankruptcy
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Tracking 25 Years of Rebirth and Ruin in Detroit
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Nobody Wins If Hartford Goes Bankrupt
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Oil/Gas:

Oil bankruptcies slow, even as market recovery wobbles
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Mon: Oil rebounds as Saudi Arabia hints at supply cuts beyond 2017 • Oil up as OPEC cuts outweigh U.S. drilling boom
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Could Oil Drop To $42
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Brimming U.S. oil storage tanks to feel OPEC cuts last
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U.S. Oil And Gas To Contribute $1.9 Trillion To U.S. GDP By 2035
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Goldman says oil prices on the brink of ‘capitulation’
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Houston energy co. emerges from bankruptcy under new name
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Oil prices at five-month lows following Russian indecision
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How Much Further Could Oil Prices Fall?
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OPEC Runs Out of Options as Bid to Boost Oil Price Fizzles • OPEC faces high-stakes decision as oil prices take a bruising
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Hedge Funds Pull The Rug Out From Under The Market
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The Elusive Benefits of OPEC's Oil Output Plan
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The commodity conundrum — why are prices so weak?
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Rig count rises for 16th straight week • Oil: Slower Growth for Rig Count
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U.S. Oil Producers Becoming Increasingly Self-Destructive
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Food/Beverage:

Central Grocers Files Chapter 11; Owes PNC-Led Group $200MM
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Chains are banking on this new strategy to combat the restaurant apocalypse
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Joe's Crab Shack, Brick House Tavern owner said to prepare bankruptcy filing
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Nuclear:

Toshiba bankruptcy threatens Moorside
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Transportation:

All Resort Group, a large transportation firm, seeks bankruptcy
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Festivals:

Fyre Festival organizers threatened against those posting negatively about it on social media, suit says
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Celebs:

"Dance Moms" star says creditors weren't harmed by scheme to hide $755,000 in bankruptcy case
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Abby Lee Miller might possibly face 30 months jail time
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Fraud:

Receiver for company accused in $28M Ponzi scheme drops sanctions against alleged ringleader's former attorney
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‘Financial predator’ who bilked business partners, widow faces sentencing in Seattle
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Former Austin concert promoter gets 10 years in prison
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Student Debt:

NACBA Applauds Bipartisan Effort to Discharge Excessive Student Loan Debt
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The Wrong Way to Fix Student Debt
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System to collect defaulted Student Loan no longer working
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Lehman:

Lehman Employees Denied Bankruptcy Preference • Vested Stock Compensation Considered Securities in Lehman Bankruptcy Case
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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 (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (66 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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UCC:

GM trust, lenders wrap testimony phase in bellwether bankruptcy court trial over $1.5 billion loan
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Sales:

Want to make your client's offer stand out to a motivated seller? Here are 4 ways
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Bankruptcy Rules:

New Bankruptcy Rules to Take Effect December 1, 2017
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Cross-Border:

Upside Down in Chapter 15 Can U.S. Entities Qualify as “Foreign” Debtors in the U.S.?
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Chapter 15 and Cross-Border Insolvency
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Reclamation:

"The Chapter 11 Vendor Game Changer: Section 503(b)(9) Claims
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Litigation:

Mandatory Disclosure of Third-Party Litigation Funding: Up Next?
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Lit Funders Get a Little Sunshine - Whether They Want It or Not
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Courts Are Local By Nature: Prepare Yourself For Each Court’s Differing Practices And Culture
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Banking:

Shareholder suit against Wells Fargo board can go on
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Warren Buffett slams Wells Fargo’s handling of massive sales scandal
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Museums:

13 of the biggest product flops featured in new 'Museum of Failure'
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Marijuana:

Trump pushes back against ban on state medical marijuana interference • Trump indicated where he stands on medical marijuana for the first time since he took office
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Coal:

Coal Just Can’t Compete, Despite Trump’s Promises
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Climate:

EPA dismisses half of its scientific advisers on key board, citing ‘clean break’ with Obama administration
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Travel:

Delta employees threatened to put a couple in jail. Can they really do that?
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Shipping:

DSME Bailout Faces Delays on Individual Investors' Opposition
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Rickmers Maritime says no AGM to save cash for creditors
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Radio:

iHeartRadio costs jump in latest quarter, adding to suspicion its days are numbered
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Corporate Governance:

Chancery Enforces Advancement Rights of Former Directors
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Agriculture:

McMartin bankruptcy update
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Farms exceed Chapter 12 bankruptcy debt
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Autos:

Inside VW's Campaign of Duplicity
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GM could be facing large losses
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Taxis:

Uber's PR Crises Show No Signs of Letting Up • Following lawsuit and embarrassing viral video, Uber hit with DOJ investigation
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UK:

The truth about the class divide in Britain
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Give children money classes says bankrupt TV star Gail Porter
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BOE sets expectations for UK banks' bail-in capital
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Businessman suing RBS over alleged conspiracy faces case dismissal
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A Hard Brexit Could Spell Disaster For UK Oil And Gas
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Insolvency Service clamps down on bankrupt gamblers
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No intention? No notice!
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PIIGS:

Alitalia Goes Bankrupt for the Third Time: Is This the End? • Bankrupt Alitalia had debts of $4.4 billion at end of February •Alitalia bankruptcy could further weaken soft market for Boeing and Airbus widebodies • Comments on the Impact of Alitalia Extraordinary Administration Request on Aircraft Lessors
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Greece reaches deal with creditors on fresh bailout
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Canada:

How neighborhood malls are struggling to survive
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Walton International in creditor protection
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Australia:

Court rebukes ‘waste’ of lawyers piled on bankruptcy matter
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Insolvency laws punish honest failures
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Family behind collapsed builder accused of receiving millions
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German:

Chapter 11 German Style
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India:

Bad loans crisis: Now, Supreme Court asks RBI on what steps it is taking to tackle sour debt
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RBI issues timeline for faster resolution of banks' NPAs
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Reserve Bank of India given new powers against defaulters • Empowered RBI to deal with bad loans, to fine erring bank • RBI will now deal with $150 billion bad debt problem • India moves resolution of $150 bln bad debt problem into cenbank's court • Getting the regulator to clean up the banks' mess
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Govt, RBI get cracking on bad loan problem
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Patel's War on $180 Billion India Bad Debt Gets Modi Support
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Bad loan cleanup: NPA problem concentrated on a very few cases, free riders will not be allowed to carry on, says Sanjeev Sanyal
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India's Bad-Debt Crisis Cleanup Faces a Long Day in Court
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Bankruptcy courts will spring to life as government targets bad loans
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Argentina:

Argentina Inc. Gets Tough Love as Macri Sticks to His Guns
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China:

China credit squeeze dents global growth
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Hungary:

Proposed changes to the Hungarian Bankruptcy Code
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Bahamas:

Baha Mar: Statement from Grant Lyon, expert on bankruptcy and restructuring
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France:

Macron Wins • Macron Defeats LePen by Nearly 2-to-1 • Now for Macron’s toughest task: Keep the EU from collapsing • With Macron’s victory, EU leaders can finally exhale • Macron and the Revival of Europe • Stocks, euro dip as Macron win shifts focus to economy • In France, the 'Can't Lose' Candidate Pays a Price • Unbowed Le Pen looks ahead to parliamentary elections
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Venezuela:

Venezuela Is Starving
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