Law:

Law's Uber moment yet to occur
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US law firms see revenues decline
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Q&A: Behind the Scenes of a Big Law Rebrand
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King Kong Is Coming To Crush Your Practice With A Calculator
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Husch Blackwell announces 40 lawyer exit
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Law grad with criminal record can sit for state bar, Washington Supreme Court rules
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ABA Proposes Changes To Law School Accreditation Standards
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Cornell Law Prof: I Never Thought The Anti-Free Speech Mob Would Come Me. Until They Did.
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Ropes & Gray's Next Chair Will Be a Woman
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This AI Aims to Be a 'Law Firm Without Lawyers'
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AI will replace lawyers in fraud cases, director predicts
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The 'Trump Bump' Grows As College Grads From Both Sides Of The Political Spectrum Flock To Law School
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Attorney Pundits and the Perils of Going On-Air
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Look Who's Not on That Gay-Friendly List
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The Long Road To Meaningful Diversity
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How People-Pleasing Holds Lawyers Back
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FYI Lawyers: Always Back Your People
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Mind Your Ps and Qs This Holiday Season, Young Attorneys!
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Venable Accused of Helping to Destroy Evidence
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Widow of Grateful Dead's longtime lawyer auctions rare items
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Why incompetent people often think they’re actually the best
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Citing 'Rule of Law,' Jeff Sessions Brings Changes to DOJ Guidance Policy
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Mueller may be close to wrapping up a significant part of the Russia investigation • White House braces for long Mueller winter • Kushner received emails from Sergei Millian — an alleged dossier source who was in touch with George Papadopoulos • Senate panel tells Jared Kushner’s lawyer he failed to provide WikiLeaks emails • Jared Kushner’s lawyer is firing back against senators over documents request • Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 trip to Paris for lunch with Moscow-linked couple remains a puzzle • British publicist who arranged Don Jr’s Trump Tower meeting set to speak to Mueller ‘in the near future’ • Sessions Jokes About Meetings with Russians • Papadopoulos: Trump Promised Me the Moon
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CA: Rampage killer's repeated weapons violations were never reported to prosecutors, district attorney says • Gun owners are getting around legal restrictions by making their own 'ghost guns'
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91 On Harvey Hitlist • How A Few Billionaires Protested Weinstein • Olympic medalist Gabby Douglas tells women to 'dress modestly' in response to a former teammate's assault allegation • California Senate leader moves to suspend Sen. Tony Mendoza from committee posts after harassment allegations • Dem lawmaker wants Capitol Hill sexual harassers exposed after $17 million payouts revealed • Al Franken is Just the Beginning • Franken to be Edited Out of Letterman Tribute • Al Franken Should Resign Immediately • Female former staffers of Al Franken come to his defense • Questions on Franken's Ethics Probe • 'SNL' Takes Aim at Alum Al Franken • The price of being a predator • Trump’s selective outrage on creepy men • Amid national focus on harassment, Trump moves unscathed • This is the best way to get revenge on your abusive ex-partner • Moore and Franken: History, Law on Their Side • Russell Simmons and Brett Ratner face new allegations of misconduct • LAPD investigates two dozen cases tied to Hollywood • Why harassment training doesn’t stop harassment • Next wave of D.C. harassment allegations anticipated
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Political donations to prosecutors under scrutiny in New York
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The Menendez trial revealed everything that's gone wrong with US bribery law
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Wife's death blamed on 'accidental' gun discharge during s--
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Disbarred Atty, 2 Others Get Prison For Auto Loan Scheme
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FBI’s latest crime report missing nearly 70 percent of its usual data tables
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Cult leader Charles Manson dies at 83 after prolonged illness • Where Are the Manson Family Girls Now?
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Jerry Jones Makes Bizarre Comment About ‘A Black Girl’
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Veteran, Gun Owner: Myth of Good Guy w/ Gun
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The 22-year-old billionaire who is Norway's richest woman has been fined £23,000 for driving drunk
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Border Patrol agent dies from injuries in Texas
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Jury Scams Target Even Unlikely Victims
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Judges:

Trump adds five names to list of Supreme Court candidates
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Judicial appointments are the sleeper story that matters
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Ohio Supreme Court justice boasts of bedding ’50 very attractive females’ as he prepares to run for governor • Ohio high court justice condemns sexual-indiscretion ‘feeding frenzy,’ defends ‘heterosexual males’ • Pols slam Ohio justice's "crass" Facebook post bragging about sexual encounters with "very attractive females" • Judge Doesn't Regret Post About Hot Women He's Slept With
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The Next Frontier for Virtual Reality: Courtrooms
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Grassley schedules hearings for two appellate judicial nominees despite blue-slip objections
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‘Judges wear robes, not capes,’ Gorsuch says in Federalist Society speech
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Another Texas Judge Reprimanded for Shaming Jurors
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks face another down day as risk to Merkel worries investors • Futures point to a weak open on Wall Street, as earnings, data looms
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Dow and S&P 500 post first 2-week losing streak since August; tax reform worries linger
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One of the top recruitment firms on Wall Street published its annual compensation guide for traders — and it's not pretty
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Layoffs:

145 Disney employees laid off
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Medical waste firm Stericycle lays off hundreds of workers
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CenturyLink eliminates 165 jobs
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Memphis-based Fred’s sheds at least 90 jobs
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Fired Tesla Employees Remain Troubled
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Autos:

Former GM exec calls Tesla a 'losing enterprise,' and says it's 'going out of business'
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Travel:

Las Vegas flight 'buzzes' in ten-hour trip from hell
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These Three Industries Are Giving Airlines Lots of Money
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Student Debt:

Unpaid Student Loans Mean You Can't Work
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Personal Finance:

Here’s how to teach your kids about money
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Mass Torts:

Asbestos attorneys drive another company into bankruptcy
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Jurors reject claim that asbestos in talcum powder caused mesothelioma
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Currency:

Three years after the Mt. Gox collapse, more than 24,000 customers have not recovered their money, and it is unclear when they will
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Karpeles Suggests Potential For MtGox Revival • Karpeles Looks to Revive MtGox, Seeks $245 Million
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Middleton lawyer sentenced to probation in scheme, but deserved prison, judge says
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Hotels:

Al J. Schneider Co. asks court to dismiss Embassy Suites bankruptcy claim
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Newspapers:

Biggest loser
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Debt Relief:

Feds sue nation's largest debt-relief provider
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Metals:

Real Industry Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Debt Collection:

Arkansas ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Case Settles With New Court Procedures
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Aviation:

Hundreds of Island Air employees look for work with former competition
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Zetta Jet says hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 in Feb 2018?
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Education:

Disruptive Innovation? More Like Destructive Innovation.
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Telecoms:

Rural-Phone Crisis: $48 Billion of Junk Debt Hangs Over Industry
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Economy:

A key recession indicator is getting closer to the danger zone — and the Fed can't ignore it
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Trump's New Fed Chair Won't Be Afraid of Trump
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Overall Household Debt Approaches $13 Trillion in Third Quarter
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BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 12 states in October; Alabama, Hawaii and Texas at New Series Lows
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U.S. manufacturing can come back — but be clear about what that means
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Why this U.S. recession signal is probably throwing off a false alarm
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Productivity still matters for worker paychecks
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The GOP tax plans could potentially put a big burden on attorneys, affect the availability of legal services •Can't Follow the Tax Debate? Then Read This • Should the Upper Middle Class Take the Biggest Tax Hit? • Republicans want to give rich people a tax cut on private school tuition • Industry Defends Senate Tax Bill's Private Jet Fee Exemption • GOP Plan is the Opposite of Tax Reform • Trump open to dropping health-care provision in Senate tax bill, aide says • Senate Plan to Raise Taxes on the Poor • Why a Republican owner of a booming business says he wants a tax cut (and what it says about the GOP’s biggest goal) • Sen. Orrin Hatch: I’m “sick and tired” of Democrats saying this tax plan is for the rich • Key GOP Senator Cites Concerns Over Senate Tax Bill • Business group to target key GOP senators over tax plan deficit spike • The Devil Is in the Details: Differences That Could Doom the Tax Bill • U.S. tax plan could cause sugar high, then economic slump • GOP Tax Bill is for Idiots • Contrary to Trump tweet, Senator Flake still undecided on tax bill • Collins Says Tax Plan Passed by Senate Committee Needs Work • Why a Firm Believer in Tax Cuts Could Derail the Senate Tax Cut Plan • 10 Senators Who Could Determine the Fate of GOP Tax Plan • This Tax Bill is Extremely Unpopular • Senate Shouting Match Over Tax Bill • Oklahoma Tried That GOP Tax Plan • Texas wind energy projects worth about $11 billion in limbo after U.S. House tax vote • Bill: Trumps Could Save More Than a Billion • The Republican tax bill is far, far, far worse than it had to be • Senate's Tax Bill Facing Troubles • 4 Senators in Talks That May Kill Tax Reform • Dow and S&P 500 post first 2-week losing streak since August; tax reform worries linger • Republican Tax Bill is in Serious Trouble • There's Already a "Postcard Tax Return" -- So Why Don't More People Use It? • The G.O.P. Is Fooling Itself on Taxes • The breakneck speed of the Republican tax bill is angering Democrats and increasing the odds it passes • The Business Tax Problem Causing Trouble for the GOP • Wall Street Executives Fear Tax Plan's Blowback • In towns and cities nationwide, fears of trickle-down effects of federal tax legislation • Why We Urgently Need to Cut the Corporate Tax Rate • Overlooked Passage In GOP Tax Bill Would Gouge Gig Economy Workers
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Congress is counting on America having 'amnesia' about Reagan's 'voodoo,' Yale expert says
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Trump Wants Big Infrastructure Projects • Infrastructure Projects Fail in Large Numbers
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CA: Brown Signs $15 Minimum Wage Bill
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US Releases Updated List of Tough Objectives for NAFTA • Trump Warned of Political Pain Over NAFTA • NAFTA Talks Failing as Canada, Mexico Say No Way • NAFTA’s Renegotiation Risks National Security
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Nissan Hints at Building New US Plant
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Goldman Sachs says if you thought 2017 was surprisingly good, just wait for 2018
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You’re probably not saving enough for retirement ... and that’s OK
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Rich people say you need at least $100 million to actually feel rich
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This is why millennials can’t have nice things (or save any money)
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How the list of America’s most valuable companies has changed over 100 years
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This is why you shouldn’t count on Social Security
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A selloff in junk bonds may not spark a crash, or a recession, says Deutsche Bank
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The top 0.1% of American households hold the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90%
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The true cost of opioid epidemic tops $500 billion, White House says
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Has US Household Growth Slowed, and If So, Why?
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9 Board Members to Leave GE
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A theory of cycles suggests a new golden economic age
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Company Seeks Value for Bankruptcy Estates Through Short Sales
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Tax plan could hurt homeowners and create credit risk in high tax areas
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Early Read on Existing Home Sales in October
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Housing Starts increased to 1.290 Million Annual Rate in October
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MBA: Mortgage Delinquency Rate increases in Q3 mostly due to Hurricanes
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Mobile Home Debtors Can’t ‘Ride Through’ Ch. 7 With No Action
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Sacramento Housing in October: Sales down 5% YoY, Active Inventory up 2% YoY
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Rich millennials are buying homes where they can live near their parents and grow their own avocados
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Once-Hot Apartment Construction Is Cooling
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Municipalities:

Why Didn't Puerto Rico Use its "Local Law" Advantage to Reduce its Debt?
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How Puerto Rican migrants could tilt Florida's elections
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Puerto Rico Power Chief Abruptly Resigns as Congress Weighs Aid • The head of Puerto Rico's power utility resigns after the Whitefish debacle • Rossello Shows Will to Run Puerto Rico as Power Chief Quits • Puerto Rico is still in the dark • 'It's a mess': Ex-governor of Puerto Rico slams Whitefish deal as island struggles to restore power
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Puerto Rico's DIY Disaster Relief
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Trump $44 billion disaster request puts off Puerto Rico demands • White House Requests More Disaster Aid but Also Seeks Cuts as Deficits Rise
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Lin-Manuel Miranda to Trump: 'We still need your help' in Puerto Rico • Lin-Manuel Miranda calls for debt forgiveness
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Post Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Bonds Sink Into The Abyss
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Two months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico struggles to regain electricity and thousands flee the island
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Congress faces growing health care crisis in Puerto Rico • PR Medicaid Crisis Another Year-End Funding Issue for Congress
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Why I'm marching for Puerto Rico
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Companies barely had to compete for half of the federal contracts awarded in Puerto Rico so far
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Demolishing the 'blue model' of bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Haynes and Boone Oil Patch Report Shows $5.6B in Bankruptcies
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Rig count jumps up, but only for natural gas
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Higher Oil Prices Reduce North American Oil Bankruptcies
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Are too-rosy U.S. production forecasts depressing prices?
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Oil Rises Over 2%, But Shows First Weekly Fall In Six
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OPEC oil ministers will face this dilemma when they meet to extend production cuts
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AK: Nicolai Creek future remains uncertain
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Healthcare:

Community Health Systems in talks to extend nearly $2 billion in debt
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Medicare Part B premiums jumping 23 percent for many retirees
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Hidden camera shows nurses laughing as a 89-year-old man dies in nursing home

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Politics:

Megyn Kelly rains hell on ‘tone deaf’ Trump for slamming Franken while ignoring his own accusers • Trump and Clinton engage in new war of words over election, harassment allegations
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GOP at Jonestown: Is Trump Leading Republicans to Slaughter? • Advisors Can Only Show Trump Positive Polls
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The Trump Organization sees fortunes fall
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The top US nuclear commander said he would resist an 'illegal' strike order from Trump
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AL: Minister's Letter Against Roy Moore
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Trump to Pay His Own Legal Bills, Set Up Fund to Cover Staff
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Panama: Trump Tower's Ties to Crime Bosses
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The GOP's Walking Dead
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Trumps Kept Clean Taking Criminal's Money
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Trump's Judgment Is Debatable. His Sanity Is Not.
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‘We dare defend our rights’: Alabama Republicans standing by Moore reflect state’s tradition of defiance • Moore's Pastor: It's a Feminist War on Men • Alabama's largest newspapers used a huge chunk of Sunday's front pages to endorse Roy Moore's opponent • Trump administration officials are getting grilled over whether the president still supports Roy Moore • I Know Roy Moore. He's Always Been a Con Man • Roy Moore infected with "false religious virus": Evangelicals reject Moore at Alabama gathering • Progressive pastors say Roy Moore unfit for US Senate • One of Roy Moore's defenders said Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult — here's what the Bible says about that • Alabama's GOP governor says she plans to vote for Roy Moore • For Roy Moore , a Long History of Combat and Controversy • The story that highlights an ugly American tribalism • Moore Critic: Alabama Senate Race a Battle for Nation's Soul • Roy Moore Is Not The Cure For Judicial Supremacy • Roy Moore cashes in after he's accused of chasing high school girls • 11 scenarios for how the Roy Moore saga could play out • Opinions clash in Roy Moore's home town: 'There's a lot of rumors in small-town Alabama' • Why Alabama kicked out its 'Love Gov' but might still vote for Roy Moore •Alabama Senate race likely won't be certified until late December • Misconduct claims roil Alabama senate campaign, divide women • Sen. Lamar Alexander: Roy Moore is a problem for the GOP majority
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Jeff Flake caught on hot mic: GOP is "toast"
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Americans Not as Divided as You May Think
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Consumer Finance:

Senators OK with 350% Payday Loans
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Nuclear:

Toshiba plans to sell US nuclear division Westinghouse and raise £4bn
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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 (11 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (51 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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Avoidance Actions:

Attorneys allege fraudulent transfers to Hatzenbeller family before bankruptcy
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Discharge:

22-Year-Old Bankruptcy Discharge Doesn’t Bar New Injury Claims
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Bankruptcy Rules:

New Amendments to Bankruptcy Rules Could Have a Major Effect on the Rights of Secured Creditors
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Discovery:

No 2004 Discovery Allowed When There is a Pending Proceeding
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Trustees:

BK ND GA Seeking Ch. 7 Trustee For Atlanta
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Equity:

Doing Equity in Bankruptcy
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Coal:

Climate skeptics and coal boosters gather to cheer Trump — and hold his feet to the fire
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Retailing:

Shiekh Shoes owner says retailer seeks financing to avoid bankruptcy
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The Retail Meltdown—How You can Help Your Brick-and-Mortar Clients Thrive
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Coming Soon: The First Department Store Bankruptcy Since the Great Recession?
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Wall Street finally made an ETF to bet on the retail apocalypse — but it's too late
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The Retail Apocalypse And Mall Die-Off Goes From 'Big Short' To Contrarian Buy
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Walmart is making a mockery of the retail apocalypse — and traders are betting it'll keep soaring
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Sears needs more than Black Friday to be saved
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Retail Space and Sales in the U.S. Compared to Other Countries
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The pain ahead for brick-and-mortar retail chains
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Gap Can't Afford More Gap Years
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One chart shows how terrible a decision it has been to bet against Amazon
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Why Is New York Full of Empty Stores?
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The Surprising Impact of Your Neighborhood Dollar Store Poor or rural adults view dollar stores more positively — but not suburbanites
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Disruption:

Wal-Mart, J.B. Hunt are among the first to order the Tesla semi truck
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Profits don't matter for investors anymore, only whether a company can beat Amazon or Netflix
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Weather:

Trump Disaster Assistance Request Draws Bipartisan Criticism • Texas Republicans slam White House over disaster relief request
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Disaster claims soar in year of calamities
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Autos:

Analysts: Tesla Will Run Out of Cash Again? • Tesla Keeps Scaring the Other Automakers • Tesla's Truck Is All About the Journey • Tesla Investors Are Losing Patience
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Two-Thirds of U.S. Vehicles With Takata Air Bags Still Not Fixed • U.S. rejects Ford petition to delay recall of three million vehicles
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Corporate Reform:

The anti-regulatory environment that Trump promised just got a big boost
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Wall Street Wants the CFPB Dead and Buried
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Sen. Warren on the fate of the CPFB
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Celebs:

Michael Vick Has Paid Back Nearly $18M in Debt
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"I was the no quid chef": Jamie Oliver admits he went bankrupt following the launch of his first book
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Entertainment:

Weinstein Co. Feeling Pressure to Find a Buyer
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Female former Obama aide bids to buy out The Weinstein Co. and make it women-led • Former Obama Official Wants to Buy The Weinstein Co., Install Majority-Female Board
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Fraud:

Victims still caught in Hatzenbeller's Shoot the Moon fraud scheme • Timeline of bankrupt Shoot the Moon restaurant company
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SEC Settles Ponzi Scheme Suit Against Ex-NFLer
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A Hedge Fund Manager Committed Fraud. Would the U.S. Let Him Go?
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Festivals:

Fyre Festival Trustee Seeks Information From Law Firm, Insurance Broker
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UK:

KPMG appoints Blair Nimmo new global head of insolvency
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R3 Midlands calls for urgent corporate insolvency reform in Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
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In Britain, billionaires can buy the silence of the judiciary
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UK Will Go Nuts Over Brexit Divorce Bill
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Preparing Britain's Banks for a Disorderly Brexit
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David Davis demanded the RAF fly him to Brexit negotiations
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Debt-laden Carillion warns on profit, covenant
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UK court finds for Dana Gas creditors in $700 mln Islamic bond case
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Philip Hammond claims there are 'no unemployed people' in the UK
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PIIGS:

Struggling Greek businesses cling to recovery hopes
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Russia:

Vladimir Putin could secretly be one of the richest men in the world — an investigative reporter who spent 4 years in Russia explains
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India:

Will provisions of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code override SEBI Act? • Govt forms panel to review insolvency and bankruptcy code • Govt to decide on capital allocation based on bank business plans • Corporates fret over grey areas in Insolvency Code • 'Wilful defaulters must not buy IBC assets' • Bad loans in banks could trigger downgrade • The Jeopardy of Settlements in Insolvency Cases • Vijay Mallya in UK court for extradition pre-trial hearing • Lenders file insolvency plea against SevenHills Hospital
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MENA:

Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption purge is all about life after oil
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Canada:

Defunct payday lender Cash Store accused of disclosure violations
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Japan:

Toshiba set to OK $5 bln injection Monday to stay listed-sources
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China:

China's Huishan Dairy edges toward liquidation
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Venezuela:

The Mastermind Behind Singer's Argentine Bet Warns Venezuela's Oil Company's Debt May be Worthless
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Venezuela is going through a messy economic default — here's all you need to know
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Venezuela's Debt: Is the Game Afoot?
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Zimbabwe:

How Zimbabwe's economy was brought to the brink of collapse
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