November 6, 2017

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Law:

BigLaw benefits as automation cuts legal jobs by 20 per cent
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Seafaring Adventures Leave Mark on Bankruptcy Attorney Ross Hartog
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Inside Dentons' Merger Machine
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New Partners Tell All: The Inside Scoop On Making Partner In Biglaw
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Houston Law Firms Join in Astros Victory Celebration
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Phillips Nizer Nabs Ex-Bingham McCutchen Rainmaker
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Dilworth Paxson LLP Welcomes Bankruptcy Lawyer Yonit A. Caplow to Firm’s Philadelphia Office
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Zucker Goldberg Bankruptcy Plan Approved, But Disputes Persist
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Legal Industry Loses 1,100 Jobs In October • October Sees Legal Jobs Fall To Lowest In 6 Months
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Biglaw’s Blockbuster Moment
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Artificial intelligence software outperforms lawyers (without subject matter expertise) in matchup
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Former chairman of BigLaw firm indulges ‘escape fantasy’ by joining legal recruiter
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Women Are Not Convinced By Law Firms’ Statements Of Commitment To Diversity
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GOP Tax Cuts' Law Firm Exclusion Could Bring Pushback
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Tax Plan Ending Alimony Deduction Will Create Whirlwind
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Holiday Party Disasters and How to Avoid Them
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Daydreaming Might Be a Sign of Higher Intelligence
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Top 20 U.S. law faculties in terms of scholarly excellence, 2017 edition
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'It's Okay To Be White' Signs Posted At Harvard Law School, Denounced By Dean
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American lawyers apparently have a drinking problem
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Key Takeaways as Lawyers Hear Business Case for Artificial Intelligence
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Law firms up spend on marketing and business development
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These iPhone X tips and tricks will make you a pro in no time • Lawyer Review: iPhone X
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Trump calls for renewed Hillary probe in tweets, wishes he could give orders to DOJ and FBI • Trump: 'The saddest thing' is that I'm not supposed to influence the Justice Department and FBI • 'The Saddest Thing': President Trump Acknowledges Constraint • Graham says Trump is wrong to pressure Justice Dept. on Clinton • Sen. Bob Corker calls Trump's 'pressuring' on Justice Department 'totally inappropriate' • Mueller has enough evidence to bring charges in Flynn probe: Report • Republicans just introduced a resolution to remove Mueller from the Trump-Russia investigation • Trump Jr. Hinted at Review of Anti-Russia Law, Moscow Lawyer Says • Congress: Carter Page Withholding Documents • Trump: Manafort was let go because of conflicts with 'certain nations' • Papadopoulos Repeatedly Represented Trump Campaign, Record Shows • Campaign Advisor Did Meeting With Russians • Two Cooley Lawyers Have Been Posting About Manafort's Brooklyn Brownstone for Months • Mueller braces for challenges to his authority • McConnell says Congress doesn't need to pass legislation to protect Mueller • Yates Slams Trump for DOJ Probe Demands • The Public is Siding with Mueller • In February, the president was asked a series of questions about his campaign’s contacts with Russia. His answers don’t hold up • Paul Manafort was also involved in one of France's biggest political scandals • Donald Trump's former campaign chief is indicted - Cue calls to jail Hillary Clinton • Manafort offers $12 million in assets to avoid house arrest • Manafort Claims Worth of $28 Million But Mueller Has His Doubts • Why Trump Should Stay the Course With Mueller
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It looks like Jeff Sessions is back in Trump's doghouse • Is Jeff Sessions Really Crooked?
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Bergdahl Receives No Prison Time • Trump: Bergdahl ruling "a complete and total disgrace" • Sen. Graham disappointed in Bergdahl sentence • Navy SEAL: Bergdahl Judge And Defense Attorney Are Traitors
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NYPD gathering evidence to arrest Harvey Weinstein
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Jeff Sessions Wants Court To Punish The ACLU For Winning • Justice Department asks Supreme Court to consider discipline for ACLU lawyers
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Biglaw Associate Fired When Her Husband Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
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Police: Vegas gunman lost 'significant' wealth . . . Precise motive still unclear • Is this why he did it?Vegas sheriff says Stephen Paddock lost large chunk of his wealth gambling and buying properties • Massachusetts Bans Bump Stocks
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Crazy story about how one former NFL player lost his job shows how cutthroat and cheap the league can be
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Pentagon Frees Marine General (Lawyer) from Guantanamo Bay • Pentagon defers contempt sentence of chief defense counsel in Guantanamo defense ‘revolt’
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Harassment allegations hit the restaurant business • Kevin Spacey Assaults Spanned Decades • Netflix fires Kevin Spacey from 'House of Cards' • Capitol Hill's Harassment Problem • The Kevin Spacey Allegations, Through the Lens of Power • More companies are buying insurance to cover executives who harass employees • Concerns About Harassment Higher Than in 1998 • Trump Team Responds to Assault Accuser’s Claims • The Rise and Fall of Mark Halperin
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How a registered sex offender wound up living in an Airbnb hosting unsuspecting guests
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Explosive Martin Luther King document amid JFK files • JFK Files: Where's Hitler? • Legal Technology Helps Sleuths Scour JFK Documents For Free
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Paradise Papers reveal how the Kremlin helped fund a billionaire's investment in Twitter, Facebook
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Church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, leaves more than 20 dead, more than a dozen injured • About 25 killed in Texas church shooting, sheriff says • Pastor's 14-year-old daughter reportedly among the dead in Texas church shooting • Who was Gunman Devin Kelly? • The Texas church shooting gunman should never have been able to buy a gun • Senator rips his colleagues after Texas church shooting: 'No one is safe so long as Congress chooses to do absolutely nothing' • Trump says Texas church shooting caused by 'mental health problem' not guns • Texas AG Says More Guns In Church Are The Answer • These 2 Texas locals reportedly stopped the church mass shooter killing more people • Armed neighbor hailed as hero for disrupting Texas church massacre
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5 conversations you should never have in your work email
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An Interview With A Biglaw Partner Who Happens To Be A Transgender, Chambers-Ranked, Hollywood Movie Producer
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Anthony Weiner ordered to report to prison by Monday
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Appeals Court Lets Cowboys Play Ezekiel Elliott on Sunday
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Casey Anthony’s bankrupt former attorney conspires to smuggle $13 million in cocaine
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Judges:

McConnell just got a bunch of Trump's judicial nominees confirmed in one week
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'Front Row Kids' and values have taken over our courts
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Judge orders man to write 144 compliments about ex-girlfriend
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Judge who spent 17 hours reading aloud 138-page judgment slammed by appeal court
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UK: Judicial bullying affects aspiring barristers too
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Don’t Be Too Concerned About Annoying Your Judge
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Totenburg: Kagan Appears Smarter and Tougher Than Gorsuch
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Wall Street:

Futures point to a mixed open on Wall Street
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Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow close at record highs as Apple and Qualcomm rally
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Trump: "the reason our stock market is so successful is because of me"
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Republican Tax Plan May Leave Future of Stock Options in Flux
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Cohn Rebuts Blankfein Worry, Says It's Time for Tax Stimulus Now
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Layoffs:

CEO: Robots won't destroy all the jobs because someone has to service the robots
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Retailing:

Bankruptcy Loans: The Retail Debt Everyone Wants Their Hands On
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JC Penney ditches chief merchandising role, once a lofty retail perch
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Restructuring Experts Examine What is Behind the Ongoing Carnage in Retail
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Bankruptcy Is Near for This Struggling Department-Store Company
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Horror show just won't end for Macy's and Nordstrom
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RadioShack survives its second bankruptcy -- barely
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Retail earnings misses back to levels last seen in Great Recession
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Shoppers more likely to return items bought online than in store
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Sears Closing 63 More Stores • Sears lowering the ax on more stores
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Amazon Snips Prices on Third Party Sellers' Items Ahead of Holiday Onslaught
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Retail is hurting. So why does the future of retail look so bright?
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How Could Toys “R” Us Have Avoided Bankruptcy? • What Does a Post- Bankruptcy Toys R Us Look Like?
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Latest Results Up the Anxiety for Mattel Investors
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Travel:

Why it's getting harder to land a seat in first class
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Taxis:

This Is How Uber Is Affecting New York City Taxi Drivers In A Major Way
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Fraud:

DOJ Official Aided Ponzi Schemer in FBI's Probe, Lawyer Says
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Newspapers:

Houston Press ceases print publication
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Celebs:

'It's crazy to think I'm broke': Boris Becker speaks out after bankruptcy • Boris Becker Denies Claims that He is Broke
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Gambling:

Celebrity Hotel and Casino files for bankruptcy protection
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Hershey man pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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Weather:

As Wildfires Raged, Insurers Sent in Private Firefighters to Protect Homes of the Wealthy
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Economy:

Hiring Rebounded in October, Unemployment Rate Fell to 4.1%
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Fed Nowcast for 2017:Q4 stands at 3.2%
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New York Fed President William Dudley set to announce retirement amid Fed's changing of the guard
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In his own words: Watch new Fed chief nominee Powell on the economy, tax reform, and monetary policy • Under Powell, Wall Street Expects Steady Wins on Regulation • There's a mystery facing the new Fed chair — and a false step could hurt the economy
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One Way for Yellen's Influence to Live On at Fed
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump
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Many older Americans are living a desperate, nomadic life
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There's still one thing missing from this booming economy: Fatter paychecks • Everything about the U.S. jobs market is red-hot — except for paychecks
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Factory jobs are in; retail jobs are out
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Unemployment is tumbling, but here's why some workers still can't find jobs
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High Earners Are Leaving the Rest Behind
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Bond market sends a warning as Powell gets ready to take over at Fed
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America's Wealth Gap is Bigger Than Ever
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It's begun: Fed's unwinding of its epic balance sheet officially showing up in the data
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U.S. employers are defiantly electing not to raise wages
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Booming US services sector hits new record in October
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Republican Senator Says He Can't Support Tax Bill That Balloons Debt • House Tax-Cut Plan Hurtles Toward Senate Roadblock • Why the Next Four Days Will Be Crucial for the Tax Bill • GOP Revises Tax Bill to Raise Personal Rates Over Time • Revised Tax Bill Would Put People in Higher Brackets Sooner • The GOP’s model family gets a tax cut in year 1 … and a tax hike in year 7 • House Tax Proposal Seen Hiking Bills on Some Lower Earners Long Term • The Sneaky Ways Republicans Would Raise Taxes On the Middle Class • Some in Middle Class Will Pay Higher Taxes • How the Republican Tax Plan Could Hurt Millions in the Middle Class • Republicans’ tax overhaul pitch faces skeptical public, Post-ABC poll finds • Digging Into the Details of Trump's Tax Reform Plan • 9 Things to know about the House GOP tax plan • Uber-Billionaires' Tax Loophole Stays in Bill • 'The haggling will only intensify' — Wall Street's wary of the Republican tax plan • Here are the winners and losers of the tax plan, by income bracket • The GOP’s hidden 46% tax bracket • In GOP Tax Bill, How You Get Rich Matters • The emerging GOP tax bill issues • Republicans are struggling to find money to pay for tax cuts • The Republican tax plan imposes a new divorce tax penalty • Tax reform could shrink alimony for ex-spouses • Ryan: ACA Mandate Repeal Could be Put in Tax Bill • Under Trump’s tax plan, divorces are about to get a lot nastier • Republican tax plan won't let people file via postcard • Tax Bill Kills Medical Deductions • GOP Tax Bill is a Dud and They Know It • Republican tax plan a blow to Democratic states, officials say • Trump adviser Cohn says tax cuts wouldn't be retroactive • Ryan Fact Check: "With this plan, the typical family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes." • They spent years planning to live with Alzheimer’s disease. The GOP tax bill threatens those plans. • The Only Person Mentioned In The Republican Tax Bill Is ... Steph Curry • 7 disappearing deductions: Here’s how many taxpayers could lose out • 3,200 wealthy individuals wouldn’t pay estate tax next year under GOP plan • There's One Unspeakable Fix That Would Help Pay for the GOP's Tax Cuts • How the tax bill could change how you save for retirement • Here are the most expensive elements of the new tax bill • Republican tax reform is simply red states stealing from blue states • The GOP Tax Plan Takes From Orphans, Gives to Trust-Fund Kids • 5 stocks that could win big from the GOP tax plan • Report: The enormous Republican tax plan would die in the Senate because of a key rule • Lobbying Frenzy on Tax Bill Begins • House GOP Thinks $450,000 is Middle Class • The Original Sin of the GOP Tax Plan • Why It Should Be Called the Trump Tax Plan • French and Dutch tax reforms raise the stakes for Washington • Is This the Right Time for Big Tax Cut? • House Tax Cuts Don't Fully Pay for Themselves, Analysis Finds • Three contentious issues with the House tax plan • After ‘Paradise Papers,’ Democrats Call on GOP to Slow Down Tax Bill
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Republicans Turned the Tax Code Into a Weapon
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Morgan Stanley: Amazon will destroy these 4 industries the fastest
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After October data, median jobs growth under Trump now above Obama levels
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White House-approved report concludes humans are behind climate change
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Here's where the jobs are — in one chart
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This is where jobs are disappearing this year (and it’s not mining or manufacturing)
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The global economy is booming. Here’s what that means
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Why 'modern' work culture makes people so miserable
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AAR: Rail Carloads decreased Slightly, Intermodal at Record Levels, in October
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Trump tells Japan to build more cars in the US 'instead of shipping them over,' but they already build millions of vehicles in the states • Trump complains that Japanese automakers don't manufacture in the US — except they absolutely do
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US Won't Compromise with G7 Allies
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These 10 US cities saw the biggest wage increases in October
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Global Economy 2018: This is Gonna Hurt
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Homeownership Increasingly Difficult For Average Americans
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GOP Abandons the Ownership Society
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The Republican tax plan wages war on the housing industry • How many families actually own half-million dollar homes?
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Municipalities:

FBI Is Probing Puerto Rico Power Contract • The Puerto Rico Power Scandal Expands • Former Puerto Rico official denies any role in Whitefish deal
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Why Some in Puerto Rico Are Banking on a Solar Solution
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Puerto Rico Bondholders Say Utility Damage Has Been Overstated
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100,000 Puerto Ricans have left the island since Maria hit
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Puerto Rico's storm of misery
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Puerto Rico Fights Appointment Of Utility Manager
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FEMA Spends $35 Million on Generators in Puerto Rico That Engineers Say Aren't Even Needed
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Prepa bondholders ask court to intervene in storm-recovery effort
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Puerto Rico's unsecured creditors back call for probing its finances
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The heightened risk that Puerto Rico will become a new base for Mexican cartels
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Post-Apocalyptic Puerto Rico
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On the ground in Puerto Rico
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Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz : Death Toll in Puerto Rico May Be in the Hundreds
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Economist Yanis Varoufakis: Puerto Ricans Deserve an Escape from “Permanent Debt Prison”
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Illinois sending 150 National Guardsmen to Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico's leaders don't know who has power. We tried to find out
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Flint Mayor, Ushered in to Fix Water Crisis, Now Faces Recall
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Detroit foresees end to state oversight
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Oil/Gas:

A Bankruptcy Filing By Cobalt International Energy Is Expected In December
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Oil hits highest level in 2 years as Saudi Arabia's purge continues • Oil prices hover at 2-year highs as investors watch for fallout from Saudi shake-up • There may be a 'Game of Thrones' in Saudi Arabia now and that has big implications for oil • Is $60 Oil Too Tempting For OPEC?
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End of Oil Predictions May be Misleading • The misguided notion of peak oil demand
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Oil extends surge as OPEC signals deal, supply threats mount
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OPEC Is Already Thinking About $70 Oil
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Oil rig count down 8; Crude above $55 a barrel • US Crude Touches Two-Year High after Rig Count Drops
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US Shale Producers Promise both Higher Output and Returns
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Norway’s Oil Sector Faces Existential Crisis
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Healthcare

Morehead outcome remains in doubt
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Some argue that selling Morehead Memorial to the highest bidder may not be best
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The cities in the US with most and least expensive hospitals
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CDC: Jump in Overdose Deaths
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Coal:

Trump coal backer wins big under Perry's power plan
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Politics:

'My Kevin' Emerges as Bridge Between Trump and GOP
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Trump's two Americas • Two-thirds of Americans think Trump hasn't accomplished much
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Trump responds to 'rogue' Twitter employee who took his account down for 11 minutes
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The Kremlin invested 'hundreds of millions' in Twitter and Facebook through Kushner associate Yuri Milner
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Inside story: How Russians hacked the Democrats’ emails
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White House punches back with scathing Iraq war critique of Bush dad and son after 'blowhard' insult to Trump as it's revealed the elder ex-president voted for Clinton • The White House fires back after George H.W. Bush calls Trump a 'blowhard' • White House Attacks Bushs' Legacies
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Trump says he's unsure if Tillerson will remain secretary of State • Trump on State nominees: "I'm the only one that matters"
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Trump wants to sack consumer protection chief but is afraid of turning him into hero for the left • 'No Evidence' CFPB Director Richard Cordray Violated U.S. Ethics Rules: Agency
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Commerce Secretary’s Offshore Ties to Putin ‘Cronies’ • 'Paradise Papers' reveal Trump commerce secretary Wilbur Ross' Russia ties • Wilbur Ross says reports that he did not disclose ties to Putin-linked firm are 'totally wrong' • Wilbur Ross Doesn't Care About US Sanctions • Shipping deal links Wilbur Ross to Putin's son-in-law • Millions of Leaked Files Shine Light on Where the Elite Hide Their Money • Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth • Paradise Papers: The biggest names caught up in the leak so far • The massive 'Paradise Papers' leak reveals how the world's wealthiest individuals and companies move their money • Paradise Papers: 6 things to know about expose revealing tax havens of the mega-rich • Here’s who stashes their riches in offshore havens • 'Paradise Papers' Touch Trump Administration
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Brazile Wanted to Replace Hillary with Joe Biden • Clinton-DNC Deal Memo Leaked • Donna Brazile bites back • Donna Brazile: "I found no evidence" election was rigged • Party's Over: Democrats Need to Clean House • Outrage after book claims Clinton campaign effectively bought control of DNC before election • Ex-DNC boss wanted to replace Hillary Clinton 2 months before the election • DNC chair Tom Perez fires back at Donna Brazile's 'ludicrous' claims in her new tell-all book
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Kelly Was Half-Right About the Civil War
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U.S. Must Invade North Korea to Wipe out Kim Jong Un's Nuclear Weapons, Military Leaders Say
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“Saturday Night Live” goes after Paul Manafort, Harvey Weinstein in open
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Rand Paul Assaulted in His Kentucky Home • Tackled from behind by his neighbor while mowing the lawn • Paul recovering from 5 broken ribs
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Poll; 59% Say This is Lowest Point in US History
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 (22 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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:

Ch. 11 Filings By Sector 2017 YTD
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Cross-Border:

Odebrecht Oil & Gas seeks U.S. bankruptcy protection
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Entrepreneurs:

This Is Why Most Companies Go out of Business
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Student Debt:

Republican Tax Plan May Expand Dischargeability of Private Student Loan Debt
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The Great College Loan Swindle
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Strategic Default Among Private Student Loan Debtors: Evidence from Bankruptcy Reform
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act of 2017 is Enacted Into Law
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Sales:

Third Circuit Reinforces that Rules are Not Meant to Be Broken
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Awards:

American College of Bankruptcy Announces 2017 Pro Bono Grantees
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Alternative Energy:

Trump’s Coal Threat to Renewable Energy
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GOP's ‘Cruel and Unusual’ Tax Plan Cuts Wind Forecast in Half
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Can Solar Survive Without Subsidies?
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Tax:

PwC: The use of tax havens to avoid paying taxes will soon be 'unacceptable'
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How corporate tax avoidance is hurting America and the rest of the world
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Radio:

Cumulus Media Votes to Go into Default
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Autos:

Tesla share crash amid Republican bid to kill off electric car tax break
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Banking:

Wells Fargo Adds $1 Bn for Legal Settlements • Wells Fargo Faces Suits on Mortgages, Loans
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Pharma:

Unable to pay, drug developer Humanigen is in talks with its Lenders
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Autos:

Conference Call Confirms Tesla's Model 3 Faces Huge Problems
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Key Safety files final deal for $1.6 billion purchase of embattled Takata
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Food/Beverage:

The Restaurant Boom Has Fizzled Out
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Papa John's,owner suggested that sales haven't met expectations because of its association with the NFL. There might be another explanation • Papa John to Racists: Quit Eating My Pizza
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Travel:

The best travel hacks, according to a top airline CEO
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United Airlines Flight Turns Around After Passenger 'Initiated an Altercation' with Flight Crew
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Personal Finance:

Ex-NFL player who lived on $25,000 a year shares the key to saving
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How to answer the interview question, ‘What motivates you?’
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Proof that rich people are total cheapskates
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Entertainment:

Judge Asked to Freeze Weinstein Co. Assets
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Mass Torts:

Koch Industries puts Bestwall unit, a small player in asbestos, in bankruptcy • Georgia-Pacific unit seeks bankruptcy in wake of asbestos cases
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Agriculture:

Zeeland Farm Services bails out Boersen Farms
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UK:

'No more Brexit soap opera': 60% of UK firms are ready to trigger contingency Brexit plans and move staff within months
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Professionals Already Bailing on England
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One in five Britons trapped in poverty, says KPMG
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PIIGS:

Sacked Catalonia leader turns himself in, polls show independence strength
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Tsipras faces tough balancing act
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105-year-old Italy football club goes bankrupt
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Greece: Reform drive needed for doing business
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Canada:

While politicians play politics with Sears pensioners, the Supreme Court appears to be on their side • A lesson from the Sears disaster: We must fund pensions properly
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Venezuela:

How long can Venezuela avoid default? • This Bond Investor Says Now Is a Good Time to Buy Venezuela Debt • Venezuela's Plan to Refinance and Restructure Debt • Maduro chomps on empanada on live TV while Venezuelans starve • Venezuela Bond Pain May Not Be Contagious, Just Chronic • Venezuelans Desperate for Any Relief • Fitch cuts Venezuela debt rating • The geopolitics of Venezuela's debt • Venezuela sets meeting with creditors for November 13 • Venezuela calls creditors to debt talks, restructuring plans hammer bonds • Venezuelan oil too big to fail, at least for China and Russia • Venezuela Bondholders Are Finally Getting The Sick Thrill They’ve Always Wanted • Q&A-Implications of Venezuela's proposed foreign debt restructuring • Bondholders Get Trapped in Maduro's Web • How Venezuela Bondholders Finally Ran Out of Time • Venezuela’s Debt Negotiator Calls Meeting and Adds to Confusion • Venezuela Will Seek to Restructure Debt, Blaming Sanctions • IMF warns Venezuela over gaps in economic data, transparency • Pets on Menu as Venezuelans Starve • Venezuela's new 100,000-bolivar note is worth less than $2.50 in US dollars • US oil service firms face hit from Venezuela debt restructuring • Venezuela faces epic default as China and Russia pull the plug • Drug Kingpin Leading Venezuelan Bond Talks Has a Violent Streak
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Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwe’s deepening crisis
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New Zealand:

Scheme which wipes tens of thousands in debt under spotlight
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India:

India's PNB, Union Bank bad loan growth slows but provisions weigh
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Supreme Court rejects Jaypee Infratech’s plea to pay back homebuyers in installments • Jaypee, Barred From Selling Freeway, Offers Top Court 400 Crores A Month
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Bidders for stressed accounts must be cleared of any wrong-doing: SBI chief • Defaulting promoters can submit bids for their companies? SBI chief Rajnish Kumar said this interesting thing
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Banks recall loans to Topworth, may start bankruptcy proceedings
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Insolvency Action Against Company For Not Paying Employee On Time
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Brazil:

Brazilian phone carrier Oi to amend terms to creditors -filing
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China Telecom may spend up to $6b to control Brazil's Oi: source
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Brazil's Oi appoints two board members for management
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Malaysia:

Zahid: 50,000 to be released from bankruptcy in 5 years
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MENA:

Prince Alwaleed – The Richest Person In The Middle East – Was Just Arrested By Saudi Arabian Corruption Police • Alwaleed, Caught in Saudi Purge, Has Assets Across Globe • Saudi Purge Sees Senior Princes, Top Billionaire Detained • Breaking Big Scones Into Little Scones: Saudi Arabia Arrests Dozens of Princes and Officials For Corruption . . . Confines Them To The Ritz-Carlton • Stunning Saudi purge solidifies crown prince’s power
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Japan:

Trump says Japan's economy is not 'as good as ours' and should stay that way
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China:

China’s Central Bank Chief Warns of ‘Sudden, Contagious and Hazardous’ Financial Risks
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Mozambique:

Credit Suisse Among Banks Probed on Mozambique
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