Law:

A Look At The Money Jones Day Partners Really Make
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'The Cranky Lawyer' Raises Eyebrows, Even on Twitter
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Bryan Cave merger with BLP would create billion dollar transatlantic law firm • 'It reflects a greater degree of realism' - partners weigh in on proposed BLP-Bryan Cave merger
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More Mergers - and Merger Whispers - Keep Firms on Their Toes
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Trial set to begin for Martin Shkreli’s BigLaw lawyer; ethics experts may testify • Additional pool of 100 potential jurors added to trial of atty accused of conspiring with Martin Shkreli
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Successful law firms provide both proper environment and tech tools
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Harassment Is a Big Problem at Big Law Firms
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The Harvey Weinsteins of law: A solicitor shares her story
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Outside Counsel Diversity Initiatives Force Companies to Confront Norms
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GSU Law Starts Big Data Lab as Industry Girds for Disruption
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Laterals: Take This Job And Shove It!
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Study of black Harvard law grads finds many leave private practice; 66% would recommend legal career
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Akin Gump Hires Former Prudential Exec for New Diversity Position
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Mystery shrouds departure of junior solicitor duo from Debevoise
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Columbia Law, Embracing GRE for Fall 2018, is Latest School to Join Wave • 3 Law Schools In The T14 Now Accept The GRE
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Student lawsuits against Charlotte School of Law consolidated
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The Creepiest Case Of Bar Exam Sabotage Ever
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This Law School’s Bar Exam Passage Rates Are Embarrassing
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Here's What Law Students Think of Susskind's Ideas on the Profession's Future
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Top Texas court considers whether to toss legal fee estimated at $48K an hour
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Chancery Finds Breach of Obligation to Use “Diligent Efforts”
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The unarmed security guard hailed as a hero after the Las Vegas shooting has mysteriously vanished • Las Vegas Hotel Guard Jesus Campos, Thought Missing, Set to Appear on Ellen
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Weinstein criminal probes growing in New York and London, but so far no cases in L.A. • The Movement of #MeToo • Judgment Day: Harvey Weinstein Scandal Could Finally Change Hollywood’s Culture of Secrecy • BOB Weinstein Accused of Harassment • Hollywood’s Other ‘Open Secret’ Besides Harvey Weinstein: Preying on Young Boys • 44 Women Who Have Accused Harvey Weinstein of Misconduct • 'Game of Thrones' star Lena Headey alleges Harvey Weinstein tried to force her into his hotel room • The New Weinstein Co.: Bob Weinstein Pushed to the Back • Harvey Weinstein resigns from his company following scandal: NBC • Should NBC News Head Oppenheim Lose His Job Over Weinstein Exposé Debacle? • Yes, This Is a Witch Hunt. I’m a Witch and I’m Hunting You. • Please Just Fire The Harvey Weinsteins Of The World Already • Harvey Weinstein Forced Out of His Own Company • Can Harvey Weinstein Be Successfully Sued? • A startup backed by Peter Thiel has offered $100,000 to women with legal claims against Harvey Weinstein
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US judge blocks latest Trump travel restrictions to the US from eight countries • Federal judge in Hawaii blocks Trump's 3rd travel ban • Travel Ban 3.0 Blocked Again By Judge Derrick ‘Kiss My Backside’ Watson • Day Before It's Set to Go into Effect, Judge Screws With Trump Over His Travel Ban Again • Travel Ban Travel Ban 3.0: The Hawaii TRO Is Right on the Statute
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Trump seeks more immigration jails
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ICE says it will step up workplace immigration enforcement
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11 habits of ridiculously likable people
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Rainmakers reveal 5 daily habits that even us mere humans can use to manage a busy schedule and bring in business
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Here's what to say when you only have 3 minutes to make a great impression
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Judicata automated review scores brief’s lines of attack
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325-pound woman charged with killing girl by sitting on her
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NFL players' union wins bid to halt Elliott suspension
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Trump's ethics critics get their day in court
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Philando Fundraising Campaign Clears All St. Paul School Lunch Debt
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‘You Owe Me For Making My Grandmother A Slave’; Disabled Man Attacked On Bus Because He’s Old And White
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Insurance Company Files Fraud Suit Against 'Hire a Dick!' Lawyer in Houston
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Judges:

Trump's Judicial Picks Could Last 40 Years
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Trump’s judge picks: ‘Not qualified,’ prolific bloggers - But Republican senators still get on board
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Justice John Roberts Relied on Incorrect Data to Gut Voting Rights Act
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It’s a Fact: Supreme Court Errors Aren’t Hard to Find
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Kagan on Marshall: “Greatest lawyer of the 20th century”
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Justice Elena Kagan talks about life on the Supreme Court
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Justice Sotomayor motivates law students to embrace difference
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“The Very Definition Of Tyranny”: Roy Moore Calls For Justices To Be Removed For Voting For Same-Sex Marriage
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Wall Street:

Dow industrials on track to stay around 23,000 milestone • Futures point to a positive open
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Dow hits record high after UnitedHealth earnings, inches toward 23,000 • Dow Passes 23000 for the First Time, Fueled by Strong Earnings • Stocks close slightly higher; Dow briefly tops 23000
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Goldman Sachs stock jumps as earnings crush estimates
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Fund managers bet on rising interest rates but not on tax-cut boost for stocks
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Layoffs:

Tesla employees detail how they were fired, claim firings not about performance
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St. Charles Health System eliminates 102 positions, cuts executives' pay
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Robots Are Coming for These Wall Street Jobs
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Politics:

Trump doubles down on criticism of Obama over Gold Star families • Why Trump Accused Obama of Not Consoling Families of Fallen Soldiers • Trump Hasn't Called All Gold Star Families • FactCheck Fallen Troops: Presidents Didn't Call • Trump disputes congresswoman's claim on what he told military widow • Trump reportedly tells the widow of a US soldier killed in action 'he knew what he signed up for'
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Trump's alternative reality, part two
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White House: Americans Will Beg for Trump Second Term
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White House Conveniently Stops Caring About Private E-Mail Use • National Archives Warned Trump on Preserving Documents
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Scaramucci Falls Face First Into Some Holocaust Denial
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Trump's nominee for drug czar is out after explosive '60 Minutes' investigation on opioid legislation
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CNN poll: Trump approval steady, but more say he's leading in the wrong direction • Poll : More Americans say Trump is taking US in wrong direction • Donald Trump 'least popular President in history of political polling '
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FCC chairman pushes back on Trump's NBC tweets
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Trump issues warning to McCain after senator's tough speech • What McCain Got Wrong About Nationalism
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Russians Pretended to be Texans for Election • 'Our task was to set Americans against their own government' • Mueller has interviewed the cybersecurity expert who described being 'recruited to collude with the Russians' • Mueller's team interviewed Sean Spicer Monday • Close Putin ally linked to Russia's fake news factory • Carter Page receives Senate subpoena in Russia probe • Russian Trolls Co-opted 100 Activists
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Bannon snubs Trump plea to back off from GOP establishment • Polling Lends Weight to Worries Over GOP Civil War
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Motorcycles:

Harley-Davidson profit plummets on weak motorcycle sales
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Mass Torts:

Missouri appeals court overturns $72 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson over talc cancer risks • Missouri appeals court tosses $72M talcum powder verdict, says suit was filed in wrong state
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Industry Upset With Risk Of Higher Verdicts In New York's Asbestos Court
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Res Judicata Bars Plaintiff’s Mesothelioma Claim Against Prior Settled Defendant
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Weather:

Nurse fleeing wildfires shoves pony in the back of her car
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Convenience Stores:

Sunoco's $3.3B Deal With 7-Eleven Faces Creditors Objection
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Metals:

Court Confirms Optima Specialty Steel’s Modified Plan of Reorganization
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Coal:

To Save Coal, Will Trump Kill Electricity Competition?
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Nuclear:

Scana gets SEC subpoena related to canceled nuclear project
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Celebs:

Left Out! Inmates Bar ‘Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller From Taking Part In Prison’s Fall Dance
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Economy:

Powell likely next Fed chief, though Yellen best suited: economists • Janet Yellen's future at Fed is market's biggest risk, warns Oppenheimer's Stoltzfus • Here’s how bond traders are preparing for Trump’s Fed chief pick • Trump's short list for Fed chair
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Gary Cohn fears this is how the next crisis will happen
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Gallup: U.S. Economic Confidence Index Dips to -1 Last Week
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'Dr. Doom' Faber: 'Thank God white people populated America' • Faber says U.S. wouldn’t have made as much ‘progress’ if colonized by blacks • Financial networks and businesses are distancing themselves from Marc Faber after racist investor letter • Asset manager Sprott says Faber has resigned from board: 'Shocked' to learn he thought this way
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Industrial Production Increased 0.3% in September • US Manufacturing Output Rises as Impact From Hurricanes Fades
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Larry Summers: Hassett's flawed analysis of the Trump tax plan •Larry Summers: The new argument for Trump's tax plan is 'dishonest, incompetent and absurd' • Larry Summers Savages Trump Tax Plan Analysis • Ryan predicts House will pass tax plan by next month • Trump, McConnell Open Door to Tax Revamp Slipping Into 2018 • White House fears Senate will sink tax cuts • Why the Child Tax Credit Could Make or Break the GOP Plan • Why Americans aren't buying Trump's tax-reform plan • We Could Send $1000 a Year to Every Worker in America for the Cost of Trump's Corporate Tax Cut • Council of Economic Advisers: Reducing Corporate Tax Rate From 35% To 20% Would Increase Household Income By $4,000/Year • Trump Pitches Tax Plan to Policy Group That Helped Write It • State Tax-Break Group Targets 20 GOP Lawmakers • Trump is buttering up exactly the wrong senator if he wants to pass tax reform • $4,000? Income boost from corporate tax cuts may be more like $500 • Tax Overhaul Off to Rocky Start as Senators Bicker Over Budget • Trump tax plan hits bump in the Senate as Rand Paul weighs a 'no' vote • Treasury secretary: Pass a tax bill or markets will tank
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A Tax Proposal That Could Lift Millions Out of Poverty
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Boeing Attack on Bombardier Backfires • Boeing says Bombardier jets could still face hefty duties even if they are assembled in Alabama
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Wall Street found a parasite growing in the US economy that could spur the next recession
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For many older Americans, the rat race is over. But the inequality isn’t.
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Coming home: "Boomerang" workers are reviving Rust Belt job growth
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Canada, Mexico to firmly reject US NAFTA proposals but will offer to keep negotiations going: Sources • NAFTA renegotiation talks will go into next year amid policy disagreements • Trump officials’ hard-line negotiating tactics lead to a trade talks standoff
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Trump’s fortune declined by $600 million in a year, Forbes says • President Trump falls in Forbes 400 list of richest Americans • Falls 92 spots • America's Richest Women 2017 • Forbes 400 2017: Meet The Richest People In America • Meet the 9 richest people in America, who have a combined fortune of $567 billion • Forbes 400 List: Combined net worth of America's richest rises to $2.7 •Wilbur Ross told Forbes he hid $2 billion from the government and then took it back
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The dark side of Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler’s ‘nudge theory’
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Delta stands firm: It wants disputed jets, said it won't pay 300% tariff
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The 5 worst cities to start your dream business
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Great Recession scars still leave Americans anxious about spending on the good life
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Three reasons the next crash may be worse than 1987’s • 30 years after Black Monday, could stock market crash again?
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Who Has the World's No. 1 Economy? Not the U.S.
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Stash More Cash: A Map of the Best Cities for Families to Save Money
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Homebuilder confidence jumps to 6-month high in October • NAHB: Builder Confidence increased to 68 in October
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Weekly mortgage applications rise 3.6% after rates dip
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How Many Hours Americans Need to Work to Pay Their Mortgage
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Judge won't grant bankruptcy protection for Packard Square in Ann Arbor
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Jared Kushner’s Family Is Screwed, and It’s All Boy Wonder’s Fault
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How America’s McMansion obsession is subtly wrecking our mental health
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20 cities where people are flipping the most homes
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Ocwen settles with three more states to ease mortgage servicing restrictions
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Municipalities:

House panel to weigh expanding Puerto Rico oversight board powers
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4 out of 5 Puerto Ricans are still without power — but darkness is far from the island's biggest problem
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Puerto Rico’s power grid: Can tech turn tattered system into sustainable model? • Elon Musk Wants to Give Power to Puerto Rico. Will it Cause More Harm Than Good? • Puerto Rico Turns to Unproven Montana Company for Massive Power Restoration Job, But No One Knows Why • Send more energy company crews to hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
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Poll: Trump approval on hurricane response down 20 points after Puerto Rico
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Helping Puerto Rico in both the short and long term
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Puerto Rico needs an urgent economic aid package
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Puerto Rico resident commissioner: We would have more help if we were a state
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Why Washington should finally make Puerto Rico a state
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‘Shrinking, shrinking, shrinking’: Puerto Rico faces a demographic disaster
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It Feels Surreal Being a Puerto Rican in the United States These Days
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Hurricane Maria: Inside a Puerto Rican Barrio's Fight to Survive
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Crisis in Puerto Rico Reveals Deeper US Political Fissures
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Who Owns Puerto Rico’s Debt, Exactly? We’ve Tracked Down 10 of the Biggest Vulture Firms.
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Puerto Rico Death Toll Likely 450
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New Jersey just escalated the fight for Amazon’s headquarters with a $7 billion incentive • The big question for US cities: Is Amazon’s HQ2 worth the price?
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Illinois starts selling bonds to pay its huge pile of overdue bills
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Specter of Corporate Exodus Leaves Connecticut Budget in Crisis
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Oil/Gas:

Goldman sees US-Iran tensions presenting long-term threat to global oil supply
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The death of the gas-powered car, in one chart
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Credit rating for Philadelphia Energy Solutions unit cut to CCC-
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It’s Decision Time in the Shale Patch
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It will take time for oil markets to rebalance, Total's boss says
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Oil on Troubled Waters: successful restructuring of Ocean Rig Group
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Uresti lists 171 potential witnesses for his fraud trial
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Republicans May Use Budget to Open Arctic, Atlantic to Oil Rigs
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Healthcare:

Financially Ailing Memorial Hospital In Pawtucket To Shut ER, Inpatient Services
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The middle class will take the biggest hit from Obamacare subsidy cuts
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Senators reach bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare markets • Fresh Hope for Obamacare, and Bipartisanship • Key senators just reached a deal to save the Obamacare payments Trump just killed • Senators have 'short-term plan' to stabilize Obamacare markets • Schumer: Trump helped drive GOP to health care negotiating table • Both Democrats and Republicans say Trump forced health care deal • Trump calls Alexander-Murray deal a good short-term solution • Trump can’t decide if he wants to sabotage Obamacare • Deal to Shore Up Obamacare Faces Big Hurdles, Including Trump Himself
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Republicans face a new moment of truth on Obamacare
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Trump Renews Attack on High Drug Prices
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Insurance giant bullish on Trump’s health plans
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UnitedHealth Group profit up 26 percent
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President Trump admits he’s trying to kill Obamacare. That’s illegal.
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Food/Beverage:

Original Soupman says it's liquidation time
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Maritime:

Peak season a let-down for China-US carriers as ocean rates continue to slide
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Aviation:

Island Air files bankruptcy amid aircraft lease dispute
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Fraud:

Judge suddenly reassigns $1 billion Platinum Partners fraud cases
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'Straight out of a James Bond film': Richard Branson says he nearly lost $5 million to a conman posing as the British defense secretary
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Private Equity:

Private equity firms are making a fortune stripping capital out of their companies
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Education:

17 States Sue DeVos Over For Profit Colleges
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Solar:

Trump Could Crush Solar Industry With One Administrative Ruling
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (27 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:

Quarterly Report Of Business Bankruptcy Filings
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Extraterritoriality:

Arcapita Bank: The Bankruptcy Court Closes an Escape Valve for Foreign Defendants
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Intervention:

Expanding the Unconditional Right to Intervene: A Win for UCC’s
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Plan Confirmation:

Finding Acceptance: Using Strategic Impairment to Satisfy 1129(a)(10)
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Mediation:

Private Mediators: A Solution to Budget Pressures on Circuit Court Mediation Programs
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Awards:

Camille Bent Honored as 2017 "Rising Star" by International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
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Receivers:

Chancery Court Defines De Novo Standard of Review for Appeals of Receiver’s Decisions Disallowing Claims
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Cross-Border:

Can An Entity Qualify as a Chapter 15 Debtor Without Ever Filing for Bankruptcy?
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Court permits strategic transfer of Center of Main Interests (COMI) in Chapter 15 Case
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Discharge:

No Notice: How Unnotified Creditors Can Violate a Discharge Injunction
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Taxis:

New York City yellow cabs have taken a back seat to Uber
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Retailing:

Nordstrom's deal disarray • Nordstrom buyout effort haunted by specter of other retailers' failures
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US online retail sales likely to surpass $1 trillion by 2027, consulting group says
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Toys “R” Us sets sights on Asian market amid North American bankruptcy • Toys 'R' Us mulls over IPO for Asian unit
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Amazon is on its way to becoming America's favorite clothing store
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Retail Sales Increased Slightly in September
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Negative News Is Killing Sears • Sears Holdings: Value Called Into Question By The Bankruptcy Of Sears Canada • Sears' board keeps shrinking as bankruptcy fears flare up • Why Did Sears Holdings' Largest Outside Shareholder Suddenly Jump Overboard?
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Personal Finance:

America’s No. 1 financial regret
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Pharma:

Why I See Trevena Going To Zero
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Autos:

Denny Hecker transferred to Duluth federal prison
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Travel:

Why residents in some American states may soon need a passport for domestic air travel
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Why it's more expensive to fly from New York to Montana than it is to fly from New York to LA
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Police Who Dragged Man off Flight Are Fired • Lawyer for man dragged off flight sees lesson in firing of two aviation officers
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Corporate Governance:

Faber, Weinstein Put Boards on Notice: You’re the Adults Now
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Sovereigns:

Why Investors Can’t Get Enough of Tajikistan’s Debt
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UK:

Here’s a Crazy Thought: Why Not Just Give Up on Brexit?
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EU chief dismisses May's €20 billion Brexit divorce bill offer as 'peanuts'
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Brexit Talks Are Failing, but Nobody Cares
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Year-on-year 14% rise in personal insolvencies in Wales
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Another British airline in trouble: Flybe shares plunge 19% after profit warning • Flybe shares are in a nosedive after it warns on profits
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Sainsbury's cutting 2,000 jobs in UK
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Subrogated claims – some practical tips for pursuing insolvent third parties
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A 'catastrophic' no-deal Brexit would cause huge tailbacks at British ports
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Unemployment in the UK falls once again
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PIIGS:

A critique from Spain of the proposed Insolvency Directive
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Trump may open US wallet for debt-ridden NATO ally Greece at urgent time • A reporter confronts Greek prime minister at press conference with Trump over past comments calling him 'evil' • Trump-Tsipras Meeting in White House Leaves Both Sides Satisfied • Trump heralds $2.4bn sale of F16 fighter jets to debt-laden Greece
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Greece expects economic recovery in 2017-18
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ECB's odious profits on the backs of the Greek people
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Ireland Reckons With Damage From Its Deadliest Storm for Decades
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First Scotland, Then Catalonia. And Now? Milan and Venice
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Canada:

Sears retirees granted first step towards pension plan wind-up
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What's Next for the Retail Sector Post-Sears Canada?
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Croatia:

Police arrest executives of bankrupt supermarket chain
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India:

Make bankruptcy law accountable, not time-bound: Kroll
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Educomp invites bids for corporate insolvency resolution process
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India's troubled banks desperately need more money — but government help just isn't coming
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Brazil:

India's Renuka fires 900 workers at Brazil sugar mills -sources
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China:

China is Quietly Reshaping the World
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Xi Plans to Transform China by 2050
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Xi Jinping: Time for China to Take Center Stage
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China Heralds New Era of Chinese World Power
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China to Build 1 Million Electric Cars in 2018
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This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like
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China Isn't Fixing Its Flaws
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Norway:

Creditors unite to save Norske Skog
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Australia:

Bankruptcies In Australia Hit 15-Month High
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Court told Clive Palmer is like Postcard Bandit Brenden Abbott
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