Law:

After Tearful Apology, Star Dewey & LeBoeuf Witness Avoids Jail • Dewey’s former finance director, a ‘star witness,’ is sentenced to community service
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Airline Bankruptcies Bolster Some Big Law Bottom Lines, Hit Others
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Few law firm leaders are admired and no-one owns the spotlight
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Possibilities and Frustrations of the 'On-Demand' Attorney
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ABA Continues To Crack Down On Law Schools That Admit Students Who Can’t Pass The Bar Exam
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John Grisham Prosecutes For-Profit Law Schools In ‘The Rooster Bar’ • For-Profit Law Schools Inspired John Grisham's Latest Book. Here's Why.
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HLS Alum And Former Detroit Lions Football Coach Daron Roberts On Pivoting, Coaching, And Advice For 3Ls
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LA: Bankruptcy trustee seeks sanctions against bankruptcy attorney Christian Chesson for falsification
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IL: Conversion Of Bankruptcy Payments Alleged Against Husband and Wife Law Partners
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Could This Open Source Tool Tell You When Good Law Goes Bad?
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Susskind on Document Automation and Connectivity
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Law Firms Becoming Tech-Savvy, Efficient Businesses? Thank Their Clients
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AI Beats Human Lawyers in CaseCrunch Prediction Showdown
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Bush Sr. Hit with Third Accusation of Groping • Poll: 48% of employed women say they have been harassed at work • White House: All Trump Accusers are Liars • 4 More Women Accuse Halperin • Journalist Mark Halperin releases lengthy apology as more women level stunning harassment allegations • James Toback says allegations of sexual assault against him are 'too stupid to dignify' • Harvey Weinstein faces new allegations • The allegations against Harvey Weinstein and their fallout • Congress can settle harassment lawsuits with taxpayer money • Kevin Spacey comes out as gay after actor accuses him of harassment • These are the most prominent allegations to surface as part of the #MeToo campaign • Harvey's hush money, and the difficult choice to go public • Why HR Doesn’t Always Protect Harassment Victims • UK: May under pressure as nearly 40 Tory MPs accused in harassment scandal • #Metoo campaign moves to French streets • 'The New Republic' publisher takes leave of absence amid harassment allegations • Adam Sandler Under Fire For Touching Actress Knee • What Companies Should Take Away From the Harvey Weinstein Scandal
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Mueller Files First Charges in Russian Investigation • Speculation rife • What Will Mueller Do? • Fox News host Sean Hannity has Twitter meltdown after report of Robert Mueller's first charges in the Russia probe • 5 Possible Outcomes of First Mueller Indictments • Mueller facing new Republican pressure to resign in Russia probe • Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya was in contact with Kremlin before Trump Tower meeting in 2016: report • Top House Intel Dem on what we could learn from indictment • Report: FBI probing wire transfers from companies linked to Manafort • These 13 Wire Transfers Are A Focus Of The FBI Probe Into Paul Manafort • Indictment eve: Where Mueller's Russia probe stands • Steele Dossier Was Not The Basis For Trump-Related Surveillance • Bernstein: Indicted Trump officials could face 50 years • Suspects in Mueller Indictment Might Think They're Going to Get Pardoned • Trump's Pardon Powers Have Limits When Indictment Comes • Mueller’s Mountain Or Molehill? Prosecutors Mum on First Charges In Russian Investigation • Seven Frequently Asked Mueller Indictment Questions for Which We Don’t Have the Answers
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CIA Spyhandlers Knew Oswald Was in Dallas • Russian-Born Dallas Oilman and Oswald • Most Bizarre of New JFK Assassination Files • Judge Rebukes Handling of JFK Documents • JFK files reveal U.S. operations, American paranoia • Trump frustrated by secrecy with JFK files • 'I will be releasing ALL JFK files': Trump pivots from earlier decision to redact records • What we know from the JFK files
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The FBI warned Bobby Kennedy a book was coming out revealing his affair with Marilyn Monroe and blaming him for her death
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Charges Refiled in Penn State Frat Death
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Brain of Las Vegas gunman will be examined by Stanford neuropathologist
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How the bail bonding industry thrives in the U.S.
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How Twitter Killed the First Amendment
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Why the mammoth Engle sanctions order is likely to stand
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Trump's official behind the Jane Doe case urged 'savvy' lawmakers to make women get men's permission before getting abortions
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Lawyer Killed On His Front Porch; Police Are Looking At Connections To His Cases
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Divided U.S. court rules for police in 'parking while black' case
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Why Roy Moore’s Law-School Professor Nicknamed Him Fruit Salad
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Firm, Ex-Associate Settle High-Rise Claustrophobia Claims
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Santa Claus Shoots Four at Texas Party
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Meltdown Of A Deposition
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Judges:

Judge resigns and seeks dismissal of ethics charges over refusal to hear gay adoption cases
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Could This Be The Future Of The Supreme Court?
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Judge is informed she is on a terrorist list; was it a random selection?
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A Snarky Justice Kennedy Drops Hammer On Justice Gorsuch
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Thurgood Marshall movie faithful to the facts, and the man
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Why Has Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett Stopped Tweeting?
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Judge Gets Blowback for Separating Mom and Child, Then He Compares Himself to Jesus
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Justice Ginsburg On Her Feminist Path To The Notorious RBG
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Judge allegedly asked domestic violence victim if she "kept her legs closed"
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Trump's judge nominees get a hand from McConnell
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Supreme Court justices let down their robes at Harvard • Supreme Court justices reminisce about their Harvard days
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Deconstructing Neil Gorsuch’s Steak Rub: What Is The Justice Hiding?
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks set to catch their breath after last week’s blowout gains • Futures point to a weak open as investors look ahead to key earnings, data
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Nasdaq and S&P 500 rip to record close after blowout tech earnings; Amazon tops $1100 • The big five tech giants added $181 billion in market value on Friday • Nasdaq books biggest blowout victory against the Dow industrials in 15 years
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Layoffs:

The rise of artificial intelligence could spark a worker rebellion
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Walmart looks to undercut Amazon with new robotic employees
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ESPN bracing for another round of widespread layoffs • Shrinking pains: ESPN purging another 40–60 staffers
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Tenet Healthcare to cut roughly 1,300 jobs
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250 layoffs coming to Oklahoma State Department of Health
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Luxottica eyewear giant trimming 208 jobs
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Politics:

GOP Billionaires Privately Diss Trump • Billionaire GOP Donor: Trump's a Threat
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Ex-House Speaker Boehner unloads on former Republican colleagues • Boehner on texts with Bush, drinks with Obama and leaving before Trump • John Boehner Unchained
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'Do Something!': Trump lashes out as the Russia investigation heats up • A conservative website funded the anti-Trump research from the firm that produced the infamous dossier • Don't Be Distracted by the Trump Dossier Fuss • Meet the reporters behind the Trump dossier • Former NATO head: Putin 'must be laughing' at how much he's achieved with a 'very modest investment' • Is Trump Looking For An Excuse To Fire Mueller Before He’s Impeached? • The big questions surrounding the Trump-Russia dossier • Trump confidant Roger Stone suspended by Twitter after profane rants against journalists and pundits
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Trump approval sinks to new low of 38%, poll finds • Trump's approval rating has hit its lowest ever amid tax reform debate, GOP departures from Senate • They’re Trump-strong in rural Iowa — and not changing their minds
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Houston Texans players reportedly wanted to stage a walkout after team owner Bob McNair compared NFL players to 'inmates running the prison' • Texans Owner Apologizes to Team Again • Majority of Texans players kneel during national anthem after owner's comment about 'inmates running the prison' • To Fix Its Ratings Decline, NFL Needs to Start Saying 'You're Fired' to Mediocre Owners • Texans' Duane Brown says Bob McNair meeting 'didn't go too well'
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Racist Gesture Mars World Series... Astros Player Apologizes
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Report says Trump backed a bizarre grassroots campaign to smear Jon Bon Jovi
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Behind Trump's Sunday tweet about the uranium deal
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Panetta: Intelligence Committee Needs to Look into Clinton/DNC Dossier Payment • WSJ editorial board calls for Mueller's resignation and accuses Clinton and DNC of collusion • Unpacking Uranium One: Hype and Law
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We're Gotten a Lot Better at Gerrymandering
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Historic church removes plaque honoring George Washington
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America is Most Divided Since the Vietnam War
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Circuses:

After Bankruptcy , the Big Apple Circus Returns
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Chemicals:

After 10 years and bankruptcy filing, LyondellBasell leads Gulf petrochemical boom
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Personal Finance:

I tracked my spending every day for a week — these are the costs that made me cringe
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Why you should let your kids feel deprived of things
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How being a cheapskate became ‘cool’
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Telecoms:

Avaya's creditors OK financial restructuring plan • Avaya appoints former Seagate CFO as it heads out of $6.3bn bankruptcy protection
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CenturyLink Faces Securities Fraud Suit Tied to Scam Claims
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Gambling:

In Vegas The House Always Wins, Eventually
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Economy:

US Economy Grew Faster Than Expected • US Economy Shows Resilience With 2nd Straight Solid Quarter • Trump Laughs At Democrats And Economists as US Economy Grows • US Economic Growth Hits 3 Percent, Despite Two Hurricanes • Trump economy reaching his 3 percent goal even without tax reform • BEA: Real GDP increased at 3.0% Annualized Rate in Q3 • U.S. Growth at Above-Forecast 3% on Consumers and Businesses
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Fed chair won’t matter in 2018 – expect to see 4 interest rate hikes
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US racing toward trillion-dollar deficit even as economy booms • How the GOP Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Spending
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The US economy isn't quite as strong as it looks
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$63 Trillion of World Debt in One Visualization
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White House: Fed chair will be announced this week • Trump Leans Toward Powell for Fed •Decision not final but at this point he has settled on Powell • Who Is Jerome Powell? • Trump teases Fed chair decision in Instagram video • Fed Hopeful Taylor Calls for Policies That Echo Trump Agenda • Yellen won't be re-nominated as Fed chair: Sources • Yellen Wonders If Fed Inflation Credibility Dented on Her Watch • Trump Drags the Fed Down Into the Political Mud • There's one Fed chair nominee Trump is considering who scares the market • Trump and the next Fed chief
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GOP tax plan trashes the value of two popular tax breaks • GOP Tax Bill is Shrouded in Secrecy • The Pragmatist Shaping Trump Tax Cuts • Trump tax overhaul under intensifying fire as Congress readies bill • Honeymoon phase ending for GOP tax plan • Trump under pressure to deliver tax victory • What Happened to Simplifying the Tax Code? • Concession on property taxes added to House plan • Five Questions for Congress on Tax Reform • US Economy's 3% Spurt Emboldens Tax Cut Supporters (and Critics) • Who Would Benefit from ‘Repatriating’ $3 Trillion in Foreign Profits? • Rosy White House Tax Forecast Meets Reality • OMB: Top 20% pay 95% of taxes, middle class 'single digits' • Trump Fact Check: "The biggest tax cut in U.S. history." • Treasury Citing Koch Funded Research • The 401(k) debate continues as lawmakers float a $20,000 cap • Rep. Kevin Brady says lawmakers considering RAISING 401(k) contribution limit • GOP Tax Plan an Insult to Working People • GOP Tax Plan: A Corporate Hunger Games • House Republicans’ tax overhaul bill to be opposed by home-builder trade group • White House Sees Corporate Tax Cut Boosting Economy by 3-5% • Will Trump’s Tax Cuts Actually Grow the Economy? • Foreigners Would Receives 35% Of Trump's Proposed $2 Trillion Corporate Tax Cut • Here's What Executives Are Saying About Republican Tax Reform
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Look at how out of control U.S. ‘debt creep’ is compared to the rest of the world
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Automaker: NAFTA Can be Updated, but Works
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No one can agree what 'middle class' means, but it matters now more than ever
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College grads are about to enter the best jobs market we’ve seen in years
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Americans are already showing signs of maxing out on debt
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Citigroup: The Risks Are Growing
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Hotel Occupancy Rate increases YoY
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Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world with $90 billion
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Comparing Delinquency Rates of Adjustable-Rate and Fixed-Rate Mortgages
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Homebuilders to oppose GOP tax bill
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When is a Home Mortgage not a Consumer debt?
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More than 120 who bought, sold homes in limbo after Indy-based flipper files for bankruptcy
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TN: Bankruptcy Trustee Says Valuable Casey Property On River Definitely To Be Sold On Nov. 16
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Tempe firm’s $4M dispute sticks landlords nationwide
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Terry Diehl enters not guilty plea — for the third time — in narrowed federal criminal case as the trial looms • Feds to drop 11 felonies filed in Utah developer Diehl’s bankruptcy case
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Receiver to be appointed to manage Sioux City building
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Mall Owners Work to Reclaim Retail Wasteland With Public Money
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Crossings Mall developers held personally responsible in $17 million federal lawsuit
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Maryland Investigating Kushner Companies
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Poor people are running out of places to live
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Municipalities:

FEMA's Concerns on Whitefish Energy Deal • Puerto Rico moves to cancel Whitefish power contract after uproar • The Trump administration is rushing to distance itself from Whitefish Energy's Puerto Rico contract • Puerto Rico's governor wants to cancel the $300 million Whitefish contract • Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Cancellation of Whitefish Contract • White House says Puerto Rico power contract a local issue • No-bid Puerto Rico contract spotlights troubled FEMA grants • Puerto Rico Is Investigating How It Screwed Up Restoring Power After Maria So Badly • Puerto Rico to scrap Whitefish Energy's $300M contract after outcry, demand from governor • Puerto Rico Governor Shreds $300 Million Power Contract • After Whitefish, UN frets over Puerto Rico reconstruction • Here's how Puerto Rico will fill the short term void left by Whitefish's canceled deal •How Whitefish landed Puerto Rico's $300 million power contract • Puerto Rico's Frantic Search for Someone to Turn on the Lights
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Puerto Rico sees an opportunity to reimagine the island
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Hurricane Maria finally scared away debtholders. But other vultures continue to feed off the island
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Puerto Rico's Debt Victims Aren't All Vulture Funds
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Wipe out Puerto Rico's debt
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Caribbean church leaders campaign for debt relief after hurricanes
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Unmasking the failure of empire in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico after Maria, by the numbers
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The Collapse of Primary Care in Puerto Rico
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On the Mainland, a Duty to Help Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico's Dual Crises Show Its Territorial Status Is the Worst of Both Worlds
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Puerto Rico , lost in limbo
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Senator Bernie Sanders: Puerto Rico Is Not Alone • Bernie Sanders Is Working on a “Comprehensive Plan” for Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Deserves U.S. Assistance To Restructure Its Debt And Avoid A Humanitarian Crisis
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Much-needed supplies pile up while the Jones Act delays delivery
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Flint 'in limbo,' door open for bankruptcy over water choice, mayor says • Judge dismayed by Flint's failure to follow water order • Flint only has one choice for its water supply
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Six likely destinations for Amazon's next headquarters
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Sonoma: County Office of Education says School District is “at risk of insolvency”
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Oil/Gas:

Big Oil Goes From Walking Dead To Walking Wounded • Oil Majors Rebound As Breakevens Hit $50 Per Barrel • Big Oil Has Learned To Live With Lower Oil Prices
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Alaska bankruptcy court strikes down $6 million oil and gas bond
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Trump drives wedge between gas and coal industries
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Oil rig count breaks three-week losing streak
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Five partners exit Andrews Kurth to join Sidley Austin in Houston
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Brent Oil Tops $60 for First Time Since 2015 Amid OPEC Optimism • Brent pushes further above $60 as oil rally continues • Oil markets firm on expected extension of production cuts
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Oil's Biggest Rigs Headed to Junkyard as Daily Losses Mount
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Healthcare:

The Tulare Regional Medical Center is closing its doors to patients Saturday at midnight • California hospital suspends all services, notifies 524 employees of possible layoffs • Tulare Regional Medical Center's board of directors voted to pull its license with the state
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These Hospital Bonds Are on Life Support
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10 hospital closures so far in 2017
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Vegas shooting victims are struggling to pay hospital bills
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More people can get ACA plans with no premiums • ACA enrollees will see fewer choices next year • Obamacare prices hiked up to 38 percent because of Trump threats: Report • The man who runs the second-largest Obamacare exchange says the Trump administration is causing a 's---storm' in the insurance market • Republicans still can't decide how to deal with the ACA • It's sign-up season for the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump administration isn't making it easy
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Puerto Rico's Once-Bustling Healthcare Industry Remains In Disarray
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This is how much the opioid epidemic costs the U.S. • Trump calls opioids a ‘public health emergency’ — fatal overdoses soar among white, middle-aged men • Judges Uphold $15M Damages for Over-Prescribing Opioids • Prosecutors: US Conspiracy Came Amid Slow Sales Of Opioid • So the Taliban is Behind America's Opioid Deaths? • Trump's Opioid Plan Set to Use Grants His Budget Would Slash
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Amazon Threat Causes Shakeout in the Health-Care Industry
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Retailing:

JC Penney Suffers Worst Drop in Decades on Loss Forecast • JC Penney's profit warning sends its shares to an all-time low; Macy's, Kohl's head lower • JC Penney Shares Fall 25% as More Bad News Pours In • JC Penney warns of poor results as it slashed prices on slow-moving merchandise • JCPenney's fire sales on fall fashions clobber its stock • JC Penney Suffers for All Department-Store Sins
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Barbie’s world shaken by Toys R Us bankruptcy • Toys 'R' Us bankruptcy hangs over toymakers as holidays approach • Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy Hangs Over Toymakers as Holidays Approach • Yes, Toys 'R' Us Is Still Open for Business
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Mattel shares tumble as Toys R Us bankruptcy eats into sales • Mattel suspends dividend after dismal sales • MKM Partners' Eric Handler: Mattel story is all about revenue
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True Religion Emerges From Bankruptcy
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Report: Struggling Bon-Ton in talks to sell assets
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Private-Equity Backed Retailer Charming Charlie Faces Cash Crunch Ahead of Holiday Season
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A new way to pay: the shopping loan
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Retail Sets Records For Store Closures
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Weather:

Severe weather has cost the US government $350 billion since 2007 — and climate change could make it much worse
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Tropical Storm Philippe bears down on the Caribbean, and may mix with cold front near the East Coast
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Looting in Northern California burn areas continues
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Apocalyptic photos show sea of hail swamping cars
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

BK CD CA: Some Statistics on Petition Filings
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15 Great Companies on the Brink of Death
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Tax:

Extravagant Debtors Lose Their Right To Discharge The Tax Man In Feshbach
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Exemptions:

The ‘use it or lose it’ creditor exemption for retirement in California
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Farm Bankruptcy Bill Passes
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Tax:

The use of tax havens to avoid paying taxes will soon be 'unacceptable,' says PwC
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Insurance:

D&O Insurer’s Withholding of Settlement Consent Held Reasonable
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Student Debt:

Hundreds of student loan borrowers in Mid-South feel they're being mistreated by creditors
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DeVos may only partly forgive some student loans
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Entertainment:

Weinstein Co Talking to 22 Buyers, $300 Million Expected Price, Bob Weinstein Must Exit
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Electricity:

FirstEnergy CEO: Company has ‘no interest’ in retaining Pennsylvania power plants
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Texas Regulators Seek More Details on Sempra Oncor Bid
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Autos:

Detroit's leather-maker hits a financial wall
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Tesla is immune to bad news — here's why
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Education:

Hong Kong University Bids to Buy Defunct New Hampshire Campus •Judge OKs Chinese university's $11.6m bid
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Celebs:

Why an ex-NFL player and actor worth millions still drives the 20-year-old car he took to prom
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Solar:

Possible tariff on imported solar panels makes the industry nervous • How Tariffs Could Help And Hurt The Solar Industry
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Aviation:

The Fat Years For Airlines Are Coming to an End
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Corporate Governance:

Immelt Hid Private Jet from GE Board
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Nuclear:

SCANA lands starring role in South Carolina Legislature's shock theater
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Westinghouse sold an unfinished product, then the problems snowballed
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Westinghouse Receives Approval for Emergency Funding
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Radio:

iHeartMedia CEO reportedly skipping creditor meetings • Debt Restructure Battle Continues At iHeart
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UK:

Personal insolvencies are 8% up on last year as more and more problem debtors go for IVAs • Record high in personal insolvencies could spell trouble for firms • UK Personal Insolvencies Hit Five-Year High in Gloomy Sign for Economy • Number on strict debt repayment plans hits record high as concerns over interest rate hike grow
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Monarch owner accepts 'moral obligation' over repatriation costs • Monarch investor Greybull would repay repatriation cost
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The number of debt ridden Brits in trouble has gone up sharply - even before interest rates start to rise
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Credit Suisse: There's a 1 in 3 chance of a Brexit-induced recession in the next 6 months
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Bankruptcy / Partnership Winding Up Affecting Farmers
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Sonali Bank UK on the brink of insolvency
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May Warned to Simply Walk Brexit Deal
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EU:

Europe's largest bank just reported a 448 percent jump in pre-tax profit
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Europe Needs to Face Its Bad-Loan Problem
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PIIGS:

Spain's PM Dissolves Catalan Parliament • What's next for Spain after the Catalonia independence vote • Spain Unleashes Extraordinary Powers to Take Out Catalan Rebels • 'Most powerful woman since democracy' put in charge of Catalonia in defiance of independence • Catalonia's Parliament to Vote on Declaration of Independence • The Myths That Fuel the Catalan Crisis • Violence erupts in Barcelona as Catalonia police chief is sacked and Spanish PM orders fresh elections in bid to seize control of breakaway region • Unilateral declarations of independence in Europe • When Rich Places Want to Secede • Catalonia Isn't Ready for This Fight • Where Does Catalonia Go From Here? Whichever Way, It’s Messy • A Catalan politician posted a defiant picture of himself at his desk after being sacked by Spain • Deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont ‘refuses to be fired’ and vows to fight Madrid direct rule • Mass march for unity after Catalan independence move • Fascist salutes and clashes with police at anti-independence demonstration in Catalonia • Catalan leader could face arrest and 30 years in prison for 'rebellion' • Madrid and Catalonia have both backed themselves into corners of their own making
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Greece: Mixed Results After First Round of Bailout Review Talks with Creditors • Why Greece's Fate Helps Make Sense of Catalonia's Gamble
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Canada:

Making it free to check personal bankruptcy records could prompt snooping, trustees warn
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Ontario Court Confirms No Construction Lien Act Deemed Trust in Bankruptcy
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The call to protect pensions has raised questions: Here's a look at 3 of them
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Ex-Canucks goalie ordered to pay back $384,000 from Ponzi scheme
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Germany:

EasyJet Will Take Over Parts of Bankrupt Air Berlin • EasyJet in Deal to Take Over Air Berlin A320 Plane Leases, Slots • EasyJet shares pop after it agreed a €40 million deal with Air Berlin
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Air Berlin Bids Farewell After Four Decades And A Failed Gulf Marriage
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Air Berlin: investors waiting in the wings
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Air Berlin's last flight melts hearts from Munich to Berlin
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Bulgaria:

About 20 Municipal Hospitals in Bulgaria are Facing Bankruptcy
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India:

Bankruptcy Board seeks exemptions from SEBI, CBDT to protect resolution professionals
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' Insolvency process of firms eased by introducing new code'
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Jaypee Infra insolvency: IRP floats EoI for resolution plans • Investors asked to run Jaypee realty unit • Under homebuyers onslaught, Jaypee Infratech calls for partners to finish housing projects
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Lenders prefer sectoral guidelines for choosing buyers in insolvency sales
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Tatas, ArcelorMittal among global players eyeing acquisition of debt-ridden Essar Steel: Sources
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Bankruptcy rule faces Essar test
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Shareholders’ Approval Not Required For A Resolution Plan.
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Brazil:

Oi creditors offer more capital for restructuring -sources
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Venezuela:

Venezuela State Oil Company Says It Made Critical Debt Payment • Venezuela's PDVSA pays bond, default jitters ease for now
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China:

China's Debt Battle Has Global Growth at Stake
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China Bond Selloff Spreads to Stocks
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The Biggest Stock Collapse in World History Has No End in Sight
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