Law:

PwC to Launch US Law Firm
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Jones Walker Adds Bankruptcy Special Counsel In Miami
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General counsel call on law firms to share the benefits of new artificial intelligence technology
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Weltman & Moskowitz Announces Expansion of its Litigation Practice and Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights Group
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Holland & Knight Agrees to Pay $5 Million to Settle Malpractice Suit In Bankruptcy Court
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UK: Squire Patton Boggs is the latest firm to bump associate pay
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NFL Class Counsel Questions Lit Funders' Activity, Hints at Sanctions, Criminal Inquiry
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Law School Bullying Leads To Recent Graduate’s Suicide
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'Really Hard and Intense:' Departing Northwestern Law Dean Says of Competition Among Top Schools
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Faced With Careful Criticism, Law Professor Just Calls His Critics Stupid • Advice From A Law Professor On How To Write An Op-Ed
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USD Law Dean Stephen Ferruolo should either resign or issue a public apology...
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After Exits, Kasowitz Names Co-Managing Partners
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Women partners seldom earn top pay at law firms
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Former KWM staff awarded £1m over handling of redundancies by firm in 'clear cut' case
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How To Deal With Clients Who Want You To Discount Your Fee
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How the NCBRC Protects the Integrity of the Bankruptcy System
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Preet Bharara’s First Podcast Tells Tale of Firing by Trump
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Paul Manafort is in serious legal jeopardy, says a former US attorney who prosecuted WTC terrorists • Senate intel leaders send a blunt message to Trump team • Reported document requests by Mueller indicate Trump’s actions in office are under scrutiny • Mueller casts broad net in requesting extensive records from Trump White House • Manafort offered ‘private briefings’ on 2016 race to Putin ally • Paul Manafort hired to help promote Kurdish independence vote in Iraq that the US opposes • Mueller request for records includes Trump’s private talks on Comey and Flynn • 10 Things to Hate About Mueller • For Trump Aides Caught in Russia Probe, Legal Bills and Paranoia • 'I Want Your Papers': New York Daily News channels Uncle Sam in fiery front page on the Russia probe • Deputy AG says he may have to recuse himself from Russia probe: report • Trump choice for Russia ambassador: 'No question' Russia meddled • Another potential Mueller honey pot: Spicer's notebooks
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RNC is Paying Trump Jr's Legal Bills? • RNC has paid $427K in legal fees for Trump and Trump Jr. • It’s Legal For Trump To Pay His Lawyers With Money Donated From Suckers
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James Madison Weeps
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Cease and Desist: 'Please don't make us call your mom'
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Why Did I Go From Biglaw To Litigation Finance? Good Question.
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Apple Watch Series 3 reviews are out, and here's what people are saying • Reviewers say the new Apple Watch is pretty bad • Apple Watch Series 3 Review: Untethered and Unreliable • Apple Watch Series 3 Reviews Uncover Connectivity and Battery Problems • Apple can patch bugs, but its biggest Apple Watch problem can't be fixed
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Tim Cook: Apple is pushing "extremely hard" on DACA
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Six steps you can take to better understand how others view you
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2nd Circuit reinstates fraternity members’ defamation suit against Rolling Stone
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Lawyer accused of taking sneaky photos of technical manual loses bid for rehearing on sanctions
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Federal prosecutors are seeking prison time for Anthony Weiner in the sexting case • Anthony Weiner should get 21-27 months in prison for sexting 15-year-old, prosecutors say
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Federal Inquiry Requested After Police Officer Who Shot Law Student To Death Escapes Indictment
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SEC says hackers may have traded using stolen insider information
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Man Busted For Baguette Battery At Safeway
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Kindergartner Suspended For Making 'terror' Threat
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Woman gets 4 years for silicone butt injections scheme
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Suspect in Starbucks robbery -- to sue man who stopped him!
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The Trump Nominee Who Illegally Voted
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Police Shoot Deaf Man Who Could Not Hear Orders
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ICE Resumes Immigrant Arrests
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“Quite Literally Impossible”: White Supremacist Dylann Roof Demands New Counsel After Being Given Jewish And Indian Lawyers
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What Were They Thinking?
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Judges:

Judge W. Homer Drake, Jr. To Receive 2017 Bankruptcy Inn Alliance Distinguished Service Award
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National Enquirer Apologizes To Judge Judy For False Alzheimer’s Story
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Trump judicial nominee said transgender children are part of 'Satan's plan', defended 'conversion therapy' • Trump judicial nominee condemns transgender kids: ‘A boy who thinks she’s a girl’ is part of ‘Satan’s plan’
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Alexa, Please Transcribe These Court Proceedings
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Trust in Judicial Branch Up, Executive Branch Down
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Wall Street:

Wall Street futures lower as Fed hints December rate hike
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Dow, S&P rise to record close after bank stocks surge on the Fed • Wall St. falls after Fed signals another rate hike this year
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Dow, S&P inch higher after notching records, trade muted ahead of the Fed
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The one big thing economist Robert Shiller says is preventing a 1929-like stock market crash
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Welcome to the second strongest bull market since World War II • Key lessons from the second-longest bull market, in 11 charts
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Investors, this is your last warning about the U.S. stock market
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Bloomberg: 'I cannot for the life of me understand why the market keeps going up'
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How much longer this stock-market bull lasts may depend on Fed’s next move
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The masses are going all-in for stocks, and that’s not a good thing
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Layoffs:

Dole to Close Another Berry Operation
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Robotic hamburger flipper gets first job
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Politics:

Fury fuels the modern political climate in US
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Trump's approval rating just jumped for the first time in a while after a rocky summer • Trump's Approval Rating Rises
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This flaw in the human mind explains why the world is full of overconfident, bumbling know-it-alls
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Reaction to Trump's bombastic UN speech was split along partisan lines • France's President Defies Trump at the UN • A Presidential Misunderstanding of Deterrence • China to Trump: That speech on North Korea was really unhelpful • Pence hits Russia in UN speech • How the Rest of the World Heard Trump's UN Speech
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Trump congratulates African leaders for making his friends rich
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Boeing Defense CEO: If North Korea launched a missile right now the US would be safe
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Trump says he has made decision on Iran deal, declines to say what it is • U.S. Demands Changes to Iran Nuclear Deal, Tillerson Says
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We just got our clearest sign yet that Trump can work with Democrats and lose virtually no support
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Tom Price, who reportedly used costly private jets, once slammed government planes as 'irresponsibility run amok' • Secretary Tom Price is chartering private jets for government travel — at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars • Tom Price Reportedly Spent $60,000 on Private Jets Last Week
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Clinton Book Has Sold More Than 300,000 Copies
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If Hillary did the things Trump has, she’d have been impeached by now
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Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Trump Rallies in 17 U.S. Cities
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Sports:

NFL TV Ratings Slide Worries Wall Street • 21 excuses we've heard for NFL ratings being so bad
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Retailing:

Traders are making huge bets that the Toys R Us bankruptcy will crush one of its main suppliers • Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy Filing Batters Some of Retailer's Debt •Toys 'R' Us CEO sees future with smaller shops • Toys R Us rushes into bankruptcy without a plan • Report on Toys ‘R’ Us First Day Hearing in Bankruptcy Filings • Three Bond Market Lessons From the Toys 'R' Us Debt Drama • Toys R Us - How Bad Assumptions Fed Bad Financial Planning Creating Failure • Toys 'R' Us CEO Says Bankruptcy Marks 'Dawn of a New Day' • Walmart and Amazon are already picking at the carcass of Toys R Us • Bankruptcy Is No Plaything - Toys 'R' Us Files For Chapter 11 • Toys 'R' Us Will Live Because Mattel and Hasbro Can't Let It Die • Toys R Us Downfall Due to Debt, Not Competition • Here's how Amazon may have led to Toys "R" Us' demise • Could Toys R Us bankruptcy filing grinch this holiday season? • Toys R Us bondholders braced for messy bankruptcy process • Here's how Toys R Us stores will change during bankruptcy • Toy and hobby shops try to stay relevant following Toys 'R' Us bankruptcy filing • Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy: Christmas Comes Early For Walmart, Amazon • Jakks Pacific expects 2017 loss due to Toys 'R' Us bankruptcy • Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy Good for Silver in Retail Rankings • Toys 'R' Us insolvency plans favor overseas suppliers • High-yield shrugs off Toys "R" Us bankruptcy
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Toys 'R' Us Is Dead, but Physical Retail Isn't • Do troubles at Toys "R" Us signal more woes for retail?
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Bed Bath & Beyond earnings miss widely, stock plunges 18% • Credit Suisse: It's 'difficult to see light at the end of the tunnel' for Bed Bath & Beyond
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Walmart will rely on permanent workers, not seasonal employees, for holidays • Walmart's solution to holiday crush: Fewer temps, more overtime
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Retail Bankruptcy and Insider Trading
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Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy could push retail loan default rate past 10% by year-end: Fitch
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Amazon is lifeline for retail workers - if they live in right city
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99 Cents Only Stores Hires Advisers to Help Restructure Debt
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Retailers aren't feeling the holiday spirit
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Taxis:

A Greenwich hedge fund is behind the mysterious buyer of the NYC 'Taxi King's' medallions
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Taxi Medallion Litigation-An Update
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By 2021, your Lyft ride will likely have no driver. Here's how
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What's a taxi medallion worth these days?
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Education:

More Scrutiny of Colleges' Finances? Education Department Says No • Government watchdog blasts Education Department's financial oversight of colleges
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Economy:

Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged • FOMC Statement: "In October, the Committee will initiate the balance sheet normalization program" • Fed: It's finally time to end emergency measures from the financial crisis • The last time the Fed tried to exit emergency measures was just after the Great Depression — it didn’t end well • Bank stocks are rising after the Fed announces it will unwind its balance sheet • Here's the new Fed dot plot • The Federal Reserve announced that it will hold rates steady while the economic consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria continue to unfold • Fed to Shrink Assets Next Month, Boost Rates by Year End • Fed signals interest rates will keep going higher as it exits financial crisis policy • Fed to Pack Up Crisis Tool • Fed’s Yellen says low inflation a ‘mystery,’ but not mysterious enough to keep rates low • The Fed maintains 2017, 2018 rate forecast • In sign of economy’s strength, Fed to start reducing $4.5 trillion balance sheet • The big hairy question that Yellen didn't answer Wednesday
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The Fed boosts its outlook for the US economy, cuts inflation expectations
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Recession possible if the Federal Reserve follows its plan, says Bill Gross • How the ‘great central bank unwind’ could ignite the next financial crisis
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Industrial Production Decreased Slightly in August
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World Economy Is Set to Grow at Fastest Pace Since 2011
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Americans see men as the financial providers, even as women’s contributions grow • One traditional and, arguably, sexist view of marriage shows no sign of changing
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The 5,000-year history of interest rates shows just how historically low US rates still are right now
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The Fed risks repeating a ghastly mistake it made right before the past 2 recessions
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Unemployment Is So 2009: Labor Shortage Gives Workers an Edge
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The Fed essentially created money out of thin air to buy bonds. Now, it will destroy the money the same way
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AT&T CEO: Tax reform failure would be "bad indictment" of GOP • Why Goldman Sachs sees $1 trillion in tax cuts coming • Republicans Looking for Easiest Way Out on Taxes • U.S. CEO Group Says Corporate Tax Cut Would Spur Job Creation • Graham-Cassidy could delay tax reform rollout
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Kansas' tax-reform experiment: What went right — and very wrong
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Bernie Moves on Wealth Tax
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U.S. incomes, poverty rate bounce back to pre-recession levels in 2016
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Trump’s Push for U.S. Jobs May Spur Boom in ‘Corporate Welfare’
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This last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare is really all about tax cuts
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Jack Ma: Manufacturing won't be main driver of job creation
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Americans Now Average Over $16,000 In Consumer Loans
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The $140 Billion team photo
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Why American teenagers are not interested in adult activities like sex, drinking — or working
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How Air-Conditioning Invented the Modern World
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Struggling GE is grounding its fleet of corporate jets to save money
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Lenders Approving Less Loans To Riskier Borrowers
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Trump Fact Check: "Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
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How did Ireland become the US government's third-largest creditor ?
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Why China has been gobbling up U.S. government paper
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The Consequences of the U.S. Baby Bust
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These Maps Show Where a Dollar Goes Furthest in the U.S. These Maps Show Where a Dollar Goes Furthest in the U.S.
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Wheat Production Lowest in Recorded History
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Happiest Places to Live in America
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Fewer teens are getting summer jobs
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

MBA: Mortgage applications tumble amid Labor Day holiday
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Fed Sets Stage for Mortgage Rate Hike
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The incredible, disappearing home down payment
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US home sales hit 12-month low, Harvey weighs on Houston • Here’s how Hurricane Harvey affected luxury-home sales in Houston
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Homebuilder CEO unloads F-bomb rant on Kathy Griffin for calling cops over grandkids’ pool party • Builder CEO who cursed out comedian Kathy Griffin reveals why he flipped his lid
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How America's big new landlords faced their first housing disaster
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Toys 'R' Us Bankruptcy No Issue For Retail REITs
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Municipalities:

Maria Slams St. Croix, Rips Across Puerto Rico • 'Storm of the century' Maria pummels Puerto Rico • Nearly 1 Million Without Power • ‘The winds are like out of a horror movie’ • Wall of water smashes through Puerto Rico amid tsunami warning • Puerto Rico Was Totally Screwed Even Before Hurricane Maria • Hurricane Batters Puerto Rico With 140 M.P.H. Winds • Hurricane Maria knocks out power on 100% of Puerto Rico • Satellite Footage Shows Puerto Rico Completely Engulfed By Hurricane Maria • Hurricane Maria hammers an economy that can't take much more • ‘We will find our island destroyed.’ Hurricane Maria’s rampage demolishes Puerto Rico • Hurricane Maria lashes Dominican Republic after direct hit on Puerto Rico • Maria levels entire towns, leaves Puerto Rico without power • Storm Maria brings fear, pain and shock to Puerto Ricans • Hurricane Maria Leaves Puerto Rico Facing Billions of Dollars in Damage
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Fears of mismanagement of hurricane relief funds in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico's power company was already bankrupt. Then Hurricane Maria hit. • Hurricane Maria has dealt a heavy blow to Puerto Rico’s bankrupt utility and fragile electric grid • Rescue teams take to Puerto Rico streets in darkness amid warnings that power could be out for months • Puerto Rico: 11 years in recession and now no electricity
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Puerto Rico debt problems confound hurricane recovery
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Puerto Rico: Commonwealth-COFINA Dispute Teed Up for Resolution by Year’s End
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Rejection Of PREPA Debt Restructuring That Favored Bondholders Is A 'Good Day' For Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Knows When All Else Fails, Sue Wall Street
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The 10 US cities where wages are growing the fastest—and the slowest
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States Need $645 Billion to Pay Full Retiree Health-Care Costs
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Is Connecticut to Blame for Hartford's Looming Bankruptcy?
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Flint water case: First manslaughter hearing to show what's at stake for Schuette, Snyder
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Traders Empty Key Crude Storage Hub
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US oil stockpiles grow 4.6 million barrels
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Thirst for oil returns in wealthy nations
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Oil Jumps After US Gasoline Stockpiles Plunge to 22-Month Low
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US oil rallies and settles at 4-month high • Oil Prices Top $50 As Iraq Hints At Extension Of OPEC Output Cut
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Why oil markets could see some volatile trading this week
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San Francisco, Oakland sue oil companies over climate change
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Seadrill Bankruptcy - Discussion Of Frequently Asked Questions
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Energy contract lawsuits expected to jump in Harvey's wake
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Permian could top out in 2021 unless tech overcomes geology • The booming Permian Basin could reach its zenith early if oil stays cheap
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What Will Happen to the Gulf Coast If the Oil Industry Retreats?
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Healthcare:

Financially troubled Centegra to lay off 131 employees, outsource 230 jobs
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Southwest Virginia County's Only Hospital to Close
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Employer-provided health insurance now costs nearly $19,000
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Republicans seem to be confused about what exactly their new healthcare bill would do • What Graham-Cassidy means for pre-existing conditions • Trump's misleading tweet on pre-existing conditions • Latest GOP Health Care Plan Includes Steep Cuts to States • Thelma and Louise Ride Again? • Doctors, Hospitals Oppose New GOP Repeal Bill • Major insurance lobby comes out against Obamacare repeal bill • GOP Health Bill Would Cut Funds and Raise Costs for Sick, Analysts Say • G.O.P. Leaders Defy Bipartisan Calls to Reject Health Bill • Senate set to vote on ACA repeal as Democrats, medical groups and insurance companies come out against it • Republicans Peddle Nonsense to Sell Health-Care Plan • Here are the potential winners and losers of the latest Republican healthcare bill • As clock ticks, Republicans try to move ahead on Obamacare repeal • Late-night TV show host Kimmel blasts senator over healthcare bill • Jimmy Kimmel Spat Shows Confusion Over Rushed Health Bill’s Effects • The Anger of Jimmy Kimmel • Why Kimmel's Obamacare Pitch Was So Powerful • Analysis: Senate's health care cuts could top $4 trillion • Many GOP senators would shortchange their states by backing the latest Obamacare repeal bill • GOP senators are rushing to pass Graham-Cassidy. We asked 9 to explain what it does. • Senate Republicans Are Abdicating Their Governing Responsibility • Here's the biggest problem with the latest Obamacare repeal bill • Disturbing Lies About Graham-Cassidy Poison Healthcare Debate • The new healthcare bill includes an 'Alaska Purchase' to woo a key senator • The Real Losers of the Graham-Cassidy Health-Care Bill - Bill takes funds from some of the neediest and sickest states • Obamacare Repeal Bill Offers Flexibility and Uncertainty • Obama accuses the GOP of seeking to ‘inflict real human suffering’ • New study shows the Republican healthcare bill would leave up to 18 million more without insurance by 2019 • All eyes are on this GOP senator and how she will vote • The GOP's furious push to pass a new healthcare bill to destroy Obamacare is coming into focus • How the Health-Care Debate Would Change If Graham-Cassidy Passes • Graham-Cassidy Has One Great Idea
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Trump: I assumed when I won, I would 'sit down at my desk and there would be a healthcare bill'
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Banking:

Wells Fargo's fake-account scandal leads to credit downgrade
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Yellen rips Wells Fargo scandal as 'egregious and unacceptable' • Wells Fargo may be facing Fed penalty, Yellen says
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The Fed’s plan to start shrinking its balance sheet will benefit banks in multiple ways
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Student Debt:

College Debt Far From a Uniform Burden
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The Department Of Education Cuts Off A Student Loan Watchdog
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800,000 student loans to be audited under proposed settlement; lender would pay at least $19M
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Furniture:

Rothman Furniture closing all stores after 90 years
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Travel:

Lost luggage: 'Mischievous' worker swapped baggage tags for months at world's best airport
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Corporate Governance:

For the First Time, Delaware Loses Number One Spot in Survey on Lawsuit Climate
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (1 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:

Notable companies that declared bankruptcy in 2017
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Call For Participation At Public Meeting Of Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy On October 10 At The 2017 NCBJ
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September 15, 2017 Hearings At The NABT Annual Convention
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Tax:

Claw back of IRS tax payments in bankruptcy – circuit split
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Recharacterization:

Supreme Court Declines to Resolve Circuit Split on Debt Recharacterization
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Ch.13:

Plan Requirements: What Can You Do When a Party Fails To Comply With a Plan? – Good Question
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Judicial Estoppel:

Eleventh Circuit Eliminates Presumption of Intent for Judicial Estoppel
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Consolidation:

Non-Debtor Substantive Consolidation: A Remedy Built on Rock or Sand?
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Agriculture:

Senate tries to aid bankrupt farmers
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Seven months after ND farm giant McM filed for bankruptcy, its president files personal bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Christiansburg man convicted of tax, bankruptcy fraud charges
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Estoppel:

Judicial Estoppel Defense in Bankruptcy Claims Likely to Get More Difficult
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Autos:

Analyst makes mistake in his Tesla report, now sees even deeper losses for stock
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Personal Finance:

Billionaire Mark Cuban: 'Don't follow your passion'
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14 things ridiculously successful people do every day
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These roommate horror stories will inspire you to sign a 'prenup' before moving in together
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Fraud:

Psychiatric exam sought for jailed 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli
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DOJ says Madoff victims payouts to begin by the end of the year
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Weather:

Fed says Harvey and Irma will have no lasting economic impact
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Tropical Storm Jose could protect the East Coast from Hurricane Maria • Tropical Storm Jose is bringing dangerous surf, rip currents, and wind to the East Coast
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Maria regains major hurricane status as it lashes Dominican Republic
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Buffett Says Harvey Hit Geico Harder than Irma
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Hurricane Irma will pinch Florida's budget, state economist says
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Pour Out Your Money, But Carefully, For Texas And Florida
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FEMA Map Missed 75% of Houston Flooding
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Credit Reporting:

The Feds are looking into some suspicious Equifax trades • Equifax tweets fake phishing site to concerned customers • The single most depressing thing about the Equifax breach • Equifax May Be Happy to Spend $1 Per Customer for Their Trouble • Hackers roamed Equifax’s system for 4 months before being discovered • Equifax says attacker 'interacted' with server on March 10 • Why the United States was wide open to a disaster like Equifax • Former Equifax Counsel: It Won't Be an 'Easy Road Back' After Breach • Little, if Any, Punishment for Equifax
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Travel:

Sorry, Your Hotel Reservation Isn’t Guaranteed
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Marijuana:

Creditors Not Getting a Fair Shake When Marijuana-Related Cases Are Dismissed
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Aviation:

Bankruptcy, Billion Dollar Valuations, Millions In Investments And No Commission Jet Charters
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Ryanair pilots rejected a £12,000 bonus to work through a cancellation crisis after the airline 'messed up' staff holidays
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Mass Torts:

Biglaw Attorney Reengineering The Defense Of Mass Tort Claims
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Pensions:

States Face a $645 Billion Hole for Retiree Health Care Liabilities
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Newspapers:

Layoffs hit Alaska Dispatch News in wake of bankruptcy sale
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Sovereigns:

Damaged by Hurricanes and "Vulture" Capitalism, Caribbean Islands Plead for Debt Relief
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UK:

EU chief Brexit negotiator: Brexit will be 'painful, not pleasant, and costly' for Britain
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Deutsche Bank: Brexit could be the unlikely trigger of the next financial crisis
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Britain's banking sector faces 'crunch time' ahead of May's set piece Brexit speech
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PIIGS:

Greece considers bond swap as it looks to bailout exit
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Greek banks expect to escape an extra AQR
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Greece's Papadimitriou on Bailout, Debt Relief, NPLs
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Here’s how bad a Spain-Catalonia split could really be • Clash Over Catalan Vote Heats Up In Spain As Police Swoop • Millions of ballots seized
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Canada:

Toys 'R' Us Canada granted creditor protection • 'Bad news can lead to bad news': Toys "R" Us Canada blighted by parent firm's woes
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Court decision in Wabush restructuring the ‘worst-case scenario’ for pensioners
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Venezuela:

Venezuela Said to Be Late on $185 Million Sovereign Bond Payment
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Could Bankruptcy Save Citgo From Creditors In Venezuela Default?
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Venezuela needs to protect PDVSA's oil assets with Ch. 15 then default - advisers Walker and Cooper
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India:

India's Jaitley vows "necessary" measures to revive slowdown-hit economy
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Hope for home buyers in bankruptcy code
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Bankruptcy code to evolve gradually to full potential: IBBI chairman
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Bankruptcy law a timely initiative on bad loans
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Brazil:

Oi bondholders want some investors barred from restructuring vote
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Brazil's telecommunications watchdog to vote against OI SA's restructuring proposal
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Germany:

Eurowings wins union backing to speed up hiring amid Air Berlin turbulence
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Lufthansa chief eyes up to 78 Air Berlin planes • Lufthansa CEO puts focus on 38 wet lease planes in Air Berlin battle
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Air Berlin unit Niki denies has unpaid bills to tour operator
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China:

S&P cuts China's credit rating, citing increasing economic, financial risks
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Factory “Shammed” Bankruptcy, 300 Electronics Factory Workers Went on Strike in Shenzhen
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Mexico:

Rich, poor band together after earthquake in Mexico City
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Dominican Republic:

The Dominican Republic reforms restructuring and insolvency law
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