Law:
Will The Rise To $190K Foster More Secondments With Potential Clients?
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Proskauer Partner, Firm Resolve $50M Gender Bias Suit
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Akerman Bankruptcy Partner Brian Gart Remembered as Dogged, Creative
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Behold The Irony In These Biglaw Rankings
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Latham Completes Makeover After Chair’s Scandalous Exit
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The Reviews Are in: EY's Acquisition of Riverview Law Has Grabbed Legal Departments' Attention
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Law Firms Looking To Game the New Tax Law? Think Again • The IRS is cracking down on this small business tax break
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7 Habits of a Client-Focused Lawyer
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Lawyer iPad stories
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Summer (Associate) Of ‘18: The Best Days Of Your Life?
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5 Things To Avoid During Your First Semester Of Law School
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The Difference Between Being A Lawyer Today And 30 Years Ago
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US penchant for business casual is a test for transatlantic tie-up
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This Law School Professor Knows Not Everyone Has The Same Rights In This Country
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Trump's lawyers to guest host Sean Hannity's radio show for him
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Trump won’t sit for interview with Mueller after Sept. 1, Giuliani says • Roger Stone ex-aide held in contempt in Mueller probe • Paul Manafort judge seals sidebar talk that followed question about Mueller's Trump campaign probe • Manafort Judge Comically Forgets to Call in the Jury After Unusually Lengthy Recess Comes to End • A comedian with ties to Julian Assange and Roger Stone has been subpoenaed to testify in the Mueller probe • 'Are you going to change the name or what?' Connecticut town grapples with 'Paul Manafort Drive' • The Manafort trial: Day 9 • Witness suggests Trump role helped Manafort nab loans • Manafort got $16 million in loans from bank whose CEO wanted Trump administration post • Manafort trial judge delays testimony for hours, without explanation • Mystery surrounds former madam's Mueller probe role • How to Kill a Presidential Scandal • Prosecutors wrap up arguments in Manafort trial focused on bank loans • Giuliani: Trump will deny he told Comey to drop investigation • Even Giuliani Can't Keep His Story Straight • Giuliani Contradicts Giuliani About Trump Wanting Comey to Give Flynn 'A Break' • Giuliani: 'There was no conversation' between Trump and Comey on Flynn
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Giuliani: Avenatti should settle ‘bankruptcy situation’ before running for White House
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Frequent fliers donate nearly 6 million miles to reunite immigrant families after a viral tweet • Methodists drop church charges against Jeff Sessions over family separation policy • Melania Trump’s parents became citizens through a system Donald Trump hates • Trump’s New War on Immigrants • Stephen Miller is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle • Visa Applicants Being Asked if Americans Can Do Their Jobs
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Trump heightens attacks on Sessions: He's 'scared stiff and missing in action' • Trump fumes at the FBI, Justice Dept. and Sessions in series of tweets • All the Times Trump Publicly Chewed Out Jeff Sessions
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Nike accused of fostering hostile workplace in new gender discrimination lawsuit • Nike hit with gender discrimination lawsuit • United Airlines Pilot Posted Pics Of Flight Attendant Online, Feds Charge • DNC co-chair, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison denies abuse allegations from ex-girlfriend
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Short Skirts At Work: A Form Of Discrimination?
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Amid reports of extortion, other horrors, feds subpoena records, tour women’s prison
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Woman getting makeup tutorial requests following mugshot
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Tea party groups get revenge against IRS as judge approves $3.5 million payout
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Baltimore police suspend officer who was shown in video repeatedly punching man
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School Board Demands Journalists Be Punished For Reporting On The School Board’s Redaction Failure
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Executed Tennessee man coughed and gasped before dying; Sotomayor had warned of ‘torturous pain’
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Police Chief’s Smiling Son Flips Bird During Arraignment for Allegedly Beating 71-Year-Old Sikh Man
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Man found dead inside pillar may have ‘just baked’ in 100-degree California heat fleeing from police
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“Dumbest Insider Trading Crime I’ve Ever Seen” Was Pretty Dumb
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Judges:
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings will start September 4 • Democrats' anti-Kavanaugh campaign fizzles • Brett Kavanaugh and his association with Alex Kozinski • Kavanaugh memo urged independent counsel Starr not to pursue Clinton indictment while in office • Kavanaugh email shows offer to prepare ex-AG Ashcroft on attorney-client monitoring issue • Did Kavanaugh’s ‘one race’ assertion signal a vote against racial preferences?
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In Paul Manafort trial, Judge T.S. Ellis III makes himself the star • Mueller team files complaint against Manafort trial judge over latest reprimand
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West Virginia lawmakers move to impeach entire Supreme Court
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Arkansas Judge Sued Over Cycle of Jailing of Those Who Can't Pay Fines for Minor Crimes
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Wall Street:
Futures drop on worries about Turkey currency crisis
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Monday: European, Asian markets dip as Turkey's lira crisis risks bringing the world with it • Fallout from the Turkish lira's meltdown is starting to spread to markets around the world • After hitting new record low, Turkish lira pares some losses on central bank statements • Turkish lira hits fresh low as Erdogan’s currency crisis echoes through stock markets
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Global stocks get slammed and major currencies go haywire on a wild Friday in markets • S&P 500 logs its worst day in 6 weeks as Turkey’s lira crisis spotlights global risks • Dow books a nearly 200-point slide; S&P 500 finishes with a 0.7% drop
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The strange story of a Goldman Sachs whistleblower who's taking aim at top execs' dealmaking
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More Women Making It on Wall Street Aren’t on the Street at All
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Layoffs:
Self-driving vehicles won't only kill jobs. They will create them, as well.
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Children's treatment center Youth Villages to lay off 155
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ConocoPhillips prepares for more Houston job cuts
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Politics:
NAACP president on Trump: 'I have no other conclusion but to say he is a racist'
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Trump condemns racism on anniversary of Charlottesville alt-right march, urges national unity • Trump Condemns All Types of Racism • Counter-protesters far outnumber white nationalists arriving in Washington • White supremacists’ D.C. rally fizzles, drowned out by counterprotesters • Unite the Right Rally Organizer Confronted About 'Celebrating Heather Heyer's Murder'
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GOP corruption scandals may help Democratic candidates, but it’s not clear how much
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Donald Trump Jr. Slammed for Bad Photoshop 'Magic' on Fake Trump Approval Rating Instagram Post, Misspelling 'America' • Donald Trump Jr. deletes doctored image inflating his father's approval rating
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The legal debate over Omarosa's secret tape • Omarosa Taping John Kelly in White House Situation Room Likely Not Criminal • White House Wants Omarosa Tapes Stopped • White House says Omarosa's book is 'riddled with lies' after she claims Trump is a 'racist' • Trump Allies Alarmed by Omarosa's Tapes • The juiciest claims from Omarosa’s upcoming book • Omarosa released a tape of John Kelly firing her in the Situation Room • Omarosa's Bold Claim of Breaching the Situation Room • Omarosa claims that she walked in on Trump eating a piece of paper in the Oval Office and that it surprised her since he's a 'germaphobe' • Omarosa claims in new book she refused $15,000 a month hush-money offer from Trump campaign after leaving White House • Omarosa book claims there are tapes of Trump using N-word on 'Apprentice' set • Omarosa Tells NPR She Heard Trump 'N-Word Tape,' Contradicting Her Own Tell-All Book • Conway struggles to name top-ranking black official in White House • Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele: Omarosa ‘Not Credible’ Despite Trump ‘Racist’ Tape Claim • Trump rips former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as a 'lowlife' for claims in new book • Inside Omarosa's reign of terror • Unhinged Actually Sums Up Omarosa Well
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Study: 11 million white Americans think like the alt-right • Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling.
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Laura Ingraham's demographics backlash • 'My commentary had nothing to do with race': Laura Ingraham disavows white-nationalist support after controversial segment on immigration
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'Be happy, be cool!': Trump trashes NFL players as preseason ushers in a fresh round of protests • Trump's protest criticism tweet ignites NFL player backlash • Florida police union rescinds ticket discounts amid NFL National Anthem protests • President Trump Said NFL Players Are 'Unable to Define' Why They Are Protesting. Here Are Some of the Many Times They Did • Trump Threatens to Suspend NFL Players • NFL won't discipline kneelers as anthem protests make preseason return
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Kobach to step aside from election role until primary votes are finalized
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Woodward and Bernstein: Watergate echoes loud in Donald Trump era
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Missouri Republican who said ‘Hitler was right’ wins state House primary
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CA: Secret DMV office serves lawmakers, Capitol staffers
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North Korea threatens to end ‘stability’ on Korean Peninsula • North Korea rejecting US proposals in diplomatic standoff • North Korea: US not adhering to its side of the bargain since Trump-Kim summit • North Korea’s latest angry statement toward the US, explained
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Chris Collins once touted his business ties to get elected. Now they may derail his political career • NY GOP Congressman Chris Collins suspends campaign amid insider trading allegations
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Bans don’t seem to be lessening reach of Alex Jones, InfoWars
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Newspapers Tired of Trump's Rhetoric
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University Says Florida GOP Candidate Faked College Degree She Posed With In a Picture
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Autos:
What's next for Reagor-Dykes bankruptcy? • The stunning collapse of Reagor Dykes • General Motors to terminate Reagor-Dykes Floydada Chevrolet franchise • Reagor-Dykes: What we know, what to expect and the impact it has
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Elon Musk takes Trump-style Twitter trash talk to the business world • Tesla is reportedly in early discussions with investors about funding to go private • Report: Saudi Arabia is looking to invest big in Tesla as the company teases going private • Elon Musk’s plan to take Tesla private is a pipe dream • Elon Musk's 'funding secured' tweet could cost Tesla millions, former SEC chairman says • Saudi Arabia's massive investment fund said to be uninterested in funding Tesla's idea to go private • Elon Musk's tweet about taking Tesla private might be ethically questionable, but it isn't morally wrong • After Tesla Buyout Tweet, Some Investors Wonder: Where Was Nasdaq?
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Carmakers Balk at Request for Data
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Economy:
Core inflation in July was the hottest of the cycle, CPI shows • Core inflation reading jumps the most since 2008 • Key Measures Show Inflation increased YoY in July • BLS: CPI increased 0.2% in July, Core CPI increased 0.2%
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A growth recession is the only way the Fed can fight accelerating inflation
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Are We Headed for a Recession? Ask an Economist…
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Americans are spending like crazy. Can the good times last?
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US budget deficit increases 21%, on track for biggest gap in six years • US Spending On Interest Hits All Time High As Budget Deficit Soars To $684 Billion
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Cost of living rises at fastest rate in decade
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Workers see their paychecks get smaller as inflation continues to rise • In America, wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation
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Q3 GDP Forecasts
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Soybeans are getting whacked after USDA boosts production outlook • As soybean futures plunge, farmer says tariffs have 'devastated' the industry • Trump's trade war advantage: The US economy is 'firing on all cylinders,' says expert • Trump's national security claim for tariffs sets off crisis at WTO • American Aluminum Manufacturer Seeks Relief From Tariffs Meant to Help American Aluminum Manufacturers • Really? Alcoa Wants Relief from Tariffs • Auto industry caught in the trade war crosshairs • Alaska Fish Industry Braces for Tariff Pain • China is Key to Detroit's Future • From Mills To Manufacturers, Steel Tariffs Produce Winners And Losers • 'Rudely trampling on international trade rules': Chinese media beat drum against US • Ford Exec: Steel Prices a Significant Headwind • Trump Repeats Nixon's Tariff Mistakes • Trump tariffs have forced us into bankruptcy and liquidation, says PC case maker CaseLabs • Trump’s trade deal with the EU is hardly a breakthrough • China says it won't use yuan as trade-fights tool
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Carrier Factory: Worker Morale is Horrible
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Trump Poses Wild Card in Farm Bill Negotiations
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Trump says progress made toward trade deal with Mexico, but 'Canada must wait'
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Trump’s war with Harley-Davidson has divided America’s bikers • Pro-Trump T-shirts Too Expensive to Make in U.S., So We Get Them Made in Haiti, Bikers for Trump Founder Says • Trump says boycott of Harley-Davidson would be ‘great’
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8 people share hilarious stories about their dating lives as 30-somethings living with their parents
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Summer Teen Employment
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Infrastructure: States That Are Falling Apart
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The Myth Of American Income Inequality
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:
Here's why affordability in U.S. housing market is at record lows
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Sacramento Housing in July: Sales Down 2.2% YoY, Active Inventory up 20% YoY
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New loan programs target home buyers with just 3% down—or less
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Rumors of the death of the housing market may be exaggerated
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Housing stock age shows desperate need for new construction
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Zillow: America will have 23 more $1M housing markets by next year
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Municipalities:
Muni Lowdown
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Puerto Rico: Statistical failures limit the ability to recover
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For Puerto Rico, dream of financial recovery masks grim reality
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Is Donald Trump Ever Going To Acknowledge The Massive Loss Of Life In Puerto Rico?
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Local bondholders support agreement to restructure Cofina debt
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Thousands of displaced Puerto Ricans might be pushed out of temporary housing
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Oil/Gas:
U.S. Drillers Add Double Digit Oil, Gas Rigs • U.S. rig count up 13, Texas down two
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Oil prices slip as Turkey overshadows markets
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Oil set for sixth weekly loss as trade war stokes demand fears
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Climate
Dramatic scenes from California's wildfires • A staggering death toll for firefighters in California's summer of flames • Break in the weather helps California firefighters battle massive blazes across state • The Fire Devastation of Redding California • More than 100 large wildfires in US as new blazes erupt • 'Roads are money, and without the roads open, we die': California wildfire closures lead to massive tourism losses for businesses near Yosemite
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Taxis:
There is a Goldilocks number of taxis per city and that depends on who you're talking to
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New York is limiting Uber. Boston won’t. Here’s why
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Personal Finance:
28-year-old who's banked $250,000: If you want to save big, only 3 expenses matter
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Single people treat online dating like fantasy football—they keep trying to date out of their league
(DBN)You could be in for a shock if you’re one of 30 million people who will owe taxes next year
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Why More Money Won't Make You Debt Free
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Travel:
The Seattle Man Who Stole an Airline's Plane • The 'suicidal' man who stole a plane from Sea-Tac Airport and crashed it was 'a quiet guy' and 'well-liked' at work • Alaska Air employee who stole plane that crashed in Seattle exposes aviation security blind spots
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What Are the Best Travel Pants for Women?
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People are faking need for wheelchairs at airports to get through security faster
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Biotech:
Aralez Sells Off Assets as it Initiates Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Healthcare:
They charged what? Price of surgical procedures vary widely by hospital, patient
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The congressional districts with the most opioids per person
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Health Care Industry to Fight Medicare for All
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Furniture:
Retailers hope Heritage Home brands find 'capable hands'
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Casper, Mattress Firm, and the Retail Lifecycle • Mattress startup CEO explains why the company is opening 200 new stores as its competitors close them
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Tech:
CaseLabs announces it has been 'forced into bankruptcy and liquidation'
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Celebs:
Lil Kim Saves Her New Jersey Home from Foreclosure
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Pharma:
An economist’s change of heart: It’s time to regulate the prescription-drug middlemen
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Combining common drugs with a high price tag
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Coal:
Forget Trump — coal seeks new life in high tech
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Corporate Reform:
Trump administration cuts staff at financial markets watchdog: source
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Student Debt:
The State Lawsuit That Could Set a Precedent for Nationwide Student-Loan Refunds
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Congressman proposes tax breaks for businesses that help pay student loan debt for employees
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Why Do College Dropouts Fail To Repay Their Student Loans?
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JD Class of 2021 - You Will Help Boost Student Loan Debt to $2 Trillion While Studying
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Telecoms:
Intelsat Deep Dive
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Education:
DeVos Just Pulled a Full Marie Antoinette And Retracted Fraud Rules Against For-Profit Colleges
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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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Does America Face a "Boom" in Retiree Bankruptcies?
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July Commercial Ch. 11 Filings, 2008-18
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Advisers:
McKinsey Defrauded U.S. in Coal, Airline Bankruptcies, Alix Says
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Settlements:
You’ve Got Contract: An Email Establishes Binding Settlement in the Second Circuit
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Professional Employment:
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Miscellaneous:
Rochelle
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Movie Theaters:
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Retailing:
JCPenney is taking advantage of the death of Babies R Us
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Gump's San Francisco Sells Off Merchandise Following Bankruptcy Filing
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Why One of the Biggest Mall Owners Is Doubling Down on Malls
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Wells Fargo, GBFC Agent DIP for Samuels Jewelers
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Transit:
Fed-up locals are setting electric scooters on fire, smearing them with p--- and burying them at sea • Scooter Hate on a Roll in California • Electric scooters are going worldwide
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Fraud:
Goldman Sachs is under investigation for its role in a $4 billion fraud scandal
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Lawsuits accuse Tesla's Musk of fraud over tweets, going-private proposal
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Religion:
Matt Flynn heavily involved in priest abuse cases, but was he part of transferring accused priests?
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Mass Torts:
Roundup Victim Gets $289 Million
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EPA Staff Opposed New Rules on Asbestos Use
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Auto Racing:
How Bernie Ecclestone Helped To Steer F1's Force India Team Back On Track
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Awards:
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UK:
The fabulous, beer-filled life of the reclusive billionaire party animal who just rescued House of Fraser • House of Fraser deal draws attention of pension watchdog
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Katie Price 'attempts to sell £150K pink horse box in a bid to raise money' amid bankruptcy woes • Katie Price 'lookalike' reveals shopping addiction and £6k sprees left her bankrupt
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Senior partner of law firm ordered to shut down over suspected dishonesty is declared bankrupt
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The U.K. is changing its mind on Brexit • Young voters want final say on Theresa May’s Brexit deal, poll finds
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PIIGS:
Greek banks face higher costs post-bailout as ECB ends waiver
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Canada:
Summary: New Chapter 11 & CCAA Bankruptcy Filing - Aralez Pharmaceuticals US Inc.
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Turkey:
Turkey fallout could continue to hit global markets, as Erdogan 'hangs tough' • Turkish Lira Crisis: Central Bank Can't Quell Fears of Contagion • Turkish lira plunges 14% versus dollar after Trump authorizes doubling metals tariffs on Turkey • Why Trump is attacking Turkey with sanctions and tariffs • How Tariffs on Turkey Might Backfire • If Turkey implodes, here's who else gets hurt • The lira's crash 'looks certain to push the Turkish economy into recession and may well trigger a banking crisis' • Worsening U.S.–Turkey relations are a boon to Russia • Erdogan tells Turks to buy crumbling lira as Trump turns the screws • Turkey's Financial Crisis and the Analyst • Turkey could solve its banking crisis with one simple mechanism — but Erdogan is ideologically against it • Lira's Freefall Rocks World Equity Markets • Issues That Led to Today's US-Turkey Problems • What went wrong for Turkey? Its economy is 'in the midst of a perfect storm' • Trump is mad that Turkey's economic crisis has made their currency weaker, so now he's making it even weaker • Why the Federal Reserve is as much to blame for Turkey’s economic crisis as Donald Trump
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Russia:
Americans now view Russia as more of a threat than Iran
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Russia vows to keep selling off its US securities holdings after being hit with new sanctions
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Mexico:
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Myanmar:
Myanmar’s poor crippled by debt to loan sharks
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Venezuela:
Some Thoughts on the Alter Ego Ruling in Crystallex • Court Lets Crystallex Attach Equity in CITGO Parent • PDVSA Bonds Backed by Citgo Tumble After U.S. Court Ruling
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More than half a million Venezuelans fled to Ecuador this year, UN says
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Is Venezuelan Oil Production Falling Even Faster Than Expected?
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India:
Parliament passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Bill
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Don't dilute Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
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IBC has put recovery process on fast track: FICCI survey
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It's better safe than sorry for State Bank of India
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Insolvent, Is Jet Airways India’s second largest airline? • Will private equity firms rescue debt-ridden Jet Airways? • After mounting losses, is Jet Airways flying into insolvency ?
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Air India grounds 19 A320 family planes for lack of spares: ICPA • Debt-ridden Air India says July salaries may be paid by next week
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Some companies under insolvency resolution face fraud check
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Uganda:
Deputy Governor Defends Takeover of Insolvent Banks
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Uganda Airlines ‘hits turbulence’ before takeoff
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MENA:
Saudi Arabia picks a pointless fight with Canada
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South Korea:
Empty shipyard and suicides as 'Hyundai Town' grapples with grim future
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South Korea offers cautionary Trump trade tale
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Australia:
Administrators shut down York Civil, affecting hundreds of workers
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Infrastructure Contracts Review Urged On Termination And Insolvency.
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China:
Political risk creeps into China’s very bad bank
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