August 30, 2018

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Law:

The Regional Perspective: Associate Satisfaction by City
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70-lawyer law firm seeks bankruptcy protection after lawyer departures
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Clifford Chance Hit With Civil Penalty in US Justice Dept. Discrimination Case
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Morgan Lewis Adds Finance and Restructuring Partner in New York
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Arthur Carter Named Co-Chair of Littler's Business Restructuring and M&A Practice Group
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'Extreme Part-Time' Lawyer-Moms Flock to Freelance Firms
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Associates Say Law Firms Need a Tech Upgrade
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Law grad with sleep apnea isn’t entitled to accommodation in bar admission process, court says
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Law Firm Claims Rival Sucked Up Business By Copying And Hijacking Their Website
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As Ad Vendor Alleges Big Debts, Foreclosure Firm Calls Filing Frivolous
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How Paternity Leave Could Solve Law's Gender Imbalance
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Law Schools Are Finally Starting to Do Their Part
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Harvard Law School Student Learns Law Firms Can Be Real Jerks
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Biglaw Firm Offering $100K+ For Employees Who Can Convince Old Partners To Use Tech
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Is Billing All Those Hours Really Worth It?
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Paul Manafort's lawyers claim Trump is making things worse as they seek to move trial Carl Bernstein of Watergate fame faces new questions about a blockbuster Trump story Mueller asks for more time to decide whether to retry ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort Mueller wants to review emails between Manafort, former lawyer Trump Embraces Bill Clinton's Deny-Attack Model to Combat Probes Trump Presses SCOTUS for Action on Dossier Enquirer Has Decades of Stuff on Trump Trump and Cohen planned to buy decades of damaging tabloid stories
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Trump confirms White House counsel Don McGahn will depart in the fall How Trump-McGahn Partnership Fell Apart Republican lawmakers are sad that Don McGahn is leaving Trump's White House Grassley tweets Trump on McGahn departure: "U can't let that happen" Don McGahn Will Be Out Soon, And Jones Day Will Probably Be There To Pick Up The Pieces McGahn Was Trump's Most Productive Aide
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Avenatti asks for expedited deposition of Trump
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FBI, Citi Probe Strange Russian Cash Transfer
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FBI to Talk to Maxine Waters’ Republican Opponent
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Trump unblocks more Twitter users after US court ruling
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McConnell Comes Out in Support of Sessions Trump Lobbies Senators to Flip on Sessions
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Woman Tried Feeding Remains of Husband's Ex-Girlfriend to Alligators After Couple Murdered Her
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In Missouri you can now go to jail for calling tofu meat
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Citizens along U.S.-Mexico border denied passports by State Department The Trump administration is reportedly denying passports to — and in some cases jailing — Americans, accusing them of having fraudulent birth certificates
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16 states urge high court to reject federal protections for transgender workers
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Judges:

McConnell Cuts Deal with Dems on Judges
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Oklahoma judicial nominee rated ‘not qualified’ by ABA wins confirmation
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Chemerinsky: What’s at stake if Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court
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Democrat Calls for Thomas Impeachment
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If you care about your wallet, you should fear Judge Kavanaugh
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Wall Street:

Stocks look to dip after four-day rally; major indexes still near records US stock futures set for a negative open amid global trade developments
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Dow finishes up 0.2%; S&P 500 ends 0.6% higher
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Wall Street's Paulsen: 4% economic growth for much longer may actually be a negative for stocks
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Trump promises 'more good news is coming' for those who have 'made a fortune' in markets
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Layoffs:

Heritage Home Group cutting 712 jobs
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Kohl's cuts 60 corporate tech jobs
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Retailing:

Big-Box Retailers Have Two Options If They Want to Survive
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Gap is struggling to keep up with its sister brands — we visited the store and saw why
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American Eagle Outfitters' profit outlook disappoints, shares slip
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Final Sale: Inside Sears Hometown Stores' War With Its Local Entrepreneurs
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Suppliers Wary Of Toys R Us Repeat
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Dick's Sporting Goods' rough quarter had nothing to do with guns Dick's Suffers as Under Armour Goes Free Agent
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Brand licensor Bluestar challenges Authentic Brands for Brookstone
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Amazon fires back at Bernie Sanders Amazon and Bernie Sanders launch war of words over worker pay, safety conditions at the retail giant
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Politics:

Giuliani paid to lobby against Romanian anti-corruption agency
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On Google Maps, it's already the McCain Senate Office Building GOP Push Back on Naming Building for McCain Sarah Palin not invited to McCain's funeral Trump's aides reportedly knew he could be criticized for holding a campaign rally while the nation mourns John McCain, but they decided to hold it anyway Panetta: McCain Put Country First John McCain Picks Russian Dissident as Pallbearer Cindy McCain kisses husband's casket at Arizona service, daughter Meghan weeps
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Trump incorrectly says "Fake CNN" used non-existent anonymous source CNN defends report saying network "does not lie" in response to Trump attack Legendary Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein fires back at Trump after the president calls him a 'degenerate fool' over a disputed CNN story
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NCarolina GOP Not Happy with Court Ruling NCarolina Gerrymandering: What's Next?
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4 in 10 Still Strongly Disapprove of Trump
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Ivanka Trump Participated in Obama Equal Pay Rollback
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NATO is considering naming its headquarters after John McCain
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Diplomats Fear the Worst Over NKorea Trump says ‘no reason’ for joint military exercises with South Korea Trump Promised Kim He'd End the Korean War Trump's 'unhinged rant' threw China under the bus — and it looks like North Korea now has the upper hand Trump Hails Kim, No Need for War Games Now
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Can the government regulate Google search results? Lawyers weigh in How Google search results work Trump targets Google for plugging Obama's speeches, but not his 4 ways Trump could go after Google Here's how Google and Bing choose which news to show at the top of search Why Google Doesn't Rank Right-Wing Outlets Highly Trump's new fake news: fake social media FactCheck: "96 percent of (Google News) results on ‘Trump News’ are from National Left-Wing Media." Steve Bannon amplifies Trump's war on tech, brands Facebook, Twitter, and Google's bosses evil sociopaths Trump says Google home page snubbed his State of the Union speech, but that's wrong Google totally dismantled Donald Trump's latest salvo on the search engine
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Trump: China Hacked Clinton's Emails FBI refutes report, promoted by Trump, that China hacked Hillary Clinton's emails
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'One of the Most Brutal Races in the Country' Has Just Begun in Florida In Florida: A Throughline from Trayvon Martin to Andrew Gillum Andrew Gillum Responds to 'Monkey This Up' Comments
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Oklahoma Teachers Just Purged the Statehouse of Their Enemies GOP Lawmakers Ousted for Opposing Teacher Pay Raises
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Very White White House Intern Photo
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Corporate Governance:

California set to require female directors on corporate boards
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Solar:

US Solar Installations Down
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Personal Finance:

9 Things That Interviewers Really Want To Hear From You In The Interview
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Do You Really Save 15% with GEICO?
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Economy:

US economic growth in the 2nd quarter gets revised higher, remains strongest since 2014 Boom! US economy logs best performance in nearly 4 years U.S. second-quarter GDP growth raised to 4.2 percent
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The U.S. Is Experiencing A Dangerous Corporate Debt Bubble
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The Fed may finally see the change in inflation trend it's been looking for
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Corporate America Is On a Roll
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Are Rising Interest Rates Already Weighing on the Economy?
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Media rejoices after newsprint tariffs reversed US commission rejects alleged harm from Canadian newsprint Why the stock market shrugs off a trade war, but not a trade deal Ag Secretary Perdue on Trump's $6 billion farmer bailout: 'Everybody wants trade, not aid' South African farmers play chicken with Trump tariffs Jack Daniel's Maker Feels Sting of U.S.-Europe Trade Dispute Canada's Sticking Points in Trade Talks With U.S., Mexico How Trump's hardline trade strategy could blow up Trump Allows Targeted Relief on Tariffs Trump’s exasperating ignorance on trade
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Canada is likely to agree to a NAFTA deal with the US this week, business council says What's next for NAFTA? Canada rejoins NAFTA talks as US autos tariff details emerge How excluding Canada in Trump’s new trade deal could hurt Texas Trade Deal Includes Mexican Auto Export Cap Trump says he is optimistic Canada will join trade deal as Friday deadline looms NAFTA survival rests on Ottawa showmanship Canada's Trudeau says NAFTA deal possible by Friday Slow down, say experts: NAFTA talks with Canada do not need to wrap up Friday to meet U.S. and Mexican deadlines Trudeau says NAFTA deal possible by Friday These 3 issues are holding up a U.S.-Canada trade deal Canada Voices Optimism 'Already under the bus': MacKay pans Canada's NAFTA odds
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U.S. workers have the highest satisfaction in their jobs since 2005
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There's one simple explanation for the wage stagnation 'puzzle' confounding top Fed officials
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The Economy Is ‘Doing Great.’ Can It Last?
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U.S. Corporate Profits Soared in Second Quarter, Boosted by Tax Cuts and Economic Growth
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Is This Economy Helping Average Americans?
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Here's how much money American men earn at every age
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Lehman and MF Global taught the need to prepare for the next financial collapse
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The U.S. is back to being a nation of immigrants
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McKinsey: A decade after the global financial crisis: What has (and hasn’t) changed?
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Chemical Activity Barometer "Softens" in August
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Divided By Wealth: 13 Places In America With The Worst Income Inequality
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Bernie Sanders, Amazon Spar Over Employee Wages
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Where $100 goes the furthest around the U.S.
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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:

Bad Faith Filing: A Debtor’s “Business” Must Consist of More Than Litigating with the Mortgagee
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Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in July
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Pending home sales fall for seventh straight month in July NAR: Pending Home Sales Index Decreased 0.7% in July
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decreased in Latest Weekly Survey
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Where the US housing market is headed
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Here are the most expensive ZIP codes for renters in the US
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Miami home values show how 'climate gentrification' is changing coastal real estate
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A cooling real-estate market is sapping one of the potential sources of growth for American banks
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Home-equity loans: your house is not an ATM
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U.S. Trustee and Wells Fargo question legitimacy of Monsey bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

New Puerto Rico Bond Group Starts Negotiations
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Trump claims feds did 'a fantastic job' in Puerto Rico one day after death toll estimate soared from 67 to nearly 3,000 Hurricane Maria Deaths 46 Times Higher Than Thought Puerto Rico's governor admits mistakes, in wake of new death toll FactCheck: ‘We Did a Fantastic Job in Puerto Rico’ Trump admin killed Puerto Ricans with 'neglect': mayor
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Trump Said Puerto Rico's Electric Plant Was 'Dead Before the Hurricane.' It Wasn't
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Puerto Rico revival needs death-and-tax certainty
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Detroit schools shutting off drinking water because of lead, copper Task force will be created after tests reveal elevated lead levels in Detroit public schools
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Black Sludge in St. Joseph, LA's Drinking Water
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Will Anyone Be Held at Fault Over Flint?
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Billionaire Dan Gilbert has invested $5.6 billion in nearly 100 properties in Detroit — see the full map of exactly what he owns
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In case where city paid for bankruptcy of bad actor cop, Ohio Supreme Court to decide if city on the hook for $13.2 million to wrongfully convicted man
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Oil/Gas:

Pacific Drilling seeks court approval of $500 mln deal to exit bankruptcy
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Drowning in Dirty Water, Permian Needs $22B to Stay Afloat
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How US Fracking Boom Nearly Crashed
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Magazines:

Tabloid that kept Trump secrets faces losses, legal trouble
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Education:

The Lifelong Cost of Getting a For-Profit Education
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Maritime:

Landmark ruling on OW Bunker bankruptcy
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Hotels:

Larry Ellison renovating hotel-casino once owned by Frank Sinatra Next chapter for Cal Neva Resort and Casino
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Media:

College students split on trusting news, won't pay for it
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Don't Stop The Presses: Canadian Newsprint Tariffs Axed
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Interview Magazine Sold Back to Peter Brant
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Pimco Earns Millions Keeping Broadcaster on Brink of Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

Why Your Student Loan Watchdog Abruptly Resigned
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Here’s how much to borrow in student loans
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DeVos' New Student Rules Favor the Accused
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Fraud:

Ex-Eagles Player Cops To Insider Trading After Charges
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Radio:

Why Did iHeart File For Bankruptcy
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Golf:

Bankruptcy threatens season at Club West Golf Course
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Marijuana:

Marijuana investors have a new reason to believe they will get rich
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Leon Cooperman Loves Weed Now
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Corporate Reform:

Resignation signals Trump administration slow gutting of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Travel:

Airlines Are Suspending Flights Because Fuel Is Too Expensive
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The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming. And It May Have a Gym and Bunks
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Travel savings 'hacks' that may end up costing you
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Airports Open Gaming Parlors to Occupy Fuming Travelers
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Furniture:

Mattress Firm is 'conspiring' to sell bogus mattresses, Tempur-Pedic alleges in lawsuit
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (19 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
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Insurance:

In New Ruling on Insurance in Bankruptcy, 5th Circuit Decides Proceeds Were Property of Debtor’s Estate
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Autos:

Universal Underwriters wants money or out of Reagor Dykes contract Ford questions law firm payment in Reagor Dykes bankruptcy case
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Moody's downgrades Ford's credit rating to one notch above junk bond status
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The British diver who Elon Musk called a 'pedo' is preparing to sue Musk for libel Musk's Rants Rekindle Concern About CEO's Troublesome Tweets Wall Street to Elon Musk: Get Some Help Steve Bannon lets rip on 'man child' Elon Musk Elon Musk's Newest Tweetstorm August 29 4:56 PM Elon Musk keeps tweeting, despite Tesla board pleas to cease
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Takata Airbags Recalled for Exploding Again
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Religion:

Pope's Bombshell Author Says He's 'At Peace' Aftershocks of cover-up accusation against Pope felt in Rome
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Puerto Rico Archdiocese files for bankruptcy amid lawsuit
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Vermont’s Attorney General Says He’s “Horrified” About The Abusive Orphanage — But Makes No Promises To Investigate
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Climate:

'Weather models have flipped the switch': Hurricane season coming to life in the Atlantic
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Smog Blankets the Northwest The Pacific Northwest
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Coal:

EPA prepping changes to Obama-era coal rule
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Healthcare:

South Florida detox center heads to bankruptcy auction
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Tennessee health system lands in bankruptcy after acquiring 3 hospitals from CHS
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Health Screener Files Ch. 11, Preps Sale To Quest Affiliate Quest Diagnostics to Acquire Bankrupt Provant Health in "Stalking Horse" Sale
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Hospital prices are all over the board Why are hospital bills so high? Lessons of a $109K heart attack
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‘Medicare for All’ Is a Fantasy
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FactCheck: How many people have lost health insurance under Trump? Uninsured Rate Holds at Record Low
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The Amazing Growth of High-Deductible Health-Care Plans
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Mining:

Cliffs sues DNR over Mesabi permits An open letter to the Iron Range
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Non-Profits:

Judge rules in favor of UW Oshkosh Foundation, holds state responsible for $15 million
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Taxis:

FL: Uber Driver Shoots Man Threatening Him
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Transit:

What's the best way to get from Brooklyn to Queens during rush hour
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Stalled Amtrak riders moving after nearly 24 hours
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Dockless Scooters Gain Popularity And Scorn Across The U.S.
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Pensions:

U.S. pension pots both half full and half empty
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2 multiemployer applications to cut benefits approved, another one submitted
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UK:

Practical considerations for Insolvency Practitioners post-Carillion
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British pound spikes after EU official points to progress in Brexit talks Trade Deal with Mexico is a Farce, As Is Brexit After EU’s Brexit olive branch, some fear sterling optimism may get ‘washed away’ U.K.’s FTSE 100 falls as buzz persists about EU official’s upbeat Brexit remark $71 billion Japanese giant Panasonic is pulling its European headquarters out of the UK — and Brexit is to blame British car production plunges as the industry's uncertain Brexit future weighs heavy Macron is prepared to throw May a Brexit lifeline and stop Britain crashing out without a deal U.K. Warns EU Faces Choice of May’s Brexit Plan or Risk No Deal
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Katie Price is 'stupid' for losing £45million fortune but was 'spending money like water' claims ex-pal Jemma Lucy Katie Price displays awkward wink as she 'gets pampered' at beauty salon after swerving bankruptcy
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Kerry Katona fears bankruptcy after school bus cuts leave her facing £200-a-week taxi bill
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Homebase crippled by £1.2bn debt pile: But it only has £151m to pay creditors if rescue fails
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Argentina:

Argentina asks for early release of IMF bailout funds
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Argentine Bond Risk Soars With Investors Losing Faith in Macri Era
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Argentina’s Peso Plunges to Record Low Argentina's currency crashes to an all-time low as it asks the IMF for emergency funds
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India:

Globetrotting three-carat diamond at the centre of largest bank fraud in Indian history How round-tripping of diamonds fueled the PNB fraud Nirav Modi Made Fraudulent Transactions Through Shell Companies: US Bankruptcy Examiner
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Insolvency: A new way to acquire an Indian Company – but not everyone is welcome
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How India's Debt Recovery Is Spurring Record M&A
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Supreme Court on the Scope of “Dispute” under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
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63 farmers commits suicide in Marathwada in one month
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Cheap fares, costly fuel send India's airlines into tailspin No immediate plan to divest Air India: Govt
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Switzerland:

SkyWork ceases ops, files for bankruptcy
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Cayman Islands:

The need for insolvency fail-safe in Cayman
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Australia:

Should auditors and liquidators face a royal commission?
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NSW Conveyancing Act a useful tool for creditors and insolvency practitioners
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China:

President Xi's Nightmare, Instability
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MENA:

Abraaj restructure on smoother path Abraaj investors criticize PwC and Deloitte
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Economic Crisis Looms In Iran As Sanctions Bite
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South Africa:

US Embassy in S. Africa Rejects Trump Tweet
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Venezuela:

Venezuela’s Neighbors Join Forces to Contain Crushing Flow of Refugees
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