Law:

Susman Godfrey Smashes Cravath Associate Bonus Scale • Susman Godfrey Bests Cravath with ‘Extraordinary’ Bonuses • Litigation Powerhouse Rocks The Market With Mega Bonuses • Less-Than-Year-Old Selendy & Gay Gives Bonuses Up to $135K • 50 Percent Higher Bonuses (And Even More!) At This Firm
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With November losses, legal services industry has 100 fewer jobs than a year ago
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Best Year in a Decade for Law Firms? Maybe, But Not for Everyone
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The Most Profitable Time For Law School Graduates
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Probably Not How You Should Talk To Pregnant Associates: A Biglaw Play In Four Acts
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Lawyers slap Sears with $5M legal bill — for 17 days of work
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Nonlawyer staff members at Kirkland no longer will be required to arbitrate workplace disputes
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Big Law Strikes Back: Firms’ Consulting, Crisis PR Test Big Four
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Global Information Security Trends for the Legal Industry
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Most Legal Departments Aren't Using Litigation Finance. Is That About to Change? • The five fictions preventing GCs and CFOs from leveraging legal finance
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T14 Law School The First In The Nation To Require Coursework On Mental Health
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ABA approves Illinois/Chicago acquisition of John Marshall Law School
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2018 ABA Tech Survey shows over two-thirds of attorneys use iPhone, over one-quarter use Android
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Police: Tulane Law Student Killed By Wife in Self Defense • Law School 1L Killed Right Before Finals
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Meet the Lawyers Fighting Harvard Over Admissions
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Here Comes the Digital LSAT • LSAT will be administered on Microsoft Surface Go tablets in 2019
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How To End A Presentation Vividly And Memorably
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What Is Your Firm Doing On Christmas Eve?
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Trump calls hush money payments a 'simple private transaction' • Ex-Prosecutors Cast Doubt on Trump Hush-Money Spin • Trump blames Michael Cohen for hush money ‘liability’ • Conspiracy theorist and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi sues Mueller for $350 million • Fox News legal analyst says he can’t imagine Trump not being indicted • Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Puts Spotlight on Defense Lawyers' Role • Brennan Fires Back at Trump for Mocking Russia Probe • Bernstein: Witness Believes Mueller Has All Russia Info • Pence Will Pardon Trump, Columnist Predicts • Manafort plans to file a response to the Mueller memo this week • Major players in Trump-Russia drama seek to dismiss DNC suit • Some Trump allies starting to worry about investigations • Trump's "reality tremor" as Mueller fallout piles up • Conrad Black: Mueller's Got Nothing • The Danger of Dead Bees: How Missteps With Cohen and Manafort Could Sting Trump In 2019
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10 Takeaways from Comey's Testimony
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Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina Reportedly Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Cooperate
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New Lawsuit Seeks to Expose How Giuliani Knew in Advance That Comey Would Reopen Clinton Probe
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Why the Public (and the President) Are Wrong About What It Means to Take the Fifth
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The Global Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement
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How Misconduct Allegations Could Cost Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Millions • Deloitte fires 20 partners for inappropriate behavior • Law firms investigating CBS News detail abuses -- but some employees question findings
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Accused Russian agent Butina sets stage for pleading guilty — accused of plotting to infiltrate NRA
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CBP Told Agents to Not Call Immigrants ‘#CatchOfTheDay’ • Troops begin to draw down from Trump border assignment • 9th Circuit: New asylum restrictions likely violate federal law; Bybee wrote opinion • The Ninth Circuit’s Asylum Ban Ruling is a Message to Trump • It’s official: Trump’s asylum crisis is driven by people coming legally • “Public charge,” Trump’s proposal to restrict legal immigration, explained • ABA releases updated standards for treatment of unaccompanied immigrant minors
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Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people's property. Not everyone they took from was guilty of a crime.
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Leadership Lessons From Westeros (Part I)
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Hundreds of abuse cases reported at children's camps across U.S.
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Man arrested for planning Ohio synagogue shooting
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Former prosecutor’s disbarment for anonymous online posts is lesson for other lawyers, court says
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Rand Paul calls for pressure on McConnell for criminal justice bill
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Jury deciding sentence for man who rammed rally protesters
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Dylann Roof's Female Pen Pal Planned 'Upscale Mass Murder' at Bar, Prosecutors Say
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'He Stole My Body': Former University Frat President Accused of Sexual Assault Gets No Jail Time
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Making a Murderer Attorney Found Not Guilty of Stalking Court Clerk
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School Shootings Hit Record High in 2018
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Judges:

Kavanaugh sides with liberals as Supreme Court hobbles states' efforts to defund Planned Parenthood • Supreme Court rejects cases on Planned Parenthood defunding; 2 justices join Thomas’ dissent • Why a Conservative Supreme Court Acted in Favor of Planned Parenthood • The Supreme Court’s surprising decision on Planned Parenthood, explained
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Justice Thomas Accuses Colleagues of Sidestepping
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Judge on Trump’s Supreme Court short list proposes discovery ban for cases worth less than $500K
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The Must-See Biopic About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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5th Circuit Finds US Magistrate Pursued Relationships With Attorney, Court Staffer, But Won't Reprimand Him
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SCOTUS on a Collision Course with Trump
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Wall Street:

US futures slightly lower as market volatility continues
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Dow dives over 500 points before recouping all of its losses
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Paul Tudor Jones sees more volatility, says stocks could drop as much as 15% before rebounding
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Almost half of S&P 500 stocks in a bear market
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Stocks are on track for the worst year in a decade. Four experts weigh in on what 2019 will bring
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Morgan Stanley sees growing risk of 'earnings recession' next year
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Stocks are on track for the worst year in a decade
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Fear Gauge Warns That This Selloff Is Different
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Layoffs:

Verizon says 10,000 employees have accepted its buyout offer • 10,400 Verizon workers quit their jobs. That's a good sign for the economy
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Walmart is reportedly testing a burger-flipping robot as the company doubles down on automation
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Global Cleaning Giant to Get Rid of 100,000 Jobs
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As Thomson Reuters Readies Layoffs of 3,200, What’s It Mean for Customers?
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Politics:

Why is America So Angry?
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GOP Senator Orrin Hatch Flatly Says He Doesn't Care if Trump Was 'Involved in Crimes'
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Former Nixon WH lawyer: Congress will have 'little choice' but to begin impeachment proceedings
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The high-profile Trump White House departures
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GOP leader who gloated about Benghazi probe wants Dems to refrain from investigating Trump • Top Republican: America ‘Too Great’ to Continue Investigating Trump
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Judge Andrew Napolitano Suggests There’s a Good Chance President Trump Will Be Indicted
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Republicans need to broaden their base or go the way of the Whigs
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Trump Goes After Kim Jong Un's 'No. 2' in New Sanctions
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In search of a third chief of staff, Trump sets a record • Wanted: Trump chief of staff for 'the worst of times' • Twitter Users Troll Trump With Hilariously Awful Chief Of Staff Suggestions • Who's next? Here are 9 potential replacements for John Kelly • Serving Trump Revealed Who John Kelly Always Was • Trump Doesn’t Want a Chief of Staff • Why Trump Can’t Find Anyone to Be His Chief of Staff
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In GOP's post-election power grabs, experts see 'disturbing' trend
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Key Democratic senators investigate Fox News bonus payments to Trump aide Bill Shine
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How the IRS was Gutted
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44 former senators warn of "serious challenges" to U.S. institutions
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Newspapers:

More Americans now get news from social media than newspapers, says survey
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Tech:

Apple news from China is 'another gut punch' for iPhone maker, analyst says
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Cryptocurrency:

Cryptocurrency loses 50% of its value and $110bn in one month
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Logistics:

Proposal would let Postal Service sell access to your mailbox
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Education:

Deals between banks and colleges cost students $27 million, long-delayed CFPB report finds
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20,000 More Reasons To Never Go To A For-Profit School
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Economy:

Former Fed Chair Yellen says excessive corporate debt could prolong a downturn
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Job openings back over 7 million and near a record high • BLS: Job Openings increase to 7.1 Million in October • US Job Openings Rose in October, Top Unemployed by 1 Million
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More Jobs, Less Pay
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What will a $100 bill be worth in a year?
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Fear of interest rate hikes is fading as next Fed meeting approaches
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Citi: US Credit Faces Warning Sign With Ominous Debt-Rating Trend
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Median Household Income by State
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Small businesses, desperate to fill open positions, juice job offers with amazing perks • Small Firms Find Tight Labor Market A Costly Challenge
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Why Perks No Longer Cut It for Workers
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In a tight labour market, companies bet big on five-year rewards
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Could the U.S. cope with another financial meltdown? • Are You Ready for the Financial Crisis of 2019?
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Chances of a 2019 recession rise, but still not likely, economists says • This Recession Indicator Just Flashed A Warning
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Goldman Joins JPMorgan in Calling Growth Concerns Overdone
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OECD’s chief economist: It’s time to prepare for the worst
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Nearly a million filed for disability during the recession who otherwise wouldn’t have, study finds
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Deloitte: U.S. Dealmaker Optimism for 2019 Hits Three-Year High
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Legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones says the coming December interest-rate hike 'will be the last one for a long time' • Goldman Sachs reduces its outlook for Fed rate hikes, says the market is still wrong • The Fed, if it keeps hiking rates, will cause a recession: Ex-Trump economic advisor •Cramer: Fed didn't do 'its homework' and is now forced to hike rates this month
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U.S., China Kick Off a New Round of Trade Talks • GM, Ford shares jump on report China is moving toward auto tariff cut Trump hinted at • Trump's trade war is causing GoPro to move production of its US-bound cameras out of China • GoPro Shifting Manufacturing Out of China Amid Trade War Concerns • China reportedly considers bringing back U.S. soybeans • China bans many iPhone models in Qualcomm patent dispute • China's Ban on Apple's Older iPhones Is Deeply Ironic -- and Unsettling • Trade War Update: China Subverts Tariffs, Trade Gap Gets Wider • The Huawei case will finally force the US to prove some claims it's made about Chinese companies • Hyundai Motor labor union condemns U.S. tariffs on South Korean cars • Trump's China Tariffs Could Push U.S. Into a Recession • This is what the start of a tech Cold War looks like • Stingy trade war aid irks US farmers • Trump Pours Rocket Fuel on the Trade War Fire • How Meng Wanzhou's Arrest Might Backfire • China Says Canada Violated Bilateral Pact in Huawei Arrest • China Tells US to Withdraw Arrest Warrant for Huawei CFO • Huawei CFO Case Hinges on an Offshore Puzzle • Bail hearing for Huawei exec jailed in Canada will move into second day • Trump's China tariffs are a regressive tax on Americans and risk a recession • Trade is Corporate America's Biggest Concern
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Europe could 'infect us': Richard Fisher on risks to the economy
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AAR: November Rail Carloads Down 0.2% YoY, Intermodal Up 2.5% YoY
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Small-business optimism dips over fears of an economic slowdown: Survey • Small-business sentiment slumps to 7-month low in November
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How long it would take to pay off the average credit card balance in every state
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The next worry for U.S. stocks: shrinking profit forecasts
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More Than 750 Million Worldwide Would Migrate If They Could • The Countries People Want To Get Away From • Many worldwide oppose more migration – both into and out of their countries
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One way to help U.S. workers: Guarantee them a job
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Freelancers, Get Ready For The Coming Recession
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Here's how much CEOs at Amazon, McDonald's, and 13 other lucrative brands earn compared to the typical worker
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A new report predicts huge swaths of Americans should expect bigger tax refunds — but not everyone is set to benefit
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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:

Single Asset Real Estate Case Dismissed for “Bad Faith” Under Fourth Circuit Precedent
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Homeowners are seeing the smallest equity gains in two years
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"Mortgage rates at their lowest levels in several months"
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This is what the housing market could look like in 2019
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Redfin: Number of sight-unseen home offers retreat
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New Report Provides More Evidence of a Cooling Housing Market
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Black Knight Mortgage Monitor for October
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Mortgage Equity Withdrawal slightly positive in Q3
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Top 50 Places to Live in the United States in 2018
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Here Are The 100 Most Expensive Zip Codes In The US
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IL: Jones Lease Properties declares bankruptcy
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Trump Considering Pence Aide for Fannie-Freddie Regulator • Trump Expected to Nominate Fannie, Freddie Critic to Oversee Mortgage-Finance Giants
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Creditors of zombie properties hit with new regulations
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico governor signs bill for $2 billion in tax relief • Puerto Rico to overhaul tax laws
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Consultant says state DEQ gave directives for Flint water treatment plant
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Oil/Gas:

Citi forecasts oil goes nowhere in 2019 as OPEC cuts and US pumps more
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Morgan Stanley Slashes Oil Price Forecast For 2019
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Ferrellgas Partners: Cash Burn And Very High Interest Payments To Lead To Bankruptcy
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Daimler to buy $23 billion of battery cells for electric car drive
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Religion:

Hundreds of abuse allegations found in fundamental Baptist churches across U.S.
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Men of God Abusing Children
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Two Jesuit provinces release names of priests with credible abuse claims
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Two nuns accused of embezzling $500K from school for trips and gambling
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Banking:

How much cash do banks keep in the vault?
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Celebs:

Tennis star Boris Becker in divorce court fight over money after 2017 bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Ropes & Gray Report Charts Gymnastics Officials' Failure to End Abuse • USOC, USA Gymnastics enabled Nassar's abuse, probe finds • USA Gymnastics Makes First Bankruptcy Court Appearance As Investigation Report Is Released
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Amusement Parks:

New York Wheel parts will head to bankruptcy auction • Ill-fated New York Wheel project will sell parts at auction
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Marketing:

Reports: Catalina, one of Tampa Bay's largest private companies, is contemplating bankruptcy
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Paper Products:

Orchids Paper: Bankruptcy By The End Of The Year?
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Aviation:

Waypoint advances $650 million bankrupt sale to Macquarie unit • Macquarie Group to Acquire Bankrupt Waypoint Leasing
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Radio:

Objections Fly Against iHeart Emergency Motions • Delay For iHeart? • GAMCO Lawsuit Settlement, Plan Confirmation Delay, Exec Bonus Plan Draw Objections In iHeartMedia Bankruptcy Case
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Transit:

Scooter Firm Chases Funding to Staunch Losses
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Golf:

Sierra La Verne Country Club owners signal intentions to close, file bankruptcy
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Hotels:

New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – interTouch Holdings LLC
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Non-Profits:

NRA in Deep Financial Trouble
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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 (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Discharge:

Circuit Split: Should Subjective Intent Preclude a Finding of Civil Contempt in a Discharge Injunction Violation Case?
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Cross-Border:

Brazil's Constellation Group Files for Bankruptcy in the U.S.
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Advisers:

Armstrong Teasdale’s Cousins launches strategic advisory firm
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Retailing:

J.C. Penney: What It Needs To Survive
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Neiman Marcus bondholder sues to undo transfer of retailer's European business, MyTheresa
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Dollar stores thrive in distressed pockets of America
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Sears seeks offers on stores Lampert needs for turnaround • Sears Chapter 11 - Weil Gotshal & Manges Bills $5 Million for 17 Days Work
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Without Toys R Us, one iconic, international toy chain could soon make its mark in the US
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We visited dozens of stores this year, and these were the messiest by far
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Holiday shoppers spending more, retailers fight to replace Toys R Us
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You call that a discount? Americans have high expectations for price cuts
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Holiday Season Retail Hiring Since 1979
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Entertainment:

Netflix's Worst Nightmare Is Coming True
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Climate:

Climate change could lead to another financial crash
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U.S. and Russia Block Endorsement of Climate Report
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White House Sends Coal Lobbyists to Climate Change Meet
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Fire-Resistant Is Not Fire-Proof, California Homeowners Discover
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Economic Damage From California Fires Spreads Further Than Blazes
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Investors with $32 trillion at stake sound the alarm on climate change
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California inferno gives rise to family-reuniting 'Angels'
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Taxing Fuels to Cover Climate Change
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Healthcare:

Santa Clara County buys two financially struggling hospitals for $235 million
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County will be new Saint Louise owner
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Sizing up a major skilled-care bankruptcy: Prelude or a comeuppance?
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Bankrupt Promise Healthcare lines up private sale of St. Louis hospital
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Six in 10 Americans Worry About Higher Healthcare Premiums
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U.S. drug prices don't translate to better health
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Autos:

Carlos Ghosn: Former Nissan chair charged with financial misconduct • Nissan ex-chairman Ghosn files complaint over detention • Art and cash-filled Rio apartment the new battleground for Nissan, Ghosn - court filing • Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn charged, served with fresh arrest warrant • Ghosn's Lawyers Push Back, Saying Charges Against Him Are Flawed
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Reagor Dykes bankruptcy claims worth millions listed in registry
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Schweizer Group files for bankruptcy - The first consequences of the exhaust scandal
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When Elon Musk Switches on "Insane Mode"
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Travel:

United to start charging for its best coach seats (Extra legroom not included)
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Customs officers searching more travelers' devices
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Delta bans kittens and puppies as support animals on all flights and all emotional support animals on longer hauls
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Fraud:

The stories of Madoff's victims vary widely, as the fraud continues to unwind 10 years later • How Madoff's Multi-Billion Fraud Changed the Hedge Fund Industry • Bernie Madoff and the coming stock market apocalypse • On This Day: Bernie Madoff arrested for $50B ponzi scheme • Madoff author: I don't believe the family knew • Ten years later — The Madoff legacy? ‘No one remembers a thing’ • Lessons From the Bernie Madoff Fraud, 10 Years Later • Madoff’s Victims Are Close to Getting Their $19 Billion Back • And they said it couldn't be done ... • Widow of investor duped by Madoff sues shrink over suicide
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Bankruptcy Court Allows Fairfield Liquidators To Proceed On 305 Clawback Cases Seeking the Return of $6 Billion in Overpaid Redemptions
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Is the next Madoff lurking on the horizon? Experts will not rule it out.
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UK:

Theresa May delays Brexit-deal vote to avoid huge defeat in Parliament • May refuses to set new date • Theresa May Is Running Out of Options • Says deal must include controversial Northern Ireland backstop • 'We will not renegotiate' Brexit, EU executive tells Britain • Sterling plummets to 21-month low as UK government pulls Parliament's vote on Brexit • FTSE 100 dragged lower as U.K.’s May delays Brexit vote • U.K. delays Brexit vote — what happens next? • May Kicks Brexit Can Down the Road, Raises Risks of No Deal • Theresa May tells rebel MPs to come up with 'alternative solution' or back her Brexit deal • Theresa May Asks Merkel for Brexit Help • Brexit breakdown could be bullish for U.S. stocks • UK stocks to crash 25% if no Brexit deal agreed, says MSCI • The Brexit That Nobody Wants
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UK economy slows as car sales fall
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Interserve rescue plan prompts share collapse
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Shopping visits fall in run-up to Christmas
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Late Payments Report Finds Fault With Big Retailers
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British man charged in alleged £239 million investment fraud
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Former Man United star Dwight Yorke, 47, avoids bankruptcy after paying £1.5million tax debt in full
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The funds hit by Interserve's 'wipeout' rescue plan • Outsourcing firm Interserve's shares dive despite rescue plan • When Shareholders Have to Pay for Past Mistakes • Fears grow Government contractor Interserve could be 'Carillion mark two' • Why Interserve’s banks do not think it is ‘Carillion Mark Two’ • Interserve shares sink as it battles to avoid Carillion's fate
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EU:

Across Europe, a Political Landscape Defined by Deep Divisions
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France and Germany are uprooting the pillars of the European Union
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PIIGS:

Rome and EU could be ready to compromise over Italy's spending plans, local media reports
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Astaldi Nears A Key Deadline In Its Restructuring
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Canada:

Sears customers told to continue paying for worthless extended warranties
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Consumer Insolvency Filings Spike In Canada, And It's Likely Just The Beginning
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France:

Paris Riots Reveal Disillusion and Despair in French Hinterlands • Macron takes responsibility for citizens’ anger • Macron promises minimum wage hike in bid to calm protesters • Riding wave of social unrest, French high-school students vow ‘Black Tuesday’ protests • Macron promises 'all means' to restore calm after Paris riots, pledges to speed up tax relief
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China:

China's trade data wasn't pretty — and analysts say the worst is yet to come
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Asia Falls Out of Love with China's Belt and Road Initiative
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India:

Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya faces extradition from the UK
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Singapore:

Noble intends to restructure under court-appointed officer
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