December 26, 2018

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Law:

The Biglaw Bonus Naughty List Texas Firm Hands Out Bonuses
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The Richest Law Firms Are Getting Even Richer
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Akin Gump Bolsters Restructuring, Finance Group With 4 Hires
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NY Law Firms Gamble on Relocation as Landlord Concessions Rise
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High growth, slow payment and brand defining US legal business
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The Law Schools Where 1L Enrollment Skyrocketed
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The Ten Law Schools With The Biggest Decreases In 1L Enrollment
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Another Law School Changes Course On The LSAT
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12 Christmas struggles only a law student will understand
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Another way in which USNews.com runs American legal education
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Temple Reaches $5.5 Million Settlement In U.S. News Rankings Scandal
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How I Made Partner: Gibson Dunn's Anita Girdhari
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John Genovese Minds the Past to Tend to His Firm's Future
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What Did Miami Firms Learn From 2008 and How Will They Face The Next Recession?
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Holland & Knight Increases First-Year Associate Pay to $180K in Philadelphia
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Jenner & Block Elects 12 New Partners
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Clifford Chance urges law firms to tackle corruption after it found itself in the eye of the storm
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'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Legal Edition)
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Need a Vacation? Orrick Will Foot the Bill
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The Ultimate Social Media Guide for Lawyers
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How I Learned 'Basically Everything': Top Lawyers Give Props to Their Mentors
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Will 2019 Be the Year Outsiders Invest in US Law Firms?
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Thank God This Beloved Actor’s Parents Didn’t Encourage Him To Go To Law School
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SDNY Clerk Killed By Bus On Her Way Home From Work
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The Lawyer Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Gifts For The Attorney In Your Life
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Attorney's Widow Asks High Court To Look At Case Against GSK
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Judge Raps Quinn Emanuel Trial Preparedness In Fraud Case
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Trump lashed out at Whitaker after explosive Cohen revelations How Russian Money Saved Trump's Business Supreme Court halts contempt order against mystery company fighting subpoena Supreme Court Intervenes In Mystery Mueller Filing Did The Supreme Court Just Rule For The First Time On A Mueller Matter? Former Federal Prosecutor: Trump’s ‘Lashing Out’ at Matthew Whitaker May Have Been Obstruction ‘Blatant Attempt at Obstruction’: Fmr Fed Prosecutor Says Trump Complaining About Cohen Investigation Was ‘Criminal’
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U.S. appeals court grants Trump request for halt to emoluments case
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Republican Congressman Says of Migrant Family Separations: 'It's What Happens,' and Mueller Did it to Manafort SCOTUS: Block on Trump Asylum Ban Upheld Roberts Aligns With Liberal Wing in Ruling Against Trump's Asylum Ban Justices rebuff government on asylum ban With four justices dissenting, Supreme Court won’t lift injunction blocking Trump’s new asylum restrictions Trump Just Accomplished Something Big for Asylum Seekers Some evangelicals are opening their homes to help Central American asylum seekers for the first time amid heightened border attention: 'It's an issue of humanity' FactCheck: How Secure is Our Border? ICE dumps hundreds of migrants with nowhere to go at a bus station on Christmas Eve An 8-year-old Guatemalan child died on Christmas while in Border Patrol custody, agency says UN expert calls for investigation into migrant girl's death The Trump Administration Is Closing the Door on Migrant Children Republican Governor Pardons Immigrants Trump’s Been Trying to Deport For Over a Year
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The One Who Is America? Segment Sacha Baron Cohen Deemed ‘Too Dark and Wrong’ to Air
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Kelsey Berreth’s fiancé arrested for investigation of first-degree murder, solicitation for murder
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Spacey Faces Charges in Assault Case Kevin Spacey Releases Bizarre Video Defense ‘Is He Using Donald Trump’s Legal Team?’
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Dershowitz Threatens to Sue a Whole Lot of People Avenatti Blasts Dershowitz
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University Changes Tune After Student Was Asked to Take Down 'F--k Nazis' Sign Due to 'Issues of Inclusion'
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Trump Signs Criminal Justice Reform Bill
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Jewish Heirs' Worldwide Fight to Reclaim Nazi-Stolen Art Plays Out in Manhattan Courts
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Woman Chases Down Alleged Package Thief, Gets It All on Video: 'You F----- With the Wrong Person, B----!'
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Man Arrested for Allegedly Detaining Undercover Cop He Thought Was Stealing Packages
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Woman Allegedly Posted N--- Pictures of Ex-Boyfriend on a Fence at His Children’s School
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Kids Left Home Alone Watching "Home Alone"
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Father Allegedly Said Son Got ‘Man Card’ for Participating in Woman’s Murder
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Man throws Christmas ham at woman in argument over dinner
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Judges:

Judiciary Operating During Shutdown Courts Have Plan to Power Through Shutdown, for Now
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DOJ Has Contingency Plan
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Extended Application Deadline for Boston Bankruptcy Judge Position United States Courts for the First Circuit: Bankruptcy Judge Position
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ID: Chief Judges to step down after a combined 33 years of service
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had Two Cancerous Lung Nodules Removed. Here's What That Means Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lung surgery is her 3rd cancer treatment since 1999 The Worrisome Word in Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Cancer Diagnosis Fall that broke Ruth Bader Ginsburg's ribs may have saved Supreme Court justice's life Meghan McCain blasts Bill O’Reilly for tweet about Justice Ginsburg’s health Ruth Bader Ginsburg Proves She’s A B-----, Does Her Job From The Hospital Ginsburg’s Cancer Surgery Reminds Liberals of Court Fragility Justice Ginsburg Back to Work After Cancer Surgery 72 hours after surgery for lung cancer, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is back up and working
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s biggest women’s rights cases centered around money
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Trump May Get More SCOTUS Appointments
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Gradually, nervously, courts are granting rights to animals
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Religious Group Cites ‘History of Anti-Catholic Bigotry’ After Dems Grill Judicial Pick About Membership
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Wall Street:

Futures point to slight rebound for US stocks at the open U.S. stock futures turn higher as market readies to reopen after Christmas Eve meltdown
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Dow set for drop following its worst week in a decade Stocks may try to bounce but are heading for worst December ever
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Dow dives 600 points to below 22,000, S&P 500 enters bear market — worst Christmas Eve ever Dow Falls 653, Wipes Out All 2018 Gains
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Blindsided traders are dumping stocks amid US political chaos — and Mnuchin's call to banks on Sunday may have made it worse
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Dow dives 400 points to end its worst week in 10 years Dow caps off worst week since the financial crisis with 414-point plunge Stocks enter final full week of the year on the brink of a bear market
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Trump has lost his once golden touch with investors: ‘He’s just created so much uncertainty’
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Trump's Two-Year Stock Honeymoon Ends With Hunt for a Betrayer
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We are now in a bear market — here's what that means
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Trump savages Federal Reserve as stock plunge worsens
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Global Bear Market is Just Getting Started
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Strategist: I expect a ‘very rough’ 2019 that may see US stocks tank 20 percent
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Here’s how the stock market has fared after similarly brutal losses in a quarter
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Layoffs:

Layoffs loom large as banks weigh funding deal to save Sears
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Mass layoffs in Central Florida increase to highest level in 8 years
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Politics:

Trump risks ‘damaging America’s reputation for the long term’ with Syria withdrawal, experts warn Top US official leading fight against ISIS resigns with scathing letter calling Trump's Syria troop withdrawal a 'complete reversal' of US policy Trump says he doesn't know top US official leading the fight against ISIS, calls him a 'grandstander' for resigning over Syria troop withdrawal Dem senator: Trump saying he doesn’t know his top ISIS envoy ‘should scare the hell out of every American’ Trump's sudden Syria decision undermines his own foreign policy team Bolton's Syria War Plan Backfired Syria: Trump Did Right Thing the Wrong Way The Kurds: Betrayed Again by Washington Much Ado About 2,200 Troops White House says Erdogan promised Trump he'd finish off ISIS in Syria Syria airstrikes continue despite Trump withdrawal announcement Macron criticized Trump for his abrupt Syria withdrawal, saying 'an ally should be dependable' Trump FactCheck: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria
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Trump challenges 7-year-old kid's belief in Santa during Christmas Eve phone calls
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GOP Alarm Grows on Trump's Foreign Policy
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Trump First Since '02 Not to Visit Troops Trump Calls Troops, Denies Collusion
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Alleged N.C. GOP Vote Harvester Was Reportedly Allowed to Copy Absentee Ballot Request Forms
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Russia to US: War Could Break Out Russia Tests Stealth Nuclear Weapon
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The Worst Political Predictions of 2018
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Trump has unsettled Wall Street and Washington – and it will likely get worse Pelosi and Schumer: "Trump is plunging the country into chaos" ‘Poor Me’: Donald Trump Complains He’s ‘All Alone’ in White House As He Faces Christmas Away From Mar-a-Lago On Christmas Eve, President Trump tweets lonely and aggrieved missives Trump Attacks Mattis and McGurk Christie: Trump Like Hard Headed 72 Year Old
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Poll shows Trump appears to be losing core voters with nonstop tweets, rhetoric, antics
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Defense Secretary Mattis’ resignation letter is a must-read warning about the future ‘He hates that letter’: Trump is reportedly furious at Defense Sec. James Mattis’ resignation — here’s why Toomey says Mattis nailed it in his resignation letter You Can't Serve Both Trump and America Mattis Crisis Came from Erdogan Phone Call The Mattis-Trump Partnership Collapses Under Its Own Weight Mattis exit leaves Pentagon in state of depression James Mattis' departure is a crisis for US foreign policy with all the chaos in DC Durbin: I ‘privately sat down with General Mattis,’ urged him to ‘please stay’ Trump to Mattis: You Can't Quit; You're Fired
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As advisers leave, Trump’s guardrails come off
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New Trump spin for 2020: He's glad Pelosi, Democrats won
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Trump Blindsides Allies at NATO
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Wealthy GOP lose faith in Trump, as nearly 40% say they wouldn't vote to re-elect him: CNBC survey
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Russians launched pro-Jill Stein social media blitz to help Trump win election, reports say
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House GOP held ’emergency meeting’ on cheese law after giving up on bill to avert shutdown??
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What a Border-Wall GoFundMe Campaign Says About America Someone created a GoFundMe campaign to 'buy ladders' to counter the fundraiser created to pay for Trump's border wall
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Where They Hate the Government, but Live on Its Checks
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Trump 2020 Adviser Katrina Pierson Calls on John McCain to Answer Dossier Questions, Gets Trolled on Twitter
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Sen, Corker Calls Talk Radio Hosts Tyrants
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Chris Christie doesn't understand Trump's "endgame"
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California is in danger of losing a House seat after adding 2.3 million people
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North Korea ordered to pay $501m in damages over Otto Warmbier's death
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Trump signs bill honoring fallen soldier whose family criticized him
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A Fantastic Town
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Transit:

Winter is Coming for Electric Push Scooters 2018 Was the Year of the Scooter
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Economy:

Trump reportedly wants to fire the Fed chair, a move that could wreak havoc on the financial markets Trump reportedly irate over Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hike, mulls ousting Powell as chair Trump cannot fire Fed Chairman Powell: Morgan Stanley Why Trump can’t fire Powell just for disagreement over monetary policy Trump asking advisers if he can legally fire Fed chief Mnuchin says Trump doesn't believe he has the right to fire the Fed chair, despite reports saying he has privately discussed the possibility Trump economic adviser slams Fed chairman Fed Chairman Powell deserves our pity, not Trump's scorn Wall Street’s view on Trump’s talk of firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell: ‘Utter madness’ Experts: President Trump Can Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell ‘For Cause’ Because of This Obscure Law “Markets would erupt”: What happens if Trump fires Fed chair Jerome Powell Trump lashes out at Fed — again: 'They're raising interest rates too fast'
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US durable goods orders up 0.8 pct., led by defense spending
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The Secret Behind Growth in Trump’s America Is Deficit Spending
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Animation: The World’s 10 Largest Economies by GDP (1960-Today)
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U.S. manufacturing jobs return to 1941 levels
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2019 could be worst year for economy since '08
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The world will pay for not dealing with debt
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Ugly Markets Might Contaminate the U.S. Economy
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Banks Stuck With $1.6 Billion of Unsold Loans Amid Market Rout
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Shrinking Middle Class: Unfinished Business The Shrinking Middle Class: Tales from New York City The Shrinking Middle Class: By the Numbers The exodus of New York City’s endangered middle class
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US government begins third shutdown of 2018 amid fight over Trump’s border wall Frantic Negotiations Before Gov't Shutdown President eschews responsibility for shutdown he once craved Trump digs in heels on government shutdown: ‘It’s not going to be open until we have a wall’ Shutdown Might Not Have Much Immediate Impact on the Economy MERRY CHRISTMAS!: Government enters shutdown after Trump border-wall demands leave Congress in gridlock Government Shutdown Scuppers Holiday Plans, Threatens to Delay Paychecks 'Very possible' partial government shutdown will last into the new year, Mulvaney says Trump Will Accept Less Money for Border Wall America’s government shuts down, once again U.S. government partially shuts down as Congress resists funding Trump’s border wall Trump tweeted a design for 'steel slats' along the border with spikes on top — and called it 'totally effective while at the same time beautiful' Slat man: Trump's Christmas shutdown spooks GOP Trump says he's working with Democrats during the partial government shutdown, but his border security meeting only included Republicans Shutdown? More Like a Breakdown Lindsey Graham on Trump over shutdown: ‘Glad he picked this fight’ Corker on shutdown: Trump trying to 'look like he's fighting' Corker: Border wall standoff is a 'made-up fight' McConnell: It’s up to Democrats to find a shutdown deal with Trump What to expect from the partial government shutdown 380,000 federal employees could be furloughed in shutdown, and 420,000 would work without pay McConnell, Top Republicans Reject Trump’s Call to Use Nuclear Option on Spending Bill Trump’s Incoming Chief of Staff Said in 2015 That Border Wall Was a “Childish” Idea That Wouldn’t Work Locked doors, canceled tours: US national parks suffer amid shutdown Gingrich Shut Down the Government in a Fit of Pique 23 Years Ago - And American politics have never been the same The government shutdown over Trump's border wall demands will last at least through Christmas Trump: "I can’t tell you when" shutdown will end The Border Wall We Already Have in Place Trump says Contract awarded to build 115 Miles of Wall
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What Does Illegal Immigration Really Cost America?
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Reading the China trade talk tea leaves The West’s China blind spot White House adviser says deal with China difficult without deep policy changes More worrying than a US-China trade war is the risk of a hot one Trump tariffs would make a 'steel slat' border wall much more expensive for taxpayers China's imports of US soybeans plunged to zero in November The shutdown could hurt farmers already struggling under Trump's trade war China Getting Tougher for GM, Ford, Others China Imported No US Soybeans in November China’s Car Slump Leaves Foreign Auto Makers With Idle Factories U.S. Farmers Fear Lucrative Japanese Exports Will Wither How Tariffs Could Trickle Down to Your Kitchen Remodel China is counting on its trade surplus in its battle for supremacy China Cuts Tariffs on More Than 700 Goods
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The rise of A.I. could hurt women’s careers in a major way
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Steven Mnuchin sparks unease with effort to reassure markets Trump increasingly frustrated with Treasury Sec. Mnuchin: CNN Stocks point lower, Mnuchin calls top bank CEOs What Was Steve Mnuchin Thinking? Three Possibilities President Trump Expresses Confidence in Mnuchin, but Is Looking for Someone to Blame Trump Weighed Firing Mnuchin Mnuchin to Create Crisis Team Amid Chaos Mnuchin calls in the "Plunge Protection Team," and summons the ghost of 2008
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One Year Later, Benefits From Corporate Tax Cut Seem Muted A Year After the Middle Class Tax Cut, the Rich Are Winning Taxpayers Unprepared for Trump Tax Changes
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An economist put together a list of things investors should worry about for 2019 and it's long
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Fact Check: Trump’s ‘record’ poverty drop
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25 cities that lost the most jobs in 2018
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Here's how many people in each state speak a language other than English at home
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2019 May be Worst Year For Economy Since '08
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A potential Trump impeachment is a ‘huge risk’ for 2019, expert says
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How the robot revolution is changing our lives
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Why Are So Many Leaving Northeast?
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U.S. holiday retail sales are strongest in 6 years, by this measure
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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:

Eleventh Circuit: Mortgages not covered by bankruptcy discharge
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A Hedge Fund Makes Billions Off Americans’ Underwater Mortgages
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Housing affordability retreats in fourth quarter
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There's no place like home, and retirees say they'll renovate in order to stay
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Privatized military housing is plagued with ‘shoddy workmanship, raw sewage, rotten wood and chronic leaks'
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Eviction filings, code complaints: What happened when a private equity firm became one city's biggest homeowner
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico bondholder GMS Group compares proposed sales-tax debt restructuring to treatment of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South
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US lawmakers call on Oversight Board to require McKinsey to disclose conflicts
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Muni Lowdown: 2018's top themes, stories
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FEMA’s staffing lags well behind its post-Puerto Rico goals
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The 50 best places to retire in America for 2019, ranked
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Oil/Gas:

San Antonio bankruptcy judge holds oilman Alfaro and wife in contempt
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Crude Oil Down 11 Percent for Week
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Retailing:

For workers, a chaotic, heartbreaking last Christmas at Sears
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Where to do last-minute toy shopping now that Toys ‘R’ Us is gone
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From Bikes to Trains to Videogames to Vacant Properties: Toys ‘R’ Us Stores Are Selling Fast
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Lampert's Bid For Sears Seems To Be In Trouble Sears weighs 50 to 80 more store closures as challenges mount for Eddie Lampert's bid to keep the retailer alive
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Sears Judge Approves Most of Debt Sale, Sets Hearing on Lockup
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Sad Santas Confront Empty Malls: ‘Do I Have Something in My Beard?’
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Free returns are the new consumer expectation that’s gutting retailers
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Gymboree Shops for Bankruptcy Financing as It Prepares Filing Gymboree is reportedly shopping for bankruptcy loan as it prepares second Chapter 11 filing Gymboree Eyes Bankruptcy Loan
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Mall Landlords Embrace Popups to Revive Dead Zones
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US Holiday Retail Sales are Strongest in Years Amazon reports record holiday season buoyed by demand for devices
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Religion:

Vatican Panel Faces Criticism Over Leniency for Priests Guilty of Abuse
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Christians Disappearing from the Middle East
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Student Debt:

Here’s how $50,000 in student debt becomes nearly $100,000
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Mass Torts:

Nearly 20 settlements reached in lawsuits against Boy Scouts, Mormon church over abuse Bankruptcy on the table as Boy Scouts confront abuse claims
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In latest attack on asbestos trusts, DOJ tries (again) to block lawyer for future claimants
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Missouri Judge Refuses To Set Aside $4.69 Billion Ovarian Cancer Talc Verdict
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Radio:

iHeartMedia Agrees to Split from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings New Suitors May Come Calling After iHeart and Clear Channel Get Divorced
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Man Sentenced to 2 Years Probation for Hiding $18K from Bankruptcy Court
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Publishing:

Bookkeeper Sentenced For Stealing More Than $3M From NY Literary Agency
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I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon.
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Non-Profits:

UW-Oshkosh, foundation reach $4.6 million settlement
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Maritime:

Four Hansa Heavy Lift ships arrested after legal action by bunker company
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Distressed Investing:

Leveraged loan exodus deepens as outflows top $3B
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Tech:

A 'nonsense' valuation of $1 billion, a failed sale to Snap, and an investor fight: Inside Blippar's dramatic collapse
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Apple on pace for worst quarter since 2000
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Cybersecurity:

Someone is trying to take entire countries offline and cybersecurity experts say 'it's a matter of time because it's really easy'
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Food/Beverage:

Competitor wins bid for bankrupt Wisconsin distillery
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Bicycles:

Bankruptcy court cancels ASE's contracts with Ideal; Ideal to appeal
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Religion:

Pope Francis calls for mending of differences in Christmas message
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Brands That Will Disappear in 2019
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Seniors are still struggling to recover after the financial crisis
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Here are the top 10 bankruptcies in the Tampa Bay area in 2018
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Confirmation Rate of Chapter 11 Cases Filed for FY 2008-15
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Outcomes of Chapter 11 Cases Filed for FY 2008-15
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Avoidance Actions:

District Court Overturns Bankruptcy Court in Lyondell Fraudulent Transfer Litigation, Rules CEO's Fraudulent Intent May Be Imputed to Corporation
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Contracts:

The Material Adverse Effect Landscape After Akorn v. Fresenius
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A Contract Lawyer's X-mas Greeting
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Contractual Lunacies
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Report: How Unpaid Parking Tickets in Chicago Can Lead to Financial Hardships
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Veil Piercing:

Piercing the Corporate Veil: Historical, Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
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Litigation:

UK litigation funder 'war chests' hits record high £1.3 billion
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Legal finance trends: Research reveals what to expect in 2019
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No Room in the Inn: Marriott’s Legal Dep’t Loses Privilege over Strategic Plan Memo
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Asset Recovery:

Asset recovery and cryptocurrency: A case study
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Mediation:

Two Mediation Tools: Bracketed Bargaining and Mediator’s Proposal
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SCOTUS:

SCOTUS Sets IP Executory Contract Case For Argument In February
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Intercreditor:

District Court Holds That Receipt of Reorganized Stock Did Not Violate Turnover and Standstill Provisions in Intercreditor Agreement
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Advisors:

McKinsey Faces a Perilous Fight in a Texas Bankruptcy Case
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Personal Finance:

A shocking number of singles has broken with a partner before the holidays to avoid buying them a gift
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Man finds $86 million lottery ticket in his car
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I asked more than a dozen people what a 'good' job looks like, and noticed a curious pattern among the worst jobs they've had
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Delivery people, baristas and other service workers: How we treat stingy tippers
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Electricity:

Regulators mull breaking up California’s PG&E utility following explosions, fires California regulators to consider PG&E breakup, conversion to private utility
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State regulators want more money to monitor nuclear project
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TX: Power generation co. emerges from Chapter 11, names new leaders, updates investors
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Alcor Energy, LLC Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Autos:

GM May Negotiate to Keep Plant(s) Open Is GM About to Save the Oshawa Plant?
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Tokyo Court OKs Bail for Ghosn and Kelly Ex-Nissan director Greg Kelly released on bail in Tokyo as Carlos Ghosn remains in jail Carlos Ghosn allegedly used Nissan CEO fund to reward Saudi national for help on faltering personal investment Ghosn detention extended over Christmas and New Year, putting Japan’s justice system under the microscope Carlos Ghosn, a Victim of Old Japan Ghosn's arrest brings attention to Japan's 'hostage justice' Ghosn Lawyer Challenges Latest Financial Misconduct Allegations
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Ford severs Reagor Dykes companies from lawsuit, but not Bart Reagor and Rick Dykes
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One-third of inflators in Takata air bag recall still not replaced
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Corporate Reform:

House GOP Moves to Ease Volcker Rule
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Travel:

Drone Kills Airliner: Only a Matter of Time
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Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer
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Airplane class wars make their way to the coach cabin. Here is your guide to the new economy seats
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Climate:

A wildfire wiped out their Christmas tree farm and livelihood. Now they wonder what to do next
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40 million Americans depend on the Colorado River. It’s drying up.
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A 30-year alarm on the reality of climate change
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Fashion:

Just 20 fashion companies are making almost all of the industry’s profits
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Healthcare:

BNY Mellon, JP Morgan to Pay Bondholder Class $13.5M
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Judge denies District’s request to force Providence Hospital to stay open Judge denies District’s motion to stop Providence closure
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NJ: More Than 3,000 Patients Exposed to HIV
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Sovereigns:

Film Review: ‘Default’
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UK:

English Court of Appeal affirms application of the “Gibbs Rule” in a cross-border restructuring
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Pair arrested on suspicion of 'criminal use of drones' at Gatwick Airport are a man and woman who live nearby UK cops say couple they arrested over Gatwick are no longer suspects
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Firms Told to Prepare for No-Deal Brexit Brexit explained: 3.3 million jobs, EU immigration, the Irish border and the UK’s big gamble
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English Court of Appeal Refuses to Give Effect to Foreign Restructuring
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British police release suspects, say there might never have been a drone at Gatwick Airport
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Rangers' creditors receive seven-figure bonus after HMRC cut
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Bank plans to issue up to €10bn in debt could be dealt blow by hard Brexit
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Canada:

Business Booms for Insolvency Trustees Amid Higher Canada Rates
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Montebello Rockfest declares bankruptcy
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How an American businessman saved hundreds of Nova Scotians' jobs
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Global trade is the biggest question mark hanging over Canada's corporate bond market next year
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France:

France's "yellow vest" protests simmer in wake of Macron concessions
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India:

Bidders face jail term if back out from insolvency process
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Looking back 2018: Recoveries of banks, financial institutions under IBC expected to improve
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The Indian Bankruptcy Reform: The State Of The Art, 2018
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Wobbly firms find shelter in insolvency law
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Debt-ridden farmers committing suicide
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India to inject $340m into debt-laden Air India
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Liquidation under insolvency and bankruptcy code a long and tedious journey
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Russia:

VIM Airlines' bankruptcy manager seeks to extend property's inventory
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Hong Kong:

Distributing Mainland Cash In Hong Kong Liquidation: Yuan More Reason To Depart From The Pari Passu Principle.
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China:

Bike-sharing firm Ofo's dramatic fall a warning to China's tech investors
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China Vows More Support for Private Sector Buffeted by Slowdown
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Venezuela:

In Venezuela, Russia pockets key energy assets in exchange for cash bailouts
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Germany: Brexit, Trump Our Biggest Threats
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