Law:

Law Firm Revenue, Profits Up in 2017: Wells Fargo Report
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Reality Check for Law Firms: It's Not Just About You Anymore
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Eversheds Sutherland Joins $1 Billion Club with Post-Merger Revenues
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Male partners question ‘hypocritical backlash’ over men-only events as women set out grim reality
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Top Baker McKenzie partner sexually assaulted associate
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BLP clams up on partner's Presidents Club involvement
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Law Student Nearly Crushed To Death By Subway Train After Fainting Onto Tracks
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How Ditching Work For 4 Months Can Help Your BigLaw Career
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What I Learned In My First Year: A Judge's Example
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2017 - Turnaround Year for Legal Sector, AmLaw 50 Growing Fastest
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Law schools should make students’ borrowing data public, include with admissions offers, report says
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You Should Absolutely Read This Insane Law School Event Promo Calling Immigrants Toilet People
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Thanks, Trump: Law School Applications Are On The Rise
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What Books To Read To Become A Rainmaker
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Dechert says outsourcing was reason for layoffs of lawsuit plaintiffs
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Western Michigan-Cooley Law School Files Amended Complaint In Lawsuit Against The ABA
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Justice Sotomayor's Rx For Law Schools: Emphasize Core Courses Like Tax, Corporations And T&E
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$20 Million Loan Comes Back to Haunt Broward Law Firm
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Attorney Reviews iPhone X
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George Clooney Reveals He Pursued Wife Amal Clooney By Email
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Trump expected to approve release of FISA memo • White House Aides Worried Wray May Quit • White House sees price for release of Nunes memo • Release the GOP Russia memo. We deserve government transparency • House would release memo if Trump OKs it; White House reportedly agrees to FBI redaction request • Trump to approve release of FISA memo without redactions • James Comey calls out 'weasels and liars' amid partisan wrangling over the Nunes memo • The director of the FBI seems prepared to publicly dispute the Nunes memo once it is released • A top GOP senator has urged House Republicans to listen to the FBI's concerns about the controversial Russia memo • Schiff: Nunes Memo Crosses a Dangerous Line • Schiff's Fit About Altered Nunes Memo is a Legal Nothingburger • Rising White House fear: Nunes memo is a dud • Ex-Trump Aide Page Was on U.S. Counterintelligence Radar Before Russia Dossier • Who is Carter Page? Subject of Memo Has Ties to Russia • It's Really Not Easy To Get A FISA Warrant • Alleged Anti-Trump FBI Agent Actually Supported Reopening Clinton Email Probe, Report Says • Revelations About the FBI’s Delay on Clinton Emails May Be Less Than They Seem • Trump to declassify surveillance memo, sources say – as Pelosi seeks Nunes ouster • The Law and Order Party Has Turned on the Law and Order Agencies • Poll: Most Americans believe Trump should speak to Mueller under oath • Statement about meeting with Russian lawyer is reportedly a focus of Mueller’s probe • Pelosi and Schumer call for removal of Devin Nunes as House Intel chair • The Many Failed Vindications of Donald J. Trump • Republicans just fired another shot in their crusade against top FBI officials • New Filing Shows Flynn Is Probably Really Cooperating in Russia Probe • Lawyers for Manafort associate Rick Gates are out • Rick Gates’ Attorneys Mysteriously Withdraw from Mueller Probe Case • Why Are Attorneys for Rick Gates Quitting? • Trump: FBI and DOJ are biased against Republicans • 9 Historians on Trump's War with the FBI
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Waymo Trial Is About IP, Not Whether Uber's Evil: Judge
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Red Cross General Counsel David Meltzer Resigns Over Handling of Assault and Harassment Allegations • Humane Society keeps CEO after harassment complaints, prompting seven board members to resign • New York Daily News editors ousted over harassment complaints • Assault Allegations Can Be Hard On Your Net Worth—Just Ask Steve Wynn • Penn Revokes Wynn's Honorary Degree, First Time in a Century • Guess Plunges After Kate Upton Accuses Co-Founder of Harassment • Guess Chairman Denies Misconduct Toward Kate Upton, Other Women • Red Cross GC Resigns After Report of Mishandled Harassment Complaints • Constructing a Workplace Environment That Rejects Harassment
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida's Lifetime Voting Ban by Felons
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Wife Says ICE Arrested Undocumented Husband Trying to Get Green Card at Immigration Office • ICE releases man arrested at courthouse after his DACA status expired
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Natalie Wood Death: Wagner Now a Person of Interest
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12-year-old suspect in custody after Los Angeles school shooting
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Suit accuses s-- toy company of collecting data on customer usage
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Judge Upholds Warrantless License Tracking
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Teen Gets 49 Years in Slenderman Case
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11 things you’re doing that are setting you up for a terrible night’s sleep
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Judges:

Request for Public Comment on the Reappointment of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey E. T. Bohm
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11th Circuit blasts BigLaw partner for remand argument against its mandate; ‘We really did mean it’ • Eleventh Circuit Benchslaps Biglaw Partner And District Court For Not Following Its Order
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The Chief Justice, Searching for Middle Ground
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Why our judges and courts are important
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Amid Spike in Courthouse Immigration Arrests, ICE Issues Formal Policy
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Minority Attorneys Take a Closer Look at the SCOTUS Clerk Diversity Dearth
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Fmr Brendan Dassey Attorney Is Now a Judge Facing Restraining Order from His Clerk
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Not Allowed To Be A U.S. Citizen, But Still An American Judge
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Wall Street:

Dow is headed for a more than 250 point drop as investors worry about rising yields
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Stocks stumble at the open as sell-off continues •Stocks struggle for gains as concerns about rising rates grow
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Greenspan: We Have a Stocks Bubble
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If the Fed Is Right, Then Markets Are in Trouble
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Layoffs:

WARN Class Objects To Macaroni Grill Ch. 11 Plan
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Camas paper mill to cut 243 jobs
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Pandora is laying off about 5 percent of its workforce as it shifts to more automated ads
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January planned job cuts are down nearly 3% from last year: Challenger
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Academy Sports + Outdoors lays off 140
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Healthcare:

GOP Gives Up on Obamacare Repeal • House ACA stabilization bill takes broader approach than Senate
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If Amazon And Buffett Lift Veil On Health Prices, Insurers Are In Trouble
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Currency:

Bitcoin drops 9%, nears crucial make-or-break level of $9,000 • Bitcoin plummets below $8,000 for first time since November
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Cryptocurrencies are getting crushed, with $100 billion wiped out in 24 hours
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Japan's FSA Raids Coincheck Offices Following $500 Million Hack
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2 economists just eviscerated bitcoin, saying it should be trading at $20
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The Unique Quandaries Faced in Recovering International Cryptocurrency Frauds
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We’ve Reached The “Irony Is Dead” Phase Of The Crypto Crash
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How cryptocurrencies are being used to evade sanctions
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Retailing:

What Fashion and Luxury Goods Companies Need to Know About Restructuring and Bankruptcy
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Fitch: Claire's, Sears, Nine West Lead Expected Growth in Retail Default Volume
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Sears may not be able to make cost cuts fast enough, analyst says
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Sears lands additional financing from Eddie Lampert's ESL
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One of Sears' biggest defenders just revealed why he abruptly cut ties with the company
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Steinhoff reminds creditors they are not all equal
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Steinhoff shareholders to sue auditors Deloitte
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Steinhoff’s Angry Hometown Erases Traces of Its Fallen Star
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From Toys R Us to Carson's, what lies behind recent spate of store closures
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Bon-Ton Stores clinches bankruptcy financing-sources
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Amazon's stock jumps 6% after its fourth quarter results beat the Street's expectations • Jeff Bezos’s fortune tops $120 billion as Amazon shares surge
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What Amazon Does to Poor Cities • Do Amazon warehouses hurt local jobs?
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Former CEO appeals convictions for defrauding Vann’s
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Retailers See Tax Reform Boost, but 2018 could be Make-or-Break for Brands – BDO Survey
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Travel:

Why United Airlines has got into a flap over a peacock
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Autos:

Bloodletting At Ford More Likely And Imminent With Credit Warning
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U.S. Light Vehicle Sales decline to 17.1 million annual rate in January
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Tesla Sells $546 Million of Bonds as Buyers Can't Get Enough
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Radio:

Radio Giant iHeart Faces Costly Reckoning On Debt • iHeart Skips $106M Interest Payment, Enters 30-Day Grace Period • iHeartMedia skips interest payment as it struggles with $20 bln debt • iHeart misses bond payment, takes another step to bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:

Trump administration strips consumer watchdog office of enforcement powers in lending discrimination cases
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Economy:

Economy to grow at 5.4% rate in first quarter, Atlanta Fed tracker shows
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Expect first Federal interest rate rise to come in March
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Markets are watching for rising wages in Friday's jobs report
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ISM Manufacturing index decreased to 59.1 in January • How’s manufacturing? Depends on the sector
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Lead Times for U.S. Capital Equipment Longest in 22 Years
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U.S. productivity fell in Q4, the first time since early 2016
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 230,000 • US jobless claims unexpectedly fall as job market strengthens
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The Jobs Report Matters Even More These Days
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Goldman: January Payrolls Preview • January Employment Preview
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'We'll get 'em even lower' – Trump jokes about 'phase 2' of tax cuts • New tax law takes a hatchet to these worker expense deductions • Surging rates won’t hurt rally, thanks to tax reform's ‘extraordinary’ benefits, says Ed Yardeni • Lowe's confirms plans to pay up to $1,000 bonuses • Lowe's bonuses: Here's what employees will receive • These companies are paying bonuses with their tax savings • Billions From Trump Tax Cuts Supercharge Fossil Fuel Industries • BDO: Retail execs bullish on tax reform; expects ‘moderate’ sales increase in 2018 • Deutsche Bank posts $2.75 billion Q4 earnings loss, blames U.S. tax reform
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Top Wall Street executive: 2 risks that could torpedo the booming global economy this year
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What Gary Cohn told Republicans about infrastructure behind closed doors • 4 'policy cornerstones' for Trump's $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan • Infrastructure Plan Should Scare You • GOP Discusses Gas Tax Hike for Highways
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Best January since 1997 bodes well for the rest of the year... at least statistically
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Texas oil companies tell Trump to leave NAFTA alone
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Here’s where the millionaires live around the world
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US construction spending rises as private outlays hit record high
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AFL-CIO Chief: 93,000 jobs were outsourced under Trump, most in years
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Federal government will be unable to pay all bills sooner than expected, due to new tax law
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GOP Looking at Extending Government Funding Through March 23 • A No-Drama Way to Deal With the Debt Limit
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While Trump Blames Immigrants For Low Wages, An Alternative Theory Gains Traction Among Economists
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How Much Money Do People Have?
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U.S. CEOs Earn 140 Times More Than the Typical Worker
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20 Most Hated Companies in America
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2017 Partisan Gap in Economic Confidence One of the Largest
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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:

Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates rise on expectation of future rate hikes
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U.S. Rental Vacancy Rate Since 1956
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Implications of U.S. Tax Policy For House Prices, Rents, And Homeownership
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There are 2 reasons why the supply of homes in the US is running dangerously low
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Construction spending climbs for fifth month to record
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Best Buy Cities: Where To Invest In Housing In 2018
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ID: Trustee seeks contempt order against Hathaway
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Municipalities:

Justice Dept. report: Puerto Rico power utility did not hide materials
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'One Day At A Time' Star Rips Trump Over SOTU Puerto Rico Remarks
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Struggling Puerto Rico utility close to finding new chief
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HUD Announces $1.5B in Aid to Puerto Rico
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San Juan mayor: Trump's words on Puerto Rico are 'utter hypocrisy'
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Domestic Violence Soared Following Puerto Rico Hurricane
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Federal official says Puerto Rico lacked leadership, communication after Hurricane Maria
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Why Is Puerto Rico Dismantling Its Institute of Statistics?
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Puerto Rico's new revised fiscal plan is business as usual
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Puerto Rico To Blame For Post-Maria Setbacks, Says US
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While Millions Still Lack Water And Electricity, Puerto Rico’s Senate Votes To Approve LGBT Discrimination
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Privatization Won't Fix Puerto Rico's Broken Power Utility
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In Ponce, Puerto Rico, 92 percent of urbanized areas have electricity, but not a single rural neighborhood does
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FEMA stresses it's not leaving Puerto Rico
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Puerto Ricans struggle to find housing in Central Florida
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Puerto Rico Is On Its Own
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Rubio: 'We have to do more' to help Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico reports 78 killings in one of deadliest months
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Six Years After Bankruptcy, Stockton Is Preparing To Start Handing Out Free Money
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House Approves Takeover of Gary, Muncie Schools
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Detroit expects to end state oversight this spring • Detroit could soon be without state oversight
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Oil/Gas:

Goldman Sachs sees oil surging above $80 in 6 months
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Denise Cantu, the government's star witness in Uresti trial, takes the stand • FourWinds payments to Uresti were appropriate, lawyer says
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ConocoPhillips Walks the Tightrope of Fear and Greed
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Breitburning Down The House
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Fracking well depths linked to Oklahoma quakes
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Trump administration tears down regulations to speed drilling on public land
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Oil rally could ‘end in tears’ and send Brent to $60, Saxo strategist warns
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California taxpayers could foot the bill to shutter old oil rigs in the Pacific
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Corporate Reform:

Trump’s CFPB chief shifts enforcement power in lending bias cases
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Education:

Monitor raises questions about successor to Corinthian Colleges
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Will Norcross college survive? New report raises concerns about former Corinthian campus
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The economic returns to university Ever more students are earning degrees. Is it paying off?
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Biofuels:

Refiner Bankruptcy Adds to Pressure to Overhaul Biofuel Program
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What’s the real story behind Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ bankruptcy, crude oil, and the Renewable Fuel Standard?
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EPA chief says ethanol system needs "reform" • Pruitt Riles Ethanol Advocates • EPA chief calls for biofuels policy reform in wake of refiner bankruptcy
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Newspapers:

Boston Herald Boosts Worker Focus In Ch. 11 Sale Plan
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Great local reporting stands between you and wrongdoing. And it needs saving
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Coal chiefs mock reporter as critical West Virginia media voice goes bust
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Federal bankruptcy judge delays ruling on bidding process for Gazette-Mail
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W.Va. Newspaper Hits Bankruptcy, Has Planned Buyer
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What went wrong at the Los Angeles Times?
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Coal:

Unsecured creditors back coal miner Armstrong's restructuring plan
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Trump's Promise To Revive Appalachian Coal Jobs Founders Without Opioid Plan
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Mass Torts:

Health claims piling up against Kerr-McGee, owner of former Avoca plant
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Weather:

Nearly Half of California Gripped by New Drought
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Personal Finance:

After 45 Birthdays, Here Are '12 Rules for Life'
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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 (59 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy cases fall 6 percent in Toledo
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IP:

No Post-Rejection Protection Under Bankruptcy Code for Non-Debtor Distributor's Trademark License
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Are Trademark Licenses Protected In A Licensor Bankruptcy? The Circuits Are Split.
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Sunbeams Don’t Shine on Trademark Licensees in First Circuit
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Automatic Stay:

Stay Violation? Beware of Escalating Attorneys’ Fees
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

The Fifth Circuit is Asked to Consider the Validity of the “Golden Share”
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Due Process:

Eighth Circuit rejects foreseeability test for notice to unknown creditors
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Avoidance Actions:

Reverse Fraudulent Transfer Claim: Venezuela and Disputes Over Gold
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Food/Beverage:

In Case You Missed It – PACA Trust Rights in Bankruptcy are Just Plain Old Secured Claims
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Labor Department Report Mysteriously Disappears • What Is Trump's Labor Department Trying to Hide? • Administrative Law Trump Admin Hid Data Showing New Rule That Would Cost Workers Billions, Report Says
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CBAs:

NYC Contractor Beats Union Challenge, To Sell Biz In Ch. 11
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Cross-Border:

Bankruptcy Court Upholds the Enforcement of the Ipso Facto Clause Against a Foreign Debtor
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Litigation:

Trialpad Video Impeachments
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Politics:

Trump Says Orrin Hatch Called Him The Best President
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The GOP's crisis of quitting
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We just got the clearest sign yet that Mitt Romney is running for a Senate seat
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Trump says his State of the Union viewership was 'the highest number in history.' He's wrong
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The (Annotated) State of the Union
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State Partisanship Shifts Toward Democratic Party in 2017
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Judge rules Florida system for restoring felon voting rights unconstitutional
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Trump Pushes Immigration Bill at GOP Retreat • Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address
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Trump's approval rating is at its highest point in months after his State of the Union address
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Trump pressures Pelosi, Democrats on DACA a week before the next possible government shutdown
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U.S. democracy is in grave danger, a new Economist report warns • Democracy's global recession continues
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‘We’re done’: MSNBC’s Mika boots Michael Wolff over ‘disgraceful’ innuendo about Nikki Haley and Trump • 'You're done!' Morning Mika cuts off hardball interview with 'Fire and Fury' author after he DENIES suggesting Nikki Haley is sleeping with Donald Trump • Michael Wolff and the Smearing of Nikki Haley • Here's what's behind the rumors of an affair between Nikki Haley and Trump
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Autos:

US auto sales are expected to slip this year as interest rates rise
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Toys:

Even Barbie can't save Mattel from holiday sales slump
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Banking:

Deutsche Bank Ends Another Year in the Red • Deutsche Bank reports third consecutive annual loss • Deutsche Bank fails even to hurdle low bar
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Fed says it’s stress-testing banks using deeper recession
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Fraud:

Missing broker gathered more than $7 million in Ponzi scheme, state says
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Celebs:

Treasured possessions pop stars were forced to sell
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Entertainment:

Weinstein Co. Sued by Canadian Distributor Over ‘Paddington 2’ Release
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Printing:

Non-Bankruptcy Debt Restructuring in the Printing Industry
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Tech:

Apple delivers record sales and profit and the stock is spiking • Apple stock pops despite falling iPhone shipments and weak guidance • Apple sold fewer iPhones than a year ago • The average selling price of an iPhone is $100 higher than it was a year ago • Apple's cash pile hits $285.1 billion, a record
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Google parent Alphabet misses revenue targets, stock falls
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UK:

Brexit: Still A Stupendously Bad Idea, Still Happening Anyway
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Redundancy for 377 staff after Carillion collapse
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EU Rejects Brexit Deal for Banks
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Brexit Politics Goes From Bad to Worse
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2400 jobs back under threat as Toys R Us seeks buyer
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Dominic Chappell hit with £10m bill from pensions watchdog
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'Teetering on the edge of contraction': Britain's construction sector is in trouble
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A Bank of England official identified a big problem at the heart of London's inflated commercial property market
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Health bosses warn that a potential £65billion negligence payout could bankrupt NHS
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EU:

Euro zone bailout fund could handle future debt restructuring -ESM
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PIIGS:

Greek economy gradually moving away from creditors ' clutches
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South Africa:

A major South African city is about to run out of water, and officials say it will be the worst disaster since 9/11 • Life in Cape Town After 'Day Zero'
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China:

Distressed debt investors line up to offer HNA financing • China's Largest Conglomerate Is On The Verge Of Bankruptcy • A Chinese conglomerate struggling with billions in debt is reportedly hounding its own employees for money
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China mulls legalized gambling on cash-strapped Hainan Island
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Tasmania:

Tasmanian bankruptcies decline
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MENA:

107,000 Saudi Women Apply for 140 Gov't Jobs
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India:

Government expects winning bidder for Air India by June-end
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