Law:

You’re Billing Fewer Hours Now Than You Did 10 Years Ago
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Former Winston partner appeals decision sending her gender bias case to arbitration
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Bankruptcy and Restructuring Partner Lillian Stenfeldt joins Rimon’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley Offices
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$20 Million Award to UC Law Schools Shrinks to $150000
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Inside Quinn Emanuel’s Bet to Sue Wall Street
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Former Dentons associate is sentenced to prison after misdemeanor plea in alleged extortion plot • Former Associate Gets Jail Time In Biglaw Extortion Case
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Biglaw Firm To Close Three Offices, Likely Perform Layoffs
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Single, Pregnant and 40-ish. Got a Problem With That?
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T14 Law School Finally Diversifies Its Prestigious Law Review
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Trump seizes on FBI agent texts: "one of the biggest stories"
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Former national security adviser Michael Flynn concealed his FBI interview from the White House, Trump • Trump can't escape the dark cloud of Robert Mueller • Mueller interviewed Jeff Sessions, making him the first Trump cabinet member to be questioned in the Russia probe • After Mueller spent hours grilling Sessions, Trump may be up next • Trump asked acting FBI director who he voted for: report • Missing From Mueller’s Interview of Sessions: A Criminal Lawyer • Nicolle Wallace: Why the Mueller probe is ‘close to the end’ • Nadler: GOP Memo on FBI Misleading • GOP escalates law enforcement probes as Russia inquiry heats up • Trump says he is not worried, 'at all,' about AG Sessions talking to special counsel in Russia probe • Russia is attempting to influence Mueller investigation in an 'ongoing attack,' Democrats say • Former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by special counsel Mueller • Report: Mueller seeks to interview Trump on Comey & Flynn firings • Sessions orders investigation into FBI officials' texts • FBI Agent Was Hesitant to Join Special Counsel Probe • Trump denies reports FBI director threatened to resign • The backstory on Trump's FBI director threatening to resign
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Tesla Driver, Passed Out Drunk, Tells Cops Autopilot Was in Charge
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Mother In Torture House Thought Family Was 'Perfect' For Reality TV
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GOP congressman says he didn't harass a young female staffer but thought they were 'soul mates'
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Dog bites man, man bites dog, then man is arrested
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At least 2 students dead, 19 injured in shooting at Kentucky high school
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Avvo Acquired By Internet Brands: What Should We Expect?
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No Border Wall, No DACA, Trump Tells Democrats
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Manhattan District Attorney Says He’ll No Longer Accept Contributions From Lawyers With Cases Before Him
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Koch network backing $4 million criminal justice reform initiative
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How To Lateral To 2 Different Biglaw Firms On The Same Day
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Judges:

Notice Of Vacancy United States Bankruptcy Judge Fort Worth, Texas
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Notice Of Vacancy United States Bankruptcy Judge Shreveport, Louisiana
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Notice Of Vacancy - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Aberdeen, Mississippi
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Recall Appointment of Judge Paul G. Hyman, Jr. United States Bankruptcy Judge for Service in the Southern District of Florida
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Trump nominates Bankruptcy Judge Summerhays For District Court
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Trump Nominates 12 More for Judgeships Nationwide
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The White House Isn't Slowing Down On Judicial Nominations Following Last Year's Setbacks
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Portrayal of Federal Judge Gerhard Gesell in 'The Post' is a Posthumous Slight • Federal Judge Dissed In Oscar-Nominated Feature Film
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Neil Gorsuch Dines With US Senators, and It's the Talk of This Town
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Coming To A Law School Near You: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg!
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Wall Street:

US futures point to a positive open as earnings season rolls on
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Nasdaq and S&P 500 close at record highs, Netflix surges • Dow ends little changed
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GE is a ‘classic falling knife,’ says technician • GE earnings: Can it possibly get any worse? • GE's 'black box' mystery is freaking Wall Street out
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Ray Dalio says market surge may be ahead: 'If you're holding cash, you're going to feel pretty stupid'
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'Gut-check correction' to tear up rally, warns long-time bull Jim Paulsen
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Wall Street expects the current bull market to make history in 2018
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The driver behind the rocketing U.S. stock market probably isn’t what you think it is
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Layoffs:

Kimberly-Clark to Cut 5,000 Jobs • Kimberly-Clark says tax bill helps fund plan that includes more than 5,000 layoffs
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Self-Driving Cars Will Leave 'Third Of Population Jobless
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Billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund lays off staff, including his driver
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Technicolor plant announces 160 layoffs
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Solar:

Trump's solar penalties are lighter than the industry feared
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Trump was right. The real U.S. solar industry needs those anti-China tariffs
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Trump's Solar Tariff Is Bad, But Not a Huge Deal
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Trump’s Solar Tariffs Won’t Kill the Industry
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Wall Street, Not American Solar, Stands to Gain From Trump Tariffs
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JPMorgan, Centerbridge get distressed-debt help from solar tariffs
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Trump's Solar Tariffs Skewer $161 Billion Industry Led by China
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Trump's Solar Panel Tariff Scrambles Traditional GOP, Democratic Party Views, Maybe Yours Too
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Trump tariffs will save some solar jobs and destroy others • Trump's tariffs on panels will cost US solar industry thousands of jobs • Trump's solar tariffs could put the brakes on rapid job growth in renewable energy • How Many Jobs Will Solar Module Tariff Cost?
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Trump’s “America First” policy on solar panels will likely benefit… China
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Something’s changed about solar power, only in the last year or two
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US Tariffs, Aimed at China and South Korea, to Hit Targets Worldwide
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Healthcare:

Trios hires new numbers guy to help navigate bankruptcy
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Senate Democrats drop hardball tactic on bill to assist rural hospital
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Beyond CHIP: More health programs still in limbo
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Mexico slams US decision on solar panels tariff
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Food/Beverage:

Creditors of Haggen bankruptcy tried to get money from Comvest. The judge ruled Monday
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Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles Sets March Court Date to Discuss Bankruptcy • Roscoe’s Wants to Remain in Business While Paying Off Their $27 Million Debt
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Retailing:

Toys R Us wins court ruling to extend store leases • Toys 'R' Us to Pay Landlords to Extend Shop-Closing Deadline
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Toys 'R' Us to shut about 180 stores in bid to exit bankruptcy • Toys "R" Us says to shut a fifth of its U.S. stores
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Fitch downgrades Sears ratings after news of distressed debt exchange
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Claire's taps Lazard to deal with debt
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Amazon gives in to Massachusetts tax officials and agrees to turn over third-party seller data
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Steinhoff creditor groups join forces ahead of a potential debt restructuring • Why Steinhoff's complexity may save it
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Enough with the doom and gloom. Retail and its real estate have bright spots
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Apparel retail is in recovery, but 'pressures remain'
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Baby Products:

The US is in a baby bust, so diaper makers need a new plan
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Politics:

Chuck Schumer yanked his offer to Trump on the wall • The Senate and the House couldn't be further apart on what they want an immigration bill to look like • White House: Bipartisan DACA deal is "dead on arrival" • Why a DACA deal looks so hard to reach
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Americans blame Democrats and Trump for the government shutdown, poll says
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Gender Gap on Trump Approval Bigger Than Predecessors'
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Is this the year Georgia turns blue?
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Shark charities flooded with donations after Trump says he hopes sharks die
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Tammy Duckworth is pregnant; will be 1st senator to give birth
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Complaint Filed Against Trump's Payoff
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Is the Tide Turning Against Gerrymandering?
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RNC Meeting to be Held at Trump Hotel DC
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Maritime:

Export-Import Bank vows to push restructuring maritime industry
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Debt Collection:

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Challenging the Seventh Circuit's Treatment of Letters Seeking Collection of Out-of-Statute Debt
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Economy:

Jerome Powell gets final approval from Senate to take over as Fed chairman • Powell Overwhelmingly Confirmed as Fed Chief
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Warren to Trump nominee: 'It would be a mistake to put you on the Fed board'
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The Fed Can’t Drive Right Without Brakes
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Why massive upheaval at Fed is unlikely to stop bank from three rate hikes in 2018
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Optimism in the global economy is tainted by the 'rapid rise' in debt, JP Morgan's Frenkel says
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Markets have 'very little capacity' to deal with interest rate moves, Barclays CEO says
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America Slips in the Eyes of the World
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BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 6 states in December; California, Hawaii and Mississippi at New Series Lows • Unemployment Rate by State, Current vs. 2007 Recession
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"Fifth District Manufacturing Firms Reported Slowing Growth in January"
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Goodfriend Tells Lawmakers He Backs Fed's Dual Mandate on Jobs, Prices
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JPMorgan Chase is raising wages to as much as $18 an hour as part of a $20 billion investment in its US business
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IMF Sees a Global Boom That's Overly Dependent on Easy Money
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Despite a brutal 2017, the U.S. dollar may still be 10% overvalued, says IIF
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A $445 billion fund manager explains what everyone gets wrong about the economy
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Unlike the North, Many in the South See the New Tax Plan as Good News • How New York, California and other states are rebelling against the new GOP tax code • State Tax Workarounds Could Mean $154 Billion Lost to Treasury • 125,000 Disney employees to receive $1,000 cash bonus due to tax reform • Tax reform bonuses won't 'move the needle' on wealth gap, Ray Dalio says • Tax cuts makes US more attractive to overseas companies, Bank of America CEO says • Visa’s 401(k) offer could hit $1 million • Kimberly-Clark using tax savings to help pay for job cuts, shareholder returns • Federal Tax Cut May Boost State Tax Bills: States Grapple With Federal Tax Cut That May Raise State Taxes • JPMorgan Cloaks Business as Usual as a Do-Good Pledge • Starbucks to boost worker pay and benefits after US lowers corporate taxes • How JPMorgan Will Spend a Big Chunk of Its Tax Windfall • U.S. Corporate Bond Market Set for "Modest" Impact from Tax Overhaul - S&P Global • US firms will now focus on stock buybacks after tax cuts, David Rubenstein says • The U.S. wants to be the new tax haven for tech giants • Another Reminder About the Risks of the Tax Cut • ‘Big positive surprise’ coming from Trump tax plan, CEOs say
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Obamacare taxes, including one on higher-value plans, are suspended in deal to end shutdown • Here's the big bill from Congress suspending three Obamacare taxes: $31 billion
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Do we need to worry about declining fertility rates?
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10 U.S. cities with the best growth, employment, and business opportunities
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Trump is wrong. Norwegian immigrants are not better than Haitians for the US economy
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The World's Economies Are Growing in Rare Harmony
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Trump's latest move could be a sign of looming economic pain
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That new washer could be as much as 20% pricier because of new Trump tariff
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Trump's solar tariffs could slow down rapid renewable job growth • Tariffs on washing machines and solar panels not 'declaration of war,' don't spell end of trade deals • Trump's New Tariffs Will Hurt the U.S.
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Trump's Trade Policies Worry GOP
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Meet the New Leaders on Global Trade
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Mr. Trump’s Tariffs Will Not Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs
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Wilbur Ross: Trade wars aren't new but 'US troops are coming to the ramparts'
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Trump says he will push investment in the US at elite gathering in Davos • At Davos, CEOs must address income inequality • Trump is taking a big group to Davos: Read the full list • World leaders rally against 'protectionism' before Trump gets to Davos • The global economic risks that could shatter Davos' optimism • The Davos view: action on climate and renewables despite Trump • Davos Warms to Trumponomics • ‘America First is not America alone’: Trump aims to reset global opinion about him in Davos
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Dollar falls to 3-year low as Treasury’s Mnuchin cheers a weaker buck in Davos • Mnuchin Says Weaker Dollar Helps American Economy
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Canada agrees to sign revised TPP and hopes to persuade Trump on NAFTA • NAFTA negotiators open key round of talks; Trump cites progress • Trump Swings Into Action on Trade, Adds Edge to NAFTA Talks •Mexico's Peso Pares Loss on Optimism From NAFTA Chief • The definitive guide to Trump's positions on NAFTA • The NAFTA Talks Just Got Harder
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U.S. Allies Shift Trade Priorities as Trump Rolls Out 'America First'
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As U.S. Fires Trade Shot at China, Multinationals Caught in Crossfire
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Targets of Trump Tariffs Say U.S. Consumers Will Get Pinched
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Manufacturers Fight Over New Tariffs' Effect on U.S. Jobs
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The 10 most and least educated states in 2018
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'I hope I'm wrong' — but Trump's 3% growth target looks unrealistic, says billionaire David Rubenstein
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With no recession red flags on horizon, 2018 will see strong US, global GDP growth: Strategist
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Trump's leaked $1 trillion infrastructure plan is on the right track
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Where the superrich store their money
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There’s been a spike in the number of millennials with $100,000 saved
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Tears Over QE And U.S. Household Debt Problem
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Nick Hanauer Wants You To Know Everything You Know About Economics Is Wrong
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Chemical Activity Barometer Increased in January
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Big Business Wins In Trump's First Year
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Geographic gaps are widening while U.S. economic growth increases
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Climate Change Could Raise the Cost of Debt
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10 cities where the American dream is alive and well
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The 50 best jobs in America, according to Glassdoor
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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:

Black Knight: National Mortgage Delinquency Rate increased in December due to Hurricanes
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Mortgage applications jump 4.5% as buyers rush to beat higher rates
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Transition Board of Woodbridge Group of Companies Announces Investor and Creditor Group Settlement and Implementation of New Leadership Structure
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TX: Flying L again set for foreclosure auction
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New Life for Kushners’ Troubled N.J. Towers After Meeting With Mayor
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Strikes To Privatize Its Troubled Energy Firm • Puerto Rico governor moves to privatize utility PREPA
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Hope, fear as Puerto Rico moves to privatize power company
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Puerto Rico utility sale sets up fight with creditors
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How Hurricane Maria forced Puerto Ricans to change their hair
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Formerly-bankrupt California city to give some families $500 a month
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Oil/Gas:

Drilling down: The state of distressed debt and bankruptcies in US oil & gas
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U.S. oil prices at 3-year highs on bets for a further drop in domestic supplies • API data reportedly show an unexpected rise in U.S. crude supplies • U.S. oil prices top $64 to notch highest finish in more than 3 years
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110,000 new wells coming to the Permian Basin
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Natural-gas futures rally in electronic trade, after settling at a more than 1-year high
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Did Federal Regulations Put A Philadelphia Refinery Into Bankruptcy?
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The Check Book Is Slamming Shut on the Oil World's Would-Be Rock Star CEOs
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Ex-FourWinds comptroller says she helped mislead Uresti client
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Travel:

Fur and fury at 40,000 feet as more people bring animals on planes
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A hotel booking site has revealed the things you should always ask for at hotel check-in to get 5-star treatment without paying for it
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This is how you can legally bring — and drink — your own booze on a flight
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How to Spend Less Time in an Airport Security Line
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Currency:

Nobel economist Stiglitz sees no legal functions for bitcoin
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Criminal activity will spur government intervention and kill bitcoin: Hermitage CEO Bill Browder
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Bitcoin tumbles below $10,000 and is now down 25% on the year
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The rise and fall of Bitcoin: Investors in Bitcoin are learning some very old lessons
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Howard Gold: Bitcoin is crashing and could bottom around $2,000
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Corporate Reform:

Mulvaney Drops Probe into Payday Lender That Donated to Him • Newly Defanged, Top Consumer Protection Agency Drops Investigation of High-Cost Lender
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CFPB Chief Mulvaney Says Days of 'Pushing the Envelope' Are Over
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Leaked Mulvaney memo: CFPB must end regulation by enforcement
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A Wall Street Ally Is Leading the Charge to Roll Back the Volcker Rule
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Accounting:

SEC charges KPMG and PCAOB accountants over stolen data • KPMG indictment suggests many who weren’t charged knew regulator data was stolen
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If you want a job with KPMG, be prepared to tell them whether you were poor enough to eat free school meals as a child
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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 (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) • (2) •(3) •(4)• (5) •(6) •(7) •(8)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Discharge:

Bankruptcy Court Holds Credit Union Policy Does Not Violate Discharge Injunction
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IP:

First Circuit on a "Mission" – Reverses Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
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Religion:

Creditors accuse bankrupt Montana diocese of stashing assets
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TBTF:

Court Drops Government's Appeal of MetLife Case
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Intervention:

The First Circuit Joins Several Other Circuit Courts in Finding That Creditors’ Committees Have an Unconditional Right to Intervene in Adversary Proceedings
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Litigation Finance:

Judges keep shielding litigation funding agreements, despite demands for transparency
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Litigation Finance Evangelism
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Mediation:

Random Selection of Cases for Mandatory Mediation = A “Spectacular Success” in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals
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Recent Pleadings:

Takata Sues RL Polk Over Massive Noticing Botch
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Proofs of Claim:

Texas Showdown Over Class Claims
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Ch. 13:

The Debtor, not the Trustee, is Entitled to Funds Being Held by a Trustee Following Dismissal of a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Case
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Abandonment:

Trustee Abandonment: Abandon Not Hope but A Home of Inconsequential Value
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Automatic Stay:

Notifying the State Court of the Automatic Stay
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Personal Finance:

How to explain a layoff in your next job interview
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Autos:

Utah Lender Issues First Securitization Backed by Bankrupt Borrowers
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Takata creditors will vote on plan that could limit airbag victims' rights
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Uber's CEO said that self-driving cars will hit the road in less than 2 years
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Moody's: EV transition "will pressure" automakers' finances
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Electricity:

SCANA fires back at ‘wrong and misleading’ ORS report questioning bankruptcy chance
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Gov. McMaster to veto any bill that keeps the Dominion-SCANA deal alive
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Pharma:

New York City sues drug companies over opioid epidemic
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Entertainment:

Weinstein Co. Advances Toward Sale • Weinstein Co. said to be in exclusive talks to sell assets to investors led by a former Obama administration official
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How Harvey and Bob Weinstein Built An Independent Film Empire
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Banking:

Did too much leverage cause the financial crisis? Trump’s FDIC pick isn’t sure
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Fraud:

Alleged Ponzi firm Woodbridge agrees with SEC on new board
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Fair Finance victims receive modest payout
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Healthcare:

Flu Season Continues to Worsen
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Taxis:

Uber chief executive sees profits for ride hailing company in three years
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Biofuels:

A Biofuels Bankruptcy: The renewable fuel standards suffocate a Philadelphia refiner • An Entirely Predictable Bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

AT&T to Congress: Pass Net Neutrality Law
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Student Debt:

Student Loans In Crisis As Two In Five Likely To Default
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Celebs:

Boris Becker appeals for help finding his trophies as the bankrupt tennis ace needs to sell them to pay his debts... but can't remember where they are
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10 Celebrities Who Faced Bankruptcy , But Came Out On Top
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Shakira investigated for alleged tax evasion in Spain
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UK:

Government to review priority of pensions in insolvency
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Carillion – practical advice for affected businesses • Carillion case reminds suppliers that robust terms are often crucial • Carillion issues just 'the tip of the iceberg', says insolvency experts • Carillion bosses handed out £500m to shareholders in just seven years as firm collapsed • KPMG believes it will be investigated over the collapse of Carillion: 'We are standing by the work that we did' • Carillion crisis exposes toothless Prompt Payment Code
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Palmer & Harvey McLane trade creditors owed £450m
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Disqualification for director who “flagrantly breached” duties
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Widespread harassment exposed at charity dinner for U.K.’s business elite
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PIIGS:

Greek Stock Rally Holds On as Traders Eye End of Bailout • EU creditors to start Greece debt-relief talks
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Venezuela:

Maduro plans to seek re-election in April
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China:

Cracks Are Showing in China's Shadow Banking Industry
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Things continue to look grim for Chinese debt-ridden LeEco
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China's state-owned firms to face more mergers, bankruptcies
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China's Beleaguered HNA Group Faces a Debt Wall in Second Half
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Here Comes the Great Bailout of China
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India:

India's reformed bankruptcy code
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Private equity firms, asset reconstruction companies and the promoters themselves are the ones likely to play a leading role in the insolvency resolution process
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Indian Banks Focusing on Resolution of Bad Debt
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Australia:

Shoe firm behind RMK and Zensu collapses adding to retail woes
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Austria:

F1 legend Lauda comes from behind to beat IAG in race for Niki
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Russia:

The Story Of Sberbank: Stepping On The Ashes Of The Old Banking System
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Brazil:

Brazil's Seara Agro files recovery plan, proposes debt haircut
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