Law:
Bonuses Coming At The End Of The Month For These Associates
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Summer Associate Hiring Slowed at Largest Firms
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Akin Gump Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Jones Walker Adds Bankruptcy Partner
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Reed Smith Launches Workplace Wellness Initiative
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He Wanted To Be ‘More Successful’ In Biglaw — Why A Former Partner Tried To Sell Whistleblower Complaints • Lawyers Who Go Rogue - Enigma of Former Akin Gump Partner Jeffrey Wertkin Persists
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Mom Owned Law Firm Interview with Jen Lee
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Why Aren't Law Schools Admitting More Black Students?
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Boutique law firm seeking ‘artisan of prose’ invites essays that make case for Pulitzer Prize losers
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Traveling lawyers get new protections in device searches at border
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Lawyers Getting Paid in Bitcoin (Mostly) Like It
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ABA partners with legal networking site CloudLaw
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DLA Piper shakes up billing targets and tech following firmwide crowdsourcing project
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How Big is the NewLaw Revenue Suck?
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BYU Law’s LawX Lab Releases First Project — Online Tool To Address Debt Collection Defaults
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6 Essential Questions that Legal Analytics Can Help Answer
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Law Firms Tap Business Acumen in Competitive Market
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Trump denies bombshell report that he asked for Mueller to be fired • Trump Tired to Fire Mueller. White House Lawyer Threatened to Quit • Sean Hannity scoffs at reports that Trump tried to fire Mueller, then backpedals after a Fox News correspondent confirms it • Scaramucci interview goes off the rails as he defends Trump over reports the president tried to fire Mueller • Trump Will Try to Fire Mueller. Again • A 'red line' the president 'cannot cross': Trump may be boxed in over his desire to fire Robert Mueller • Missing texts, a mysterious memo, and a 'secret society' — Republicans are going on an all-out assault against the FBI • Fox hypes bogus FBI ‘secret society’ dozens of times — then goes silent after it’s revealed as a joke • DOJ Recovers Missing Texts from FBI Officials • Why the Page-Strzok Revelation Should Terrify Trump • Judiciary chairman plans to release Donald Trump Jr. transcript • 'I was one of the greatest candidates': Trump implies collusion with Russians was unnecessary to beat Hillary Clinton • GOP Panics as Mueller is Making Big Moves • Trump Says He ‘Would Love’ to Speak Under Oath in Mueller Probe • Trump's Pledge to Speak with Mueller is Almost Word for Word His Promise to Release His Taxes • Fox reporter exposes GOP’s ‘bogus’ memo as a ‘weapon of partisan mass distraction’ • DOJ to GOP: Don't Release Your FBI Memo • Grassley Says ‘Spooked’ Kushner Won’t Agree to Russia Interview • I've Watched Trump Testify Under Oath. It Isn't Pretty
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Why has Patrick Meehan told us so much about his inner emotional life? • Now Rep. Meehan Won't Seek Reelection • Spacey's Brother: Worse Than Our Nazi Dad • USA Gymnastics Board Told to Resign • Will You Be The Next Victim Of Harassment? Stay Away From Grandma The Clown! • Biglaw’s Role In Bringing Down Larry Nassar • Manhattan Starts Sexual Violence Unit Focused on Workplaces
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Man hit by train in quest for perfect selfie
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California Considers $1,000 Fine for Waiters Offering Unsolicited Plastic Straws
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Partner "embarrassed" he attended sleazy groping gala • Berwin Leighton Paisner, Kingsley Napley and Fried Frank lawyers named as Presidents Club guest list is revealed
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FBI agent fatally shoots bound kidnapping victim in botched rescue operation
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Lawyer’s suit claims hotel valet gave his $300K Ferrari to the wrong guy
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The Golden Turd 2018
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S--, AI, and the Business of Law
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Remembering A Great Legal Thriller
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Disabled 69-Year-Old Texas Veteran Fights Back Against Car-Jacker
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Bride Walloped Man Who Crashed Her Wedding
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Taco Bell Worker Sought In "Hot Burrito" Assault
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Cop Drags Woman Off Train for Having Her Foot on Seat
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Judges:
7 Times SCOTUS Justices Received Flak for Mixing With Politics
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Judicial Independence: Easy parts and hard parts
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The war to confirm Trump's judicial nominees is heating up again
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The 1st Circuit has had it with contemptuous serial appealer
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Wall Street:
Fresh records likely for Dow, S&P 500 as dollar drops anew ahead of GDP • US futures point to a positive open ahead of GDP, Trump speech
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US stocks end the session mixed. Dow/S&P records.
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Why interest rates could be the 'fly in the ointment' for the market
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U.S. Stock Rally Sparks Longest ‘Overbought’ Streak in 21 Years
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Layoffs:
Boston: Zoots Bankruptcy Leads to Lost Paychecks for Employees
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Kellogg to lay off more Battle Creek workers
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Carrefour to cut up to 1,233 jobs
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Retailing:
Nine West And Creditors Near Deal That Calls For Asset Sales, Bankruptcy
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U.S. wage growth, tax-bonuses spark shopping in retail stocks
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Here's what Toys "R" Us store closures mean for Amazon, Mattel, and others
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Consumers Beware: Amazon Monopoly Will Price Gouge
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South African union, pension fund join forces over Steinhoff
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How Sears CEO Eddie Lampert May Come Out Ahead, Even If Retailer Dies
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Politics:
Oprah shuts down rumors of a 2020 presidential run: 'I don't have the DNA for it'
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They spoke out against immigrants. So she unearthed their own immigrant ancestors
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The White House talking points on their immigration plan • Trump: 'I'm willing to shift more' on DACA, and so are immigration hardliners in Congress • Trump Proposes Citizenship for 'Dreamers' in Exchange for Wall, Other Concessions • Cruz Blasts Citizenship Path for Dreamers Suggested by Trump • Trump proposes a path to citizenship for 1.8 million 'Dreamers' in exchange for billions in wall funding • Trump is dead-set on ending 'chain migration' in the immigration deal — here's what it is • Justice Department threatens subpoenas in showdown with sanctuary cities and states • Jeff Sessions Escalates His War Against Urban America
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Release the Dutch Evidence of the DNC Hack
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Air Force One needs new refrigerators — that'll be $24 million
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The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead.
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Heritage Foundation Says Trump Has Embraced Two-Thirds of Its Agenda
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Vincente Fox's Op-Ed on Trump
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Education:
Propping Up a High-Price Model of Higher Education: In re Pratola
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Economy:
Kansas City Fed: Regional Manufacturing Activity "Growth Strengthened Further" in January
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Half of Small-Business Owners Give Administration High Marks
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Economic Issues Decline Among Public’s Policy Priorities
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 233,000
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U.S. GDP could hit 3% again and match best streak since 2005
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Moody's: Tax Cuts' Limited Impact on Economy • Home Depot is also giving its staff a $1,000 bonus after tax cuts • Congress Used Shutdown to Cut More Taxes • Companies announce layoffs alongside tax cut bonuses • Wall Street thinks tax reform will give a huge boost to one crucial area of the market • Surprise! Private Equity Industry Will Make Money On Allegedly Unfavorable Tax Plan • Walmart: So Much for the Tax Cut Promises • Apple's Bogus Claim That The GOP Tax Cut Is Making It Spend More In The U.S. Is Just A PR Sop To Trump • GOP Tax Cuts May Not Be Driving Corporate Generosity To Workers • What Tax Cut? An Invisible Policy Change • One way to play the new tax law: Start an LLC
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Trump Out to Show Davos Elite He Knows Best • Trump arrives in Davos 'to tell world how great America is' • Why Davos Is Wild About Trump's Tax Cuts • I see 'irrational complacency' in Davos, and asset 'bubbles everywhere' — billionaire Jeff Greene • Will Donald Trump Be Delivering Davos Speech To An Empty Room? • African officials to walk out of Donald Trump's Davos speech in wake of 's-------' remarks • Why Donald Trump Will Be Welcome in Davos • President Trump, what we'd like to hear you say in Davos • 'We want peace and prosperity' says Trump as he storms Davos with offers of better trade deals and pleas for big business to invest in America • Everyone at Davos is talking about 'Larry's letter' • A Reality Check to Translate the Chatter of Davos • Trump Wins Over Global Elites at Davos • Why Trump's Davos Speech Should Concern Investors • Trump to tell Davos he won't tolerate trade abuses or intellectual property theft • In Davos Trump Warms to NAFTA and TPP • Trump: I would reconsider massive Pacific trade deal if it was 'substantially better' • Inequality in America stalks Trump, CEOs and billionaires at Davos
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Trump: U.S. growth will be 'much higher' than 3%
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Is the US consumer in big trouble?
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Steven Mnuchin is trying to fix 'the first serious economic misstep by the Trump administration' • Trump says Mnuchin's comments on the dollar were 'taken out of context' • Weak Dollar Policy Could Kill the Economy • This whole US dollar debacle is a perfect example of what the Trump administration does best • Dalio To Mnuchin: Don’t Be Stupid, You Moron • Hedge fund billionaire Dalio rips Mnuchin's dollar position as 'a hidden tax' • No gap between Trump's and Mnuchin's stance on dollar strength, official says in Davos
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Trump bump fades for dollar as investors brace for GDP
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Trump fudges NAFTA trade facts
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Trump could burn his own farm state base with a NAFTA withdrawal
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Canada, Mexico May Keep NAFTA Investor Dispute System Without U.S.
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Protectionism Can't Fix Trade Imbalances
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Read President Trump's full remarks on trade deals to CNBC
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The 'Doomsday Clock' has moved back to its most alarming position in the symbol's 71-year history
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In Defense of Good Old Per Capita GDP
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Why It Costs So Much to be Poor in America
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The Highest Paying Jobs with the Most Growth Potential in 2018
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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:
US new home sales post largest drop in nearly 1-1/2 years • Comments on December New Home Sales • New Home Sales decrease to 625,000 Annual Rate in December
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Trulia: Rent prices jumped 3.1% in 2017
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NJ leads the nation in foreclosures
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico offers fiscal plan settling debt for pennies on the dollar
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Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Plan Leaves Nothing for Bondholders
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Hurricane-Torn Puerto Rico Says It Can’t Pay Any of Its Debts for 5 Years • In Bleak Forecast, Puerto Rico Sees No Debt Payment Ability Until 2022 • Puerto Rico unveils revised fiscal plan: No debt service funds for the following 5 years
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Puerto Rico Bondholders, Undeterred by Plan, Await Day in Court
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Harvard's Endowment Is Profiting From Puerto Rico's Debt • Activists Urge Harvard, Yale to Divest
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Puerto Rico's 3-way duel to control the power company
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Oil/Gas:
Why Oil May See Price Spikes
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Financial adviser testifies she tried to dissuade Cantu from investing with FourWinds
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Can Venezuela Save Its Oil Industry?
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Oil boosted by dollar weakness, but headwinds loom
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Oil And Gas Industry Plans Capex Hike
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Telecoms:
OK, Now Imagine Net Neutrality Is a Flame Grilled Whopper • Burger King Explains Net Neutrality Better Than A Million Tech Journal Articles
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New York to Enforce Net Neutrality
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Horticulture:
Clinton Nurseries files for bankruptcy
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Golf:
Attleboro's Highland Country Club files for bankruptcy
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Biofuels:
Senator Says RFS “Must be Fixed” Following Refiner Bankruptcy
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Small US Refiners Wants Biofuel Waivers
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Fraud:
Fraudster alleged to have hired professional makeup artist to make him look like Orthodox Jew
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Owner of Austin vault accused of fraud in missing gold
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Healthcare:
Fixing Obamacare nearly as important to Republican voters as paying for Trump's border wall
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Currency:
Trump official says cryptocurrency is being used for 'illicit activities' and must be regulated
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BlackRock's Larry Fink Calls Cryptocurrencies 'An Index of Money Laundering'
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World Leaders Are Talking Crypto at Davos
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Finance:
The J.G. Wentworth Company Successfully Completes Financial Restructuring
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I Urgently Want to Report the Deaths of the Non-Con Opinion (But Probably Cannot…Yet)
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Coal:
Coal country at the crossroads
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Perry: The U.S. Will Give The World “A Better Life Through Fossil Fuels”
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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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (13 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 Statistics:
Total Bankruptcy Filings, 1980-2017
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Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Increase in 2017: Are more bankruptcies ahead?
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Avoidance Actions:
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Venue:
Bankruptcy legislation could devastate Delaware
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Conflict of Laws:
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IP:
Split First Circuit Prevents Non-Debtor Licensee From Using Rejected Trademark License
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Litigation Finance:
Cayman Islands ruling advances litigation finance
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Former neurosurgeon’s bankruptcy trial halted due to new plea deal: 5 things to know
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Stamp Farms owner, 2 others indicted in bankruptcy fraud scheme
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Trucking Company Owner Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Tax Evasion And Bankruptcy Fraud
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Electricity:
What else that report handicapping SCE&G bankruptcy odds told us
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Corporate Reform:
Financial regulators too often think "this time is different"
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Trump says cutting regulations 'was every bit as important as what we did with the tax cuts'
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Student Debt:
Senators to ED: Justify or End Contracts With Private Loan Collection Agencies
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Student loan debt: Not just for kids anymore
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How Student Loans Are Killing Homeownership
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Autos:
Worthless Auto Trade-Ins Signal Riskier Loans
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Debt Collection:
7th Circuit says debt collectors cannot simply copy and paste safe harbor language
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Mulvaney Suggests Debt Collection Rules May Be Coming
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Getting Private Collection Agencies Out of Federal Student Loans
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CFPB to Prioritize Debt Collection Rulemaking
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Solar:
The US Solar Industry Has Been Dead For Years, So Why The Tariffs?
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UK:
Carillion collapse triggers loan defaults at projects with HICL • Carillion bosses to be grilled as MPs launch inquiry • It's a sign of the Conservatives' intelligence that they took a £50,000 donation from a hedge fund betting on Carillion's bankruptcy
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Administrators removed over sale of failed UK unicorn
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Important insolvency principle survives Azeri assault
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Trump says he is 'on the same wavelength' as Theresa May 'in every respect' • She likes me, she really likes me! • President Trump predicts 'tremendous increase' in UK-US trade • With Trump Meeting, May Looks to Keep UK on Global Map • 'We love your country,' Trump tells May
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Trump's state visit to the UK is now set to take place in 'second half of 2018'
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Donald Trump apologizes for retweeting anti-Muslim hate videos from Britain First
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May says world cannot pull in different directions on trade
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Barclays Chief Told May to Sacrifice Single Market Access
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'Brexit is going to be damaging,' says IFS chief Paul Johnson, it 'just has to make us worse off'
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Goldman Warns on Irreversible Brexit Plans
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London court backs Sberbank, Franklin Templeton on IBA debt restructuring
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Canada:
Carillion Canada files for bankruptcy protection
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France:
France to shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021, Macron declares
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MENA:
Moody's: Egypt's new bankruptcy law is credit positive for banks
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India:
SC Bars HC From Hearing The Constitutional Validity Of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code /NCLT
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Allow promoters of SMEs facing insolvency to bid for their own companies: expert body
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India’s bad loans shrink from record high to 9.46 lakh crore after insolvency law
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Bankruptcy Code Amendment: Parliament confirms bidding restrictions
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Is bankruptcy code working? Bank NPAs begin to shrink from record high • The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: The journey so far • A year later, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is still evolving
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Singapore:
Noble says talks with creditors, investors 'constructive'
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