Law:
The Incredible Shrinking Summer Associate Class
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New Pricing Strategies Drive Revenue Gains at Hogan Lovells
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How a website for selling homemade doodads may hold the key to Biglaw’s salvation
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Andrews Kurth, Hunton Deal Inches Ahead Amid Texas Market Moves
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Attorney Accused Of Stealing To Buy S-- Toys Loses License • Associate Fired For Allegedly Stealing Money Returns To Firm To Allegedly Steal More Money To Buy S-- Toys • Lawyer is accused of burglarizing law firm that fired her
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An Open, Deeply Personal Letter To Money
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Is It Even Possible To Enjoy Your Vacation Anymore?
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Are Professional Conduct Rules Fascist? Let’s Watch This Guy Slide Down His Own Slippery Slope!
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Three Good Things About Bad 1L Grades
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Orrick Welcomes 19 New Partners
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How Did Out-Of-State Law Schools Perform On The California Bar Exam? (July 2017)
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How can organizations incorporate AI into their workflow?
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Harvard, BYU Law Students Launch 'Google For Contracts,' 'Turbo Tax For Debt Collection'
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Man convicted in fatal crash must carry victim’s photo for 6 years
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GCs drive ethical corporate culture
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SEC Creates Voluntary Tool for Firms to Assess Diversity
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How much of lawyering is being a copy-and-paste monkey?
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Trump’s attempt to fire Robert Mueller, explained • White House perjury panic • White House legal team may look to delay, limit or avoid a possible interview of the president by Mueller • Trump reportedly complains about why he can't just have 'my guys' at the 'Trump Justice Department' do his bidding • "Who did you vote for?" is not an appropriate question, Mr. President • Questions That Mueller Might Ask Trump • Why McGahn Refused to Fire Mueller • White House Counsel Was 'Fed Up' With Trump: Source • Don McGahn’s refusal to participate in firing the special counsel protected more than Robert Mueller's investigation: It protected the institution of the White House counsel • What’s Up With McGahn Revisionism? • The Answer to Whether Trump Obstructed Justice Now Seems Clear • Ken Starr: If Trump Lied Over Trying to Fire Mueller, That's Grounds for Impeachment • Trump Reportedly Telling Aides He Wants to Fire Rod Rosenstein • Trump's ultimate unforced error keeps coming back to bite him • Trump Tried to Fire Mueller. So What? • GOP's Gowdy: I Support Mueller 100% • Sean Hannity: Look a car chase! • How Trump Built an Obstruction of Justice Case Against Himself • It’s Now Likely Mueller Thinks Trump Obstructed Justice • Counterpoint: Trump Should Have Fired Mueller A Long Time Ago • Where Republicans stand on protecting Mueller from Trump • 'Everyone in the White House knows it'd be the end of President Trump's presidency if he tried to fire Mr. Mueller' • 3 potential problems for an obstruction of justice case against Trump • Money Laundering: What Putin May Really Have on Trump • Democratic senator renews calls for bill to stop Trump from firing Mueller • Mark Warner: ‘We’ve Had New Information That Raises More Questions’ • Trump's allies have latched on to a clear line of defense after the latest Russia bombshell • There's a massive problem with the newest line of defense for Trump's attempt to fire Mueller • Vault: More Said 'Fire Nixon' After Nixon Fired Cox • Bipartisan senators react to possibility of Trump firing Mueller • Everybody We Know Robert Mueller Has Interviewed in the Trump Investigation So Far • Trump wants to #ReleaseTheMemo • Sessions Blasts ‘Political Bias’ and ‘Favoritism’ Inside Justice Department • Trump reportedly launched a campaign to discredit potential FBI witnesses
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Can An Emoluments Case Against President Trump Actually Survive?
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Counsel Quietly Trying to Corral Trump While Pushing G.O.P.’s Agenda
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Behind radio microphone, Trump lawyer targets his client's tormentors
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U.S. Olympics gives gymnastics directors 6 days to step down • Young women reported Larry Nassar for decades. No one took them seriously • USA Gymnastics Fed Nassar Victims ‘to the Wolves,’ Says Gymnast • The Abuse Victims America Ignored • Michigan State's abuse scandal is being compared to Penn State amid accusations of a cover-up • At Davos, top execs discuss the #MeToo movement and women at work • Casey Affleck, previously sued for harassment, drops out of presenting at the Oscars • The long, twisted path for sexual harassment victims to find legal justice • The legal difference between misconduct, assault, and harassment, explained • Several people accuse billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn of misconduct • Steve Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair amid misconduct allegations • RNC finance chair Wynn paid $7.5 million to keep r--- allegations secret: report • Steve Wynn's reputation will likely not recover if harassment charges check out: Ralston • Wynn Fallout Ripples as Republicans Seek Distance • Wynn Resorts is tanking after CEO Steve Wynn is accused of harassment in a Wall Street Journal report • Wynn shares tumble 8% • Why Trump Can't Quit Steve Wynn • Hillary Clinton shielded a top adviser who was accused of harassment during her 2008 campaign • Who Is Burns Strider, the Clinton Spiritual Advisor Accused of Harassment? • Hillary Responds to Report About Misconduct • Eight and counting: Here are the lawmakers who won't be running in 2018 due to scandals • Florida Sen. Marco Rubio fires chief of staff after reports of 'improper conduct' • GOP's #MeToo moment • Minnesota Pays Out $710K to Settle Harassment Claims • Campaigns brace for their own #MeToo moment • #MeToo Showing Generational Divide • Sharon Stone warns against punishing all predators • With #MeToo, Companies Must Walk a Fine Line. Can It Be Done?
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Suge Knight's Former Attorneys Arrested for Attempting to Bribe Witnesses In Murder Case
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Has the Black Dahlia Murder Been Solved?
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A glitch in North Carolina law is trapping people for years in unequipped jails
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Traveling while black: Why some Americans are afraid to explore their own country
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Undocumented Man Detained by ICE After He Brought 4-Year-Old to Daycare
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Prosecutors Reach Deal with Man Accused of Feeding Hash Cookies to Churchgoers
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Hackers are making U.S. ATMs spit out cash like slot machines
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California Suspect in Jewish Murder Said to Have Trained With Extremist Hate Group
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Escaped federal inmate is captured returning to prison with booze, pot, home-cooked food
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Former GOP State Chairman Sentenced for Voter Fraud
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Reporter rushes to school shooting -- learns alleged gunman is her son
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Crooks claiming to be cops tie-up family to steal sneakers
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12 Ways to Get Smarter
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Judges:
BK SD GA: The Southern Scoop Newsletter
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The Transformative Justice of Judge Aquilina • The moment the judge in the Larry Nassar case crossed a line • Gymnastics victims’ champion or avenger? Nassar judge Rosemarie Aquilina stirs controversy
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The Latest And Greatest In President Trump’s Judicial Nominations (Part 2)
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The Supreme Court's Travel Ban Dilemma
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Ginsburg, Gorsuch Don't Play Well Together
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Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more
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Justice Sotomayor wows crowd
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McGahn's push to reshape the judiciary
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Senator Grassley’s hypocrisy on judges worsens
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Harassment by judges kept under wraps
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Wall Street:
US futures point to a negative open ahead of key data, earnings
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Dow pops 224 points, stocks notch record close on strong earnings
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An indicator with a perfect track record just sent a 'powerful' sell signal
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Stocks are surging at the fastest pace since the financial crisis as traders fly 'closer to the sun'
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Earnings have been ‘unambiguously positive,’ and it’s going to get even better, says JPMorgan
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Layoffs:
Wal-Mart Job Cuts Rise to 1,000 in Company's Latest Shake-Up
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Politics:
The White House's immigration proposal is dead on arrival • Trump: "We're going to solve the DACA problem" • Key Democrats and some conservative groups criticize Trump’s new immigration plan • Trump immigration plan hits wall of opposition • Trump back to immigration issues one day after Davos • What Mitch McConnell actually promised on DACA • Late-night Trump tweet: "I have offered DACA a wonderful deal" • Take Trump's Immigration Plan Seriously • The Myth of Chain Migration • The immigration deal Trump’s White House is floating, explained • Why America Is Fighting About Immigration • Trump's immigration plan is already getting torn apart by Democrats • Democrats would be crazy to reject Trump's DACA deal
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Trump lashes out at rapper Jay Z for criticism, demands recognition for falling black unemployment
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Trump's two reality shows
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Koch network to spend $300-400 million on 2018 midterms
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Democrats Paid a Huge Price for Letting Unions Die
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Trump is demonstrating anew all the dangers of unchecked executive authority
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The 2018 Congressional Retirement Tracker
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Fox News twists itself into knots defending Trump against report that he tried to fire Mueller
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Nikki Haley rips 'offensive' and 'disgusting' rumor of affair with Trump
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Trump's interview with Piers Morgan • Reality check on Trump's climate change comments
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Trump sends a letter to Africa expressing 'profound respect,' and promises a visit from Tillerson
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Conservatives are more attractive than liberals, study finds
Hillary Clinton surprises with Grammy 'Fire and Fury' spoof • Nikki Haley slams Grammys after "Fire and Fury" readings
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Trump: America’s Mirror
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How Wobbly is Our Democracy?
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The Plot Against America • Russians got tens of thousands of Americans to RSVP for their phony political events on Facebook • Trump's deadline to sanction Russia for election meddling
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Hedge Funds:
Ray Dalio made $50 billion for his clients, topping list of biggest hedge fund money-makers ever
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Pensions:
DelSesto, Receiver for Failed St. Joseph Pension Fund, Unveils Next Steps in Investigation
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Illinois Ponders Pension-Fund Moonshot: a $107 Billion Bond Sale
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The Pension Hail Mary That Should Never Have Happened, Epic Fail Of Hedge Funds Of Funds
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Religion:
New complaint alleges Great Falls-Billings diocese tried to hide assets ahead of settlement process
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Millions of Americans Believe God Made Trump President
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Debt Collection:
Judgment Enforcement: Legal Stalking
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Solar:
Will the solar tariffs be a boon for the US? The answer is far from straightforward
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Coal:
Trump Brings Back Coal Miner Jobs, But Deaths Soar
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Economy:
U.S. GDP grew 2.6% in Q4, missing Wall Street's estimates • BEA: Real GDP increased at 2.6% Annualized Rate in Q4 • GDP Grew 2.6% at Year End, Slowing a Bit but Still Steady • GDP rises by less than expected in the 4th quarter, missing Trump's target • Why the fourth-quarter GDP report can be called a ‘good miss’ • US economic growth slows in fourth-quarter on surging imports
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Fed Staff Nowcast for 2018:Q1 stands at 3.1%
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Only 19 percent of Americans think they earn enough
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U.S. Goods-Trade Gap Unexpectedly Widened in December
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That Economic Boom is Mostly Hype
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U.S. economic health falls short of stock optimism
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Consumer Confidence Is Lifting the Economy. But for How Much Longer?
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U.S. Satisfaction With Military, Security and Economy Rises
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Half of Small-Business Owners Give Administration High Marks
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Poll: Americans Want Government to Do More
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Krugman: What the Economic Data Don’t Tell Us
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The Top 1% Captured 82% Of The Wealth Created In 2017
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Why the American Economy is So Healthy
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Trump's State of the Union Will Be an Economic Victory Lap
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Visualizing a Global Shift in Wealth Over 10 Years
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Trump makes the business case for America in Davos speech • Trump To Davos: 'America is open for business' • Trump tells Davos: 'America first does not mean America alone' • Who said what at Davos 2018 • Trump is booed at Davos as he takes swipe at media • A Sober Trump Reassures the Davos Elite • Davos: Trump Praised as a Pragmatist • Kudlow: 'America First' triumphs in Davos with a new message of economic success
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Business is booming across the globe
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It’s Trump’s Economy Now
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There’s a big red flag in this report on the economy
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Wall Street's favorite recession indicator is flashing yellow — but that may be about to change
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Eight Ways to Prepare for the New Tax Law • Tax Incentive Puts More Robots on Factory Floors • What Companies Are Really Doing With Their Tax Windfall (So Far) • Why your tax-bill bonus may leave you disappointed • Mnuchin says we'll see 'massive investment' back into US because of game-changing tax cut • Tax Overhaul Is Roaring Through U.S. Companies • Sorry, Blue States: You Can't Fix the Tax Bill • Employee bonuses are a tax reform 'gimmick,' ex-Treasury chief Summers says •NY, NJ and Connecticut say they will sue federal government over caps on tax deductions • US Tax Cuts May Destabilize World Economy • Are Corporate Tax Cuts Raising Pay? Yes, for Bosses • Women aren’t backing the GOP tax law Ivanka Trump is touting • Bonuses Aside, New Tax Law’s Trickle-Down Impact On Workers Is Not Yet Clear • Apple’s Sweetheart Tax Deal •Home Depot co-founder: Dems don’t have any brains • Koch brothers' network boosts spending for midterm cycle, including $20 million to sell GOP tax law • Tax Cuts Help Trump Win Fans at Conservative Koch Donor Network • The sick reason many miserable married people are pondering divorce in 2018
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Republicans sharply more confident in U.S. economy vs world
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says stronger dollar is in the best interest of the country • Larry Summers explains why Mnuchin's comments about a weaker dollar ignore a key part of America's economic strength • Dollar's terrible week a warning of what could come on trade
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Cramer: Trump wants the rich to get richer in hopes of a 'worldwide trickle down'
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US Trade Body Strikes Down 300% Tariff on Bombardier Jets • Boeing loses trade case over Bombardier passenger jets • Bombardier CEO stands by Alabama production plan after trade win over Boeing
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Trump threatens ‘very big’ trade retaliation against EU
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NAFTA Talks Gaining Steam • NAFTA talks that were supposed to end last year might continue into 2019
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Why Are Women Still Choosing the Lowest-Paying Jobs?
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Trump's new China strategy appears more contentious
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The president’s high-risk reversal of 70 years of trade progress
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Here's what Americans would do with an extra $10,000
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Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 37 states in December
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A year in the life of Joe Billionaire
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The 50 best jobs in America, according to Glassdoor
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The biggest infrastructure nightmare facing the United States
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GOP lawmakers push back on the idea of a gas tax as Trump gears up for $1T infrastructure plan
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Trump Infrastructure Plan: Hunger Games
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White House plan would reduce environmental requirements for infrastructure projects
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U.S. tourism declined under Trump
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A rundown of the poorest county in every state
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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:
My 10-Year Odyssey Through America's Housing Crisis
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Court: Kushner Firms Must Reveal Partners
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Wants to Stall Creditors. That Went Badly in 1842
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Puerto Rico warns of 11 percent GDP drop in new fiscal plan
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Puerto Rico's New Power Struggle: Privatization
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Puerto Rico's New 5-Year Plan Excludes Debt Payments
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Displaced by Storm, Puerto Rican Students Land in New York
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Puerto Rico's drawback is a scarcity of management
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Puerto Rico Is A Man-Made Disaster
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Creditor committee in Puerto Rico urges bankruptcy claims clinic
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US energy colonialism a key cause of Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria crisis
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Alaskans turn to government for food and health care amid recession, prompting questions about costs
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Oil/Gas:
U.S. Crude Oil Prices Rise to Three-Year High
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Texas Set For Another Oil Boom
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Judge OKs Cobalt's $500M Pact With Sonangol For Oil Blocks
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US oil rigs were up sharply • Baker Hughes: US Drillers Add Most Oil Rigs in a Week since March
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The Challenges Of Funding The U.S.'s Shale Boom 2.0
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Legal Finance and the Energy Sector
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America's Oil Exports Are Booming
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Currency:
Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller thinks bitcoin is an ‘interesting experiment’
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Personal Finance:
10 habits of people who are good with money
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Autos:
Tesla Workers: Gigafactory is a Mess • ‘It’s a dream come true!’: Tesla customers get their first glimpse of the Model 3
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Vehicle Forecast: Sales Expected to Exceed 17 million SAAR Again in January
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32% of Used Car Trade-Ins are Underwater
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Dry Cleaning:
Boston: Zoots customers can pick up clothes Feb. 2 • Bankrupt Zoots To Re-Open For One Day
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Celebs:
I did lose a pair of trousers once but they weren’t worth £1m, Boris
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50 Cent Claps Back At Bankruptcy Reminder: “You Know I’m Broke When I Need To Be”
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Mark Cuban and Kevin O'Leary both say Ayn Rand is one of their favorite authors
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Retailing:
The Bon-Ton Stores: On The Edge Of Bankruptcy
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Sears is at risk of default, and shares plunged to record lows
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Saving Main Street With Zoning
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Steinhoff creditors hire PJT, Latham & Watkins for debt restructuring
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Electricity:
Without Dominion deal, SCANA bankruptcy will be catastrophic for SC
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FirstEnergy Warns of Default As Soon as April
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Banking:
January 2018: Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 101 Institutions
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Food/Beverage:
Hop Vendors Swallow A Bitter Pill As They Confront An Oversaturated Market & Customers Who Can't Pay
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Non-Profits:
Federal judge blocks UW System's move to bow out of UWO foundation's bankruptcy case
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West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation asks for dismissal of bankruptcy
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Golf:
Developers already eyeing Attleboro's Highland Country Club
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Student Debt:
Student loans - the other debt crisis
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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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Western Wisconsin led nation in farm bankruptcies in 2017
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Energy, Retail Dominate Restructuring
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Trade Creditors’ Information Advantage
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Litigation:
Lawsuit could determine if companies funding litigation are violating Florida interest rates laws
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NERA: 2017 Securities Suits Filed at “Record Pace”
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Miscellaneous:
Rochelle Daily Wire, Weekend Edition- 1/26/18
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Puerto Rico Electric privatization, new growth plans and a busy primary market
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Cross-Border:
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Football:
The NFL’s Ratings Woes Finally Hit Networks’ Ad Business
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Currency:
$400 million of cryptocurrency disappeared on a Japanese exchange — and no one knows what happened • 2 More Major Cryptocurrency Heists • Hacked Tokyo cryptocurrency exchange to repay owners $425 million • Massive Japanese cryptocurrency hack won't be the last, Wall Street analyst says • Bitcoin, NEM And Other Cryptocurrencies Seemed Unfazed By A $500 Million Theft
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Bitcoin prices tumble; Japan cracks down on Coincheck after hack
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US Treasury official urges global crypto crackdown as bitcoin faces 'seismic' shift
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Terrorism, not Taxes, Is the Key Focus on Bitcoin, Canada Says
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Travel:
Your airline overhead bins may now be treated like parking spaces
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Marijuana:
Over 50 lawmakers challenge Trump on his strict marijuana laws
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Bill Seeks to Open California Banks to Cannabis Industry
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Biofuels:
As Philadelphia Energy Solutions files for bankruptcy, unions eye uncertain future
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Propping Up Biofuels With The RFS Is Killing Independent Refiners
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Fraud:
CFTC to Fine UBS, Deutsche and HSBC for Market Manipulation
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Investors Sue Company That Warned It Might Commit Fraud For Fraud
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Corporate Reform:
Trump to Weaken Consumer Protections
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Healthcare:
Necessity or nonsense? Should Trios bankruptcy prevent the release of public records?
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Tulare hospital working to reopen
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Perspective: Out-of-pocket health-care costs likely to take half of Social Security income by 2030
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Critics say Texas-based nursing home operator using bankruptcy to hide from dozens of lawsuits
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One chart shows how this year’s flu season is the scariest in years • Flu Didn't Peak. It's Getting Worse • CDC: This flu season worst since 2009 swine flu pandemic
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Parents Make Autistic Kids Drink Bleach to 'Cure' Them
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More losers than winners if Congress funds disputed ACA program
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How Trump may end up expanding Medicaid, whether he means to or not
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Guns:
Gunmaker Remington turns to debt restructuring advisors: Report
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Telecoms:
Trump administration is thinking about nationalizing 5G mobile network • Federal takeover of 5G wireless network raises significant concerns • AT&T: Work on 5G "already well down the road"
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UK:
Personal insolvencies across England and Wales reach three-year •Personal insolvencies rise for the second year running • New high in Brits writing off debts - as thousands go bankrupt or get IVAs and DROshigh
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Comments on recent insolvency statistics
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Number of British businesses going bust hits four-year high • Company insolvencies rise as spiraling costs weigh on small firms • Rising insolvencies reflect ‘challenging times’ but raise questions on regulation too
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UK insolvencies at highest level since financial crisis
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UK Regulator To Probe KPMG's Audits Of Insolvent Carillion • KPMG investigated over Carillion audit • Costly lesson of private finance and public debt • Britain's Carillion attempted to "wriggle out" of pension obligations -MPs
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Top UK law firms suffer dark web password breach
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Revealed: Berwin Leighton Paisner's longstanding links to disgraced Presidents Club charity
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David Davis says Britain will be banned from bringing in post-Brexit trade deal until at least 2021
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Recruiters struggle as hiring hits record low
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Lawyers and Accountants Prove Winners in Post-Brexit Vote U.K.
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London’s Bankers Haven’t Been This Gloomy Since 2008
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Among major economies, only the U.K. failed to have its economic outlook raised by the IMF
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Brexit Drags Down U.K. Economy as Neighbors Soar
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Brexit bill to be 'improved' as Government fights to see law pass 'in one piece'
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Donald Trump said he would negotiate Brexit with a 'tougher' attitude than Theresa May
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BHS creditors get £36m payout two years after chain's collapse
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Where do pension funds rank as creditors in insolvencies?
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Byron faces crunch vote on restructuring plans
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Canada:
Debt or equity? The characterization of a non-arms-length loan in an Canadian insolvency proceeding
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Barry and Honey Sherman were 'targeted' in 'double homicide,' Toronto police say
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Korean Canadians rally to save bankrupt Toronto nursing home
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PIIGS:
Greek debt relief will depend on continued reforms, says Regling
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ECB Interventions in Distressed Sovereign Debt Markets: The Case of Greek Bonds
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Contract Provisions Do Not Override Distribution Provision of an Italian Restructuring Plan
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India:
Government may tweak insolvency law • More amendments likely in insolvency law
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Time limit to bankruptcy resolution process may be extended by 60 days
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Bankruptcy law to give lenders access to foreign assets of loan defaulters
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Insurers now offer cover for insolvency professional
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Resolution plans under IBC may need approval of fewer lenders
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Survey: Banning Promoters Under New Bankruptcy Law Was Warranted
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Austria:
Niki Lauda bid for Niki beat IAG by 4 million euros: Bild am Sonntag
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MENA:
Egypt's Parliament finally approves bankruptcy law • Egypt's New Bankruptcy Law A Boost For Banks
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Australia:
Taxpayers take a hit: Huge bill on Go Marine collapse
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Mexico:
Mexico's export bank seeks probe of bankrupt plastics maker M&G
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Venezuela:
The Pari Passu Strategy in Venezuela
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Wonkblog: What destroyed Venezuela’s economy could destroy ours too
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South Africa:
Moody’s downgrades embattled Eskom
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Singapore:
Noble Group Reaches In-Principle Deal to Restructure Debt • Noble shareholders to face heavy hit under debt restructuring plan • Noble Group Will Hand Control to Creditors After Restructuring • Iceberg Research slams Noble debt restructuring deal
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