Law:
Bill Lobel Joins Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones To Open Firm's Orange County Office
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As Sedgwick Dissolves, a Look at Where the Lawyers Went
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Why Better Technology Implementation Isn’t About The Tech
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The Law Firm Disrupted: A Big Change for 2018?
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Business challenges forcing SME law firms to close their doors in the US
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BigLaw: The Coming Power Struggle Among Generations
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With 'Innovation Think Tank,' Firm Upends How Its Attorneys Work
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Allen & Overy’s top-earning partner earns more in a week than its trainees do in a year
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Dan Markel's Family Is In 'Agony' Over Delays In Murder Trial Of Katherine Magbanua
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Spokesman for Trump's legal team left because he worried Trump obstructed justice, Wolff book claims • Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump’s Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation • Trump gets a powerful new ally in his war with the FBI • Trump's Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Probe • Forget Treason. Money Laundering Is Serious. • Fusion GPS Fails to Block Congressional Bid for Bank Records
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Yes, The Trump Cease & Desist Letter Over The Bannon Book Is Stupid • Trump's legal threats backfire as Wolff book surges • Trump Can Sue Bannon. Winning’s Another Matter • Trump's Threat to Sue Ex-Aide Rings Hollow to Legal Experts • Trump's Attempt to Bully Bannon in Court Would Fail • What Employment Lawyers Are Saying About Trump's 'Cease and Desist' Against Bannon
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Cannabis Law Practices Brace for Impact of Sessions Memo
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Trump: Any deal on DACA must include additional border security, immigration reforms • The real DACA negotiation is Republicans negotiating with themselves • Senators and Trump Inch Toward DACA Deal, but a Wall Divides Them
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Justice Department will again probe Clinton's email server • FBI Launches New Clinton Foundation Probe • Comey's Original Clinton Memo Released
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Trump Told Lawyer to Stop Session's Recusal • Trump lobbied for Sessions to protect him from investigation, report says
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US Attorneys Picked as Stand-Ins After Purge
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Suspect faces charge in ‘swatting’ death; ex-solicitor general says laws must catch up to behavior
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‘Hurry up, Jew’: NFL heiress sparks brawl and beats lawyer bloody with $500 glass purse
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Man accused of sexually assaulting sleeping woman on flight
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Ex-Prosecutor Disbarred For Forging Wiretap Orders To Spy On Love Interest
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Before Becoming GC Of The Golden State Warriors, This Lawyer Was A Rapper
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Mizzou First-Year Law Student Is Also A D1 Basketball Player
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FBI Ties 'Alt-Right' to Amtrak Terror Attack
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Litigation funder spending cash on political candidates like AGs of New York and Pennsylvania
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Legal finance: What to expect in 2018
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Man Tore Heads Off Chickens In Jealous Rage
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Judges:
BK ND MS Seeks Bankruptcy Judge
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BK SD GA Savannah Opening Late • BK MA: Springfield Closed, Boston and Worcester Reduced Staff • BK ED PA: Reading and Philadelphia Closed
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A Look At The Sanction Dogging A Trump Judicial Nominee
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Trump Wanted Loyalty in Supreme Court Pick, New Book 'Fire and Fury' Says
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: New Year, New Hires
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A SCOTUS Justice With Refined Taste For The More Decadent Things In Life
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The Most Popular Supreme Court Justices — In Law School Casebooks
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Judicial Nominee: Gay Judges Shouldn’t Hear LGBT Cases
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Trump’s Stellar Judges
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Wall Street:
US futures rise ahead of open, as Wall Street gears up for nonfarm payrolls • S&P eyes another historic record run, with U.S. jobs data on deck
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Dow breaks above 25,000 for the first time ever after strong jobs data • Dow punches through 25,000 after robust December jobs report • Trump takes credit for Dow 25,000, says 'I guess our new number is 30,000'
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Why only a tiny percentage of Americans benefit from Dow 25,000
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The S&P 500 is poised to do something that it hasn’t done since 1964
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Layoffs:
Macy's closures, 5,000 job cuts
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Why Is the U.S. So Bad at Worker Retraining?
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Comcast Promised More Jobs, Fires 500
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AT&T Sued Over Layoffs: Promised Investments
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GoPro cuts 200-300 jobs
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Roseland Community Hospital lays off 7 percent of staff, cuts pay
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Dana Mining to cut 370
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Travel:
JFK, LaGuardia airports closed as 'bomb cyclone' shuts down thousands of flights and strands travelers • Hundreds more flights canceled in winter storm's wake
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World's biggest passenger jet forced to land at small New York airport thanks to blizzard
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Powerful blizzard hammers US Northeast, snarling travel Reuters Updated Moments Ago
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Marijuana:
The Justice Department is rescinding critical rules directing the federal government to keep its hands off of states' legal marijuana • Jeff Sessions to end policy that let legal pot flourish • Sessions cracks down on marijuana legalization • Jeff Sessions’ marijuana decision favors drug cartels • Jeff Sessions' Reversal of Obama-era Marijuana Policy Threatens Legalized Sales • Jeff Sessions faces a steep uphill battle in his war on pot • The Trump administration’s new war on marijuana, explained • Jeff Sessions has delivered a blow to the marijuana industry’s ability to raise capital • The Fiscal Stakes Are High as Sessions Eyes Marijuana Crackdown
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Marijuana businesses legalized by states could face federal prosecution under new DOJ policy
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U.S. Attorney for Colorado: No changes on marijuana enforcement
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Blame the Supreme Court for Letting the Feds Target Legal State Pot
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Marijuana stocks are getting slammed after report says Jeff Sessions plans to roll back legal pot rules • Pot Analysts Aren’t Freaking Out About Sessions’ Order Just Yet
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Top Senate Republican threatens Jeff Sessions over marijuana policy change • Cory Gardner just showed how Senate Republicans could check Trump if they wanted to - But they don’t want to • Reactions to Sessions cracking down on marijuana legalization • GOP to Sessions: Leave Our Pot Alone • On Marijuana Law, No Politician Is a True Federalist • Trump Is Absent During Big Shift on Marijuana
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Autos:
How Takata Bankruptcy Could Affect Compensation for Car Owners
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Tesla Model 3 production snarls have Wall Street worried about future cash burn
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Currency:
Investor who called last two major market crashes says bitcoin is a bubble
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SEC, CFTC Warns on Cryptocurrencies
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Merrill Lynch Backs Clients' Bitcoin Trading
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A cryptocurrency created as a parody is now worth more than $1 billion
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Rise of Bitcoin Competitor Ripple Creates Wealth to Rival Zuckerberg
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Entertainment:
Weinstein Co. Close to Sale for Less Than $500 Million • Report: Weinstein Co. could sell for less than $500 million • Only a few suitors still in running to buy Weinstein Co. • WPP Reportedly Preparing to Wash Its Hands of the Weinstein Company
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Education:
Bankruptcy court settlement could bring relief to some ITT students
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Telecoms:
Sprint hires cost-cutting Combes in sign of tough slog to come
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Economy:
Global Debt Hits Record $233 Trillion • Record high
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Americans are poorer than in decades
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Job-cut announcements in 2017 see lowest level since 1990, Challenger report says
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ADP: Private Employment increased 250,000 in December
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 250,000
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Low unemployment strains industries like manufacturing
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LinkedIn report finds a 24.2% rise in December hiring as growth in Sun Belt cities booms
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4 Things From December Jobs Report
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Goldman: December Payrolls Preview
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December Employment Preview
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Solid US job growth is expected in December, which could pave the way for a March rate hike
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Lack of wage growth will likely dampen celebration of strong December jobs report
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Fed Minutes Reveal Uncertainties Over Tax Cuts
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Prospects for interest rates doubling in 2 years
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Warren Buffett on the US economy: ‘The tsunami of wealth didn’t trickle down. It surged upward’ • Warren Buffett explains what’s wrong with the economic system that made him billions
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The One Thing the Economy Still Needs to Thrive in 2018
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These 20 US counties produce the most successful people
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Sen. Rob Portman: New tax law took US corporate tax code from worst to 'one of the best' • Cuomo To Restructure NY Tax Code, Sue Over Fed. 'Assault' • There are problems with the Republican tax bill. Deficits aren't one of them •Does tax bill violate the Constitution by treating residents of high-tax states differently? • Democrats Are Right, the Tax Bill Is a Disaster — but They're Wrong About Why • California Senator Has Plan to Combat GOP Tax Hike • New California bill could serve as national boilerplate for skirting Trump’s tax law • More On State Resistance To The New Federal Tax Law
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Former McDonald's CEO: New Year's Minimum Wage Increases Will Hurt New Employee Most
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There's a battle of tax codes raging — the US and China just upped the arms race
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GOP divided over next steps: health care, welfare or neither?
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Massive new data set suggests economic inequality is about to get even worse
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Predictions that Trump would upend global economy — in a bad way — are wrong so far
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Warren Buffett Says Years of U.S. Growth ‘Certainly Lie Ahead’
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:
As California's housing crisis worsens, more residents forced to sleep in cars
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Are Lenders Entitled to Insurance Proceeds when Foreclosing?
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Final Update: 2018 Housing Forecasts
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Maintaining Privilege When Communicating with Professionals
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Reis: Mall Vacancy Rate unchanged in Q4 2017 • Mall Vacancy Rate Since 1980
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Questions on Fannie and Freddie Have Separate Answers
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rican Christmas felt sadder and quieter this year — for obvious reasons
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Puerto Rico governor forms task force to examine Maria death toll • Puerto Rico sets 90-day target for review of hurricane deaths
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Disturbing Numbers to Understand How Devastated Puerto Rico Is
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Official: Cibola County may be bankrupt by end of February
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Oil/Gas:
U.S. court should demand more info on Seadrill restructuring, watchdog says
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Fort Worth oil family of former Quicksilver Resources returns to bankruptcy court
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New report predicts 2018 oil exploration spending will drop
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Oil closes above $62 as stockpiles shrink • Key indicator shows tightest oil market in years • Oil prices fall, losing grip on 3-year high
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Oil market saw seismic shifts in 2017
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OPEC vs Shale: The Oil Saga Continues
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Investors sense opportunities in Big Oil - but mind the gap
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Can't please everyone: Trump energy policy riles competing sectors
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Trump launches push for more offshore drilling • Trump aims to open nearly all federal waters to offshore drilling in biggest lease sale ever
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Revenge Of The Oil Services Sector In 2018
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Politics:
Trump's feud with Steve Bannon is about to upend the political atmosphere • The Wolff lines on Trump that ring unambiguously true • Trump on Steve Bannon: 'I don't talk to him;' he called me a 'great man' • McConnell endorses Trump's scorched earth words for Bannon • What Was Steve Bannon Thinking? • Steve Bannon’s longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah, are debating whether to oust him as Breitbart chairman • Hard Push to Oust Bannon at Breitbart • Trump Isolates Bannon in Feud as Mercer Family Cuts Off Money • Top conservative megadonor cuts ties with Bannon as pressure grows to oust him from Breitbart News • Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggests Breitbart should 'certainly' consider cutting ties with Steve Bannon • Trump lawyer demands a halt to publication of tell-all book, 'Fire and Fury,' seeks full retraction and apology • Trump says Bannon has ‘changed his tune’ after critical comments in Wolff book • Trump Calls Bannon 'Sloppy Steve' in Angry Tweet • It's Been an Open Secret All Along • Questions about Trump's fitness raised by bombshell book pose threat for GOP in 2018 elections • Bannon blows himself up • 9 big Wolff revelations that go beyond Steve Bannon • Donald Trump used his Trump Tower secretary to trick his buddies’ wives into sleeping with him • Trump gave Steve Bannon a sickening nickname after hearing about wife-beating allegations: report • 'Bannon may already be cooperating with Mueller': tell-all book shifts frame of Russia inquiry • Bannon goes back to praising Trump • The controversy around Michael Wolff’s gossipy new Trump book, explained • Trump threatens Wolff, escalating "Fire and Fury" feud • Trump lawyer demands a halt to publication of tell-all book, 'Fire and Fury,' seeks full retraction and apology • Who Is Michael Wolff? • The backlash begins for the author of the explosive Trump-Bannon book • I know why Steve Bannon let Michael Wolff into the White House • Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury" to be released four days early • How Michael Wolff Stuck a Shiv in Trump • Can Trump Stop the Publication of Bombshell Book? • The Death of 'Trumpism Without Trump' • Donald Trump Embraces the Streisand Effect
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"You Can’t Make This Up": My Year Inside Trump's Insane White House
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World Leaders on Edge Over Trump's Direction
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And the winner is... Republican wins after name drawn from bowl in Va. race
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Spicer says he "screwed up" as press secretary, but never lied
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Baffling: Plans for Black Confederate Statues
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Nuclear:
Toshiba Exorcises Westinghouse Ghost With Sale to Brookfield • Brookfield Business Partners to acquire Westinghouse for $4.6 billion • Brookfield bets on nuclear plants aging gracefully • Bankrupt contractor on South Carolina's failed nuclear project to be sold • Bankrupt nuclear power company Westinghouse gets a buyer • Bankrupt Westinghouse inks $4.6 billion deal • Toshiba after the Westinghouse sale • Toshiba gets rid of Westinghouse for $4.6 billion • Brookfield's Big Nuclear Bet • Westinghouse, Once an Industrial Powerhouse, Is on Brink of Sale • Brookfield Goes Nuclear: Why You Should Watch The Canadian Giant's Restructuring Work
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Deal Aims to Resolve Scana's Nuclear Mess
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Healthcare:
How have U.S. mortality rates changed over time?
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Big price differences for surgeries: How to pay eight times more for new knees
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Out-of-Pocket Health Costs Are Rising, But Not That Much
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Mass Torts:
Claire's says lab results rebut Asbestos claims
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Religion:
Settlements with insurers pivotal for bankrupt Duluth diocese-lawyer • Judge approves Diocese of Duluth insurance settlements
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Orchestras:
San Antonio Symphony To Play Final Concert Of The Season Saturday, Remaining Season Suspended
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Consultants:
FTI Consulting Promotes Eight Restructuring Pros
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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 (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (61 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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Construction:
Extremely Clear Pay-If-Paid Clause is Enforced
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Awards:
Armstrong Teasdale Bankruptcy Attorney, Alum Recognized with 2018 Missouri Lawyers Awards
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Labor:
Employee Claims in Bankruptcy Pose Significant Liability Exposure
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Bankruptcy Policy:
Bankruptcy Laws Need to Adequately Protect Entrepreneurs from Downside Risks
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Insurance:
D&O Policy Rescission Upheld Despite Poorly Written Application Question and Arguably Correct Answer
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Automatic Stay:
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Radio:
A Clouded Bankruptcy
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Tech:
Apple says Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities affect all Mac and iOS devices • Apple is updating its software to combat chip security holes
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Cooling Ardor for Flashy Smartphones Spells Trouble for Suppliers
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Run, don’t walk, to replace your iPhone battery for $29 • Apple’s Battery Controversy Drawing More Attention Than iPhone X Release
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Retailing:
Another retail bankruptcy wave is on the way, Credit Suisse says
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The Moment of Truth Draws Near for Some U.S. Retailers
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No New Year's Relief for Retail. Now It's Peak Bankruptcy Season
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Macy's holiday sales weren't enough to turn around 2017 • Here are the stores Macy's is closing next
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Sears closing 100+ more stores • Sears to close more than 100 stores, including Kmart locations, in March and April • Now closing: 64 Kmart and 39 Sears stores • Sears To Close 100 More Stores -- Here's Where They Are • Sears Holdings has closed 400 stores in the past year. Now it’s closing 103 more.
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Retail Apocalypse: 21 big retailers closing stores
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No New Year's Relief for Retail . Now It's Peak Bankruptcy Season
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Two big retailers report higher holiday sales but now they must survive this harsh winter weather.
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Even Macy's and JC Penney Enjoy a Rising Retail Tide
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Here's a map of where Sears' and Macy's stores are going dark
GNC: Analyzing The Potential For Bankruptcy
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CEO of embattled retailer Neiman Marcus to step down, replacement identified • Neiman Marcus CEO leaves as retailer struggles with debt
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Bitter cold, storms will hit retail sales hard, particularly at troubled stores
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Department stores' deepest woes remain in spite of upbeat holiday sales
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18 Retail Facts Involving The Number 18, For 2018
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Weather:
'Bomb cyclone' hits US East Coast energy, power supply • U.S. East Coast Blitzed by Fast-Moving, High-Impact Winter Storm • New York weathers severe winter storm • National Weather Service warns: Up to 18 inches of snow in Boston • "Winter Hurricane" Wreaks Havoc From Carolinas to Maine • Snow, flooding batter Boston • Winter storm 2018: almost the entire East Coast is covered in snow • The bomb cyclone isn't a winter hurricane — just a bad storm with good branding • Stunning images of the 'bomb cyclone' • National Guard Deals with Northeast Blizzard • East Coast braces for a deep freeze following massive storm
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Blizzard Triggers a 60-Fold Surge in Prices for U.S. Natural Gas • The Bomb Cyclone Breezes Into the Gas Market
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Coal:
Hedge Funds Lose Bid to Scoop up Preferred Equity in Peabody
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One year in, is Trump helping the US coal industry? Not really.
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Accounting:
FDIC win against PwC could finally force auditors to look for fraud
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US accountant goes for Olympic glory
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Banking:
Citibank Pays $70 Million for Money Laundering Non-Compliance
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Sovereigns:
Countries that could go bankrupt in 2018
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UK:
Weil: What Will 2018 Hold?
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Scottish small business confidence nears record lows
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2018 predictions - a rise in insolvencies and clear-out of zombies
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Are U.K. Money Managers Doomed?
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PIIGS:
The Italian Insolvency Law Reform Project
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Firm behind riskiest Anglo Irish debt gives up recovery fight
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Canada:
Systematic attack on pensions
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India:
IBBI new norms raises doubts among insolvency professionals
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RCom surges 7% as CDB seen withdrawing insolvency filing
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RBI asks ARCs to share data with information utilities under insolvency proceedings
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Cramming down under the Insolvency Code
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In Defence of the FRDI Bill: The Many Misconceptions and Facts
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Venezuela:
Cash-Strapped Venezuela Offers to Pay for Medicines With Diamonds
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China:
China to Set Economic Growth Target ‘Around 6.5%’
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China Property Bonds Seen Facing Highest Default Risk in '18
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Beijing will allow a local government default
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MENA:
U.S. to suspend at least $1.3 billion in security aid to Pakistan
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