Law:
Norton Rose Names Two New Bankruptcy Partners
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Withdrawing From 'Problem' Clients - Consider a New Year's Resolution
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Tips from GCs to Aspiring GCs
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Squire Patton Boggs - When a Law Firm Uses Merger Strategy to Scale
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Boies Schiller Flexner - Great Having David Boies on Resume, Not Great for Staff Attorneys, Staff
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Sullivan & Cromwell’s Aquila Says Deregulation Has Been Good for Business
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Cleary Doubles Market Share in 2017 M&A Rankings
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Making Time To Take Time
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North Carolina Central, Arizona Summit found out of compliance with ABA accreditation standards
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New York Law School Can't Shake Grad's Assault Suit
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New Customs and Border Protection policy on searching attorney iPhones
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Even Elite Schools Discount MBA Degrees By 50% Or More
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Herbert Smith Freehills pays out 30% less in bonuses to women than men • London law firms’ gender pay gap revealed: Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS and Shoosmiths first to publish data
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Greenberg Traurig Pays Cravath Scale Bonus… To Buy A Goat
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Trump's team looks to avoid interview between president and Mueller Russia probe • Lawyers Try to Keep Trump from Mueller • Report: Mueller likely to interview Trump • Don’t Get It Twisted: Trump Team Is Trying To AVOID Trump Talking To Mueller, They’re Looking For Any Way Out • ‘I’ve Seen No Evidence’: Ken Starr Says So Far, No Case for Trump Obstruction or Collusion • In Defense of Robert Mueller • 'I don't think he fully appreciates the legal jeopardy he faces': Mueller's team is gearing up to interview Trump • Trump could be interviewed within weeks in Russia probe • Fusion GPS Still Investigating Trump-Russia Ties, Report Says
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Is Trump Above the Law? Possibly
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Trump goes after another democratic norm
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Scott Pruitt Already Dancing On Jeff Sessions’s Grave
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Don McGahn ‘Is A Cancer’
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Bernstein: It's a Constitutional Crisis Now
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Russian Lawyer: I Talked with Ivanka Too
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Trump administration says nearly 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants must leave or face deportation
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Death Penalty Case Heard by Racist Juror Is Reopened by Supreme Court • Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Inmate Over Racist Juror Claim
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Supreme Court allows Mississippi anti-LGBT law to stand • Supreme Court won't take up Mississippi religious freedom law
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Lawyers, Top Brass Among Cuts as Krasner Trims More Than 30 Jobs From DA's Office • New Philly D.A. Is Fittin’ To Change The Whole Game
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Woman Allegedly Opens Fire at Husband on Toilet ‘To Make Him Listen to Me’
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Cliven Bundy, 2 sons to walk free, judge dismisses standoff case
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Town To Fine Drivers $200 For Taking GPS-Guided Shortcuts
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Texas Woman Kills Her Family at the Beach
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Girls Started Massive Movie Theatre Brawl Over Boy, Witness Says
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Google managers kept blacklists of conservative employees — and one manager even considered holding 'trials', alleges a new lawsuit • Lawsuit Alleges Google Managers Booed White Men at Company Meetings
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'Fixer Upper' Star Joanna Gaines Wants $150,000 Per Hour for Deposition Time
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A California county will issue refunds to parents wrongly billed for their kids’ incarceration
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Judges:
Ginsburg, Kennedy hire law clerks for future Supreme Court terms • Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with clerk hires, signals desire to outlast Trump
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Supreme Court clerks are overwhelmingly white and male. Just like 20 years ago.
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Next Steps in the Federal Judiciary's #MeToo Moment
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Judges Sue for Colleague's Surveillance
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Judge Tells Law Students That Rooms ‘Full Of Big Dark People’ Make Her Uncomfortable
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Malloy Nominates Andrew McDonald To Be Nation's First Openly Gay Chief Justice
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Federal Judge Enjoins Chicago Clerk From Withholding Press Access
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Wall Street:
US futures edge higher ahead of data • Dow on track to resume record run after taking a breather
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Stocks hit all-time highs as optimism on US economy remains
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The S&P 500 has hit a record every day of 2018, its longest such streak since 1964
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Galbraith Not Celebrating Dow 25,000
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Layoffs:
GoPro cuts over 250 jobs and reduces its CEO's cash pay to $1 in huge restructuring plan
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The False Promises of Worker Retraining
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600 layoffs at UAMS
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Autos:
Tesla's Coming Bankruptcy
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Auto Execs Think Electric Cars Will Fail
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Travel:
The chaos at New York's JFK airport was made worse by a major operational flaw
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Starting Jan. 22, some may need a passport for domestic air travel
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Are reclining seats the next airline amenity to go?
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Hedge Funds:
Hedge fund redemption requests at lowest in a decade
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Tech:
GoPro has hired JP Morgan to put itself up for sale • GoPro's plunging stock made short sellers $45 million in a single day
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You should update your iPhone as soon as possible to fix chip security hole • Here’s Everything to Know About the Intel Chip Security Flaw • Intel's CEO publicly addresses its big chip vulnerabilities, says response has been 'remarkable' • Intel's CEO says the company will update its vulnerable chips by the end of January • Microsoft temporarily stopped issuing software updates for computers affected by Spectre and Meltdown - Updates make computers unbootable
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Religion:
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Healthcare:
Oncology Services Provider Reaches $2.3 Million Settlement with HHS for Data Breach
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Trump's New Tack to Weaken ObamaCare
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Insurers Show Little Interest In Selling Trumpcare Policies
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Student Debt:
4 Ways Betsy DeVos Plans To Make It Harder For Ripped-Off Students To Get Loan Forgiveness
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Consumer board orders Citibank to pay $3.75 million for alleged illegal student loan practices
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Currency:
'Get ready for an explosion' in bitcoin as Wall Streeters spend their bonus checks
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Ethereum price jumps again as it approaches a new all-time high
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Cryptocurrency market will see crash and then consolidation, Ethereum co-founder says
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Cryptocurrencies Take a $100 Billion Hit
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Aviation:
New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – SeaStar Holdings, Inc.
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Radio:
U.S. Trustee Files Objection to Cumulus Plan
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Economy:
Consumer credit growth surges in November by most in 16 years
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Surprise — Americans aren’t taking on too much debt after all
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Americans’ Optimism About Job Market Hit Record High in 2017
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Why states may get away with creative income tax maneuvers
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Prime Working-Age Population nears 2007 Peak
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Automation is holding down paychecks, says Nobel Prize-winning economist
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Is Overregulation Holding Back the Economy?
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Bigger Raises Might Be Coming in 2018
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It'll be another weak year for the US dollar, Goldman Sachs predicts
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Trump is planning to use a misleading number to try and sell the GOP tax law • Passing the GOP tax bill was hard. Selling it to voters could be even harder • Buffett's Berkshire stands to gain $37 billion windfall from tax plan • Tax reform prompts Visa to raise 401(k) match for US employees • Trump advisor Hassett: New GOP tax law will take pressure off the Fed • What If the Tax Law Promises Aren't Kept? • Big oil finds hurdles in Trump's 'America-first' tax plan • How to Make Companies Share Their Bounty • Black Knight Mortgage Monitor: New Tax Law Could Impact Home Equity Borrowing • High-Tax States Get Fleeting Financial Boost From New Law • Tax Overhaul May Reshape State Budgets • Olive Garden Owner Pledges to Boost Employee Perks After Tax Cut • Health care companies are thrilled about the tax overhaul • Biotech and pharma firms like the US tax law — but not because of their new rates • Tax plan might create more competition with foreign manufacturers
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Republicans scale down agenda for safety-net programs, health law
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No other state comes close to Minnesota in terms of this financial metric
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Despite Trump threats, vehicle imports from Mexico hit an all-time high
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Trump to farmers: I've ended the 'regulatory assault on your way of life' • Trade, labor concerns hang over ag as Trump prepares to address top farm group
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The 10 best places to find a job in 2018 • This is where the jobs are, and where they're not
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A January Government Shutdown Will Be All About Trump's Wall...And Could Last Weeks
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The Black and Hispanic Unemployment Rates Don't Deserve Applause
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Trade and Central Banks Will Make Life Painful for Investors
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On the economy, Trump has been crazy like a fox
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How Trump, Obama compare on the stock market
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There’s a serious proposal to give every baby born in America $20,000 (or more)
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Study: Don't blame opioid crisis on the economy
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The Economy May Be Set for a Supply-Side Surprise
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Labor Dept. undoes Obama-era overtime action — and businesses cheer
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:
Homeowners are sitting on trillions in 'tappable' equity
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Americans less confident in housing market as 2017 closes
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Supreme Court Won't Take Florida Couple's Treehouse Dispute
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Black Knight: Tax Law Could Impact HELOC Borrowing
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Calif. App. Court (3rd Dist) Holds Servicer May Owe Borrower Duty of Care as to Loan Mod Efforts
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Framing Lumber Prices Up Sharply Year-over-year
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You’re better off buying than renting in these U.S. cities
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Malls may be dying, but bets against their debt haven’t paid off
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico creditors call for details on fiscal plan's development
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Aurelius Seeks a Do-Over; Puerto Rico and the Appointments Clause Litigation
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Donald Trump doesn't care about Puerto Ricans
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Hurricane aftermath complicates Puerto Rico debt restructuring
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Puerto Rico board may fast-track four power projects that would invest $1.47 bn
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2 Indiana bills address school district financial distress
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The U.S. Cities Left Behind Now Get Their Turn
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California Municipalities' Debt Disclosures Contrast With Climate Warnings
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Preliminary hearing begins for four Flint water crisis defendants
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Oil/Gas:
Tidewater Inc. - US Bankruptcy can be a very rewarding process
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Fort Worth's Darden family seeks to stop foreclosure sale of ranch holdings
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Seadrill bondholders post cash deposit for rival restructuring
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Oil steadies above $61 a barrel as rig count falls
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Is tax overhaul really a good deal for Big Oil? • Big Oil Finds Hurdles Buried in Trump’s ‘America-First’ Tax Plan
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There’s a Big Victim From OPEC’s Oil Cuts
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Awards:
Nominations Open for the 2018 William L. Norton, Jr. Judicial Excellence Award
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Retailing:
Kohl's is defying the retail meltdown — and it's more proof that malls are dying
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The mall crisis is secretly morphing into a full-on Armageddon
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RadioShack exits bankruptcy , again
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Sears, Stein Mart Face Brutal Year, Risk Bankruptcy
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Retail investor exposure to stock market is at an all-time high: TD Ameritrade • Retail Investors Are on Their Longest Buying Spree of the Bull Market
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Retailers Are In Better Shape Than Some Think: Craig Johnson
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Amazon Flexes Its Muscles With Holiday-Shopping Dominance
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The running list of 2017 retail apocalypse victims
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Jeff Bezos Is Now Worth More Than $105 Billion
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Politics:
Top Democrat: Oprah should run! • 'It's great': Mark Cuban weighs in on rumors that Oprah will challenge Trump in 2020 • Alex Jones goes full racist on Oprah Winfrey: ‘The black face to carry out the enslavement of black folks’ • Oprah Is the Living Symbol America Needs Now • Oprah can help Democrats in 2020, but not as a candidate • What the Oprah Boomlet Means for Democrats • Presidents Need More Than Hollywood Resumes • How Oprah Winfrey Literally Rose From Rags To Multi-Billion Dollar Riches • Ivanka Trump gets slammed for tweeting in support of Oprah's rousing Golden Globes speech • Take Oprah Seriously • Oprah, Don’t Do It • Should Oprah Run?
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If Bipartisanship Marks 2018, Americans Would Be Happy
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White House: Trump running for re-election in 2020
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Is Trump crazy? The president should only be judged by his policies
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How Stephen Miller Got What He Wanted From CNN • Michael Wolff's lawyer tells Trump: "No apology is warranted" • Sebastian Gorka: I was told to cooperate with Michael Wolff • Bannon Shopped Anti-Trump Dossier... Tried to Sink Presidential Campaign • What to Make of Fire and Fury • White House: Trump's physical won't include psychiatric evaluation • Michael Wolff on Trump: You can't listen to him talk without considering the possibility that 'something is grievously amiss' • 'They're liars!' Michael Wolff blasts Trump for calling his book 'fake' • Graham: No One Else Calls Trump a Genius
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House Republicans keep announcing 2018 departures • Ed Royce is latest House Republican to announce retirement
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Trump was booed by fans waiting in the rain as he arrived at the national championship game • Trump Cheered At College Football National Championship Game
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‘We’re not Trump’ isn’t enough for Democrats to win votes • Democratic Party: The Fall of Neoliberalism
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Mattis, Tillerson Keeping Trump from Attacking NKorea
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Gambling:
Failed Atlantic City casino is sold, could reopen in months • Atlantic City's Failed Revel Casino Sells for $200 Million • Revel casino officially sold, will re-open this summer • Developer selling casino, blames regulations
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Coal:
Commission rejects Perry's push to guarantee coal and nuclear revenues • Rick Perry's plan to aid coal industry rejected by regulators
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Aerospace:
A highly classified US spy satellite is missing due to a SpaceX mission failure
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Entertainment:
How Paddington Bear Kept The Weinstein Company Afloat
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(5 new opinions today - DBN)
Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (45 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:
December Chapter 11 Filings Up 'Sharply'; Full Year Up 6%
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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December 2017 Bankruptcy Statistics- State and District
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:
Involuntary Proceeding Suspended to Permit Disposition of State Court Litigation
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Venue:
Bill Aims to Make Bankrupt Companies File for Protection Closer to Home
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Earthquakes, Sharkcicles… And a New Venue Reform Bill
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Valuation:
Supreme Court Rejects Petition in Sunnyslope
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Priorities:
Debt Priority Structure, Market Discipline and Bank Conduct
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Ch. 13:
Comments from Aki Koyama on Attorneys Fees in Chapter 13 • Comments from Aki Koyama on the new Chapter 13 Plan Form
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Insurance:
The Year in Review: 2017 Key D&O Insurance Coverage Decisions
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Weather:
Hurricanes, wildfires cost US more than $300 billion in 2017, shattering records
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Costs to Fight 2017 California Wildfires Shatters Records
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Thousands evacuated as first major rainstorm in a year hits Southern California • Record Rainfall in California
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First Came the Snow Bomb, Now Comes the Salt Bomb
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Marijuana:
The Business of Cannabis – Getting into the Weeds
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Sessions's Policy Now Makes Pot Use a Gamble
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California Official Tells Sessions: Hands Off Our Pot
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Reading The Pot Leaves: What The Sessions Memo Means For Marijuana In The U.S.
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The Marijuana Mess: How Can The Feds Penalize What The States Say Is Legal?
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Vermont poised to be first to legalize marijuana through state legislature
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Kansas lawmaker says African Americans are more susceptible to drug abuse because of ‘character makeup’ and ‘genetics.’ • Kansas Republican lawmaker says black people can’t handle marijuana because of ‘their genetics’
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Justice Dept. Reversal to Make Banking Harder for Pot Businesses
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Sessions Pot Crackdown a Step Backwards
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Fraud:
Meet the legal duo fighting for Madoff victims
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Mail:
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night . . . However . . .
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Sports:
NFL Playoff Ratings in Double Digit Decline
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Corporate Governance:
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Celebs:
Teresa Giudice's Lawyer Dispels Divorce Rumors: 'They Can’t Wait to Be Together Again'
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UK:
UK Income Squeeze Shows in Spending
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UK ‘zombie business’ numbers drop to record low – R3
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Gloomy Christmas for British Retailers
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The High Street spending crisis is starting to claim scalps with a 28% increase in shops going bust
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Carillion: How the Black Country's top business went from a £5 billion turnover to the edge of bankruptcy • Saving Carillion will cost banks and investors
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Britain's Unavoidable Health-Care Choice
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PIIGS:
Varoufakis: "Do not be Fooled, the Crisis is not Over and the Euro is in Jeopardy"
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Greece: Gov't in all-night talks with creditors over multi-bill
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Why the Bank of Italy Wants to Change the Subject
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Canada:
Files cast doubt on GG vetting process
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Judge Denies Ticketfly Attempt to Set Aside Pemberton Fan Refund Money
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India:
Banks may sell loans in RBI’s second list to ARCs in absence of bidders
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RBI seeks SC permission to start insolvency proceedings against Jaiprakash Associates
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Changes to Companies Act to fortify bankruptcy process notified
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Insolvency professionals divided over ban on resolution outsourcing
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HC starts a race between winding-up and insolvency proceedings
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Electrosteel Steels Finds Four Buyers
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Uzbekistan:
Uzbekistan introduces bankruptcy procedure for individuals
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Germany:
German court ruling threatens to unravel Niki sale to IAG • German court says Niki insolvency in Austria's jurisdiction • Niki passengers strike back - Air Berlin Bankruptcy
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China:
Nearly 100 "zombie companies" declared bankrupt in Guangzhou
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Finland:
Consumers in Finland increasingly having trouble paying bills
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Brazil:
Judge OKs Oi restructuring, says shareholders meeting not needed
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Venezuela:
The Hausmann Addendum to the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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Venezuela's oil production sinks to lowest since 2002
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Russia:
Browder’s sentence for deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion appealed
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Sweden:
Sweden Hits the Jackpot With a ‘Crazy’ Surplus
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