July 23, 2018

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Law:

Biglaw Firm Gets Sad News It Won’t Be Raising Associate Compensation For This Biglaw Firm First Comes Raises, Then Comes The Fine Print A Small Firm With Huge Salaries Money Madness: A List Of All Firms That Are Paying Market Salaries Firms Look Beyond Cash To Lure Associates In Salary Raise Wars
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Chicago to get a public law school: John Marshall acquired by University of Illinois system University of Illinois, Chicago Board approves acquisition of John Marshall Law School in Chicago
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Which law schools could merge?
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Remainder of product liability group from Quinn Emanuel follows Sheila Birnbaum to Dechert
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A Present-Tense Solution to Law Firms’ Short-Term Thinking
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Is Your Email Inbox Taking Over Your Life?
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5 On-Campus Interview Fails And 5 OCI Tips For Law Students This Summer
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Why Lawyers (And Others) Quit
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How To Avoid Getting Sidetracked By Difficult People
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Can You Imagine Billing ~3,600 Hours In A Year? This Biglaw Attorney Did
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Northwestern Lecturer Mark A. Cohen’s Angry Outburst About Vermont Law School The trouble at Vermont Law School isn't due to "unsustainable" debt levels for students--but it might be because of unsustainable tuition discounting
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Ex-Nutter Partner Suspended After Firm Uncovered Misappropriated Funds
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Is Your Law Firm Making You Flabby?
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Dan Markel’s Parents Release Statement On Four-Year Anniversary Of His Murder
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An Accreditation Seeks to ‘Professionalize’ Law Firm Pricing Directors
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The investigation surrounding Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen is quickly becoming one of the biggest stories in America — here's a full timeline of events 'Totally unheard of & perhaps illegal': Trump erupts amid news that Michael Cohen may have secretly recorded a conversation with him Trump Lawyers Waive Privilege on Cohen Tape Did Giuliani Just Mess Things Up All Over Again by Trying to Get Ahead of Cohen’s ‘Secret’ Trump Tape? Michael Cohen’s tape was ‘privileged’ – but Trump’s legal team blabbed about it anyway: Source Avenatti says Cohen has more Trump tapes Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded Trump talking about payoff to Playboy model Trump's Bill Clinton problem Cohen Tape Contradicts Trump on Model Cohen: Spin Can't Change What's on Tape Cohen secretly recorded Trump discussing Playmate payment; Giuliani calls it ‘exculpatory’ Legal Experts on Cohen's Taping of Trump Cohen Questions Trump's Fitness for Office Michael Avenatti: 'Cautiously Optimistic' About Cohen After ‘Random’ Meeting at Italian Restaurant, Avenatti Says He’s Ready to Rep Cohen on One Condition
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The Avenatti Effect: The lawyer, the p--- star, and the plan to take down a president
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Rich Man, Poor Man: Michael Cohen and Brett Kavanaugh
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Roger Stone-connected 'Manhattan Madam' subpoenaed by special counsel Robert Mueller NRA is Awfully Quiet About Maria Butina Russia Tells US to Release Maria Butina Butina Indictment: Not About Sex, but Money How Many More Maria Butinas are There? Butina is the GOP's New 'Alger Hiss' Problem Cryptic tweet points to possible connection between accused Russian agent and President Trump Accused Russian agent Maria Butina reportedly met with U.S. Treasury and Fed officials FBI Releases Carter Page Wiretap Documents FBI: Carter Page Was Recruited by Russia Rubio: 'Many Reasons' for FBI to Survey Carter Page Rubio refutes Trump's tweets, says FBI didn't spy on Trump campaign FISA Documents End "Witch Hunt" Claims by Nunes and Trump Trump Claims FISA Docs Prove Misconduct Trump Renews Attacks on Russia Probe As Surveillance Papers Emerge What to Make of the Carter Page FISA Applications Judges Who Approved Carter Page FISA Warrants Were All Nominated by GOP Presidents US Now Doing to Iran What We Don't Want Russia Doing to Us US Has a Long History of Election Meddling How long will Mueller's investigation go on? Why is Mueller handing off key cases? Gowdy: Trump Advisors Should Quit on Russia Manafort faces federal trial with a hint of a presidential pardon Meet the 'Manhattan Madam', who is now preparing to be questioned in the Mueller probe
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Tax Probe Of Trump Foundation Faces High Bar For Criminal Charges As Cuomo Confirms Criminal Probe, Where Is NY AG's Trump Foundation Lawsuit Headed?
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Ohio State: 100 ex-students report misconduct by doctor Could Ohio State staff be criminally liable in assault investigation? Anthony Anderson Under Criminal Investigation, Disputes Woman’s Claims In Hollywood, ‘Anything Goes’ Becomes ‘You’re Fired’
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Paramount President Fired Amid Allegations of Racially Charged Comments
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Boat Disaster Captain: No Need for Life Jackets Duck Boat Tragedy: 3 Generations Killed Duck Boats Are Death Traps
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LA authorities recorded privileged attorney-client conversations, district attorney says
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Judge, calm in court, takes hard line on splitting families
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Labor Department rescinds ‘persuader rule’ opposed by ABA, cites attorney-client privilege issue
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4 Year Old Shoots and Kills 2 Year Old Cousin
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NRA sues Seattle over "safe storage" gun law
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Ecuador to End Asylum for Julian Assange
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Law School Graduate Is First Black Woman To Be Crowned Miss Universe Great Britain
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Trader Joe's Shooting Suspect Had Fight With Grandma
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CA: Self-Proclaimed Batman Takes Crime Into His Own Hands
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Michigan's GOP Attorney General Just Revoked Protections For LGBTQ Individuals
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Federal Judge Slams New York AG for Prosecuting Anti-Abortion Activists
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Ex-Federal Prosecutor in New Orleans Faces Disbarment Over Online Commentary
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Judges:

McConnell Makes New Threat To Force Kavanaugh Confirmation Indicted Russian company cites Kavanaugh opinion on campaign finance in bid to get charge tossed Judge Kavanaugh on the Fourth Amendment The Selling of Judge Brett Kavanaugh Kavanaugh Got a White House Call the Afternoon Kennedy Called It Quits What Kavanaugh's Writing Tells Us About His Personality Inside the Kavanaugh campaign Kavanaugh Once Questioned Supreme Court’s Nixon Tapes Kavanaugh Statements on Watergate Ruling Are 'Big Deal' for Mueller Probe, Law Prof Says Kavanaugh: Supreme Court case on Watergate tapes might have been 'wrongly decided' US Trial Bar Leader Says Kavanaugh Could 'Dramatically Affect Consumer Rights'Ruling
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In Defense Of Ryan Bounds Deconstructing The Defeat Of Ryan Bounds’s Ninth Circuit Nomination
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‘Trump Term’ Could Be Coming to Supreme Court
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Conservative plan, years in the making, is occurring as Trump fills federal bench
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Boies Partner, Ex-MoFo Attys Tapped For Calif. Bench
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Wall Street:

U.S. stocks poised for sluggish start, with Tesla set to ding tech stocks US stock futures slip as global trade fears simmer
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Stocks close little changed as strong earnings offset Trump’s comments on trade
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Trade uncertainty prompts spike in investor caution
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Six months later, stock market struggles to return to record high
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Earnings deluge expected and data should show best growth in four years
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Layoffs:

GM workers were warned
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Ebay slashing 274 jobs amid rising costs
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JetBlue reshuffles corporate headquarters, braces workers for layoffs
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Disney And Fox Merger Estimated To Result In 5,000 Layoffs
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Universal Basic Income Is Not a Magic Bullet
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Mining:

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO airs frustration over Clarke, Gov. Dayton
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Politics:

We just witnessed the 10 most disastrous days of Trump's presidency Trump's Bad Week in 24 Headlines
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Kissinger: The World is in a Very, Very Grave Place Trump is reviving the policies that once darkened the world
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South Carolina GOP Congressman Mark Sanford warns of Trump's 'autocratic style'
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“The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does”
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Lindsey Graham warns Trump he's being "played" by North Korea In private, Trump vents his frustration over lack of progress on North Korea Report: Trump fumes as Korea talks stall Top US commander in Korea: Material needed for North Korea to make nuclear bombs is still intact
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CIA: China Wants to Replace US as World Superpower
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Decoding Trump's Comments About Email Servers
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Trump's job approval stable, but gets low marks on trade, immigration and Russia: NBC News-WSJ poll
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As Trump continues to defend his Putin bromance, Mattis just signaled the US will continue arming one of Moscow’s biggest foes Trump reportedly fawned over Putin after their meeting and told aides the Russian leader was strong, smart, and cunning Concern in White House over intelligence chief's Russian summit surprise Many Tried to Save Trump from Helsinki How Putin sows division in America Coats: Didn't Mean Disrespect to the President Senior White House Officials Confront Donald Trump, Ask Him To Reverse Russia Comments, Report Says Trump and Russia: Shifting answers on key questions Why I’m No Longer a Russiagate Skeptic Trump again reverses course on Russian interference, calls it 'all a big hoax' Trump: Obama Didn't Warn Me About Russia, It's a Hoax The Trump-Putin Summit Could Have Been Worse Trump's Two Hours Alone With Putin Still Rattling Washington Trump’s Hours With Putin Shake Washington, Don’t Stir His Fans
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Trump demands NFL kick players out for a season or give them 'no pay' if they take a knee during national anthem Why the NFL was forced to put its new anthem policy on hold before a single game was played Trump Gets Back on NFL Anthem Tirade Lou Holtz Blasts NFL Players for Kneeling During Anthem NY Giants Owner: Our Players Can Kneel
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Ranked : Trump's quotes on Putin, the Fed and Russian meddling
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Let’s be clear: The White House week of walk-backs
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Ex-CIA Official Calls For Donald Trump Supporters To Murder Trump’s Critics
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Max Boot: I'd Take Obama Back in a Second
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This Isn’t Dianne Feinstein’s Democratic Party
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Rubio pushes back on Trump's claims his campaign was spied on illegally: Investigators 'didn't do anything wrong'
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The Three Kinds of People Who Live in the United States
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GOP: Dem Beto O’Rourke within 2 percentage points of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz
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Scott Pruitt’s staff at EPA worried about exposure to formaldehyde — but only for their boss
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Movie Theaters:

The spectacular rise and fall of MoviePass MoviePass started a revolution. But it might not survive to see it through.
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Pensions:

These retirees fear deep cuts to their pensions
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Maritime:

Bank of Valletta loses Italian court appeal on €363 million precautionary warrant
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Entertainment:

Harvey Weinstein’s Ex-PR Firm Claims They Have Evidence Producer Is Hiding Assets to Avoid Paying Creditors
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Construction:

Bankruptcy filing will impact payments to building collapse victims
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Flowers:

FTD Companies, Inc. Announces Review of Strategic Alternatives, Corporate Restructuring and Cost Savings Plan
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Climate:

Climate change is finally getting political cred with Republicans
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Environmental:

Plastic straws play only minor role in global plastics pollution
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Economy:

Why is Real Wage Growth So Anemic? Raising the minimum wage can help but won't fix workers' stagnant pay
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State Unemployment since 1976 BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 9 states in June, Oregon at New Low
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New York Fed Staff Nowcast stands at 2.7% for 2018:Q2 and 2.4% for 2018:Q3
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Traders expect that the Fed probably will ignore Trump's rate complaints Trump Should Study Nixon History with Fed Trump rips interest-rate hikes, but investors expect Fed’s Powell to stay the course Trump is mad about Fed rate hikes, but he only has himself to blame for them The Fed Was ‘America First’ Long Before Trump ed Chair Lined Up as Trump's New Scapegoat Dick Bove: Trump poised to take control of the Federal Reserve The Fed Is Learning What Being Donald Trump’s Ex-Girlfriend Feels Like Treasury's Mnuchin says Trump backs Fed independence Trump Lines Up Powell As Fall Guy If Tax , Trade Policies Sour
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Trump says stock market gains since election give him opportunity to wage a trade war: 'We’re playing with the bank's money' FactCheck: Trump on Farm Trade Trump’s raise-the-stakes strategy raises anxiety of an open-ended trade war with China Trade Wars Can Become Currency Wars China Says It Has ‘No Desire’ to Devalue Yuan Amid Trade War China using Russian strategy in trade war with America How A Trade War With China Could Trigger Another Financial Crisis Mnuchin echoes Trump on hitting China with massive tariffs Companies working to dissuade Trump from his trade war France's Macron reportedly referenced 'The Art of the Deal' to clap back at Trump over an EU trade dispute G-20 makes little headway on settling global trade tensions sparked by U.S. tariffs Australian Treasurer Says Trump Has a Point on Trade: G-20 Update Wall Street's $6.3 trillion man is worried about a trade war El-Erian on trade war: US will be less damaged than others Trump deal to save China’s ZTE survives battle in U.S. Congress Trump's trade war is getting serious — here's why it started, what it means for the US economy, and how it could hit you French Minister: Trade War is a Reality Trump's attacks weaken transatlantic security relationship, but Europe has few alternatives Merkel hopes for trade deal amid Trump's tariffs threat EU resists Trump's zero-tariff trade offer Tariffs removal not needed for E.U., U.S. talks: European Council representative U.S. tariffs to cost Germans up to 20 billion euros this year: report EU's Juncker in last-ditch bid to end Trump trade war Trump's looming auto trade battle is staggeringly pointless — but there's a good chance he'll win it Trade tariffs mean companies will spend less on growing their business in 2019, says Fitch JPMorgan CEO: A trade war could reverse economic growth Trump will showcase an F-35 fighter jet, Moon Pies, and gun safes at a White House event highlighting American products Monday as his trade battles loom large Classic cars could be hurt by tariffs, too Steel Importers Ask CIT For Quick End To Trump's Tariffs U.S. counterclaim on steel, aluminum tariffs has gangster logic Trump’s Trade War Casts a Long Shadow Over LNG Shipping Boom Apple Watch, FitBit could be hit hardest by US tariffs President Donald Trump’s steel tariffs holding back oil and gas industry growth Iowa whiskey producers also feeling tariffs’ impact Newsprint import tariffs send costs soaring for US newspapers Pence's hometown feels hit from Trump tariffs Indiana Businesses Sound Alarm on Trump Tariffs Missouri Nail Factory Manager On Steel Tariffs Gov. Edwards says Trump's approach on tariffs will harm Louisiana Alaska: Gov. Walker worried about potential Trump tariffs Tariffs cutting into farm income Billions of pounds of meat in U.S stockpiles amid slowing overseas sales America’s pork pileup: tariffs help create a meat mountain China's animated soybean hardball Trump's auto tariffs will cost consumers $83 billion, insiders tell Commerce in hearing Trump isolated in his push for tariffs on foreign cars US tariffs set to dominate automakers’ earnings Apparel retailers rank trade policy, tariffs as top business challenge
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Trump's "America First" becomes a global reality
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Mexico's socialist president-elect wants to fix trade with the USA by appealing to Trump's anti-establishment politics Mexico's president-elect wrote Trump a 7-page letter vowing to reduce migration to the US Mexico's Lopez Obrador floats idea of new relationship in letter to Trump Mexico’s President-Elect Calls for NAFTA Agreement in Letter to Trump
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Top Japanese Official Has No Interest in Trade Deal With Just the U.S.
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The Federal Deficit: Mulvaney Says The Congressional Budget Office Was Right After All
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Senate Republicans on the Push for Tax Cuts 2.0: Meh
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What it costs to live in America’s most expensive ZIP codes
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The aging, childless future Youth support for elders is faltering
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Inconsistent wages are top concern for workers
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Robots are stepping in to help solve the worker shortage
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There are millions of Americans like that guy who walked 20 miles to work
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America is nearing peak income inequality
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White Americans with a college degree are on average three times as wealthy as black Americans with the same credential, and in families whose head of the household is employed, white families have 10 times the wealth of black ones
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America’s creditors are fed up with Trump’s squander of US economic growth as he picks fights
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Government Has Been a Drag on the Economy – but That’s About to Change
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Gallup: Americans Say Economy Is “Most Important Thing Going Well”
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Poll: Public gives Trump thumbs down on Russia, up on economy
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Maybe the Gig Economy Never Was What It Used to Be
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Derivatives: Decade After Crisis, a $600 Trillion Market Remains Murky to Regulators
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Could you get by on the average American's retirement income?
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Millennials Want To Retire By Age 61. Can They?
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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:

NYC Home Inventory Piling Up Even the cheapest homes are waiting for buyers
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Existing Home Sales: Take the Under for June
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Is the Plunge in Housing Starts a Bad Economic Sign?
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Has Housing Market Activity Peaked?
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The Cost of Rent in 140+ North American Cities
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U.S. Property Sales Fall 8% in the First Half of 2018
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Renovation Plans Unveiled for Oklahoma City Tower
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Civic Partners bankruptcy case dismissed
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Municipalities:

Muni Lowdown
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Turmoil slows rebuilding of Puerto Rico's power grid
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FEMA has either denied or not approved most appeals for housing aid in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Should Stop Fighting Federal Oversight Board
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Puerto Rico Morgue Moved Cadavers at 4 a.m . Amid Rising Scrutiny Puerto Rico's Forensics Institute Investigated Over Corpses
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Detroit bankruptcy, plus five years Detroit bankruptcy helped lay foundation for growth Was Detroit's Bankruptcy Filing The Right Decision? A Look Back
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16 Most Segregated Cities in America
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Cities as a Source of Consumers’ Financial Empowerment
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New Haven: Malloy ties hands of successor tighter
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CT Pension Shortfalls Loom Large
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Oil/Gas:

SanJan CEO speaks amid fraud accusations - Creditors circle, workers remain unpaid after collapse
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Judge tosses New York City’s climate change lawsuit against major oil companies Cities suing Big Oil over climate change stumble over federal law
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St. Gregory's oil and gas auction exceeds $10 million in bids
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Texas leads a drilling rig count decline "A brutal week for rig counts"
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Oil prices could top $120 before year-end
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Electricity:

California could change law to help utilities offset wildfire risk, avoid bankruptcy and save billions of dollars How to save PG&E and its customers
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Publishing:

The bizarre tale of how America almost destroyed the comic book industry
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Student Debt:

Students who lost thousands on an art education look for loan relief
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Democrats Want IRS to Clarify Student Debt Relief Won’t Be Taxed
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Lawsuit against Navient can proceed — why student loan borrowers should pay attention
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His two year degree cost him $90,000. Now he’s in a battle with the Education Department
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Should people with student loan debt be allowed to discharge it via bankruptcy?
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1 in 3 parents will help their kids pay off student loans
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What does the Trump administration mean for student loan debt?
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Autos:

JP Morgan: Tesla Shares About to Collapse Tesla Stocking Thousands of Model 3s Tesla Model 3's New Demand Slipping Away Here's why Tesla's Model 3 may face declining demand, despite Elon Musk's claims Tesla earnings: Investors should gear up for more drama Elon Musk, Tesla's Rockstar CEO, Is Starting to Lose His Groupies Tesla asks suppliers for refunds — to help it become profitable Tesla shares drop after carmaker reportedly asks its suppliers for refunds to reach profitability
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CEO Marchionne Suddenly Out at Fiat Chrysler Read how Fiat Chrysler's president told employees that CEO Sergio Marchionne was being replaced
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GM Ch. 11 Judge Undecided On $1B Ignition Switch Deal
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Personal Finance:

I have a 6-figure job and my husband stays home with the kids — here are the 10 best pieces of advice I can give you about money
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Tech:

Circuit-board company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Museums:

Story of shuttered New Orleans museum, Irvin Mayfield, a new lawsuit and Whitney Plantation owner
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Non-Profits:

New Hope Village files for bankruptcy ; donors disappointed
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Judge Strikes Down La Casa de la Raza Bankruptcy
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Coal:

Ex-Balch & Bingham Partner, Coal Exec Convicted Of Bribery
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New Energy Economy questions future of San Juan Mine
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Education:

Defunct St. Gregory's Minerals Auction Exceeds $10M in Bids
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Soccer:

Aston Villa announce club-saving deal with Egyptian consortium with immediate cash injection
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Radio:

Silver Lake Partners Makes $500MM Pitch to iHeartMedia Creditors, WSJ
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Telecoms:

Hedge Funds Set to Face Off Over Debt-Ridden Windstream
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Banking:

How OfficeMax's former CEO lost more than $4 million, thanks to Wells Fargo's investment advice
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 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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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Structured Dismissal:

Unpacking Jevic: An Attempt to Put the “Structure” Back in Structured Dismissals
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Claims Trading:

Contemplating Claims Trading at the Margins
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Consumer Bankruptcy:

Access to Consumer Bankruptcy
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Private Remedies and Access to Justice in a Post-Midland World
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Examiners:

Chapter 11, Corporate Governance and the Role of Examiners
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Finance:

Far from the Madding Crowd: Crowdfunding a Small Business Reorganization
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Jurisdiction:

A Constitutional Tango of Judicial Interpretation: The Instability of Bankruptcy Court Authority under Article III
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Recharacterization:

Codification and Clarity: Debt Recharacterization
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Tax:

Bankruptcy Courts’ Authority under § 505
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Privacy:

Maximizing the Value of Privacy through Judicial Discretion
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Litigation:

Be Ready For Any Open Issue When You Are In Court
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Trustees:

BK WD NC: Notice of Appointment - Panel of Chapter 7 Trustees, (apply by 8/10/18)
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UST:

BK WD NC: Position Announcement - Staff Attorney, Bankruptcy Administrator,
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Avoidance Actions:

University Wins Important Tuition Claw-Back Case
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Miscellaneous:

H1 2018 Bankruptcy Trends Deep Dive
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Litigation:

Sharing Protected Information with Potential Litigation Funders
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Healthcare:

The CEO of one of the largest health insurers in the US explains the problem with healthcare in America
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Fitch expects healthcare defaults will remain low
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Hospitals Running Out of Pain Medications
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Kentucky GOP Determined to Kill Medicaid
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The ACA Saved Our Daughter’s Life, But The Trump Administration Threatens Her Right To Care
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The Primary Purpose Test and SRP Chameleon: How the Obamacare “Penalty” Became a “Tax” Only to Become a “Penalty” Again
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Association Health Care Plans Not Gaining Traction
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Medicare option is popular but vague among Democrats
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One in Four Americans Support Total Smoking Ban
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Doctors Interrupt Patients, Stop Listening After 11 Seconds On Average, Study Says
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Farming:

Feds seizing Oregon mega-dairy cite owner's behavior Feds want trustee to oversee bankrupt Oregon mega-dairy Drugs, gambling, secret loans: Feds move to take control of Oregon megadairy
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The Water Wars of Arizona
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Auto Racing:

GMS Racing president bids on bankrupt NASCAR team
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Retailing:

Retail DIP Financing: Market Trends & Recent Deal Terms
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New Chapter 11 Filing - Sarar USA Inc.
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Retailer Brookstone Seeks Bankruptcy Financing
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These 4 Cheap Retail Stocks Are Turnarounds In the Making
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Toys R Us Settles With Creditors To Complete Bankruptcy
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The truth about the retail apocalypse
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Celebs:

Isaiah Thomas Has Lost Hundreds Of Millions In Just One Year
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Travel:

Man Calls in Bomb Threat So He'll Make Flight
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American to Attendants: Quit Being So Nice
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Passengers Post Photos Of Bed Bugs On Flight
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Taxis:

It’s called vomit fraud. And it could make your Uber trip really expensive
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UK:

Lehman Brothers creditors set for £6bn payout from the bank which triggered global financial crisis Hedge funds clean up on Lehman
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House of Fraser landlords take action over store closures Landlords in legal challenge to House of Fraser rescue
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Preparing for the Brexit Apocalypse Brexit to Cost UK Households $1,260 Annually Brexit's Irish border headache
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Personal insolvencies soar across Norfolk St Helens has one of country's 'highest insolvency rates' Personal insolvency rate in Cheshire East increases significantly, figures show
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The City of London just suffered a major defeat from the EU over plans for Brexit EU citizens are 'far from' having their rights secured after Brexit “No winners” from Brexit, says IMF U.K. Says EU Must Help on Brexit to Avoid ‘No Deal by Accident’
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EU:

Crop failure and bankruptcy threaten farmers as drought grips Europe
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PIIGS:

Portugal Dumped Austerity for a Revival
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Canada:

In the wake of the recession, is Alberta’s love affair with oil coming to an end?
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Canada to suffer double whammy from Trump's escalating trade battle
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Immigration and the Border Are Suddenly Tough Issues for Trudeau
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At least 2 dead, including gunman, in a shooting in Toronto Toronto Shooting Latest: Video Shows Gunman Open Fire
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MENA:

Iran Edges Towards the Precipice
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Iran Threatens Donald Trump With 'Mother of All Wars' Trump fires off all-caps tweet at Iran's president: 'YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES ... FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE' Trump pivots to confronting Iran with the 'fire and fury' approach — and it could crush the Islamic republic Iran dismisses Trump threat, says he ‘won’t dare’ attack Iran's President Warns Trump Not to Threaten Country's Oil Exports
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Israel's New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity Egypt: New Israel Law Undermines Peace
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Abraaj said to face lawsuit over Turkish dairy maker
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Dubai recipe for economic success looks stale as markets slump
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Philippines:

Having a Beer Can Now Land You in Jail
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India:

Govt may adopt UN model for cross-border insolvency norms
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IBC: Insolvency Regulations Amended - Late Bidders To Be Shown The Door?
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Lenders Sign Inter-Creditor Agreements To Speed Up Bad Loan Resolution
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U.S.-E.U. Steel Tariff War Leaves India Worried
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Australia:

The conman's revenge: How one man tricked Victorian judges into bankrupting his enemies
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China:

Sale of missing CEFC Chinese oligarch’s Manhattan pad, Hong Kong office and global real estate triggered by bond default
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France:

Next steps for French insolvency proceedings
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Cuba:

A new draft of Cuba's constitution drops communism and allows same-sex marriage
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North Korea:

North Korea's economy has its worst year in two decades
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