Law:
New York To $190K — No, Cravath Didn’t Make The First Move • Milbank Boosts Associate Salaries With $190K Starting Pay • Milbank boosts associates’ starting pay to $190K • Who Will Match The Milbank Raise? • The First Firm Has Matched The New Milbank Scale • Milbank and Hueston Hennigan hike associate starting salaries to $190K • This firm just hiked starting pay to $190K • The Reason Why Milbank Raised Associate Salaries • Fewer Firms Expected to Follow Milbank's Associate Pay Boost
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Legal Jobs Slump In May As Sluggish 2018 Continues
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Burr & Forman Adds Three Bankruptcy Attorneys In Atlanta
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Miami's Sequor Law Raids GrayRobinson for Two Insolvency/Litigation Partners
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Bluffing Your Way Out Of Ignorance
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Goodbye Boozefests, Hello Spinning Classes: Summer Associates After #MeToo
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Bankruptcy Lawyer: Using Mindfulness To Combat Social Bias
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Judge Seals Documents in Recruiter's Suit Against Simpson Thacher
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An Unlikely Source Stirs Debate Over Avvo Legal Services
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Sheppard Mullin Conflict Waiver Case Puts $4M Fee at Stake
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Law Firm Assets Frozen to Protect Victims of Lawyers’ Fraud
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Should law schools pressure their students to go into low paid, thankless public service jobs?
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Why lawyers will love iOS 12
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'I have the absolute right to pardon myself,' Trump says in morning tweetstorm • Giuliani’s New Tactic: Arguing Trump Can Literally Get Away With Murder • Democrats warn Trump on pardon powers: ‘You are not a king’ • Harvard Law Prof: If Trump Pardons Himself, He’s Worse than George III • Ted Cruz Takes 18 Seconds of 'Awkward' Silence Before Balking at Trump Pardon Question • Can Trump pardon himself? Not if he’s impeached • Does the Law Apply to Donald Trump? • Can a president obstruct justice? Trump says he has the power to pardon himself as experts weigh in • Yes, the President Can Pardon Himself • Trump is venturing into uncharted legal territory as he muses about pardoning himself • Trump lays out two rationales for pardoning himself in the Mueller probe • DOJ’s Own Website Clearly Contradicts Trump on Presidential Self-Pardons • Guiliani: Trump Could Have Shot Comey In Oval Office And Not Face Indictment • What we know about Trump's self-pardon power • Here is what 11 experts say about whether President Trump can pardon himself • Can the president pardon himself? 4 questions about pardons • Legal experts divided on whether Trump can self-pardon • Reactions to Trump's self-pardon tweets
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FBI's Anger is Rising Over Trump's Attacks
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Mueller’s office accuses Paul Manafort of trying to tamper with potential witnesses • Mueller asks judge to revoke Paul Manafort's bail on accusations that he tried to tamper with potential witnesses • Mueller Accuses Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering • Trump rips FBI, DOJ for not notifying him of Manafort investigation • Mueller Team Accuses Paul Manafort Of Tampering, Asks Judge To Revoke Release • Why a witness tampering charge could deal a huge blow to Manafort's defense • Most White House staff on Mueller: "I know nothing" • Did Trump lawyers 'misread' key precedent cited in letter to Mueller?
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Judge in libel suit rules BuzzFeed may have protection for report on Trump dossier
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Special master in Michael Cohen case finds few privileged items in initial review of files
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Supreme Court rules narrowly for Colorado baker who wouldn't make same-sex wedding cake • Supreme Court cites agency hostility in ruling for Christian baker • Colorado baker case hints at how Supreme Court will rule on Trump travel ban • The worst form of judicial minimalism — Masterpiece Cakeshop deserved a full vindication for its claims of religious liberty and free speech • The Supreme Court Punts on Cakes for Same-Sex Couples • A “view” from the courtroom: Justice Kennedy’s Master-pièce de résistance • Colorado Made the Masterpiece Case Easy for the Court • Another gay wedding case that could go to the Supreme Court. This one's about flowers •It's Not About Cake, It's Religious Hostility • Battle Over Religion, LGBT Rights Not Over Yet
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Blame Harvey Weinstein, Not His Lawyers • Bill Clinton confronted on #MeToo, Monica Lewinsky • Why Harvey Weinstein Might Have Trouble Getting a Fair Trial • Bill Clinton says he doesn’t owe Monica Lewinsky an apology • Harvey Weinstein was a charlatan and a nightmare to work for, says media veteran Tina Brown • #MeToo Complaints Swamp Human Resource Departments
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Physicist Charged With Two Counts of B------- at MSU
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Teacher who fed puppy to snapping turtle in front of students charged with animal cruelty
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Woman forced into labor by cult is awarded $8M
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Court Docs Reveal How Police Got DNA of Golden State Killer Suspect
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Suspect in slayings of Arizona legal professionals apparently kills himself • Paralegals Shot To Death At Law Firm In String Of Murders
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Casey Anthony could face second trial in Orlando
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Judges:
What Not To Do In The Courthouse
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BK WD PA: Career Opportunity - Judicial Law Clerk - Term
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Federal judges have a responsibility to report colleagues’ harassing behavior, report says
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Workplace Changes Recommended for Judiciary
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Duane Morris, Hinshaw Partners Tapped For Calif. Bench
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Special master who reviewed billing in $300M case recommends significant refund, judge says
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Biglaw Firm Gets Benchslapped Over ‘Astonishing’ Fee Request
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Shocking photo shows mass trial where 37 accused illegal immigrants are being processed at once
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Judgment day arrives for Judge Aaron Persky, who sentenced Brock Turner in Stanford rape case
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Senate obstructionism handed a raft of judicial vacancies to Trump—what has he done with them?
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Wall Street:
US stocks set to pause at the open, after Nasdaq scores record close • U.S. stock futures edge higher, with techs eyeing a new record
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Nasdaq notches record close as shares of Apple and Amazon jump to new highs
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Layoffs:
McDonald's to add self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores each quarter
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Toys 'R' Us employees protest lack of severance pay
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Biopharmaceutical Solutions Company to Lay Off 100
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Movement Mortgage cuts 100 jobs
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KPMG South Africa to cut 400 staff and close offices
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Coal:
Coal Money Stays With Bankruptcy Estate, 6th Circ. Says
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The global battle over coal's future
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Murray Energy Swaps Debt on Heels of Trump Plan to Boost Coal • Murray Energy Corporation Announces Refinancing Transactions and Receipt of Support from More than a Majority of Lenders and Noteholders
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Energy chief defends Trump directive on coal, nuclear plants
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Trump’s plan to use a Cold War-era law to bolster the coal industry, explained
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Bailing Out the Coal Industry Will Hurt Consumers
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Could China Save The U.S. Coal Industry?
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The climate stakes of Trump's power move
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Gambling:
Delaware gets legal sports betting this week
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Economy:
Nine out of 10 new jobs are going to those with a college degree • 1 out of 5 men who didn't go to college don’t have jobs. Here’s why
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Americans are way more in debt before retirement than ever before
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Manufacturing Jobs Up 18,000 in May; 322,000 Under Trump
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Is Trump right that it’s the “best economy & jobs EVER"?
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Ex-Bush aide on Trump trade: 'You can't put a gun to someone's head and say let's negotiate' • Trump's phone call with Macron described as 'terrible' • Trade war raises risk of recession, economists say • Trump ultimately wants a world with no trade tariffs: White House advisor • Billionaire Koch brothers' political network will spend millions to oppose Trump's tariffs – the group's biggest split with the president so far • US trade talks appear to be at 'a low' with China and allies • Why a bet against the dollar makes sense as trade-war fears fester • Trump's trade battles are behind a huge shift in how some of America's top economists feel about the economy • Tariffs On Aluminum Alienate Allies, Association CEO Says • Koch brothers taking on Trump over free trade • Mexico is ready to hit back against Trump's trade war by placing tariffs on pigs • 'It will be a lose-lose': Tim Cook criticized Trump as he wages trade wars with the world • Tim Cook isn't too worried about a trade war • Protectionist measures are dangerous and self-defeating, says Singapore's trade minister • Former central banker warns that ongoing trade tensions 'can get out of control very quickly'
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If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power
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JP Morgan upgrades US stocks, downgrades Europe on Italy political turmoil
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Loews Hotels CEO: We're 'losing market share' due to Trump's extreme vetting of foreign visitors
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Cash-rich companies are set to pour $2.5 trillion into buybacks, dividends and M&A this year
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Here's how American spending habits have changed over the last few decades
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U.S. Births decreased in 2017
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A Decade Later, U.S. Stocks Behave Like Lehman Never Happened
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Who Works the Hardest?
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A city ponders whether $500 a month, no strings attached, would help reduce poverty
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The Price Of A Cup Of Coffee Worldwide
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Tax reform is squeezing charitable giving
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Coming 'Carbon Bubble' Could Cost Economy Trillions
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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:
First-time homebuyers made up nearly half of new Freddie Mac mortgages in Q1
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SunTrust back in compliance with National Mortgage Settlement servicing rules
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Black Knight Mortgage Monitor for April
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Kansas City: Defunct contractor faces more questioning from clients who say he owes them money
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Property losses mount on Hawaii's Big Island as lava flow spreads
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Municipalities:
Providence: Bankruptcy is better option than water system sale
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A bright day for Dallas as it nears deal in lawsuit that threatened the city with bankruptcy
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Debt ease critical to Caribbean climate resilience
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Thousands of Shoes Honor Hurricane Maria's Victims in San Juan
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San Juan Mayor Blasts Trump’s ‘Total Neglect’
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Puerto Rico’s Schools Are in Tumult, and Not Just Because of Hurricane Maria
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Should Puerto Rico's devastation be a bigger story than 'Roseanne's cancellation?
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California Cities Keep Declaring Fiscal ‘Emergencies,’ and Investors Are in on It
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Illinois OKs $423 Million Pension Bond Buyout, but Its Debt is Growing too Fast
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Oil/Gas:
Hedge funds get bearish on oil, as bets that prices will fall hit their highest in 6 months
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EV Energy Partners Successfully Completes Financial Restructuring
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OPEC faces new concern over global oil supply: China
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Oil bulls lose heart as mega producers signal more supplies
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Distressed Investing:
Manufactured Default: The mystery trader who roiled Wall Street
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Autos:
Tesla spends millions in materials that end up scrapped: report • Internal documents reveal Tesla is blowing through an insane amount of raw material and cash to make Model 3s, and production is still a nightmare • Tesla Has Lost Nearly 25% of Model 3 Preorders
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Courtroom revelations in Dusty Old Cars lawsuit
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Annual Vehicle Sales: On Pace to decline slightly in 2018
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Update: Framing Lumber Prices Up Sharply Year-over-year, At Record Prices
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Retailing:
Walmart, Target, Kohl's see the light at the end of Toys R Us' tunnel
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The 'retailpocalypse' is over and it's time to go long Macy's, Evercore ISI says
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GNC's Debt Cluster Bomb
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PetSmart Moves Part of Chewy.com Out of Creditors ' Reach
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Fintech:
LongFin Corp. Going Bankrupt, Its Stock Heading To Zero Soon
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Hotels:
Miami Beach proposes major crackdown on short-term rental platforms
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Diamonds:
Start-up is selling lab-grown diamond rings at a 30% discount—jewelers couldn't tell the difference
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Currency:
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak hopes bitcoin will become a single global currency
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Signs that bitcoin may finally be hitting a bottom
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Education:
Court approves sale of Dowling College Brookhaven campus for $14M
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Aviation:
Airline Warn: Air Fares To Rise Despite Fuel Hedges
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Higher Fuel Prices Has American Airlines' Boss Hoping For The Unlikely: An Industry-Wide Price Hike
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Tech:
Cambridge Analytica Revenue Fell as Questions About Data Tactics Surfaced
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Turnarounds:
Thinking like a turnaround CFO
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Auto Racing:
Is NASCAR Ripe For A Sale?
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Entertainment:
Relativity Faked Memo Accusing Executive of Harassment, Judge Rules
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Hollywood Guilds Sue Union Bank Over Weinstein Movie Residuals
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Discharge:
Justices Uphold Bankruptcy Protections For Dishonest Debtors • Supreme Court rules for dishonest debtor in bankruptcy case • Lying About Assets? Just Don’t Do It in Writing, Justices Say • Supreme Court's ruling reminds creditors to get it in writing • The Opinion
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Cross-Border:
Singapore company files for $325M bankruptcy in White Plains
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Third Party Releases:
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Consolidation:
SDNY District Court Upholds Substantive Consolidation to Eliminate Guarantee Claims
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Litigation:
Lawmakers, legal funding industry square off over regulation in New York
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Asset recovery Q&A
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Politics:
The big problem with any North Korean nuclear deal • Trump's hawkish security adviser may have tried to sabotage the Kim Jong Un summit — and now he's out of the talks • Despite summit diplomacy, Korea war risks have risen
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US appeals ruling that Trump could not block Twitter followers
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Aide: EPA's Pruitt sought a used Trump-hotel mattress
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Poll: Majority expects foreign meddling in midterms
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Starbucks' Howard Schultz is stepping down amid rumors of a presidential run • Howard Schultz established himself as a player in politics before he decided to leave Starbucks
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Confederate Icon Removal Gathers Momentum, Backlash
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After 500 days, hundreds of White House jobs remain unfilled by Trump administration
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White House disinvites Philadelphia Eagles from visit after team indicates some players would skip the ceremony • Trump says White House will 'celebrate America' instead of hosting Super Bowl victors Eagles • Strong words for Trump
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Arbitration:
Fitbit lawyers reveal ‘ugly truth’ about arbitration, judge threatens contempt
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Pensions:
Reorganizations Derailed by ERISA
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Tops Teamster workers fuming over loss of pensions
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Insolvency Looms Larger for PBGC Multiemployer Program
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Minnesota Signs Bipartisan Pension Reform into Law
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Student Debt:
Student loans have become our modern-day debtors prisons
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Court Considers Questions on Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students
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Huge student debts are unfair. Let’s move towards a graduate contribution
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Healthcare:
Entrepreneur promises bankrupt California hospital solvency through remote lab billing
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Skimping can't save seniors from rising medication costs, Feds say
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Affordable Care Act premiums keep going up
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ME: Court Orders LePage to Expand Medicaid
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Radio:
Cumulus Officially Emerges From Bankruptcy
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UK:
Insolvency experts call for CVA reforms
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Britain will have just a few weeks to agree 40 bilateral trade deals before Brexit
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Britain takes around $2.66 billion loss on RBS share sale
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EU:
CERIL Report 2018-1 on Realisation of the EU Insolvency Regulation (EIR 2015) in the Member States
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PIIGS:
Italy's populists are on a roll as coalition looks to pass confidence votes • Italy's populists take power, but can they control the country's purse?
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Debt-ridden Italian lender Unicredit and scandal-hit French bank Societe Generale plot £56bn merger
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Italy turmoil shows banking 'doom loop' still a powerful force
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Delayed Greek asset sales pick up steam as bailout approaches end
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Greek economy grows for fifth straight quarter
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MENA:
Cerberus offers $125 million to buy Abraaj unit • Abraaj and creditors set to agree on debt standstill • Abraaj expects deal on secured debt, Kuwaiti creditor holds out
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Dana Gas gets wide support from creditors for sukuk restructuring
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Saudi Women Get First Drivers Licenses
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India:
In a first, firm liquidated as a going concern
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Supreme Court rejects plea to halt Binani Cement’s resolution
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Debt-ridden farmer ends life
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Why no one wants to buy Air India
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Issues Arising Under The Indian Bankruptcy Code - An International Perspective
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Switzerland:
Switzerland is set to vote on a radical 'sovereign money' plan: Here’s what you need to know
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China:
Banker's apparent suicide brings attention to China's troubled lenders
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China shows faster pace of economic restructuring , but still relying on credit: Moody's
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Venezuela:
Kick Venezuela out of OAS, urges Pompeo
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Germany:
Germany: Restructuring & Insolvency
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