March 12, 2018

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Law:

Legal Employment Dips Even as US Exceeds Job Growth Expectations
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Pulling the Occasional 'All-Nighter,' Sidley Austin's Heidi Levine is a Legal Machine
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The Best Law Schools For Getting A Biglaw Job (2018)
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Mayer Brown Mishap Shines Light on Lateral Hiring
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Kramer Levin Financials Again Hit Record High
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Barnes & Thornburg Budgeting Push Pays Off in Record Revenue
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John Quinn's Unrequited 'Love,' Sizzlin' Texas + More • Being John Quinn
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2 Illinois law firms using the name O’Keefe settle their legal battle
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The Four Types of Firms Vying For the Top Work and Who Will Win Out
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How Uber's top lawyer negotiated a spectacular severance deal on her way out the door by asking Travis Kalanick for ~ $100 million
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60 tips, tricks and technologies to improve your life and practice on and offline
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Everything Can And Will Go Wrong When You’re A Working Mom
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Maryland Law Alum And Chief Diversity Officer Lynnette Espy-Williams On Honing Your Craft, Finding A Mentor, And Changing Cities
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Interviewing While Pregnant Might Just Be A Great Idea
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Client Communications: Always Stay In Touch, Especially During Discovery
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This Law School Was Ahead Of The Curve
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Dangers Multiplying for Trump in Probe • Mueller Weighs Putting Off Trump Obstruction Decision • A critical Russia probe witness may have poked a huge hole in the Trump team's story about a mysterious Seychelles meeting • Dems demand information about Kushner loans • Qataris Would Not Give Info on Kushner Meeting to Mueller • Trump Lawyers Seek Deal With Mueller to Speed End of Russia Probe • Trump's lawyers will reportedly grant Mueller an interview if he agrees to one of 2 conditions — both of which are unlikely • Sam Nunberg's wild week, a mysterious Seychelles meeting, and a critical new witness — here's the latest in the Russia investigation • Trump scrapped a $2 billion deal with the UAE days before the secret Seychelles meeting that Mueller now has his eyes on • Warren to Make Kushner's Life Miserable • Putin says he 'couldn't care less' if Russians meddled in 2016 elections that got Trump elected • 'SNL' parodies brutal 'Bachelor' finale with Robert Mueller saying he won't be able to charge Trump with collusion
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Trump in talks with Clinton's impeachment lawyer for Russia probe • Trump is feuding with The New York Times over their report that he's considering hiring Clinton's impeachment lawyer
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Trump linked video games and gun violence – but don't expect him or Congress to do anything about it • A damning new timeline of the Florida high-school shooting shows how badly the armed deputy screwed up • Florida tightens gun laws in defiance of NRA • NRA files lawsuit over Florida gun control bill • 'Please help us': A letter to the business community from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors • How students from Parkland are making history • White House backs arming teachers, but not raising age limit for gun buyers • Trump gun proposal skips age limits, focuses on teaching educators how to use guns instead • DOJ takes first step to ban bump stocks
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Trump's lawyer used a Trump Organization email in hush-money negotiations with Stormy Daniels • The IRS may want a cut from the $130,000 Stormy Daniels ‘hush agreement’
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California Veterans Home Shooting: the Facts
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‘Incredible and offensive’: Retired attorney feels sorry for Kobach team in voter fraud trial
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How to Lose Your Job From Harassment in 33 Easy Steps
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'60 Minutes' sets Stormy Daniels interview •Trump Lawyers Are Considering A Challenge To Stop "60 Minutes" From Airing A Stormy Daniels Interview
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Debbie Does Damages: the Stormy Daniels Contract C----------
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Nun Sues Katy Perry, Dies in Court
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Rand Paul attacker pleads guilty
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Disgraced F. Lee Bailey: OJ Didn't Do It
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Judge considers probation for man who robbed bank in hopes of receiving prison medical care
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Trump doubles down on executing drug dealers
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Elementary School Mural is of a Lynching
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Utah Bar Determines They Weren’t Hacked, ‘Human Error’ Led To B---- Email
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The Zombie Amendments to Our Constitution
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Mom accused of threatening school shooting after losing phone at front desk
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Disbarred Attorney Got Drinks, Played With Gun, Tried To Delete Video Evidence After Someone Ended Up Dead, Then Snuck Into Jail
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Judges:

Swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire this summer, GOP senator says
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The endangered GOP senator who thinks Justice Kennedy could save him
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Supreme Court Justices Are More Like Advocates Than Inquisitors, According To Obvious New Study
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New Federal Law Clerk Hiring Plan
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Request for Public Comment on the Reappointment of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey E. T. Bohm
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Fired Tijuana judge facing cocaine smuggling charge
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Sessions Criticizes Federal Judges
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Justice Stevens: How to Fix Second Amendment
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Wall Street:

Dow gathers strength to climb further above 25,000 on ‘Goldilocks’ jobs data • U.S. stock futures higher, with Wall Street set to extend last week's gains
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Nasdaq hits record high, Dow surges more than 250 points after strong jobs report • Dow surges 440 points and the Nasdaq hits a record high on optimism around tariffs, North Korea, and jobs
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The stock market hit its financial-crisis bottom 9 years ago — here's how much you'd have made if you started investing then
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This was the perfect jobs report for the stock market
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Blankfein Prepares Exit at Goldman Sachs • Blankfein jokes on Twitter that he feels like Huck Finn at his own funeral after WSJ reports he's leaving Goldman • Why Goldman investors could be happy when Lloyd Blankfein leaves
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The stock market will remain glued to the inflation story
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Layoffs:

Americans say AI poses greater job threat than immigration
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'Flippy,' the fast food robot, turned off for being too slow
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Sprint to lay off 500 from Overland Park headquarters
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Houston: HISD could cut 700 jobs
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Mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate lays off about 180 employees
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LabCorp to lay off nearly 200
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Politics:

Trump is Going for a Clean Reset
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FactCheck: Trump, I Got 52% of Women's Votes
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Fact-checking Trump's approval ratings tweet
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Trump won't get any military tanks for a planned Veterans Day parade
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Republicans get a string of bad news for midterm House elections after fleeting tax cut bump
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Dems Widening Lead for Midterm House Seats
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US made 'zero concessions' to get North Korea to seek talks: Pence • Great opportunity or trap? 12 experts weigh in on the Trump-Kim summit •Donald Trump will be the first sitting president to meet with North Korea • Conservatives hated it when Obama said he’d meet with North Korea • Tillerson says ‘talks,’ but no ‘negotiations’ with NKorea • Can Trump Make Peace with Kim Jong Un? • 'They will cheat': The last US diplomat to secure a nuclear deal with North Korea has a warning • The Trump administration says it won't rule out hosting Kim Jong Un at the White House • No Additional Conditions on NKorea Summit
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The New Gilded Populism
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Elephant kill decision faces pushback from Trump allies
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Ryan Zinke is part of a long list of Trump cabinet members questioned for their lavish spending of taxpayer money
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A Sanders-Warren ticket could win big in 2020
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Court to Weight GOP Challenge to Voting Map
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US Democrats seek subpoenas for White House security clearance data
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Trump spends almost every weekend at one of his properties, from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster — here's how other presidents compare
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Economy:

Jobs report crushes expectations, wage growth slows • Hiring surge: U.S. economy adds 313,000 jobs in February • 313000 jobs added last month. Here's where they came from
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Dollar slips as traders bet Fed won’t get aggressive with rate hikes
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Fed Seeks Economic Soft Landing, Rarely Seen in Wild
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Labor force increase is biggest since 2003 as many Americans finally get back to work
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Millennials: A tale of two generations
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Trump considering Chris Liddell to replace Gary Cohn
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The Economy Is Looking Awfully Strong
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The labor pool is shrinking, and it could be decades before it comes back
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Many Americans Still Aren’t Seeing GOP Tax Cuts in Their Paychecks
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US nonfarm payrolls post largest gain in one-and-a-half years
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Is the Dollar About to be Dethroned?
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February Decline in Average Hourly Earnings Growth No Surprise
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Public and Private Sector Payroll Jobs During Presidential Terms
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What Do We Know About Trump Tariffs? • The Real Reason for Trump's Steel Tariffs • Just how much steel and aluminum are we talking about? • Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: There may be more countries exempted from the tariffs • US Allies Line Up for Tariff Exemptions • South Korea, the US's 3rd biggest steel importer, says it will 'deploy all possible means' to fight Trump's tariffs • Trump leaves door open to tariff exemptions for Australia • Trump ‘Clarity’ on Tariff Conditions Not What EU Was Looking For • World Turns on Trump Over Tariffs • The story behind how Trump’s tariffs morphed from 'no exemptions' to carve-outs galore • Trump’s tariffs will hurt all of his beloved fossil fuels • Why Trump can raise steel tariffs without Congress • ‘Now, now Gary. You’ve had your piece’: Inside Trump’s Trade War: How the Protectionists Beat the Free Traders • Wilbur Ross's Star Rises as Trump Imposes Tariffs
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Elizabeth Warren likes tariffs, too • As GOP considers blocking tariffs, Elizabeth Warren, other Democrats back Trump
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Trump Targets EU Carmakers w/ US Plants
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A New Front in Trump's Trade War
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Trade war fears are escalating — here's who has the most to lose
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The G.O.P. Tax Cut Is Draining The Treasury Even Faster Than Expected
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The Tax Reform Saga Will Continue
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California's Middle Class is Dying Too
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What Trump Means When He Calls Gary Cohn a 'Globalist'
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The Politics of Trade Wars
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Here's where the jobs are – in one chart
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Jeff Bezos is now making an astonishing $230,000 every minute
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Truckers Boosted Hiring at Fastest Pace Since 2015
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Report shows African Americans still disadvantaged by racial inequality
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Americans are worried about tax changes but this is their biggest financial fear
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These 7 states still have fewer jobs than before the recession
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When it comes to retirement, 60s are the new 50s
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Many of the Elderly Living a Nomadic Life
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Bad Credit-Card Debt Is Getting Cheaper, But Good Luck Buying It
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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:

A Provision Hidden in the Banking Bill Could Hurt Black Homeowners
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Senate banking bill could make mortgages easier to get from your local bank
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Murphy’s Promises Meet Budget Reality as New Jersey Pension Hole Looms
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Municipalities:

Recycled proposals in Puerto Rico's fiscal plans
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Storm dealt Puerto Rico knockout blow after decades of fiscal failure, corruption
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Hartford Lifeline: Connecticut is Poised to Bail Out Its Struggling Capital
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Muni Lowdown
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Oil/Gas:

Breitburn Energy bankruptcy plan denied in blow to Elliott, WL Ross • Breitburn Energy bankruptcy exit plan denied - court filing
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Harvey Gulf's Guidry Remains Confident as Bankruptcy Plays Out
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US oil at record output, energy investors act as if next bust is already too close for comfort
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Rick Perry: Leaving Fossil Fuels is Immoral
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Oil Industry More Nervous About Trump
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Utilities Preparing for Electric Cars
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The oily path to tackling climate change
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U.S. rig count continues slow growth
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Healthcare:

Plainfield Health Center ready to get off critical list
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Rep. Keith Ellison is taking up the Medicare-for-all mantle in the House
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Education:

DeVos struggles to answer questions about school choice
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Distressed Investing:

The Zohar Funds Seek Protection of Bankruptcy Court
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Theatre:

Officials hopeful Wall Street Theater will survive
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In Norwalk, liens shake theater's foundation on tax credits
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Tech:

Fallbrook Technologies: Gears to Spheres…with a Bankruptcy Detour
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Biofuels:

Summary: SEGA Biofuels LLC
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Pharma:

Orexigen Therapeutics to File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy • U.S. drugmaker Orexigen files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Radio:

Bankruptcy may be the next step for big radio station chain iHeartMedia
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Taxis:

The untold story of Uber's infighting, backstabbing, and multi-million-dollar exit packages
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Uber Running Out of Ways to Save Itself
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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 (32 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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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Bankruptcy Strategy:

Firms having trouble threatening creditors with bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Bankruptcy Is Often Too Costly for Small Businesses, Senate Panel Hears
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Marijuana:

High Court Faced with the Issue of Marijuana Legalization in Bankruptcy
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Safe Harbors:

Safe Harbor Rule Narrowed: Supreme Court Opens Door for Possible Avoidance of Previously Protected Transactions
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SCOTUS Determines That 546(e) Safe Harbor Does Not Protect Transfers Where Financial Institution Is A Mere Conduit
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Exemptions:

How the Amici Came Together for the Fifth Circuit's Disappearing Exemptions Cases
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Setoff:

Bankruptcy Court Reluctantly Allows Creditor To Shuck “Lil’ Sweet Pea” Accounts
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Insiders:

An Oddity: Supreme Court Decides Nothing in its U.S. Bank v. Village at Lakeridge Bankruptcy Opinion
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U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle's Daily Wire
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SCOTUS Deep Dive
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Retailing:

10%-15% of all toy sales could be lost forever if Toys R Us liquidates • Toymakers tumble as Toys 'R' Us prepares to liquidate
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Farewell Toys R Us, We Will Miss You
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Lessons Learned From the Downfall of Toys 'R' Us
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Claire's Bankruptcy Would Accompany a Shift Away From Malls • Claire’s, a Teen Ear-Piercing Haven, Is Preparing to File for Bankruptcy • Sad Day for Teens: Claire’s Plans Bankruptcy • Mass debt for Claire's Accessories causing bankruptcy talks
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A retail expert explains why giving ailing malls a workout just won't work
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Whole Foods calls meeting with key vendors as tensions flare
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Fraud:

'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli has been sentenced to 7 years in prison
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When rich ‘bros’ like Martin Shkreli get sent to prison, they call these guys first
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Student Debt:

Trump administration confirms it wants to shield student-loan companies from state laws
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DeVos : Back Off on Student Loan Firms • DeVos Stumbles in 60 Minutes Interview
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Fed chair Powell to Congress - make student loans dischargeable in bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:

These are the 22 most common side hustles—here's how much they pay
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Should You Pay Off Credit Cards With A 401(k) Loan?
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Banking:

Deutsche Bank bosses to forego bonuses after third annual loss
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Currency:

Bitcoin investors have reason to worry
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'Hodlers' complaining about the 'special moron' handling the Mt Gox sale are really complaining about Bitcoin itself
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The Nine Alternatives for Regulating Cryptocurrency
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Lehman:

Bankruptcy Judge Backs Lehman Brothers in RMBS Suit
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Corporate Reform:

On 10th anniversary of Bear Stearns' near collapse, Senate pushes to rewrite financial regulation
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Celebs:

Joey Lawrence, Blossom Star, Files for Bankruptcy After Accumulating Over $355K in Liabilities
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UK:

Company directors abusing insolvency system to avoid paying creditors, research suggests
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Prominent Anglo-American Lawyer Under Fire for Racist Comments
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A cliff-edge Brexit could cost British and EU companies £58 billion a year
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The government could bring forward a key immigration bill to bolster preparations for a no-deal Brexit
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London house prices are falling at the quickest rate since the financial crisis
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Princeton files for bankruptcy in latest Ranger Direct legal twist
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PIIGS:

Greece facing dual challenge
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China:

China’s banking watchdogs set sights on rising household debt problem
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China is at risk of a banking crisis, a central bank body says
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China shrinking steel industry, but too slowly for West
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Hong Kong:

Explaining Noble Group's Controversial Survival Plan • Noble Group skips paying bond coupon, says 'very close' to debt deal
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India:

India's Banking Bog Needs a Private Road to Salvation
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Inside the Gupta business rescue: Pillage, distrust, lawsuits
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Indian Jeweler Nirav Modi's Fortune Up In Smoke Amid Bank Fraud Allegations
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