Law:

Bankrupt Law Firm Clawbacks Take Hit in California
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Heller’s Unfinished Business Belongs to Living, Not Dead Law Firm
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This startup just got $114 million to help people get ‘a better deal from the justice system’ by finding investors for their lawsuits
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King & Spalding Stays in Growth Mode as Partner Profits Top $2.5M
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Kirkland Positioning For Future With Parenting Program
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Bryan Cave posts falling revenue and partner profits for last full year before BLP merger
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Five NY Distressed Debt Lawyers Leave Andrews Kurth for Alston & Bird
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Can Stay-at-Home Moms Ever Get Back on Track?
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Covington Posts Double-Digit Growth in Revenue, Head Count
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Headhunter Case Study: Unemployed Bankruptcy Attorney in Chicago Seeking a New Position
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LSAT-Maker Held In Contempt Over Disability Accommodations • Council that administers the LSAT is held in contempt; ADA consent decree is extended
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18 Cognitive Bias Examples Show Why Mental Mistakes Get Made
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An AI 'Spell-Check for Lawyers,' But Will They Trust It?
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Can Law Firms Monetize Innovation?
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Don’t Blog About Client’s Public Info Without OK, ABA Says
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How Long Until Machine Learning Tools Go Mainstream?
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Another State Adopts Duty of Technology Competence; Total Now at 29
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BigLaw - Marketing Has Become Zero-Sum Game
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Senior female law firm marketers paid 20 per cent less than male colleagues
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13 things every law student has secretly done
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Law Professors Are Paid Less, Work As Hard As Lawyers Do
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Mueller's Hit List • Mueller has secured sworn testimony from a little-known but pivotal witness in the Russia investigation • Special counsel has examined episodes involving Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime lawyer • Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Received Inside Info From Russia Probe • Nunberg episode marks the dawn of Mueller's March madness • Sam Nunberg reversed course and decided to cooperate with Mueller after getting on-set legal advice during one of his meltdowns • Why Mueller Should Agree Not to Prosecute the President For Interview Lies • Cash-Strapped Michael Flynn Reportedly Selling House to Pay Legal Bills • Who is the Man Behind the Trump Dossier? • State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0 •Trump says he’ll issue “strong suggestions” on election meddling
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A 20-Year-Old Is Now Suing Walmart and Dick's Over Their Age-Based Gun Sale Restrictions • People are stockpiling assault-style rifles after the Florida school shooting • How gun laws affect firearm-related homicides and suicides • Florida Went Gun Shopping After the Parkland Shooting • Retailers take sides on gun policy. Is the risk worth the reward? • Congress Lacks Gun Consensus After Trump Retreats • Florida lawmaker mangles Nazi gun control history
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Justice Department sues California, says sanctuary laws unconstitutional
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Ex-Big Law Associate Sues ESPN Over Sexual Harassment
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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban denies 2011 assault allegation • Reports: Perceptions of workplace equality differ significantly from the realities • Sophia Amoruso: 'Women are beginning to write our own history'
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Stormy Daniels sues Trump over ‘hush agreement’
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Woman suffocated with garlic during bizarre 'exorcism'
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Accused Thief in Court Over Goldman Exec's $1.2 Million of Missing Wine
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Utah Teen Attempted School Bombing
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The First Woman To Land A Leading Role As A Lawyer
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Law School Speaker Claims Protesters Violated HER Free Speech Rights • Lewis & Clark law students embarrass themselves... • ‘Microagressions are Real!’: Law Students Awkwardly Chant, Sing to Drown Out ‘Fascist’ Speaker
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Trump's deadline for the 'Dreamers' just passed without a fix from Congress — here's everything you need to know about the program hanging in limbo
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What is “chain migration” and what laws affect it?
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6th Circuit Suspends Lawyer for ‘Careless’ Use of Name
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Woman Admitted to Stabbing Boyfriend with Samurai Sword After Catching Him Cheat
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Federal religious discrimination lawsuit alleges woman was forced to get flu shot or be fired
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Judges:

BK SD NY: All Divisions Closed For Weather • BK ED PA: Philadelphia and Reading Closed • 3rd Cir. Closed • BK NJ Closed • BK ED NY: Central Islip Closed
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Wall Street:

Dow sets up for 300-point drop after Cohn bombshell • Slumping stocks could ‘test the February lows’ — analysts react to Cohn’s resignation • How a tariff-rattled stock market is reacting to Cohn’s resignation from the Trump White House • Stocks are set to tank after Wall Street-friendly Cohn resigns
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European stocks slide, with metal makers hit in Cohn fallout
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Stocks close higher but investors remain on edge over tariffs debate
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The CEO of JPMorgan's giant investment bank says a 40% correction could be looming — here's how it could happen
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Investors staged a near-record exodus from US stocks in February
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Ron Paul warns that market dangers are 'bigger than ever,' even if Trump backs away from tariff threat
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Layoffs:

Uber says it has started using driverless trucks for shuttling goods across Arizona
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Rolls-Royce Deepens Job Cuts as Profit Jump Sends Shares Higher
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Politics:

The high-profile Trump White House departures • Trump Aides Like Nunberg and Cohen Haunt His White House • Gary Cohn to quit Trump White House: NYT • Trump's tariff war nudges Cohn toward White House exit • Gary Cohn Reaches the Breaking Point
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‘I Need Loyalty’ • White House a New Version of The Apprentice • Trump pushes back on reports of White House 'chaos': 'They all want a piece of that Oval Office'
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Democratic wave in Texas? • Democratic turnout surges in Texas as voters vent anger at Trump in the first state primary of 2018 • Democrats Strategy Comes Up Short in Texas
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Anthony Scaramucci’s Wife Tells Dr. Phil She Filed for Divorce When He Took White House Job
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Sam Nunberg just taught us a really important lesson about what's going on in Trump's head • Former Trump Aide Nunberg Wavers on Rants
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North Korea Claims Willingness to Denuclearize to South • There's a puzzling 'missing link' in South Korea's story about Kim Jong Un wanting to denuclearize • Top US intelligence chiefs are skeptical of North Korea's offer to talk about its nuclear program • North Korea is very hushed about the prospect of denuclearization — and it could be playing the US •Can Trump's 'Madman' Theory Lead to Peace with North Korea?
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Court Keeps Catching Kobach in Lies • White House defends her by brazenly lying about her comments
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Kellyanne Cited for 2 Hatch Act Violations
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Trump Puts Presidential Seal on Tee Markers
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Top Senate Democrats want investigation into Carson’s $31,000 furniture order
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Nashville's Democratic mayor resigns after affair, pleads guilty to felony theft charge
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Obama Warning on Russia Meddling Was 'Watered Down' By Mitch McConnell, Former Aide Claims • McConnell Denies Altering Russia Response
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Bush says Trump ‘makes me look pretty good’ by comparison: report
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Banking:

Nuns get Wells Fargo to agree to a review of ‘lapses in governance’
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Footwear:

Birkenstock Seller Files for Bankruptcy , Blames UGGs
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Footwear Retailer The Walking Company Files 'Chapter 22' Bankruptcy • Summary: The Walking Company Holdings Inc.
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New Delaware Chapter 11 Filing – Pinktoe Tarantula Limited
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Guns:

Remington Postpones Bankruptcy as BofA Hands Off Agent Role
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Gun maker American Outdoor Brands: We won't be pushed into 'politically motivated' actions
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Theatre:

Norwalk theater files for bankruptcy protection • Wall Street worries about Norwalk theater's future
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Toys:

Mattel Hit by Toys "R" Us Bankruptcy , Underperforming Brands
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Sales at toymaker Lego fall for the first time in 13 years
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Student Debt:

Should it be easier to wipe out student debt in bankruptcy ?
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Aviation:

#JetMidwest Group, LLC files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Tech:

A toddler who wanted to watch 'Peppa Pig' locked his mother out of her phone for 48 years
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Paper Products:

Cenveo Ch. 11 gets examiner to back up unsecured creditors' probe
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Economy:

42% of Americans are at risk of retiring broke
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Rising interest rates will be devastating to the US economy for one big reason
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Fed's Kaplan says the market is not appreciating the risk of an oil price spike
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Q1 GDP Forecasts
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Trump's new tariffs just got a brutal review • What Trump Is Risking by Imposing Tariffs • Why the Rust Belt economy will suffer in a trade war • Tariffs Won't Save US Steel Industry • Here are the states most threatened by steel tariffs • Goldman Sachs: Trump's tariffs are 'draconian' and will raise prices • Beer cans and sedans: the tariff debate is centering on two product categories • Analysis: How American steelmakers have survived - without Trump's help • Trump tariffs may really be a backdoor way to get out of the WTO • WTO Rules on Dealing with Trump Tariff • Mnuchin backs tariffs, but says country 'not looking to get into trade wars' • The U.S. Businesses at Risk From Trade War With China • Trump's Tariffs Screw Harley-Davidson in Two Ways • Some steelworkers love Trump tariffs. Others fear them. • Finally, Trump does something Republicans can’t stomach • Oil CEO to Trump: Tariffs will help OPEC, hurt US jobs • Why a full-blown Trump trade war won’t happen • Winners and losers from Trump’s tariffs • Tariff Tit-for-Tat • Don't Freak Out About Tit-for-Tat Tariffs • EU reveals proposed steps against Trump's metal tariffs • Trump: tariffs will be done in a "loving way" • Trump: 'The trade war hurts them, it doesn't hurt us'
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Talk of a trade war ignites uncertainty and is against the interest of the US, Fed officials said
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Fed's Kaplan says too soon to change forecasts to reflect tariff impact
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IMF's Lagarde says nobody wins in a trade war
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Congress: White House sending mixed signals on market stabilization
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The Problem with America's Biggest Exports
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Trump believes economic advisor Cohn will resign if tariffs imposed: Report • Gary Cohn is resigning from the White House, according to New York Times • Cohn quit almost immediately after Trump said 'everybody wants to work' for him • Wall Street reacts to Cohn resignation: He served 'his country with class' • Gary Cohn resigns as Trump's top economic advisor • Top economic adviser Gary Cohn leaves White House in wake of tariff rift • Larry Kudlow: I urged Cohn to stay because Mnuchin and he are the 'twin pillars' of Trump's economic team • Cohn's resignation may be a 'turn for the worse' in trade: Larry Kudlow • Trump's dangerously thin red line • Ex-Obama advisor Goolsbee wouldn't fill Cohn's shoes 'if it was the last job on Earth' • Meet Peter Navarro, the man who pushed Gary Cohn out of the White House • With Cohn gone, protectionist Peter Navarro is unleashed at White House
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Mnuchin Tries to Douse Trade-War Fears Over Trump Tariff Threats
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Mnuchin says steel, aluminum tariffs won’t apply to Canada, Mexico if NAFTA renegotiated • Cramer: Trump tariff that excludes Canada and Mexico would create 'wave of jubilation' in the market
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The $82 Trillion Problem Washington Has Stopped Talking About
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How much money you have to earn to be considered rich in 42 major US cities
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The gap between rich and poor has increased the most in this U.S. state
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20 Ways New Tax Law Will Make You Laugh
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A quick path to 3% U.S. growth: Economists say get more women into workforce
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Econ professor says experts are wrong on inequality — it’s actually much worse!
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Population Outlook: Uncertainty Not Just Related to Immigration Assumptions, But Also Death Rates
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Here’s the cheapest (and most expensive) place to raise a family in America
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Class 8 Truck Orders Jumped 76% in February
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Rich Now Get Tax Break Meant for Farmers
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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:

CoreLogic: House Prices up 6.6% Year-over-year in January
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase Slightly in Latest Weekly Survey
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Giving HUD a Lobotomy
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Royal Bank of Scotland reaches $500 million settlement with New York over mortgage securities
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California's Love of Cars Is Fueling Its Housing Crisis
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Debt Collection Law Firms Must Follow FDCPA in Foreclosure Cases, Court Says
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Municipalities:

U.S. Stands Ready to Extend Loans to Puerto Rico, Mnuchin Says
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Puerto Rico regulators, federal oversight board wrestle for control of PREPA
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Keeping Puerto Rico on a short leash until it proves accountability
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Exodus from Puerto Rico grows as island struggles to rebound from Hurricane Maria
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PR Oversight Board head Under Fire For $625K Salary
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After the Storm: Hurricane Maria Refugees Resettle in Amish Country
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Leases at core of U.S. District Court omnibus hearing over Puerto Rico bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico governor promises salary increases and tax cuts
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These are the top 2 contenders for Amazon's HQ2, according to economists and housing experts
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Oil/Gas:

Oil prices fall as Trump advisor's exit stokes trade war fears
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Oil edges up to score a third-straight session climb
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Shale Oil Growth to Overwhelm US Refineries • Is The Sky The Limit For U.S. Shale? • Shale Pioneer Issues Warning To US Drillers
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BP CEO Bob Dudley is making predictions about the price of oil again
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Trump's proposed steel tariffs could hammer Houston businesses
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Shale? Here's the Other Wave Washing Into the Oil Market
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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why
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Taxis:

MIT Admits Math Wrong on Uber Study • Maybe Uber & Lyft Drivers Can Make a Living
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Uber Burns Through $10.7 BN in 9 Years
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Personal Finance:

When Your Parents Die Broke
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Banking:

Amazon could become the third-biggest US bank if it wants to: Bain study
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Fraud:

Prosecutors ask judge to put 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli in prison for at least 15 years • Martin Shkreli launched unmonitored trial for Retrophin Rx without FDA oversight
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Criminal charge could motivate testimony in alleged $60M Ponzi scheme in Rockland
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'The Wolf of Wall Street' producers to pay $60 million to US in lawsuit settlement linked to 1MDB
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Radio:

By the Time You Read This Article, iHeartRadio Will Probably Be Bankrupt
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Most of RI's Top Radio Stations Will Be in Bankruptcy This Week
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iHeartMedia Gets Small Extension On Debt As Liberty Media Postures • iHeartMedia wipe $15B in debt, saving them 2 days of bankruptcy • Lenders Give Troubled iHeartCommunications Breathing Room as Bankruptcy Looms
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Transmissions:

Fallbrook Technologies: Gears to Spheres… with a Bankruptcy Detour
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Personal Finance:

I quit cable for DirecTV Now and it's saving me over $1,000 a year — here's how I did it
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Currency:

MtGox’s trustee adds JPY 42.96 billion to account balance of bankruptcy estate • Mt. Gox Trustee Liquidates Massive Amount of BTC and BCH
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Forget $100,000 bitcoin, says Kenneth Rogoff — try $100 instead
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The ultra-rich are investing more in cryptocurrencies
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Bitcoin’s Tokyo Whale Sold $400 Million and He’s Not Done Yet
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Retailing:

Target shares swoon on spending plans, more wage hikes this spring • Target's quest to catch Amazon is failing miserably — and traders saw it coming
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Ross Stores shares fall as company predicts slower pace of growth for 2018 • The chain hailed by Wall Street as a 'retail treasure' runs the most disastrous store we've ever seen
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CVS plan to issue $40 billion in debt to fund Aetna takeover puts credit rating in peril
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America has a billion-dollar drunk shopping problem
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Toys R Us and why the retail downturn is all about debt
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Marijuana:

State Prosecution of Medical Marijuana Execs Highlights Risks to Avoid, Lawyers Say
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Travel:

Best and Worst US Airlines
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Construction:

Priceville Partners bankruptcy trustee sues Moulton construction company
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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 (153 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (83 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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Bad Faith:

Rent-A-Wreck Crash Into Bankruptcy Dismissed for Lack of Good Faith Filing
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Safe Harbors:

The Supreme Court Reshapes the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor
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Supreme Court holds that use of financial institutions as conduits will not insulate a transaction from avoidance actions
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Supreme Court Makes Bankruptcy Claw-Backs Easier While Protecting Financial Institutions
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SCOTUS:

SCOTUS Asked To Look At Commingled Funds In Fraud Cases and Whether Assignment of Creditor Claims to Bankruptcy Estate Violates Section 546(e)
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Venue:

Chapter 11 Locale
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Montana Court Refuses to Shift Venue of “Related to” CFPB Police Action to Texas Bankruptcy Court
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Mediation:

What Happens When a Mediated Settlement Falls Apart? Some Not-Good Things (In re Blue Dog)
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Insiders:

Supreme Court Lakeridge Decision Clarifies the Standard of Review of Mixed Questions of Law and Fact — In this Case, Addressing Insider Status for Plan Confirmation and Cram-Down
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TBTF:

CBO: Senate Banking Bill Raises Risks of Another Financial Meltdown
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Litigation:

Court Orders Production of Documents Shared with Litigation-Financing Firm
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Weather:

The Northeast is set to get pummeled with up to a foot of snow Wednesday as another Nor'easter bears down on the region • East Coast preps for second nor'easter; some areas to get up to 18 inches of snow • Another powerful nor’easter barrels up the East Coast, threatening a new round of power outages • Nor'easter: More than 1,700 flights are already canceled and more are likely to come
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Cities Emit 60% More Carbon Than Thought
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Celebs:

Jeff Bezos bumps Bill Gates from the top of the Forbes billionaires list
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Meet The Members Of The Three-Comma Club
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Corporate Reform:

Rare Loss for Wall Street in Senate's Reboot
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Dodd-Frank Overhaul Starts Inching Forward on U.S. Senate Vote
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Old Law Stalls Trump Killing Obama EOs
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CEO of company previously investigated by CFPB emailed Mulvaney for job
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Trump is systematically backing off consumer protections, to the delight of corporations
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Healthcare:

HCR ManorCare files for bankruptcy , proposes ownership transfer
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HCR Manorcare Approved For Quick Trip Through Bankruptcy
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Powell Valley Healthcare coming out of bankruptcy
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Not-for-profit hospital downgrades surged in 2017
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Bringing Back Junk Medical Insurance
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Opioid overdoses spiked 30 percent in one year
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Man declared dead 'wakes up moments before autopsy'
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States: Longest, Shortest Life Expectancies
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Festivals:

Billy McFarland, organizer of disastrous Fyre Festival, pleads guilty to misleading investors • Fyre Festival Promoter Pleads Guilty After Bahamas Fiasco
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Entertainment:

Weinstein Co. deal collapses in yet another twist • $500 million deal to buy Weinstein Co. falls apart - Too much debt • Weinstein Co. purchase falls through over concerns of "viability" • Weinstein Company buyers pull out after much more debt found • Weinstein Buyers Pull Out of Purchase After Looking at Books • Weinstein Co Blasts 'Excuses' From Maria Contreras-Sweet Over Failed Sale
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Weinstein Co Board Statement Says It Will Continue Working To Determine 'if There Are Any Viable Options Outside Of Bankruptcy'
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The Weinstein Company and lenders engage restructuring professionals to prep for potential bankruptcy filing • Weinstein Co. One Step Closer to Bankruptcy After Unsuccessful Sale
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UK:

No-Deal Brexit: Where Are Your Contingency Plans? Diverse Approaches and a Helpful Checklist
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Voidable preference – Court considers relevant date of connection
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Brexit could mean that Brits will have to pay exorbitant roaming charges on their phones again
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How to deal with insolvency in higher education
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Administrators of insolvent broker Beaufort Securities freeze £800mln in client assets
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Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell declared bankrupt after ‘six-figure tax bill’ and £200k legal fees
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Ukip may be bankrupt 'within days' after £100,000 funding gap
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PIIGS:

The Italian Implosion
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Canada:

Over 500 Canadian doctors protest raises, say they're being paid too much
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Insolvent BionX Canada Talks to Investors
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Australia:

Palmer: Freeze could cost hundreds of jobs
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Navigating the Insolvency Reforms - Impending Changes to Contractual Termination Rights
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The limits of recognition under the UNCITRAL Model Law – foreign compromises of English law claims
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Brazil:

Brazil's Oi approves debt-for-equity swap, legal wrangles continue • Brazil's Oi board approves terms of $3.81 bln capitalization - filing
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China:

Chinese courts accept more corporate bankruptcy cases in 2017
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China's debt-trap diplomacy reaches the Philippines, which is likely to accept Chinese loans 1,100% more expensive than other options
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MENA:

Israeli Justice Minister: New Bankruptcy Law ‘Among Most Important Ever Passed’
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Kuwait construction firms facing bankruptcy due to lack of liquidity in market
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India:

PNB fraud probe drove Nirav Modi's jeweler to US bankruptcy filing • Nirav Modi bankruptcy files may help decode PNB scam
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RCom Appeals In Bombay High Court To Protect Lenders' Interest
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Essar Steel Likely to See Second Round of Bidding After ArcelorMittal, Numetal Fail Eligibility Test • Essar Steel's $6 billion sale is said to face delay
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Croatia:

Agrokor expects creditors to approve debt settlement plan by July 10
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Hong Kong:

This clause in Noble's restructuring plan is raising concern
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