Law:
Summer Associates Are Happier Than Ever
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An Open Letter to Full Service Law Firms: Put In-House Lawyers Out of Business
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Are Firms Fighting the Associate Salary War With the Wrong Weapon?
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Notice of Appearance: Darren Klein, Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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Ex-Partner Tells Jurors in Embezzlement Trial That Hardwick Kept Him in the Dark • Hardwick's Ex-Partner Recounts Big Debts, Expenses in Embezzlement Trial
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Why the Godfather of Legal Ops Joined a Law Firm: Conversation with Baker McKenzie’s David Cambria
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Where Else Will the Big Four Pop-up in Legal?
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3rd Circ. Slams Duo's 'Vulgar' Bid To Sanction Morgan Lewis
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Cadwalader settles $22M malpractice suit days before trial
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Suspended lawyer sentenced for submitting phony documents to court
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Marketing Yourself: How To Create A Powerful Résumé (Part III)
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A Conversation With My 1L Self
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Million-Dollar Solos
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Volunteer lawyers help victims of Hurricane Florence
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When it comes to the legal world, non-lawyers are more than happy to offer their opinion
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Crafting Legal Ethics Rules For The 21st Century
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Trump postpones meeting with Deputy AG Rosenstein until next week • With or without Rod Rosenstein, the Russia probe will survive • Nunes Tees Up Release of Russia Probe Docs • Mueller Stoolie Fears Russian Retribution • Secret Meeting: Erik Prince and Moscow Money • Co-founder of firm behind Trump dossier rejects House GOP interview request
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Judge orders Indiana governor to hand over Pence emails with Trump
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Father Facing Charges for Allegedly Gluing 1-Year-Old’s Mouth, Eyes Shut
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More Bad News for Bill Cosby: Law Firm Sues for More Than $282K in Legal Fees
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EY US faces second harassment case
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Texts and emails could ultimately help kill the statute of limitations for sex crimes
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Female lawyer caught with police offer
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Lawyer suspended for road rage incident in which he allegedly stomped on onlooker’s cellphone
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Transgender lawyer calls police on transsexual solicitor for harassment
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Lawyer mocked for claiming that white people can be black if they want
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Law graduate and lawyer compete to become The Apprentice
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Fake Match.com Profile of Opponent Gets Lawyer Suspended
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Anti-discrimination official questioned validity of hate crimes
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Cop who shot man as he ran away charged
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Judges:
BK ED NC: Wilmington and New Bern Courthouses Clobbered By Hurricane
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American Bar Association urges lawmakers to shelve Kavanaugh voting until a 'thorough FBI investigation' is conducted • I Used to Vet Judicial Nominees. Here’s Why Kavanaugh Needs the FBI • The American Bar Association Wants to Delay the Kavanaugh Nomination for an FBI Probe. The Jesuits Just Want It Withdrawn • GOP governors call for delay on Kavanaugh vote • Your Kavanaugh-Ford hearing questions answered • What You Missed from the Kavanaugh Hearing • Outbursts, Defiance and Deflection: the Kavanaugh Hearing, and What's Next • See How Newspaper Front Pages Covered the Emotional Kavanaugh-Ford Hearings • Republicans sustain critical self-inflicted wound from emotionally painful Kavanaugh hearing • Leading Catholic publication turns on Brett Kavanaugh, says his nomination to the Supreme Court should be withdrawn • Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote on Kavanaugh's nomination on Friday • Key moments from the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings • The 17 Most Striking Moments From the Kavanaugh Hearing • What You Need To Know From The Testimony Of Christine Blasey Ford And Brett Kavanaugh • DOJ veterans pinpoint the moment during Brett Kavanaugh's high-stakes hearing when he gave away the game • Kavanaugh dodges questions about high school friend and alleged witness Mark Judge • Read Ford’s written testimony: “I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified.” • What's in It for Christine Blasey Ford? • The 'gut standard': As the Kavanaugh case is aired, who has the burden to prove what? • Kavanaugh: These Hearings are a National Disgrace • Christine Blasey Ford emerged confident and certain in her marathon testimony, and Trump's allies are worried • Law Professors, for the Most Part, Give Ford Testimony High Marks on Twitter • 'I feel ambushed': Lindsey Graham vents rage at Democrats after Christine Blasey Ford hearing • Cornyn: Kavanaugh Hearings Like McCarthy • Furious Brett Kavanaugh rips accusation controversy as 'a national disgrace' • Remember That Time Brett Kavanaugh Said Polygraphs Are Important In Making Hiring Decisions? • Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh delivers combative opening statement • Kavanaugh says his name is ‘permanently destroyed’ while his accuser tells of lasting trauma • Kavanaugh Angrily Calls Assault Claims a 'Political Hit' • Trump Happy with Kavanaugh's Defiance • Arizona Lawyer, Pinch-Hitting in Kavanaugh Hearing, Plays Prosecutor and Defense • D.C. Federal Judge Denies Anonymous Tip Alleging Kavanaugh Abuse • Chris Wallace: My daughters disclosed incidents from their youth after Kavanaugh allegations • Fox News host Chris Wallace on Christine Blasey Ford's testimony: 'This is a disaster for the Republicans' • Christine Blasey Ford: '100%' certain Kavanaugh sexually assaulted me in high school • “One Hundred Percent”: How Christine Blasey Ford’s Simplest Answer Became the Hearing’s Most Powerful Moment • 'An unmitigated disaster': Trump's allies aim fury at prosecutor Rachel Mitchell's questioning of Christine Blasey Ford • Christine Blasey Ford says the strongest memory she has of Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault was 'the uproarious laughter' • 'If she's an actress, she's really good ... the alternative is she's telling the truth': Megyn Kelly reacts to Christine Blasey Ford's testimony • Dan Abrams: At This Rate, Kavanaugh Will Be Gone Tomorrow • Democratic Sen. Hirono rips GOP, prosecutor over questioning 'credibility' of Kavanaugh accuser Ford • GOP Strategy During Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Is Backfiring in a Major Way • 3 Republican governors are now calling to delay the Kavanaugh vote • The Ford hearing isn’t about finding the truth. It’s just a cross-examination. • Calls to Impeach Brett Kavanaugh from His Federal Judgeship Intensify • Those who knew Brett Kavanaugh during his youth have described his hard-drinking habits — but he portrayed himself differently during his Senate hearing • The Kavanaugh Hearing Is Not 'He Said, She Said.' It's 'She Remembers What He Did, He Doesn't' • Citing the 'hippocampus,' Christine Blasey Ford appears before senators as her own expert witness • Grassley Claims Avenatti, Other Accusers Won’t Cooperate in Kavanaugh Probe • New Brett Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick: 'I don't think he belongs on the Supreme Court' • ‘This Is More Than Likely True’: Fmr Fed Prosecutor Backs Julie Swetnick’s Kavanaugh Claims • Julie Swetnick Boyfriend's Restraining Order • GoFundMe campaigns have raised more than $500,000 to cover Blasey Ford's costs • Ford's description of media tactics against her appalls journalists • Christine Blasey Ford shows the lengths women have to go to be believed • Why didn’t Kavanaugh’s accuser come forward earlier? Police often ignore sexual assault allegations. • The all-male Republican panel that will judge Ford’s credibility, in one photo • The Paradoxes of the Kavanaugh Nomination • Harvard Law School Won’t Comment on Whether Brett Kavanaugh Will Lecture There Again • Poll: 48% of white evangelicals would support Kavanaugh even if the allegations against him were true • Lindsey Graham rallied the troops for Brett Kavanaugh and it just might push his Supreme Court nomination over the finish line • NRATV Correspondent Covers Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing with Sexist Commentary • In the End It Was a US Senate Circus Trial • A Terrible Day in the United States Senate • Senate Republicans Are More Emboldened Than Ever to Confirm Kavanaugh • Kavanaugh’s confirmation odds jump, after he delivers full-throated defense of sexual-assault allegations • Whip count on Kavanaugh leans confirmation • Fox News Fires Contributor Kevin Jackson for Calling Brett Kavanaugh Accusers ‘Lying Skanks’
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NJ Judge Ousted For Role In Custody Row, Lying Under Oath
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Ginsburg praises #MeToo movement after activists criticize joke about groping involving her
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Judicial independence needs to be protected from both internal and external threats
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Alaska governor to propose legislation after judge’s lenient plea deal for sex crime
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Wall Street:
US futures waver as political turmoil takes center stage
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Stock market closes higher as investors focus on upbeat economic data
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It’s taken 10 years, but Goldman Sachs’ reputation has finally recovered from the financial crisis
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Electricity:
Judge approves $850M FirstEnergy payment to bankrupt generation subsidiary
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Food/Beverage:
Ohio Applebee's franchisee fends off corporate attempt to seize stores • RMH Franchise Holdings wins legal skirmish with Dine Brands Global
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Rivertowne Brewing up for bankruptcy sale
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Is there a potential buyer for Midtown Harrisburg's embattled HMAC? Maybe so
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
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Corporate Governance:
Few women lead large U.S. companies, despite modest gains over past decade
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Accounting:
US watchdog finds fault with more Big Four audits
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Video Games:
Ten Major Game Studios Closed in the Past 12 Months
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Economy:
U.S. Economic Growth Slated to Cool in Third Quarter
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Powell downplays risk of recession over next year or two
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Shiller Doubts Booming Earnings, Now Propelling the Market, Will Last
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How Interest Rate Hikes Will Trigger The Next Financial Crisis
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As Fed Raises Rates, Consumers Have Yet to Feel the Sting • The Fed Just Raised Its Rate Again. When Will It Start To Hurt Consumers?
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Four States That Will Founder When the Next Recession Hits
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US weekly jobless claims rise more than expected
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Thousands of service industry workers will strike next week to demand unions
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Tension Remains at the Heart of the Fed’s Forecast
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New orders for key US-made capital goods unexpectedly dropped in August
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Guess How Much More Money the Top 1% Make than the Bottom 99%
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Map of the Day: Rising Incomes
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Fed, by taking out ‘accommodative,’ gives itself wiggle room to speed up or slow down
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Final reading on Q2 GDP unrevised at up 4.2% • Fed GDPNow - Latest forecast: 3.8 percent — September 27, 2018
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Trump said soybean prices have gone up. They're near decade-lows • Cramer on Trump's wide-ranging news conference: 'Trade relations got a real setback' • Tariff wars taking some of the steam out of still strong U.S. economic growth • Tariffs on EU Cars Would Start Recession • Trade turmoil between China and the US spills into military relations • Here's how Trump's trade tariffs could affect your investment portfolio • Trade gap in August widens to six-month high as exports fall • Quote: The Cost of Trump's Trade War • Ford Wants Certainly in Any US Trade Deal • US Will Be Victor in Trade War, El-Erian Says • How Trump's China spat is killing global appetite for M&A
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NAFTA could soon morph into 'HALFTA' unless Canada comes on board • North American trade deal won't happen without Canada, says IIF chief
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House poised to pass tax-cut bills despite unlikely Senate action
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The 50 best-paying big companies of 2018, according to employees
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America Was in Decline Before Trump
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The dark reason so many millennials are miserable and broke
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Tax Cuts 2.0 Will Shrink the Economy • Tax cuts: The gift that keeps not giving • GOP Surrenders in the Tax Cut Messaging Battle
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Tumultuous tax brackets : U.S. income tax brackets have varied (sometimes wildly) over time
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Why Trump's favorite economic stat doesn't mean much
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Mnuchin Says He Will ‘Absolutely’ Stay at Treasury Through 2020
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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:
Pending home sales fall in August to the slowest pace since the start of the year • NAR: Pending home sales fall for eighth consecutive month
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Bay Area home sales tank 10 percent in August — to the slowest pace in 7 years
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'Bubble' index ranks cities by over-valued homes
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Mortgage rates hit a seven-and-a-half-year high as the easy money era comes to a close
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A decade after the housing crisis, foreclosures still haunt homeowners
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Steve Mnuchin, Joseph Otting To Make Screwing Over Homeowners Safe For Bankers Again
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The Renters Strike Back
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The Risk Filled Trend Of Spec Mega Mansions In Los Angeles And The Developers Who Build Them
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico open for tourists despite 'mixed-bag' recovery - governor
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Are Puerto Rico’s ‘undemocratic’ reforms a model for U.S. states and cities?
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Hundreds of Puerto Rican schools closed after Maria. Special needs kids got left behind • A Year After Hurricane Maria, School Closures Make Trauma Worse For Puerto Rico’s Children
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Shift of pension risk could hit US local governments
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The Comeback of the Mid-Sized American City
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Oil/Gas:
As oil prices rise, shares of companies with low debt stand out from the pack
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Bankrupt Rex Energy reaches settlement in 'deep rights' dispute
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Visualizing the Rise of the Electric Vehicle
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Retailing:
Bed Bath & Beyond loses almost a quarter of its value as it struggles to grow sales • Bed Bath & Beyond margins suffer as it uses coupons to compete with Amazon
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J.C. Penney shares rise as CFO Jeffrey Davis announces resignation
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Fired Toys R Us employees urge New Jersey to pull $300 million from hedge fund
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Toys 'R' Us Judge Orders Fung to Halt Hong Kong Court Action
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Bankrupt Nine West sees $60 mln in savings by rejecting Manhattan lease
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Perfumania back from bankruptcy with new store concept
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How one possible bankruptcy could cost Douglas County governments $550,000 in tax revenues
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Autos:
SEC sues Elon Musk over his tweets about taking Tesla private, asks court to push Musk out • Elon Musk Accused by SEC of Misleading Investors in August Tweet • Tesla plunges after the SEC sues Elon Musk over tweets • Tesla once looked like it could ride out the summer — but now the SEC wants to ban Elon Musk from being a CEO • A former SEC chairman outlined the worst case scenario for Elon Musk now that the SEC has sued him • Elon Musk reportedly blew up a settlement with the SEC at the eleventh hour • Another Senior Tesla Exec May Have Bailed • SEC says Musk chose $420 price for Tesla shares because it's a pot reference • Short seller Andrew Left surprised by market reaction to Musk charge: 'They think a halo existed' • If Tesla had a real board, it would remove Elon Musk as CEO in light of SEC lawsuit • Musk suit could uncover Tesla’s true value • Even If Elon Musk Loses It Could Be Good For Tesla • Elon Musk Refuses To Let Brett Kavanaugh Have All The Fun • Tesla shares are getting clobbered after the SEC sues Elon Musk • Elon Musk 'deeply saddened' as he is sued for fraud
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Reagor Dykes representatives, creditors gather for bankruptcy meeting
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Politics:
Blue-collar workers had a close call in 2016. It may be why Trump won
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Female candidates are calling out sexism more aggressively on the campaign trail
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Gallup: More U.S. Voters Plan to Send Message About Trump This Fall • Both Parties’ Voters Are Keyed Up for Midterm Elections
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Presidential Approval - Poll of Polls: Approve 43.8% - Disapprove: 52.8%
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The Supreme Court is now voters' top midterm issue
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Trump's baseless "Chinese election meddling" charge
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Trump’s comment about Roy Moore this week perfectly explains what’s happening with Kavanaugh
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He’s Going to Get Reelected, Isn’t He?
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Mike Pence's Wife Refused to Kiss Him Following Trump's Election Win, New Book Claims
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Staffers at D.C. Restaurant, Where Protesters Heckled Ted Cruz, Received Death Threats
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The Kochs and the American Political Scene
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Kavanaugh Hearing Could Widen the Midterms' Gender Gap • Kavanaugh hearing puts America's state of disunion in stark relief
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The next ugly fight: Impeachment(s)
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The world against Trump
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Woodward Worried on What He Found
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Wisconsin's Scott Walker: Born Again Centrist
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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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)
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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Discharge:
A Friendly Reminder On Credit Reporting: Accounts Discharged in Bankruptcy
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Interest:
SD Miss Bankr: Reminder: Increase in Presumptive "Till" Rate
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Antitrust:
Does a Bankruptcy Proceeding Change the HSR Filing Process?
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SCOTUS:
Bankruptcy Issues are Non-Partisan and A-Political — A Flip-Flopping Exception at U.S. Supreme Court
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Miscellaneous:
Eye On Bankruptcy • Eye On Bankruptcy (2)
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Preclusion:
Third Circuit: Releases Contained in Confirmed Chapter 11 Plans are Res Judicata
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Travel:
House passes bill to require minimum standards for airplane seat size, legroom
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Student Debt:
Student Loan Guru Austin Smith Writes on Private Student Loans
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Racial wealth inequality is worsened by student debt, study finds
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National Student Loan Cohort Default Rate Falls
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Lehman:
10 years after financial disaster, is U.S. economy better prepared?
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Hotels:
Owners of Cary, Durham hotels reach a compromise in bankruptcy court
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Hotel developer Gary Matthews files counter-claim against city
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Healthcare:
St. Louise Hospital workers worry about future after bankruptcy filing
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DCHS to seek bankruptcy counsel
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Tulare Regional Medical Center to reopen
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HHS Secretary touts lower Affordable Care Act premiums
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Furniture:
Bankruptcy court OKs sale of HHG luxury brands to RHF Investments
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Art:
Manhattan gallery owner pleads guilty to cheating art clients out of millions
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UK:
Carillion could cost taxpayers more than £180m
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Boris Johnson's 6 point plan has no real answers to fixing Brexit
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Brexit Starting to Loosen London's Grip on Interest-Rate Swaps
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Britons would narrowly back remaining in the EU: poll of polls
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Is this the next mis-selling scandal? Thousands may have been mis-sold IVAs by debt firms
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Pension enrollment companies wound up for misleading new members
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PIIGS:
Anti-establishment parties triumph in Italian battle over budget deficit • Italy’s budget drama: What you need to know • Italy throws down debt gauntlet to EU and markets • Italy's populists agree budget to 'abolish poverty' • Italy hikes deficit, defying EU, as economy minister caves in • Italian markets are taking a hammering after its populist government agreed an EU-defying budget
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Italy Scalds Bond Investors in Replay of Greece
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Greece to end limits on cash withdrawals
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MENA:
Trump signals intention to renew aid to Palestinians • Palestinian president moderates tone after Trump backs two-state solution
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India:
Jet Airways has a plan to stave off a potential bankruptcy
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Govt plans eight special courts to deal with insolvency cases
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IL&FS debt fiasco: How the credit raters missed an epic fail • IL&FS Financial Services Defaults On Loans Worth Rs 440 Crore
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Australia:
A Stay or no Stay, That is the Question
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Singapore:
Public policy in cross-border insolvency under Singapore Model Law
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Romania:
Romania’s Government adopts emergency ordinance that changes insolvency rules
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Russia:
Brotherly Heist: A Sad Story Of A Failed Russian Bank And Its Toxic Aftermath
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China:
Creditors in China See Strong-Arm Tactics From Local Govts
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Latvia:
ABLV creditors submit claims to €2 billion worth of obligations
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Venezuela:
Is Trump Eyeing A Coup In Venezuela?
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