December 27, 2019

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Law:

Restructuring groups grow as firms gear up for possible recession
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Next Recession Will Have A Softer Landing: Paul Hastings' Brady
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Saying Goodbye to the Firms That Closed in 2019
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We’ve Lost A Lot Of Biglaw Firms This Decade. This Is One Of Them.
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Decade of Mergers: 10 Big Law Tie Ups that Shaped the 2010s
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Law school 1L JD enrollment falls slightly as non-JD enrollment reaches all-time highs
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Law Firms Accused: A 2019 Roundup of Controversies
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Everyone and anyone who has even a smidgen of interest in why experienced women leave Biglaw should read the report
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What it means to be a leader as a lawyer and in life
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UK: Today marks 100 years since women could become lawyers
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Bryan Cave, Nixon Peabody Sued by Solar Company Investors
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Is it ok to wear perfume or cologne for a job interview?
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Tiffany Trump’s 3L Law School Schedule Is ‘Quite Hectic’ — Officially The Biggest Lie Of The Administration
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Revealed: What partners really think of their firms
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Overcoming Martyrdom As A Mother And A Lawyer
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Will Your Clients Be Sued? Big Data Analytics Can Help Predict Lawsuits
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Prosecutors say Michael Avenatti was $15 million in debt when he sought to extort Nike
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Mexicans make up half of asylum seekers at southern border Seeing a Central American surge, Mexicans join the asylum line at the U.S. border
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Sent Back to Mexico Without Their Children
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A Barrier to Trump’s Border Wall: Landowners in Texas Building the Wall - One Landowner at a Time
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FactCheck: The United States is the only nation "that grants legal permanent residency to more than a million people per year
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Man Seen Smiling and Firing Semi-Automatic Weapon Out of Car Turned Himself in, Cops Say
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Los Angeles DA considers charging Harvey Weinstein as investigation expands
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Trump, Dershowitz Chat at Mar-a-Lago Christmas Eve Party
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Child-P--- Confessions to Therapists Confound California Courts
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'A Puppy Mill for Toddlers': Daycare Owner Allegedly Hid 26 Children Behind False Wall
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Lawyer suspended for groping student he was supposed to be mentoring
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Is revenge p--- protected speech? The Supreme Court may soon weigh in.
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Judges:

9 Supreme Court cases that shaped the 2010s
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What Happened When Trump Reshaped a Powerful Court
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Trump Impeachment Trial Is Chief Justice Roberts' Nightmare
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“Tell You What, Slick. This Profession Doesn’t Need You.”
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Wall Street:

US futures trade higher as year-end rally continues
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Nasdaq hits 9,000 for the first time, S&P 500 reaches all-time high in year-end rally
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The ‘Fire and Ice’ Decade That Changed Everything on Wall Street
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Layoffs:

Banks Set for Biggest Job Cull Since 2015 as Morgan Stanley Cuts
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Quikr laid off 500-600 people
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Towns After Their Auto Factory Dies
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Politics:

Trump spent his Christmas night furiously tweeting about Nancy Pelosi and impeachment 'Liars!': Trump fires off post-Christmas tweetstorm over impeachment impasse I opposed Trump's impeachment but let's not pretend it didn't happen Former Bush Adviser Says Nancy Pelosi Is 'Venturing into Treacherous Constitutional Territory' With Impeachment Articles Supreme Court Lawyer: Latest Poll Numbers Show ‘Trying to Hide Evidence’ Isn’t Helping Trump CNN Legal Analyst: Trump Will Raise a New Constitutional Defense If Pelosi Delays Much Longer Pelosi's Best Move Might be No Move at All “There’s No Impeachment”: Trump Repeats Feldman’s Flawed Interpretation Of The Constitution Trump Stands Impeached: A Response To Noah Feldman
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All the president’s privileges
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Trump Retweets Article Which Names Alleged Whistleblower
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Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Activist: Giuliani's 'Political Schizophrenia' Advances Russian Interests
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How Ukraine put Trump and Biden on a collision course Hunter Biden Faces Possible Court Order To Disclose His Finances In Paternity Action
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Bloomberg works to convince Dem donors that he can win, even though he isn’t taking their money
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Bernie Sanders has more steady support in Iowa than any other top candidate Democratic insiders: Bernie could win the nomination
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Joe Biden’s Appeal to the ‘Reasonable Republican Dad’ Vote
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The Ballad of Don and Nancy
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One of the nation's biggest school systems will let students take time off to protest. The conservative backlash has begun.
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Murkowski "disturbed" by McConnell's coordination with White House on impeachment Mitch McConnell Should Not Favor Loyalty to Donald Trump Over U.S. Constitution, Law Professor Says in Top Kentucky Newspaper
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Stock Market as Barometer of Policy Success
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Here's Where Things Stand in The Democratic Presidential Primary Heading Into 2020
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Who Had the Lowest Gallup Presidential Job Approval Rating?
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After Cabinet opposed Mexican cartel policy, Trump forged ahead
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Experienced State Department diplomats are getting the Trump treatment and shown the door
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Trump cameo cut from Canadian broadcast of 'Home Alone 2,' riling his U.S. fans ‘Home Alone 2’ TV version was edited years before Trump’s election, CBC says after outrage
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America's state and local officials are increasingly bringing a battlefield mentality to election security
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Presidential Historian on Trump White House
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WH Official's Paid Trip to Anti-LGBTQ Summit
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2019: The Year US Foreign Policy Fell Apart 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2020
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Aviation:

Boeing Says Key Legal Adviser on 737 Max Crisis Will Retire
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US airlines are set for a 10th year of profits. More than 120,000 employees want a raise
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Satellite Photos Of Hundreds Of Undelivered 737 MAX Aircraft Underscore How Much Work Boeing Has Ahead
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Healthcare:

Hahnemann settles with services provider to pay a fraction of claims
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What It Looks Like When a Hospital Erases $11.9 Million in Medical Debt
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How Some Sheriffs Force Their Inmates Into Medical Debt
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Trump really doesn’t want to talk about his health care record
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Economy:

US jobless claims fall, point to sustained labor market strength
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Americans' near-record levels of credit card debt is helping bolster banking industry How credit card companies reward the rich and punish the rest of us
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 222,000 U.S. Applications for Jobless Benefits Fall to Three-Week Low
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U.S. Consumer Comfort Hits Nine-Week High on Economic Optimism
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Fed’s Repo Op Is Undersubscribed, Suggesting Dealers at Capacity
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Paul Krugman on climate, robots, single-payer, and so much more
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Bizarre Fortunes Flourish as World’s Richest Gain $1.2 Trillion
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Minimum wage hikes hit 21 states in 2019—and more are on the way in 2020
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Fed GDPNow latest forecast: 2.3 percent
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This has been the decade of the billionaire victim
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China doubles U.S. soybean imports after "phase one" trade deal announcement At each end of Pacific, skepticism over China farm purchases How the US-China trade war has changed the world Trump's Trade Wars Expose an Abiding Truth Wheat Could Be Surprise Big Winner of the U.S.-China Trade Deal
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Sen. Pat Toomey on why the USMCA falls short
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Americans are retiring to Vietnam, for cheap healthcare and a decent standard of living
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Visualizing Top 20 Most Valuable Companies of All Time
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Poverty in America is rising. We need a plan to fight it
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Mapped: The World’s Most Populous Countries, in Ascending Order
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Year in a word: negative yields
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Move along. Nothing to see here. (Seriously.)
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Which Product Prices Jumped the Most in 2019?
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Texas Population Growth: Nine Hispanics for Every New White Resident
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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:

MBA: Mortgage Applications Decreased in Latest Weekly Survey
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Sarasota: North Port home builder filed for bankruptcy, leaving dozens of victims in the lurch
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The housing trend that’s getting millennials on the property ladder
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5th Cir. Rejects Borrower’s Texas Foreclosure Statute of Limitations Challenge
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U.S. rental vacancy rate set to rise next year as economy softens
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Home price growth slows but rent keeps rising at 2019 ends
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Millennials want green homes, but aren't willing to pay for it
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Still Struggling After Maria
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Puerto Rico fiscal plan may hurt the most vulnerable
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Metros with Bigger Economy Than Countries
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Oil/Gas:

Dallas Fed: Energy industry job losses worsen, bankruptcies increase
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Is the US Shale Boom Really About to End?
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Six months after the fire, both ex-refinery workers and PES struggle to find new lives
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Honda CEO: No Increase in EV Demand
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Is This The Beginning Of The End For Fossil Fuels?
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Oil Sector May Be in Last Decade of Growth
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Retailing:

In Big Retail Bankruptcies, IP Lawyers Find a Niche
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From Sears to TJ Maxx, these were the biggest winners and losers in retail over the past decade
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These retailers are facing the fight for their lives in 2020: Sears, Forever 21, Pier 1
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Record online sales give US holiday shopping season a boost
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Amazon stock has best day since January after ‘record’ holiday shopping
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Shoppers Value files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reorganization
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Premium Malls Strained By Online Competitors
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Religion:

Disgraced former cardinal McCarrick gave more than $600,000 in church funds to powerful clerics, records show
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Diocese of Harrisburg pays $12.7 million to survivors of clergy sexual abuse
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Church pays $84M for abuses in 1 state
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Vatican office struggles to keep up with clergy abuse cases
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Rev. Bud Heckman, interfaith leader, reaches settlement in United Methodist Church sexual harassment case
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The world's Muslims are facing unprecedented repression
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Climate:

The Atlantic Ocean and states in the Northeast are warming dramatically
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Agribusiness:

In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms
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Why are some farmers succeeding while others are struggling?
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Struggling dairy farmers building a future with hazelnuts, specialty milk, and creative thinking
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Angry Farmers, Wild Weather and Trade: A Crazy Year for Corn
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Coal:

Animation: Every Coal Power Plant in the World (1927-2019)
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Utilities:

He is Trying to Get Fire Victims Paid. He Has to Find Them First.
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Already burned, will fire victims also be cheated?
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Taxis:

Taxi company abruptly closes, files for bankruptcy
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Tobacco:

Big Tobacco Is Living on a Vape and a Prayer
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (9 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 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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Limitations:

5th Circuit: Repeated Bankruptcy Tolled Foreclosure Statute of Limitations
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UST:

Are US Trustee’s Increased Quarterly Fees Constitutional?
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Involuntary Bankruptcy:

Federal Appeals Court Rules on Requirements for Involuntary Bankruptcy
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Professional Fees:

Bankruptcy Court Denies Motion for Fee Enhancement Under 'Common Fund Doctrine'
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Privilege:

612 Waiver: In-House Lawyer Must Produce Privileged Memo Reviewed Prior to Deposition
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Miscellaneous:

Eye On Bankruptcy
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Hedge Funds:

Distressed-Asset Hedge Funds In A Spot Of Distress
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Personal Finance:

America's Top New Year's Resolutions for 2020
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Pharma:

Veteran Bankruptcy Judge Presides Over Purdue Pharma Case White Plains Judge Overseeing Purdue Pharma Case Says it is a “Bitter Pill”
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Education:

Will Betsy DeVos Ever Learn? Betsy DeVos: Billionaire Destroying Education
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Skiing:

Bankruptcy judge lifts stay on whistleblower case
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Cannabis:

Pot firms' grim reality: Cash crunch, no US bankruptcy access
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Student Debt:

The $1.6tn US student debt nightmare
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Mass Torts:

Priests, teacher, doctor accused in latest Child Victims Act lawsuits
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New York judge rules that victims of childhood abuse can remain anonymous during litigation
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Labor:

Ex-UAW Presidents Drove Corrupt Spending
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Celebs:

Mohamed Hadid’s Bankruptcy Claim Denied, Mansion to be Demolished
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UK:

Bankrupt tycoon is kicked out of house after racking up £40million debts
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Retail administrations decline 30% despite high street pressures
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Queen Elizabeth gave her annual Christmas speech. The internet saw a secret message about Brexit.
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Ireland Issues Record Number of Passports as Brexit Date Nears
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China:

China’s financial regulator takes aim at country’s murky restructuring process for bond defaults
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China’s Government Is Letting a Wave of Bond Defaults Just Happen
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China races to build its own Tesla as economy slows and subsidies dry up
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Tesla set to begin deliveries of China-made Model 3 cars on December 30 Tesla Confirms $1.6 Billion in China Bank Financing for Factory
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China’s corporate borrowing soars and cash flows deteriorate, survey shows
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China Sentences Ex-Chairman of Hengfeng Bank to Death
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Chinese Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Son Settles With Creditors
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China M&A Bankers Face Another Grim Year
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Germany:

Survey: Germans say Trump is more dangerous than Putin, Kim or Xi
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India:

Air India bids likely after mid-January
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How Jet Airways, DHFL insolvency cases highlight gaps in IBC
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India's Muslims and activists face mass arrests, beatings amid citizenship-law unrest
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Decoding IBC and its role in India's real estate landscape
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Turkey:

High court rules Turkey's ban on Wikipedia is unconstitutional
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Argentina:

Argentina’s bright young hope
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Equatorial Guinea:

World’s Longest-Serving Ruler Must Reveal His Assets for an IMF Bailout
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