February 21, 2019

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Law:

Law Firms Still a 'Great Target' as US Firm Falls Victim to Alleged Chinese Hack
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'Scared as Hell': This Judge's Father Told Him No One Would Hire a Gay Lawyer
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L.A. And NYC Are Hot Lateral Legal Markets
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More Tech, More Problems: The Downsides to Millennial Attorneys Working Remotely
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Can Midsize Firms Compete with the Largest Firms?
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The Law School That’s Slashed Tuition Over 90 Percent
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The Case For An ABA Accreditation Standard On Employment Outcomes
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2020 U.S. News Law School Rankings
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2019 Religious Law School Rankings
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Bankrupt Ex-Partner Can't Dodge Unpaid Rent, 3rd Circ. Says • Bankrupt Ex-Partner Can't Dodge Unpaid Rent, 3rd Circ. Says
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Saul Ewing Sees Profits Grow in Integration Year
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Reed Smith Grows Revenue and Profits, Citing Strong Demand
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UK: The best law firms for work/life balance – 2019 edition
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Should law schools be penalized for admitting students from wealthy families who are not motivated to work?
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Female topless ban is likely unconstitutional, 10th Circuit rules
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Notice of Appearance: Sabrina Fox, Executive Advisor to the European Leveraged Finance Alliance
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Lawsuit accuses Morrison & Foerster of a ‘billing feeding frenzy’
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Every Lawyer Should Have An Exit Strategy
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Associates Should Share Salary Information With Each Other
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If A Biglaw Firm Falls In The Woods And No One Issues A Press Release About Its Lack Of Diversity…
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Judge grants Cohen’s request to push back start of prison term • Michael Cohen to testify publicly before House committee next week • Andrew McCabe says it's "possible" Trump is a Russian asset • Five things to know about Trump confidant Tom Barrack • Barr may announce Mueller investigation completion as early as next week, CNN reports • Mueller's findings in the Russia probe could reportedly be delivered as soon as next week • Mueller report may be ‘anti-climactic,' says ex-intelligence director • Napolitano: Sure Looks Like Obstruction • Trump says release of Mueller report will be up to Attorney General Barr • We might get the Mueller report as early as next week, but the Russia probe is nowhere near finished • 'Who Will Take Over?': Legal Experts Predict What's Next for Robert Mueller After CNN Report • How the Mueller investigation could wrap up
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In civil forfeiture case, SCOTUS holds that 8th Amendment applies to states, protects citizens against excessive fines • Supreme Court strikes blow against states that raise revenue by hefty fines, forfeitures • Why the US Supreme Court’s new ruling on excessive fines is a big deal • Supreme Court deals blow against civil forfeiture in ruling for owner of seized Land Rover • Supreme Court Rules Against Excessive State Fines - Ruling potentially jeopardizes asset-forfeiture programs that help pay for police operations
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In Praise of Justice Department Independence Norms (and of Matthew Whitaker)
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Dershowitz says Covington Catholic student has 'reasonable case' against Washington Post
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Is The Warren Tax Unconstitutional?
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Southern California police make arrest in cold case murder from 1973
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Smollett Ready to Talk to Cops Again ... Grand Jury, Brothers Standing By • What the Jussie Smollett Story Reveals • Actor Jussie Smollett charged with filing false police report • Jussie Smollett Is In a Tough Spot, But So Are His Lawyers • Police: ‘Empire’ actor turns self in to face charge
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'ISIS bride' Hoda Muthana is not a US citizen: Sec. Pompeo • Legal Analysis Legal Analysis: Is Regretful ISIS Bride Hoda Muthana an American Citizen or Not? • Trump tells Pompeo not to allow woman who joined ISIS to re-enter U.S. • Alabama mother who joined ISIS pleads to return home as U.K. strips citizenship from British ISIS bride
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Black student who refused to say Pledge of Allegiance was arrested for disruption, police say
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Has SCOTUS Already Decided the Wall Case?
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House Democrats to introduce bill to block Trump's national emergency
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Biglaw Firm’s Representation Of P--- Client Lands Them In Hot Water With A Judge… Again
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US hate groups have seen ideas enter mainstream in Trump era, report finds • GM CEO Visits Factory Accused of Racism • Blackface, KKK hoods and mock lynchings: Review of 900 yearbooks finds blatant racism • Most Blacks Rate Race Relations With Whites as Bad • Americans Less Satisfied With Treatment of Minority Groups
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From Biglaw To Solo Practitioner To Author: Balancing A Fulfilling Legal Career With The Rest Of Your Life
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Legislator Offers Curious Death Penalty Defense
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Spinning Gun On His Finger, Texas Dad Shoots Himself By Accident At Daughter’s 16th Birthday
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Federal prosecutors say US Coast Guard lieutenant plotted 'massive domestic terror attack' targeting civilians, politicians, and journalists • Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats and TV hosts, say prosecutors • His Hit List: Beto, Kamala, Schumer, Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, Many Others
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“It’s A Good Day For You To Die”: Tennessee Man Allegedly Pulls Gun On Couple Wearing MAGA Hats
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El Chapo Re-Trial in the Cards? Juror Reveals Troubling Disregard of Judge's 'Daily Admonitions'
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Judges:

BK NV: Las Vegas On The Watch For Snow • BK NH: Delayed Opening For Weather
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Justice Ginsburg appears ‘alert and engaged’ in arguments; is a different justice mulling retirement? • Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Back To Work And Better Than Ever
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Clarence Thomas Resumes a Quixotic Campaign, and Gets a Gorsuch Nod • Clarence Thomas Takes Subtle Shot at Anthony Kennedy Over Landmark Gay Marriage Decision
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Judge: Stone Could be Jailed After Post • Meet the Judge: What to Know About Amy Berman Jackson • O.J.’s Lawyer: Roger Stone Has Already Driven His Lawyers ‘Insane’
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Plaintiffs' lawyer calls opioid defendants ‘thugs,’ ‘sociopaths,’ judge issues warning
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Wall Street:

US Futures Rise as US-China Trade War Nears End
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Stocks close higher in wake of Fed minutes; Nasdaq matches winning streak from August
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A $3-trillion tsunami is about to wash over the stock market, warns fund manager
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This stock-market gauge just hit an all-time high — and that’s bad news for bears
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This single bond bet involving Warren Buffet cost Deutsche Bank $1.6 bn
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Layoffs:

PepsiCo is laying off corporate employees as the company commits to millions of dollars in severance pay, restructuring, and 'relentlessly automating'
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Autonomous deliveries will slash retailers’ shipping costs by 40%
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How the Payless ShoeSource Bankruptcy Could Affect Retail Job Numbers
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Retail Layoffs are Piling Up
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Another GM supplier announces 63 layoffs
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The Outlook For Automation And Manufacturing Jobs
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Debt Collection:

Deutsche Bank reportedly wanted to extend dates of $340m Trump Org loans to avoid potential nightmare of chasing the president for cash
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Autos:

Tesla's general counsel is out after just 2 months • Who Is Tesla's New GC? Here's What Colleagues Had to Say • The List: 40 Execs Who Bailed on Tesla • Tesla is going to be the next Amazon, says a major shareholder with a $4,000 per share target • Musk Missteps Dredged Up With Lawyer’s Exit, Misfired Tweet
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Three months on, Carlos Ghosn reloads his legal team, hires ‘Japan’s Johnnie Cochran’
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General Motors seeks to end ‘illegal strikes’ over closure of Oshawa plant
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New York Fed puts 7M auto delinquencies in context
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Politics:

Trump's latest line of attack against 2020 Democrats is to tie them to socialism • Fox News focuses on Ocasio-Cortez more than almost any 2020 Democrat • Trump's New Red Scare
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'Enraged' Donald Trump May Fire 'Not Loyal' Intel Chief • Coats Is Valuable 'Sane' Voice for Trump, Panetta Says
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Presidential Job Approval Poll of Polls: Approve: 44.3% - Disapprove: 52.6%
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The Green New Deal is fueling a wild Democratic policy primary • Green New Deal is a viable and necessary option • Green New Deal is out of touch with Americans • Green New Deal: Saving America or turning it socialist? • Green New Deal Won’t Enjoy a Free Lunch at the Fed
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New York Times reporter on Trump's claim they don't ask for comment: 'That's a lie'
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Three scandals rock Trump administration in one day
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Embattled Rep. Steve King sent a letter directly to Nancy Pelosi as part of a campaign to lift his punishment for 'white supremacist' remarks
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Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Keeps Calling Ocasio-Cortez "Attractive"
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Roseanne Barr Calls Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'Bug-Eyed' in Expletive-Filled Rant About Congresswoman
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80 years ago, 20,000 New Yorkers cheered for Nazis at Madison Square Garden
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Report blames Trump for record number of U.S. hate groups in 2018
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Bernie Sanders’ campaign said it raised a whopping $5.9 million in first 24 hours • Bernie Sanders has highest first-day fundraising of any 2020 candidate • How Did Bernie Sanders Raise $5.9 Million in 24 Hours?
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Kamala Harris’s dad: Our family wants to ‘dissociate ourselves from this travesty’
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Who is Elizabeth Warren?
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Trump is already brainstorming nicknames for the large 2020 field of Democrats
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Beto O’Rourke says he’s open to being a vice presidential candidate in 2020 • Joe Biden’s advisers reached out to Beto O’Rourke about joining a Biden ticket
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Deutsche Bank reportedly considered restructuring Trump’s loans on worries he might default
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CNN taps spokeswoman for Republicans including Cruz, Fiorina and Sessions to direct politics coverage
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Feds share watchlist with 1,400 private groups, igniting concern over those placed on the list by mistake
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Mark Harris' son warned him about operative in North Carolina scandal
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Federal judge wants to hear from employee who quit after working on Texas' noncitizen voters list
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FEC Demanding Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro Hand Over Finance Reports From Failed Senate Campaign
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Delivery:

TFI Seeks Courier BeavEx Assets In Bankruptcy Deal
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Tax:

DC Solar seeks ‘fresh restart’ through bankruptcy
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Economy:

FOMC Minutes: "A variety of considerations that supported a patient approach to monetary policy" • Fed divided over need for further interest-rate hikes, minutes show • The Fed Learns to Pump the Brakes • Fed sees balance sheet reduction ending, notes ‘risks and uncertainties’ • What’s all the excitement? Fed staff’s economic outlook barely changed in January
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Fed GDPNow latest forecast: 1.5 percent
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Investors are freaking out over the rising prospect of a global recession, Bank of America says
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Again, the Fed Seems Oblivious to a Coming Crisis
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Fed’s Clarida says he’s not even sure the U.S. economy is slowing down
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"I see the value of markets": Elizabeth Warren on why she's a capitalist
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Fed Updates Delinquency Rate Statistics
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Fewer Americans view deficit reduction as a top priority as the nation's red ink increases
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WTOI points to slower trade growth into first quarter of 2019
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Visualized: The Gender Pay Gap Only Gets Worse With Age
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What the U.S. Should Do About Its New Subprime Boom - As of December, an estimated $1.15 trillion of such loans were outstanding, more than twice as much as on the eve of the 2008 crisis
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A recession indicator with a perfect track record over 70 years is close to being triggered
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The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
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People older than 65 outnumber those younger than 5 for the first time — here's how that's changing the world
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Amazon’s $0 corporate income tax bill last year, explained
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Two cheers for billionaires — they’ve made life so much better for us
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Meet Generation Z: The Newest Member To The Workforce
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Marco Rubio’s plan to fix the GOP tax cuts starts with stock buybacks
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U.S., China start to outline deal to end trade war: report • China may be on the cusp of introducing ‘more aggressive’ stimulus measures, economists say • The world’s largest shipping firm warns of US-China trade war risk in 2019 • FactCheck: No, China Doesn't Pay the Tariffs • US, China said to work on multiple memorandums for trade deal
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Parent Of Private Company That Charges Taxpayers $750 A Day For Housing Migrant Children Wants $100 Million IPO
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New York’s Cuomo appeals to Trump to revisit cap on SALT deductions
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These 5 charts show inequality is bad for your health — even if you are rich
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These 10 emerging markets will dominate the global economy in the next decade
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A dire situation for women’s retirement, and what’s being done about it
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Crispin Odey Is Feeling Giddy About Economic Apocalypse Again
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Krugman: On Paying for a Progressive Agenda
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Mapped: The Median Age Of The Population On Every Continent
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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:

Phoenix Real Estate in January: Sales down 12% YoY, Active Inventory up 10% YoY
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California Existing Homes in January: "Home sales fall to lowest level in more than 10 years"
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The U.S. Cities with the Fastest Growing Home Prices
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Existing Home Sales for January: Take the Under
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NAHB: Home renovation spending expected to boom, while homebuilder pockets bust
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AIA: "Strong start to 2019 for architecture billings"
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increased in Latest Weekly Survey
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Bradley Industrial Park For Sale In Bankruptcy Settlement
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Mortgage Loans: Beware Time Bars on Enforcing a Note or Mortgage
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Home builder sentiment rises, but so do ownership costs
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Good news homebuyers, there are more homes for sale
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Inquiry opened on developer Schwyhart, wife
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Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Sale of Palm House Hotel to Creditor
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Municipalities:

The Government of Puerto Rico Repays Clean Water and Drinking Water Fund Debt
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Darren Soto targets unspent federal aid to boost Puerto Rico's hurricane recovery - Only $2.3B Disbursed Out Of $50B Allocated
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Puerto Rico Debt Advisors Subject to Conflict Disclosure
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Promesa, Promesa
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Illinois Turns Warily to Bonds to Plug $134 Billion Pension Hole
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The wrongheaded idea that New York would ‘give’ $3 billion to Amazon • Ocasio-Cortez fires back at critics of her opposition to Amazon deal • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that $3 billion in tax credits should be given to the public, not Amazon — and a new poll shows that nearly half of Americans agree
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Oil/Gas:

America's oil boom on fire even as wildcatters save cash
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Sanchez Energy delisted from New York Stock Exchange
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Aviation:

Southwest has blamed a mechanics union for hundreds of canceled flights — and the stock is tanking • Southwest Airlines says shutdown caused $60 million revenue hit • Southwest Airlines has had to ground an unusually high number of flights • Southwest Airlines Stock Is Falling Because the Government Shutdown Still Looms Large
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Winter storm grounds more than 1,000 US flights, airlines waive change fees
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Report: Delta, EasyJet may invest over $400 million in struggling Italian airline
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Personal Finance:

7 signs you might not have enough money to retire
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Here’s why getting exactly zero back from the IRS might be a good thing
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Electricity:

Wildfire victims may become low priority in PG&E bankruptcy case
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PG&E says fight over power purchase agreements belongs in bankruptcy court
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PG&E extends deadline for board nominations
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Carving Up PG&E: Cities and Others Offer Their Two Cents
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Portland General Eyes PG&E Distress, Readies IRP
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FirstEnergy emerges stronger from bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Franchisor of Popular Frutta Bowls Chain Lands In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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10 photos that show the glory days of Payless ShoeSource
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Bankruptcy forces Payless ShoeSource to close its US doors
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Payless Again Files for Chapter 11, Ankura to Advise on Restructuring
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Payless gets OK for promised worker pay amid liquidation
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Payless Receives Court Approval of “First Day” Motions to Support Business Operations
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Payless ShoeSource stores to honor gift cards, store credit into March
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Payless was another step in private equity's retail apocalypse
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American Eagle launched a new clothing rental service, and it's just the latest sign that fast fashion as we know it is dying
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Execs behind revived Toys ‘R’ Us eye variety of business models
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These four chain stores are bankrupt. So what’s next for these Fresno and Clovis retailers?
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Consumer Products:

Fitch downgrades Newell Brands into junk territory
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Newspapers:

Gannett's loss widens as ad revenue falls
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Heavy Equipment:

Burkhalter Rigging files bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

Windstream Bankruptcy a ‘Potential Response’ After Court Defeat
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Entertainment:

Donald Tang On The Implosion Of Global Road: “I Take Responsibility”
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Mass Torts:

U.S. Investigating Johnson & Johnson Over Baby Powder’s Safety
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Climate:

Climate-change question is no longer whether but what is to be done, says economist Jeffrey Sachs
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Schools & Courts Close Across US as Winter Storm Hits
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Farming:

Stamp Farms Co-Defendants Draw Prison Time, Agree To Restitution
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Awards:

Nominations Now Open for the 2019 William L. Norton, Jr. Judicial Excellence Award
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (15 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Compensation:

The World of Bankruptcy Compensation for Key Employees
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Advisers:

McKinsey/Chapter 11: tell us more
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New McKinsey Conflict-Of-Interest Scandal Emerges Just In Time
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IP:

Meandering argument suggests justices likely to narrow bankrupts’ power to rescind licenses in bankruptcy
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Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument In Tempnology Is Over And Here’s What We Learned
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High Court Wrestles With Bankruptcy Fallout for Trademark Licensees
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No Money, No Problem – For the Licensor that Is. The Supreme Court and Trademark Licenses in Bankruptcy
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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Trademark Disputes in Bankruptcy Cases
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Oral Argument Transcript, Judges Cite McDonalds, igloos
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Liquidated Damages:

New York Bankruptcy Court Finds That Aircraft Leases' Liquidated Damages Clauses and Guarantees Are Unenforceable
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Religion:

As Pope Holds Abuse Summit, U.S. Catholics Not Hopeful For 'Bold Moves' • Pope demands bishops act now to end scourge of abuse • How will Pope Francis deal with abuse in the Catholic Church? • Francis inherits decades of abuse cover-up • Pope Francis Urged To Show Zero Tolerance At Vatican Summit On Sexual Abuse • Pope says church's attackers are linked to devil • Vatican’s ‘Super Bowl week’ on abuse scandals will be judged by results • Abuse victims demand to see pope, call for bishops to be fired • Vatican spokesman shifts focus to summit follow-up before abuse meeting begins • To Save the Catholic Church, Listen to Priests’ Victims
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Priest's Son Demands Vatican Attention for Clergy's Children • The Vatican’s Written Policy on Handling Children Fathered by Priests Is a Legal Landmine
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Polish mother superior speaks out about priests abusing nuns
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Five decades after alleged abuse, Texas man cheers proposed Baptists' changes
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Personal Finance:

How to answer the creative interview question this finance exec uses to see if you’re boring
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Coal:

World’s biggest thermal coal exporter is capping output over climate concerns • Ministers berate coal miner over climate change commitment
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Virginia Businessman’s Sole Bid Wins Wyoming Mine
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Eastern Montana coal plant set to close
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Westmoreland Beulah Mine will be Sold to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

U.S. Student Debt 90-days or More Delinquent or in Default, Since 2003
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Where the 2020 candidates stand on student debt and college affordability
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Tech:

Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in
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Finance:

Are Your Borrowers Prepared for the Unknown?
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Healthcare:

North Carolina hospital forced into bankruptcy liquidation
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College student stuck without medical records will finally get lifesaving surgery
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America's health care economy keeps ballooning
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The Financial Toxicity of Illness
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CVS: Skilled nursing challenges ‘worse than we expected,’ with continued ‘deterioration’ in field
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Brokers' incentives to keep health care premiums high
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How to crack down on surprise medical bills
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Food/Beverage:

Pieces of Mike Isabella’s restaurant empire go up for auction
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Troubled Oregon dairy farm sells to lone bidder
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Celebs:

The Top Earning Celebrities, Dead And Alive
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Fraud:

Elizabeth Holmes bought an un-potty trained Siberian husky as Theranos crumbled, and it was a poignant symbol of the messy situation
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UK:

11 MPs have just quit their parties — what is going on? • About a Dozen Lawmakers Just Made Brexit More Complicated • Theresa May warned Conservative party is being 'consumed by Brexit' as more MPs threaten to quit • Chances of a U.K. election in 2019 are on the rise as Brexit defections weaken May’s grip on power • Theresa May told to set up emergency £7.5 billion fund to pay for jobs lost in a no-deal Brexit • The looming threat of no deal Brexit could push the UK's credit rating to its worst level in decades
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Barclays Tries to Outrun an Economic Slowdown • Barclays profits amid UK economic 'uncertainty' in UK
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Fares will rise if all-flights insolvency levy is imposed
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Searchers owe duty of care to inhibiting creditor, appeal court rules
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The credit of British companies is declining in quality and austerity and Brexit are largely to blame
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Bankrupt sentenced after claiming he had “burned” £70,000 owed to creditors • Suspended sentence for bankrupt who burnt cash owed
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Debenhams creditors prepared to lend more to ward off tycoon Mike Ashley
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Laura Ashley in the red as demand tumbles
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EU:

Bad Banks Really Do Hurt Your Economy
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Europe's Junk Bonds Are Heading for an Accident
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PIIGS:

Varoufakis’s secret negotiations and his disappointments with China, Obama and the IMF
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Greece's finance chief says it's on track with reforms and will unlock fresh EU cash
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Greece: Bankers meeting with gov't to bridge differences over debtor protection plan
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Canada:

Provincial Statutory Trusts in Insolvency Proceedings: The Guarantee Company of North America v. Royal Bank of Canada
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Quebec says former SNC-Lavalin exec. owes $11 million in back taxes
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Alberta government subsidies increasing for fossil fuel industry: report
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Venezuela:

Jay Newman Warns Investors of Venezuela’s ‘Anti-Creditor Army’
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Venezuela crisis: Brazil vows to deliver aid, defying Maduro • Venezuela closes key maritime, air borders with neighbors amid growing aid crisis • 30,000 Venezuelans cross into this Colombian town each day. Now it's the scene of an escalating aid showdown • Pink Floyd's Waters slams Venezuela border aid concert, says there's no crisis
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France:

UBS ordered to pay $5.1 billion fine for helping wealthy French clients evade tax authorities
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MENA:

'Two is enough,' Egypt tells poor families as population booms
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India:

Indian billionaire told to pay debt to Ericsson – or go to jail • Lenders jittery as Anil Ambani's wealth falls 26% since January to $1.2 bn • The call Anil Ambani never got from Jio • RCom’s troubles leave Anil Ambani fighting for his empire
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Jet Airways bailout: Why the airline's second take-off may be doomed • Lessors doubt Jet Airways rescue plan, pull out more planes: sources
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South Africa:

South Africa’s worsening economic outlook in charts
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SOEs pose risks to S.Africa's fiscal framework: finance minister
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Cayman:

Why Cayman leads in cross-border dispute resolution, and how the sector evolves
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New Zealand:

Bankruptcy numbers at lowest level since 2000 due to passage of alternate process
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