February 26, 2019

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Law:

The Next Recession Could Cost 10,000 Lawyers Their Jobs
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'Spear-Phishing' Is a Growing Cyberthreat to Law Firms—and Expensive Tech Can't Stop It
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Ex-MoFo Attorneys Say Firm Can't Duck Pregnancy Bias Claims
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Who is Hispanic?
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Big Company GCs Sign On as Mentors to Foster Big Law Diversity
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Prominent Virginia Business Attorney Joins Whiteford in Richmond
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BakerHostetler Sees Uptick in Revenue, Partner Profits
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Partner Profits Outpace Revenue at Bracewell in 'Outstanding' 2018
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Hinshaw's New Chairman Seeks to Reverse Head Count, Revenue Declines
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Akin Gump Grows Revenue, but Profits Stay Flat
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Law Schools Think Politics Is Driving Applications, But They Aren’t Sure That’s A Great Idea
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Duquesne Law School Lands New Dean From Villanova
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Judge Sides With ABA in Public Service Loan Fight - Mostly
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Louisville law firm declares bankruptcy, soon to be sold
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Law Firm Responses To GCs’ Open Letter: An Epic Fail
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Pro Tip: Don’t Call The Prosecutor You’re Facing A ‘Little Girl’
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Law School Women’s Law Center Called Out For Racial Insensitivity
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Democrats press Attorney General Barr to make the Mueller report public • Schiff: We will subpoena Mueller's report if it's not made public • Rosenstein: Barr will do the ‘right thing’ on Mueller report • Rosenstein Says DOJ Transparency Not Always 'Good Thing' • Dear Attorney General Barr: Insider Advice • Mueller Appears After Something Really Big • Donald Trump Jr. says family has no fears over Mueller investigation report • Trump Jr: Feds using “Stalinist’ tactics against family • McCabe Says Public Deserves ‘Robust’ Release of Mueller Findings • What happens if Mueller finds Trump fingerprints in Russia conspiracy? • It’s Mueller’s Investigation. But Right Behind Him Is Andrew Goldstein • Manafort Already 'Punished Substantially,' Defense Lawyers Say • Michael Cohen Will Accuse Donald Trump Of Criminal Conduct While In Office In Testimony Before Congress: Report • Trump Jr. No Real Crimes, Mueller is Stalinist • Ivanka, Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Role In Suspect Deals May Be Revealed By Cohen Testimony, Omarosa Speculates • Michael Cohen is reportedly expected to tell Congress that Trump broke the law while in office • Michael Cohen to give Congress private Trump financial documents
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Revenue, Profits on the Rise for Transatlantic Hogan Lovells
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58 ex-national security officials condemn Trump's emergency declaration • Here are the companies poised to profit from the Trump border wall
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Supreme Court seems reluctant to extend First Amendment protections to social media users
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CPD: A Lot More Evidence Against Smollett
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Prosecutors charge Patriots owner Robert Kraft, say he paid for sex day of AFC championship • John Childs Charged With Allegedly Taking His Love Of Leverage Way Too Far
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Democrats Demand Labor Secretary’s Resignation
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See the video: Prosecutor delivers opening statement on love before proposing to his girlfriend
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In Retrospect, Expert’s ‘How To Make Child P---’ Exhibit Might Have Been A Bad Idea
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Wisconsin Governor Pulls Troops From Border • Trump on brink of defeat on border emergency
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Arrested Couple Had S-- In Rear Of Police Squad Car
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Judge Upholds Bump Stock Ban • Trump Threatens Veto of Background Checks
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States with the Most Hate Groups
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Guy Turning Himself In On Murder Charges Refused By Cops For Lacking Proper ID
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A teen is suing her school for banning her from wearing a MAGA hat
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Judges:

BK NV: Bankruptcy Bugle Newsletter
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US Supreme Court: Dead Appeals Judges Can't Vote • 9th Circuit can’t count deceased judge’s vote, Supreme Court rules; pay-equity decision vacated • Judge’s Death Prompts High Court to Return Pay History Case
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Order says judge can’t bring weapons to work and must go through metal detectors
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Plaintiff seeks judge’s removal over ‘intimate’ hand clasp with opposing lawyer
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Bullying from the bench: How to cope in court
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Epic Oscar Night Shout Out By The Mother Of Dragons
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Conservative group launches ad campaign to save Trump’s D.C. court pick
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Paid line-standers set up camp 48 hours in advance for major Supreme Court argument over WWI cross
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures slip as Home Depot disappoints on earnings
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Stock market ekes out gain but loses grip on highs, as investors focus on U.S.-China trade talks
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Layoffs:

Under Trump's Tariffs, The US Lost 20,000 Solar Energy Jobs
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Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted
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Politics:

Elizabeth Warren acts cool to big donors, putting pressure on her opponents in the Democratic primary
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Trump will be ‘very tough to beat’ in 2020 if he gets three things right: Scaramucci
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Trump Wants $174 Billion Secret Military Slush Fund
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FactCheck: Ivanka Created Millions of Jobs
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Former Trump campaign staffer accuses him of unwanted kiss • The 23 women who have accused Trump of misconduct
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2020 Democrats propose new approaches to slavery reparations
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A Republican congressman in Cincinnati held his first town halls in five years. He got an earful
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Here are all the former members of Congress who went straight from government to high-powered lobbying firms this year
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Dianne Feinstein's Green New Deal video basically explains the debate on fighting climate change
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Harry Reid says he has trouble accepting Trump ‘as a person’ • Trump and Harry Reid’s latest attacks on each other, briefly explained
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Center-right group: Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal could cost $93 trillion
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Fired-Up Iowans Want a Winner but Disagree on Who Can Beat Trump
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Facing allegations of sexual assault, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compares himself to lynching victims
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Ross Flouts Government Ethics Rules
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Taxis:

Uber May Be The Biggest Threat To Valley National Bancorp's Recovery
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Lyft driver's alleged 'vomit scam'
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Economy:

How the Upper Middle Class Is Really Doing
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Experts fear a 1960s-style rerun of the Fed letting inflation build up
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Powell heads to Capitol Hill this week with a chance to ease the market’s fears • Fed’s Powell will get warm welcome from Congress for his patient stance on interest rates
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Yellen delivers harshest criticism yet of Trump, who declined to hire her for second term • Janet Yellen says Trump has a ‘lack of understanding’ of Fed policies and the economy • Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen says Trump doesn't understand the Federal Reserve or economic policy
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Analyst Dick Bove says the Fed’s balance sheet management is costing taxpayers money
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Dallas Fed: "Texas Manufacturing Expansion Continues" • Chicago Fed "Index Points to Slower Economic Growth in January"
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Warren Buffett says the wealthy are "definitely undertaxed" • Billionaires for Bloomberg: Warren Buffett Says He Would Support Mike Bloomberg for President
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Goldman: Earnings recession doesn't equal economic recession
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Inflation would accelerate if Chinese tariffs went to 25%, new Fed study finds • The US government just made clear it’s going to go after all tech from Chinese • Investors counting on a big rally when China and US trade talks conclude could be disappointed
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Fed officials struggle to respond to litany of unmet needs of low-income community
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Here’s why it’s a mistake to blame the Fed for the world’s economic ills
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The ‘wall’ that Social Security is about to run into is the one Americans should worry about
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Are Disappearing Employer Pensions Contributing to Rising Wealth Inequality?
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Warren Buffett says if you invested $10,000 in the S&P 500 in 1942, you’d have $51 million today • Bill Gates says he's paid $10 billion in taxes and he thinks rich people like himself should pay more • Americans' Long-Standing Interest in Taxing the Rich
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Americans' Perceptions of U.S. World Image Best Since 2003
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Here's how to prepare your heirs for the $68 trillion 'great wealth transfer'
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Caterpillar shares drop after UBS double downgrades to sell, citing slowing construction sales
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What does retirement mean for women?
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Charting the Rise of Surveillance Capitalism
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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:

Governors grapple with housing woes felt throughout nation
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National Mortgage Delinquency Rate Decreased in January • Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Increased Slightly in January
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Judge allows Portland condos bankruptcy to proceed
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WMI Liquidating Trust To Make Cash Distribution Of Approximately $50 Million
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New buyer emerges for San Antonio office complexes enmeshed in bankruptcy cases
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Bankruptcy Judge Rules Glenn Straub Can't Hog All Palm Beach Auction Money
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Municipalities:

Google is asking for $600 million in tax breaks from Minnesota
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Oil/Gas:

Wall Street Loses Faith in Shale
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Oil Tanker Rates Just Doubled
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Electric Vehicles Near the Tipping Point
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Banking:

U.S. banks had record profits in 2018
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Farming:

Chapter 12 Bankruptcy: A Forgotten Tool for Family Farmers?
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Retailing:

Find the Payless ShoeSource liquidation sale near you
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Raleigh retail entrepreneur files for bankruptcy
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The Real Estate Problem of Retail
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Home Depot shares fall on earnings miss, as retailer sees 2019 sales slowing
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Electricity:

Analyzing PG&E’s alleged role in California’s wildfires and its subsequent bankruptcy
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PG&E Proposed Debt Trading Restrictions Set Off Chorus of Protest
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California commission's task: Who should pay for wildfires?
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PG&E Seeks Declaratory Judgment Confirming Bankruptcy Court's Exclusive Jurisdiction to Determine Rejection of Power Purchase Agreements
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Redox reaches settlement with UMd., former execs in Ch. 11 case
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Healthcare:

Study highlights debt and work-related impairments for young adult cancer survivors
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‘Wacky’ drug price system keeps costs high for patients paying for prescriptions, FDA Chief says
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Pharmacy benefit managers are feeling the squeeze
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North Philadelphia Health System emerges from bankruptcy
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FDA will re-evaluate long-term opioid use
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7 pharma CEOs will sit in the Senate's hot seat
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Climate:

The P.G. & E. Bankruptcy and the Coming Climate-Related Business Failures
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John Kasich to fellow GOPers: Stop denying climate change
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It Takes Just a Few Years For Extreme Weather to Start Seeming Normal, Study Finds
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Fraud:

Madoff trustee can pursue lawsuits against Koch, banks, others
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Magazines:

With $4.5M in debt, All About Beer magazine files for bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 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 (219 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (62__ 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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IP:

Mission Product Oral Argument Promises Certainty on Long Unresolved Question
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SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Mission Product with Mixed Reviews
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Litigation:

New Deposition Rule Could Have Benefits, But Lawyers Hate It
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UST:

Chapter 11 Debtors Could Recoup Some US Trustee Fees
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Tax:

In debt or bankruptcy? In Arizona, you could lose your tax refund
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ADR:

BK ND CA Seeks Resolution Advocates
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Telecoms:

Windstream Files for Bankruptcy After Aurelius Court Defeat • Firm aims to reorganize after bond-default ruling • Windstream, ISP with 1 million customers, files for bankruptcy • Windstream crashes after filing for bankruptcy • Windstream Files for Bankruptcy, Calls for More Regulation of Credit-Default Swap Market • Windstream files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy • Windstream Holdings, Inc. Files for Voluntary Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Following Judge Furman’s Decision • Windstream's Downfall Revives Debate Over Manufactured Defaults • Windstream Chooses Bankruptcy Filing Over Appeal of Negative Decision Involving Uniti Group Spinoff • Why Uniti Group's Stock Crashed, Then Jumped • Dodging The Windstream Default Fallout • Windstream Stuns Industry, Channel, Files Bankruptcy in ‘Offensive Move’ • Windstream files Chapter 11 bankruptcy: Will it affect local jobs, customers? • CWA Braces for Windstream's Bankruptcy
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First Day Dec
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Crypto:

Warren Buffett says bitcoin has ‘no unique value at all’
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Coinbin Declares Bankruptcy, Accuses Exec Of Embezzlement
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Retailing:

Retailers are filing for bankruptcy at a staggering rate — and these 17 companies could be the next to default
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Autos:

February Vehicle Sales Forecast: 16.6 Million SAAR
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Tesla is Imploding Again • Tesla shares fall after SEC asks judge to hold Elon Musk in contempt for violating deal • Elon Musk lashes out: 'Something is broken with SEC oversight'
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Religion:

Cardinal Found Guilty of Abuse
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Mass Torts:

New Michigan Attorney General Attacks University, Renews Push for Nassar Sex Abuse Documents
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Could J&J Be Helped by Missouri Ruling Against Talcum Lawsuits?
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Johnson & Johnson's Third Mesothelioma Trial in New Jersey Gets Underway
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Coal:

Westmoreland Coal's bankruptcy leaves a southwest Wyoming community on the brink
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Infrastructure:

2 More States Float Major Gas Tax Increase
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Aviation:

Debt Restructuring and Liability Management – Managing Times of Distress for Airlines
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'It's a ticking time bomb': A pilot for one of Amazon Air's contract airlines said the company overworked its pilots
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UK:

Labour Party backs possibility of another Brexit referendum • As Brexit clock runs, the pound is only priced for a ‘soft’ split • No-deal exit off the table or another referendum? Brexit could be about to change course
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No Deal Brexit Risks Economic Crisis
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'Trust fund baby', 37, who used to blow £6,000 a month on her American Express card fights to keep £1.3m home
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IT Supplier Faces Forced Liquidation: Insolvency Service Can’t Find Out Who’s in Charge
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India:

Can a Resolution Professional Initiate Insolvency Resolution on behalf of a Corporate Debtor?
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IBC to play significant role in India becoming $ 10 trillion economy, says MCA
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The threat of bankruptcy forces Etihad and Naresh Goyal to call for truce
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Insolvency & Bankruptcy code: Govt looking at ways to avoid frivolous bids
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Anil Ambani hasn’t given up: RCom still fighting to sell spectrum outside bankruptcy
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Australia:

'Still work to do': Slater and Gordon slips to $10.3m first-half loss
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North Korea:

The Changing Face of North Korea
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Japan:

Ghosn Arrest Spooks Executive About Japan
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