January 23, 2019

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Law:

Former BigLaw lawyer inflated hours because of perceived billing expectations, ethics complaint says
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Haynes and Boone Elevates Bankruptcy Lawyer to Counsel
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Robinson+ Cole Adds National Bankruptcy Team in New York, Philadelphia and Wilmington
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Dentons Lawyer Wired $2.5 Million to Scam Bank Account in Elaborate Con
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Conway MacKenzie Names Musso Senior Managing Director in String of Promotions
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I decreased my phone screen time by 80%—this is how I did it
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Alison Elko Franklin: Gotta Run
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Turns Out Harvard Law School Is A Great Matchmaker
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Tales From An Unsuspecting T14 1L: New Year, New Worries
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I Told You So: Now What? The In-House Counsel Search And Salvage Mission
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Above The Law’s 2018 Lawyer Of The Year Contest: The Winner!
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Litigation Funder Sues Thomas Girardi, Firm Claiming $15M+ in Unpaid Loans
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Mueller is said to be probing the Trump campaign's ties to the NRA during the 2016 election • Supreme Court keeps cloak over mystery Mueller subpoena fight • Foreign-Owned Company Warns Justices of Potential 'Havoc' in Subpoena Feud • What we know about the mystery country-owned company in the Mueller-related case • Wittes: Mueller 'has advantage' of knowing Giuliani's legal strategy • The Mueller Squirrel Cage
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Trump White House official begs Rudy Giuliani to stop going on TV: ‘Nothing good can come of it’ • Trump, others are agitated by Rudy Giuliani’s performance • Rudy: If Trump Did It, It's Not a Crime • Rudy: Never Was Plan for Trump Tower Moscow. Here are Those Plans • Rudy Giuliani defends his ethics, jokes he is afraid ‘He lied for Trump’ will be on his gravestone • Rudy Giuliani’s Greatest Fear Is That He’ll Be Remembered As Lying For Trump • Giuliani may be slowly dripping information to public to lessen shock of Mueller report: Napolitano • What is Rudy Giuliani thinking? • Giuliani alludes to 'tapes' in a perplexing interview on BuzzFeed News' report, immediately walks it back • Trump Exasperated by Giuliani's Gaffes • Trump Advisers Urge President to Bench Rudy Giuliani, Bar Lawyer from Appearing on TV After Drinking
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Justices to review New York gun rights case • Supreme Court will hear New York gun rights case on transporting unloaded handguns • Supreme Court agrees to hear first Second Amendment case since 2010 • Justices, With Kavanaugh Seated, End 9-Year Avoidance of Gun Regulations
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Supreme Court will let mystery foreign company possibly eyed by Robert Mueller file sealed appeal
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Supreme court allows Trump limit on transgender people in military to continue • Here's a breakdown of the Trump administration's transgender military ban that the Supreme Court allowed to move forward • Transgender Navy SEAL calls 'b-------' on Trump admin saying transgender troops aren't as lethal or effective
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Supreme Court takes no action on DACA • Falling Illegal Immigration Numbers Confirm No Border Crisis • Trump’s ‘Compromise’ Immigration Offer To Democrats Includes Major Changes Restricting Asylum Law
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Harvey Weinstein Loses Bid to Pause Class Action From Female Accusers
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Passengers drag 'drunk' middle-aged woman off a bus after fight breaks out when she hurls racist abuse at two younger women
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4 people charged in bomb plot against Muslim community in New York
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In praying football coach case, 4 SCOTUS justices criticize 9th Circuit’s ‘highly tendentious’ reading of precedent
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Judges:

Judiciary Makes Final Extension as Shutdown Plows On • The Wheels of Justice Are Grinding to a Halt • Judge: Illinois court running out of money due to shutdown • Federal courts in R.I. brace for shutdown’s effects • Shutdown freezes some federal court cases in Austin • Immigration courts in New York stymied by government shutdown • NYC's Federal Courts Brace for Full Force of Shutdown • Courts will run out of money by Friday due to shutdown — and that could impact Mueller’s grand jury • Shutdown leads to delays in lawsuits against government • Federal courts in Alaska find a way to stay open through shutdown • Federal shutdown: Courts running out of money, cutting costs • Federal court in Boston says it will now remain open amid government shutdown • How to Fund SCOTUS During the Shutdown • BK SD FL Finds Enough Money To Stay Open Through 1/31 • New Countdown Date For Judiciary: January 29? • Jan 31?
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McConnell: Blocking Garland was "most consequential thing I've ever done" • McConnell Got It All. But at What Cost?
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lands Cameo Role In Lego Movie • The Rumors Of Her Demise Were Greatly Fabricated
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Trump Renominates 51 Picks for Federal Trial and Appellate Courts
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Wall Street:

Dow Futures Gain 70 Points Despite Everything • Dow set to rise 200 points as United Tech, P&G jump on earnings
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Stocks fall on rumbles of weaker global economy • Dow slides on weak economic outlook and China trade concerns • Stocks get whacked as global-growth fears mount
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Here’s Trump’s stock-market scorecard after 2 years in office
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Many annual earnings are arriving without an audit, and that could be a problem
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Layoffs:

Meal Delivery Startup Munchery Closes for Good, Laying Off Hundreds
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LSC Communications to close in Lynchburg, leaving more than 300 without a job
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Electricity:

PG&E secures $5.5 billion in credit, braces for anticipated two-year bankruptcy • The utility being blamed for California's deadliest wildfire is soaring after raising $5.5 billion to get it through bankruptcy
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Bailout doubt – PG&E faces bankruptcy amid California's 'first climate change-caused emergency'
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How PG&E's 2001 Bankruptcy Compares To Its Current Situation
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PG&E bankruptcy could put squeeze on millions of dollars for Valley counties
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Stabilizing Utilities in an Unstable Climate
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Newsom announces nominee for California utility regulator
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PG&E Says Bankruptcy Could Take 3 Years as Shareholders Fight Filing
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PG&E Stalls Paying Settlements to 2015 Butte Fire Victims
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Erin Brockovich Pushes For PG&E To Be Prevented From Filing For Bankruptcy • PG&E using bankruptcy to get out of liability, says Erin Brockovich • Does PG&E need to file for bankruptcy? Erin Brockovich doubts it
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If fires burn PG&E to the ground, what will replace it?
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How Will PG&E’s Bankruptcy Impact the CleanTech Industry?
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Edison Trying to Shift Blame for California Mudslides
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Politics:

In Trump country, Republicans cheer on shutdown: The 'government is our biggest enemy'
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John Kerry: President Donald Trump should resign
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Trump will deliver a State of the Union speech — location to be determined • Trump to call Pelosi's hand on the State of the Union • Trump could give Texas rally speech instead of the State of the Union address if Pelosi insists president isn't welcome in Congress during government shutdown
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Trump Drew Up White House Enemies List, Book Claims
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Trump: I've told Sarah Sanders "not to bother" with press briefings
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Joni Ernst's Divorce is Not Pretty
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Wilbur Ross to testify before House Oversight on census question
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The top US diplomat for Europe is resigning after only 14 months on the job in a huge blow to Trump administration
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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst says she turned down Trump's offer to be his 2016 running mate because her husband 'hated' her success
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Here’s how presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand went from pushing for more deportations to wanting to abolish ICE
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Nick and Nathan: What the New Video Really Shows • The Confrontation on the DC Mall • Where We're At with the Covington Boys • Boys School Shuts Down Over DC Videos • Kentucky town reels from fallout over viral National Mall faceoff • WSJ: The High School Deplorables • Nathan Phillips rally attempted to disrupt Mass at DC’s National Shrine
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Trump Has Played 138% More Golf Than Obama
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Judge refuses to certify N.C. congressional race amid fraud allegations
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CNN host Chris Cuomo suggested Kamala Harris should prove she was born in the US and the internet swiftly rebuked him
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Trump reportedly offered NASA 'all the money you could ever need' to land on Mars during his presidency
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FactCheck: Chuck Woolery on Pelosi's Drinking
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Travel:

Airport security described as ‘mayhem’ as 10% of TSA agents call out sick
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Unpaid air traffic controllers plead for an end of the government shutdown
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Flights headed for Newark airport had to be temporarily grounded after 2 drones were spotted flying nearby
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Festivals:

This GoFundMe page for a restaurant burned by Fyre Fest has raised more than $160,000 • Unpaid Fyre Festival Caterer Recoups Her Life Savings, and Then Some
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Has Fyre Festival burned influencers?
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Ja Rule defends himself after Fyre backlash • Fyre Festival restaurateur wants Ja Rule to fork over $100K • Ja Rule Defends Himself Amid Fyre Festival Documentaries: "I Too Was Hustled, Scammed, Bamboozled"
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Both Fyre Fest Documentaries Have Issues (But, Yeah, We’re Obsessed Anyway)
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Workouts:

Investors in debt-laden companies should brace for messy workouts
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Healthcare:

AG rejects county’s plea
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Lehman:

Fed Says Lehman Brothers Chapter 11 Case Is Costliest in History
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Marijuana:

Will U.S. Cannabis Companies Find Grass Is Greener in Canada for Restructuring?
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Selling to Pot Growers Bars Equipment Retailers From Bankruptcy
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Economy:

86 million Americans fear maxing out a credit card: Report • How Long It Will Take to Kill the Average Credit Card Debt in Every State
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Super rich Americans are getting younger and multiplying: Survey
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More Americans are feeling more pessimistic about the economy • Shutdown Cools Consumer Confidence to Trump-Era Low • Consumer sentiment was really bad in January
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IMF's Lagarde: Fed tightening won't be as accelerated as anticipated earlier
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Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio sees a ‘significant risk’ of a possible US recession in 2020 • Here’s why hedge-fund billionaire Dalio says the next downturn is what ‘scares me most’ • Billionaire Ray Dalio says coming US tax changes will have a ‘huge’ impact on markets and economy
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Klarman issues dire warning on global economy
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Global slowdown could push US economy into recession this year, JP Morgan Asset Management warns
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How a corporate debt pileup could intensify the global economic slowdown
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Straw in Wind? Near-Junk Ratings Dominate US Corporate Bonds
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Contrarian who called the 2008 housing crash expects a global recession this year
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The super rich at Davos are scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s tax proposal targeting the wealthy
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'Something Has to Break,' Lawyer in Federal Workers' Shutdown Suit Says
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Why most Americans' finances haven't improved since Trump's election
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The government shutdown could wipe out '100s of billions of dollars' from the US economy • The government shutdown may force Trump to make a nightmare choice between his border wall and the economy • The financial shock for 800,000 federal workers is about to get much worse as the shutdown drags on • Senate Leaders Reach Agreement That Offers Possible Path to Reopen Government • Shutdown enters 33rd day with no breakthrough in sight as Senate sets votes • Warner: Is Trump Following Shutdown Law? • Trump’s border wall offer looks doomed in the Senate as 800,000 workers face another lost paycheck • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set to introduce bill that would end shutdown • Senate will vote Thursday on competing GOP and Democratic bills to end shutdown • Trump moves forward with State of the Union plans despite Pelosi’s request to postpone it • Trump plan to reopen govt., build border wall undercut by U.S. high court • Centrist Dems urge Pelosi to break shutdown stalemate • The shutdown’s effect on the US economy, explained • US Coast Guard leader rails against the government shutdown that's led some service members 'to rely on food pantries and donations' • State Department calls off border-security conference because of 'very limited funding' amid government shutdown • The government shutdown has frozen the IPO market • Shutdown slows FBI's counterterrorism and gang investigations • FBI Agent Accounts of the Real Consequences of the Government Shutdown • The government shutdown is forcing millions of Americans to stretch their monthly food benefits to the limit • The IRS will begin accepting tax returns in less than a week, despite the longest-running government shutdown in US history • Union says IRS worker absences expected to surge amid shutdown • These groups offer housing, financial shutdown assistance to unpaid feds • White House, Dems can’t even agree on status of potential shutdown talks • 'No Cave!': Trump, Nancy Pelosi Backing Into Corners With No End In Sight to Government Shutdown • Shutdown’s Pain Cuts Deep for the Homeless and Other Vulnerable Americans • FBI union says the shutdown is harming investigations • Tom Brokaw says Democrats as much to blame as Republicans as shutdown drags on| Senate may vote Thursday on Trump’s offer • Amid shutdown, federal workers face health struggles: 'We are the ones that are suffering' • I’m Doing a Reverse Marie Kondo on My Life • How the Shutdown Is Hitting Business • Canceling autopay, skipping the doctor, selling a car: Federal workers share how they're making ends meet during the shutdown • Hundreds of IRS Employees Skipping Work • Shutdown Leaves Government Websites Vulnerable To Hackers • Banks, phone companies, nonprofits roll out help for federal workers amid government shutdown • The best and worst ways to borrow money during the federal shutdown • An Arizona politician wants to fund the border wall by levying a tax on citizens who watch p--- • The Longest Government Shutdown Ever Is Making Civil Service Less Attractive • Prayer, pushups and poker: Can bipartisan friendships end the shutdown? They did in 2013 • 'SNL' returns with 'Deal or No Deal,' government shutdown style • Federal prisons feel the effects of the shutdown • The economic effects of the shutdown stretch far beyond Washington • Family of 7 struggles as government shutdown continues • Weather Service employees forecast difficult times ahead if government shutdown doesn't end • 'Degradation': Storm models becoming less accurate as government shutdown continues • Kansas families fear going hungry amidst shutdown • Marriott is seeing ‘double-digit’ declines as a result of the government shutdown • A "go big" idea to end the shutdown
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Furloughed Workers Still on Employed Report
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Lockheed says it sees demand for 200 F-16 fighter jets, and it wants to move a US plant to India to build them
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US cancels trade planning meeting with China, source says • Stocks fall to session lows after US cancels trade meeting with Chinese officials • Cisco CEO: 25% U.S. tariffs on China 'are going to be problematic for all of us' • Citi: It's 'plausible' that the US and China could drop tariffs this year • Tariffs making global auto market uncertain • Pompeo voices optimism for good outcome on U.S.-China trade • China is outraged that the US wants to take the arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou off Canada's hands • China could completely cut off investment into Silicon Valley amid Huawei bust-up • China won't retaliate against U.S. by cutting Treasury bonds
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Corporations are fleeing global chaos
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Trump's policies are slowing the nation's growth, say economists — and consumers
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Krugman: The Economy Won’t Rescue Trump
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Davos elite aren’t Trump fans anymore • Davos: Gathering of the Rich and Clueless
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The End of Economics?
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The Biggest Threats to Business Growth in 2019
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Government shutdown exposes a harsh truth: Most Americans are unprepared for the next recession
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China Vows to 'Take Action' Against U.S. and Canada
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Buy-Side Firms Feeling Less Rah-Rah About Economic Growth
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These 25 US counties are paying most of the federal income taxes
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The 50 best jobs in America for 2019
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World's Most Admired Companies
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Maybe investors should take Davos doom and gloom as good sign, says Guggenheim’s Minerd
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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:

US existing home sales tumble to three-year low • NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.99 million in December • Comments on December Existing Home Sales
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No Pay Stub? No Problem. Unconventional Mortgages Make a Comeback
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Mortgage applications pull back 2.7% as rates turn higher again • MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey
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Housing Inventory Tracking
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The unusually large drop in home sales has real estate agents baffled
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Study finds rising seas are eroding value of homes along coast
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Mansion of Palm House developer likely headed to bankruptcy auction
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Municipalities:

Elizabeth Warren Is Asking The Trump Administration For Answers About Puerto Rico's Disaster Relief Funding • Elizabeth Warren Accuses America of Colonizing Puerto Rico • Elizabeth Warren's Puerto Rico Speech Slams Trump For How He Treated The Island Post-Maria • Warren to Puerto Ricans: Trump does not respect you • In visit to Puerto Rico, Warren condemns Trump for considering use of disaster recovery funds to build ‘dumb’ border wall • Elizabeth Warren refines populist message and tests out pitch to voters in early Puerto Rico campaign stop
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LAUSD teachers union and school district reach tentative deal to end strike • L.A. teachers agree on tentative deal to end 6-day strike
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America’s Teachers Are Furious
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Oil/Gas:

San Antonio oil exec ‘thumbed his nose’ at legal process, bankruptcy judge says
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All 30 energy ETF components fall as oil prices tank
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Warning Signs Flashing for US Shale
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How West Texas Became Woodstock for Frackers
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US crude drops 2.3%, settling at $52.57, on fresh signs of global economic slowdown
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Gastar Exploration Successfully Completes Financial Restructuring And Emergence From Bankruptcy
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Chevron CEO sees no signs economy is hitting a wall based on energy sales
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Healthcare:

Bankrupt hospital chain receives $610M bid
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AG Rejects Santa Clara County’s Plea to Keep Hospitals Open
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The first big battle over "Medicare for All" is about to begin • Poll: 56 percent of public supports Medicare for All
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Millennials Ditching The Doctor
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Cryptocurrency:

BitGrail exchange declares bankruptcy after almost a year of announcing $195 million loss
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‘Bitcoin will go to zero’: Davos talks up the future of blockchain tech
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Tech:

Frisco tech firm files for bankruptcy, owes up to $50M
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Distressed Investing:

What the Current Credit Market Means for Distressed M&A
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Self-Liquidation vs. Sale: The Fallacy of Net Gain
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Turnarounds Require Patience, Partnership, and Professional Expertise
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Climate:

Record number of Americans see climate change as a current threat • Most Americans Now Fear Climate Change Will Harm Their Families
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The Coming Climate Crisis
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Celebs:

Ronaldo pays €18.8m to avoid jail for tax evasion
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Radio:

Judge Gives iHeartMedia the Green Light to Exit Bankruptcy • Bankruptcy court confirms reorganization plan for radio giant iHeartMedia • iHeartMedia's Bankruptcy Plan Approved, CEO Bob Pittman Receives Contract Extension
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Newspapers:

Bend Bulletin Owner Files For 2nd Bankruptcy In A Decade • Union Democrat parent company files Chapter 11
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Religion:

Priest addresses Diocese Bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Meritor subsidiary files for Ch. 11 to resolve asbestos liability
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 (24 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
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings in the Central District Down Slightly for 2018
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Think the Bankruptcy Business in California is Slow?
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Advisers:

McKinsey & Company Is Again Accused of Misdeeds in Bankruptcy Case
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Make-Whole:

Fifth Circuit Vacates Bankruptcy Court’s Order Requiring Payment of Make-Whole Premium and Interest in Ultra Petroleum Bankruptcy
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Subordination:

Court rules subordination agreement bars junior creditor from obtaining discovery from senior creditor
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Automatic Stay:

9th Cir. Holds Debtor Who Successfully Challenges Automatic Stay Fee Award Also Entitled to Appellate Fees
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Recharacterization:

The Past and Future of Debt Recharacterization
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Retailing:

Bankruptcy sale could save some Performance Bicycle stores • ASE explains why it rejected the largest bid for its assets
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The Retail Apocalypse: Fact or Fiction?
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When Digital Transformation Does Not Happen: Big Box Retailers That Closed Its Doors In 2018
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Creditor is suing Steinhoff for 291.4M
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Insurance:

California’s Massive Wildfires Push Travelers to Seek Higher Premiums
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Food/Beverage:

Amazon’s automated grocery store has some empty shelves thanks to sudden Munchery bankruptcy • Munchery closes on-demand meal-delivery business
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Prominent Raleigh restaurateur files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:

How to answer 14 common but tricky interview questions
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Quitting your job? A hiring manager says these are the 6 worst ways to do it
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Obits:

FL: Bankruptcy attorney Lansing Roy dies at 78
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Pharma:

New study flags concerns about increasing insulin costs across US • Insulin prices more than doubled over 5 years
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Coal:

Coal firm seeks end to employee, retiree obligations in Kemmerer
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Bankrupt coal firm seeks sale of Wyoming coal mine by February's end
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Fraud:

Settlement could bring close to Mamtek saga
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Health and Beauty:

San Francisco Equity Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Leading Clean Beauty Brand jane iredale
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Student Debt:

Navient pushes back against CFPB deception claims
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Bank Pays Off Millennial Mom’s $185K Student Loan
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Banking:

The Fed is probing Deutsche Bank over billions in suspicious transactions— another twist in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal
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Autos:

Judge: Ford Credit may repossess Reagor-Dykes vehicles
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Auto Industry Challenges Drive Opportunities for Turnaround Professionals
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Nissan Scrutinizes Global Dealings in Ghosn Aftermath
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Tesla shares fall premarket after RBC downgrade
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Sovereigns:

The IMF's focus on debt recovery must be corrected
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UK:

Scandal-hit Patisserie Valerie owner calls in administrators • KPMG to lead Patisserie Valerie administration • Patisserie Valerie collapse puts thousands of jobs in jeopardy • Accounting Fraud Pushes UK’s Patisserie Valerie into Insolvency
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FRC confirms second KPMG Carillion investigation
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Brexit, Insolvency, and Restructuring in the U.K.
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Jeremy Corbyn is set to back a rebel Brexit amendment that could kill a no-deal • A leaked secret presentation shows how the British might react to a no-deal Brexit • Lessons on Brexit from 1970s Quebec • There is No Plan B for Brexit
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Farage Ally: Why Black Men are Violent
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UK employment total hits record high
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Wage growth at highest level since 2008 crisis
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HMRC expands football probe
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PIIGS:

ie: Number of people seeking insolvency increase by almost a third • Strong growth in personal insolvency arrangements
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Bailout inspectors back in Greece, focus on banks • All fronts open with creditors
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Canada:

Canada’s economy may soon endure something it hasn’t faced in 68 years, according to BCA
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'Everybody's in the dark': How the U.S. government shutdown is starting to hurt Canada
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Factory, wholesale slump confirms Canadian economic slowdown
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India:

Is Essar Group Fudging Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Process?
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After IL&FS, securitisation... India's Lehman genie out of the bottle again
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Is merging Air India and Jet Airways the way to save the sinking airlines?
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Dealing with cross-border insolvency of a single corporate entity
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China:

Fewer Chinese babies intensify an old story
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Harvard’s Rogoff explains why China has become a ‘problem place’
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Brazil:

Avianca Brasil looks for capital, hires Galeazzi firm
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Brazil:

Facing losses in Brazil, GM turns to Sao Paulo state for tax breaks
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Germany:

Europe's mightiest river is drying up, most likely causing a recession in Germany. Yes, really.
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Turkey:

Turkey’s leading clothing retailer Collezione files for bankruptcy protection
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Australia:

Former Bestjet operators 'on holidays' as administrator releases damning report
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Nathan Tinkler, from billionaire to bankrupt
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Venezuela:

Trump seizes chance to ratchet up pressure on Venezuela's Maduro
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Venezuela’s invigorated opposition take streets in key test
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