March 29, 2019

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Law:

Ogletree Lawyer’s Pay Bias Case Must Be Arbitrated Individually
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Law Student Expelled After Trying To Lie, Cheat, And Hack Her Way Onto Law Review
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Big Spenders: Some Florida Bankruptcy Cases Are Costing More Than $1 Million to Administer
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Former BigLaw lawyer awarded $6.3M for brain injury caused by parking garage pipe
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Law Schools Shift Strategy to Attract Top Students - Money
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Re-Fingerprinting Of California Lawyers Turns Up Thousands Of Criminal Records
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Money most likely to drive lawyers to quit their job
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Which Disconnects Are Holding Your Firm Back?
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Big Law Beats Big Business for LGBTQ Equality, Report Says
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As Mayer Brown, Orrick Oust Partners, Signs of a Post-#MeToo Standard
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How Quinn Emanuel Partner Joe Milowic Plunged to the Depths of Depression but Inspired Other Lawyers
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Talent or Token? Lawyers Say Diversity Still Can Be Just for Show
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"Just last month I received a memo from one of our outside counsels (a former Supreme Court clerk) that contained a typo"
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Getting Noticed As An Associate
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7 Toastmasters-approved tricks for hooking your audience right from the start
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Revealed: your colleagues make you stay at your firm
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Father and daughter who graduated law school together await bar results
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Black Lawyer Detained At Courthouse Pretty Much For Being Black
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Lawyers among worst for phone etiquette
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Trump dropped an ominous hint that a revenge campaign over Mueller could spread to the FBI and intelligence officials • Schiff doubles down on Trump-Russia collusion as GOP calls for resignation • Adam Schiff Lists All the Ways He Says Trump Colluded • Judge Orders DOJ to Turn Over Comey Memos • FactCheck: "The FBI said (former national security adviser Michael Flynn) wasn't lying." • Monica Lewinsky ‘wins the internet’ with fierce 3-word take on Mueller’s report • Mueller Report Exceeds 300 Pages, Raising Questions About Four-Page Summary • Rudy Giuliani on collusion accusations: "Somebody made this up" • Trump Tower meeting figure: Russia probe 'not a witch hunt' • Will Trump Pardon Michael Flynn? • Giuliani: Trump Associates Shouldn't Expect Pardons • Everyone Warns Trump Against Pardons • Mueller’s many loose ends • Mueller's team issued more than 2,000 subpoenas and compiled thousands, if not millions of documents worth of evidence • Charges Reportedly Near for Obama and Clinton Staffer Caught Up in the Mueller Probe • Mueller may not have gotten Trump, but he did strike fear into some of Washington's most powerful people • Ivanka's Lawyer Wanted Cohen to Lie for Her • 'There's nothing routine about this': Barr's move to send Mueller's report to the White House before the public sets off alarm bells • Life on the Wrong Side of Mueller Probe • Pelosi: Barr's 4-page report summary was "condescending" and "arrogant" • Mueller's Lasting Legacy May be on K Street • NYT: Mueller report is over 300 pages long
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The BBC admitted botching a report that claimed Michael Cohen was selling access to Trump for $400,000 in Ukraine
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Trump said investigating his finances would be a 'red line.' New York prosecutors are about to cross it.
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Trump says FBI and DOJ will review Jussie Smollett case • Ex-federal Prosecutor Zings Donald Trump Over Jussie Smollett Review: 'Wait, I Thought the FBI Couldn't Be Trusted? • The Strange, Unsatisfying End to the Jussie Smollett Case • Chicago Mayor Compares Smollett Case to College-Admissions Scandal • Chicago Mayor: Jussie Smollett Is Going to Pay for the Cost of Investigations • The City of Chicago Is Giving Jussie Smollett a Week to Write a Check for $130,000 • Jussie Smollett Is Free. That’s Good, Whether He’s Guilty or Not • Illinois state senator introduces bill to withhold tax credits to any production that hires Jussie Smollett • Smollett damage control seen in internal email from Foxx's office as she defends 'alternative prosecution model' • National District Attorneys Association blasts Jussie Smollett decision: "The rich are treated differently" • Chicago PD Initially Shrugged Off Smollett Evidence That Ended Up Being Very Important • Can Jussie Smollett make a comeback? Crisis management experts weigh in • Embattled Chicago prosecutor Kimberly Foxx never legally recused herself from Jussie Smollett case - "Colloquial Recusal"? • Jussie Smollett’s legal team no longer seeking expungement • Kim Foxx says Smollett's sweetheart deal is "available to all defendants." Court records tell a different tale
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Supreme Court declines second request to block bump stock ban
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Suspect Denies Owning Socks On His Feet
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Police: Man Attacked Mother Over Mannequin
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Cops: Woman Kept Calling 911 To Report Boyfriend Was "Not Being Nice To Her"
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Zookeeper ‘Joe Exotic’ Allegedly Sold Lion-Liger Hybrid to Fund Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Foe
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Neo-Nazi who plowed car into crowd in Charlottesville, killing bankruptcy paralegal, pleads guilty to hate crimes
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Drunk-driving lawyer allowed to keep car as it’s his ‘only friend’
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Bonkers Law Firm Website: Springwatch!
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Attempt to Flee Australia on a Jet Ski Fails
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Video shows Arizona police officers forcing their way into a home to remove an unvaccinated toddler who had a 105-degree fever after a doctor reported his parents to authorities
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Judges:

BK ED CA Seeks J.A./Paralegal
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BK ED MO Seeks Law Student Intern
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Judge & Jailer: This Bankruptcy Judge Has Thrown Attorneys, Debtors Behind Bars
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Senate Blue Slip Custom ‘Essentially Dead,’ Feinstein Says
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Judge's Hobby Takes Him to A Different Kind of Bench
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Wrongfully Convicted Ex-Judge Wins Ruling in Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit
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Senate Republicans Move to Fill Court Vacancies Faster
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Wall Street:

US stock futures rise as Wall Street looks to wrap up week, month
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Stocks close higher after signs of progress toward U.S.-China trade deal
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Layoffs:

JPMorgan is reportedly slashing hundreds of jobs in asset management
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Bed Bath & Beyond has reportedly laid off 150 workers
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Distribution center in De Pere closing, blaming Shopko bankruptcy • Shopko announces layoff of 1700 workers
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Shopko liquidation prompts another 1715 layoffs at 39 Wisconsin stores • Nearly 2,500 employees in Wisconsin to lose jobs once all Shopko stores close, state says
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Pain intensifies for AbbVie as it slashes 178 jobs
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SAP Restructuring Prompts Thousands of Job Cuts
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PayPal Laying Off 380
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Felchar Manufacturing To Lay Off 144
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Watch this gigantic bird-like robot load boxes onto a conveyor belt
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Another group of older ex-employees are suing IBM alleging it targeted older workers for layoffs
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Religion:

June deadline set for Catholic abuse claims against Santa Fe archdiocese
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Religious orders targeted in New Mexico clergy abuse case
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13 Denver-based Catholic friars with credible abuse allegations identified
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Pastor who bought wife a Lamborghini begs members to pay $250,000 for church repairs
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Pharma:

New York AG sues Purdue Pharma, J&J, McKesson in case against opioid manufacturers and distributors • NY AG Announces Country's 'Most Extensive' Lawsuit Against Opioid Companies • New York is coming for the Sackler's OxyContin money
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What New York state’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharma says about U.S. opioid battle
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What Oklahoma’s opioid settlement means for other states, cities and counties suing Purdue Pharma
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More lawsuits are hanging over the billionaire family that made its fortune in opioids
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Purdue's opioid settlement set to herald barrage of lawsuits against big pharma
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Purdue’s Sackler Family Accused of Fraud in Transfers of Opioid Profits
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Electricity:

‘Man, that is a lot of money’: Why PG&E spent at least $84 million on lawyers
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California governor criticizes PG&E’s plan for new board • Utility shares few details on new board plans • California Governor Disapproves of Proposed PG&E Board
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PG&E Bankruptcy Should Not Impact Diablo Canyon Decommissioning: NRC
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Fraud:

Ex-Yale coach set to plead guilty for soliciting almost $1 million in bribes in college admissions scandal • Houston Lawyer Representing Tennis Coach in College Admissions Scandal • Lori Loughlin’s daughters remain at USC amid college admissions scandal • College Admissions Scandal: A Plea for Reason • A prominent Silicon Valley VC was 'terminated' from Lightspeed Venture Partners after admitting a link to the college-admissions scandal • Yale named in 2nd class-action suit over admissions scandal • Why Rob Lowe deleted tweet about his 'honest, hardworking sons' amid college admissions scandal • College admissions scandal sparks probe of 8 schools by US Education Department • USC and UCLA among universities under federal investigation in college admissions scandal • Former UCLA coach charged in admissions scandal lists Century City home • College Admissions Scandal Sparks Hollywood Panic: "There Could Be More Parents Caught Up" • Prosecutors ratchet up pressure on parents in admission scandal with new charges • Palo Alto couple indicted on new money laundering charges in college admissions scandal • Why the Admissions Scandal Is Every Parent’s Problem
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Philadelphia Business Owner Indicted for Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Loan Scheme
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It's a difficult time for the 857 people in the US named Elizabeth Holmes who weren't the creators of Theranos
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Office Depot Pays $25M for Repair Scam
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SEC Awards Two Whistleblowers $50 Million, Including Third Largest Ever Individual Award
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Distressed Investing:

TransCare Trustee's Claims Against Tilton Going To Trial
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Mass Torts:

Defense Verdict for Johnson & Johnson in New Jersey Talc Meso Case Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County, March 27, 2019
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Jury Awards $80 million in Roundup Cancer Case
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Economy:

Q4 GDP Revised Down to 2.2% Annual Rate • GDP: U.S. fourth-quarter economic growth rate revised down to 2.2% from 2.6% • Say It One More Time: The Economy Is Slowing • Economy slumping faster than expected, with fourth-quarter GDP revised down
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Fed is done raising interest rates until at least the end of next year, according to economists polled
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Buffett on the economy: 'It looks like things have slowed down'
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decreased to 211,000 • Jobless claims fall to 211,000 in late March to match 2019 low • US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
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Stephen Moore’s unpaid taxes are the latest example of Trump failing to vet high-profile nominees
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Fed’s Clarida says ‘timely’ moves to ease policy can help ward off global shocks
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GAO: Half Of Older Americans Have No Retirement Savings Plan
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U.S.-China trade talks have made progress on all fronts: report • China makes unprecedented proposals on tech transfer, trade challenges: US officials • US China Relations Could Get Worse Before They Get Worse • Trade Wars When Americans Were Pirates
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Attention Wall Street: Democrats are seeking higher taxes on capital gains
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Warren Buffett says the country has to take care of poor people who have become 'roadkill'
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Poorest to Lose Food Stamps First
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The House just passed a bill to close the gender pay gap
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Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession Increased Employment Significantly
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$500000 a Year Yet Struggling? Let's Do a Double Take
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Democrats Love a Wealth Tax, But Europeans are Ditching The Idea
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Maryland Passes $15 Minimum Wage
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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:

NAR: Pending Home Sales Index Decreased 1.0% in February • Pending home sales drop 1% in February, despite lower mortgage rates
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Trump administration charges Facebook with ‘discriminatory’ housing advertising practices
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Bankers Are Balking at WeWork
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Well Thank Goodness: Collateral Estoppel Does Apply to N.C. Foreclosures
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Municipalities:

Muni Lowdown
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Court ruling in Puerto Rico bankruptcy fans revenue bond fears
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Lawmakers introduce Puerto Rico statehood bill: "It's time to end 120 years of colonialism" • Statehood movement in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico governor warns White House: 'If the bully gets close, I'll punch the bully in the mouth'
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Politics of Puerto Rico heat up
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White House backing Puerto Rico’s oversight board
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Trump’s alleged reluctance on Puerto Rico disaster funding complicates passage of U.S. aid bill
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Oil/Gas:

Trump says it’s ‘very important that OPEC increase the flow of oil’ because prices are too high
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Oil set for strongest quarter in a decade on OPEC-led cuts and trade talk optimism
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The One Thing That Could Derail The U.S. Oil Boom
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Climate:

Air Force bases ask for billions following historic extreme weather
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Carbon emissions from the U.S. power sector rose in 2018
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The World Can't Reverse Climate Emissions
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Aviation:

Hundreds of people are stranded and freaking out after Wow Air collapsed • Wow Air has abruptly shut down, leaving customers stranded around the world • 'My heart broke into 100 pieces this morning': People who worked at Wow Air react to the airline's surprise announcement that it's shutting down • Videos show chaos and anger in airports as Wow Air passengers discovered the airline had collapsed • WOW Airlines' Bankruptcy Left Passengers Stranded, So Here's How To Avoid Getting Stuck At The Airport • Bankrupt Wow Air plies passengers with pizza then folds • Why passengers stranded by the collapse of Wow Air will likely never see a refund from the airline • Passengers' Rights In Wake of WOW Air Collapse
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After WOW Air Collapse, Is It Time To Strengthen Consumer Protections?
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FAA boss says it let Boeing partly self-regulate the software thought to be behind both fatal 737 Max crashes
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Investigators are close to confirming the lead theory about why the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crashed, report claims • Investigators say Boeing 737 MAX stall-prevention feature activated in Ethiopian crash
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Crash report clarifies Boeing’s 737 exposure
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Feds Knew 737 Trim Control Was Confusing
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This fascinating new tool lets you map the cheapest flights to anywhere from any city
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Education:

Trump’s vision for higher education is limiting student loans and prioritizing for-profit colleges
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Marijuana:

House panel approves landmark bill to let banks serve pot businesses
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Cannabis retailer MedMen’s financial troubles are a warning for the marijuana industry
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Healthcare:

Chicago Medicare insurer to fold
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Trump renews attacks on Obamacare
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Federal judge strikes down Trump proposal allowing 'skimpy' health insurance plans • Judge Stops Trump Rule on Group Health Care
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South Bay health clinics' bankruptcy sale goes through but staffing must be resolved by Monday
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Maritime:

Shanghai Bestway Marine warns of financial risks as bank accounts frozen
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Retailing:

After Emerging From Chapter 11, Gymboree, Payless Again Seek Bankruptcy Relief
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J. Crew is turning to debt restructuring lawyers again, sources say
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PE Firms Crescent, Ares Take Over Savers Thrift Chain
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How hedge funds, Goldman Sachs, and corrupt executives used Gymboree's chaotic bankruptcy to cash out while destroying the careers of loyal employees
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Coal:

Reclamation funds stall final sale of Kemmerer coal mine
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Coal-fired plants are closing but US coal exports are up
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Newspapers:

Bend Bulletin owner eyes sale of some newspapers
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Banking:

Wells Fargo CEO is Out • Elizabeth Warren on Tim Sloan leaving Wells Fargo: ‘About damn time’
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Autos:

Nissan executives allegedly orchestrated Carlos Ghosn's arrest to kill merger with Renault
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Pensions:

Debt and Pension Liability per Capita for Ten Most Populous Cities in the U.S.
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KY Lawmakers Just Passed Pension Relief... Or A 'Path To Insolvency.' It Depends On Whom You Ask.
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Crypto:

Report: Prosecutors Drop Appeal Against Mt. Gox CEO’s Embezzlement Acquittal
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Auto Racing:

Bob Bondurant School bought out of bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

Uniti Group: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
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Food/Beverage:

Can crowdfunding save a restaurant? Results vary
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Farming:

Midwest Farms Uninsured for Crop Losses
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Corn, Dairy Farms Lead Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Filings, Report Shows
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Make-Whole:

Filling an Enforcement “Make-Whole”: Bankruptcy Court Enforces Prepayment Premium Notwithstanding Prepetition Loan Acceleration
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Credit Bidding:

Unbridled Credit-Bidding vs. Maximizing Value: U.S. Supreme Court and First Circuit Cases
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Sales:

Down but not out (of the money): Are underwater interest holders entitled to a share of the premium on a sale free and clear of liens under US Bankruptcy Code section 363?
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Standing:

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Chapter 15 Appeal by Purported Shareholder on Standing Grounds
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Advisors:

Notice of Appearance - Ross Waetzman, Director at Gavin/Solmonese
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Politics:

Trump befuddles his allies with ambitious legislative agenda
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New documents raise questions over State Dept. move to rescind honor for Trump critic
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Trump exaggerated wealth, hid debts as a businessman: report • George Conway: ‘People Go to Prison’ for What WaPo Says Trump Did with Financial Statements
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Twitter wants to label tweets from public figures that break its rules — and even Trump could be named and shamed
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Elizabeth Warren’s plan to make farming great again, explained
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FactCheck: Trump administration is ‘raiding money’ from military service member pensions to pay for the border wall.
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FactCheck: Trumps on Autos, Health Care
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Amy Klobuchar wants to pay for her $1 trillion infrastructure plan by reversing some Trump tax cuts • Amy Klobuchar’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, explained
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Donald Trump Jr. Talks About Running for Office
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Adolf Hitler was not a socialist
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Trump Attacks Wind Energy, as 'It Only Blows Sometimes'
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The Republican Party Has an Older Voters Problem
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Betsy Devos is still struggling to explain cuts to Special Olympics funding • Trump pledges to fund Special Olympics, reversing proposal by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
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56% say Trump has done "too little" to distance himself from white nationalists
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Pete Buttigieg makes the case for “democratic capitalism”
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Wayne Messam, a mayor in Florida, joins the 2020 Democratic race as a big-time underdog
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Howard Schultz on big business, socialism, and the presidential potential of Joe Biden and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Personal Finance:

For the winner of $768.4 million Powerball jackpot, the taxman cometh
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Sovereigns:

Q&A with sovereign debt legend Lee Buchheit
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UK:

In a Bid to 'Take Back Control,' Britain Lost It • The last 24 hours of Brexit, explained • Brexit is Killing a British Stereotype • The Brexit Day that wasn't • 'Like the living dead': Theresa May heads for third defeat on her Brexit deal • Dominic Raab: The divisive Brexiteer who could soon be Britain's Prime Minister
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Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May ‘fess up to ‘unsatisfactory’ gender pay gaps
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No, it's not just you, only 1 in 9 Americans think they could actually explain what's going on with Brexit
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From Carillion to Interserve: the construction sector struggle • Mitie keeps one eye on Interserve collapse, no swift action likely
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Britain's Debenhams secures 200 mln stg of new funds • Sports Direct weighs Debenhams options after bondholders back restructuring
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PIIGS:

Debt-stricken countries like Greece have continued repaying their creditors even though it's hammering workers' living standards. They should stick it to the banks and default instead
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Troika Squeezes SYRIZA to Back Off Foreclosure Protection • Under pressure from creditors, Greek gov't restricts borrower protection
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Quinn children in settlement talks over €410m action after setback
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Canada:

Montreal Alouettes creditors may be closing in: report
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Bulgaria:

Bulgaria Under Pressure from the EU to Introduce Directive About Personal Bankruptcy
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Croatia:

Croatia Won't Back Shipyard as Bankruptcy Looms • Silence Reigns as Bankruptcy Knocks on Uljanik's Frail Door • Bankruptcy looms as Uljanik rescue plan rejected
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Venezuela:

A New Proposal for Restructuring Venezuelan Debt
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Trump Warns Russia to ‘Get Out’ of Venezuela
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Venezuelan gov’t bars Guaido from public office for 15 years
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American Airlines suspends flights to Venezuela
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India:

Even British Airways and Philips stand to lose money in India's biggest financial scandal of 2018
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Jet defaults on ECB due to 'temporary constraints' • Jet Airways missed paying $109 million loan: Report • Mid air turbulence: Change in Jet Airways ownership a test case for the extended insolvency framework • Banks face fresh challenge after rescuing Jet Airways • Rescue deal is no panacea for India's struggling Jet Airways
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India’s bankruptcy code faces tough test in Essar Steel case
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MENA:

Saudi Arabia cites job application as evidence against female rights activist • In Saudi trial, detained women speak of torture, abuse • Saudi Arabia temporarily frees three women activists
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Brunei to make adultery and gay sex punishable with death by stoning
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US energy secretary says he’s unsure if Trump administration approved secret nuclear power tech sales to Saudi Arabia before or after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder • Congress in Dark on Secret Saudi Nuclear Deal
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Singapore:

Indonesian white knight SM Investments hits out at Hyflux for not disclosing 'material information' earlier • Hyflux creditors face risk of bigger losses after 'new information'
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First recognition of US bankruptcy proceedings as foreign main proceedings under Singapore Model Law
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China:

China Moves Closer to Overhaul of Bankruptcy Law
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Japan:

Restructuring In Japan
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Australia:

Thousands of taxi drivers sign up to class action against Uber claiming the ride-share service has left them bankrupt
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Administrators back Napoleon Perdis rescue by China expert and retail exec
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Barbados:

Painful restructuring
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Iceland:

WOW Air collapse to hurt Iceland's economy, central bank
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