November 4, 2019

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Law:

Jones Day Sees ‘Fatal Holes’ in Female Lawyers’ Sex Bias Claims
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Mega Firm's #MeToo Mess: How DLA Piper Is Handling a Sexual Assault Scandal
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McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook was fired over a relationship with an employee McDonald's CEO fired for consensual relationship with employee, company says
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Should More Partner Compensation Systems Include Punishment for Misbehavior?
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Hogan Lovells Launches Crisis Team to Tackle ‘Modern Problems’
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Hogan Lovells Is Gearing Up for a Wave of Bankruptcies: Q&A
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With Recession Looming, Phila. Firm Leaders Look to the Past in Planning Ahead
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Upstart Cities Overtaking Biggest Legal Markets for Law Firm Growth, Report Finds
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Utah to Test Initiative for Allowing Nonlawyer Legal Providers
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This Unaccredited Law School In California Is Closing Down
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Exceptionally Tall James Comey Sets Even Higher Goals For Law School Graduates
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Dershowitz Wanted To Get Boies Disqualified… So Now He Has To Deal With Another Famous SCOTUS Litigator
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It’s Budget Time! 12 Timely Tips To Help Manage Law Firm Costs
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How Fashionable Is Your Firm's Diversity Program?
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The Harvard Law School Bird Has A Twitter Account And He’s NOT Happy About The Food Situation
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Kim Kardashian Channels Her Law School Dream This Halloween
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A judge just blocked a new Trump rule forcing immigrants to prove they have health insurance before they can get visas Smugglers Sawing Through New Border Wall A bipartisan bill in Congress could legalize 325,000 unauthorized immigrants Kids were asked to 'Build the Wall' with paper bricks at a White House Halloween party Trump FactCheck: "Cutting illegal immigration in half."
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Whistleblower's Attorney Says They're Willing to Accept Written Questions from Republicans
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Roger Stone Trial Likely to Be Spectacle
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‘The President Loves You’: Newly Released FBI Memos on Cohen Appear Damning for Trump
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Mueller's Secret Memos Revealed The Mueller Report’s Secret Memos Internal Mueller documents show Trump campaign chief pushed unproven theory Ukraine hacked Democrats
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Laurence Tribe: Comparing Nixon to Trump Is ‘Like Comparing Apples to an Apple Orchard’
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Federal Judge Dismisses Conspiracy Theorist’s $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Robert Mueller
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Man Sues Twitter For $1 Billion Claiming His Account’s Suspension Violated His Right To Worship President Trump As A Demigod
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Prosecutors Completely Reject Michael Flynn Claim That Exculpatory Evidence Was Withheld
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Time to Revive the Voting Rights Act
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Kushner Companies Tries to Sue Again, Claims It’s Been Persecuted for Being Associated with Trump
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Prosecutors tossed from drug case after witness is used to record defense lawyer
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Alexa, did he do it? Smart device could be witness in suspicious Florida death
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Drones Used in Crime Fly Under the Law’s Radar
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The tests that determine drunk driving are often unreliable, and judges are starting to question them, a New York Times investigation finds
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Oklahoma approves largest single-day commutation in U.S. history
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People carrying a white nationalist flag were caught on security cameras trying to film in front of a new memorial to lynching victim Emmett Till.
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Massacre Inside the Airbnb Rental
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Judges:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Appoints New Bankruptcy Judge for Eastern District of Washington New U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge starts in Yakima
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Notice of Vacancy - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, SDWV at Charleston
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Brilliant, Controversial South Florida Bankruptcy Judge is Retiring
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SCOTUS' Impartiality Questioned
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Sons seek guardianship of sitting appeals judge said to have received Alzheimer’s diagnosis
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The Supreme Court’s Big TV Moment
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Three Women, 25 Men Set to Argue at Supreme Court in November
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He beat the odds at the Supreme Court - it cost $1.5 million
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The “Kardashian Court”
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Wall Street:

US futures point to a higher open
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record high
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How the frugality of U.S. corporations saved third-quarter results from the abyss
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Layoffs:

Barneys officially sells to Authentic Brands Group in a deal that is expected to close most of the luxury chain's remaining stores, leaving 2,000 jobs in uncertainty
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Caterpillar Inc. announces 120 layoffs in TX
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Eutelsat planning 100 layoffs
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Samsung to cut nearly 300 jobs in Austin
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Lazard lays off 200 on heels of earnings report
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Glass Container Company In Portland To Layoff More Than 90
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Utilities:

Over 1,500 California fires in the last 6 years — including the deadliest ever — were caused by one company: PG&E. Here’s what it could have done, but didn’t
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New fires are spreading in California despite power blackouts to prevent ignition
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Outrage as PG&E CEO says 'their house is still there' because of blackouts
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As Smoke Clears in California, Pressure Builds on Power Companies
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Pres. Trump threatens to cut US funding for California wildfires As California burns, Trump slams Newsom over wildfire response
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California governor plans meeting of PG&E leaders, shareholders, creditors to speed bankruptcy fix

The radical reform necessary to prepare California’s power system for the 21st century
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Fires Show Calif. Gov't Works, Not Private Firm
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This time, Southern California was prepared for wildfires. Here's how countless homes were saved
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Newsom says state will play active role in reshaping PG&E California Governor Threatens To Step in and ‘Restructure’ PG&E Calif. gov.: State could take over PG&E in wake of bankruptcy crisis Gov. Gavin Newsom hints at government control of PG&E if bankruptcy effort fizzles California to Ready ‘Backup Plan’ to Take Over PG&E Fires and Blackouts Increase Political Risk for California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Edison once again seeks to limit liability from California fires
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A Hot Mess: PG&E fights fires in the wild and creditors in court
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PG&E’s Outlandish Lobbying in California
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Retailing:

The end of Barneys, the store that made us lust for fashion Barneys gets sold for scraps, ending an era
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Barneys' Madison Avenue store to remain open for at least a year
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What Barneys' Bankruptcy Means for Luxury Retail
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If Barneys Liquidates, Other Department Stores Will Face the Consequences
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Bankrupt Destination Maternity is on the brink of collapse — and declining birthrates may be to blame
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Does fast fashion have to die for the environment to live?
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Fashion’s Old Guard Is Racing To Figure Out How To Be Cool Enough For Gen Z
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Tired of long lines? Grocery chain debuts Smart Carts with self-checkout
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreased Year-over-year, RevPAR upcycle Near End
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Fraud:

October 2019 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Lori Loughlin Pleads Not Guilty to New Charge
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Under Armour says it's under federal investigation over its accounting practices
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Personal Finance:

Why Elon Musk says taking ‘vacations will kill you’
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Nearly half of workers have made a dramatic career switch, and this is the average age they do it
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Rich robbers: why do wealthy people shoplift?
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Money woes imperil mental, physical health
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Autos:

NHTSA Investigating Tesla Fires The 16 most bizarre things Elon Musk has said he believes
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Trump's war with California leaves automakers with nowhere to hide
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Media:

The Internet Broke Journalism
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Three thoughts from Bernie Sanders' take on Deadspin Deadspin’s Last Staff Member Quits. But Deadspin Is Not Dead, the Boss Says.
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Deadspin is dead after refusing to "stick to sports"
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USA Today parent Gannett tops profit estimates but sales fall short
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Climate:

Most of Chesapeake's Fox Island is Underwater
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Climate change will break the housing market, says David Burt, who predicted the 2008 financial crisis
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California wildfires: Climate change driving ‘horror and the terror’ of devastating blazes, say scientists
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Who's Holding Up the War on Global Warming
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Debt Collection:

California to Limit How Much Judgment Creditors Can Garnish from Bank Accounts
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Crypto:

Bitcoin's Government Enemies Are Planning Their Revenge
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Economy:

Surprise gain in October jobs reinforces Fed’s plan to pause its rate cuts
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ISM Manufacturing index at 48.3 in October U.S. manufacturers still suffering from China trade fight, tepid global economy, ISM finds
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How the slump in manufacturing created overblown fears of a recession
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The economy is in good shape, but two big clouds hang over it
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October Employment Report: 148,000 Jobs Added ex-Census, 3.6% Unemployment Rate Legal Sector Employment Flat as US Adds 128,000 Jobs Comments on October Employment Report Jobs report gives Trump a major boost in China trade talks October jobs report surprises with 128,000 jobs added Trump math: Here’s how the president arrived at a ‘303,000’ jobs number when the government reported 128,000 new jobs
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Here’s where the jobs are — in one chart
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There's an under-the-radar job crisis hurting millions of Americans
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The ‘mother of all bubbles’ could blow up the economy if profits don’t improve, warns Blackstone strategist
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Treasury yields climb after U.S. jobs report but notch biggest weekly slide in a month
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The 1950s Are Greatly Overrated
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What Negative Interest Has Done to Japan, EU
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The economy is avoiding the worst potholes, but the U.S. isn’t ready to hit the accelerator
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China says it’s reached a consensus in principle with the US during this week’s trade talks US and China Have Done a Deal, Just Not the Real Deal Where US, China Stand on Trade Talks Thousands of companies are asking for tariff exclusions even as US and China push to sign trade deal The outcome of the US, China trade negotiations will make or break these stocks into year-end The US has been left alone to drive the world economy; China should help out Wilbur Ross optimistic on trade deal, says Huawei-sales licenses coming 'shortly'
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Silicon Valley billionaires keep getting richer no matter how much money they give away
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How Richard Nixon captured white rage - and laid the groundwork for Donald Trump
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Huge Asia Pacific trade deal is set to be signed in 2020, Thailand says
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Here are the economic issues that will define the year until Trump’s 2020 reelection bid
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A new study shows that even the poorest immigrants lift themselves up within a generation
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Jeff Bezos would pay over $6 billion a year in taxes under Warren plan
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A former Omega employee defends Leon Cooperman against Elizabeth Warren: ‘She has dehumanized an admirable human being’ Billionaire Leon Cooperman has a lot of controversial things to say about Warren, Obama and other politicians who ask him to pay more taxes
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A full quarter of Americans have debt and aren't saving for retirement, but they still feel good about their money
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70% of millennials say they'd vote for a socialist. 5 facts about their debt-saddled economic situation tell you why.
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Trump leaves door open to shutting down government before Thanksgiving
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U.S. Shadow Lenders See Loan Volume Slow, Quality Decline
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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:

Construction Spending Increased in October, Down 2.0% YoY
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The Property Brothers: Avoid making these top home renovation mistakes
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Getting down-payment assistance may not make people more likely to default on their mortgages, after all
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No One Is Buying Manhattan Apartments Unless They Are Contractually Obligated To
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Bernie Sanders' call for 'national rent control' may sound good, but it's actually a lousy idea
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Detroit Foreclosed
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Municipalities:

The 11-day teachers strike in Chicago paid off
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As companies flee blue cities, middle class workers are hurt
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Oil/Gas:

Producers are putting the brakes on the shale boom — here’s what that means for oil prices
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Flood of New Oil Coming
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U.S. trustee, EdgeMarc creditors at odds over Ch. 7 trustee election
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Long Way for EVs to Go Mainstream
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Exxon says efforts to ban fracking will benefit foreign oil producers at the expense of US
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US and OPEC supply has ‘extinguished’ any remaining upside potential for oil prices, analyst says
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Politics:

Trump just got booed again at a UFC fight in New York City 'Fox & Friends' insists people were cheering for Trump at the UFC fight where he was booed Despite videos of a booing crowd, Trump compared the UFC fight he attended to one of his rallies Boos, cheers greet Trump as he ventures from friendly campaign rallies to sporting events
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In Iowa, only 5 percent of Biden supporters are younger than 45 Joe Biden slumps in Iowa poll as Pete Buttigieg surges Joe Biden would beat Trump by 12% and has double-digit lead in primary, Fox News poll finds
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Poll: Democratic primary race still up in air
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Poll: No Democrat Can Beat Trump in Texas
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Buttigieg, Other Democrats Look to `Era That Must Come Next'
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Elizabeth Warren is a friend to capitalists, at least those who see revolution coming
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Sanders and Warren highlight differences as Iowa nears
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AP-NORC poll: Interest in campaign is growing, as is anxiety
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Republican Jewish Coalition fires first shot of 2020
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Competitive top tier emerges in Democratic 2020 race
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What Warren and Sanders Get Wrong About FDR
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At Iowa dinner, Warren and Mayor Pete take aim -- at one another
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Both Facebook and Twitter are getting it wrong when it comes to political ads Zuckerberg’s power to hurt Trump
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Quit Calling Trump a Fascist
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Editing Donald Trump
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Nationals closer defends rejecting White House invite: "I just can’t do it"
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The ‘Whimpering’ Terrorist Only Trump Seems to Have Heard
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Trump reportedly dislikes tweeting in front of other people because he has to wear glasses to see his iPhone screen Tweet by tweet: Trump praises Trump 2,026 times Trump rules social media, crushes 2020 Democrats In Trump's Twitter feed: Conspiracy-mongers, racists and spies
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Experts on Trump's conduct: 'Plainly an abuse of power, plainly impeachable' Fox News Poll: 49% of Voters Want Trump Impeached and Removed From Office Rep. Zoe Lofgren has been part of every modern impeachment. Here’s what she’s learned How an impeached Trump wins Trump claims the impeachment inquiry will “backfire.” Polling indicates he’s wrong The Fraternal Order of Police’s attack on impeachment reads like it was written by Sean Hannity Trump Threatens to Expose Vindman A year out from the 2020 election, nearly half of Americans want Trump impeached and removed, new NBC/WSJ poll says Why the Impeachment Fight Is Even Scarier Than You Think How Trump Will Try to Derail Impeachment Trump impeachment starts more partisan than Bill Clinton's Mulvaney allies to lead stonewall against Democrats' impeachment inquiry Whistleblower willing to answer questions from House GOP, attorney says Trump Closer to Exposing Whistleblower How the commentariat could tip Trump's impeachment one way or the other Trump sticks with "no quid pro quo" defense as testimonies mount Conway: I don't know if Trump withheld aid to press Ukraine on Bidens Trump's New Defense: "So what if he extorted Ukraine?"
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Lawyer: ‘Completely False’ Giuliani Associate Was Fleeing U.S., ‘Absolutely True’ He Had One-Way Ticket Out of U.S.
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Wallace Bags Conway on Benghazi Hearings
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Mueller interview notes obtained by CNN show Trump's push for stolen emails
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Inside Beto's Collapse The factors behind Beto O'Rourke's failed campaign
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Trump stumps for himself during a Mississippi rally for a tight governor’s race
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Kentucky’s Republican governor is facing a tough race — and he wants Trump to save him
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Governor's races in three states test whether every election is about Trump
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How Trump still gets his NYT and WaPo fix
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Trump May Face Fight Over NY to Florida Move All the reasons Trump’s move from New York to Florida for tax purposes could be ‘doomed’ Why President Trump’s kids are probably celebrating his move to Florida
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Trump: I'm Siding with Mideast Dictators
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The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right
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Why political polarization is bad for the economy
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Sporting Goods:

United Sporting's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd Over Creditor Challenge
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Telecoms:

FCC Could Move Soon on Ligado's Spectrum for 5G
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Agribusiness:

U.S. farm bankruptcies continue rising, new data show
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Trade wars, climate change plunge the family farm into crisis. Is it an endangered American institution?
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Report: Nearly 40 percent of farm income coming from aid, insurance
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Celebs:

Inside Boris Becker's abandoned mansion
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Distressed Investing:

Jim Chanos gets October windfall from corporate disasters  
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Taxis:

Flying Taxis in New York City by 2025
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Aviation:

Houston helicopter co. emerges from bankruptcy, names new board of directors
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737 Max will be a ‘game changer’ but there’s a risk of more delays, Ryanair CEO says
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Labor:

What the mass resignations at Deadspin tell us about work in America
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UAW President Gary Jones will take a leave of absence amid federal corruption probe Feds Reveal UAW Corruption Evidence
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Farm bankruptcies climb in Nebraska and Iowa in wake of catastrophic weather, trade conflicts
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Litigation:

What Happened To Civility?
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Fortress Shutters Litigation Funder Vannin's US, Germany Operations
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Automatic Stay:

The Split Widens: Third Circuit Joins Minority View Regarding Whether Secured Creditor Has Affirmative Obligation to Return Collateral to Debtor Upon Bankruptcy Filing
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DIP Finance:

Delaware District Court Disagrees with Bankruptcy Court’s Ruling and Holds That Committee’s Challenge Rights Survived Entry of the Sale Order and Consummation of Sale
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Miscellaneous:

Rochelle
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Discharge:

5th Cir. Holds Bankruptcy Courts Cannot Enforce Discharge Injunctions From Other Districts
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Bankruptcy Reform:

The Small Business Reorganization Act—Coming to a Bankruptcy Court Near You in February 2020
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Class Actions:

11th Circuit: District Court erred in denying class certification over bankruptcy preemption defense
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Equity:

NCBJ Explores Role of Equity Under the Code
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Mass Torts:

New Report Finds Many Asbestos Plaintiffs Fail to Identify Bankruptcy Trust Claims in Discovery
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Religion:

Pittsburgh: Diocesan lawyer raises possibility of bankruptcy over abuse payments
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Josh Harris: Evangelical support for Trump "incredibly damaging to the Gospel"
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Healthcare:

Pennsylvania revokes Hahnemann University Hospital's license
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Elizabeth Warren’s plan to pay for Medicare-for-all, explained Elizabeth Warren can’t escape the  Medicare-for-all funding debate — even on SNL Warren's $20 Trillion Health Care Plan American Retirement Association: Warren’s Medicare Proposal is a Middle-Class Tax on Retirement Savings Elizabeth Warren's dream health care world What Elizabeth Warren's new health care plan gets right
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Medicare-for-all won’t happen anytime soon, but Democrats should keep talking about it
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90% of employees say they come to work sick—here’s how to fix that
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Nearly half of millennials have put off needed medical care because they can't afford it
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What every member of Congress should know about v------
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Pharma:

Diabetics turn to online trading amid rising prices
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White House: the opioid epidemic cost $2.5 trillion over 4 years
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West Virginia town, ravaged by opioids, battles HIV cluster
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Opioid Hysteria Stigmatizes Pain Sufferers
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Trump taps Texas oncologist as next FDA commissioner
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E-Cigarettes:

Altria confirms FTC investigation of Juul as agency scrutinizes role in executive shake-up at vaping company
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Trump ready to ban vape flavors except tobacco, menthol
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Student Debt:

USED could have seen PSLF Fail coming
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‘The fabric of America is being destroyed.’ Why this ex-Trump official says student debt needs to be canceled
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Canceling student-loan debt could have limited positive impact and introduce 'moral hazard' that would make the situation worse, Moody's warns
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This couple’s $161,000 in student-loan debt was forgiven — here’s how they did it
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Food/Beverage:

The Closed Restaurant and Guarantees and Good Guy Guarantee of the Restaurant Lease
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Bay Area comfort food empire Chow files for bankruptcy
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Corporate Governance:

Man Who Drank Tequila And Smoked Pot Barefoot On Company Jet Allegedly Thought Maternity Leave Was Paid Vacation
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Corporate America is seeing a spike in the age of CEOs being hired — and yes, they're overwhelmingly white men
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Coal:

Murray Energy’s Bankruptcy Dovetails With The Rise Of Tesla And New Energy
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Murray Energy 'exhausted' alternatives, joined coal peers in bankruptcy filing
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Bankruptcy hits workers
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'Nervous and scared.' Coal workers fear for pensions after Murray Energy bankruptcy
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Coal Mine Workers Pension “Death” Deserves An Autopsy
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Fix the miners’ pension fund before it’s too late
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EPA to scale back federal rules restricting waste from coal-fired power plants
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UK:

Landlords sick of retailers using CVA process to reduce rents
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Mothercare's problem UK child on brink of collapse
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Austerity, Not the EU, Broke Britain
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Britain’s snap election is unlikely to make Brexit any clearer Brits are worried that bad weather could affect the snap election in December
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Construction groups hit by Brexit and sterling headwinds - More bankruptcies feared as builders and contractors struggle in unsettled market
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UK: 39 Found Dead in Truck Were Vietnamese
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China’s Fosun buys Thomas Cook brand in $14 million deal
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U.K. Says U.S. Firms Owe $4.5 Billion on Last Year’s Tax Bills
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UK firm hires Indian insolvency specialist
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EU:

Stealing Millions from EU Farmer's Subsidies
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PIIGS:

Ill-fated move for New York store ‘led to collapse of Kiely retail empire‘
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Canada:

Will new changes to federal insolvency laws protect retirees?
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Debt-ridden translation agency says it can’t pay its freelancers — but still recruits them
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Broader Protection for IP Licensees in Insolvency Proceedings comes into effect on November 1, 2019
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MENA:

The Arab Winter of Discontent Donald Trump Faces New Mideast Crisis as 'iraq Spring' Unrest Threatens US and Iran's Hold on Region
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Report finds uptick in "anti-Israel" activity on college campuses
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong just entered a recession. Experts say economy will ‘remain weak’ amid protests, trade war
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Riot police storm Hong Kong malls
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Germany:

Eastern German city declares 'Nazi emergency'
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Australia:

Australia rains: Dancing in the street, not so much down on the farm
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Victoria tables tougher laws to clip 'phoenix' builders
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WeWork waves rock local co-working space amid questions over its future
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India:

Resolution-less bankruptcies on rise in India
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Argentina:

Argentina’s next economic team: Who’s on Fernández’s radar for top posts It’s quiet, too quiet
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Ex-BNP Banker Is Potential Bridge Between Argentina, Creditors
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Top Argentine Investor Warns Narrow Path to Avoid Vulture Funds
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Fine print on Argentine bonds becomes crucial as default fears grow
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