Law:
Hogan Lovells adds renowned former Delaware Bankruptcy Court Judge Kevin Carey • Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Carey Joins Hogan Lovells
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Biglaw Associate Compensation Is Way Better Than What It Used To Be
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How To Artificially Boost Your Law School GPA
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The So-Called Lawyer Monopoly
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Big Law Is Humming, But Collections Keep Tumbling
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Revenge Is A Dish Best Not Served To Guests In Weil’s Cafeteria
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The Kids Are Alright: How To Share Your Wisdom With The Up-And-Coming Generation
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How a hard-charging lawyer helped fuel a civil war inside the NRA
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Should Your Law Firm Logo Include Scales Of Justice?
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A 37th State Adopts the Ethical Duty of Technology Competence
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‘Slammed’: What Has Driven Departures From Trump’s Justice Department
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Law Firms Commit $5M to Tackle Legal Profession's Diversity Problem • Law Firms Pledge $5M to Fix Legal Industry’s Diversity Problem
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Northwestern Law joins Diversity Lab project funded by large law firms
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Student files suit against Florida Coastal School of Law
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Even Having A Supreme Court Justice As An Alumnus Couldn’t Save This Law School
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Emory Investigating Reports That Two More Law Profs Used N-Bomb In Class
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Former Employee Defrauded University Of Texas Law School Out Of $1.6 Million
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Amidst 40% Decline In Applications, University Of Maine System Approves Law School Reorganization
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Report: Illinois Seen as Worst Legal Climate for General Counsel and Their Companies
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iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro -- the initial reviews are in
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The ‘unspoken rules’ of the bar: don’t wear a brown suit and never turn your back on the judge
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Exploring new frontiers in research for the legal industry
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At $1.2 Billion, 2019 Is A Record Year for Legal Tech Investments — And It’s Only September
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Mystery of Adam Schiff and whistleblower takes dangerous new turn • Acting Spy Chief to Congress: Pound Sand • Trump communication reportedly at center of whistle blower complaint • A major whistleblower complaint at the US's top spy agency involves a Trump phone call with a 'promise' to a foreign leader • Unpacking the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Complaint • The Mysterious Whistleblower Complaint: What Is Adam Schiff Talking About?
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DC Judge in Trump Tax Returns Case Agonizes Over a Bunch of What-Ifs
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Corey Lewandowski admits he lied on national TV about Trump's command to tell Jeff Sessions to interfere in the Russia investigation • Key Moments from Lewandowski's Testimony • Pelosi: Lewandowski Should be in Contempt • Trump's Bizarre Meeting With Corey Lewandowski Suggests a Consciousness of Guilt
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Justice Dept. IG referred James Comey for criminal prosecution
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Trump testing GOP appetite for background checks • Administration plan on gun background checks draws NRA opposition • President Trump says deal on guns 'much harder,' blames Beto O'Rourke's comments last week • Anti-gun group releases chilling back-to-school ad • GOP's Unease with Barr Gun Plan
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Florida Judge Denies Bid by Epstein Victims to Nullify Non-Prosecution •US attorneys reportedly knew that Jeffrey Epstein didn't qualify for Florida jail work release where he allegedly abused women• MIT faculty responds to Epstein scandal, calling for a culture change and greater accountability • Epstein Abused Teen for 3 Straight Years
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Pentagon has warned of dire outcomes if military projects canceled for wall don't happen • 3 miles from US, migrants bide time -- and cling to hopes • Mexico Caves to Trump on Immigration • Cuccinelli asks for power to release info on refugees accused of crimes
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Abortion rate drops to lowest level since Roe v. Wade • How many steps it takes to get an abortion in each state
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Artists refusing to make gay wedding invitations win US legal battle
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Amish man and teen drinking in horse and buggy run after police pull them over
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Babysitter arrested in 2-year-old's hot car death
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Man disguised as mummy wanted for robbing bank
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Acquitted Navy SEAL says ex-lawyers delayed case, maximizing fundraising potential
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Ex-Illinois Appeals Court Judge’s Son Gets 60-Day Suspension
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Californians Can No Longer Be Forced to Join a Posse
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Judges:
BK ED KY Seeks Judicial Law Clerk - Term
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg fires back against critics who say she should have retired under Obama
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Reporters: Kavanaugh Asked Us to Lie for Him
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A Grieving Father Is Standing Trial for Criticizing a Judge on Facebook
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Former immigration judge is disciplined for criticizing GOP policy at deportation hearing
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Pops Up In Amazing New D.C. Mural
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Judge To Register As Sex Offender After Pleading Guilty To Stealing Panties
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Trump Has Confirmed 150 Lifetime Federal Judges. That’s A Lot.
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Judge criticized for saying murder trial was making him ‘horny’
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Immigration court backlog exceeds 1 million cases, data group says
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Wall Street:
Dow Futures Drift Amid Fed Rate Debate
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Stocks close flat as Fed fails to clearly signal more rate cuts in 2019
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How Massive is the U.S. Stock Market Compared to the World?
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The S&P 500 is in its first earnings recession in three years
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Layoffs:
The Economic Consequences of Automation
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Hauppauge firm lays off 340
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Prince George’s health system to cut more than 80 jobs
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Amazon is eliminating a customer-service role that could impact hundreds of jobs
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Autos:
Trump moves to block California from setting own auto emissions rules • Trump bars California from setting auto emissions rules, setting up court fight
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Striking workers question whether UAW leaders can be trusted
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UAW President Faces Mutiny in Ranks
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General Motors and striking workers bargain in the dark
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UAW blasts GM for using worker health insurance as 'leverage' • GM drops workers' health care during strike, a sign UAW impasse could drag on
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GM Workers Strike to Get Back What the Recession Stole
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One big lesson from the General Motors strike
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The GM-UAW strike: What we know so far
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Don't blame the GM strike for the impending recession
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Education:
New Mexico to offer free tuition to state residents
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Personal Finance:
How To Answer The No. 1 Job Interview Question: ‘Why Should I Hire You?’
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Survey: Many Parents Shaky On Giving Kids Financial Advice
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Schools face backlash for "shaming" students over lunch debt
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Healthcare:
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Decision Strengthens Protections for Healthcare Providers in Bankruptcy
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Daly City Hospital Survives Bankruptcy Again, But For How Long?
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TridentUSA Ch. 11 Plan Wins Court Approval
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Multiple bids submitted for St. Christopher's Hospital for Children • Jefferson group bows out of bidding for St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
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The Trump DOJ has taken an unexpected and unworkable position on the ACA
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Sanders' apples-and-oranges comparison on Medicare-for-all costs
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Health care profits explode
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Payroll Services:
Small business owners scrambling after MyPayrollHR closure
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Climate:
Climate Modeling Doesn't Work
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Something is Happening to Greenland's Ice
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Farmers, Ranchers Like Green New Deal
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Bermuda battens down for Category 3 Hurricane Humberto • Hurricane Humberto cuts power to 80% of Bermuda • Hurricane Humberto bears down on Bermuda as other storms threaten Mexico, Texas, Caribbean
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Religion:
Albany trials in Crime Victim Act cases not likely until 2021
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Buffalo Diocese facing more Child Victims Act suits than any other defendant in NY
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Illinois opens 24 cases of alleged priest sex abuse after finding reports weren't reviewed
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Kansas City-St. Joe Diocese releases names of clergy facing sex abuse allegations
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Agribusiness:
Collateral damage hits ag again
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Economy:
The Fed just cut rates for the second time since the financial crisis — but defied Trump's calls for a 'big' stimulus • Trump says Powell and the Fed ‘Fail Again’ — ‘No guts, no sense, no vision!’ • FOMC Statement: 25bp Decrease • Fed gets more divided, as three members vote against rate cut • Fed approves quarter-point rate cut but is divided on further action this year • Dow turns positive, erases losses following Fed decision • Powell says it’s possible the Fed will have to resume balance sheet growth • Powell doesn’t see the Fed ever using negative interest rates, even in times of crisis • Here’s how the Fed rate cut affects you • The Fed just cut rates for the second time this year – five experts react • The Case for More Fed Rate Cuts Is No Longer Strong
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In a time of Trump, the Fed doesn’t know what’s going to happen next
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US Treasury yields remain lower after Fed cuts rates
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OECD says global economy will grow at worst pace since financial crisis
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Stocks could drop 20% after an October disappointment, strategist warns
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Now Banks Want Liquidity Rules Softened
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Millennials have an average of $28,000 in debt—and the biggest source isn’t student loans
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CEO confidence sinks to lowest level since 2016 • America’s top CEOs just downgraded their economic forecast
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Households headed by less-educated adults have seen significant income gains during U.S. recovery
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Inequality Is Holding Back The U.S. Economy • GAO Study Shows Income Gap Between Rich And Poor Keeps Growing, With Deadly Effects
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Most American CFOs expect a recession by the 2020 election
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Jamie Dimon says his gut tells him a recession is ‘not imminent’
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‘Bond King’ Gundlach says there is an increasing chance of a recession before 2020 election
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Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman Says Recession Is ‘Unlikely Now’
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U.S. Factories Pick Up, Manufacturing Recession Overstated
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Citi's Mann Says a Recession in Next Two Years Requires Some Shock
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The next recession could crush many with credit card debt
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Fed GDPNow latest forecast: 1.9 percent
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Fed ups its GDP forecast for 2019 slightly to 2.2%
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The "data-dependent" Fed is fighting the data
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‘This is crazy’: Here is how the repo rate panic that everybody is talking about went down • The Fed just pumped $128 billion into markets to pull down interest rates, its first injection in 10 years • Fed Injects Liquidity Into Markets as Key Rate Busts Through Cap • Fed cuts rate on bank reserves amid repo market turmoil • Strategist uses ‘The Simpsons’ to explain what this repo stuff is all about • US Fed's Powell downplays concerns about cash crunch on financial markets
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Fed loses control of its own interest rate on day of big decision — ‘This just doesn’t look good’
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CEO Economic Confidence Falters Amid Trade War Concerns • Trump says a big China deal could come 'maybe soon.' That's unlikely •Facebook, Ford, and other blue-chip companies are backing a coalition to stop Trump from imposing tariffs without Congress' approval • U.S. trade groups urge Congress to rein in "Tariff Man" Trump • US-China trade war flagged as major drag on FedEx's business • FedEx won't be the only earnings disaster this fall • Tariff War Hurting Lobster Industry, Massachusetts Lawmakers Say • Trump is better off never cutting a trade deal with China, CME Group chief economist says • US and Chinese trade deputies face off in Washington amid deep differences
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Uncertainty of the trade war — not tariffs — is slowing global growth, says former Fed official
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FedEx expects global trade to decline for the first time since 2009 • FedEx Flop Adds Fuel to Worrisome Market Signal
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Gen Zers and millennials are ghosting their new jobs for better offers
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Cramer: FedEx holds ‘most dispiriting call about the economy I’ve heard in a very long time’
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Federal government shutdowns don't save money. They cost taxpayers billions.
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The Most and Least Trusted Professions in the World
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Bill Gates says where you were born is the biggest predictor of your success — and it's a glaring sign of global inequality • Bill and Melinda Gates: No matter where you’re born, ‘life will be harder if you are born a girl’
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Newsom signs bill rewriting California employment law, limiting use of independent contractors • California Passes Bill Codifying "ABC" Test
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Warning: This 'Big Short' Sequel Could Ruin Your Retirement
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Some Debt Securitizations are Back Near Pre-Crisis Peaks
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Breakdown of Outstanding Debt of Asset-Backed Securities in 2018
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Spending bill would avert shutdown, keep government open through Nov. 21
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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:
AIA: "Substantial Decline in Architecture Billings"
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Housing Starts increase to 1.364 Million Annual Rate in August, Highest in 12 Years • U.S. housing starts, building permits race to 12-year high • Comments on August Housing Starts
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The housing market is rebounding — thank the Federal Reserve for its rate cuts
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Recession fear spooking apartment buyers
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Ginnie Mae Punished His Firm. Now, Trump May Put Him In Charge
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Municipalities:
The Long Road to Repatriate Puerto Rico’s Capital
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Puerto Rico’s July revenues were 18% above forecast
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The U.S. Cities With The Most Homeless People • Trump: EPA to hit San Francisco with violations notice over homeless crisis
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The rise and fall of America's biggest cities in one map
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Oil/Gas:
McDermott Is Said to Hire AlixPartners for Turnaround Advice • McDermott issues statement about external turnaround adviser after stock plunges • McDermott Statement • Here's Why McDermott International Is Plunging Today
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Where and by how much gas prices have gone up since Saudi oil attacks
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Report: Cleanup of abandoned oil, gas wells could cost US
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Politics:
Trump names Robert O'Brien as national security adviser • Meet Robert C. O'Brien, Trump's new national security adviser and a former hostage negotiator who monitored A$AP Rocky's trial in Sweden
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Bolton unloads on Trump’s foreign policy behind closed doors • Bolton Puts Shank in Trump and Twists Hard
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GOP group slams Mike Pence for 'who cares?' comment in response to Trump business conflicts
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Trump's Approval Rating Surpasses Obama
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Warren shows signs of broadening her base • Democratic hopefuls' new target: Warren
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Trump retweets lie that Ilhan Omar “partied” on 9/11 anniversary
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New focus on crowd size as Warren event rivals Trump
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Did Elizabeth Warren get $400,000 for teaching one class at Harvard?
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Why the 2020 Democratic race is still a mystery
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Pete Buttigieg met with Black Lives Matter after a police shooting. It didn’t go well
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Democrats hate Trump's plan for homelessness. It's their plan, too.
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Trump administration is not so interested in states' rights when it comes to California
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Biden says Obama ended workplace raids of immigrants. That's Half True
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Obama swipes Trump on watching TV and using Twitter
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Meet Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager
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White House Withdraws FEMA Nominee
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E-Cigarettes:
The global anti-vaping tipping point
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Juul products pulled in China
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One in nine high school seniors vape nicotine near-daily, new survey says
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Utilities:
PG&E gas bills will head higher, company says in filing • PG&E to raise average monthly bill nearly $5 next month
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Seth Klarman To Roll Around In PG&E Winnings While Paul Singer, Others Fight Over Charred Scraps
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9th Circ. Will Take On FERC-Bankruptcy Court Tussle
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Attorneys: We plan on proving PG&E caused the Tubbs Fire
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Distressed Investing:
Howard Marks: There Are No Opportunities in Distressed Debt Today
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Mass Torts:
GE’s Asbestos Problem Is Terrible News for the Owners of GE Stock
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Mid-2019 Asbestos Litigation Trends
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Aviation:
What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max?
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One Aviation Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed With Creditor Support
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Air France drops bid for Aigle Azur as liquidation looms
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European aviation: bankruptcy season is around the corner
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Tech:
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans want to break up companies like Amazon and Google
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Alternative Energy:
Alliance BioEnergy Plus, Inc. Exits Chapter 11
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Coal:
Paychecks Cut For W.Va. Blackjewel Miners; Ky. And Va. Miners Still Waiting
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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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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 Jobs:
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
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CDS:
Panel to rule on credit dispute key to Thomas Cook's future • Thomas Cook restructuring plan overshadowed by CDS dispute
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Automatic Stay:
When the IRS violates the automatic stay
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Discharge:
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Litigation:
Litigation Funder Sues Kirkland, Littler Over $71M Private Equity Sale
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Steve Susman to Litigation Funding Industry: Bring It On
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Tax Sales:
“It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over” The Third Circuit Channels Yogi Berra In Ruling On Tax Sale
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Cannabis:
Should a Plan “Go up in Smoke” Because a Debtor’s Tenant Operates a Marijuana Establishment?
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Democrats, the party of pot
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Finance:
The Sky Is Falling: Securitization, Chicken Little Edition
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FDIC and OCC Race to Court to Defend 120.86% Interest Rate Small Business Loan
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Retailing:
BDO: Retail bankruptcies and store closings climb in first half
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Stage Stores to nix department stores
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Despite Trade War Headwinds, Holiday Sales Are Expected to Top $1.1 Trillion
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How Hasbro managed a stunning comeback in a post-Toys-'R'-Us world
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Why You Should’ve Seen This Coming for Forever 21
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Forever 21 is declaring bankruptcy, and we should let it
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United Cheapskates of America
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Gap, J. Crew, Hudson’s Bay And The Unrelenting Collapse Of The Middle In Retail
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Biotech:
Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Files for Bankruptcy, Delaying Phase III Psoriasis Trial
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Movie Theaters:
Cinemark CEO Sees Theater Chains Surviving U.S. Recession, Streaming Wars
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Pharma:
Purdue Pharma seeks to halt opioid suits against company, Sacklers
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Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy plan includes special protection for the Sackler family fortune
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Purdue Opioid Deal May Be Worth Less Than Drugmaker Promised
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Wrecking Purdue Pharma Won’t Help Opioid Victims
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Okla. Opioid Settlement Safe Amid Pharma Giant's Bankruptcy
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Judge lets Purdue stay in business
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Purdue Pharma Chairman Steve Miller on filing for bankruptcy
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What does Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy filing actually mean?
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U.S. charges 58 in Texas with healthcare fraud, illegal opioid distribution
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Recent Opioid Litigation Precedents Have Caused More Uncertainty For Endo
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Democrats favor righteous rage, GOP the safer bet in Purdue opioids settlement
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Radio:
Trust that owns radio station where Bob Romanik broadcasts files for bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:
Fairway Market Is for Sale Again in Sector Beset by Price Wars
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Travel:
Personal devices spark war over planes' windows
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Festivals:
Experts say former Three Rivers Regatta promoter unlikely to pay off creditors
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Corporate Reform:
In a blow to financial-services industry, the CFPB will keep consumer complaints database public
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The head of the CFPB now believes that the financial regulator is unconstitutionally structured • Trump Administration Asks Top Court to Curb CFPB’s Independence • Trump just asked the Supreme Court to let him fire the CFPB’s head. The implications are enormous.
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Taxis:
Uber Drivers: How We're Getting Screwed • Uber Protest Brings NYC Traffic to Standstill
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Fraud:
US corporate crime yields $100 billion
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FL: Investors in securities fraud scheme to get millions back
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End Legacy College Admissions
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UK:
House price growth slowest for seven years, says ONS
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Debenhams beats legal challenge to restructuring • Billionaire Retailer Ashley Loses Court Battle With Debenhams • Debenhams says rescue plan on track after court backing
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Can you serve a statutory demand for monies payable under an “on demand” guarantee?
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Inflation falls sharply to lowest level since December 2016
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Average Briton still £128 poorer than before last recession, new analysis reveals
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Court Orders Johnson to Set Out Plan If He Loses
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Brexit pain blamed as Car Store owner cuts 300 jobs
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Big banks so far have moved just 1,000 jobs out of U.K. before Brexit, survey finds
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Canada:
Alberta Court of Appeal Clarifies Super-Priority of CCAA Charges
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Amendments to Canada’s Insolvency Laws Relating to IP Licensees Come Into Force November 1, 2019
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Justin Trudeau apologizes for wearing 'brownface' after photo emerges
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MENA:
Saudi Arabia says oil attacks 'unquestionably' sponsored by Iran • Saudi Arabia Still Doesn’t Know Launch Site for Oil Attacks • Saudi oil attacks an 'act of war' by Iran, not Yemen rebels, Pompeo claims
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How Saudi Arabia failed to protect itself from drone and missile attacks
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Drone-hit Saudi oil plant operational in 12 days, minister says
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Trump says U.S. will "substantially" increase sanctions against Iran • US, Gulf Allies Discuss Response to Iran Attack
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Despite tough talk, Trump leery of foreign conflict • The Real Reason Trump Won’t Attack Iran • Lindsey Graham to Trump: 'The Iranians are your target audience, not me'
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Netanyahu faces uphill battle after repeat election • Israel's two main parties locked in dead heat as negotiations begin for new government
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India:
India open to selling part of Air India to foreign airline: Report • Infographic: Why Air India loses money
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China:
China Producer Prices Fall for First Time in Three Years, Deflation Worries Resurface
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China needs to be more productive to boost its economy. It hasn’t been very successful so far
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Netherlands:
Netherlands rolls out economic stimulus plan as downturn looms
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Singapore:
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