September 27, 2019

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Biglaw Keeps Getting Bigger: The Global 100 (2019)
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Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP Continues to Expand Practice Groups with Joelle M. Shabat
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Dentons enhances restructuring team in London
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Big Four Edge Into U.S. Legal Market
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Lawyer sacked by Latham & Watkins for 'threatening ex-girlfriend'
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Law firm and former partner battle over $11M referral fee
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Attention Law School Students: This Is The Easiest Bar Exam In The Country
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Are Law School Journals Really Better Than Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals?
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Dan Markel trial: Five years after murder, three theories of the case emerge in opening statements
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Dechert hit by dirty protest
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Counsel Justified in Withdrawing Over Client Behavior, Judge Rules
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Will 'The Godfather' film clip be played at Roger Stone trial? Judge has yet to decide.
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Lawyer Is Selling Candy from a Box
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What NOT To Do When You Start A Law Firm
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DC Attorney Dares Disciplinary Officials: 'Please Disbar Me'
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Florida Bar Proposal for Online Legal Providers a Lighter Touch
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Prince Andrew’s role in Jeffrey Epstein scandal is being covered up by the FBI, claims ex top cop who say he has hours of damning CCTV footage
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Four government attorneys find themselves embroiled in Trump's Ukraine mess • White House Lawyers Worked to Obscure Memo of Trump's Ukraine Call, Whistleblower Claims
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Questions raised about attorney general and DOJ legal opinion as whistleblower complaint is released
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The White House Says Congress Can't Force Trump's Senior Advisers To Testify. A Judge Is About To Test That.
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Trump's financial records appear to remain out of reach • Manhattan DA delays subpoena seeking Trump tax returns
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Judge denies media request for Mueller grand jury materials
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Judge Overturns Flynn's Partner's Conviction
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Google Says Google Translate Can’t Replace Human Translators. Immigration Officials Have Used It to Vet Refugees • DHS decision to expand expedited removal is ‘a direct affront to due process,’ ABA president says • Trump lowering the number of refugees permitted into U.S. to 18,000 • Administration proposes slashing refugee limit for the third consecutive year • Groups representing 'Dreamers' pick conservative Olson for Supreme Court battle
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The fight to end Roe v. Wade enters its endgame next week
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Boy, 13, dies from injuries from alleged bullying attack in Southern California middle school
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Judge blocks testimony that Dallas cop acted reasonably in shooting neighbor
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Court hears Alex Jones' appeal in Sandy Hook case
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Lawyer ordered to pay $775K to former law firm for failing to return electronic files
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A man kissed a reporter on air against her will. He's facing harassment charges
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White students allegedly pin down black girl, forcefully cut her 'nappy' dreadlocks
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North Carolina detective fired after sending inappropriate messages to alleged sexual assault victim: Police
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Michigan school bus driver fired after kicking kids off bus for sharing bag of chips: Officials
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Wisconsin Attorney Who Paid No Restitution Kept Out of Bar
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Cops: Woman put meth in bean dip served to co-workers
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Upskirting lawyer banned from the subway
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Debevoise & Plimpton lawyer sends colleagues lovely poem
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Judges:

BK WD WA: Judge Marc Barreca Named Chief Judge
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Judge in opioid litigation won't remove himself from case
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GOP senators clash over ABA during hearing for judicial nominee rated 'not qualified'
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A Whole New Ballgame: How Trump’s First-Time Judges Are Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Before
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PACER Court Records ‘Can Never Be Free,’ Judge Says
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Wall Street:

US futures point to a higher open on Wall Street
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Stocks close slightly lower as trade optimism sours, investors keep eye on impeachment
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Dow shrugs off impeachment talk • Trading Impeachment Threat Is Mission Impossible For Wall Street
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Markets would soar, not crash, if Trump got impeached • The markets are predicting that Trump will be impeached but not removed from office
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Layoffs:

150 ACF employees facing layoffs
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7th Circ. Says Ill. Miners Faced Temporary, Not Mass, Layoff
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Food vendor at Children's Mercy announces 96 layoffs
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Officials: Morrill Motors in Erwin to close by September 2020, 125 jobs gone
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Uber job cuts in Bay Area: 300
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Vestas to Cut 590
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DFS Hawaii laying off 165 workers amid international visitor market declines
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Politics:

Whistleblower complaint alleges White House officials acted to 'lock down' record of Trump-Ukraine call • Trump officials were reportedly so alarmed by his Ukraine call that the transcript had to be printed out and passed around by hand • How They Covered Up Ukraine Paper Trail • ‘Coverup’ is blared across headlines of top newspapers after release of whistleblower’s complaint about Trump • From ‘Lock Down’ to ‘Play Ball’: A Trump-Ukraine Lexicon • White House Knew of Whistle-Blower’s Allegations Soon After Trump’s Call With Ukraine Leader • An alleged cover-up, a secret server and more bombshells in Trump whistleblower complaint • Joseph Maguire testifies to Congress on Trump whistleblower complaint • Intel chief calls whistleblower complaint ‘unprecedented’ • 'Unprecedented': Intel Chief Defends White House, DOJ Involvement in Handling Whistleblower Complaint • Dan Coats says acting intelligence chief Maguire "caught in a squeeze" • Acting DNI Joseph Maguire: Whistleblower "did the right thing" • Whistleblower meticulously gathered material, sparking political firestorm • Trump suggested the whistleblower who filed a complaint against him is guilty of treason, which is punishable by death • Trump Branding Whistle-Blower a ‘Spy’ May Fuel Impeachment Probe • The Whistle-Blower Is Not a Traitor, Mr. President • Democrats accuse Trump of witness intimidation • Trump compares whistleblower, White House aides to 'almost a spy' • Congressional Republicans take aim at whistleblower complaint • Trump is facing the biggest firestorm of his presidency because his own White House staffers blew the whistle on him • Acting intelligence chief Maguire won’t say if he talked to Trump about whistleblower complaint • Whistle-Blower Is Said to Allege Concerns About White House Handling of Ukraine Call • President Trump offered Ukrainian president Justice Department help for Biden investigation, memo shows • Justice Department rejected investigation of Trump phone call just weeks after it began examining the matter • Trump aides quickly regretted publishing the Ukraine call that has intensified calls for his impeachment, report says • Trump Melts Down as Whistle-Blower Complaint Is Released • Rep. Schiff Fabricates What Trump Said In Ukraine Telephone Call Transcript • Who Is the Whistleblower? Here’s What We Know So Far • The whistleblower who filed an explosive complaint against Trump is reportedly a CIA officer once assigned to the White House
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Full Text - Whistleblower Complaint
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A seven-day White House scramble ends with a big gamble
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Breaking down the Trump-Ukraine memo's CrowdStrike conspiracy • Trump Believes Some Weird Stuff About Ukraine
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Majority of House members now back some type of impeachment action against Trump • Complaint in Hand, Democrats Aim for a Fast, and Focused, Impeachment Inquiry • Krugman: Impeaching Trump Is Good for the Economy • Some House Democrats fret as Pelosi forges ahead with impeachment • Pelosi on Trump whistleblower complaint: ‘This is a cover-up’ • Poll: Americans support the impeachment inquiry into Trump, but they worry about electoral blowback • As Trump impeachment inquiry looms, voters react with joy, fury, ambivalence • Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation • Impeachment isn't mandatory - even if Trump committed impeachable offenses • Trump deflects and defies as Democrats speed up impeachment strategy • 30 Republican Senators might vote to impeach Trump if the ballot were secret, GOP source says • Impeachment-minded Democrats, welcome to Al Capone's vault. Look familiar? • 71 current members of Congress were there for the Clinton impeachment inquiry. Here’s where they stand on impeaching Trump • Trump warns that 'markets would crash' if Democrats impeach him • Did Trump Just Impeach Himself? • A Running List of Questions on the Impeachment Inquiry, Answered • Impeachment Is a Grave Matter. Proceed With Caution • First GOP governor comes out in support of Trump impeachment inquiry • The Abuse of Power and the Constitutional Remedy • Trump re-election campaign rakes in $13 million in 24 hours after Pelosi impeachment announcement • 'Total panic' as 'shell-shocked' White House struggles to find impeachment footing • Senators fret over prospect of Trump trial • Trump writes the GOP impeachment playbook: Scorched earth. But will it work? • Trump says fate of the nation at stake as Democrats try to 'destroy' the GOP • Two Republican governors say they support impeachment inquiry of Trump • Senate Republicans’ response to allegations against Trump: attack the whistleblower’s credibility • White House dusts off Mueller playbook as pressure mounts • Trump Whistle-Blower Goes Where Mueller Never Could
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Trump's other Ukraine problem: new concern about his business
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U.S. attorney warns of possible Russian interference in 2020 elections
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Trump's false claims about Hunter Biden's China dealings • Here’s What We Know About Joe and Hunter Biden in Ukraine • Ukrainian prosecutor named by whistleblower says Hunter Biden did not violate any laws • Donald Trump’s boasts about former Ukrainian prosecutor’s fairness ring false
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How Joe Biden will lose – and how Elizabeth Warren could win – in the Trump whistleblower scandal
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Giuliani's role as unofficial envoy faces scrutiny with rough transcript release • Barr and Giuliani’s Excellent Trump Adventure • Giuliani: "It is impossible that the whistleblower is a hero and I’m not" • Giuliani claims he has text messages proving State Dept sent him to Ukraine: ‘I’m going to use them to protect myself’ • Rudy Giuliani Denies Whistleblower Charges In Very Rudy Giuliani Way • Giuliani engaged parade of Ukrainian prosecutors • Giuliani at Risk of Criminal Exposure
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Trump lures Ukraine's president where many have gone before him: Under the bus • Ukrainian President Says Trump Pledged to Help Him Take Crimea Back From Russia
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Rep. Devin Nunes left everyone baffled by claiming Democrats wanted 'nude pictures' of Trump during a House Intelligence hearing
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Warren and Sanders Share Union Endorsement
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Wall Street Democrats warn the party: We’ll sit out, or back Trump, if you nominate Elizabeth Warren
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Sanders’s Wealth Tax Is Too Much of a Good Thing
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Retailing:

The rise and fall of Barneys, the iconic New York luxury department store teetering on the brink of collapse • Barneys Gets Letters of Interest From Potential Buyers
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There's No End In Sight For The "Retail Apocalypse"
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NYC retail vacancies doubled over 10 years
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Pier 1 to close at least 70 stores as loss doubles
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Overstock.com: Running Out Of Cash
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Travel:

United Airlines passenger got stuck in jet's bathroom, forcing a landing in Denver
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This airline will warn you if you’ll be sitting next to a baby on your flight
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Millions Could Be Turned Away When They Show Up For Flights; Real ID Deadline Looms
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Agribusiness:

Ailing U.S. pecan industry calls on India to reduce tariffs
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Southern drought deepens; 11 million affected
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Religion:

Diocese bankruptcy upsets abuse plaintiffs
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Sources: Buffalo Diocese shutting down credit cards
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Soccer:

Bury will not be readmitted into League Two next season after meeting of member clubs
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Biotech:

Trinity Biotech Looks Like A Bankruptcy
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Economy:

Income inequality in America the highest it's been since Census started tracking it, data show
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Americans Are Unprepared for a Recession: Survey Finds Americans Focused on Paying Bills, Not Saving
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Kansas City Fed: "Tenth District Manufacturing Edged Down in September"
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GDP expanded at 2% in 2Q, half the pace of 2018’s Q2
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The 2020 Social Security COLA is expected to be low — and that’s not even the worst part
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U.S. business investment downturn could pressure slowing economy
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If the Rich Think a Recession Is Coming …
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U.S. Consumer Comfort Drops on Weakest Buying Views Since June
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America's white working class is the smallest it has ever been
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 213,000 • U.S. Jobless Claims Increase to Three-Week High of 213,000
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Q2 GDP Third Estimate: 2.0% Annual Rate
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New IMF chief Georgieva 'ready to be tested' as warning signals flash
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Voter support for universal basic income grows: poll
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The Fed will need to grow its balance sheet ‘permanently,’ Morgan Stanley says
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The Fed pumps another $110 billion into markets as investor demand surges • Fed's repo market troubles suggest something "very wrong" with the financial system • The NY Fed's rescue is working. But it hasn't fixed the market • A short history of overnight Treasury repurchase agreements • The Credit Crunch is Back and the Federal Reserve Panics on an Ocean of Debt • Repo Meltdown Shows Budget Deficit Has Limits
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China extends olive branch ahead of trade talks, says it plans to buy US soybeans and pork • ‘It’s a Crisis’; Lumber Mills Slash Jobs as Trade War Cuts Deep • In Michigan steel towns, tariffs meant to revive industry cost jobs • Some fear impeachment inquiry could crush hopes of oil and gas industry for trade deal • The US share of world exports is slipping, and Trump's China spat has led to an 'alarming' slump in global trade • Investors slam the brakes as trade war fogs forecasts • Light at The End Of The Trade War Tunnel • China trade talks are set to resume on October 10 • A look at where the US-China tariff war stands • Run the Numbers: Less Than Half of Americans Will Buy a Product That Costs More Due to Tariffs • Battle to woo trade war's corporate refugees intensifies • Wilbur Ross: China trade war isn’t hurting Americans
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U.S. Farmers Get A Much-Needed Break Under Partial Trade Pact With Japan
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Airbus CEO Warns of ‘Lose-Lose Game’ in Trade War Over Jetliners
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U.S. will not impose auto tariffs on Japan if progress continues-Kudlow • U.S. Japan trade deal winners and losers
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U.S. trade deficit in goods widens slightly in August • U.S. Goods-Trade Deficit Widened in August by Less Than Forecast
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The biggest recession risks facing the world
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Is The End Of Economic Expansion Near?
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More women think they'll be working well into traditional retirement years
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The Countries With the Most Ultra Rich People
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Senate passes short-term funding bill to dodge government shutdown
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Delinquencies, charge-offs mixed at US card issuers in August
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Which U.S. State Is the Biggest Exporter?
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The percentage of foreign-born U.S. residents has reached its highest level in more than a century
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Dallas Fed's Kaplan: U.S. needs more, not less, immigration for economic growth
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Biden advisers weigh new Wall Street tax as Warren, Sanders pitch aggressive levies on wealthy
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WeWork was supposed to reinvent office life. Unfortunately, it did.
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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:

Mortgage rates fall back as consumer confidence wavers
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NAR: "Pending Home Sales Grow 1.6% in August" • Pending Home Sales in U.S. Rebound More Than Expected
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61% of millennials said they've delayed buying a house because of student-loan debt, a new study found
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Percent of Mortgaged Residential Property with Negative Equity by State in Q2 2019
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate unchanged in August
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Court approves Ditech’s sell-off of forward and reverse mortgage businesses
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Millennials may be facing unaffordable housing, but they’re paying less in rent than other generations
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Median-priced homes aren't affordable in 74% of U.S. housing markets
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A settlement was just reached over the 58-story skyscraper in San Francisco that's tilting, sinking, and making residents' condos 'worthless'
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Study: Most first-time homebuyers feel overwhelmed and underprepared
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WeWork Has Only A Few Months Of Cash Left... And Is Selling Adam Neumann's Gulfstream
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Virginia neighborhood stunned that HOA leader allegedly embraced white nationalism
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AOC Asks: Why Not National Rent Control?
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Municipalities:

Official Retirees Committee, Fiscal Board Agreement Creates Pension Reserve?
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Puerto Rico fiscal board holds hearing on ease-of-doing-business reforms
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Chicago-area man seen on video berating woman for Puerto Rico shirt convicted of hate crime
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Cities Are Buying Bond Insurance That May Be Giving Them Nothing
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Bankruptcy looms for Chicago if there’s no pension fix
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Chicago public school teachers vote to strike if deal can't be reached
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Oil/Gas:

Court tobacco decision may set precedent for cases against fossil fuel companies
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Oil Traders Rattled by U.S. Sanctions on China Tanker Firms • Tanker Costs Surge as Chinese Firms Sanctioned Over Iranian Oil • Traders Scramble To Find ‘Plan B’ As Sanctions Ground Chinese Oil Tankers
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Goldman Sachs Sees Opportunity In The Shale Crisis
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Cheap Hotel Rooms in Texas Are a Bad Sign for Frackers
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Rystad Energy: US shale is not going bankrupt
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Oil Driller Halcon's $644.5M Equity Swap Wins Court OK
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Philly Fire Department personnel no longer at PES refinery site 24/7
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Utilities:

California regulators begin considering PG&E bankruptcy case
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PG&E noteholders propose injecting $29.2B in utility in exchange for majority stake
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Hedge funds add another $1.5 billion for California wildfire victims in PG&E takeover war
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Autos:

Judge orders ballots be sent to Reagor Dykes creditors to approve plan • Creditors set to vote on RDAG reorganization plan
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GM Strike Starts to Ripple Through Michigan Economy
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These jobs are the future of auto making — and a sticking point in the GM strike
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GM reinstates health insurance for striking UAW members • GM reverses, will pay for striking union workers' health insurance; major issues remain
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General Motors faces a new breed of strike
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Looming Trump auto tariffs threaten blowback for US
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Tesla just released a big software update that allows its cars to drive themselves in parking lots
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Pharma:

Opioid Trial Judge Denies He’s Biased, Refuses to Step Down • Ohio Judge Won’t Recuse Himself From Sprawling Opioid Case
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Trump is finalizing an executive order allowing imports of some prescription drugs
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Johnson & Johnson appeals Oklahoma's $572M opioid ruling
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'Absolute panic' as cities, counties face deadline on opioid 'negotiation class'
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Aviation:

NTSB cites competing pilot warnings and flawed safety assumptions on Boeing 737 Max • Boeing overestimated pilots’ ability to handle misfires on 737 Max, NTSB says
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Student Debt:

These Three Student Loan Scams Won’t Stop Plaguing Borrowers
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Student Loan Crisis Driving Racial Wealth Gap
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Summer Lands $10M To Help Students Eliminate Debt
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Hotels:

Fort Lauderdale hotel could be sold through bankruptcy
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Miami Beach hotel operator proposes settlement to exit bankruptcy
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Fitness:

Denver Tech Center gym files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after two years in business
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Coal:

Former Blackjewel Miners End Railroad Blockade In Kentucky • Former Miners Who Stared Down a Coal Train End Their Protest • "I didn't want to leave" | Kentucky miners' protest ends after nearly two months
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Awards:

Benchmark Litigation 2020 Results Now Live
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Corporate Governance:

WeWork's new co-CEOs are planning to oust 20 of Adam Neumann's friends and family members
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Four CEOs Were Dethroned Just This Week: The Days Of The Powerful, Untouchable CEO May Be Over
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Food/Beverage:

Kona’s prolonged bankruptcy case moves forward
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Tennessee restaurateurs make bid to purchase Babalu Tapas & Tacos chain
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Movies:

Visual Effects Studio Picture Element Files for Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

2019 YTD Healthcare Ch. 11s By Sector
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Abandonment:

Rents: What Happens to Unclaimed Rents Collected from Property That Is Abandoned?
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Plan Confirmation:

Plan Confirmation Standards Under Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019
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Avoidance Actions:

Recovering Fraudulent Transfers: the TOUSA Decision Provides Some Helpful Tools for Expanding the Universe of Potentially Liable Entities
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Small Biz Reorg Act Sleeper Innovations
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“Reasonably Knowable Affirmative Defenses”: a Small Change to the Bankruptcy Code Could Have a Big Impact on Preference Litigation
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Preemption:

A Comprehensive Framework for Conflict Preemption in Federal Insolvency Proceedings
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UCC:

Beyond the Four Corners: Seventh Circuit Holds That a UCC Financing Statement May Incorporate a Collateral Description by Reference to Sufficiently “Indicate” the Collateral for Purposes of Perfection
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Lender Primes Trustee in Seventh Circuit
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Ithaca-Area CPA Sentenced to 87 Months for Bankruptcy Fraud, Mail Fraud, and Money Laundering
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Tech:

Facebook has been hit with a 4th investigation by the US government, this time from the Justice Department
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Cannabis:

Court Confirms Chapter 11 Plan Supported by Income from Marijuana Industry
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Pot stocks spike after House passes act protecting banks that work with cannabis companies • Marijuana CEO on House passing first cannabis banking bill: It’s a 'big deal'
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E-Cigarettes:

A top hedge fund's reported $800 million bet on vaping could be in jeopardy as regulators set their sights on e-cigarettes
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Imperial Brands plunges on profit warning as U.S. vaping crisis deepens
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Number of people with vaping illness jumps to 805
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Big Tobacco survived a crackdown. So can e-cigarettes
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Climate:

Humans Have Never Lived in CO2 Concentrations Seen in Earth's Atmosphere Today: 'An Experiment on Ourselves'
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Hurricane Lorenzo Is The Strongest Hurricane On Record In The Eastern Atlantic Ocean
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Fraud:

Ex-Willkie Co-Chair Gordon Caplan Asks Judge to Spare Him Prison
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Seniors Lack Awareness Of Common Financial Scams
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LA business executive sentenced in college admissions scandal
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Corporate misdeeds often settled with deferred prosecution agreements
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Textbooks:

Students Aren't Buying Books. That Shouldn't Be a Surprise.
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Healthcare:

Bankruptcy Court Stops Medicare from Recouping Monies Owed by Provider
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Attorney General OKs Daly City Hospital Sale Conditions
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Visualizing Healthcare Spending by Country
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Something's Wrong When Health-Care Coverage Costs This Much
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U.S. military's suicide rate for active-duty troops rises for a fifth consecutive year, Pentagon says
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The "skin in the game" theory of health care hasn't panned out
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Celebs:

Casey Anthony In Hiding? Monster Mom Accused Of Avoiding Lawyer In Bankruptcy Case
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Personal Finance:

Survey: 46% who lent loved ones cash had consequences
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Subscription Boxes:

Loot Crate's Ch. 11 Asset Sale Approved In Del. Court
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Golf:

Developer for Porters Neck Country Club denies blame for recent bankruptcy
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Engineering:

McDermott International Has Serious Financial And PR Problems
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Sovereigns:

10 civil society principles for sovereign debt resolution
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UK:

Europe’s Rescue Fund Drops English Law For Bonds, Citing Brexit
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‘Shock’ Bank of England rate-cut talk sends British pound below key level
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Boris Johnson defeated as MP's vote to wreck Conservative conference • Boris Johnson tells friends of murdered MP Jo Cox to back Brexit if they want to stop getting death threats • British PM Johnson defends use of Brexit 'surrender act' • Boris Johnson vs. Donald Trump: Why the British prime minister is worse for democracy
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Jeremy Corbyn Is Planning a Revolution
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No-Deal Brexit in 2020 Seen Dragging U.K. Economy Into Recession
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U.K. Consumers Are ‘Treading Water’ as Brexit Approaches Climax
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U.K. Companies Face Naming and Shaming Over Director Pensions
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Brexit 'inferno' lays bare a divided United Kingdom
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Quarter of rural businesses 'could be bankrupted by no-deal Brexit'
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British drug supply still uncertain in a no-deal Brexit
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Thomas Cook executive apologizes over bailout video • Thomas Cook: Boss of Condor arm 'sorry' for bailout celebrations • Thomas Cook failure spurs UK to act on airline insolvency • Brussels Airlines scraps hundreds of flights amid Thomas Cook bankruptcy fallout • Airline insolvency reform hits turbulence • Thomas Cook: Transport secretary hints at airline insolvency reforms • Gambia fears tourism crisis after Thomas Cook collapse • Greece in limbo: How is Crete handling the Thomas Cook bankruptcy? • How to Get 150,000 Stranded People Home in Two Weeks • Thomas Cook employees are planning to protest outside Downing Street
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Trump’s company, seeking to revive a money-losing golf course in Scotland, gets approval to build 550 homes there
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Aston Martin rating cut deeper into junk amid Brexit, tariff worries - S&P
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EU:

ECB's Lane says eurozone undergoing temporary weakness, but no recession
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Europe's biggest refugee camp overflows as migration surges again
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Confidence in Europe's economy hits a 4-year low amid fears about Brexit and Trump's trade war
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Canada:

Canadian consumers are less ready for a recession than they were 11 years ago
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Canadian Grain Commission battles bank for farmers’ grain
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Canada's economic growth has come at a price — its debt level is now highest in the developed world
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MENA:

Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch,' Saudi crown prince tells PBS • Saudi Arabia's crown prince flat denied knowing about the Khashoggi murder, an excuse the UN said is 'inconceivable'
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China:

China's economic slowdown: How bad is it?
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China Defaults Set to Worsen as $8.6 Billion Bonds Due Next Year
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Singapore:

Singapore’s Factory Output Plunges as Trade War Pain Deepens
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Indonesia:

The Worst Asia Junk Bond Shows How Rapidly Fortunes Can Turn
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India:

Synergy Group yet to inform Jet lenders of its investment plans
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Argentina:

Argentina’s Fernandez Hints at Uruguay-Style Debt Reprofiling
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