Law:
Jones Day, Women Attorneys Battle It Out in Latest Court Filings
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Who’s Afraid of Flat Fees? Not the GC of Panasonic
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Patrick Trostle Joins Moses & Singer As Chair Of High Yield & Distressed Debt Group
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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Snaps Up Financial Trio • Morgan Lewis hires 3 bankruptcy partners, new practice chair
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Welcome Back To Law School, Tiffany Trump!
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Have Law Firms Lost Their Urge to Merge?
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Biglaw Sure Has Gotten A Lot… Bigger In The Last 40 Years
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5 Ways Law Firms and ALSPs Are Adapting to the Big Four
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A New Way To Avoid Associate Burnout: Offer Credit Hours For Non-Billable Work
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Allen & Overy’s US merger collapses • Allen & Overy Still Open to Merger, but Transatlantic Deals Rare
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M&A Activity Quiets Down in BigLaw, Becomes Necessity in MidMarket
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Bankruptcy Services Company Beats Law Firm’s Antitrust Appeal
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The California Bar Is Still Clamping Down On Fee Splitting With Nonlawyers
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Keep Judges and Lawyers Out of Legal Predictions, Tech CEO Says
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Greg Craig Wasn’t Guilty. The American Lobbying Industry On The Other Hand….
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‘Negative impacts of the travel ban have been felt around our nation,’ ABA president says
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Manafort's lawyers: State charges are double jeopardy
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States, congress members back gun maker in Sandy Hook appeal
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Trump's shift of Pentagon funds to border wall hits key states • The biggest losers from Trump's diversion of military funds for his wall • More than two years later, Trump's wall remains unbuilt • Border arrests drop in August while “Remain in Mexico” policy continues •Judge Likely to Reinstate Nationwide Injunction Against Trump's Asylum Rule • Trump Admin Humiliated as Federal Court Rules Several Deported Parents Can Return to U.S. • Judge Likely to Reinstate Nationwide Injunction Against Trump's Asylum Rule • Judiciary panel issues subpoena on Trump's alleged offer to pardon DHS officials • Pentagon chief suggests European allies replace funds diverted to border wall • Immigration Officials Deport 120 Cubans To Havana — And That’s Just The Beginning
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Texas Attorney General Stayed Quiet For Months as a Gun Owner Sent Threats to Kill Immigrants
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Walgreens, CVS Joins In: No Guns in Stores
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Red flag laws spur debate over due process
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GAO: Trump Violated Law on National Parks • GAO: Interior broke law in reopening parks during shutdown
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Thieves are now using AI deepfakes to trick companies into sending them money
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American Woman Allegedly Tried to Smuggle 6-Day-Old Boy Out of Philippines in Carry-On Bag
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Feds recommend 10-month sentence for extremist in gun case
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Kentucky Principal Who Banned Books For Their “Soft P---” Is Arrested For . . .
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Utah Mother Arrested After Impersonating Daughter At Traffic Stop
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11 landmark SCOTUS cases that changed American education (gallery)
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Suits cast say emotional farewells after filming final ever season
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Legal YouTube star documents first day as legal trainee
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Trainee lawyer pleads guilty to r--- and kidnap after police discover work ID at crime scene
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Firm boss asked Muslim staff if they were terrorists
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‘Bengal Tiger’ lawyer dares airport security to arrest him in meltdown video
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Cut off in traffic, a man flung a glass bottle. The other driver opened fire
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Bonkers Law Firm Website: Everybody was Kung Fu drafting
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Judges:
BK NH Seeks Term Law Clerk
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BK WD OK Seeks Term Law Clerk
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BK SD GA: Brunswick and Savannah Divisions Closed
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Justice Filtered: Plans To Manage Diversity In The Federal Judiciary
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ABA Gives Ethics Advice on Judges’ Friendships, Romances
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Gorsuch Says It’s Just Fine to Be Forgotten Someday
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Senate Democrats threaten the Supreme Court
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Jewish Death Row Inmate Bids for New Trial Because Judge Allegedly Called Him a ‘Godd*** K*ke’
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Wall Street:
US stock futures higher as investors focus on nonfarm payrolls
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Stocks Close Sharply Higher, Clearing An Important Level • Dow notches best day in 3 weeks on rising trade optimism, rosier economic data
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Goldman is culling the ranks of its richest employees amid CEO David Solomon’s internal review
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Layoffs:
Sears closing more stores as hundreds lose jobs at HQ
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Cerner will let go of 255
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265 At Kayenta Mine
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Oregon food processor to cut close to 500 jobs
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Pharma:
Mallinckrodt's stock hits all-time low on report of hiring bankruptcy advisor
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Mallinckrodt downplays bankruptcy fears, says hires advisers "all the time"
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More opioid makers are going bankrupt - and it's showing up in the alternative data
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Mallinckrodt investors stream for the exits as opioid-tied bankruptcy talk mounts
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Where did the Sacklers move cash from their opioid maker?
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Report: Healey balked at proposed Purdue settlement
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Why Endo International Shares Are Tanking Today
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Too Much Rope, Too Much Hope? The Oklahoma Case Against Johnson & Johnson Might Not Stand
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Ex-Aegerion CEO Says Ch. 11 Plan Vote Is Unfair
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Mass Torts:
Michigan State fined $4.5 million for handling of Larry Nassar complaints
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How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others
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BigLaw lawyer’s closing argument struck by judge in case alleging talcum powder caused mesothelioma
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J&J Wouldn't Risk 'Golden Egg' With Talc Warning, Jury Told
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Philip Morris Attorney Tells Jury Cancer-Stricken Plaintiff Could've Quit 'Anytime She Wanted'
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Retailing:
After 'bleak' Q2, prospects dim for department stores
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More broken promises at Sears as layoffs and store closures top original projections
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Sears and Kmart keep shrinking. Here's what's left
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More layoffs, store closings reportedly coming at Sears
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Purchase Order Financing: A Turnaround Tool for Companies Selling to Retailers
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Target to suppliers: Keep tariffs to yourself
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Luxury Retail Finds New Avenues As Brick-And-Mortar Fades
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Cannabis:
Newest opinion may pave way for cannabis industry bankruptcy protection
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Forget Reefer Madness, Pot Law Goes Mainstream
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Travel:
Passengers were in for a long flight delay, but one of them stepped up to fly the plane
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This is the worst airport in the U.S. for delayed flights
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American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging flight
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Newspapers:
Newspapers are already struggling. California might make things even worse
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New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - The News-Gazette Inc.
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Corporate Governance:
Creditors Increasingly Willing to Seize Company Control
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Shareholder Primacy Means Shareholders Are Paid Last
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Taxis:
Uber's Nightmare Has Just Begun
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Economy:
ISM Non-Manufacturing Index increased to 56.4% in August • Service-oriented firms grow faster in August, cushion U.S. economy from China trade war
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Powell will get the last word on interest rates after Friday’s job report
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Visualizing the Purchasing Power of the Dollar Over the Last Century
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A slowdown in US business formation poses a risk to economy
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What Medicare For All Might Mean For Jobs
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 217,000
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The $86 Trillion World Economy in One Chart
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Fed GDPNow Latest forecast: 1.5 percent
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Goldman: August Payrolls Preview • August Employment Preview • What to expect from the August jobs report
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The Fed is expected to cut rates only a quarter point, and that may not satisfy markets • Fed officials disagree on interest rate cuts, despite investor certainty
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Elizabeth Warren’s Detailed Economic Plan Could Shape 2020 Election • The Holes in Warren’s Wealth Tax Can’t Be Plugged
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ADP: Private Employment increased 195,000 in August
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August Employment Preview
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Trump said he'd rebuild manufacturing. Now it's in decline. What happened?
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The Evolution of Private Capital Markets and Restructuring Dynamics
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With 49 Deals in 30 Hours, U.S. Corporate Bond Market Ignites
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Closer Look at Private M&A Reveals Increasing Risk of Ownership Distress
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Global Trade Issues Reverberate Through the U.S. Economy • The True Cost of the Trade War • U.S., China more divided than ever as new trade talks loom • Trump's 'chosen one' schtick makes him put fighting China over helping US economy • Reliable China insiders hint that this round of trade talks could lead to a ‘breakthrough’ • Cramer: US economic strength empowers Trump to continue to play hardball on China trade • Drug-smugglers are circumventing Trump's border crackdown by stuffing ocean freighters with cocaine • US-China talks: A breakthrough is 'a bit optimistic' — Carlos Gutierrez • Trump ditched tariffs on Mexican tomatoes • Trump’s Tomato Trade-War Deal Averted a Dreaded 2020 Scenario
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The specter of global disintegration
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Globalization may be changing the fundamentals of economics
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Trump's trade war and Brexit are creating a "flying blind" economy
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Alaska’s universal basic income problem
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Japan is a Trumpian paradise of low immigration rates. It's also a dying country
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Retail credit cards are squeezing the financially vulnerable as their delinquency rate rises
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Ray Dalio breaks down why he sees a 25% chance of recession through 2020
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Roubini Says Markets Too Complacent, Chance of Recession Over 25%
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Ernst: Gut Social Security Behind Closed Doors
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Healthcare, living costs, and security makes US one of world's worst places to live • Ranked: The 20 Most Dangerous Places to Live
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The Problem with US' Fastest Growing Jobs
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White Americans’ Hold on Wealth Is Old, Deep, and Nearly Unshakeable
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Why Are Marriage Rates Down? Study Blames Lack Of ‘Economically-Attractive’ Men
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Krugman: Trumpism Is Bad for Business
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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 sink to new 3-year lows on weak manufacturing data • Mortgage rates fall again — and the Fed could push them even lower
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Trump Moves to Send Mortgage Giants Back to Private Sector • Trump Fannie-Freddie Plan Urges Ending Decade of U.S. Rule • Trump administration plan to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow firms to keep more capital • Trump administration plan to overhaul housing finance system calls for more private sector involvement • Trump administration’s road map for GSE overhaul • Trump Plan For Home Loans Rattles Watchdogs
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Trump administration releases plan to revamp the housing market
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Half of home shoppers say they can't find a house in their budget
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Good news for the mortgage business: Nearly all homebuyers are happy they stopped renting
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Trump's blueprint for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac reform expected "within days"
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Hovnanian Enterprises Q3 Loss Widens
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Philadelphia: Clock ticks for Seven Tower Bridge development
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Here's how much space $1 million will get you in 25 major US cities
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Sam Zell: WeWork's Horrible Business Model
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Municipalities:
Trump is taking money from Puerto Rico’s recovery and European security to fund his wall
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Puerto Rico's bond mediation proceeds at snail's pace
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Puerto Rico economic activity for July drops compared with last year
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Chicago’s deficit heralds US pensions crisis
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Illinois GO decision has little bearing on Puerto Rico GO challenge
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New Yorkers Are Leaving The City In Droves: Here's Why They're Moving And Where They're Going
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Where Is the Best City to Live, Based on Salaries and Cost of Living?
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Oil/Gas:
Oil company files for bankruptcy protection citing Colorado rule changes
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Louisiana offshore services business looks buy troubled Houston operator for $75M
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U.S. shale firms cut budgets, staff as oil-price outlook dims
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Wall Street Gets Burned by Oil Patch's Fire Sales
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2020 Election Could Put Oil Out Of Business
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The Coming M&A Wave In U.S. Shale
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Lenders poised to take over bankrupt offshore energy producer Furie, says creditor
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Personal Finance:
7 rules for creating an engaging elevator pitch that actually works
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Education:
Boston Language Institute accused of ‘unfair or deceptive acts’ by AG's office
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The 20 top-tier schools where the most students get financial aid
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By the numbers: Is college worth the cost?
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Aviation:
Offshore Helo Services Company PHI Exits Bankruptcy • DLA Piper advises PHI, Inc. and various affiliates in their successful emergence from chapter 11
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The Boeing 737 Max grounding is still affecting air travel • Boeing 737 Max: Airlines eye end of 2019 for aircraft's return
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Healthcare:
Philadelphia: Concerned for their future, St. Christopher's Hospital employees hold a rally • St. Christopher’s doctors call for local nonprofit to buy hospital
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Residency sale stalemate hangs up ruling in Hahnemann bankruptcy • Sale of Hahnemann’s medical-residency program approved by bankruptcy judge • Judge approves sale of Hahnemann residency programs • Court approves $55M sale of Hahnemann's residency program to area health systems
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Carson City sober-living facility closes, declares bankruptcy after client's death
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Health Care in America: Searching for Ways to Make $2 Million Seem Less Like $2 Million
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Black women are more likely to die from a pregnancy
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Celebs:
Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott At Four Season Amid Money Woes
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'RHOBH' Star Dorit Kemsley's Husband Grilled By Judge Over $1.2 Million Debt
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Electricity:
PG&E Pays a Million a Day for America’s Biggest Utility Bust
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PG&E seeks to prevent state court trial over 2017 Tubbs Fire • PG&E fights judge’s order clearing way for Tubbs fire trial
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PG&E Seeks More Than $14 Billion in Equity in Restructuring Plan
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A 'Cat and Mouse Game': PG&E's Long Record of Run-Ins With Regulators and Courts
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PG&E Wildfire Assistance Program distributes first checks to fire victims
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Sale of Diablo Canyon Could Provide Wildfire Victims With Up to $5 Billion in Relief
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Awards:
18th Annual M&A Advisor Awards Finalists
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Religion:
Catholic Pastor Bans Harry Potter Books Because They Contain “Actual Curses and Spells”
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Fraud:
California Woman Accused Of $300 Million Liquor License Financing Ponzi Scheme
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Coal:
Fate of stockpiled coal is debated in bankruptcy court
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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 (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Commercial Chapter 11 Filings Increase 19 Percent from Last Year, Total Filings Drop 3 Percent
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August 2019 Bankruptcy Statistics- State and District • August 2019 Bankruptcy Statistics- Commercial Filings
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August Commercial Chapter 11 Filings 2009-19 • August Commercial Bankruptcy Filings 2009-19 • August Total Bankruptcy Filings 2009-19
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Rising retiree bankruptcies? It's a myth
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Sales:
8th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Attacking Approved Bankruptcy Sale
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Three New Bankruptcy Amendments Become Law
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Chapter 22:
Chapter 22 Is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
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Litigation:
Litigation Finance: A Bankruptcy Litigator’s Viewpoint
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New Cases Provide Insights on the FRCP 37(e) ‘Reasonable Steps to Preserve’ Requirement
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Former in-house lawyers weigh in on legal finance
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Advisors:
CohnReznick Expands Restructuring Practice
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Finance:
Recent Evolutions in Distressed Lending for Restructurings
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Bonuses:
PG&E, Insys Bankruptcies Stumble in Bids for Bonuses, Severance
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Student Debt:
More than 54,000 people have applied for student loan forgiveness. Only 661 have been approved • Loan forgiveness program suffers from confusing terms, federal watchdog says • Congress Promised Student Borrowers a Break. Then DOE Rejected 99% of Them
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How Joe Biden helped inflame the student loan crisis
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America’s debt-laden students need better policy solutions
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Dealing With Student Loans During A Disaster
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Bills would forgive student loan debt for beginning Wisconsin farmers
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Attorney General Phil Weiser joins multistate lawsuit on student loan debt
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Food/Beverage:
Bankruptcy court approves sales of 16 Perkins sites, including Meadville location
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Restaurant Performance Index declined in July
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Autos:
BEA: August Vehicles Sales increased to 17.0 Million SAAR
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Trump meets with GM’s Barra and repeats claim Dorian threatened Alabama • GM CEO Calls Trump Meeting "Valuable"
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Politics:
‘State-by-state slog’ ahead after North Carolina rules partisan maps violate state constitution • Gerrymandering Is a Cancer State Courts Can't Cure • The Battle Over the Files of a Gerrymandering Mastermind • Three North Carolina Judges Step In Where the Supreme Court Refuses
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President Trump Job Approval: 43.3% Approve - 53.8% Disapprove
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Biden leads Trump by 9 percentage points in key battleground of Wisconsin, poll finds
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6 winners and 3 losers from CNN’s climate town hall • Biden bumbles while Sanders and Warren score in CNN's climate town hall
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Pete Buttigieg says GOP will face ‘reckoning’ over Christianity
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Rural Base May Reject Trump in 2020 Due to His Agriculture Policies, Iowa Ethanol Boss Warns
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While Trump continues to tout North Korea talks as success, signs of any progress are hard to find
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Climate:
‘Everything is gone:’ Bahamians struggle in Dorian’s devastating wake • Hurricane Dorian photos: the aftermath of a Category 5 storm • Bahamas: Everything is Destroyed • In Bahamas, survivors stuck waiting for relief • 'Panic, pillaging, looting' • 'Like zombies'
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Hurricane Dorian is a Category 3 “major hurricane” just off the coast of the Carolinas • Dorian Weakens to a Cat 1 Hurricane • Hurricane Dorian howling over North Carolina's Outer Banks • For third time in four years, Carolinas brace for hurricane
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Donald Trump Won't Let the Dorian-Alabama Thing Go • Trump’s Most Pointless Lie • Trump was reportedly the person who used a black Sharpie to change the confusing Hurricane Dorian map • White House tells CNN to ‘study up on U.S. geography,’ and the gloves are off • “Sharpiegate”: Trump Ridiculed For Altered Hurricane Forecast
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Making the global case for climate rule of law
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UK:
Philip Green's Topshop empire plunges to huge loss
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House prices: 'Caution' dominates the market
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British Land sparks legal battle over Monsoon rescue
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The constitutional change at the heart of the UK Parliament’s endless deadlock
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Brexit: What Now?
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How A No-Deal Brexit Could Destroy The Irish Dairy Industry — And Threaten Peace
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British prime minister pushes for new election as casualties mount in Brexit battle
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These 5 countries are busy prepping for a post-Brexit world
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Boris Johnson takes wrecking ball to government and gets hit himself
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Boris Johnson loses his majority
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Boris Johnson says snap election is the only way to resolve Brexit gridlock
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Trump might like Brexit less when he sees what it does to the economy
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PIIGS:
ie: Number of bankruptcies increase
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Canada:
Insolvencies rise in July
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Feds to amend insolvency legislation to protect pensions
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China:
Chinese property sector's troubles highlight debt-laden economy
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China’s Private Bond Defaults Climb to Record $4.4 Billion
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Norway:
Norwegian Air Is Taking Last-Ditch Measures to Avoid Bankruptcy
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India:
JSW Snaps Up Second Stressed Steel Asset With Bhushan Power Win
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France:
Vivarte: creditors take control of the group
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Cash-strapped French airline Aigle Azur to cancel all flights • After filing for bankruptcy protection on Monday, Aigle Azur will suspend all operations tonight
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Argentina:
The $15 billion of distressed Argentine bonds no one talks about
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India:
Insolvency professional complains to SBI about selection criteria for RPs
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South Africa:
South Africa to Consult Eskom Debt Holders on Reorganization
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Lebanon:
Lebanon on Debt Tightrope as S&P Sets Clock Ticking to Downgrade
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Russia:
Russian troubled refinery's bankruptcy case set for December
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Australia:
Classic cross-border cooperation: joint court hearings in the Halifax insolvency
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Australia Posts Worst GDP Growth in Years
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