Law:
Confidence in the economy is dropping among law firm leaders, new survey finds
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Harvard Law School Students Protest Paul Weiss Recruiting Event • Harvard Law Students Protest Paul Weiss Over ExxonMobil Defense
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Want To Lead A Law School? You Better Be Pumped During The Interview
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Notice of Appearance - Andrew O'Neill, Sidley Austin
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The surprising protest of Exxon’s law firm at Harvard Law
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New Year, New Look For This Biglaw Firm
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Duane Morris, NY-Based Satterlee Stephens To Merge in February
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Don’t Take A Walk In This Lawyer’s Shoes
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A dozen Boies Schiller lawyers join new boutique law firm
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Orrick Turns to Video to Overhaul In-House Counsel CLE
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Hogan Lovells Teams Up With Elevate for New US Document Review Center
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Revealed: The staff who absolutely hate their firms
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Freshfields' former Global Head of Tax charged with fraud
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Federal watchdog finds OMB violated law by withholding Ukraine aid • Turns Out Withholding Foreign Aid For Domestic Political Advantage Is Illegal After All • Government Watchdog Report Also Accused Trump Allies of Constitutionally Significant Obstruction • "Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law" • Government Watchdog Explains How Exactly Trump Violated The Law With Ukraine Aid • The holdup of aid to Ukraine falls ‘squarely’ into the definition of an illegal act, congressional auditors say
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Devin Nunes Threatened to Sue Ted Lieu for Saying He Conspired with Lev Parnas
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Judge Said He Expects Quick DC Circuit Ruling on McGahn in Pausing Trump Tax Returns Fight
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Former Federal Prosecutor: AG Barr 'Should Probably Retain a Criminal Defense Attorney'
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Disturbing evidence in Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy points to his murder: pathologist • Jeffrey Epstein's Famous Running Buddies
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Judge threatens prospective Weinstein juror with jail for tweeting about the case • Supermodel dismissed as potential juror in Weinstein trial
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Comey Under Investigation? Latest News Raises 'Suspicions' of Political Revenge
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In tiny town, immigration detainees outnumber residents
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International Law: If there was no 'imminent' attack from Iran, killing Soleimani was illegal • Iran could win war-crimes lawsuit against Trump over Soleimani
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Apple’s fight with Trump and the Justice Department is about more than two iPhones • The FBI Got Data From A Locked iPhone 11 Pro Max — So Why Is It Demanding Apple Unlock Older Phones?
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CEO of Smith & Wesson owner out after misconduct allegations
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FBI arrests 3 white supremacists ahead of pro-gun rally
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Arrest warrant issued for Odell Beckham Jr. for allegedly slapping guard's backside • Cops Embarrass Themselves With Arrest Warrant For Odell Beckham Jr.
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Judge limits 97-year-old lawyer’s involvement in murder case after courtroom outburst
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TX: Judges Denying Teens Abortion Requests
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11th Circuit upholds dismissal of juror who said Holy Spirit told him to acquit former congresswoman
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'Nazi Salute School' Sued for Racism, Abuse
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Slaughter and May bans ski trips after harassment claim
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Linklaters calls in the sobriety police
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What's Next? Drinking Chaperones at Your Law Firm?
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Lawyer accidentally submits his BDSM contract to court
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Bonkers law firm website: White collar boxing weaklings
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Attorney Suspended Over Actions in Back Rent Dispute
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Can Police Legally Wreck Your Home?
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Judges:
Chief Justice Roberts swears in senators for impeachment trial • Presiding Over Impeachment Trial, Roberts Urged to Embrace Cameras
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What Rehnquist Told Senators After 'Culture Shock' of Presiding at Clinton's Trial
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Justice Boomer Gets Laughs As He Guts Federal Employee Discrimination Statute
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Trump Judge Tries To Put Reasonable Spin On ‘I Don’t Like Trans People,’ Fails
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Kamala Harris calls for temporary halt to advancement of judicial nominees • Senate Judiciary Pauses Nominations for Impeachment Trial
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Wall Street:
US futures point to higher open
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Stocks Close at Record Highs
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Layoffs:
Barclays said to be cutting about 100 senior jobs at investment bank
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Detroit braces for year of slower sales by idling auto plants
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New Jersey Just Passed the First Law in the Nation to Guarantee Severance Pay After Mass Layoffs
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Kentucky coal miners end protest with paychecks
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Prisma Health to lay off 300
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Jacksonville financial company to lay off 305
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Politics:
Ukraine Probes Alleged Yovanovitch Surveillance and Burisma Hack • Ukraine asks FBI to help probe suspected Russian hack of Burisma
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Nancy Pelosi angered Republicans by using 30 different personalized pens to sign Trump's 'sham' impeachment articles • Impeachment of the President Normally Requires a Crime • Trump impeachment trial opens with "impartial justice" oath • Senate Becomes a Hushed Courtroom for Trump Impeachment Trial • House prosecutors read Trump impeachment charges to Senate • Trump's Senate impeachment trial formally begins • Senators are banned from using their phones or any other electronics during Trump's Senate impeachment trial • Trump administration broke law in withholding Ukraine aid, watchdog says as impeachment trial set • Susan Collins says she would "likely" vote to call impeachment witnesses • Senate impeachment trial begins with rancor over witnesses and new evidence about Trump's Ukraine dealings • Impeachment Trial Brings Biden Uncomfortable Heat, Lucky Timing
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White House Counsel Shouldn’t Act as Trump’s Impeachment Lawyer
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These are Giuliani associate Lev Parnas' most explosive claims in his wild interview with Rachel Maddow • ‘He’s Lying’: Lev Parnas Says He’ll Post a Photo With Trump Every Time President Claims Not to Know Him • Lev Parnas’s dramatic new claims about Trump and Ukraine, explained • Trump Says He Doesn’t Know Parnas Despite Multiple Photos • Democrats release more Parnas evidence, including voicemails with Trump associates • Lev Parnas' interviews and documents tie Trump more directly to the Ukraine pressure campaign • 'You don't write the crime down, you dummy': Late-night comics mock Giuliani pal Parnas • Nunes was 'involved in getting all this stuff on Biden,' Parnas says • Devin Nunes Now Remembers Talking to Giuliani Associate Lev Parnas After Previously Saying He Couldn't Recall His Name • Lev Parnas Claims Yovanovitch Was Targeted to Get Her Out of Possible Biden Probe, Says Hyde Was 'Drunk the Whole Time'
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FBI visits home of Robert Hyde, Trump donor at center of Ukraine ambassador spy scandal • Who is Robert Hyde, the newest figure in the impeachment saga? • Robert Hyde, new figure in impeachment drama, is a Trump devotee with checkered past • Lev Parnas and Robert Hyde Conduct Dueling TV Interviews in Response to Bombshell Document Dump
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Trump Wanted to Get Rid of the Law His Allies Have Accused Joe Biden of Violating: Book
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Almost 40% of the world’s countries will witness civil unrest in 2020, research claims
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Sanders climbs and is now tied with Biden among registered voters, Reuters poll shows
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Sanders-Warren rift highlights liberal divide: purity versus pragmatism
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Three Fiscal Takeaways from the Democratic Presidential Debate
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Decoding the Body Language of That Warren-Sanders Standoff • A '#NeverWarren' hashtag portended a Democratic squabble. Data showed otherwise •Sanders-Warren: An Alliance, if Not a Close Friendship, Suddenly Fractures
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Where Christian evangelicals worship Trump more than Jesus – key voters stay loyal to president
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It's not just Trump. Governors are keeping their businesses while in office, too.
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Aviation:
Southwest Pulls Max From Flights Until June, Joining U.S. Rivals
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How Boeing Lost Its Way
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DOT panel calls for more oversight after review of Boeing 737 Max approval
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FAA's assumptions in Boeing 737 Max approval faulted by experts
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Boeing Is Way Behind Airbus in Talks for China’s Next Big Order
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Climate:
‘Urgent’ need for businesses to adapt to growing threat from climate change, McKinsey says
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Majority of Australians Unhappy With Environmental Efforts
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Bloomberg Proposes ‘Fire Corps,’ Double U.S. Wildfire Spending
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Texas commuters have the highest climate impact
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Capitalism is ‘in jeopardy’ if business does not act on climate change: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
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Davos Elite Take On Climate With Greta’s Help
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Economy:
Philly Fed Manufacturing Suggests Activity Increased in January
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‘American Exceptionalism’ Fades for Now as U.S. Growth Weakens
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UBS: Fed may cut rate three times in 2020
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Trump Plans to Nominate Shelton, Waller to Federal Reserve Board • Trump to Nominate a Critic to Fed Board
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U.S. Consumer Comfort Reaches Highest Level in More Than 19 Years • Consumer confidence nears a record high in the U.S., but dips in China and Europe
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Retail Sales increased 0.3% in December • Retail sales climb for third straight month in December
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decrease to 204,000
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Fed GDP Now latest forecast: 1.8 percent
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Finance Professionals Split on Potential Economic Recession, Finds TD Bank Survey
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If Fed keeps rates unchanged, this ‘policy error’ could lead to recession in the US toward late 2020
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Working 9 to 5: Women make up more of the workforce
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Banks That Shun Risky Borrowers Offer Rosy View of U.S. Consumer
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EU Calls Trump Trade Tactics Short-Sighted, Focused on Election • Europe Scrambles to Fight Off Threat of U.S. Tariffs on France
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Senate passes new North American trade deal, sending it to Trump • NAFTA rewrite gets final OK in Congress, giving Trump back-to-back trade deals to tout • Many ‘No’ Votes on Trump’s Trade Deal Came From Presidential Hopefuls
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The trade war is still on. Consider this a fragile truce • Trade Deal Is a Real Buzz Kill for the U.S.’s Top Soy Rival • 'Will you say, "Thank you, Mr. President" at least? Huh?' — Trump said some wild stuff to corporate bosses after signing the China trade deal • ‘Unrealistically high:’ Experts doubt China can fulfill its targets in ‘Phase One’ of the U.S. trade deal • US-China trade pact President Trump just signed fails to resolve 3 fundamental issues • Trump's trade deal with China left out some of the very issues that started the tariff war • "Phase one" trade deal could spur Chinese purchases of U.S. energy • The next China trade battle could be over electric cars • Mnuchin says China trade war ‘absolutely’ worth it even if a phase one deal is all the US gets • Europe threatens legal challenge to U.S.-China trade deal at WTO • Jury Still Out As U.S. China Trade War Throws Up Winners, Losers • Consumer confidence readings hint China was harder hit than US leading up to 'phase one' trade deal • China to stick to ‘phase one’ commitments, holding trade deal through US election, analyst says • China Weathers Trump Tariff Barrage as Policy Makers Hold Nerve
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Trump keeping promises made to manufacturers: NAM president
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Consumers around the world are confident despite fragile global economy, data shows
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CEOs got a pass in 2019, but they need to grow profits soon
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Treasury Inspector General Probes Possible Trump Tax Break Abuses
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Trump tax cut hands $32 billion windfall to America’s top banks
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Japan Widens Lead Over China as Top Foreign Holder of Treasuries
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Dalio, Dimon and 117 Other Billionaires Set to Descend on Davos
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Disney heiress slams family business, says workers are at risk of ‘a death spiral’
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America is Weaponizing Its Currency and Financial System
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Hotels: Occupancy Rate Decreases Year-over-year
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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:
U.S. Homebuilder Sentiment Posts Best Two Months Since 1999 • NAHB: Builder Confidence Decreased to 75 in January
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WeWork’s leasing activity plunged 93% in the fourth quarter after failed IPO attempt
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Mortgage rates inch forward to 3.65%
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Housing market challenged by a dearth of construction workers
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Fewer U.S. homeowners moved in 2019 than ever before
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Teen who lost both parents threatened with eviction from grandparents’ home in over 55s community
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Half of New NYC Condos Still Unsold
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Municipalities:
Trump Administration Places Prohibitive Restrictions On Disaster Relief for Puerto Rico • Trump admin restricts Puerto Rico disaster relief funds as earthquakes persist • Trump Administration Releases Puerto Rico Aid, With Strings Attached • Under Mounting Pressure, Trump Administration Finally Releases Disaster Aid to Puerto Rico • Trump Attaches Severe Restrictions to Puerto Rico’s Long-Delayed Disaster Aid • Democrats blast Trump restrictions on Puerto Rico disaster funds
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Americans Have Never Cared About Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Retirees Could Face 8.5% Cut to Pensions, in Latest Blow for Island
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Trump Drops Another Shoe On Puerto Rico
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De Blasio Seeks to Limit NYC Spending With State Facing Deficit
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Oil/Gas:
Massive oil refinery leaks toxic chemical in the middle of Philadelphia • Toxic refinery leaks imperiled Philadelphia residents
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Houston energy co. rolls midstream subsidiary into bankruptcy, completes auction
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Gas and coal fading as wind and solar grow
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Will The Permian Peak This Year?
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Retailing:
U.S. retail sales post solid advance to close out moderate 2019 • Holiday sales climb 4.1%, retail industry trade group says, on the higher end of estimates
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Americans Hit Fresh Milestone in 2019 in Buying Stuff Online
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Barneys Workers Feel Used as They March Store Toward Death
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Payless is staging a comeback less than a year after closing all its US stores in one of the largest retail liquidations in history • Payless ShoeSource exits bankruptcy; hints at U.S. comeback • Payless is out of bankruptcy — again — as it eyes US market • Payless is emerging from bankruptcy. But it's not coming back to the United States anytime soon • Payless emerges from bankruptcy with US growth plan, store reopenings •Payless emerges from bankruptcy with new executive team
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Target gets brutal reminder of turnaround’s challenges from weak holiday season
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How American Apparel is trying to make a comeback after two bankruptcies
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Bose to close all US stores • Bose is closing more than 100 stores worldwide
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Moody's warns department stores to brace for another tough year
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Sears woes continues as the retailer struggles to pay bankruptcy costs
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The Rising Tides Of Buy Now, Pay Later And Flexible Ownership
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Personal Finance:
15 best states to retire with a low cost of living
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Football:
Americans Love the NFL, But Change Is Looming
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Travel:
Checking your bag on JetBlue is about to get more expensive
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TSA caught record number of guns in carry-ons in 2019
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America's Worst Airline is American
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Food/Beverage:
Teamsters Union Drops Objection To NORPAC Sale
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Agribusiness:
Trump Bailout Means Farmers Emerge Optimistic From Trade War
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Religion:
Texas diocese fighting lawsuit from deacon on list of accused abusers
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Archdiocese commission accuses 14 Southcentral Alaska clergy and church employees of sexual abuse • Nearly 60 years of abuse: Sexual misconduct uncovered in Alaska archdiocese review
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Fraud:
Carlos Beltran Out as Mets Manager in Expanding Sign-Stealing Scandal
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"Send me a 50k check": College admissions scam emails released 7H AGO
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Evidence Not Looking Good for USC Mom
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Hedge Funds:
Star Commodity Hedge Fund Lost 51% in 2019
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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 (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (18 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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Avoidance Actions:
Fraudulent Transfer’s Good Faith Defense: A Futility Exception to Investigation?
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Litigation:
Disclosure of Litigation Funding in Bankruptcy Cases
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Recent and Upcoming Changes to Bankruptcy Law That Affect Your Rights as a Creditor
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Automatic Stay:
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Utilities:
Why FEMA is fighting for money set aside for California fire victims
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PG&E Judge Demands Details on Potential Wildfire Payout Conflict
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PG&E Bonds Hit Three-Month High on Settlement Talks
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PG&E says talks with Newsom will likely lead to governance changes
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Judge threatens to force PG&E to hire more tree trimmers
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Trucking:
Judge Puts Brakes On Celadon's Hyndman Asset Sales, Swift Exit From Canada
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Student Debt:
Bankruptcy Court Rejects Brunner “Myth” and Discharges $220K in Student Loan Debt
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Student loan debt is over $1.6 trillion and hardly anyone is paying down their loans
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Elizabeth Warren’s ambitious plan to bypass Congress and erase America’s student debt, explained
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Where They Stand: 2020 Presidential Candidates On Student Debt, College Costs
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Religion:
Why the split in the Methodist Church should set off alarm bells for Americans
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E-Cigarettes:
CDC confirms 2,668 hospital cases of lung injury linked to vaping • 60 reported dead from vaping-related lung illness
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Healthcare:
Judge: No turning back Yakima hospital closure
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Judge gives tentative okay for sale of troubled Plymouth hospital
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Reva Medical files for bankruptcy under hefty debt load • Summary: New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - REVA Medical Inc.
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Most cancer survivors suffer financial hardships
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The Problem With Health Care ‘Choice’
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Top Global Causes of Death
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Private insurance is health care's pot of gold
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Pharma:
Insys exec gets 33 months in fentanyl spray scam
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Insys Wins Court Approval Of Bankruptcy Plan
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Mass Torts:
EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing
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Autos:
Tesla slumps on Morgan Stanley downgrade
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Ghosn's Lawyers Hit Back at Nissan Claims
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UK:
Why the U.K. is bailing out regional airline Flybe when it’s let others fail • Flybe Rescue Is Said to Include U.K. Subsidies for Some Routes
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U.K. Retail Sales Extend Worst Run on Record
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What is the “key” to validly appointing administrators?
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Royal Money
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Small businesses twice as likely to predict sales growth than cost-cutting for 2020
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Flybe co-owner Stobart links airline's financial woes to EU 'delay'
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PIIGS:
The Greek Debt Crisis: No easy way out
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Autostrade CEO says the toll-road firm will go bankrupt if concession revoked - media
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Argentina:
Argentine Who Battled Billionaire Paul Singer Takes On Creditors Once Again
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Sweden:
Sweden Cuts Economic Outlook and Forecasts Negative Rates
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Germany:
Private equity "plague" descends on Germany's elevator industry
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China:
China Opens Door to Riches From Bad Debt Cleanup With Trade Deal
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Deutsche Bank Sees ‘Distressed Debt Cycle’ Beginning in China
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Delayed China Bond Rescue Spurs Questions About White Knight
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China's economy grew 6% in fourth quarter as demand stabilized
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China Has a Big Economic Problem, and It Isn’t the Trade War
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Zimbabwe:
‘Debt forgiveness crucial for Zim’
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India:
Bankrupt Jet Airways to Sell Netherlands Business to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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Franklin Cuts Vodafone Idea’s Debt Value to Zero on Court Snub
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India’s Banks Face Risk From $13 Billion Telecom Dues, UBS Says
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MENA:
Iran’s supreme leader calls Trump a ‘clown’ who will betray Iranians with a ‘poisonous dagger’
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11 U.S. troops were injured in Iran missile attack on Iraq bases, reports say
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France:
Casino Plunges After Bondholders Reject Rallye’s Plan
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Hong Kong:
A welcome red packet – Hong Kong court recognizes mainland Chinese administrators for first time
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