August 18, 2020

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Law:

Fired legal assistant at Kirkland & Ellis claims firm restructuring was motivated by age bias New Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Kirkland & Ellis
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Debevoise Hires New Diversity and Inclusion Director
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Crazy Rich Law Firms That Didn't Make the A-List—and Don't Care
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ABA Legal Ed council addresses reporting requirements amid law schools’ COVID-19 concerns
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After COVID-19 Hiring Slowdown, Lateral Moves Pick Up in August
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From Coast to Coast Rachel Stoian ‘09L, ‘10LL.M. Finds Success as a Bankruptcy Lawyer
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Bankruptcy Partner Travis Bayer Joins Dinsmore as Chapter 11 Filings Skyrocket During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Brown Rudnick Adds Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Partner Eric Goodman
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Despite Diversity Efforts, Fewer Than 10% of MDL Leadership Posts Are Going to Attorneys Who Are Not Whiite
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Despite the Coronavirus, Law Firms Grew Revenue in the First Half
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Wherein my 1111(b) article is cited by a Judge!
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Student At T14 Law School Tests Positive For COVID-19 During First Week Of In-Person Classes
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Florida Postpones Online Bar Exam Two Days Before the Test Florida reschedules online bar exam because of technology problems Florida Calls Off Wednesday Bar Exam… Just Like Everyone Knew They Would Florida Scraps Online Bar Exam, Citing Technology Concerns Say What You Will About The Florida Bar Exam, But The Software Beats Apple At One Thing
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October Online Bar Exams Spark Technology, Privacy Concerns
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Retrial In Dan Markel Murder Case Delayed Until 2021
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New Mexico Law School Grapples With Aftermath Of Cyberattack As Classes Begin
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Idaho Law School Accepts 110 Transfer Students, Hires 6 Faculty, From Closed Concordia Law School
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Biglaw Firm Announces Election Day Will Be A Paid Holiday
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Emhoff, Kamala Harris' Spouse, Taking Leave from DLA
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Mounting Covid lawsuits will challenge dozens of state liability shield laws and executive actions
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Lawsuit: Jeffrey Epstein Raped a 13-Year-Old Girl in 1978, 3 Years After Working at the Dalton School
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Portland Police Say They’re Struggling To Answer 911 Calls Amid Increasingly Violent Protests
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Chicago's top cop defends police actions during protests
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Riot in Seattle: 18 Arrests, 3 Officers Injured
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Defunding Durham Police Can Make Us Safer
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The NYPD Is Withholding Evidence From Investigations Into Police Abuse
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Ex-CIA Officer Arrested for Selling Secrets to China
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Roger Stone Drops Appeals of Convictions
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'Conspiracy Theories' Are 'Not Viable': Court Dismisses Carter Page Lawsuit Against DNC
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Emoluments Case Against Trump Back On
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Top Republicans warn Trump not to pardon Edward Snowden
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Tahoe Residents Tell All Others to Stay Out
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Judges:

BK WD PA Seeks Judicial Law Clerk
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Bittersweet: Second Meland & Budwick Partner Departs Firm This Year to Rise to the Bench Announcing Meland Budwick, P.A.
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DOJ is latest litigant to face judge’s ire for lengthy footnotes
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Judge apologizes for calling woman ‘little blond honey ... too dumb to leave’ alleged abuser
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Justin Walker Takes a Shot at Ruth Bader Ginsburg While Ruling Woman Can Refuse to Photograph Same-Sex Weddings
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Judge is accused of using sexual language to advise assistant prosecutor on art of direct examination
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise amid strong Walmart and Home Depot earnings, S&P 500 on track for record close
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Goldman Sachs survey reveals clients more worried about Senate election than presidential — and the market impact of a "blue wave"
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Layoffs:

Longview school district to lay off 236
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Areas USA Inc. lays off 170
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Boeing to Deepen Job Cuts Beyond 10% Plan With New Buyout Offer
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Stamford Marriott reports about 100 layoffs
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Mail:

What you need to know about US Postal Service's funding crisis
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What Are the U.S. Postal Service Changes That Have Stirred Controversy?
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FactCheck: Trump on Postal Cuts
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7 states are preparing to sue the Trump administration, hoping to stop it from squeezing the Postal Service before the election AGs of 2 States That Backed Trump in 2016 Are Looking Into Legal Action Amid USPS Controversy: Report New York Politicians, Voters Sue Trump Over Post Office Funding
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Democrats Ask FBI Director to Open Criminal Investigation of Postmaster General and USPS Board of Governors
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Postmaster general agrees to testify amid USPS outcry
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Crowd protests outside US Postmaster's North Carolina home
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Trump Says He’s Fixing ‘Disaster’ at U.S. Postal Service Trump Can’t Hide His True Reason for Derailing the Post Office
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Privatizing the Post Office is an Asinine Idea
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Wrong Time to Overhaul the Post Office
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Senate Democrats Call On USPS Governors To Override DeJoy, Remove Him If Necessary
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‘An insidious lie’: Trump leaves observers stunned with new attack on ballot drop boxes
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Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid defends the Postal Service and says Trump is undermining every major US institution
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The White House says USPS isn’t removing mail-sorting machines. Postal workers say it is.
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Warren, other top Dems demand USPS board reverse new chief’s policy changes
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House expected to vote on USPS legislation on Saturday House to Vote on $25 Billion to Aid Post Office, Bar Cutbacks
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McConnell Under Pressure to Recall Senate
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Trump makes another attempt to blame Amazon for post office problems
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Food/Beverage:

Pizza Hut to close up to 300 locations operated by bankrupt franchisee Up to 300 Pizza Hut locations are set to close in the aftermath of the chain's largest franchisee filing for bankruptcy
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Garbanzo files for Chapter 11
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How meat plant COVID outbreaks revealed ‘devastating’ workplace conditions
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Cheesecake Factory, Denny's, Outback Steakhouse and Dave & Buster's are among the restaurant chains most likely to face bankruptcy amid COVID-19, market report says
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No, publicly traded chains are not on the verge of bankruptcy
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The 100 largest restaurant companies in America ranked by U.S. foodservice revenue
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How America’s Canned Tuna Industry Went Belly Up
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My Bar Failed Because of Covid. Here’s Why I’m Happy About It
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Politics:

This is the future Joe Biden wants
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The hits and misses from Night 1 Watch all the key moments from night one of the DNC Democrats cast 2020 choice as between Biden's empathy and Trump's chaos Fact-checking night one of the 2020 DNC “FactCheck: In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct — two votes.” Democratic Convention Kicks Off Why Kasich Spoke at Democrat's Convention
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3 Republicans to join John Kasich in speaking at DNC opening night
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Trump: I'll Go for Third Term for Their Spying
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'Just kind of sucks': Disappointed Milwaukee a ghost town for the Democratic convention
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The ‘Rage Moms’ Democrats Are Counting On
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Half Of Americans Expect Difficulties Voting In November
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Trump says mail-in voting could be 'catastrophic.' Here's how other countries do it.
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Trump Job Approval 42%; Below 50% on Seven Key Issues
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Trump's former Homeland Security chief of staff endorses Joe Biden
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Latinos downgrade Trump on coronavirus, kick up Biden support, poll shows
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Social Security, taxes, health care, and working past retirement age: What Biden’s platform wants to do for Americans over 50
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Pelosi extends House's remote voting period until Oct. 2
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Cook Political Report downgrades Lindsey Graham's re-election chances
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The all-virtual Democratic National Convention, explained
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Voting in Texas ia a Hassle Compared to Others
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Groups protesting lockdown measures see the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for tyranny—and as an opportunity for spreading rage.
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To Get People to Wear Masks, Try Comparing Them to Seatbelts and Helmets
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The Civil War didn't stop the 1864 election, even though it looked like it would be a disaster for Lincoln
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Melania Trump seemed to refuse to hold Donald Trump's hand as they stepped off Air Force One
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Dan Patrick Blames Dems for Rebel Statues
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Banking:

Citi gives away $900 million by mistake, now three lenders refuse to return the money Citi sues Revlon lender Brigade for not returning part of $900 million transferred mistakenly
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Distressed Investing:

Junk bonds could see back-to-back record quarterly inflows
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Autos:

Hertz Seeks Loan in Bankruptcy after Stock Sale Flames Out
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Why Hertz landed in bankruptcy court when its rivals didn’t
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Firearms:

Families of Sandy Hook massacre victims say Remington bankruptcy intentionally leaves them in the cold
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Taxis:

Uber Seeks Court Reprieve After California Shutdown Threat
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Satellites:

Speedcast seeks $395 million exit from bankruptcy
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Cruise Lines:

Shorts Betting On Carnival Corp.'s Bankruptcy May Be Disappointed
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Economy:

Eight High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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Goldman Sees Small-Business Bounce With Most Now Operating Again
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Jim Rogers: Things Are Going to Collapse
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New York Manufacturing Expands Less Than Forecast as Orders Drop
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There’s a Better Way to Identify When Recessions Start
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The Case for Discretionary Spending in a Recession
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Workplace Covid Outbreaks Hit Minorities Much Harder Than Whites
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NY Fed: Manufacturing "Business activity edged slightly higher in New York State" in August
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U.S. closes in on doing something it hasn’t done since World War II — borrowing more money than it raises
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Congress adjourns for the summer, leaving millions in a financial bind
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Trump's unemployment extension may only provide three-week boost, federal guidance reveals
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Did Warren Buffett just bet against the U.S. economy? His latest investment raises some questions
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Hedge funds are reportedly shorting the dollar as fears rise over its status as the world's number one currency
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New York gyms can reopen with precautions as soon as Aug. 24, Cuomo says Cuomo Says N.Y. Gyms Can Open Aug. 24 With 33% Capacity, Masks
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The Sun Belt’s COVID-19 surge stalls economic recovery in the region
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Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro rips Kodak executives as dumbest ever
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What did people do with their $1,200 stimulus checks? Finally an answer
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Extra $300 Weekly Unemployment Benefit To Go Out This Week For Some
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California Legislators Propose 0.4% Wealth Tax, Plus 16.8% Income Tax Rate
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What The Post-Pandemic Economy Will Look Like
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Covid-Era Tech Grads Launch Careers From Parents’ Homes
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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:

NMHC: Rent Payment Tracker Finds Decline in People Paying Rent in August
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Austin set to disperse $13M to renters hurt by outbreak
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3 renters on getting screwed over by landlords during the Covid-19 housing crisis
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Seattle’s eviction moratorium extended for the third time
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Office Space Renter Hits Ch. 11 After COVID Slackens Demand
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MBA: "Mortgage Delinquencies Spike in the Second Quarter of 2020"FHA Mortgage Delinquencies Hit Record High With Economy Rattled FHA Mortgage Delinquencies Reach a Record, Led by New Jersey Q2 Mortgage Delinquency Rate Highest In 9 Years
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MBA Survey: "Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases for the Ninth Straight Week to 7.21%"
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac forbearance rate drops below 5%
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CAR on California July Housing: Sales up 6% YoY, Active Listings down 48% YoY
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NAHB: Builder Confidence Increased to 78 in August, Ties Record High Low Rates Push Homebuilder Optimism to Highest Level Since 1998
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Homebuilder sentiment jumps to record high, but lumber prices could hit momentum
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Want to Flee the City for Suburbia? Think Again
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New interest from city dwellers raising home prices in rural areas
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America’s largest shopping mall owner gets a new tenant: itself
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Municipalities:

Junk-Muni Boom Sets Up Historic Distress for Billions of Debt
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New York City is ‘dead forever,’ according to this proud native New Yorker
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Trump says he'll send feds if NYC can't stop bloodshed
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Junk-Muni Boom Sets Up Historic Distress for Billions of Debt
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DOJ Charges Puerto Rico Legislator and Family in Alleged Multi-Year Bribery and Kickback Scandal
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Oil/Gas:

Oil driller Chaparral files for bankruptcy as Covid-19 crashes oil demand Chaparral Energy Bankruptcy Is a Microcosm of Oil Patch Woes Oklahoma City's Chaparral Energy seeks bankruptcy after reaching approval with backers Chaparral Energy Files Chapter 11, Seeks Lender Support for Restructuring Plan Chaparral Seeking Chapter 11 Protection, while Lilis Looking to Unload Permian Assets Anadarko Basin Player Files Chapter 11
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Judge Jones Denies Debtors’ Motion to Disband Royalty Committee; Directs US Trustee to Reconstitute Committee With Parties ‘Who Need a Voice in the Process’
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Oil Rises to Five-Month High on Signals of Economic Recovery
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Whiting Petroleum CEO Holly to Get $2.5 Million Severance Pay
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Trump administration finalizes drilling plan for Alaska Arctic refuge
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U.S. oil-and-gas drilling continues to decline
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The oil industry faces deepening uncertainty
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Is This The Beginning Of The End Of Oil & Gas Exploration?
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Oil Prices Surge Alongside Equities
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Retailing:

Barneys’ savior Authentic Brands has about $1 billion to buy more weak retailers
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U.S. Retail Sales Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
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Signs Of Recovery In Retail Sectors Amid The Pandemic
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Stage Stores to liquidate Without a deal, Stage Stores heads for liquidation
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Remember Payless? Shoe seller is back and opening its first US store in November Payless Shoes Is Back in Business
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Modell’s Sporting Goods’ assets acquired; to live online
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Could Kohl's Survive a Second Wave of COVID-19 Closures?
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How the CEO of Authentic Brands Intends to Grow His Retail Empire
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When the mall owns the retailer
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Walmart quarterly results crush estimates, as e-commerce sales jump 97%
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Personal Finance:

Still waiting on stimulus check money? Take action before these two deadlines
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Travel:

COVID-19 could eliminate 197 million travel industry jobs and wipe $5.5 trillion from the global GDP, a trade group warns
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Florida Takes Historic Tourism Hit As Visitor Count Plunges 60% In Second Quarter
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Vacation shaming travels far and fast
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Here’s what happened when the world’s most popular islands let tourists back in
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Bankruptcy abuse not public corruption foils ex-Gary City Hall official
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Sports:

Bubbles strip top seeds of home-team advantage as playoffs begin
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Where college football stands around the country
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The eerie surreality of sports in the Covid-19 bubble
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College Football’s Fractured Landscape Keeps Lawyers Busy
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College Football Looks to Mega-Donors to Help Bail Out Athletics
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Nursing Homes:

Nursing Homes to Get 7 Million N95 Masks From Federal Stockpile
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U.S. Nursing Homes See Alarming Spike In Covid-19 Cases
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Student Debt:

Congress Has a Chance to Fix the Student-Loan Mess
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Proposal: Cancel $1 Trillion Of Student Loan Debt And Suspend Student Loan Payments Until December 31, 2021
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Coal:

Coal’s Days May Be Over in the U.S.
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Top Central Appalachian mines reel back output 25% in Q2'20
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Glass:

Bankrupt Libbey Glass Moves to Reject Union Contracts, Cut Pay Libbey Lenders to Provide $150MM Exit Financing in Amended Plan of Reorganization
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Religion:

Detroit priest denies abuse, gets $125K in lawsuit deal
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Fitness:

Most Americans plan to continue at-home workouts even once gyms fully reopen
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Utilities:

California governor demands probe of power blackouts California Expresses Frustration as Blackouts Enter 4th Day
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3.3 million California homes could lose power, grid operator says
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Householder case complicates bankruptcy reorganization of former FirstEnergy unit
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US Leads Developed World in Power Outages
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Circuses:

Quebec Fund Lost $75 Million in Four Months With Cirque Deal
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Cirque du Soleil Lenders Lead Bidding for Firm, Shutting Out TPG
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Corporate Reform:

California Proposes Financial Watchdog Agency
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Fraud:

Prosecutors Slam 'Fully Complicit' Lori Loughlin, 'More Active' Schemer Mossimo Giannulli in Sentencing Memo
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Gambling:

Cellphone Data Shows How Las Vegas Is “Gambling With Lives” Across the Country
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Insurance:

‘It’s a huge decision’: Judge hands a win to businesses demanding insurance coverage for lost income due to coronavirus
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Pharma:

Multiple states say the opioid crisis cost American economy over $2 trillion States says opioid crisis has cost them $630B since 2007
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

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Cross-Border:

The Facilitation of Cross Border Restructurings in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and The Cayman Islands
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Standing:

Pirates and Plunderers Beware: Third Circuit Clarifies Bankruptcy Standing to Allow Creditor to Sue Alleged Plunderers of Corporate Debtor
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Safe Harbors:

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Flip Clauses Protected Under Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbor
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Automatic Stay:

40,979 Reasons Not to "Press Charges" Against a Debtor in Bankruptcy
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Advisors:

Alvarez & Marsal Launches Financial Restructuring Practice in the Nordics
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Plan Confirmation:

Claims, Classes, Voting, Confirmation and the Cross-Class Cram-Down
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Aviation:

Airlines want people to believe that air travel is safe during the pandemic, but travelers are skeptical
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Clearing The Misconceptions About Government Aid To Airlines
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Departure Delayed For Airline Recovery
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JetBlue confirmed its much-anticipated London flights will be delayed — here's what we know about the planned service so far
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Trump’s Plane Nearly Hit by Small Drone on Sunday, Witnesses Say
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Ryanair slashes flights, others weigh capacity after virus surge Ryanair to cut capacity by 20% as restrictions tighten
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Aeromexico Files $1 Billion DIP Motion Apollo Commits $1B in DIP Financing for Aeromexico
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What it's like to be a flight attendant during the pandemic
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THAI rehab firm comes under fire
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Jet Airways sells property, acquires aircraft title in insolvency
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Healthcare:

West Virginia health system gets bankruptcy plan approved; has -120 days cash on hand in Q2
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NUMC's ongoing money woes
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Spokane doctors’ $191 million bankruptcy denied after judge rules they lied
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Government claims Hidalgo County EMS committed fraud, improperly obtained Paycheck Protection Program loan
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Politics slows flow of US virus funds to local public health
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Big Profits Put Insurers On Awkward Footing
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U.S cases of COVID-19 rise above 5.4 million as death toll tops 170,000
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The U.S. States With The Most Covid-19 Deaths
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Global COVID-19 Containment: Confirmed Cases, Updated Daily
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Florida, California, Arizona Show Signs of Slowing
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Woman who lost dad to virus: 'His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald Trump'
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Southeast Asia detects mutated coronavirus strain sweeping the world
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60% of Americans agree confirmed coronavirus cases are rising because of more infections, but most Republicans blame testing
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Walgreens Braces for Record Flu-Shot Season as Covid Amps Demand
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Dr. Fauci tells Americans to be mindful of these important limitations about any future coronavirus vaccine
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Most Americans won’t get doses of an ‘Operation Warp Speed’ coronavirus vaccine until months after the Trump administration’s January goal
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COVID-19 vaccine push lacks a key ingredient: Trust
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Covid-19 Is Creating a Wave of Heart Disease
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Here’s one depressing thing COVID-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu have in common
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From travel and shopping to health care, life will never be the same for people over 60— even with a vaccine
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The home front: Virus stalks nurses after they leave work
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Vaping makes teens up to 7 times more likely to catch COVID-19: study
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When are people with COVID-19 at their most contagious?
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Travis Kalanick reportedly threw a party at his Los Angeles home amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Southern California
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Education:

I'm an ER doctor and father who believes school is as essential as healthcare — and we need to extend our pandemic wartime response to get our kids safely back to school
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Wealthier parents are more likely to send their kids back to physical classrooms — here’s why
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Get Ready for a Teacher Shortage Like We’ve Never Seen Before
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Coronavirus is spreading in schools, but no one is tracking all the outbreaks
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Coronavirus forces UNC to abandon in-person classes after one week
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Alabama college students have "ongoing party" despite virus 4H AGO
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Virus clusters erupt at US universities as semester begins
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Universities ask students to play 'coronavirus police,' report peers who might have COVID-19
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Bay Area college students forced to pay rent while away for remote learning
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Another School Closes in Georgia
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Rural families without internet face tough choice on school
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Sovereigns:

G7 to consider extending debt freeze for low-income countries
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UK:

Auctioneers see surge in Covid-19 bankruptcy sales
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Insolvency statistics after months of lockdown
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Ex-Flybe shareholders eye legal action against former directors
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UK Fintech sets out survival plan for small businesses post Covid
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Fury over plan for taxpayer handouts for 'vampire' private equity firms who own troubled high street brands including Pizza Express, Prezzo and Legoland
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Depression Levels Doubled in Britain as Pandemic Swept Country
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EU:

Rethinking Priority: The Dawn of the Relative Priority Rule and a New ‘Best Interest of Creditors’ Test in the European Union
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Economic Recovery Hit by Rise in Coronavirus Cases Across Europe
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PIIGS:

Coronavirus Exposes Spain's Failings Once Again
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Canada:

Court Opinion Review: CBCA Proceedings and Stock Trading Restrictions
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Canada Home Sales Continue Surge, Rising 26% to Record in July
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Consumer confidence in Canada extends positive streak
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China:

Chinese stocks surge to a 2-year high after China's central bank announces $101 billion of fresh stimulus
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New Zealand:

New virus spike delays New Zealand’s election. It could delay the world recovery as well
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MENA:

No Israeli annexations in West Bank "for some time," Kushner says
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Bahrain, Sudan May Follow UAE In Making Peace With Israel, Minister Says
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Iran reportedly paid bounties to the Taliban to target US troops in Afghanistan
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Beirut Blast Probe Opens With Arrest Order for Port Customs Head
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Oman Downgraded by Fitch for Second Time in 2020 on Fiscal Woes
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Trump Says Moved Embassy to Jerusalem 'For the Evangelicals'
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India:

Home-buyers cannot invoke insolvency process to recover RERA awards: NCLAT
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JPMorgan Flags Populism as a Key Risk to Indian Economy, Stocks
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South Africa:

South Africa to Loosens Coronavirus Lockdown Starting Monday
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Finland:

Hannes Snellman Further Strengthens Its Restructuring & Insolvency Team
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Hong Kong:

Court calls for immediate restructuring and insolvency legislative reform
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South Korea:

Korea to Ban Worship Services, Large Gatherings in Major Flareup
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Latin America:

Latin America's Populists Are Overwhelmed by Covid-19
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Germany:

Insolvency administrators' versus directors’ liability
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Thailand:

Thailand’s success in containing the coronavirus may not help its economy much
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Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwe’s Second City Halts Running Water as Crisis Deepens
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Argentina:

Government files official debt offer with SEC, extends deadline Creditors support Argentina's amended bond restructuring filing to SEC
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