Law:
Biglaw Firm Touts Successful Year, But Doesn’t Thank Associates With Special Bonuses
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Associate Compensation Scorecard: Biglaw’s 2020 Bonus Bonanza
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How Many Partners Will Take a Comp Hit in 2020?
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5 Practices That Could Drive Big Law in 2021
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Biglaw Back To Work: When Will Your Law Firm Reopen?
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Legal Tech Isn't Ready to Say a Final 'Good-Bye' to Offices
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What will the post-pandemic life of a lawyer look like?
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CDC Says Lawyers and Judges A Priority For Coronavirus Vaccine
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Diploma Privilege Award Counts as Bar Passage, ABA Says
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So Not Ho, Ho, Ho For Bar Exam Takers
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Black Male Legal Group Challenges Industry on Representation
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Chicago Attracts a Flock of Law Firms During Pandemic
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Dear Law Firm Of Mine…
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By the Numbers: 12 Legal Chief Jobs Up for Grabs in 2021
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ATL Holiday Card Contest: The Finalists! (2020)
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UK: Cheating revealed in foreign lawyers' exam
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Some data on law school-specific debt load disparities between men and women
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Trump Issues Another 26 Pardons: Stone, Manafort, Kushner's Dad • Christmastime for Trumpland convicts • GOP Sen. Ben Sasse on Trump pardons: "Rotten to the core" • California's Conservatives Rebuke Trump Pardon of Duncan Hunter • Pardoning elected officials sends the wrong message • Trump wields pardon power as political weapon, rewarding loyalists and undermining prosecutors • Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump Could Face Charges For Pardons, His ‘Final Act of Obstruction of Justice’
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Can Donald Trump pardon himself? The raging political debate goes on
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A Pardoned Roger Stone Threatens to Sue All
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Trump Pardons Won’t Shield Lawyers Disciplined for Ethics
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Former Skadden associate is among 20 people granted clemency by Trump
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Legal Experts Destroy Wishful Thinking That Trump’s Pardons May Be Invalidated
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Toomey: Trump Goes Too Far with Pardons
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Autopsy of Powell's Kraken Lawsuits
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In a ‘Kraken’ Christmas Carol, a Secret Sidney Powell Witness's Yuletide Fraud Case Haunts Her Three Years Later
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President Trump Seeks Dismissal of Fraud Lawsuit Filed by His Niece, Says It’s ‘Laden with Conspiracy Theories’
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Trump attorneys risk disciplinary action over wave of election suits
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New Trump Setback in Wisconsin Court Case
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Chief Justice Decries ‘Threats of Actual or Proposed Violence’ After Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Against Trump
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Flynn's Martial Law Plot Might be Illegal
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Cohen: Mounting Evidence Against Trump
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7th Circuit Delivers Donald Trump A Christmas Eve Election Lawsuit Loss
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Dominion Voting warns conservative media outlets defamation lawsuits are imminent
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Attorney General Barr departs Justice Department • One His Way Out Barr Exonerates Brennan
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Pro-Trump Lawyer Goes Off the Deep End
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Trump Fails at DOJ and Supreme Court
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With less than a month left in office, Trump lashes out at 'totally incompetent' Supreme Court for refusing to overturn his election loss
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How real is the threat of prosecution for Donald Trump post-presidency?
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M&A deals come roaring back as executives plot post-COVID future
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Widespread outages continue in Tennessee following blast • FBI 'identifies person of interest' in Nashville bombing and 'raids home where RV was parked' • Person of interest identified in connection to Nashville blast • FAA shuts down air space over Nashville after bombing and military warns the U.S. government will use 'deadly force' against any aircraft that enters as FBI hunts attacker • Nashville Explosion Knocks Communications Offline • Investigators believe the Nashville blast was a suspected suicide bombing. Human remains found at the explosion site, reports say • FBI agents investigating if 5G paranoia was behind Nashville bombing • Mother, 29, given TWO free homes worth $409K by 'Nashville bomber', 63, says she had no idea he signed property over to her a month ago - as feds probe if he blew himself up at AT&T building because he feared 5G is spying on Americans • Nashville Bomber: Oddball Scared of 5G • Police at Nashville blast credit divine intervention, say RV played "Downtown" before exploding • Here’s What We Know About Anthony Quinn Warner • Anthony Warner Was Nashville Bomber And Died In Blast, Law Enforcement Say • Nashville Bomber Claimed He Had Cancer • LA Entertainment Exec Tied to Bomber • TN: Copycat Fake Bomber Arrested
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Judge dismisses Nunes's defamation suit against Washington Post
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Most Federal Executions Since World War II • Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree
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Cop shot unarmed black man within 10 seconds of encounter, bodycam video shows
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IL: Cops in Botched Raid Has Prior Complaints
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Police Solving Fewer Murders During Pandemic
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3 people killed, 3 injured in random shooting at Illinois bowling alley: Police • Illinois Bowling Alley Shooting: Police Identify Man Who Allegedly Opened Fire in 'Random Act' • Military member arrested in Illinois bowling alley shooting: Police • Green Beret Kills 3, Wounds 3 at Bowling Alley
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Man Wearing 'Rubberized' Trump Mask, White Beard and Santa Hat Shot Brother-In-Law: Authorities
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The truth in Black and white: An apology from The Kansas City Star
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Delivery men say they were abducted, robbed of packages in Maryland
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He was arrested for marijuana 17 years ago. Now it’s legal. So why is he still guilty of a crime?
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Judge nixes courtroom portraits mostly portraying white judges before Black defendant’s trial
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Bill Gross Loses, Playing Of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Muted By Judge
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Judges Are Locking Up Children for Noncriminal Offenses Like Repeatedly Disobeying Their Parents and Skipping School
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Lawyer has filed nearly 100 consumer lawsuits over vanilla labeling
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Judges:
Trump made lasting impact on federal courts
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Trump Rails Against His SCOTUS Nominees
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Legal Giant — and a Nurturing Aunt
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Remote SCOTUS Arguments Produce Some Notable 2020 Moments
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The past, present and future of court packing
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Do Supreme Court Justices Get More Liberal As They Age?
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More Stress, Coping With Loss: Pandemic Exacts Toll on Judges
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Wall Street:
Dow futures rise more than 100 points as Wall Street enters last week of 2020
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Asian markets gain after Trump signs stimulus bill • European stocks and U.S. equity futures trade higher as investors welcome U.S. stimulus package and Brexit deal
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Wall Street closes with a modest gains on Brexit deal, stimulus hopes
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Market Edges Toward Euphoria, Despite Pandemic’s Toll
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Goldman Revs Up Legal Machine to Take On Main Street Borrowers
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Investors Double Down on Stocks, Pushing Margin Debt to Record
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Climate:
States and companies are now hotbeds of climate action
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More than 57,000 U.S. wildfires scorched 10.3 million acres in 2020
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2 months after hurricanes, Louisiana residents still hurting
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Non-Profits:
New Covid relief bill boosts tax breaks for charitable giving in 2021
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Religious nonprofits scramble to get enough donations to match the surge in community needs
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Skiing:
‘Stay Alive and Survive’: Ski Resorts Brace for a Pandemic Season
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Healthcare
A Wisconsin hospital promised to stop suing most patients during the pandemic. Then it filed 200 lawsuits.
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Provider Groups, Hospitals File Motion To Stop CMS From Enforcing Price Transparency Rule
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20 Million Doses Made, Only 1 Million Are Vaccinated
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U.S. coronavirus cases have topped 19 million
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100,000 Hospitalized 26 Days in a Row
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How we can encourage people to wear masks — for others’ sake
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California becomes first state to surpass 2 million coronavirus cases
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Southern California’s Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, and It May Get Worse
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California now has the worst COVID-19 spread in US
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Nurses Celebrating Covid-19 Vaccines Battle Social Media Scorn
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Nurses Demonstrate Outside OC Hospitals As COVID Crisis Worsens
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Tennessee is now 'ground zero' for the surge in COVID-19 cases
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A field hospital prepares for the pandemic's worst
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America the overprivileged
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The CDC issued new guidance about the COVID-19 vaccine for people with underlying medical conditions
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How quickly the US lost 1 in 1,000 Americans to Covid-19
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Dark days: Experts fear the holidays will fuel the US crisis • Fauci warns of post-Christmas surge in Covid infections • A new post-Christmas COVID-19 surge as holidays create 'viral wildfire'
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Down to 17 ICU beds, Dallas County posts record 2,512 coronavirus cases and — yet again — 30 deaths
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December Is Now the Deadliest Month of the Pandemic • December is the deadliest month in the US since the coronavirus pandemic began -- and projections for January are 'nightmarish,' expert says
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Nurses fear people 'just don't care'
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Hospital ICUs are filling up. It’s even worse than it sounds.
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 80 million
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How many people have to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reach herd immunity? ‘The faster we do it, the faster we get back to life’ • NYT: Fauci acknowledges moving goalposts on herd immunity from COVID-19
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Nearly 4 in 10 Americans do not want to take the Covid vaccine. HHS is planning to spend $250 million to convince the U.S. it is safe • Anthony Fauci Reveals His Biggest COVID Vaccine Fear
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New York State Probes Possibly Fraudulently Obtained Vaccines • Brooklyn clinics face criminal probe over unauthorized COVID-19 vaccines
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In very different Christmas messages, Biden discusses Covid and Trump barely makes reference
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In Christmas message curbed by Covid, pope calls on nations to share vaccines
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The drug that gives 'instant immunity' to coronavirus? UK trials new antibody therapy that can stop people who have been exposed to COVID becoming ill and it could save millions of lives across the globe
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Long COVID symptoms may include parosmia
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The challenge of 2021: Vaccinating the world
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Turkey Finds Chinese Vaccine Efficacy Rate of 91.25% in Trial
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Trump threat to veto Covid relief bill delays $9 billion in state vaccine funds
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U.K. variant of coronavirus continues global spread, despite containment efforts • Covid Mutation Worrying, Not Terrifying • New Virus Strain’s Transmissibility to Cause More Deaths: Study • Super-infectious mutant strain of coronavirus is 'more likely to affect children', claims study • New coronavirus variant reaches Canada, Japan and several EU countries
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Churches hold scaled-back, online services for Christmas
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Pompeo’s Wife Tested Positive for Coronavirus as Cases Spiked
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Covid 19 to Stay with Us for a Decade
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1 person went to work sick; ensuing outbreak killed 7
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Two families, two pandemic paths: Each day, dozens of Covid decisions take toll
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WHO chief warns coronavirus crisis "will not be the last pandemic"
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How misinformation is distorting COVID policies and behaviors
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Hiding Covid-19: How The Trump Administration Suppresses Photography of The Pandemic
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US Overdose Deaths About to Break Record
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Movie Theaters:
Small cinemas celebrate aid; large chains out in cold
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For movie theaters, the coronavirus stimulus bill is a tale of two industries
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COVID threatens 'the cultural water cooler' of small movie theaters. Will they survive a slow holiday season?
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ earns just $16.7 million in theaters, but that’s still best box-office debut of pandemic
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Coal:
New Campbell County Attorney Vows To Go After Former Blackjewel CEO Jeff Hoops
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Holidays:
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: The Legal Edition
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Black Santa, Latino Jesus: How holiday icons are changing in 2020
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Economy:
803,000 Americans file first-time jobless claims in week before Christmas
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Not a Merry Christmas for America's Jobless
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5 charts show what the global economy looks like heading into 2021
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Pandemic Debt Feeds Bankruptcy Concerns for Zombie Companies
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Krugman: This winter’s economy won’t be as grim as feared, but what about after?
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China expected to surpass US economy in 2028: analysis
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Benefits Lapse for Millions as President Fails to Approve Stimulus • Trump just cost jobless workers one week of federal unemployment assistance after he failed to sign the relief bill by midnight on Saturday • Unemployment benefits expire for millions as Trump rages • Benefits Lapse for Millions as Trump Fails to Approve Stimulus • Millions face eviction, poverty as unemployment benefits expire with COVID-19 relief bill in limbo
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Trump Signs Stimulus Package—Here’s What It Means For You • How Trump caved on the coronavirus relief bill • Trump signs Covid relief and government funding bill days after he suggested he would block it • Trump Finally Signs The Relief Act—10 Important Things You Need To Know • Finally: Trump Signs $900 Billion Relief Bill Clearing Way For $600 Stimulus Checks And Averting Shutdown • Trump gives in, signs massive pandemic-aid bill, averting shutdown • Trump Yields on Virus Package, Signing It After Damaging Delay
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Bankruptcy Implications of New COVID-19 Legislation
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GOP Sen. Toomey: Trump will be "remembered for chaos" if he doesn't sign COVID relief bill • Sanders Calls Trump's Stimulus Hold Up 'Cruel,' Urges Him To Sign Bill 'Immediately' Amid Looming Shutdown
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Aid Holdup Threatens Another Blow for Already-Shaky U.S. Economy
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House Republicans reject Trump-backed $2,000 COVID relief proposal • Coronavirus aid at risk as U.S. lawmakers block Trump's changes • Factbox: Now what happens to the $892 billion COVID aid bill? Here are three options • Congress sends Covid relief bill to Trump, but it’s not clear whether he will sign it • Millions set to lose jobless benefits amid Trump standoff with Congress • Trump again calls for $2,000 checks as Covid aid bill remains in flux • Expanded unemployment benefits set to lapse with relief bill in limbo • Lindsey Graham says Trump is 'more determined than ever' to secure $2,000 checks as COVID-19 relief bill lingers in limbo • Trump’s demand for $2,000 stimulus checks is blocked by his own party • Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance • Summers Comes Out Against $2,000 Stimulus • Biden pushes Trump to sign COVID-19 bill: 'It needs to be signed into law now' • Biden Warns Of 'Devastating Consequences' Of Trump Block On Pandemic Relief • ‘Complete c----------’: Trump leaves Washington in limbo • Congress scrambles to avert shutdown after Trump’s stimulus demands • Pelosi sets new vote as GOP foils move on Trump's US$2,000 checks
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Biden faces fight with Congress for more coronavirus relief
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Is $300 unemployment boost a work disincentive? Covid relief bill hints at worry
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New fiscal support will set up an economic boom in the second half of 2021, Evercore analysts say
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For corrosive inequality, look to the upper middle class
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Income inequality growing faster than ever due to COVID
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The neediest holiday season
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Food banks sound alarm on child hunger as Covid crisis drags on
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San Antonio Food Bank Doubled Service In 2020
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U.S. Comfort Gauge for Economy Posts Steepest Slide Since April
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US consumers end 2020 with economic sentiment well below pre-pandemic levels
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20 everyday things that’ll disappear in the next 20 years
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2020 was bad — but not nearly the worst
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Surging virus, plummeting temperatures challenge shelters
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Texas Still Has $2Bn in Covid Relief Funds - Must Be Spent By 12/30
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Galveston is Shutting Down Again
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As pandemic forced workers home, shoe repair stores lose nearly all their business
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The coming tech-driven productivity leap
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Don't expect rates to rise, and inflation will also stay low, economists say
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Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends
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Vaccines could unleash a hobbled US economy and spur job growth in 2021. But risks loom.
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Some are itching to work somewhere other than home; others love it
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Consumer Brands Bet Working From Home Is Here to Stay
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A Data-Driven End to Capitalism as We Know It
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A Very COVID Christmas: The Pandemic’s Impact on Festive Spending
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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:
The Real Estate Collapse of 2020
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Millions of Renters Are Fighting to Stay Housed as Evictions Near
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Texas Extends Eviction Relief Program
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Most Malls in the US May Vanish
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop to Record-Low 2.66% for 30-Year Loans
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N.Y. state set to pass protections for renters, property owners
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The good, the bad, and the likely for housing in 2021
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Why new home sales are finally moderating
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FHFA extends multifamily forbearance through March 31
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Rental Eviction Crisis Will Test Joe Biden as His Presidency Begins
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Municipalities:
Court rejects Puerto Rico governor suits against Oversight Board
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Puerto Rico oversight board prevails in latest dispute over local statutes
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De Blasio’s ‘gift’ to next mayor: An insolvent city • New York City’s Budget Faces $2 Billion Risks, State Comptroller Says
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Fitch hands negative outlooks to Los Angeles, Long Beach
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This Is The Worst Run State In America
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Cities where people are struggling the most financially
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Why Should We Ever Return to Living and Working So Close Together?
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Oil/Gas:
MD America Energy Completes Financial Restructuring; Successfully Emerges from Chapter 11 with Strengthened Capital Structure and Enhanced Liquidity
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North Dakota’s shale prospects look bleak after the gold rush
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2020 Year In Review: 10 Trends That Reshaped The Oil & Gas Industry
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Japan to eliminate gas-powered cars as part of "green growth plan"
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Evolving Texas grid marks beginning of the end for fossil fuel electricity
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Texas Fracking Billionaires Drew Covid-19 Aid While Investing in Rivals
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The Very Real Possibility Of Peak Oil Supply
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How tough will Joe Biden be on the US shale industry?
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Maritime:
Pacific Drilling Set to Exit Bankruptcy Without Bond Debt
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Fraud:
Poultry Farms in Apartment 13D Show Scale of Pandemic-Aid Fraud
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Retailing:
In Memoriam - A Look At 6 Department Stores That Closed Their Doors In 2020
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This Retailer Closed 1,000 Stores In 2020
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Francesca's Holdings: Might Not Be A Zero
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Biggest Retail Bankruptcies Of 2020: A Complete List Of Bankrupt Retailers
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Americans focused on nesting during the coronavirus pandemic help lift US holiday shopping sales
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U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Rose 3%, Driven by Online Shoppers
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Pharma:
Purdue Creditors Zero In on Sackler Messages From a Decade Ago
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Coronavirus stalls long-awaited day in court for historic opioid lawsuit
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Politics:
Officials Find Few Real Cases of Voter Fraud • Trump’s Fraud Claims Died in Court, but the Myth of Stolen Elections Lives On • GOP's Fake Fraud Cases Excuse for Restrictions
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Texas Doubles Time Spent on Voter Fraud Cases With Few Results
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Trump's presidential legacy, by the numbers
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As Trump leaves office, 50% of Americans say he'll be seen as 'failed' president
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Vacationing Trump Says Afghanistan Better Than United States
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Fox News host Geraldo Rivera says Trump has acted like an 'entitled frat boy' by complaining about 'voter fraud' since his election loss and leaving the COVID bill in limbo • Trump fans freak out on Geraldo Rivera after he calls the president an 'entitled frat boy' who needs to move on
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Some in GOP to Challenge Biden Win
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Former Trump communications aide Omarosa Newman says Trump’s refusal to concede stems from ‘psychotic episode’
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Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax
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CNN's Jake Tapper and the White House's Kayleigh McEnany spar after he says she 'lies the way most people breathe'
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Trump defies Congress, vetoes $740 billion defense spending bill • Republicans in Congress Should Tell Trump Enough Is Enough
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Trump would like an airport named after him
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Trump May Back Plan to Overturn Election
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Biden says Russian-linked cyberattack started "last year"
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Pistol-packing freshmen legislators prompt Congress gun review
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Can the GOP Stop Its Descent into Madness?
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Trump puts on show of erratic behavior in final days
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Murdoch's New York Post urges Trump to accept defeat: 'You're cheering for an undemocratic coup' • The Post says: Give it up, Mr. President — for your sake and the nation’s
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Here's Why Pence Can't Overthrow Biden’s Win (Despite What Trump May Hope) • 'It will go down like a shot dog': GOP leaders warn colleagues not to challenge Biden win results on Jan 6th
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GOP Wants to Avoid Messy Trump Fight
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Trump criticizes Senate Republicans ahead of election results vote, urges a 'fight'
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Trump Moves to 'Primary' the Disloyal GOP
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Amazon hires lobbyist brother of Biden White House counselor
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State Republicans seek to reign in voting reforms after Biden's victory
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Democrats in Georgia runoff shatter quarterly Senate fundraising record
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Georgia Senate Races Near Finish With Trump a Central Player • Trump to hold rally in Georgia on eve of Senate runoff elections
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Fox News’s post-Trump identity crisis, explained by an expert
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Lindsey Graham mocked by George Will for finally caring about the debt now that a Democrat is back in power
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Five trends that will shape America in 2021
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Sports:
Rockets' James Harden fined and NBA game with Thunder postponed over coronavirus
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Cleveland Browns down four wide receivers vs. New York Jets due to COVID-19 protocols
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Penguins, valued at $650M, received $4.82M COVID loan
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Student Debt:
Forgiving Student Loans Is Not a Lasting Solution
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Year In Review: Student Loan Forgiveness Legislation
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Joe Biden Will Limit Student Loan Forgiveness
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Older People Outnumber Younger People With Student Loans, and They Owe Far, Far More
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The best way to forgive student debt is to focus on those who need it most
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Religion:
Guam: 2-year church bankruptcy racks up $4.38M legal fees
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Transit:
Public transit, essential to success of major cities, is facing a 'death spiral'
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New York and MTA must do their part, too
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For Public Transit, the Stimulus Is a Lifeline — But a Short One
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Hotels:
Hotel Receivership Case Study: 48-Hour Deployment Due to Bankruptcy
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Fitness:
What another lockdown means for January gym sales
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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)
3rd Circuit and Rutgers Present a Virtual Event: Bankruptcy Review: Important Decisions of the Last Twelve Months
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
The 10 biggest retail bankruptcies of 2020
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Virus Sparks Worst December Since 2011
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Evictions, bankruptcies were down in RI over calamitous year. But what lies ahead?
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Consumer bankruptcies at historic lows amid pandemic recession
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Small Business:
The United States Bankruptcy Court for The Central District of California Small Business Reorganization Task Force Issues its Report
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Subchapter V: Can A Plan Term Be Less Than 3 Years?
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Finance:
Florida business in bankruptcy can’t get PPP loan, appeal court rules
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Eleventh Circuit Joins Fifth in Holding that the SBA May Deny Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Debtors in Bankruptcy
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Coronavirus Relief Bill Could Complicate PPP Precedent in 11th Circuit
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Miscellaneous:
Bankruptcy Law 2020: A Look Back and What to Expect Moving Forward
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:
The Importance of Loan Underwriting When Restrictions on Bankruptcy Cannot Singlehandedly Save the Day: Sutton 58 Associates LLC v. Phillip Pivelsky, et al.
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Corporate Governance:
When The Door Hits You On The Way Out: The Southern District Of New York Warns Corporate Directors They May Be Liable For The Necessary And Foreseeable Acts Of Their Successors
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Advisers:
Cadwalader Achieves Trial Victory in Challenge to McKinsey’s Bankruptcy Practices
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Mediation:
Bad Automatic Stay Form & Violating the Spirit Of A Mediation Order (In re Nilhan)
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Bondholders:
Dealing with Bondholders in Troubled Times
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Bankruptcy Reform:
Bankruptcy Relief Provisions Contained in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
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Aviation:
TSA screens close to a pre-lockdown high of nearly 1.2 million people
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U.S. fliers less familiar with Boeing 737 MAX crashes two years on, but wary when reminded: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Holiday Surge Prompts New High for Pandemic Air Travel in U.S.
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U.S. to require people flying from the UK to test negative for Covid, CDC says
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No going back on privatization of BPCL, Air India
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Air India Pilots Threaten Strike, Protests Over 58% Salary Cut; Reject 5% Rollback
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Past savior of Japan Airlines expects old values to beat pandemic
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Thai Airways targets mid-2021 for approval of turnaround plan
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Food/Beverage:
For Many Bars, Christmas Could Be Last Call
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This Denver Bar Once Welcomed Frank Sinatra And Jack Kerouac. Now It's Closed
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Despite 'three martini' tax break, COVID-19 bill leaves struggling U.S. restaurants cold
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Bankruptcy judge gives K&W three more months to submit reorganization plan
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This chart shows how restaurant revenue has fallen, despite delivery boom
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Nursing Homes:
Surrounded by death, nursing home workers battle management and fear to protect patients
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Personal Finance:
34 brilliant questions to ask at the end of every job interview
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Education:
Biden to Reverse Betsy DeVos' Policies
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NYC Ousts 12,000 Students From In-Person Class Over Virus Test Forms
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Education changed forever in 2020
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Sovereigns:
Paris Club of creditors: Ethiopia gets debt deadline extension
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Default Story Far From Over for Virus-Hit Emerging Economies
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UK:
Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) guidance for creditors
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U.K. and EU reach historic post-Brexit trade deal • What's Really in the Brexit Deal A Brexit Deal and It's As Bad as You Thought • EU releases brutal graphic which shows full extent of how Brexit will affect UK • 4 Ways the UK Will Now be Poorer • Relief 'tainted by some sadness': world reacts to Brexit trade deal • Macron and Merkel Get the Least Bad Brexit Option Brexit: Joy and Foreboding Around World • UK Leaders: It's the Least Worst Outcome • U.K.’s Frost Sees ‘Moment of National Renewal’ on Trade Deal • Gove Says Britain, EU to Enjoy ‘Special Relationship’ With Deal • Brexit Deal Hands Business a Mix of Relief and Unwanted Change • Johnson claims Brexit victory over EU as the spin begins • Brexit trade deal sparks relief but UK market will bear scars • EU member states unanimously approve post-Brexit trade deal
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U.K. Investing Class Sounds Warning as Post-Brexit Reality Bites
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It’s Not Over: Major Issues the Brexit Deal Leaves Unresolved
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With just days to go, Britain urges business to prepare for end of Brexit transition
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Britain’s Brexit Ordeal Has Barely Even Started
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British Businesses Plead for Time to Adjust to Brexit Reality
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UK warns of 'bumpy' post-Brexit transition
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Most UK businesses have prepared for end of Brexit transition - minister
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Britons Told to Expect Disruptions from Brexit
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Johnson Sees Major Changes After Brexit Deal, Telegraph Says
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Throughout history Britain’s ruling class has created crisis after crisis – just like now
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Brexit offers Britain chance to do financial services differently -minister
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How Brexit Talks Overcame Suspicion, Resentment and Fish • UK fishing industry disappointed by Brexit deal "fudge"
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U.K. Economy Still Faces Trade Pain After Dodging No-Deal Brexit
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France Deploys Firemen to Help Truckers • British army helps clear backlog of 4,000 virus-stranded truck drivers at border
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Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases
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Brexit Deal Should Answer Concerns Over Economic Hit, Sunak Says
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U.K. Vaccines Could End Virus Lockdowns From February: Mail
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There is hope on the horizon, but high debt hangs over Britain's future
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2020: Fall of fashion brands, retailers and series of Chapter 11 bankruptcies
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EU:
EU launches coronavirus vaccine drive to inoculate 450M people
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PIIGS:
Italy enters Christmas lockdown amid signs of resurgence
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Draghi’s Capitalist Model That Recast Italy Is Running Aground
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Canada:
Paths Forward in Financially Troubled Times: A Restructuring and Insolvency Guidebook for Charities and Non-profit Organizations
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Most Canadians don't expect return to pre-COVID life until at least next fall: Survey
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Asia:
Covid resurgence in parts of Asia could threaten the region’s economic recovery
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Japan:
Japan halts foreign arrivals after reporting first case of new coronavirus variant • Japan to Ban New Entry by All Non-Nationals to Fight Coronavirus
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Tokyo Covid Cases Jump to Record 949 With City on Highest Alert
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Masks key to keeping Japan's caseload low
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Japan Considers Fines to Get Bars to Close Early Due to Virus
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Japan’s Retail Sales Resume Falling Amid Virus Resurgence
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Nikon Closes Up Shop in Japan
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MENA:
No longer in viral denial, Iran struggles
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Damac Sees UAE Property Market Recovery In Two Years, Zawya Says
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Mexico:
'We Feel Safe': Americans Keep Visiting Mexico Despite Pandemic Risks
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Belgium:
Belgium imposes second temporary statutory moratorium on creditors’ rights
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Flattening the Insolvency Curve: The Belgian Statutory Moratorium bis
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Russia:
Treatment of Secured Claims in Insolvency and Pre-Insolvency Proceedings II
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South Africa:
South Africa sees a record 14,000 new Covid cases while deaths climb pass 400 for the first time in months amid 'exponential' spread of new mutant strain now detected in Britain
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India:
Urgency to fix India’s bankruptcy code
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Five-member NCLAT Bench declines to reconsider decision on insolvency filing time frame
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Applicability of Section 18 Limitation Act to proceedings under Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code: The saga ends
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Bidding for DHFL: ‘Swiss Challenge’ idea doesn’t fly with creditors
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China:
China’s Industrial Profits Grow at Slower Pace in November
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China's Economy Set to Overtake U.S. Earlier Due to Covid Fallout
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Beijing tightens COVID-19 curbs as cases detected across capital
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China sentences citizen journalist to four years in prison for Wuhan lockdown reports • China Jails Ex-Lawyer for Four Years Over Virus Reports in Wuhan
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Germany:
German Minister Rejects Swift Easing as Death Toll Tops 30,000
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Australia:
Lockdown Extended for Sydney’s Northern Beaches as Cluster Grows
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Crowds Curbed for Sydney New Year’s Eve Fireworks as Cases Rise
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Malaysia:
Malaysia Extends Virus Curbs by Two Weeks as Cases Stay Elevated
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Venezuela:
Washington Extends Citgo Protection From Creditors
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Switzerland:
Hundreds of British holidaymakers escape from quarantine in Verbier
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