February _, 2020

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Law:

Lawyering From A Pandemic
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Baker McKenzie shuts London office after suspected coronavirus outbreak
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More Big Law Firms Respond as the Coronavirus Continues to Spread Globally
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Coronavirus Fears Prompt Biglaw Firms To Limit Travel, Reschedule Retreats To Protect Partners
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Coronavirus Crisis Management
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Cole Schotz Further Expands National Bankruptcy Practice with Addition in Delaware
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Latham Promotes Bankruptcy Counsel To Partner
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Can law firms really improve their marketing for free?
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Chicago Rabbi Advances Fraud Claim Against Cozen O’Connor
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Chasing High-End Work, Vinson & Elkins Sees Profits Soar in 2019
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Lawyer who gave up law practice 50 years ago has new legal career at 82
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Lawrence Wallace, Supreme Court advocate with a famous footnote, dies at 88
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Hold Onto Your Knickers: Biglaw Partner Said ‘Damn’ At The Supreme Court
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Dentons Middle East partner accused of secretly using Syrian refugee to translate documents
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UK: Law firms with the best culture: revealed • 'Wannabe royals' and 'irredeemable shaggers': firms with mid-rated culture • The four firms with the worst culture, as voted by their lawyers
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Ex-partner fights back with appeal against fine for drunk sex incident
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When The Bar Exam Takes 3 Days…
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Tips For Generating Business While Waiting On A Long Line
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New database aims to expose companies that make employees arbitrate sexual harassment claims
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Wet Ink and Paper Retention Requirements are Flawed: Technology Can Fix That
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Four Lawmakers Vote Against House Bill to Make Lynching Federal Hate Crime, Cite 'Government Overreach'
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Rudy Giuliani Is Sad That He’s Running Out Of Friends Because Of Donald Trump
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Former U.S. prosecutors call on new head to assert independence from Barr, Trump
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Russian Firm Fighting Mueller Charges Faces Contempt Order
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Why Trump Can't Pardon Stone • Legal Scholars: Argument That Trump Can't Pardon Roger Stone Is Wrong
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Federal appeals court rules tech platforms can censor content
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Applying For A Green Card Will Now Make It Harder To Get A Green Card
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District of Columbia seeks to ban 'ghost gun' kits as seizures of homemade weapons soar
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Placido Domingo Dials Back #MeToo Apology as European Venues Consider Whether to Cancel Concerts
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Someone Stole and Crashed a Hearse Carrying a Dead Body: Deputies
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Man Allegedly Killed 91-Year-Old Mom with a Sledgehammer, Provided Chilling Explanation
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Man Gets Life for Kidnapping Step Daughter
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Meet the Big Law Marathoners Vying for the Olympics at This Weekend's Trials
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Judges:

Coronavirus Combat Plans Drawn Up by U.S. Courts
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Will the Supreme Court Remake America?
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Roberts Faces Moment of Truth on Abortion Issue at Supreme Court
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Sanction: Dallas Judge's Law License Suspended 5 Times While on the Bench
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Judge who admitted sending N-word texts should resign, Louisiana governor says • A judge resigns after using the n-word in texts that she says the public was never meant to see
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Judge is reassigned after video shows her forcing child into lockup
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Trump attacked the Supreme Court again. Here are 4 things to know.
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Chemerinsky: Religion comes to the Supreme Court
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Misunderstood Second Circuit Judge Forced To Amend His Decision
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock Futures Extend Losses After Slump in China Market
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'The panic mode is full on': Stocks plunge again as fears mount of a coronavirus pandemic
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Coronavirus Wipes $5 Trillion Off Global Stocks As It Spreads To New Countries
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Southeast Asia Sees Heaviest Losses in Coronavirus Sell-Off
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Panic Selling Sparks Worst Week For Asian Bonds Since 2014
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European Stocks Head For Worst Week Since 2008 on Virus Woes
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India Stocks Plunge as Concerns Grow Over Virus Impact
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Stocks fall 4% as sell-off worsens • Dow falls 1,191 points -- the most in history • U.S. markets drop into correction territory, extending brutal week of losses • We Just Witnessed The Fastest Stock Market Correction on Record • 500 Points in 45 Minutes: Dow Close Runs Street Ragged
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JPMorgan Issues Global Travel Curbs to Protect Against Virus
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As Rout Gets Nasty, Traders Hunt for Signs of Where It Will End
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Trump Blames Democrats for Drop in Stocks
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Fear Gauge Climbs Past Levels Last Seen When Bear Market Loomed
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The massive decline in the S&P 500 is probably already overdone
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Stock market’s 6-day drop flirts with fastest slide into correction territory since 2008
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Dow's tumble on track to achieve first key Fibonacci retracement target
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These stocks have been crushed since the coronavirus began to take down the U.S. market
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Consumer-facing companies will be the first hit if the coronavirus spreads across the U.S.
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Trump talks about the stock market, and gets 1 out of 3 points right
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Wait for these signals to buy coronavirus-battered stocks, says BNY Mellon strategist
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Layoffs:

Safran to cut 2,130 jobs over 737 MAX crisis
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Bed Bath & Beyond to cut 500 jobs, or 10% of its corporate workforce
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Windhaven Insurance cuts 131 jobs, closes Dallas and Austin offices
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Is Go Grocery a game changer for Amazon?
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Personal Finance:

I put off retirement savings until I paid off my student loans, and now I regret that decision for 4 reasons
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Climate:

Why is humanity so reluctant to save itself from climate change?
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Climate Change: 10 Common Myths
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Uber and Lyft's rise may be fueling climate change
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Citi appoints new global head of crisis risk management and climate risk
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Education:

Betsy DeVos orders probe after USA TODAY finds college evidently without faculty, students
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DeVos’ Proposed New Rules Would Allow Religion-Based Discrimination By Student Groups
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Travel:

A passenger's battery charger exploded on a United flight, forcing an emergency landing
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Family kicked off flight after passengers complained coughing girl could have coronavirus
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Should I Cancel My Trip Because Of Coronavirus?
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Sports:

Grappling With Coronavirus, Tokyo Olympic Leaders Have No Good Options • IOC Must Consider Canceling Or Postponing Tokyo Olympics Due To Coronavirus • Could coronavirus cancel the Olympics? 'This is not a manufactured crisis' • Dawn Staley addresses possible cancellation of 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo • With Japan caught out by Covid-19, the Tokyo Olympics will be a challenge • Canceled Olympics Would Jolt Japan’s Financial System: BNP Paribas • Coronavirus May Cancel Tokyo Olympics; That Could Be A Good Thing
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Cannabis:

Cannabis Businesses Can’t File For Bankruptcy When They Fail
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Cannabis Power Brokers Tackle Five Pressing Insurance Questions
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Coal:

Coal bankruptcies shifted $865M in disability liabilities to taxpayers, report shows
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Food/Beverage:

An unfortunate running list of food companies that have declared bankruptcy in 2020
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Environmental:

America's Worst Super Polluters
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Taxis:

Some Uber drivers are refusing to pick up airport passengers because of coronavirus fears
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Student Debt:

Big Hurdle for Sanders’ Plan to Cancel Student Debt
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Economy:

Trump and his economic officials are scrambling to downplay the coronavirus in an attempt to boost the stock market
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There’s not a lot the Fed can do about a coronavirus recession
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In another sign of a dovish shift, Fed signals comfort with inflation overshoot
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Fed Is Losing Its Credibility to Coronavirus
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Treasury Two-Year Yield Drops to Lowest Since 2016 on Haven Bid
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Fed GDPNow latest estimate: 2.7 percent
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Evans Says Premature to Consider Fed Action on Coronavirus Scare
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Financial pain deepens as nearly 60 countries report virus
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Traders Send Warning to Central Banks That Virus Pain Is No Blip
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The Four-Stage Impacts of the Coronavirus
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The growing coronavirus recession threat • Markets Are Pricing in a Coronavirus Recession
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Coronavirus Fallout Spreads to Manufacturers in U.S. Heartland
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Republican officials are privately bracing for the possibility that a virus-hit US economy could hurt Trump in the election
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The global economy could post its worst year since the financial crisis as coronavirus weighs on already slowing growth, Bank of America says • Bank of America Says World Economy Weakest Since 2009
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Treasury note yields have never been lower. It'll make responding to a virus-driven downturn cheaper.
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Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Says Coronavirus May Be Worst Event in His Career
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Larry Kudlow Proclaims Coronavirus Epidemic Fake News, Markets Promptly Resume Tanking
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Economic damage spreads as Europe confronts coronavirus
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GOP’s Shelby Says He Could Support Shelton for Fed Board
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Stocks keep getting slammed because investors fear a ‘supply shock’ that central bankers can’t fix
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U.S. durable-goods orders fall slightly in January and now face emerging coronavirus threat
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Income Growth for Poor Declines Under Trump
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Goldman sees zero earnings growth for US companies this year because of coronavirus
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Citigroup, Goldman, JPMorgan Slash Earnings Estimates for Stocks
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Coronavirus ‘is a true black-swan event,’ sparking corrections across global markets
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Kansas City Fed: "Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Increased Modestly" in February
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Q4 GDP Unchanged at 2.1% Annual Rate • U.S. economy grew a mild 2.1% in 4th quarter, but coronavirus threatens to reduce GDP even further
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Yes, Men Can Still Support Their Families
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Seniors' Debt Has Spiked 543 Pct Over The Last Two Decades
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Increase to 219,000 • U.S. initial jobless claims climb 8,000 to 219,000
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Record low rates could exacerbate debt, housing issues
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Bank of America economist forecasts ‘gloom not doom’ for global economy
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Top Republican Wants to Stop House From Pursuing Wall Street Tax
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Aluminum smelter resurrected after Trump tariffs may close as losses mount
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Commodities Savaged in Sell-Everything Friday as Panic Spikes
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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:

Assignment of Rents and Bankruptcy
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January pending home sales jump more than expected, up 5.2% • Pending home sales rebounded 5.2% in January as low mortgage rates boost the housing sector
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in January, Lowest since 2007
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New Home Prices: Deep Dive
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Zillow Case-Shiller Forecast: House Price Gains "Back on the Gas"
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Mortgage rates fall to three-year low amid coronavirus fears — here’s why they may not hit an all-time low • Mortgage rates head back down on coronavirus fears
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Municipalities:

Former Puerto Rico bankruptcy attorney sues bankruptcy firms for illegal activities
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A 13-year-old’s death highlights Puerto Rico’s post-Maria health care crisis
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Oil/Gas:

Natural-gas futures down nearly 6% as EIA reports smaller-than-expected weekly fall in U.S. supplies
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Pemex Suffers Biggest Loss in Two Years as Output Stagnates
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Seadrill says rig market recovery slowing, debt talks continue
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Italian Giant Eni Sees Oil Peak Just Six Years Away
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Oil Price Forecasts Take A Turn For The Worst
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Oil Product Demand Growth In Asia Crashes
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Oil Prices In Freefall As Pandemic Fears Grow
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Healthcare:

What Bankruptcy Plan Means for Springfield Hospital, Health Clinics
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Springfield Hospital to settle lawsuit from former CEO
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The CDC just outlined an ominous hypothetical scenario about what could happen in the US as the coronavirus spreads. Here's what to expect. • Health Secretary Alex Azar Refuses To Guarantee Coronavirus Vaccine Would Be Affordable For All • World harshens its virus response as epidemic worsens by day • Trump: Fight virus by being a germaphobe like me • How Daily Life Could Change If Coronavirus Spreads Within The US • 14% of patients who recovered test positive again • Democrats lay out demands for coronavirus funding • 3 UC Davis roommates in isolation, 1 showing symptoms of coronavirus • Wall Street falls into correction territory as coronavirus rout intensifies • Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case • Coronavirus Crisis Seeds Chaos in Washington and on Wall Street • Trump says he can bring in coronavirus experts quickly. The experts say it is not that simple. • Key Missteps at the CDC Have Set Back Its Ability to Detect the Potential Spread of Coronavirus • Trump held up a map showing the US is the best prepared country in the world for a pandemic, but only for the rich, influential, and fully insured • 'We're definitely all going to die': Late-night hosts roast Trump's coronavirus response • Coronavirus pushes Trump to rely on experts he has long maligned • Hundreds In New York Asked To Isolate Themselves, Including 112 On Long Island, 8 In Westchester • COVID-19 case tally: 82,550 cases, 2,810 deaths • Key terms of the coronavirus outbreak, explained: From asymptomatic to zoonotic • Is the Coronavirus a Pandemic? • Coronavirus updates: California monitors 8,400 potential cases • 11 questions about the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, answered • Fear of coronavirus pandemic escalates • California coronavirus patient wasn't tested for days • Coronavirus testing widened as California case makes containment more urgent • Japan to close schools through late March to control coronavirus outbreak • Microsoft drops out of gaming conference because of coronavirus concerns • WHO official leads criticism of Trump's coronavirus response • A tour guide in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus for a 2nd time, less than a month after recovering • Clorox Stock Is Topping the S&P 500 Amid the Coronavirus Slump • BASF Braces for Possible Profit Drop on Coronavirus, Auto Slump • Germany Steps Up Quarantines to Contain Coronavirus Spread • Europe's Coronavirus Plan Is Not Enough • Starbucks says 85% of its China locations are open after coronavirus disruption • The other warning from coronavirus: Invest more in science • ‘Deep state’ conspiracy theory about the coronavirus sweeps through MAGA-world • Pence, criticized for handling of Indiana's HIV outbreak, will lead U.S. coronavirus response • The decision to put Pence in charge was made after the president told some people that the vice president didn't "have anything else to do" • Pence Picks Top U.S. AIDS Official for Coronavirus Response • Top expert on viral infections must get Pence's approval before issuing statements • U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower says • U.S. Holds Off Urging Face-Mask Use But Virus Fears Fan Sellout • Experts Share Facts on Coronavirus • Saudis Stop Pilgrimages Over Virus • Coronavirus medium-term impact manageable for container shipping • Geneva Car Show Canceled in Swiss Bid to Contain Virus Outbreak • Greece’s Food Expo Fair Moved to May Due to Coronavirus Cases • Japan Finally Hits the Panic Button Despite Its Early Front-Row View to Outbreak • Japan’s Hokkaido Declares State of Emergency as Virus Erupts • Nigeria braces as coronavirus hits megacity Lagos • Covid-19 Infects Iranian Vice President, Kills Iran Ambassador To Vatican • As Virus Spreads, Koreans Blame Refusal to Stop Chinese Visitors • U.A.E. Cancels Cycling Tour After Riders Test Positive for Virus • Seattle-area high school shuttered over coronavirus fears • Pope Francis, 83, cancels second day of engagements after being taken ill as coronavirus sweeps Italy • Dog tests positive for coronavirus and quarantined in Hong Kong ‘sparking fears pooches could spread the killer bug’
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Trump ‘shocked’ by deadliness of flu — it’s killed at least 16,000 Americans this season
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Coronavirus fears led ports to turn away a cruise ship. It was just the flu, company says.
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FactCheck: Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team? • Trump spent the past 2 years slashing the government agencies responsible for handling the coronavirus outbreak
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Americans are skipping medically necessary prescriptions because of the cost
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President Trump's coronavirus response highlights a flawed drug pricing system
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Almost half of all Americans are ‘obese’… and 1 in 10 are ‘severely overweight’
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The Places in America with the Best (and Worst) Hospitals
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Mass Torts:

Judge Berates Asbestos Case Plaintiff’s Lawyer for Late Filing
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J&J Ordered by Jury to Pay $9 Million in Talc-Cancer Case
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Religion:

Attorney for sex abuse victims says bishops often hide assets in bankruptcy cases
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How bad could U.S. Protestants’ money woes become?
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Disgraced Catholic order vows to turn page on abuse with new norms
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Agribusiness:

PUC to work with insolvent Springfield grain buyers who surrendered licenses
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Aviation:

Airlines upended with coronavirus posing '9/11-Type' travel risk
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Kenya to Lend Ailing Airline $49.5 Million, Mulls Restructuring
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South African Airways Business Rescue Process Extended
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British Airways Ditches Profit Outlook With Travel in Retreat
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Norwegian Air punished as investors' worries over virus deepen
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Delta Reduces Flights to Korea as Virus Outbreak Spreads
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Sharp Jump in China Flight Searches Suggests Virus Fear Ebbing
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Corporate Governance:

CEO Pay Growing at Unprecedented Pace
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Autos:

Troubled Aston Martin loses over £100m in 2019
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Dairy:

Owner of shuttered dairy pleads guilty in $60M fraud
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Maritime:

105 Sailings from Asia to North America and Europe Blanked in February
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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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Tax:

Tax Refund Rules in Corporate Bankruptcies are Changing
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Still The Least Dangerous Branch: Supreme Court Unanimously Rules That Federal Common Law Does Not Govern Corporate Tax Refund Distribution
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Trustees:

BK MD GA Seeks Ch. 13 Trustee
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Appeals:

Just File Your Notice of Appeal!
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Aviation:

Coronavirus is threatening to end the world air-travel boom
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Politics:

America’s crisis of trust and the one candidate who gets it
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Satisfaction With U.S. Position in World Highest Since 2003
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What the coronavirus means for Trump's presidency
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Pelosi: Stock market’s plunge is ‘disturbing,’ Trump ‘silly’ to pin fall on Democratic debate
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When the Billionaire Family Behind the Opioid Crisis Needed PR Help, They Turned to Mike Bloomberg
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Are Sanders, Buttigieg, Warren and Biden religious? It depends on your politics.
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Seeking a Sanders alternative but lukewarm on Super Tuesday choices
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Ahead of Super Tuesday, thousands attend Bernie rally in Richmond gym
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Precedent suggests Trump will win U.S. election: Carlyle founder
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Sanders Proposes Curbing Tax Break for Executive Retirement Perk, Using Money For Worker Pensions
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Michael Bloomberg Releases More Health Details and Asks Same of Bernie Sanders
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This is the ‘despicable’ ad that caused Obama to send a cease-and-desist letter to a group of Trump supporters
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Betsy DeVos gets snippy — but can’t even answer basic questions before Congress
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Poll shows Americans are not optimistic about how political leaders are chosen
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Bernie Sanders' image as a left-wing purist belied by record of compromise
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Dozens Of Democratic Superdelegates Oppose Nominating Sanders If He Falls Short of Majority Delegates, Report Says
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Immigrants Will Make up 1 in 10 Americans Eligible to Vote in 2020 Election, Study Finds
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Surging Sanders shows few signs of making nice with fellow Democrats
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Biden Needs South Carolina Blowout to Keep His Candidacy Alive
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'I can't even': Emails reveal EPA officials' reaction to Trump rant on toilets, showers
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NYT reporter reveals the stunning reason Trump believed coronavirus would disappear next month - he didn't understand his briefings
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Trump's Hysterical Ebola Tweets From When Obama Was President Come Back to Haunt Him After He Plays Down Coronavirus Fears
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What Trump should have said about coronavirus
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Faith in government plummets around the world
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Ukraine court forces probe into Biden role in firing of prosecutor Viktor Shokin
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23 Year Old College Grad Now a Senior Official
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Ad spending on 2020 primary tops $1 billion
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Distressed Investing:

Junk-bond issuance stops ‘dead in its tracks’ on coronavirus fears
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Investors Pull Most From Junk-Bond Funds Since November 2017
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Fraud:

Lori Loughlin's attorneys say new evidence proves innocence; trial set for October • Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli’s lawyer claims FBI directed college admissions scandal mastermind to lie
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Parents Swept Up in College Scandal Face Trials Starting Oct. 5
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What Happened to the Students Caught Up in the College Admissions Scandal?
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SEC Accuses Private Equity Guy/Church Elder With Violating Third, Seventh, Eighth And Tenth Commandments
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Retailing:

Bankruptcy judge OKs Lucky’s store sales procedure
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Can Rite Aid Still Avert Bankruptcy?
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Sycamore Gets $1 Billion In Deal That Amazed Street
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Aurelius Renews Feud Over Sycamore’s Nine West Payday
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Modell’s Sporting Goods Negotiates to Save Two New York Stores
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Stage Stores Reportedly Closing 60 Doors, Laying Off Staff as Chapter 11 Rumors Heat Up
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JC Penney expects sales declines to continue in 2020, more store closures ahead
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Target Raised Wages, Cut Hours, Doubled the Workload
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Utilities:

With tax liability, nuclear refueling issues settled, FirstEnergy Solutions to exit bankruptcy • FirstEnergy Solutions emerges from bankruptcy, becomes Energy Harbor • Perry Nuclear Power Plant owner emerges from bankruptcy
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There’s a better way out of the PG&E bankruptcy
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Calif. PUC law judge imposes more than $2.1B in penalties on PG&E utility • PG&E Fined $2.1B in CPUC's Largest-Ever Penalty
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Movies:

The spread of coronavirus is shuttering film sets and closing movie theaters overseas
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UK:

Johnson threatens to walk away if Europe doesn't meet his demands in trade talks • Johnson’s Brexit Threat Comes With Heavy Cost for Economy
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Virus Threat Overshadows Boris Johnson’s Post-Vote U.K. Economy Bounce
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Deadly coronavirus could infect 80 per cent of Brits and kill 500,000 in ‘worst case scenario’, document reveals
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Five Big Sticking Points in Britain’s Trade Talks With the EU
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Court rules London Heathrow runway plan would violate climate change commitments
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EU:

Lagarde Says Coronavirus Doesn’t Yet Require ECB Policy Response
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ECB Paper Finds Timing Matters in Fiscal Spree by Indebted State
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Canada:

Canada has been providing security to Harry and Meghan - but will cut them off in the 'coming weeks'
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Judge undoes $2 sale of Drabinsky home as effort to thwart creditors • Drabinsky transferred house title to dodge creditors, court finds
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India:

India’s Fragile Economic Rebound Faces New Risk From Coronavirus
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Coronavirus Spread Puts Densely Populated India on High Alert
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India Considers Offering Loans for Telecoms Owing $13 Billion in Past Dues
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Australia:

How to catch a phoenix: new laws to combat illegal phoenixing
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Australia Flags ‘Targeted’ Stimulus as Coronavirus Hits Economy
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China:

China Makes Bad Loans Disappear as Virus Pummels Banking System
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Coronavirus Shows Scale of Task to Fix China’s Flawed Healthcare
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China’s Amassing a Commodity Mountain That Risks Crushing Prices
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Chinese Firms Seek Bridge Loans to Ease Bond Repayment Pressure
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Germany:

Germany Mulls Stimulus Measures to Offset Coronavirus Impact • Virus Puts German Growth Forecast at Risk, Says ECB’s Weidmann
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Singapore:

Collapse of Singapore commodity firm leaves lenders exposed
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Singapore Ministers to Take One-Month Pay Cut on Virus
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Hong Kong:

Virus drags down loan growth, asset quality at HK banks
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Argentina:

IMF mission will visit Argentina to discuss 'next steps'
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