May 1, 2020

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Law:

Am Law 100 Firm Slashes Salaries, Furloughs Lawyers And Staff
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Some law firms will die without quick cuts, consultant says; which ones acted this past week?
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Squire Patton Boggs Offers Summer Associates Jobs, Nixes Program
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More firms slash working hours, pay
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Attorney: This is what we need to stave off bankruptcy 'domino effect'
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Milbank lawyer fired for fear-mongering mentoring scheme
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One Of Vault’s Best Firms In The Mid-Atlantic Is Laying Off Associates And Taking Other Steps To Cut Costs
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The In-House Gender Pay Gap Is Real
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For some law students, clinic work during COVID-19 feels more real than ever before
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Bar exam does little to ensure attorney competence, say lawyers in diploma privilege state
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The Plan To Reopen Biglaw (And The Rest Of The Legal Profession)
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Lawyering From A Pandemic (Part IV)
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The 2020 Biglaw Billion-Dollar Club
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Is a client using your legal services to commit a crime? New ethics opinion outlines your duty to inquire
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ABA Annual Meeting will be held online, Board of Governors decides
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Top Law School To Accept Students Without LSAT Or GRE Thanks To COVID-19
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To Chart a Post-Virus Litigation Timeline, Follow the Money
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Kirkland’s Nicole Washington Finds Balance
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Choosing Remote Working Technology For Your Law Firm In 2020: A How-To Guide
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See the video: BigLaw firm associate sings and raps stay-at-home hero song
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Has The Coronavirus Crisis Changed The Way Your Law Firm Manages Transactions?
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Tenth Circuit Affirms Kansas’s Kris Kobach Is NOT GREAT AT LAW
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Become Cult Hero Of Coronavirus Times In Your Community
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Roger Stone moves to appeal conviction and denial of new trial • Roger Stone bought more than 200 fake Facebook accounts, which he used to run ads defending Roger Stone • Roger Stone Begins New Battle in Legal War, Will Appeal Conviction and Sentence
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Trump Renews Criticism of Flynn Case, Signaling Possible Pardon • The new Michael Flynn documents aren’t the bombshell Trump is making them out to be • Pence Said He Doesn’t Think Michael Flynn Lied to Him, and Trump Didn't Rule Out Re-Hiring Flynn • Weeks Before Flynn’s Fateful FBI Interview, Peter Strzok Derailed Attempt to Close the Case • Two Former FBI Agents See the Handling of the Michael Flynn Interview Completely Differently • Pence says he's "more inclined to believe" Flynn unintentionally lied
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Trump Administration Considers Stripping China of Sovereign Immunity Over Coronavirus Response: Report
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Second lawmaker sues over Illinois stay-at-home order; first plaintiff won limited TRO
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Michigan’s Democratic Governor Beats Legal Challenge to Stay-at-Home Order in State Court
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Armed vigilantes stand guard outside Texas businesses to 'protect their constitutional right to open' in face of state's strict stay-at-home measures
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Man shoots mail carrier because he was upset over stimulus check, Indiana officials say
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ treatment of sexual assault hits home during COVID-19 pandemic
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Hedge Fund Sues Target Company For Being Mean To It
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Lawyer struck off for briefcase lie raises thousands for appeal
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Bonkers Law firm website: Keeping it old school
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Lawyer is charged in alleged plot to sell KN95 masks at 50% markup
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Robert Durst Defense Asks for Mistrial Because Pandemic Delayed Proceedings for Too Long
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How To Nab Suspects While Social Distancing? Police Try Giant Tongs
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Judges:

Federal Judicial Clerkship Hiring Process Revamped Due to COVID-19
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Out of pace with reality? PACER's flaws run counter to original purpose of increasing access to law
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Federal Judge Says He Can’t Order Immigration Courts to Close Over COVID-19
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Follow from Home the Supreme Court’s First Livestream Arguments
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What will change when SCOTUS hears oral arguments by phone?
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Wall Street:

U.K. stocks and U.S. futures fall as Trump threatens China with tariffs and earnings spook investors • Dow set to fall more than 400 points after best month in three decades, Amazon leading tech lower
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U.S. stocks end lower as coronavirus claims more than 30 million American jobs, trade-war fears rekindle • Wall St. caps best month in decades with broad sell-off • Dow, S&P 500 post best month since 1987
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Warren Buffett's favorite stock-market indicator hits record high, signaling a crash could be coming
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Layoffs:

Scooter startup Lime is laying off 80 more workers as coronavirus obliterates its path to profitability
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Alaska oil field service companies alert state to layoffs
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Autos:

Detroit Is Still Divided Over What It’ll Take to Make Cars Again
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Elon Musk is worried about not being able to resume production in the Bay Area, says it's a 'serious risk' to Tesla's business
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Elon Musk Eyes A $750 Million Payday
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Einhorn Questions Tesla's Accounting
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New Vehicle Sales Continue Downward Slide in April, Edmunds Forecasts
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Auto industry post Covid-19: Stewardship of cash and capital
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Hertz Is Said to Weigh Filing for Bankruptcy. Here’s What It Could Mean for Auto Stocks.
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Food/Beverage:

Food Lines a Mile Long in America’s Second-Wealthiest State
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Texas restaurant owner: We need to reopen at 100 percent or not at all
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Restaurant group says industry will collapse if reopening restrictions aren’t relaxed
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Tyson is doubling bonuses and increasing health benefits for frontline workers. At least 8 have died of coronavirus and over 1,180 have been infected.
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Trump is keeping meatpacking plants open — but employees are scared to show up for work
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Trump’s Order to Reopen Meat Plants Meets Major Pushback From Employees and Unions
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The Coming Coronavirus Meat Shortages
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Beef Prices Soar To Record High As Meatpacking Plants Shutter • Where’s the Beef?
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Chicken Emerges as Meat-Lovers’ Savior Amid Red-Meat Shortfalls
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Arizona beer distributor dumps thousands of kegs due to low demand during pandemic
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Politics:

Armed protesters entered Michigan’s state capitol during rally against stay-at-home order
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Consternation on Capitol Hill as Senate plans return next week: ‘No way to do this safely’
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Can President Trump Be Reelected In An Economy This Bad?
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As Trump spouts conspiracy theory, U.S. intelligence says coronavirus is not manmade, though it is examining Chinese lab • Trump: I've Seen Evidence Coronavirus Came from Wuhan Lab
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EU chief backs investigation into coronavirus origin and says China should be involved
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What Trump wants to signal with his coronavirus town hall at the Lincoln Memorial
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Dr. Anthony Fauci and Andrew Cuomo remain the most trusted leaders on coronavirus, while Donald Trump and Jared Kushner are the least trusted • Governors in all 50 states get better marks than Trump for COVID response • Coronavirus hero Cuomo helped create New York's disaster
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Pence threatened to punish the reporter who proved his office knowingly ignored the rule that he needed a mask to visit the Mayo Clinic
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West Point Graduates to Be in ‘Safety Bubble’ Before Trump Visit
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Election handicapper moves South Carolina Senate race from 'firm' to 'likely' Republican
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Trump is blaming Obama for leaving him with “broken tests” for a virus that didn’t exist. Yes, really. • Trump uncorks nonsensical rant about Obama failing to deliver tests for virus that didn’t exist during Obama's presidency
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Trump Responds to Reports That He ‘Threatened to Sue’ Campaign Manager Over Plummeting Poll Numbers
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Joe Biden Picks Former Senator Who Was Accused of Sexual Assault to Help Lead VP Search
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Trump says Biden should respond to Tara Reade allegations
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Biden Offering First Direct Response To Sexual Assault Allegation • Joe Biden responds to Tara Reade sexual assault allegations: ‘They aren’t true. This never happened’
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California official calls for reopening so coronavirus can kill off the old and the weak: ‘It would also free up housing’ • East Bay politician under fire for saying let coronavirus kill the elderly, weak and homeless
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Why Won’t TV News Book Tara Reade?
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Trump pollster finds strong demand for expanded absentee voting
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Obama's former adviser Valerie Jarrett talks about Trump's 'flat-footed' response to the pandemic and advocates letting more people vote early and by mail
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Next Gen Air Force One Already Over Budget
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Tech:

'What is an app?': Warren Buffett enlisted Apple CEO Tim Cook to teach him how to use his new iPhone
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Global smartphone shipments suffer worst annual decline in first quarter, IDC says
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Verizon says network usage is up 1,200% during coronavirus
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Agribusiness:

How to save small farmers from the coronavirus
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Farmers dump their fruit, flowers and milk as coronavirus disrupts life
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Museums:

This is how bad things are for museums: They now have a green light to sell off their art
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Museums prepare to reopen amid coronavirus crisis
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Pharma:

County Says Mallinckrodt Shouldn't Get Separate Opioid Trial
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2 more Ohio counties to be subject of another opioid trial
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Economy:

The Fed expands its $600 billion lending program for struggling businesses but leaves start date unannounced
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Personal Income decreased 2.0% in March, Spending decreased 7.5%
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US billionaires add $282 billion to wealth in 23 days during crisis
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Fortunes Are Made During Times Of Crisis
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Global poll: Wide support for gender equality, except when jobs are scarce
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Under Fed’s new criteria, Equifax, Nasdaq and Tiffany & Co. are ‘Main Street’ companies
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Fed chair warns of 'heartbreaking' scenario as U.S. economy suffers worst first quarter since Great Recession
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Trump's tariffs add to pandemic-induced turmoil of U.S. manufacturers
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Cramer: Serious Recession, Not a Depression
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Buffett Handling This Like Great Recession
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 3,839,000 • Another 3.8 million Americans filed for unemployment last week • States keep undercounting unemployment due to bad tech — the real numbers are even more shocking • Official Florida jobless claims rise by 326,000—most of any state • 30 million Americans have lost their jobs in 6 weeks • Over 35 Million Americans Are Now Out Of Work And Millions More Will Join Them
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Creaky unemployment systems plague jobless Americans
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Extent of Unemployment Claims Backlog Is Unclear, U.S. Labor Secretary Says
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Graham: 'Over our dead bodies' will Congress extend coronavirus unemployment benefit
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'Tip Of The Iceberg': Economy Shrinks At 4.8% Pace, But Worst Is Yet To Come
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US personal spending fell by the most on record in March as consumers stayed home
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Trump is letting his social distancing guidelines expire, but 76% of Americans support or strongly support locking down for another 2 weeks • US Federal Coronavirus Guidelines ‘Fading Out’ as Focus Turns to Reopening • After a day of armed protesters and a GOP lawsuit threat, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extends state of emergency • Reopening the economy isn't going to work if no one shows up • World on a ‘knife edge’ as coronavirus cases spike and cities shut down again after lockdowns are lifted • DC May Not Reopen for Another 3 Months, Officials Say • Most US states will begin reopening within days • There could be 22 emerging COVID-19 hotspots in small cities or rural areas in eight states that are lifting lockdown restrictions, analysis of social media coronavirus posts reveals • How to reopen the U.S. economy and keep workers safe without ‘Big Brother’ watching us • Minnesotans to get two more weeks of stay-at-home, but with new flexibility • It’s 2024, and We’re Still Stuck at Home • ‘Expect MASSIVE protests’? Gavin Newsom catches heat ahead of expected beach closures in California • 2 Orange County Cities To Challenge Calif. Gov. Newsom's Order Closing Beaches • Dr. Fauci: States Reopening Early Risk 'Really Tempting' a Coronavirus Rebound • The case for reopening America’s parks • Kemp to lift Georgia's shelter-in-place order at midnight • TX Allows High Risk People To Stay At Home , Continue Receiving Unemployment Benefits
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Just 9% of Americans say they'd resume their routine exactly as it was before if a lockdown was lifted in their state
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Bill Gates Says Virus Vaccine Could Take as Little as 9 Months • Trump Says ‘Warp Speed’ Vaccine Project Isn’t Over-Promising • Operation Warp Speed Needs to Waste Money on Vaccines • Bill Gates thinks there are 8 to 10 promising coronavirus vaccine candidates and one could be ready in as little as 9 months
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Gates says US testing data 'bogus' as results take 3 to 4 days
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In some reopening states, unemployment can pay more than lost jobs
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Trump Pursues Payroll Tax Cut as GOP, Democrats Look Elsewhere
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Offices are buying thermal cameras with facial recognition to see if employees are running a fever — and the demand for the cameras is skyrocketing as companies plan to reopen
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Man Who Made Sure Hedge Funds Wouldn’t Get Bailout Money Could Kinda Use Some Himself
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'It's not what you think it is': The government's bailout loans are failing small businesses like mine, says Farmgirl Flowers' CEO
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PPP’s Banker Versus Borrower Dilemma
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Bank of America Has 256,000 Small-Business Loan Requests for SBA
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Virus Relief Loans Meant for Small Firms Capped at $20 Million
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Quarantine frugality is different from traditional thriftiness
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The “women’s work” of the pandemic
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says company saw an ‘uptick across the board’ in late April
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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:

Rent Is Due Today, But Millions Of Americans Won't Be Paying
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Wells Fargo no longer accepting applications for home equity lines of credit
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If you’re skipping your mortgage payments, watch out for this costly mistake
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Zillow Case-Shiller March Forecast: Still Showing Increasing YoY Price Gains, Mostly Pre-Crisis
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Q1 2020 GDP Details on Residential and Commercial Real Estate
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A New York real estate agent's advice for buying or selling a home during the coronavirus crisis
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The future of commercial real estate — the weak get shaken out and the strong take over whole new markets
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Municipalities:

San Francisco Facing Steep Revenue Hit Finds Willing Bond Buyers
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Mitch McConnell’s Idea To Let States Go Bankrupt Set Off A Debate That Engulfed Washington
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NJ Governor Murphy meeting with Trump: We're asking for federal money for front-line workers, not 'a bailout'
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Without Federal Funding, Ohio Mayor Faces 'Very Painful' Cuts To Services
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Coronavirus aid can't be used as 'piggybank' for unrelated spending, GOP senators say
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It Calls Itself the Energy Capital. Now It Faces 2 ‘Horrifying’ Crises.
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These New Yorkers fleeing coronavirus vow they’ll never return
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Pelosi Sees $1 Trillion in State, Local Aid for Next Stimulus • Cornyn: $1 trillion in state and local aid a 'pretty outrageous number'
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Koch-backed group petitions Congress to say no to state bailouts
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Oil/Gas:

Litigation Risks For Energy Company Executives During Bankruptcy
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Wells Fargo shifts energy bankers to focus on bankruptcies
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Oil surges 20% amid growing signs of a global demand rebound
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Chaparral Energy: Teetering On The Edge Of Another Bankruptcy Filing
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Valaris Says Rigs May Be Idle for Up to Two Years
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The Oil Wells That Will Never Recover
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The Wave Of Shale Well Closures Has Finally Begun
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Covid-19 Set To Wipe Out $1 Trillion In Oil Production Revenues
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U.S. Oil Storage May Have Room For ‘’Several Hundred Million Barrels’’
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Are Mandatory Output Cuts The Only Way To Save U.S. Oil?
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Fed opens door for oil company loans after lobbying campaign • Fed's expanded lending program opens funding to oil and gas industry
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Shell’s Dividend Cut Shows This Time is Different for Big Oil • Why Shell Slashed Its Dividends
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Chevron says results will be ‘depressed’ as long as oil stays low, taking steps to protect dividend
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Chinese Investors Lost $1 Billion In Epic Oil Price Crash
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Energy demand is set to plummet this year as coronavirus presents the biggest shock since World War ll, IEA says
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When the Flames Go Out, the Permian’s Methane Problem Worsens
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Is The $110 Trillion Renewable Revolution Feasible?
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Sports:

LeBron James Says No One Wants to Cancel NBA Season
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Trump looks forward to Yankee Stadium reopening after coronavirus lockdown
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Healthcare:

The good and bad news about asymptomatic coronavirus cases
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How you see your doctor could be forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic
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Do lockdowns save many lives? In most places, data say no
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Top coronavirus model predicts 100,000 Americans dead by the end of this summer's first wave - as death toll passes Trump's best case scenario of 60,000 dead • While Trump was estimating that only 60,000 Americans would die from the coronavirus, the federal government ordered more than 100,000 body bags • Today's country-by-country coronavirus stats: The US and UK are stuck on a plateau, and it looks like bad times ahead for Canada and Sweden
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Why Are So Many Still Getting Sick?
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More than 1 million people around the world have recovered
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Georgia: 83% of Hospitalizations from Virus Were African Americans
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Tracking The Pandemic: How Quickly Is The Coronavirus Spreading State By State?
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US intelligence community says it concurs with the 'wide scientific consensus' that the coronavirus was not 'man-made or genetically modified'
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The coming clash over the first coronavirus vaccines
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Gilead expects to spend up to $1 billion on coronavirus drug this year, will donate 1.5 million vials
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COVID-19 patient dies after residents set ventilator too high
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Capitol physician says he doesn't have enough tests for all senators
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Children Don’t Pass Covid-19 to Adults, Report Indicates • New Reports on Virus in Kids Fuel Uncertainty on Schools
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Elizabeth Warren has a plan to end mask and medicine shortages amid the Covid-19 crisis
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How Reliable Are COVID-19 Tests? Depends Which One You Mean
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A Family Mourns The Husband And Father Who Died Alone, 3,000 Miles Away
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Utilities:

U.S. Utilities Shrug Off Virus With Help From Residential Sales
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PG&E’s Settlement With Wildfire Victims Faces Crucial Vote
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Apollo, Centerbridge Backed PG&E, Funded Loan to Firm Suing It
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Distressed Investing:

Junk-bond ETFs add most since 2015 on Fed's fallen-angel pledge
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The Fed's Support Of Junk Bonds Is Like 'Putting Lipstick On A Pig'
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Cruise Lines:

100,000 Crew Members Stranded on Cruise Ships as Cruise Lines Refuse to Agree to Pay for Repatriation Expenses
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Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line Face a Big Hiring Challenge
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Royal Caribbean threw party after coronavirus halted cruises, 1,000 crew members attended: Lawsuit
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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 (22 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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Finance:

SBA Says PPP Funds Cannot Be Loaned to DIP, but One Court Finds the Prohibition Violates 11 U.S.C. § 525(a)
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Bankrupt Cosi Loses Bid To Seek Small Business Virus Funds
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Bankruptcy Court Overrides SBA’s Prohibition Against Extending PPP Loans to Companies in Bankruptcy
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Banks seek to limit revolver usage as companies race for cash
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Advisers:

FTI’s Restructuring Advisers More in Demand Than 2008, CEO Says
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Assumption/Rejection:

9th Circuit upholds retroactive extension of Chapter 7 trustee’s assumption rights
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Avoidance Actions:

The Bankruptcies Are Coming – What Should I Be Doing To Avoid Preference Exposure?
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Criminal Bankruptcy Fraud: Will the COVID-19 Crisis Make It the New Prosecutorial Darling?
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Summary and Guidance of the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA)
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Tax:

Principal Tax Issues in Debt Restructurings
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Aviation:

Emirates, Etihad Say 85% of Airlines to Collapse Without Aid
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American Airlines And United Report Nearly $4 Billion In Combined Losses
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United Airlines says coronavirus pandemic is worst crisis ‘in the history of aviation’
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American plans to shrink, says no hubs will close: 'No way to overstate the gravity of this situation'
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Passengers Must Wear Masks On Major Airlines To Cut Spread Of Coronavirus • American, Delta, Frontier to require passengers to wear face masks • Move to ground coronavirus has airlines creating new safety rules • American, Delta, and United to require face coverings
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Air travel will never be the same after coronavirus
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Deloitte: Virgin Australia makes US chapter 15 bankruptcy filing
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Virgin Australia Staff at Risk Amid Administration Status
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Airlines are still flying crowded planes, and travelers are worried
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Ryanair, Europe’s Biggest Budget Airline, Is Cutting 3,000 Jobs To Survive The Coronavirus Crisis
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Boeing and Bond Traders Brace for Junk
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Boeing declines government funding after raising $25B in bond deal
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Video shows how a single cough can spread invisible droplets throughout a plane cabin, highlighting how exposed passengers could be to the coronavirus
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Norwegian Air's fate in balance as result of rescue vote awaited • Timeline: Norwegian Air's battle for survival • Norwegian Air makes final offer to bondholders ahead of rescue plan vote
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 62.2% Year-over-year
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Nursing Homes:

Trump Announces Panel To Look At Nursing Home Responses To Coronavirus Outbreak
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FEMA will send protective equipment to nursing homes, Trump announces
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Retailing:

J. Crew headed for bankruptcy filing after shelving Madewell IPO plan • J. Crew Mulls Bankruptcy Under Pressure From Debt and Pandemic • J. Crew is preparing for a bankruptcy filing that could come this weekend
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Modell's Granted Second Suspension of Bankruptcy Amid COVID-19
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Coronavirus could make the iconic department store a relic of the past
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Plexiglass at registers and no ear-piercing allowed: How Macy's plans to reopen 68 stores next week
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How Kroger is safeguarding frontline heroes
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I Never Planned to Be a Front-Line Worker at Dollar General
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A Walmart store in Massachusetts is closed after a social media post informed local officials of a cluster of coronavirus cases where 23 employees tested positive
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Coach's Parent Company Plans Soft Store Reopening
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Amazon says it may lose money while spending on COVID-19 response, stock sinks in late trading • Jeff Bezos warns that Amazon may lose money despite the pandemic shopping surge
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Amazon has launched a pilot COVID-19 testing program for warehouse employees
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Religion:

Archdiocese of Santa Fe Accused of Moving Assets Prior to Bankruptcy Filing
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Louisiana pastor Tony Spell's followers jammed police phone lines to protest his arrest. He says it'll keep happening until cops 'get this ankle bracelet off of me.'
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Education:

Texas Tech, A&M planning to reopen campuses in the fall, play football
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Colleges Roiled by Pandemic Costs Find Federal Loan Aid Elusive
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Student Debt:

Garnishment of SS for student loan default suspended
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Trucking:

'We're not going to work for free': Truck drivers protesting plummeting pay rates are 'slow-rolling' and stopping traffic across the US
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Cannabis:

United Cannabis Says It Filed Ch. 11 To Stop Takeover
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Cannabis, COVID-19 and Force Majeure
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Transit:

NYC subway to end 24-hour service for first time for coronavirus disinfection
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New York City’s transit system discusses going to the Fed for a loan
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UK:

Boris Johnson says the UK is 'past the peak' of the coronavirus outbreak • Johnson promises plan to lift lockdown, saying U.K. is past peak
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Finablr Uncovers $1 Billion in Hidden Debt as NMC Scandal Widens
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Leaked UBS document offers road map for how City may return to the office
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Council chief's dire warning - Birmingham could be 'broke' by June
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EU:

Europe Prepares for Slow Return to Business as Virus Passes Peak
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Christine Lagarde Can't Solve the Covid-19 Crisis
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PIIGS:

Italy’s Virus Deaths, New Cases Fall Amid Record Recoveries
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Restructuring in Ireland - Two recent cases with a US interest
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Canada:

Indigo CEO: Canada's big retailers want assistance, too
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Reopening is no quick fix for Canadian companies hammered by virus
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Sweden:

Swedish town has a chicken s--- plan to help stop spread of coronavirus
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Russia:

Russia's Prime Minister Says He Has Coronavirus, As Country Tops 100,000 Cases
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Switzerland:

In lockdown, 'desperate' Swiss turn to snooping and snitching
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China:

Trump Officials Are Said to Press Spies to Link Virus and Wuhan Labs
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MENA:

West Bank annexations must come in context of Palestinian state, White House tells Israel
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Venezuela:

Iran Is Hauling Gold Bars Out of Venezuela’s Almost-Empty Vaults
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Germany:

Germany postpones decision on reopening schools
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