March 1, 2021

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Law:

California Scraps In-Person July Bar Exams on Pandemic Concerns
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Attorneys Spend An Awful Long Time At This Biglaw Firms
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Latham Adds Prominent Partner to Its Highly Regarded Restructuring & Special Situations Practice in London
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Morris James Announces Key Leadership Changes
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Firms Rallied in Response to the Pandemic, but How Long Can That Intensity Last?
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Helping Biglaw Get Serious About Diversity
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Oregon Bar Faces Revived Claim Over Anti-Racist Statements
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After Girardi Keese Bankruptcy, Is a Mass Reckoning Coming for the Plaintiffs Bar?
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Judge Rules Thomas Girardi Must Vacate His $16 Million Mansion Within 20 Days Once a Buyer Is Found, Questions if RHOBH Star Erika Jayne is Aware of Bankruptcy Proceedings
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Biglaw Firm Offers Associates 75 Billable Hours For Diversity & Inclusion Work
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Biglaw Firm’s Black History Month Efforts Go Terribly Awry
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Next Time You End up in an Argument, Don't Use Facts. Do This Instead
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Pandemic and financial stress could push some lawyers to act unethically, experts warn
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Stat Of The Week: The Pandemic Slammed Solos
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Mandatory Bar Fees Could Violate Attorneys’ Constitutional Rights, 9th Circuit Rules
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What Productizing Means To Your Law Firm
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Iowa Man Can’t Use Ineffective Counsel Win for Malpractice Suit
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Group sues Yale over race-conscious admissions and seeks cert in Harvard suit
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Yet Another Law School Grad Worried About Failing After Being Forced To Pee In Bottle During Remote Bar Exam
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Punish Lawyers for Complicity With Trump?
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Feds pinpoint suspect in officer’s riot death FBI zeroes in on video of officer who died after Capitol riot ‘Blame Trump’ defense in Capitol riot looks like a long shot Six 'Proud Boys' Indicted for Conspiring to Obstruct Congress during Jan. 6 Capitol Siege Oath Keeper Jessica Watkins, Despite Renouncing Her Ohio Militia in Court, Is Ordered Jailed Pending Trial in U.S. Capitol Siege 'Historic Day for ‘Merica!!': Capitol Rioter Luke Coffee Accused of Assaulting Police with a Crutch The Guy Who Tasered a US Capitol Cop Judges Aren't Buying Rioter's Newfound Regret
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Capitol Police chief: Security will remain high due to State of the Union threat
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Bar Complaints Filed Against Three Attorneys Who Pressed Louie Gohmert’s ‘Frivolous and Dangerous’ Lawsuit to Overturn 2020 Presidential Election
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Hobbit Lawyer Asks Court To Let Trump Object To White House Policies Until Lawsuit Hashed Out
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Turns Out That Pardon Wasn’t The Get Out Of Jail Card Bannon Was Banking On
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A City Charged This Woman More Than $100,000 for Parking on Her Own Property
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Supreme Court could put new limits on voting rights lawsuits
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Trooper kicked, dragged Black man who died in custody
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Fifth Circuit Says Tasing A Person Soaked In Gasoline And Setting Them On Fire Isn’t An Unreasonable Use Of Force
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Growing tension in Minneapolis as trial looms in Floyd death
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'Speak English': Man Allegedly Got Mad About Slow Gas Station Line, Pulled Gun on Couple
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Suspect Charged with Hate Crimes After Allegedly Stabbing Asian Man in the Back in New York
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Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely after theft, shooting Lady Gaga Calls Dog Walker a Hero
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Kagan, Breyer, and Sotomayor Dissent as Supreme Court Forces California County to Allow Indoor Church Services
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Four Decades After the Crime, DNA Leads to 62-Year-Old Suspect in Brutal Colorado Murder
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The Biden Administration Is Putting Kids Back Into Temporary Tent Shelters
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Mexico’s AMLO Expected to Propose Guest Worker Program to Biden
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ICE investigators used a private utility database covering millions to pursue immigration violations
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El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro poised to rat out cartel: sources The wife of the drug lord 'El Chapo' sought revenge for his infidelity by becoming a celebrity, says her biographer. Now in prison, she could be poised to betray the cartel boss.
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Indicted Texas AG Tweets Golf Photo with Trump Before Trashing ‘Unconstitutional’ Biden Actions at Conservative Conference
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U.S. diplomat openly calls for Christian nation-states, rails against Jews
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White supremacist sentenced to 19 years for plot to bomb a Colorado synagogue
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Lawmakers pass bill allowing them to declare federal laws, executive orders unconstitutional
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After World Learned Of Dead Man’s Glasses In His Car, SD AG Gets Gag Order Judge Orders Officials to Remove Evidence from the Internet Involving State Attorney General Accused of Striking, Killing South Dakota Man South Dakota AG Was Reading Headlines on 'Some Conspiracy with Joe Biden in China’ a ‘Minute’ Before He Killed a Man on the Side of a Highway
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Judges:

BK ND MS Seeks Term Law Clerk
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Courts seek funding to prevent Capitol-riot-style 'incursion'
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Judges with corporate and prosecution backgrounds are more likely to rule against workers, study says
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Federal District Court Reversal Rates: Experience And Age
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Doctor appears in court video call while performing surgery California Doctor Shocks Judge by Performing Surgery During Court Appearance; Now Faces Investigation
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Sen. Bennet Bucks Biden Admin. Request; Names Former McDonald’s, Big Pharma Attorney for Lifetime Judgeship
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Make It Pithy and Other Lawyer Tips From a Federal Circuit Judge
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Kavanaugh dismays conservatives by dodging pro-Trump election lawsuits
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Delaware's chief bankruptcy judge wants to stay out of your business
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Protocols and Professionalism for Remote Court Proceedings
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Wall Street:

Futures jump on J&J vaccine cheer, stimulus optimism Dow futures jump more than 200 points to start the week as rate fears ease
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'Head-smacking craziness' has reached new heights in today's markets, says hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer
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Layoffs:

More than 100 being laid off at Webster Groves youth treatment facility
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314 shipbuilders laid off at Newport News Shipbuilding, 119 managers demoted
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The latest VMware cuts will leave more than 100 workers without a job
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Retailing:

Will bankruptcy save Belk? Analysts weigh in
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Men’s Wearhouse Owner Seeks New Lifeline After Bankruptcy Exit
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Lord & Taylor Locks Its Doors For The Last Time After 195 Years
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Return of the retailer: Century 21 relaunches
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Tailored Brands Needs More Cash to Continue Operating
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Politics:

Biden ambitions run into reality of Senate’s rules
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Biden brings back bipartisan meetings at the White House
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How the GOP became the party of resistance
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CPAC: Trump teases 2024 run and denounces Biden at rightwing summit Trump’s baseless election claims march GOP into ‘policy wasteland’ Trump tears into Biden, GOP critics in first post-presidency speech Trump Knocks Republicans Who Voted to Impeach and Remove Him: 'Get Rid of Them All' CPAC, all-in for Trump, is not what it used to be Trump shows he holds stranglehold on GOP, media in CPAC barnburner Trump wins CPAC straw poll with 55 percent
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New super PAC aims to support lawmakers who voted to impeach or convict Trump
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CPAC speakers make false claims about the election, the Capitol attack and The Muppets
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Fauci Fires Back at Noem's Covid Lies
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Five takeaways from CPAC 2021
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Bill Cassidy warns it’s dangerous for GOP to ‘idolize’ Trump
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CPAC designed as a Trump coronation, former head of American Conservative Union says
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Rick Scott: GOP is ‘voters' party,’ not Trump's
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Progressives push to squash Senate filibuster after minimum wage defeat
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Biden tells the world 'America is back.' The world isn't so sure.
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QAnon followers push theory Trump will be made president again next week after ‘military investigation’ into Biden
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'SNL' pokes fun at Marjorie Taylor Greene: They're calling me Congress's new 'it' girl
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As recall threat grows, California Gov. Gavin Newsom shifts his governing style, pushing reopenings Newsom appears to post TikTok inside restaurant, denies eating there
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New York Times: Second former aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment Cuomo's office turns over sexual harassment investigation after Democrats question independence Allegations against Cuomo need to be carefully investigated, W.H. press secretary says New York AG Says She’s Ready to Oversee Cuomo Harassment Probe 'I Do Not Accept': NY AG Letitia James Refuses Cuomo's New Plan on How to Investigate Him for Sexual Harassment 'No': New York Lawmakers Aren't Buying Cuomo's New Plan for Investigation into Sexual Harassment Claims Against Him Cuomo Scandals Dim Luster of Leader Dubbed ‘America’s Governor’ Cuomo ends his year in the limelight by going into hiding Nancy Pelosi calls sexual harassment claims against Cuomo ‘credible’ Ocasio-Cortez: Detailed sexual harassment allegations against Cuomo 'painful to read' Cuomo Issues Vague Apology for Interactions That 'May Have Been Insensitive or Too Personal' Cuomo says words may have been "misinterpreted" following allegations of harassment Cuomo scandal snares Dems on #MeToo
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Native American nominee’s grilling raises questions on bias
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Why it's time to take pro-Trump secession movement seriously
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Trump railed against the 'deep state,' but he also built his own. Biden is trying to dismantle it.
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Trump hid 'fraud' on inheritance for years, niece tells judge
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Sasse marches to own tune as GOP implodes around him Republican Sen. Sasse slams Nebraska GOP for "weird worship" of Trump after state party rebuke
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Why Republicans Are Moving To Fix Elections That Weren't Broken
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White nationalists are once again using Christian symbols to spread hate
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Concerts:

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Says Largescale U.S. Concerts Could ‘Start in Midsummer’
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Corporate Governance:

Recent Chancery Decision Addresses Dissolution Based on LLC Deadlock
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Personal Finance:

4 work-from-home hacks that are still vital a year after lockdowns begun
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Economy:

Q1 GDP Forecasts
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Fed Flashes $1 Trillion Warning for Businesses Hit by Covid-19
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Raising Rates are Unsettling Wall Street
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Once Trump’s ‘enemy,’ Fed emerges as White House ally in rejecting concerns about overdoing stimulus
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Want Fries With That Recovery? Why Services Are Key to Economy
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One year into pandemic, sky begins to clear over U.S. economy
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Buffett eyes slow U.S. progress, but says "never bet against America"
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Low wages are just the start of the problems for millions of U.S. workers during COVID-19 — here's why
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The Government Tools for Responding to Market Distress
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Personal Income increased 10.0% in January, Spending increased 2.4% US consumers rebound to boost spending 2.4% as income jumps
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Biden team readies wider economic package after virus relief
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Vaccination ‘passports’ may open society, but inequity looms
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Republicans test history in vote against pandemic relief Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill, now to Senate Biden urges Senate to take 'quick action' on coronavirus relief package The GOP’s anti-stimulus rallying cry: What happened to the unspent $1 trillion? COVID-19 Relief Package Heads To Senate As Debate Over Minimum Wage Continues Cedric Richmond: We won't wait on GOP for "insufficient" stimulus Schumer wants to freeze stimulus changes
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Why the Covid stimulus vote means Biden can no longer blame Trump for the economy
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FactCheck: In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
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Senate Democrats nix 'Plan B' on minimum wage hike
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Yellen’s encore: Lending economic heft to Biden’s virus plan
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Global defense spending, led by US and China, hits new high
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The Five Hotspots Where Food Prices Are Getting People Worried
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Personal Touch Lost By Travel Bans Is Costing Businesses Dearly
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Fraud fears and messy data stall FEMA program for Covid victims
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Governors lift COVID-19 restrictions despite risks of new spike
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FactCheck: The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”
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Warren Buffett: Retirees 'face a bleak future' as fixed-income investments struggle
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How the automation economy can turn human workers into robots
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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:

Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in January
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Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Increased Slightly
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Lumber Jumps New Home Prices $24,000
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Justice Department appeals order blocking federal eviction ban Law Professors Say Federal Judge's Decision to Strike Down Eviction Moratorium 'Is (Laughably) Wrong on the Merits’
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Where Have All the Houses Gone? NY Times Upshot: "Where Have All the Houses Gone?"
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Midtown landlord sues to stop foreclosure by Maverick
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Women pay higher mortgage rates in 49 states
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Municipalities:

Who killed the California dream?
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Oil/Gas:

Frozen Texas Refineries Race to Restart to Cash in on Margins
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The Offshore Industry - All at Sea
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Fractured: Distrustful of frackers, abandoned by regulators
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Diamond Offshore Sends $2B Debt-Swap Ch. 11 Plan For Vote
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From U.S. domination to energy transition, two years that changed oil
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Cities are starting to ban gas stations
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Healthcare:

How Years of Caregiving Led to Bankruptcy
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Astria Health says it's emerging from bankruptcy financially stronger Astria Health still has work left to do in bankruptcy
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Hospitals Plead for Bailout in Face of Runaway Pandemic Bills
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U.S. sets weekend records for daily COVID vaccinations About 20% of U.S. adults have received first vaccine dose, White House says
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New fears of next coronavirus wave as case declines slow and variants grow Fauci Worried That U.S. Virus Cases Will Stick at 70,000 a Day
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Vaccine hesitancy is shrinking
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COVID-19 cases and deaths are starting to rise again. How worried should we be?
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‘FREEDOM!’ CPAC Organizers Booed and Heckled For Pleading With Attendees to Put on Masks
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The US is about to get a third coronavirus vaccine. Here's how it's different from the others Dr. Fauci on J&J's COVID-19 vaccine: 'I would have no hesitancy whatsoever to take it'
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Plunging demand for COVID-19 tests may leave US exposed
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Being older or overweight gives you access to the hottest ticket in town — a Covid vaccine
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Fauci on CPAC speech: ‘I'm sure that you can get a standing ovation by saying I'm wrong’
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Top Meat Packer JBS to Offer Covid Vaccine to 8,500 U.S. Workers
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CEO of Canada's largest pension fund resigns after traveling to UAE for vaccine
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Another wealthy Florida community receives special access to COVID-19 vaccine
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Supreme Court Again Backs Indoor Church Services, Lifting Ban
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How life is changing for some of the fully vaccinated
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How Inequity Gets Built Into America’s Vaccination System
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Most states aren't prioritizing prisons for COVID vaccines
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Tourism:

These countries are welcoming US tourists
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Cannabis:

Virginia lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana in 2024
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Religion:

Deadline to File Sexual Abuse Claims in the Bankruptcy of the Archdiocese of New Orleans is March 1, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Central Time
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Utilities:

Texas electricity firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8bln in claims from grid operator Texas Power Firm Files for Bankruptcy After Energy Crisis Texas Energy Co-Op Files For Bankruptcy After Storm, High Bill
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Griddy Barred From Texas Power Market for Payment Breach
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Texas’s Power Market Is $1.3 Billion Short After Energy Crisis
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The Power Is Back On In Texas. Now Comes The Recovery, And It Won't Be Cheap
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Biden Tours Houston After Deadly Cold Snap Hit Energy Capital
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Critics fear investors’ push for profits could thwart other FirstEnergy priorities
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Lawsuit Reveals New Allegations Against PG&E Contractor Accused of Fraud
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New England power fight foreshadows divisive clean energy future
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Fraud:

Manafort Prosecutors Won’t Seize Hamptons House, New York Homes
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Sports:

The Buffalo Bills’ Covid touchdown could be the key to unlocking some normalcy
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USA Gymnastics hoping to settle with survivors, emerge from bankruptcy by this summer
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Former gymnast Rachael Denhollander repeats call for USA Gymnastics to be decertified
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Student Debt:

'It feels predatory': 6 million people are not eligible for a COVID-19 pause on student-debt payments — even if they work in public service
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Why Student Loan Forgiveness Is Crucial for Entrepreneurs
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Private Equity:

The Private Equity Party Might Be Ending. It’s About Time.
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Theme Parks:

Jacksonville Beach investment group buys Adventure Landing property
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Television:

MobiTV Files Voluntary Chapter 11 To Effectuate Value-Maximizing Transaction
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Movie Theaters:

AMC Entertainment approves millions in bonuses to top executives
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How Reddit Renegades Helped Theater Giant AMC Avoid a Tragic Ending
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Non-Profits:

NRA files countersuit against New York Attorney General
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Ford Wants Its Cars Back From the NRA
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Cannabis:

Reading the Leaves: What's in Store for Cannabis in 2021
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Banking:

Four New Defendants Added to Federal Indictment Alleging Multi-Million Dollar Embezzlement Conspiracy Resulting in Failure of Chicago Bank
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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 (27 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

The wave of covid bankruptcies has begun Predicted bankruptcy wave begins, court records indicate
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Corporate bankruptcies rose 70% last year as pandemic decimated businesses
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Proposed changes to bankruptcy laws could help struggling families
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CARES ACT provision allowing 7-year Ch. 13 plans will expire soon
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Small business bankruptcies increased debt ceiling sunsets on March 27, 2021
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Durbin, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Extend CARES Act Bankruptcy Relief Provisions
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Woman admits to taking a cut of fees in bankruptcy filings
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Avoidance Actions:

“Diminishing” Returns: A Pre-Petition Change of Life Insurance Beneficiary is Not Subject to Avoidance as a Fraudulent Transfer
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Fixing Ch. 11 For Small Biz: SBRA's Puzzling Preference Edit
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D&O:

Bankruptcy Trustee’s Fraudulent Transfer Claim is a “Securities Claim”
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Advisors:

McKinsey’s leadership vote reveals cracks in its global partnership
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Small Business:

Now is the time for struggling small businesses to explore strategic bankruptcy reorganization
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Aviation:

Heathrow Imposes Passenger Charges to Cover Pandemic Costs
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Airline Stocks Are Soaring, But There’s Still a Long Way Back
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Australia Considers Aid to Qantas, Others Once Wage Subsidy Ends
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Norwegian Air books $1.5 billion charge as it seeks fresh start
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British Airways owner losing £19m every day
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Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X’s net loss widens by 82%
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Malaysia Airlines restructuring plan receives final lessor creditor's nod
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Thai Airways to sell 10 747-400s as part of rehabilitation plan Thai Airways loss soars to B141bn
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Czech Carrier CSA On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
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Amazon Air thrives as other airlines struggle under weight of pandemic
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Tax:

Americans can't file their income taxes fast enough — but they should brace for some unwelcome news in their 2020 refunds
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Climate:

White House climate czar: Texas storm ‘a wake-up call’
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UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough
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Biden Turns Back to Obama-Era Method of Valuing Climate Change
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Financial regulators home in on climate risks
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Education:

Insolvency is at BMCC's doorstep
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Parents of disabled kids caught in maddening Covid catch-22 over return to school
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Texas town in spotlight after parents push back against diversity plan
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Agribusiness:

USDA Data: Nearly All Pandemic Bailout Funds Went to White Farmers
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The real reason why Bill Gates is now the US’ biggest farmland owner
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History:

When the Left Attacked the Capitol
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Hotels:

Orrington Hotel in Bankruptcy, Future in Doubt
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New York Allows Hotel Workers Vaccine Eligibility, Cuomo Says
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UK:

U.K.’s Sunak Promises to Continue Covid Support for Workers
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U.K. to Pledge $7 Billion in Grants to Help Struggling Firms
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Sunak to Show Plan to Add Income Tax by 6 Billion Pounds: Times Sunak Plots Tax Raid to Plug U.K. Deficit, Risking Tory Rage
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Hospitality redundancies: How many restaurant and pub jobs have been lost during the pandemic?
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U.K.’s Variant Trackers Led the Way. Now Others Are Following
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U.K. to Guarantee Mortgages to Help Young Buyers Get on Ladder
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The London Chef With Three Stars and 20,000 Dinner Cancellations
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London’s West End Turns Dead End as Shoppers Leave Oxford Street
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PIIGS:

Italy Tightens Coronavirus Restrictions in Milan, Turin Areas Italy tightens COVID restrictions as experts warn of growing prevalence of variants
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Canada:

Trudeau: Canadian, US border to remain closed 'for now'
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MENA:

Psaki: 'More effective ways' to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for Khashoggi's murder than sanctioning crown prince The Khashoggi report, annotated White House Defends Its Decision Not to Sanction Saudi Prince Five Ways That Biden Could Pressure Saudi Arabia Over Khashoggi Biden: Saudi Announcement to Come Monday U.S. cracks down on Saudi officials following Khashoggi report
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UAE Cases Drop 22% From Late January Peak, Lagging UK and Israel
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Thieves steal manhole covers as desperation hits bankrupt Lebanon
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New Zealand:

New Zealand's Auckland starts second COVID-19 lockdown this month
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Japan:

Pandemic widens divide between winners and losers in Japanese clothing business
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Brazil:

Brazil's capital goes into lockdown to quell COVID-19 surge Brasilia Heads for Lockdown With Hospitals Facing Covid Collapse
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Germany:

Trapped in Germany's Covid nightmare
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Germany Steps Up Virus Checks at French Border to Fight Variants
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South Africa:

South Africa Probes 2 Billion-Rand Eskom Fraud, Press Says
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Eskom Bondholders Take Comfort From Guarantee Amid Rescue Talks
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Russia:

Russia Sends Navalny to Notorious Penal Camp Feared by Inmates
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Hong Kong:

New World Closes a Hong Kong Mall After Virus Cluster Emerges
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Hong Kong Charges 47 Opposition Activists Under Security Law
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Netherlands:

The Dutch scheme – highlights of the 10 judgments rendered to date
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Jersey:

Jersey court once again shows willingness to facilitate cross-border insolvency proceedings in new judgment relating to the Arcadia administration
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China:

China developer default marks latest test in under-pressure sector
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Czech Republic:

Czech Republic & LEX COVID II & Statutory Measures in Insolvency Law
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South Korea:

Survey paints portrait of Seoul bankruptcies
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India:

Moratorium order under Section 14 IBC bars parallel proceedings against Corporate Debtor under Section 138 of NI Act: Supreme Court
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Australia:

On a Proper Construction Issue 11 – “you Can’t Touch This” – Retention Money Under the New Wa Security of Payment Bill
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Small Business Insolvency Law Reform: One size does not fit all
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