Law:

These lawyers and firms are still working with Russian banks, even amid the war
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In-House Counsel Denounce Rising Biglaw Bills As 'Out Of Kilter With Reality'
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The Best Law School For Hands-On Experience
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Managing Remote And Hybrid Teams
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California bar bungled attorney misconduct cases, new audit finds
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Vacationing May Be More Difficult For Solos And Small-Firm Lawyers
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Elon Musk Turns To McDermott Lawyers for Twitter Takeover Bid
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Husband of former Japanese princess Mako fails the New York bar exam for the second time
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Exxon Sanctioned $289,000 for Counsel's Obstructing Deposition
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Lawyers of Color — Check Out Texas!
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Ivanka Trump's Jan. 6 Testimony 'Certainly' Helpful, Liz Cheney Says • A former federal prosecutor said testimonies from Capitol rioters are 'certainly incriminating of Donald Trump' • Focus on Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' rally raises stakes for Justice • Source: Guardsman Who Rioted on Jan. 6 Being Removed From Service, But Still Drawing a Paycheck • Mike Lee privately trashed 'my friend' Ted Cruz's efforts to overturn the election in texts to Mark Meadows
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Why Hasn't Trump Been Indicted?
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He Could've Taken Down the Trump Org. Now He's Taking the Blame.
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Some lawmakers are concerned that the Electoral Count Act could be exploited in favor of a losing candidate in future elections, report says
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Durham says CIA found data alleging Trump-Russia connection not 'technically plausible,' was 'user created'
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Donald Trump REALLY Needed To Stop Listening To Mike Lee's Terrible Legal Advice
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Amber Heard Supporter Booted from Defamation Trial After Being Accused of Tweeting and Misrepresenting Information to Lawyers
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4 states moved to restrict abortion access last week • Red states race to enact new abortion restrictions • Here are the states that have passed laws restricting and enshrining abortion access
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'Heartbeat bills': Is there a so-called fetal heartbeat at six weeks of pregnancy?
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Most companies have been silent on abortion rights — but not Yelp. 'This is a restriction on equality.'
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Pittsburgh Easter mass shooting leaves at least 2 dead
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Virginia Man Drove Across Several States, Stalked Ex-Girlfriend for Three Days, and Then Murdered Her Husband: Sheriff
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Man Convicted of Murder for Shooting a Victim 'Through His Heart' Chooses to Die by Firing Squad After State Says It Can't Find Lethal Injection Drugs • South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad — what led to this?
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Accused Idaho Cannibal Charged with Microwaving Murdered Man's Remains is Competent to Stand Trial, Judge Rules
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Federal Jury Convicts Member of ISIS 'Beatles' Who Played Key Role in Deaths of Four American Hostages
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Hawaii Police Solve 1994 Cold Case
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Texas District Attorney Files Motion to Halt Execution of Death Row Inmate John Henry Ramirez, But Not Because of Anything SCOTUS Had to Say
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Alex Jones's businesses tap advisers, weigh possible bankruptcy • InfoWars' Alex Jones Reportedly Weighing Bankruptcy To Dodge Sandy Hook Damages
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Devin Nunes Defamation Claim Over 2019 CNN Report
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Kentucky man sues employer for throwing him birthday party, and now they owe him $450K
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Police arrest suspect in South Carolina mall shooting
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Crime upstages progressive priorities in Los Angeles mayor's race
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Sen. Kelly says Biden admin doesn't have plan in place for lifting Title 42: 'It's going to be a crisis'
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U.S. arrests 210,000 migrants at Mexico border in March, rivaling record highs • Migrant arrivals at southern border surged to 22-year high in March
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Police stops of Black people often filled with fear, anxiety
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The owner of a South Dakota hotel said she was banning Native people. Tribal leaders quickly issued the hotel a trespassing notice, citing an 1868 treaty.
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Gang of thieves dismantled and stole a 550-ton iron bridge in broad daylight, report
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Student dies during Jesus crucifixion re-enactment as audience think it's part of show
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Georgia man accused of leaving grandmother in freezer to die
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4 major shootings in the U.S. over Easter weekend
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Florida man guilty of killing wife, 3 kids and dog because he thought 'apocalypse was coming'
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California teen with autism who vanished 3 years ago is found alive in Utah
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A very American road rage shooting crisis
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Gay parents called 'rapists' and 'pedophiles' in Amtrak incident
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How an ordinary New Mexico couple pulled off $150 million art heist
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Judges:

Federal judge lumps Trump with 'charlatans' who don't care about democracy
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GOP targets state courts with campaign cash, laws that change judicial elections
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When There Are 50: Pressure Mounts For President Biden To Assist Diversifying The Judiciary
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Michigan Judge Set to Hear Planned Parenthood Case Previously Represented the Group and Admittedly Remains an Annual Donor
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures slip headed into big earnings week • S&P 500 futures slip as a huge week of earnings reports kicks off
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Morgan Stanley reports a drop in Q1 profit but still beats estimates thanks to strong trading revenue
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Georgia Insurance Owner Sentenced for Bankruptcy Violations
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Student Debt:

It's been more than a year since Biden found out whether he could legally cancel student debt using executive action
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'The weight of this debt is crushing': I'm 74, and a retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200K. Am I obliged to pay it off?
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'Please help!' It seems like I have been paying my child's student loan forever. How much longer must I pay it off?
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Biden Weighing Student Loan Cancellation or Moratorium Extension
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Psaki: Biden executive action on canceling some student debt 'still on the table'
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Busting myths about bankruptcy and private student loans
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Decades-old SC law bars student loan defaulters from government jobs
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Biden's Student Loan Dilemma
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Labor:

Meet the Biden labor lawyer who wants to crack down on companies making workers sit through anti-union meetings
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Apple workers at flagship store in NYC take steps to unionize
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Amazon CEO says workers are 'better off' without a union and the company's injury rate is 'misunderstood'
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Etsy sellers eye forming a union after going on strike
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurant owners face uphill struggle as customers cut back on food spending amid soaring inflation
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NYC: Delmonico's Faces Eviction
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Coal:

The Decline of Kentucky's Coal Industry Has Produced Hundreds of Safety and Environmental Violations at Strip Mines
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'Out of control': Sinking coal industry swamps Kentucky with 'zombie' mine violations
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Religion:

Pope uses Easter Sunday Mass to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine
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Pope Francis wrote a letter accusing journalists who speculate that he quietly supports Putin of having a sexual fetish for feces, report says
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Why one evangelical pastor left a radicalized, post-Jan. 6 America behind
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Tech:

Right-wing social media site Gab said Elon Musk should drop his bid to buy Twitter and invest $2 billion in them instead if he really cares about free speech
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Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk takeover • What Is a 'Poison Pill' Defense? • Musk: Economic interests of Twitter's board 'simply not aligned with shareholders' • How Musk's free-speech Twitter dream ends • Where Elon Musk might find the cash to buy Twitter • Elon responds 'indeed' to a tweet from entrepreneur David Sacks saying 'the game is rigged' if Tesla CEO can't buy Twitter • Former Reddit CEO says if Elon Musk takes over Twitter he's 'in for a world of pain' and will be 'forced to censor things' due to difficulty of enforcing free speech • Elon Musk has a plan for Twitter. It may scare away users and advertisers.
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Jack Dorsey rips Twitter's board, says it has 'consistently been the dysfunction of the company'
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'Big Short' investor Michael Burry defends the SEC from Elon Musk's criticism — and accuses the Tesla CEO of making his own rules
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Twitter faces the 'nightmare' of being forced into free speech
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Musk's saga reveals how core Twitter is to U.S. politics
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What You Need To Know: How The Courts Define Emojis
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NYC mayor: Social media giants 'must step up' to identify users talking about violence
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Americans are drowning in spam
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Healthcare:

Covid infections rise, but hospitalizations remain low
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Pandemic's end could surge the number of uninsured kids
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COVID vaccines are not meant to prevent all infections, experts say. Americans need to reset their expectations.
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L.A. County sees a Latino mortality rate increase of 48 percent during pandemic
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Stuck in the great COVID in-between
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Philly stands alone on mask mandate • Lawsuit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate
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Coons says millions of vaccine doses will expire without COVID-19 funding
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Officials Adopt New Message on Covid-19 Behaviors: It's Your Call
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Economy:

Inflation comes for the Big Mac
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Millions of people who left the US job market last year plan to stay away in an act of 'long social distancing,' fanning the flames of inflation
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BLS: 12 States Set New Record Series Low Unemployment rates in March
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High prices are here to stay
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Republicans shouting from the rooftops about inflation
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Industrial Production Increased 0.9 Percent in March • Fed's industrial output gauge reaches 101-year high
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Credit-Card Spending Belies Consumers' Glum View of the Economy
(WSJ)

Avian flu has spread to 27 states, sharply driving up egg prices
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Q1 GDP Forecasts: Around 1%
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Where did all this inflation come from, and how do we make it go away?
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's truck inspection policy created a logjam at the border that resulted in $240 million of spoiled produce
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4 people share how work-from-anywhere spurred them to move around the world
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Can we close the retirement security gaps in America?
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Many nations are refusing to buy gas and oil from Russia but others continue to snap it up. Here's what we know so far. • European Commission President Says Russia's Bankruptcy a Matter of Time • Russia's Oil Industry Is Suffering As The West Shuns Its Crude • Zelenskyy urges Europe to end energy dependence on Russia • Europe's reliance on Russian gas imports has become a problem amid the Ukraine war. Now, it's looking to Africa for alternatives. • Hundreds of millions in UK taxpayers' money handed to companies still operating in Russia • Roman Abramovich is reportedly trying to revive peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, days after $7 billion of assets with suspected ties to the oligarch were frozen • On St. Barts, Roman Abramovich has renovated a soccer stadium and helped rebuild after a hurricane. As sanctions mount against the Russian oligarch, islanders say 'they don't want it to end.' • Guess Who is Footing The Bill For Impounded Oligarch Yachts • Ukrainian prime minister: More sanctions, ammunition, finances needed • 12 sanctioned oligarchs, including Usmanov, Abramovich, and Putin's former judo sparring partner, are linked to more than $1 billion worth of UK property • An 80-km line of trucks at the Polish border is trying to escape EU sanctions • Seize Russian yachts, jets and Picassos. Then use the money to help Ukraine. • Russia faces economic upheaval, two years to return to inflation target • Rouble hovers near 80 vs dollar, stocks down • Ukraine's Zelenskyy asked Biden to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism • U.S. officials preparing for potential Russian cyberattacks
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German food minister says Western countries need to send more weapons into Ukraine to avert a global famine: report
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Jeremy Grantham, Ray Dalio, and other elite investors are pounding the alarm on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Here's what 10 of them have said about the conflict.
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Biden's Indo-Pacific gambit puts trade back on the radar
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Get ready for the next supply chain shockwave
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Biden to nominate Michael Barr as top bank regulator
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Trouble for workers who turn cameras off
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Alternate Inflation Charts
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"If You're Getting a W-2, You're a Sucker"
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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:

Lumber prices have slumped amid climbing mortgage rates, but 2 experts say the commodity may rebound 13% on tight supply
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Housing keeps getting more expensive. Is there relief in sight?
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Housing Market Fever Starts to Break in Boise
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How a Lone Tenant Is Holding Up a $70 Million Condo Deal
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The U.S. city where property taxes rose the most last year will likely surprise you
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What's in store for empty downtown office buildings?
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Oil/Gas:

Joe Biden's energy policies will prolong the current crisis, oil and gas executive says
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Biden administration ends moratorium on drilling leases on federal land
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Suing over climate change: Taking fossil fuel companies to court
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U.S. Natural Gas Surges to 13-Year High on Global Supply Crunch
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Demand for oil is spiking. So why are North Dakota rigs lying idle?
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Just Stop Oil: The Young Climate Activists Shutting Down Fossil Fuels
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Education:

Florida says it rejected math textbooks for referring to critical race theory
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'Critical race theory' not what you may think it is, history prof says
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94 People from One New Jersey High School Developed Brain Tumors — and No One Knows Why
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Fraud:

Prosecutors Accuse Last 'We Build the Wall' Defendant of Falsifying Records, Threatening Suspected Witness with Supposed Mafia Ties
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California 'Multi-Millionaires' Sentenced to Time Behind Bars for 'Frankly Stupid' Conspiracy to Fix Son's SAT Answers in College Admissions Scam
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Judge Rules Musk Go-Private Tweet False, Tesla Investors Say
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Owner of Florida rehab network convicted in $58 million fraud. She submitted patients to excessive drug testing and offered them kickbacks for signing up
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Climate:

CO2 removal is having a moment and not everyone's happy
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Thawing Permafrost Roiling the Arctic
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Hydrogen 11 times worse than CO2 for climate, says new report
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Expanding Drought Leaves West Scrambling
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Arizona's Future Water Shock
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Tax:

You Made $700 From an Online Side Hustle. Now the IRS Will Know.
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Celebs:

Alex Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy in U.S. court • Alex Jones's Infowars Files for Bankruptcy Amid Sandy Hook Suits • Alex Jones's Infowars files for bankruptcy amid flurry of Sandy Hook lawsuits • Infowars Files for Bankruptcy as Alex Jones Scrambles for Cover
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Infowars host Alex Jones will get back $75,000 in fines in Sandy Hook lawsuit
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Elon Musk, the world's richest person, says he doesn't own a home right now and rotates around friends' spare rooms
(DBN)

Bankrupt Boris Becker eyes up houses in swanky Notting Hill
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Young Buck Might Have to Forfeit Jewelry, Cars in Bankruptcy Case After Social Media Posts Showed Potential Assets • Young buck Explains How Beef With 50 Cent Forced Him Into bankruptcy
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Skiing:

Ski resorts cheer as spring storm dumps snow in California
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Nursing Homes:

Bankrupt nursing home operator faces attacks over legal shields
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Politics:

Joe Biden and his wife earned $600k income while Kamala Harris and her husband earned $1.65 million, tax returns show
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Texts show how GOP lawmakers shifted on Trump's election conspiracies
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Who lost Biden's agenda? Democrats offer competing theories for failure of 'Build Back Better'
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Trump said he doesn't 'have time to lose weight' after Dr. Oz advised him he was too heavy
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Trump Easter messages skewer Democrats • Trump sends churlish Easter message to New York attorney general
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The truth about Hunter Biden and the charges he faces
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Trump stopped taking phone calls after GOP blowback from JD Vance endorsement in Ohio Senate race: report
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6 takeaways from first quarter Senate and House fundraising reports
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Sen. Lindsey Graham said it was 'high praise' to be called a 'clown' by a 'mouthpiece' of the Chinese Communist Party after a state media journalist criticized him
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Pandemic polls poorly for politicians
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's campaign committee goes into the red for the first time, clocking up a fundraising deficit totaling $314,000
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Outgoing GOP Lawmaker Issues Dire Warning About Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
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'Did You Just Forget … All Those Black People We Shipped Over?': Mississippi Governor Confuses Many When He Declares April Both Confederate Heritage Month and Genocide Awareness Month
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Kamala Harris keeps traveling to unconventional places. Here's why.
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A Conviction Would Puncture Trump's Personality Cult, Predicts Authoritarian Expert
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Senator 'In Shock' As Trump-Backed Neb. Governor Candidate Put Hand 'Up My Dress'
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Upton says it will be 'hard to govern' if GOP doesn't nab big House majority
(DBN)

Christie says Trump midterm endorsements won't be 'determinative'
(DBN)

Trump foe Liz Cheney's war chest comes almost entirely from outside Wyoming. Is that a bad sign?
(DBN)

Out-of-state money floods midterm races
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Some state lawmakers calling it quits, can't afford to serve
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GOP congressman who voted to impeach Trump says death threats will be 'a detriment getting good people to run'
(DBN)

GOP Rep. Upton says death threats made bipartisan votes 'frightening'
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GOP Surges Amid Exodus of Women Democrats From Congress
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A Kentucky restaurant manager said customers posted hateful messages and reviews after he flew a Ukrainian flag in solidarity with the country
(DBN)

How Russia Media Uses Fox News to Make Its Case • Fact check: Fictional Tucker Carlson quote about Ukraine spreads on social media
(DBN)

Residents of New Jersey town say mayor's racist comments are reflection of bigoted history
(DBN)

Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps after initially approving Democratic governor's plans
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Jamie Dimon, other JP Morgan execs donated to centrist Democrat Kyrsten Sinema
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (12 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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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SCOTUS:

Court to scrutinize disparate fees under Constitution's bankruptcy clause
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Subchapter V:

From Dusk 'Til Dawn: Hope for the Subchapter V Debt Limitation
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Mass Torts:

Despite new regulations, US faces major asbestos problem
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'Egregious conflicts of interest': Blumenthal wants probe of consulting firm's work with Purdue Pharma, FDA
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Non-Debtor Releases:

The Constitutional Problem of Nondebtor Releases in Bankruptcy
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Contempt:

US Court Holds Bankrupt Billionaire In Contempt For Hiding His Yacht Overseas
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Professional Compensation:

Allowing Attorney Fee Applications, Or Not, in Bankruptcy (In re H.T.O. & In re Sylvester)
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Sales:

Seventh Circuit Bars Bad Faith Asset Buyer Protection
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Aviation:

The weird new logic of booking flights
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American Airlines' new CEO vows reliability as massive peak travel season kicks off
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Travel's 'Great Comeback' Has a Price: Chaos
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Panic at Boston's Logan Airport after PlayStation sparks evacuation, bomb squad call
(DBN)

Ryanair Turns Away Fleeing Ukrainian Family Who Couldn't Print Boarding Passes In Advance
(DBN)

IRS relents over Nordic bankruptcy proposals
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Insolvency of aircraft operator: default remedies.
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Bankrupt Sri Lanka looks to expand airline fleet
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Autos:

How Russia's war is cutting global auto production
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Tens of Millions Priced Out of the Car Market
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 4.7% Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Sovereigns:

How to Destroy the Collective Action Clause
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Russia's debt default will be one of the hardest in history to resolve and could see the US seize the central bank's assets, economist says
(DBN)

Can Russia Pay its 2022 Dollar Bond Obligation in Rubles? (More dodgy Russian bond clauses?)
(DBN)

Ukraine versus Russia, English Supreme Court
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Minister vows Kyiv will repay its foreign debt • Ukraine asks G7 for $50 billion to cover budget shortfall • Zelenskiy, IMF managing director discuss Ukraine's 'post-war reconstruction'
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Sri Lanka's reluctance to tap IMF helped push it into an economic abyss • Sri Lanka bondholders brace for big losses in debt restructuring • CB Chief says SL not bankrupt; insists it is pre-emptive default • Sri Lanka stares at bankruptcy or redemption • Dissent mounts against Sri Lankan government • Sri Lankan opposition to table no-confidence vote against government • Sri Lanka's president appoints 17 new ministers after weeks of protests • Sri Lankan protesters demand justice for 2019 Easter attacks • Sri Lankans have a message for their president: 'Go home'
(DBN)

That Odd Sri Lankan Airline Guaranteed Bond
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EU:

Freedom from Russian gas 'possible and feasible,' Italian leader says
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Europeans are still requesting millions of tonnes of gas from Russian state-backed giant Gazprom, the company says
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Canada:

Unequal Treatment Of Creditors: Paying A Supplier's Pre-Filing Debt In A Proposal Under The Bankruptcy And Insolvency Act
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Russia:

Russia says it launched mass strikes on Ukrainian military overnight • U.S. arms to Ukraine: Is it enough? • Five 'powerful' missile strikes hit Lviv with at least six dead • Blasts rock Lviv in the west as Mariupol fights 'to the end' • Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war • More than 7,000 unclaimed dead Russian soldiers stored in Ukrainian morgues, government says • Bound, beaten, killed: Ukrainian civilians reveal horrors of Russian torture chamber • Putin said 'the time is not now' when asked about a ceasefire in Ukraine or meeting Zelenskyy, Italian prime minister says • Ukraine's new missile sank the biggest warship in combat since WWII • Zelensky says up to 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed during war with Russia • Ukraine says between 2,500 to 3,000 of its troops have been killed, compared to Russia's 19,000 • More than 900 civilians' bodies found in Kyiv region, police chief says • Zelensky says world should be prepared for possibility Putin could use nuclear weapons • Zelensky warns of Russian nuclear attack and calls for stockpile of radiation pills • CIA director: U.S. can't "take lightly" Russian nuclear threat in Ukraine • Ukraine's biggest steelmaker vows to never work under Russian occupation • A Russian soldier says Putin's troops have been blowing up their own 'as if they were terrorists' • Ukrainian pilots launch 'Buy Me A Jet' campaign to help defeat Russia's massive air superiority • Russian warship: Moskva crew 'shown for first time since sinking' • Russia's sunken flagship Moskva is literally irreplaceable, its loss shrouded in questions • Russia warns of 'unpredictable consequences' if US continues to arm Ukraine • Zelensky calls scene in Mariupol "inhuman" as Russian forces bear down on city • Ukrainian foreign minister says Mariupol 'doesn't exist anymore' as officials estimate 21,000 civilian losses • Ukraine's richest man vows to rebuild besieged Mariupol • Russia says its forces clear most of Mariupol, strike Kyiv suburb • Pentagon says Ukraine sank former Russian flagship • Russia threatens to increase bombings on Kyiv • Russia and Ukraine race to prepare for decisive battle in Donbas • Zelenskyy says negotiations could end if Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol are killed by Russian forces, calls situation in city 'inhuman' • Mariupol teeters as Ukrainians defy surrender-or-die demand • Russia claims to be close to seizing Mariupol • Russia sets 0300 GMT deadline for Ukraine troops in Mariupol to surrender • Ukrainian foreign minister: Russia will try to 'finish with Mariupol' • Ukraine intercepted a phone call of a Russian soldier's wife granting him permission to rape Ukrainian women: 'Just wear protection.' • Sen. Chris Coons says Putin is unleashing a 'massacre' and worries that Ukraine will 'turn into Syria' • Zelensky: 'This is the most horrifying thing I have seen in my life' • Russia Loses Another General, Vows 'Elimination' of Resistance • UN official says 'food is being used as a weapon of war' in Russia-Ukraine conflict • Zelensky won't give up territory in east to end war with Russia • Germany promises to boost military aid to Ukraine • Bound, beaten, killed: Ukrainian civilians reveal horrors of Russian torture chamber • Bodies, land mines and destruction: A Ukrainian region digs out after the Russian occupation • Ukraine might be running out of artillery rounds, U.S. official warns • US military is already using lessons from the war in Ukraine for training soldiers: report • 'His body was torn apart': War cemetery prepares hundreds of graves as casualties mount • 'Thank You for Not Killing Us.' • Ukraine weathers previously unthinkable: 50 days of Russian war • Anguish, fury and grief: One woman recounts rape by Russian soldier • Ukraine refugees' trauma creates 'crisis on top of a crisis' for Eastern Europe
(DBN)

War could destroy nearly half of Ukraine's economy this year
(DBN)

Russia's propaganda machine takes another hit • Russian war disinformation — from the Bucha massacre to the sinking of the Moskva battleship — keeps growing • Russian Propaganda Turns to Lord of the Rings to Stir Ukraine Hatred
(DBN)

Bosnians warn Ukrainians: It's a long journey to justice
(DBN)

Russian Orthodox Church lends legitimacy to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine
(DBN)

Zelensky calls on Biden to visit Ukraine
(DBN)

Rep. Ilhan Omar said it would be 'staggeringly hypocritical' for US to support a war crimes investigation into Putin without joining the International Criminal Court
(DBN)

Pope implicitly criticizes Russia over Ukraine
(DBN)

The first European Union leader to meet with Putin since the invasion of Ukraine says the Russian president 'believes he is winning the war' • Putin said he would cooperate with an international investigation into war crimes but 'he doesn't trust the Western world,' Austrian leader says • Russia committed to compelling Ukraine to abandon European-Atlantic orientation: UK
(DBN)

Contrary to Russian 'propaganda' video which alleged he'd died in the war, an American who went to Ukraine to rescue his child says he's alive in California
(DBN)

Putin sympathizers in Germany: Living in a parallel universe
(DBN)

More money needed to cover the rising cost of soldiers' funerals and tombstones as Russian casualties mount in Ukraine war, report says
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Cayman Islands:

Facilitating Corporate restructurings in the Cayman Islands – The new "Restructuring Officer"
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MENA:

Over 150 Palestinians injured as Israeli police raid al-Aqsa Mosque • Clashes erupt again near flashpoint Jerusalem holy site • Jewish worshipers attacked in Jerusalem's Old City • Arab rioters stone buses en route to Western Wall • More Than 20 Injured at Jerusalem Mosque
(DBN)

'I Lost James.' An American Dad Hunts for His 8-Year-Old in the Chaos of Afghanistan's Fall.
(WSJ)

Cash-Strapped Pakistan Cuts Power to Households on Fuel Shortage
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China:

Global Investors Flee China Fearing That Risks Eclipse Rewards
(DBN)

China's first quarter GDP beats expectations to grow 4.8% year-on-year
(DBN)

In Shanghai, COVID-19 has become China's political disease • China's Covid policy locks down a city three times the size of New York
(DBN)

China's New COVID Crisis Could Spawn the Worst Variant Yet
(DBN)

Shanghai reports first deaths in current COVID-19 outbreak
(DBN)

Inside a Shanghai Mass Quarantine Center: No Showers, Lights On 24/7
(WSJ)

Biden Covid chief dismisses utility of lockdowns like China's
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India:

Individual insolvency for the poor on the back burner, focus now on toxic asset resolution
(DBN)

Vendors can use GST returns as proof of default: Insolvency regulator
(DBN)

Debt recovery via insolvency cases at 31 pc; 47 pc cases liquidated: Report
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Australia:

BHP, Vale face clash with lenders as Samarco debt talks fall over
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North Korea:

Why only the poorest North Koreans live in the country's high-rise penthouses
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South Korea:

South Korea lifts most COVID precautions as new cases dip to two-month low
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