Law:

Am Law 200 Firm Slashes Salaries, But Refuses To Conduct Layoffs
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Am Law 100 Firm Reduces Pay For All, Even Partners
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Am Law 200 Firm Cuts Salaries Firmwide, Defers First-Year Associate Start Dates
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Am Law 100 Firm Cuts Associate Salaries And Expects Reduced Pay To Last Through The End Of The Year
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Exactly How Bad Were The Last Round Of Layoffs?
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Biglaw Firms To Decide On Fate Of Summer Associate Programs
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Davis Polk, Gibson Dunn Delay Summer Associate Programs
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'It's Just Been Unreal': Catching Up With Wilmer Hale's Jamie Gorelick on Coronavirus Crisis Management and Matzah Ball Soup
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The Dreaded Stealth Layoff Rears Its Ugly Head
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Sheppard Mullin Adds Bankruptcy Partner Justin Bernbrock In Chicago
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Husch Blackwell Elects First Chairwoman
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NCBE Trashes Diploma Privilege, Sprinkles In Some Racist And Sexist Conclusions
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California Bar Trustees Advise July Exam Be Delayed, or Scrapped
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How We’re Surviving as a Shut-In Workforce: ‘Know Where Your Mute Button Is’ and Be Patient
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BigLaw firm withdraws request for legal fees after judge says it can’t shield its billing rates
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'Take Heart. Be Strong': David Lat On How COVID-19 Has Changed His Life and the Legal Profession • David Lat Recovers, Returns to an Industry Upended by Contagion
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A Lawyer's Life in Lockdown: Paul Hastings Global M&A Partner Roger Barron
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1 Family Has 5 Cases of Coronavirus: How a Connecticut Lawyer Is Coping
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'He basically declared himself King Trump': Cuomo warns of 'constitutional crisis' if Trump doesn't back down on reopening economy • Cuomo warns of constitutional crisis 'like you haven't seen in decades' if Trump tries to reopen New York • Cuomo says he would refuse and challenge an order from Trump to reopen New York's economy if it put residents' health at risk • No, Trump doesn't call the shots on reopening states, constitutional scholars say • Trump claims he has 'total authority' to reopen economy • Four Pinocchios for Trump’s claim that he has ‘total authority’ over the states
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America Is Returning to 1781
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Trump Wants Power, but Not Responsibility
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Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ About State Legal Responsibilities During a Pandemic Should Be a Huge Scandal
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A Religious Liberty Dispute In Kentucky Exposes Larger National Tensions
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Pastors Sue California Governor for Coronavirus Restrictions 'criminalizing the Free Exercise of Religion'
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Appeals court sides with feds on Jeffrey Epstein deal
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Others Want Abortion Drug Restrictions Lifted During Pandemic • SCOTUS won’t face abortion case after lower court eases Texas’ pandemic ban
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Cartels, gangs and rebels join coronavirus fight
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Coronavirus lockdowns and civil liberties collide in a remote corner of California
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Woman fined for taking turtle for a walk
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Liberty University Student Files Class Action Lawsuit, Claims School Is Profiting from Pandemic
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Police Handcuff Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus
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Lawyer files complaint against county official accused of violating his own stay-at-home order
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Cybercriminals are exploiting fears of the pandemic to steal personal information
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Man Arrested Twice in One Day, Allegedly Violated Ban on Mask-Free Shopping
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Courts Gear Up, Dress Down With Filings Surge to Come
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The controversy over a Trump judge’s oddly partisan “religious liberty” opinion, explained
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Judge Reminds Attorneys To Wear Pants For Zoom Hearings • Judge Reminds Lawyers to Wear Shirts During Zoom Hearings
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Mobile or Landline? SCOTUS Advocates Prep for First-Ever Phone Arguments
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Judge allows suit alleging another judge ordered drug testing of courtroom observers
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Judge Pens Scathing Dissent Blasting Federal Court for Ruling Against Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims
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Wall Street:

Dow futures drop 400 points as earnings, worries about the economy weigh on markets
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European stocks fall, weighing the coronavirus’ economic impact
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U.S. stocks close higher as states weigh reopening economy, earnings season kicks off
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Layoffs:

Second Round of Virus Layoffs Begin
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Coronavirus testing company Quest Diagnostics furloughs workers
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Layoffs and Unemployment Basics During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Vibe lay off 30% of staff
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Religion:

Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus
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Christians Were Fined $500 For Attending A “Drive In” Church — The Trump Administration Is Supporting Them In Court
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Retailing:

Could Macy's, Gap and Kohl's collapse?
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Report: J.C. Penney explores filing for bankruptcy as option for “unsustainable” finances • J.C. Penney Reportedly Seeks Survival Advice From AlixPartners • JC Penney explores bankruptcy as hopes for recovery fade, sources say
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Is Neiman's on the Verge of Bankruptcy?
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Angry shoppers slam new rules preventing Walmart, Target, and Costco stores from selling 'nonessential' items such as toys and clothing in certain parts of the US
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March retail sales will look horrible after the coronavirus pandemic forced consumers to stay home
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Amazon fires three workers who criticized warehouse conditions
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Sports:

MLB will conduct the country’s largest coronavirus antibody test on employees
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Politics:

Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden for president • Biden's primary triumph opens Democrats' map against Trump
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Hello, What’s This? The Democrats Aren’t in Disarray
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NYT Waited Weeks to Report Allegation Against Biden, Immediately Reported Against Kavanaugh
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Economic meltdown gives Democrats new hope in Texas
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Trump’s Key 2020 States Reel Under Twin Blows of Virus, Job Loss
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Fox News Anchor: ‘Conservatives’ Heads Would've Exploded’ if Obama Claimed ‘Total’ Authority
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Pelosi to America: Ignore All of the Lies
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Collins Chides Trump Over Virus Performance
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Trump’s latest coronavirus press briefing featured one of his most memorable meltdowns yet
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Trump slams Dem ‘mutineers’ who challenged his shutdown authority and warns Mutiny On The Bounty is his favorite film
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Trump’s Cabinet MIA As Coronavirus Pandemic Rages
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Trump is odd man out as approval ratings soar for world leaders’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic
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Louisiana presidential primary pushed back again, to July 11
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Why SCOTUS Made Wisconsin Vote
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Mail:

Over 600,000 People Sign Petition Demanding Hazard Pay for USPS Workers
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Banking:

Bank of America posts 45% decline in first quarter profit, braces for big loan losses
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Nursing Homes:

42 Dead at Richmond Nursing Home
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Debt Collection:

Debt collectors are going after millions of stimulus checks — 5 ways to stop them
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival CEO: Despite ‘devastating’ coronavirus, 2021 cruise bookings are strong
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Autos:

Reagor Dykes and GM Financial proposed settlement offered in bankruptcy court
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Is Ford for Sale?
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Fitness:

New York Sports Clubs Parent Mulls Bankruptcy Filing
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Economy:

Small Business Optimism Decreased Sharply in March
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Mnuchin’s Partnership With Powell Blurs Lines Between Fed and Treasury
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What is a Recession? What is a Depression?
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A Bank of America survey found 93% of global fund managers expect a 2020 recession
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Goldman: 4 Times Worse Than 2008 Meltdown • Goldman: Advanced Economies to Fall 35%
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El-Erian warns global economy risks ‘stumbling into depression’
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The IMF's coronavirus depression projection is a show of optimism
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IMF Urges Post-Pandemic Stimulus to Avoid Depression-Era Mistake
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Wall Street Turns a Blind Eye to Catastrophic U.S. Economic Data
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Fed Bails Out Big Biz and Wall Street Banks
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US Manufacturing is About to Crash
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College students' future jobs take a big hit
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Treasury yields fall as economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic comes into focus
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Global Economy Will Shrink by 3 Percent in 2020, IMF Forecasts • IMF says the world will ‘very likely’ experience worst recession since the 1930s • Global recession forecast as countries mull lifting virus lockdowns
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Investors should prepare for a coronavirus-induced ‘vicious spiral’ more than twice as bad as the financial crisis, says J.P. Morgan
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Trump set to preside over record spending, deficits as coronavirus costs explode
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'It won't be May': JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon doesn't expect the economy to reopen until at least June • Trump says some state economies may open for business by May 1 • Paul Krugman: 'Crazy' to reopen economy in the next few weeks • Jamie Dimon says US companies might send employees back to work by ‘June, July, August’ • Fauci: Goal of reopening U.S. by May 1 is "a bit overly optimistic" • America Not Prepared to Reopen • Trump rages at criticism while governors craft their own plans to reopen the economy • New York Governor Cuomo Says He'd Defy Trump Ordering Him to Reopen State • Newsom Sets Reopening Benchmarks With States Acting in Concert • White House still has no road map for restarting the economy • Abbott Hints at Plan to Reopen Texas • Trump, Cuomo clash as NY governor threatens to defy potential order to reopen economy • States Unite On Reopening Economies: 'Science — Not Politics — Will Guide' Decisions • Gov. Gavin Newsom names six goals that must be met to lift California coronavirus order • Texas Gov. Abbott says he plans to announce 'safe and healthy strategies' to reopen state economy • Here’s how Gov. Abbott can safely reopen the Texas economy • Trump’s grand reopening council triggers a slew of new questions • As Michigan coronavirus cases slow, Gov. Whitmer eyes reopening economy • Ten U.S. states developing 'reopening' plans account for 38% of U.S. economy • Federal, state leaders plan to reopen the economy: Here's how it might look • Ohio governor: We can't just 'turn a switch' to reopen the economy • Scott Gottlieb on how, and when, to end social distancing • The False Debate on Reopening the Economy • Yes, lockdowns bring economic disaster, but that is no reason to rush out of them •Post-Virus Reopening Is More About Ethics than Science
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Florida Surgeon General Removed from Governor Desantis' Coronavirus Briefing After Saying Social Distancing Necessary until There's a Vaccine • Florida Surgeon General: Coronavirus Could Force Residents To Continue Social Distancing For A Year
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Driving, Traveling Restrictions Across the US
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Speculation grows about Fauci's future
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Social Distancing Until 2022?
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The 4 plans to end social distancing, explained
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Why Did the World Shut Down for Coronavirus
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Corporate leaders see coronavirus recovery moving further away
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Several powerful conservative advocacy groups are uniting to push Trump to reopen the economy despite health warnings
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U.S. States That Have No Issued Coronavirus Stay at Home Orders
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Coronavirus stay-at-home orders stir protests nationwide amid fears of economic collapse
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Trump’s name will appear on coronavirus relief checks
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Texas, Calif. Get Biggest Chunks of Bailout Cash
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The US public debt load will hit be bigger than the entire $21 trillion economy by October, watchdog warns
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Bill Gates believes travel for work will never be the same after coronavirus: 'There are a few things, like business trips, that I doubt will ever go back'
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World Economy Working From Home Gets a Glimpse of the Virtual Future
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Fisher Island, the richest ZIP code in America with an average income of $2.2 million, has obtained coronavirus antibody tests for all 800 families and staff who live there because it's 'what residents wanted.'
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This is the end of the office as we know it
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9 questions about how to get the coronavirus stimulus funds, answered • How small businesses can get money from the stimulus package • Small-business funds dwindle as virus aid package sputters • Questions still loom over Paycheck Protection Program
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Stimulus Oversight Panel Has One Person Trying to Watch $2.2 Trillion Alone
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7 ways small businesses can avoid bankruptcy amid the coronavirus outbreak
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Dash for cash as most investors expect drawn-out recovery - BofA survey
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'It's a complete abomination': Hedge funds are applying for government bailouts to weather the coronavirus crisis
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Wall St. Feasts on Virus Aid as Main St. Starves
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Jeff Bezos Gains $24 Billion While World’s Rich Reap Bailout Rewards
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IMF says 'Great Lockdown' global recession will be worst economic meltdown since Great Depression
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The Top Ten Job Streaks
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Average age for heterosexual marriage hits 35 for women and 38 for men
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Global oil pact and Fed support boost junk-rated US bond market
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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:

MBA Survey: Total Number of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Jumped from 2.73% to 3.74%
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increased, Purchase Applications down 35% YoY
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Weekly mortgage applications rise as rates drop to survey low, but it’s all refinances
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The Sharp Decline in Housing Activity
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Municipalities:

More than 2,100 U.S. cities brace for budget shortfalls because of coronavirus, with many planning cuts and layoffs
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Coronavirus Threatens the Future of a Small Town in New Hampshire
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America’s Empty Roads: Fewer Deaths But a Blow to State Budgets
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Oil/Gas:

Why the stars aligned for Trump on oil diplomacy
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Coronavirus crisis will erase nearly a decade of oil demand growth this year, IEA says
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US Oil Drilling Grinds to a Halt
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Oil glut may overwhelm global storage tanks within weeks: IEA
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?Oil slumps below US$20 as IEA sees storage filling despite cuts
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Don’t Count the Fracking Industry Out Just Yet
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Why Chesapeake Energy Stock Is Sinking Again Today • Chesapeake Energy: Survival Mode
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Oil prices may now be at a bottom after historic OPEC deal, US energy secretary says
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Deepwater Horizon Still Poisons Gulf
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Healthcare:

Democrats have a new plan to keep millions of laid-off workers insured
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Economist Joseph Stiglitz says coronavirus is ‘exposing’ health inequality in US
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Coronavirus keeps patients away from US hospitals as ER visits drop: ‘Heart attacks don’t stop’
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Hospitals to share ventilators while production scales up
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Trump Downplayed Threat for Months
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2 of the world's biggest drugmakers just teamed up on a coronavirus vaccine
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New York City secures its own supply of 100,000 coronavirus tests per week
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Coronavirus Deaths Hit Single Day Record
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NYC Death Toll Over 10,000 • US is Hitting Virus Peak
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COVID-19 case tally: 1.99 million cases, 127,590 deaths
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Half of Covid-19 Deaths are in Nursing Homes
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New Research Shows How Coronavirus Spreads Through Population
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N.Y. Got $12,000 Per Virus Case, by One Count. Nebraska Got $379,000.
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‘Contagion’ medical advisors saw a pandemic coming, but got one big thing wrong
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Coronavirus Spreads from Dead Body in First Reported Case of Its Kind
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U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 25,000, doubling in one week
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Coronavirus symptoms might get better before they get worse, and the downturn can happen very quickly, doctors say
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Foot sores could be an early sign of coronavirus, experts say
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Coronavirus deaths lower in countries using tuberculosis vaccine, study finds
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'Unknown' Whether Coronavirus Patients Can Become Reinfected, World Health Organization Doctor Says • Doctor fears new coronavirus strain emerging after ‘survivors test positive again’
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A growing chorus of experts are deeply skeptical we'll have a coronavirus vaccine within 18 months. Here's why a shot may take years, if we can succeed in making one at all.
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Everything we know about the coronavirus, from who's most at risk to where new cases are spreading
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Rita Wilson Shares How She and Tom Hanks Contracted Coronavirus, "Extreme" Chloroquine Side Effects
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Herd immunity is the only way the coronavirus pandemic will end — and it would require a vaccine. Here's how it works.
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Elon Musk’s ventilator fiasco shows need for more oversight of Gavin Newsom’s mask deal
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US officials were reportedly concerned that safety breaches at a Wuhan lab studying coronavirus in bats could cause a pandemic
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Aides prepare options for Trump to shun WHO over coronavirus • Lawmakers demand answers from WHO • Gates, UN, World Leader Condemn Trump for Ending WHO Funding
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The US Navy is fighting a coronavirus outbreak on the hospital ship USNS Mercy
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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 (108 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

These 9 retailers and restaurant chains have filed for bankruptcy or liquidation in 2020
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BK MN: Updated Filing Statistics
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Sales:

A Road Map for Potential Buyers of Distressed Businesses in Section 363 Bankruptcy
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Aviation:

Delta, United, and more are scrambling to raise cash, but airlines still have a huge untapped resource that could keep them afloat
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Major Airlines Grab for $25 Billion in Cash
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US airlines stocks surge after Treasury Department reaches deal to provide billions in aid
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Airlines say deal on bailout includes provisions for government ownership
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Airlines, U.S. Treasury reach tentative accord to tap billions in aid
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Telecoms:

Frontier Communications files for bankruptcy protection • Frontier, Bondholders Agree to Bankruptcy Plan • Frontier Communications to Prepare Bankruptcy Ahead of April 15 Payment • First Day Dec
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Investor pressure might force SoftBank to sell OneWeb
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Electricity:

Longview Power files bankruptcy, blames COVID-19 • Longview Power Hits Ch. 11 Seeking $355M Debt-Equity Swap
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Bankruptcy judge pushes back on PG&E's plan to route $4M fine through fire victim trust
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Bankruptcy judge approves PG&E plan to use victims’ fund to pay $19 million in fees
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Satellites:

Global Service Provider Intelsat Seeks Bankruptcy Loan • Intelsat Seeks Bankruptcy Loan While Awaiting Key Spectrum Sale
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Agribusiness:

More Wisconsin farmers filing for bankruptcy
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Trump Admin to Spend $15.5 Billion on Aid for Farmers: Report
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Movie Theaters:

U.S. movie theater operators aim for a late-summer blockbuster season
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Can AMC Theaters Afford to File for Bankruptcy During the Coronavirus Pandemic?
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China’s Wanda Dismisses AMC Theaters Bankruptcy ‘Rumors’ • Dalian Wanda says reports about AMC’s imminent bankruptcy are ‘pure rumors’ as stock, bond prices signal distress amid pandemic
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The Coronavirus May Kill Movie Theaters – A Perfect Time For Studios To Buy Them
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Tech:

Even Google and Facebook May Face an Ad Slump
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Boomers to Zoomers: Older generations learn to love video chat
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Compulsory selfies and contact-tracing: Authorities everywhere are using smartphones to track the coronavirus, and it's part of a massive increase in global surveillance
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Food/Beverage:

The US may be facing a meat shortage in grocery stores, but you can still buy meat directly from small farmers and restaurant suppliers
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Workers are dying of COVID-19 as they beg for protections. But lawyers say the coronavirus makes it almost impossible to hold bosses legally responsible.
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Seed companies can't keep up as more Americans turn to growing their own food
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Maritime:

Liner bankruptcy potential spreads in step with the coronavirus
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Hornbeck Offshore Services to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Pre-Packaged Restructuring Agreement
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Awards:

J. David Rosenberg Law Student Recognized by American College of Bankruptcy
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Newspapers:

McClatchy Laying Off Executives
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Aerospace:

Space Startups Are About To Go Through A Great Winnowing
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Toll Roads:

Toll Roads Falter During Pandemic
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Gambling:

How the sports-betting industry is responding to the coronavirus pandemic that has halted most major sporting events
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History:

Your Guide to the Great Depression
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Sovereigns:

Coronavirus could cause more countries to default on their debt, economist says
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Global creditors agree on debt relief for poor countries hit by pandemic
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EU:

EU States are Easing Lockdowns
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EU Calls for Coordinated Exit Plan
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PIIGS:

Italy Could Be Free of New COVID-19 Cases by May 16, Experts Predict
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ie: Economic threat posed by Covid-19 puts insolvency system back in the spotlight
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Greece: Hotels on brink of bankruptcy
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India:

India's Coronavirus Lockdown Extended Until May As Over 10,000 Are Infected
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Africa:

'Starve or get sick': Africa's lockdown dilemma
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Sweden:

Swedish Virus Deaths Top 1,000, Fueling Criticism Over Strategy
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Russia:

After Putin's bravado, COVID-19 is starting to hit Russia hard
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China:

Coronavirus runs roughshod over debt-laden belt and road projects
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Chinese officials lost 6 key days in issuing public coronavirus warning
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MENA:

Virus brings out the jackals in deserted Tel Aviv park
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IMF warns ‘vulnerabilities high’ in the Middle East hit with dual shock of coronavirus and oil plunge
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France:

How President Emmanuel Macron bungled France’s coronavirus response
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Turkey:

Coronavirus cases in Turkey are growing at one of the fastest rates in the world
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