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Bankruptcy Statistics:
‘It’s really a question of when.’ The coronavirus pandemic is about to spawn a surge in bankruptcies, experts say
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Bankruptcy Reform:
The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 Makes a Timely Arrival
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CARES Act: Bankruptcy Provisions
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COVID-19: Small Business Bankruptcy Relief
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CARES Act expands eligibility under Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019
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Considerations for the Not-So-Small Small Business Owner in Seeking Relief Under the Bankruptcy Code
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CARES Act Temporarily Expands Certain Bankruptcy Relief Available to Small Businesses
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Summary of the Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code Contained in the CARES Act
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Mediation:
Mediation Can (And Must) Embrace Social Distancing
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Trustees:
BK ID Seeks Ch. 7 Trustee
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Fiduciary Duty:
Fiduciary Duties in Times of Financial Distress
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Environmental:
Court Holds Environmental Penalties Are Dischargeable In Bankruptcy
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Sales:
363 Preparedness: Practical Sell-Side Tips
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Credit Bids: Buyer Beware
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Corporate Governance:
Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test
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UST:
U.S. Trustee Program Extends Telephonic Section 341 Meetings to Cases Filed Through May 10, 2020
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Change in Chapter 11 Quarterly Fee Payment Processing Time
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Divestment:
Bankruptcy Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Decide Motion to Stay Pending Appeal
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Miscellaneous:
Rochelle
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Student Debt:
How The CARES Act Can Minimize Your Federal Student Loan And Tax Payments
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Here's What Lawyers Need to Know About Student Loan Relief
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Religion:
Texas Pastors Sue To Protect Right To Share Germs (And Jesus) During Pandemic
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Louisiana Pastor Said He Violated Governor’s COVID-19 Order ‘Because the Lord Told Us to’
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Louisiana church packed for services again despite charges against pastor amid pandemic
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TX Gov overrides local rules on religious gatherings amid coronavirus crisis
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New accusations against most senior Catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse
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Fraud:
March 2020 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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Legal Experts Say Prosecuting Sen. Burr for Insider Trading Would Be ‘Very Difficult’
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New disclosure reveals Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her husband dumped retail stock and bought shares in a company that manufacturers medical supplies
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Lori Loughlin and 13 other defendants move to dismiss charges in college admissions scandal • Parents Charged With College Cheating Assail Government’s Case
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Mail:
Does The Post Office Need A Pension Bailout, And What Does That Have To Do With The Coronavirus?
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Guns:
Rand Paul pushed for new DHS guidance deeming firearms industry workers ‘essential’ during coronavirus crisis
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Basketball:
Quarantine NBA playoffs in Las Vegas? That option is being floated amid coronavirus
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Private Equity:
Private equity firms will get a liquidity cushion for payroll tax holiday
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Media:
Media industry girds for canceled sports seasons and a fight for refunds
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With baseball postponed, workers for regional sports network left without pay are uncertain what comes next
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History:
Past Epidemics Changed How We Live
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What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic
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Aviation:
'Let them go bankrupt': Billionaire bond king Jeffrey Gundlach explains why the government should let cash-strapped airlines go belly-up - and says intervention will just end up juicing their profits
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American Airlines apologizes for mistakenly offering hundreds of pilots leave amid coronavirus • American Air Withdraws Pilot Leave Offers After ‘Miscalculation’
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Boeing to Offer Early Retirement, Buyouts Due to Virus
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Deal Shows Virus-Hit Airlines Can Sell Debt But at Steep Cost
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Trump considering grounding domestic flights to coronavirus hot spots
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Assistance Available to Passenger Airlines and Airports
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Kenya Airways Seeks State Support to Survive Next Six Months
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Govt may further extend deadline to bid for Air India
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Qantas can do without government loan, says biggest shareholder
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EasyJet Explores Fundraising Options to Ride Out Slump • EasyJet Founder Escalates Spending Row With Challenge to Board
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British Airways to reportedly suspend 36,000 of its employees
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway took a $5 billion hit on its airline stocks last quarter
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China’s domestic aviation recovers, but only mildly, from virus shutdowns
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Lawmakers demand airlines refund customers for coronavirus cancellations • United refunds passenger $1,200 for coronavirus cancellation • America's bailed-out airlines are not 'playing fair' with customers, travel expert says
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Stricken Airlines Risk Clash With EU in Bid to Avoid Refunds
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Boeing 737 MAX Deliveries In Question As Europe’s Airlines Preserve Cash For Survival
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American Airlines Set To Retire 105 Planes Early
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Airlines will offer fewer choices and higher fares after the coronavirus crisis
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Airlines facing what official calls "deepest crisis ever"
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Could Airlines Be Nationalized? As Italy Takes Full Ownership Of Alitalia, Will More Airlines Follow?
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Global Eagle eyes debt restructuring • In-flight entertainment company Global Eagle explores debt restructuring
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Eastar Jet, union in talks over job cuts on virus impact
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ie: Crisis could hit aircraft lessors based in Republic
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Utilities:
CEO of Bankrupt Utility PG&E Earned $18.5 Million in 2019
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Furniture:
Art Van may be sliding toward Chapter 7 liquidation • Robert Levin’s hopes to rescue W. Pa. furniture chain complicated by Art Van bankruptcy
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Donghia files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Paper Products:
Top U.S. toilet paper maker: ‘We’re working around the clock’
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Newspapers:
Gannett suspends dividend and negotiates with creditors, to cut jobs and executive salaries
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Hotels:
What to do with distressed hotels. Lender (and borrower) guide
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Hotel Occupancy Rates Slide Even More With U.S. Travel Shut Down
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Coal:
Murray Energy, U.S.’ largest private coal company, looks at possibility of liquidation
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Nursing Homes:
Nursing home lockdowns are forcing families to say goodbye
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Union demands protection for nursing home staff amid coronavirus pandemic
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UK:
Wimbledon Is Canceled as Britain Remains on Lockdown
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UK bank shares plunge after sector halts dividends on BoE warning
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Almost 1 million Brits apply for benefits in just two weeks as survey reveals 27% of businesses are laying off staff
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U.K. Struggles to Use Virus Tests as Pressure Mounts on Johnson • Senior public health official voices frustration over lack of coronavirus testing • ‘Shambles’ and ‘ridiculous’: Why the UK media is scathing about the coronavirus-testing chaos
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U.K. Property Fund Freeze Hits $25 Billion as Virus Rocks Values
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Five Lenders Withdraw From U.K. Small Business Rescue Plan
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Hospitals in England order doctors to shave beards amid coronavirus crisis
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Virus Leaves Thatcher’s Children with Bigger Nightmare Than 2008
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EU:
Brussels eyes markets to fund €100bn pandemic jobs scheme
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Which Law Applies When Determining the Validity of an Assignment of Receivables Cross-Border? Update
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EU response to corona crisis ‘poor,’ says senior Greek official
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Europe should see a ‘tick mark’ recovery after a coronavirus plunge, economists say
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European Commission Proposes State Wage Support Program
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Coronavirus reopens Europe's angry divide
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PIIGS:
‘This looks like operating in a war zone’: Italian doctor who treated Italy’s ‘Patient 1’ battles to save lives from coronavirus
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Making Sense of Italy’s Staggering COVID-19 Death Toll • Italy's Coronavirus Death Toll Far Higher Than Reported • Study says virus death toll in Italian province is double the official tally
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Europeans See Glimmer of Hope in Italy’s Virus Stabilization
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Turkish pandemic airlift reveals new NATO mission
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World’s Virus Crisis Fighters Can Learn From Greek Tales of Woe
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Canada:
Trudeau’s Fiscal Package Reaches $176 Billion With Latest Steps
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Russia:
New law on bankruptcy moratorium comes in force in Russia
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Moscow rolls out tracking app to ‘ensure self-discipline’ during coronavirus lockdown
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China:
Chinese county says in lockdown after coronavirus cases
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Chinese city bans eating dogs and cats in response to coronavirus
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China’s Jobless Rate to Rise as Canceled Orders Hurt Manufacturers
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For some Chinese businesses, no going back to pre-coronavirus ways
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Trillions in Rescue Aren’t Coming From China
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How China Beat Coronavirus
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Brazil:
Bolsonaro, Isolated and Defiant, Dismisses Coronavirus Threat to Brazil
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Bulgaria:
Bulgaria plans to extend state of emergency until May 13
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Germany:
Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus • Germany conducting more than 50,000 coronavirus tests a day
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German Government Extends Nationwide Lockdown Until April 19
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A Fifth of German Workforce Could Have Hours Cut Amid Lockdown
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German Department Store Galeria Files for Creditor Protection
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What should German organizations be doing to mitigate the impact of Covid-19?
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France:
Learning on the job: French student doctor thrown into coronavirus front line
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India:
India’s Grim Coronavirus Exodus Has Some Ugly Echoes
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Toaster-sized Ventilator From India Helps Hospitals In Virus Fight
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India automaker Maruti Suzuki made ‘no sales’ since virus lockdown
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Russia:
Bank of Russia Starts Crisis Briefings as Nation Shuts Down
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Roadblocks Go Up as Russian Towns Seek Isolation From Virus
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Venezuela:
Poorest Caracas Neighborhoods Flout Maduro’s Virus Lockdown
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Argentina:
Argentina provides guidance for $83 billion debt restructuring
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Argentina postpones debt restructuring deadline
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Somalia:
Paris Club creditors cancel $1.4B of Somalia's debt
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MENA:
Israelis told to wear face masks in public, mark religious holidays with close family only • Israel’s health minister has virus, top officials to isolate
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Pakistani Court Overturns Murder Conviction in Death of Journalist Daniel Pearl
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Philippines:
Duterte warns those who violate coronavirus lockdown will be shot dead
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Norway:
Coronavirus leaves wealthy Norway facing tough spending choices
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Asia:
Coronavirus epicenter could ‘possibly’ shift back to Asia: Public health expert
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Singapore:
Proposed Bill to protect firms, individuals with contractual obligations affected by COVID-19
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Australia:
Australia Offers Free Childcare in Further Support to Workers
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