December 18, 2020

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Law:

Willkie Picks Restructuring Partner Feldman as Joint Chairman
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Individualized Bonuses Can’t Hide The Lack Of Special Bonuses At This Biglaw Firm
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Brand New Litigation Boutique Is Already Beating Cravath On Bonuses
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Top 50 Biglaw Firm That Laid Off Associates Hands Out Market Bonuses If You Bill Enough
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Top 30 Am Law Firm That Once Refused Special Bonuses Now Offers Them As Part Of Year-End Bonus Scale
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With Historic Offer And Acceptance Rates, COVID Was No Match For Biglaw Summer Associate Programs
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Firm accused of threatening stay-at-home staff with pay cuts
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COVID-19 Pushed More Legal Departments to Cut Outside Spending
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Higher pass rate but smaller pool for New York’s online bar exam
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‘You are not dicking around with a rookie;’ lawyer’s deposition ‘churlishness’ is memorialized
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Partner claims destroying meeting notes is ‘standard practice’
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'The Party Was Over': Why Average Dallas Partner Compensation Dipped
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Texas Makes Its Mark On Biglaw
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Do law students, professors and administrators agree on challenges of online learning?
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Litigating In My Pajamas
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ABA’s Remote Work Opinion a ‘Major Step’ Forward for Mobility
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Polarizing Election Work, Discrimination Suits May Dent Jones Day's Appeal To Young Lawyers
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After Being Trump’s AG, Bill Barr May Have A Rough Job Search If He Wants To Work In Biglaw Ever Again
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Democrats fret about Garland for attorney general
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The legal titan and the 'Real Housewife': The rise and fall of Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne
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Trump's new attorney general won't say if he'll order a special counsel probe into Hunter Biden, despite pressure from the White House
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Biden Suggests ‘Foul Play’ in Political Efforts to Target Son
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Trump can delay providing DNA sample if he turns over other evidence, accuser tells court
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Facing lawsuit over restrictions on Christmas services, Washington, D.C., mayor eases coronavirus rules
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Georgia Judge Rejects New GOP Voter Restrictions Requested Before Senate Runoff Elections
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Rudy Giuliani hilariously mocked for using his YouTube channel to hawk gold coins
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Dominion Voting demands Sidney Powell retract "baseless" election claims • Days After Smartmatic's Legal Threat, Dominion Voting Systems Follows Suit with Demand Letter to Sidney Powell • Legal Experts Explain Defamation Lawsuit Threat Made by Dominion Voting Systems Against Sidney Powell
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Second Federal Judge in One Day Dismisses Georgia GOP Attack on Absentee Voting in Senate Runoffs
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Man jailed for life over $20 marijuana sale has been freed
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Georgia student jailed for 4 months after violating COVID-19 quarantine
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Federal lawsuit: Kansas deputy purposely ran over Black man
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2 strip clubs can stay open and set own COVID rules, California judge rules
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Supreme Court denies religious school challenge to Kentucky's COVID-19 restrictions • Citing imminent expiration, justices reject Christian school’s request for exemption from Kentucky’s in-person school closures
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Justices Gorsuch and Alito Concerned That SCOTUS Didn’t Do More to Question COVID-19 Restrictions on Religious Schools
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Supreme Smear: Lin Wood Goes Full Q in Bonkers Tweets Telling 800,000-Plus Followers That Chief Justice Roberts Called Trump a ‘Mother******’ on a Phone Call
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New Police Bodycam Footage Shows Travis McMichael Blaming Ahmaud Arbery After Shooting Him • Video shows police did not immediately help Arbery after his fatal shooting
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Chicago officials tried to block release of bodycam footage that showed police handcuffing naked woman in botched raid
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Ring of 'hardened drug dealers' sold mass amounts of cocaine, other drugs from North Carolina frat houses, feds say
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Amash's Bill Would End Civil Asset Theft
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Serial killings are waning, leading to speculation about the cause
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Law firms unveil 'interesting' Christmas music videos
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Glamorous Solicitor 2020: The Final
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Judges:

Do you know what makes your judge tick?
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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Derides Courts For ‘Gimmickry,’ By Which She Means ‘Applying The Law’
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Rand Paul Blocks Law To Protect Federal Judges • Judicial Security Legislation Stalls, Awaits Congressional Action in 2021
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Greenville man indicted for damage to U.S. Bankruptcy Court during May 31 George Floyd demonstration
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'Dangerous Situation': Inside the Mind of a Man Who Threatened to Murder a Judge
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Trump's judicial legacy will block Biden's
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Wall Street:

Stock futures lower after major averages close at record highs
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European stocks inch up and U.S. equity futures struggle with Brexit and stimulus talks in the spotlight
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Hardly Anyone Is Actually Inside Wall Street’s Big Office Towers
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Goldman Trading Bonus May Jump Nearly 20% After Year’s Windfall
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Layoffs:

Coca-Cola will cut 2,200 jobs worldwide as part of restructuring plan
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How Covid-19 Is Helping Robots Take Your Job
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Retailing:

Guitar Center Nears Bankruptcy Exit After Court Confirmation • Guitar Center OK'd to exit one-month bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy alum Rue21 plans to open 15 new stores • Fashion Retailer rue21 Strikes Deal To Retire Debt
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5 ways the coronavirus pandemic is reshaping the future of retail stores
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J.C. Penney closing more stores after exiting bankruptcy. Will your store close in March 2021? See the list.
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A record number of people plan to shop the Saturday before Christmas
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U.S. retailers want shoppers to help Santa with curbside pickup
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The Year that Changed Retail Forever
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Politics:

No, Jan. 6 isn't another chance for Trump to reverse the election
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Sen.-elect Tuberville suggests he'll back effort on challenge Electoral College vote
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Loeffler repeatedly dodges questions about winner of White House race
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Pence to head overseas hours after formally declaring Biden the presidential victor • Vice President Mike Pence may skip town after overseeing final confirmation of Biden's 2020 victory to escape blowback from Trump, GOP
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Texas lawsuit was the last straw. I'm leaving the Republican Party: Former NH GOP chair
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Poll: 60 percent approve of Biden's job as president-elect
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Once a friend, Biden calls Lindsey Graham 'a personal disappointment' for not recognizing election win
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The GOP's 'deprivation' fetish is making it impossible to make policy, even in a total disaster
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SolarWinds Hack May Be Tip of Iceberg, Evidence of Multiple Hacks Found • Federal investigators find evidence of previously unknown tactics used to penetrate government networks • Russian hack ‘will take years to overcome,’ says former Intelligence official • Microsoft was swept up in SolarWinds hack • Russia-Linked SolarWinds Hack Ensnares Widening List of Victims • Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught • ‘The Largest Espionage Attack in History’: Bush Cyber Czar Richard Clarke Sounds Alarm on Suspected Russian Attack
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Watchdog: Amy McGrath Campaign Illegally Coordinated with Democratic Party Super PACs in Bid to Unseat Mitch McConnell
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Incoming Biden deputy chief of staff says she shouldn't have referred to lawmakers as f------
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Biden to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland to be first Native American Interior secretary, report
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Georgia Gov. Kemp says pro-Trump conspiracy theorists have threatened his family
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Congressman cracks open beer in farewell U.S. House speech
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How Offshore Oddsmakers Made a Killing off Gullible Trump Supporters
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To Rand Paul the Fraud was People Voted
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Climate:

Snowstorm rages in New England after burying parts of New York with more than 40 inches
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NYC sees more snow in one day than all of last winter season
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U.K. Says Climate Goals Can Be Met Without Hurting the Economy
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Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave off climate change, UN says
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Corporate Governance:

The U.S. Should Stop Helping Criminals Hide Money
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Pharma:

Sackler Family Member Denies Improper Transfers of Purdue Funds • Members of Sackler family refuse to take blame for US opioid crisis • Sacklers apologize but deflect blame at U.S. congressional opioid • hearing • Sackler family points fingers at Purdue Pharma during House hearing on opioids
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Despite Years Of Litigation, The Sackler Family Behind OxyContin Is Still Worth Billions
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Sports:

Duke coach's Covid comments ignited a basketball controversy — but he's right • Duke sending players home for break
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Golden State Warriors lose bid to escape Oakland arena debt
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Houston basketball coach says all 15 of his players have tested positive for the coronavirus this year
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Economy:

Congressional leaders try to clear final hurdles in sprint to finish coronavirus relief package • Congress Is Still Willing to Let America Down • Senate "highly likely" to work through weekend on COVID, funding bills • Successful Push For Stimulus Checks Worsens Covid Relief Bill • $600 Second Stimulus Checks Severely Undercut What Americans Want • White House aides talked Trump out of last-minute demand for stimulus checks as big as $2,000 • Senate GOP looks to stopgap as relief talks drag on • Fight over Federal Reserve powers holding up year-end deal • U.S. Republicans seek firm end to Fed's coronavirus loans, complicating aid talks • Stimulus talks could spill into weekend as lawmakers scramble to complete deal
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Hawley to try to force vote on proposal for $1.2K stimulus checks
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Desperate Small Businesses Await Fresh Aid With or Without Flaws
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We still need fiscal support to avoid bankruptcies and permanent damage to the labor market, says BNY’s Young
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Fed's Main Street lending sees record volume in closing days
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Out-of-work Americans are foregoing Christmas this year
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These states got tired of waiting for Washington, went ahead with their own coronavirus stimulus
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Poll: Americans care a lot more about Covid-19 relief than the national debt right now
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Mitch McConnell Included $600 Checks in Covid-19 Stimulus Plans After Hearing That Opposition Could Cost Republicans the Senate Runoffs in Georgia, Report Says
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Biden: Additional Covid aid depends on Georgia Senate wins for Warnock, Ossoff
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Billions for bar service? Fed bond buying now tied to service sector rebound
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Every State in U.S. Saw Personal Incomes Drop in Third Quarter
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50 years of tax cuts for the rich didn't trickle down, study says
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Fed GDPNow latest estimate: 11.1 percent
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These 5 charts show the pandemic's devastating effect on working women

85.4 million face trouble paying bills: census
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Philly Fed Manufacturing "growth was less widespread" in December, Kansas City Fed "Activity Expanded Further"
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 885,000 • US jobless claims rise to 885,000 amid resurgence of virus • Jobless claims rise for the second week in a row, highest level since Labor Day • U.S. jobless claims unexpectedly jump to highest in three months • Disappointing jobless claims are ‘worse than they look’
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Long-term unemployment has hit ‘dangerous levels’: Fmr. Biden Economic Advisor
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States Whose Weekly Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most
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America's poverty rising at fastest rate ever
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Holiday season exposes widening disparity among American families
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Major companies might mandate COVID-19 vaccines for some employees, a poll of 150 current and recent CEOs suggests
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The New Battles to Come Over Working From Home
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The Work-From-Home Boom Is Here to Stay. Get Ready for Pay Cuts
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Cash Sent to Latin American Families Defies Forecasts for Plunge
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Nearly 46,000 businesses slashed 401(k) contributions during pandemic
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America’s toughest year? 3 in 4 say 2020 pushed the country into an ‘existential crisis’
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Fauci Says Life For Everyone, Including Vulnerable People, Can Return To Normal By Fall If Enough People Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19 • Houston doctor says half of the nurses in his unit don't want COVID-19 vaccine for political reasons
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After the coronavirus comes the coronadeficit
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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:

States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows
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The world's CFOs have a dire message for commercial property investors
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Still Litigating the 2007-08 Financial Crisis: The Claims Keep Coming
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Opinion of Interest – In re CEC Entertainment Inc.: COVID Disruptions Do Not Justify Additional Rent Deferrals Beyond Initial 60-Day Period Expressly Permitted by Bankruptcy Code
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The CDC banned evictions for those affected by Covid. Why are tenants being thrown out on the street?
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Landlords are running out of money. 'We don't get unemployment'
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Housing Starts increased to 1.547 Million Annual Rate in November • U.S. Housing Starts Rose For a Third-Straight Month in November
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CAR on California November Housing: Sales up 26% YoY, Active Listings down 47% YoY
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop to Record Low for 15th Time This Year
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Breather’s US, UK subsidiaries reportedly file for insolvency
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Municipalities:

How to keep NYC from going bankrupt
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Oil/Gas:

Rystad Energy: Bankruptcy-hit U.S. operators set to lose a quarter of oil production in 2021
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2020 In Review: One Of The Oil And Gas Industry’s Worst Years Approaches A Merciful End
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Williams' deal with Chesapeake wins bankruptcy court approval
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Lloyd’s of London Plans to Exit Fossil-Fuel Insurance by 2030
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Student Debt:

House Democrats call on Biden to forgive $50,000 of borrowers’ student debt
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The Student Loan Bankruptcy Gap

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Entertainment:

George Clooney defends Tom Cruise's COVID-19 rant
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Tom Cruise shuts down Mission Impossible set to take early break after Covid meltdown
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Food/Beverage:

Emerging from bankruptcy, California Pizza Kitchen hires new CFO
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Should you close, sell or declare bankruptcy? What restaurants need to know.
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Dining out: November US restaurant sales stung by cold, pandemic
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'Not A Lot To Celebrate' For Boston Restaurant Trying To Survive The Pandemic
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Tyson Foods Fires 7 Plant Managers Over Betting Ring On Workers Getting COVID-19
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Pandemic Is Starting to Hit North American Meat Plants Again
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How May We Serve You? For Restaurant Chains, It Depends on the Location
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Healthcare:

Tracking COVID-19 hospitalization in every state
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COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in the U.S. ahead of heart disease and cancer, study finds, with daily tolls tripling in the last month
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1 out of every 200 Americans was diagnosed with COVID in the last week
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California reports daily record of more than 50,000 coronavirus cases, nearly 400 deaths • California logs 1,000 coronavirus deaths in 5 days, 106,000 new cases in past 2 days
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ICU capacity drops to 0% in Southern California
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House, Senate leaders and Supreme Court will get vaccines in coming days
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Vaccines reach COVID-ravaged Indigenous communities
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Trump is conspicuously absent from the list of public figures getting a coronavirus vaccine soon
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Paid Sick Time Becomes Key Issue for Investors This Proxy Season
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There has been a ‘disproportionate burden’ on vulnerable populations amid COVID-19: Doctor
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Hundreds of maskless Long Beach police gathered at indoor 'superspreader' event, complaint says
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Tennessee 'Worst in the World' For COVID Transmission, Doctor Says
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Federal prisons to prioritize staffers for COVID-19 vaccine
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FDA, Pfizer Revising Covid Vaccine Guidelines on Side Effects
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HHS Sec. Azar says Pfizer keeps U.S. at ‘arm’s length’ on vaccine manufacturing
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Pfizer says no vaccine shipments have been delayed • Pfizer says 'millions' of vaccine doses are waiting to be shipped — but the government hasn't told them where to go • Geez: They Had Nine Months to Figure This Out
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Two governors say CDC cutting vaccine allocations
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States report confusion as feds slash vaccine shipments, and Pfizer says it has 'millions' of unclaimed doses
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Key differences between two Covid vaccines
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FDA panel endorses Moderna COVID-19 vaccine • FDA vows to move 'rapidly' to authorize second coronavirus vaccine
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Hospitals boost security, seek to stop vaccine 'line-jumping'
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2 U.S. hospital workers have allergic reactions to COVID vaccine
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Putin Says He Won’t Take Russia Vaccine Yet Because He’s Too Old
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COVID-19 Creating Mental Health Crisis For Children, Experts Say
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Debunked COVID-19 myths survive online, despite facts
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‘Feel Like I’ve Aged 20 Years’: COVID Long Haulers Continue To Experience Symptoms Months Later
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Azar to Stay on the Job After Wife Tests Positive for Covid-19
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Trump states shut out COVID headlines as virus rages
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Private Equity:

Private Equity Digs Into Its Pockets to Keep Companies Afloat
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (20 new filings today)
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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 Strategy:

Fast-Tracked Bankruptcies Leave Some Creditors in the Dark
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Subchapter V:

Subchapter V Trustees: Compensated On Hourly Fee, Not Percentage of Disbursements (In re Tri-State & Subchapter V Handbook)
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Expanded Chapter 11 Small Business Reorganization Act Eligibility: A Temporary Opportunity for Businesses in Distress
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Automatic Stay:

Automatic Stay Blocks Interference With Debtor Business Relationships
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Preemption:

New York’s Highest Court Finds That Federal Bankruptcy Law Does Not Preempt State Law Tortious Interference Claims
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Finance:

ABI Letter Urges Congressional Leadership to Consider Bankrupt Debtors Eligible to Access PPP Funding
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Litigation:

Sense And Nonsense
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Tax:

Are PPP Loan Expenses Deductible? It’s Complicated.
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Aviation:

Vaccine news has led to a spike in travel bookings for 2021 and beyond
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Even with vaccine, COVID tests will be the passport to travel in 2021
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American Airlines' Market Losses Will Aid Competitors' Recoveries
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Turbulence Remains but Clearer Skies Ahead: Challenges and Opportunities in the Aviation Sector
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Quarantine-free travel from U.S. to Europe shows first signs of becoming reality
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Canada Takes First Step in Allowing Boeing 737 Max to Fly Again • Canada expects end to Boeing 737 MAX flight ban in January, approves design changes
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Will business travel return to normal with Covid vaccine? Executives are split
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Norwegian Air shareholders back restructuring plan
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Woman Charged with Wire Fraud Relating to Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 37.4% Year-over-year
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US hotel results for week ending 12 December
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US hotel industry desperate for next round of relief
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Movie Theaters:

Movie theaters may slash ticket prices to $3 for Warner Bros. films, according to a report, after the studio said it would debut movies on HBO Max alongside cinemas
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Celebs:

'RHOBH' Star Erika Jayne's Husband Reportedly Being Forced Into Bankruptcy
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Education:

College students wrap up a stress-filled COVID fall semester • College freshmen having first-year experience unlike any other
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Coal:

Coal Sales to Rebound With First Gains in Years in U.S., Europe
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Old Coal Mines Can Win a Second Life as Green Energy Hotspots
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Maritime:

What Happens When Tycoons Abandon Their Own Giant Cargo Ships
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Banking:

Lloyds Bank Scraps All Bonuses for 2020 After Pandemic Hammers Profit
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Pensions:

Texas Sees Sharp Rise in Troubled Funds
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Transit:

New York MTA budget assumes limited federal aid
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UK:

U.K. Extends Covid Wage Support, Business Loans to Aid Recovery • U.K. Boosts Wage Support and Tightens Covid Rules as Cases Rise
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Can UK retailers use a CVA to re-write existing lease arrangements?
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UK food and drink sector in crosshairs should Brexit free trade talks fail
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Just ‘a few hours’ left to agree a Brexit trade deal, top EU negotiator says
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The Fish Fight Reveals Ultimate Brexit Truths
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Pound Falls as Brexit Negotiators Warn of Trade-Deal Obstacles
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U.K. Businesses Seek Grace Period to Adjust to Post-Brexit Rules
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Cross border insolvency – an overview of the current EU legal framework and the impact of a "no deal" Brexit on UK/EU cross border insolvencies under the Recast Regulation
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Victory for Irish Landlords in Monsoon CVA Rent Disputes
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Large Areas of Southeast England Moved to Highest Covid-19 Curbs
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Gridlock at UK ports could cancel Christmas for retailers
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U.K. consumer confidence increases in December
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Barclays Acted A Bit Too American In Its Dealings With British Customers
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EU:

EU to help banks to jettison loans soured by COVID
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PIIGS:

European Cross-Border Attachment Order Added to Italian Protective Tools for Creditors
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Canada:

Emerging trends in insolvency & restructuring
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Canada sees slowest population growth since 1946 on travel bans
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Mexico:

Mexico City Resists Lockdown With Hospital Occupancy at 75%
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Africa:

Drugmakers should cut COVID-19 vaccine prices for Africa - Africa CDC
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China:

China's recent state-linked bond defaults pose limited systemic risk – analysts
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India:

India likely to witness sharp rise in insolvencies in the coming days
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MENA:

Dubai Developer Meydan Business Under Review Amid Glut
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New Zealand:

New Zealand's virus-induced recession ends with record growth
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Latin America:

Unemployment in Latin America to hit highest level in more than a decade - ILO
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Indonesia:

Jakarta Sets Curfew for Restaurants, Malls to Curb Virus Spread
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Australia:

Change to personal bankruptcy threshold
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Emerging from COVID-19: Key insolvency reforms to commence in 2021 for small businesses
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Credit leaders urge Government not to extend insolvency protections
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Hong Kong:

Bankruptcy filings at new high
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