Law:

The Biglaw Firms On A Lateral Hiring Spree, Despite The Pandemic
(DBN)

Davis Polk Names New Restructuring Partner
(DBN)

Meet the bankers, traders, investors, and lawyers seeing huge opportunities in a wave of bankruptcies
(DBN)

Buoyed by Recent Gains, Firms Embrace Opportunistic Hiring Amid Pandemic
(DBN)

The COVID-19 Crisis And The Perils It Poses
(DBN)

Sedgwick Trustee Files Suit Over Unpaid Legal Fees
(DBN)

'I Don't Miss LaGuardia': How Managing Partners Are Reevaluating Their Jobs During COVID-19
(DBN)

A Third Former Kasowitz Benson Partner Sues, Alleging Underpayment
(DBN)

Report: Very Few Law Firm Mergers on Horizon for Rest of 2020
(DBN)

Third state agrees to temporary diploma privilege with some restrictions • Oregon Adopts Diploma Privilege
(DBN)

States Pressured to Waive Bar Exam for New Lawyers in Pandemic
(DBN)

Yet Another Law School To Hold All Fall 2020 Classes Online Due To Coronavirus
(DBN)

Am Law 100 Firm’s Furloughs Have Turned Into Layoffs • Katten Makes Some Furloughed Business Administration Employees Permanent Cuts
(DBN)

Judge Agrees To Delay Roger Stone Surrender Date To Protect Other Prisoners From COVID
(DBN)

Former Appellate Judge Says Circuit Court Decision in Michael Flynn Case Was ‘Grievously Wrong’
(DBN)

Weinstein’s bankrupt studio agrees to pay $24m to accusers under settlement • Harvey Weinstein Survivors Awarded $19 Million Settlement
(DBN)

St. Louis lawyers who confronted protesters with guns under investigation • The Bio of the Lawyer Representing Two Gun-Toting St. Louis Attorneys Will Leave You Speechless
(DBN)

Has Anyone Told Kelly Loeffler The Second Amendment Applies To Everyone?
(DBN)

Jeff Sessions Referred to Wrongfully Arrested Black Harvard Scholar as ‘Some Criminal’
(DBN)

The Justice Department has a powerful tool to fight police abuse. It refuses to use it.
(DBN)

Suspected shoplifter detained at gunpoint by citizens
(DBN)

St. Louis AR-15 Lawyer Couple Hires Lawyer With Some Disturbing Marketing Material
(DBN)

Buffalo protester labeled "antifa provocateur" by Trump released from hospital
(DBN)

San Quentin Prison Was Free of the Virus. One Decision Fueled an Outbreak.
(DBN)

Facial recognition software fails to correctly identify people '96 percent of the time,' according to Detroit's chief of police
(DBN)

Judge temporarily blocks publication of Mary Trump book • Mary Trump’s Book Blocked by N.Y. Judge Until at Least July 10 • Trump Wins Order Halting Niece’s Book From Judge With One-Star Performance Reviews • Trump Family Stops Trump's Niece From Publishing Brutal Tell-All Memoir... For Now • Mary Trump and Her Publisher Immediately Appeal Court Order That Halted Publication of Tell-All Book • Judge orders Mary Trump to explain why memoir shouldn’t be barred from publication
(DBN)

Not wearing a mask can cost you $50 in South Beach under new COVID crackdown
(DBN)

Federal judge rules against Trump asylum restrictions
(DBN)

Generic word with '.com' at end can be trademarked, SCOTUS rules • Only One Justice Dissented in Trademark Case That Could Change the Way We Think of Internet Domain Names
(DBN)

Woman Shot Stealing Man's Nazi Flag
(DBN)

Bill Would End Nonjudicial Civil Forfeiture
(DBN)

______________

Judges:

Judiciary Makes the Case for New Judgeships
(DBN)

Key Republican Open to Creating Judgeships to Fill Post-Election
(DBN)

Justices Speed Up Opinions in First Cases from May Arguments
(DBN)

Federal judge is publicly admonished for statements about SCOTUS chief justice and GOP
(DBN)

Unpunished: Judges Who Break Laws & Oaths
(DBN)

Chief federal judge in Albuquerque says he regrets photographs with Confederate flag
(DBN)

Trump hoping for Supreme Court vacancy as way to boost a flagging campaign
(DBN)

Supreme Court says Montana program aiding private schools must be open to religious schools • Supreme Court boosts religious schools seeking public aid • Supreme Court Removes a Brick From the Church-State Wall • Sotomayor Says Supreme Court Ruling in Religious Discrimination Case Is ‘Perverse’ • Justice Alito Cites 1871 Anti-Catholic Political Cartoon of Priests as Crocodiles in Religious Liberty Opinion • Separation of Church & State on the Brink
(DBN)

Roe v. Wade isn’t safe
(DBN)

Top Court Ruling on Abortion Opens Door to More Challenges
(DBN)

Iowa governor signs bill requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion
(DBN)

Supreme Court set to rule on Donald Trump’s financial records
(DBN)

______________

Wall Street:

Stocks futures are little changed after the market notches its best quarter in decades
(DBN)

Dow rallies more than 200 points to close out its best quarter since 1987
(DBN)

The economy is falling apart but Wall Street had its best quarter in decades
(DBN)

______________

Layoffs:

Workers getting laid off for second time as virus's surge closes businesses
(DBN)

As virus roars back, so do signs of a new round of layoffs
(DBN)

Waymo to expand autonomous truck testing in the American Southwest
(DBN)

Airbus Set for Sweeping Job Cuts After Meeting With Unions
(DBN)

Microsoft, LinkedIn to Retrain Unemployed Workers for In-Demand Jobs • Microsoft aims to prep 25 million people for the future of work — for free
(DBN)

Cirque du Soleil lays off Blue Man Group employees
(DBN)

Textron Aviation announces 250 layoffs
(DBN)

Marcus Corp. to lay off 410 workers at Wisconsin hotels
(DBN)

Macy’s plans to lay off 234 employees at Annapolis, Columbia malls
(DBN)

More than 260 food service contractors laid off at LinkedIn
(DBN)

Trinity Health Michigan lays off, furloughs another 1,000 employees
(DBN)

Upper Crust owner SSP warns of 5,000 job cuts due to restructuring
(DBN)

______________

Politics:

Trump Vows to Veto Defense Bill to Keep Confederate Base Names
(DBN)

GOP Governor Says There Won’t Be Social Distancing At Major Event With Trump
(DBN)

Florida's coronavirus outbreak complicates Republican convention, Trump's reelection bid
(DBN)

‘Fox & Friends’ Host Steve Doocy Urges Trump to Wear a Mask to ‘Set a Good Example’
(DBN)

Republicans, with exception of Trump, now push mask-wearing
(DBN)

Biden calls on Trump to wear a mask, limit rallies amid coronavirus surge • Biden says will not hold campaign rallies due to pandemic
(DBN)

Federal government runs out of free face masks; TSA also faces shortage
(DBN)

Swing state voters give Trump poor marks on coronavirus: CNBC/Change poll
(DBN)

Donald Trump Has Only 33% Probability of Beating Joe Biden
(DBN)

Hundreds in Bush White House to Vote Biden
(DBN)

Trump says masks are a 'double-edged sword.' Goldman Sachs says they could help save the economy
(DBN)

Trump campaign scraps rally ahead of Sessions-Tuberville primary amid pandemic
(DBN)

Virus surge forces Arizona gov’s hand on masks
(DBN)

Rand Paul To Federal Health Officials: 'We Shouldn't Presume That A Group Of Experts Somehow Knows What's Best'
(DBN)

Survey: Florida voters link climate and COVID-19
(DBN)

Kellyanne Conway's 15-year-old daughter is defiantly posting anti-Trump and pro-Black Lives Matter TikToks 'to inform people and spread love'
(DBN)

Krugman: World War C
(DBN)

Hoyer: Intel briefing showed Russia bounty allegations are not a "hoax" • The Russian bounties on US troops in Afghanistan scandal, explained • Why did Trump do nothing about Russia bounties? • Data on Financial Transfers Bolstered Suspicions That Russia Offered Bounties • Bolton personally briefed Trump on Russian bounties one year earlier than previously known: report • Pentagon: No Evidence on Russian Bounties • House Democrats frustrated by White House briefing on Russia bounty allegations • Biden: Russia bounty issue shows Trump "doesn't seem to be cognitively aware" • Ex-spies say Trump's claim that no one told him Russia may have been paying militants to kill US troops is 'horses---' • Dems say Russia bounty intel is 'red flag' • ‘Stupefyingly Stupid’: Lawyers React to Report That White House Withheld Evidence of Russian Bounties from Republicans • McEnany blames N.Y. Times, "rogue intelligence officers" for undermining Trump
(DBN)

Republicans have been skipping House Intelligence meetings for months
(DBN)

German officials alarmed by Trump's calls with Merkel
(DBN)

As virus surge grips red states, Biden steps up attack on Trump
(DBN)

Commerce Department erred when backing Trump during Hurricane Dorian, inspector general says
(DBN)

Use of military contractors shrouds true costs of war. Washington wants it that way, study says.
(DBN)

Biden Leads Trump With Americans Unhappy About State of Country
(DBN)

Trump has lost his senior advantage. And that could cost him in November.
(DBN)

Poll: Republican satisfaction with state of the country drops to record-low 19%
(DBN)

Biden Sees ‘Distinction’ Among Monuments Being Toppled
(DBN)

Sioux Want Mount Rushmore Removed
(DBN)

‘The wartime president has surrendered’: Biden rips Trump as coronavirus surges
(DBN)

Don’t count Trump out yet — here’s how he can still win in November
(DBN)

As Biden expands polling lead, Democrats still can’t shake this November nightmare
(DBN)

Jill Biden Says Kamala Harris Is ‘On the Short List’ for Running Mate
(DBN)

Public’s Mood Turns Grim; Trump Trails Biden on Most Personal Traits, Major Issues
(DBN)

'Always Trumpers' complain as president's missteps threaten Senate GOP majority
(DBN)

Senator Demands Answers From Navarro on Bolton China Allegations
(DBN)

Jeff Sessions Keeps Getting Worse
(DBN)

NJ City Officials Charged After 1 In 5 Mail-In Ballots Found To Be Fraudulent In Election
(DBN)

Democrats lead in three key Senate races, CNBC/Change Research poll finds
(DBN)

____________

Circuses:

Coronavirus bankrupts Cirque du Soleil • Bid for Cirque Du Soleil Dismissed as 'Pure Fiction' by Lenders • Cirque du Soleil targets ‘beginning of 2021’ for shows to return from virus closures, CEO says • Cirque du Soleil CEO Daniel Lamarre on the company’s bankruptcy filing • TPG Proposal for Cirque du Soleil Is Doomed, Creditors Say • Cirque du Soleil's bankruptcy is bad news for the future of live entertainment
(DBN)

____________

Tech:

Democratic Senators Ask Zuckerberg to Act on White Supremacy
(DBN)

Facebook bans hundreds of accounts related to the Boogaloo extremist movement • Facebook is cracking down on anti-government extremist 'boogaloos,' but it has reportedly been profiting off boogaloo ads calling for violence for months
(DBN)

Facebook's Tensions With Advertisers Predate the Boycott
(DBN)

____________

Nursing Homes:

Florida Covid-19 Cases at Long-Term Care Facilities Hit Record
(DBN)

____________

Cannabis:

Englewood CBD cream company files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
(DBN)

Patchwork Of Judicial Decisions Exacerbates Confusion On Legality Of CBD Products
(DBN)

____________

Student Debt:

Nelnet And Great Lakes Will No Longer Service Your Federal Student Loans
(DBN)

____________

Newspapers:

Could McClatchy become a nonprofit newspaper chain?
(DBN)

Final bids due for McClatchy bankruptcy auction
(DBN)

The fates of two leading newspaper publishers are up in the air
(DBN)

____________

Event Facilities:

With no games at arena, Fiserv Forum furloughs employees
(DBN)

____________

Economy:

National mask mandate could save 5% of GDP, economists say • Goldman Sachs says national mask mandate could save US from a 5% hit to GDP • Wearing a mask to halt the spread of coronavirus has a big impact on U.S. economic growth—and Goldman has done the math • A National Mask Mandate Could Save The U.S. Economy $1 Trillion, Goldman Sachs Says
(DBN)

Fed Chair Powell warns of economic fallout from a 'second outbreak' • Fed chair warns lawmakers not to become complacent in dealing with coronavirus
(DBN)

Fed’s Williams warns that U.S. economy far from healthy even if worst of the coronavirus outbreak is over
(DBN)

Democrats Propose Federal Jobs Program As Millions More File For Unemployment
(DBN)

The numbers behind the jobs numbers don't look so hot
(DBN)

U.S. employers announced more job cuts in June-report
(DBN)

Unemployment Payments by Treasury Hit Pandemic High in June
(DBN)

The big divide over the next stimulus
(DBN)

No More Bailouts
(DBN)

Senate passes PPP extension through August
(DBN)

Virus Labor Market Destruction Is Proving Worse Than Anticipated
(DBN)

Top U.S. House Republican resists extending coronavirus unemployment benefits
(DBN)

US consumer confidence jumps most since 2011 as the economy reopens
(DBN)

These 4 figures show the stark racial economic inequality across the U.S.
(DBN)

Why The Economy, Unemployment, And Financial Markets Will Take Years Returning To Normal
(DBN)

National Credit Card Delinquency and Charge-Off Rates
(DBN)

Rubio Starts Bipartisan Push for More Aid for Small Businesses
(DBN)

US consumer spending's rise may be short-lived
(DBN)

Jobless Benefits Are Keeping Americans Afloat. Republicans Still Want To Cut Them.
(DBN)

We’ve got bad news if you’re still waiting on your stimulus check
(DBN)

Government tax watchdog: IRS should not waste time pursuing $1 billion in stimulus checks sent to dead people
(DBN)

IRS Can’t Find Some Check Recipients as Congress Mulls Stimulus
(DBN)

Mnuchin says leftover PPP funds should go to hardest-hit industries • Mnuchin: We support additional PPP legislation
(DBN)

Many small business owners worry a second shutdown would be devastating
(DBN)

The coronavirus' resurgence could drag the US recovery into an L- or W-shaped trend, Bank of America says
(DBN)

A V-shaped recovery in 2020 earnings is 'far from certain': Strategist
(DBN)

Roubini: A Greater Depression Looms
(DBN)

'Extreme delays' for millions awaiting IRS refunds
(DBN)

American Companies Are Sick. Here’s How to Cure Them.
(DBN)

Fauci warns states are "skipping over" reopening checkpoints • More than 30 Texas bars sue over Gov. Greg Abbott's recent shutdown order • Florida doc links virus surge to DeSantis reopening economy • Reopened Los Angeles Sleepwalks Into Peril of Resurgent Pandemic • State Reopenings Stall Amid Covid-19 Resurgence • California reverses reopening as coronavirus cases spike • The Economy Cannot Be More Important Than People’s Lives • Florida is "not going back" on reopening, governor says • Virginia and Delaware shut bars as U.S. coronavirus cases surge
(DBN)

New York to require travelers from 16 states to quarantine • New York, New Jersey and Connecticut want people coming from hot spots to quarantine — but how will they enforce it? • New York State Doubles The Number Of States Whose Residents Face COVID-19 Travel Quarantines, Adding California
(DBN)

In Los Angeles, an economy built on freelancers crumbles
(DBN)

The new corporate swag: Branded masks, sanitizer spray bottles and Zoom vanity light rings
(DBN)

The 50 best places to live in America, ranked
(DBN)

NAFTA 2.0 'monumental' but U.S. 'has other weapons': McKenna
(DBN)

The exodus from Trump's economic team continues despite fresh fears about new closures and coronavirus crisis
(DBN)

Therapists share how to manage anxiety over returning to work
(DBN)

IMF says Asia’s economy will shrink ‘for the first time in living memory’
(DBN)

Push Back Over Higher Minimum Wages
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
(DBN)

World Debt Clock
(DBN)

How People Really Live
(DBN)

______________

Real Estate:

US home prices increase 4% in April
(DBN)

How the housing market’s V-shaped recovery could slip into a W-shape
(DBN)

Mortgage applications continue to slow despite low-rate environment
(DBN)

Pending home sales staged a historic rebound in May, meaning the worst may have already come for the real-estate market
(DBN)

Fannie Mae survey shows mortgage servicers want clarity on post-forbearance options for borrowers
(DBN)

Hearst mansion owner’s bankrupt LLC got a $150K federal bailout - Leonard Ross is asking a bankruptcy judge to let him accept six-figure handout from SBA
(DBN)

My Landlord Is Threatening To Evict Me During A Health And Economic Crisis. What Do I Do?
(DBN)

As COVID-19 prompts more retail tenant bankruptcies, how should landlords and lenders respond?
(DBN)

The Dying Mall’s New Lease on Life: Apartments
(DBN)

A year in the life of a dying shopping mall
(DBN)

New Jersey’s American Dream mall is a financial nightmare
(DBN)

Most malls can't use HEPA filters, but there's an easier way to protect shoppers from COVID-19 particles
(DBN)

____________

Municipalities:

How Cities Fail: Service Delivery Insolvency and Municipal Bankruptcy
(DBN)

Muni Lowdown: Pricing perplexity
(DBN)

De Blasio reaches $88.1 billion budget deal that includes NYPD cuts
(DBN)

Traveling to Puerto Rico? Don’t Forget Your Covid-19 Test
(DBN)

Puerto Rico board approves new plans for PREPA, PRASA, and HTA
(DBN)

PROMESA after four years: Key questions remain
(DBN)

U.S. States Beg, Borrow and Cut to Close Massive Budget Gaps
(DBN)

California ‘Wall of Debt’ Returns as State Bets on Federal Aid
(DBN)

Coronavirus may add to strains for already frail Chicago pension funds
(DBN)

R.I. Supreme Court deals a huge blow to Providence in pension case
(DBN)

____________

Oil/Gas:

The meaning of Shell's $22 billion write-down
(DBN)

Big Oil’s Nightmare Is Coming True
(DBN)

Shell and BP's Debt Problems Are Getting Worse
(DBN)

Chapter 11 was Chesapeake Energy's only option, company tells bankruptcy court • How Chesapeake Energy's Bankruptcy Could Affect Pipeline Stocks • Chesapeake joins more than 200 other bankrupt U.S. shale producers • Chesapeake Energy Goes Bankrupt. Will It Spur The Industry To Police Its Own? • Loan investors sign on for Chesapeake's Chapter 11 plans • Chesapeake Energy Stock Filing for Bankruptcy Is A Lesson In Risk
(DBN)

Denbury Resources to skip $8M bond interest payment
(DBN)

Lilis Energy files for bankruptcy in Houston with hundreds of millions in debt
(DBN)

Houston-based McDermott International exits bankruptcy
(DBN)

A Texas-based oil and gas company files for bankruptcy
(DBN)

Houston-based Sanchez Energy emerges from bankruptcy under new name
(DBN)

'The days of $100 oil are over': Bubba Trading founder
(DBN)

Are oil companies ready for the post-pandemic world?
(DBN)

Oil Markets On Edge As Second Wave Hits
(DBN)

____________

Climate:

House Democrats unveil ambitious climate package, steering toward a net-zero economy by 2050
(DBN)

____________

Healthcare:

22 parties bid for bankrupt hospital chain's assets
(DBN)

Hollowed out public health system faces more cuts amid virus
(DBN)

2 Tested in Texas: One Bill $199. One $6,408
(DBN)

11 critical questions about the coronavirus that remain unanswered, 6 months after the first cases were reported
(DBN)

Dozens of soldiers in Fort Bragg survival class test positive for coronavirus, Army says
(DBN)

Coronavirus cases skyrocketing among communities of color
(DBN)

Data Shows U.S. Communities at High Risk From COVID-19 • Census Bureau’s New Experimental CRE Tool Shows How Vulnerable Communities Are to Disasters
(DBN)

Fauci says the American public and U.S. lawmakers are failing at 3 critical things in battle against COVID-19
(DBN)

Fauci: US ‘going in wrong direction’ in coronavirus outbreak
(DBN)

Fauci warns Congress that new US coronavirus cases could rise to 100,000 a day • Dr. Fauci says U.S. coronavirus outbreak is ‘going to be very disturbing’
(DBN)

Fauci says Covid-19 vaccine may not get US to herd immunity if too many people refuse to get it
(DBN)

Fauci Balances Vaccine Hope With Realism as FDA Sets Vaccine Standards
(DBN)

Global health experts to Congress: Trump’s withdrawal from WHO is ‘tragic’
(DBN)

This is what U.S. health officials say we should do differently for next pandemic
(DBN)

More than 30 US states, including Florida and Texas, should be doing thousands more coronavirus tests a day - but Alaska and Montana are testing enough people to drive daily cases down to nearly zero, Harvard experts reveal
(DBN)

Spike in Cleveland coronavirus cases rooted in days immediately after May 30 protest and rise in social activity
(DBN)

Protests probably didn't lead to coronavirus spikes, but it's hard to know for sure
(DBN)

The All-or-Nothing Approach to Social Distancing Isn't Working
(DBN)

Miami-Dade Covid-19 Patients on Ventilators Climbs to a New High
(DBN)

LA doctor on coronavirus surge: 'There's going to be a lot of death coming' • Why Covid 19 Cases are Soaring in California
(DBN)

Texas hits record number of coronavirus cases, extends ban on elective surgeries
(DBN)

Arizona faces new closures as hospitals prep for virus surge
(DBN)

Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.”
(DBN)

Virus Threat Grows in U.S. Where Millions Lost Health Coverage
(DBN)

The best DIY face mask material and fit? Quilting cotton beats bandana, new study suggests
(DBN)

People without coronavirus symptoms can be 'high emitters' and release loads of particles, posing a risk in workplaces, research shows
(DBN)

What a controversial face mask study says about science in the Covid-19 era
(DBN)

Mask Fights: America Is Fighting Over Coronavirus Safety
(DBN)

A Miami ER doctor explains how Florida's COVID-19 response went from success to disaster
(DBN)

How Trump gave insurance companies free rein to sell bad health plans
(DBN)

‘A zombie lie’ that is ‘eating people’s brains’: Paul Krugman blasts GOP’s claim they have a superior alternative to Obamacare
(DBN)

A majority of people polled in Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, and Portugal have lost trust in the US because of its disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic
(DBN)

US Buys Up the World's Stock of Remdesivir
(DBN)

____________

Religion:

Vatican prosecutors seize data from St. Peter’s Basilica
(DBN)

____________

Dairy:

Dairy Farmers Worldwide Are On the Brink of Crisis
(DBN)

____________

Education:

Kids are healthier when they can go to school. Even during the pandemic.
(DBN)

There is no safe way to reopen colleges this fall
(DBN)

Cornell Says Bringing Students Back to Campus Reduces Virus Risk
(DBN)

How COVID-19 could spread on college campuses. Will students be safe?
(DBN)

____________

Corporate Reform:

Supreme Court Orders Joe Biden To Fire CFPB Director On Jan. 20
(DBN)

Seila Law v CFPB: Winners and Losers
(DBN)

____________

Fraud:

June 2020 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
(DBN)

____________

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (23 new filings today)
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (146 new filings today)
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
(DBN)

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) • (2) • (3) •(4)• (5) • (6) • (7) • (8)
(DBN)

Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

______________

Bankruptcy Statistics:

U.S. Bankruptcy Tracker: Retail, Energy Set Grim Milestones
(DBN)

IMF Flags Growing Risk Of Cascading Bankruptcies
(DBN)

US companies file for bankruptcy at fastest pace since 2013 • US companies tumble into bankruptcy at fastest pace since 2013 under coronavirus stress
(DBN)

Wave of Corporate Failures Stays at Bay -- For Now
(DBN)

Business Bankruptcies Likely To Surge Globally Without Threatening Recovery Says BIS
(DBN)

With bankruptcies surging, 2020 may become one of the busiest years for Chapter 11 filings since the Great Recession
(DBN)

Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
(DBN)

______________

Force Majeure:

Illinois Bankruptcy Court Holds that Statewide Shutdown Order Triggered Force Majeure Clause
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Grants Tenant Partial Rent Abatement Under Force Majeure Clause (COVID-19)
(DBN)

____________

Intercreditor:

Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Examined: La Paloma
(DBN)

____________

Personal Bankruptcy:

Bankruptcy Courts Helping Individuals, Despite the Statute?
(DBN)

9th Cir. Allows Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Plans With Estimated Durations
(DBN)

____________

Bankruptcy Bonuses:

U.S. energy CEOs are awarding themselves millions in bonuses as their companies go bankrupt
(DBN)

____________

Litigation:

3 Questions For A Litigator Turned Litigation Funding Executive (Part II)
(DBN)

____________

Finance:

Court rules in bankrupt archdiocese's favor on PPP eligibility
(DBN)

Serta Simmons (Can Secured Lenders Sleep Well at Night?)
(DBN)

____________

Mediation:

Succeeding at Small Claims Mediation: England and Wales Showing How It’s Done
(DBN)

____________

Aviation:

How risky is flying?
(DBN)

Airlines defend moves to full-capacity flights
(DBN)

Puerto Rico to demand COVID-19 test results from passengers
(DBN)

Airbus starts biggest-ever restructuring with 15,000 jobs to go
(DBN)

French government, unions tell Airbus, Air France to minimise job cuts
(DBN)

Boeing's biggest hit to orders yet: Norwegian cancels 97 jets
(DBN)

Can the 737 Max Even be Saved?
(DBN)

TSA casts doubts on effectiveness of passenger temperature checks at airports
(DBN)

UAE Approval of Boeing 737 Max Likely to Closely Follow FAA
(DBN)

EasyJet weighs 700 U.K. pilot job cuts, closing Stansted base
(DBN)

Bond Buyers Are Betting Big On American. They Think It Has An Ace Up Its Sleeve?
(DBN)

Financially distressed Aeromexico gets $50 million lifeline
(DBN)

Aeromexico files for bankruptcy protection in United States • Aeromexico, Mexico's legacy airline, files for bankruptcy hoping to survive coronavirus pandemic • Aeromexico becomes latest Latin American airline to file for bankruptcy • Aeromexico files for bankruptcy, third Latin American carrier to restructure
(DBN)

India's airlines risk extinction as government refuses to rescue billionaires
(DBN)

____________

Food/Beverage:

Restaurant Performance Index improved from April's record low
(DBN)

Chain restaurants including Starbucks and Pie Five are permanently closing over 900 total locations due to the pandemic. Here's the full list.
(DBN)

I’m Not Ready to Go Back to Restaurants. Is Anyone?
(DBN)

Restaurants And The New Reallocation Shock For Workers
(DBN)

Pizza Hut and Wendy's US operator NPC files for bankruptcy • Pizza Hut and Wendy’s Operator NPC Files for Bankruptcy
(DBN)

Wild brawl erupts in Arkansas restaurant over social distancing dispute
(DBN)

____________

Movie Theaters:

AMC Theatres delays reopening until July 30
(DBN)

Movie theater reopenings have been pushed back. More bankruptcy filings could be next
(DBN)

____________

Retailing:

Here’s why the biggest U.S. mall owner might want to buy JC Penney • Why Simon and Brookfield Want to Save JCPenney
(DBN)

The coronavirus lockdown hit JCPenney even harder than we thought
(DBN)

JCPenney’s Losses Mounted in Months Leading Up to Bankruptcy
(DBN)

Old Time Pottery to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy, close stores due to COVID-19
(DBN)

How Retail Companies Are Adapting to Improve Profitability ??
(DBN)

Walmart yanks ‘All Lives Matter’ merchandise from its website
(DBN)

Retailers Caught In Middle As Some Customers Throw Tantrums Over Masks Mandate During Pandemic
(DBN)

9 retailers that have filed for bankruptcy and 3 that still might
(DBN)

Retail begins its long fight back, but the shift is away from bricks and mortar
(DBN)

Amazon, online retail to take share from brick-and-mortar stores post-pandemic
(DBN)

Steinhoff faces legal claims of more than $10 billion
(DBN)

____________

Fitness:

Quarter of gym-goers don’t expect they’ll ever return to fitness clubs thanks to coronavirus
(DBN)

____________

Autos:

UAW Asks GM to Shut Down Texas SUV Plant as Covid Cases Soar
(DBN)

Byton may be facing bankruptcy
(DBN)

Slumping Fleet Sales Weigh on Auto Industry
(DBN)

____________

Sports:

Most Nascar Fans Support Black Lives Matter, Study Finds
(DBN)

The Purchase Price For The Mets Has Fallen By More Than A Billion Dollars
(DBN)

Most MLS teams expected to put additional advertising on jerseys during return-to-play event
(DBN)

____________

Festivals:

Organizers Fear Glastonbury Festival Could Face Bankruptcy
(DBN)

____________

Hedge Funds:

Quarterly Hedge Fund Liquidations Surge to Highest Since 2015
(DBN)

____________

Utilities:

How a PG&E Contractor With a Sketchy Past Made Millions After California’s Deadliest Fire
(DBN)

____________

Tax:

Has the IRS Hit Bottom?
(DBN)

____________

UK:

Boris Johnson's 'loose change' is hardly Roosevelt's New Deal
(DBN)

Coronavirus: UK economy hit by worst contraction in 41 years
(DBN)

Cineworld delays reopening UK cinemas to 31 July
(DBN)

____________

EU:

European Union extends ban on U.S. travelers as borders reopen
(DBN)

Schnabel Says ECB May Not Use Full Size of Its Emergency Program
(DBN)

Are European Countries Flattening the Curve?
(DBN)

____________

PIIGS:

Malls “on brink of bankruptcy”. Shops say “it’s all fake news”
(DBN)

____________

Canada:

Economy posted record 11.6% plunge in April: StatsCan
(DBN)

Canada's Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Found to Have Operated Like a Ponzi Scheme
(DBN)

____________

Latin America:

In Midst of Covid Chaos, One Latin American Nation Gets It Right
(DBN)

____________

Kenya:

Kenya Economy Grows at Slowest Pace Since 2017 as Virus Hits
(DBN)

____________

Argentina:

Argentina Creditors Urge Officials to Move Ahead on Debt Talks • Argentina Creditor Groups Lambast Government Over Debt Talk Delays • Argentina creditor groups criticize lack of gov't engagement in debt talks
(DBN)

Argentina economic activity plunges record 26.4% in April amid pandemic
(DBN)

____________

Germany:

Quick recovery of German economy "off the table" - DIHK
(DBN)

Wirecard Lenders Seek Buyers for $224 Million Loan Portion • Wirecard’s Shares Are Still in Demand Despite Insolvency Filing • Wirecard Cash Crunch Hits Staff as Insolvency Holds Up Pay • Former Wirecard Execs Face Criminal Charges In Austria • Wirecard AG Debacle Could Trigger Changes, BIS Chief Says • Wirecard North America seeks buyer, distances itself from German company • Wirecard administrator starts to dismantle defunct payments group • Insolvency Administrator Sees Investor Interest for Assets • Wirecard is set to miss the very first payment on $561 million worth of debt and join the notorious 'no coupon' club • Police raid Wirecard headquarters as administrator kicks off asset sales
(DBN)

____________

Brazil:

Brazil to Extend Emergency Aid to Poorest as Unemployment Rises
(DBN)

____________

India:

From $82 Million Wedding To Bankruptcy, The Descent Of Lakshmi Mittal’s Brother
(DBN)

Indian insolvency ordinance leaves many open questions
(DBN)

____________

Hong Kong:

Hong Kong makes first arrests under China’s new national security law
(DBN)

____________

China:

China’s Huawei, ZTE officially designated ‘national security threats’ by the FCC
(DBN)

A private survey shows China’s manufacturing activity beat expectations in June
(DBN)

____________

MENA:

Oman's new insolvency regime
(DBN)

____________