May 8, 2020

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Law:

The good and bad news: Firms continue to announce cuts, but it’s at slower pace
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The Legal Profession’s Reckoning
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The New Normal—Law Firms May Never Be the Same
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One Of The Top 40 Largest Law Firms In The Country Is Cutting Associate Salaries
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More Associate Salaries Slashed At Am Law 100 Firm
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'This Isn't a Gravy Train': The Curious Case of the Kirkland Email
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Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown Cut Attorney Pay
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Squire Patton Boggs tells staff 'We are the champions' before pay cuts
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Baker & Hostetler Joins Ever-Growing List of Firms Cutting Pay
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Is a Two-Week Summer Associate Program Even Worth It? Kirkland Isn't the Only Firm that Thinks So
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COVID-19 Law Firm Austerity Comes To Texas
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How to Handle Guaranteed Pay Packages While Partners Are Hurting
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Not Even In-House Counsel Are Immune From COVID-19 Job Cuts
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Firm CEO resigns in mysterious circumstances
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The Biglaw Firms Where Lawyers Did The Most Meaningful Pro Bono Work (2020)
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He's Been Everywhere, Man: Partner Allegedly Faked Trips to 43 Cities and Charged His Firm
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Legal video call ruined by naked participant
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Shearman & Sterling Worker Says Covid-19, Age Spurred Firing • Shearman Vows to Fight Age Bias Lawsuit, Says Employee Fired in Pandemic Was 'Terminated for Cause'
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These lawyers, bankers, traders, and investors are seeing huge opportunities in a wave of corporate distress
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Florida Promises Most Packed July Bar Exam Ever To Own The Libs
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Illinois Says Law Grads Can Do First-Year Work Without Bar Exam
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WH: No Liability For Businesses That Follow CDC Guidelines. Also WH: You Can’t See The CDC Guidelines Because … Reasons!
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Mueller prosecutor withdraws from Flynn case after questions surface concerning his compliance with court order • Justice Department drops prosecution of Michael Flynn • Justice moves to void Flynn conviction in Mueller's Russia probe • Understanding the twists and turns in the Michael Flynn case • Michael Flynn Is Walking Free Because He Played by Trump’s Rules • The Death of Equal Justice Under the Law • Legal Experts: Never Seen Anything Like This • Why Michael Flynn is Really Walking Free • Judge Has Final Say in Flynn Case • The Darkest of Days at the DOJ
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'Two Tiers of Justice': Lawyers Fume Over Barr's 'Corruption' After Motion to Dismiss Flynn Prosecution
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DOJ Releases Previously Classified Memo Outlining What Mueller Had the Authority to Investigate
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Ex-Trump lawyer Dowd claims Mueller 'badly misled' White House legal team, mocks Schiff as 'Nancy's liar'
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‘They’ve all failed’: Conway rips BigLaw husband’s anti-Trump super PAC
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Democrats Want Records of Trump Organization Seeking Foreign Aid
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to shield Mueller material
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Unanimous Supreme Court decision throws out ‘Bridgegate’ convictions
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U.S. still has a gun violence problem despite coronavirus lockdowns
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Anti-Lockdown Protesters Are Now Facing Down Cops Outside of Bars
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SCOTUS refuses to block Pennsylvania order shutting down most businesses
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Visits Dallas Salon Whose Owner Is Currently Jailed • Texas Supreme Court Orders Release of Salon Owner Jailed After Violating Stay-at-Home Order
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Rogue tourists arrested as Hawaii tries to curb virus spread
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Michigan barber says he won’t close shop ‘unless they handcuff me’
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NYPD distancing arrests: Many non-whites, at times violently
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Alabama cop caught on video body-slamming maskless woman in Walmart
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Advocates Warn of More Immigrant Deaths without ICE Action
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McDonald's customer shoots employees after being asked to leave because of coronavirus restrictions
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Federal judge shoots down Massachusetts gun store closure
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New Title IX regulations give more rights to college students accused of sexual misconduct
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911 Calls Connected to the Ahmaud Arbery Shooting Have Been Released • Father, Son Charged with Hunting Black Man • Georgia Took Months to Make Arrests • Biden slams Arbery shooting as 'grave injustice,' demands investigation • Before apparent video of Ahmaud Arbery shooting, a community was rallying for answers • Two men charged with murder in death of Ahmaud Arbery • Ahmaud Arbery's murder shows how hard it is to prosecute cops, or even ex-cops
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Judges:

Judicial nominee with McConnell and Kavanaugh ties who called Roberts opinion upholding ‘Obamacare’ a catastrophe says he has an open mind
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Fla. judge transformed her courtroom into a reality-TV show about domestic violence victims, probe says
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Wisc. chief justice sparks backlash by saying outbreak is among meatpackers, not 'regular folks'
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How Will We Act When The Courts Reopen?
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Wall Street:

Dow futures climb 200 points despite dismal jobs picture
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Here’s what happened to the stock market on Thursday
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The Nasdaq just wiped out all of its losses for 2020--a stunning feat in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis
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The alarming rise of algorithms as heroes of the stock recovery
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Financials are flashing a ‘warning sign’ to investors, says trader
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Layoffs:

Airbnb will give laid-off employees 14 weeks base pay and health insurance, but millions of other laid-off workers are not so lucky
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Retailing:

Neiman Marcus files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection • Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy, citing 'inexorable' pressure from coronavirus • Luxury Retailer Neiman Marcus Files For Bankruptcy After Reaching Agreement With Creditors • The Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy: Separating The Myths From The Realities • Neiman Goes Bankrupt, Idled by Virus and Crushed by Debt • Neiman Marcus bankruptcy filing frees it from its crippling debt • Retail icon tumbles into bankruptcy, plans to emerge from pandemic • Neiman Marcus’ Luxury Dreams Were Shaken by Debt and Disease • Chanel, Christian Louboutin and more: These are Neiman Marcus Group's creditors with largest unsecured claims • Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy: Debt And Coronavirus Aren’t The Only Things To Blame
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Shoe Chain Aldo Seeks Bankruptcy Protection to Trim Debt • Aldo files for creditor protection, citing COVID-19 "pressure"
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J.C. Penney, Sephora Settle Dust-Up Over Beauty Boutiques
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J.C. Penney skips another payment, enters five-day grace period
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Macy’s Delays Earnings on Virus Disruption, Sees Goodwill Charge
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The Retail Liquidations – Neiman’s, J.Crew, Pier 1, More — Are About To Start Flowing
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Debt and hubris: the demise of the US department store
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Global luxury sales could collapse up to 60% in the second quarter, consulting firm says
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Can these 13 retailers survive coronavirus? Permanent store closings, bankruptcies coming
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Costco sees sales drop as panic shopping wears off and stay-at-home restrictions keep shoppers out of stores
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The 'stunning collapse' of the global luxury goods market will be even worse than expected — and it'll reshape the industry forever, experts say
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Amazon reportedly says California's expanded coronavirus sick leave policy doesn't cover its warehouse workers
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Eerie photos of reopened malls show thinned-out food courts, roped-off play areas and masked shoppers
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Healthcare:

Bankrupt hospitals sue feds for Paycheck Protection Program loans
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Let the Doctors Work
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'Covid's not the only health issue': inside the rural counties defying California's lockdown
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Confirmed coronavirus cases are surging across the country, even as 30 states look to reopen
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The hope behind antibody treatments as a quick coronavirus fix
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Surgeon General warned against face masks but CDC now recommends it
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House investigators find holes in early virus screening of passengers
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California identifies nail salons as source of spread, Gov. Newsom says
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How Do Kids Spread Coronavirus?
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Coronavirus cases plummet by 44% due to shelter-in-place orders, according to this study drawing on CDC data
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FactCheck: "We’ve still had more deaths to the flu this year than we've had COVID-19."
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Trump doubles down on pledge to eliminate Obamacare, even as the pandemic rages, calling it 'lousy healthcare'
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California to get $247 million refund after massive order of N95 masks from China is delayed
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The reason we're so uncomfortable wearing masks
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Majority of new COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York are people who stayed at home
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6 new coronavirus hotspots you wouldn’t expect have appeared in the US
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Blood thinners show promise for boosting the survival chances of the sickest covid patients
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After Recovery From the Coronavirus, Most People Carry Antibodies
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Hydroxychloroquine fails to help hospitalized coronavirus patients in US funded study
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Doctors lambaste federal process for distributing Covid-19 drug remdesivir
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Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks
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Coronavirus can be sexually transmitted, study finds – even after symptoms have cleared
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With devastating speed, coronavirus spread through a Long Beach fire station. But these firefighters battled back
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Hotels across New York City will offer rooms to people with mild covid-19 cases
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Blacks in Britain are four times as likely to die of coronavirus as whites, data show
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Disproportionately black counties comprise more than 50% of cases, nearly 60% of deaths, virus study shows
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For Latinos and Coronavirus, Doctors are Seeing an ‘Alarming’ Disparity
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The coronavirus' double whammy on vulnerable populations
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Low Income Minorities Slammed by Virus
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Pentagon spends hundreds of millions of dollars in the fight against coronavirus • Esper: Pentagon ready for any new wave of coronavirus
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Taxis:

Uber’s quarterly net loss balloons to $2.9 billion, its biggest loss in three quarters
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Lyft will require drivers and passengers to wear face masks
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Mail:

GAO: Postal Service is Unsustainable
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Hedge Funds:

Michael Hintze’s hedge fund hit hard by credit bets
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Cannabis:

Is United Cannabis Far Enough Removed From Marijuana to Receive Federal Bankruptcy Protection? Why the United Cannabis Bankruptcy Proceeding is an Important Test for the Industry
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Economy:

Jobless claims: Another 3.169 million Americans file for unemployment benefits • US weekly jobless claims total 3.169 million, bringing seven-week tally to 33.5 million • The record number of people applying for jobless benefits is even worse than it looks • 1 in 5 American workers has filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March • Historic rate of layoffs may be slowing as 3.2 million Americans file initial unemployment claims • Top JPMorgan Investment Officer: It Will Take ’10 to 12 Years’ for U.S. Employment Levels to Return
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Goldman April Payrolls Review • April Employment Preview • April report expected to show more than 20 million jobs lost and depth of pain caused by shutdown • Economists forecast 16% unemployment and a record 21 million payroll cuts for April jobs report
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‘The best we’re going to do is a slow recovery,’ ex-Treasury Secretary Lew says
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77% of laid-off workers believe they will return to their old job, Post-Ipsos poll finds
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US Will Regain Jobs Lost All at Once
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Half of the World's Workforce on the Edge
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Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman outlined 11 reasons why he's concerned about coronavirus' long-term impacts
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Consumer Debt Soars To $14.3 Trillion—Now Higher Than 2008 Crisis
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Credit-card use dives in March by most since 1989
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Dallas Fed: Texas Economy is in Tailspin
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Fed’s Harkin doubts likelihood of negative rates even as market prices them in • ‘There is no point’ in the Fed going to negative interest rates, argues JPMorgan
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‘It’s devastating’ — Jobs number will be bad, but the reality is actually much worse, warns the Fed’s Neel Kashkari
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns the coronavirus could cause lasting economic damage
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BlackRock's Fink delivers grim outlook with tax hikes for corporate America
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The Results Are In for the Sharing Economy. They Are Ugly.
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SBA slashes disaster-loan limit from $2 million to $150,000, shuts out nearly all new applicants
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Small Businesses Counting on Loan Forgiveness Could Be Stuck With Debt
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A GOP senator said she won't commit to additional coronavirus relief funds to cities and states. Her office then said the comments were not meant to be public.
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Partisan Divide Over Next Coronavirus Stimulus Package
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Unemployment benefits for the self-employed may be less than expected
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Some essential workers are making less money than people getting unemployment benefits — and they're demanding hazard pay
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Why businesses say no to free money
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Economic expert who has nailed past recessions bets this one will be over by the end of 2020
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US shelves detailed guide to reopening country • The CDC wrote a report with advice on safely reopening public places amid a pandemic. The Trump administration said it 'would never see the light of day.' • White House coronavirus task force asked CDC to revise reopening guidelines • Governors disregarding White House guidelines on reopening • U.S. death toll tops 73,000, as Trump administration shelves ‘too cautious’ CDC guide on reopening • Arizona stops experts who predict worsening outbreak • Trump labels Americans as 'warriors' in risky push to reopen amid pandemic • NY Gov. Cuomo says he won’t sacrifice human lives to reopen the economy: The argument is ‘absurd’ • As Iowa reopens, workers are being forced to chose between a paycheck and their health • De Blasio suggests limiting use of parks, drawing criticism • Majority of reopening US states don't meet WH guidelines and models show it could be a disaster • Newsom unveils rules governing how quickly California communities can reopen businesses • Newsom details reopening of retail in California, and hints at what's next • Pennsylvania: Gov. Wolf Extends Stay-At-Home Order In Philadelphia Region Through June 4 • A Secret Algorithm Is Deciding Who Will Die in America • Dallas Doctors Knock Down Reopening Claims • Elon Musk says we're 'rapidly' moving toward reopening the US economy: 'It's going to happen extremely fast over the next few weeks'
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The economy can’t really come back until consumers feel safe
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Should we bother testing people with coronavirus symptoms?
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'Not nearly enough' coronavirus testing to safely reopen, Senate health chair says
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US faces ‘truly daunting’ challenges on needed COVID tests
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Coronavirus Group Testing Can Help Fight the Pandemic
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Fed’s Harker warns about reopening the economy too quickly
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Parts of Asia that reopened without a resurgence in coronavirus cases did these three things
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A GOP lawmaker said he opposes more food-stamp benefits because he doesn't want people to become dependent on government aid
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This troubling chart might change your mind about lockdown restrictions
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The U.S.' coronavirus recovery is way behind Europe's
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A wave of bankruptcies, surging taxes, and Americans harboring lasting scars from coronavirus lockdowns — the head of world’s largest asset manager warns of grim outlook
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California faces $54B budget deficit
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Axl Rose, Steven Mnuchin and the pandemic Twitter feud no one saw coming
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Quarantine life: Meetings outside office hours are becoming a constant
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Kamala Harris and Ayanna Pressley have a $125 billion plan to help the smallest businesses
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China is nowhere near meeting the "phase 1" trade agreement
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Companies are seeing unexpected benefits to remote work, like better meeting attendance and manager support for employees
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‘We are living the future right now’ — Herjavec says work-from-home here to stay
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Facebook will allow most employees to work from home through end of 2020
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How Covid-19 is impacting women-owned small businesses
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Liberal Groups Urge Federal Reserve To Block Mergers Under Coronavirus Bailout
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ING warns of lasting virus impact as profit slides
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Temperature checks, staggered lunch times, and spaced-out seating charts: Photos from around the world show what offices in the US could look like after lockdowns lift
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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:

A new bailout fund for retailers, this time from a big landlord
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Mortgage rates rise from record lows — and signs are emerging that Americans are preparing to re-enter the home-buying market
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Seattle Real Estate in April: Sales down 25% YoY, Inventory down 31% YoY
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Municipalities:

Are the Standards Governing Trustee Appointment Different in Chapter 9?
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States face economic death spiral from coronavirus
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State Budget Cuts to Deepen Recession
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Mitch McConnell Rallies Americans To Support State And Local Pensions
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Oil/Gas:

JPMORGAN: The struggling oil market finally stabilized, but recovery will take up to 3 months
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LA: Local O&G company files bankruptcy
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In Fracking’s New World Order, Only The Strongest Will Survive
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Oil surges 11% after Saudi Arabia raises prices to boost recovery
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Why This Oil Rally Won't Last
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Oil drops nearly 2%, erasing earlier gain of more than 11%
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Oil prices signal market may be getting close to switching from surplus to shortage: analyst
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Theme Parks:

The future of Disney theme parks after the shutdowns — empty seats on Space Mountain and NO hugs from Cinderella • Disney earnings leave more questions than answers as COVID-19 pressures theme parks and more
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Food/Beverage:

I'm a San Francisco restaurant owner who will probably return my government relief loan. Here's why — and what really needs to happen to save our industry.
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Grubhub Collected Record Fees From Restaurants Struggling To Stay Alive During The Pandemic
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Over 100 federal meat inspectors have tested positive for COVID-19 — along with at least 5,000 meatpacking workers
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Why Meatpacking Plants Have Become Covid-19 Hot Spots
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Trump’s Dangerous Decision on Meatpacking Plants
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Health Officials Wanted Packing Plant Closed
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Here’s why meat shortages are likely to last during the pandemic
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‘Oligarchy’ of U.S. companies are to blame for meat shortages, says hedge fund manager
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McDonald's CEO says he is confident in the meat supply chain, as the fast-food giant changes how restaurants get beef, and Wendy's runs out of burgers
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James Beard 'rising stars' face an industry in turmoil
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The quarantine diet: People are eating more pizza and chicken wings, boosting sales at Papa John's and Wingstop as other restaurants face sales slumps
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Souplantation Considering Filing for Bankruptcy as Pandemic Struggles Continue • The owner of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes plans to declare bankruptcy
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Summer Camps:

Popular Bay Area summer camp files for bankruptcy
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Education:

3 charts show the alarming ways school closures have left America's most vulnerable children behind
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Millions of children out of school because of coronavirus in the world's poorest countries may never go back, expert says
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Footwear:

Aldo Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Cites Deep Coronavirus Impact
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Va. man faces life in prison for faking death to defraud bankruptcy court
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 58.5% Year-over-year, Slight Increase Week-over-week
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Booking Holdings Bleak Results Seen as Benchmark for Rivals
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Sports:

XFL seeks new owners after bankruptcy filing
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NFL provides protocols for reopening facilities
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N.F.L. Teams Preparing for Games With Fewer Fans
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NFL releases its 2020 schedule as other major league sports remain suspended
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Bundesliga schedule to resume May 16 after German government approves return
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May will be the month that live sports come back
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Sports Are Restarting in a ‘New Normal’
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Some college football programs eye June practices while others question whether there will be a season at all
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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says team won't open practice facility despite approval from NBA
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings in April Down 39%
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Insurance:

No, insurance doesn't cover that
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Miscellaneous:

Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws
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Finance:

Weathering the Economic Storm: Are PPP Loans and Bankruptcy Reorganizations Mutually Exclusive Options?
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Debtors in Bankruptcy Seek Access to CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program Loans
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New Mexico Court Holds That Bankrupt Entities Are Eligible For The Paycheck Protection Program
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Bankruptcy Courts Reach Conflicting Results Regarding Legality of Bankruptcy Exclusion in SBA Rules Implementing Paycheck Protection Program
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Tax:

White House weighs pushing tax deadline back to Sept. 15
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Antitrust:

DOJ Requires Antitrust Divestitures in Connection with Sale of Dean Foods’ Milk Processing Plants Out of Bankruptcy
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Aviation:

Lawmakers are slamming Frontier Airlines after it tried to market CDC-recommended social distancing as an add-on perk
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Frontier Airlines to check passenger temperatures. Too high, you won’t fly
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Another passenger rips American Airlines over crammed flight amid coronavirus
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The real reason Boeing didn't take a coronavirus bailout
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Some people miss travel so much they're ordering airplane food delivered to their homes
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Some airlines are actually doing well. Their planes are full of cargo, not passengers.
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Comair’s ticket holders have same rights as other creditors
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History:

Pandemics come and go. The way people respond to them barely changes.
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Cruise Lines:

Norwegian Cruise Line CEO: ‘We expect to sail sometime in 2020’
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Autos:

Automakers to resume production amid cautious signs of buyer demand
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Michigan governor to allow state’s auto manufacturing plants to reopen next week
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Tesla’s Fremont plant will resume ‘limited operations’ on Friday
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Pick Up Truck Sales Rebound Completely
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AV Tech:

Sale of VCA to Yorktel
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Nursing Homes:

Md. nursing home with most covid-19 deaths to be fined $10,000 a day since March 30
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Push for Profits Leaves Nursing Homes Struggling to Provide Care During Coronavirus Pandemic
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Utilities:

PG&E Gets $1.9 Billion Penalty From California for Fires
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Politics:

One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus
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Trump says coronavirus tests are ‘overrated,’ but he will get tested daily
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Trump meets with Texas Gov. Abbott after valet tests positive for coronavirus
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Trump vetoes bipartisan Iran war-powers resolution, calling it ‘insulting’ • Senate fails to override Trump's veto of measure restricting his military authority on Iran
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Why the coronavirus tears us apart
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Trump officials' dysfunction harms delivery of coronavirus drug
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Trump fears wearing mask in public will hurt reelection • White House becomes ground zero for culture war over face masks
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Doug Sosnik sees Democratic momentum in race for Senate control
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Kayleigh McEnany called Trump comment 'racist,' 'hateful' and 'not the American way' in 2015
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Don't believe Mitch McConnell's talk about 'austerity' — his track record shows he'd rather bail out corporations and the wealthy at the expense of everyday Americans' futures
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Collins fears testing woes could make senators "super-spreaders"
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Biden sex assault accuser Reade calls for him to withdraw from 2020 election • Biden Accuser Tara Reade Lawyers Up Ahead of Megyn Kelly Sitdown • Prominent lawyer, Trump donor representing Biden accuser • The agonizing story of Tara Reade • A 1996 court declaration written by Tara Reade's ex-husband shows shows she spoke of harassment in Biden's Senate office
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Mike Pompeo Alarmingly Conflated ‘Direct’ and ‘Circumstantial’ Evidence When Discussing Origin of COVID-19
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Does the Coronavirus Task Force Even Matter for Trump?
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Trump campaign readies battery of Biden attack ads
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Trump Intensifies War Over Voting Rights
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Religion:

Televangelist Jim Bakker Fights to Keep Selling Sham COVID-19 ‘Cure From God’
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German churches stopped singing to prevent virus's spread. Should Americans clam up, too?
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Rail:

Amtrak to require all passengers to wear masks
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Newspapers:

“I Feel Like This Is End Times”: Will the Coronavirus Crisis Finally Crush New York’s Tabloids?
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Bankruptcy judge OKs McClatchy’s sales plan, initial bids are due next week
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Fraud:

Supreme Court 'Bridgegate' Ruling Is Great News for Lori Loughlin • Supreme Court Rules That ‘Bridgegate’ Scandal Couldn’t Have Been a Federal Crime
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UK:

Here’s how the U.K.’s return to work could look as businesses prepare to restart the economy
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Bank of England warns of 30% U.K. slump in first half, but keeps Its powder dry • Bank Of England Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged, Warns Of Very Deep Recession
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No 10 battles to regain control of lockdown messaging amid fierce criticism
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Never had it so bad? Plague, weather and war did worse to the UK economy
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PIIGS:

Phase 2 of the lockdown and the Romans are back in the streets, queuing for a long-awaited espresso
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Spain's Reopening Stricter Than Our Lockdown
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France:

Paris Lockdown Easing Limited Over Virus Worries: PM
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4 takeaways from France’s lockdown exit plan
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MENA:

'What's the point of staying?': Gulf faces expatriate exodus
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Russia:

As Local Health Systems Buckle, Russia’s Oligarchs Take Charge
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Mexico:

Fears grow as coronavirus bears down on Mexico City
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Norway:

Denmark and Norway announce further loosening of lockdown
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MENA:

Middle Eastern countries are easing Covid-19 measures. Here’s what experts say
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Argentina:

As pandemic continues, Argentina faces bankruptcy again
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Argentina and how to avoid global financial catastrophe
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China:

What to make of the Trump administration's Wuhan lab theory
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Wuhan market had role in virus outbreak, but more research needed, WHO says
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China: 90 Million May be Unemployed
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Japan:

Japan Household Spending Slid Even Before Emergency Called
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Venezuela:

'His head wasn't in the world of reality': how the plot to invade Venezuela fell apart • Maduro Claims Proof US Backed Failed Plot
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The Daily Bankruptcy News is primarily a curated news link gathering service.   Most of the headlines contained in the publication are a collection of links to stories posted on the Internet by various third party publications.  Such content is owned by third party sources, not The Daily Bankruptcy News, and in some cases, these links change or expire, which means you may not be able to view some news stories in prior editions of the Daily Bankruptcy News. The DBN subscription fee is not a fee for access to the content of the links, but is a charge for the considerable work involved in gathering, organizing and presenting the links. Use of this site and The Daily Bankruptcy News is subject to our Terms of Use. If you received The Daily Bankruptcy News via email (and you have a paid subscription account), to view a news story, click on the headline, and the story should open in your web browser. To view additional stories, click back to the email and click on additional headlines, which will cause new stories to open in your web browser.  You can view the most recent edition of The Daily Bankruptcy News on the web at BKInformation.com.

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