Law:

Cravath Makes History In Diversity With Its New Partnership Class
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Is It Over Yet? How The 2020 Election Is Politicizing, Stressing Out Legal Professionals
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LeClairRyan bankruptcy trustee targets $10M management insurance policy in asset hunt
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Up To The Witching Hour: The (Almost) Lost Halloween
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Katten Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Trump Admin Refuses to Release 112 Records of Federal Agency's Correspondence with Mueller About Michael Flynn
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This Lawyer (And Former Bachelorette Contestant) Says He Was Racially Profiled While Jogging
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This One Factor Will Determine Winners And Losers In The New Legal World
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There’s Nothing Spooky About The Law
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Leon Black says he "made a terrible mistake" doing business with Jeffrey Epstein • Investor group says Apollo director overseeing Epstein review is not independent
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Harvey Weinstein is sued by woman he was convicted of sexually assaulting
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More Details From Mueller Investigation
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Judge cites Trump tweets in restricting feds at protests" President's tweets "incite improper conduct by federal officers"
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In a first, ICE agents are poised to respond to potential Election Day unrest
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DHS Buys Cell Geolocation Data to Track Us
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Feds go after protesters with rarely used civil disorder law enacted in 1960s
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Beverly Hills police declared unlawful assembly at crowded pro-Trump rally following clash between rally-goers and counterprotesters
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Luxury apartment buildings in New York City are hiring armed security to protect wealthy residents amid fear of election day unrest
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FBI: Iranian hackers are targeting state election websites, voter data
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The GOP Objects To Charges Of Voter Suppression? Have They Tried *Not* Suppressing The Vote?
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Judge Repeatedly Criticizes Jacob Wohl as His Defense Insists Racist Robocalls Were Entirely 'Truthful'
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New Report by Office of Inspector General Suggests Kristjen Nielsen May Have Perjured Herself Before Congress
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An Atlanta restaurant owner has apologized after a Black man was kicked out for wearing sneakers while others who violated the dress code were not
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Now a Third Grand Juror Says They Weren't Allowed to Consider Other Charges in Breonna Taylor Raid • Louisville officer involved in Breonna Taylor's death files lawsuit against her boyfriend
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KY: Police Training Urged Ruthless Violence
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Rittenhouse Headed for His Murder Trial
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Hate crime against Black couple jolts beach town known for tolerance
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You Are Too Old To Trick-Or-Treat, Like By Law
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Shakira slams 'unimaginably cruel' U.S. family separations at border
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Pregnant New Jersey woman killed by shooter who waited outside her home, baby survives
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N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James developing 'long' list of Trump actions for Biden to undo
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U.S. judge blocks Commerce Department TikTok order • U.S. will 'vigorously defend' TikTok executive order despite ruling
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Swordsman in medieval clothing kills two in Quebec
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Armed Right-Wing Groups Aren’t ‘Militias’—We Need to Stop Calling Them That
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Oregon May Decriminalize Heroin, Coke, LSD
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Judges:

Judge will be compelled to rule on 7 motions unless she acts by Nov. 3, appeals court says
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How the Court Inverted Constitutional Protections Against Discrimination
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How the Supreme Court is handling election cases
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Kavanaugh corrects opinion after Vermont official complains
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A Notoriously Supreme Haunting For Amy Coney Barrett And Senate Republicans
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Barrett Looks Beyond Harvard, Yale in Hiring First SCOTUS Clerks
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Court Reform Is Now Inevitable: John Roberts Can Do This The Easy Way Or The Hard Way
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BK CO: Notice of Recruitment of Bankruptcy Clinic Project Attorney
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Wall Street:

Dow futures set to jump 350 points as U.S. election enters final stretch
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Stocks suffer biggest weekly decline since March • Stocks, oil tumble for the week on virus, U.S. election angst
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Trump's stock market performance falls short of Obama's
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With Biden bets and Trump hedges, investors prepare for U.S. Election Day
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'All eyes on Tuesday' as even risk-hungry retail traders pause
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Potential stock winners and losers from Tuesday's U.S. election
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Jittery Wall Street banks 'war game' the election with drills, client calls, special pollsters
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The next bear market will be the worst in at least 78 years, warns co-founder of Soros’s legendary Quantum Fund
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Layoffs:

White Collar Layoffs are Coming
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Healthcare:

Covid-19 antibodies diminish over time, but experts say there's no reason to be alarmed
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How Are Americans Catching the Virus? Increasingly, ‘They Have No Idea’
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The coronavirus is becoming impossible to track
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White House lashes out at Fauci, accuses him of 'playing politics' after he offered a bleak assessment of the US coronavirus response • A once restrained Fauci unleashes on White House coronavirus approach days before election • Fauci Unloads on US Covid Response in Candid New Interview: ‘You Could Not Possibly Be Positioned More Poorly’
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FactCheck: Paid More if Patient Dies of Covid
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Trump’s Dismissal of Covid Risk Paved Way to White House Outbreak
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Fauci: COVID-19 hotspots have materialized across "the entire country"
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Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert
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Dr. Scott Atlas, White House Coronavirus Task Force adviser, apologizes for interview with Russian propaganda network
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U.S. CDC reports 229,109 deaths from coronavirus
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Texas Overtakes California for Virus Infections
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CDC officials are considering a plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to the most vulnerable first — including people of color
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Buttigieg calls Trump Jr. 'so out of touch that you just don't care anymore' for saying coronavirus deaths are down to 'almost nothing'
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Trump says 'the great American Comeback is underway' as COVID-19 cases surge to record highs • As Trump downplays Covid-19, the US sets a world record for cases
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Pre-election virus spike creates concerns for polling places
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Study: Trump campaign rallies likely led to over 700 COVID-related deaths
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Trump admin funds plasma company based in owner’s condo
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, wife quarantining after potential COVID-19 exposure
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U.S. reports record 99,321 new coronavirus cases as scientists warn latest surge just beginning • 98,000 new Covid-19 cases. And the worst may be yet to come.
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Former FDA head: Thanksgiving will be a COVID "inflection point"
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U.S. only at ‘the beginning of the steep part’ of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Scott Gottlieb says
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Fully at-home rapid COVID test to move forward
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Illegal Halloween party with nearly 400 people shut down by deputies in NYC
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US public-health experts say they're staying home this Thanksgiving — but some will still gather with family
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Pope Criticizes People Who Complain About Pandemic Restrictions
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Analysis: Bidencare or Trumpcare? Health plans will affect the U.S. economy differently
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German researchers find 'glimmers of hope' after inviting thousands to indoor concert amid pandemic
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Cruise Lines:

CDC replaces COVID-19 cruise ban with less restrictive "conditional sailing order"
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Banking:

Unofficial Problem Bank list Decreased to 64 Institutions
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Trucking:

Class 8 big Rig Orders Jumped to 32,000
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Autos:

Garrett Motion Catches Seth Klarman's Interest
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Retailing:

Mall Owner CBL Properties Files for Bankruptcy in Bid to Survive
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Mall owner PREIT files for chapter 11 petition to implement restructuring plan • PREIT Commences Process to Implement Prepackaged Plan to Strengthen the Business and Enhance Financial Flexibility
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Walmart Reverses Course on Gun and Ammo Displays
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People are calling to boycott Home Depot after its co-founder said he was voting for Trump and encouraged others to do the same
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Pandemic reinvents holiday hiring for retailers
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Economy:

U.S. consumer spending beats expectations in September • Personal Income increased 0.9% in September, Spending increased 1.4% • U.S. consumer spending beats forecasts; worries over decreasing government money
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Days before election, economic data reveals gradual improvement, gloomy outlook
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Here’s where the economy stands as the U.S. chooses between Trump and Biden
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Fed Interest Rate Suppression Doesn't Work
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Fed Could Face More Pressure to Act
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Economists Struggle to Figure Out a World That's Unraveled
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The great divergence: U.S. COVID-19 economy has delivered luxury houses for some, evictions for others
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A new round of coronavirus shutdowns hits the U.S. and Europe
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Did Trump ‘Make America Great Again’? Six big takeaways on his legacy
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McConnell expects to get out a coronavirus stimulus package in 2021, giving a much later timeline for the bill's passing than Trump and Pelosi • Congress hasn't approved a coronavirus relief bill, putting the US at risk of repeating a critical mistake from Obama's 2009 stimulus. Democrats want to avoid it •The $600 federal unemployment benefit expired 3 months ago. But millions of Americans will lose all of their jobless aid by year-end if Congress doesn't step in •‘It’s a grim cut off’: Washington abandoned a stimulus deal, so much of America’s temporary financial safety net will expire • Unemployment money and more: These 5 benefits could go up in smoke with stimulus delay
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Biden's high bar • Biden eyeing two relief efforts if elected, adviser says
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New York ends coronavirus quarantine list and will require travelers to get tested instead • Must Show Proof of Negative to Enter State
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Trump's Foxconn Deal Another Gov't Debacle
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NACM’s October Credit Managers’ Index Hits 15-Year High
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The wealthy rush to shield their assets from Biden
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The Economic Incompetence of Republican Presidents
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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:

Can a Lease Terminated Under State Law be Revived in the Tenant's Bankruptcy?
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Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate Decreased in September
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Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Increased Slightly
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Q3 2020 GDP Details on Residential and Commercial Real Estate
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Covid-19 brings unexpected boom to small Colorado town
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Quirky SC timeshare bankruptcy ends on a financial high note
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What To Do With All Those Empty Storefronts
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Municipalities:

Leaving New York: High earners in finance and tech explain why they left NYC
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Las Vegas Visitor Authority: No Convention Attendance, Visitor Traffic Down 51% YoY in September
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Leaving New York: High earners in finance and tech explain why they left the ‘world’s greatest city’
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Puerto Rico debt restructuring hits snag in public clash
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Oil/Gas:

Rig giant Pacific Drilling in new Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing • Pacific Drilling Commences Voluntary Chapter 11 Proceedings; Restructuring Support Agreement to Eliminate All $1.1 Billion of Bond Debt; World-wide Operations Expected to Continue as Usual
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“Parties’ Words Matter” – New Houston Bankruptcy Court Decision in Chesapeake-ETC Dispute Provides Alternative Paths for Challenging Midstream Contracts
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Chesapeake Energy restructuring moves forward as creditors challenge valuation
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The fall of an empire
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Chevron posts profit on deep cost cuts, improved oil prices
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Chevron, Exxon shrink spending as coronavirus cuts demand
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Vitol, Trafigura see further oil demand destruction from second virus wave
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Big Oil and the Last Nine Presidents
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The Electric Vehicles are Coming
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Politics:

Campaign draws to a close with US facing a crossroads • Bruised and haunted, US holds tight as 2020 campaigns close
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Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose
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Trump Plans to Declare Premature Victory
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Intel committee senators fear constitutional crisis
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'People are scared': Politics pit neighbor against neighbor • Over half of Americans believe Nov. 3 will be most stressful day of their lives • Signs Get Snatched, Kicked, Burned as Political Battle Reaches the Front Lawn • How Trump’s Presidency Opened the Door to Armed Electoral Interference • From Chasing A Bus To Blocking Roads, Trump-Supported Caravans Wreak Havoc Ahead Of Election • Election Day becomes doomsday scenario for militia groups • Fears of Election Night Violence • Get Out the Vote March Gets Pepper Sprayed
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Trump: 'Under Biden, there will be no school, no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Easter, no Christmas, no Fourth of July, no nothing'
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‘Trump Train’ Trucks Harass Biden-Harris Bus on Highway, Sideswiping One Campaign Volunteer • Biden camp cancels multiple Texas events after a "Trump Train" surrounded a campaign bus • Trump on supporters' caravan surrounding Biden campaign bus: "I love Texas!" • FBI Is Investigating 'Trump Train' That Surrounded Biden Campaign Bus in Texas: Report • Trump rebukes FBI for investigating
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Trump’s plan to win by invalidating votes, explained
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'We need you': GOP hunts for new voters in Trump territory
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Crews building non-scalable fence to secure White House, Ellipse and Lafayette Square
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President Trump has a plan to continue holding rallies after Election Day, says report
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Trump Camp Uses Online Gimmick to Fuel Donations into December
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NOT AGAIN! Trump Rally In PA Ends in Chaos With Attendees Left In Cold For Almost 2 Hours Waiting For Buses
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Biden leads Trump by 10 points in final days before election: NBC/WSJ poll • The latest batch of swing state polls shows a healthy Biden lead • Florida Final Poll By Scott Rasmussen: Biden 51% Trump 47% • The 2020 election race remains tight between Trump and Biden
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Top Biden adviser sees ‘reasonable chance’ results of election will be known by Wednesday
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Economist: Joe Biden is very likely to beat Donald Trump in the electoral college
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Three Words That Haunt Joe Biden: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ • How Trump Could Shock the World Again • Trump Can Still Win—Here Are His Possible Paths To Victory
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Poll: Biden bests Trump with Latino voters by a 2-1 margin
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Joe Biden has finally disclosed who is raising him big money just days before Election Day
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93 Million Already Voted
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9 questions about 2020’s record-breaking early vote, answered
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Texas smashed early-voting records. Which party will benefit?
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America is moving to Texas, and it could reshape the political map
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In Georgia, record turnout, Black voters fuel Biden's push to expand electoral map
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At least 92 million people have already voted
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How Joe Biden got to the threshold of the presidency
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Trump adviser falsely claims Democrats could "steal" electoral votes
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Trump and Biden crack schoolboy taunts about beating each other up while campaigning
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Pennsylvania secretary of state: "Elections have never been called on election night" • Seven Pennsylvania counties will wait until after Election Day to process mail-in ballots
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Pennsylvania's small-town Trump defectors: Rare — but possibly decisive
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GOP Sen. Rick Scott: Election results "should not be dealt with through the court system"
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Republicans gear up for day-of and post-Election Day litigation
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette backs Trump in first GOP endorsement since 1972
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Nate Silver: "Without Pennsylvania, Biden becomes an underdog"
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Final NYT poll before election shows Biden leading in 4 key swing states
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North Carolina police pepper-spray protesters marching to the polls
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Cities board up, activists mobilize ahead of Election Day
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Obama rips Trump's 'obsession' with crowd sizes during rally for Biden: 'Did no one come to his birthday party as a kid?'
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Texas Supreme Court denies effort to invalidate over 126,000 ballots in Harris County • ‘Ultra-Conservative’ Judge Assigned to Texas Republicans' Federal Court Lawsuit, Which Seeks to Toss Out 117,000 Ballots in Harris County
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Why Are Republicans So Afraid of Voters?
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Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush-Appointed Circuit Judges Rule Against Mask Requirements at Texas Polling Locations
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Support for Trump is tearing apart Vietnamese American families
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Berlin's Madame Tussauds put its wax Trump statue in a garbage bin just days before US election
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South Carolina Resident Attempted to Register Dead People as Democratic Voters in Florida
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Here's what happened when NBC News tried to report on the alleged Hunter Biden emails
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How Trump Has Quietly Paid Down $67 Million In Debt While In Office • All the president's debts: To whom Donald Trump owes money
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Jeffress: Evangelicals That Don't Vote is a Sin Against God
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Voter Fraud Claims Fueled by Bad Science
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The Swamp That Birthed Trump
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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 (125 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (28 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 Statistics:

What’s Disrupting Bankruptcy Trends Predicted in the Pandemic?
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Advisers:

Lazard snaps up PJT restructuring banker as COVID second wave hits
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Litigation:

Yield-Hungry Investors Brave Risks as Litigation Finance Expands
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Change The Bankruptcy System To Help End Cycle Of Poverty
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Appeals:

Time to Appeal Under Bankruptcy Rule 8002(a)(1): What the Right Hand Giveth, the Left Hand Taketh Away
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Aviation:

These are the airlines teetering on the brink of Covid ruin, shows data from Z-score bankruptcy gauge
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Boeing is too big to fail — but that doesn’t mean pain isn’t ahead
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Guidelines for COVID-19 tests for airline passengers could set global bar for reliability, sources say
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Netherlands puts KLM bailout on hold after pilots reject wage freeze
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Easyjet looking at financing options, not against state aid
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Is the COVID-19 risk on airplanes really that low? Here's what experts say
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Delta’s Last Boeing 777 Flies Off Into The Sunset As 20-Year Experiment Ends
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Near 5,000 THAI staff to retire early
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What's in store for the airline industry this winter?
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Climate:

Climate Change is Creating Ghost Towns
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Most surprising thing about a new report showing climate change imperils the US financial system is that the report even exists
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‘I lost everything’: In hurricane-ravaged Louisiana, residents struggle to rebuild
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Federal wildland firefighters say they're burned out after years of low pay, little job stability
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First wave of ships explore green hydrogen as route to net zero
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Yet another hurricane taking shape, as Eta gains strength in Caribbean
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Firearms:

Town built on guns ponders future after Remington plant sale
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Personal Finance:

Here’s how a Biden or Trump presidency would affect your personal finances
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Tech:

Tech earnings took a dark turn with warnings about the coronavirus and election
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Utilities:

PG&E May Face $166 Million Penalty for Mismanaging Blackouts
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Two Consultants Set to Plead Guilty in Boosted Rate Scheme To Bail Out Ohio Nuclear Plants
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FirstEnergy fights against disclosing more details about alleged HB 6 bribery cases
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Ohio utility at center of $60 million bribery case fires CEO
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Debt Collection:

Here’s why your next text or DM may soon be from a debt collector
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Student Debt:

Discharging student loans in bankruptcy—could it soon get easier?
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Consumer Protection Agency Recommends Extending Student Loan Relief
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Food/Beverage:

Friendly's Files In BK DE - First Day Dec • Iconic Restaurant Chain Friendly’s Files for Bankruptcy • Friendly’s Restaurant Files for Bankruptcy, Expect Many More • Friendly’s Restaurants Enters Into Sale Agreement • Friendly’s to sell restaurant locations, file for bankruptcy
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How a Michelin-starred restaurant became a pandemic takeout joint
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Fraud:

Full House Actress Lori Loughlin Reports to Big House
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A Doctor was Duped Into Buying a Wish-Granting ‘Aladdin’s Magic Lamp’ for Over a Quarter of a Million Dollars
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Fraudster's Car Collection Sells for $44 Million
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Movie Theaters:

Why Cinema Will Survive The Coronavirus Pandemic
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COVID-19 And SCOTUS Will Change Movie Theaters Forever
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Education:

‘They All Got Careless’: How Falwell Kept His Grip on Liberty Amid Sexual ‘Games,’ Self-Dealing
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Celebs:

Thought you were broke, Boris! Bankruptcy-storm Becker drives a £40,000 Mercedes and lives in £5m penthouse overlooking the Thames
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Fitness:

How Planet Fitness could survive Covid-19 while other gyms go bankrupt
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UK:

HMRC’s move up creditor ladder will ‘increase insolvencies’
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UK regulator finds ‘unacceptable’ rate of failures in council audits
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Credit Bidding: A US import that will be a key part of a UK lender’s toolkit in the current distressed market
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposes stay-at-home order in England as coronavirus cases surge
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Individual Insolvency Statistics Releases
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UK says 4-week coronavirus lockdown may have to last longer
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Furlough extended during new lockdown and workers will get 80% of wages paid
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Transport for London secures emergency £1.8bn bailout
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EU:

In photos: Coronavirus restrictions grow across Europe
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In recovery race, Europe's wealthy north spend big
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New coronavirus curbs spark exasperation, anger • Spain rocked by second night of clashes over coronavirus measures • Clashes in Rome as Italy weighs new lockdowns
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France:

Hardline politicians ramp up rhetoric after French church killings
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Amazon drops French Black Friday ad campaign as lockdown starts
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As France Mourns, Malaysia's Former Leader Says Muslims Have Right to 'Kill Millions of French People'
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Germany:

Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb virus
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Brazil:

Brazil protesters oppose vaccine mandate
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MENA:

Israel’s Second Lockdown Seems to Be Working Better Than Its First
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Australia:

Australia records no new COVID-19 cases for first time in five months
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The love rat, the hooded stranger and the missing millions
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China:

China: Nothing Will Stop Our Advance
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Singapore:

Small firms to get help with debt under new schemes
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Sweden:

Sweden’s Top Banker Weighs In on Controversial Covid Plan
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India:

Ex-Central Bank Chiefs Say Bad Debt Will Hinder India’s Recovery
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