November 20, 2020

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Law:

Biglaw Firm Announces Disappointing Year-End Bonuses
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Junior lawyers accuse Baker McKenzie of bonus neglect
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Some law firms are tweaking partner compensation models because of COVID-19
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Law firm opens virtual boozer featuring pool tables, beer garden and DJ booth
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Is The Projected Large Increase In Fall 2021 Law School Applicants A COVID-19 Illusion? First-Time LSAT Test-Takers Are Down 3%
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Judge Releases Audio of Rudy Giuliani's Arguments in Trump Campaign Lawsuit Hear It for Yourself: Rudy Giuliani Flubs Law and Facts in Federal Court as Pa. Counties Skewer 'Disgraceful' Performance
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K&L Gates: Ex-Partner’s Race Bias Suit Part of Smear Campaign
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ATL’s Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest: The Finalists (2020)
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Partners criticized for discouraging WFH - as law firm IT teams are praised
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Surveys Say: COVID-19 Pushed Law Firms Further Into The Cloud
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The power of decency in the legal profession
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Former general counsel of LeClairRyan agrees to disbarment
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13 Knitwear Sets That’ll Elevate Your WFH Wardrobe
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Judge rejects plea to sanction Kirkland for associate’s voicemail to lawyer for Trump campaign
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Slaughter and May partner ‘retired’ from firm and reported to SRA
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Biglaw Partner To Serve As Chief Of Staff For First Lady Dr. Jill Biden
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The Supreme Court is running the clock on Trump's election lawsuits, experts say
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How Does One Restore the Law without Prosecuting Trump?
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Ivanka: Legal Inquiries are Harassment
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The Trump campaign was not denied access to Philadelphia's ballot count
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Trump has reportedly given up on overturning battleground defeats and is trying to delay a final vote count in a desperate bid to throw Biden's victory into doubt
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Arizona's secretary of state is the latest election official to receive death threats, and she's ripping Trump and Republican leaders for their baseless claims of fraud
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Arizona Judge Throws Out Republican Party Attempt to Delay Certification of Vote in Maricopa County
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Tucker Carlson bashes Trump attorney Sidney Powell for lack of evidence in fraud claims: 'She never sent us any'
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Trump-Appointed Judge Rejects Lin Wood's 'Creative' Election Lawsuit in Georgia
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Trump to Meet With Michigan Republicans in Bid to Overturn Vote
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Attorneys Left Scratching Their Heads as Trump Campaign Lawyer Does the Unthinkable in Michigan
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Detroit Asks Court to Issue Sanction After Trump Campaign Lawyer Used Court Filing to 'Spread Disinformation'
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Giuliani’s Wild Press Conference, Debunked: No Trump Campaign Voter Fraud Theories Are Holding Up In Court Giuliani Claims Allies of Venezuelan Government Manipulated Ballots Rudy Giuliani's hair dye trickled down his face at a wild news conference where he quoted 'My Cousin Vinny' to support his claims about the election
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'It's Time for the State Bars to Come Get Their People': Lawyers Eviscerate Trump Campaign's 'Nonsensical' Press Conference
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FBI Has New Questions on Rudy in Ukraine
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Rudy Giuliani’s Ludicrous ‘Second Amendment Complaint’ in Pennsylvania Was as Bad as It Gets
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Rudy Giuliani said someone should 'cut the head off' the Democrats while making a throat-slashing gesture on Fox News
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Biden team scoffs at sweaty Trump lawyer Giuliani pushing vote fraud claims
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Trump Campaign's Jenna Ellis Mocked Election Law Expert for Being Right. Then the Trump Campaign Proved Him Right.
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Fact-checking false claims about the 2020 election
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Trump’s election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
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Rudy Giuliani Gonna ‘My Cousin Vinny’ Trump Into A Second Term
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Giuliani floated 'dangerous' and incendiary false claims of election conspiracy - and Fox News broadcast it live
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Rudy Giuliani straight-up asked a federal judge to ignore Pennsylvania voters and declare Trump won the state
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Trump's team prepares for election fight to end in December
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Jones Day Bets On Donald Trump As Half-Baked Election Challenges Crumble
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A look at Trump’s long-shot legal challenges
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Trump Campaign Seeks to Withdraw Michigan Election Suit
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Trump Campaign Officially Loses Another Lawyer in Pennsylvania
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Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
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Checkmate in Pennsylvania for the Trump Campaign
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Arizona Judge Tosses GOP Suit Seeking Maricopa Ballot Audit
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Judge stops policy of 'expelling' child migrants, questions legality of border controls linked to coronavirus crisis
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Kyle Rittenhouse used coronavirus stimulus check to buy AR-15 used in fatal shooting...
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Lawyer who asserted a right to text in courtroom loses appeal of conviction
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Is it COVID-19? Feverish Harvey Weinstein is being ‘closely monitored’ in prison Harvey Weinstein Is Covid-Free But Advisers Say His Health Declines
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Bill Barr Did WHAT? How Is This Not The Biggest Story In The Country Right Now? 'A Serious Matter': Criminal Probe into Bill Barr's Former Client Was Shelved One Week After He Was Nominated Attorney General
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Police: Mother Made Toddler Vape With THC
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Judge: Virginia pandemic restrictions apply to gun show
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Firm takes employee to court for leaking email banning cardigans
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Judges:

On The History Of Court Packing
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U.S. Courts Close Doors, Cancel Juries as Virus Surges
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COVID-19's New Wave Could Bring the In-Person vs. Virtual Jury Debate To A Boil
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Pennsylvania Judge Accused of Repeatedly Making Racist Remarks from Bench Resigns on Eve of Misconduct Trial
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Senate Confirms Trump Nominee, 33, to Lifetime Judgeship Despite 'Not Qualified' Rating and Dearth of Trial Experience
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Wall Street:

Dow Futures Slip as Fed and Treasury Clash Over Pandemic Spending Dow futures edge lower as fresh virus restrictions raise concerns about recovery Wall Street futures dip as Mnuchin pulls plug on lending programs
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‘Scary’ Winter of Lockdowns Cools Market Elation Over Vaccines
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Layoffs:

AMC Networks to Lay off 10% of U.S. Staff Following Strategic Shift
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New York Amends State WARN Law
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Tiger Brands to Cut 400 Jobs as New CEO Strives to Reduce Costs
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Nursing Homes:

Not just COVID: Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows
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Covid-19 hitting Virginia, Maryland nursing homes
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Politics:

Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting Trump targets Michigan in his ploy to subvert vote
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Escalating attacks put pressure on vote certification process
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What Trump Showed Us About America
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Decline in US Global Reputation Under Trump
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Trump Is Banking on Republican Legislators Ignoring Will of the People. Legal Experts Say It’s ‘Exceedingly Unlikely to Work.’
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Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory
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Romney, Sasse rip Trump’s effort to overturn election results Romney: Trump's efforts to overturn election result are "undemocratic"
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Can GOP States Ignore Voters?
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Trump reportedly told an ally he knows he lost the 2020 election but wants revenge on Democrats for disputing his 2016 win
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Trump is on an island
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Trump is failing because institutions are holding strong against him
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Poll: 88% Of Trump Supporters Appear To Falsely Believe Biden Didn't Legitimately Win
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The CEO of the Republican-leaning US Chamber of Commerce urges Trump to start the transition to Biden immediately 'for the sake of Americans' safety'
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GOP increasingly accepts Trump’s defeat — but not in public 'Orderly transfer': GOP senators inch toward acceptance of Trump defeat
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Biden Team to Meet With Congressional Panels on Transition
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Biden reaches out to governors as Trump stymies transition
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Joe Biden maintains lead in Georgia after hand recount
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Trump is wrecking the government on his way out
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10 enormously consequential things Biden can do without the Senate
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Ivanka Trump obsessed with status, says former friend in tell-all essay
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In the waning days of the Trump presidency, White House press pool reports are getting snarkier
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Wayne County Republican who asked to 'rescind' her vote certifying election results says Trump called her
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Disarray and defeats mark Trump post-election period
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'Shy Trump voters' re-emerge as explanation for pollsters' miss What Pollsters Want You to Know About What Went Wrong
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Pompeo sets off debate on boycott of Israel, calling it an anti-Semitic 'cancer'
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The true danger of Trump and his media allies denying the election results
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Fact check: Pfizer received COVID-19 vaccine data after Election Day, released within days
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With Senate Control Hanging in Balance, ‘Crazytown’ Cash Floods Georgia
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Newsom's Disastrous Dinner Photo Is a Major PR Coup for Lobbyist Friend
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'Up is down, down is up': Trump did Russia's job for it by firing Chris Krebs, and Krebs' removal is the biggest sign of his success
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Sen. Loeffler Now Faces Ethics Charges
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This GOP Lawmaker Denounced QAnon—and Fears for His Party
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Latinas for Trump founder unseated Florida Democrat after 'shadow candidate' with his surname entered the race
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Celebs:

Johnny Depp Bankruptcy Rumors: Actor Going Broke Over Hefty Legal Expenses For Two Defamation Cases
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Religion:

The Vatican Itself Is Now Defendant in Suit by US Plaintiffs Alleging Sexual Abuse Vatican sued over alleged sex abuse in wake of its report on disgraced ex-Cardinal McCarrick
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Economy:

U.S. weekly jobless claims rise; COVID-19 surge seen slowing labor market healing Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increased to 742,000 Unemployment claims rise, as pandemic shutdowns increase nationwide US jobless claims rise to 742,000; millions to lose aid U.S. initial jobless claims rise for first time in five weeks
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U.S. labor market losing steam as COVID-19 rages
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Congress, Don't Forget the Long-Term Unemployed
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12 Million May Fall Off Jobless Benefits Cliff
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Mnuchin pulls plug on some pandemic lending programs that Fed considers essential Mnuchin Declines to Extend Several Fed Emergency Lending Programs Mnuchin decision cuts Fed lending power, but sources say emergency programs can be revived Investors say Fed 'backstops' removed by Treasury were little used but lifted confidence Treasury moves to end several crisis-era programs, drawing pushback from the Fed Steven Mnuchin acts to hobble the Fed Mnuchin-Powell Split Shows Rare Discord as Economy Struggles
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Mnuchin Seeks $455B in Unused Funds From Fed in Clash With Central Bank
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America's Economic Bubble is Going to Pop
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Poverty rate spiked when $600 stimulus payments expired, study finds
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How even partial Covid-19 lockdowns could further cripple the U.S. economy
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U.S. coronavirus wildfire hitting jobs as broad recovery trudges on
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IMF says global recovery may be fading, risks still very high
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G-20 Says Global Recovery Subject to ‘Elevated Downside Risks’
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Trump could be a no-show at virtual G-20 as coronavirus ravages the globe
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Surging debt is creating dangers for investors and developed countries
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Should Corporate Zombies Give You Nightmares?
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Fed’s Mester Says More Fiscal, Not Monetary Support, Is Needed
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Shelton Fed bid likely doomed with Senate's holiday departure
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Pelosi, McConnell Staff Meet on Spending Bill to Avoid Shutdown
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U.S. Consumer Comfort Rises a Third Week, Matches Pandemic High
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Philly Fed Manufacturing "Continued to Grow" in November
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Walmart and McDonald's have the most workers on food stamps and Medicaid, new study shows
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Moved During Covid? A Third of Bosses Say They'll Cut Your Pay
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Social distancing is a luxury many can’t afford. Vermont actually did something about it.
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In multiple countries, alarm over hunger crisis rings louder
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Deutsche Bank CEO foresees balance of home and office after crisis
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Nomura Plans Permanent Flexible Work for New York, London Staff
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Small Business Struggle While New Businesses Surge: A Paradox?
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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:

NAR: Existing-Home Sales Increased to 6.85 million in October U.S. Existing-Home Sales Unexpectedly Rise to Highest Since 2005
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Mortgage rates fall to record low amid weak jobs and consumer spending data U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall to a Record Low for 13th Time This Year
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Struggling Retailers Rack Up $52 Billion in Missed Rent
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More malls file for bankruptcy amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Where Americans Are Moving
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Strip Centers Get Levered
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Zoom Towns And The New Housing Market For The 2 Americas
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Municipalities:

Congress is forcing cities to defund the police, firefighters, and schools
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Oil/Gas:

Additional Guidance for Drafting Dedications: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rejects Southland Dedication
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Lilis Energy Announces Confirmation of Modified Debtors’ Liquidating Chapter 11 Plan
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America’s Biggest Oil Storage Hub is Filling to the Brim Again
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Seadrill sees depressed drilling rig demand until late 2021
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Sports:

Maryland football cancels game against Michigan State due to covid outbreak in Terps program
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NBA offseason is a wild ride in normal times. This year? Buckle up.
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As the coronavirus tears through rural Maryland, an ultramarathon plans to race on
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Climate:

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions set to drop to lowest level in three decades
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Telecoms:

Frontier Begins $2.8 Billion Junk-Bond Sale to Exit Bankruptcy
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Movie Theaters:

Regal Owner Cineworld Considering Insolvency Process That Could See Some Screens Permanently Shuttered
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Regal Cinemas owner in talks for rescue package to weather theater shutdowns
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Cineworld Exploring Insolvency Process To Tackle Mounting Debts; Some UK Sites Could Close Permanently
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Cinemark-Universal agreement advances conversation, but little else – analysts
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Corporate Governance:

World’s Biggest Companies Chose Men to Lead in the Pandemic
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Healthcare:

32 hospitals have filed for bankruptcy this year
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U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Near 80,000 as Records Topple Daily
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America Setting Covid-19 Hospitalization Records Every Day
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‘People are going to die’: Hospitals in half the states are facing a massive staffing shortage as Covid-19 surges
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'We're in trouble': Texas sending record help to hospitals
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White House says U.S. is prepared for surge as CDC warns of accelerating Covid deaths
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‘We’re just pleading with people to do the right thing’ amid Covid pandemic, New Jersey governor says
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CDC urges Americans not to travel on Thanksgiving ‘We’re alarmed’: CDC issues blunt statement against travel this Thanksgiving
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States Where You Need Covid Test to Travel
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Masks Not Very Effective at Protecting Wearers - But Effective At Preventing Spread, Says New Danish Study
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Los Angeles Stay-At-Home Order Could Be Issued Sunday As County Sees Record 5,300 Daily Coronavirus Cases
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Gov. Newsom announces curfew for California counties in purple tier
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Bill Gates calls U.S.’s failure to contain the coronavirus ‘mind blowing,’ warns that colder months will be ‘very tough’
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As Governors Lock Down, Millions of Americans Book Thanksgiving Travel
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Airline bookings drop ahead of Thanksgiving as coronavirus infections spike
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In Lead-Up to Holidays, Officials Stop Short of Telling Americans to Stay Home
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Supermarkets are most common place to catch Covid, new data reveals
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A Hard Winter Looms for Rural America
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Gov. Noem is Killing South Dakotans
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Trump’s Virus Task Force Plans Press Briefing as Cases Surge
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‘Keep Grandma Safe,’ Colleges Implore Students Heading Home
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Atlas on the outs with coronavirus task force but still pushing Trump's pandemic claims
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250,000 lives lost: How the pandemic compares to other deadly events in U.S. history
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Health-care workers are desperate for Americans to listen: 'We didn't go to nursing school to be martyrs'
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A COVID-19 vaccine could be authorized within a few weeks — when can you get one?
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Pfizer is expected to file FDA application for coronavirus vaccine Friday, HHS
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Vaccines Fight Covid, But Can They Stop the Spread?
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What a 95% Effective Vaccine Could Do Is Pretty Exciting
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Covid-19 Vaccination Reality Sets in After Burst of Optimism
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McConnell warns Republican senators to stay healthy or risk their lame-duck agenda
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Nearly one out of four sailors from the Navy destroyer USS Michael Murphy test positive for Covid
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WHO tells doctors not to use Gilead’s remdesivir as a coronavirus treatment, splitting with FDA
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival Returns to Bond Market Without Its Ships as Collateral
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Could Carnival Be Cruising Into Bankruptcy?
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Climate:

Phoenix has never seen a hot spell like this so late in the year before
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Crypto:

Investors Claim 'Madoff Level' Fraud At Bankrupt Crypto Firm
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Utilities:

OH AG Files 2nd Lawsuit to Block FirstEnergy $150M Nuke Payments
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Satellites:

OneWeb ready to emerge from Chapter 11 U.K. to Announce Completion of OneWeb Acquisition Friday
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Celebs:

Debt-Ridden Dr. Wendy Osefo Defends Her Massive Student Loans
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Mass Torts:

Boy Scouts must settle 95,000 abuse claims by next summer - or risk running out of cash
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (7 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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 Jobs:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Colorado Leads the West for Commercial Bankruptcy Filings
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Uniformity:

Bankruptcy’s Uniformity Requirement & Federal Arbitration Act (Nelson v. Carland)
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Bankruptcy Reform:

The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform

Hindsight: The 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act's Unintended Effects on the Poor 

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Miscellaneous:

Bankruptcy Roundup – November 2020
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Holdouts:

New York Court of Appeals Ruling Could Shift Negotiating Leverage to Holdout Noteholders in Out-of-Court Restructurings
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Tax:

Bankruptcy Court’s Jurisdiction to Resolve Tax Claims
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Solvent Debtors:

In re Ultra Petroleum Corp., the Next Chapter: Bankruptcy Court Holds Make-Whole Premiums Allowed, Solvent Debtors Must Pay Interest at Contractual Default Rate
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Aviation:

U.S. Airlines Warn of Weakening Demand Ahead of Holiday Travel
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United Airlines says cancellations are rising due to spiking COVID-19 cases
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Canceling holiday flights? These are the latest airline policies.
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American Airlines Scraps Change Fees for Some Overseas Trips United, American Airlines to scrap change fees for overseas flights
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Large Boeing 737 MAX customers signal caution on orders amid COVID-19
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FAA Faces Its Own Reckoning as It Gives Boeing Path to Fly Jet
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Ryanair says it is not looking to order more MAX jets at the moment
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Norwegian Air’s Luck Runs Out, Files for Bankruptcy in Ireland Norwegian Air Shuttle Flew Too Close to the Sun Norwegian Air Has 150 Days To Save Itself
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Russian air travel bankruptcies not expected despite 2020 traffic drop
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Korean Air's Asiana acquisition faces bumpy road after injunction
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Boeing supplier Impresa faces sale pushback from creditors
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Food/Beverage:

NYC Mayor Says ‘Just a Matter of Time’ Until Indoor Dining Halts
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Wendy’s Wants to Buy About 400 of Its Eateries Out of Bankruptcy Wendy's Bids to Buy Its Largest Bankrupt Franchisee
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Tyson Foods managers had a 'winner-take-all' bet on how many workers would get covid-19, lawsuit alleges Tyson Foods suspends employees after lawsuit alleges managers bet on workers catching COVID-19
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NYC Restaurant to Require Customers to Take $50 Covid Test Before Indoor Dining
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Education:

NYC’s Schools Now Shut, Officials Ponder the Path to Reopening Mayor to Mad NYC School Parents: Cuomo Is About to Close Indoor Dining and Gyms, Too The virus wasn't spreading in New York City schools. Why close them?
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America's teachers are running on empty
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Media:

Fuse Media, In Post-Bankruptcy Reset, Is Bought By Latino-Led Management Group
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Retailing:

Retailers big and small look to Biden administration for relief
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The Stein Mart bankruptcy: How it all ended
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New lockdowns will hurt holiday spending, market researcher Jim Bianco warns
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The state of decline in retail sales
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Macy’s Is a Case Study in Covid Retail Pain
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Resurgent virus cases cast shadow over Macy's holiday outlook
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Macy’s Is a Case Study in Covid Retail Pain
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Despite 'strong' Q3, Macy's operating loss approaches $5B for the year
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Macy's falls as slowing online growth concerns investors
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Macy’s CEO to States: Don’t Close Us Down Again
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There’s No Magic Happening For Macy’s Any Time Soon
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Retail entrepreneurs buy twice-bankrupt RadioShack with plans for online revival RadioShack will live forever as a zombie brand
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J.C. Penney's slow ride through bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

Cleary Gottlieb Discusses Case on Collective Action Clauses in Sovereign Debt Restructuring
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‘People are suffering’: G20 to call on private lenders to suspend debt repayments
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UK:

One in seven UK companies fear they are at risk of collapse
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Most UK restaurants, pubs to go bankrupt
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Recovery Tracker Survey Shows Further Deterioration in Economic Activity
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Chief Brexit Negotiators Suspend Talks After Covid Hits Aide
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EU Leaders Urged to Plan Contingencies in Case Brexit Talks Fail
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EU Tells Envoys Three Big Hurdles to Brexit Deal Are Unresolved
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More than 90 per cent of Lendy loans will go into insolvency
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Over 4,700 jobs at risk as UK fashion chains seek rescue
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U.K. Budget Deficit Reaches $286 Billion in Seven Months
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UK's biggest nightclub firm urges for more government support after sector thrown “bread crumbs” for help
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Only the Best London Offices Thrive in an Emerging Covid Divide
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EU:

French, Italian economies hurt most under second lockdowns
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Someone in Europe is dying every 17 seconds from covid-19, WHO says
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Europe's Death Rate Over 3 Times Higher Than the U.S., as COVID Surges
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Europe's brutal coronavirus surge begins to ease after restrictions
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Alternative Data Show Economic Activity Is Stabilizing in Europe
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PIIGS:

Spain Plans to Tap All Grants and Loans Available in EU Fund
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Australia:

Outdoor Exercise, Dog-Walking Banned as Aussie State Locks Down
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Australia suffers its own 'Pizzagate' - with a side of coronavirus
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South Africa:

South Africa May Edge to Deeper Junk Rating If S&P Cuts Outlook
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Sweden:

Sweden Rejects Face Masks as Covid Cases Soar, ICU Beds Fill Up
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Japan:

The World Should Watch Japan’s Attempts to Save Its Struggling Banks
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Japan’s Record Covid Cases Stoke Economic Double-Dip Concern
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China:

Creditors Approve Restructuring of Indebted Peking University-Linked Conglomerate
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A surprise spate of bond defaults by state-owned Chinese firms is spooking investors
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China probe into state miner's shock bond default reveals market defects China Deepens Probe on Banks After Busted Bond Deal
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China Sells Negative Interest Rate Bond
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Hong Kong:

Companies (Corporate Rescue) Bill
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Bankruptcy filings decline
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India:

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India amends liquidation regulations to hasten process
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The amended liquidation regulations under IBC, and the questions they raise
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India’s total number of coronavirus cases crosses 9 million
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Mexico:

Mexico tops 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, 4th country to do so
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South Korea:

South Korea urges public to stay home as COVID-19 cases rise
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