October 14, 2020

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Law:

Biglaw Firm Announces Complete Rollback Of COVID Austerity Measures
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Law Firms Reverse Coronavirus Cuts, But ‘Triage’ Not Over Yet
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Am Law 100 Firm Rolls Back Its Salary Cuts, Offers Hope For Retroactive Pay
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Baker Botts Lays Off 50 Staff, Citing Pandemic-Driven Business Changes
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COVID-19 sparks rapid tech adoption that has helped lawyers weather economic downturn
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Will The Pandemic Change Law Department Views On Tech?
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KPMG Boosts Tech Services for In-House Counsels
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Cleary Makes A Move In The Fall 2020 Bonus Wars
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The Incredible Shrinking Biglaw Firm
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Headhunting Agency Drops Lawsuit Over Freshfields Lateral Hire
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Biglaw Firm Settles Bonus Discrimination Claim
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2020 Clio Legal Trends Report Confirms Profession’s Resilience
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Envisioning The Future Of Law
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How Williams & Connolly Topped The Litigation Charts
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Global Biglaw Firm Hit By ‘Aggressive’ Ransomware Attack
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Trump again asks Supreme Court to shield tax records Trump Lawyers Once Again Cross Their Fingers, Ask Supreme Court to Shut Down Criminal Subpoena for President's Tax Returns
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Bill Barr: Let 1,000 Vote Fraud Investigations Bloom. IN PUBLIC.
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Supreme Court won't revive congressional emoluments case against Trump
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Justice Department Alleges Former Melania Trump Adviser Broke NDA With Book 'Legally Unenforceable': Legal Experts Skewer DOJ's Lawsuit Against Former Melania Trump Advisor Over Tell-All Book
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'Unmasking' probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report
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Bipartisan Group of Legal and Ethics Experts Call for House to Open Impeachment Inquiry into Bill Barr ‘At Once’
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SCOTUS Allows Trump to Shut Down Census Early Without RBG, Sotomayor Is Lone Dissenter as SCOTUS Allows Trump Admin to Halt Census: This Is 'Not a Cost Worth Paying...'
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Trump Taps Rudy Giuliani and Jay Sekulow to Oversee Post-Election Legal Battles Trump Taps Rudy Giuliani For SCOTUS Election Battle. LOL, Go For It Dude!
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FBI agent: Groups discussed kidnapping Virginia governor Militia member planned to pose as pizza worker to kill Gov. Whitmer: feds
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Michael Flynn's Bank Flagged Suspicious Cash
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Prosecutors Reveal How They Intend to Throw the Book at Ex-Cops Charged in George Floyd’s Death
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Rittenhouse Won't be Charged in Illinois
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New Eyewitness Accounts: Feds Didn’t Identify Themselves Before Opening Fire on Portland Antifa Suspect
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A Man Allegedly Fractured A Black Teen's Jaw With A Bike Lock And Said "Black Lives Don't Matter"
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Black Americans Fear Racism is Back
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Leon Black still won't answer questions about Epstein payments New York Times Quantifies Exactly How ‘Limited’ Leon Black’s Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein Was

Ghislaine to urge appeals court to keep damaging deposition secret
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A 7-year-old with autism was handcuffed by a school resource officer and pinned to the ground, video shows
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Denver TV station says it didn’t know guard was armed before fatal shooting
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It's Time to Kill the Monopolies Again
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NYC Issues $150,000 in Fines, 100 Summonses in Virus Hot Spots
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Thanks for nothing: When should lawyers end an email with ‘thank you’?
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Reprimand for Iowa Lawyer With History of Missing Court Deadlines
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Judges:

Selection of Jil Mazer-Marino to Serve as Bankruptcy Judge in EDNY
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Where Court Packing Is Already Happening
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GOP has been aggressively trying to pack supreme courts at state level, study says
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Bush-Appointed Judge References Criticism of 'Fascistic' Trump, Warns of 'Creeping Authoritarianism' in Remarkable Opinion
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Federal Judge Calls Out Trump Admin for Repeating ‘Misleading, If Not False, Representations’ to Court Under Oath
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Biden says he's 'not a fan of court-packing' Biden Tiptoes on ‘Court Packing’ to Avoid Eroding Lead in Polls
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How SCOTUS Nominations Became All-Out War
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Barrett avoids Democrats' questions on Obamacare, abortion Highlights from Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings Barrett defends past writings: "I am not hostile to the ACA" Barrett declines to say whether a president can unilaterally delay election Amy Coney Barrett pressed on abortion beliefs during Senate hearing Amy Coney Barrett Says She Doesn’t Know How She’d Rule On An Abortion Case, But I Do And You Do Too Pressed on Trump Recusals, Barrett Won't Commit but Acknowledges Role of 'Appearance' The surreal — yet normal — start to Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing The single biggest lie told in the first day of the Amy Coney Barrett hearing Barrett: Racism and discrimination is ‘abhorrent’; ‘I have never discriminated on the basis of sexual preference’ Barrett says she made 'no commitment' to White House, senators on how she would decide cases The GOP's Josh Hawley problem on Amy Coney Barrett and Roe v. Wade Pointing to Persistent Challenges, Barrett Declines to Call 'Roe v. Wade' 'Super Precedent' ‘30 Years Is A Lot To Remember’: Amy Coney Barrett Defends Signing, Failing To Disclose Anti-Abortion Letters Would Barrett recuse in 2020 election case? She spoke of appearances but didn’t answer the question Barrett tells of lessons learned from Scalia in confirmation hearing opening Kamala Harris Said Amy Coney Barrett Will Kill Obamacare. She's Wrong Amy Barrett Might Surprise Everyone Trump's words haunt Amy Coney Barrett as she vows not to be a 'pawn' on Supreme Court Declines to say if President can pardon himself After seeing George Floyd video, Barrett says she wept with her daughter Barrett’s Answers Leave Little for Democrats to Use Against Her Barrett's Formula for Reversing Precedent Hurry! We Need a Mom on the Supreme Court! - Yes, it's quite an achievement to be mom to seven kids, but who the hell cares?
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Barrett says George Floyd killing was 'very, very personal' for her family
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In delayed remarks, retired Notre Dame law dean praises Barrett as ‘brilliant but humble’
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Barrett’s ‘Originalism’ Can Be Pure Politics
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More Than 5,000 Lawyers Sign Letter Opposing Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS Nomination
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Notre Dame colleagues call on Amy Coney Barrett to halt Supreme Court confirmation Sen. Booker complains of rushed nomination process for Barrett, notes Notre Dame profs’ call for delay
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Judge Barrett Once Voted Not to Reverse Attempted Murder Conviction in Case Where Prosecutor Concealed Witness's Hypnosis
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Donald Trump Wants Brett Kavanaugh to Get Into a Discovery Battle With His Sexual Assault Accusers
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Planned Parenthood funding
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Judge is reprimanded for ‘flirtatious to overtly sexual’ social media messages
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Shirtless New York Justice Was Caught on Video Shoving and Threatening a Police Officer, But He Was Never Charged
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Wall Street:

Stock futures are flat as traders monitor earnings, stimulus talks
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Wall Street closes lower on vaccine delay, dampened stimulus hopes
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Investors Turn Skeptical of U.S. Democrat ‘Blue Wave’ Victory
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IMF warns of ‘sharp adjustment’ in markets despite ‘remarkable’ recovery
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Layoffs:

Six Flags to lay off 10% of its full-time employees
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More than 250 Lake Charles medical workers laid off because of Laura
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Health insurer Premera cuts 285 jobs
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Retailing:

Centric Brands exits bankruptcy
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Clothes Fade, But Bankruptcy Is Forever(21)
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On deal-crazy Amazon Prime Day, online retailers decide if it’s time to buckle to the bargain
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Prime Day Is a Bigger Threat Than Ever for Rivals
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J.C. Penney, Kohl's latest to leverage Prime Day for holiday promotions
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As holiday shopping begins, half of consumers hurt economically by pandemic
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Retailers brace for more pandemic trouble
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Amid the Covid carnage, Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy have finally figured out how to compete against Amazon
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Transit:

New York MTA Debt May Reach ‘Suffocating Levels,’ DiNapoli Says
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Politics:

Election Night Has Paths to a Fast Result -- or a Lengthy Slog 2020 Election: The Nightmare Scenarios
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World Reaction to Long US Voting Lines
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Trump's economic advisor was caught on camera slamming the president's 'crappy' debate performance
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Trump to take part in NBC town hall instead of second debate
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Warren: 'Chicken' Trump knows he 'got spanked in that first debate'
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Trump: 'Will You Please Like Me'
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Alarm grows over Trump team's efforts to monitor polls
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11.5 Million Already Voted!
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Writing off Trump, GOP allies focus on one last big win
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We’re watching Trump’s 7th bankruptcy unfold
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Top general did not give his consent to be used in Trump political ad
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Romney: "Rabid attacks" by politicians incite "conspiracy mongers" to violence Romney decries state of 'hate-filled' politics, largely blames Trump
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Donald Trump superfan who worshiped 6ft statue of President dies after starving himself & praying for him to beat Covid
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Cook Political Report moves Senate races in Texas, Georgia, Alaska toward Democrats The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip The Senate playing field is collapsing on Republicans
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Biden Set to Win 352 of 538 Electoral Votes: FiveThirtyEight
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Biden extends lead over Trump to 17 points Poll: Biden lead growing in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania
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America Ferrera calls on Hispanics to vote early in new DNC ads
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Questions raised about conflicts of interest around Biden son-in-law
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Federal court sides with Texas governor limiting mail ballot drop-off sites 3 Trump judges allow TX to limit drop sites
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Video Shows White Woman Calling Wife of Pennsylvania Lt. Governor the N-Word
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TX Early Voting: Some voters waited as long as seven hours to cast their ballots
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Texas Republican Party sues Harris County over drive-thru voting
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CA: GOP Admits to Fake Ballot Boxes
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Conspiracy Theories Find Audience in Democrats, Republicans
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Trucking:

Shuttered California carrier files for bankruptcy
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Banking:

Bank of America shares dip as lender misses on third-quarter revenue
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Economy:

Job loss was supposed to be temporary. Now, it’s permanent for almost 4 million
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As U.S. unemployed soared, Germany's barely budged. Is America's safety net enough?
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The World's Biggest Economies by GDP Visualizing the Richest Countries in the World in 2020
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Mapped: America’s $2 Trillion Economic Drop, by State and Sector
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No hope of normality until July: Head of Oxford vaccine team warns facemasks and social distancing will be needed until next summer
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Used vehicles again lift U.S. consumer prices, but inflation cooling Cleveland Fed: Key Measures Show Inflation Eased Year-over-year in September
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BLS: CPI increased 0.2% in September, Core CPI increased 0.2%
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Deflationary Trends Are Growing More Powerful
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JPMorgan executives offer slightly brighter view on pandemic recession
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JPMorgan, Citi See an Economic Grind Rather Than a Spiral
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IMF sees shallower recession, tough path back to recovery
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Pandemic will cause ‘lasting damage’ to living standards, IMF warns
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Profit guidance suggests S&P 500 firms overstated lockdown woes
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McConnell dares Democrats to block 'targeted' Covid relief before election McConnell plans vote on narrow economic relief measure while Trump urges lawmakers to 'Go big or go home!!!' Nancy Pelosi blasts the White House's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer and lists 8 areas with 'deficiencies' McConnell plans coronavirus aid vote as Pelosi says White House stimulus plan falls short McConnell says Senate will vote on new PPP funding before election Stimulus Impasse Triggers Rising Tensions With No Deal in Sight Trump’s Grip on Senate Republicans Slipping With Stimulus Ploy A Hard-Headed Case for More Covid Stimulus
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Time is running out to help consumer spending: Crossmark’s Victoria Fernandez
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We’re Looking at the Glass-Half-Empty Recovery
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IMF lifts global growth outlook for 2020 but lowers next year's forecast on fears of persistent social distancing
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20 major companies that have announced employees can work remotely long-term
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How workplace benefits might reflect the new reality of Covid-19
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Families and child-care providers are still struggling to find a way forward
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Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 1.3% in 2021 Cost of Living Adjustment increases 1.3% in 2021, Contribution Base increased to $142,800
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U.S. says EU has no legal basis to impose tariffs in aircraft dispute EU wins right to place tariffs on $4 billion U.S. goods in aircraft spat
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EU says it wants subsidies deal with U.S. not tit-for-tat trade war
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Trump's Failed Tariff Wars Have No Justification Whatsoever
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Lockdowns Are a Step Too Far in Combating Covid-19
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WHO Warning About Covid-19 Coronavirus Lockdowns Is Taken Out Of Context
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New lockdowns from China to Europe as virus trials stumble
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Michigan Supreme Court denies Gov. Whitmer's request for 'pandemic executive orders' extensions
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Foxconn Needs to Fess Up to Its Trumpian Failure in Wisconsin
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Countries Start Hoarding Food as Prices Rise and Covid Worsens
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IMF: World Covid Cost $28 Trillion Lost Output
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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:

Luxury Home Sales Surge, Highlighting U.S. Housing Wealth Gap
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Mortgage rates set yet another record low, but applications fall MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey

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JPMorgan sticks with plan to build giant New York headquarters
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Citigroup says 30% of its workers want to return to the office
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San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.
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Bankruptcy, default, legal woes jolt big Fremont complex
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North America's biggest housing bubble risk defies a pandemic
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Municipalities:

Muni Lowdown: Back to the drawing Board
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Puerto Rico’s Accidental Governor Lends Trump Unexpected Support
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Visualizing the Richest Cities in the US
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NYC’s Revenue Loss Less Than Feared as Property Taxes Gain
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City Offers Help To Small Businesses In Coronavirus Closure Zones
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After two lost decades, U.S.'s weakest local economies may face worse from pandemic
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Oil/Gas:

Bankruptcies pile up in North America energy sector in third quarter: Haynes and Boone
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Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey
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Oil, gas deal tracker: COVID-19 fallout stifled Q3'20 M&A
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Is U.S. Shale Finally Bouncing Back?
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Houston’s oil and gas industry ‘is not out of the woods yet’
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Bankruptcy judge OKs California Resources Corp. plan to emerge from Chapter 11
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Houston frac sand company Hi-Crush emerges from bankruptcy
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Down And Out: Bankruptcy Valuations Portend Production Declines
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Coronavirus pandemic speeds up oil's long goodbye
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Hermitage Offshore’s Fleet Sold in Bankruptcy Proceeding
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Fraud:

Elizabeth Holmes Loses Request to Throw Out Criminal Charges
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Alabama Republican Who Defeated Jeff Sessions in Primary Had Dealings with 3 People Later Convicted for 'Ponzi Schemes'
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Healthcare:

The future of the Eastern Niagara Hospital campus will be determined through the bankruptcy process
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A Supreme Court decision to strike down the ACA would create chaos in the health care system
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'The grief comes in waves': US Covid sceptic regrets throwing party that led to deaths
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Coronavirus caused two-thirds of US excess deaths: study
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Trump again attacks Fauci's guidance as coronavirus infections tick upward
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New York City Faces Critical Moment in Fight Against Second Wave of Covid-19
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Ex-Obama advisor: Data shows failed U.S. coronavirus safety measures cost lives
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Eli Lilly Covid-19 Antibody Treatment Trial Is Paused Due To 'Potential Safety Concern'
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Race for Virus Cure Hits Reality as Clinic Complications Mount
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Ex-White House physician 'convinced' Biden not fit for office
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Guiliani: “People don’t die of this disease anymore”
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FDA faults quality control at Lilly plant making Trump-touted COVID drug
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News outlets are declining to send pool reporters to travel with Trump, after his COVID-19 diagnosis, to protect their health
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Is the president still contagious? Probably not, experts say
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As Covid-19 resurges, Trump mocks the disease
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What if a vaccine does not work?
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'Hunker down': The fall Covid-19 surge is here
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A Super-Spreader Jail Keeps Sparking COVID Outbreaks Across the U.S.
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AP Fact Check: Lindsey Graham revises history on Obamacare
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Fraud and ineptitude are undermining covid relief
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Elderly Texas Prisoners Can Be Denied Soap And Hand Sanitizer, Court Rules
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Another ‘Unfounded’ Study on Origins of Virus Spreads Online
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The Netherlands considering allowing euthanasia for terminally ill kids under 12
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Education:

Georgetown University Research Blows Up Assumptions about Higher Education's ROI
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Texas teachers are demanding that schools be safe before they return. But they have little leverage short of quitting.
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Covid-19 Is Creeping Into Europe’s Schools
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Northern Ireland Set to Close Schools to Curb Virus Spread
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Tech:

Facebook says it will finally ban anti-vaccination ads
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Fake Twitter accounts posing as Black Trump supporters appear, reach thousands, then vanish
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Movie Theaters:

AMC warns it could run out of cash this year AMC may need to raise additional capital through equity: CEO AMC Entertainment May File For Bankruptcy For Real As Reopening Stalls AMC Theaters Considers Bankruptcy After Moviegoers Stay Home AMC’s CEO Says Company Focused on Fundraising, Not Bankruptcy
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World’s Most Prolific Film Industry Holds Breath as Cinemas Open
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Autos:

GM seeks reinstatement of its racketeering case against Fiat Chrysler
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Nissan's U.S. lending arm to pay $4 million fine over improper repossessions
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Coal:

Coal Miners Helped Shape America’s Labor Landscape. Their Industry Is Fading, But That History Is Worth Remembering
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Resorts:

Encore at Wynn Las Vegas changes operating hours due to low demand
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Fitness:

Equinox Lenders Organize, Tap Akin Gump for Debt Talks
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Environmental:

LA County Residents Demand Feds Reject Exide Bankruptcy Plan
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (14 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Hawaii bankruptcy filings decrease despite virus pandemic
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Is Consumer Credit Bankruptcy the Next “Hot Thing” in Credit?
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Weekly Bankruptcy Claims Trading Activity
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Impairment:

Ultra Petroleum and the Issue of Impairment Under the Bankruptcy Code — The Fifth Circuit’s Analysis Doesn’t Cut It
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Standing:

Creditors' Committee Denied Standing to Bring Derivative Claims on Behalf of LLC Debtor in Bankruptcy
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Cross-Border:

Matalan: (Some) Additional Clarity on the Impact of English Schemes and Chapter 15 on CDS
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Jurisdiction:

FERC v. Bankruptcy Court Turf War Update
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Safe Harbors:

"Flip Clause" Payments to Lehman Brothers Noteholders After Termination of Swap Agreement Safe Harbored in Bankruptcy
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Plan Confirmation:

Cram-Up Chapter 11 Plans: Reinstatement and Indubitable Equivalence
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules that Bankruptcy Blocking Right in Debtor's Corporate Charter Violates Federal Public Policy
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Claims Trading:

Claims Traders Alert: Another Bankruptcy Court Rules that a Traded Claim Can Be Disallowed if the Seller Received a Voidable Transfer
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Automatic Stay:

Regulator or Creditor: When is Enforcement of Consumer Protection Laws Exempt from the Automatic Stay, and Who Makes That Determination?
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Mediation:

Mediation: The Same In War And Peace?
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Bankruptcy Research:

Restructuring vs. Bankruptcy
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Advisers:

FTI Consulting Global Co-Leader of Corporate Finance & Restructuring
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Aviation:

How the air travel industry is scrambling to convince people to fly
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Stir-crazy 'passengers' gobble up tickets to dine on parked jets
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No jet orders, more 737 MAX cancellations for Boeing as crises drag on Boeing's Business Continues to Shrink
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American Airports That Binged on Debt See Travel Slowly Revive
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Preflight Covid-19 testing is on the rise — the question is whether it works
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Delta Air still burning cash as COVID-19 recovery remains elusive
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Delta Air Lines stock drops after loss widens, revenue falls more than expected Delta Airlines Posts $5.4Bn Q3 Loss
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Delta delays US$5B of jetliner deliveries in blow to Airbus
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Airlines and Airports Say EU’s New Travel Plan Won’t Revive Flights
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Eastar Jet to lay off more than half of its remaining workforce
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Top shareholder in Air Canada, Transat calls revised buyout offer 'reasonable'
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Airlines Must Defer Jet Deliveries to Avoid Bankruptcy: Cowen Analyst
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Newspapers:

Coronavirus pandemic kills local printing presses
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Climate:

IEA warns of CO2 "lock in" from current fossil fuel infrastructure
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California faces stretch of 'critical' fire risk as heat dome builds Wednesday
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New Maps Show How Climate Change is Making California’s “Fire Weather” Worse
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The Arctic's Final Death Spiral
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurants have turned to GoFundMe during the pandemic. They shouldn’t have to.
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Pharma:

J&J to contribute up to $5 billion to potential U.S. opioid settlement
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Judge continues federal opioid trial until January amid 'super-spreader' fears
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Utilities:

PG&E lawyers say bankruptcy plan blocks Elliott's $250 million claim
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162,000 Californians face power cuts -- for days!
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Sovereigns:

G-20 Seen Extending Poor Nations’ Debt Relief Into Next Year How the G20's Debt Service Suspension Initiative works G20 to agree to debt freeze extension for poor nations, draft communique shows Struggling countries poised to get G20 debt freeze extension How the G20's Debt Service Suspension Initiative works G20 to extend debt freeze for poorest nations, still wrangling over next steps
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Cash-strapped Zambia takes on China as it seeks debt relief
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UK:

Extensions to Temporary Changes to UK Insolvency, Company Laws in Response to Continuing COVID-19 Crisis
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Legislative Update: Enactment of the UK Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act
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OECD Warns U.K. of 10% GDP Drop This Year and Scant Recovery in 2021
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Chinese banks are chasing Anil Ambani through the UK courts
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U.K. Labour Calls for Short National Lockdown to Slow Virus
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Pressure grows in the UK for a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown to stop the virus
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EU Says No Breakthrough in Brexit Talks and Places Onus on U.K.
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Johnson Jokes His Covid ‘Rule of Six’ Lets Britons Avoid In-Laws
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U.K. Signals It Won’t Walk Away From EU Trade Talks Immediately
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Brexit Becomes a Looming Disaster
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London Businesses Seek Bailout of the Tube
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PIIGS:

Italy tightens rules for the second time in a week to slow infections.
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Canada:

Second wave of coronavirus wallops Canadian consumer confidence
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More than half of Manitobans close to insolvency, consumer debt index shows Majority of Gen Z Canadians close to insolvency amid coronavirus pandemic, poll finds
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He owed millions in taxes. Instead of paying up, he enlisted an offshore company to bankrupt his business and cheat the CRA
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MENA:

Iran coronavirus daily death toll hits record high, currency at historic low
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Global Action is Urgently Needed to Reverse Damaging Jumps in Extreme Poverty
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India:

IMF Cuts India’s Outlook Further as Economy Faces Worst EM Slump
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Pre-packs insolvency resolution: MS Sahoo panel to submit report in a week
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Germany:

Investor Hopes For German Recovery Plunge After Virus Resurgence
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German Recovery Loses Steam
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France:

Paris hospitals near saturation
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Singapore:

Singapore Marks Milestone in Virus Fight with No New Local Cases
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China:

China’s Credit Growth Stayed Robust in September on Recovery
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China’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund to Step Up Soured Asset Sales
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US vs. China: The Coming Storms
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China Is Loading Up a Five-Year Warning Shot to the U.S.
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Russia:

Russia reports record high cases, deaths
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Australia:

New Insolvency Processes for Small Australian Businesses
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‘Zombie firms’ stumble towards insolvency
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Australian Household Sentiment Soars as Optimists Now Majority
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