October 9, 2020

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Due to the Columbus Day holiday, The Daily Bankruptcy News will not publish on Monday October 12, 2020



Law:

50 Positions Will Be Eliminated By October 15th At This Biglaw Firm
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Bryan Cave Lifts Remaining Pandemic-Related Pay Cuts
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Corporate Legal Departments Trim Salaries Amid Pandemic
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White & Case increases pay for newly qualified solicitors to £130,000
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As its workforce shrinks, this BigLaw firm restores salaries and reorganizes
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As Some Leading Firms Abstain for Now, Are the Fall Bonus Wars Over?
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Sorry, Associates, But Fall Bonuses Are Probably Over
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Skadden Confirms The Inevitable — No Fall Bonuses
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What’s The Real Reason Biglaw Firms Are Begging Off Fall Bonuses?
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States Say The Online Bar Exam Was A Success. The Test Taker Who Peed in His Seat Disagrees
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Lowering Bar Exam Cut Scores Will Increase Diversity Without Harming Public
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Covid outbreak at Jones Day hidden from staff, claims insider
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This Biglaw Firm Is Showing Some Impressive Growth
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Squire Patton Boggs’ Margaret Daum
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Dragged Down by Finance and Energy, the Lateral Market Has Cratered
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Reed Smith Opens Review into Handling of Misconduct Allegations in London Office Reed Smith reviews handling of historic harassment allegation against former partner Charlie Elphicke was a sex pest at Reed Smith, claims ex-colleague
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US lawyers need to be wary of conflicts caused by personal relationships, ABA says
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Does The Bar Exam Need More Than A Facelift?
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Sidley Settles Federal Probe Over Diversity Of Its Summer Associate Program Sidley Austin will provide scholarships, internships to law students to settle Labor Department diversity probe
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Pregnant Woman Takes Bar Exam While In Labor, Finishes Test From Hospital After Giving Birth
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Back To Work And Back To School
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She Was Afraid of Her Lawyer. Then the Text Messages Started.
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As ex-judge awaits sentencing, some question whether their cases were tainted
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Cities are losing police chiefs and struggling to hire new ones
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Teen charged in Kenosha shootings due back in Illinois court
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Video: Black Man Stopped by ICE in Boston ICE agents stopped a Black jogger in Boston. Authorities are demanding answers.
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FBI says it foiled plot to kidnap Michigan governor Six men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer, 7 others charged under terror law Rightwing Militia Planned To ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN’ By Kidnapping The Governor Six Men Charged for Conspiracy to Kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor to Try Her for 'Treason' Before the Election Whitmer criticizes Trump, calls for unity after thwarted kidnapping plot ‘This Is a System-Blinking-Red-Moment’: Attorneys Blame Plot to Kidnap Gov. Whitmer on Trump's Rhetoric FBI reveals elaborate plot by Michigan militia members to kidnap Whitmer Suspects in Whitmer kidnap plot went to armed anti-lockdown rallies, Michigan attorney general says 'They didn't do anything about it': Whitmer fires back after Trump campaign says she has 'hatred' for the president, claims White House knew about threats and didn't help Trump newly criticizes Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s COVID-19 lockdown on day militia’s plot to kidnap her was foiled ‘This Is a System-Blinking-Red-Moment’: Attorneys Blame Plot to Kidnap Gov. Whitmer on Trump's Rhetoric Armed Michigan plotters hid their cellphones in a box to be safe but failed to check each other for wires
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Vigilante group activity on the rise, worrying law enforcement and watchdog groups
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Hundreds of Lawyers, Law Profs and Former Judges Warn: Bill Barr's 'Political Misuse' of the DOJ Could Undermine Election
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Bill Barr Paves the Way for DOJ to Politicize Election Fraud in ‘Dangerous Foreshadowing’ of Things to Come
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Barr tells Republicans Durham report won't be ready by election Trump, Barr at odds over slow pace of Durham investigation
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Court Filing Demands Completely Unredacted Mueller Witness Interviews, Cites Trump’s Tweets Declassifying ‘Any and All' Russia Docs
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Trump Presses Barr to Target Political Enemies While DOJ Stays Mute Trump Calls on Biden and Obama to Be Charged With Crimes, Says Bill Barr Will Go Down in History as ‘Sad’ if Not Trump Calls for Political Rivals to be Indicted
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Amicus Curiae Urges Judge to Take Trump's Tweets into Account When Deciding Outcome of Michael Flynn Case
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Brooklyn's Orthodox Jews burn masks in violent protests as New York cracks down on rising cases Cuomo Sued by Orthodox Jewish Group Over New Covid Restrictions Amid NYC protests, Orthodox Jews urge new virus-era dialogue
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Dentist Accused of Attempting to Murder Her Former Fiancé's New Girlfriend, Posing as Good Samaritan at the Scene
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U.S. sues Yale for alleged bias against Asian and white applicants
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Injured Cruise Passenger Wins $1.35 Million in Virtual Trial
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Illinois Lawyer Can Disclose Client’s Actions to Prevent Fraud
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WA: State has fined 11 businesses over COVID-19 mask mandate
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Lawyer is suspended after calling opposing counsel ‘complete idiot’ and litigant ‘obviously delusional’
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Judges:

Passing of Honorable Judge Lloyd D. George
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BK SD GA: The Southern Scoop - Newsletter, Fall 2020
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BK WD WA Seeks Term Law Clerk
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Houston Federal Court Restarting Live Jury Trials
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Zoom Trial Judge Recommends Jurors Get Time for Virtual Chitchat
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Federal judge speaks in 1st TV interview about son’s death after deadly attack
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GOP vows quick confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court pick amid coronavirus turmoil
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Inside the People of Praise, the Tight-Knit Faith Community of Amy Coney Barrett
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She attended the 'superspreader' White House event. Now she's on a bus tour backing Amy Coney Barrett.
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Is Kamala Harris's 'little history lesson' about Lincoln's Supreme Court vacancy true?
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Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade
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Justices Alito and Thomas Flip Out as SCOTUS Declines to Act Against Federal Judge's Expansion of 'Abortion Right' The bizarre abortion order just handed down by the Supreme Court, briefly explained
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Court Packing Has A Dr. Strangelove Problem
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Former GOP-Appointed Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Excoriates Trump in Her First Political Endorsement in More Than 40 Years
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Michael Flynn's Lawyers File Screenshots of Twitter Randos Calling Emmet Sullivan Biased in Attempt to Get Judge to Remove Himself from Case
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'Good Luck and G-d Bless, Wisconsin': 7th Circuit Judge Criticizes Conservative Colleagues, SCOTUS in Fiery Dissent on Mail-in Ballot Issue
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Judge tempted to ‘drive a stake through the heart’ of nightmare case
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Wall Street:

European stocks and U.S. equity futures rise as American stimulus hopes stay alive
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Wall Street ends higher as Trump boosts hopes of stimulus
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Goldman’s Abby Joseph Cohen Warns Over ‘Considerable’ Market Downside
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Stocks rise, but are off their highs after Pelosi rejects idea of smaller airline aid package
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Layoffs:

WarnerMedia plans thousands of job cuts in restructuring
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Uber Drivers Should Start Worrying
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A second wave of layoffs looms as coronavirus stimulus talks stall
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New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel lays off 110
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Duke University to lay off 75 employees due to COVID-19 disruptions
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Politics:

Trump says he’s not ‘contagious at all’ days after hospital stay for Covid-19 White House again refuses to disclose Trump's last negative coronavirus test President Trump coughs during his call-in interview on Hannity, but says he's feeling 'really good' Trump eyes a return to rallies Saturday after doctor says coronavirus therapy is completed Trump still contagious? Experts say it’s impossible to know Suspicions mount around Trump's health A negative Covid-19 test isn’t an all-clear
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Second presidential debate will be virtual, commission announces Trump refuses to participate in virtual debate on Oct. 15 No more presidential debates this year? Not a problem Biden balks at Trumpless town hall debate Joe Biden to attend town hall event after Trump pulls out of second debate Trump won't do next debate after it goes virtual; Biden schedules solo town hall in its place
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Trump blasts Gov. Whitmer after news she was target of terror plot
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Biden and Democrats scored big fundraising hauls on vice presidential debate day
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More than 6.6 million Americans have already voted, suggesting record turnout
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Trump Up Five Over Biden in Texas
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Trump raised 5 times as much money from America’s top CEOs as Biden
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Six Billion Texts and Counting—How the Presidential Campaign Is Blowing Up Everyone’s Phone
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Faced With Tough Questions On Covid-19, Trump Focuses On Hypothetical H1N1 Disaster
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Trump Makes Appeal to Seniors as Polls Show Them Abandoning Him
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Report: Trump required Walter Reed staff to sign NDAs
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Looks Like Trump Is Still Taking Roger Stone's Election Advice
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Why Sen. Kamala Harris’s telling Vice President Mike Pence, ‘I am speaking,’ is resonating with so many women online
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Pelosi: 'We're going to be talking about 25th Amendment' Pelosi to introduce bill to assess president's mental, physical capacity for office
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Confidence in Accuracy of U.S. Election Matches Record Low
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Harris turns election into referendum on Trump's character Trump calls Harris a 'monster'
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Vice-Presidential Debate Offers a Welcome Glimpse of Normal Politics
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Fears grow of voter suppression in Texas
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Court blocks order allowing extra week for counting Wisconsin absentee ballots Wisconsin Mail-in-Ballot Extension Put on Hold Again by Court
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Fake voting websites are being set up to confuse people and mislead voters, FBI warns
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Ohio Limit on Ballot Drop Boxes to One Per County Is Blocked
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Supreme Court Justice Rejects GOP Bid on Montana Mail-in Ballots Supreme Court Okays Montana’s Plan To Mail Ballots To Everyone
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Biden, Harris aim to tip battleground Arizona
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Trump swipes at Barr, Pompeo, Wray in return to Russia investigation, Clinton emails
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Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat becomes winnable for Dems as money pours in
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I'm a pro-life evangelical. In supporting Trump, my movement sold its soul.
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McConnell says he hasn't been to White House since August due to COVID-19 practices
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TX mayoral candidate arrested on 109 felony counts of voter fraud
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Movie Theaters:

Analysts go all in on Netflix as movie theaters struggle. Key levels to watch
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AMC Entertainment expects 520 of its 600 U.S. theaters to be open by mid-October
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AMC CEO: Keeping theaters open is ‘right decision’ even as rival shutters screens
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The Future of Movie Theaters In the Age of Coronavirus: A Dialogue
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As Regal cinemas temporarily close, what’s the state of movie theaters?
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Economy:

Jobless claims were worse than expected amid slowdown in hiring Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims at 840,000 Weekly jobless claims drop to 840,000 in first week of October US weekly jobless claims edge lower to 840,000 as labor-market recovery trudges along U.S. jobless claims declined last week while remaining elevated
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Last hired, first fired? Employment losses across age groups
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Which political party is really better for the U.S. economy?
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Rosengren Says Pre-Pandemic Low Rates Worsened Current Downturn
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Federal Deficit Hit Record $3.1 Trillion–More Than Triple Last Year's Shortfall, CBO Estimates COVID-19 relief pushes U.S. budget deficit to a record $3.1T The US debt is now projected to be larger than the US economy
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Fed Officials Maintain Calls for Fiscal Aid to Protect Recovery
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The U.S. unemployment system is broken
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Top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined
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Blankfein sees `bubble elements’ in markets thanks to ‘free’ money
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About 60 Million U.S. Households Expect Income Losses This Month
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Trump claims stimulus talks are back on, two days after he shut them down Trump touts progress in stimulus talks days after spiking them
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Mnuchin and Pelosi resume discussions after Trump changes course on fiscal stimulus Pelosi Says No Action on Airline Aid Without Bigger Stimulus Trump tells House GOP leader he wants a "big deal" on COVID relief Pelosi, Mnuchin speak about broad stimulus bill as White House sends mixed signals
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Economy faces pain if more virus aid isn’t passed, top J.P Morgan advisor warns
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The Americans who most need a stimulus
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A breakdown of whether the Democrats’ stimulus bill is actually a ‘bailout’ of blue states
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No Stimulus Means Economy's Fate Hangs on Next Few Months
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COVID, climate and conflict conspire to push up poverty
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Lifting Lockdowns Amid High Infections Won’t Boost GDP, IMF Says IMF study says lockdowns may pay off in the long run for economy but are a drag now
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The Data Show a Bleak Outlook for Global Economic Growth
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Betting markets see Biden win as increasingly likely, while Trump struggles with aid issue
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Consumers’ ‘savings buffer’ could help aid the economy without stimulus
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Just 28% of Americans Expect Return to Workplace Before 2021
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The IMF wants new rules to help women impacted by coronavirus job losses
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JPMorgan Says Real Yields Are Negative for $31 Trillion of Bonds
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The Covid Crisis Exposed What Financial Reformers Missed
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Who pays for the toilet paper? The big questions of the work-from-home era
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AAR: September Rail Carloads down 9.7% YoY, Intermodal Up 7.1% YoY
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Wisconsin Small Business Owners Brace For COVID Restrictions: ‘I’m Not About To Just Lay Down’
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Trump steel tariffs bring job losses to swing state Michigan
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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:

NMHC: Rent Payment Tracker Shows Households Paying Rent Unchanged in October
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U.S. evictions surge amid pandemic despite federal ban
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Mortgage rates stay steady amid economic and political turmoil
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Average U.S. mortgage rate drops to 2.87%
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Investor: US Will Become a Renter Nation
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Empty rental apartments in Manhattan triple, nearly hitting 16,000
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Manhattan rents plunge as coronavirus drives vacancies to record
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Red hot home prices have more consumers saying now is a bad time to buy
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Seattle Real Estate in September: Sales up 59% YoY, Inventory UP 8% YoY
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Coronavirus Will Be ‘Final Catalyst’ To Weed Out Excess U.S. Malls: Study
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Most U.S. Shoppers Say They Won’t Set Foot in a Mall This Year
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Municipalities:

Pipeline bond underwriters sued for Flint water contamination
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Oil/Gas:

UTEX Industries Reaches Agreement on Prepackaged Restructuring To Reduce Debt; Business Will Operate In Ordinary Course with No Disruption to Employees, Vendors, or Customers Houlihan Lokey, AlixPartners Advise UTEX on Restructuring Oil sector supplier Utex Industries files for Chapter 11 First Day Dec
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OPEC cuts long-term forecast for oil demand growth, sees ‘disparity’ in climate policy
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EIA Cuts Oil Price Forecast
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Jim Cramer on oil: ‘My long-term forecast is grim’
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Healthcare:

Over 80% of people with coronavirus didn’t have key symptoms, UK study finds
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Coronavirus can live on skin for 9 hours, Japanese researchers say
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CDC Expands Covid Risk Warning to Include Overweight People
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'Flood the streets': Scientist reveals the White House note that made him speak out
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Nurse who has seen 'hundreds of people suffocating to death' moved to tears after Trump downplayed coronavirus
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I’m a contact tracer. Trump’s advice not to fear Covid-19 is dangerous.
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Workers With Health Insurance Face Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs
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Only 2 states report decline of cases
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WHO reports record one-day rise in global coronavirus cases amid European outbreak
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New York and New Jersey Both Record Most New Virus Cases Since Mid-May
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Tensions rise as virus cases surge in Wisconsin, Dakotas
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Green Bay on ‘verge of a crisis’ as virus overwhelms hospitals, Wisconsin doctor says
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'So frustrating': Doctors battle virus skeptics
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The Truth About Trump's Covid-19 Cocktail ‘Cure’
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Trump calls contracting coronavirus ‘blessing from God’ as Regeneron files for FDA approval
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Trump’s vaccine czar says the first vaccine should be submitted for emergency authorization around Thanksgiving
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Pentagon scrambles to retrace steps after White House COVID-19 outbreak
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Trump suggests Gold Star families could have infected him
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GOP senator defends not wearing a mask at Rose Garden Supreme Court event
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Top White House aide hosted lavish Atlanta wedding in May despite virus restrictions
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Azar says U.S. could have enough coronavirus vaccines for all Americans by March
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Covid Vaccine by Year-End Is ‘Unlikely,’ EU Agency’s Chief Says
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CME Faces Third Case of Coronavirus on Chicago’s Trading Floor
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Wisconsin election officials go from famine to feast with a swell of poll workers
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At debate, Pence said Trump team bringing 'justice' to ISIS guards. Under Obama, he called such moves 'naive, dangerous'
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As Election Day nears, COVID-19 spreads further into red America
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The Republican position on preexisting conditions is unbelievably unpopular
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Declined 29.6% Year-over-year
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Tycoon Running 500 Hotels Warns of More Job Cuts, Closures
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Climate:

Experts: Warming makes Delta, other storms power up faster
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Hurricane Delta bears down on storm-weary U.S. Gulf Coast Hurricane Delta, back at Category 3, looks set to hit Louisiana Friday night
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Not personal enough: Why climate change is not yet a top priority
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Fintech:

Peer-to-peer lending failed
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Rail:

U.S. railroad Amtrak warns of 2,400 additional job losses without new bailout
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Apparel:

How the pandemic devastated garment workers
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Pharma:

Mallinckrodt Bankruptcy Would Hand Control Over to Bondholders
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Utilities:

Court motion raises question of reopening FirstEnergy Solutions’ bankruptcy ruling
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Telecoms:

Frontier’s Bankruptcy Shows Why ISPs Shouldn’t Be in Charge of the Internet
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Gig Economy:

Uber and gig companies spend nearly $200 million to knock down an employment law they don't like - and it might work
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Museums:

Museums Sell Picasso and Warhol, Embrace Diversity to Survive
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Fitness:

24 Hour Fitness Enters Restructuring Agreement with Lenders, Will Reduce Debt by $1.2B
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Cruise Lines:

Royal Caribbean trials ‘cruises to nowhere’ with ships sailing in circles from Singapore
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Dream Cruises says it is getting ‘nonstop’ inquiries about cruises to nowhere
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Sports:

Cardboard 'fans' can't replace the excitement of real crowds
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Titans' coronavirus outbreak is not abating and the NFL must deal with a scheduling headache
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How South Seattle restaurants, bars plan to survive without stadium crowds
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (24 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Amid pandemic, thousands of North Carolinians file for bankruptcy despite relief efforts
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Litigation:

Litigation Finance And The ABA — A Mixed Bag Of Best Practices (Part II)
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Litigation Funders See Fewer Safe Lawsuit Bets in Pandemic
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Businessman named in federal corruption probe accused of fraud in bankruptcy court
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Receivers:

Can the Bankruptcy Court Appoint a Receiver?
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SCOTUS:

U.S. Solicitor General: A Biased Advocate Before The U.S. Supreme Court On Bankruptcy Issues–Again (City of Chicago v. Fulton)
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Aviation:

Airline stocks rally on revived relief hopes, chart highlights bullish level
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Pelosi: There will be no stand-alone airlines aid without bigger stimulus bill
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Over 40 airlines have failed so far this year — and more are set to come
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EasyJet pleads for government help as it reports first loss in its 25-year history
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Two U.S. Republican senators push back against more airline aid
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AirAsia looks to slash fleet with fewer leased planes, orders
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Qatar Airways CEO warns more collapses coming for industry
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Food/Beverage:

Drive-thru dominates even as dine-in restrictions ease
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Covid’s Return in Northeast Fails to Keep Locals From Dining Out
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Autos:

E Pluribus Unum or Ex Uno Plures? Attempted ABS Master Lease Rejection in the Hertz Bankruptcy
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Education:

NYC to Close 61 More Public Schools, Bringing Total to 169
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Teacher shortage and Covid-19 create a perfect storm for the education system
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Principal who wouldn't say Holocaust real rehired
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What graduates earn over their lifetimes
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Illinois Has Had COVID-19 Outbreaks in 44 Schools but Won’t Say Where They’ve Occurred
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Colleges are better at COVID-19 testing than the White House
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Colleges: Financial Toll Of Coronavirus Is Worse Than Expected
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Distressed Investing:

Distressed Debt Funds Target Companies Facing Loss of Covid Aid
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Tax:

Democrats Ask IRS to Check on Trump-Audit Political Interference
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival reports smaller-than-expected loss, says cruising still in demand
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Nursing Homes:

COVID-19 outbreak kills 9 at Watsonville nursing facility
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Retailing:

J. Jill names new CEO after dodging bankruptcy this year
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Bankruptcy Bingo For JCPenney: Follow The Money
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5 retailers winning despite the pandemic
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Retailers like Ikea, Aldi, and Tractor Supply will open dozens of new stores in 2020 while others frantically shutter locations
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Event Facilities:

The Bitter End and Other Concert Venues Say They Won’t Survive Without a Bailout
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Non-Profits:

COVID aid could bring years of austerity, charities warn IMF
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Sovereigns:

World Bank on Developing World's Debt
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UK:

UK Directors Now Face Potential Liability for Company Taxes
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London Luxury Homes Suffer Worst Rental Slump in Over a Decade
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Boris Johnson Is Fighting Seven Battles at Once Over Lockdown Plans
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U.K. Chief Medic Briefs MPs as Boris Johnson Prepares New Lockdowns
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Covid in Scotland: New alcohol rules 'will cost thousands of jobs'
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UK's V-shaped recovery falters with August growth of just 2.1% despite Eat Out to Help Out UK economy grew less than expected in August, as recovery from the pandemic slows
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U.K.’s Disappointing Growth Puts BOE Forecasts in Deep Jeopardy
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U.K.’s Sunak to Announce Job Support Plan for Lockdown Areas
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U.K. Urges Finance Execs to Prep For Market Volatility on Brexit
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UK homeowners face bankruptcy to strip unsafe building panels
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Ministers Admit Covid Is 'Getting out Of Control' and Experts Say England Should Have Had Scottish-Style Lockdown Weeks Ago as Pm Faces Tory Backlash Over 'hotel California' Three-Tier Curbs that Could See Vulnerable Britons Shielding Indefinitely
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U.K. Virus Cases Surge as Dissent Mounts Over Boris Johnson’s Strategy
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Boris Johnson’s Covid Strategy Is More Scottish Than Swedish
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EU:

Europe’s Driving Recovery Stalls With Virus Restrictions Growing
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Europe's coronavirus case counts just keep climbing
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Europe Holds Crisis Talks as Spain Pushes for Emergency Powers
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PIIGS:

New Greek Bankruptcy Code
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Canada:

Insolvencies in Canada Slump to 24-Year Low on Support
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Canada Will Pitch ‘Safe Tourism’ to Travelers Once Borders Open
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Germany:

Coronavirus could spread ‘uncontrollably’ over the next few weeks, German official warns
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Germany: Anti-Semitism Rising Sharply
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MENA:

S&P expects Dubai’s debt load to worsen, doesn’t see pre-pandemic recovery until 2023
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Saudi Arabia May Face Budget Squeeze After 2021, Moody’s Says
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U.S. Sanctions 18 Iranian Banks in Move to Choke Off Economy
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High-profile lockdown breachers fuel Israeli mistrust
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Japan:

Suicide Spike in Japan Shows Mental Health Toll of Covid-19
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France:

France Tightens Virus Restrictions in New Cities as Cases Surge
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Pace of French industrial output slows in August
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As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong
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China:

Negative views about China soared to record highs in many countries: Pew survey
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Venezuela:

Venezuelans once again fleeing on foot as troubles mount
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Brazil:

Brazil strains at quarantine as virus cases pass 5 million
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Ukraine:

‘Catastrophically short of doctors’: Virus wallops Ukraine
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Hong Kong:

Kobre & Kim Welcomes Accomplished APAC Offshore Lawyer Timothy Haynes in Hong Kong
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