Law:
Elite Wall Street Firm Davis Polk Moves to Modified Lockstep Pay
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Dozens of Pinsent Masons staff opt to carry on 4 day week with 20% pay cut
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Ropes & Gray Launches Voluntary Associate Deferral Program
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Wife in Jones Day Couple’s Suit Says Judge Misread Equal Pay Law
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Is This Biglaw Deal Too Good To Be True? See Also
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Your Newest Associate Might be Struggling More Than You Think
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Sorry Associates, But This Many Of You Are Not Going To Make Partner
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Am Law 50 Firm Offers Voluntary Deferral To Incoming Associates Until Fall 2021
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For 2020, Revenue May Fall, but Profitability Is Largely Expected to Hold
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Yes, There Is (Professional) Life After Biglaw
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7 tips for cost-efficient and effective law firm marketing during COVID-19
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Networking In Person In The Time Of Corona
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The Pandemic Has Put Associate Development Back on the Back Burner
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Leaked report reveals blame game at Baker McKenzie over Gary Senior scandal
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Budget Cuts Are Pushing More Legal Departments to Internally Streamline E-Discovery, Pre-Litigation
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Pennsylvania High Court Rejects Diploma Privilege ... Again
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Ex-Jones Day Associate Seeks to Bridge Dual Gender Bias Suits Against Firm
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ExamSoft Compensated Key Customers, Raising Specter Of Conflicted Law Schools, Bar Exams
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How To Become A Provisional Licensee, At Least In California
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Zoom Clerking Builds Bonds Without Usual Ski Trips, Happy Hours
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Police shot Portland slaying suspect without warning or trying to arrest him first, witness says
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Judges: Trump order to exclude people violates the law • Court blocks Trump's move to exclude undocumented immigrants from census
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Swept up in the federal response to Portland protests: 'I didn't know if I was going to be seen again'
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Former officers charged in George Floyd killing turn blame on each other
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FBI warns of increasing extremist threats to the 2020 elections
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Judge Orders Saudi Testimony in 9/11 Trial
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Court Greenlights Lawsuit Alleging Trump’s Inaugural Committee Funneled Money to His Personal Businesses
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Giuliani Says Armed St. Louis Lawyers Came 'Very Very Close' to Being Murdered and Raped by Protesters
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How Guns Twist the Logic of Self-Defense Laws
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Inside the privileged lives of protesters busted for rioting in Manhattan
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Texas police group puts up billboard warning "enter at your own risk," saying Austin defunded police
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Utah Solicitor General Accused of Misrepresentation by Judge
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Well-Known Florida Attorney Was Shot and Killed by Troubled Son, Friend Says
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Judges:
Trial Judge Scolded for Telling Defendant Federal Court ‘Sucks’
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Unlike 2016, Trump's Supreme Court shortlist could galvanize the left more than the right • Additions to Trump’s SCOTUS short list include 3 GOP senators, 2 judges rated ‘not qualified’
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Bias cases of JAMS arbitrator who shared racist email should undergo review, group says
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Age of Trump Judicial Nominees Sparks Questions Over Experience • Federal judicial nominee lacks enough experience, ABA says in letter explaining ‘not qualified’ rating
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Courts Making Juror Safety a Top Priority
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Pa. Supreme Court criticizes former justice who received reprimand over Jerry Sandusky case
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Wall Street:
US stock futures rise following Thursday’s wild ride
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Here’s what happened to the stock market on Thursday
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The stock market is detached from economic reality. A reckoning is coming.
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Citi Beats JPMorgan to Shatter Wall Street’s Glass Ceiling
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Layoffs:
Maison Kayser lays off 708 employees
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German truck maker MAN to cut up to 9,500 jobs to become profitable
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Food/Beverage:
CDC report: dining out increases risk of contracting coronavirus more than other activities
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Maison Kayser Files In BK SD NY - First Day Dec • New York Bakery Chain Maison Kayser Files Bankruptcy, Plans Sale
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Aid deadlock and winter: Dual crises could shutter thousands of bars, restaurants for good
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How to Save Restaurants
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Why Pizza Has Become The Pandemic’s Power Meal
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Congress Must Bail Out Bars for Public Health’s Sake
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Florida To Reopen Bars At 50% Capacity
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TooJay’s Deli has a new owner, emerges from bankruptcy protection
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Retailing:
Century 21 Stores to Commence Wind Down of Retail Operations • Department Store Blames Insurers As It Files Bankruptcy and Shuts Down • Century 21, A ‘Dangerously Addictive’ Place, Just Became The Latest Coronavirus Casualty • Discount retailer Century 21 files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is closing all of its 13 stores • Why Century 21 went bankrupt, while other off-price retailers remain resilient • Century 21 reveals the reason why it survived 9/11 but not the coronavirus pandemic • Century 21, the Beloved Fashion Discount House, Is Closing • First Day Dec
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How General Counsel Rachel Barnett Helped Save Brooks Brothers
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Mall Operators Should Bet on Amazon, Not J.C. Penney
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American Eagle to close up to 50 stores this year, eyes hundreds more
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GameStop to close up to 450 stores this year
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J. Crew emerges from bankruptcy
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Penney Is Saved: Now What? • JCPenney’s Future Is Saved • J. C. Penney Assets Are Being Bought But Not The Actual Company
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J.C. Penney Posts Steep Sales Decline for Second Quarter
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The Sears/Kmart Great Disappearing Act Will Reduce Store Count To Just 60
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Fraud:
Justice charges 57 in alleged theft of $175 million in coronavirus relief funds
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Data Analytics Drive DOJ's PPP Fraud Enforcement, Top Official Says
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USAO, SEC Charge Big Law Attorney with Fraud
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Iron and Steel Company Owner Admits to Pocketing Employees Federal Withholding Taxes
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White House moves to curb policing of corporate misbehavior
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Politics:
Most Americans plan to vote before Election Day, a significant shift from previous years, poll finds
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Most voters don’t see Trump and Biden as mentally fit to be president, new poll shows
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New poll confirms Republicans' wariness of voting by mail
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Democrats build big edge in early voting
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Voters’ Attitudes About Race and Gender Are Even More Divided Than in 2016
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Cook Political Report moves Florida from "leans Democratic" to "toss up" in 2020 race
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The first debate means everything
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Trump keeps bragging about imaginary auto plants in swing states
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Republican worries rise as Trump campaign pulls back from television advertising
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Trump, struggling to define Biden, steps up Harris attacks
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Of Course Trump Couldn’t Resist Bob Woodward • Trump says 'didn't lie' about virus after bombshell book • Trump Was ‘Ecstatic’ About Talking to Woodward—Until He Wasn’t • SC’s Graham says he orchestrated Trump-Woodward interviews • Trump says everyone knew the coronavirus was airborne: It’s ‘no big thing’ • Trump seeks to shift scrutiny amid Woodward fallout • Historian predicts Trump downplaying pandemic will go down as 'the greatest dereliction of duty' in presidential history
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Senate Republicans scramble to contain fallout from Woodward bombshell
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Michael Cohen Explains Why Donald Trump Is So Obsessed With Barack Obama
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NYT reporter removed from Trump rally in Michigan
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Trump's lead over Biden on the economy appears vulnerable, a potential turning point
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Democrats may not trust the results of the election if Trump wins
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He tweeted about a conspiracy theory and 'gender bending.' Now Trump wants him to run the Office of Personnel Management.
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US charges Russian with plot to create election distrust • U.S. Sanctions Three Russians and Rudy Giuliani Ally Known as ‘Ukrainian Putin’ for Election Meddling
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Trump campaign weighing White House event around Election Day
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Court Rebuffs Texas Democrats’ Effort to Expand Mail-in Ballots
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Education:
No Wifi, No AC: Inside the Chaos of 1,400 COVID Cases at One College
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A group of students knew they had covid-19. They hosted a party over Labor Day anyway.
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Trump pushes colleges to keep campuses open despite rising coronavirus cases
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As students return, the deaths of at least six teachers from covid-19 renew pandemic fears
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DeVos drops rule giving coronavirus aid to private schools after judge rules it was illegal
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Covid-19 Interrupts Flow of Foreign Students to U.S.
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Schools that are mostly Black, Latino favor starting online
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28-year-old South Carolina teacher dies of COVID-19 • At Least 6 U.S. Teachers Have Died From Covid-19 Since Schools Reopened
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Germany's schools largely avoid virus
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Economy:
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims unchanged at 884,000 • Comments on Weekly Unemployment Claims • 884,000 people filed for jobless benefits last week, the second week in a row of fewer than a million claims • Weekly jobless claims miss estimates as employment gains taper • Jobless claims come in worse than forecast, and with a key 'red flag'
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61% of Americans looking for jobs right now want to switch careers
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These states have the worst unemployment rates
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U.S. Producer Prices Increased More Than Forecast in August
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Fed Seen Balking Again at Providing Fresh Interest-Rate Guidance
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Fed GDPNow latest estimate: 30.8 percent
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Small-Business Owner Optimism Continues to Grow in Latest Wells Fargo Survey
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Pandemic Financially Imperils Nearly Half Of American Households, Poll Finds
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‘You had to dress like a man’: Five lessons Citi’s first female CEO learned over her 32-year career
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1 in 10 Americans are struggling to afford enough food amid the pandemic
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Goldman forecasts a much bigger 35% jump in Q3 GDP growth
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A pandemic, a motel without power and a potentially terrifying glimpse of Orlando's future
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Nebraska to end nearly all social distancing restrictions
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Senate votes down McConnell-backed coronavirus bill • Virus bill blocked in Senate as prospects dim for new relief • GOP senators say coronavirus deal dead until after election
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Trump’s Payroll Tax Pause Fizzles as Employers Spurn the Move
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Extra Unemployment Benefits Authorized by Trump Running Dry
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The latest frontier in worker activism: Zoom union campaigns
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JPMorgan tells senior traders to return to offices by Sept. 21
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Barclays Hudson Yards Interest Points to Future of Office Demand
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‘It’s Really Sad’: NYC’s Hudson Yards Reopens, But Few Show Up
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Americans Stayed Inside Even as Cities and States Reopened
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What It Might Mean If We All Work From Home?
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Ginni Rometty says employers must be open to workers without four-year degrees
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New Data: The State Of Main Street Businesses Six Months Into The Pandemic
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Welfare, Tax Rules Keep Working-Class Americans From Marrying, Experts Say
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Lenders calm despite fallen angel risks
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America’s $20 Trillion Debt Pile Is Getting Cheaper as It Grows
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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:
Fixed mortgage rates tumble to lowest levels in history
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Record number of borrowers can save on mortgage refinance, as rates hit new low
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The CDC banned evictions. Why some renters could still lose their homes
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WeWork Bets On Outdoor Spaces For The COVID Era
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The Impact of Bankruptcy Issues On COVID Lease Restructurings
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Municipalities:
150 Big Businesses Warn Mayor of ‘Widespread Anxiety’ Over N.Y.C.’s Future • NYC Business Leaders Urge Mayor to Fix Degraded City Services • NYC Business Warn NYC Mayor Of ‘Quality Of Life’ Concerns
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Spiking coronavirus cases and falling oil prices deliver dual blow to North Dakota
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Oil/Gas:
IEA calls for ‘dramatic’ scaling up of clean energy tech to meet climate goals
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Ursa Piceance files for bankruptcy
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Healthcare:
Global death toll tops 900,000, U.S. toll above 190,000 and experts slam Trump for playing down virus
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The U.S. pandemic timeline
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We're numb to the coronavirus
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Suicides Among U.S. Kids and Young Adults Have Been Soaring
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The Coronavirus is Almost Everywhere
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CDC: People with COVID-19 twice as likely to have eaten out at a restaurant before getting sick
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Scott Atlas, pandemic adviser to Trump, slammed by Stanford health experts
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U.S. Covid Funding Flaw Shortchanges Hospitals in Black Communities
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Speaking quietly can reduce COVID spread, study finds
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The pandemic is about to enter its most treacherous phase
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Fauci warns US needs to 'hunker down' for fall, winter: 'It's not going to be easy'
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'Follow the science' isn't a covid-19 strategy
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FDA chief says he has ‘no intention’ of overruling career staff on coronavirus vaccine decision
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OSHA fines South Dakota meat packing plant for 'failing to protect employees' from coronavirus
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Trump health official spent millions to boost her ‘personal brand,’ Dems charge • $2,933 for ‘Girl’s Night’: Medicaid chief’s consulting expenses revealed
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America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral
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Public trust in CDC, Fauci, and other top health officials is evaporating, poll finds
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New Coronavirus Cases Rise in U.S. Despite Slowdown in Testing
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Tech:
Google Blocks Search Suggestions to Stop Election Misinformation
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Twitter expands rule against misleading voting info after Trump tweets
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Utilities:
Portland General tumbles after report equipment possibly led to fires
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The increasing appetite for air conditioning
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Transit:
New Yorkers on Public Transportation Must Wear Masks, Cuomo Says
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Personal Finance:
Banker Who Quit for Her Kid Builds Booming Freelance Consultancy
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Autos:
McLaren Considers Sale of Global Headquarters to Raise Cash
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Student Debt:
Tenth Circuit Agrees with the Fifth Circuit – Private Student Loans May be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
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Forgiving Federal Student Loans Is A Horrible Idea
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Former ITT Student Sues Navient For Student Loan Forgiveness • Scammed student sues Navient, asking for cancellation of debt he took on to attend for-profit college
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Movie Theaters:
AMC’s CEO describes theater precautions, including upgraded air filtration
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As movie theaters reopen nationwide, some employees are reluctant to return
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Fitness:
New York Sports Clubs Owner Plans to File for Bankruptcy
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Firearms:
Bankrupt Remington gets $65m offer for ammo business- and the bidder might surprise you
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Hotels:
Hotels Beg Congress For Help To Avoid Foreclosure And The Loss Of Millions Of Hospitality Jobs
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How Hotels Are Helping Their Neighbors Fight the Pandemic
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Personal Finance:
These simple habits can stop work-from-home burnout
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Payroll Services:
Firm bankrupted by MyPayrollHR's collapse could be awarded $80 million
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Newspapers:
PBGC to Pay Pension Benefits for McClatchy
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Gig Economy:
The Emperor Has No Clothes – Uber’s Business Model Is Broken
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Coal:
US coal companies reduced estimated asset value by at least $1.80B in Q2
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Defaults:
Watch Out for a Doubling of Junk Defaults, Warns Gundlach
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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 (97 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
PPP loans kept many small businesses afloat this summer. Without more funds, experts say a wave of bankruptcies is coming.
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ABI: Federal moves keep August bankruptcies from ‘overwhelming the court system’
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Reckoning day: Lawyers ready for tidal wave of bankrupt businesses
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:
The Push and Pull of Executive Bonuses and Bankruptcy
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UST:
BK WD TX: UST Seeks Trial Attorney • Assistant United States Trustee
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UST Seeks Trial Attorneys In TX, VA, DE NY
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Force Majeure:
Recent Case Confirms Need for Landlords and Tenants to Address Force Majeure and COVID-19 in All Current and Future Agreements
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Jurisdiction:
FERC v. US Bankruptcy Courts: The Battle Continues
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Insurance:
Insurers Raise D&O Premiums, Restrict Coverage, and Reportedly Leverage Pandemic to Boost Long-Term Profitability
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Munich Re Stops Selling Pandemic Business Coverage After Losses
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Small Business:
Subchapter V Debt Limit: Lease Rejection Damages and PPP Loans (In re Parking)
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Bankruptcy Strategy:
Bankruptcy Is Never Easy for Lenders!
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Aviation:
U.S. to end enhanced coronavirus screening of airline passengers arriving from overseas
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U.S. bankruptcy judge rejects LATAM Airlines proposed $2.4 billion financing deal • U.S. bankruptcy judge rejects LATAM Airlines proposed $2.4 billion financing deal
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Lufthansa to shed biggest planes in deepening fleet shakeup
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The airline sector is in denial about its imminent collapse
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Airlines Once Again Approach Congress With Captain's Hat in Hand
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Cops haul ‘hysterical’ family off WestJet flight because their ’19-month-old baby wasn’t wearing coronavirus mask’
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Tigerair officially shuts down after 13 years in the air
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Creditors map out normalization plan for Asiana after deal collapses • Asiana takeover deal falls through, creditors to inject more funds for stabilization
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Singapore Airlines To Shed 4,300 Jobs Due To Virus
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South African Airways needs state cash next week -administrators
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British Airways owner IAG to cut more flights
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Climate:
Deadly wildfires worsen across California, Oregon and Washington
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Flames and Smoke Sweep Across U.S. West While Blackouts Ebb
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California wildfires growing bigger, moving faster than ever • 10 dead as California fire becomes deadliest of year
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10% Of Oregon Forced to Flee
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West Coast Fires: Videos From Space
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6 of 20 largest California wildfires were in 2020 • Wildfire north of Sacramento is now the largest in California history
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The California Dream Turns Into a Nightmare
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‘Evacuate now:’ Wildfires grow in Oregon as 500K flee
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Western wildfires break records, as devastating toll on lives and homes begins to emerge
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Stunned residents tour Oregon town devastated by wildfires
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FactCheck: Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.”
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La Nina Is Here, Threatening Even Bigger Blazes and Hurricanes
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Awards:
Vault Rankings: Top Law Firms By Practice Area And Region (2021)
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Finance:
Well, Here’s One Way JPMorgan Became The Largest Distributor Of PPP Funds
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Sports:
Not Even Covid-19 Can Come Between the NFL and TV Money
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Return of football renews fears over more virus spread
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Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson lead joint demonstration prior to kickoff, players react to alleged 'boos' • Chiefs fans boo players 'show of unity'
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Chiefs beat Texans as NFL season like no other kicks off with nod to social injustice
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NFL broadcasts will feature phantom fans cheering stellar plays
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Opening the NCAA tournament to every team is an awful idea, even in a pandemic
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Former New York Jets WR Charged for Pandemic-Related Fraud Days After Being Cut by the Team
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UK:
Londoners Venture Back to Work Despite Rise in Virus Infections
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U.K. Economy Surges in July But Clouds Gather Over Jobs
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Johnson has reasons to worry about Biden win, former British ambassador says
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EU demands UK drop a planned law that breaches Brexit deal • EU Demands Johnson Amend U.K. Market Bill by End of the Month
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The return of Brexit bedlam
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U.K. Adds Portugal and Hungary to Coronavirus Quarantine List
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‘Operation Moonshot’: £100BILLION plan could see entire UK population tested for coronavirus in just a week
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UK reaches agreement with Japan to clinch its first major post-Brexit trade deal
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UK’s post-Brexit plan puts trade deal with the EU — and the U.S. — at risk
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British farmers will be trampled in the rush for free trade deals
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UK economy grew 6.6% in July as gradual recovery continues
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EU:
Some ECB Officials Pushed for More Optimistic View on Economy
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Europe Passes U.S. in New Covid Cases, Re-Emerging as Hotspot
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PIIGS:
Thousands sleep in open after Greek refugee camp burns down
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France:
France Virus Cases Rise Most Since End of Lockdown • COVID beds fill up as virus pressure builds in Marseille
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MENA:
Trump bragged to Woodward about protecting Saudi crown prince after Khashoggi killing: 'I saved his ass'
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Jobs Crisis Math Is Getting Impossible for Israel During Pandemic
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Israelis worry about lockdowns: 'Better to get COVID-19 than to starve'
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For Beirut's survivors, days of waking nightmares
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Denmark:
New Covid Cases Soar in Denmark, Surpassing No-Lockdown Sweden
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India:
Many companies are in default due to force majeure clauses: IBBI Chief
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Germany:
German insolvencies fall despite COVID-19 pandemic
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Germany Cuts Tax Forecast by 19.6 Billion Euros on Pandemic
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Reflections on COVID-19 – Views From Germany
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Australia:
Are we kicking the insolvency and restructuring can down the road?
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