Law:

Prestigious Biglaw Firm To Reopen In July Without Work-From-Home Flexibility, Sources Say
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Kirkland Uses Its Immense Wealth In Pursuit Of Associates
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The Law Schools With The Most Underemployed Graduates (2020)
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Joshua Schiller Case Dropped, But Remains Case Study For Law Firms
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BigLaw firm mostly goes meeting-free this week to address fatigue
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Polsinelli Says Gay Bankruptcy Lawyer Sued for Publicity, Must Arbitrate
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'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills' Star Erika Jayne's Husband Accused Of Screwing Car Crash Victim Out Of $700,000
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Disgraced Former New York Attorney General Has Law License Suspended
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It's Time For All Vacations To Be Billable And Bonus Eligible
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When Law Firm Offices Shut, Work-Life Boundaries Crumbled. Rebuilding Them Will Be Difficult.
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Recent Grads At These Law Schools Kicked Ass On The 2020 Bar Exam
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Lawyer gets stayed suspension for ‘unintelligible’ brief; she said she mistakenly filed the draft version
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'Lawyers of Color Have Already Concluded the Worst' About Gayton's Exit
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Women Of Influence : Abigail (Abby) O’Brient
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Poll: 85 percent say right to protest is important
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Pa. Bar Association President Resigns Following Prostitution Charge
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NYT host says Florida riot bill lets authorities 'pick and choose' on protesting
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Rudy Gets Raided • Giuliani’s FBI Search Turns Table on Wall Street’s 1980s Top Cop • Legal Experts Say DOJ Likely Had ‘Significant Evidence’ to Execute Search Warrant on Giuliani: He's 'in Deep, Deep S**t’ • Federal Investigators Search Rudy Giuliani’s Apartment and Office • Federal search warrant executed at Rudy Giuliani’s NYC apartment • Rudy Giuliani's home, office searched by federal agents as part of lobbying probe • Rudy Giuliani's electronics seized after feds execute search warrant at his NYC apartment: Report • Michael Cohen on raid of Giuliani apartment: 'Here we go folks!!!' • Conservative Lawyer and Legal Commentator Victoria Toensing Caught Up in Giuliani Dragnet: Report • Bharra: Crazy Rude is in Deep Trouble
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Trump fight against prosecutors may rely on adviser defense
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Lawyers for Capitol rioter struggle to defend their client's behavior in disastrous CNN interview • Republican precinct chair in Texas charged over Capitol riot • Biden: 'The insurrection was an existential crisis' • US Capitol Officer: Quit Saying It Wasn't a Riot
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'Can Make Things Go Boom': Men Charged in Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Hit with New Weapons of Mass Destruction Charges
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Missouri Senate tables bill to invalidate federal gun laws
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Poll: Support for new gun control legislation falls • Support for new gun laws falls from peak after Parkland shooting, Post-ABC poll finds • Biden calls for Congress to pass gun control bills: 'Don't tell me it can't be done'
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TX Gov: Everybody Will Have a Gun!
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Media, sheriff ask court to release officers’ video of Andrew Brown shooting • Judge rules body camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr. police killing will not be released to public
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Explainer: Is it legal to shoot suspects in the back?
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3 men charged with hate crimes in death of Ahmaud Arbery
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Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
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Biden calls on Congress to pass George Floyd police reform bill by end of May
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Family of Black man shot and killed by Delaware police sues the force
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California man dies after police pin him down for five minutes • Deadly California arrest carries echoes of George Floyd case
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Man who filmed and taunted dying police officers jailed for 10 months
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Derek Chauvin's sentencing date is changed to June 25 • Chauvin juror says guilty verdicts could have come quicker • Derek Chauvin juror says trial was like 'watching somebody die on a daily basis' • First Chauvin juror to speak publicly recounts stress of coming to court to 'watch a Black man die' • Juror Who Convicted Derek Chauvin of Murder Reveals Testimony That Influenced Him the Most
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Facing perjury charges, Florida superintendent steps down to give 'peace' to Parkland survivors
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Stephen Miller’s Legal Group Invokes MLK in Lawsuit Accusing Biden Admin of Discriminating Against White Farmers
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Biden will pledge to tackle immigration in address to Congress • Biden's 100-day numbers: Migrant kids • Biden picks Texas sheriff known for criticizing Trump-era policies to lead ICE • Biden picks Texas sheriff known for criticizing Trump-era policies to lead ICE • 'A gold rush for human smugglers': Biden's Title 42 policy fuels migrant family kidnappings at border, extortion in U.S. • The Border Crisis Comes to a Once-Quiet part of West Texas
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Biden's 100-day numbers: Mass shootings
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Arizona governor signs ban on abortions based on genetic abnormalities
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Judge Rejects Possible Plea Deal for Man Who Stormed Super Bowl Field in Half-Naked Publicity Stunt
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Judges:

Former WilmerHale Partner Joins Del. Bankruptcy Bench
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The free speech case so complicated it seems to have stumped the Supreme Court • Things Got Weird During Supreme Court Oral Arguments Over a Cheerleader’s F-Bombs on Snapchat • U.S. Supreme Court justices debate cheerleader’s F-bomb free speech case • Wary Supreme Court weighs student's Snapchat profanity case
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Potential future Biden Supreme Court pick set for U.S. Senate hearing • Biden judicial pick Ketanji Brown Jackson defends independence in Senate hearing
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Filing A Document Shouldn't Be Harder Than Inventing A Smartphone
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise after better-than-expected Big Tech earnings, Facebook and Apple shares jump
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European stocks climb as global markets digest Fed decision; Nokia up 12%
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Manhattan financer, 59, jumps to his death from skyscraper weeks after his firm was liquidated  | Daily Mail Online
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Layoffs:

Ford's Ever-Smarter Robots Are Speeding Up the Assembly Line
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Food/Beverage:

Starbucks says its US stores have made a full recovery from the pandemic thanks to drive-thrus and mobile orders
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Starbucks CEO says the worker shortage plaguing restaurants won't hurt the coffee chain because its employees' 'energy and spirit is high'
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Yum sees smaller KFC, Pizza Hut meal orders as dining out resumes
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New York to end restaurant curfew, allow bar seating in NYC starting May as Covid cases drop
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More than half of Americans say they feel comfortable dining indoors
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Climate:

Financial firms should disclose emissions from activities they fund, group says
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Global study finds glacier melt is speeding up, raising sea levels
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Biden plan for cleaner power system faces daunting obstacles
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Biden official: 2020-2030 is the "decisive decade" for climate change action
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Senate to vote to restore Obama-era limits on methane gas emissions
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China has ‘no other choice’ but to rely on coal power for now, official says
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Climate collapse: The people who fear society is doomed
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Autos:

U.S. auto sales to more than double in April: J.D. Power, LMC Automotive
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Tesla is now sitting on $2.5 billion of bitcoin
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Sports:

Tokyo Olympics Athletes Must Wear Face Masks Most of the Time - Guidelines
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Healthcare:

Hospital sale heads to appeals court
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Tri-State Pain Institute's offices sold in Erie bankruptcy court, but with a twist
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Rural Ambulance Crews Have Run Out of Money and Volunteers
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Business leaders now support government action on health care costs
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The CDC changed its mask guidance for vaccinated Americans. Other countries are taking different approaches.
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The CDC's mask guidance is really vaccine guidance
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb: New CDC mask guidance late and confusing, but encouraging
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Coronavirus cases are finally falling
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U.S. averaging 2.7 million shots per day, most states have half of adults jabbed
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mRNA vaccines 94% effective in preventing hospitalization in adults 65 and older
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Vaccines cut household COVID-19 transmission by up to a half, English data shows
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Rapid at-home COVID tests become available over the counter
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Internal Biden administration debate over vaccine sharing grows more intense
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Poorer countries might not get Covid-19 vaccinated until 2023
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Fauci said rich countries failed India by focusing on their own COVID-19 outbreaks at the expense of the rest of the world
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Biden vows US will be 'arsenal of vaccination' for other countries
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Biden’s families plan excludes Medicare expansion, drug price changes
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6th US state ends religious vaccine exemption
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Deadly air pollutant 'disproportionately and systematically' harms Americans of color, study finds
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Economy:

Fed holds steady even as it nods to 'strengthened' recovery • FOMC Statement: No Policy Change, Upgrade to Outlook • Fed says vaccinations and strong policies have helped the economy, but also notes inflation is rising • Fed leaves rates near zero, reiterates its not worried about inflation • Fed holds rates steady, insists much more economic progress is needed • The Fed leaves rates unchanged – Here’s what experts are watching now • Federal Reserve Isn't Fooling Anyone on Inflation
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How the Federal Reserve Is Increasing Wealth Inequality
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Mapped: The State of Small Business Recovery in America
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Workers Tell Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown ‘We Need Help’
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Biden's big bet: He can remake the economy without any negative side effects • Biden pitches big government as antidote to crises
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Biden: Trickle-down economics "has never worked"
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Biden makes case for sweeping change
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Democrats face big headaches on Biden's $4T spending plan
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Here comes the reopening boom
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The pandemic might be temporary, but the debt is permanent
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Biden's $400,000 tax cap for individual earnings, not joint filers
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Fed GDPNow latest estimate: 7.9 percent
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White House proposes $1.8 trillion package that would dramatically expand education, safety net programs • Biden calls for free, universal preschool and affordable child care in the U.S. • Biden takes aim at American inequality by investing $1.8 trillion in families • The 4 major takeaways from Biden's $1.8 trillion economic spending package
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Joe Biden to push trillions in investment, plead for police reform in Congress speech
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Workers could get 12 weeks of paid leave under Biden’s plan • Biden wants to spend $225 billion in his new plan to give you guaranteed sick and family time off work • Most new parents have 0 days of paid leave. Everyone could have 12 weeks under Biden's plan.
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Biden's latest $1 trillion+ plan
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Senate Democrats resist Biden's $1.8 trillion pay-for plan • Manchin 'uncomfortable' with mounting cost of Biden agenda
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Biden’s families plan includes free meals for millions of low-income children
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Biden to propose extending $300 monthly checks for parents through 2025, rejecting pressure from Democrats to make it permanent
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Majority of Americans say US economic conditions are good for the first time during the pandemic, per CNN Poll
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Biden wants to entirely pay for trillions in new spending by raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy • Factbox: How Biden’s proposed tax hikes for the wealthy would fund childcare, community college • The White House can raise taxes on the wealthy without touching the tax code at all
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Who were we and what were we thinking? A return to offices frozen in time.
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Soaring U.S. trade deficit in goods hits record high – but there’s a silver lining • U.S. goods trade deficit vaults to record high in March
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JPMorgan is taking the lead on getting Wall Street back in the office
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Deutsche Bank says it will let staff work from home 3 days a week when offices open
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Workers are heading back to the office
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Of course you’re anxious about returning to normal life
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The pandemic is pushing more Americans to retire
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A lot of people are spending their third stimulus checks on home improvements
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New York’s Spring of Optimism: Finally, the Second Virus Wave Is Ebbing
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Facebook co-founder: U.S. needs new form of capitalism so everyone can prosper
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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:

House Prices and Inventory
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The housing market is the hottest it's been since right before the 2008 crash - but there's far less bubble risk this time around
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Mortgage rates fall to a two-month low, but weekly demand still drops • MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey
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The Fed is standing aside as house prices rip higher — but here’s what could get in the way
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Second-Home Surge Beats the Market for Primary Residences: What Investors Should Know
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Millennials are getting screwed again by their second housing crisis in 12 years
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The No. 1 emerging property market in America isn't in Texas or Florida — you may never even have heard of it
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Dozens of hopeful Silicon Valley home-buyers camped in tents overnight in hopes of nabbing a $1.2 million townhouse
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Teary Ex-Mortgage CEO Tells Jury Biz Failure Not His Fault
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Municipalities:

Judge in Puerto Rico case kicks revenue bond issues months into the future
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Liberal group pushes Biden to take ‘urgent’ action on Puerto Rico in new report
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Statehood for Puerto Rico would kill its triple-tax-exemption
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Exclusive-U.S. Justice Department ends Trump-era limits on grants to ‘sanctuary cities’
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Oil/Gas:

Energy Sec Warns Oil of Kodak Risk
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Oil Rises With Demand Optimism Offsetting Virus Concerns
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Thirteen U.S. refineries exceeded emissions limits for cancer-causing benzene in 2020 -report
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Chesapeake searches for next CEO after Lawler’s abrupt exit
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The intensifying battle for Exxon's future
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California’s $4 Gasoline May Mean a Price Shock Across U.S.
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Education:

Joe Biden has been pitching free community college since the Obama administration — can he now make it a reality?
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A lawmaker wanted to ban 'divisive' teaching on race. Then he mentioned 'the good' of slavery.

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Nursing Homes:

Covid awakened Americans to a nursing home crisis. Now comes the hard part.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office hid New York's COVID-19 nursing home death toll for at least 5 months, report says
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Private Equity:

How private equity firms buy assets from themselves
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Hotels:

Hotel Industry & Union Join to Urge Congress for Aid AHLA, Unite Here Call on Congress to Pass ‘Save Hotel Jobs Act' to Help Hotel Workers
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Pharma:

US Drug Prices 2 to 4 Times Higher
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Religion:

Catholic leaders may move to pressure Biden to stop taking Communion
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1st ever woman spiritual leader of Orthodox synagogue appointed in Israel
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Politics:

Biden’s first address to Congress • Biden pushes ambitious agenda, calls for police reform in speech to Congress • 5 winners and 3 losers from President Biden’s first congressional address • AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews record on migrants; GOP on virus • Biden speech takeaways: Government is good, and so are jobs • Big Government Is Back And 3 Other Takeaways From Biden's Address To Congress • Five takeaways from Biden's address to Congress • Snap polls: Biden's joint address left vast majority of viewers optimistic • Biden to the nation: "America is on the move again" • Biden to trans youth: "I want you to know that your president has your back" • Biden pushes for increased innovation to keep U.S. competitive • Biden calls for U.S. to become more competitive against a ‘deadly earnest’ China • GOP response to Biden address credits Trump on COVID-19 success • Republican rebuttal to Biden to warn against 'socialist dreams' • GOP’s Sen. Scott suggests Dems use race as political weapon • Tim Scott says Biden dividing country in GOP response to joint address • Sen. Tim Scott's Republican Response To Biden's Address, Annotated • Boebert takes out space blanket during Biden speech to draw attention to border surge
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Harris, Pelosi make history seated behind Biden at speech
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Stacey Abrams's pitch that the new Georgia law 'eliminates hours of voting'
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Scott to share ‘my family’s American Dream’ in Republican rebuttal to Biden speech
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Joe Biden is about to test the politics of going big
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This Republican congressman is offering a compelling vision of the post-Trump GOP
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Diner patron tells Fox News: 'Like it says in the Bible... America is supposed to be the city on the hill'
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Biden to keep intelligence inspector general Trump appointed
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Tucker Carlson twice called MSNBC anchor Joy Reid the 'race lady' during his Tuesday show. She wasn't talking about race.
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Obama-Appointed Inspector General ‘Abused Her Authority’ and Bullied Staff to Undermine Investigations, Integrity Committee Finds
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Alabama: Slaves Were Not Treated Badly
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (86 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Automatic Stay:

Stand Pat, Don't Act: Supreme Court Holds That Mere Retention of Debtor Property Does Not Violate Section 362(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code's Automatic Stay Provision
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Preemption:

NY Court of Appeals Holds No Bankruptcy Preemption of Lender Tort Claims Against Related Third Parties
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Safe Harbors:

Fraudulent Transfers: 2d Circuit’s Revival of Bankruptcy Safe Harbor Stands
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Finance:

O'Fallon, Illinois, man admits to PPP loan fraud after getting $487,000 loan
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Aviation:

Boeing Writes Off $318 Million Amid Air Force One Supplier Feud
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The TSA wanted 6,000 new officers by summer. Most positions are unfilled as airlines expect a passenger surge.
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Boeing's business is slowly improving, but troubles remain
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Boeing pauses 737 Max deliveries due to electrical issue, warns of ‘light’ April handovers
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'I love my airline, but they didn't love me back': Southwest flight attendant blames airline for husband's COVID-19 death
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Air havoc as passengers return ahead of summer travel boom
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Boarding plane passengers from back to front carries higher risk of Covid infection, finds study
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Mango resumes flight as ACSA feud ends
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Tourism to EU countries this summer may require multiple Covid certificates
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Thai Airways employee union push against forming a new airline
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Retailing:

The husk of Sears Holdings is still in bankruptcy — and $81M in the hole
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Utilities:

Troubled Rural Texas Utility 'Hopeful' about State Rescue Bill
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Wind power a smaller contributor to Texas electricity crisis than initially estimated, ERCOT analysis shows
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Movie Theaters:

AMC to sell up to 43 million fresh shares, but calls off plans to seek approval for 500 million more
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Coal:

Mine worker union president: The country 'ought to be appalled' by the lack of support for the mining industry
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Home Security:

New Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing - Secure Home Holdings LLC
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Hospitality:

From Bedsheets to Balance Sheets, Hospitality Poised for a Slow Comeback
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Mass Torts:

Johnson & Johnson scores in talc appeals as NJ court knocks down $117M verdict
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Shipbuilding:

Private equity firm to the rescue of Perini Navi
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Sovereigns:

The largest creditor of Cuba’s debt proposes substantial reduction
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UK:

Landlords challenge fairness of restructuring plan in landmark case
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England to introduce personal debt moratorium
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Debt falls by almost one third since first lockdown
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UK PM Johnson denies saying "let the bodies pile high"
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Boris Johnson under investigation for mystery funding of apartment renovation
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Nestle to close UK plant, 600 jobs at risk
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Brexit hit to British banks still not fully felt, UK finance ministry says
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Britain agrees deal for 60 million more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines
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U.K. Deploys Thousands of Ravers to Test Relaxing of Covid Rules
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WHO warns UK is among countries with highest spread of Indian coronavirus variant
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Camping bookings up 500% as UK campsites sell out for summer
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EU:

EU crisis: Eurozone facing a bankruptcy ‘tsunami' - economists issue dire warning
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EU demands immediate access to UK-made vaccines in AstraZeneca legal battle
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EU Chief Calls for 'Faithful Implementation' of Brexit Trade Deal
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Covid threat for Europe ‘remains present,’ WHO says despite falling infections
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Canada:

A University in Tatters • Laurentian faculty, staff will have to join creditors’ pool to get their severance
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GYMVMT to close some locations after bankruptcy filing, vows to keep fighting
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Covid Outbreak Grips Canada Oil Sands Just as Roughnecks Fly In
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India:

In desperate hunt for oxygen and hospital beds, India turns to Twitter
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India's COVID death toll tops 200,000 amid under-reporting claims
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India cases set new global record; millions vote in 1 state
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The world finally woke up to India's virus nightmare
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U.S. sending $100M in aid to India as country sets new COVID records
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From Amazon to Tata, industry steps up to combat India's coronavirus crisis
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India's coronavirus death toll tops 200,000 as infections surge and anger grows
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Indians rush for coronavirus vaccines as death toll passes 200,000
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Fear of COVID-19 Stalks Delhi Slum Dwellers With No Safety Net
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Switzerland:

Swiss prepare for 3,000-person events from July for vaccinated attendees
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MENA:

Pakistan sees record COVID-19 deaths as officials consider stricter lockdowns
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France:

Workers at French Renault plant held bosses hostage for 12 hours in sale dispute
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Generals: France Could Descend into Civil War
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Germany:

German Bankruptcy Officials Worry About Build-Up Of 'Zombie Businesses'
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German spy agency watches Querdenker anti-lockdown movement
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Hong Kong:

Another major breakthrough: Mutual assistance in cross-border insolvency between China Mainland and Hong Kong
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Portugal:

Portugal to guarantee restructuring of loans to tourism, retail companies
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