August 23, 2021

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Law:

The First Law Firm To Mandate COVID-19 Booster Shots
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Say Hello To The Super Smart Law School Class Of 2024, With Higher LSAT Scores And GPAs
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Thanks To A Mandatory Retirement Policy, Skadden's First Female M&A Partner Left For Mayer Brown, And Now She's Ready For Much More
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Student loan data will become part of law schools’ ABA required disclosures
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LeClairRyan Founder Expected to Be Named in $128M Dispute Over Firm's Bankruptcy
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Federal white-collar prosecutions continue a long-term decline
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How A Partner's Fear Of Flying Turned Into A Legacy For His Children
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Law Professors Saying The N-Word Is Like A Damn Epidemic At Emory Law School
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Holding Biglaw Accountable On Climate Change
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Court Reporters Deserve More Respect
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Changing the stakes: how evolving law firm ownership rules could (or could not) re-shape the legal industry
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NRA looks to revive lawsuit against Winston & Strawn, JAMS
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Why even D-list stars and law firms in Florida don’t mix
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Texas law firm cuts rates to press Mexico's case against gun makers
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A new paradigm for on-boarding in a return-to-office phase
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Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt exonerated in internal probe FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated - sources InfoWars Host Charged with Federal Crimes After Claiming He'd 'Save the Republic' from 'Fraudulent Election' During U.S. Capitol Siege Capitol Rioter Violated Terms of Release by Watching Mike Lindell’s Election Conspiracy Symposium: Feds Capitol Rioter Risks It All For His Pillow Guy
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Portland: Antifa, Proud Boys Clash
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Roger Stone plans to sue ABC News for $25 million over Jan. 6 articles
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COVID-19 outbreak shuts down entire police department in Illinois
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Miami Beach suspends law used by cops to arrest people who film them. Training ordered
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Google ‘founder’ admits he created revenge site against estranged wife
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Migrants left high and dry at Guatemala border after deportations from Mexico, U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks reinstatement of Trump-era immigration policy
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Under Biden, some legal immigration channels have lagged while illegal entries soar
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Border Wall Torn Apart by Arizona Rains
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A Federal Judge Struck Down One of the Most Widely Prosecuted Offenses in Immigration Law, Slamming 'Racist' Origins
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In Louisville, Kentucky, homicides go unsolved as number of killings climbs
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Mississippi orders everyone who's tested positive for COVID-19 to isolate at home as cases continue to surge Mississippi threatens fines, jail time for Covid patients who don't isolate
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R. Kelly ex-aides testify about Aaliyah bribe, 'twilight zone' work environment
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Man shot by wife's boyfriend who was secretly living in their home
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Man Convicted of Beating His Girlfriend to Death Because She Received Text from Her Ex-Boyfriend
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Miami Beach Police Ordered to Stop Enforcing Law Used to Charge Only Black Bystanders Filming Cops After Slew of Problematic Arrests
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Woman Who Thought Boy Looked 'Just Like ISIS' Gets Sent to Prison after Running Over Two Children Because of Their Race
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Josh Duggar Tries to Dismiss Child Porn Charges on Grounds That Trump’s Homeland Security Leaders Were Unlawfully Appointed
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Someone Shot at Woman About 50 Times When She Returned Home from Work: Deputies
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Federal Appeals Court Reverses Its Own Ruling on 'Dismemberment' Abortion, Upholds Texas Statute Banning Procedure
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Judges:

The Curious Case of Stephen Breyer
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett Rejects Last-Ditch Petition for SCOTUS to Shut Down Construction of Obama’s Presidential Library
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Wall Street:

 

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Layoffs:

Curt Schilling's failed game studio finally sends last paychecks
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Elon Musk says Tesla will produce humanoid robot to help build cars Elon Musk's Tesla Bot is a Joke
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Education:

'It's impossible': Lack of Covid safeguards overwhelm school nurses
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Education secretary calls to encourage Florida superintendents in battle over masks
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Virginia's largest school district requiring employees to get a vaccine or be tested
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College students on high COVID alert ahead of return to campus
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The recent wave of parent-teacher violence is about a lot more than Covid masks
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18 midshipmen exit U.S. Naval Academy following cheating scandal
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More than 23,000 metro Atlanta students in quarantine weeks into school year
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Neighbors erect large Pride flag after school bans LGBTQ, BLM signs
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University of Virginia disenrolls unvaccinated students ahead of fall semester
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Bus driver shortages are latest challenge hitting US schools
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Biden backs school districts in fight against GOP mask mandate bans
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Another Florida school district will require masks, bucking DeSantis's orders
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Florida Threatens to Pull School Funding
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In Local Win for Now, Texas Supreme Court Rejects Gov. Abbott’s Bid to Block Largest County from Enforcing Mask Mandates
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Axios-Ipsos poll: Higher ed's coming clashes
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Healthcare:

Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See These Prices. Here’s Why.
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August 22nd COVID-19: Averaging Over 1 Million Doses Administered Last 4 Days
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We're all going to pay for the unvaccinated
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Child Covid-19 hospitalizations soar, filling pediatric wings, data show
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U.S. FDA aims to give full approval to Pfizer vaccine on Monday
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The Vaccinated Are Worried and Scientists Don’t Have Answers
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Parents get coached on how to escape mask and vaccine rules
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Vaccine resistance in the military remains strong, a dilemma for Pentagon as mandate looms
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Georgia nursing shortage at crisis levels
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'Stop it': FDA warns people not to take veterinary drugs to treat Covid-19 As covid-19 surges in Mississippi, some people are ingesting an unproven livestock dewormer
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Nurse: '... all I felt was defeat' after loss of 30-year-old COVID patient
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Some people are getting a 3rd Covid shot. Getting it too soon could backfire, Fauci says.
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Most face masks won’t stop COVID-19 indoors, study warns
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Skeptical of coronavirus shots, some patients demand blood transfusions only from the unvaccinated
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In Los Angeles, This Covid-19 Surge Is Different From Earlier Outbreaks
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An unvaccinated nurse lost her baby to Covid. Now she's urging new mothers to get the shot.
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Delta variant likely to bring a fall and winter of masks, vaccine mandates, anxiety
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Demand for COVID antibody drugs soars in hard-hit states
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Mask, vaccine conflicts descend into violence and harassment
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Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths
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Jesse Jackson and wife hospitalized with Covid-19
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Phil Valentine, radio host who regretted vaccine skepticism, dies of Covid-19
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Texas congressman tests positive for coronavirus
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Economy:

Small business owners worried about rising COVID cases
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The U.S. Economy Is Leaving Midsize Companies Behind
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American workers rush to take advantage of pandemic bargaining power
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On Main Street in Memphis, small businesses are strapped by a labor shortage
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In reversal, Fed moves Jackson Hole conference online
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How Much Has Been Saved for Retirement
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With prices creeping up, more Americans are turning to dollar stores
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Surging Delta Cases Reverse the World’s March Back to the Office
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Judge grants strip clubs access to 2nd round of pandemic relief
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Apple delays office return until at least 2022, as delta scrambles employers' plans
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Moderna mandates COVID-19 vaccination for U.S. employees
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Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the Covid-free office
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Guaranteed income for kids has arrived in America
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The Economic Case to Bail on Afghanistan is Clear
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Banks  Opt Out of PPP Loan Forgiveness
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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:

The CDC Halted Evictions. Texas Judges Are Proceeding Anyway.
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Appeals court ruling keeps CDC eviction moratorium in place Federal Appeals Court Panel Unanimously Declines to Block Biden Administration’s Eviction Moratorium Extension
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Real estate agents ask justices to freeze administration’s new version of eviction moratorium
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30 Year Mortgage Rates "Stuck in the Middle" at 2.93%
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A real estate CEO appraises the home ownership inequality problem in the US - and how to fix it
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Columbus Real Estate in July: Sales Up 3% YoY, Inventory UP 4% YoY
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Indiana Real Estate in July: Sales Down 7% YoY, Inventory Down 25% YoY
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Municipalities:

Some Puerto Rico board members seek deal to get bonds approved
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Oil/Gas:

Transocean and Dolphin Drilling make new bid for Seadrill
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Oil price losing streak at two-year high The Oil Price Collapse Continues
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Chevron CEO discusses traditional, new energy balance
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Pharma:

Richard Sackler says his family and Purdue Pharma are not to blame for US opioid crisis
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Retailing:

Amazon conquered Sears. It's also following in its footsteps.
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Festivals:

'We Love NYC, The Homecoming Concert' set for Great Lawn despite surging COVID cases
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Tropical storm Henri cuts short New York's Covid-19 recovery concert Henri rains out New York's big Homecoming Concert, and washes away the post-pandemic optimism Henri weakens after rains drench New York concertgoers
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Religion:

Catholic Officials on Edge After Reports of Priests Using Grindr
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Doctor accused of sacrificing animals in his NJ apartment for 'Santeria' witchcraft
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Celebs:

RHOBH’s disgraced Erika Jayne ‘spent $25M from her ex Tom’s law firm on her assistants, glam squad & credit cards’
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Britney Spears' conservatorship battle gives jolt to reform movement, advocates say
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Britney's Housekeeper Claims She Hit Her One (Not More) Time
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Ride Hailing:

Judge rules California ride-hailing law unconstitutional
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Tech:

Facebook says post that cast doubt on coronavirus vaccine among the most popular on the platform this year
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Taliban websites operating in five languages go dark
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Tourism:

New Orleans tourism industry worries as coronavirus rages
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Cruise Lines:

CDC Warns Older Adults on Cruise Ships
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Mass Torts:

Boy Scouts delay key bankruptcy hearing after adverse ruling
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Movie Theaters:

Yes, the Owner of a Movie Theater Chain Feels Bad for Me
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Fraud:

'False Prophet': Lawsuit Claims ‘The Profit’s’ Marcus Lemonis Preyed On And Destroyed 50 Small Businesses
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'Twilight' investor sentenced to five years prison in fraud case
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Politics:

Biden's foreign policy headache comes at critical political moment Biden's job ratings decline amid Covid surge, Afghanistan withdrawal in NBC News poll
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Fox News’ Chris Wallace: ‘Mr. Secretary, Does The President Not Know What’s Going On?’
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Trump officials back away from 2020 Taliban peace deal after withdrawal chaos
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What Biden didn't know about Afghanistan
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Biden built a bond with vets. His chaotic Afghanistan exit left many feeling torn.
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Biden’s job approval drops as Covid cases rise and crisis in Afghanistan mounts
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Afghanistan withdrawal brings a Biden Doctrine into focus
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Florida’s Sarasota County Becomes First Trump Won to Defy DeSantis With School Mask Mandates Quarter of New COVID Cases in Florida Among Those 19 or Younger as School Mask Debate Rages
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Donald Trump booed at Alabama rally after encouraging his supporters to get vaccinated against COVID-19, video shows
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A bizarre security breach in a rural Colorado elections office underscores how the Big Lie lives on
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he is hiding a pro-Trump election official at a secret safe house to help her dodge a FBI investigation
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Four weeks in July: Inside the Biden administration’s struggle to contain the delta surge
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TX GOP official's covid-19 death went viral. Then came calls for vaccination - and bitter divides.
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GOP views of major U.S. institutions take sharp negative turn, survey suggests
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The era of perpetual presidential impeachment is here; Senator Lindsey Graham is ready to impeach
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What’s wrong with Arizona’s 2020 audit? A lot, experts say
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Cuomo's drive to dominate led to success, and his downfall
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ICU doctor leans on experience treating coronavirus in announcing bid for Tennessee governor
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Kentucky high court clears way for legislature to rein in governor's COVID-19 emergency powers
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (4 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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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Mootness:

Mootness Muted? – Eighth Circuit Circumscribes Use of Equitable Mootness Doctrine to Bar Bankruptcy Plan Appeals
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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead in Bankruptcy: Aug. 23, 2021
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Resulting Trusts:

That’s Not My Car! Resulting Trusts & Motor Vehicles
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LBOs:

Court rejects many Tribune LBO fraud claims, revives claims against Citigroup, BofA
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Aviation:

U.S. transportation agency requires face masks on planes, trains, buses through Jan 18
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Food/Beverage:

The labor shortage has created a 'bidding war' for staff as restaurants that are desperate for workers hike wages, says a burger chain owner
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A customer left a $10,000 tip for staff at a Florida restaurant to say thanks to them for showing up and working through the pandemic
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Pop-up restaurants may stick around as COVID sees resurgence
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Restaurants Trapped by Delivery Apps
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Nursing Homes:

Long-term care facilities are using the pandemic as a shield, even in lawsuits unrelated to covid-19
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As breakthrough covid infections rise, nursing home chains require that staffers be vaccinated
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Student Debt:

'Murdered by the student-loan industry': 2 borrowers describe the crushing interest that keeps them from paying off their debt
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Non-Profits:

Goodwill thrives again after bankruptcy, pandemic-induced shutdown
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Climate:

Why it takes months to subdue some wildfires
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New round of winds fuel fury of Northern California wildfire
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Jerusalem could have all gone up in smoke in latest wildfire
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The Southwest's Most Important River Is Drying Up
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Northern California wildfire continues to grow
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22 dead, many missing after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee Central Tennessee inundated with rain, 'catastrophic' flooding
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Hurricane Henri already flooding NYC streets, subways Northeasterners scramble to hunker down as Hurricane Henri takes aim Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island Flights canceled, thousands without power as Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall
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The West’s megadrought is so bad, authorities are airlifting water for animals
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California enacted a groundwater law 7 years ago. But wells are still drying up — and the threat is spreading
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UK:

Corporate Insolvencies Fell Slightly in July Compared to June
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Queen orders senior Palace aides to plan legal fightback after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s hurtful attacks
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Tony Blair condemns ‘tragic, dangerous’ US withdrawal from Afghanistan
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Canada:

Cassels Welcomes Alan Merskey to our National Restructuring & Insolvency Group
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U.S. extends border restrictions after Canada opens its doors to Americans
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Canada would consider accepting Afghan refugees on behalf of U.S., allies -minister
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MENA:

Pentagon hints at more rescues outside Kabul airport, as security worsens, evacuations slow Biden may extend Afghan withdrawal deadline as evacuations continue Taliban warns there will be 'consequences' if Biden delays withdrawal of US troops Firefight involving U.S. forces at Kabul Airport Afghan staff at U.S. Embassy losing faith in evacuation efforts, diplomatic cable says Biden hasn't ruled out sending more troops to Kabul, national security adviser says Kabul: Desperate Crowds and Empty Flights Pentagon orders U.S. airlines to help fly Afghanistan evacuees Taliban impose some order around Kabul airport - witnesses Defense Sec. Contradicts Biden on Beatings U.S. evacuations from Afghanistan face new roadblocks as Taliban co-founder arrives in Kabul The Predictable Failure of the Afghan War The History of US Intervention in Afghanistan Photos: Afghanistan Before the Taliban Resistance fighters drive Taliban from 3 districts in the mountains north of Kabul. U.S. Should Have Used Intelligence, Told Americans to Leave Afghanistan Weeks Ago: Officials A former Pence adviser said Trump had 4 years to help Afghan allies leave the country but Stephen Miller's 'racist hysteria' blocked it from happening The treacherous journey into Kabul airport to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan 7 killed at Kabul airport; fighters seize areas from Taliban Miscue After Miscue, U.S. Exit Plan Unravels The situation at Kabul’s airport deteriorates as diplomats warn of threats. Marines in Afghanistan pull baby over barbed wire to safety US Marines cradle babies in Afghan air lift to rescue 65,000 people in Kabul as Biden says people will die in evacuation Biden vows to evacuate all Americans — and Afghan helpers Former Pence aide says Trump and Miller stymied Afghan refugee efforts Afghans narrate Taliban takeover on social media: fear, solidarity and resistance Stranded Afghan Refugees Yearn For New Lives Abroad British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport Taliban Stop Afghan Govt Employees From Returning To Work EU warns Taliban it has not recognized their regime America enabled Afghanistan's corruption for years. The Taliban knew it U.S. tracking ISIS threats against Kabul's airport, Americans trying to leave U.S. forces in Afghanistan look for alternative evacuation plans as ISIS threatens airport 'I feel helpless': Afghan Americans scramble to aid family trapped in the country Desperate to save their families, Afghans turn to members of Congress for urgent help Hundreds of Afghans arrive to outpouring of support in Northern Virginia These countries offered to help Afghan refugees, but U.S. flights have yet to arrive
Amid sharp criticism, Germany stumbles in late efforts to rescue Afghan support staff Shocking video reportedly shows the Taliban executing a blindfolded Afghan police chief Afghans speak of despair, uncertainty after evacuation to Qatar Afghan Opium Business Boomed During War US most wanted Al Qaeda terrorist Khalil Haqqani reappears in Kabul alongside Taliban with $5million bounty on head Biden emphasizes that Afghan refugees will be vetted before entering US Where Will the Afghan Refugees Go? Taliban fighters set an Afghan woman on fire for 'bad cooking,' report says
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Inside the luxurious lives of disgraced, deposed leaders in Dubai
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'Hell on earth': Lebanon unlivable as crisis deepens
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Israel fires on protesting Palestinians in Gaza, 24 wounded
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France:

Anti-vaccine demos in France for sixth weekend
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French virus health pass in full use but protests keep going
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Australia:

Police clash with anti-lockdown protesters as Australia reports record Covid cases
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Australian PM Morrison defends lockdown strategy as daily cases hit record
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China:

A new chapter in cross-border insolvency: the first application by Hong Kong liquidators for recognition and assistance in Mainland China
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China Huarong Remains on CreditWatch at S&P Despite Bailout Deal
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India:

India is no country for dying firms
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IBC turns 5: Hits and misses of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
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Govt considers operational changes in IBC following expert panel recommendations
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Mukesh Ambani vs Jeff Bezos fight for Future points to lacunae in India's bankruptcy law
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South Korea:

Household debt posing major threat to Korean economy amid pandemic
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