Law:

Law Firms Waste Far Too Much Time On Non-Billable Work
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Big Salaries, Big Bonuses, Big Billables: Are Firms Treating Lawyers Fairly?
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These law schools are tops in scholarship
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Elite Law Schools Welcome Record-Breaking Diversity In Their 1L Classes
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Reed Smith expects to cut 66 legal secretary jobs in voluntary separation program
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Overworked Lawyers Say They're Logging Too Much Unbillable Time
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The History Of Women Law School Professors
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Days After 'Kraken' Sanctions Ruling, Wisconsin Governor Asks Judge to Force Trump to Pay Up 'Personally'
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Justified shooting or fair game? Shooter of Ashli Babbitt makes shocking admission
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Two Brothers Who Stormed the Capitol Together on Jan. 6 Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor Charges • Banks fights Jan. 6 committee effort to seek lawmaker records • House panel seeks records from tech companies in riot probe • About Jim Jordan’s other Jan. 6 call with Trump
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Rudy Giuliani admits he’s almost bankrupt, says he doesn’t think he’s ever done an interview drunk
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N.Y. federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein died to close, Justice Department says
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Judge Rules Against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's Order: Ban on Mask Mandates in Schools 'Does Not Meet Constitutional Muster' • Florida judge says governor cannot ban school districts from requiring masks
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Someone's Paying Devin Nunes's Family's Lawyer. And It Isn't Devin Nunes's Family.
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Board says RFK assassin Sirhan changed man; grants parole • 6 RFK Kids Don't Want Sirhan Released
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A Tesla Model 3 hit a parked police car in Orlando, driver said she was ‘in Autopilot’
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Police: Arizona family tried to kidnap woman over dishonor
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Witnesses describe life inside R. Kelly's 'Chocolate Factory'
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Judge extends block on Texas governor's migrant transit ban
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Hundreds of migrants depart southern Mexico in caravan to protest slow asylum process
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Why Lawyers Are So Good In Bed
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Judges:

BK ED LA: Closed For Weather • BK MD LA: Closed For Weather
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At least 2 federal appeals courts require vaccinations for oral arguments; other circuits differ
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Stephen Breyer retirement watch just got a little more interesting • Supreme Court Justice Breyer says he's struggling to decide when to retire
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Biden's Supreme Court losses prompt more 'shadow docket' scrutiny
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Wall Street:

Major averages finish the week higher after Powell prepares markets for Fed’s bond taper this year
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Why the Fed is about to stop the party on Wall Street (and what it means for you)
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Stock Market Risks Pile Up After Record-Setting Earnings Season
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A 48-year market vet warns that the Fed will be forced to tighten policy ‘way sooner’ than investors anticipate as inflation continues to soar – triggering a stock market crash of up to 80%
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Layoffs:

Houweling's Nurseries near Camarillo to layoff nearly 500 starting this week
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurants are desperate to hire. My coworkers aren't ready to come back.
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A Manhattan restaurant said business dropped up to 25% in a week - and its owner blames NYC's vaccine mandate
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Starbucks is leaving America's dying malls and focusing on drive-thrus
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History:

U.S. boarding schools for Indians had a hidden agenda: Stealing land
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Mass Torts:

In talc case, reorg ruling goes Johnson & Johnson’s way, keeping bankruptcy in play
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Ruling on Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy and Opioid Settlement Delayed Until Next Week
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Boy Scouts Draw Plan to Settle With Sex-Abuse Victims, Exit Bankruptcy. Here’s What We Know
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Purdue Pharma judge urges opioid plan opponents to settle with Sacklers
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J&J can spin talc pow­der in­to different company, potentially slowing plaintiffs' payouts
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The danger of America’s forgotten battle with asbestos
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Climate:

A hellish summer in Lake Tahoe: Choked in smoke with the Caldor fire closing in fast • On the front lines of desperate battle to keep Caldor fire from hitting Lake Tahoe • Winds frustrate effort to corral wildfire near Lake Tahoe • With wildfire threatening, Lake Tahoe prepares for emergency • More Ordered to Flee Lake Tahoe
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Hurricane Ida winds hit 150 mph ahead of Louisiana strike • How does Ida compare with Katrina? • Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller • A Hurricane Ida unknown: Economic impact on region and US • Is New Orleans protected from a hurricane? • Hurricane Ida could bring extensive power outages to the Gulf Coast and it's already knocked out more oil production than Katrina • Meteorologists ahead of Hurricane Ida arrival: "We can't bear to see this on satellite" • Thousands flee U.S. Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida nears • Louisiana governor: Levees should hold against Hurricane Ida • Over 300,000 customers without power as Hurricane Ida slams Louisiana • Hurricane Ida has knocked out power all across New Orleans • Hurricane Ida weakens to tropical storm after knocking out power in New Orleans • New Orleans Facing Weeks of Darkness on Hurricane Damage
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Packed with virus patients, Louisiana hospitals await Ida
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40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up Fast.
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Healthcare:

Stormy financial forecast for hospitals
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The vaccine wave kept health care as profitable as ever
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Florida adds 901 deaths, largest single-day increase in pandemic history
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The U.S. reaches 100,000 average daily Covid hospitalizations for the first time since winter.
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CDC: Unvaccinated, unmasked teacher led to elementary school outbreak
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Doctor warns 'hair on fire' crisis is breaking Texas hospital system
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Oregon counties request morgue trucks as COVID deaths rise
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Portable morgues are sent to Florida after record-breaking average of 212 daily deaths
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Alabama reports large spike in child cases
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Texas anti-mask movement leader dies of COVID-19
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Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout
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We can save 50,000 lives simply by wearing masks
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Parts of the country are running out of oxygen supply as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations soar
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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ statements about Florida’s COVID death rate get renewed scrutiny • Florida Reports Record Deaths, Judge Bars Mask Ban
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COVID-19 surge pummels Hawaii and its native population
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Study: One-third of Americans were infected with COVID by December 2020
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New COVID variant detected in South Africa, most mutated variant so far
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Biden says U.S. health officials are considering Covid booster shots at 5 months, moving up timeline of third shot • Fauci ‘sticking with’ Covid-19 booster shot recommendations
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Long COVID's daunting toll seen in study of pandemic's earliest patients
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Florida woman hospitalized with COVID-19 comes home to find husband dead of COVID-19
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Ivermectin flying off North Texas shelves as a COVID-19 remedy despite FDA warnings, side effects
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Veteran dies of treatable illness after waiting hours for ICU bed
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Contact tracing takes a back seat during latest COVID surge
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A police captain who refused the vaccine and took the anti-parasitic ivermectin to combat COVID-19 dies from the virus
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Fauci Implores People to Stop Taking Horse Drug to Prevent COVID: ‘Don't Do It!’ • Rand Paul claims scientists won't study horse deworming drug ivermectin's use as a potential COVID cure because of their 'hatred for Trump'
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Report: COVID origin inconclusive but probably not engineered
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Reporter punched in face while covering anti-mask event
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Another Anti-Vax Radio Host Dies of Covid
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Medics reveal horror of ‘talking dead’ Covid patients who are awake but can’t survive without machines due to damage
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You’re far more likely to get a blood clot from COVID than from a COVID vaccine, study reveals
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How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment
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Economy:

Fed Chair Powell: "It could be appropriate to start reducing the pace of asset purchases this year" • Fed chief signals supports for the economy could begin to be pulled back this year, if recovery stays strongly on track • Powell: Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year • Fed chair says economic support could be dialed back this year • Powell’s benign view on inflation is getting pushback at the Fed, and elsewhere • Powell walks high wire as Fed plans to ease support for Biden's economy
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Delta surge threatens working parents, labor market
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High-Frequency Charts Show U.S. Economy Softening From Delta
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Americans Report Booming Job Market
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3 reasons workers still aren't making as much money as they would have in a pandemic-free world
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U.S. Economic Confidence Dips as More Say Economy Worsening
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Real Personal Income: Transfer Payments
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Personal Income increased 1.1% in July, Spending increased 0.3% • US consumer spending slows to 0.3% gain in July
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U.S. Port Problems Reach Worst of Pandemic Amid Crush of Imports
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The tax overhaul Democrats are pushing that could raise enough money for 2 $1,400 stimulus checks
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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:

Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Increased Slightly
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The national eviction moratorium is officially dead. In some parts of the country, it has been for some time.
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Industry groups react to SCOTUS eviction ruling
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Eviction ban's end will allow pandemic lockouts to resume
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The Supreme Court struck down Biden's eviction ban, but these 7 states and DC are stepping up to protect renters
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National eviction ban has been struck down. What renters need to know
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‘Nobody is this incompetent’: Rental aid slowdown puts target on governors, mayors
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Renters Prepare for Eviction After Supreme Court Ruling
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Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume
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74% of homeowners who bought before the pandemic are missing ‘an opportunity to significantly reduce’ their mortgage
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Wood you look at that: Lumber is cheap again
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Fed is stoking another real estate price bubble that will wipe out home equity, investor Peter Boockvar warns
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More Americans now say they prefer a community with big houses, even if local amenities are farther away
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Oil/Gas:

Almost all Gulf oil production shuts for hurricane. Will gas prices spike?
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Oil firms slash U.S. Gulf of Mexico output by 91% ahead of powerful Hurricane Ida
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Renewable Energy Consumption Has Tripled In 10 Years
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Oil-Rich Nations Face Growing Pressure To Go Green
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Tech:

Tim Cook nets $355 million after selling Apple shares worth $750 million he received in a performance payout
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Education:

CDC: Unvaccinated, unmasked teacher caused community-wide outbreak in California
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88-Year-Old Professor Resigns Mid-Class When Student Refuses to Wear Mask
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Virtual schools saw little disruption, got equal virus aid
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Fauci says it's a 'good idea' to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for kids going to school
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Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits
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John Carroll University is latest Northeast Ohio university to mandate COVID-19 vaccine
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MD: Education board moves toward public school mask mandates
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Liberty University announces quarantine amid COVID-19 spike
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More COVID-19 shots, studies offer hope for US schools
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Gottlieb says COVID-19 vaccine could be authorized for kids by early winter
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Festivals:

How much impact could Sturgis rally have on COVID caseload?
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Autos:

Lordstown Motors taps Hertz board member to right the ship
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Cruise Lines:

Are cruises safe right now? Experts say they’re ‘a recipe for Covid transmission’
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Student Debt:

Biden has canceled $9.5 billion in student loan debt yet forgiveness for all isn’t necessarily coming
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A student-debt forgiveness story: Meet a public servant eligible for relief who just got $20,000 wiped out after an 11-year wait
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Celebs:

Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills’ Erika Jayne Is Now Being Sued Amid Ongoing Bankruptcy Case • RHOBH star Erika Jayne sued for $25 million in estranged husband Tom Girardi’s bankruptcy case • RHOBH fans slam Erika Jayne for claiming music career was ‘self-funded’ after claims she ‘stole $25M from ex’s law firm’ • RHOBH: Erika Jayne Sued For $25M In Husband's Firm Bankruptcy Case • Erika Jayne slammed in new bankruptcy lawsuit docs: 'The glam cannot be supported by a sham' • Erika Girardi Slammed in Bankruptcy Lawsuit for 'Fraudulent' Transfers: 'The Glam Cannot Be Supported by a Sham'
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NHL star accuses estranged wife of hitting him as divorce gets uglier
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Sports:

Bills coach sees competitive disadvantage in his team's vaccine issues: 'It's very frustrating'
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Seeming at odds with players, NFL says it wants vaccine mandate to 'go into effect tomorrow'
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US Open players don’t need COVID shots; about half have them
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138-Acre Massachusetts Sports Complex Files For Bankruptcy Protection
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Fraud:

Elizabeth Holmes plans to claim at trial ex-boyfriend and Theranos business partner abused her • Silicon Valley's biggest fraud is on trial
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Politics:

Biden in the ‘loneliest job,’ a presidency driven by crisis • Biden allies say media missing the mark on Afghanistan
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Biden faces Dem defections
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Revealed: Biden's ethics exceptions
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Conservative media rallies around Afghanistan
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American Public Opinion and the Afghanistan Situation
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What Trump's Taliban Deal Has Wrought
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Romney blames both Biden and Trump for crisis in Afghanistan
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Bernie Sanders sets out to sell big government in red states
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Thousands march on Washington in voting rights push
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Fox's Wallace: An Afghanistan-based attack on US 'could be curtains' for Biden presidency
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After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistricting
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Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software
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GOP rift widens amid growing hostility to Afghan refugees
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98 Countries to Accept Afghan Refugees
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The long road to resettling Afghans in the US
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The Afghan refugee crisis is about to get much worse
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U.S. opens COVID-19 vaccination site for arriving Afghans
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"Perfect storm" blocks Trump-era FEC probes
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'Hillbilly Elegy' Author JD Vance Is Running For Senate As A Savior Of The Rust Belt. Insiders And Experts Say Otherwise.
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

For the second quarter of 2021, all the Polsinelli|TrBK Distress Indices declined
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Recharacterization:

Debt or Equity? SDNY Bankruptcy Court Says “Equity” in a Recent Case Involving Recharacterization of a Party’s Debt Claim as Equity
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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead in Bankruptcy: Aug. 30, 2021
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Intercreditor:

New York Court’s Ruling Could Have Broader Implications for No-Action Clauses
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UST:

UST Director Addresses 2021 Annual Conference of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT)
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Aviation:

Alitalia bankruptcy: all flights canceled from October 15
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Tickets booked with airlines under bankruptcy proceedings to get refunds after due process: MakeMyTrip CEO
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Aeroméxico continues to participate in the mediation regarding delivery of final valuation materials under the DIP Financing
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EU Set to Recommend Halting Nonessential Travel From the U.S.
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Alone in the sky, pilot and fiancee save 17 in Tenn. flood
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COVID and “business rehabilitation” trim the Thai fleet
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‘The End of Travel as We Knew It’ – Israel’s Airlines Face Mass Layoffs, Bankruptcy
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South African Airways to restart operations after one-year hiatus
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Insurance:

Goliath v. Goliath: Corporations Take On Insurers Over Pandemic Coverage
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Maritime:

Bouchard Bankruptcy Plan Approved, Clearing Way for Sale
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Crypto:

Tax reporting proposal creates a defining moment for the crypto industry
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Sovereigns:

Zambia's new finance minister stresses importance of IMF programme
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UK:

Behind the glitz of the Sussexes lies a simple truth: our aristocracy is dead
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Canada:

Courts OK Laurentian’s request to extend insolvency restructuring into 2022
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China:

Actress hit with $46 million tax fine as China targets celeb culture
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MENA:

New urgency to airlift from Kabul after blasts kill dozens • State Department says roughly 250 Americans still want to leave Afghanistan • Biden aide: US has capacity to evacuate remaining Americans • Taliban Promise to Let the Eligible Leave • U.S. announces joint arrangement to continue evacuating Afghan allies past Aug. 31 • Antony Blinken denies that the US gave the Taliban a 'kill list' of people that need to be evacuated from Afghanistan • University Students Names Given to Taliban • U.S. announces joint arrangement to continue evacuating Afghan allies past Aug. 31 • McMaster: This is What Happens When You Surrender to Jihadists • McMaster: One Year War Fought 20 Times • France, UK to propose Kabul airport safe zone at UN meeting • Sullivan guarantees "safe passage" for U.S. citizens, Afghan allies after deadline • American diplomats won't remain behind in Kabul, Blinken says • At Abbey Gate • U.S. drone strikes an ISIS-K vehicle packed with explosives in Kabul • The Pentagon says thousands of ISIS-K prisoners went free after the Taliban seized Afghanistan • ISIS-K, explained by an expert • Five things to know about ISIS-K • Biden: Another attack likely, pledges more strikes on IS • Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan • Pentagon says 2 'high-profile' ISIS targets killed in strike • Embassy warns Americans at Kabul airport gates to 'leave immediately' • The UK may destroy or abandon some of its military equipment to make more space for evacuees, defense minister says • US special forces vets launch mission to get Afghan allies out amid Biden's chaotic withdrawal: Pentagon pushes on with evacuation of 8.5K despite threat of another ISIS attack after suicide bomber killed 13 American troops and 170 other people • Afghan Ally Trapped in Kabul Says Even if He Dies ‘I Will Never Regret it’ in Emotional and Harrowing Fox News Interview • Britain pulls the plug on Kabul airlift: UK will start getting soldiers out of Airport as Boris tells of his 'great regret' at leaving 150 Brits and 1,100 Afghans behind despite fears they will become Taliban hostages • Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home • US says drone kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport • Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan • Slain Marine who cradled baby at Kabul airport loved her job • Last Troops From UK Back Home from Kabul • How Instagram star helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan • ‘We can’t do enough’: Lawmakers flooded by evacuation pleas • Moulton offers Marine's view on Kabul • "Just a mess": A CEO's effort to get an employee out of Afghanistan • Bidens to meet with families of fallen U.S. service members after deadly attack in Kabul • Despite bloodshed and chaos, Afghan exit may yet hold positives for US and allies • The Two Blows America Is Dealing to the Taliban • Resurgent Taliban and shaken economy upend life in Afghanistan • Why US Allies Are Upset Over Afghanistan • Twenty days to set 20 years • What Taliban rule will look like in the new old Afghanistan • 'No one has money.' Under Taliban rule, Afghanistan's banking system is imploding
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Israel: ‘Thousands of businesses will go bankrupt if there’s another closure’
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Israel offers COVID-19 vaccine booster to ages 12 and older
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Dubai developer Limitless set to agree third debt restructuring deal
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New Zealand:

New Zealand police break up one-person anti-lockdown protest in Auckland
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Australia:

Australia's COVID-19 cases hit new record as 'reopening' debate heats up
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Croatia:

Croatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
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Russia:

Unwanted record: Russia’s COVID deaths hit new high in July
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India:

Road to recovery: IBC sets itself on firm footing
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Why insolvency regulator wants code of conduct for bankers?
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Restructuring & Insolvency Monthly Newsletter
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IBBI seeks public comments on committee of creditors conduct, insolvency resolution process
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Self-seeking individuals scuttling intentions of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: CEA
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IBC: Corporate affairs ministry working with FinMin, RBI on issue of committee of creditors' conduct
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IBBI to ban appointment of commission agents
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‘Insolvency resolution plans should look to maximise business value rather than just recover dues’
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Before implementation of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, there used to be feudalism: KV Subramanian
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Howard Marks seeks ‘hidden gems’ in India in a world of low returns
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Over 17,800 cases disposed of at pre-admission stage under IBC: Official
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India reports more than 45,000 COVID-19 cases
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Singapore:

Singapore fully vaccinates 80% of population against COVID
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Germany:

German region plans tougher restrictions for unvaccinated
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Brazil:

Rio mandates vaccines for tourist spots, public spaces
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Japan:

Osaka hospital accepting COVID-19 patients goes bankrupt
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Ukraine:

In July, insolvent banks receive over UAH 147M from Ukraine’s Guarantee Fund
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