August 9, 2021

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Law:

Biglaw Firm Finally Joins The $205K Party
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$14 million flat fee deal leaves Polsinelli exposed to Philidor malpractice claim
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Biglaw Firm Raises Salaries For The THIRD Time This Year... Still Doesn't Hit The Market Standard
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The Am Law A-List: Ranking The Most Elite Law Firms In America (2021)
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Financial Restructuring and Transactional Insolvency Lawyer Frederick (Rick) Hyman Joins Crowell & Moring
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Law school applicants surge 13%, biggest increase since dot-com bubble
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Law School Grants Are Way Up
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Oof, The Gap Between Earnings And Student Debt At This Law School Is Alarming
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Examining The Bar Exam, Again
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10 people disrupting the legal industry with everything from AI research to new pricing models
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White-shoe law firms get cold feet on office re-openings
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Biglaw Associate Shares Frustrations About The Unvaccinated And Their 'Selfish Choices'
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Associates Want to Return to the Office—With Caveats
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Canada Joins U.S. in Nonlawyer Legal Service Ownership Tests
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Ninth Circuit Pours Cold Water On Bid to Revive $54M O'Melveny Malpractice Suit
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Mandatory Retirement Policy Sends Skadden's First Female M&A Partner To Mayer Brown
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Top Florida court reprimands ‘Pitbull Lawyer’ for advertising campaign
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Houston's Chamberlain Hrdlicka grows again, nearing $100 mln milestone
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After a year and a half, ex-Jenner chair says Willkie's Chicago ambitions paying off
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ABA Survey: Lawyers Are Stressed Out
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A Good Night’s Rest Is The Answer
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The Best Times Lawyers Should Call Or Email Other Lawyers
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The lawsuits are coming: Experts warn remote work will create legal crises for companies around equal pay
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Capitol rioters enter 1st guilty pleas to assaulting police 2 Seattle Police Officers fired after investigation alleges that they trespassed at the US Capitol on January 6
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Rosen Testifies on Trump's Trying to Steal the Election Trump's Acting AG Revealed Frightening Activity at DOJ
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How a Trump environmental lawyer tried to weaponize the Justice Department to help the President
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Durbin calls what was happening at DOJ under Trump 'frightening'
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Giuliani, suspended in N.Y., faces attorney ethics probe in D.C. Rudy Giuliani is being investigated by the FBI over a film he was trying to make about the Bidens and Ukraine, report says
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Lin Wood Loses Another Round in Federal Appeals Court Over Georgia's Mail-In Voting Rules
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‘We Get Spit On. We Get Things Thrown At Us’: A Look At CPD’s Rising Retirement Numbers
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When will the government apply its vaccine effort to migrants in ICE detention?
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Judge Blocks Abbott on Stopping Migrant Cars
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Man Who Sued Apple For Failing To Save Him From Porn Now Suing US Attorney General To Strike Down Section 230
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Cuomo attorneys push back on state AG's sexual harassment findings Cuomo's lawyer appears to dig him deeper in controversy Hours After News of Criminal Complaint Breaks, Cuomo's Lawyers Claim N.Y. Attorney General 'Ambushed' the Governor in 'Predetermined' Report 'She Is, in Fact, A Victim': Albany Co. Sheriff Says N.Y. Governor Andrew Cuomo 'Possibly' Faces 'A Couple' of Misdemeanors
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GOP-linked group targets 3 progressive Virginia prosecutors deemed soft on crime
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Top Republican Donor Killed in Prison After Serving Nearly Two Decades for Sexually Assaulting Two Children
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'If They Don't Kill Me, I'll Have to Kill Them': Police Shoot Armed 13-Year-Old Boy After He Claimed to Have Killed Three People and Fired Gun
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Man Recorded Himself Murdering His 94-Year-Old Grandfather in the Woods of West Virginia and Sent Footage to Family Members, Investigator Testifies
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Colorado Woman Arrested After Being Caught on Video Trying to Put Her 5-Year-Old Into Trunk of a Car
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Authorities Say a Breastfed 4-Day-Old Baby Died of 'Fentanyl Toxicity.' Now the Mother Is Accused of Murder.
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'I Almost Died': Body Cam Video Shows San Diego Deputy Overdosing Three Times After Coming into Contact with Fentanyl
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'It Caused Conflict Between Them': Authorities Say Husband Killed Wife Who Won $2M Lottery Prize, Fatally Shot Their Daughter, And Then Killed Himself
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Pandemic set off deadly rise in speeding that hasn’t stopped
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'Lynchings in Mississippi never stopped' Mississippi's history of lynchings haunts grieving mother
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Legal U.S. marijuana is pouring into Mexico. It's pricey, popular and has names like 'Bubba Kush.'
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Judges:

Biden speeds ahead on installing judges
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Supreme Court decision could set off gerrymandering 'arms race'
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How to land a Supreme Court clerkship, according to clerks for Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy
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Hoosier Students Plead for Justice Amy Coney Barrett to Block University's COVID Vaccine Mandate
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Wall Street:

Stock futures are mostly lower after Dow closes at record Friday
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Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs, as U.S. stocks book weekly gains after stronger-than-expected jobs report S&P 500, Dow hit fresh records as strong July jobs report boosts economic outlook
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Short-seller Jim Chanos blasts meme-stock traders as greedy and entitled - and says they cry and point fingers when they lose money
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Layoffs:

Fruit warehouse in Zillah announces mass layoffs
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More than 300 people will be laid off from Cumberland County plant beginning next month
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Pharma:

In the Opioid Epidemic, More Reasons for Hope Than Despair
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Purdue’s bankruptcy deal shields Sackler family owners from opioid liability
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Victims Of Purdue Pharma's Painkillers Read Their Letters To The Court05:19
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John Oliver rages against the Sackler family and their 'bulls--t' looming OxyContin settlement John Oliver Creates Anti-Opioid Website Just to Mess With Purdue Pharma
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Q&A discusses RCFP’s role in bringing transparency to Purdue Pharma bankruptcy proceedings
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Joe Schrank: J&J opioid settlement is 'slap on the wrist'
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Healthcare:

Bankrupted by medical debt
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Half of Americans are now fully vaccinated against Covid, White House says Just over half of the US is now fully vaccinated for COVID-19 nearly 8 months after the first vaccine was authorized Joe Biden says 350 million Americans have been vaccinated – that’s 20 million more than the entire population
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This Pandemic Has a Long Way to Go "The world needs a reality check," health expert warns as COVID surges
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US averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day U.S. Covid Cases Reach Six-Month High Even as Vaccinations Rise
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August 8th COVID-19: 7-Day Average Hospitalizations Over 50,000
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'Goldilocks virus': Delta vanquishes all variant rivals as scientists race to understand its tricks
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The social network for doctors is full of vaccine disinformation
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U.S. City With 2.4 Million Population Has Just Six ICU Beds Left Austin, Texas, activates emergency alert system due to COVID crisis
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CDC: Unvaccinated people more than twice as likely to get reinfected
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A 42-year-old fitness fanatic was 'beating himself up' over his decision not to get vaccinated during his final days, his family said
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Anti-Vax Radio Host Dies of Covid
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Delta variant hits hard in the five worst states for vaccination rates: It's spreading 'like a tsunami,' one health official says
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Florida doctors are exhausted and angry as the state's COVID-19 surge unleashes pandemonium inside hospitals: 'Humanly, you just break at some point'
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DeSantis order barring masks in schools faces first legal challenges
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Judge Sides with Cruise Line Over DeSantis
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Some anti-vaxxers plan to fake being vegan after finding a loophole that means vaccines are not mandatory for them
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FDA set to fast-track efforts to authorize COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for the immunocompromised: reports
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Fauci: Covid vaccines could get full FDA approval in the "next few weeks"
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Arkansas judge blocks state from enforcing mask mandate ban Arkansas Judge Blocks Statewide Ban on Mask Mandates: The Law 'Cannot Be Enforced in Any Shape, Fashion or Form'
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Neighbors’ Deaths From Covid-19 Have an Arkansas Town Reassessing Vaccines
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In Rural Arkansas, a Shocking Loss Wards Off Vaccine Hesitancy
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Louisiana’s 4th Covid-19 wave, explained Cassidy on rising Louisiana COVID crisis: 'All we need to do is get vaccinated'
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Marjorie Taylor Greene fans cheered low vaccination rate in Alabama, which tossed 65,000 doses
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Sheriff: Sturgis rally kickoff among busiest in decades Fauci 'very concerned' about COVID-19 surge following Sturgis rally
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Protests against vaccines, COVID restrictions, span the globe
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GOP Sen. Cassidy breaks with DeSantis on banning mask mandates DeSantis' order on mask mandates in schools sparks legal challenges
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DeSantis FactCheck: "Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”
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Governor of Idaho, home to one of U.S.′ lowest vaccination rates, urges residents to get Covid shot
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Pharmacists Fight Off COVID Truthers Demanding Horse Medicine Instead of the Jab
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He put off getting the vaccine. Now, he’s in the ICU pleading for others avoid his mistake: ‘I messed up’
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COVID survivor: ‘Have to start my life all over again’
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New ‘Delta Plus’ COVID Variant Detected In San Francisco Bay Area: ‘It’s At Least As Bad’ As Original
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White House pushes student vaccinations as hospital admissions, deaths rise about 40% in a week
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Interior Department says over 30 staffers have died from COVID-19
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Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say they'll put on masks when sick post-pandemic
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Economy:

Senate slog to pass infrastructure bill goes on over weekend Senate clears key hurdle on infrastructure bill GOP senator vows to slow-walk $1T infrastructure bill, sparking standoff Late nights, early mornings await Senate on infrastructure Hurry up and wait in the Senate on infrastructure Infrastructure Hits Senate Speed Bump as Debate Slows to Crawl New power brokers
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Poll: Inflation named as top economic concern for voters
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Oklahoma judge orders state to resume federal unemployment benefits
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Payrolls increase 943,000 in July as unemployment rate slides to 5.4% Unemployment rate falls but is higher for Black and Latinx people Black workers saw a big drop in unemployment in July, but many left the labor force altogether July Employment Report: 943 Thousand Jobs, 5.4% Unemployment Rate Strong growth in US jobs, but labor market remains well short of normal Comments on July Employment Report
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The July jobs report was so good it cut 4 months off the pace of the economic recovery
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Strong jobs report is not a game changer for Fed policy, Wells Fargo suggests
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Pandemic Retired 1.7 Million Americans
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The Murder of the U.S. Middle Class Began 40 Years Ago This Week
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The July jobs report was a smashing success, but don't cut short all stimulus efforts while Delta is raging, former top Obama economist says
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There are about 1 million more job openings than people looking for work
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School's starting back up, but moms might not return to work for months
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July’s strong jobs report could put Fed on track to move away from easy policy
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Uber and Lyft say the end of COVID-19 unemployment support is bringing more drivers back to work
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Employers are ordering everyone back to the office. Employees want to create their own schedules. Guess who's winning.
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Why millennials and gen-Zs are jumping on the buy now, pay later trend
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US hiring surges in July, but the variant is the wild card Biden skips victory lap after jobs report, warns of economic threat from Covid
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The economy's hot vax summer is going strong
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After this CEO raised his company's minimum wage to $70,000, he said the number of babies born to staff each year grew 10-fold and revenue soared
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Could pandemic unemployment be extended beyond Labor Day? What experts say Sen. Joe Manchin signals he won't back renewal of federal jobless aid for gig workers and long-term unemployed past Labor Day
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Here’s where the jobs are — in one chart
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Walmart gives warehouse workers bonuses and pay raises to keep them from quitting
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Half of Gen Z employees say they'll quit if they can't work flexibly. Here's how BCG recommends companies make hybrid work.
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Democratic senator urges Fed to begin trimming bond buys
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United Airlines will require all U.S. employees to get Covid vaccines, a first for domestic carriers Frontier Airlines will require employees to get vaccinated or regularly take Covid tests
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Hundreds gather outside Dallas’ Baylor hospital to protest vaccination mandates
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As COVID-19 infections climb, vaccine mandates follow
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Second largest teachers union now backs vaccination mandate
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Amazon to warehouse workers: Wear a mask, even if you're vaccinated Amazon resumes mask mandate in warehouses as Covid delta variant spreads
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Expedia CEO urges Covid vaccine for all but says employees won’t be required to get it
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Weary US businesses confront new round of mask mandates
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The CDC reversal on masks changed the way companies view the delta variant, earnings calls show
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Why are people still showing up to work sick? Texas State study reveals COVID-19 workplace trends
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Women need 5 months of July job gains to return to where they were pre-pandemic
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Cryptocurrency brawl bogs down infrastructure bill, as Yellen and White House fight changes
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Elon Musk received $6.7 billion in compensation in 2020, eleven times more than the second highest-paid US CEO Elon Musk's enormous appetite for risk is setting a new standard for how CEOs get paid
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AAR: July Rail Carloads down, Intermodal Down Compared to 2019
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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:

Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate "Pulls Back in July"
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New CFPB Rules Designed to Assist Mortgage Borrowers Affected by COVID-19
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Homebuilder Comments in July: “The frenzy is over, but things are still strong"
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Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Decreased
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Renters are behind $3,700 in rent, on average. This map shows a state breakout
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This map shows how much renters are behind in each state
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Elon Musk reportedly lives in a $50,000 prefab tiny home that already has a 100,000-unit waitlist - see inside
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WeWork book: The $10 trillion mirage
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Las Vegas Real Estate in July: Sales up 5% YoY, Inventory down 43% YoY
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Company with 3 N.J. malls touts revenue boost, new stores, despite losses
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Malls are back. But for how long?
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico board sets out argument for Plan of Adjustment
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Oil/Gas:

Aramco posts nearly 300% leap in second-quarter profit on global demand recovery
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Gulfport Energy holds first earnings' call since emerging from bankruptcy
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Forgotten wells are a growing problem in West Texas
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EV Sales Outpace Diesel Again
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Biden to strengthen vehicle mileage standards, set 50 percent EV goal
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A Crucian Parable
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Trucking:

Texas Freight Forwarder Files Bankruptcy
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Coal:

Wyoming coal production seeing modest bump after dismal 2020
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Climate:

Wildfire explodes to third-largest in California history
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California shuts down major hydroelectric plant amid severe drought
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UN Report: Warming Will be Worse Than Anticipated Landmark U.N. report delivers stark warning on climate change, says it’s ‘code red for humanity’ World leaders, activists react to "sobering" UN climate report
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Drop in Greenhouse Gas Caused Global Cooling 34 Million Years Ago, Study Finds
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‘Firefighters Getting Guns Pulled Out On Them;’ Some Dixie Fire Residents Refusing To Evacuate
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Californians endure intense weekend of wildfire fears
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'We didn't expect a monster like this': Dixie Fire, largest single blaze in California history, threatens thousands of homes
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A drought-hit California town finds itself sinking into the ground
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107 large wildfires rage across West as "dangerous" heat wave looms
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Apocalypse on the Outskirts of Athens Thousands evacuated in Greece due to forest fires Fire devours Greek island’s forests; residents urged to flee Photos show devastating wildfires in Greece
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Fire Tears Through Italian Seaside Resort
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In a summer of smoke, a small town wonders: 'How are we going to do better than survive?'
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Atlantic hurricane season is about to ramp up dramatically, as NOAA boosts forecast
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Utilities:

Judge: PG&E must explain role in Dixie Fire that's raging in California
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Dixie fire: cool weather slows raging California blaze as attention shifts to PG&E role
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The Electricity Crisis Is A Major Problem For California's Governor
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Movies:

There’s No Light At The End Of The Tunnel For AMC Entertainment
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How Austin Has Undergone a Pandemic Influx From Hollywood: “Growth on a Turbocharger”
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Mining:

A gold mine takeover highlights increasing mining-sector risk
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Religion:

Everything You Need to Know About Priest Abuse Issues in New York
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‘A great injustice’: Indigenous leaders call for reparations from Catholic Church for residential schools abuses
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Online auction for Archdiocese of Santa Fe properties starts next month
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Ride Hailing:

Uber Prices High, Wait Times Long
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Politics:

70% of NY voters say Cuomo should resign, majority favors criminal charges, poll says Sheriff: Aide who accused Cuomo files criminal complaint Chris Cuomo banned from covering his brother's harassment scandal, CNN colleague says Cuomo digs in, shows no sign of heeding calls to resign In public, Cuomo cast himself as an advocate of women. In private, women say, he was harassing them at the same time Melissa DeRosa: Andrew Cuomo top aide resigns
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Trump claims 100 million people would have died from COVID-19 if it wasn't for him
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GOP chairwoman: Trump 'still leads the party'
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GOP gusher
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The Arizona “audit” finally seems to be wrapping up. Prepare for a blizzard of disinformation.
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Trump campaign, RNC refund donors another $12.8 million in 2021: NYT
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Bonzo Goes To Budapest Carlson: Resist Employers' Vaccine Mandates
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests People Encouraging Others to Get Vaccinated Should Be Shot
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Public health collides with politics as latest wave of mask wars take off
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What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city’s fight
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The Racist ‘Theory’ That Inspired Murderers Is Now GOP Dogma
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (111 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Surprisingly, bankruptcy filings fell during the pandemic
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Bankruptcy filings in Chattanooga plunge during COVID-19 pandemic
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Bankruptcy Bonuses:

With diminishing pushback, executive bonuses in bankruptcy veer toward 'entitlement'
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Above-Board: Officers of a Corporation Not Entitled to Key Employee Retention Plan Payments
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Property of the Estate:

Whoomp! (Where’d It Go?): Disappearing Assets in Bankruptcy
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Venue:

Now Is the Time for Bankruptcy Venue Reform
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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead in Bankruptcy: Aug. 9, 2021
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Aviation:

Spirit Airlines meltdown will go into next week with 50% of flights to be canceled Friday – as CEO blames staffing chaos Spirit customers slam the company's $50 voucher after mass cancellations leave them stranded Spirit employee describes working amid the airline's hellish meltdown, with crying crew members, screaming customers, and desperate families stranded with young children
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Video film of mutiny by passengers at the unfair removal of two Black men from a flight
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18 Orthodox Jewish girls who were barred from boarding a Delta flight were booted off another flight the next day
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Defaulted Etihad-Linked Bonds Receive Low Bids
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Autos:

Fair Financial investors say SoftBank drove the startup into the ground so it can gain full control through bankruptcy
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Used car prices to stay high until automakers can fix production issues: Carvana CEO
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Carmakers’ EV Pledge Gives Burned Environmentalists Deja Vu
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Sports:

Biden told the US Olympic athletes over a Zoom call that he is 'so damn proud' of them for their 'grace' and 'decency'
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Ratings for Olympics Fell 49% from 2016
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NFL tensions rise over vaccine rules
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Barcelona on The Verge of Bankruptcy, Reveals President Joan Laporta Lionel Messi leaves with Barcelona in financial abyss … and it is not over yet Barcelona gives up Messi’s star power to try fixing its finances
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U.S. clinches most Olympic gold medals after women's volleyball win
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U.S. women's basketball team scores 7th straight Olympic gold medal U.S. men's basketball wins 4th consecutive Olympic gold medal
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The Olympics COVID count
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Fewer and fewer cities want to host the Olympics. That should tell the IOC something.
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Food/Beverage:

For first time, average pay for supermarket and restaurant workers tops $15 an hour
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Calebs:

50 Cent Told Bankruptcy Court About Young Buck Accepting Cash App Donations From Fans As Part Of Battle Over $250,000 Drake And Alleged Girlfriend Naomi Sharon Volume 0%
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RHOBH producers are ‘prepared to turn over Erika Jayne’s unaired show footage to court’ in fraud & bankruptcy cases
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Britney's Daddy Knows Who Is To Blame For This Mess, And It Is Everybody But Him
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'Real Housewives' Star Cannot Dismiss Federal Indictment Accusing Her of Defrauding Elderly in Nationwide Telemarketing Scheme
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Jennifer Aniston and other celebrities endorse vaccines. Experts say their pleas may not help.
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Crypto:

There are 2 competing crypto tax amendments to the Senate’s infrastructure bill
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A UK man created Idiot Coin to study the 'hype coin' craze. It took a few minutes and $300 to mint 21 million coins that hundreds of people were clamoring to buy.
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Education:

Schools reopen with masks optional in many US classrooms Schools weigh vaccine and mask mandates as students prepare to return
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Teachers union president signals personal support for vaccine mandates Teachers' union backs vaccine mandates for teachers to protect students who are too young to get the shot as the Delta variant makes more kids sick
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Florida to offer school vouchers in cases of "COVID-19 harassment"
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Supreme Court asked to weigh in on Indiana University vaccine mandate
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Student Debt:

Young lawyers ask ABA for help on student loan discharges
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Not All Student Loans Are Created Equal – Some May Be Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
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Biden extends the freeze on student-loan payments, giving borrowers another 4 months of relief
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Nominations sought for rule-making committee on student loan discharges and forgiveness
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Why American employers should help pay for student debt
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Retailing:

Big retailers and malls were already struggling when the pandemic hit. Now they’re shuttering stores at alarming rates.
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US Retailers Reinstating Mask Mandates
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ABC Carpet & Home is scrambling to stave off bankruptcy: sources
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These high-tech, unstaffed stores are tiny, and open 24/7 to help residents get their groceries in rural Sweden. Take a look inside.
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Meet the typical Amazon customer, a college-educated married woman in the South earning $80,000
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Cruise Lines:

Norwegian Cruise Line is suing Florida over its law blocking 'vaccine passports'. Now the company says it won't sail from the state until the law is canceled In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis, a judge ruled cruise giant Norwegian can require vaccine passports in Florida
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Hotels:

Shipwrecked - A series of special reports on Long Beach and the Queen Mary
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Owner of Aloft Miami Brickell hotel files for bankruptcy
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Transit:

One of the first e-scooter companies to operate in San Francisco files for bankruptcy
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UK:

Basildon Council was 'heading for bankruptcy'
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A Return from the Edge? A New Policy Statement from the UK Government on Commercial Rent Debts
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SFO probes Gavin Woodhouse over suspected care home fraud
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Pre-pack administration regulations could deny struggling firms lifeline
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EU:

Once lagging, Europe catches up to the US in vaccinations
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Canada:

NP View: Liberals prolong incentives for workers to stay home, and businesses are suffering
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Border with Canada Starts Reopening
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Spain:

The Government reforms the bankruptcy law to avoid a flood of bankruptcies
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Australia:

The peak indebtedness rule rejected: new uncertainty for unfair preference claims against trade suppliers
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NSW Police ready to pounce on Forum Finance
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Australia Will Block Expats From Leaving as It Toughens Border Curbs
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Bangladesh

GBG USA bankruptcy stokes tension among Bangladeshi RMG manufacturers
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Malaysia:

More Malaysians may go bankrupt when loan moratorium ends ‘Possible spike in bankruptcy and winding-up cases after moratorium’
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Fully-Inoculated Malaysians to Get Travel, Dine-In Perks
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Inconsistent vaccine approval delays tourism restart in Malaysia and globally
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India:

Parl panel seeks to hand flatbuyers advantage in insolvency cases
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Indian bankers in talks as court rulings threaten over $6 billion in loans
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IBC resolutions delayed, but still a blessing
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Timeline for IBC resolution needs to be shortened: Shaktikanta Das
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India’s largest bulk tea producer McLeod Russel faces bankruptcy
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MENA:

State Department urges U.S. citizens to leave Afghanistan
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Cuba:

Cuba allows small and medium-sized private businesses
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Argentina:

The Mighty Fallen
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