December 10, 2021

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Law:

Top 20 Biglaw Firm Announces Bonus Matches And Even More Money For Its Busiest Associates
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This Bonus Announcement Is Short, Sweet, And To The Bank
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Top 50 Biglaw Firm Doles Out Bonuses, With Extra Money For High Billers
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First Major Firm To Match The Cravath Bonus Scale Doubles Down With A Davis Polk Special Bonus Match
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Firm Wows With Bonuses That Double Up Biglaw's Year-End Bonuses
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Biglaw Firms Stood On Principle Against The Capitol Riot... They Were Totally Lying!
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Biglaw's Hiring A Bunch Of New Law School Graduates
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Lawyer burnout is ‘a real issue’ as demand for legal work outpaces growth in lawyer head count
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Overworked Big Law Can’t Find Enough Lawyers With Demand Surging
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Biglaw's Hiring Blitz Is Far From Over
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Alex Murdaugh Was Just Hit With 21 New Criminal Financial-Related Charges
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Barnes & Thornburg to Triple New York City Office Size in 2022
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Long Before The Pandemic, I Started A Virtual Law Firm To Accommodate Working Moms Like Me
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A Remote Work Ethics Roundup
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Law students vow to boycott Gibson Dunn for helping ‘corporate polluters’
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Norton Rose Again Places Woman of Color in Firm Leadership Post
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Baker McKenzie men serenade female colleagues in adoring video
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Slater & Gordon churning 'hundreds of staff'
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Ex-Dentons trainee gets off after sending smutty Christmas card
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Ex-lawyer convicted on espionage charges seeks reinstatement to bar, says her ‘contrition is real’
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'We Have One President at a Time': Federal Appeals Court Smacks Down Trump's Executive Privilege Assertion Over Jan. 6 Documents Appeals court rejects Trump effort to deny records to Jan. 6 panel An alleged rioter bragged about drinking beer inside the Capitol on Jan. 6. This week, the FBI arrested him In Jan. 6 probe, crimes matter more than coverups Pence says he'll 'evaluate' any requests from Jan. 6 panel 'Stop the Steal' organizer cooperating with Jan. 6 committee probe, will appear for deposition Thursday Capitol rioter who flew to DC on a private jet says she's preparing for her 60-day sentence by learning prison slang and meeting consultants
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Mark Meadows possessed 'insane' blueprint for military seizing ballots after Trump's 2020 defeat
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Mark Meadows Files LOLsuit Against Nancy Pelosi For Bad Congress Thingy
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Matt Gaetz and Steve Bannon said an 'army of patriots' and 'shock troops' should take over the government if Trump runs and wins in 2024
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Event planner helping with Bob Dole's funeral removed over alleged Jan. 6 ties
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Gov. Greg Abbott creates hotline for Texas employees to report vaccine mandates
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New York's attorney general wants Trump to sit for a deposition as she investigates if rampant fraud 'permeated the Trump Organization' NY attorney general seeks Trump's testimony in civil probe Trump ordered to testify in New York fraud investigation
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Capitol staffer charged for bringing gun into House office building
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Lawsuit: Maybe Suspected Murderer-Thief Lawyer Wouldn’t Have Stolen Or Killed If Bank Of America Hadn’t Made It So Easy For Him
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Does Crazy Beat Indicted?: TX Rep. Louie Gohmert Challenges Ken Paxton In AG Race
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Victim in Oxford high school shooting files $100 million lawsuit against district, employees 'The Horror' Was 'Entirely Preventable': Two Victims Sue Oxford School District, Administrators for More Than $100 Million After Deadly Shootings
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'You Will Always Be Their Murderer': Family of Laci Peterson Savages 'Sociopathic' Scott Peterson During Resentencing Hearing
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Valhalla Bound Skinheads Members 'Whitey' and 'No Luck' Indicted for Murder After Allegedly Beating Jewish Federal Prisoner to Death
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Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Suspended Due to Lawyer’s Illness Pictures and Documents Appear to Show Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein's Intimate, Long-Term Relationship — from Kisses to Foot Massages 'Facts Are Not Persuasive; Stories Are': Ex-Sex Trafficking Prosecutor Unpacks the Early Stages of Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial Will Ghislaine Maxwell Take the Stand in Sex-Trafficking Trial?
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Prosecutor Scolds Kimberly Potter for Killing Daunte Wright: 'There Is No Do-Over When You Walk the Streets with a Loaded Firearm' 'All He Had to Do Was Surrender': Kimberly Potter's Defense Attorney Says Daunte Wright Was Probably Going to Kill a Fellow Officer Girlfriend says Daunte Wright 'was just gasping' after shooting by officer
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Police department investigated over alleged racist texts, discriminatory conduct
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DEA agent gets 12 years for conspiring with Colombian cartel
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Jussie Smollett's final act: How a hate crime hoax became a pitch for jury nullification Jussie Smollett Convicted of Staging Fake Hate Crime Against Himself and Lying to Police About It
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Former reality TV star Josh Duggar found guilty Former '19 Kids and Counting' Star and Conservative Activist Josh Duggar Found Guilty
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Mom Who Allegedly Executed Her Kids, Called 911, and Waited for Cops While Covered in Their Blood Will Plead Guilty to Murder: Reports
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'She Was Literally Doing Doughnuts': Las Vegas Mom Allegedly Caught on Video Trying to Run Down Middle School Student in Minivan
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N.J. Tenant Accused of Killing Landlord Over False Rumor That Other Man Fathered His Girlfriend’s Child
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Criminal Charge For Breaking Sink During Sex
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Juries without COVID-19-conscious people may be more likely to convict, defense lawyers say
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‘The Practice’ vs. ‘Boston Legal’: How the original stacks up to the spinoff, part 3
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NYC Postal Workers Allegedly Stole Credit Cards From Mail, Spent $750K on Luxury Goods
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Travis Scott Finally Breaks Silence on Astroworld Tragedy Denies Knowing of Fan Injuries A lawyer for a 9-year-old Astroworld victim said Travis Scott and 'others were clearly aware of the dangers' at the music festival
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U.S. wins appeal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the UK
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State judge rules citizen enforcement of Texas abortion law unconstitutional
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Death, drugs and a disbanded unit: How the Guard’s Mexico border mission fell apart
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Feds bust 'modern-day slavery' ring amid new immigration enforcement effort
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She Got Her Car Back 6 Years After Seizure
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Chicago police considering closing off downtown to prevent repeat of weekend mayhem: report
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Judges:

Reappointment of Bankruptcy Judge, Hon. Frank J. Santoro, EDVA
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US Bankruptcy Court Vacancy Announcement: Full-time Two-Year Term Law Clerk (San Antonio, TEXAS)
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Judicial Law Clerk - Term (2022 - 2023), Pittsburgh, PA
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Chief Justice Roberts Rejects, without Comment, a 4-Year-Old Autistic Boy's Petition to Block TSA Enforcement of Mask Mandate
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'Sex And The City' Reboot Namedrops Ruth Bader Ginsburg Within First 5 Minutes
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US Contemplates Joining 21st Century As Free PACER Bill Advances Out Of Judiciary Committee
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What Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t get about adoption — and abortion
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In Case Over Maine Funding of Religious Schools, Justices Discuss Abortion, LGBT Discrimination, and Critical Race Theory
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Alabama judge who criticized death penalty appeals as ‘ceremonial’ is suspended without pay for 90 days
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Judge is accused of wrongly using coercive detention to get misdemeanor defendants to pay fees, costs
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Some good news in the battle to rebalance the courts
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Code of Silence
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Judge throws maskless lawyer out of court
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Wall Street:

U.S. stock futures inch up as investors brace for consumer price data Stock futures are little changed ahead of key inflation data
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Goldman Sachs to ease its yearly firings as industry faces talent shortage
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Layoffs:

Former Better.com staff describe their shock and disbelief after being abruptly fired on Zoom A Fox News host described fired Better.com workers as 'snowflakes' who should 'learn work ethic' and are 'probably' millennials and Gen Z
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Tyson Foods plans to spend over $1.3 billion on automation projects
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Healthcare:

'No end in sight': Massachusetts hospital flooded with patients amidst COVID surge
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Covid Hospital Admissions Jump in U.S., Led by Northeast States
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California coronavirus cases rising, showing early signs of winter surge
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Omicron dashboard
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Only 1 in 43 known Omicron cases in the US has been hospitalized, CDC says. Almost all the rest had mild symptoms like coughing and fatigue.
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‘The days you were considered fully vaccinated with two shots are going to be a thing of the past’
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Pfizer CEO says fourth Covid vaccine doses may be needed sooner than expected due to omicron
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Fauci: It's 'when, not if' definition of fully vaccinated will change
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Three charts show South Africa’s Covid crisis as omicron takes hold
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What South Africa is seeing in its omicron outbreak
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Africa’s Limited Vaccine Supply Eases Path for Virus, WHO Says
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COVID-19 cases are plummeting in Asia, and scientists aren’t 100% sure why
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More than 200 million people in the U.S. are now fully vaccinated, though deaths and cases are still rising
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FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID booster for teens aged 16 to 17
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Pfizer CEO says fourth vaccine shot may eventually be needed
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CDC study: Veterans with two mRNA doses saw dip in antibody response after four months
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A woman surprised a San Diego county meeting with an anti-vaxx version of Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas is You'
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Hospital and doctor groups sue Biden officials over surprise billing rules
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This Is the Least Healthy State in America
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Black Americans in the South carry the largest share of medical debt. Advocates say Medicaid expansion can help
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Medicare's Fiscal Ruin
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Economy:

Jobless claims plummet to lowest mark since 1969 as employment recovery charges forward Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decrease to 184,000 Weekly jobless claims fall to 184,000, the lowest level in more than 52 years Why unemployment claims are at their lowest in decades
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Biden is delivering the fastest economic recovery in history. Why hasn't anyone noticed?
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Biden touts fastest-ever shift from people on 'government support to earning a weekly paycheck' while preparing for another gnarly inflation report
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Fed's Flow of Funds: Household Net Worth Increased $2.4 Trillion in Q3
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Cramer sees potential for new roaring 20s-type economic boom as Covid concerns recede
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The job quits rate has peaked
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Three Myths of the Great Resignation
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Companies are planning raises in 2022—here’s how much workers can expect
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Company Pay Policies Are Adding to Wage Inequality, OECD Says
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The City Where People Struggle Most to Pay Credit Cards
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U.S. Household Net Worth Posts Smallest Gain of Covid Recovery
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'Views around race and racism appear to be extremely entrenched' — here's how they've changed over the pandemic
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Biden says inflation data due Friday will not reflect recent drop in some prices
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Investors brace for the highest inflation reading in nearly 40 years
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U.S. Online Retail Prices Rose a Record 3.5% in November
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Biden Commerce Chief ‘Quite Confident’ Inflation Will Peter Out
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Long Beach Port Chief Sees Congestion Easing in Six Months
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It’s Time to Hedge Against U.S. Inflation, BlackRock’s Chaudhuri Says
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Inflation Near 40-Year High Shocks Americans, Spooks Washington
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Record-breaking year for mergers and acquisitions
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U.S. October wholesale inventories revised slightly higher
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Glimmers of hope emerge in the supply chain nightmare
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Sen. Lindsey Graham said Republicans were 'shot in the back' over McConnell's debt limit deal and warned his colleagues of Trump's fury 14 GOP senators help advance McConnell debt limit deal Debt-Ceiling Hike on Path for Speedy Passage After Senate Vote
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Big money, anonymity, slow disclosure: One Nation funds McConnell’s comeback
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Democratic worries grow over politics of SALT cap
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66% of employees want better office cleaning practices before returning to work
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Wall Street firm Jefferies returns to remote work and cancels social events after dozens of Covid cases
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GE, Union Pacific Halt Vaccine Mandates After Federal Challenge
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Google promised employees an extra $1,600 cash bonus after the Omicron variant delayed its return to office plan
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IMF chief economist sees inflationary pressures, risks from Omicron
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Democrats face race against the clock to extend soon-expiring child tax credit payments
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The U.S. has used most of its Covid relief funding, though billions are unspent
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1 in 5 Americans are saving less for retirement due to Covid
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Gen Zers have barely joined the workforce, and a quarter of them are already plotting to get out as soon as possible
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One country topped GoFundMe’s list of most generous nations for the third year in a row — and it’s not the U.S.
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This Is the Most Dangerous Job in America
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17 pandemic innovations that are here to stay
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The Big Issues for 2022
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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:

Ninth Circuit Finds Bank May Set Aside HOA Sale Conducted During Bankruptcy as Void
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CoreLogic: 470 thousand Homes with Negative Equity in Q3 2021
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The Home ATM, aka Mortgage Equity Withdrawal (MEW)
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U.S. Homeowners Gained Average $57,000 in Equity in One Year
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The housing market just keeps getting worse for buyers. Prices haven't gone up this fast in at least 45 years.
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Lumber prices spike above $1,000 for the first time since mid-June as hot housing market drives renewed demand
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Malls Ditch Shopping to Fill Wasteland of Vacant Retail Stores
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Home Maintenance Costs Seen Climbing 9.3% in U.S. This Year
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New York City rents jump 22.8% in November, as the rental market bounces back
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Municipalities:

Flush with cash, states planning big cuts to taxes
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Oil/Gas:

Flawed market reform leaves energy consumers with less choice
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Biden Cheers Falling Gas Prices, Crediting His Supply Efforts
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U.S. Shale Slams Biden’s Oil Policies
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Big Oil says carbon capture is critical to meet net-zero goal
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Ford stops reservations for F-150 Lightning electric pickup due to strong demand, CEO tells Cramer If you didn't reserve an electric F-150 Lightning already, get ready to wait years to buy one
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California to Ban Gas Mowers in 2024
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Shares of Ford-, BMW-backed battery supplier Solid Power surge in Nasdaq debut
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OPEC+ output hike gamble pays off as oil prices recover
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Democrats Among Lawmakers Asking Biden Not to Ban Oil Exports
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CEO of world's largest oil producer warns of 'rampant inflation and social unrest'
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Brookfield Sees ‘Truly Massive’ Opportunities in Energy Shift
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Autos:

‘Hard to get on board’ with buying Tesla despite analyst optimism, trader says
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Tesla's Musk says he is 'thinking of' quitting his jobs
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Elon Musk sells another $963 million of Tesla stock
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Ford needs EV batteries more than chips as electric F-150 reservations hit 200,000, CEO says
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Rail:

Amtrak to temporarily cut some service over U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rules
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Tax:

A Massive Oil Spill Helped One Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years
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Corporate Governance:

Study: Big company CEOs make $1.3 million more than their employees, on average
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 9% Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Celebs:

RHOBH’s Erika Jayne hawks eyelash serum on Instagram after admitting she’s ‘broke’ due to divorce and fraud lawsuit
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Politics:

Inside Trump's hunt for "disloyal" Republicans
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Trump remains fixated on overturning the 2020 election and it's impossible to get him to focus on anything else, sources told Axios
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Trump-allied lawyer Rudy Giuliani baselessly claims that he has '900 death certificates' on hand to prove that thousands of dead people voted in the election
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Trump Accuses Netanyahu of Disloyalty
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Bankrupt entrepreneur showered embezzled money on Trump and GOP candidates: lawsuit
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Graham warns GOP about Trump's wrath on debt vote
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Manchin quietly discusses Senate rules changes with Republicans
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Democrats don't think Manchin wants Biden agenda vote by Christmas
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White House points finger at the press
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House goes after Trump with bill to curb presidential abuses of power
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Economists call on Congress to 'swiftly' pass sweeping climate and social policy bill
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House Republican announces positive COVID-19 test hours after managing floor debate
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Voting systems company Smartmatic wants MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's lawsuit dismissed, and accuses him of going on a 'crusade without a claim' by suing them for suppressing free speech
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Former senator Robert Dole lies in state at U.S. Capitol; Biden to pay tribute
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World leaders are still running afoul of their own covid restrictions
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New York City poised to become the largest municipality in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections
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N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Won’t Run for Governor
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Abbott leads O'Rourke by 15 points in early poll of Texas governor's race
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Fox News host suggests Christmas tree fire could have been 'a hate crime' against network
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Head of NY university system resigns amid Cuomo fallout Cuomo Ally Malatras Steps Down as SUNY Chancellor Under Pressure
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Taking it with them: Members leaving with money in the bank
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Chris Christie says it's "undeniable" he got COVID from Trump
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Two Election Workers Break Silence After Enduring Trump Backers' Threats
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Judge clears way for legal challenge to Georgia's restrictive voting law
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Democrats decry gerrymandering — unless they control the maps
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An anti-vaxx Republican official who refused to certify Biden's election win died after being hospitalized with COVID-19
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (7 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (3 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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Make-Whole:

Mallinckrodt Debtors Avoid Paying $94 Million “Make-Whole” Premium to Noteholders
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UST:

Government asks Supreme Court to review $324 mln bankruptcy fee fight
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Plan Confirmation:

§ 1111(b) Election’s Two-Step For Confirmation (In re Topp’s Mechanical)
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Nunc Pro Tunc:

Semantic Differences Have Practical Consequences
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

A Bankruptcy Petition Preparer in Goshen, Indiana was Sentenced For Subornation Of Perjury
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Aviation:

American Airlines cuts 2022 international flights due to Boeing Dreamliner delay
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Delta Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant A Delta Air flight to LA was forced to divert to Oklahoma City after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant and an air marshal, the airline said
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Airlines face holiday test as demand surges
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SpaceX offered $150,000 for a waterfront home next to its launch facilities, which its owner says is one-third of the price of similar properties: report
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Coronavirus tests are needed for international travel. But they can cost more than a flight.
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US travel restrictions continue to plague European tourist hubs
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Virginia CEO convicted of fraud charges linked to bankruptcy
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Garuda’s Restructuring to Test Confidence in Aviation Recovery
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Contempt:

6 years and counting: Ex-treasure hunter still stuck in jail
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Student Debt:

Resuming student loan payments may put economic recovery at risk, senators say
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‘Killing the middle class’: millions in US brace for student loan payments after Covid pause
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Retailing:

The classic retail LBO starting to look vintage
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Bookstores are dying. Barnes & Noble's pricing policy may help explain why.
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Online inflation hits a record high ahead of the holidays
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Food/Beverage:

Starbucks union drive spurred by barista burnout from mobile orders
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Starbucks employees at a Buffalo cafe vote to unionize, a first for the coffee chain in the U.S.
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An Arkansas waitress says she was fired after guests left a $4,400 tip: report
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Crypto:

A California democrat's joke during Wednesday's crypto hearing has spurred the creation of 'mongoose coin'
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Here’s how many Visa transactions can be completed using the energy to mine one bitcoin
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Mass Torts:

Jones Day Bid to Represent Bankrupt J&J Talc Unit Under Fire
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New York’s Met Museum Removes Sackler Name From Galleries
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Big winners in the Boy Scouts bankruptcy? Attorneys, who could walk away with $1 billion.
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Utilities:

Texas Says 8 Power Generators Violate Winter Readiness Rules
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Sports:

Coyotes could be locked out of home arena by City of Glendale for unpaid arena charges, delinquent tax bills Arizona Coyotes pay overdue bills to avoid arena eviction
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U.S. Won’t Push Companies to Pull Out of Olympics, Raimondo Says These Are the Countries Joining the Diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Olympics
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What SEC football just taught us about COVID-19
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Illegal Sports Betting Nears $1.7 Trillion Annually, U.N. Says
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Insurance:

Covid Spurs Biggest Rise in Life-Insurance Payouts in a Century
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Fraud:

Yellen Says U.S. May Be the Best Place to Launder Dirty Money
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Elizabeth Holmes’s Defense Rests on Her Force of Personality Elizabeth Holmes Was Always in Control
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'Like a heavy anchor, he's taken his entire family down': Operator of credit repair business and 7 relatives sentenced in $3.4 million identity fraud case
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Agribusiness:

Global Fertilizer Shortage Sends Demand for Manure Soaring
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Education:

Educators report a rise in school threats, fights and misbehavior, and blame COVID
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Preserving history of Mexican American school segregation
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More Colleges Turn To Law Schools To Find Their Next President
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Building Materials:

Nitrocrete, affiliates file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
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Tech:

Intel Warns Chip Shortage to Worsen if U.S. Bans Imports of Compound
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Commerce Chief Sees ‘Devastating’ Fallout If Chips Measure Fails
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Bill Gates: Metaverse will host most virtual meetings in ‘two or three years’
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Gig Economy:

The State of Gig Work in 2021
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Nearly 1 in 3 gig workers now say it’s their main source of income
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Climate:

FEMA restores climate consideration in strategic plan after Trump dropped it
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Taking stock of Biden's latest climate executive order
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Australia Seen Facing Steeper Borrowing Costs If Slow on Climate
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Pennsylvania Nears Approval of New Methane Rule for Oil And Gas Wells
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Powerful Pacific Storm Set to Drench Drought-Stricken California
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John Kerry calls for investing 'trillions' to get big emitters to quit polluting
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UK:

Boris Johnson's loyal supporters are furious with him like never before, calling into question his ability to lead
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It’s time for Boris to go
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What Is the Point of Boris Johnson?
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900,000 invited to Downing Street ‘rave’ as anger rises over Christmas party
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Ovo Energy CEO Casts Doubt Over U.K.’s Costly Bailout of Bulb
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Deutsche Bank, NatWest Tell London Staff to Work From Home
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Deutsche Bank Cuts London Office Space as Part of Cost Drive
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EU:

The Weil European Distress Index
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China:

Evergrande, Kaisa cut by Fitch to default after missed payment deadlines
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Evergrande slides into default while some ratings agencies keep quiet
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Evergrande Fallout Seen in Unpaid Bills for Small Chinese Firms
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What to Know About China Evergrande, the Troubled Property Giant
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China Guilty of Xinjiang Genocide, Says Independent U.K. Panel
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Two things must happen before China’s property sector can improve, analyst says
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Mexico:

Mexico inflation quickens faster than expected to 20-year high
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Italy:

Italian who tried to evade vaccine using prosthetic arm now claims he's received his shot
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Ukraine:

Russian invasion of Ukraine would be of a level 'not seen in Europe since World War II,' UK armed-forces chief says
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MENA:

Afghan Economy is Collapsing
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General: US Troops to Stay in Iraq
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