December 6, 2021

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Law:

Real estate lawyer who allegedly stole $14 million from clients to take plea deal
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Law school as a teen? These aspiring lawyers are on the fast track
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NY lawyer receives nearly 5-year prison sentence for defrauding 9-year-old
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ABA and 2 former ABA presidents to be recognized for promoting rule of law
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Is This The First Law Firm In The Metaverse?
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The Granddaddy Of All Conspiracy Theories
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True Diversity Is When White People Play Black People. Like Hamilton.
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It’s Getting Expensive In-House…
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Stat Of The Week: In-House Salaries Rise
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Reminder: Don't Put Sexual Comments In Your Biglaw Holiday Cards!
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What’s Going On With This Year’s Holiday Parties?
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Car Rental Company Jerked Around The Wrong Law School Professor
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Trump Justice ally Clark clashed with colleagues long before election drama Jan. 6 subpoenas challenge the post-Trump Justice Dept. Eastman to Take Fifth on Jan. 6 Knowledge John Eastman Makes Belated Decision To Shut The Hell Up
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Mask mandate challengers hit with sanctions. Can their lawyer pay instead?
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U.S. House panel postpones Trump official's deposition on medical grounds
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DOJ Tries Again To Persuade A Court That Saying A Woman Is Too Ugly To Rape Is The President's Actual Job
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Police search for parents charged in Michigan school shooting 'Fugitive Apprehension Team' Joins Search for Parents of Alleged Michigan High School Shooter; Reports Say Couple's Car Turned Up in Detroit 'You Have to Learn Not to Get Caught': Parents of Alleged 15-Year-Old Michigan School Shooter Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter Michigan parents found in building; bond set at $500K apiece James and Jennifer Crumbley Each Jailed on $500,000 Cash Bail After Entering Not Guilty Pleas: 'The Court Does Have Concern About the Flight Risk' After Overnight Search, Detroit Police Nab 'Very Distressed' Parents of Accused Michigan High School Shooter Ethan Crumbley 'Hiding' in Building Parents of Michigan school-shooting suspect charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter Why is it rare for parents of school shooting suspects to face charges? It's 'really hard,' experts say. Third party to probe Oxford High’s actions ahead of shooting After Michigan school shooting, experts question what could have prevented it Michigan schools order investigation after staff raised alarms about suspect hours before fatal shooting After Michigan shooting suspect's parents are arrested, town grapples with an awful new reality: 'Everyone's on edge' Michigan AG offers to investigate school district's actions ahead of shooting Detroit Artist Entangled in the Case Against Alleged Michigan School Shooter's Parents Lawyer: Artist didn’t know Michigan parents stayed in studio Alleged School Shooter Said Violent Drawings Portrayed 'A Video Game He Was Designing' As 'A Career':  Superintendent Manslaughter Charges Against Parents Rare Ex-Trashes Crumbley's Parents
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GOP congressman's gun-toting family Christmas photo sparks outrage days after school shooting
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Jurors at Maxwell trial shown Epstein's massage table, photo of sex toys Epstein's Lurid Photos Barred from Trial Top Takeaways from the First Week of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Sex Trafficking Trial 'See Nothing, Hear Nothing, Say Nothing': Inside the 59-Page 'Household Manual’' That Jeffrey Epstein Employees Were Told to Follow
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Shooter in Colorado rampage that killed 10 deemed unfit to stand trial
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Jussie Smollett’s turn to testify. Will he?
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U.S. government opens civil rights probe into police in New York suburb
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The number of undocumented immigrants in detention centers has increased by more than 50% since Biden took office
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Criminal charges possible in 'Rust' movie shooting, prosecutor says
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Omicron raises legal questions over vaccine distribution
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Josh Duggar Computer Evidence is Damning
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GA: DA Faces 5 Years Over Arbery Coverup
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A man bragged he was 'gonna be rich' off fake coronavirus vaccine cards, prosecutors say. Then he got charged.
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Texas HOA Deploys Speed Camera
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Biden’s bewildering decision to expand a Trump-era immigration policy
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Man Allegedly Kidnapped and Tortured New Girlfriend, Held Her Against Her Will for About a Month
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Husband Tased, Arrested in Florida Courtroom During Wife's Sentencing on Child Abuse Charges
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'Someone's Going to Kill Me': Man Jumped Out of Plane Because He Believed Someone Was After Him, Family Says
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Texas Widow Who Recorded Husband's Shooting Death Files $50 Million Wrongful Death Claim Against Gunman
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Illinois Defendant Murdered Ex-Girlfriend While She Was on Thanksgiving Day Date with Another Man: Authorities
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Racism Plagues US Military Academies
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Utah Makes Welfare Hard Because of Mormons
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Judges:

Twin Republican strategies brought the antiabortion movement to the cusp of victory in the Supreme Court Conservatives Are Tearing Down Roe. That’s Extreme — and Just the Beginning What Roe Could Take Down With It Abortion wars have raged for decades. They could soon get worse Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight GOP senator on abortion: "It's time to turn it back to the states"
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When You Lie to Get on the Supreme Court
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Wall Street:

Dow futures jump 190 points despite recent tech stock selling, bitcoin’s weekend rout
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Stock sell-off continues after November job growth—Five experts on the drop
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Stock Rout Leaves Traders Wondering How Worried to Be About Fed’s Hawkish Turn
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Layoffs:

Renault to Cut Fewer Jobs Than Announced
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Watsonville Community Hospital prepares to lay off 1,300 workers
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Nursing Homes:

Nursing home deaths in Florida rose 25 percent in wake of Hurricane Irma, research finds
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Retailing:

The Future of Retail Might Involve a Lot More Pop-Up Exhibits
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Movie Theaters:

Movie theaters go out of style
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Information Technology:

Riverbed Technology nets approval of $1bn debt-cutting plan
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Celebs:

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Wants To Buy His Sean John Brand Out Of Bankruptcy
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Charlie Sheen Sues IRS To Cut 2 ½ Men Size Tax Bill Down To Size
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Is Todd Chrisley Still In Debt?
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Sports:

US is expected to join several other countries in 'diplomatic' boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: report China attacks potential US diplomatic boycott of Olympics
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Cruise Lines:

Ten COVID-19 cases were detected on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship as it headed to port in New Orleans
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Cruise ship COVID outbreak: Louisiana officials find "probable" Omicron case
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Crypto:

Bitcoin Prices Collapsed 17% in One Day Bitcoin holds steady below $50,000 in volatile weekend trading
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Hackers take $196 million from crypto exchange Bitmart, security firm says
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Crypto Traders Could Be Denied U.K. Compensation When Firms Fail
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Autos:

Nissan: No End in Sight for Chip Shortage
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U.K. New Car Registrations Reverse Four-Month Slide
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Elon Musk has strong views on hydrogen. Not everyone agrees
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Attorneys expand wrongful theft allegations case against Hertz
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History:

America survived a decade of anger in the 18th century – but can it now?
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Tech:

Apple’s Frontline Employees Are Struggling to Survive
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Economy:

A major shift is underway at the Federal Reserve that could see a speedier end to its easy policies
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Morgan Stanley Sees Fed as Bigger Threat to Stocks Than Omicron
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Governments Protected Tax Incomes in Covid With Big Spending
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Omicron variant likely to usher growth downgrades -IMF's Georgieva
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A tale of two jobs reports
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Number Not in the Labor Force Drops Below 100,000,000 for First Time in Biden Presidency
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US met forecasts for job growth in 2021 amid unexpected high labor demand and low labor supply
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November Employment Report: 210 thousand Jobs, 4.2% Unemployment Rate Comments on November Employment Report
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Americans Rushed Back into Labor Force
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The U.S. isn’t alone: Over 35 countries hit with inflation
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Vaccine holdouts in Navy, Marines hit 19,000 as deadline passes to comply with mandate
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Vaccine mandates lose steam in the U.S. while Europe doubles down
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Number of U.S. households with married couple and children falls to record low
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AAR: November Rail Carloads Down Compared to 2019; Intermodal Up Slightly
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In Texas, you need this much money to be 'rich'
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Long hours make bad neighbors
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Biden’s Urgency Belies Infrastructure Rollout Running Into 2030s
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Is $1 Million Enough to Retire On?
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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 Mortgages in Forbearance "Drops Below the Million Mark"
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Cash in Collapsed Condo to be Distributed
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Municipalities:

The Perverse Incentives of Puerto Rico's Debt Deal
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New York City ranks 48th out of 57 cities for expats to live and work abroad
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Oil/Gas:

St. Croix Energy expects sale to close despite challenge
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Fossil Fuel’s Downfall Could Be America’s Too
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Audi CEO: Using Crude Oil Has to Stop
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US Lags in Electric Car Sales
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OPEC to Continue Supply Adjustments
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The Oil Price Crash Has Taught U.S. Shale A Valuable Lesson
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Food/Beverage:

Leadville, Northglenn brewer files for bankruptcy after business goes flat
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A veteran Taco Bell worker of 20 years says he quit because customers have gotten so 'unreasonable' and hard to deal with
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Insurance:

Two insurers enter insolvency
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D&O Insurance: Delaware Court Applied “Meaningful Linkage” Interrelated Claims Test
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Education:

Republican bill that limits how race, slavery and history are taught in Texas schools becomes law
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Fraud:

Enron’s complex legacy 20 years after its bankruptcy
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Maryland attorney charged with defrauding companies out of $8 million
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Student Debt:

Student-loan payments resume in 2 months, and Biden's only canceled debt for just over 1% of federal borrowers despite his campaign promise
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Agribusiness:

‘This has been happening for a long time’: Modern-day slavery uncovered in South Georgia
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Mass Torts:

Survivors approve USA Gymnastics settlement proposal; U.S. trustee files limited objection
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Climate:

How a Native American tribe on Long Island is losing its land to rising seas
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Hawaii under blizzard warning with 12 inches of snow and winds up to 100 mph expected
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Explaining This Weird Winter Weather
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Healthcare:

Coronavirus vaccine demand grows in U.S. amid omicron variant concerns, booster eligibility expansion
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Omicron Update: Dec 4
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Omicron: We're Playing with Fire
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Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant
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Moderna’s Hoge Sees Risk of Vaccines Weakening Against Omicron
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South Africa Fuels Omicron Hope by Dodging Hospitalization Surge Crunch Time For South African Hospitals as Omicron Cases Soar Initial Hospital Data in Omicron Epicenter Shows Milder Disease
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Omicron’s Spread Across Hotel Hall Highlights Transmission Worry
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Omicron Covid variant in 15 states and cases likely to rise, CDC chief says
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Omicron variant poses greater risk to the unvaccinated, former Biden advisor says
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Two years of COVID-19
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What happened after hospitals refused ivermectin, unproven COVID-19 treatment
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Biden’s winter Covid plan is what a new normal might look like
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December 3rd COVID-19: Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths Increasing
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CDC director says number of U.S. Omicron cases "likely to rise"
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Over half of young adults are obese or overweight, study says
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Inside the race to test omicron's true threat
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An Italian anti-vaxxer wanted a health certificate, so he wore a fake arm to his coronavirus vaccination.
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Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus, study says
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Prior coronavirus infections may not protect well against Omicron
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15 friends of US Omicron patient also have COVID-19
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Australia Confirms Community Transmission of Omicron Variant
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3D-printed suicide pods are now legal in Switzerland
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Psychiatrists are unraveling weird new connections between viruses and mental health
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Former Arizona Nurse Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Raping Incapacitated Woman, Fathering Her Son
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (8 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 Statistics:

November 2021 New Bankruptcy Filings Decline
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Global Zombies
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Sales:

Finding gold amidst the ashes: Navigating bankruptcy asset sales with experienced counsel
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Trusts:

The Dead (and Their Bankruptcy Estate) Cannot Hold Property Under Recent Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Decision
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Miscellaneous:

Battle Lines are Drawn in J&J; Diddy: Performer, Producer, Stalking Horse?; Enron Anniversary; and SpaceX Bankruptcy?
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Aviation:

After exiting bankruptcy, Avianca changes the way of buying tickets: this will be the new rates
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Fauci: U.S. reevaluating African travel restrictions "daily"
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UK tightens travel testing rules amid omicron concerns
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Poll Finds 89% of Japanese Back PM’s Ban on New Foreign Arrivals
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U.K. Debuts Hydrogen-Powered Jet Concept That Produces No Emissions
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In 2022, Interjet plans to restart operations with 10 airplanes
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Politics:

Omar: Confident Pelosi will take "decisive action" against Boebert Ilhan Omar calls Kevin McCarthy 'liar' and 'coward' for not condemning Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks Rep. Lauren Boebert 'knows' using Islamophobic language 'is going to incite violence against myself and my community,' Rep. Ilhan Omar says There need to be consequences for Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Islamophobic comments
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Turning outrage into power: How far right is changing GOP
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Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized COVID-19 restrictions saying 'not a single school has closed because of cancer'
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Donald Trump launches expletive-laden tirade against journalists and says he is 'proud' to have tanked trust in the media
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Vulnerable Democrats: Less Trump talk
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The World Is Starting to Doubt Biden’s Promise That ‘America Is Back’
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A former Kamala Harris staffer says aides have to endure 'a constant amount of soul-destroying criticism': report VP's Staffers Leave, Afraid of Being Linked
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Virginia will remove pedestal of former Robert E. Lee statue, governor says
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Bipartisan tributes flood in for "giant of the Senate" Bob Dole Bob Dole, a man of war, power, zingers and denied ambition Dole mastered the caustic wisecrack, often against himself
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Stanley McChrystal Accidentally Reveals the Dishonesty of U.S. Generals
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Emails show what happened before Missouri gov. falsely called journalist a “hacker”
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CNN fires Chris Cuomo Sexual misconduct allegation against Chris Cuomo led to firing from CNN, attorney says How dual loyalties created an ethics problem for Chris Cuomo and CNN Lawyer: Chris Cuomo accuser was disgusted by ‘hypocrisy’
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Right wing builds its own echo chamber
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Redistricting Reform Easier Said Than Done
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Democrats Gerrymander Too
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Now That They No Longer Have To Listen To Jared Kushner, Most Middle Eastern Rulers Would Rather Not
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Sovereigns:

IMF chief Georgieva tells creditors on debt restructuring: 'Get it done'
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UK:

U.K. Bills To Rise by Extra £85 After Bulb Collapse, Ofgem Says
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UK to require pre-departure negative COVID test amid Omicron fears
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Amigo Holdings Says Customer Committee Prefers New-Business Scheme; Proposes GBP97 Mln Return for Creditors
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U.K. Taking Balanced Covid Approach, Won’t Mull Mandates: Raab
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U.K. Covid Vaccine Inventor Urges ‘Caution’ Over Omicron
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U.K. Business Lobby Cuts Growth Forecasts Amid Mounting Costs
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London Will Cease to Exist in This Century
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EU:

EU Inflation Still Seen as Temporary, Eurogroup’s Donohoe Says
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Pope Francis denounces European governments' migrant response
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China:

China Evergrande shares plunge as it teeters on brink of default
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Trust Firms With Billions at Risk Brace for Evergrande Defaults
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Sunshine 100 Says It Has Defaulted on Senior Notes Due 2021
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Restructuring Looms; Kaisa Payment Deadline: Evergrande Update China Braces for Evergrande Restructuring After Months of Tumult
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Evergrande Plans to Include All Offshore Bonds in Restructuring
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Chinese real estate Kaisa Holding on the verge of bankruptcy, stock price drop 75% in 2021
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Top China Covid Expert Hints At How It May Return to ‘Normality’
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MENA:

Amendments to management liability under the Bankruptcy Law
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US-EU Condemn Taliban Over Summary Killings
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Germany:

German Factory Orders Slump as Foreign Demand Plummets
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Spain:

Omicron Threatens to Deal Spain a Knockout Blow
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Russia:

U.S. sounds alarm on Ukraine Putin to demand legal guarantee against NATO expansion in call with Biden No shortage of sanction options if Russia invades Ukraine
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong employer jailed in 2015 for torturing Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih declared bankrupt
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A Single Case Gets You on Hong Kong’s 21-Day Quarantine List Now
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Mexico:

Mexico Sends 1,500 Troops into Resorts
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Italy:

Unvaccinated Italians face new restrictions as holidays near Italy Reinforces Strict Covid Rules Targeting Vaccine Holdouts
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France:

France Is Seeking to Avoid New Restrictions as Omicron Gains
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Denmark:

Denmark to Cut Stimulus for ‘Incredible’ Economy in Budget Deal
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Greece:

Greek Economy Accelerates in Third Quarter on Tourism Boost
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