February 1, 2021

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Law:

Davis Wright requires COVID-19 vaccination before a return to work The First Biglaw Firm To Announce A COVID-19 Vaccination Plan Davis Wright Covid Vaccine Plan Paves Way for More Big Law Firms
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The First Biglaw Firm To Offer Billable Diversity Hours For All Timekeepers
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Boies Said to Mull Buying Firms, Step Up Lawyer Recruiting
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Former Ailes Lawyer Estrich is Latest to Depart Boies Schiller
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Florida State Will Try—For The Third Time—To Oust Segregationist Namesake From Its Law School Building
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Overdue Calls for Help Red Flag for Lawyer Well-Being Advocates
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Court-Appointed Attorney: Tom Girardi's Brother Should Be Estate's Guardian
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Ex-Trump Law Firm Ordered to Release Records in N.Y. Probe NY Supreme Court: Trump Org Wrongly Asserted Attorney-Client Privilege; Lawyers Must Turn Over Documents
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The Game of Trump: Jones Day Outplays Kirkland & Ellis
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Attorney Refuses To Take Down Offensive Tweet Despite Colleagues, General Decency, Pleading For Its Removal
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Criminal defense lawyer challenges jury trial moratorium, argues cases can’t be paused indefinitely
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Firm hired by state AG to investigate gay lawyer’s bias claim is protected from suit, court says
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California FINALLY Opens Door For Anyone Who Met The New Bar Exam Cut Score On Trump legal team unknown as impeachment trial nears Older Tests
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Amid Calls For Reform, NCBE Approves Massive Overhaul To ‘No Longer Test Family Law’
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Trump's impeachment defense team leaves less than two weeks before trial Trump Makes ‘Mutual’ Decision to Part Ways with Impeachment Attorneys 10 Days Before Senate Trial: Reports Trump’s legal team is disintegrating ahead of his Senate trial Legal team exits as Trump fixates on false claims
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Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team Trump Impeachment Defense Squeezed by Team Remake on Trial Eve Trump Team Announces 2 New Impeachment Lawyers, Seem to Settle on Defense 'I Don't Believe It Was Suicide': New Trump Impeachment Attorney Said He Almost Represented Epstein Before Infamous Death
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Lincoln Project Pens Scathing Threat to Sue Rudy Giuliani: 'You Were Once a Respected and Respectable Figure' Rudy Giuliani Desperately Tries to Pin Pro-Trump Capitol Siege on the Lincoln Project
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Even Steve Bannon Isn’t Buying Rudy Giuliani’s Latest Unhinged Conspiracy
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Ukraine stayed quiet during Trump-era pressures. Now it's sharing some Giuliani tales.
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Two Proud Boys members indicted for conspiracy in U.S. Capitol riots FBI Found Thumb Drive Filled With 'Weapons- and Bomb-Making Manuals' in Proud Boy's Home: DOJCapitol Rioter Recorded Herself Saying 'We Were Looking' for Nancy Pelosi to 'Shoot Her in the Friggin' Brain': DOJ Self-Described ‘King of Las Vegas’ Stormed the Capitol, Then Went Home. Days Before His Arrest, He Called Trump His ‘Idol.’ Girlfriend's Social Media Post Showed California Man Inside Capitol, Saying He Was 'Peacefully Storming' It: FBI U.S. Capitol Rioter Charged With Assaulting Police Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Seven Counts QAnon True Believer Trusted the ‘Plan,’ But He and Woman Pictured with Him Inside Capitol Were Rewarded with Federal Charges Mathew ‘Mateo Q’ Capsel Ordered Released Before Trial for Allegedly Attacking National Guardsmen at the U.S. Capitol California Gym Owner Admitted He Was Inside Capitol, Tried to Blame Cops and Antifa, Got Charged Anyway Capitol Police officer who died after pro-Trump riot will lie in honor Video: Capitol Rioters Trampling Woman
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‘Be ready to fight’: FBI probe of U.S. Capitol riot finds evidence detailing coordination of an assault
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Washingtonians navigate new normal: Razor-tipped wire fences and armed soldiers
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Did Trump know what was about to happen Jan. 6?
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How Trump’s Focus on Antifa Distracted Attention From the Far-Right Threat
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Alt-right groups use online gaming communities popular among teens to recruit culture warriors
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‘QAnon Shaman’ Pleads Not Guilty, Asks Federal Judge for Organic Food Behind Bars After Not Eating All Week
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Publix Disavows Grocery Store Heiress Who Reportedly Paid for More Than Half of Trump Rally Preceding Jan. 6 Siege on U.S. Capitol Alex Jones and a grocery heir helped fund Trump’s rally before the deadly Capitol riot
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You Oughtta Have Your Head Examined, GA Bar Tells Lin Wood. Or Else. Lin Wood Says Georgia State Bar Told Him His Law License Is in Danger Unless He Takes Mental Health Exam Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood puts license in jeopardy by refusing mental health evaluation
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Even with Trump's pardon, Stephen Bannon is not off the hook
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‘There Is Blood On Lin Wood And Sidney Powell’s Hands’
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Portland lawyer pepper-sprayed by Mayor Ted Wheeler apologizes for aggressive confrontation; mayor says ‘matter closed’
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Ex-FBI lawyer avoids prison after admitting he doctored email in investigation of Trump's campaign The Only Person Convicted to Date in John Durham’s Investigation of Russia Probe Gets No Prison Time
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The other rebellion: Dozens of Michigan restaurants defy state coronavirus order
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Lincoln Project Co-Founder Allegedly Sexually Harassed 21 Men Online: Report Lincoln Project Disgusted by Co-Founder
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NYPD Officer Charged With Soliciting Child Porn From Dozens of Minors
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American taxpayers have spent jaw-dropping amount on keeping 9/11 mastermind alive Pentagon pauses plan to offer coronavirus vaccines to Guantánamo detainees
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Supreme Court considers if churchgoers have a right to sing indoors in a pandemic
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As asylum camp swells at U.S.-Mexico border, Biden aide calls for patience
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US Once Again Expelling Unaccompanied Kids
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Republicans Want a New Weapon in the War on Abortion: Murder Charges
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Pharmacist Who Sabotaged COVID-19 Vaccines Allegedly Believed Sky Was Shield to Stop People from Seeing God: FBI
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NY: Police Pepper Spray a Nine Year Old
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Biden could change course in high court health care case
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Judges:

BK CT Clerk's Office Closed For Weather - Zoom Hearings Will Proceed
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BK MD FL: Court Connection Newsletter
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Federal Judge Improperly Vowed to ‘Crush’ Professor’s Lawyers
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Once Implied Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had Been Replaced By A Body Double
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Accuser Wants To Wear A Face Mask In Court Because There’s A Pandemic. Judge Dismisses Case Instead.
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Judiciary Taps Olympics Misconduct Monitor for Integrity Office
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Alito 'not surprised' about reaction to comments about virus restrictions
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Wall Street:

Dow futures rise in turbulent trading after worst week since October
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Dow drops more than 600 points Friday, suffers worst week since October amid GameStop trading frenzy Stock market has worst week since October amid Reddit frenzy
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GameStop shares climb 6% in pre-market trade as frenzy continues into February GameStop short sellers are still not surrendering despite nearly $20 billion in losses this month It’s likely going to take a constant stream of excited buyers to keep the GameStop, AMC rally going Melvin Capital, which bet against GameStop, lost more than 50% in January, report says Short sellers face the rage of an army of small traders GameStop mayhem hits close to home for co-founder’s son, who’s active on WallStreetBets Fight The Man: What GameStop’s surge says about online mobs Robinhood says restrictions on GameStop due to tenfold increase in clearinghouse deposit requirements Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen leaves Twitter after family receives threats amid GameStop backlash SEC Will Struggle to Build Market Manipulation Case After Massive GameStop Stock Rally: Securities Law Prof. GameStop Reddit army trolls Wall Street billionaires with billboards and plane banners gloating over stock gains How GameStop exposed the market Nine Investors Instantly Make $16 Billion On GameStop Stock Making sense of the GameStop circus Warren Urges SEC to Take Action After GameStop Uproar SEC says it will "closely review" restrictions on Reddit-fueled stocks WallStreetBets traders are pushing risky stocks to all-time highs. Here are 10 quotes from the forum that help explain the phenomenon. It’s unlikely retail investors alone drove recent short squeeze, professor says
'Squeeze' Robinhood trading limits continue, customers can just buy 1 GameStop share
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GameStop and AMC's Stocks Are on a Tear, but Their Businesses Aren't
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The Reddit army bailout: Desperate companies get new lifelines
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Robinhood reveals new details on decision to limit trading, saying it suddenly had to post 'hundreds of millions of dollars' in deposits
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Layoffs:

United warns 14,000 employees their jobs may be in danger
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Sutter cuts 200 positions in restructuring, signals more job losses could come this year
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Online bankers Simple, Azlo announce layoffs as they prepare to shut down
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Politics:

Biden flips the script — and reality
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How a 60-vote threshold in the Senate threatens to slam the brakes on much of Biden's legislative agenda
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House Democrats building elaborate, emotionally charged case against Trump Democrats plan to marshal video, audio for Trump trial
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Senate is playing the dangerous game with the 14th Amendment
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Conservatives warn culture, political wars will worsen
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Pew: The Partisan Divide Continues
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In a Pre-Election Video, Marjorie Taylor Greene Endorsed Political Violence Republican senator wants GOP to 'stand up' against Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments House Ethics Head Wants Greene Out Greene: I Won't Step Down, More on the Way Fox News focuses ire on Liz Cheney as Dems target Greene How Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon's baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans Rep. Cori Bush moves office away from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for "team's safety" Fox Host Calls Out GOP for 'More Visible Outrage' at Cheney Than at Greene The scandals swirling around QAnon-supporting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, explained Expelling Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Just Crazy Talk Marjorie Taylor Greene’s space laser and the age-old problem of blaming the Jews Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene video: Obama secretly a Muslim, Clintons killed JFK Jr., Pentagon attack on 9/11 is questionable
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Boebert Mocks Parkland Shooting Survivor Parkland victim's mother says she spoke with Marjorie Taylor Greene about school shooting conspiracies
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How the QAnon conspiracy seduces normal people
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Former QAnon supporter apologizes to Anderson Cooper
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The Real Meaning of Hillbilly
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'I'm out': GOP donor explains why he's leaving the party
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Trump loyalists in South Dakota turn on home state senator
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Kinzinger: GOP 'is not a Trump-first party' Rep. Kinzinger: They claim 'I'm possessed by the devil' 'We traffic in lies': A House Republican launches campaign to 'take back our party'
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Former Trump officials find tough job market
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Just One-Third of Georgia Voters View Republican Party Favorably, Poll Finds
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Portman Defends Cheney Amid GOP Calls to Punish Her for Impeachment Vote
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Arizona governor says state GOP's censuring him is 'of very little consequence'
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Trump Impeachment Vote Earns Republican Rep. Tom Rice GOP Censure
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Manchin 'couldn't believe' seeing Harris' West Virginia TV interview
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Democrats seek to make guns in the Capitol illegal — for everyone
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Donald Trump Business Empire Faces Continued Fallout Post-Capitol Riot
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Biden Won't End All of Trump's Foreign Policies
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Trump raised $31.5 million for his new leadership PAC in weeks after Election Day, filing shows Trump Raised $255M Claiming Election Stolen
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Arizona GOP lawmaker introduces bill to give Legislature power to toss out election results
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Ethics Panel to Judge Hawley and Cruz
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Economy:

COVID-19 prompts food stamp spending increase
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Consumer Spending Decreases Further
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Average American Credit Card Debt by Generation, Income, and Percentile
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The majority of Americans were forced to withdraw from their retirement in 2020, survey says
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China could overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy earlier than expected
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10 Republican senators present Biden with smaller Covid stimulus proposal, call for compromise GOP senators propose compromise on COVID-19 relief Cassidy: GOP's COVID-19 relief proposal totals $600B, includes $1K payments Biden aides signal president is open to talks on COVID-19 relief Sanders says Democrats have the votes to pass another relief bill Biden’s promise to work with Republicans is getting its first big test GOP lawmakers urge Biden to meet with them on virus relief Deal or no deal: Virus aid tests Biden ‘work together’ plea Biden to meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss virus relief
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Another consequence of Covid: a world without cash
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San Francisco businesses teeter on the brink after a year of lockdowns, fires
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Californians See Worst Economy in 8 Years
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Biden Health Adviser Warns of Virus Variants, Future Lockdowns
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NYC set to restart indoor dining in February, weddings in March
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GOP Miami mayor hits DeSantis over lack of COVID-19 restrictions
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Life beyond Covid: The people who will re-enter society last
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Fed’s Daly Pushes Back Against Pulling Policy Aid to Curb Stocks
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An 'upskill bill' can be the GI Bill for a post-COVID workforce
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Slow vaccine rollout deepens Covid economic cost
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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:

What Commercial Landlords Need to Know: 2021 COVID Relief Bankruptcy Changes
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Knotel Files for Bankruptcy as Pandemic Strains Office Rentals Newmark to Acquire Assets of Knotel First Day Dec
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Reddit Rally Share Sale Spotlights Dire Future Facing U.S. Malls
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Mohammad Honarkar’s creditor seeks $195.5-million foreclosure order
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Americans are flocking to the suburbs — here’s how much you need to earn to buy a house
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Palm Beach reviewing Trump's residency at Mar-a-Lago
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Looking for a Pandemic Bargain? Here Are the Places Where Rents Have Fallen the Most
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40 Cities That May Have a Housing Crisis
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Municipalities:

Board: Puerto Rico pays millions in salary to non-workers
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Oil/Gas:

Rough patch: Debt-ridden oilpatch eyes M&As to get out of slump
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Oil & gas dealmaking hit hard by pandemic
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Oil Consumption Crashed 9% in 2020
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Exxon, Chevron CEOs discussed merger in early 2020-sources
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US shale oil: can a leaner industry ever lure back investors?
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Bankruptcy Experts: Middle Market’s ‘Day of Reckoning is Coming’
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Norway’s trillion-dollar wealth fund sold the last of its investments in fossil fuel companies
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Washington State Looks at EV Mandate
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Biden’s Green Energy Boom Could Send The Electric Car Sector Into Overdrive
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Enel to get out of gas by 2050, says carbon capture 'will not solve the problem'
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This Year Will Define The Next Decade In The Energy Industry
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurant franchise veterans see potential in the Cicis brand
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NPC International Receives Court Approval for Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan
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Healthcare:

Why Almost Anyone in the Healthcare Industry - Borrowers, Lenders, Landlords, Tenants, Vendors and Others - Should Care About Recent Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code
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Goldman: Is Curing Patients Profitable Enough?
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There will be enough Covid vaccines for the ‘entire U.S. adult population by June,’ doctor says
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Infectious-disease expert: Speed up vaccinations ahead of potential COVID "hurricane" Covid Mutations: The Hurricane is Coming
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Most Worrying Mutations in Five Covid Variants
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We're selling the coronavirus vaccine short
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Tech glitches, swamped websites impede US vaccine distribution Covid vaccines: Rollout in disarray in U.S. and abroad Global vaccine rollout meets division, delay and disarray, with U.S. an especially troubled player
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Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall
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Covid-19 vaccines are great — but you still need to wear a mask for now
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‘It’s a mess’: Biden’s first 10 days dominated by vaccine mysteries Biden coronavirus adviser says we 'have to call an audible' on vaccine distribution Biden team scrambles to find 20m vaccine doses Trump reportedly failed to track
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MIT: What went wrong with America’s $44 million vaccine data system?
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9 Top N.Y. Health Officials Have Quit as Cuomo Scorns Expertise
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New watchdog report reveals how terrible Trump’s COVID response truly was
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Rich countries are hoarding Covid-19 vaccines
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Former Biden Covid advisor says U.S. should prioritize first vaccine doses ahead of potential surge
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Playing favorites? Hospital boards, donors get COVID shots
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Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site temporarily shut down after protesters gather at entrance
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Dr. Gottlieb says J&J Covid vaccine trial yields very good result J&J says its one-shot vaccine is 66% effective against moderate to severe COVID Moderna vaccine creator calls Johnson & Johnson's competing shot a 'darn good' tool to fight the pandemic
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Racial disparity seen in US vaccination drive House Democrat calls for demographic breakdown on COVID-19 vaccines
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As California virus cases fall, more people than ever dying
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Covid map Dems claim ‘Trump administration hid’ reveals ‘worst virus hotspots after Biden publishes secret stats’
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Huge Gaps in Vaccine Data Make It Next to Impossible to Know Who Got the Shots
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Overwhelmed by Covid deaths, America's largest cemetery refrigerates bodies -- and funerals take up to a month
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Covid Mutations Undercut Optimism Even as More Vaccines Near While US hospitalizations are falling, COVID-19 variants concern experts
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Maryland confirms case of South African Covid variant that’s more infectious
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Why America is ‘flying blind’ to the coronavirus mutations racing across the globe
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World’s Most Vaccinated Nation Struggles With Virus Variants
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One-dose shot offers good protection, new hope against virus
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The population of entire cities, towns in Texas can't capture the size of COVID-19's impact
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In search of COVID-19 vaccines, some rural Texans are driving hundreds of miles across the state
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Rich countries' pandemic preparedness failures
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Brazil patients simultaneously infected with two Covid variants in 'new virus pathway'
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Dangerous new coronavirus strains may incubate in COVID-19's sickest
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Education:

Covid-19 Pandemic Pushes More Parents to Go All-In for Home Schooling
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Top Biden adviser: Schools on track to open by April
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Push to reopen schools could leave out millions of students
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Tourism:

Hawaii wants tourists. Tourists want Hawaii. But the rules are complicated.
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Nursing Homes:

Anxiety grows as long-term care awaits COVID-19 vaccines
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Movie Theaters:

Silver Lake cashes out on AMC for $713 million after Reddit-fueled rally AMC Stock Roars Back As GameStop Frenzy Resumes; Silver Lake Sells Entire Stake On Runup – Update
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Cineworld executives play leading role in drama over bonuses
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AMC theater group: From default risk to 'meme stock' and back again
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Student Debt:

Biden faces pressure to oust federal student loan chief appointed by DeVos
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Crypto:

'Trillion Dollar' Mt. Gox Demise as Told by a Bitcoin Insider
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Corporate Reform:

Prepare for a return to Cordray-era CFPB
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Fraud:

US Corruption Worst in Almost a Decade
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (224 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 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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Corporate Governance:

Officers of Selling Companies May Escape Fiduciary Duty Liability But May Be Required to Return Change of Control Payments if Company is Insolvent Post-Closing
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In Forma Pauperis:

Updated Poverty Guidelines
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Automatic Stay:

United States Supreme Court Sharpens the Contours of the Automatic Stay
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Miscellaneous:

UPDATED Global Insolvency Report: Impact of Covid-19 on Insolvency Laws
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Small Business:

Considerations That Loom Large Over the Small Business Debtor
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Standing:

Thanks to 3d Cir, Creditors May Have Clearer Path to Pursue Plunderers of Bankrupt Company
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Bankruptcy Policy:

No-fault Default, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and Financial Institutions
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Aviation:

Airlines push back on potential Covid testing for domestic flights
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COVID-19 tests now available in Oakland airport vending machines
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Airlines cancel most NYC-area flights ahead of snowstorm
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American Airlines set to issue new stock after price run-up
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New travel rules the 'nail in the coffin' for airlines, tourism industry: experts
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Man caught directing flight traffic with radio
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CDC orders mask mandate for planes and public transportation
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Canadian Airports, Airlines At Risk Of Collapse, Unions And Industry Warn
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China's troubled HNA Group owns stakes in more than a dozen airlines China’s largest private aviation conglomerate faces bankruptcy
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737 most exposed asset in HNA Group bankruptcy
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Hainan Airlines seen attractive to new investors despite HNA Group crisis Hainan Airlines slumps by close to daily limit in Shanghai after it warns of a loss of as much as US$10.06 billion
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Ryanair expects a loss of over $1 billion this year as travel restrictions bite
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Norwegian Air to get government loan in restructuring
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge Fund Greylock Files for Bankruptcy in New York Greylock Files for Bankruptcy, Seeks to Terminate Lease in NYC
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History:

Only Accountability Will Allow the U.S. to Move Forward
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Entertainment:

Tom Cruise branded 'a nightmare' as new Covid rules distress Mission Impossible crew
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'Saturday Night Live' targets Marjorie Taylor Greene, GameStop in return to air SNL’s cold open asks if anything in America still works
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Climate:

Lost Jobs: Biden’s climate change plan and the battle for America’s most threatened workers Biden's climate order halting new permits, leases for drilling on federal lands will kill 58,000 jobs, oil group warns Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatens to sue Biden for 'hostile' climate agenda he claims will 'kill jobs'
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In Charge of Climate Plan, with a Personal Jet
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Phoenix May be Uninhabitable by 2100
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Climate Fight Means Changes for America
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Maritime:

Creditors back PIL restructuring in crucial vote
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Singapore retail investors to vote on distressed shipper's fate
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Retailing:

For Neiman, Saks, Nordstrom the retail battle is getting more personal
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The last 2 Toys 'R' Us stores in the US have closed down after the COVID-19 pandemic hit sales
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Half of retailers plan a digital makeover as e-commerce sales boom amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Autos:

Automakers Idle More Plants on Chip Shortage
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UK:

Growing number of UK firms face bankruptcy as lockdown drags
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Sharp rise in number of bankruptcies and IVAs in the last three months of 2020
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Annual insolvency statistics 2020 – R3 response
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Individual Insolvency Statistics Releases
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A Month on From Brexit, U.K. Firms Are Being Slowly Ground Down
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'Captain Tom,' 100-year-old vet who raised millions for U.K. health service, has Covid-19
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EU:

After outcry, EU reverses plan to restrict vaccine exports through Irish border
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EU piles pressure on AstraZeneca over delayed vaccines, reveals details of contract
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Angela Merkel & Emmanuel Macron under fire over EU’s disastrous Covid vaccine rollout
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EU grants conditional approval of AstraZeneca vaccine
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EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine doses
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Hundreds arrested at anti-lockdown demonstration in Brussels
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Canada:

Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south
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Brazil:

Bolsonaro Says Covid Will Last Forever, Isolation Leads Nowhere
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Argentina:

Millionaires' tax for virus relief takes effect in Argentina
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France:

Macron gambles by saying 'non' to lockdown
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France's vaccine delays symbolize national decline for some
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Hong Kong:

China crackdown prompts thousands to flee Hong Kong as U.K. opens new visa route
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China:

HNA Units Say $10 Billion in Funds Misused by Shareholders Troubled Chinese conglomerate missing up to $15 billion China's embattled HNA Group unit shares slump as creditors seek bankruptcy HNA once wanted to rule the world. Now it faces bankruptcy China’s HNA eyes private investors in uphill battle to emerge from bankruptcy
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China is arresting citizens for posting criticism on social media
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New Zealand:

Science helps New Zealand avoid another coronavirus lockdown
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Russia:

Over 5,100 arrested at pro-Navalny protests across Russia Thousands took to Russia's streets chanting 'Putin is a thief' in new protests against Alexei Navalny's imprisonment Russia cracks down on Navalny protests, locking down city centers and arresting thousands
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MENA:

Abu Dhabi’s ADCB sees creditors approval for NMC restructuring in first half
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Thousands join in Jerusalem funerals, flout pandemic rules
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Singapore:

Bankruptcy cases in Singapore at 5-year low amid Covid-19 relief measures
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India:

India Considers Introducing Pre-packs into its Insolvency Law
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India plans bad bank for state-run lenders, effectiveness remains to be seen
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Argentina:

Buenos Aires' creditors threaten province with immediate repayment
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