February 11, 2021

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Law:

Send in the clients—and how to know when it’s time to send them packing
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Firm’s Payout Penalty for Departing Partners Ruled Unenforceable
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Law Firms Are Getting Less Money
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Big Law Partners May Be Warming to Pricing Ideas They’ve Fought
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Easing Out Under-Performers–Gracefully
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When Your Law-School Homework Is Stranger Than Fiction
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Aging desktop source of attorney’s accidental cat filter
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The Ecstasy And The Agony Of Pandemic Law
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Virtual onboarding has provided some unexpected benefits, firm shareholder says
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Meet the Four Harvard Law Grads Taking on the Entire Legal System
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Why All the Fuss Over Coke's Diversity Plan?
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D.C. Again Sets Remote Bar Exam, With States Likely to Follow
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Senate Judiciary Committee schedules Merrick Garland confirmation hearing
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Students Ask Harvard Law to Shun Trump Officials • Will Harvard Law School Assist Former Trump Officials In Reputation Laundering?
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Lawyer charged with phone harassment after partner tweets resignation and his jet is repossessed
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How can lawyers balance materially adverse interests? New ABA ethics opinion explores
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McConnell Signals Trump Conviction Is a GOP Conscience Vote • McConnell still hasn't ruled out the possibility of voting to convict Trump • Democrats to argue Trump alone incited mob • Democrat says prosecutors to focus on Trump's intent • The prosecution is set to present its case against Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection.’ • Democrats argue Trump planted seeds of Capitol riot with false election claims • House managers plan to show senators previously unseen Capitol security footage from Jan. 6. • Wrenching Security Footage of U.S. Capitol Insurrection Caps Off House Democrats' Opening Blows at Donald Trump's Senate Trial • Impeachment manager chokes up describing 'terrifying banging' on House chamber doors amid Capitol attack • New footage shows mob storming Capitol, Pence and Romney rushing from danger • Chilling New Video Shows How Close Trump Supporters Got to Mitt Romney During Capitol Siege • Democrats to offer new footage showing 'extreme violence' in Capitol attack • Graphic Video at Impeachment Trial Shows Riot and Trump’s Comments • The First Trial Seemed Abstract. This One Is a Visceral Reckoning Over Trump. • Senators got teary-eyed, lost their appetites, and expressed anger after House impeachment managers' new video footage showed how close they were to danger • Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over trial • Trump Furious With Legal Team, Impressed With Democrats’ Performance • Trump's impeachment defense isn't working, says Steve Bannon • GOP Sen. Mike Lee defended Trump's incitement of the deadly Capitol attack by saying 'everyone's entitled to a mulligan' • Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Impeaching Trump 'was, frankly, an easy decision' • Impeachment Managers Use Texas Real Estate Agent Jenna Ryan’s Media Appearances Against Trump • Trump loyalist Josh Hawley ignores impeachment trial evidence by sitting in gallery to review paperwork • Trump Team Hoping ‘Peacefully and Patriotically’ Will Be Shield • Trump Pushed Rally Organizers to Override Prohibitions Against Marching from Ellipse to the Capitol: Impeachment Manager • There Is No Defense—Only Complicity • Lindsey Graham: 'Not Guilty' Vote 'Growing' After New Impeachment Video • Trump on Path to Acquittal Despite Facts • Trump conviction rests on Republicans' instinct for self-preservation
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Trump lawyer Castor's impeachment trial defense was inept. But he already told us that • ‘We’ll make Rudy Giuliani look good!’: NYC subway ad pops up for Trump lawyers ridiculed over impeachment defense • Trump was quite displeased with his impeachment defense team yesterday • Hirono: Trump’s defense was ‘incompetent’ and ‘pathetic’ • Trump impeachment lawyer says Democrats don't have a 'dedicated' enough following to incite violence • Confused by Trump's Defense? So Were Republican Senators • AP Fact Check: Trump's lawyers and the Constitution • House Democrats Made The Case To Impeach Trump. His Legal Team Made Threats. • ‘Terrible’ Trump impeachment defense left Senate Republicans ‘stunned’ and ‘perplexed’ • In Florida, an unhappy Trump watches it all play out • Meandering Performance by Defense Lawyers Enrages Trump • Battered Trump lawyer Bruce Castor claims his 'stupid' performance was on purpose: report • Trump’s own lawyer admits he lost presidential election • Trump Impeachment Attorney Disappointed That People Called Him ‘Stupid,’ But Believes His Strategy Was a Success • Hannity Said Trump Lawyer ‘Had a Great Day.’ Then the Lawyer Went on Fox and Made Democrats’ Case for Them.
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Trump is on trial for inciting an insurrection. What about the 12 people who spoke before him?
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FEC Filings Show Trump Campaign and Allies Paid Jan. 6 Rally Organizers Millions of Dollars: Report
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Trump's alleged incitement brings First Amendment into focus
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Long Island DJ who allegedly smoked pot at Capitol riot appears confused in court • Judge orders Proud Boy charged in Capitol riot held without bond • ‘QAnon Shaman's’ Lawyer Trashes Memo Alleging His Client Is a QAnon Leader: I’ll ‘Shove It Right Up My Rectum’ • A majority of the people arrested for Capitol riot had a history of financial trouble • Jenna Ryan, a Texas real-estate agent charged in the Capitol insurrection, says she 'bought into a lie' and regrets 'everything' • ‘Zip-Tie Guy’ Cites Impeachment Managers’ Trial Memo in a ‘Prologue’ to Get Out of Jail: Trump’s Lies Led to the Insurrection • Trump Supporter Who Told Cops 'We Back the Blue' at Capitol Blamed Cops for His Actions During Interview: FBI
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Security footage shows Mitt Romney led to safety by Capitol officer after he was headed towards? attackers
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Ga. prosecutors launch criminal probe into Trump's efforts to overturn election • 'A no brainer': Expert explains why Trump is in trouble in Georgia
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Now out of office, Trump may have to face tax questions
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Lewandowski Tried to Sell Pardon for $1.3 M
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Lin Wood doubles down on attacking Pence, Roberts
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And Now Ukraine Is Trying To Get Rudy Giuliani Disbarred
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Trump DOJ Leaders Mounted 'Resistance' to Prosecutors' Plans to Seek Search Warrants Against Rudy Giuliani: Report
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I Spent 5 Days At The Largest Migrant Refugee Camp On The U.S. Border. Here’s What I Saw.
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‘They need to move quickly’: A Texas DACA case could force Congress to move on immigration
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In Biden’s early days, signs of Trump-era problems at border
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Elderly woman hit boyfriend with hammer for leaving TV on, cops say
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No Jail In Cinnabon Roll Rage Case
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2 Arrested in Manhattan Dirty Diaper Attack on Woman
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Rittenhouse, accused of violating bond, going before judge
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1st Circuit Upholds Border Searches of Phones and Laptops
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Law Firm Busts Out Two New Rap Videos
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Judges:

BK WD PA Seeks Judicial Law Clerk – Term
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Memo alleges sexism and harassment by Colorado judiciary; was contract intended to keep accuser silent?
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Lawyers Should Burden The Judiciary Less During The Pandemic
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More U.S. Courts Plan Virtual Jury Trials to Move Civil Cases
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Wall Street:

Stock futures edge higher after Dow closes at record level
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Global stocks nudge higher, sustained by bottomless stimulus
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Wall Street rally pauses as big tech loses steam
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The hedge funder whose GameStop short bets led to a 53% January loss took home $846 million in 2020
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The stock market is on a ‘highway to the danger zone,’ Jim Cramer says
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‘Clearly not healthy’: Markets are giddy about reopening — and that’s the problem
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Layoffs:

About 1,500 new layoffs at Air Canada, as service is reduced
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Best Buy to lay off some store workers
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Bill Would Cut 100,000 DOD Jobs
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Rabobank to Cut About 5,000 Jobs in Coming Years to Lower Costs
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Tech:

Why there’s a chip shortage that’s hurting everything from the PlayStation 5 to the Chevy Malibu
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Twitter to uphold permanent ban against Trump, even if he were to run for office again • Twitter says election crackdown was ‘worth it’ as it sees little impact from banning Donald Trump
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Another film of false coronavirus claims went viral in January, getting millions of views before Facebook and YouTube banned it
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Healthcare:

Chicago’s Mercy Hospital files bankruptcy amid plans to shut • Mercy Hospital, Chicago's oldest, files for bankruptcy • Mercy Hospital files for bankruptcy, hospital closure date remains unchanged • Mercy Hospital & Medical Center Files For Bankruptcy After Plans To Close Were Blocked By State Board
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White House looks at domestic travel restrictions as COVID mutation surges in Florida
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UK coronavirus variant ‘on course to sweep the world,’ leading scientist says
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South African variant detected in California for first time
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U.S. still falling short on basic tools to fight the virus
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The US is ailing: Lancet Commission blasts Donald Trump's 'inept and insufficient' COVID-19 response, laments widening inequalities
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Harvard researchers have calculated how many unnecessary deaths the Trump administration left behind • 40% of U.S. COVID Deaths Could Have Been Averted If It Weren't for Trump
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Covid Variant Gains Momentum in U.S. as Total Cases Plummet • Covid-19 cases are falling in the U.S. It could be a calm before a variant-driven storm
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Coronavirus infections are plummeting
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U.S. Experiences Sharp Fall In Covid-19 Hospitalizations
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AP-NORC poll: A third of US adults skeptical of COVID shots
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Government investigating massive counterfeit N95 mask scam
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Is the U.S. turning a corner in the pandemic?
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Opioid overdoses 29% higher in 2020 than before the pandemic: Study
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Primary Care Doctors Are Left Out of the Vaccine Rollout
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N.Y.’s vaccine websites weren’t working, so he built a new one for $50.
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Biden admin on track to meet goal of 100M coronavirus shots in first 100 days
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Broad Coalition of Health Industry Groups Calls for Obamacare Expansion
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DOJ tells Supreme Court Obamacare is constitutional, reversing Trump-era stance
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Childhood Colds Do Not Prevent Coronavirus Infection, Study Finds
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CDC: Double-masking helps reduce exposure to the coronavirus • Double-masking can be uncomfortable. Here are some solutions • CDC report: Double-masking can block more than 90 percent of viral particles
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CDC director: 'Now is not the time to roll back the mask requirements'
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People may need annual COVID-19 vaccine shots, Johnson & Johnson CEO says
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Not perfect, but saves lives, AstraZeneca says of COVID-19 vaccine
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Feds to Open Mass Vaccine Sites for Vulnerable New York Residents
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What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
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Suspicions mount that the coronavirus was spreading in China and Europe as early as October, following a WHO investigation
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Crypto:

Don't fall for the bitcoin bubble, even the Flintstones had a better system, warns economist Nouriel Roubini
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Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Argentina
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Cruise Lines:

Carnival credit rating in danger of falling deeper into 'junk' territory at Moody's
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Autos:

GM and Ford are warning investors of billions in lost earnings this year due to the global chip shortage
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Student Debt:

Massive student loan forgiveness would be a lost opportunity to help needy Americans
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$10,000? $50,000? What different amounts of student loan forgiveness would mean
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Student Loan Debt: Stats by Age, Income, and Percentile
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Economy:

US consumer prices up 0.3% in January, led by energy spike • BLS: CPI increased 0.3% in January, Core CPI Unchanged • U.S. core consumer prices show scant inflation in snub to market • Cheaper airline tickets keep U.S. inflation tame in January • Cleveland Fed: Key Measures Show Inflation Soft in January
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Fed Chair Powell: Corrected Unemployment Rate Close to 10% in January • Fed Chair Powell says rates will stay low for a while amid bleak jobs picture • Fed's Powell, invoking war effort, calls for national jobs drive • Powell says full jobs recovery will require more government aid
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Biden considering Lisa Cook for open Fed seat
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Wholesale inventories climb 0.3% in December as firms step up production
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Powell says he doesn't expect a 'large or sustained' inflation outbreak
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Manufacturing group asks Biden to end steel, aluminum tariffs
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U.S. business formation surges in January
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The pandemic's coming new normal
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Fed's Powell calls for broad national drive to full employment
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Americans are saving more during the pandemic — but there's still a huge demographic divide
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Mixed Outlook for Unemployed Americans
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Consumer credit growth slows in December
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House Wants to Move Stimulus Bill With Minimum-Wage Increase • Dems attempt to push through school funding, wage increase • Biden budget nominee 'absolutely' backs U.S. minimum wage hike • Biden under pressure to go nuclear to get minimum wage hike • Focus group: $15 minimum wage is a flop with swing voters • Democrats split on whether to put a $15 minimum wage in Covid bill
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Large bipartisan majority of Americans favor more COVID economic relief • Biden to meet with bipartisan mayors, governors on COVID-19 relief • How $1,400 Checks Compare to Previous U.S. Relief Payouts
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The stimulus debate: Is it too big?
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GOP Now Denounces Budget Reconciliation?
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New child tax credit could add up to more than the $1,400 stimulus checks
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Biden's meeting with CEOs focused on equalizing economic recovery, skills training, wage gap
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OMB nominee says U.S. GDP won't reach pre-pandemic levels for years without more stimulus
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U.S. January budget deficit hits record $163 billion as new aid checks sent out
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Democrats Want Jobless-System Overhaul After Glitches in Crisis
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Millions of Americans who were unemployed last year face another shock: A 2020 tax bill they can't afford
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America’s billionaire philanthropists gave away more during the pandemic. But there’s a catch.
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'If you switch off, people think you're lazy': demands grow for a right to disconnect from work
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The New Deal’s Capitalist Lessons for Joe Biden
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NY Gov. Cuomo says indoor venues can have fans again if they follow testing protocols
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Promising vaccination results raise prospects for swifter economic recovery
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Will Biden’s Tax Plan Discourage Work? We Already Know the Answer
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North American Rail Traffic Rose 2.1% in Week Ended Feb. 6
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This boss at KPMG told staff to 'stop moaning' and 'playing the victim' about COVID work conditions
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'9-to-5 workday is dead': Salesforce won't require majority of workers to return to office
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Remote workers want to live in Asia, but Asia doesn’t seem to want them yet
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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:

Borrowers with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac mortgages can get additional forbearance, regulator says
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey • Mortgage applications dip as rates climb
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A Houston student was set for a top college. Then she had to use her savings to pay her mom's rent.
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On the Verge of a New Housing Crisis
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Trump Now The ‘Mayor’ Of Mar-A-Lago, Lawyer Claims In Bid To Let Him Live There
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Simon Property Group is optimistic about its malls in Florida
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Manhattan Landlords Offer Record Perks to Fill Empty Apartments
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico Board reaches new deal but keeps it confidential • Board Reaches Tentative Deal to Lower Puerto Rico Debt • Oversight Board: Agreement in Principle on $7 Billion of Debt Reached
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The ‘Quasi-Instrumentality’ Question: Chapter 9, Chapter 11, or Neither?
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Mayors: Bankruptcy imminent if pandemic income tax lost
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Oil/Gas:

Seadrill again seeks bankruptcy protection in bid to survive • Seadrill Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy • Seadrill again seeks bankruptcy protection in bid to survive
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Oil in longest rally in two years as vaccines boost demand hopes • U.S. oil prices log 8th session climb as domestic crude supplies drop by nearly 7 million barrels
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IEA Says Oil Market Recovery Still Fragile as Pandemic Persists
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A Look At Chesapeake Energy's Exit From Bankruptcy
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Oil States to Lose $13 Trillion by 2040
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Shell says its oil production has peaked and will fall every year • Shell Says Its Oil Production Has Begun a Long-Term Decline
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United just ordered $1 billion worth of eVTOLs from a startup that aims to launch intra-city passenger flights in 2024
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Solar and Wind Are Reaching for the Last 90% of the U.S. Power Market
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G.M.’s Profits From Trucks and S.U.V.s Fuel Its Electric Quest
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Texas Oil Group Vows to Limit Flaring as State Signals Crackdown
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Norway’s Energy Champion Comes to Regret Foray Into Shale Oil
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Appalachia’s fracking boom has done little for local economies: Study
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Hotels:

DC Hotel Ch. 11 Will Stay In Delaware
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Museums:

Closed Nearly a Year, Empty Museums in Los Angeles Struggle
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Cannabis:

The Half-Legal Cannabis Trap
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Politics:

‘There’s Nothing Left’: Why Thousands of Republicans Are Leaving the Party
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Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party
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Positive views of Republican Party slide since November: poll • Republicans view their own party less favorably after the Capitol riot, according to poll
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Is the Republican Party Truly Trumpist Now? The Impeachment Trial Is the Ultimate Test
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Kinzinger PAC to go on attack against 'Trumpism'
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House Republicans Announce 47 Democrats They Hope to Unseat • Inside Republicans' plans for a House takeover
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How Long Can Democracy Survive QAnon and Its Allies?
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'No center of gravity': Let down by InfoWars, far right looks for more extreme media
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Michigan GOP leader calls Capitol riot a 'hoax from day one'
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GOP voters like Marjorie Taylor Greene more than ever after Democrats stripped her of committee seats
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'Trump in heels' emerges as problem for GOP in Virginia
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Biden removes Trump appointees from boards that shape Washington D.C.
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Southern Baptist leaders called Kamala Harris a 'Jezebel.' That's not just insulting, it's dangerous, experts say.
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Festivals:

Virus dims Carnival joy and commerce on a New Orleans street
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Gambling:

Las Vegas Visitor Authority: No Convention Attendance, Visitor Traffic Down 64% YoY in December
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MGM Resorts sees demand improving by year-end as vaccine rollout widens
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Fraud:

Fraud in the Age of Coronavirus – What to Do When the SBA Knocks at the Door
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Small business rescue slowed by fight against fraud, drawing protests
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Hedge Funds:

Jim Simons Makes Billions While Renaissance Investors Fume at Losses
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Fitness:

Equinox Clinches Debt Relief Pact With Lender HPS Partners
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Religion:

Diocese of Winona-Rochester Agrees to $28 Million Settlement • $21.5 million settlement for Diocese of Winona-Rochester, part of bankruptcy reorganization • Diocese of Winona-Rochester settles clergy sex abuse claims for $21.5 million
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Golf:

Continental Country Club Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Will Stay Open
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Electricity:

Power provider Frontera to restructure under Chapter 11
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Movie Theaters:

The cinemas now hiring out their screens to gamers
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Personal Finance:

You’re not lazy — Why you need to stop feeling guilty in lockdown
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Mass Torts:

Imerys Can't Serve Only Law Firms On Talc Claims
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Ride-Hailing:

Uber Lost $6.8 Billion in 2020
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Pharma:

Under McKinsey’s $573M Opioid Settlement, Consultancy Agrees to Public Disclosure of Docs Related to Purdue, Endo, Mallinckrodt
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Heavily-Indebted Boomers Increasingly The Ones Going Bankrupt: Study
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Family Law:

A Super Sad But True Creditor Success Story: Prevailing Against Debtor’s Scorched-Earth Efforts to Modify Child Support at All Costs
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Bankruptcy Strategy:

Strategic Considerations in Bankruptcy Discovery: Rule 2004ýs Limitations in Light of the Pending Proceeding Rule
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Non-Profits:

Is the NRA Board Shooting Itself in the Foot By Doing Nothing?
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Miscellaneous:

Bankruptcy Roundup – February 2021
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Aviation:

How Sun Country Airlines survived Tom Petters’ Ponzi scheme
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Without vaccination, you may not make it there
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Pandemic Causes Historic Decline in Air Passenger Traffic
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Southwest CEO, unions urge Biden not to mandate domestic air COVID-19 testing
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Boeing’s 737 Max extends comeback as United Air readies flights
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Will the Airline Industry's New Ticket-Change Policies Outlive the Pandemic?
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UK Pilot Association Calls for Government Support After Minister Casts Doubt on Holiday Season
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HNA units make plans to claw back US$17b in misused funds
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Bombardier to Stop Making Iconic Learjet in Profitability Drive, 1,600 jobs gone
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Airlines to Get Extended EU Relief on Use of Airport Slots
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Education:

Biden school reopening guidance expected to focus on COVID mitigation, rather than teacher vaccination
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Biden Admin Teams Up with Ex-Trump DOJ Official to Defend Betsy DeVos Against Ripped-Off College Students
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'At least one day a week': White House clarifies Biden's goal to reopen schools
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Massachusetts college students could face discipline for violating Covid-19 protocols
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Union approves deal with Chicago schools to return to class
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What Can We Learn From Where the Schools Stayed Open?
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Experts say school closures are hurting teens' mental health
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Some politically incorrect thoughts about remote teaching
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Reopening Schools Has Become a Bipartisan Issue. Why Isn’t Biden Pushing Harder?
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Sports:

Ivy League sports were shut down quickly by coronavirus. A restart is proving much slower.
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Nursing Homes:

The pandemic's racial disparities extend to nursing homes
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Retailing:

Bankruptcy Claimed Their Jobs, and Now They’re Out for Payback
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Retailers Hold On to Stores in Preparation for Surge of Shoppers
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Target Offers Bonus Pay to Encourage Workers to Get Vaccine • Target, Tractor Supply join list of companies paying workers to get COVID-19 vaccine
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Coal:

Another blow to coal: Arch to close Coal Creek mine in 2022
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Lawmakers pass bills to protect tax revenue from coal bankruptcies
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Covid contributes to coal's downturn
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Nursing Homes:

Nursing home protections limit families who want to sue
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Food/Beverage:

The pandemic hit undocumented restaurant workers hard. These bartenders swooped in to feed them.
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PepsiCo expects revenue to grow in 2021 as vaccines take effect
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Sovereigns:

More African Nations Seen Tapping G-20 Debt Plan on Revenue Drop
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UK:

The DeepOcean restructuring: a first test for the UK's cross-class cram down
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Effect on Brexit on Part 26A Arrangements and Reconstructions
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Prezzo cuts sites and jobs through insolvency process
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UK COVID lending risks creating zombie firms, think tank warns
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UK Covid border rules not in 'top bracket' of nations, says Starmer
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U.K. residents may not be allowed to travel abroad until all adults are vaccinated.
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Boris Johnson Targets Vaccines for Everyone Over 50 by April
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UK and foreign holidays could be off all year, Grant Schapps warns Brits – who rage at govt for ‘appalling incompetence’
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UK government split on 10-year jail threat for lying on coronavirus travel form
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UK government pledges extra £3.5bn to tackle cladding crisis • New cladding fund finally ends bills for some flat owners - but others must pay £50 a month • Cladding crisis: Flat owners living in fear of bankruptcy say billions promised isn't enough • Cladding crisis: Residents fearing bankruptcy and fire 'bitterly betrayed' by government • Millions in U.K. face financial ruin while stuck in "death trap" homes • Utter confusion for cladding scandal victims • Robert Jenrick defends plan to make leaseholders help pay to strip unsafe cladding from buildings • Angry flat owner accuses government of 'stunt' over cladding support funding • Cladding scandal victims 'betrayed' by £3.5bn Government package which still leaves them in tens of thousands of pounds of debt
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Pandemic Leaves Quarter of U.K. Adults Facing Financial Struggle
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Brexit's Third Act Now Getting Underway
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EU:

Europe's summer abroad canceled as staycation bookings soar • Tourism-Dependent EU Economies Brace for Another Bad Season
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Euro zone growth forecasts lowered as coronavirus restrictions drag
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EU Says Economic Recovery Delayed With Vaccine Rollout Crucial
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PIIGS:

Spain's recovering COVID-19 patients must wait six months for vaccine
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Italy needs speedier judiciary system to help banks tackle problem loans
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France:

France Stalls Between Stubbornly High Infection Rates and Slow Vaccine Rollout
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French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15
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Germany:

German government eyes lockdown extension to March 14 • Merkel extends coronavirus lockdown, discusses Germany's reopening strategy
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South Africa:

South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J shots • WHO Recommends AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Against South Africa Strain
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MENA:

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox reject criticism, defy virus rules
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Israel Health Ministry Pushes Law Requiring Shot or Test in Jobs
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Vaccine vs variant: Promising data in Israel's race to defeat pandemic
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Dubai Bets on Vaccine Drive to Keep Economy Open
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Myanmar:

Biden announces sanctions against military leaders involved in Myanmar coup
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Mexico:

Mexican same-store retail sales fell 8.2% in January: ANTAD
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Australia:

Insolvency & Restructuring Alert: COVID Update on Bankruptcy Notice and Statutory Demands
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Insolvency: End of temporary relief and start of reform
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Covid-19 Insolvency: Extensions to Bankruptcy Laws for Eligible Businesses
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Russia:

New bankruptcy law can be passed in spring session, says First Deputy PM
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Failure to observe ESG principles will lead to bankruptcy, says special envoy
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Argentina:

YPF confident debt swap will clear near-term default risk, source says
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China:

Chinese court puts HNA Group into bankruptcy administration
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Malaysia:

Malaysia Relaxes Curbs on Sports, Reopens Gyms and Golf Courses
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Malaysia’s Economy Suffers Worst Year Since 1998 Asian Crisis
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