Law:

BigLaw firm cuts more than 130 jobs in offices overseas • Top-Ranked Biglaw Firm Cuts 132 Jobs As Pandemic Rages On • Norton Rose Fulbright axes 132 jobs including 19 lawyers in efficiency drive
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This Law School’s Recent Graduates Are Raking In The Money
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Biglaw Partner Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge • Boies Schiller Lawyer Arrested for Alleged Domestic Violence
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Klehr Harrison Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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2021 Could See Law Firms Ratchet Up the Profitability Pressure on Partners
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A Hall of Fame Lawyer, a ‘Real Housewife’ and a Stunning Fall • Sanctions, Competency at Issue as Girardi Keese Troubles Grow • RHOBH Star Erika Jayne is Dragged Into Another Lawsuit Against Thomas Girardi, Plus Attorney is Forced Into Chapter 7 Liquidation as Bankruptcy Court Demands He Turn Over Assets • Erika Girardi’s Estranged Husband Tom Girardi Is Suffering From Memory Loss According To His Brother • Could Erika Jayne & Tom Girardi's Troubles Lead To Jail Time? • Erika's Ex Tom Girardi Allegedly Mentally Incompetent For Fraud Case
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Being Part of a Failing Business Kickstarted Miami Attorney Allison Day's Bankruptcy Career
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In wake of U.S. Capitol attack, some law firms decline to halt political contributions
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Former Sidley Partner Opens Up About Depression And Washing Out Of Biglaw
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Will the Legal Industry Experience a K-Shaped Recovery Too?
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Donor Who Made $40 Million Naming Gift Loses Court Battle To Force Law School To Include His Name On All Degrees
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Jay Clayton’s Legacy At Risk Because He Either Didn’t Read Or Didn’t Care About The Law
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Troutman Pepper’s Gallagher Eyes White Collar, Litigation Boom
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Manhattan DA expands criminal investigation into Trump Organization finances to include family compound in Westchester County
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NY prosecutors interview Michael Cohen about Trump finances
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This attorney is about to make Donald Trump's life a living hell
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Barr told Trump that theories about stolen election were 'b-------': report • Trump turns on Barr
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By the numbers: President Donald Trump's failed efforts to overturn the election
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Trump Pushed the Limits of the U.S. Legal System: Here’s How It Held Up
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'A Serious Breach of Academic Ethics': Jonathan Turley Critics and Turley Himself Trade Barbs Over 'Dangers and Costs' of Retroactive Impeachment Trials
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American Thinker Issues Groveling Apology to Dominion Voting Systems For ‘Completely False’ Election-Stealing Stories With ‘No Basis in Fact’ • Dominion sends cease and desist letter to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell
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Among the Insurrectionists • Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot • 'Trump said to do so': Accounts of rioters who say the president spurred them to rush the Capitol could be pivotal testimony • Woman arrested in Capitol attack: 'I listen to my president' • Capitol rioters say Trump told them to do it, which some legal experts say could open him to criminal charges • Trump allies, Washington insiders helped plan rallies before Capitol breach: reports • FBI warned of large-scale nationwide protests by Trump supporters, but they fail to materialize • In photos: Protests outside fortified capitols draw only small groups • Accused U.S. Capitol Window-Smasher's Charges Show Gripping Account of Combat and Invasion • The Boogaloo Bois Prepare for Civil War • National Guard troops flooding in as Washington locks down • Troops at Inauguration Pre-Screened for Extremism, Says DC Guard Commander • QAnon adherents discussed posing as troops to infiltrate inauguration, FBI briefing says • FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack • Neo-Nazis call on American troops to assassinate politicians • New Video Details Tense Moments as Capitol Mob Sought Out Lawmakers • Thousands of troops dig in for inauguration • Will the fences ever come down? Some worry Capitol security surge to become permanent • The F.B.I. is investigating 37 in the killing of a Capitol Police officer by a pro-Trump mob • Democratic lawmaker says 'assassination party' hunted for Pelosi during riot • Trump Rioters Apparently Came Ready To Kill, Arizona Prosecutors Say • Police command structure crumbled fast during Capitol riot • Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops • Wife of Capitol siege Proud Boy arrested by Feds in armored truck wants divorce and brands him a ‘radical idiot’ • Capitol rioter who allegedly posted 'Outside Pelosi's office' to Instagram arrested • How an Alabama man went from Obama supporter to dying in the Capitol insurrection • Man charged with smashing Capitol glass with Trump flagpole seconds before shooting • Whitmer calls up National Guard, windows boarded ahead of possible violence Sunday • Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol • States declare emergencies, close capitols ahead of rallies • Pro-gun demonstration set for Virginia capital in wake of Capitol siege • Federal watchdogs open probe of response to Capitol riot • Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers fostered false election allegations that fueled Capitol riot • Texas realtor who took private jet is charged in Capitol riot • Texas realtor who took private jet to Capitol riot says she regrets nothing • Facebook blocks users from creating new events near White House, Capitol • Virginia officials on edge as pro-gun caravans prepare to converge on Richmond Monday • The insurrectionist next door: A new source of suburban unease • Pushed to the edge by the Capitol riot, people are reporting their family and friends to the FBI •  Texas Man Threatened to Kill Kids If They Turned Him In • A small town seethes after learning one of its own says he joined Capitol's mob • Va. man arrested at inauguration checkpoint says he was lost and didn’t mean to bring gun, ammunition to D.C. • FBI probing if foreign governments, groups funded extremists who helped execute Capitol attack • A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege • Surreal Footage Shows D.C. Insurrectionists Snooping Through Senate Chamber, Clashing with Cops • Many charged with Capitol riots already documented their trips online • Trump should not be prosecuted for Capitol riot incitement, Comey says • Meet Three D.C. Police Officers Who Fought For The U.S. Capitol • Real estate agent Jenna Ryan begs Trump for pardon • House launches probe into intelligence failures preceding Capitol insurrection • Schiff says 'massive intelligence and security failure' led to Capitol breach • Threats transform capital into military zone ahead of inauguration • New Mexico official who said 'the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat' is arrested for Capitol riot • Police: Woman arrested at checkpoint claimed to be law enforcement officer, Cabinet member • State capitols boarded up, fenced off, patrolled by troops • Self-Professed White Supremacist, Who Wanted to Be 'Lone Wolf Killer,' Arrested over D.C. Insurrection: DOJ • Women Used Popular Dating App ‘Bumble’ to Capture Evidence of Capitol Rioters, Then Sent It To the FBI • Off-duty police were part of the Capitol mob. Now police are turning in their own. • Two rioters claim Capitol officer told them, 'It's your house now,' FBI says • Capitol Rioter Who Smoked Pot in Senator’s Office Is Arrested • Far-right media personality 'Baked Alaska' charged in Capitol riot, arrested in Houston • Baked Alaska’s clout-chasing spiral into white supremacy is an internet morality tale • Authorities Arrest Man Who Pointed Himself Out Attacking Officers at D.C. Insurrection: DOJ • Assorted Stupidity #140 (Sedition Edition) • Zip Tie Guy's Mom Arrested After Also Carrying Zip Ties at D.C. Insurrection • 'I Believe I've Been Cleared': Florida Man and Alleged Capitol Hill Insurrectionist Who Bragged About Acing FBI Interview Is Charged With Multiple Federal Crimes • Why We Published More Than 500 Videos Taken by Parler Users of the Capitol Riot • Attorney for Former Firefighter Who Allegedly Attacked Capitol Police With Fire Extinguisher: 'This Fire Extinguisher Was Empty' • California GOP Leader Resigns After Bragging About Breaking Into Nancy Pelosi's Office • U.S. Army Reservist and 'Avowed White Supremacist' Hit with Five Charges for U.S. Capitol Siege
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Domestic terrorism has superseded the threat of international terrorism: ex-NYC police commissioner
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White supremacist terrorism: Key trends to watch in 2021
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House security chief resisted request for National Guard because of lawmakers' wariness
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Snipers, targeted assassinations and IEDs: Here are a few of the thousands of threats federal agencies are tracking
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'Cowboys for Trump' Leader, a County Commissioner, Planned to Return to D.C. with Firearms: Police
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Solo Extremists Might Pose Higher Risk Than Organized Groups
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FBI moves on alleged members of extremist groups Oath Keepers, Three Percenters
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Researchers: More Than a Dozen Extremist Groups Took Part in Capitol Riots
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Admitted 'Proud Boy' Was Involved With Group That Wanted to Kill Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence: DOJ
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D.C. Mayor Bowser says focus must shift to 'domestic white terrorism'
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Attack on Capitol was the beginning of an American insurgency, counterterrorism experts warn
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FBI investigating whether woman stole laptop from Pelosi's office to sell it to Russia • Missouri Resident Charged as Woman Who Stole Nancy Pelosi's Name Plate • Woman who allegedly stole laptop from Pelosi's office to sell to Russia is arrested
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Judge blocks release of man pictured with feet on desk in Pelosi's office
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Pro-Trump Woman and QAnon Adherent Who Carried 'Don't Tread On Me' Flag Died at U.S. Capitol After Being Trampled: Report
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U.S. Judge orders man who wore horns during Capitol siege, left note for Pence to be detained
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Giuliani says he's working on Trump's impeachment defense, would argue voter fraud claims • Rudy Giuliani may defend Trump in an impeachment trial. That could doom him. • Rove: Chances of conviction rise if Giuliani represents Trump in Senate impeachment trial • Rudy Giuliani Is Donald Trump’s Last Lawyer — And Friend — Left Standing • Rudy: I Can't Defend Trump at Impeachment • Rudy Giuliani Says He’s a ‘Witness’ and, Therefore, Can’t Defend Trump from Impeachment. Lawyers Say He’s More Like a ‘Subject.' • Dominion's Lawyers Blame Rudy Giuliani for 'Inciting the Sacking' of the U.S. Capitol
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Rudy Giuliani voted with an affidavit ballot, which he bashed in failed effort to overturn election
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Meet The Lawyers Managing This Impeachment • N.Y. Litigator Berke to Lead Trump Impeachment Prosecution
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Who will defend Trump in second impeachment trial? ‘He’s not going to get the A team,’ one prof says
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TX AG Ken Paxton is only state attorney general in the U.S. who didn’t sign letters condemning Capitol insurrection
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Prospect of Pardons in Final Days Fuels Market to Buy Access to Trump • Pardon-seekers have paid Trump allies tens of thousands to lobby president: NYT • Giuliani associate told ex-CIA officer a Trump pardon would 'cost $2m’ – report • Trump weighing a pardon for Steve Bannon • Can Trump pardon himself? Would the courts reject the move? • Almost 7 in 10 oppose Trump pardoning himself: poll • Trump prepares to offer clemency to more than 100 people in his final hours in office • Convicts turn to D.C. fixers for Trump pardons • Trump White House Steers Away From Controversial Pardon: Himself • As Trump prepares for final presidential pardons, will he attempt to pardon himself? • Trump clemency likely for Lil Wayne, no pardons for Giuliani or Bannon: sources
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'We All Deserve A Pardon': Texas Real Estate Agent Who Flew Private Jet to Storm the Capitol Says She Was Just 'Following My President' • Texas Real Estate Agent Who Requested Insurrection Pardon Says She Went to D.C. Because a 'Cute Guy' Asked Her. He Got with Another Woman.
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New York attorney general sues over NYPD’s alleged use of ‘excessive force’ against protesters
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Florida restaurant manager uses covert signals to rescue abused child, police say
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Off the grid, heavily armed and radicalized: He's a law enforcement nightmare
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Biden on first day to unveil legislation to provide path to citizenship for millions: report • Biden plans early legislation to offer legal status to 11 million immigrants without it • Biden to propose major immigration legislation this week • Biden to Propose 8 Year Path to Citizenship
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Thousands of Migrants Head for U.S. After Clash in Guatemala • 'There's no food': U.S.-bound migrant caravan hunkers down after Guatemala crackdown • Guatemalan security forces break up US-bound migrant caravan
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Then-AG Sessions and DOJ were ‘driving force’ behind policy leading to family separations, report says • Rod Rosenstein Is Real Sorry About All Those Kids Separated From Their Parents. Oopsies!
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Judge Saves United States Asylum Law, With More Than A Little Snark
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Woman, 70, filmed poisoning husband's coffee
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Trader Joe's Manager Stops Anti-Maskers Entering Store in Viral Video
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Va. Lawyer Who Pursued Litigation Without Client OK Disbarred
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The Girl Who Accused The Wrong Person And The Lawyer Who Threw Her Under The Bus
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Atlanta’s deadliest year in decades has city on edge and demanding change
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Head of police union criticizes BART plan to hire social workers instead of police officers
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Thief threatens to call police on mom who left child in the back seat of the car he stole
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Madwoman In Mask Meltdown At Bagel Shop
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Judges:

Candidates Sought for BK MN Bankruptcy Judgeship
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'This is not justice': Justice Sonia Sotomayor offers fierce dissent in death penalty case
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Female judges gunned down in Afghan capital, court official says
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Connecticut Man Arrested for Going Maskless Inside a Courthouse
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Wall Street:

Dow futures rise more than 100 points after Wall Street’s losing week • U.S. Stock Index Futures Advance Ahead of Biden’s Inauguration
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Global stocks waver as COVID-19 fears trump recovery hopes
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Stocks fall as economic pain deepens, rally runs out of gas • Wall Street closes lower as banks, energy shares tumble
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Outlook darkens for Wall Street as Biden's regulators take shape
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Almost 90% see market bubbles in Deutsche Bank investor survey
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Layoffs:

Ulta Beauty Reduces Staff Amid Pandemic
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Healthcare:

‘This is not a game’: Global virus death toll hits 2 million
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Largest Drop in US Life Expectancy in Decades
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The crash landing of 'Operation Warp Speed'
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Retired doctors and more syringes: Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated
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Coronavirus deaths reach 4,000 per day as hospitals remain in crisis mode
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Hundreds of children being admitted to Arizona hospitals for COVID-19
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‘Dark weeks ahead’: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 COVID deaths by mid-February
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Fauci predicts that people will be able to go back to singing in church by mid-fall, when an 'overwhelming proportion' of the US has been vaccinated
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Tennessee governor faces criticism for approach to virus
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L452R COVID Variant in California Linked to Several Outbreaks a 'Red Flag'
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Los Angeles Covid Cases Surpass 1 Million as Outbreak Worsens
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COVID-19 Cases per Million Inhabitants: A Comparison
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Fight against COVID-19 hits wall of defiance, suspicion in rural California: 'The excuses just go on'
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L.A. County Lifts Cremation Limit as California COVID Deaths Soar
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'Blood on his hands': As US nears 400,000 COVID-19 deaths, experts blame Trump administration for a 'preventable' loss of life
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WHO chief lambasts vaccine profits, demands elderly go first • World is on the brink of a 'catastrophic moral failure' on vaccines- WHO chief
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Seniors frustrated in attempts to get shots
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Biden CDC pick confident there’s enough Covid vaccine to meet target amid confusion over stockpile
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One in eight recovered COVID patients die from another illness within five months: UK study
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“Lives are at stake”: Three Texas regions battered by coronavirus are out of intensive care beds
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Dr. Fauci: Reports of a spent vaccine stockpile was ‘just a misunderstanding’
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Fauci says a new COVID-19 vaccine could be ready for US approval within weeks
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How to get a free bag of marijuana with the COVID-19 vaccine
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The Covid-19 Vaccination Race
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Biden to deploy FEMA, National Guard to set up Covid vaccine clinics across the U.S. • Biden: We’ll ‘manage the hell’ out of feds’ COVID response • Governors complain over pace of COVID-19 vaccine shipments • The Wild Ways Young People Are Jumping Ahead of Granny for the Vaccine • Online sign-ups complicate vaccine rollout for older people • Biden taps former FDA chief Kessler to lead vaccine science • Despite Trump administration promise, government has no more 'reserve' 2nd vaccine doses • America's vaccine rollout is riddled with data woes • Black Americans are getting vaccinated at lower rates than white Americans • Plagued with shortages, registration issues, NYC sees bumpy vaccine rollout • Americans Have Unrealistic Expectations for a COVID-19 Vaccine
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In LA, ambulances circle for hours and ICUs are full. Is this what Covid-19 has in store for the rest of the country?
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Los Angeles becomes first county to hit 1 million Covid-19 cases
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Arizona Is America’s Covid-19 Hot Spot and on the Brink of Crisis
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CDC says U.K. coronavirus variant could become predominant strain in U.S. by March
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More ‘super-Covid’ mutant strains are coming as global surge of cases lets virus thrive, scientists warn
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Covid-free world: How 11 countries escaped the pandemic with zero coronavirus cases
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Who is ‘essential’? Food and farm workers left in limbo in vaccine priorities
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‘Little old West Virginia’ sets pace on vaccine rollout
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Fauci: 100 million doses in 100 days is “absolutely" doable
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Retailing:

Retail Spending Dips For 3rd Straight Month As Infections Surge
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Can JC Penney Perform A Magic Act As It Emerges From Bankruptcy?
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Coresight: Fewer 2020 U.S. Store Closings Than Expected
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Economy:

Dual assurances from Biden and Powell
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COVID-19 pressures U.S. retail sales; manufacturing shines • U.S. manufacturing output accelerates in December
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Seven High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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Epidemics lead world's biggest short-term risks: World Economic Forum
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Q4 GDP Forecasts
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COVID-19 pandemic could be source of global crises for years: WEF
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These 3 Visualizations are Illustrating Racial Wealth Gap in the U.S.
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U.S. Economy Is Spiraling and Needs Urgent Action, Biden Aide Warns
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Dollar Shorts Mount Before Yellen Outlines Market-Based Policy
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Andrew Yang calls for universal basic income in New York City • King's dream of guaranteed income is long past overdue
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'Spend as much as you can,' IMF head urges governments worldwide
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PPP funds given to debarred companies
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Biden unveils plan to pump $1.9 trillion into pandemic-hit economy • Pelosi and Schumer pledge quick action on Biden stimulus package • Biden's $1.9 trillion rescue package offers bridge for hard-hit economy • Goldman Lifts U.S. Forecast on Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Rescue Plan • Biden’s ‘rescue America’ plan is big. How its trillions could help both Wall Street and Main Street • Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is set to collide with Republicans - and it could force Democrats to scrap measures like a $15 minimum wage • “A colossal waste”: Some Republicans question Biden’s Covid-19 relief plan
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Biden’s test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide
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Meet the economist charged with keeping Biden's promises to women and people of color
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Yellen to Enter Firing Line on Biden Aid Plan as Recovery Fades • Yellen says U.S. must ‘act big’ on next coronavirus relief package
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The Debt Question Facing Janet Yellen: How Much Is Too Much?
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The Trump administration bailed out prominent anti-vaccine groups during a pandemic
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Covid lockdowns are spreading a year after China shocked the world
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From the Bubonic Plague to 2021, Why Lockdowns Look Set to Stay
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France wants suspension of 'poisonous' U.S.-Europe trade spat
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The states Americans headed to the most in 2020, according to U-Haul
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A $15 minimum wage wouldn't derail the economy: economist
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Rich in US minting money in pandemic like never before
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Roubini Expects Violence, Cyber Attacks During Biden’s Term
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2020 Saw Record Number Of CFO Resignations
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How offshoring rolled along under Trump, who vowed to stop it
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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:

Bankruptcy Court Upholds Foreclosure Sale That Occurred Between Bankruptcy Case Dismissal and Subsequent Reinstatement
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CBL & Associates secures litigation shield for directors during bankruptcy
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Housing Inventory Weekly Update: Starting the Year at Record Lows
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Phoenix Real Estate in December: Sales Up 27.4% YoY, Active Inventory Down 52% YoY
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Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Decreased
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How Biden’s $1.9T stimulus plan impacts housing
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Oil/Gas:

Biden pushing to cancel Keystone XL pipeline as soon as he takes office: reports • Canada's Alberta urges Trudeau to press Biden, save Keystone XL pipeline • Canada scrambles to salvage Keystone XL as Biden prepares to kill troubled pipeline project
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Oil-and-gas giant Total leaves American Petroleum Institute
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U.S. shale producers lock in future sales as oil prices rise to one-year high
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IEA cuts 2021 oil demand outlook as new Covid lockdowns weigh on fuel sales
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Oil prices rise as investors look to higher demand seen in second half
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Halliburton profit up 60% on cost cuts, demand recovery
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Improved shale activity should boost Q4'20 earnings for US oilfield services
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Sports:

NBA fines Irving $50,000 for health, safety violations
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Tri-City ValleyCats suing Major League Baseball, Houston Astros
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NBA owes Moinian $7.5M in rent for Fifth Ave store
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Wizards have two more positive tests, a fifth straight game postponed
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Politics:

Biden Begins Presidency With Positive Ratings; Trump Departs With Lowest-Ever Job Mark • Covid concerns, razor wire and no Trump: An inauguration like no other • Biden must find words for a wounded nation in inauguration like no other • Empire State Building among hundreds to light up in Biden inauguration tribute • Undeterred, Biden will push unity in a capital locked down after an insurrection • Washington's inauguration is normally a ball - now it's a 'ghost town with soldiers'
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Pastor Tells Congregants to Prepare to Shoot Intruders Ahead of Biden Inauguration
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These Trump supporters don't believe Biden will be president — and nothing is changing their minds
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Can Joe Biden make America great again?
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Make America California Again? That's Biden's plan
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Biden picks Warren allies to lead SEC, CFPB • Biden’s Wall Street Watchdogs Signal New Era of Tough Oversight
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What Biden can and can’t get from an evenly divided Senate
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Biden to elevate top White House science post to Cabinet level
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Biden plans a flurry of executive orders, new legislation for first days as president • Biden will reverse multiple Trump policies including his 'Muslim travel ban' and will rejoin Paris Climate Accord
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Some in the GOP parrot far-right talk of a coming civil war
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GOP senators wrestle with purging Trump from party
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Donor Backlash Fuels GOP Alarm About Senate Fundraising
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Republicans call for unity but won't acknowledge Biden won fairly • 3 in 4 Republicans Don't Think Joe Biden Won Election Legitimately: Poll
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Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden’s inauguration • Pentagon rejects President's request for huge military-style farewell parade • Trumps' snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude • Trump to hold early morning sendoff ceremony on Biden inauguration day • Trump leaves the White House as he came in: isolated and unpredictable
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Last Trump Job Approval 34%; Average Is Record-Low 41%
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Off the rails: Behind Trump's post-election meltdown • A premeditated lie lit the fire
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How Republicans Are Warping Reality Around the Capitol Attack
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Franklin Graham Compares 10 Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump to Betrayal of Christ • Trump says only Jesus Christ more famous than him
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Proud Boys, other fringe groups find refuge - and money - on Christian fundraising website
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Pelosi says any lawmaker who helped insurrectionists could face criminal prosecution
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McConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time • Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it ‘vote of conscience’ • Mitch McConnell Is "Outraged At What Donald Trump Did," Sen. Markey Says
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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse: QAnon is destroying the Republican Party • GOP Sen. Ben Sasse condemns Trump, QAnon, and his own party in op-ed
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Trump Spends Final Days Focused on GOP Defectors, Senate Defense
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Kudlow says he's "very disappointed" in Trump's treatment of Pence
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Barbarians at the Oval
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Deceptions in the time of the ‘alternative facts’ president
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Biden outlines plan to reverse Trump policies on first day of presidency
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Poll: Trump approval remains stable, Republicans unmoved after Capitol violence • Poll: Majority blame Trump for Jan. 6 rioting, but not most Republicans • Trump retains overwhelming support from Republicans after deadly U.S. Capitol attack • Trump set to leave office with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency • Citizen Trump: The Many Paths Ahead for the Ex-President
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Poll: We have met the enemy and it is us
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An attack on America that's divided Congress — and a nation
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Impeachment trial tests Trump's grip on Senate GOP • Graham calls on Schumer to hold vote to dismiss article of impeachment against Trump • Newly sworn-in GOP representative says he may have ended his career by voting to impeach Trump • Officials brace for second Trump impeachment trial • Booker: It would be 'constitutionally dangerous' not to conduct full Trump impeachment trial • Impeachment managers: Trial is referendum on Trump ever holding office again • Sen. Lindsey Graham calls for Senate to reject impeachment trial for “national healing”
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Poll: Most Republicans believe Trump bears no responsibility for Capitol attacks
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MyPillow CEO Visits Trump in Oval Office Carrying Notes That Appear to Propose Drastic Action: ‘Martial Law If Necessary’
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Online far-right movements fracture in wake of Capitol riot over 'gullible' QAnon believers
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Some GOP Freshmen Mock Masks, Embrace Gun Rights, Spar With Colleagues
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Comms director for gun-toting congresswoman quits
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Eric Trump’s Twitter supercharged a violent coup with doctored videos
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Why the defunct South Vietnam flag was flown at the Capitol riot
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Already shunned from polite society, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner face new cold post-insurrection reality
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Acting Defense Secretary Miller : ‘I cannot wait to leave this job’
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Trump should be denied intelligence briefings, Schiff says • Senate Intelligence Committee Member Says Trump Should Be Cut Off From Briefings
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Trumpworld plots exodus to Florida after Biden inauguration • Trump to flee Washington and seek rehabilitation in a MAGA oasis: Florida
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HHS Secretary Alex Azar complains of tarnished legacy in resignation letter to Trump • Alex Azar resigns as Health and Human Services Secretary, citing Capitol mob
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Josh Hawley’s Florida fundraiser canceled by Loews Hotels after liberal lawyer posts flyer online
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So long, Peloton: Joe Biden may need new exercise equipment when he moves to White House
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Trump’s Shambolic Empire Faces Long Odds for One More Comeback
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Debt cloud hangs over Trump post-presidency
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Acting secretary of defense orders NSA chief to install Trump loyalist as agency's general counsel
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30 Things Donald Trump Did as President You Might Have Missed •  Trump's legacy - Big policy changes that often got lost amid the din and scandal
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Another Texas Papers Calls for Cruz to Resign
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Tech:

Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump
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Judge Not Impressed By Parler’s Attempt To Force Amazon To Put It Back Online
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Twitter temporarily suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene over 'multiple' policy violations
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After White House Meeting with Trump, Mike Lindell Calls for Military Coup on Facebook
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Inside Twitter’s Decision to Cut Off Trump
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Pro-Trump Discussion Board Faces Possible Shutdown Over Violent, Racist Posts
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Extremists move to encrypted apps, complicating law enforcers' tracking • The perils of organizing underground
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What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol
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Parler’s website shows signs of life but mobile apps remain offline • Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm
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Dating apps are using Capitol images to ban rioters' accounts
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FCC warns extremists are turning to radio to plan attacks after being banned from social media
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Personal Finance:

These fun games can teach your kids about money
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Terrible financial advice is going viral on TikTok
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Religion:

US trustee: No plan; church's bankruptcy moving 'very slowly'
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Hotels:

La Jolla firm joins rush to acquire financially troubled hotels amid pandemic
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History:

On Bankruptcy’s Promethean Gap: Building Enslaving Capacity into the Antebellum Administrative State
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Education:

American Achievement Corporation Announces Involuntary Petition
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Free college could become a reality under a Biden administration
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NYC DOE cancels 105 pre-K programs, leaving parents in the lurch
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Trump's 'patriotic education' report excuses Founding Fathers for owning slaves and likens progressives to Mussolini
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Crypto:

Mt. Gox exchange users may finally get to recover some of their lost Bitcoin
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A man who says he threw away a hard drive loaded with 7,500 bitcoins in 2013 is offering his city $70 million to dig it up from the dump
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Autos:

Vehicle sales tell story of separate economic realities
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Trump's China tech war backfires on automakers as chips run short
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurants are buying less food than before the pandemic as they struggle to stay afloat
(DBN)

December restaurant sales decline, capping off a year of crisis
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Student Debt:

Biden to extend pause on federal student loan payments
(DBN)

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Skiing:

Ski Down and Mask Up — Resorts Try To Stay Safe In Pandemic Skiing Boom
(DBN)

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Accounting:

What to Look for on the Balance Sheet Especially in Troubled Times
(DBN)

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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (45 new filings today)
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (17 new filings today)
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
(DBN)

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) • (2) • (3) •(4)• (5) • (6) • (7) • (8)
(DBN)

Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Dissecting the Increase in Chapter 11 Filings
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Automatic Stay:

Supreme Court Holds Mere Retention of Bankruptcy Debtor’s Property Is Not a Violation of the Automatic Stay but More Questions Remain
(DBN)

United States Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split in Creditors’ Favor
(DBN)

United States Supreme Court Holds That Bankruptcy Automatic Stay Does Not Require Return of Property Seized Before The Bankruptcy Petition Was Filed
(DBN)

Supreme Court Decision Provides Good News for Creditors
(DBN)

US Supreme Court Allows Repossessing Secured Lender to Hold Collateral Pending Bankruptcy Stay
(DBN)

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Claim Trading:

A Primer on Selling Bankruptcy Trade Claims
(DBN)

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Dismissal:

Up the Chute, Down the Ladder: Shifting Priorities Through Structured Dismissals in Bankruptcy
(DBN)

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Avoidance Actions:

New Bankruptcy Preference Defense for Commercial Landlords and Vendors
(DBN)

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Offers Temporary Relief to Certain Landlords and Suppliers from Preferential Transfer Liability
(DBN)

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Venue:

NRA Filing Illustrates Venue Loophole for Chapter 11 Filers
(DBN)

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Safe Harbors:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Issues Decision on Whether a Debtor Can Be a “Financial Participant”
(DBN)

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Bankruptcy Reform:

New covid-19 relief legislation amends Bankruptcy Code
(DBN)

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Subchapter V:

Subchapter V Trustee Should Not Be A Debtor’s Disbursing Agent
(DBN)

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Finance:

Congress Permits SBA to Make PPP Loans to Debtors in Bankruptcy, SBA Says "No"
(DBN)

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Equity Interests:

The Bearish Bankruptcy
(DBN)

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Miscellaneous:

AIRA Journal
(DBN)

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Non-Profits:

NRA Bankruptcy • NRA files for bankruptcy, says it will reincorporate in Texas • NRA Seeks to Escape N.Y. Pressure by Filing Bankruptcy in Texas • New York's top lawyer vows to not let National Rifle Association evade oversight • Why the NRA is really filing for bankruptcy and moving to Texas • NRA seeks bankruptcy protection, plans move from New York to Texas • Major NRA donor to challenge gun group's bankruptcy over alleged fraud • NRA Files For Bankruptcy and Vows to Move Organization From the 'Toxic Political Environment of New York' • NRA Leaves New York to Reincorporate in Texas, Announces New Strategic Plan • NRA Files Bankruptcy as New York Attorney General Pursues Fraud Case Against Pro-Gun Group • Under investigation and filing for bankruptcy, National Rifle Association not beyond reach in Texas • As the NRA relocates, it also seeks bankruptcy protection
(DBN)

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Litigation:

Once You’re Engaged, The Fee Should Not Matter (To You, At Least)
(DBN)

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Aviation:

TSA weighs barring hundreds from flights, steps up security before inauguration
(DBN)

FAA chief says there’s been a ‘disturbing increase’ in passenger disruptions on flights
(DBN)

Biden will not let Trump relax Covid travel restrictions from UK, Europe and Brazil next week
(DBN)

Canada to lift Boeing 737 MAX flight ban on January 20 • Boeing Max Poised to Win European Clearance for Return Next Week
(DBN)

Airports could close altogether after Boris Johnson's decision to suspend all of Britain's quarantine-free travel corridors
(DBN)

Coronavirus vaccine passports aren’t available yet, but could be in the future • Proof of vaccination will be very valuable - and easy to abuse • UAE’s Emirates and Etihad Airways to Trial Covid-19 Travel Pass
(DBN)

Why no-frills carrier Spirit Airlines is falling behind
(DBN)

Heathrow Loses European Airport Crown in Pandemic Year
(DBN)

Man in fear of virus lived inside O’Hare for 3 months before detection, prosecutors say
(DBN)

Singapore to Require All Inbound Travelers Be Tested for Virus
(DBN)

Norwegian warns it lacks working capital; lessor wound up
(DBN)

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Nursing Homes:

'A long wait': Mississippi faces delays in vaccinating nursing home residents
(DBN)

Health officials slam Walgreens and CVS for 'fiasco' vaccine rollout to nursing homes
(DBN)

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Climate:

COVID-19 is a precursor for infectious disease outbreaks on a warming planet
(DBN)

Parched California Braces for Winter Fire Season, Blackouts
(DBN)

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Fraud:

Pharmacy owner gets 18 years in $510M fraud case
(DBN)

Trump Reportedly Commutes Sentence Of Convicted Mastermind Of $300 Million Ponzi Scheme
(DBN)

Can you guess the most corrupt state in the United States?
(DBN)

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Banking:

Wells Fargo Ex-General Counsel Fined $3.5 Million in Sales Probe
(DBN)

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Corporate Reform:

Biden nominates Rohit Chopra to head CFPB
(DBN)

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Fitness:

How Covid-19 Has Permanently Changed the Fitness Industry
(DBN)

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Agribusiness:

Massive Farm Bailout Didn't Cover Trade Loss
(DBN)

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Sovereigns:

The Argentine 2020 Restructuring Drama: An Insider's Perspective
(DBN)

China in Talks With Kenya for Debt Relief After Paris Club Deal
(DBN)

IMF Head Calls For Resources To Help Indebted Countries
(DBN)

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UK:

Trade body calls for insolvency rules overhaul
(DBN)

250,000 UK Small Firms Facing Insolvency
(DBN)

U.K. Firms Tell Sunak They Need Urgent Help to Survive Lockdown
(DBN)

UK To Require Companies To Pay Small Businesses In 30 Days
(DBN)

Boris Johnson ditches travel corridors for ALL countries from Monday over ‘vaccine-busting’ mutant Coronavirus fears • U.K. Steps Up Mass Vaccination as Travel Corridors Close
(DBN)

England isn’t listening to Johnson’s lockdown orders any more
(DBN)

England Aims for Early March Lockdown Easing Under Vaccine Plan
(DBN)

Covid Kills England’s Poorest at Triple Rate of Affluent
(DBN)

EU firms blame Brexit for delivery chaos as shoppers hit with extra fees • Cross-Channel Brexit Cargo Rejections Hark Back to Dover Crisis • Dublin Port Volumes Halve as Brexit Becomes Reality • Brexit Leaves Some Meat Shipments Rotting at European Border • Brexiteers Wake Up to Damage They've Done
(DBN)

U.K. Offers Payments to Fishermen Hit by Brexit Trade Obstacles
(DBN)

Parler attracted senior members of the UK government before it shut down, according to reports
(DBN)

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EU:

EU to Set Target for Vaccinating 70% of Its Population by Summer
(DBN)

The merits of fire sales and bailouts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
(DBN)

Eurostar could be bankrupt before summer
(DBN)

Europe Car Sales Drop Most on Record in Year Bedeviled by Virus
(DBN)

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PIIGS:

Over 50,000 Restaurants In Italy Declare "I Am Open" Defying Lockdown Measures
(DBN)

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Canada:

Slow start to 2021 won't derail Canada's recovery: Economists
(DBN)

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France:

French Bankruptcies Hit a 33-Year Low as State Aid Masks Reality
(DBN)

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Brazil:

Brazil under siege from ‘Amazon super-Covid’ as deaths double and hospitals run out of oxygen
(DBN)

Brazil Economic Activity Slows Down as Government Handouts Wane
(DBN)

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Malaysia:

Winding-Up A Company — It Now Takes More To Wind-Up A Company, In The Same Amount Of Time.
(DBN)

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India:

New Year, New Resolutions - ILC Sub-Committee Issues Report On Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution
(DBN)

India starts world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive
(DBN)

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Sweden:

Sweden Set for Contraction on Stricter Virus Restrictions
(DBN)

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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong to Extend Outbreak-Control Measures as Cases Surge
(DBN)

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Australia:

Australia Considers New Covid-19 Quarantine Strategy: Outback Isolation
(DBN)

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China:

Guangdong Courts Issues 21 Typical Bankruptcy Cases
(DBN)

Nonbank Creditors Granted New Power to Get Money Back From Indebted Firms
(DBN)

China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
(DBN)

China's economy is growing faster now than before pandemic • China's fourth quarter GDP grows 6.5% year-on-year, beats expectations • China's economy picks up speed in fourth quarter, ends 2020 in solid shape after COVID-19 shock • China’s V-shape recovery is ‘complete,’ but analysts warn of a slowdown ahead • China’s Strong Growth Masks Unbalanced Recovery as Incomes Lag • China takes victory lap over economic recovery to pre-coronavirus pandemic growth rates • Most Major Economies Are Shrinking. Not China’s.
(DBN)

Foreigners poured money into China as the world struggled with the pandemic
(DBN)

China builds new quarantine center as virus cases rise
(DBN

China Slams U.S. Covid Lab Claims as ‘Conspiracy Theories’
(DBN)

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Switzerland:

Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to strip the government of its power to impose lockdown measures
(DBN)

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Germany:

German parliament presses Merkel to extend insolvency waiver
(DBN)

German minister says COVID curbs should be eased for vaccinated people
(DBN)

Germany to hold Covid rule breakers in refugee camps under new crackdown to stop Brit mutant virus explosion
(DBN)

Germany to Extend Lockdown Until Mid-February, Mulls Curfew • Germany Targets Working Life to Regain Control of Covid Outbreak
(DBN)

As bodies pile up, Germany's eastern COVID hot spots struggle for answers
(DBN)

Germany discovers new Covid variant among 35 hospital patients
(DBN)

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MENA:

The UAE is on track to have half its population vaccinated by the end of March
(DBN)

Israel to Begin Reopening Economy in February, Minister Says
(DBN)

Coronavirus cases in Israel are finally beginning to decline from record highs after it vaccinated 27% of its population
(DBN)

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Russia:

Russia May Vaccinate 14% of Population Against Covid-19 by April
(DBN)

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Argentina:

Oaktree, BlackRock Are Among YPF Creditors Organizing
(DBN)

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