Law:

Five New Big Law Leaders Taking Charge in 2021
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Crazy Things Lawyers Saw In 2020: Salary Cuts, Layoffs, Bar Exam Births
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Prosecutor Live-Tweets Trial Against Pro Se Defendant
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Good Riddance To 2020
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Bankruptcy Trends To Watch In 2021
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Haynes and Boone Announces 2021 Class of Partners
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A Republican lawmaker's bid to overturn the presidential election by suing Mike Pence was dismissed in court • GOP Rep. Gohmert Says Violence Is Only Recourse After Election Lawsuit Dismissal • Legal Experts Destroy Louie Gohmert Lawsuit's 'Breathtaking' and 'Preposterous' Response to DOJ and VP Pence • On Mike Pence’s Behalf, DOJ Tells Court That Louie Gohmert’s Attempt to Sue VP Is ‘A Walking Legal Contradiction’
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Real Biden Elector Moves to Intervene Against Fake Trump Electors Who Sued VP Pence: This 'Electoral College Fantasy' Should Be Dismissed
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Trump pressures Georgia top election official to ‘find’ votes and overturn Biden victory in phone call • ‘Fellas, I Need 11,000 Votes’: Trump Pressures Georgia Officials To Overturn Election In Leaked Audio Clip •That's Right: What Trump Did Was Illegal in State Law and Federal • Trump asked Georgia secretary of state to 'find' 11.7k ballots, 'recalculate' election result • Trump demands Georgia elections official overturn his defeat in hourlong call • Carl Bernstein Says Trump’s Call to Raffensperger Is ‘The Ultimate Smoking Gun’ from a ‘Criminal President’ • Biden adviser: Trump recording 'irrefutable proof' of Trump's 'assault on American democracy
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Cites Scalia Quote on 'Insanity' When Asking SCOTUS to Shut Down Trump Campaign's 'Profoundly Incoherent' Petition
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Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood insists he is not insane after tweeting that Mike Pence should face execution by firing squad • Lin Wood’s Ex-Law Partners Claim He Was Taped Admitting to Assaults, Asserting He May Be ‘Christ Coming Back for Second Time’ • Official Pro-Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis Distances Herself from Unofficial Pro-Trump Attorney Lin Wood • Lin Wood Is Having Himself A Day On Twitter
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Tx. GOP Official: The Guillotine for Romney
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Girlfriend told police Nashville man was building bombs year before explosion • Nashville Bomber Subscribed to Conspiracy Theories About Sept. 11th, Lizard People, and the Moon Landing • Legal Experts: Nashville Police Failure to Get a Warrant After Receiving Tips About Bomber Was ‘Laziness or Sheer Incompetence’
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Portland mayor blames antifa, anarchists following NYE riot
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Facial recognition tech under spotlight after 3rd false arrest
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States Are Shutting Down Prisons as Guards are Crippled By Covid-19
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After pardon, Blackwater guard defiant: ‘I acted correctly’ • FBI Agent Furious at Blackwater Pardons
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The Supreme Court and the president’s pardon power
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Pamela Anderson makes 11th-hour pardon plea for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
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Appeals court clears way for only woman on federal death row to be executed
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These 'rogue' deputies were fired. So how did the Jump Out Boys win back their badges?
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NYC sheriffs bust three New Year’s Eve parties for breaking COVID rules, including one karaoke bash with 300 guests
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Oregon Mayor: Ignore the State's Covid Rules
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Austin won’t be allowed to restrict dining-in at restaurants, Texas Supreme Court says
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West Virginia Lawyer Tried to Trade Legal Services for Oral Sex with Stripper and Was Stripped of His License
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Ghislaine Maxwell hasn't been 'fully candid' on finances, judge says as she denies bail
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The Biden Administration Is Already Breaking Promises On Immigration
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Trump Order Limiting Immigration Gets Reinstated by 9th Circuit
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Former Operator of Cadaver Research Business in Seattle Did the ‘Unimaginable,’ Arizona Sheriff Says
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Agents That Abuse Your Rights Can be Sued
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How Thousands of American Laws Keep People ‘Imprisoned’ Long After They’re Released
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Texas Pastor Fatally Shot With His Own Gun By A Church Intruder
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Judges:

Short List Sent To 6th Cir. Judicial Council For Judge Position At BK WD TN
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New Elementary School To Be Named After Judicial Twitter Star
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Roberts Praises Courts as ‘First to Fight’ in Pandemic • In year-end report, Roberts praises “unsung heroes” of the pandemic
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Lawyer Lin Wood: John Roberts a Murderous Pedophile
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New York Judge Says Court Cuts Violate State Constitution
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Federal Judge Scorches Gov. Kristi Noem Over COVID Response
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Wall Street:

World stock markets kick off 2021 at record highs
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Wall Street set to wind up pandemic year with gains • Dow rises nearly 200 points, hits record high to wrap up wild 2020 • Wall Street closes out wild pandemic year with Dow, S&P at records
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Exploding Debt Levels Mean Stocks Can't Go ‘To the Moon’ Forever
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Education:

NYC Must Face Suit to Provide Wi-Fi to More Than 100,000 Homeless Kids Learning Remotely, Judge Rules
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Education Spending Per Student by State
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How D.C. and its teachers, with shifting plans and demands, failed to reopen schools
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Healthcare:

US reports single-day record of more than 3,900 deaths from COVID-19
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Jaw-Dropping New CDC Figures Suggest True U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Approaching Half a Million
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December was the deadliest, most infectious month since the start of the pandemic
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COVID-19 model predicts 150,000 more US deaths within the next month
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Why are Flu Rates So Low, But Covid Rises?
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‘The Deaths Are Real Deaths’: Fauci, Surgeon General Push Back on Trump Claims of Covid Deaths Being Exaggerated
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Once a model, California now struggles to tame COVID-19
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California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages
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Feared post-Christmas coronavirus surge appears to begin in L.A. County as cases spike
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L.A. homeless sites 'overwhelmed' by COVID-19: 'These are the toughest times'
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It's 'World War III,' says L.A. County doctor beset by intensely sick COVID-19 patients
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Stay-at-home orders ignored by New Year’s revelers in L.A. County
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As Covid crisis grows, many California businesses flout the rules
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California hospitals stressed to the 'brink of catastrophe' by the coronavirus surge
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New York State Surpasses 1 Million Cases in Holiday-Season Surge
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The Wild Lengths COVID Docs Are Taking to Get Sleep
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Donald Trump blasted Jared Kushner over increased coronavirus testing, report says • Trump boasts about his Covid response after largely ignoring crisis during deadliest month yet • Trump blames states as he faces criticism for slow Covid vaccine rollout • Trump on Testing: Do Like Mexico • Trump’s Focus as the Pandemic Raged: What Would It Mean for Him?
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U.S. vaccinations in 2020 fall far short of target of 20 million people
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Fauci Says U.S. Covid Vaccine Pace Picking Up After Slow Start
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Large Numbers Of Health Care And Frontline Workers Are Refusing Covid-19 Vaccine • LA Front Liners: 40% Won't Take Vaccine
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Why Did This Swanky High-Rise in Houston Get Vaccines Ahead of Most People?
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Fauci says mandatory COVID-19 vaccines possible for travel, school
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'It's going to get much uglier': The US is not prepared for the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations
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U.S. could ramp up slow Covid vaccine rollout by giving two half volume doses of Moderna shot, Slaoui says
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Vaccine chaos deepens: Now Dr. Fauci says spreading out MORE first doses of the vaccine by using second doses held in reserve is 'under consideration' as Surgeon General admits public and state health departments 'are chronically underfunded'
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Romney urges sweeping vaccine plan as U.S. surpasses 20 million COVID-19 cases
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Some healthcare workers refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine, even with priority access
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Why the Vaccine Roll Out is Taking So Long • The Terrifying Rollout of Covid Vaccine
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Pharmacist Accused of Sabotaging More Than 500 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
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An emergency-room doctor tested positive for coronavirus 9 days after getting vaccinated. That's not a sign the vaccine didn't work.
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Medical center says employee 'intentionally' removed 57 vials of Moderna vaccine from fridge. Local police says FDA and FBI helping investigate.
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Pfizer: "No data" to show single dose of vaccine offers protection after 21 days
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WHO clears Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
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California reports first case of new coronavirus variant • Florida becomes third state with COVID-19 variant • More cases of new Covid variant found in the U.S., threatening to worsen nation’s outbreak • CDC says new Covid strain in U.S. could further stress ‘already heavily burdened’ hospitals • Study Confirms New U.K. Coronavirus Variant Is Substantially More Transmissible • Mutated Virus is a Ticking Time Bomb
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With limited surveillance of Covid-19 variant, it’s déjà vu all over again
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US braces for Super-COVID tsunami: Fauci warns the 70% more contagious strain - which has brought UK to its knees - will now rip through America
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The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.
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Activists, Christian singer's fans clash on skid row over COVID-19 'super-spreader' concert
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LA begins issuing digital vaccine verification which could be used in the future as 'passport'
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Around the world, many are having 'the quietest' New Year's Eve in memory • Fireworks explode over empty streets as 2020 slinks away into history
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Belgian St. Nick party for elderly leads to 27 virus deaths
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Christmas gathering leads to 44 coronavirus infections among staff at Kaiser San Jose hospital • An outbreak has killed one, infected 43 at California hospital. An inflatable holiday costume is likely to blame, officials say.
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GOP attacks Democrats for allowing Moore to vote after positive COVID test
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Evangelist singer draws a crowd of 2,500 to New Year’s Eve gathering, ignoring risk of COVID-19 spread
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Trucking:

COVID, oil glut behind many small trucking companies’ bankruptcies in 2020
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Maritime:

A look back at 2020 - the year that container supply chains collapsed
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History:

2020 Was Bad, But 1918 And 1929 Were Worse
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Economy:

19.5 million Americans remain on unemployment at end of 2020
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U.S. jobless claims dip but show recovery has long way to go
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The legacy of 2020: Riches for the wealthy and White, financial pain for others
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Hedge funds bet on recovery in 2021
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Judy Shelton for Fed Is Among Trump Nominations Sent to Senate
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Nobel laureate Paul Krugman predicts a swift, sustained economic recovery once vaccines are rolled out
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Pandemic reshapes US employment, speeding changes across industries
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Pandemic's revolution in transportation and commerce rivals 19th-century railroad construction
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COVID-19 shook, rattled and rolled the global economy in 2020
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U.S. slaps tariffs on French and German wines, aircraft parts amid EU dispute
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Why the wealthiest Americans should prepare for ‘a revolt against the unprecedented inequality’
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McConnell rules out quick vote on House bill for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks • McConnell: "No realistic path to quickly pass" stimulus check increase • Lindsey Graham Criticizes McConnell Over $2,000 Stimulus Checks, Says It's 'Not Socialism' • Frustrations flare as $2,000 checks blocked for fourth straight day
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When workers can expect to receive the new $300 unemployment boost
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America hopes 2021 will be less terrible
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Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
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Fauci predicts normal life won’t return in U.S. before fall 2021
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A program sent fresh food to struggling families. Despite demand, it may end.
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World's richest men added billions to their fortunes last year as others struggled • World's richest people added $1.8T to their combined wealth in 2020
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Cybersecurity firm FireEye says massive Russia hack was waged inside U.S.
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Over 1 in 4 child-care providers nationwide still remain closed
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Biden Plans To Fix Social Security’s Short-Fall In 2034
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Some industries thrived in 2020, others weren’t so fortunate. Here’s a look
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Trump Extends Freeze on Worker Visas
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2021 Corporate Deathwatch
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FactCheck: Presidents and Deficits
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TX Harris County: Cancel All Gatherings
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20 States Raise Minimum Wage
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Yellen Made Millions for Wall Street Speeches
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Americans Have Cut Their Debt by 30% Since 2018
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:

What to Do When Commercial Leases End Up in Bankruptcy
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Manhattan Gentrifier Stumbles With Rental Apartment Bankruptcies
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Landlord of UWS Buildings Files For Bankruptcy
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Condo association accused of detaining couple in their home over COVID-19
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Municipalities:

New Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi declares "fiscal emergency"
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New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes • Struggling Puerto Rico Swears-In Pierluisi as New Governor
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Rural Downtowns Were on the Mend. Then Came Covid.
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Oil/Gas:

How Midstream Providers Must Respond to Latest Exploration and Production Bankruptcies
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Exxon signals up to $20 billion writedown to overwhelm 4th-qtr gains in oil, chemicals
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Oil Rig Tally for US Ends Year at Lowest Level Since 2005
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Oil drilling in U.S. ends fraught 2020 at pre-shale levels
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Default warning as US energy sector’s financial woes persist
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Seadrill Buys Time with New Forbearance Agreement with Most Creditors
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OPEC sees oil outlook for first half of 2021 full of downside risks
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Oil edges higher, but posts 20% annual drop in tumultuous 2020
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Big Oil is Becoming Scared of Electric Cars
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Massachusetts to Ban Gasoline Cars in 2035
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‘A Slap in the Face’: The Pandemic Disrupts Young Oil Careers
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Politics:

Sasse: "Ambitious" Republicans objecting to Electoral College "are playing with fire"
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Multiple senators oppose certifying election results • 11 Senate Republicans say they will oppose Electoral College results Wednesday • Ted Cruz to Lead Revolt Against Democracy in Senate • Cruz says people accusing him of sedition need to 'calm down' • Graham: Electoral College challenge 'a political dodge' • GOP senators threaten to object to Electoral College results if commission is not formed • NBC's Chuck Todd to GOP senator on Electoral College challenge: 'You're the arsonist here' • Tapper spars with DeWine over GOP effort to overturn election results • GOP senators face criticism in wake of challenges to Electoral College vote • GOP Wants Election Commission Like 1876
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‘We Have Sworn An Oath’: Plan To Challenge Electoral College Certification Draws Growing Republican Opposition
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McConnell Slaps Back Trump - Repeatedly
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Trump’s fight to overthrow election now falls to the guy who invented the CueCat
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The GOP Electoral College objectors who skipped interview requests
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Pence welcomes GOP effort to delay certification of Biden victory as other Republicans oppose it • Pence "welcomes" senators' plans to challenge Biden's election win • Trump’s Last Stand on Election Gives Pence a Final Loyalty Test
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GOP Congressman-elect Burgess Owens says 'there's no question' that Trump was reelected to a second term
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Gohmert Says Courts are Risking ‘Riots and Violence in the Streets’ by Failing to Hear Pro-Trump Election Cases
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Trump Posts Bizarre Year-End Victory Lap Speech, Takes Lion’s Share of Credit for Vaccine: ‘Everybody’s Calling to Thank Me’
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Trump, the GOP arsonist
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WSJ Knocks Trump's Election Challenges
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GOP Rep. Forces Republicans To Affirm Legitimacy Of Elections In Six States In Which They Plan To Challenge Biden’s Win
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Proud Boys to attend Jan. 6 DC rallies 'incognito' • D.C. becomes hotbed for violent protests
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Former Defense Secretaries Disavow Military Involvement In Settling Election Disputes
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Trump to attend D.C. protests against Congress certifying Biden victory
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GOP has become the party of the primal scream
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Trump heads back to Washington early amid showdown with Congress
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Senate overrides Trump's veto of defense bill
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Playbook: Trump’s final days by the numbers
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Trump’s Lost Cause
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Mitch McConnell's Kentucky home is vandalized with 'Weres My Money' spray painted on front door • Nancy Pelosi Home Vandalized with Pig's Head, Fake Blood • American fury invades 2021
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Biden's plan for Inauguration Eve: Lights, church bells for COVID lives lost
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Early voting ends with record 3M Georgia voters for US Senate runoffs
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Trump rally divides north Georgia community hit hard by COVID-19
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NATO is furious at Trump delaying the military handover to Biden while 'there's a significant security situation underway with Iran that could explode at any time'
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Biden team says White House budget office not cooperating with transition • Trump budget chief refuses to direct staff to help with Biden spending plans
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Newly elected Louisiana GOP Rep. Luke Letlow, 41, dies from coronavirus
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In Georgia, Biden’s presidency meets early defining moment
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Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker
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Biden to Replace Inaugural Parade With Short Walk to White House • Joe Biden to get 'presidential escort' to White House, virtual parade instead of traditional inaugural festivities
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Trump asks Georgia election officials to 'find' votes during call with Sec. of State • ‘The truth’s on tape.’ Reactions to leaked Trump call seeking to overturn Georgia vote • Trump's Phone Call: Six Key Points • Bernstein: In Any Other Era the President Would be Impeached
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Trump: Georgia Runoff is Illegal, Invalid
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Ted Cruz Pockets GA. Runoff Funds
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Trump hotel looks to cash in on Biden inauguration
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Newspapers:

Both Salt Lake Papers End Daily Print Editions
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Hedge fund seeks full control of Tribune Publishing, a major news chain
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Fraud:

December 2020 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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SEC charges New York jeweler in $200 million Ponzi scheme targeting first responders
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Agribusiness:

Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms
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Iowa farm bankruptcies continue to rise, despite aid
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Pharma:

Drugmakers to hike prices for 2021 as pandemic, political pressure put revenues at risk
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Utilities:

PG&E bills to rise amid electricity upgrades to combat wildfires
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PG&E Judge Proposes Stricter Probation After Wildfires
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Fitness:

24 Hour Fitness Successfully Completes Chapter 11 Process; Emerges with Strengthened Capital Structure
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (23 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Reform:

How Does the Consolidated Appropriation Act Intersect with Bankruptcy?
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New Stimulus Deal: Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code
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Small Business:

“Small Business Debtor” And “Subchapter V” Co-Exist As Separate Systems In Chapter 11
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Exemptions:

New law expands California’s homestead equity protection to $600,000
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Finance:

Eleventh Circuit Finds SBA Can Deny Payment Protection Program Loans to Debtors in Bankruptcy
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The Reauthorization and Revival of the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program under the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act
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COVID-19: Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofit, and Venues Act
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It’s Back: Paycheck Protection Program 2.0
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Avoidance:

Bankruptcy Preference Alert: Bankruptcy Code Temporarily Tilts in Favor of Supplier and Landlord Preference Defendants
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Amendments to the Bankruptcy Preference Statute in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
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Tax:

Fifth Circuit Addresses Definition Of ‘The Return’ To Start Limitations Period
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Aviation:

U.S. airlines’ 2020 losses expected to top $35 billion as pandemic threatens another difficult year
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Coughing, sneezing, vomiting: Visibly ill people aren't being kept off planes
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Delta Air Lines CEO expects positive cash flow by spring
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Aeromexico continues negotiations with Unions • Mexican pilots reject alternative cost plan in Aeromexico overhaul
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Canada will require negative COVID-19 test for air passengers
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EU wants swift resolution of aircraft dispute with Biden
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How airplanes are transforming to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine
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Nursing Homes:

60% of nursing home workers not electing to get vaccine
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Profit and pain: How California's largest nursing home chain amassed millions as scrutiny mounted
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Autos:

Car buying has changed forever
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Retailing:

Mall giant Simon says yes to running a swanky Charleston retail hub
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2020 Was a Watershed Year for Retail Bankruptcies
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Key Execs Transition from Old to New Penney’s
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JC Penney is Toast in 2021
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JC Penney CEO Jill Soltau Set to Leave Retailer • J.C. Penney CEO Jill Soltau exits abruptly, as new owners say they’ll seek someone focused on ‘modern retail’ • JC Penney begins new CEO search focused on 'modern retail'
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Food/Beverage:

CEC Entertainment Successfully Completes Financial Restructuring
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Restaurants Are Like ‘a Boat With 15 Holes in It’
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Washington state extends ban on indoor dining
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New York Restaurant’s Liquor License Revoked After Hosting Republican Club’s ‘COVID Conga Line’ Party
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Relief on way to restaurants and food aid providers
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Movie Theaters:

Movie theater owners’ survival depends on studios
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AMC hopes to raise $125 million in fresh funding round as it fights bankruptcy • AMC Set to Sell an Additional 50 Million in Shares to Avoid Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

Stimulus bill makes it easier for companies to help workers with student loans
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5 Student Loan Changes For 2021
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How My Wife (And I) Paid Off $50k In Student Loans This Year
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Golf:

Trump Turnberry Course Down $61M in 6 Yrs
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Mass Torts:

Nearly 40 years later, a former Boy Scout remains haunted by alleged assault
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Construction:

After burning through $2 billion, Katerra gets a $200 million SoftBank lifeline to escape bankruptcy
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UK:

Brits ‘on the brink of Tier 5 lockdown’ as Boris Johnson warns of tougher restrictions • Johnson Faces Third Lockdown as Virus Cases Surge Across U.K. • Johnson Warns That U.K. Schools May Need to Shut Due to Virus
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UK economists’ survey: recovery will be slower than in peer countries
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Post-Brexit trade deal with EU signed into U.K. law • Brexit trade deal begins, ushering in a new era for the UK-EU relationship
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UK Firms Thinking About Relocation to EU
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Macron Takes Swipe at Brexit Lies
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Boris Johnson's Dad to Take French Citizenship
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How Delusions About World War II Fed Brexit Mania
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UK Casts Off into the Brexit Unknown
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U.K. Mortgage Approvals Surge to 13-Year High During Lockdown
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EU:

In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic
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Canada:

Hotel rooms, defective masks and plexiglass: Some overlooked numbers of the pandemic
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China:

China approves state-owned Sinopharm vaccine
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The Bill is Coming Due for China's Capitalist Experiment
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Crowds throng Wuhan, where pandemic began, to celebrate New Year
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France:

French wine exporters say U.S. wine taxes a "sledgehammer" to sector
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Illegal French New Year's Eve party that drew 2,500 ends after 36 hours and a failed attempt to shut it down
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Mexico:

Fleeing Lockdown, Americans Are Flocking to Mexico City
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Germany:

The New German Restructuring Regime
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Germany to Extend Lockdown Amid Criticism Over Vaccine Rollout
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MENA:

Israel leads world in coronavirus vaccinations: Over 1M receive doses • Fast Vaccination Drive Boosts Israeli Economic Outlook This Year • Vaccination Miracle Brings Israel Back to Its Roots
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In first, Jewish population in Israel drops below 74%
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India:

Ground ready for new options to resolve stressed assets: IBBI chief
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Govt works on measures to handle business stress
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Suspension of fresh IBC proceedings, pandemic woes may hit resolution pace for stressed assets
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India approves first 2 coronavirus vaccines ahead of huge rollout
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Philippines:

US Travelers Banned from Philippines
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Australia:

Changes made to bankruptcy threshold
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Hong Kong:

Little room for rescue from edge of precipice
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South Korea:

KDB clarifies no more financing on SsangYong
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M&M says likely to conclude deal to sell stake in Ssangyong by Feb end
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Japan:

Japan Considering Virus Emergency as Cases Surge, Suga Says
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What Will Tokyo’s Second State of Emergency Mean?
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