Law:
Biglaw Firms Are Hiring Remote Associates In This Post-Pandemic World
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Revenue Is Going Bonkers At These Biglaw Firms
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Greenberg Traurig Adds Bankruptcy Partner In Salt Lake City
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The Scourge Of Constant Monitoring Is (Partially) Gone At Latham
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My Last Words On Kennedy and Volokh’s Use Of Racial Slurs In The Law School Classroom
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Why This, Why Now? Lessons For In-House Counsel
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How Lawyers Can Stop Being Risk Averse In Their Careers
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Thompson & Knight finance leader jumps to Baker Botts ahead of merger
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Linklaters elects first female senior partner in its history
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Reed Smith expects all US offices to be fully reopened in September
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Ropes & Gray set to ditch 5-day in-office week for UK associates
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UK: Revealed: Law firms’ average work from home start and finish times 2020-21
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Defunct Kenyon & Kenyon loses $9 million battle with former IP client
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U.S. News Law School Rankings . . . By Elevation??
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Lawyer who told judge he had no knowledge of suit filed under his name gets no prison time for lie
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California Bar ‘Sandbox’ May Rattle Legal Competition for Firms
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Lin Wood Fails To Boot Judge In His Suit Against The Georgia Bar
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House, Justice Department report deal on McGahn testimony
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A Tiger Is Still Missing After Being Seen with Murder Defendant in Confrontation with Off-Duty Deputy in Texas • Man arrested after tiger shown in a yard of his Houston home
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In Exclusive Jailhouse Letter, Capitol Riot Defendant Explains Motives, Remains Boastful • Two of Officer Brian Sicknick’s Accused Assailants Must Stay in Jail Pending Trial in Spray Case • Rioters Accused of Attacking Cop With Spray Will Remain In Jail • Feds Catch Capitol Siege Suspect After College Classmate Sees Him in a New York Post Tweet • Capitol Police turned attention from ’200’ Proud Boys gathered on Jan. 6, lawmaker says
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Pentagon chief during Jan. 6 riot defends military response
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'They Just Launched a War’
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Police officer convicted of murder still gets paid
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Federal Court: Saying the N-Word to Two Black People Does Not Qualify as 'Fighting Words' • Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur
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More On The Use Of The 'N-Word' In Law School
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Prosecutor to seek death penalty, hate crime charges in Atlanta-area spa shootings
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Indicted Parkland school superintendent gets $740K severance
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Feds Seeking Cooperation of Matt Gaetz’s Former Girlfriend in Sex Trafficking Probe
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Ransomware gang threatens release of DC police records • Hackers release personal info of 22 D.C. police officers
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Key facts about Americans and guns
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Judges:
Adding justices would improve Supreme Court's work
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Chemerinsky op-ed calls on Justice Breyer to retire now
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Bye-Bye, Breyer, It's Time To Retire
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Judge accused of assaulting cursing defendant wishes recording of incident had audio
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Kozinski Porn, Harassment Suit Should Be Revived, Attorney Says
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Some Poor Guy Logged into a Court’s Zoom Call with A--- Sex-Themed Screenname
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'You All Are Useless Government Bureaucrats': Prosecutors Are Whispering About This Judge
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Wall Street:
Dow futures slip more than 50 points, after its worst day since February
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Dow tumbles as surging prices rattle the market • Inflation woes hobble U.S. stocks, dollar cling to lows • Nasdaq ends wild day flat after Big Tech reversal, Dow drops 470 points for worst day since February
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Layoffs:
Aramark lays off 139 employees after losing SCS contract
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Pharma:
With $2,300 Phone Calls, Purdue Runs Up Huge Bankruptcy Tab
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US states oppose ‘unjust’ plan to shield Sackler wealth in opioid settlement
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Pelosi drug price plan threatened by centrist defections
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Maritime:
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Live Performances:
Cue the lights: Broadway is back Sept. 14 with 'Hamilton,' 'The Lion King' and more
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Religions:
10 key findings about Jewish Americans • New poll: Young U.S. Jews becoming more Orthodox as American Judaism splits between devout and secular
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Vatican warns U.S. Catholic leaders over proposal to deny Biden Communion
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Gambling:
Gambling Away in Margaritaville: Roaring ’20s Lift Local Casinos
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Finance:
A Financial Firm’s Collapse Reverberates as Its Founder Answers Questions
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I'm truly sorry, says Australian banker Greensill over firm collapse
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Food/Beverage:
SBA: 16,000 Restaurant Revitalization Fund Awards in First Week of Program
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Healthcare:
In poor countries, no richer but living longer?
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Average daily U.S. Covid cases fall below 40,000 for the first time since September
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America's mask makers face post-pandemic meltdown
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CDC director grilled over mask guidance in heated Capitol Hill hearing
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White House, state officials scramble to get docs’ help with lagging vaccination effort
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Fauci predicts 'dramatic difference' in pandemic outlook if more are vaccinated
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Doctors Watch Warily as Severe Covid Infections Target Kids
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Study: Over 99% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients were not vaccinated
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Britain open to talks over vaccine waivers with U.S, others at WTO
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'I Have No More Tears': A Latin American Pandemic Tragedy
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Medicare requires nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations
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Biden reaches agreements with Uber and Lyft to give free rides to vaccine sites
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New Outbreaks Prompt Return to Restrictions in Taiwan, Singapore
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Major Overhaul of WHO Needed After Failures, Says Covid Panel
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Economy:
BLS: Job Openings Increased to Record 8.1 Million in March • Job openings leaped above 8 million in March, a new record high • US job openings soar to highest level on record
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Senate Democrats skeptical of extending $300 unemployment benefit
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Lockdown mentality still holding the economy back, banking official says
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All eyes are on this inflation number, which could have the biggest gain in nearly a decade
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Goldman’s Hatzius Says U.S. Inflation Rise Will Be Temporary
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Krugman: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Boom?
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As the U.S. economy restarts from the pandemic, parts of it are severely broken
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Employees grapple with re-entry anxiety as jobs call them back
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Stanley Druckenmiller says the Fed is endangering the dollar’s global reserve status
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Shortage bottlenecks are showing up in the lack of hiring, JPMorgan says
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Factbox: Global Big Banks Plot Back-To-Office Plans as Vaccines Roll Out
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JPMorgan to bring all staff back to office in England - memo • JPMorgan Bankers Fly by the Dozens as Wall Street Norms Resume
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COVID-19 Unemployment Rates and Assistance Benefits by State
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Iowa governor to end federal pandemic unemployment aid
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Tennessee governor orders end to federal COVID unemployment benefits
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Worst-paying blue chip employers bolstered CEO pay in pandemic, report says
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Small Business Optimism Increased in April
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Krugman: Republicans Are Still Waging War on Workers
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Biden's sweeping - and fluid - tax plans are making some congressional Democrats nervous
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Gallup: U.S. Support for Vaccination Proof Varies by Activity
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Orange County could leap into yellow tier, with widest reopenings, as soon as next week
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The White House will allow undocumented college students access to emergency pandemic aid.
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Americans Up and Moved During the Pandemic. Here’s Where They Went.
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Ransomware Attacks Expanding Across America
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GOP weighs going bigger on infrastructure
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OECD Calls For Increased Inheritance, Estate And Gift Taxes To Curb Inequality And Raise Revenue
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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:
U.S. home prices surge the most on record in buying frenzy
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We’ve got rising home prices but no housing crash in sight
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Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate Increased in April
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Mortgages for second homes skyrocket 178%
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Americans Expect Home Prices to Rise; Divided on Buying Now
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Why Lumber Remains King in American Homes Despite a 300% Surge
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NYC Mayoral Candidates Whiff on Brooklyn Housing Price Question
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Housing Supply: A Growing Deficit
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico Fiscal Board Submits $10.1 Billion General Fund Budget to Legislature
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Oil/Gas:
Chesapeake Energy posts profit after bankruptcy exit, declares dividend
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Fuel shortages reported in Southeast, gas prices climb amid pipeline shutdown • RaceTrac Warns Fuel Is Running Short After Colonial Pipe Hack • Gas Stations Run Dry as Pipeline Hacking Will Take Days to Fix • Spot gasoline shortages could get worse if Colonial pipeline not back soon • Like the toilet paper shortage, panic buying gas worsens impact of Colonial Pipeline hack • Florida governor declares state of emergency over gasoline supply • Several states declare emergency over Colonial Pipeline shutdown
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Gas Flowing 5 MPH Will Take Two Weeks to Reach New York Once Pipeline Is Reopened
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Biden Waives Some Gasoline Mandates to Address Fuel Shortage
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‘A huge moment’: U.S. gives go-ahead for its first major offshore wind farm
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Education:
They moved for in-person school during the pandemic. Now they must decide: Stay or go?
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Texas Covid Cases Rose on School Reopenings
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Schools fight to keep students, fear of dropouts
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Part of university president's commencement speech copied from Navy admiral's
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Retailing:
Paper Source to be acquired in Ch. 11 by owner of Barnes & Noble • Elliott buys US chain Paper Source with Daunt to oversee company
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Rejecting offers, L Brands to spin off Victoria's Secret
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Mall owner Simon’s CEO sees shopper ‘euphoria’ as people return to stores
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Fraud:
A California man got $5 million in coronavirus aid for 'sham businesses,' feds say
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Ex-UAW president sentenced to 21 months in prison in union corruption scheme
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‘Parental Insanity’ Drove McGlashan to College Scam, Son Says
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Court Won't Dismiss Timber Ponzi Scheme Receiver's Suit Against Law Firm
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Crypto:
John McAfee close to bankruptcy as he fights crypto fraud charges
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History:
Timeline: Key Events in U.S. History that Defined Generations
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Anti-Vaxxers are Nothing New
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Politics:
Schumer, McConnell Face Off Over Elections Overhaul Bill • Rare Schumer, McConnell showdown previews floor fight on Dems’ election bill
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Over 100 in GOP May Create a New Party
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Pence Advisor: GOP is Destroying Democracy
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Grievance, rebellion and burnt bridges: Tracing Josh Hawley's path to the insurrection • Romney Screamed at Hawley, You Caused This
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QAnon resembles the games I design. But for believers, there is no winning.
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'Disturbing and reckless': Retired brass spread election lie in attack on Biden, Democrats
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Liz Cheney won’t be speaker but she could be president • Cheney prepares for martyrdom • A defiant Cheney tears into Trump, GOP: 'We must speak the truth' • Liz Cheney vows behind the scenes that she won’t stop fighting Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ • Liz Cheney Down, but Not Out in Wyoming • ‘Let’s move on‘: Congress’ other pro-impeachment Republicans stay quiet • Swing-voter focus group: Ousting Cheney is a mistake
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A GOP Civil War? Don’t Bet On It.
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Trump's blog isn't lighting up the internet
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Arizona 'auditors' demand access to routers and passwords. County sheriff tells them to get bent
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Arizona Makes It Easier to Purge Voters
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Already Harder to Vote in 11 States
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Texit Supporters Want Vote to Leaving the Union
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Jenner says she didn't vote in 2020. But records show she did.
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Trump family members got ‘inappropriately close’ to Secret Service agents, book claims
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Recent Ch. 11 Filings (9 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)
Distressed M&A Investing: Exercising Acquisition Opportunities In and Out of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Statistics:
Largest & Notable U.S. Bankruptcies in April 2021
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Cross-Border:
Does Section 546(e) Bar Foreign Law Avoidance Actions in Chapter 15?
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Ch. 13:
An Elusive Finality: The Illusive Standard for the Modification of Confirmed Chapter 13 Plans
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A Troublesome Prospect: Section 1322(b)(2) and a New Generation of Mixed-Use Developments
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Setoff:
Third Circuit Confirms Triangular Setoffs Unenforceable in Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Research:
Reorganization without Bankruptcy: Untying the Gordian Knot That Destroys Firm Value
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CFIUS:
Bankruptcy Can Trigger CFIUS Review
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Mediation:
Judge Rosen: On Mediation In City Of Detroit Bankruptcy (Part II, The Concept & The Human Element)
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Hedge Fund Manager Who Said ‘I’m Going To Jail’ Is In Fact Going To Jail
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Non-Profits:
Judge Dismisses the NRA's Bankruptcy Petition, Calls Wayne LaPierre's Conduct 'Nothing Less Than Shocking' • NRA Bankruptcy Petition Dismissed • NRA’s Bankruptcy Filing Tossed, Putting Gun Group in Peril • In Rebuke to N.R.A., Federal Judge Dismisses Bankruptcy Case • Judge dismisses NRA's bankruptcy petition, allowing New York AG lawsuit to move forward • Judge denies NRA attempt to declare bankruptcy in win for New York state attorney general • Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case in blow to gun group • Texas judge blocks NRA from declaring bankruptcy • U.S. judge tosses NRA bankruptcy bid, letting New York seek dissolution • Judge Rejects NRA Bankruptcy Bid; Twitter Users Offer ‘Thoughts And Prayers’
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‘Staggering’ Legal Fees in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case
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Aviation:
Airlines see sustained cargo boost supporting recovery
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Wealthy millennials are set to drive the post-pandemic travel boom, survey finds
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Major airline CEOs call for summit to speed UK-U.S. travel
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Boeing 737 MAX deliveries shrink to four planes in April due to electrical issue
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Virgin Galactic plummets 21% after 1st-quarter earnings reveal uncertain flight schedule
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British Airways Owner IAG Boosts Liquidity With 825 Million Euro Convertible Bond
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Taiwan's China Airlines says pilot quarantines to hit freight operations
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Thai Airways debt restructuring vote pushed back to next week
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PAL cites 'restructuring' amid bankruptcy protection reports
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Banking:
Caribbean Banks Ask To Leave Ch. 11 Behind
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Autos:
Japan Prosecutors Say Ghosn Said Nissan Pay Plan Was Not Set
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Climate:
Global temperatures are cooler in 2021 than other recent years
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‘Transition Washing’ Is the Newest Sustainability Dodge
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Sovereigns:
Creditors can’t give Zambia debt relief because of financial mismanagement – Musokotwane
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Small island states need more financial support
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UK:
No “New Look” in the latest landlord challenge to a tenant CVA
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Former UK PM Cameron had extensive contact with senior ministers over Greensill • David Cameron Told Sunak Excluding Greensill Would Be ‘Nuts’ • Lex Greensill on ex-UK PM Cameron: I wouldn't say we were friends • Top U.K. Regulator Says It’s Investigating Greensill Capital
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Boris Johnson Outlines Vision for British Revival After Pandemic
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UK PM Johnson promises 'jobs, jobs, jobs' with post-pandemic plans
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Spain to let Britons enter without PCR test, as vaccine passport ‘ready by Monday’
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U.K.’s Johnson Signals Pandemic Inquiry to Start Within a Year
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UK economy contracted by 1.5% in the first quarter amid lockdowns
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EU:
Factbox: the EU's Proposed COVID-19 Travel Certificate • COVID certificate will be a signal for travel in EU, Germany says
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EU Recovery Fund at Risk of Delay as Officials Clash in Romania
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EU upgrades economic forecasts as vaccination campaign gathers pace
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Central Europe's deadly pandemic blunders
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Belgium:
Eat Out, Work Out, See a Film: Belgium to Ease Lockdown
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MENA:
Hamas and Israel trade blows as Jerusalem unrest ignites Gaza • Palestinians Fear Loss of Family Homes • U.S. shares 'serious concerns' with Israel over planned East Jerusalem evictions • Israel, Hamas escalate heavy fighting with no end in sight • Israel Vows Harsher Attacks on Gaza as Sides Draw Nearer to War • In photos: Dozens dead as Israel and Hamas intensify aerial bombardments • 31 Dead at Netanyahu Vows More Attacks • After Jerusalem erupts, deadly strikes and clashes spread across Israel and the Palestinian territories • Israel to ramp up deadly assault on Gaza as rockets rain down • 31 killed in airstrikes, rocket attacks as unrest spreads beyond Jerusalem • More than 700 rockets fired at Israel since Monday • Biden plans to send envoy as Israel and Hamas escalate toward war
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Despair and Brawls at Lebanon’s Gas Pumps as Its Crisis Deepens
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India:
India's Brutal COVID Wave Brings Tragic Scenes to Small Town Hospital
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India reports record COVID fatalities as death toll surges past 250,000
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Bodies float down Ganges as nearly 4,000 more die of COVID-19 in India
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Germany:
Germany to open up as COVID-19 cases drop
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France:
Drained by COVID fight, some French ICU nurses strike for better pay
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Australia:
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