October 4, 2021

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Law:

Top Corporate Law Firm Bumps Up Salaries For First-Year Associates
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Kirkland & Ellis partner class hits highs after lucrative year
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Supreme Court will hear case of Christian group that wanted to fly its flag at Boston City Hall

Lawyer who sued Chevron sentenced to six months in contempt case TikTok Hero and Chevron Foe Donziger Gets Six Months in Jail
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A law professor made $65,000 selling NFTs of papers he writes in his bathtub. Here’s how he set his prices and what he’s doing with the money.
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The People Who Make Fun Of Lawyers -- And Their Children
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How To Build Wealth As A Lawyer
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What Lawyers Can Learn From Preschoolers
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Donald Trump's lawyers are begging a federal judge in Florida to force Twitter to restore his account
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GOP lawmakers push to uncover 'bias' in Covid probe during contentious classified intel briefing
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Crazy Rudy is Probably Screwed
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Cops and Military Tried to Join Oath Keepers
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Democrats see political peril in replacing Minneapolis PD
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Women around the world march for abortion rights Texas Abortion Law Sparks Protests Across America Women’s March targets Supreme Court, with abortion on line
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Biden administration asks judge to halt strict Texas abortion law
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Susan Collins: Texas Abortion Law Inhumane
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Billionaire Bill Gross found guilty of contempt in a harassment case with his neighbors involving a $1 million sculpture and the 'Gilligan's Island' theme song
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Man who was often seen reading the Bible in a Texas town lured 3 people to his motel room and 'sacrificed' them, say police
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About 36 Boeing 747s Worth Of People Killed By Police Are Missing From Federal Records
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Dozens of Police Calls to Laundrie Home
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After delay, Texas to begin releasing migrants held in violation of state law under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown
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Biden on track to beat Trump's record for fewest resettled refugees
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Antonio is one of the most prolific migrant smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border. He's about to turn 18, and he has a decision to make.
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Socialite says she accidentally shot, killed police superintendent after midnight massage Socialite calls fatal shooting of police official a "terrible accident
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Alex Jones Gets The Death Penalty Sanctions
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Court To Sheriff: Sending An Officer To Tell A Teen To Delete Instagram Posts Is So Very Obviously A Rights Violation
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Man Charged with Killing His 11-Year-Old Sister, Mother, and Third Relative Told TV Reporter He Fired in 'Self-Defense'
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Man Charged with Tossing Nails Behind Patrol Car Tires at Police Station — Then Fleeing in BMW
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'Pandora Papers': Massive leak exposes offshore dealings of 35 world leaders Key findings from the Pandora Papers investigation Largest Leak of Uber-Rich's Financial Secrets Tony Blair Hid Property Purchases to Cheat UK Out of £300,000 in Texas Pandora Papers: ‘Bankrupt’ Anil Ambani hid $1.3 billion in offshore accounts 1,000 people and firms in Japan linked to tax havens in leaked documents
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Judges:

Sotomayor allows NYC schools' vaccine mandate to stay in place
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The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch
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The one case that could define the Supreme Court’s term – and legacy
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Alito hits out at ‘intimidation’ in defence of supreme court’s Texas abortion ruling Alito defends ‘shadow docket,’ says SCOTUS is wrongly portrayed as ‘dangerous cabal’
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Politicians and Fed officials aren't the only ones trading in stocks with conflicts of interest - judges do it too, and a new report shows 131 of them did so illegally
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Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID, Supreme Court says Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19 but has no symptoms
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Why This Constitutional Law Scholar Doesn't Think We Should Expand The Supreme Court
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Wall Street:

 

Wall Street’s wild party in jeopardy as Fed threatens aid cutoff
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Dow climbs 480 points, Nasdaq snaps five-day losing streak as stocks rebound to start October
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Layoffs:

Wells Fargo's Mike Mayo expects automation to kill off 100,000 banking jobs: 'It's really a swap to bots from bankers'
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Robots Take Over Italy’s Vineyards as Wineries Struggle With Covid-19 Worker Shortages
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Autos:

September Vehicles Sales Decreased to 12.2 Million SAAR
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Reagor Dykes trustee accused Ford of cover-up, seeks public release of documents
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Rivian Discloses $1 Billion in Losses for IPO
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Tesla Sales Hit Another Record in Q3
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Toyota Outsells GM in US for 2021
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Fraud:

Elizabeth Holmes knew machines weren’t working, says ex-Theranos lab director
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Ozy Media is shutting down, amid fraud allegations Ozy insiders describe burnout and doubts about metrics at the scandal-ridden media company
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SEC Charges Dallas Radio Host with Fraud
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Wells Fargo must face shareholder fraud claims over its recovery from scandals
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Education:

Facing Covid vaccine mandates, some students withdraw from college
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California First to Require Vaccinations for All Students, Staff
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Crypto:

Powell said the Fed has no plans to ban crypto. Here is what experts say may lie ahead for crypto regulation as authorities tighten their grip.
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Washington takes aim at the booming crypto industry
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Celebs:

Tom Girardi’s Bankruptcy Trustee Set to Collect $40 Million for Victims and Creditors as RHOBH Attorney Receives 24/7 Care at “Skilled Nursing Facility”
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Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills’ Crystal Kung Minkoff Promises ‘Explosive’ Confessions From Erika Jayne During Reunion
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Politics:

How Partisan Politics Threatened Even Must-Pass Legislation in Congress
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Senate Democrats dial down the Manchin tension Arizona Democrats' frustration with Sinema comes to a head Sinema’s savvy bolsters her political standing back home
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Christie: 2020 Joe Biden 'is now officially dead and buried'
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Poll: Most Trump Voters Want to Secede
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Dreading, but Preparing, for Coming Civil War
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Republicans gear up to inflict maximum pain on Democrats as the debt default deadline inches closer
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"SNL" spoofs Dems' divisions as James Austin Johnson debuts as Biden
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Senate passes short-term highway funding extension
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Steve Bannon predicts 'sweeping victory' for MAGA movement in next elections, tells NBC GOP 'shock troops' need to be prepared to take over Steve Bannon Calls For 'Shock Troops' To 'Deconstruct' State As GOP Takes Oval Office
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Gov. Kristi Noem in Damage Control Mode
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‘His Soul Is Just So Damaged’: Broadway Legend Betty Buckley Reacts to News That Trump Aide Would Play ‘Memory’ From Cats to Calm Him Down
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Lewandowski Finally Went Too Far
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Man arrested in Molotov cocktail attack on Austin Dems’ HQ
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Once a hero, Oregon congressional candidate funds questioned
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‘Wrong’: Bernie Sanders Rejects Kyrsten Sinema’s Criticism of Infrastructure Bill Delay Sanders sees battle for America’s soul playing out in Congress
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Democratic Voters See Many Losers in Party Schism, and One Winner: Trump
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“God’s Will Is Being Thwarted.” Even in Solid Republican Counties, Hard-Liners Seek More Partisan Control of Elections.
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Who Paid Michael Flynn $200,000?
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Stevie Van Zandt: 'You're going to see violence in my country that you haven't seen since the Civil War'
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Economy:

Key Inflation Marker Hit Another 30 Yr High
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Leadership questions loom over Federal Reserve amid slowing recovery
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Personal Income increased 0.2% in August, Spending increased 0.8%
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Q3 GDP Forecasts: More Downgrades
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ISM® Manufacturing index increased to 61.1% in September
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Biden floats roughly $2 trillion price tag for reconciliation Biden: Dems Plan Will Have to Shrink to Pass "Everybody is frustrated," Biden says amid Democratic in-fighting over his agenda Democrats offer array of options for passing stalled infrastructure, reconciliation bills White House seeks to flip debate on agenda price tag Sanders says there may be 'give and take' on reconciliation price tag Battling over Biden's agenda: A tale of two Democratic parties
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Infrastructure Bill Stalls
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How a small government agency will enforce the vaccine mandate for 80 million workers Biden presses companies to get ahead of vaccine mandate
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OPM says vaccine mandate for federal workers can be enforced next month
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Paid family leave could become law. Families share what it would mean for them
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Will the Federal Reserve Support Inclusive Prosperity?
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How Biden’s economic plan compares to the Great Society and New Deal
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Turmoil at Bezos’ Blue Origin: Talent exodus after CEO push for return to office
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Biden trade official is expected to say China isn’t complying with phase 1 deal
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The coin that could avert a federal debt default
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The debt ceiling is an absurd problem. Only an absurd solution can save us.
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Runaway inflation isn't a concern and mega-cap tech can power stocks higher despite rising interest rates, Fundstrat's Tom Lee says
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The psychologist who coined the phrase 'Great Resignation' reveals how he saw it coming and where he sees it going. 'Who we are as an employee and as a worker is very central to who we are.'
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Supply Chain Crisis Could Damage World Economy
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PWC Goes Full Remote Work for 40,000
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COVID vaccine mandates are working — for now
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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:

As Forbearance Ends
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Construction Spending unchanged in August
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Municipalities:

States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money Many cities and states have spent no American Rescue Plan funds: report
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Puerto Ricans fume as outages threaten health, work, school
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How the U.S. Dictates What Puerto Rico Eats
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Oil/Gas:

Why Natural Gas Prices are Soaring
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Ranger Energy Acquires Bankrupt Basic Energy Assets
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Electric vans roll off line that once made gas-guzzling Hummers
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Non-Profits:

Attorney General James' Statement on Wayne LaPierre’s Re-Election to NRA Board
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurant owners nationwide push to make street-side dining permanent
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Restaurants' Fragile Recovery Is Fizzling in the U.S.
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Student Debt:

Meet a 64-year-old dad delaying retirement due to $265,000 in student debt for his 2 kids: ‘I was going to do whatever was necessary to get my kids through and get them started in their careers’
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3 student-loan company shutdowns are leaving millions of borrowers hanging, but the Education Dept. still 'expects' to restart payments on February 1
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Relief on the way for defrauded students at MN School of Business, Globe U
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Utilities

Brazos Electric seeks bankruptcy court ruling on winter storm energy prices
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Pharma:

Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
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McKinsey Never Told the FDA It Was Working for Opioid Makers While Also Working for the Agency
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Taxis:

‘They stole from us’: the New York taxi drivers mired in debt over medallions
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NYC and taxi drivers have very different ideas for how to tackle medallion debt
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Travel:

Corporate Travel Giant CWT to File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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Agribusiness:

SC cotton gin chapter awash in undocumented loans, unanswered questions
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Tax:

South Dakota Now a Leading Tax Haven
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Healthcare:

Unanswered questions about COVID's origins
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Vaccine Mandates Hit Amid Historic Health-Care Staff Shortage
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October 1st COVID-19: Progress
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With bankruptcy in the rearview, Springfield Hospital leaders plot a future
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Virus surge hits New England despite high vaccination rates
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COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in US as delta variant rages
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Alaska allows hospitals to ration care amid COVID spike
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Overwhelmed by Covid-19 Patients, Alaska’s Doctors Make Life-and-Death Decisions
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700,000 people have died from COVID in the U.S., where cases are just beginning to fall
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Mormon president thanks members who adhere to COVID guidelines
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Why people who don’t trust vaccines are embracing unproven drugs
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Fox’s Lara Logan Claims Covid Vaccine is ‘Not Really a Vaccine’
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Merck says its new Covid pill reduces the risk of hospitalization, death by half for some patients
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Activists and healthcare professionals are trying to stomp out anti-vaxx info online - but social media algorithms are working against them
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Doctors Are Attacking COVID Vaccines And Promoting Bogus Cures — And Getting Away With It
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‘This whole thing has become politicized’: inside Missouri’s Covid culture wars
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COVID is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of urbanites
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As coronavirus cases mount and vaccine mandates spread, holdouts plague police and fire departments
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Fauci says Americans should get vaccinated even if Merck’s Covid pill cuts deaths.
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COVID-19 long-haulers plead for government action
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Fauci says it's too soon to say whether Christmas gatherings will be safe
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Cleveland Clinic: Don't Take Ivermectin for Covid
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Alabama to Use Covid Funds for New Prisons
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (20 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (__ 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 Statistics:

Bankruptcy Filings Take Dip
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Venue:

Purdue portends a change of bankruptcy venue laws
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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead in Bankruptcy: Oct. 4, 2021
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Litigation:

Chest-Thumping Is A Necessary Evil In Litigation
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Insurance:

Florida Policies in Limbo Over Proposed Insolvency Surcharge
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Aviation:

American, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue add staff vaccine mandates
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Alaska Airlines to require injections for all employees
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This airline has the best economy class in the world, say 13 million travelers
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Private jet rage grows as a record number of fliers strain the system, causing plane shortages
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White House pushes US airlines to mandate vaccines for staff by December 8
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Aeromexico Reveals Its Plans Coming Out Of Bankruptcy Aeromexico files restructuring plan with US bankruptcy court
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Revival mode: Jet Airways in talks with Chennai airport
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‘It’s hard to be earthbound’: Airlines prepare for a bumpy take-off
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Tech:

Facebook denies whistleblower's claims it contributed to Capitol riot Whistleblower says Facebook enabled misinformation by eliminating safeguards too soon after the 2020 election, helping to fuel the Capitol riot, report says
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Whistleblower:: Facebook Encourages Hate Speech for Profit
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Banking:

Bank of America's online banking system went down Friday, locking thousands of customers out of their accounts
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Cruise Lines:

I went on Norwegian Cruise Line's first sailing for vaccinated travelers — here's why I felt safe
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Religion:

Lawyer ads seeking Catholic Church abuse victims surge, report finds
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Up to 3,200 pedophiles worked in French Catholic Church since 1950, independent commission says
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Climate:

The case for a more radical climate movement
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The jet stream has started an unprecedented shift north, which could wreak havoc on weather in the US and Europe
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South Pole posts most severe cold season on record, an anomaly in a warming world
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7 States May Lose Hydro-Power Generation
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Big Oil is going all-out to fight climate rules in Build Back Better
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The Colorado River Is in Crisis. The Walton Family Is Pushing a Solution.
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Mail:

US Post Office: Higher Prices for Worse Service
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Sports:

Kyrie Irving becomes NBA's anti-vaccine face
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UK:

Nero CVA challenge – part two: the rejection of the challenge
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Regulations adopted to tighten control over pre-packs
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Businesses 'at risk of insolvency or takeover' as trade bodies plead for rent support
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The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
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Significant developments in the UK's insolvency regime: a creditor's perspective
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UK extends truck driver visa program as fuel crisis persists Boris Johnson: No going back to ‘uncontrolled migration’ to tackle shortages Soldiers Delivering Gas to Stations
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U.K. police accused of misogyny problem after Sarah Everard murder
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Brexit didn’t create the UK’s fuel crisis. But it did make it worse.
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UK gas shortages ease, but situation worsens around London
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7 Photos Show Chaos At Gas Stations In The UK, Where A Fuel Shortage Has Led To Mile-Long Queues, People Bottling Petrol, And One Man Riding A Horse Past The Pumps
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Theresa May: Brexit Undermining the Union
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Canada:

Quebec to move ahead with plan to redistribute $39 million to Lac-Megantic victims
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MENA:

Afghanistan on Verge of Economic Collapse
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Saudi court issues final order on AHAB ending 12-year debt dispute
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Inside the CIA's Secret Kabul Base
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Israel tightens COVID ‘green pass’ rules, sparking protest
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Australia:

Living with Covid: Australia to End Travel Ban
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New Zealand:

New Zealand: We Can't End the Pandemic
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India:

Next phase of IBC implementation should be personal insolvency: Sahoo
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Committee of Creditors to come within IBBI’s regulatory fold
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Most IBC complaints pertain to NCLT, NCLAT functioning
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Performance of IBC not skewed: CEA
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IBC is a seminal reform; instrumental in changing feudal mindset: CEA
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Govt mulls next set of changes to insolvency and bankruptcy code
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What ‘bankrupt’ Anil Ambani didn’t tell: his $1.3-billion web of offshore firms
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Brazil:

Brazil court okays Rodovias do Tietê's bankruptcy protection plan
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Sweden

Evergrande woes spread to Sweden
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Macau:

The 13 Macau Hotel Insolvent, Liquidation of Doomed Casino Resort Initiated
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China:

China is in the midst of a power crunch and the Evergrande crisis. But not everyone is panicking — yet
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Vietnam:

Over 90,000 businesses ‘die’ and there may be more
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