Law:

What makes associates happy? Partners and billable-hour expectations are key
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Dewey Think This Former Biglaw Leader Is Sorry His Firm Crashed And Burned In A Historic Collapse?
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Eric L. Pruitt Named Chair of Baker Donelson's Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group
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A Tribute to Jerome L. "Jerry" Kaplan
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A Look At The Legal Profession's Continued Diversity Efforts
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10 Reasons Why I Love Being In-House
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Should the Bar Exam Be Reconsidered? Lawyers Weigh In
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Productivity Data: Here's How Lawyers Get Work Done
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If You're Just Finding Out Amy Wax Invited A White Supremacist To Her Class, There's So, So Much More!
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PGA Tour, LIV Golf Battle Lures Big Law Titans on Both Sides
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The LSAT's Potentially Numbered Days
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Dechert agrees to pay former client £20m
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Ex-Jones Day partner facing jail for 'burn it' order
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Partner enrages neighbour with new mansion
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Firm told by landlord to address 'toilet abuse'
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Sandy Hook attorney: Jan. 6 panel asks for Alex Jones' texts • Lawyer Says He Intends to Give Alex Jones's Texts to House Jan. 6 Panel • Alex Jones' cellphone records include 'intimate messages with Roger Stone,' Sandy Hook attorney says • Jan. 6 Rioter Who Wore 'Tactical Citizen' Hat While Inside U.S. Capitol Successfully Evades Jail Time • Pro-Trump Influencer Convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack Sparks Judge's Ire After Public Response to Accidental Release of Documents Revealing His Cooperation with Feds
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Trump is brushing off concerns about the DOJ's Capitol attack investigation while his lawyers warn that indictments may be coming
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Feds Move to Seize R. Kelly's 'Substantial' Inmate Trust Account Because Convicted Sexual Predator Failed to Pay Fines
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Report: DHS inspector general previously accused of misleading investigators • Missing Jan. 6 texts add to scrutiny surrounding DHS watchdog
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Justice Department Sues Peter Navarro, Seeks Trump-Era Emails from Personal ProtonMail Account
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Georgia DA defends subpoena for Graham over moves 'interconnected' with Trump
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Rudy Giuliani's Third Ex-Wife Demands He Pay $262,000 or Go to Jail
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Georgia Man Facing Life Sentence for Racially Motivated Killing of Ahmaud Arbery Begs Federal Judge for Leniency
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Smoker can sue tobacco company for consumer fraud, even though she didn't use its products, state supreme court says
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New UCLA School of Law project studies movement to undermine critical race theory teaching
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Lawyer disbarred with espionage conviction shouldn't regain law license, ethics panel says
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Discriminate At Your Own Risk: Colorado's Employment Discrimination Laws Are Getting Quite The Rehaul
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Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. sit for depositions as part of NY probe into Trump Organization's finances
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After Supreme Court ruling, it's open season on US gun laws
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Four current, former Louisville police officers federally charged in Breonna Taylor's death • Cops Connected to Raid that Killed Breonna Taylor Falsified Paperwork, Conspired to Lie, and Violated Civil Rights Laws: DOJ • What to Know About Breonna Taylor's Death
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Parkland jury making rare visit to bloodied school building • Parkland jurors hear 3rd day of heartbreaking testimony
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Gabby Petito's mom says daughter's killer 'wanted to look like the good guy'
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In the midterm elections, abortion rights are top issue for young voters
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DeSantis suspends state attorney for refusing to enforce laws on abortion, transgender surgery • Suspended Prosecutor Hits Back at DeSantis • Senate Dems push Biden to ease access to abortion pills • Senators introduce bill to help people with disabilities access reproductive health care • Director: FBI has opened 'a number' of abortion-related violence investigations • The outlook for an abortion rights amendment in Florida • Mexico clinics flooded with requests from U.S. women seeking abortion medication • The Abortion Rights Group Other Activists Want Nothing to Do With • Through Her Eyes: The U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs Decision
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Pitching G.O.P. on Gay Marriage Bill, Baldwin Leaves Nothing to Chance
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San Francisco's ousted district attorney won't run again
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The ACLU says Border Patrol agents are confiscating Sikh men's turbans
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US to issue ID to migrants awaiting deportation proceedings
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Florida woman driving golf cart on I-95 arrested for DUI, troopers say
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Uvalde School District Claims It Doesn't Possess Video Taken Day of School Shooting
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Murder Charge Expected Against Texas Woman Who Allegedly Pumped Gas into Backseat of Car, Set Boyfriend on Fire, and Drove Away Smiling
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GOP Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast
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McDonald's worker shot over fries is brain-dead, gunman held without bail
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'Honor Killing' Dad Molested Girls Years Before Allegedly Shooting Them, Mom Testifies
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Judges:

The NRA's Shadowy Supreme Court Lobbying Campaign
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The most pro-business Supreme Court ever
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Lengthier opinions and shrinking cohesion: Indications for the future of the Supreme Court
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How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Have The Last Laugh on Samuel Alito
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FBI Admits It Got 4,500 Tips on Brett Kavanaugh—Then Punted Them to Trump Team
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Led by AAPI scholars, thousands of academics tell Supreme Court they support affirmative action
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Alex Jones Calls Judge 'Dwarf Goblin'
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Judges Making Mischief In The Courts
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Wall Street:

Stock futures are flat with all eyes on the July jobs report
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Wall Street bonuses could be cut by as much as 45% • Wall Street's lavish bonuses are getting slashed
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Layoffs:

Starbucks Is Firing a Huge Number of Pro-Union Workers
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Job growth was likely strong in July, but it could slow in coming months with more layoffs
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Movies:

'Batgirl' cost a modest $90 million and was still too much of a risk for theaters — that's bad news for the movie business
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Religion:

Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen • 4 takeaways from AP's Mormon church sex abuse investigation
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ID Theft, Fraud, Prison: The Wild Life of a Bishop Robbed at the Pulpit
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Autos:

Carmakers' China decline is global warning
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Lucid sinks 11% as the EV maker slashes production forecast to as low as 6,000 vehicles on supply chain disarray
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 3.8% Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Distressed Investing:

Distressed Opportunity Bulletin
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Nursing Homes:

Nursing home chain's tangled corporate structure and bankruptcy threats stymied litigation
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Healthcare:

Biden to declare monkeypox public health emergency • White House scrambles to play catch-up on monkeypox response
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African monkeypox cases not concentrated among gay men, experts say
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Spain leads Europe in monkeypox, struggles to check spread
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After repeating early covid mistakes, USA now has world's biggest outbreak
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Long COVID comes in three forms: study • Long Covid symptoms affect 1 in 8
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Cruise Lines Relax COVID Testing and Vaccination Policies
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How Florida Twists Science on Trans Kids
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Economy:

Applications for US jobless claims up again last week • US jobless claims climb again, near highest since November • Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 260,000
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Goldman July Payrolls Preview
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July Employment Preview
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Jobs data could fuel recession fears and signal a pivot in sentiment. This is what you should watch for.
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Gloomy about the economy and inflation, Americans remain upbeat about jobs.
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A job market slowdown is expected as the Federal Reserve taps the brakes.
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With recession anxiety growing, hiring may be cooling off
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Elon Musk predicts the US will have a 'mild recession' for 18 months
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More Americans Are Going Hungry, and It Costs More to Feed Them
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Treasury Curve Inversion Deepens as Yields Jump and Then Plunge
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Meet the Doomsayers: Five Who Say US Economy Will Keep Shrinking
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Fed's Soft-Landing May Have Just Touched Down, Despite Hang-Ups On The Word 'Recession'
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Remote workers pushed up incomes and home prices in these cities
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Companies hoarding workers could keep the labor market strong
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Sinema's Demands on Carried Interest, Taxes Imperil Manchin Deal • Inflation Reduction Act drops most of Biden's proposals to tax the rich • Ex-IRS heads say reconciliation bill will help agency target wealthy tax cheats • Democrats say they've reached agreement on economic package • Dem, Sinema reach deal on new taxes in Inflation Reduction Act • Democrats Near Climate and Tax Deal, Dropping Carried Interest • All 50 Senate Democrats reach agreement on Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act, Schumer says, saving Biden's agenda • Revealed: Joe Manchin's price for supporting the climate change bill
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Democrats Blast Companies Paying 1.1% Rate in Pushing New Tax
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The I.R.S. says new funding won't mean more audits for middle-income Americans.
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Ron Johnson suggests Medicare, Social Security be approved on annual basis • Chris Wallace calls Ron Johnson's Social Security, Medicare idea 'suicidal politics'
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'A movie set': Former supervisor at baby formula plant says flaws were hidden
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Russian sanctions have been working in an unexpected way, and history says the West will come out on top in the economic struggle, economist Paul Krugman says • Fears are growing that Russia could cut off Europe's gas supplies altogether, thrusting the continent into a deep recession • A German refiner is reportedly seeing a run on oil and diesel as heat waves and supply constraints cause chaos in Europe's energy market • 'There's no path out of economic oblivion for Russia': new report reveals how corporate exodus has already wiped out decades of post-Cold War growth • Vladimir Putin's Rumored Girlfriend, Former Olympic Gymnast Alina Kabaeva, Sanctioned by U.S. • Gazprom says gas turbine delivery to Russia 'impossible' due to sanctions • European energy customers should shoulder high costs to encourage consumption changes, IMF says • A price cap on Russian oil could push crude past $130 even if OPEC+ increases production, Bank of America says • Beyond yachts and planes: U.S. turns to foreign agent laws to curb Russian influence
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Trade Deficit decreased to $79.6 Billion in June
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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:

Mortgage rates fall below 5%
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A 'shakeout' among mortgage lenders is coming, says bank CEO who left the business
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GOP takes issue with 'sensitive information' released in eviction report
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Defunct Phoenix retail center being transformed into mixed-use project with new retail, housing
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Fund usage questions remain as GOMO bankruptcy winds down
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Denver Real Estate in July: Sales Off 31.6% YoY, Inventory Up 81.5%
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'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Star Erika Jayne and Tom Girardi Find Buyer for Pasadena Mansion
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Municipalities:

FBI arrests former Puerto Rico governor on bribery charges • Former Governor of Puerto Rico Arrested on Bribery Charges After Being Swept into Office Amid Massive Government Corruption Scandal
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Oil/Gas:

U.S. oil prices fall below $90 a barrel for the first time since February.
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Gas prices are finally coming down, but how far?
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Why Oil And Gas Executives Are Reluctant To Pull The Trigger On New Deals
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EPA announces flights to look for methane in Permian Basin
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There is no quick fix to the global energy crisis with OPEC+ capacity at a 20-year low, Goldman Sachs analyst says
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Saudi Arabia is on track for its first budget surplus in nearly a decade as the Kingdom rakes in oil revenues amid a global energy crunch
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Climate:

Firefighters make gains against deadly California fire • Wind-whipped fire leaves Northern California hamlet in ashes
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Atlantic hurricane season looks unusually active, NOAA warns
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Personal behavior — even Taylor Swift's — is a minor part of climate change
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Triple-digit temperatures expected across the country as heat waves hit 73 million people
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Oncor Reports $60 Million Boost in Profits
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Half the country is in drought, and no region has been spared
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Phoenix Tries to Keep Residents Cool as Heat-Related Deaths Soar in Arizona
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A race to save fish as Rio Grande dies, even in Albuquerque
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Source of the River Thames Has Dried Out
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Fearing looters, Kentucky flood victims refuse to leave wrecked homes
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Millions at risk of power and water shortages as two of the nation's largest reservoirs on the brink of "dead pool status," U.N. warns
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Iraqis Get Days Off at Temperatures Hit 122
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Can The World Really "Adapt" To Climate Change?
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Cambridge scientists warn global warming could see extinction-level event in 50 years
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Flooring:

How one Armstrong Flooring employee is trying to move on from the bankruptcy
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Banking:

Credit Suisse cut by Fitch in latest ratings downgrade
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Politics:

The Case for Mandatory National Service
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Scope of result in Kansas' abortion vote shocked Democrats • Kansas referendum boosts Democrats' midterm focus on abortion • 'We found common ground.' How abortion rights were won in conservative Kansas • What Pro-Lifers Should Learn From Kansas
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Trump blasted by Dick Cheney as former vice president stars in his daughter's latest ad
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Trump-aligned challengers ousting GOP legislative incumbents
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Far-right mayor wins GOP primary for Nashville US House seat
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Michigan's Capitol-Rioter Governor Candidate Finished 4th But Is 'NOT CONCEDING!'
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Trump fundraises off of civil service purge
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Fight him, shun him ... embrace him? Mastriano's relationship with GOP leaders mirrors Trump's rise.
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2020 deniers rack up wins, fueling concerns in both parties
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McConnell manages midterm expectations after Trump-backed candidates win
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Biden's standing brightens. But Dems still see the midterm prospects as dim.
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Trump Insists Fox News 'Would Die Without Me' (Despite Ratings Dominance While Ignoring Trump)
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Cable news networks becoming even more politically polarized, study says
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At CPAC, Viktor Orban paints bleak picture of 'war' between progressives, Western culture
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Dems dodge on Biden '24
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (1 new filing 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 Statistics:

July Commercial Chapter 11s Down 13 Percent from Last Year
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Mass Torts:

Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1 million to parents of Sandy Hook • A jury ordered Infowars host Alex Jones must pay $4.1 million to 2 Sandy Hook parents — far less than the $150 million the plaintiff's attorneys requested • Jury in Alex Jones defamation case to begin deliberations on punitive damages • 7 key moments from Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation trial • Mistrial denied as jury weighs damages against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook defamation trial • Child porn found in documents Alex Jones sent to lawyers of Sandy Hook families, court filing says • Alex Jones Goes Off on His 'Damn Lawyers' for Screwing Him Over • Alex Jones Whines, Lawyers Rest, Jury Deliberates In Sandy Hook Defamation Suit • Alex Jones Attorney Blunder No Help for Talk Show Host on Appeal • Sandy Hook Parents' Attorney Tells Judge 'Various' Federal and 'Law Enforcement' Agencies Want Access to Alex Jones's Inadvertently Disclosed Data • As Texas jury deliberates, Alex Jones has more legal troubles ahead • Typically bombastic Alex Jones makes for complicated court
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InfoWars and Subchapter V Eligibility—Again (In re Free Speech Systems)
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Alex Jones' Infowars Pulled In A Ridiculous Amount Of Money Per Day At Its Peak
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'A Bitter Result': Purdue Pharma, a Sackler Bankruptcy Filing, and Improving Monetary and Nonmonetary Recoveries in Mass Tort Bankruptcies
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Subchapter V:

The Benefits of Subchapter V — But Are You Guaranteed To Stay?
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SCOTUS:

Bankruptcy Code § 363(m) Is Now Up For Interpretation At The U.S. Supreme Court
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Valuation:

Bankruptcy Court Uses Purchase Price Allocation to Determine Value
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Aviation:

Two Muslim Americans sue Alaska Airlines, alleging discrimination
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Travelers are hiding their extra clothes in pillows to avoid baggage fees, and a flight attendant says it's a great idea
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Are airplane seats too small? FAA soliciting public comments on minimum dimensions
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Transportation Dept. Proposes New Rule to Ease Air Travel Chaos for Passengers
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Gambling:

Las Vegas Casinos Boom Despite Fears of a U.S. Bust
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Labor:

800 Amazon staff walk out over pay fight
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Credit Reporting:

Class-action suit filed against Equifax after millions of scores were affected by glitch
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Student Debt:

3 Republican lawmakers just countered Biden's student-loan-forgiveness plans with a bill of their own to help borrowers 'most in need'
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Private Equity:

Private Equity Doesn't Want You to Read This
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Crypto:

Whose Crypto Is It, Anyway?
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Voyager Digital's Bankruptcy Case: The First 3 Weeks.
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Bankrupt Voyager: 'Higher and Better' Bids Than FTX 'Low-Ball' on Table
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Crypto Winter Is Here – What Does It Mean For Insolvency Practitioners?
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A Crypto Giant Froze Their Accounts. Now Customers Are Begging a Judge for Their Money Back.
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Voyager customers granted access to $300 million in latest bankruptcy hearing
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Voyager Digital Is Cleared to Return $270 Million to Customers
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The crypto winter has investors gearing up for court dates to recoup their losses, while the layoffs continue
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Schwab officially jumps into crypto, and warns about it
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Twitch streamers are making millions from crypto gambling sites while their audience goes bankrupt
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Pensions:

Delphi pension bill hits roadblock
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Sovereigns:

In Sri Lanka, the Military Still Runs the Show
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China Calls on Zambia Private Creditors to Join Debt Summit
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Tech:

Twitter slams Elon Musk's response to its lawsuit • Elon Musk's countersuit against Twitter says the company is operating a "scheme" to mislead investors
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Pharma:

Why is insulin so expensive and difficult to cap?
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Sovereigns:

Cash-strapped Ukraine faces pushback from Wall Street in debt talks: sources
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UK:

Bank of England predicts recession at the end of the year • Bank of England hikes interest rates by 50 basis points as it tries to tame soaring inflation • Bank of England Raises Rates a Half-Point, Its Biggest Increase in 27 Years
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Brexit Has Been Unmitigated Disaster
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Here's why the price of a pint of beer in the UK is going through the roof
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Bankruptcy restrictions totaling 48 years issued for five individuals who took Covid-19 financial support
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China:

China Evergrande to get $817.8 mln for giving up land use rights for soccer stadium
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China conducts missile strikes in Taiwan Strait • With 5 Missiles, China Sends Stark Signal to Japan and U.S. on Taiwan • Moves aircraft carrier group towards island • Demonstrates ability to blockade • Taiwan lawmaker warns China could "invade" territorial waters • Taiwan Faces Urgent Fighter Pilot Shortage as Xi Tests Defenses • Furious China fires missiles near Taiwan in drills after Pelosi visit • US-China ties on a precipice after Pelosi visit to Taiwan • China launches 'unprecedented' live-fire drills encircling Taiwan in furious response to Pelosi's visit • Putin Ally Wanted China to Shoot Down Pelosi's Plane: 'Good' for Russia • China halts climate, military ties over Pelosi Taiwan visit • Blinken: China military drills are 'significant escalation' • Pelosi: China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan • China sanctions House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over 'egregious provocation' in visit to Taiwan
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Russia:

Russian judge sentences WNBA's Griner to 9 years in prison • Griner apologized ahead of verdict • Joe Biden calls the sentence 'unacceptable' • Russia 'ready' to discuss prisoner swap after Griner jailed
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US says Russia aims to fabricate evidence in prison deaths
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Months into war, Ukraine refugees slow to join EU workforce
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Ukrainian military's tactics endangered civilians, new report says
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Inspectors OK 1st Ukraine grain ship but no sign yet of more • 3 more ships with grain depart Ukraine ports under UN deal
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Russians shell city near Europe's largest nuclear plant
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong reports 5,020 new COVID cases on Thursday
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France:

French lawmakers approve inflation relief package.
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Mexico:

Credit Suisse at Big Risk From Credito Real Bankruptcy
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Portugal:

Portuguese wine producers on the 'brink of bankruptcy'
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