December 27, 2022

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Law:

Biglaw Firm Announces Special Bonuses, But Associates Don't Seem Too Thrilled
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Am Law 100 Biglaw Firm Gets Ready To Screw Associates On Salary
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It's Time For Bonuses That Are WAY Above Market At This Biglaw Firm
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Yikes! Biglaw Firms Are Having A Rough Go Of It When It Comes To Collections
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15 Lateral Moves That Defined Big Law in 2022
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Are You A Biglaw Associate With Low Hours? Sorry, But There's A 'Target On Your Back'
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Stanford Law School Bar Passage Ranks 5th... Among California Schools
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New Filing Alleges Simpson Thacher Attorneys Were Aware Of Client Aiding And Abetting Terrorists
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Above The Law’s 2022 Lawyer Of The Year Contest: The Finalists!
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Eliminating The Mommy Track
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Trump attacks Jan. 6 report, claiming it produced no evidence Donald Trump rails against Jan. 6 committee in rambling Truth Social video after it blames him for Capitol riot Hope Hicks told Trump that January 6 was as bad as everyone said it was and he complained that it wasn't fair that he was being blamed Jan. 6 report: Trump ‘lit that fire’ of Capitol insurrection Jan. 6 final report alleges Trump engaged in "multi-part conspiracy" With eyes on DOJ, complex path for Trump Jan. 6 prosecution First Amendment Experts Question One of the Jan. 6th Committee's Recommendations on the 'Role of the Media' House Jan. 6 committee releases interview transcripts of 34 witnesses What Truly Reckoning With Trump’s Insurrection Would Look Like Painter's son convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol attack Proud Boys trial jury selection to resume in Jan. Highest Profile Jan. 6 Trial Begins Proud Boys Leader Told Jan. 6 Investigators Oath Keepers Dropped His Name for Clout US: Jan. 6 participant arrested after California standoff Cassidy Hutchinson secretly back-channeled with the Jan. 6 committee before blindsiding her Trump-aligned lawyer in a bombshell deposition 'The Less You Remember, The Better': Cassidy Hutchinson's Deposition Transcripts Turn up the Heat on Her Lawyer ‘They Will Ruin My Life’: Cassidy Hutchinson Was Petrified To Use ‘Trump World’ Lawyer — Begged ‘Big Trump Supporter’ Dad For Help McConnell team raised worries about attack on Biden inauguration, ex-NSA O’Brien told Jan. 6 committee Rick Perry's Buddies Tried to Overturn Election After Jan. 6: Congress born of chaos ends in achievement Capitol Rioters Were Armed to the Teeth Extremists at the vanguard of a siege: The Jan. 6 panel's last word Texan and Jan. 6 Rioter Convicted on 7 Counts Alex Jones Told Jan. 6 Team He’s Too Stressed to Spell His Own Name, Spells Wrong Anyway Jan. 6 Takeaways Intel community escapes major criticism by Jan. 6 committee for missing 'foreseeable' Capitol violence Trump lawyer says Jan. 6 criminal referrals are ‘pretty much worthless’ Renowned painter’s son convicted in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Jan. 6th Rioter Caught on Bodycam Ramming Police with One of Their Shields Has Been Convicted of Assaulting Law Enforcement Jan. Sixers Using Sovereign Citizen Defenses to Try to Get Out of Prison How the Jan. 6th Committee Says Donald Trump and His Associates Spent Christmas of 2020 Adam Schiff Says One Part Of Jan. 6 Hasn't Gotten Nearly Enough Attention 465 Jan. 6 Rioters Have Plead Guilty
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Trump DOJ Coup Lawyer Jeff Clark Gives Hilarious Master Class On How NOT To Field A Congressional Subpoena
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Trump's legal team better be able to get him to plead insanity at trial, a Harvard law professor says
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Special Prosecutor John Durham's Office Billed Taxpayers More Than $2 Million While He Lost One Case and Was About to Lose Another
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Donald Trump Asks Federal Judge to Toss E. Jean Carroll's Defamation Suit, Argues She 'Consented' to Him Responding to Rape Claims
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Jen Psaki Goes After Trump, Jan. 6 Witnesses For Leaning On 5th Amendment
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Congress approves new election rules in Jan. 6 response
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Stefan Passantino, Call Your Lawyer!
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IRS mandatory presidential audit policy goes under spotlight Why Democrats released Trump’s tax returns
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Roger Stone Took the Fifth When Asked How Old He Was
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Trump’s Lawyers Are In Deep Trouble
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Sean Hannity’s damning deposition in the Fox News defamation lawsuit, explained
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Georgia special grand jury wraps up probe of Trump
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The Electoral College is hazardous to democracy, Raskin says
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Ex-beau in Idaho student murders heartbroken as 'half of America' thinks he's the killer Key agencies absent from Idaho student slaughter investigation as local cops scramble for answers Idaho professor sues TikToker over allegations in the killing of 4 university students Family of Slain University of Idaho Student Mails out Flyers Pleading for Tips in Quadruple Homicide
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Record number of migrants crossed southern border in November: CBP El Paso scrambles to help migrants in Christmas border crisis Elite Texas agents go undercover as migrants to nab smugglers Cubans, Nicaraguans drive migration to US border in November Migrants near US border face cold wait for key asylum ruling International migration drove US population growth in 2022 Nearly 10,000 Migrants Moved from El Paso 'Where Else Can I Go?': Migrants Face Freezing Christmas At U.S.-Mexico Border How San Antonio became a hub for migrants Migrants dropped off at Vice President Harris' home on Christmas Eve Churches spring into action after migrants left outside Harris' home White House blames Abbott after migrants dropped outside VP's home on a freezing Christmas Eve Anger Over Abbott's Migrant Buses to DC
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Judge: San Francisco can't clear homeless camps Judge questions San Francisco tactics in homeless sweeps
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Pennsylvania Man Charged in 38-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of His Estranged Wife Based on Note Found Days After She Went Missing
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Rapper Tory Lanez found guilty on all charges in shooting of Megan Thee Stallion First, Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion. But even more violence came in the years after, with a cascade of threats, vitriol, and textbook 'misogynoir' harassment
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Abortion ban changes split Wisconsin GOP under veto threat In one state Senate race, signs of a national struggle over abortion Abortion rights groups look to build on their victories with new ballot measures Texas Isn't Done with Abortion Laws Just Yet
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Movie fans can sue over misleading trailer, says US judge
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Florida Man Shot Ex-Girlfriend 15 Times in the Back Because She Refused to Answer His Phone Calls and Texts: Police
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'I'm Not Joking': 82-Year-Old Woman Locked Up for Failing to Pay $77 Trash Bill
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Massachusetts Dad Attacked Police Station with Chainsaw and Dangled Young Kids Out of a Window After Officers Refused to Babysit: Cops
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Judge won’t drop charges for former gubernatorial candidate
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5 arrested in deadly shooting at Minnesota’s Mall of America
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Manhattan's trendiest neighborhoods terrorized by thieves
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Rapper Meek Mill posted bail for 20 jailed women so they could spend the holidays with their loved ones
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A Secret Report About a CEO’s Sexual Misconduct Was Just Made Public by Congress
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Judges:

GOP firebrand with no law degree appointed to Nevada judgeship
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Chemerinsky: 2022 contained a week that dramatically changed constitutional law
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Western District of Louisiana is preferred venue for conservative states challenging Biden policies
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Will Of The People Be Damned, Ron DeSantis Appoints Ousted Judge To Higher Position
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Judge Who Said Trump and John Eastman Likely Committed Jan. 6 Crimes Presides Over Trial of Santa Claus
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Federal Judge Sentences New York Man Who Threatened to Kill Former Presidents Obama and Trump, a Judge and Others
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The memo that broke American politics
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise heading into the final trading week of 2022
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Goldman grumbling grows for banking giant to sack CEO David Solomon
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Goldman Sachs' year-end bonuses are going to be brutal, and everyone's pointing fingers on who's to blame
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Here's why Wall Street is warning the Fed blew it on inflation and won't save the stock market from crashing
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Layoffs:

GM Robotaxis Start Service in Austin
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Twitter layoffs continue under Elon Musk
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‘Tis The Season … For Layoffs In Legal Tech, As Multiple Companies Send Out Pink Slips
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Banking:

Wells Fargo Breaks Record
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GOP Wants to Make Major Banking Change
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HSBC: What Happened After It Promised To Get Clean
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Student Debt:

Meet a Gen Xer with $230,000 in student debt who worries payments will restart without Biden's loan forgiveness: 'It will be an excuse to say they'd done all they can'
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Meet a 37-year-old with $108,100 in student debt who lives in a school bus because rent is unaffordable: 'Student-loan debt is by far my biggest regret'
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Biden's 2022 solution to student debt could fall apart in 2023
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Six ways students can reduce debt if Biden program is killed by courts
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Healthcare:

Millions in Borrego Health assets will auctioned off next month, bankruptcy judge rules
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More than 100M COVID cases recorded in US
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COVID Dec 23, 2022: Update on Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths
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Flu starting to wane in US after brutal start
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Long COVID: Could mono virus or fat cells be playing roles?
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25 Governors Pressure Biden Admin To End Public Health Emergency
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U.S. life expectancy fell again in 2021 amid pandemic, opioid crisis
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Plan B does not cause abortion, FDA says clearly
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Federal Appeals Court Sides with Anti-Abortion Activists in 'Sidewalk Counseling' Case, Reverses Ruling in Favor of Kentucky's Only Abortion Clinic
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Border crisis leaves Arizona hospital with $20 million in unpaid bills
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Most Americans don't have peak protection against COVID
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Drug Prices Reach New High—in the Millions
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Economy:

World Economy Headed for Recession in '23, Researcher Says
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Four High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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Q4 GDP Tracking
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Q3 GDP Growth Revised Up to 3.2% Annual Rate
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The Money Party is Over
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Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 216,000
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Personal Income increased 0.4% in November; Spending increased 0.1%
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Key inflation gauge shows price increases cooled again in November
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Inflation drives up price of Christmas dinner, eggnog
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From ‘quiet quitting’ to ‘loud layoffs,’ will career trends that created a buzz in 2022 continue in the new year?
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9 House Republicans help push massive $1.7T spending bill over the line Ocasio-Cortez only Democrat to vote ‘no’ on spending package
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The Battle Over Social Security is Coming in 2023
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Charted: 2022's year of upheaval
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Russia's isolation from global markets is withering its economy and will wreck its status as an energy superpower, experts say In Nord Stream Mystery, Baltic Seabed Provides a Nearly Ideal Crime Scene Another Putin critic 'falls out a window' to his death Russia ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via Yamal-Europe pipeline -Novak
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Sleepwalking into a Global Trade War
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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:

Mortgages rates will keep falling but homes won't become more affordable until these 3 things happen, Moody's chief economist says
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Housing December 26th Weekly Update: Inventory Decreased 2.7% Week-over-week
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New Home Sales Increased in November; Previous 3 Months Revised Down Sharply New Home Sales Increase to 640,000 Annual Rate in November
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency Rate unchanged in November Black Knight: Mortgage Delinquency Rate Increased in November; Prepayments at Record Low
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Realtor.com Reports Weekly Active Inventory Up 58% YoY; New Listings Down 17% YoY
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Lawler: Update on Rent Trends
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico board defends its latest motions in PREPA case
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PREPA bondholders call proposed plan 'unconfirmable'
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Will a new Congress stall momentum on resolving Puerto Rico’s territorial status?
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$600M for struggling water system in Mississippi
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Water pressure ‘fluctuating’ in Jackson amid frigid weather Boil water order issued in Mississippi capital amid freeze
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Here’s where the happiest Americans live, study finds
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What’s next for the most empty downtown in America
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Oil/Gas:

Winter Storm Shuts Two Texas Refineries
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Big Oil is Stuck in the Past
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Crypto:

Look At The Biglaw Firm Representing The FTX Creditors Committee
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FTX Paid Crypto Bankruptcy Lawyers $12 Million for Early Work
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Will FTX traders get their money back? Bankman-Fried’s ‘Epic’ Legal Battle FTX seeks approval to pay bankruptcy lawyers between $825 and $2,165 an hour Judge in SBF Case Recuses Herself Over Husband’s Firm’s Past Work for FTX Bankman-Fried, FTX execs received billions in hidden loans, ex-Alameda CEO says Everything we know about Nishad Singh, the 27-year-old former FTX exec who had an 8% stake in the crypto exchange Sam Bankman-Fried's law professor parents have stuck close by their son through the fallout from FTX's collapse. Here's what we know about them FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was 'chilling' in the American Airlines lounge at JFK before flying business class to his parents' home to await trial Sam Bankman-Fried's bail was set at a whopping $250 million — but that's still much less than some monster bonds. Here are some of the biggest Bankman-Fried out on $250 million bail, agrees to home detention How Did Bankman-Fried Post $250M Bail? SBF’s ‘Vacation’ In The Bahamas Has Come To An End FTX execs hid $8 billion in liabilities in a customer account that Bankman-Fried referred to as 'our Korean friend's account,' CFTC prosecutors allege Alameda's Ellison says she, Bankman-Fried agreed to mislead FTX lenders Caroline Ellison's Testimony Claims FTX Boss SBF Directed Her to Co-Mingle Customer Funds Since 2019 Sam Bankman-Fried should cut a plea deal because an acquittal at trial is 'virtually impossible,' former Watergate prosecutor says Lawyers explain why Sam Bankman-Fried has ‘no easy path’ forward after possible flip of ex-lover Caroline Ellison FTX founder Bankman-Fried charged with ‘epic’ fraud, released on $340m bond Why Samuel Bankman-Fried's Parents May Have To Pay Treble Damages For Any Assets They Received From FTX In the Bahamas, a Lingering Sympathy for Sam Bankman-Fried Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried hired former DC regulators to wine and dine SEC chief 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli advises Sam Bankman-Fried on potential prison time, saying he should prepare by listening to rap music and shaving his head FTX Urges Bankruptcy Court to Freeze $450M in Robinhood Shares Owed to Creditors Why The Political Campaigns That Received FTX Donations Will Have To Pay Those Funds Back To FTX Sam Bankman-Fried is facing off against FTX's new bosses in a 4-way battle for $450 million of Robinhood shares FTX asks bankruptcy judge to stop BlockFi from claiming Robinhood shares FTX US's auditor stands by its accounting work for the collapsed crypto exchange, report says Disgraced crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried arrives back at $4m family home for a California Christmas under house arrest Should FTX users be viewed as creditors or asset owners? The answer could mean the difference between recovering funds or getting short-changed.
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Crypto Moguls Lose $116B In '22
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Bitcoin lost over 60% of its value in 2022—here’s how much 6 other popular cryptocurrencies lost
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BTC miner Core Scientific gets interim nod for $37.4M bankruptcy loan
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Binance puts up a brave face even as investors pulled US$6 billion in 3 days from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange
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Even After FTX, S.E.C. Chair Sees No Need for New Crypto Laws
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Crypto's been 'cut to ribbons' in FTX's crash, but it can survive if players stop lighting each other up on Twitter, Anthony Scaramucci says
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One of the World’s Poorest Countries Put Its Faith in Crypto – Why?
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How 1 top Democrat lost faith in crypto
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7 biggest crypto collapses of 2022 the industry would like to forget
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Crypto can get weird: The 5 strangest stories of the industry in 2022
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From Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest to bitcoin plunging below $20,000, here are the 9 craziest crypto stories of 2022
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Singapore-based crypto lender Vauld faces debt-plan deadline with takeover talks in limbo
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Increasing crypto deposit outflows at banks a cause for concern: S&P Global
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Public Bitcoin mining companies plagued with $4B of collective debt
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Contagion engulfs Bitcoin miners as bear market continues
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Silvergate: Its Depositors Are Filing Chapter 11s
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Politics:

Republicans Play Chicken With Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership GOP Rep. Reveals Plan to Keep Kevin McCarthy From Becoming Speaker of the House
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GOP stumbles with independents contributed to midterm woes
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Hitting back at Trump, Biden gears up for more clashes with GOP
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2022 Is the Year We All Finally Got Tired of Narcissists
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Pelosi on McCarthy calling omnibus ‘one of the most shameful acts’ he’s seen in House: ‘Had he forgotten Jan. 6?’
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Jared Kushner ‘out’ on Trump after Kanye West, Nick Fuentes dinner: report
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Donald Trump's 'Merry Christmas' Message Is A Grievance-Filled Lump Of Coal
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McConnell calls out 'diminished' Trump, vows not to bow to his candidates in 2024 Republicans navigate tricky relations with a damaged Trump Is Trump now forced to run third-party?
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Arizona judge rules against Kari Lake in election lawsuit Arizona Judge Deals Kari Lake Christmas Eve Defeat, Affirms Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs Winner of a 'Valid Election' Motions for Sanctions Filed Against Kari Lake
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Arizona Republican loses lawsuit over attorney general race
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Alaska lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties eligible for office
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House GOP leaders aware of George Santos fabrications Santos Claims Mom Was in World Trade Center Santos' Grandparents Didn't Flee the Holocaust NY AG Looking into George Santos Allegations Is George Santos Even a US Citizen? George Santos' Real Early Life Rep.-elect George Santos admits to lying about resume, says he's 'not a criminal'
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Former Trump allies who turned against him and now oppose his 2024 campaign
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Hunter Biden Hires Jared Kushner's Attorney
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Pennsylvania politics are heated. It soon could be utter chaos
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Five signs Biden is definitely running for another term
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Tax forms reveal steep legal fees for voting rights group founded by Stacey Abrams
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Sinema's 37 Page List of Demands for Staff
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West Point to remove Robert E. Lee portrait, bust
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Voted Against Federal Budget, Kept the Earmarks
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Russian State TV Hails Lauren Boebert For Refusing To Stand For Volodymyr Zelensky
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Texas GIOP to Create Diversity by Banning It
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TN: Sentenced to Six Years for Voting
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (34 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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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Garnishment:

As Much As I'd Like To See His Retirement Get Retired, That Would Suck For The Rest Of Us Martin Shkreli's Former Lawyer, Whom Pharma Bro Called 'Lazy and Stupid and Paid Too Much,' Asks SCOTUS to Save His 401(k) from the Feds
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Mass Torts:

Alex Jones Loses Bid to Have Sandy Hook Verdict Set Aaide
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Florida judge says 3M acted in 'bad faith' in latest move in military earplugs cases 3M Blocked From Shifting Combat-Earplug Liability to Unit in Bankruptcy
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A flood of sex abuse cases dating back decades will prod old memories, often affected by trauma, forensic psychologist says
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Aviation:

Nearly 2,000 Christmas Eve flights canceled and more than 10,000 delayed in US as brutal winter storms take toll on several states Airlines cancel 17,000 flights due to severe winter weather but disruptions ease Winter storm batters US power, snarling Christmas travel Flight delays, cancellations continue as storm rolls on See which airports are dealing with the most delays and cancellations as winter storm disrupts travel US flight cancellations continue on Monday 'Travel insanity': U.S. passengers stranded by winter storm
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Southwest Airlines says travelers stranded by holiday meltdown can't rebook until December 31st Southwest Air Faces Gridlock With Over 80% of Flights Scrapped or Late Southwest flight cancellations draw criticism, scrutiny from Biden administration
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FAA Has Serious Southwest Safety Concerns
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Violent airline passenger incidents are up. Time for a 'no-fly' list
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Up 9.2% Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Celebs:

Whoopi Goldberg repeats Holocaust slur while promoting new film ‘Till’
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'Real Housewife' Jen Shah should get 10 years in prison following guilty plea for wire fraud, feds say
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Utilities:

TX Grid Emergency Blackouts Hit Texas as Arctic Blast Threatens Electric Grid Massive winter storm brings rolling blackouts, power outages 47,000 Without Power in Buffalo Tennessee Titans delay game an hour as state deals with rolling power outages
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Thousands Lose Power After Substations Targeted in Washington State Power substations vandalized in Washington state weeks after North Carolina electricity attack and FBI warning 14,000 plunged into darkness after attacks on electrical substations outside Tacoma, Washington Attacks on Power Grids Reach New Peak
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Climate:

Pileups shut down highways Massive winter storm freezes U.S. and strands travelers Historic Buffalo blizzard leads to deaths, dangerous conditions Blizzard buries Buffalo in 4 feet of snow Buffalo blizzard death toll reaches 25, more snow on the way At least 27 dead in Christmas storm in Western NY Western NY death toll rises to 27 from cold, storm chaos Deadly storm turns Buffalo into 'war zone' Looters ransack snowbound Buffalo with cops stuck elsewhere After deadly Buffalo blizzard, families scramble to find food and essentials 13 Dead from US Winter Storm So Far Bomb cyclone update – at least 50 dead with bodies found frozen in cars as record-breaking monster storm batters US At least 17 dead, hundreds of thousands without power as winter storm hits much of the U.S. New York governor declares state of emergency In Buffalo, Even the Rescuers Needed Rescuing Deep freeze breaks pipes, creates water crisis across South Photos show a Buffalo restaurant covered in giant icicles that reach from the roof to the ground as parts of New York continue to reel from the blizzard
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Canadian polar bears near ‘bear capital’ dying at fast rate
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Here Comes the Colorado River Water War
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Fraud:

Federal Prosecutors Seek a Decade Behind Bars for Jen Shah, the 'Most Culpable Person' in a Nationwide Telemarketing Fraud
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Religion:

Pope on Christmas: Jesus was poor, so don’t be power-hungry Pope condemns human 'hunger for wealth and power' at Christmas Eve Mass
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Labor:

Chick-Fil-A fined for giving workers meals instead of money
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University of California workers approve contract agreement, ending longest higher education strike in U.S.
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Cannabis:

A national weed glut is causing prices to plummet and imperiling businesses
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Oklahoma Has Become Top Source of Black-Market Weed
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Retailing:

U.S. retail sales grows 7.6% in holiday season -Mastercard data
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Tech:

Elon Musk is cutting even deeper at Twitter as he tries to save it from financial ruin. Here's what's next on the chopping block. Elon Musk: Twitter No Longer in Fast Lane to Bankruptcy Tesla stock has plummeted since Elon Musk took over Twitter. Here's why Musk says he's "definitely" not selling more Tesla stock next year Elon Musk’s Finances Complicated by Declining Wealth, Twitter Pressures Here’s who helped Elon Musk buy Twitter Elon Musk’s Campaign to Win Back Twitter Advertisers Isn’t Going Well The CEO of Elon Musk's Boring Company slept at Twitter HQ with his partner and newborn baby Twitter brings Elon Musk’s genius reputation crashing down to earth How Americans Really Feel About Elon Musk Elon Musk makes Twitter visitors wait for more than an hour to see him — and they can't speak before being spoken to, report says
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From Musk-Twitter to FTX: What We Learned From Tech's Biggest Fails
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Finally! An Interesting Twitter Files That Appears To Reveal Sketchy Government Behavior
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Amazon's confident economists are the antidote to predictions of doom for the tech industry in 2023
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I worked overtime at an Amazon warehouse in the run-up to Christmas. It's like being in the gym for 10 hours straight, six days a week.
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The FBI Says You Need to Use an Ad Blocker
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Autos:

Tesla is set to have its worst year EVER as car firm's share price slumps by 70% in 13 months Tesla Drivers Are Getting Fed Up With Elon Musk's Twitter Meltdowns California Bans Tesla from Full Self Driving Claim
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NHTSA Takes On Two More Tesla Crashes Tesla ‘full self-driving’ triggered an eight-car crash, a driver tells police Americans Are Realizing Tesla Isn’t the Only Electric Car The Year That EVs Outgrew Tesla
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Used Car Prices Expected to Fall 20% in 2023
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Vehicle Sales Forecast: "Sales to Weaken Again in December"
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UK:

Brexit Broke UK's Economic Foundations
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King Charles throws disgraced Prince Andrew out of Buckingham Palace after Epstein sex scandal
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Russia:

At least 7 dead, 58 injured after Russian shelling in Kherson Ukraine president warns of Christmas strikes by Moscow Zelensky condemns Russia as ‘absolute evil’ after deadly Christmas Eve strikes on Kherson
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Isolated Putin Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers
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Vladimir Putin’s regime faces collapse in 2023 as his inner circle turn on him over ‘meat grinder’ war in Ukraine ‘Cancer stricken’ Vladimir Putin only being ‘kept alive by foreign doctors’ as the ‘end already in sight’ for tyrant
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Putin says Russia ready to negotiate over Ukraine, Kyiv voices doubts Putin claims Moscow ready for Ukraine talks as attacks go on Putin refers to Ukraine 'war', says he wants to end it
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How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City
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Support for Ukraine has shattered experts' predictions — and Putin's
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Republicans praise Zelenskyy but balk at future aid Far-Right Republicans Shunned Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
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How Ukraine’s Zelenskyy went from comedian to wartime hero
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Belarus says Russia-deployed Iskander missile systems ready for use
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Russia’s Lavrov issues ultimatum to Ukraine: ‘For your own good’
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MENA:

Taliban ban women from working for NGOs NGOs suspend Afghanistan operations after Taliban ban women
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'No going back' as Iran protests hit 100 days
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China:

COVID roils Chinese towns Shanghai asks residents to stay in on Christmas as China Covid surges Elderly leave cities as COVID infections surge in China 'ICU is full': China hospitals 'overwhelmed' with Covid patients 5,000 die daily? Xi urges steps to 'protect' lives Wave Could Spark Dangerous New Variant That Infects World Beijing roars to life a month after zero-Covid lockdowns fade, but China is not out of the woods yet China to scrap COVID quarantine rule for inbound travelers China's Zhejiang has 1 million daily COVID cases, expected to double China Removes More Covid Travel Restrictions With New Passports, Permits
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China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours
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Tesla Suspends Production in China
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China is losing its place as the center of the world's supply chains. Here are 5 places supply chains are going instead.
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Cuba:

Cubans search for holiday food amid crisis
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Singapore:

More applying for bankruptcy protection in Singapore amid economic slowdown, end of pandemic support measures
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