Law:

Davis Polk Finally Announces New Compensation -- And It's MORE Than The Milbank Scale • Davis Polk’s Salary Scale Surpasses Milbank’s for Top Associates
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Conventional wisdom is wrong about lawyers’ mental health, but comparative drinking rate is ‘extraordinary,’ study says
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‘The pandemic has left its mark’ on law firm talent management, says legal tech CEO
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Hogan Lovells Posts 26% Profit Growth After Oracle, IBM Work
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Jones Day Couple Must Reveal Contacts on Paternal Leave Law
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A Preview Of The 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings
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An Extreme Example Of The Problem Of Law Review Fetishism
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What Is The Owner Of A Law Firm?
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The Treasury is asked to investigate its hiring of lawyers from big accounting firms.
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Drunk lawyer takes off her clothes after being refused service at bar
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Supreme Court formally denies Trump's request to review the January 6 committee's bid for White House records
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Trump’s DNA sought in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit
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Trump Request to Sue Rape Accuser Gets Cold Court Reception
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Now Trump Says His Accounting Firm Was 'Broken' By 'Radical Leftist' Racists
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Ahmaud Arbery Killers Found Guilty in Federal Hate Crimes Case • Civil rights leaders called the verdict a victory for racial justice.
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Prosecutor: Officers ignored 'human decency' during George Floyd arrest • `Willfulness’ key to 2nd trial over Floyd killing
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Jury to be finalized in Breonna Taylor-related shooting case
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2 Louisiana Deputies Are Arrested and Fired After Fatal Shooting
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Judge allows depositions to proceed in Deshaun Watson assault lawsuits
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Arizona Looks To Protect Cops From That Pesky First Amendment
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Supreme Court takes up clash over Colorado law’s protection for same-sex weddings • High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples
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Supreme Court to Decide Constitutional Right to Deny Service to Same-Sex Couples • Supreme Court will decide whether web designer has free speech right to refuse service for same-sex weddings • The Supreme Court will hear a big case about whether religion is a license to discriminate
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Will SCOTUS Dismantle Civil Rights Law?
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Supreme Court rejects Epstein sex abuse lawsuit
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Sandy Hook Families Just Settled with Remington's Insurers for $73 Million. Their Reckoning with Alex Jones Is Coming Soon.
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Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Shooting Claims Receive Support From New Mexico D.A.
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Kyle Rittenhouse launches initiative that will fundraise money to sue media companies
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Shooter fired at officers. Police say it was 4-year-old, acting on dad's instructions • Armed Man Angry About McDonald's Order Told 4-Year-Old Child to Shoot at Cops, Police Say
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Seattle Police Department struggling to hire new officers amid surging crime
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Schiff calls for FBI probe into potential for misuse of rape kits
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Ditching ICE made communities safer, Georgia sheriffs and activists say
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Man arrested for hit-and-run after dead cyclist’s body is found in his truck
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Sotomayor Says 'Courts Must Step In' to Protect Constitutional Rights, Urges N.Y. to End Policy of 'Indefinite Incarceration' for Sex Offenders Who Served Their Time
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Judges:

The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas • Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas' wife had ties to January 6 rally organizers and efforts to overturn the 2020 election: report
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McConnell says he didn't think Biden's announcement to nominate Black woman to SCOTUS was 'inappropriate'
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Judicial misconduct can be a bar to retrial under double jeopardy ban, top state court rules
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Supreme Court Justices Don't Appear Ready to Allow Native American Tribe to Run Bingo Games on Reservation Land
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Wall Street:

Stock market futures rebound after S&P 500 closes in correction
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US stocks fall as Ukraine crisis escalates with Russian troops ordered to breakaway regions
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Bearish Bets Against Markets Surging
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Global stocks slide after Russia claims to have killed 5 Ukrainian soldiers on its soil
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Ukraine-Russia crisis: Goldman Sachs' worst-case scenario for stock market
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Heavily Hedged Traders Have Been Awaiting a Stock-Market Storm
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Layoffs:

Mortgage Businesses Seen Laying Off Thousands as Volume Drops
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Autos:

You knew used car prices were high. Here's how outrageous it has become
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February Vehicle Sales Forecast: Decrease to 14.2 million SAAR
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Coal:

Banks Have Spent $1.5 Trillion On Coal Since 2019
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Food/Beverage:

Smashburger warns on inflation: 'There's a point where people won't pay'
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Tech:

Trump-backed Truth Social tops Apple’s app store charts
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I tried using Trump's new social-media app, Truth Social. It took me five attempts and several error messages to sign up, then I got wait-listed.
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A far-right figure is already accusing Trump’s Truth Social of censoring him
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Personal Finance:

The best way to answer ‘Why do you want to work here?’ in a job interview
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Student Debt:

Navient Student Loan Settlement Leaves Many With a Bill To Pay
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Student debt: What Biden is doing (and not doing)
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Utilities:

Brazos Electric opens bankruptcy case against ERCOT, fighting $1.9 billion in unpaid bills • Texas bankruptcy trial begins over $2 bln energy bill after 2021 winter storm
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Can the grid’s wildfire defense stay ahead of extreme weather?
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Education:

Amendment to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill would force schools to out students in 6 weeks
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Transgender Bathroom Rights Return to Spotlight in Florida Case
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Four in 10 people 'not confident using numbers in their everyday lives'
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Students Strip Searched for Vaping Devices
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Sports:

US women’s team players see settlement as turning point
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Healthcare:

Senior living a significant portion of 4Q healthcare bankruptcies: report
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Is omicron leading us closer to herd immunity against COVID?
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Covid Still Threatens Millions of Americans. Why Are We So Eager to Move On?
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Two years of the coronavirus pandemic, in charts
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Covid infections plummet 90% from U.S. pandemic high, states lift mask mandates
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Ambulance rides are getting a lot more expensive
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Rural hospitals stave off mass exodus of workers to vaccine mandate
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Omicron Ripping Through Cargo Ships May Exacerbate Shipping Woes
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Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in pandemic’s first year
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U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Among Black Women Is Nearly Triple That of White, Hispanic Peers
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Rise in Non-Covid-19 Deaths Hits Life Insurers
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The Opioid Crisis is Here to Stay
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Economy:

Fed officials firm up plans for a swift pullback of economic help. • The Fed's plans for tighter money are coming into focus
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Why This Economic Boom Can’t Lift America’s Spirits
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JPMorgan now expects the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates for 9 straight meetings, posing a major risk to markets
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U.S. economy perks up as omicron fades, IHS finds — but inflation gets worse
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The Fed shouldn't let the Russia-Ukraine crisis impact the pace of tightening, says Wharton's Jeremy Siegel
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Russia’s incursion heightens the chance of policy mistakes by central banks • Russia’s Ukraine incursion could complicate the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions
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Why have so many people soured on work? COVID-19 unleashed long-simmering employee dissatisfaction
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Consumer confidence dips in February on worries about high inflation
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Biden announces new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine invasion: 'We've cut off Russia's government from Western financing' • Biden announces first tranche of Russia sanctions, targets banks and debt • Economic impact from war between Russia and Ukraine seen as limited for U.S. • Ukraine-Russia crisis: 7 big companies that could be hammered • Putin’s Foray Into Ukraine Is Already Disrupting The West
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Sanctions on Russia pose new threat to a fragile global economy. • The conflict’s economic consequences are likely to threaten global growth.
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Conflict in Ukraine could send energy and food prices soaring.
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Mea culpa: I got inflation wrong
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64% of unemployed men in their 30s have criminal records, a barrier to landing a job
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Women, people of color happier working from home
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CoStar IT workers describe a secretive operation to track whether employees working remotely were at their desks and how they were dressed
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White House Announces $450 Million to Ease Port Congestion
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Most and Least Tax Friendly States
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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:

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 18.8% year-over-year in December • Comments on Case-Shiller and FHFA House Price Increases • Home prices increase at fastest rate in 34 years in December, but rising mortgage rates remain a threat
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New Jersey’s American Dream Megamall Is Once Again Sinking in Debt
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Forbearance rate decreases to 1.3%
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey
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"Mortgage Rates Edging Back Up Toward Long-Term Highs"
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US home price growth stalls in the final month of 2021
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Home prices skyrocketed last year. Two regions saw the biggest increases
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America's housing boom is also a backlog
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Municipalities:

PREPA bondholders seek mediation on debt restructuring
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Puerto Rico on the verge of discharging its bankruptcy
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Puerto Rico bets on fiscal discipline and reforms to avoid another bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Seadrill Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy • After More Then A Year Of Restructuring Seadrill Clears Chapter 11
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Blackstone Swears Off Oil-Patch Investing as Private Equity’s Retreat Widens
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Oil prices barrel towards $100 as Putin's order to send troops into Ukraine fuels fears of disruptions to energy shipments • Oil prices are at a seven-year high over worries of a Russia-Ukraine war
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U.S. drivers brace for the highest prices in 9 years as oil approaches $100 a barrel
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Biden Administration Halts New Oil And Gas Drilling Permits
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Toyota and Yamaha are developing a hydrogen-fueled V8 engine
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Shell warns of tight liquified natural gas market
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Ukraine-Russia crisis shakes energy markets
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Russia’s incursion into Ukraine is terrible for its oil companies
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High court won't take Dakota Access Pipeline case
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Crypto:

Bitcoin slides as cryptos fall across the board after Putin orders Russian troops into Ukraine • More Bitcoin Crash?
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Celebs:

Elon Musk lashes out at Elizabeth Warren as they clash again over taxes, saying he'd visit the IRS 'to say hi' and maybe have a cookie • Elon Musk shuts down Warren claim that he doesn't pay taxes
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Labor:

Apple workers using Android phones to hide union talks from bosses: report
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Climate:

Biden officials: CO2 ruling has "dramatic" impact
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Biden Urged to Declare ‘Climate Emergency’
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Fraud:

‘Immense fraud’ creates immense task for Washington as it tries to tighten scrutiny of $6 trillion in emergency coronavirus spending
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Agribusiness:

Beekeepers turn to anti-theft technology as hive thefts rise
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Religion:

The PTL Bankruptcy Case: Sex, Drugs, and Gospel
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Spain's Church Seeks To Add Credence To Enquiry Of Alleged Child Abuse
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Catholic Church calls Scottish govt’s guidelines on underage sex ‘morally bankrupt’
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Taxis:

Hundreds of Taxi Medallions Repossessed Despite Rescue Deal That Ended Hunger Strike
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Movie Theaters:

AMC Stock Looks Like a Bust as Insiders Start Heading Toward the Exit
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Fitness:

Peloton's Plan to Conceal Rust in Bikes
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Politics:

Mike Bloomberg warns Democrats of midterm "wipeout" • San Francisco School Board Recall ‘Dire Warning’ for Democrats: Bloomberg
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Joke’s on them: how Democrats gave up on rural America
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Only one former secretary of state is praising Putin and criticizing Biden in Ukraine crisis
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Florida's DeSantis gains popularity with Trump-like anti-'woke' agenda
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The reality of Texas' new voting law sets in as some voters have trouble casting ballots
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Pentagon weighs request for D.C. National Guard help ahead of trucker protests • National Guard to help DC control traffic for truck convoys
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After an FBI raid, ‘King of Laredo’ runs on his laurels
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Rick Scott's 'Plan to Rescue America' includes promise to name border wall after Trump • Sen. Rick Scott’s 11-step ‘Rescue America’ plan: tax everyone, finish the border wall and name it after Trump
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Truck convoy organizer eyes DC Beltway shutdown
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Trump slams Biden's 'weak sanctions' on Russia, despite previously suggesting that Russia's past invasions weren't a big deal
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Trump: Putin's Invasion Plan Was Genius
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Man Who Allegedly Told Cops 'I Watched Her Die, Bro' May Spend Life Behind Bars After Pleading No Contest to Strangling Ex-Girlfriend During 'Heated' Political Discussion
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‘This should terrify the nation’: the Trump ally seeking to run Arizona’s elections
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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 Statistics:

Bankruptcies plummet as Pennsylvania households benefit from COVID-19 assistance and pandemic savings
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Subchapter V:

Congress Considers Extending Small Business Bankruptcy Rules
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Proofs of Claim:

Class Proofs of Claim Involve Procedural Minefield
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Sales:

Structuring a Section 363 Sale as a “G” Reorganization
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Exemptions:

RI House approves Corvese bankruptcy bill
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Estoppel:

8th Circuit: Insurer Owes Nothing to Arkansas Man Who Lied on Proof of Loss Statement
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Mass Torts:

J&J argues plaintiffs' attorneys don't support talc bankruptcy plan over more money
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J&J Unit Proposes Independent Exam If It Remains in Bankruptcy
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Blatant abuse of Chapter 11? J&J says its use of 'Texas two-step' is all about fairness
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The “Texas Two-Step” Firestorm: This Is No Dance!
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Mediation:

Judicial Mediator Serving As Deciding Judge In Same Case: An Overreach? (McAdams v. Robinson)
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Aviation:

A Court Says United Airline's Unpaid Leave Policy for Religious Objectors Does 'Irreparable Harm'
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Holiday weekend air travel surges to highest levels since Thanksgiving as Covid cases continue to drop
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EU advises further relaxing travel rules for foreigners
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Court rejects plea by India’s Go First in insolvency case
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Heathrow Covid Losses Reach £3.8 Billion With Travel On Hold
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Sovereigns:

IMF Starts Ukraine Mission for $700M Loan After Russia Escalates
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Russia postpones Cuba debt payments amid warming relations
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UK:

UK lost up to £16bn due to fraud and error in Covid loans schemes
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IMF Urges BOE To Shrink Balance Sheet By £650 Billion
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BOE Boss Says Wage Restraint Remarks Also Apply to Bank Bonuses
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London Bankers Seen to Be Primed for Bigger Bonuses After Brexit
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Venture Capitalist Dubbed ‘Selfish’ by Judge Faces U.K. Arrest
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Canada:

With 260 jobs at risk, receiver appointed to stave off Canada Fluorspar bankruptcy
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Key organizer of Ottawa COVID protests denied bail
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Russia:

'Peacekeeping' tanks roll into Ukraine • Ukraine Enclaves Long Steeped in Conflict Face New Peril • White House official: ‘This is the beginning of an invasion’ • Europe braces for further strife as Ukraine crisis escalates • Biden’s First Salvo of Russia Sanctions Hits With Thud, Not Roar • NATO chief: 'Every indication' points to Russia planning for full-scale invasion • Ukraine’s economy is another victim of Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ • Rubio: Putin won't stop with 'two little, small areas' • ‘Thugs and bullies’: Nations sanction Russia over Ukraine • Russian President Vladimir Putin Calls For Ukraine To Break Apart, Escalating Crisis • U.S. official says a Russian invasion of Ukraine has started • Russia evacuating diplomats from Ukraine • Biden adviser says Russian deployment into Ukraine is 'an invasion' • Lawmakers give Putin permission to use force outside Russia • War fears grow as Putin orders troops to eastern Ukraine • Syria supports Russia's recognition of breakaway territories in Ukraine • Defying West, Putin orders troops to Ukraine rebel regions • Russia now has right to build military bases in eastern Ukraine - treaties • NATO chief says this is the 'most dangerous' moment in European security in a 'generation' • Germany halts key pipeline project over Ukraine crisis • Germany axes pivotal Nord Stream II pipeline bringing Russian gas to Europe after Putin sent troops to Ukraine • Could LNG help boost European energy security, if Russia turns off the taps? • Qatar says "almost impossible" to quickly replace Russian supplies to Europe • Top Russian official taunts Europe with sky-high gas prices after Germany axes Nord Stream 2 pipeline • Russia warns gas prices will double after Nord Stream 2 blocked • Biden sanctions Russian banks and declares Ukraine invasion has begun • Europe Considers a Modest Initial Set of Sanctions on Russia • Western sanctions roll in as Russia sends troops into eastern Ukraine • The West is trying to choke off Russian finances • Big banks are keeping a close eye on Russia-Ukraine tensions. • Japan ready to join sanctions on Russia • After Biden's threat, White House grapples with how much to sanction Russia • EU Matches U.S. Ban on Russian Bonds in Sanctions Package • U.S. suggests Putin's "peacekeepers" won't trigger "massive" invasion sanctions • Western sanctions roll in as Russia sends troops into eastern Ukraine • The Russian oligarchs threatened with 'unprecedented' sanctions amid Ukraine crisis • Biden Enlists Asian Partners for Unprecedented Russia Sanctions Plans • White House weighs how hard to hit Putin with sanctions. • Biden imposes sanctions over Putin's recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions • McConnell calls for 'toughest possible sanctions' against Russia • World leaders focus on how to punish Russia over Ukraine • ‘We need a miracle’: Anxious Ukrainians await Putin’s next move • Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Cyberattacks could affect U.S. • UK government wants Champions League final moved from Russia • US, Europe prepare for possible refugee wave out of Ukraine as Russia moves in • Putin's speech was shocking to many, but not to people in Kyiv • Poland: Russia should be hit with heavy sanctions • Putin gets no support from UN Security Council • The economic price of Putin’s use of force • Ukraine Map—Putin’s Possible Next Moves in Breakaway Regions Explained • Russia Is Reenacting Its Georgia Playbook in Ukraine • European Commission head says Russia 'manufactured' the crisis in Ukraine and is 'responsible' for its escalation • Punishing Putin: How Biden could cut Russia off from world tech • The US ambassador to the United Nations said Putin 'wants the world to travel back' to a 'time when empires ruled the world' • Russian Navy Cruisers Positioned to Counter U.S., French and Italian Carrier Groups in the Mediterranean • Putin warns hypersonic missiles are ready to launch & stockpiles blood ‘for war’ as Ukraine declares state of emergency • Biden tells Putin 'you don't need blood unless you're planning to start a war' • Ukraine Seeks to Declare Nationwide State of Emergency • Remember, Putin Did This to Georgia in 2008
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Harvard economist and former Obama adviser says Russia is 'basically a big gas station' and is otherwise 'incredibly unimportant' in the global economy
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Putin Address Takes Swipe at U.S.-Led World Order
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With Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, a New Cold War Arrives
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China keeps walking its tightrope between Russia and the West as tensions flare in Ukraine • China: Moscow has ‘legitimate’ security concerns with NATO, Ukraine
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China:

Shimao Misses Payment as $948 Million Debt Talks Drag On
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China Fires Officials, Launches Crackdown Over ‘Chained Mom’
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Brazil:

Brazil miner Samarco faces crunch creditor vote as standoff looms
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Colombia:

Colombia court decriminalizes abortion, adding to Latin America momentum
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New Zealand:

New Zealand Protest, an Echo of Canada’s, Digs In and Turns Ugly
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Germany:

Germany slumps into second recession, says Bundesbank
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Germany Says It Can Do Without Russian Gas. That’s a Tall Order
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Singapore:

Singaporeans Back Higher Taxes for the Rich to Reduce Inequality
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Italy:

Italian city fundraises to pay retirees’ rising energy bills
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South Korea:

S. Korea approves Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for ages 5-11
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong announces $21 billion budget to support economy as city battles Covid
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Hong Kong Posts 8,674 Covid Cases as Curbs Fail to Slow Outbreak
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