February 3, 2022

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Law:

Allen & Overy continues growth of U.S. Restructuring practice with partner Robin Spigel
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Law Firms Should Not Grant Mercy Interviews
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U.Va law school program courts first-generation college students
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Pelt-Wearing Son of Brooklyn Judge Pleads Guilty to One Felony, Two Misdemeanors for Jan. 6 Mayhem Oath Keepers Founder's Estranged Wife Tells Why She Asked a Judge to Keep Ex in Jail, Fears He'll Take Their Kids and Become 'Brownshirt' for Trump Oath Keepers founder spent six hours on Zoom with Jan. 6 panel Trump: Pelosi Was Behind Jan. 6 Riot McConnell Against Short Sentences for Rioters Two 'alternate electors' sue Jan. 6 committee to block subpoena
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Trump Impeachment Witness Sues Giuliani, Trump Jr., and White House Officials for Allegedly Violating His Civil Rights
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Trump Tore Up Official White House Records
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Infamous Trump supporter who painted over BLM mural charged with burglary and meth possession
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Judges walk off in protest after Rudy Giuliani unmasked on 'The Masked Singer': report
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Avenatti betrayed Stormy Daniels, got tangled in 'lies,' prosecutor says
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U.S. trial for George Floyd killing paused by coronavirus
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Flores Drops Bombshell Lawsuit Against NFL Brian Flores' lawsuit could be catalyst for ownership rule changes in the NFL 'Sham' interviews, mistaken texts from Belichick: 6 takeaways from Brian Flores' suit against the NFL
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Wrongful Conviction Litigation Finance Discouraged by Texas Law
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Jury Refuses to Declare Winner in Defamation Lawsuits Against Roy Moore, Woman Who Accused Him of Molestation
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Former Louisville officer sentenced to 2 years in prison for striking protester in head with baton
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Tom Brady’s Lawyers Step In to Help ‘Navigate’ Post-NFL Career
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Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court's Order, Says CIA Can Keep Information About 'Black Site' Interrogation Operations Secret from ACLU
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Former Missouri Teacher Gets Sex Crime Dismissed After Marrying Former Student and Undermining State's Case Against Her
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Police Release Video After N.J. Man Was Shot by Motorist on Interstate in Fatal Road Rage Incident
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1 student killed, 1 injured in shooting outside Minnesota school
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'Did I Hit Him?' Massachusetts Woman Allegedly Left Police Officer Boyfriend to Die in the Cold After Hitting Him with Her Car on Night of Blizzard
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SD: GOP Ignores Noem's Abortion Bill
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Goldberg Suspended from The View for 2 Weeks Whoopi Goldberg Suspended From ‘The View’ By ABC After “Wrong And Hurtful” Holocaust Comments Whoopi Goldberg ‘livid,’ threatening to quit ‘The View’ over her suspension: source
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FBI: Scale of Chinese Spying in US is Huge
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Prosecutors want parents of accused Michigan school shooter to halt romantic gestures in court
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Prosecutors who want to curb mass incarceration hit a roadblock: Tough-on-crime lawmakers
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Fugitive who was arrested and released in Texas after escaping Louisiana jail captured again
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Judges:

Court Slams Judge: He's in Wrong Line of Work
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From early on, Childs seen as ‘destined for further things’
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Ketanji Jackson is a favorite for Biden's historic Supreme Court pick
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‘The fight came to us’: Schumer the judicial warrior heads into SCOTUS battle
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Democratic US senator’s stroke threatens Biden agenda
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The Supreme Court Could Stand Some More Diversity
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Brooklyn Judge's Son Pleads Guilty In January 6th Case
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After Flouting COVID Vaccination Rules, Judge Yanked From Criminal Cases
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Judge gets suspension for shoving shackled defendant who cursed at him
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Unvaccinated judge who shunned masks will mostly preside in civil video hearings
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Chemerinsky: Justice Breyer is a model for all who sit on a judicial bench
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Possible Supreme Court nominee writes first appellate opinion; other decisions are also getting some attention
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Federalist Society: Gorsuch Speech a Secret
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When Supreme Court Justices Go Rogue
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Wall Street:

Nasdaq futures drop as Facebook leads tech shares lower
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Layoffs:

WARN Act Did Not Apply to Sudden Closure of Nuclear Plant Construction
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Movie Theaters:

AMC Entertainment To Raise $500 Million To Refinance Debt
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Cineworld hopes to delay payments to former Regal shareholders | This is Money
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Climate:

Millions brace for winter storm set to bring snow, ice to large part of U.S.
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Economy:

ADP: Private Employment Decreased 301,000 in January
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Preparing Americans for Strange Job Report
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National Debt Crosses $30 Trillion
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A "great resignation" silver lining for HR
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Is Social Security Dead?
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Army to Kick Out the Unvaxxed
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So long, Omicron: White House eyes next phase of pandemic
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Bridge to be Dismantled for Bezos' Yacht
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Normal Supply Chain Unlikely in 2022
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Manchin says Build Back Better is 'dead.' Here's what he might resurrect.
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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:

Lenders' Security Interest in UCC Accounts May Unlock Value in Retail Bankruptcy Cases
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Framing Lumber Prices Up More Than Double from Two Years Ago
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HVS: Q4 2021 Homeownership and Vacancy Rates
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey
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Their TV Home Makeover Became a Nightmare
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Municipalities:

US to modernize, speed up work on Puerto Rico power grid U.S. agencies prepared to give Puerto Rico $12 billion to modernize electric grid
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Oil/Gas:

The Market Is Ignoring The Surge In U.S. Oil Output
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Taking stock of the global electric vehicle race
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Oil major Shell reports sharp upswing in full-year profit, raises dividend and buybacks
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Ford to increase Spending on EVs to $20Bn
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Student Debt:

Biden Administration Fights To Keep Student Debt An Inescapable Nightmare
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Mass Torts:

U.S. drug firm ex-CEO convicted of steering opioids to 'dirty doctors'
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Drug distributors reach major opioid settlement with Native American tribes
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Education:

FBI investigating HBCU bomb threats as hate crimes 6 Kids Made Bomb Threats at Black Colleges
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Texas Two Steps Away from Book Burnings
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Texan Wants Michele Obama Bio Banned
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Demands to Ban Books are Soaring
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More Than Half of Teachers Looking for Exits
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Politics:

NYT Sues State Dept. for FOI on Hunter Biden
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Eric Trump Proves Both Dunning-Kruger And Streisand Effect Are Totally Real
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73 Confederate statues removed or renamed last year
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Senator's stroke catches Democrats by surprise
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SCOTUS May Legalize Gerrymandering
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Elderly Florida residents had their registration switched to Republican — without their knowledge: report
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Healthcare:

COVID deaths are rising even as Omicron dies down
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US is #1 for Covid Deaths in Wealthy Countries
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Strained US hospitals seek foreign nurses amid visa windfall
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Why do some people get Covid when others don’t? Here’s what we know so far
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Long COVID is contributing to America's labor shortage
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Why inflation hasn't hit health care the same way
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COVID inequity: In Africa, at-home tests are scarce, costly
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Crypto:

What Happens If a Cryptocurrency Exchange Files for Bankruptcy?
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More than $320 million stolen in latest apparent crypto hack
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Why is Matt Damon Shilling for Crypto?
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (10 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
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Blocking rights and the Texas wind power generation industry
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Intercreditor:

TriMark: Are "Sacred Rights" Still Sacrosanct?
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Bankruptcy Research:

Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy
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Aviation:

Over 3,700 flights canceled as monster winter storm slams much of U.S.
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Airlines ask Biden to drop Covid testing for vaccinated international travelers
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Aeromexico May Still Hit Bumps After Bankruptcy Exit
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Autos:

Auto designer Henrik Fisker speaks to Howard Green about going bankrupt
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General Motors Declares Chip Crisis Over
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White House and EPA pen scathing letters to USPS over next-gen vehicle plan, including EV misinformation
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Celebs:

Why Celebrities Are Buying Their Brands Back
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Media:

CNN boss Jeff Zucker resigns
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Religion:

Camden diocese offers $90M for victims of clergy sex abuse
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Norwich diocese receives extension until April to file bankruptcy plan
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Defunct Dogma
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UK:

Cladding: Residents win legal fight to delay costly patrol
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Singapore:

Singapore Court Provides Guidance on the Conduct of a Debtor's Bankruptcy Application
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India:

IBBI plans to reduce timelines under voluntary liquidation process
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Cross-border insolvency: VOVL, Sterling Bio resolutions likely to benefit from new norms
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How cross-border bankruptcy resolution might work out
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Russia:

‘We just want peace’ — what it’s like living in Ukraine right now Russia-Ukraine tensions could prove a buying opportunity, strategists say U.S. threatens Russia with a chip blockade Biden sending thousands of troops to Eastern Europe Hawley calls on Biden to drop support for Ukraine membership in NATO Putin moves closer to war A global flashpoint, but all quiet on eastern Ukraine's frozen front lines Inside the Russia-Ukraine Power Struggle Putin: US Trying to Draw Russia into War Why Europe lacks voice, power in Ukraine crisis Putin heads to China to bolster ties amid Ukraine tensions
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China:

President Xi Jinping, China’s ‘chairman of everything’
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South Africa:

South Africa lagging behind when it comes to cross-border insolvency
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Turkey:

Turkey’s inflation hits nearly 50%, highest in two decades
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MENA:

A Million Flee as Afghan Economy Collapses
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Poor planning led to 'botched' Afghan evacuation effort: Senate GOP report
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US Conducts Raid into Syria. Civilians Feared Dead Children among 13 dead as U.S. special forces conduct raid in Syria, local rescue service says
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