Law:
King & Spalding Follows Wall Street to Open Miami Office
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U.S. News Best Job Rankings: Being A Lawyer Is Now A T14 Career
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Predictions: Biglaw In 2022?
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Is There An End In Sight For The Booming Legal Market?
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Thompson Coburn names new bankruptcy partners
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Jones Day Names Two New Restructuring Partners
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Norton Rose Promotes New Bankruptcy Partner
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Hughes Hubbard Promotes New Bankruptcy Partner
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Amid COVID-19 concerns, NCBE sticks with in-person February bar exam
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Omicron Variant Presses States to Consider Bar Exam Delays
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The Best Law Schools For Practical Training
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In Defense Of The Emory Law Journal
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Salty Law School Dean Surprised Religious Discrimination Not Given The Ok
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Judge demands details on lawyers' bid to quit billionaire's legal fee fight
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Woman seen with broken sign from Pelosi office pleads guilty in Jan. 6 riot • Congressional Staff Pressed Justice Department Officials For Safety Plans Before The Capitol Riot • Look who’s not talking: Key figures who aren’t cooperating with Jan. 6 investigators • Biden calls Jan. 6 riot an attempted 'coup' • Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump allies who helped with rally • Kerik to sit for 'voluntary interview' with Jan. 6 panel, attorney says • Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Man Who Wrote Donald Trump's Speech at the Ellipse • Delaware Man Previously Known to FBI After 'War Crimes in Bosnia' TikTok Post Charged with Jan. 6 Crimes • No Jail Time for Leopard Print-Clad Man Who Scaled Capitol Wall on Jan. 6. His Mom Blamed Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones for Fueling His 'Anger Issues.' • Mother-Daughter Pair Plead Guilty to Climbing Bike Rack to Breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 • House panel dismisses ‘unsupported’ claims about FBI role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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Justice Dept. forms domestic terrorism unit to address growing threat • Justice Department Creates New Domestic Terrorism Unit Following Anniversary Of Jan. 6 Insurrection
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Assistant District Attorney Goes On Anti-Vax/Mask Screed... No Longer Assistant District Attorney
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Civil Suits Against Trump Seek Damages for Jan. 6 Attack
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Trump Lawyers Turn Jan. 6 Motions Hearing Into Yet Another Sh*tshow
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Capitol security officials developing program to identify 'insider threats' from police
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Legal expert explains how judge provided ‘roadmap’ for prosecuting Trump for Jan. 6
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Oklahoma death row inmates offer firing squad as alternative
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Smart guns that require fingerprint identification coming to the US firearms market
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Police, law enforcement line of duty deaths in 2021 jumped 55% from year before, main cause: Covid
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Officers Who Ignored Robbery to Play Pokémon Go Lose Appeal • Court Upholds Firing of Two LAPD Officers Who Ignored Robbery Call to Play Pokémon Go: 'Screw It . . . Snorlax Just Popped Up!'
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Supreme Court wrestles with indefinite detention for immigrants awaiting deportation
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Florida Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban Abortion After 15 Weeks
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The Untold Dallas Origins of Roe v. Wade
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Dentist Kills Wife on Safari
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Judges:
BK DE Says Mask Up
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Military Brass, Judges Among Professions at New Image Lows
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Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch again does not wear mask on bench at hearing
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Did Gorsuch misstate the number of flu deaths? The transcript—not the justice—was wrong • Neil Gorsuch Cited Fake Flu Stats And Then Scrubbed The Transcript Like A Coward
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Is it time to rein in premature Supreme Court review?
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The First Supreme Court Justice
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Wall Street:
Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 snaps a 5-day slide
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Dow rises 180 points, Nasdaq rallies for second day as tech shares rebound
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Healthcare:
U.S. breaks record with more than 145,000 covid-19 hospitalizations • U.S. sets fresh records for Covid hospitalizations and cases with 1.5 million new infections • U.S. hospitalizations surpass last winter’s peak.
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Other countries struck by Omicron kept their death tolls low. The US is looking different.
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WHO says omicron is life threatening for unvaccinated, elderly and people with underlying conditions
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Murphy Reinstates New Jersey Public Health Emergency on Covid Surge
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in NJ highest since start of pandemic
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As an E.R. Doctor, I Fear Health Care Collapse More Than Omicron
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NYC Covid Rates Are ‘Plateauing,’ N.Y. Governor Hochul Says
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New study says air knocks down COVID-19 infection rate by 90 percent
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Acting FDA head: Most people are going to get COVID-19
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World can’t boost its way out of the pandemic using existing vaccines, WHO experts say
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Red Cross declares first national blood crisis in US
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Fox News guest tells audience to treat COVID-19 with drugs used for transgender health care
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How the changing workplace could reshape American health care
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Which mask? What test? Covid's latest surge spreads an epidemic of confusion.
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CDC may recommend better masks against Omicron • Why we need to wear better masks
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Biden’s Covid Response Comes Under Fire in Senate Panel Hearing
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Everything you need to know about the new, free at-home Covid tests
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FDA extends shelf life for millions of expired coronavirus test kits in Florida
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Covid Cases Jump 340% Among ICE Detainees in One Week
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JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon suggests New York staff could lose their jobs if they're not vaccinated
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Conservative Activist Dies of COVID Complications After Attending Anti-Vax ‘Symposium’
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Economy:
Amid rising prices, American families fall deeper in debt
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More than 300,000 women joined the labor force in December, despite omicron wave
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Missing Workers by Age Group
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Americans quitting jobs sign of a 'Great Upgrade': Biden economic official
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‘Great Retirement’ in U.S. Is Driven by Older Female Baby Boomers
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36 million families face January without a Child Tax Credit check: "There will be times I won't eat"
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The lesson America refuses to learn about Covid-19 and the economy
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Fed's Powell vows to stop inflation from becoming 'entrenched' • Fed chair faces questions at confirmation hearing over rising inflation and how to respond • Fed's Powell: Inflation poses a major threat to job market • Powell says high inflation is a 'severe threat' to achieving maximum employment • Powell paints the picture of a soft landing, says Fed can cool inflation without damaging labor market • Fed Chair Powell says rate hikes, tighter policy will be needed to control inflation
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A people's Fed? It's starting to at least look that way
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Brown Sees Easy Powell Confirmation With ‘Small Handful’ of Noes
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Fed's Mester would back March rate hike to fight inflation
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Fed Should Run Down Balance Sheet 'Earlier Rather Than Later' - George
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Fed's Bostic says three hikes, fast balance sheet runoff needed for inflation fight
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Four Fed Rate Hikes Are Priced In, and Jamie Dimon Wants More
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Paul Tudor Jones Says Powell Has a Lot of Catching Up to Do
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U.S. small business sentiment rises modestly in December - NFIB
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Gloomy outlook for global recovery, World Economic Forum survey finds
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Inflation Hits Highest Level Since May 1996 in OECD
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World Bank cuts global growth forecast on virus flare-ups • World Bank sees sharp world growth slowdown, 'hard landing' risk for poorer nations • World Bank slashes global growth forecast and warns about growing inequality
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Shipping group Maersk expects cargo delays to persist
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Trucking Trade Group Warns of Continued Shortages, Bottlenecks
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JPMorgan's Dimon says consumer loan growth may take 6-9 months to return to normal
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Dimon Sees ‘Huge Pressure’ on Wages for First Time in His Life
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A new era for the American worker
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Treasury warns of delayed tax refunds due to 'enormous challenges'
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NYC’s New Mayor Tells City to Stop Wallowing, Embrace ‘Swagger’
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New Orleans brings back mask mandate
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JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon says bank won't pay its unvaccinated workers
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U.S. business fears never ending liability from 'take-home' COVID-19 lawsuits
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VW Widens Staff Vaccination Drive to Counter Omicron Risks
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Unvaccinated federal employees must test for COVID weekly
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Visualizing Americans’ Financial Assets by Age
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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:
Homebuilder Comments in December: “Still a ton of demand for new homes"
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Mortgage delinquency rate reaches prepandemic levels
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Leading Index for Commercial Real Estate "Declines in December"; Up Sharply Year-over-year
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Faulty safety doors at Bronx high-rise were repeatedly flagged before deadly fire, officials say
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Owning is cheaper than renting in much of the U.S.
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Brooklyn’s bankrupt All Year Management attracting bidders, lawyer says
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge signals plan confirmation likely by month end
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How to Solve City, County Pension Problems
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Puerto Rico Bonds Rise as Judge Set to Accept Modified Debt Plan
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Oil/Gas:
Seadrill unit files for bankruptcy seeking 24-hour turnaround
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EIA expects U.S. oil production to reach a record in 2023
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Report reveals double the number of abandoned oil and gas wells in US than previous reports
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Retailing:
American Eagle signals weak revenue growth in holiday quarter
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Retailers detail staffing shortages as omicron rages, but investors see it as short-term hit
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The new normal: Google searches reveal America's COVID shopping habits
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Personal Finance:
Just 22% of people give themselves high scores on financial wellness
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Celebs:
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Autos:
Auto Dealers See U.S. Sales Edging Up 3.4% as Shortages Continue
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Here’s when you can look forward to used car prices finally going down
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Bentley, Rolls-Royce Evade Chip Issues to Score Record Sales
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Volkswagen Group reports 4.5% drop in deliveries
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BMW Brand Delivers Record 2.21 Million Vehicles in 2021
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Rivian Produced 1,015 Trucks in 2021
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Politics:
Biden has found his bone to pick with the GOP: voting rights • Biden Tees Up Voting-Rights Push as Allies Worry He’s Too Late
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Democratic operatives say Hillary Clinton is 'best option' for party to win 2024 election • Bill O'Reilly: Hillary Clinton wants to face Trump in 2024
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Why Democrats are thinking of going nuclear
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Manchin doubles down on filibuster ahead of Biden's speech
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McConnell vows retaliation if Democrats change filibuster
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McConnell will run for another term as leader despite Trump's attacks
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King family: ‘Difficult decision’ to attend Biden’s voting rights speech
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Trump Says His Twitter Ban Damaged the ‘Integrity’ of U.S. Elections
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Trump to elevate election deniers at Arizona rally
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McConnell: Rounds 'told the truth' about 2020 election • Under fire from Trump, Sen. Mike Rounds says Republicans need to provide voters with 'good information' and instill trust in American elections
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McCormick MAGA-proofs his Senate campaign after dissing Trump
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Fauci clashes with Paul, says attacks kindle 'the crazies' • Fauci says Sen. Rand Paul’s false accusations has incited death threats • In a Fiery Hearing, Fauci Accuses Senator Rand Paul of Fueling Threats Against His Life • Hot mic catches Fauci calling GOP senator 'a moron'
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Rand Paul FactCheck: “No one has been hospitalized for” the omicron variant of COVID-19
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House Democrats postpone annual retreat due to COVID
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Top House Democrat pushes "isolation boxes" for unmasked colleagues
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McCarthy Eyes Ban on Lawmakers Trading Individual Stocks
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Nancy Pelosi supports lawmakers trading stocks if they properly report the transactions. But 3 more members of Congress failed to meet that low standard •54 members of Congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts-of-interest • Momentum builds to ban lawmakers from trading stocks
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Republicans threaten floor takeover if Democrats weaken filibuster
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Lawmakers of both parties slam Texas GOP candidate who called for ban on Chinese students
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Wisconsin's 1-party rule is what the GOP wants everywhere
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Recent Ch. 11 Filings (25 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Jobs:
(1) • (2) •(3) •(4)• (5) •(6) •(7) •(8)
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Mediation:
Deposing A Mediator About What Happened In The Mediation (Roberts v. City of Fairbanks)
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Automatic Stay:
City of Chicago vs Fulton: The Disappearing Automatic Stay
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Venue:
Bankruptcy lawyers steer blockbuster cases to select US cities
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Mass Torts:
Boy Scouts Says Abuse Claims Likely to Be Paid in Full, With Lowered Liability Estimates
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Aviation:
United CEO says 3,000 positive for COVID but no deaths among the vaccinated • United cuts flights as about 3,000 workers call out sick from Covid • United CEO says nearly 33% of airline staff at its Newark hub called in sick one day
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Delta Air Lines fights with largest flight attendant union over Covid sick leave
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American Airlines expects Q4 revenue to fall lesser than expected
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Omicron Turbulence Looms Over U.S. Airline Earnings
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Travel is ‘roaring back’ — but the industry might not be ready for a boom
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American Airlines passenger enters cockpit, damages controls
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A viral TikTok showed how to get $1,000 if you're bumped from a flight. We unpack that.
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China Blocks Some Flights From the U.S. as Covid Precautions Rise
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Flights at U.S. Airports Halted During North Korea Missile Test
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Aeromexico Says Creditors Approve Its Restructuring Plan • Voting on Plan of Reorganization Concludes with Strong Support
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Banking:
Bank of America to reduce overdraft fees this spring • BofA Drops Non-Sufficient Funds Charge, Cuts Overdraft Fees
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Food/Beverage:
Restaurant Chain at the Center of a Deadly Hepatitis Outbreak Is Filing for Bankruptcy
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Domino’s Pizza forecasts soaring food costs in 2022, backs long-term outlook
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Albertsons Struggles With Rising Costs, Blunting Sales Surge
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Here's why grocery stores are struggling to stock their empty shelves
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They Fed America During Lockdown. Nearly Two Years Later, Many Grocery Workers Can’t Make Ends Meet.
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Fraud:
U.S. Signals Corporate Crime Shifts in Pair of Fraud Settlements
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Maritime:
German court to rule in row over funding for cruise shipbuilder MV Werften
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Sports:
Djokovic could face jail for ‘lying on his Australia travel form’ as shock pics ‘show he traveled before flight to Oz’ • Break point: Aussie PM takes on Novak Djokovic — and loses • Djokovic admits travel papers "mistake" as Australia visa decision looms
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Miami, Michigan State Football Coaches’ Pay Spurs Congress Probe
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Education:
L.A. Unified students face lines to enter campus on first day; screening system crashes
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More than 65,000 Los Angeles students and employees test positive for COVID-19 as school resumes
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Rise in COVID-19 cases prompts Thousand Oaks school to switch to remote learning
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Biden ramps up school testing strategy as Omicron disrupts education
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Poll: Americans value "health and safety" over in-person learning
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Federal appeals court appears wary of tossing Indiana University's vaccine mandate
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The Nonprofit College That Spends More on Marketing Than Financial Aid
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Elite universities violated antitrust law in financial aid collaboration, lawsuit claims
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Lawsuit claims colleges overcharged students ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
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Climate:
Powell says climate stress tests will 'very likely' be a 'key tool going forward'
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Ocean warmth hits record high
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Oceans absorbed heat equivalent to 7 Hiroshima nuclear explosions every second, expert says
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Coldest air in years sends Midwest, Northeast into deep freeze
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It’s time to start scoring legislation on climate impacts
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Weather disasters caused $145 billion in damage last year in the U.S., says NOAA
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Sovereigns:
Clauses and Controveries: From Commercial Bank Loans to Blue Bonds
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World Bank demands faster G20 debt relief as poor nations squeezed
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UK:
What is 'living with Covid'? Boris Johnson drawing up plans 'to be rolled out in March'
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Scotland beginning to ease omicron restrictions
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Customers are furious after energy supplier tells customers to cuddle pets to keep warm
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EU:
WHO says omicron may infect half of Europe within two months, if current coronavirus trends hold
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WHO: 7 million new omicron COVID cases in Europe
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EU agency says omicron pushing COVID-19 out of pandemic phase
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Europe Slowly Starts to Consider Treating Covid Like the Flu
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Goldman predicts the euro area will outgrow the U.S. economy over the next two years
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Canada:
Quebec to impose tax on unvaccinated people
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France:
French Daily Covid Cases Hit 350,000, a New Record
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China:
World’s Worst-Performing Bank Lent Billions to China Evergrande
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Delinquent Shimao, Kaisa units named and shamed as defaults rise
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Goldman Lowers China 2022 Growth Forecast to 4.3% on Omicron • Goldman cuts China GDP target for 2022 — and exports aren’t the problem
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China Vows More Steps to Stabilize Trade as Economic Risks Grow
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Calls for China to Cut Rates Grow Louder as Economic Risks Grow
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Russia:
Russia Positioning Helicopters, in Possible Sign of Ukraine Plans • Russia is risking all-out war to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO • US-Russia Exchange Warnings Over Ukraine
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Cuba:
In Cuba, queueing for hours 'just to be able to eat'
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MENA:
Aid group reports 30-fold increase in Afghanistan child malnourishment
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Poland:
Poland hits grim milestone of 100,000 COVID deaths
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Germany:
Germany needs mass immigration to avoid labor shortages - economy minister
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Australia:
Omicron surge threatens to slow down Australia's economic recovery
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