March 21, 2022

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Law:

Kirkland & Ellis Plays Favorites
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Is This Why Counsel Haven't Received Raises Yet?
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Are You Working For A Laggard Firm? How Biglaw's Wealthiest Stack Up On Associate Pay Raises
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Some Don't Like Free Speech Turned To The Max
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Harvard, Yale, And Stanford Law Students And Faculty Pressure U.S. Law Firms To Cut Ties With Russian Clients
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Black 3L Says White Deputy Mistook Her For A Criminal Defendant When She Tried To Enter Courtroom To Represent Client Of Law School's Clinic
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The Best Law Schools For Getting A Biglaw Job (2022)
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Is Free Speech In American Law Schools A Lost Cause?
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Lawyers Should Usually Bcc Less When Emailing
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I'm a lawyer who's moonlighted as a pageant coach for 30 years. The two jobs are more alike than you think.
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Biglaw Associate Out At Firm After Misconduct Allegations At A Karaoke Bar
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How does police funding impact policing?
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DOJ: More police departments declining to report hate crimes
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Confidential memos raise new questions about response to George Floyd protests
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New Justice Department effort will ask local police agencies to voluntarily take on reforms
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Overwhelmed prosecutors quitting 'in tears' amid staffing crisis, NYC district attorneys say
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Video shows off-duty cop kneel on student's neck • Surveillance video shows an off-duty Kenosha police officer using an outlawed chokehold on a 12-year-old girl
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Marie Yovanovitch says Rudy Giuliani was Trump's 'personal dirt-digger' and corrupt Ukrainians used him to spread 'lies and half-truths' in the US
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Which Trump Lawyer Is The Biggest Disgrace: A Bracket
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Bannon Lawyers Pound The Table And Shout In Latest Bonkers Contempt Filing
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Jussie Smollett's Lawyer Gets Claims Trimmed in Defamation Case • Brothers Who Say They Played a Role in Fake Attack on Jussie Smollett Can Sue Smollett's Defense Attorney for Defamation: Judge
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Pro-Trump Lawyer for Mother of Hunter Biden's Daughter Says He Expects President's Son to Be Indicted • Giuliani henchman Lev Parnas says Hunter Biden was 'set up' with seat on Burisma board • Senate GOP eyes Hunter Biden, Fauci probes after midterms
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New Details Flesh Out How Project Veritas Acquired Ashley Biden's Diary
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'Derrick Evans Is In the Capitol!': Former W. Va. Lawmaker Who Live-Streamed Capitol Breach Pleads Guilty to Felony • Ex-Cop Who Was Fired After Breaching Capitol with Platoon Sergeant on Jan. 6 Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate with Feds • Jan. 6 Plea Hearing Goes Awry After Indiana Man Says Police Gave 'Thumbs Up' as He and Mom Entered Capitol • Cheney suggests Jan. 6 panel could recommend criminal penalties for Trump • Ex-Va. officer, W.Va. lawmaker plead guilty in Capitol riot • Jan. 6 committee faces a thorny challenge: Convincing the public to care • Trump's Jan. 6 Cronies May Escape Justice • U.S. Capitol riot probe to reveal new details on attack, Cheney says • 'Cowboys for Trump' founder faces U.S. Capitol riot criminal trial • Jan. 6 Rioter Released to Grandpa's Custody
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Woman accused of luring 4 young men to slaughter
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Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights • Judge: Kim Davis Violated Others' Rights
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South Carolina Now Ready To Carry Out Executions By Firing Squad
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DHS watchdog calls for removal of ICE detainees due to "egregious" conditions • Inspector general, ICE clash over conditions at immigration detention facility in New Mexico
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North Carolina investigates Mark Meadows over voter fraud allegations
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Ignoring abortion access is getting harder for companies • Tx. Lawmaker Threatens Citi Over Abortions
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Brother of Chicago twins who helped take down 'El Chapo' admits to burying millions in drug proceeds under porch
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Book by Anita Hill is among 29 finalists for ABA Silver Gavel Awards
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FBI Invites Public In On Its Forfeiture Racket, Promises Them A Cut Of The Take
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Mom Pleads Guilty to Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Ex-Husband. She Paid a Dark Web Scammer in Cryptocurrency.
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Florida Bridgetender Charged with Manslaughter After Opening Span and Sending 79-Year-Old Woman to Her Death: Cops
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Nearly half the country requires no permit to carry a concealed weapon - and it's a growing trend
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No entry: Ukrainian Americans struggle to get fleeing relatives into United States • Russians are blocked at US border, Ukrainians are admitted
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Demand for Safe Rooms Skyrockets in Los Angeles
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Judges:

Tim Scott says Supreme Court vote on Judge Jackson won't be based on skin color • AP FACT CHECK: Republicans twist Jackson's judicial record • Why It Took 233 Years to Get the First Black Female Supreme Court Nominee • History-making Jackson set for Senate hearing for high court Marshall, 1st Black justice, faced down Senate critics • First woman on high court, O'Connor faced little opposition • McConnell says SCOTUS nominee is backed by 'soft-on-crime brigade'; Republicans plan to question her sentencing • Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gets 'well qualified' rating for SCOTUS by unanimous ABA committee • What to watch as Jackson's Supreme Court hearings begin • Ketanji Brown Jackson's Guantanamo clients an issue for GOP • Just The Stats: Ketanji Brown Jackson As A District Court Judge • Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmation: Cases You Need to Know • Supreme Court nominee Jackson rarely ruled for plaintiffs in bias cases • How Ketanji Brown Jackson's path to the Supreme Court differs from the current justices • Five questions Ketanji Brown Jackson could face in her Supreme Court hearing • Josh Hawley's misleading attack on Judge Jackson's sentencing • Josh Hawley's latest attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson is genuinely nauseating • Sasse: 'There are things in Judge Jackson's record that are troubling' • McConnell says he hasn't made his mind up on Jackson Supreme Court confirmation vote • Ketanji Brown Jackson Has One Last Obstacle to the Supreme Court: Those Hearings • First but not last: Black girls see themselves in court pick • Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearing will be a forum for political attacks • More support than oppose Jackson's Supreme Court nomination, with many not sure • The Senate's Supreme Court peacekeeper prepares for his moment • 55 Things You Need to Know About Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Ex-law clerk who told Congress judge fired her over pregnancy loses appeal
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Clarence Thomas' wife spoke at a conservative conference featuring the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group involved in the Capitol riot
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Clarence Thomas Hospitalized on Friday • Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with flu-like symptoms, recovering
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The Supreme Court has a Clarence Thomas (and Ginni Thomas) problem • 'She thinks she's important. She is not': Ginni Thomas buried by longtime associate • Ginni Thomas's activism sparks ethics questions
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Myths of the Supreme Court
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Wall Street:

S&P 500 futures are little changed after the benchmark's best week since 2020
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Dow rallies more than 270 points Friday as stocks post their best week since 2020
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Unlike Trump, Biden Has Stock Market Far Down His Priority List
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The stock market faces a lost decade of zero returns through 2031, according to Stifel's chief equity strategist
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Russia to re-open stock market after nearly a month; can its economy rebound amid war and sanctions? • Russian bond yields spike as trading resumes after month-long pause
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Layoffs:

Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K U.S. Jobs
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Meet a 25-year-old trucker who says there's 'not a trucker shortage, it's a pay shortage'
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The Clean Energy Employment Shift, by 2030
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Crypto:

Inside the international push to turn a bankrupt rural Washington newsprint mill into a crypto capital
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The Prince of Crypto Has Concerns
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Crypto isn't decentralized — it's actually run by a handful of big wigs exploiting low-paid workers, says long-time internet academic
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How Biden's executive order on cryptocurrency may impact the fate of digital currency and assets
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Autos:

Two lawmakers want Hertz, Avis to answer questions on rising U.S. rental prices
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Skiing:

Pandemic wipes out 30 Japan ski resorts over 2 years
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Religion:

Pope Expands Potential Role of Women at Vatican
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Pope releases Vatican reform, gives weight to fighting abuse
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Accounting:

SEC Making Some Seriously Ominous Noises About Auditor Independence
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Politics:

Progressives have scored big in Philly politics. Here comes the establishment pushback.
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Why the working class embraced right-wing populism
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Our Version of Tiananmen Square
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Lone bicyclist brings DC trucker convoy to a standstill as trucks honk in rage
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58 members of Congress have violated a law designed to stop insider trading and prevent conflicts-of-interest
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D.C. Appeals Court Overturns Ruling That Blocked Release of Documents Related to Senator's Pre-COVID $1.65 Million Stock Selloff
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From Jim Crow To Today, Voter Suppression Hasn't Changed That Much
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McConnell says "vast majority" of Republicans "totally behind" Ukraine
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Republicans are backing an aggressive policy toward Ukraine, breaking with Trump
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Mitch McConnell Downplays Cawthorn, Greene as 'a Few Lonely Voices' in GOP • McConnell on Republicans supporting Putin: 'There's some lonely voices out there'
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Trump-aligned 'America First' holdouts don't follow GOP in backing Ukraine
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A Boogaloo Boi Tried to Join the Foreign Legion In Ukraine — It Didn't End Well
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Disney to Meet With Staff After Outcry Over Stand on LGBTQ Bill
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Project Veritas Loses Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN for Depicting Twitter Ban as Part of 'Misinformation' Crackdown
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Guardsmen Slam Abbott Over Raw Deal for Commander
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Texas' Governor Brags About His Border Initiative. The Data Doesn't Back Him Up.
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Biden's 'cursed presidency': Gas prices latest headache as midterms loom
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Researchers warn that Christian nationalists are becoming more radical and are targeting voting
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Alabama officials banned an anti-Biden license plate. After conservative backlash, they reversed their decision.
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Rejecting 23,000 Ballots is Voter Suppression
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Poll: Hispanics aren't flocking to the GOP, but Democrats still have problems
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Economy:

Great Resignation Goes Global
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Fed Hawks Seek Half-Point Hikes With Data 'Screaming' Action
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Gross: Aggressive Rate Hikes Risk Cracking U.S. Economy
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Bond Traders Stunned by Hawkish Fed Are Sounding Growth Alarm
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Summers: Rates Have to Go Much Higher
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Higher food prices pushing more low-income Americans back to food banks
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Everyone knew the Fed was going to raise interest rates last week. No one knows what's coming next.
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Inflation is getting worse for the goods and services Americans need the most
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Soaring Prices for Everything Used to Make Food Brings More Inflation
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White House considered sending Americans gas cards
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Maine governor proposes $850 inflation-relief checks
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Chocolate and candy sales hit a record
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Q1 GDP Forecasts: Around 1%
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The No. 1 reason American workers quit their job has nothing to do with the COVID-19 pandemic
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How Russia could use bankruptcy law to punish Fforeign companies • Western companies wrestle with Russia 'half-exits' • Leaving Russia: the key questions facing multinationals • Halliburton suspends oil operations in Russia • Baker Hughes becomes the latest oil company to pull investments from Russia • The World's Biggest Oilfield Contractors Are Quitting Future Russia Work • Oilfield Service Majors Aren't Pulling Out Of Russia • BNY Mellon expects to lose $200M in Russia pullback • Tobacco group BAT in talks to transfer Russian business to long-time distributor SNS • U.S. targets Abramovich plane, 99 others over Russia export violations • Zelensky warns war will cost Russia for "generations" • Inside the bidding war for Chelsea FC • Meet the Bidders Aiming to Buy Chelsea From Roman Abramovich • Why Owners Of U.S. Sports Teams Have The Advantage In Chelsea's Global Bidding War • Russian oligarchs sanctioned yachts could rapidly waste away • Oligarch Roman Abramovich's $50 million Colorado mansion could become a sanctions target • Pepsi sparks outrage over its plan to export Scottish seed potatoes to Russia in a deal worth almost $800,000 • Russia has a $140 billion stockpile of gold, but no one wants to buy it • World's Top Alumina Supplier Australia Bans Exports to Russia • McDonald's trademarks in Russia are under threat as Putin aims to retaliate for U.S. sanctions • Burger King says Russian operator 'refused' to close hundreds of restaurants • How Russia is using intellectual property as a war tactic • More Than 100 U.K.-Listed Companies Warn on Ukraine War Impact • Deutsche Bank CEO Warns of Economic Fallout From War: Welt • Why Sanctions Aren't Stopping the War • How Russia's war in Ukraine upended a U.S. grocery delivery startup • Trapped in Russia, Europe's Banks Weigh the Cost of Breaking Out • Biden's war on the Russian economy is missing a key player • Why sanctions bite: Russian economy isn't huge to begin with • The other David Schwimmer - who's putting sanctioned Russians out in cold • Why some countries want to stay on friendly terms with Russia • Russian oligarchs are finally being sanctioned. Why not all the rest? • Meet Vladimir Potanin, the richest man in Russia. He's worth $25 billion, plays ice hockey with Vladimir Putin, and hasn't been sanctioned by the West.
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Which U.S. states may feel the trade effects of the Russia-Ukraine war?
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The CEO of one of the world's biggest fertilizer companies says there will be a food crisis because of the war in Ukraine and the question is just 'how large' it will be
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China is making new billionaires much faster than the U.S.
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Maryland drops degree requirement from some jobs, adding to debate over value of college
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Food Security Panics Governments as Ukraine War Blocks Supplies
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The simplest, most revolutionary approach to ending poverty
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Banks Sit on Billions of LBO Financings as Demand for Debt Falls
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Mapped: Global Happiness Levels in 2022 • World Happiness Report Shows Bright Spots in Dark Times
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LA Area Port Traffic: Record February Inbound Traffic
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Microsoft Survey: What's Changed About Work
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Fed and China Stress Test the World
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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:

Sales of Existing Homes Fall to Six Month Low • NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 6.02 million SAAR in February • Existing Home Sales Fall As Affordability Concerns Rise
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Housing affordability reaches decade low. Who's priced out?
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Wells Fargo Sued by Black Borrower for Refinance 'Redlining'
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Will Russia's invasion of Ukraine block the sale of L.A.'s most over-the-top mansion?
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Municipalities:

PREPA negotiations struggling for mediators
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Ford Motor expresses concern about Mason
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Oil/Gas:

"A Clash of Two Congressionally Constructed Titans": Fifth Circuit Declares Bankruptcy Court Victorious Over FERC in In re Ultra Petroleum Corporation
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Oil 'emergency': Work from home and drive slower, IEA says • Oil prices jump again on Russia-Ukraine fears, as IEA calls for cut in energy usage
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Russia crisis spurs push to cut oil use
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Nations Should Conserve Fuel as Global Energy Crisis Looms, Agency Warns
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Fortunes of U.S. oil tycoons surge as war sparks chaos in crude
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Oil will surge to $120 and stay high for more than a year as Russian supply dwindles, Morgan Stanley's commodities chief says
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Saudi Aramco profit doubles on soaring oil prices
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The Fossil Fuel Renaissance
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Tax:

'People have a lot of options. They have Amazon. They have Walmart:' IRS chief says his agency competes with big-box stores for staff
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IRS is Outgunned in Major Corporate Audits
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Climate:

It's 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica. Scientists are flabbergasted • Sea ice over Antarctica just shrunk to its smallest extent on record
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U.S. drought conditions to persist and expand • NOAA calls for Western drought to worsen in its outlook for spring
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Why companies are rushing to set net zero targets
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The race to net zero emissions
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A rise in science-based climate pledges
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Companies face a new world of climate disclosure
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How jobs will change with a warming world
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Biden's chance to tackle climate change is fading amid global energy upheaval
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The SEC wants to know a lot more about what companies are doing about climate change
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Texas wildfires destroy 86 homes and most of small town • Texas declares state of emergency as wildfire forces evacuations
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Student Debt:

State AGs renew debt relief fight for former students of Dream Center career schools
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 10% Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Education:

Understaffing leaves after-school programs with unmet demand
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This Is the Least Educated State in America
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Celebs:

Boris Becker to Stand Trial from Monday for Concealing Assets at Bankruptcy Hearing • Ex-Wimbledon champ Becker to stand trial, fights to avoid prison
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Erika Jayne's Husband Tom Girardi's Wire Transfers Being Investigated Amid RHOBH Attorney's Bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Disbarred Florida Attorney Gets 4 Years For Defrauding Clients Of $1.3 Million, Bankruptcy Fraud • Disbarred Attorney Sentenced To Four Years For Conspiring To Commit Bankruptcy Fraud And Defrauding Clients Of $1.3 Million
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Virginia man pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud
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Mass Torts:

Scouts Reach Deal With Catholic Committee in BSA Bankruptcy
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Professors Want J&J Bankruptcy Dismissed
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What the Sackler Family Won
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Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case Reveals Threats Posed by Torts
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Insurance:

Florida Insurers Cry Foul Over Slide's 'Favored' Treatment in St. Johns Insolvency
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Healthcare:

U.S. Covid-19 Infections Likely to Rise Again, Fauci Says • Fauci says COVID-19 cases will likely increase soon, though not necessarily hospitalizations
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COVID Update: March 18, 2022; Deaths at 1,000 per Day, Lowest Since December 2021
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Moderna asks FDA to authorize additional booster shot for all adults
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Vaccines remained highly effective at preventing serious illness and death during omicron surge, CDC report says
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Mild Covid Can Increase Heart Risks
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Long Covid Study: Something Bad is Happening
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Covid-19 cases are exploding in Asia. Here's what it means for the rest of the world.
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Some states pull back on daily COVID reporting
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Ivermectin Didn't Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date
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The last masking holdouts
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Most medical debt soon to vanish from credit reports
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Hospitals are back in the hot seat for their prices
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This Is The Worst American State For Healthcare
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The South's health care system is crumbling under Covid-19. Enter Tennessee.
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'He Goes Where the Fire Is': A Virus Hunter in the Wuhan Market
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Doctors fighting racial health disparities face threats, harassment
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Bankruptcy Research:

How do Zombies Stay Alive?
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Miscellaneous:

Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Litigation 2022
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Out-Of-Court:

Hostile Restructurings
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SCOTUS:

SCOTUS asked to consider plan mootness (KK-PB Financial, LLC v. 160 Royal Palm, LLC)
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Bankruptcy Forms:

Pending Changes in the Bankruptcy Forms
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Aviation:

American Airlines pilots want customers to know how bad things have gotten
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JetBlue, American Airlines, and Southwest pilots are suing the CDC over the federal mask mandate, saying it ignores scientific studies showing it is 'ineffective'
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Airports are slammed this spring. Here are 6 ways to manage the chaos.
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American Airlines Resumes Alcohol Sales — Americans (Likely) Resume Unruly Behavior
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Airline passenger traffic dropped in the pandemic. But TSA seized more guns than ever.
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Indonesia court extends Garuda debt restructuring by another two months
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China Eastern Airlines flight crashes carrying more than 130 people: state media
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Fraud:

Former Apple employee charged with defrauding $10M
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Here's how much money Americans lose to online scammers at every age
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Utilities:

This Is the State That Generates the Most Solar Energy
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Lights Out: Profitable Utility Company Shut Off Electricity to Homes Hundreds of Thousands of Times
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Retailing:

After nearly 2 decades of decline, what's next for office supplies stores?
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Sovereigns:

Spoils Don't go to the Aggressor
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S&P slashed Russia's debt to junk and says there are already 30 corporate 'fallen angels' as a result of the war. Here are 5 charts that show the hit to 'Russia Inc's' creditworthiness • S&P Global cuts Russia's credit rating even deeper into 'junk' territory as the risk of default grows
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IMF Board to Discuss Argentina's $45 Billion Deal on March 25
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The unpredictable risks of a new Russian debt crisis
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Argentine President Calls for 'Extraordinary' Inflation Measures
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Sri Lanka: Two men die waiting in queue for fuel as economic crisis worsens
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Sri Lanka in talks with China for $2.5 billion credit support
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Maybe Serving As Payment Agent For Sovereign Debt Is Another Business Citi Should Get Out Of
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UK:

Debt-riddled firms rocked by rising interest rates: Cineworld sounds alarm as Bank of England hikes borrowing costs for third time in three months
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People will riot if another full lockdown is enforced, top doctor warns - but admits some additional restrictions may be needed if hospitalisations and deaths continue to rise
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Violent loan sharks circle as UK families are pushed into debt
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Boris Johnson Panned for Comparing Ukraine Fight With Russia to Brexit
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Johnson Vows to Help Britons Struggling With Rising Living Costs
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U.K. Government Job Cuts Emerge as Inflation Weapon for Sunak
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U.K.'s Sky-High House Prices Are Still More Affordable Than Rent
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Households on 'collision course' with the cost of living crisis
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EU:

EU May Refrain From Stepping Into Energy Market as Nations Split
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EU to Mull Russian Oil Embargo
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Italy to Hit Energy Companies With 10% Levy to Fund Support Plan
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Germany seals gas deal with Qatar to reduce dependence on Russia
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Austria Increases Energy Subsidies to Offset High Gas Prices
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Europe's Workers Wary of Asking for Pay Raises Despite Inflation
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Canada:

Dredge-ing up new law: Court of Appeal reframes corporate attribution doctrine for bankruptcy matters
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Russia:

Russia's Severstal at Risk of Default Over Coupon Non-Payment
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Thousands of residents of Mariupol were 'forcibly' taken to Russia, city officials say • Ukrainian Civilians Deported to Russia in Nazi-Like Purge • Captives shipped to labor camps? • US ambassador can't confirm report of Ukrainians being deported to Russia • Ukraine Update: Russia Said to Turn to Harsh Policing Tactics • Kyiv mayor: Russians missiles hit residential neighborhood with preschool • Russian Army Shells Kyiv's Podil District • Mariupol art school sheltering 400 civilians bombed, Ukrainian officials say • 'No city anymore': Mariupol survivors take train to safety • Ukraine rejects Russia's demands to surrender Mariupol • Mariupol police officer pleads for help from Biden, Macron • Zelensky says hundreds still trapped under theater bombed by Russia • Leaders call for probe into heavy civilian casualties in Ukraine •Moscow claims hypersonic missile use, Kyiv asks Beijing to condemn 'barbarism' • Russia strikes aircraft facility in Lviv, shattering city's relative peace • Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers feared dead after a missile attack on officers' barracks while they slept, say witnesses • Russia Turns to Hypersonic Weapons as War Enters Bloodier Phase • Russia Claims Second Firing of 'Kinzhal' Missiles in Ukraine • Putin 'panicking' over revolution in Moscow as he battles to control Ukraine, PM says • Putin quotes Jesus to justify invasion of Ukraine • Navy Pilots Flying Dozens of Daily Russian Deterrence Missions from USS Harry S. Truman • School bombed in Ukraine city; Zelenskyy cites war crimes • Fierce fighting continues across Ukraine as Zelensky calls for 'meaningful negotiations' • Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says Putin is 'in better shape than ever' and 'a completely sane, healthy person' • Reported Detention of Spy Boss Shows Tension of Stalled Invasion • Elon Musk's satellites help Zelensky dominate the skies • Elon Musk's Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails • Satellite images show the destruction of a Mariupol theater that had 'CHILDREN' written outside — before and after it was bombed by Russia • Dashboard: Russian invasion of Ukraine • UN: 6.5 million people displaced inside Ukraine • Almost 25% of Ukrainians Displaced by War • UN: Over 3.2 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russian invasion began • UN: 10 million Ukrainians have fled their homes since invasion began • Europe's embrace of Ukrainian refugees, explained in six charts and one map • Polish schools expect as many Ukrainian refugees as there are students in Los Angeles • An elite Ukrainian drone unit exploits the cover of night to destroy Russian tanks and trucks while their soldiers sleep, report says • Researchers: War hits stalemate • Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition • Russian military slog in Ukraine a 'dreadful mess' for Putin • Inside the secret transfer of military equipment to Ukrainian soldiers • Zelensky: "If we were a NATO member, a war wouldn't have started" • Zelensky announces ban on 11 Ukrainian political parties with ties to Russia • Zelensky Suspends Private Media Companies • Putin shows off yet more designer wear: After outrage over Russian President's £10,000 jacket, high-fashion leader is also spotted wearing £8,800 watch and £605 trainers • Australia Boosts Military, Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine • Russia Steps up Threat to Target Arms Shipments to Ukraine • Russia, Ukraine 'close to agreement' in negotiations, says Turkey • Russia Presses Reduced Goals in Ukraine • Is Russia Losing? • What We Know About American Public Opinion and Ukraine • Ukraine claims more Wagner mercenaries trying to assassinate Zelensky • No gun. No helmet. No action: Frustrations of novice Americans who signed up to fight
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Moscow ridicules idea that cosmonauts wore yellow in support of Ukraine
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Pentagon's Work With Ukraine's Biological Facilities Becomes Flashpoint in Russia's Information War
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Ukrainian Jews find refuge in what was once Europe's 'center of darkness' • Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine • Zelenskyy evokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aid • Zelensky criticizes Israel's response to Russian war in speech to lawmakers • Zelenskyy calls on Israel for stronger opposition to Russia, compares invasion to Holocaust
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Surrogate babies born in Ukraine wait out war in basement
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Pope Francis visits Ukrainian children at Vatican hospital
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UNICEF urges stronger safeguards for Ukrainian child refugees
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UN warns Ukraine's food supply chain is "falling apart"
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Three Times Russians Botched a War and Had a Revolution
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Some Russians are breaking through Putin's digital iron curtain — leading to fights with friends and family
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China:

China Evergrande Meets Onshore Bondholders Over Delayed Coupon Payment
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Biden and Xi hold first call since Russia invaded Ukraine
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China's Vice Foreign Minister blames NATO for war in Ukraine
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China Will Work to De-Escalate War in Ukraine, Ambassador Says
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Marriage on the rocks in China as women rethink their options and Covid-19 limits take toll
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An economist explains why Saudi Arabia and China are looking to ditch the dollar in a new oil deal — and where Beijing could target next as it spreads yuan adoption
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China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year
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Elon's Business Ties to Beijing Create Unease in Washington
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Shanghai Disney to Close Temporarily as Covid Cases Reach Record • Shanghai's New Covid Cases Hit Record on Mass Mandated Tests • As Omicron Surges and Economy Suffers, China Tweaks 'Zero Covid'
(DBN)

Majority of Japanese Worry China May Invade Taiwan, Poll Shows
(DBN)

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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong will review COVID-19 restrictions as cases decline • Hong Kong's Lam Says 23,000 Cases Found in Building Lockdowns • Hong Kong to ease strict Covid measures amid criticism, frustration
(DBN)

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Germany:

Germany's Freedom Day Delayed as States Prolong Covid Measures
(DBN)

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Austria:

Amid rising cases, Austria hastily reintroduces an indoor mask mandate.
(DBN)

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