Law:

NYC Biglaw Associates Don't Seem Too Thrilled About 'Flexible' Office Return Policies
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As associate hiring spiked in 2021, how many new hires left within the first year?
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Associates Left Law Firms In Droves Last Year. Why'd They Go?
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Partners At This Biglaw Firm Had A Really REALLY Good Year
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In recently released data, ABA parses out bar passage rates by race, ethnicity and gender
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7th Circuit upholds Wisconsin's mandatory bar, says precedent applies until Supreme Court overrules it
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Infowars host's lawyer says the N-word in a dropped-pants comedy routine; should he face discipline?
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16 Ways To Not F--- Up Your Summer Associate Experience
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Big Law Hiring Spree Lifts Diversity in Mostly White Industry
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Federal judge rejects RNC lawsuit against Jan. 6 panel • Defendants in Key Proud Boys Jan. 6 Conspiracy Case Wrangle with Prosecutors Over Access to Pre-Trial Discovery • 'Interest in This Information Is Strong': Federal Judge Rejects Republican Party's Attempt to Scuttle Jan. 6 Committee's Subpoena • Judge rejects RNC request to block email records from Jan. 6 committee • Jan. 6 panel wants testimony from GOP lawmakers Brooks, Biggs, Jackson • Jan. 6 committee asks three pro-Trump GOP lawmakers for testimony • Ex-New York cop found guilty of assaulting police during U.S. Capitol riot • Jury Convicts Ex-NYPD Cop Who Attacked Police with Flagpole on Jan. 6 and Called Them 'F----- Commie M-----------' • Former Marine Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack • GOP Loses Bid to Block Jan. 6 Committee's Demand for Email Data • U.S. Agencies Saw Risk of Violence Before Capitol Riot, GAO Says
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Rudy Giuliani Still Charging $325 To Talk Life, Love, Phony Election Fraud Stories
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Trump Held In Contempt Of Court, Sends His Lawyer Out To S--- Talk Judge, Not Yet Tired Of Winning
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Supreme Court says Boston should have allowed Christian flag on city property • The Supreme Court hands the Christian right a victory it actually deserved to win • Supreme Court finds Boston's refusal to fly Christian flag unconstitutional • U.S. Supreme Court Backs Christian Group on City Hall Flagpole Use • 'The Trouble Here Runs Deeper': Justices Gorsuch and Thomas Slam Boston for Plucking Precedent from the 'Grave' to Justify Flag 'Policy That Discriminated Against Religion'
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Chemerinsky: SCOTUS clarifies First Amendment debate over content regulation of signs
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Will Justice get to Trump? Garland is facing questions
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Trump election probe in Georgia to seat special grand jury • Rudy Giuliani and Lindsey Graham could be swept up in Trump Georgia grand jury proceedings: CNN
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Fired officer charged with murder in shooting of boy, 12
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For Patrick Lyoya, the American Dream became the American nightmare
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Report calls out abuse of social media by Minneapolis police
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Are Biden's clemencies the start of something bold or another example of political timidity?
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Esper: Trump asked about shooting protesters 'in the legs or something' after George Floyd death
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Amazon will offer $4,000 per year to US employees who need to travel to different states for medical procedures, including abortion
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Restrictive Laws Show Effect as U.S. Abortion Rate Declines
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The Dishonesty of The Abortion Debate
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ACLU lawyers reviewed op-ed that led to Johnny Depp's defamation claim, its GC testifies • Security guard testifies in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case
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Blac Chyna awarded no damages in defamation case against Kardashians
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Judge lets Tulsa race massacre reparations lawsuit proceed
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Former Prosecutor And Law Professor Arrested For Solicitation
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Young Man Shot and Killed His Mother Because He Got Mad She Told Him to Stop Smoking in His Bedroom: Sheriff
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Alabama Woman Charged With Manslaughter After Her 7 Dogs Allegedly Mauled Government Worker to Death as She Investigated Prior Dog Attack
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Arrest warrant issued in Alabama for missing jail official • Sheriff Announces Warrant Against Deputy for Allegedly Helping Alabama Murder Suspect Escape Jail
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Body found in barrel in Lake Mead may date back to 1980s, more likely to appear as water recedes, Las Vegas police say
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Judges:

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows • 10 key passages from Alito's draft opinion, which would overturn Roe v. Wade • Unprecedented SCOTUS Leak Shows Just How Little Respect The Court Has For, You Know, Precedent • 'This Is an Earthquake': Monumental Reported Leak of Justice Alito Draft Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade Stuns Legal World • Explainer-Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision hinged on women's right to privacy • Leaked draft Supreme Court decision would overturn Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling, Politico report says • 4 things we know, and one big thing we don't, about the draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade • How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare • Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico • Legal experts express shock at rare Supreme Court leak on major abortion rights case: 'Highly disturbing' • The Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade leak to Politico is unprecedented, but details about justices' secret inner deliberations have become public before • Pelosi and Schumer slam Supreme Court justices for writing 'one of the worst' decisions in history amid reported leak of draft opinion to overturn abortion rights • Protests erupt outside Supreme Court after leaked draft on Roe v Wade • Lawmakers weigh in on Supreme Court Roe v. Wade leak • Democrats hope draft abortion opinion will jolt midterm elections • Planned Parenthood reacts to "devastating" Supreme Court leak • 'Do something Democrats,' abortion rights supporters chant at U.S. Supreme Court • Police Swiftly Put Barricades Around Supreme Court After Reported Leak of Draft Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade • Reporter speaks about breaking story on Supreme Court abortion rights leak • Why Democrats' call to 'codify Roe' is unlikely to succeed if the Supreme Court is ready to overturn abortion rights • Why a constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights is next to impossible • Lawmakers, advocacy groups weigh in on apparent leak of draft opinion overturning Roe • Democrats call for action, GOP voice support as leaked Supreme Court Roe draft opinion sets stage for 2022 midterms • What abortion access would look like if Roe v. Wade is overturned
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Newsom, lawmakers want California Constitution to explicitly protect abortion rights
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GOP to push hardline federal abortion ban
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Undermining of abortion rights is extremely rare and 'goes hand-in-hand with creeping authoritarianism' experts warn
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White Republican Convicted Of Voting Illegally In 2020 Sentenced To Probation While Black Women Get Years In Prison
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Mercer Life Trustee a significant contributor to the University and bankruptcy law
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Was mask mandate judge a hypocrite?
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise after big market reversal to start May • Stock futures fall after big market reversal to start May
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US stocks reverse course to close higher even as 10-year Treasury hits 3% and Fed rate hike looms
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The S&P 500 could fall 17% as a decline in earnings means stocks will provide less protection against high inflation, Morgan Stanley says
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Ugliest month for stocks since COVID first hit
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Why aiming for a 'soft landing' for the economy doesn't guarantee one for Wall Street
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'Bubble' hitting 50% of market, top investor warns as Fed gets ready to meet
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Layoffs:

400 jobs in the balance as Armstrong Flooring bankruptcy looms
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Student Debt:

Millions of student-loan borrowers just got closer to relief, but a government report found thousands more are likely 'entitled' to forgiveness
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Student loan forgiveness is 'up to the White House,' Federal Student Aid COO says
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AOC has a message for Americans who already paid off their student loans: 'We can support things we won't directly benefit from'
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Biden considering student-loan forgiveness of at least $10,000 per borrower through executive action: report
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Student-loan relief would cost the government $321 billion but allies plan to keep up the pressure for $50K relief, a report says
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Student-loan forgiveness for millions of low-income borrowers could be jeopardized by 'harmful servicing practices,' 4 advocacy groups say
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Canceling student loan debt is just bad policy
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Our View: Student loans: Biden's debt relief plan makes sense
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Biden seems closer than ever to deciding on student-loan forgiveness — and Republicans are worried it might actually happen
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How much in student debt could Biden forgive? Here's what's on the table
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Agribusiness:

Behind Biden's plan to bump up farm subsidies
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Can the World Feed Itself? Historic Fertilizer Crunch Threatens Food Security
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Crypto:

Warren Buffett wouldn't buy 'all of the bitcoin in the world' for $25: 'It doesn't produce anything'
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U.S. SEC ramps up crypto fraud oversight by adding 20 employees
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Politics:

46 percent in deep-blue Massachusetts say Biden is doing a good job: poll
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Republicans are poised to win the House and Senate
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Susan Collins Told Women to Trust Her on Roe
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Six months before crucial midterms, Biden faces many challenges • Biden ticks up, but GOP holds advantage on economy, Post-ABC poll finds
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Trump said 'can't you just shoot' protesters in June 2020, former DOD secretary Mark Esper claims in new book
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The times Trump has advocated for violence
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Trump's Grip on GOP Gets First Test With JD Vance Endorsement in Ohio Primary
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The GOP senator who faulted Trump for Jan. 6 — and lived to tell about it
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Herschel Walker, other candidates test skipping debates
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Top Pence aide joins staff of Trump enemy Brian Kemp • George W. Bush to appear at fundraiser for Trump nemesis Kemp
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Trump's influence in GOP faces test with voters in May races
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Tucker Carlson privately mocked Trump and declined a phone call from the former president to his Fox News show: report • Tucker Carlson brushes off 20,000-word NY Times story dubbing him 'American Nationalist' • Tucker Carlson vows he won't read N.Y. Times series about him
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How a Canadian-born Irishman paved the path of hatred that leads to Tucker Carlson
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McConnell silent about sour Trump relationship
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A Fox employee said executives at the network said they wanted to purposely air 'grievance' to 'get people boiled up': NYT
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'Not the opinion police': Disinformation board is latest headache for White House
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'They're all here, vaccinated and boosted': Biden shouts out Fox reporters at dinner
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Arkansas' GOP governor slams Ron DeSantis for his ongoing spat with Disney over Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill, saying 'It's a mistake to go after businesses because we disagree with what they said'
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Disney's Clash With Florida Has CEOs on Alert
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Accusations against Rep. Madison Cawthorn multiply
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Economy:

U.S. manufacturing sector slows further; factory workers quitting • ISM® Manufacturing index Decreased to 55.4% in April • 'Inflation is out of control:' U.S. factories grow at slowest pace in 18 months as labor and supply woes fester • U.S. Manufacturing Gauge Unexpectedly Falls to Lowest Since 2020
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US will recover all jobs lost during Covid by summer, Fitch says. But there's a downside.
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Private-Debt Risks Are Hiding in Plain Sight
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IMF Deputy Okamura Warns Inflation May Be Faster Than Feared
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Fed's half-percentage-point interest rate hike seen baked in the cake
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Fed to fight inflation with fastest rate hikes in decades
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4 reasons why the US could be past peak inflation
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Fed funds traders see 91% chance of 75 basis point hike in June, according to CME FedWatch Tool
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Four High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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Biggest Treasury Buyer Outside U.S. Quietly Offloads Billions
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Recession is 'almost inevitable': former Fed's Ferguson says
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PGIM's Hunt Says Bond Market Shows U.S. Risks Recession by 2024
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Stagflation risk rises as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy
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Ken Griffin Says Fed Needs 4% Inflation This Year to Avoid Recession
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Can the Fed bring the US economy in for a soft landing?
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Fed Way Behind Curve on Stopping Recession
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Fears of a Fed mistake grow as this week's anticipated interest rate hike looms
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Fed policy has rocked markets and the coming rate hikes make the risk of recession 'unsettling,' says top economist Mohamed El-Erian
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More Americans are fretting over their finances compared to last year. This is their No. 1 worry
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Goldman Sachs slashes credit exposure to Russia • Poll finds strong support for sanctions on Russia, support for Ukraine • U.S. to seize Russian oligarchs' assets for Ukraine aid, Schumer says • Russian Tycoon Criticized Putin's War. Retribution Was Swift. • EU set to ban Russian oil, ministers hold crisis talks on gas • In shift, Germany says it could back immediate EU ban on Russian oil • Factbox-Who is buying Russian crude oil and who has stopped • Russian natural gas exports to China jump 60 per cent in first 4 months • EU Plans to Issue Detailed Guidance on Russia's Rubles-for-Gas Demand • The EU is set to propose a Russian oil embargo, but Putin ally Hungary pushes back: 'It makes no sense' • Hungary Floats Veto Threat as EU Works to Ban Russian Oil • EU Presses to Maintain Unity Over Putin's Rubles-for-Gas Demand • Putin's war imperils Russia's energy cash cow • Why for some EU capitals, Russian oil is thicker than blood • 'I want to see Putin hanged', says Gazprom executive who fled Russia • Russian oligarchs anticipated sanctions months before the war and moved money through Hawala, an informal payment system, an expert says • Finnish group abandons plans for Russia-backed nuclear power plant • Russian attacks on Ukraine grain network a move to cut competition- German minister • Finland, Sweden to drop players from Russian hockey league teams • Citigroup Is in 'Active Dialog' for Sale of Its Russia Retail Operations • Russia Is Barred From Women's Euros and 2023 World Cup • India's top steelmaker will stop importing Russian coal due to 'uncertainties' created by Western sanctions on Moscow • BP reports bumper net profit, but posts massive loss on hit from Russia exit • What the Kremlin's rubles-for-gas threat is about • Finma Extends Protections for Sberbank Creditors
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Economist: Loss of Ukraine's exports may be felt worldwide for years
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Texas Gov. Abbott's border inspections prompt Mexico to move lucrative trade link to New Mexico
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'Much of the process and decision making about salary is hidden or secretive': As New York pay transparency law awaits, here's how to find out what your co-workers make
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Apple employees refuse office return because it will make company 'whiter, more male-dominated'
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McConnell was unnerved about Biden's child tax credit becoming too popular for the GOP to kill, book says
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Heat Scorches India's Wheat Supplies, Adding Food-Shortage Worries to World
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California's Population Drops by 0.3% With Covid, Fewer Births
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Sneakers, elastic pants: People alter office wear amid COVID
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Gender Pay Gap Leaves Asian Women $120,000 Poorer — Or Worse
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How Austin Lured the Most Workers Back to Offices
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Food Banks Are Serving More People Again as Inflation Squeezes Budgets
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Latinos say they're discriminated against by other Latinos just as much as others
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Credit managers, citing pressures, project wider credit spreads, higher defaults
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Rivian to receive $1.5 billion incentive package for new Georgia assembly plant
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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:

Home affordability is nearly the worst on record as mortgage rates spike
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Two-thirds of aspiring millennial homeowners have nothing saved for a down payment, leaving some to rely on their parents to buy a house
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U.S. construction spending rises less than expected in March • Construction Spending Increased 0.1% in March
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After a Two-Year Dip, Evictions Accelerate in New York
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Housing Inventory May 2nd Update: Inventory Down 4.9% Year-over-Year
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These numbers are bad news if you're trying to buy or refinance a house
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The Fed wants to cool the U.S. housing market. Here's what that feels like
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Black Knight Mortgage Monitor: Record Low Delinquencies, "Home Affordability Nears All-Time Low"
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'I think we're in the final innings.' Pimco's Kiesel thinks the housing market has hit its top
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Housing investments at risk as Build Back Better withers
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Los Angeles Activists Submit Signatures for $8 Billion Mega-Mansion Tax
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico bankruptcy lessons show credit outweighs legal protections
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Sold-out Detroit bankruptcy documentary again available for free at-home streaming
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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls on China growth worries as EU weighs Russian crude ban
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Oil: 'Something far more serious is going on,' says analyst
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Record Fuel Exports From U.S. Gulf Coast Drain Tanks at Home • Falling Inventories Could Stifle U.S. Plans To Help Europe Replace Russian Oil
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Qatar Reclaims Crown From U.S. as World's Top LNG Exporter
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U.S. natural gas production growth wanes as need arises
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Hydrogen Is Every U.S. Gas Utility's Favorite Hail Mary Pass
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Stellantis to Spend $2.8 Billion on Canadian Plants in EV Push
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Biden's Team Puts Up Over $3 Billion to Boost U.S. Battery Output
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The Inevitable Decline Of Russia's Oil Industry
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling Makes Too-Little, Too-Late Comeback
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Renewable electricity powered California just shy of 100% for the first time in history
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Oil has long been used as a geopolitical weapon. Could electrified transport change that?
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Autos:

Toyota Nearly Tapped Out on Electric Vehicle U.S. Tax Credits
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$2 Billion Hedge Fund Loses Nearly Half After Carvana Plummets 75% In 2022
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Car buyers balk at monthly fees for add-on features
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Dog Racing:

Greyhound racing nearing its end in the US after long slide
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Flooring:

Armstrong Flooring Stock Tumbles as Warns Bankruptcy Likely
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Tech:

The flawed math behind Elon Musk's Twitter deal • Musk seeks to put in less money in new Twitter deal financing -sources • Elon Musk Is Right That Twitter Should Follow the First Amendment • College students don't want Elon Musk running Twitter • Elon Buying Twitter Isn't Necessarily Party Over, But I'd Like An Afterparty Invite
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Biden officials want Musk to bring Trump's 'crazy' back to Twitter: Report
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Elon Musk hates government subsidies. His companies love them.
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Trucking:

Price of diesel hits all-time high, straining the trucking industry
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Healthcare:

Gulf Coast Health Care Dissolves Amid Bankruptcy
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New York City Raises Covid-19 Alert Level as Case Numbers Rise • New York City raises its COVID alert level to medium to reflect rising case numbers
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State of Affairs: May 2
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The US should prepare for a predictable Southern summer surge of Covid-19, Birx says
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Omicron variant did not wipe out Delta, it could return - study
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Another pandemic is inevitable, scientists say. Mass vaccination is not.
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Large-scale study identifies severe COVID-19 risk groups
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Nurses Are Fighting Back—but the Nightmare Continues
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Pressure builds for COVID vaccines approval for littlest kids
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New research finds patterns among people with long Covid
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US pediatricians' group moves to abandon race-based guidance
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Report: Paxton relied on false claims, errors to equate transgender care with child abuse
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As Feinstein Declines, Democrats Struggle to Manage an Open Secret
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Congressman Wants Disney No Fly Zone Ended • This Is How America's Culture War Death Spirals • Impact of Ending Reedy Creek Would be Dire
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Yet again, NH monthly bankruptcy filings remain in record low territory
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UCC:

What's in a Name? UCC Financing Statement Mistakes Can Be Fatal
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Subchapter V:

Senate's Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act Retains $7.5 Million Eligibility for Subchapter V Small Business Debtors
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Third Party Releases:

Third Party Releases Under the Bankruptcy Code After Purdue Pharma
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Iowa family sentenced in USDA crop loan and bankruptcy fraud schemes
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Mass Torts:

Alex Jones is abusing US bankruptcy law -- here's how
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Alex Jones Bankruptcy Case Just Keeps Getting Weirder
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Sandy Hook families agree to remove InfoWars as defendant in defamation lawsuit
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SCOTUS:

Justices add new case on bankruptcy • Supreme Court Takes Case on Imputing Fraud in Bankruptcy
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Supreme Court Weighs Bankruptcy Discharges for Fraud by a Third Party
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U.S. Supreme Court to weigh whether wife liable in bankruptcy for husband's fraud
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Aviation:

The New Jet Set: How the COVID-driven boom in private jets is still flying high
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Air travel trends on the move
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Virginia man who tried to open plane door sentenced to 1 year in prison
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New Zealand welcomes back tourists as pandemic rules eased
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Celebs:

Tennis Legend Boris Becker Faces Jail Time, Net Worth Takes a Tumble
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Bankrupt on a Multimillion-Dollar Salary: Why Many Pro Athletes Are So Bad With Money
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90 Day Fiance: Ariela Wienberg's Parents Fred & Janice File Bankruptcy!
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Retailing:

Sears creditors seek court's OK for $35 mln litigation funding deal
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Labor:

Amazon Defeats Drive to Unionize Second Staten Island Facility
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Starbucks union claims CEO Schultz violated labor law by 'threatening to withhold' benefits
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Climate:

One Island Nation's Controversial Plan To Take Climate Justice Into Its Own Hands
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This is the most active spring in years for severe weather and southwest wildfire
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As wildfire closes in, New Mexico residents prepare to flee
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Food/Beverage:

Rooftop restaurant in Chicago's Lake Point Tower for sale amid bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

Russia swerves to avoid default: what is next? • Russia looks to avoid default after bond payments sent to creditors • Russia races to avert historic default as bondholders wait for dollar payments
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UN chief calls for debt relief, post-COVID investment on W. Africa trip
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Debt repayment costs are rising fast for many African countries
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Sri Lanka extends credit line with India as China voices support • China Backs Sri Lanka's Decision to Work With IMF to Restructure Debt
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Ghana is on course to declaring bankruptcy
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UK:

English company insolvencies hit 10-year high as COVID support fades
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Eggs farmers are six months from bankruptcy due rising cost of chicken feed caused by Ukraine war and supermarkets cutting prices amid cost-of-living crisis, industry experts warn
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EU:

Euro zone factory output growth stalled in April - PMI
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An embargo on Russian oil would trigger a recession in Europe and investors are underpricing disruptions to energy supplies, Barclays says • Warmer weather helps Europe cut reliance on Russian gas
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Can Europe Weather Looming Gas Shortages?
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How to Get by Without Russian Gas
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Europe Is Its Own Enemy in Ukraine
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Canada:

Canadian factory activity decelerates as capacity constraints weigh
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Mexico:

Mexico's factories contract for 26th straight month, inflation near four-year high
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Russia:

Ukraine says it destroyed Russia's Izyum command center, killing 200 but just missing Russia's top general • A Russian general who commanded electronic warfare units was killed in a strike that killed 100 soldiers, top Ukraine official says • Russian officers in shock at Putin's desperate orders that leave 400 troops dead a day • Ukraine Says It Sank Two Russian Naval Boats, As New Blasts Hit Russian Border City • Putin may soon officially declare war on Ukraine, US and Western officials say • US diplomats resuming limited activities in Ukraine • Pelosi says Russia's war merits the 'strongest possible' response. • In Kyiv, residents cautiously return and embrace a renewed sense of normalcy. • A former NATO commander says there's 'no situation comparable' to the deaths of top Russian military officers amid the country's invasion of Ukraine • Want to contact CIA from Russia? Agency points to darknet • Watching from space, satellites collect evidence of war crimes • Russian troops stole $5M worth of farm vehicles from a John Deere dealership, which remotely locked the thieves out of the equipment • Russian governor reassures residents after new explosions in area near Ukraine • UK could be 'plunged into the sea' by underwater nuclear strike, Russia state TV threatens • Vladimir Putin is suffering from early stage Dementia & his paranoia is driving him insane, says former KGB agent • A Ukrainian family's desperate journey from Russian-occupied Kherson to safety in Poland: 'We could see the artillery shells flying above us' • How Ukrainians Saved Their Capital • Ukraine formally closes seaports captured by Russia • U.S. says Russia's progress in Donbas has been "minimal at best" • Homesick Ukrainians flood back to their war-torn country • Ukrainian citizens forced into Russia by Putin's forces were tortured and had their limbs amputated due to frostbite, human rights chief alleges • A Russian missile strike damaged the runway of an airport in Odesa, rendering it unusable, Ukraine says • Disaster for Putin as tenth Russian General 'killed' - Kremlin losing 'one a week' • Russians Blindfolded Us and Made Us Dig Mass Graves to Cover up Their Crimes • Civilians evacuated from Mariupol steelworks but hundreds still trapped • Civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant head for safety • Mariupol steel plant evacuees recount dire scenes in bunkers • UN "blocked" from delivering aid to starving Ukrainians • Ukraine's Piled Up Corpses Are Being Trucked Out of Mariupol Steel Mill • Ukraine admits the 'Ghost of Kyiv' isn't real, but the myth was potent for a reason • Lavrov compares Ukraine's Zelensky to Hitler with antisemitic 'Jewish blood' trope • Israel condemns Russian foreign minister's "unforgivable" Hitler remarks • 'Unforgivable': Hitler Had Jewish Blood, Russian Foreign Minister Wrongly Claims
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Russian priests speak out against war despite threat of prison, sanctions from church
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Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership on May 12 • Finland has walked a political tightrope between Moscow and the West for decades
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Thailand:

JPM downgrades Thailand on fading tourism recovery and worsening macro conditions
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Germany:

Adler's Efforts to Contain Crisis Backfire in Chaotic Weekend
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Far fewer German companies fearing for survival - Ifo survey
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German Used-Car Prices Hit Record on Tight Supply Chains
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Italy:

Italy Set to Back 14 Billion Euros in Aid to Offset Energy Costs
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Italy Raises Windfall Tax on Energy Industry Profits to 25%
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Greece:

Greek workers protest at energy cost surge
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China:

Shanghai, Shenzhen self-regulatory rules for bankruptcy, reorganization
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China is working to protect its overseas assets amid fears the US could impose Russia-style sanctions, reports say
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Lockdowns and supply chain disruption to accelerate Apple's move away from China, with India a likely beneficiary, analysts say
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Shanghai Covid Cases Hold Below 10,000 as Beijing Tightens Curbs • Shanghai COVID outbreak shows signs of waning as cases fall • Beijing reopens a mass isolation center and tries to avoid a citywide lockdown • Beijing city closes gyms and bans dining in as Covid controls tighten
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China's Covid Lockdowns Hit Industrial Production
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Norway:

Covid Testing Stations to Disappear in Oslo as City Moves On
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Japan:

Beer, Chicken Price Hikes Show Japan Inflation at Tipping Point
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MENA:

Saudi Arabia's economy grew at the fastest rate since 2011 as oil production expands amid price boom
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'Hamas Media Campaign Urges Attacks on Jews by Palestinians in Israel and West Bank
(WSJ)

The drug trade now flourishing in Afghanistan: Meth
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Australia:

Australia hikes its interest rate for the first time in more than a decade
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Romania:

Creditors file claims worth EUR 1.8 bln against bankrupt Romanian insurer City
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