Law:
Large law firms increase hiring of diverse attorneys, new data shows
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Panel attorneys who represent children, indigent adults in New York courts flee low pay
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Former Guess executive chairman alleges lawyer extorted him over misconduct allegations
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Archer Adds China Bankruptcy Pro In Houston
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Law firm says staff can work from home - for 20% less pay
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Two Law Firm Data Breaches And New Breach Stats
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The Many Hats We Wear As In-House Counsel
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Big Law Attorneys Share Why Mentoring Matters: Part Five
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52 percent say Trump should be charged for urging supporters to march on Capitol: poll • Defendants in Key Proud Boys Jan. 6 Conspiracy Case Wrangle with Prosecutors Over Access to Pre-Trial Discovery • 'Guess What? You're an A**hole': Unidentified Voice Disrupts Listeners During Detention Hearing for Pa. Man Accused of Assaulting a Cop on Jan. 6
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New York Appellate Court Rejects Donald Trump's Request to Stay His Contempt Order
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Trump DHS delayed Russian election interference report, watchdog finds • DHS Sec. Altered Report on Russia for Trump
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Florida Republican: Abortion ban can help human-trafficking victims escape captors
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Which States Would End Abortion if Roe v. Wade Was Overturned? • Abortion statistics by state: Maps, trigger laws, and possible bans
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The state of abortion in America
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The Abortion Backup Plan No One Is Talking About
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What happens after Roe v. Wade?
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13 states have 'trigger laws' that activate if abortion law falls
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The Legal Status Of Abortion Worldwide
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What science tells us about abortion bans
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Five consequences if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade
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Leaders across the country are creating abortion safe havens in case Roe v. Wade is overturned
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Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics
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Trump-era border policy threatens to slow Ukraine aid
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State trooper arraigned in fatal shooting of teen
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Amber Heard's Private Nurse: I Saw Injuries on the Actress • Amber Heard admitted to using mushrooms and MDMA while at home with a 'high-profile male acquaintance' just 2 weeks after her breakup fight with Johnny Depp, according to her former nurse • Johnny Depp just spent 3 weeks painting Amber Heard as manipulative and abusive. Now it's time for Heard to tell her side of the story •Johnny Depp Rests Defamation Case Against Amber Heard, Who Loses Effort to Dismiss His Lawsuit • Amber Heard to testify soon in defamation fight with Johnny Depp • Psychologist says Heard suffered from PTSD because of Depp • Amber Heard's personal nurse testifies that the 'cocaine and liquor-addicted' actress had ever increasing outbursts of rage and was deeply jealous of Johnny Depp's fame • WebMD profile of Amber Heard expert witness flooded with negative reviews during trial
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Killings in L.A. are on pace to top last year's high
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Mexico expects more migration after U.S. ends COVID border restrictions
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Marine General Used 'Full N-Word' in Rant That Led to His Ouster from European Command Post
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Dave Chappelle Attacked Onstage
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Missouri man executed after death sentence is overturned three times
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US up two spots to 42nd on global press freedom list
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Judges:
Covid-19 Flare-Up to Keep Hearings Virtual for Now, Says Bankruptcy Judge
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Prominent Texas Bankruptcy Judge to Leave Complex Case Panel
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Supreme Court Chief Justice confirms draft abortion opinion is authentic • Alito's Case for Overturning Roe is Weak for a Reason • Abortion leak exposes U.S. Supreme Court in disarray • Roe v. Wade leak deals major blow to Supreme Court's image • The Leak Of The Draft SCOTUS Opinion Overruling Roe: Answers To Your FAQs • 'Betrayal': Chief Justice Roberts blasts disclosure of draft abortion opinion • The Supreme Court's plan to repeal Roe v. Wade: Who let the cat out of the bag? • Supreme Court investigation of opinion breach faces multiple legal obstacles • For Roberts, the disclosure of the court's draft abortion opinion is a disaster of the highest order • SCOTUS Clerks Have Everything to Lose as Leak Probe Launches • Is Leaking a Supreme Court Opinion a Crime? The Law Is Far From Clear • Supreme Court Marshal Heading Probe of Leak Is New But No Rookie • Cover-Up Would Be Crime in Probe of Supreme Court Ruling Leak • Legal Experts Assess Mitch McConnell's Call for DOJ to Pursue 'Criminal Charges' Following Leak of Justice Alito's Draft Opinion in Abortion Case • House GOP panel seeks DOJ probe into Supreme Court leak • Analysis: What justices said to get confirmed vs. what's in the draft opinion overturning Roe • Who Leaked Samuel Alito's Draft Opinion Striking Down Roe v. Wade—and Why? • Alito Wants a Brawl and Looks Likely to Get One • After the Supreme Court's leaked draft, what happens next? • The Supreme Court Is Doing Exactly What It Has Been Engineered to Do • The original Roe v. Wade ruling was leaked, too • A Supreme Court in Disarray After an Extraordinary Breach • Supreme Court's Roe v Wade leak: The end of integrity and ethics? • With Supreme Court poised to reverse Roe, most Americans support abortion rights • This Supreme Court Is Out of Step With Most Americans • Supreme Court opens investigation into Politico leak • Here are six key passages from the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. • Biden: "Radical" Supreme Court draft would threaten long-standing rights • 'Shocked' Bill Gates says a Roe v. Wade reversal 'would set us back 50 years' • Biden declares right to abortion 'fundamental' after leak of draft Supreme Court opinion• Becerra on leaked SCOTUS decision: 'People make their own decisions about their own bodies'• SCOTUS leaked abortion opinion is rooted in a time women had no rights • Top Republicans call for probe into SCOTUS leak • Romney backs opinion, says leaker should be punished • Protests erupt at Supreme Court after report of draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade • Democrat says Roe downfall could lead to attacks on birth control • Hollywood rips abortion ruling draft: 'SCOTUS nudges America closer to Handmaids Tale status' • Ocasio-Cortez: Supreme Court 'isn't just coming for abortion'• Leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade shows Supreme Court out of touch with America • Supreme Court 'Ripped Up The Constitution' And 'Defiled Precedent' In Leaked Draft Opinion Overturning Roe • Everything I Was Told About Roe v. Wade Was A Lie • Draft SCOTUS Opinion Overturning Roe v. Wade Cites Obamacare, Which Justice Alito Has Said Is Unconstitutional • Emotions run high outside Supreme Court as demonstrators weigh future of abortion
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What does the original Roe v. Wade really say?
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Video: Justices on Roe v. Wade During Confirmation Hearings
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Impeach any liars on the US Supreme Court!
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The case against the Supreme Court of the United States
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Overturning Roe v. Wade Could Have Devastating Health and Financial Impacts, Landmark Study Showed
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Democrats warn repealing Roe could erode host of privacy rights • What falls after Roe? Liberals warn of a privacy rights nightmare.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Could Probably Have Saved Roe by Retiring • Ginsburg's Warnings on Roe Came True
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Draft opinion to overturn Roe becomes focus of Senate hearing on ethics reform
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End of Roe Was Not a Surprise
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Oklahoma governor signs ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy
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California will be 'a beacon of hope' for out-of-state abortion seekers, say leaders
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This Opinion Isn't About The 2016 Election, It's About Decades Of Democrats Dropping The Ball
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The Supreme Court Has Only Scratched The Surface Of Awful
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Supreme Court Leak Reminds Us That Lawyers Are All Useful Idiots
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House Democrats call for Supreme Court expansion in wake of potential Roe reversal
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Wall Street:
Stock futures nudge higher ahead of Fed's big rate decision
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Stocks rise for second straight day ahead of expected Fed hike
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Why stock market valuations are diving
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Paul Tudor Jones says he can't think of a worse financial environment for stocks or bonds right now
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Stocks and Bonds Are Falling in Lockstep at Pace Unseen in Decades
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Layoffs:
Huge layoffs expected at Lee Enterprises
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Autos:
Negotiations With Foxconn Get Down to the Wire for Lordstown Motors
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April Vehicles Sales increased to 14.29 million SAAR
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GM CEO: Shortages to Last until 2023
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Movie Theaters:
Cineworld looks to further delay payments to former Regal shareholders
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Education:
The Price Kids Pay: Schools and Police Punish Students With Costly Tickets for Minor Misbehavior • Illinois' Education Chief Urges Schools to Stop Working With Police to Ticket Students for Misbehavior
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A Third of U.S. College Students Consider Withdrawing
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Car living: College students hit hard by US housing crunch
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Tech:
Elon Musk says businesses and governments may have to pay to use Twitter
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Healthcare:
How the Covid-19 Pandemic Unfolded
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Newer, fitter descendants of Omicron variant begin to drive their own coronavirus waves
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A new coronavirus surge sweeping Puerto Rico took hold soon after restrictions were lifted.
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COVID-19 infection could age brain by 20 years, lower IQ significantly • Severe Covid May Cost Survivors 10 IQ Points, Study Finds
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CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders
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The biggest health risks women would face if Roe v. Wade is overturned
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Economy:
Employers post record 11.5 million job openings in March • Job openings hit a record high March as businesses still struggle to find workers • BLS: Job Openings at Series High 11.5 million in March
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Rise in U.S. factory orders beats expectations in March
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U.S. Abortion Rollback Risks Erasing Economic Gains for Women
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Abortion challenges Corporate America's political activism
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Confidence in U.S. Economic Leaders Flagging
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U.S. Personal Finance Ratings Slide Amid Rising Prices
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Wall Street sees greater risk of default by major banks
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The Fed Is Set to Pull Back Economic Help Rapidly. Is It Too Late?
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U.S. Treasury yields rise as investors anticipate aggressive Fed rate hike
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The Fed is about to make history again
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The Fed gets serious about tighter money
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Reaganomics are back - but don't add up
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Get Ready for Another Energy Price Spike: High Electric Bills
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May 3 is equal pay day for Asian-American women, who earn 75% of what white men do
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The rich get poorer
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Why people moving out of big cities are seeing the most inflation
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The Fed's aggressive hiking campaign will lead to a recession, according to CNBC survey
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The Fed is expected to raise rates by a half point. Investors wonder if it will get more aggressive
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Major U.S. Beefpacker Says Steak Prices Will Continue to Soar
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Impact of Global Sanctions Regimes Relating to Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus • The surprising resiliency of Russia's economy (and why it won't last) • Are sanctions against Russia working? • Support grows for selling seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine – but experts warn it's a complicated and risky strategy • BP has purged its European refineries of Russian oil and expects to be rid of most long-term contracts with the Kremlin by year's end • Sanctions? What sanctions? Russians aren't feeling the sting. • Germany warns a Russian oil ban will harm Europe's economy, even as it backs an embargo • EU Proposes Banning Russian Oil by the End of the Year • EU proposes gradual ban on Russian oil in sixth round of sanctions against Moscow • Expect as much as 2 million barrels a day of Russian crude to vanish from the market in May as sanctions kick in, BP boss says • US law firm sues Credit Suisse for misleading investors, claiming the bank did business with Russian oligarchs • U.S. Relieved as China Appears to Heed Warnings on Russia • Slovakia says it will seek exemption from any EU embargo on Russian oil • Slovakia, Hungary won't back EU sanctions on Russian energy • The EU is planning to turn to Africa to help wean itself off Russian natural gas, a report says • Germany Looks to Rapidly Build LNG Import Terminals to Shift Away from Russian Gas • German Exports to Russia Sink to Two-Decade Low After Invasion • EU divided over how to step away from Russian energy • Dutch and Swedish dockers refused to unload a tanker carrying Russian diesel because of 'international solidarity' over the Ukraine invasion, union leader says • Oligarch Critical of Putin Now on The Run • Putin puts West on notice: Moscow can terminate exports and deals • Fiji Gives the US Permission to Seize a Superyacht Reportedly Owned by a Russian Billionaire • Maersk in talks with buyers for stake as quits Russia • Maersk Lost More Than $700 Million From Russia in First Quarter • EU Aims to Target Russia's Global Oil Sales With Insurance Ban • EU Proposes Sanctions on Main Belarus Potash Companies
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Employees across industries and salary levels reveal how much they've made over their careers
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How companies have handled restrictive abortion laws.
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The U.S. birth rate is bouncing back from the pandemic
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Global port congestion is getting worse, dashing hopes for easing supply chain snags, report says
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Feds extend work permits for hundreds of thousands of immigrants
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Just weeks after returning to the office, many Apple workers are unhappy and ready to quit
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Return to office sparks Democratic infighting in New York
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Post-pandemic city: What does 'downtown' mean in a world of hybrid work?
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Earth's Population in Perspective
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World Hunger to Worsen After Spiking 25% Before Ukraine War
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There Are Only 100 Negative-Yielding Bonds Left in 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:
Rent Increases Up Sharply Year-over-year, Pace may be slowing
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest Weekly Survey • Weekly mortgage demand rose for the first time since early March last week, but it won't last
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Fannie REO inventory increased in Q1 year-over-year; Expected to increase further in 2022
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CoreLogic: House Prices up Record 20.9% YoY in March
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The beginning of the mortgage ice age
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Framing Lumber Prices: Down from Recent Peak, but increasing Recently
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A&G Bankruptcy Sale Offers Over 50 Properties in and around Manhattan, Kansas
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Colorado Passes HOA Foreclosure Reform Bill
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Municipalities:
Puerto Rico HTA Plan of Adjustment hearings set for September
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Thousands more people are moving out of Nashville than moving in, report shows
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Oil/Gas:
Shale Giants Dump Oil Hedges as Losses Spiral Toward $42 Billion
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U.S. Offshore Oil Boom Is No Cure For Global Supply Crunch
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Oil and natural gas jump in Europe after EU unveils plans to phase out Russian crude within 6 months
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Oil slides as China lockdowns outweigh proposed EU Russia oil ban
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BP takes $25.5B hit from Russia pullout
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U.S. Monthly Oil Shipments to Europe Climb to Highest Since 2016
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Oil Traders Are Already Treating Russian Crude Like It's Banned
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Celebs:
How Boris Becker went from tennis playboy millionaire to bankruptcy prison hell • Boris Becker says prison 'is no five star hotel' as he speaks out on first nights in jail • Telling Boris Becker's son about jail sentence was 'hardest thing', ex-wife says
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Student Debt:
Biden could eliminate 30M student loan borrowers' debt loads with $50,000 in relief
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Biden's Team Eyes $125,000 Income Cutoff for Student Loan Relief • The White House says Biden is considering student-debt forgiveness for Americans making less than $125,000 a year
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Here's how Biden could move to cancel student loans
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'A slap in the face': Some Americans are mad over potential student loan forgiveness
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Student loan forgiveness: New analysis highlights who cancellation would help most
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GOP steps up attacks on canceling student debt
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Bankruptcy Crimes:
Northeast Iowa Farmers Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud
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Cannabis:
Momentum builds in Senate for major cannabis bill
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Politics:
Senate GOP privately roots against Trump in Ohio primary
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Vance wins Ohio Senate primary, handing Trump key victory • A mole hunt, a secret website and Peter Thiel's big risk: How J.D. Vance won his primary • JD Vance's win in Ohio is a sign Trump still has an immense sway over GOP voters • J.D. Vance's Trump-like effect
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4 winners and 2 losers from the Ohio and Indiana primaries
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Here are the Trump-backed candidates who won Tuesday's primaries • Trump flexes and the center shrinks: 5 takeaways from a key primary night
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Ex-Trump aide Max Miller wins House race in Ohio
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DeWine fends off populist challengers to win Ohio GOP governor nod
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Larry Hogan makes pitch for GOP to move on from Trump • Exclusive: Hogan predicts Trump will lose GOP stranglehold post-midterms • Gov. Hogan urges voters to stand against extremes • GOP Governor Says Party Can't Win Back White House With Trump Or 'Cheap Impersonation' Like DeSantis
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Clip resurfaces of Donald Trump saying women who get abortions should face 'some form of punishment' • Pelosi targets Trump, McConnell in statement slamming draft opinion overturning Roe
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Trump-Backed GA Gov. Candidate David Perdue Getting Creamed by More Than 35 Points, New Poll Shows
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'We will be ready': Biden responds to draft abortion opinion • Biden wants to make the Roe v. Wade decision about much more than abortion • In Supreme Court shadow, Biden urges voters to protect abortion rights • Democrats hope leaked court doc serves as 'wake up call' for women's movement • Democrats skeptical SCOTUS will save them in November • Sanders: End filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade • Sen. Kyrsten Sinema stands by her support of the Senate filibuster, dooming Democratic plans to codify federal abortion protections • Manchin holds strong on filibuster in wake of draft Roe opinion • Democrats seethe as GOP appears poised for victory on abortion • Democrats face familiar opponent on protecting Roe v. Wade: Themselves • Rep. Cori Bush — who has shared she once had an abortion — says she's 'broken up' by Roe v. Wade draft opinion • Senate Democrats will force Republicans to vote on abortion rights • What can Dems do if Roe v. Wade is overturned? Not much. • Democrats' plan for a federal law to protect abortion rights faces huge hurdles • How conservative media is reacting to the bombshell SCOTUS leak on Roe v. Wade • Governors weigh in on leaked SCOTUS opinion striking down Roe v. Wade • Democrats search for path forward if Supreme Court strikes down Roe • Hillary Clinton says Alito draft would 'kill and subjugate women'• Schumer says Senate will vote to codify abortion rights • Democratic candidates call on Senate to nix filibuster for Roe • Democrats lack votes to end filibuster for abortion protections • Murkowski: Leaked draft opinion on Roe v. Wade 'rocks my confidence in the court' • Collins says Kavanaugh and Gorsuch possibly broke promise on Roe v. Wade• Susan Collins is either lying or incredibly naive. Guess which one's worse. • GOP senator slams Kavanaugh, Gorsuch after leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion suggests flip flop • Susan Collins isn't saying much in person about the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe. But her statement directly calls out Kavanaugh and Gorsuch • Collins: Draft Roe decision 'completely inconsistent' with what Gorsuch, Kavanaugh said • It looks like Susan Collins bet wrong on Brett Kavanaugh and Roe v. Wade • Klobuchar: Abortion is a 'decision between me and my doctor. Not Ted Cruz.' • Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade would boost Democratic turnout for midterm elections, analysts say • McConnell blasts leak of Supreme Court's draft decision on abortion • Abortion Issue Is Already Roiling One Texas Congressional Race
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White House pledges DHS disinfo board will be 'nonpartisan and apolitical'
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Pelosi Increasingly Frustrated with Joe Biden
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U.S. lawmakers in 16 states to introduce laws to protect transgender youth
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Colorado clerk accused of voting system breach faces court order
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Recent Ch. 11 Filings (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (56 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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Competing Plans:
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Minority Rights:
Holdout Panic
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Lien Avoidance:
Seventh Circuit Provides Rare Guidance On "Statutory Liens"
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Automatic Stay:
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Chapter 15:
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Aviation:
LATAM Airlines' creditors decry 'fundamentally flawed' bankruptcy plan
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Debtor-In-Possession Financing for MD Helicopters?
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Duct taped airline passenger sent to jail
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CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains
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Korean Air Sales Rival Pre-Covid Levels on Strong Cargo Showing
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Mass Torts:
Due Process Alignment in Mass Restructurings
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Opioid settlements could lead to naloxone shortages
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AG Ferguson: Opioid distributors to pay $518 million to Washington
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Washington State's Challenge To Original Opioid Maker Bankruptcy Plans Nets Extra $113Min
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Climate:
Where Lawns Are Outlawed (and Dug Up, and Carted Away)
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Colorado River Reservoirs Are So Low, Government Is Delaying Releases
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As California burns, environmentalists find new tactic to halt development
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Climate Crisis Is Speeding the Water Cycle, Satellite Data Reveals
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Climate scientists say South Asia's heat wave (120F!) is a sign of what's to come
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NM Governor Asks for a Disaster Declaration
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Top Sea Polluters Beg for Climate Rules That No Rival Can Avoid
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Fraud:
Bankruptcy trustee says yacht deal defrauded Heritage credit union
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Honesty, the Small Cheat, and Reputation
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FBI searching for Auburn couple, convicted in $30 million fraud scheme, who skipped court date
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They Built the Wall. Problems Remain After Founder's Guilty Plea.
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Labor:
Apple store in Atlanta set for June unionization vote
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Starbucks counters unions with $1 billion investment in workers
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Food/Beverage:
Hospitality hiring rises, but so does turnover, new stats show
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Retailing:
From coffee to ketchup, retailers seek price 'shields' as inflation runs riot
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Radio:
Ed Stolz Tells Bankruptcy Court He Wants To Sell San Francisco FM As Part Of Reorganization.
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Flooring:
Armstrong Fails to Find Buyer, Pushes Deadline to May 8
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History:
In a 'sundown town' in Texas, white vigilantes forced Black residents to leave home
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Sovereigns:
Russia avoids default at the last moment as a clearinghouse processes its dollar bond payments
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Sri Lanka opposition seeks no-confidence vote on Rajapaksas • Sri Lanka to replace 'unrealistic' budget, in talks to extend World Bank aid • Debt-Ridden Sri Lanka to Seek New Help From World Bank
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UK:
Katten UK Adds New Partner to Insolvency & Restructuring Practice
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Bankruptcy: restrictions on an undischarged bankrupt
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Tory MP facing bankruptcy proceedings given time to raise money
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'Risky' fourth straight rate hike expected from Bank of England as inflation soars
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Audits of Gupta Firms Probed by U.K. Financial Watchdog
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U.K. Pay for Finance Workers Surges at Double the National Rate
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EU:
The Heiploeg-ruling; the Dutch pre-pack practice approved by the European Court of Justice?
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Europe May Lose The Energy Transition Race Before It Really Begins
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Russian Oil Embargo Risks More Inflation Trouble for Europe
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Europe's Natural Gas Prices Ease With Rising Norwegian Flows
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Canada:
Cannabis company Choom obtains creditor protection, interim financing from Aurora
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BC judge sides with Northern Pulp on creditor protection extension
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Russia:
The Ukraine war is far from over • Western officials think Putin may formally declare war on Ukraine on May 9 — Russia's Victory Day — making his 'special military operation' bloodier • Are Russia's claims of Ukrainian biological weapons a propaganda ploy? • Top Putin minister's absurd comparison between Zelenskyy and Hitler • Boris Johnson makes unprecedented speech to Ukraine lawmakers, hails 'greatest feat of arms of 21st century' • Pope Francis Says NATO Started War in Ukraine by 'Barking at Putin's Door' • Death in Ukraine's Kharkiv is everywhere, rarely explained • Russian military is now storming Mariupol steel factory, Ukrainian forces say • Don't assume 'imperialistic' Putin won't attack other countries, Scholz says • Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile • Ukraine intelligence says Russia's war may end in September • Russia reroutes internet traffic in occupied Ukraine to its infrastructure • Russia plans to annex territory in eastern Ukraine as early as this month, U.S. official says • Russia says it bombed U.S. and European weapons near Ukraine's Odesa • Moscow says 1,847 children among thousands transported from Ukraine to Russia • More than a million Ukrainians taken to Russia in past two months • Zelensky: 'Russia will have to pay reparations' for the war • As Ukrainians emerge from war ruins, U.S. officials warn that Russia plans to start annexing territory • Kremlin on high alert as coup rumours grow in Moscow: Disgruntled generals join FSB looking to oust Putin and end Ukraine war • US defense industry strained by Ukraine weapons deliveries • Defense leaders say Russia learning from mistakes in Ukraine
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US to negotiate WNBA star's release from Russia • US State Department says Griner 'wrongfully detained' by Russia
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Ukrainian refugees at camp in Mexico City await US action
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Italy:
Italy eases mask and health-pass rules for bars, restaurants and shops.
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Offshore:
Choosing between BVI and Cayman for going offshore
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El Salvador:
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China:
One jarring chart shows how China's latest COVID lockdown could threaten the US economic recovery
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Beijing tightens measures as some residents grow weary.
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Beijing outbreak ramps up pressure on China's economic momentum
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China's Economy Appears to Be Stalling, Threatening to Drag Down Global Growth
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Hong Kong:
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India:
Bank of India initiates insolvency proceedings against Future Retail
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2.2 Tn Worth Of Deals Flagged, Says Ibbi
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India Hikes Rate in Surprise Move as Inflation Fight Intensifies
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Netherlands:
Microsoft Faces Dutch Fines in Bankruptcy of Russia-Linked Bank
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Iceland:
Iceland Ramps Up Tightening With Biggest Rate Hike Since 2008
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Japan:
Japan's Child Population Drops for 41st Year
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MENA:
Afghanistan's Free Fall Sparks Accelerating Humanitarian Crisis
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