February 28, 2025

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Law:

Biglaw Firm’s Managing Partner Wonders How ‘Sustainable’ Huge Lawyer Salaries Are
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Selendy Gay Elevates Bankruptcy Partner Cornish to Leader Role
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More lawyers join the $3,000-an-hour club, as other firms close in
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Meltdown at Slater & Gordon after all salaries exposed in poison pen email
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Aspiring California Attorneys Sue Over Bar Exam 'Disaster'
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Defunct Law School Packed A Punch
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KPMG Wins Approval to Launch First US Law Firm for Big Four KPMG Must Pivot Around Audit Clients in Creating US Law Practice
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Firms Must Accept Wellness, Inclusion as a Structural Necessity
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Ex-Biglaw Partner Turned Celebrity Tax Adviser Sentenced To Time Behind Bars For Tax Fraud
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The Growing Fight Against Marriage Equality
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Lawmaker Warns Supreme Court May End Gay Marriage: 'Prepare for the Worst'
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KPMG Wins Approval to Launch First US Law Firm for Big Four
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South Dakota approves public service pathway to bar
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A lawyer’s thanks can come in many forms
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Gen Z lawyers require ‘handholding’, says firm
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Which law-related films have won Oscars? You may be surprised
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Trump Admin Called Out For 'Sitting On' Epstein Client List: 'What're You Waiting For?' Jeffrey Epstein Flight Logs: Full List of Names So Far No new bombshells in Justice Department's release of Jeffrey Epstein files DOJ releases 'first phase' of Epstein files, including an evidence list FBI withheld ‘thousands of pages’ of Jeffrey Epstein docs, Pam Bondi says — and she’s demanding they be turned over
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Bondi orders DOJ to throw out DEI lawsuits against police, firefighters
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Consumer watchdog quits cases against firms accused of ripping off Americans The CFPB drops its enforcement lawsuits against Capital One, Rocket Homes and more US CFPB dismisses lawsuit against Berkshire unit over risky home loans Trump's pick to run CFPB tells lawmakers 'I will follow the law' at embattled agency
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DOJ Seeks Rapid Lawyer Transfers to Defend Trump Agenda in Court
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DOJ Tells Leaders They Can Fire Certain Probationary Lawyers
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Inside Patel’s first week: Internal upheaval at the FBI – some of his own making FBI Director Kash Patel wants to bring the UFC to the FBI, sources say
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Top Trump DOJ nominee made $43,531 as an X content creator last year
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Judge Rules Against Mass Firing Order: Here’s Where Trump And Musk Are Winning—And Losing—In Court
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23 Dem AGs think they’ve cracked the code to fighting Trump
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GOP lawmakers push to ban North Carolina from suing Trump, after lawsuits find success
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Trump’s proposed ‘gold card’ visa comes with a hidden tax break for the wealthy Golden visa math doesn't add up to trillions
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Gene Hackman's death called 'suspicious'; no obvious signs of gas leak as investigation continues Gene Hackman and wife 'found mummified at home' as grim death details emerge
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School district confirms bullying occurred after investigation following Texas girl’s death by suicide Shocking new details in case of 11-year-old who killed herself after alleged bullying
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Trump Administration Moves to Stop Illegal Immigrants Getting SNAP Benefits Map Shows Where ICE is Expanding Immigrant Detention Facilities 'So Much Anxiety': Trump Migrant Crackdown Vow Stirs Fear In NY Fake immigration officer on bike targeting 'Mexicans' illegally in country arrested: Cops 'The confinement is unbearable': Migrants describe being held at Guantanamo Trump administration removes five immigration judges in Texas, union says
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'This was not a close case': Judge slams Trump's position on birthright citizenship
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Christians Jailed for Withholding Insulin From Girl Who Died
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Court forces movie theater chain to pay for causing 'mental agony' by playing too many ads
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Man dies after entering booby-trapped home
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Mad teen goes to town spray painting ex-boyfriend's car — but it wasn't his: Cops
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Trump and Biden watchdog trade blows in letters to SCOTUS over protecting fired workers
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Judges:

Top Jackson Walker Partner Was Wary of Lawyer-Judge Relationship
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Trump Can Ignore Court Rulings In Extreme Cases, DOJ Nominees Tell Senate Trump’s nominee for solicitor general won’t rule out ignoring court orders in ‘extreme cases’
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Trump’s biggest power grab just reached the Supreme Court
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Trump Tests the Courts
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Federal appeals court smacks down Texas judge known for anti-abortion rulings
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Judge greenlights firings of intel officers in DEI roles
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Judge orders Trump admin to rescind memo directing mass firing of federal workers
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Clarence Thomas Big Mad He Can’t Force Oklahoma To Kill Richard Glossip
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Judge Orders Defense Dept To Say Where On The Doll The Trans Service Members Hurt Them
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Judge who ridiculed DOJ over transgender military ban demands transparency about spending
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Judge Orders Musk’s DOGE, Agency Staff to Testify in Lawsuit
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ABA Working Group Publishes Guidelines For Responsible AI Use By State And Federal Courts
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The Federal Judiciary: The Most Dangerous White-Collar Workplace In America
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise ahead of key inflation report
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Wall Street falls sharply as Nvidia tumbles 8.5% and AI mania falters
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Money is flowing away from Trump’s Wall Street
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‘Trump Put’ Looms as S&P 500 Reverses Election Rally, BofA Says
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Layoffs:

Teamsters’ WARN claims against Yellow fall short in federal bankruptcy court
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USAID workers pay mournful final visit to agency to clear out their belongings under federal guard
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Trump Said E.P.A. Would Lose 65 Percent of Staff. Then, a Correction.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Federal Jobs Are 'Not Real Jobs'
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Trump Administration Calls For Program Mergers, 'Significant Reduction' In Federal Workforce
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Trump administration struggles to rehire fired bird flu employees
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Musk Email Prompts US Agency to Compile Nonresponders List
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Federal workers turn to little-known ‘merit board’ as they try to avoid Trump’s mass layoffs
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Ultimatum to Federal Workers Raises Tensions Between Musk, White House Staff
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Musk tells Cabinet that DOGE email was 'pulse check' for workers
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Federal workers could get a second email Saturday. It might require a response.
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Federal workers react to Trump administration's new plan for restructuring, staff cuts: 'They'll have to fire me'
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Layoffs shake up 2025 Virginia governor's race
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Mass firings across NOAA and National Weather Service ignite fury among scientists worldwide NOAA fires about 800 employees, with more possible Friday
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Christus to lay off 479 employees as it closes hospital at Medical Center
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Full List of IRS Offices Closing as DOGE Slashes Workforce
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Federal job cuts disrupt a stable retirement picture for many workers, including Black Americans
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Layoffs fuel long lines and frustrations at Texas national parks
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PepsiCo announces major plant closure, 287 layoffs
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Lyondell to lay off 86% of workforce at shuttered Houston refinery, filing shows
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Hollywood giant lays off hundreds in California amid reported collapse
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HP Sees Weaker Profit on Tariffs; Will Cut Over 1,000 Jobs
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Autodesk to Cut Jobs as it Targets Higher Profits
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Google announces layoffs in its HR, cloud units as part of on-going cost cuts
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Non-Profits:

Attorney for Leo Govoni withdraws from missing medical trust fund money case IRS and SEC join FBI in investigation of Govoni and missing trust fund money
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Auto Racing:

Hooters’ Potential Bankruptcy: The Impact on NASCAR and Tony Stewart’s Household
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Food/Beverage:

Expect more restaurant bankruptcies in 2025, expert says
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Tropicana could file for bankruptcy amid financial crisis, orange production downturn Iconic breakfast brand facing bankruptcy after nearly 80 years in business
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New York City McDonald's starts carding teenagers in response to crime: 'People fight in there'
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Del Taco closes all but one of its Colorado locations Del Taco clarifies that Colorado locations are only temporarily closed
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Steel:

Meet the mystery bidder who wants to take over Crucible Steel
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Retailing:

Popular department store to close ‘underperforming’ locations
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So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons
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Ollie’s purchases a further 40 former Big Lots store leases in US
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Trucking:

'Fire risk' | Bankrupt Nikola Motors recalls 95 hydrogen trucks over fuel tank damage concern
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Economy:

Jobless claims match 3-month high as Trump White House readies more federal job cuts Jobless claims may have just fired the clearest recession warning yet—here’s why investors should be worried US weekly jobless claims post largest gain in five months; weather blamed
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Jobless Claims by US Federal Workers Surge After Firings
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Trump has a path to killing the Fed’s independence — if he wants it
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Fed's Hammack says rates likely on hold for some time
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US Workers See AI-Induced Productivity Growth, Fed Survey Shows
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Q4 GDP Growth Unrevised at 2.3% Annual Rate
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U.S. recession 'no longer seems completely unthinkable' as jobless claims spike higher
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I've spent years dismissing recession predictions. Now I'm getting worried.
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People are pumping the brakes on their expectations of economic growth
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US GDP Held Steady While Inflation Marked Higher at End of 2024
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How the Trump admin transformed the U.S. into the financial Wild West in a matter of weeks
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Core durable-goods orders rise for third straight month in January
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US Can Be ‘Fabulous Economy’ With Tariffs, Trump Aide Says Trump vows March 4 tariffs for Mexico, Canada; China faces extra 10% Trump says ‘its 10 plus 10’ as he doubles down by imposing another tariff on Chinese imports China vows to retaliate as necessary after Trump threatens 10% tariff hike All the Ways China Could Respond to Trump’s Ramped Up Trade War Trump’s China tariff shock sparks a global market sell-off EU to Trump on tariffs: Go ahead, make our day. Trump Backs US-UK Trade Talks After Meeting With Starmer in DC Trump Says US, Britain To Have 'Very Good' Trade Deal Trump Tariffs Will Hurt US Most: Europe Business Lobby Trump Risks American Consumer Backlash Over Tariffs, Poll Shows Trump to ratchet up China tariffs again. Here's why consumers will feel the pain this time. EU pushes back hard against Trump tariff threats and his caustic comments that bloc is out to get US All the president's tariff threats: What Trump is promising between now and April ‘Buy Canada, Bye America’: Trump’s Taunts Spur Fury in the North Manufacturers boost durable-goods orders ahead of tariffs, but industry slump hasn't ended Tariff Worries Surpass 2018 Levels, Dominating Earnings Season India Weighs Tariff Cuts on Cars, Chemicals as Trump Duties Loom Tariff worries, Trump cuts signal emerging economic growth risks Bath & Body Works Stock Sinks on Warning China Tariffs Would Impact Results Jose Cuervo tequila maker warns of potential Trump tariffs hit, shares fall The Risks Of Trump Tariffs Encapsulated In A Car Key Dollar Soars as Latest Vow of US Tariffs Hits Loonie and Peso
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American business leaders are turning on Trump — fast
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Krugman: Chaos Is Bad for Business
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Fed up: 2 in 5 Americans say living in U.S. no longer enjoyable
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Senate Republicans seek major changes to House-passed Trump budget bill Trump will finally have to jump into the GOP budget fight Republicans Are Now Trapped by Their Own Budget Republicans fear their big budget win is a 2026 time bomb
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The hard truths about Trump tax cuts Cost Of Permanent Tax Cuts Complicates Trump Agenda
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Mike Johnson eyes solo approach to avoid government shutdown DOGE cuts eyed for GOP spending bill, raising shutdown fears
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Goldman Sachs Removes Diversity Goals After Trump DEI Order Paramount ends DEI policies, cites Trump executive order Wells Fargo ends diversity policy for senior level recruitment FCC Chair Sees ‘Lack of Progress’ on DEI Rollbacks at Verizon A former top Biden DEI chief says companies should 'bunker down' and stand up for diversity KPMG US Joins Deloitte In Scrapping DEI: The 'Big Four' Retreat From Diversity
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Jamie Dimon’s RTO mandate won’t fix his remote-work rant’s key complaints. Here’s what will
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How Much Should an Egg Really Cost? Trump’s got a bird flu plan. So when will eggs stop costing so much? Egg Surcharge Hits Another Restaurant Chain Walmart shoppers rage they ‘need a loan’ as bulk eggs now cost more than a tank of gas
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Beef Prices Are Near Record Highs. What’s Going On?
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Big fines coming for companies with export violations, says ex-Commerce official
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LAEDC estimates up to $8.9 billion in lost economic output from Palisades, Eaton fires
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Mortgage rates hit 2025 low as economic jitters mount
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Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 27.6% YoY
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Inflation Adjusted House Prices 1.0% Below 2022 Peak; Price-to-rent index is 7.7% below 2022 peak
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US pending home sales tumble to record low in January Pending home sales drop to the lowest level on record in January
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Austin Rents Tumble 22% From Peak on Massive Home Building Spree
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California Gives State Farm Insurance Ultimatum
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Investors Pile Back Into Bonds Tied to NYC Office Buildings
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Mortgage rates are falling. Here's how much income you need now to buy a house for $250,000, $400,000 and $1 million
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Municipalities:

The 5 most diverse major cities in America — and the 5 least
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Healthcare:

Bayonne Medical Center may lose doctor training program amid bankruptcy
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Moderna's bird flu vaccine has a problem
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NY Post challenges RFK Jr. on Texas measles outbreak: 'This vaccine is safe' As Measles Cases Mount in the U.S., What’s the Situation Worldwide? RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading? Mennonite pastor says his community isn't at fault for Texas measles outbreak
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Is Trump lying about cutting Medicaid — or is Congress? Mike Johnson Issues Medicaid Warning FactCheck: Unpacking claims that House budget resolution cuts Medicaid by $880B Federal Medicaid cuts could shift $44.3B in costs to expansion states Krugman: Cruel and Usual: Republicans Prepare to Gut Medicaid Alaska legislators predict dire effects if Congress cuts Medicaid funding
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
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Trump’s Cheat Code for Thinning Out the Health Agencies
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Donald Trump Suffers Legal Setback Over Transgender Order
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The strategy low performing hospitals have in common
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A runner was hit by a car. His ambulance bill was $13,000.
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Texas says this doctor illegally treated trans youth. He says he followed the law
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Crypto:

Unverified FTX Customers at Immediate Risk of Losing Millions
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Buy Infowars for the Memes
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Update of German Law Aspects of Crypto Assets
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Sounding the Alarm on the SEC’s New Crypto Approach
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Bitcoin Reserve Or Broken Promise? Crypto Community Divided As YouTuber Calls Trump's Pledge A 'Scam'
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FBI says hackers stole $1.5 billion in crypto
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Democrat proposes MEME Act to stop Trump and other top politicians from issuing crypto coins
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Brussels Business Court approves restructuring plan for crypto platform Bit4You
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Meme coins are 'collectibles,' Trump's SEC says
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Meme coin moment fizzles after Trump cashes in A crypto mogul who invested millions into Trump coins is getting a reprieve on civil fraud charges
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Bitcoin Slumps Below $80,000 As Crypto Rout Wipes Nearly All Post-Election Gains Bitcoin Down 25% From All-Time High as Crypto Rout Worsens
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Horticulture:

Everde Growers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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DCA Outdoor files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Media:

Who's Consuming Traditional Media?
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Washington Post staffers are in open rebellion against Jeff Bezos How the Bezos-Trump alliance began
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Billionaire Media Owners Aren't the White Knights Journalists Dreamed Of
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Politics:

Republicans' Biggest Trump Rebellions So Far
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Trump's new world order: Strongmen make the rules
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In Trump’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold
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‘Bloated and Fat and Disgusting!’ Trump Closes Cabinet Meeting By Blasting Nation He Leads
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Senate committee recommends Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s confirmation as Trump’s labor secretary
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DOGE says it's now saved $65B in federal funds, but that's still impossible to verify Trump Places Freeze On Federal Credit Cards In Newest DOGE Executive Order The states that could feel DOGE cuts the most Support for DOGE Declining, Poll Shows Trump’s latest DOGE order aims to cut costs through federal contracts, travel Elon Musk is coming for our weather service VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care Elon Musk Calls Himself 'Humble Tech Support' for Trump Administration These are the job responsibilities of DOGE staff embedded in federal agencies, according to Trump Over One Third of Federal Contracts Terminated By DOGE Will Save the Government No Money State Department's $400M Tesla Contract Had Originally Only Planned To Spend Thousands Under Biden Admin The cofounder of Airbnb is joining DOGE and says he can't wait to apply his 'designer brain and start-up spirit' to government work Elon Musk’s big mistake with the IRS, explained in 3 charts The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think GOP senators vent Musk frustrations at closed-door meeting Musk’s DOGE Orders FTC Staff to Move to USAID Offices
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Trump Caught on Hot Mic Telling Fox News Reporter to Say He Did ‘Great Job’ in First Cabinet Meeting
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#AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside
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Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5
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Trump Tells Hegseth to Fire All Generals Involved in Afghan Exit
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Trump, Britain's Starmer meet at the White House amid differences on Ukraine
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Johnson claims town hall protesters 'paid' by Democrats
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Global democracy score hits historic low: report
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Services to millions of people collapse as USAID cuts contracts worldwide
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DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity
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Pride group says Kennedy Center axed performance plan
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How Andrew Tate’s release is splintering the American right
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Global democracy score hits historic low: report
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (23 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

Enforceability of Golden Directors with Bankruptcy Consent Right
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Mass Torts:

Spain's Catholic Church Says Abuse Victim Fund Started
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Parents fear the worst for Bishop Grimes school as Catholic diocese stays silent
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J&J Talc Settlement Blasted by Ex-FDA Head Over Asbestos Testing
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Conversion:

Conversion Of Involuntary Chapter 7 Business Case To Subchapter V: Legal Standards Identified & Applied (In re Zarifian)
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Convicted RI bankruptcy fraudster won't get early release from prison. Here's why.
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Aviation:

No, Runway Near-Misses Are Not On The Rise
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Elon Musk urges retired air traffic controllers to come back Musk wants retired air traffic controllers to resume work, but it's not so easy
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FAA Weighs Canceling Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Tests
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Lilium Aerospace Files For Insolvency Again After Funding Collapse Lilium Aerospace gets provisional insolvency administrator
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Maritime:

The good times are over for the world’s largest ocean carriers as pricing power plummets
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Cruise Lines:

Norwegian Cruise on Trump's call to pay U.S. taxes: It's 'really, really complicated'
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Education:

Grad School Is in Trouble
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'A Rip-Off': Defunct CT Nursing School To Pay $5M For Defrauding Students
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Stanford Freezes Hiring as Schools Face Trump Funding Threat
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States brace for plans to dismantle the Education Department
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As VMI weighs Black superintendent’s future, tensions boil on and off campus
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Climate:

Trump’s EPA wants to undo the Roe v. Wade of climate policy
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Festivals:

Who is Billy McFarland? How the founder of the infamous Fyre Festival went to prison for fraud, and what he's up to now
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Tech:

AI models trained on unsecured code become toxic, study finds
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House committee subpoenas Alphabet, Meta, other tech giants over ‘foreign censorship’ of speech
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Sam Altman says OpenAI's new ChatGPT-4.5 is a more emotionally intelligent model but warns that it's 'expensive' to train and run
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Internal documents reveal how Elon Musk's xAI trains Grok to be the anti-woke chatbot
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Comic Books:

Here's Every Publisher Diamond Owes Money To
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Private Equity:

Private Equity's Ebitda Problem
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Autos:

Nissan Needs a Savior to Swoop to Its Rescue Again
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Investors question whether Musk's X and DOGE ties are hurting Tesla A teacher’s union calls for Larry Fink’s BlackRock, Fidelity, State Street, and Vanguard to check on Tesla as the stock sinks ‘faster than a Cybertruck in quicksand’ Tumbling Tesla Shares Leave Investors Bracing for More Losses
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Sovereigns:

Poor, indebted countries need collective relief, African leaders say
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UK:

Is 5p enough to cram down HMRC in a Restructuring Plan?
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‘Dangerous’ moment for Hillingdon as council faces brink of bankruptcy
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Almost half of England’s councils ‘could face bankruptcy over £4.6bn deficit’
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Trump Accepts King Charles' 'Unprecedented' Invitation for State Visit
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Jonathan Reynolds MP falsely claimed to be a solicitor on Facebook
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EU:

ECB to cut rates again on March 6 as focus turns to growth: Reuters poll
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Many European Firms Exposed To Possible US Tariffs
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European Stocks Fall From Record as Trump Ramps Up Tariff Threat
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Trump Shocks Europe Into Chasing Billions for Military Boost
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Canada:

Fasken's 2024 Insolvency Insights
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White House official threatens to redraw Canadian border
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Russia:

Donald Trump Renews Barack Obama's Executive Order on Ukraine
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Dozens of delegates walk out of Russia's speech to UN rights council
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Why the Trump administration may want Ukraine’s minerals Trump’s ‘Big Deal’ For Ukraine Minerals? It Might Not Pay Off Soon—If Ever—Experts Say Inside a struggling Ukraine mine, Trump’s mineral deal dreams meet war-torn reality Keys to the minerals deal: Ukraine has critical metals, but not as many rare earths as Trump thinks The Ukraine-U.S. mineral deal relies on 50-year-old Soviet-era maps and infrastructure that no longer exists, report says Ukraine to Sign a Minerals Deal With Trump: Here Are the Details
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Russia sees talks with US as an opening to rebuild its spy networks, officials say
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France joining the U.S. in seeking access to Ukraine's minerals; says it's in talks
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Starmer Says Ukraine Truce 'Can't Be Peace That Rewards The Aggressor'
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Trump Says Ukraine Truce 'Soon Or It Won't Be At All' Trump Says Ukraine Ceasefire Needed Before Deciding On Peacekeepers
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Trump Says He Trusts Putin, As UK PM Pushes Ukraine Guarantees "Uncomfortable" to hear Trump take Russia's side: EU foreign policy chief
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Trump says British ‘can take care of themselves’ in Ukraine
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Trump Softens Tone on Zelenskiy, But Not on Backing for Ukraine
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Donald Trump backpedals on Zelensky 'dictator' claim - 'I can't believe I said that'
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Former National Security Advisor Declares Trump Is 'Giving Everything' To Putin For 'Nothing In Return'
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North Korea Sends More Troops to Russia to Support Putin’s War
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Russia is using the French carmaker Renault to teach Western companies a lesson about leaving its market
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Trump's Bid To Divide Putin and Xi 'Delusional'—NatSec Veteran
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German Industry Begins Calling For Return to Russian Gas
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MENA:

Hamas ready to cede control of Gaza, official says
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Israel sends negotiators to Cairo to extend phase-one of Gaza ceasefire Israel’s refusal to withdraw from this narrow strip of desert could threaten the Gaza ceasefire
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What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East
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Italian Jews Call For End To 'Ethnic Cleansing' In Palestinian Territories
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Iran Slams Israel Threats As 'Outrageous' After Israeli FM Warns Of 'Military Option'
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Mexico:

Under Pressure From Trump, Mexico Extradites 29 Drug Suspects
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Romania:

Coface: Over 7,200 new insolvency proceedings opened in Romania in 2024, 9.38% more YoY
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Indonesia:

Indonesia’s Nickel Sector in Turmoil: Acquisition Proposal Amid Chinese Investor Bankruptcy Saga
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China:

Comparing China, US bankruptcy regimes under new Company Law
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Kaisa Group creditors back near $13 billion offshore debt revamp
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Logan Group secures backing from over 80% of creditors for $8 billion debt revamp
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China’s Navy Drills Near US Allies Seen as Test for Trump
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South Africa:

Trump Ends Thousands of USAID-Funded Programs in South Africa
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Ghana:

‘Blue Book’ launched to strengthen corporate insolvency and restructuring
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