August 3, 2021

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Law:

Holland & Knight Seals Merger With Thompson & Knight, Keeps Name
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'I Thought He Was Working for Me All the Time': Avenatti's Ex-Client Recounts Plight Over Missed Settlement Money
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These BigLaw firms plan to mandate vaccines; one will deactivate building IDs for noncompliance • Davis Polk, Arent Fox and Hogan Lovells Plan Vaccine Mandates — But Many Others Stay Silent • Schiff Hardin, McDermott Push Office Return, Require Vaccine • More Biglaw Firms Mandate Vaccines For Lawyers And Staff • Reed Smith, Fried Frank to Require Vaccines in Office Return • Why Are So Many Big Law Firms Chicken About Mandating Vaccines?
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Why Aren't More Biglaw Firms Mandating Vaccines For Lawyers And Staff?
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Less Office Space, More Vaccinations: The Workplace Of The Future
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Head of Baker Botts’ NYC Office Jumps to Akin Gump
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Diverse Texas Lawyers Take the Helm Amid Big Law’s ‘Gold Rush’
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ExamSoft Blames Graduates For Latest Bar Exam Debacle
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The Worst Bar Exam Horror Stories From This Year
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2021 World Bank & INSOL International’s Legislative & Regulatory Group: COVID-19 response and the challenges ahead
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What Lawyers Can Learn From Journalists About Writing: My WordRake Q&A
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Absolutely Fantastic Lawyer Commercial For All The Public Urinators Out There
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Kent Zimmermann on Balancing Client Demands to Return to the Office With a War for Talent
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Hackers accessed at least 80% of email accounts in New York federal prosecutors’ offices, DOJ says • U.S. Attorneys’ Offices Hit Hard By Data Breach
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Federal monitors cost millions, with disputed results. Seattle's police watchdog was a case in point
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Third cop dies by suicide after defending Capitol from pro-Trump mob • How the GOP Is Turning Capitol Rioters Into ‘Political Prisoners’ • 58 percent say Jan. 6 House committee is biased: poll
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Trump Paid $680,000 to Defense Lawyers in Second Impeachment • Trump PACs paid lawyers $7.9 million as he fought election results, impeachment
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Trump attorney says he will fight release of tax returns
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Rudy Giuliani Debuts 'If You Think I Committed A Crime, You're Probably Really Stupid' Defense
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100-year-old alleged ex-Nazi guard to stand trial on thousands of counts of being an accessory to murder
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DOJ watchdog warns about FBI using female support staff photos in sex-trafficking stings • FBI Special Agents 'Used Photographs of Young Female Support Staff' to 'Entice Sexual Predators,' Potentially Placing the Women 'in Danger': OIG
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Louisiana Man Murdered Grandma, Stabbed Mom, and Shot 3 Strangers During Crime Spree Ending in Shootout with Police: Sheriff
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Appeals court upholds Indiana University’s vaccine mandate • Trio of GOP-Appointed Judges Unanimously Approve Indiana University’s Vaccine Mandate: 'There Can’t Be a Constitutional Problem With Vaccination'
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Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July
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Zoom agrees to $85M settlement in litigation over privacy and ‘Zoombombings’
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Fox News Producer Calls Network's 'Zero Tolerance Policy' for Sexual Misconduct a 'Fraud,' Claiming Judge Napolitano Harassed Him and 'Numerous Young Male Employees' • Andrew Napolitano out at Fox News amid allegations of harassment
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Groom Shot Bride's Male Friend During Traffic Jam Because He Suspected Affair: Sheriff
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Judge Dismisses Robert Durst’s Attempt to Derail Trial by Calling Out Sick
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'Instruments of Slaughter’: Families of Dayton Mass Shooting Victims Sue Manufacturer of 100-Round Magazine Used by Gunman
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Federal appeals court upholds Judicial Watch’s $2.3M judgment against its founder
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Judges:

The Supreme Court's Sinking Popularity
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rebound after losing day as Dow tries for another run at a record
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Dow tumbles nearly 100 points after late-day sell-off in stocks
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Goldman Sachs to pay junior bankers more than any other Wall Street firm
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Layoffs:

Morton Salt cuts 120 jobs from Chicago headquarters
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Quantas Furloughs 2,500 on Sydney Lockdown
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Sports:

Belarusian Olympic sprinter who sought protection in Japan granted Polish visa
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Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam
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Clean, repeat: At Tokyo Games, virus is Olympians’ chief foe
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Education:

Some colleges using pandemic funds to clear outstanding student balances
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Two universities requiring COVID vaccines for workers as concerns grow in South Florida
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Student Debt:

The break for student loan borrowers ends next month. How to be prepared
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Climate:

Climate in the infrastructure bill: $73 billion for the electricity grid but less for electronic vehicles, lead pipes • Bipartisan bill leaves out key climate, clean energy steps
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Satellite Images Reveal a Climate Crisis Nightmare in Siberia
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In drought-plagued northern Mexico, tens of thousands of cows are starving to death
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Crypto:

Crypto industry faces $30 billion tax threat from infrastructure bill
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Rail:

Amtrak in the Infrastructure Bill: $66 billion in new funding, and an adjusted mandate.
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Fraud:

Senior living exec ordered to pay back defrauded investors $79 million after Donald Trump commutes prison sentence
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Pharma:

Mallinckrodt faces investor revolt over opioid crisis handling
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Politics:

The Big Money Behind the Big Lie
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Krugman: How Covid Became a Red-State Crisis
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Democrats demand masks and vaccines as confidence plummets
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Jihadists flood pro-Trump social network with propaganda
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Tensions rise within Biden team over mask reversal
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Dozens of legislators from other states to join Texas lawmakers in D.C. to lobby for voting bills
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Oklahoma GOP leader compares vaccine mandates to the Holocaust: 'Take away the star and add a vaccine passport'
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Three numbers tell the tale of the upcoming California recall
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Republican Arizona official says GOP legislator admitted there was 'nothing to' election fraud allegations
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Why are so many Republicans refusing vaccination? Because Russia is telling them to
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Matt Gaetz says he has the 'freedom variant' as he mocks experts who warn about worsening COVID-19 mutations
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McCarthy faces calls to resign over alleged joke about hitting Pelosi with gavel
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GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Tests Positive for Covid-19 • Graham's COVID-19 'breakthrough' case jolts Senate
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Obama to host Covid-compliant 60th birthday party amid rising virus concerns, source says
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Investigators grilled Cuomo for 11 hours in sexual harassment investigation
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Economy:

US manufacturing increased in July but at slower pace • U.S. manufacturing sector growth slowing-ISM • ISM® Manufacturing index Decreased to 59.5% in July
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Seven High Frequency Indicators for the Economy
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Treasury Dept to invoke ‘extraordinary measures’ as Congress misses debt-ceiling deadline • Treasury Starts Additional Steps to Avoid Breaching Debt Limit
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U.S. Estimates Borrowing of $1.4 Trillion in Second Half of 2021
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Smallest U.S. Firms Lost Revenue Last Year, Fed Survey Finds
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Fed’s Waller Says September Taper Call May Be Warranted • Fed’s Waller: ‘Go early and go fast’ on taper
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US employers ratchet up the pressure on the unvaccinated • Employers are losing patience with unvaccinated workers
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Can Your Employer Require That You Get Vaccinated? It Depends Where You Live
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Disney requires US employees to be fully vaccinated
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Sharon Stone says her calls for a fully vaccinated set have put her job in jeopardy
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Denver Mayor Orders All City Workers Vaccinated Against Covid-19
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New Jersey Orders Hospital, Jail Staffs to Vaccinate or Test
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New York state teacher's union opposes staff vaccine mandates
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Return to office depends on whether workforce is vaccinated, Dr. Celine Gounder says
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Cuomo urges private businesses to move to "vaccine-only admission"
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Paul Krugman lays bare how much Ron DeSantis cost Florida
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Senate finishing crafting $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal, setting delicate debate in motion • U.S. Senate pushes ahead with $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill • The Winners and Losers in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill • Senate gears up to get massive infrastructure bill off ground • GOP skepticism looms over bipartisan spending deal • Poll shows broad support for bipartisan infrastructure bill
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It looks like Republican governors are pushing people back to work by ending unemployment early. Meanwhile, claims are up in blue states. • Ending unemployment benefits early isn't juicing jobs
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Why There Are Plenty of Jobs and Still Unemployment
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A record number of women are now running Global 500 businesses
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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:

MBA Survey: "Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Slightly Decreases to 3.47%"
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Black Knight Mortgage Monitor for June; Large Number of Forbearance Plans Expire in Sept and Oct
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Housing Inventory August 2nd Update: Inventory Increased Slightly Week-over-week, Up 33% from Low in early April
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Fed Survey: Banks reported Eased Standards, Increased Demand for Residential Real Estate Loans
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Construction Spending increased 0.1% in June
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What Empty Offices Mean for US Cities
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As national eviction ban expires, a look at who rents and who owns in the U.S. • Landlords, tenants fill courts as eviction moratorium ends • With evictions resuming, tenants scramble for assistance • CDC Can't Renew Eviction Ban • Biden shifts burden to states to aid renters with COVID funds as eviction ban expires • Pelosi turns tables on White House, urges eviction ban extension • Evictions lead to rare clash between the White House and Dems • Biden asks federal agencies to find ways to stop evictions • Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden play hot potato with evictions, pointing fingers over who should extend the moratorium • Pelosi says Yellen to brief Democratic lawmakers on renters aid as eviction moratorium expires • Evictions set to resume amid finger- pointing in Washington • Democrats at odds over extending federal eviction moratorium • The White House calls on states to prevent a crisis after the federal eviction moratorium expired.
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Yellen, Lawmakers to Discuss Distributing Rent-Relief Funds
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Wanting to test the waters in this red-hot housing market? Be careful of this hidden clause
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Why the housing boom isn’t a catastrophic financial bubble (yet)
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Mall owner Simon says sales returned to pre-pandemic levels in June
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Oil/Gas:

Update on Seadrill Restructuring
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Shale Giants Hit Hard by Poor Hedging
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Climate crisis has cost Colorado billions – now it wants oil firms to pick up the bill
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Accounting:

Ernst & Young Fined Again
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Cruise Lines:

Royal Caribbean adds test requirement for all cruises 5 nights and longer in US waters
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History:

“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”
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Healthcare:

Bankrupted by medical debt
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US mask makers say they're in danger of going broke
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Surgeon general says he's 'deeply concerned' as COVID-19 cases reach record highs in Florida
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I'm An ICU Doctor And I Cannot Believe The Things Unvaccinated Patients Are Telling Me
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Hospital Staffing Shortages Rise Sharply in Florida as Beds Fill
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San Francisco Bay Area Reinstates Mask Mandate After Virus Surge • Louisiana reinstates mask mandate to combat delta variant • Facebook to require all U.S. on-campus employees to wear masks • Target reinstates mask mandate for employees in high-risk counties • NYC Mayor Strongly Recommends Masks, Stops Short of Mandate • N.Y. Transit Agencies to Require Worker Vaccines or Weekly Tests • Washington, DC locals react to renewed mask mandate • McDonald's reinstates mask mandate in high transmission areas
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U.S. Hits Biden’s Covid Vaccination Target, Nearly a Month Late
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CDC: 7-day average of daily U.S. cases surpassed peak from last summer
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Americans' Optimism About COVID-19 Dashed as Cases Surge
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Delta variant breakthrough cases by state: Here’s what the latest research says
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August 2nd COVID-19, New Cases, Hospitalizations, Vaccinations
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No evidence that Americans need COVID-19 booster shots: NIH director • Germany to offer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from September • The World’s First Booster Jab Rollout Is Here. This Is What Happened.
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U.S. COVID-19 daily case tally back at February levels, and patients are getting younger as Florida records highest hospitalizations yet
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Florida, California lead U.S. Covid surge as nation passes 35 million cases • Florida Covid Hospitalizations Shatter Records • Arkansas reports biggest one-day spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations
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Israeli data suggest infected, vaccinated individuals have low chance of spreading COVID-19
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'Widespread' COVID-19 outbreaks are presenting opportunities for new variants to emerge: former CDC official
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More Republican politicians are endorsing vaccination. It just might work.
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Coronavirus vaccinations are increasing. So are U.S. cases.
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The growing clamor for - and against - vaccine mandates
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Anti-mask protesters swarmed a St. Louis County council meeting. Then, an attendee tested positive for coronavirus.
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'Provincetown is safe': Town leader criticizes coverage of COVID-19 delta variant outbreak
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‘I should have gotten the damn vaccine’: Dad sends heartbreaking text before death
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Everything We Know About Delta Variant • Will Covid Get Worse Than the Delta Variant?
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Dr. Gottlieb sees Covid boosters for vulnerable in U.S. as early as September
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Sen. Graham tests positive, lauds vaccine: ‘My symptoms would be far worse’
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Congress Is Slashing a $30 Billion Plan to Fight the Next Pandemic
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For many, the belated realization that Covid will be ‘a long war’ sparks anger and denial
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (20 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 Reform:

Congressional Committees Propose Changes to Bankruptcy Code Prohibiting Non-Consensual Releases of Third Parties and Limiting Other Important Bankruptcy Tools
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Committee on the Judiciary: Student Loan Bankruptcy Reform
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Venue:

Venue Provisions Fail to Provide Relief in Smaller Dollar Preference Cases
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Bankruptcy Software:

How Using Data and Analytics Helped Create Useful Bankruptcy Calculators
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Cross-Border:

Colombian consumer lending unit seeks bankruptcy protection in Delaware • Alpha Latam Management, LLC and its Colombian Affiliates File Chapter 11 to Facilitate Sale of Colombian Assets
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Corporate Governance:

Bankruptcy & the Benefit Corporation
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Class Actions:

Enforcing Other Courts’ Orders—A Class Action Remedy for Violations of Bankruptcy Discharge?
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Aviation:

American Airlines, Spirit passengers face hundreds of cancellations after storms
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Stuck seat led to wild brawl on American Airlines flight: witness
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Two travelers submitted fake vaccination cards before flying to Toronto. Each was fined nearly $20,000.
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Wrong COVID tests, missing vaccine info and wristband envy: Don't make these Hawaii travel mistakes
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UK eases travel restrictions as industry lobbies for more
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Autos:

Hertz: the original meme stock rises from the ashes of bankruptcy
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Transit:

Gov. Cuomo mandates vaccinations for transit workers as New York’s Covid cases surge
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Roads in the infrastructure bill: Billions for repair, maintenance and safety.
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Labor:

Hearing officer recommends Amazon union election be held again
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Fitness:

Get ready to show proof of vaccination at these NYC fitness hot spots
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Food/Beverage:

No Vax, No Service: More Seattle Bars Institute Stricter Requirements for Entry
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Finance:

Banks eased lending standards for businesses, households in Q2, Fed survey shows
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Celebs:

'RHOBH' Star Erika Jayne's Husband Thomas Girardi Spotted With Black Eye, Looks Worse For Wear Amid Embezzlement Investigation
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Trucking:

A Trucking Crisis Has the U.S. Looking for More Drivers Abroad
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Festivals:

100,000 Attend Lollapalooza
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Utilities:

Nuclear Plants to Get $6 Billion Lifeline in Infrastructure Deal
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SLGs, Utilities Win Big Cyber Funding in Infrastructure Bill
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Mass Torts:

Idaho Man Sues Scouts Over Alleged Childhood Sex Abuse
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Retailing:

Target to enforce masks for store workers in high-risk counties
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Sovereigns:

Ecuador Defaulted Last Year. Now Its Bonds Are the World’s Best
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UK:

Do compulsory transfer provisions of shares on bankruptcy have to ignore the fact that the holding is a minority if they are to avoid the anti-deprivation principle?
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Threat of soaring inflation rises as 150,000 job losses loom
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EU:

Economists fear Europe’s recovery could be derailed by one key issue
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Israel:

Palestinians facing eviction reject deal by Israeli Supreme Court intended to avert another conflict
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Israel’s top court delays decision on evictions of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah • Why Palestinians are Losing Homes in East Jerusalem
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Israel’s Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate
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Australia:

In Sydney's sprint against a delta outbreak, outcome rests on the young
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India:

Remedying the Defects in India’s Credit and Insolvency Frameworks With Adapted Solutions From the Anglo-American Legal Scholarships
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Parliament Clears Changes To Insolvency Law
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Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years
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Brazil:

Brazil manufacturing PMI rises to 5-month high in July, IHS Markit says
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China:

Delta variant bears down on China just as its economy loses steam • China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads
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Germany:

Supply chain crunch threatens to derail Germany's economic recovery
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Africa:

Covid-19 Cases in Lagos, Africa’s Biggest City, Surge
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Nigerian doctors go on strike as country grapples with COVID-19 surge
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South Korea:

S. Korea recoups nearly 70pct of bailout funds
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