June 2, 2010

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Bankruptcy Trustee Fights Dreier Support Claim
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Virtual furniture thieves?
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A New Constitutional Debate: The Merits of the 17th Amendment
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SCOTUS: Suspects Must Speak to Invoke Right to Silence
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Ex-Kirkland Partner Buys 4,500 Patents, Forms New Firm to Sue Infringers
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Firm Strikes Back Against Suing Ex-Partner
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Inch by Inch: UK Firm Raises Some Salaries
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Law Firm Facebook Pages Reveal How Associates Really Feel
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Alleged Ponzi Schemer Tells Judge He Doesn’t Know How His Lawyers Have Billed $6M So Far
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Woman Sues Google, Claiming ‘Maps’ Gave Dangerous Directions
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Five Ways to Remain Sane in a Large Law Firm
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Lawyer Licensed in DC, Telecommuting from Mass. Can Keep Md. Federal Court Bar Membership
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Assets and Debts Now a Factor in Public Defender Eligibility in Md.
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Using Craigslist to crowdsource revenge
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Attorney Andrew Koppel — ‘A Slobbering Mess’ — Found Dead
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Law Student of the Day: Korean Popstar at Northwestern
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Cardozo Students Plan to Joust With Manhattan D.A. at Graduation
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Judges:

Bryan Cave Partner Appointed to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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Hitchens: Kagan Should be Grilled Over Recent Vatican Brief
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Kagan Went to Harvard After Chicago Hesitated to Hire Her
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What Would Superman Do? Judge Gives Heroic Examples in Ruling Against Lawyer
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Quick, Can You Name the Nine? Most Americans Can’t Identify Even One Justice
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Lawyer Who Won $2M for Libeled Jurist Is Now ‘Junkyard Dog for Aggrieved Judges’
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Gunman Kills at Least 2 Judges, Wounds Workers in China Courthouse
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Judge Says Lawyer's Complaint Against Him Is Politically-Motivated Defamation
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Wall Street:

US stock futures climb as employment data takes focus
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Oil Falls as Equities Decline, Euro Trades Near Three-Year Low
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Dow Drops 112.61 Points
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Stocks, Oil Drop, Treasuries Rise on Concern Middle East Tensions Growing
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Oil Spill Inquiry Chills Traders at the Close
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Layoffs:

Hewlett-Packard Plans to Cut 9,000 Jobs
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CitiFinancial to close 330 branches
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Finance:

Loans That Vanished in a Property Bust Reappear
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Aviation:

Business-Class Travel Roars Back From Recession
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Fraud:

Escape Clause Seen for Goldman and the S.E.C.
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Department of Justice Recovers More Than $40 Million in Fraud Proceeds from Foreign Ponzi Scheme
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Bronfman Asks Paris Court to Drop Charge at Vivendi Fraud Trial
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Meet the Billionaires Behind Bars
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Celebs:

Walker Seeks NBA Return With Help From a Friend
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Mass Torts:

Asbestos claims lead RPM Int'l units to bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Jury Convicts Vacaville Businessman of Bankruptcy Fraud
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Economy:

European Debt Crisis Feeding Into Economy, Data Show
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Bailouts in Retrospect
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Economic Stress Index
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Economy Tracker Map
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US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:

For Some Homeowners in Foreclosure, a Rent-Free Approach
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NVR sues Orleans Homebuilders over failed takeover bid
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The Man with the Mystery Plan
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Banking:

Foreign banks find fortune in crisis
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Oil/Gas:

U.S. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Gulf Oil Spill
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BP Disaster: What Investors Need to Know
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BP stock tumbles as feds announce oil-spill probes
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BP will likely survive spill, but worth much less
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Spill wipes $23 billion off BP
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BP shares plunge; value falls by $67bn since leak
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How much worse can it get for BP?
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Anadarko, Transocean Drop After BP Fails to Cap Well
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Bookie, poll see uncertain future for BP
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A Waiting Game on the Louisiana Water
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Spillonomics: Underestimating Risk
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The government's 'rock star' in charge of the oil spill
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BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas in Worst Case Scenario
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Obama vows crackdown on oil and gas industry in wake of Gulf oil spill
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BP Cites Broken Disk in 'Top Kill' Failure
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BP Revised Permits Before Blast
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In Sign of Tougher Stance by Obama, Holder Heads to the Gulf
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Obama administration moves to distance itself from BP on oil spill response
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BP's clumsy response to oil spill threatens to make a bad situation worse
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BP's Tony Hayward: 'I'd like my life back'
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Wanted: New CEO for Major British Oil Company
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Time to give BP CEO the boot
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Too honest? BP CEO Tony Hayward just can't stop talking
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Inside BP's War Room
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Eight Ways to Save the Gulf's Endangered Species
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NOAA research ship to search Gulf for underwater oil
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In Louisiana, damage from the oil spill can be deceiving
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Florida Panhandle could get hit by Wednesday
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Gulf fishing ban creeps closer to Florida
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Oil reaches Alabama barrier island
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BP Not Only One Hurting Over Gulf Spill
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Alabama closes oyster beds, warns swimmers over oil
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Rating Agencies:

Answers on Credit Ratings Long Overdue
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Warren Buffett to Break His Silence about Moody’s
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Municipalities:

Half a Dozen States Delay Tax Refunds
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CA municipal bankruptcy bill slogs forward
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Lompico water system teetering on bankruptcy
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Banking:

Tracking Bank Failures: Florida Leads the Nation in Closures
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Accounting:

PricewaterhouseCoopers Faces Inquiry in Bankruptcy Case
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Pharma:

Accentia Biopharmaceuticals files reorganization plan
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 opinions today - link corrected from yesterday)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy filings in Nevada up 13.6 percent in April
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Hawaii bankruptcy filings up 34.4%
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Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Increase in Arizona
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Student Debt:

More on a Student Loan Saga
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AIG:

After Prudential, When Can AIG Pay Back Taxpayers?
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Meet AIG, the Toughest Deal Maker on the Block. Yes, That AIG
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Metals:

Aleris emerges from bankruptcy as private company
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Autos:

Visteon rejects Johnson Controls' $1.25B bid
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Federal-Mogul to ax retiree health coverage
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Ghosn sees record year for carmakers
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Exit Strategies:

Breezing Through Bankruptcy - Companies filing for Chapter 11 protection are exiting sooner than ever, but is faster always better?
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10 Companies Back From the Brink
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Hotels:

Extended Stay's Path May Get Easier
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Resorts:

Tapatio Springs Resort: Much interest, little bidding
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Baseball:

Courtroom accusations flew in showdown over Rangers
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Attorney: Previous bidder for Rangers still interested in buying team
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Texas Rangers Bankruptcy Will Mean Smarter Loans, Not the End of Them For MLB
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Brown: Loans That Should Have Never Come Tom Hicks Way
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UK:

Sarah Ferguson: I was drinking
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Duchess 'on brink of bankruptcy '
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'Out of control' Sarah Ferguson tells Oprah she needed money to help out friend
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UK April Mortgage Approvals Rise to Four-Month High
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EU:

EU jobless hits record 10.1 per cent
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Smaller euro nations trail Germany's 'locomotive'
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Crisis Shows Flaw in the Idea That EU Would Top U.S. Economy
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Spain:

Austerity and a High Joblessness Weigh on Madrid
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Canada:

Canada Raises Key Interest Rate, With Eye on Inflation and Global Stability
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Germany:

Court postpones ruling on Karstadt insolvency plan
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