September 8, 2010

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Slowdown in Filings Fuels Competition for Bankruptcy Cases
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Ex-Partners Sue Law Firm Managers for Surprise Closing of Their Office
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Lawyer of the Day: David J. Stern, Florida Foreclosure King
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Go Rural, Young Lawyers, Go Rural
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If the Partners Are Iffy About Their Career Prospects, How Should You Be Feeling?
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Firm represents investors in purchase of Texas Rangers
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Post-Labor Day Report Reveals More Labor for Lawyers
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Calif. Appeals Court OKs Fraud Suit Against Katten Muchin
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Trivial Pursuit, Summer Associate Edition
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Associates and Southern Cities Had Higher Increases in Billing Rates, Study Finds
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Silicon Valley Pushes to Turn Scientists Into Lawyers
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Lunch Conversation Led Two Lawyers to Form Their Own Firm
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Lawyer Tells Client She Can Talk to Dead Spouse — But That’s Not What Got Her in Trouble
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The Legal World's Biggest Beatles Fan?
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Paris Hilton and the Shaggy Defense
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Fake barrister flees court after judge's questioning
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F1 Lawyers Are in Pole Position
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Former Law Professor’s "No Computers" Demands Stifle Law Firm’s Growth
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Adult Content Producers File Mass Tort Against Alleged Downloaders
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Judges:

Senate Prepares for Trial of Federal Judge
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Pregaming the Impeachment Trial of Judge Thomas Porteous
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Supreme Court Clerk Hiring: Is It Becoming More Political?
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Judge accused of misconduct in bankruptcy
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Army Sergeant Charged with Threatening Judge in YouTube Rap
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Judge Finds No Ineffective Assistance in Trial Where Defense Lawyer's 'Associate' Was Non-Attorney Felon
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Obama: Fewer Judges Confirmed Than Nixon
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Wall Street:

Stock Futures Point to Weaker Wall St
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European Bank Woes Damp U.S. Stocks
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Treasuries Gain After Auction on Renewed European Bank Concern
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SEC Weighs High-Frequency Trading Rules After Plunge
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Layoffs:

Index Points to Slowdown in Hiring
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More People Resigning from Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:

BP report due on cause of Deepwater Horizon spill
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BP to Take Some, Not All, Blame in Report
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BP Probe to Spread Blame For Spill
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NOAA says no signs of 'dead zone' in Gulf
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Art:

Dreier LLP Art May Be Headed to Auction
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Retailing:

American Apparel Looks To Corporate-Turnaround Firm To Change Fortunes
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General Growth Properties Announces Executive Transition Plan
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Not Returning To "Real Housewives of NJ": Report
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'Housewife' Teresa Giudice 'Terrified' of Prison
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Religion:

Church Foreclosures Triple in Less than 3 Years
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Sports:

As Stadiums Vanish, Their Debt Lives On
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Health Care:

PacifiCare Faces $9.9 Billion in Fines
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Finance:

The Finance Bubble is Already Back
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Economy:

Kansas City, Dallas Feds Called for Rate Increase
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Congress Republicans wary of Obama economy plan
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Obama Against a Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
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Is GOP Fair in Calling Stimulus "Failed?"
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Congress has little time to act on White House plans
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Problems with Obama's Infrastructure Plan
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Obama to pitch new set of business tax cuts
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Limited Benefit Seen in Tax Plan
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Obama Tax Plan Holds Less for Small Businesses
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Obama's Proposals Unlikely to Pass Soon
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As Obama Surrenders, Stocks Will Rally
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Obama's Latest Stimulus Plan Gets Panned By Krugman
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Bailouts Don't Work: The Lotto Winners Study
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Banker Survey Reveals Pessimistic Outlook
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Economic Stress Map
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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:

Housing Inventories Rise for Eighth Straight Month
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FHA offers help for borrowers with 'underwater' mortgages
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40% of subprime mortgages stand delinquent, can prime be next?
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CMBS delinquencies accelerate toward 9% in August
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The Bears and the State of Housing
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Law firm wants Bank of New York to investigate Countrywide RMBS pools
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Mortgage Rates and Home Prices
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Bankruptcy Guru Offers Mortgage Fixes
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Redefining ‘Home’
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Kiley Ranch development files for bankruptcy reorganization
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Judge throws out Pitcairn bankruptcy filing
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Developer who proposed Catalyst project faces big trouble in Charlotte
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The Battle for Stuyvesant Town
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Most bankers don't see credit easing
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California HFA offering up to 3% help on mortgage downpayments
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Lehman:

Fed Planned to Wind Down Lehman Brokerage After Bankruptcy, Lawyer Says
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Florida Investor Drops Suit Over Losses on Lehman-Backed Gas Supply Bonds
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4 Reasons Why Lehman Failed
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Officials Considered Political Effects in Allowing Catastrophic Lehman Failure
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Lehman Deal A Sparkler For Barclays' Diamond
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Tax:

Bush Tax Cuts: White House Rejects New Orszag Proposal
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What To Expect From Obama's Business Tax Cuts
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Small Business to Obama: Tax Cuts Won’t Work
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Banking:

 

 

Reaction to Diamond's Promotion: Barclays 'Taken Over by Casino'
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Diamond Wingmen in Lehman Deal Are named Co-Chiefs of BarCap
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Newspapers:

Newspaper Ad Spending Drops Least in 4 Years Amid Web's Strength
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2 of 3 holdout unions at Philly newspapers to vote
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Public interest groups, newspapers ask judge to split up Tribune-owned media
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Non-Profits:

Sharpton's organization still paying back taxes
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Sporting Goods:

Schutt Sports files Ch. 11 bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Hecker to Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud, Agrees to Prison Time
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Avoidance Actions:

Farmers meet to discuss VeraSun
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Trustee for Rothstein Law Firm Files Clawback Suits Worth $14 Million
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Aviation:

Aeromexico rejects any possibility of taking over Mexicana
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Airline Mexicana Granted Creditor Protection To Restructure
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 new opinions today)

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 Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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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:

The Bankruptcy "Downturn"
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Miscellaneous:

The Bankruptcy Files: Schutt Sports Seeks Litigation Relief, Reveals Fees
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Hedge Funds:

Are Hedge Funds Abusing Bankruptcy ?
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A New Way For Less to Mean More
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Bankruptcy Prediction:

10 Companies That May Be Ready to Collapse
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Fraud:

While Conrad Black, Others, Go Free, Skilling Stays in Prison
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Bankruptcy for adviser to Ponzi scheme victims
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Hecker to plead guilty to bankruptcy charge
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Litigation:

New Law Firm to Focus on Discovery, Document Retention Issues
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Examiners:

WaMu Bankruptcy Examiner Seeks More Time for Investigation of Bank Failure
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Hotels:

Shubh Hotels Files for Bankruptcy After Hilton Pulls Pittsburgh License
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Autos:

Old General Motors is closer to extinction
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Even with problems, former GM plants draw interest
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Car Czar on GM's Revolving Door
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Municipalities:

Pa. Capital City's Debt Mounts Amid Political Feud
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Jefferson County Sewer System to Get Receiver, Alabama Circuit Judge Says
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Horse Racing:

Centaur Given One Month
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Corporate Reform:

Bank Panel Nears Deal On Tighter Regulations
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Obama Picks for Economic Posts Seen Soon
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UK:

Outrage over Barclays' Diamond promotion
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Diamond keen to be seen as loyal to Barclays credo
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Barclays' Decision To Promote Diamond Unpopular, But A 'No Brainer'
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Business as usual for Bob Diamond and for the banks
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Britain Backs New E.U. Oversight Plan
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Cable worries over 'casino' banks
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EU:

Euro's party is ruined by the Stress Test
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Sovereign Debt and Banking Worries Return to Haunt Europe
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Europe's Banks 'Tied' To Greek Debt
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Spain:

Spain’s developers left in tight spot
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Middle East:

Dubai seen selling assets, issuing bonds to pay debt
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Greece:

The Banks that Brought Greece Down
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Greece second-quarter GDP revised down to -1.8%
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Afghanistan:

Afghan police beat back mob of government workers at Kabul Bank branch
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