April 23, 2013

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Law:

Washington DC Firm Will Pay Off 100% Of Your Law School Debt
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Kaye Scholer Strikes Deal to Give Up $1.5 Million in Fees
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Turnaround guru calls for cap on legal fees in Chapter 11 cases
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Q&A: McDermott's Bobby Burchfield & Paul Thompson
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Ropes & Gray, Sidley, Cleary, Gibson Dunn:Business of Law
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Fired Latham Secretary Alleges Pregnancy Discrimination
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Looper Reed Adds Depth to Bankruptcy Section, Hires Jason Brookner
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Jackson Walker Adds Bankruptcy Lawyer Michael S. Held
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The Best Apps For Business Travelers
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Business Lessons You Usually Learn The Hard Way
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Biglaw Perk Watch: Tuition Reimbursement
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Lawyer is go-to guy for Chinese restaurant expertise, dined at 6,297 and is hungry for more
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When It Costs You To Be Honest
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Dean sorry for censorship of college paper’s coverage of Chief Justice Roberts
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Law School Do-Over: 7 Things I’d Do Different
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Law Revue Video Contest: Dishonorable Mentions
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Sometimes, we care about questions. Sometimes, we care about answers. Sometimes, we care about both
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The Kind Of Unhinged Departure Memo That Would Have Been Way Funnier Before The Marathon Attack
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Feds Want To Talk To The Wife Of Tamerlan Tsarnaev --- Wife of Boston Marathon bombing suspect visits lawyer --- Wife 'Very Distraught,' Lawyer Says --- Friends And Family Describe Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Sudden Embrace Of Strict Islam --- Bombing Suspect Allegedly Gave A Chilling Introduction To His Carjacking Victim --- Boston Bombing Suspect Charged In Hospital Bed --- FBI Missed Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Trip To Russia Because His Name Was Misspelled? --- Bombing suspect reportedly tells police that he and brother acted out of religious motivation --- 'Shoe Bomber' Lawyer To Represent The Boston Bombing Suspect --- Boston Bombing Suspects Did Not Have Gun Permits --- Because Boats With Bullet Holes Don’t Float Very Well
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Authorities Thwart Alleged Plan To Attack Bridge At Niagara Falls
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Top Female Execs: Whether It's OK To Burst Into Tears At Work
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Should Egg Freezing Be A Fringe Benefit Offered By Your Firm?
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Video and the law firm
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Judge and defendant’s ex-lawyer are first witnesses in murder trial over courthouse slaying
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Legally Blonde: A Potpourri of Disorderly Conduct Claims
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Teen, 14, arrested after refusing to remove NRA T-shirt
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Law firm toner bandit pleads guilty
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Judges:

Supreme Court Declines Review of Judicial Pay Case
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Former DA, now judge, jailed after judge issues scathing opinion in rare Texas court of inquiry
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Judge abused discretion by jailing man for ‘attitude,’ setting $1M bail, top state court says --- Video
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Wall Street:

Wall Street stock futures under pressure
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Stocks Close Higher
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Layoffs:

Where Workers Take Home The Fattest Paychecks In The US
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Awards:

Adam Levitin awarded the Young Scholar's Medal of the American Law Institute
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Celebs:

Janice Dickinson Reportedly Declares Bankruptcy — ‘I’m Taking Every Step To Pay Everyone Back!’ She Says
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Environmental:

Tronox: Huge, Hazardous-Waste Site Slated to be Cleaned Up With Novel Arrangement
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Aerospace:

Kansas aerospace company to bid on AGC
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Student Debt:

Failure to Enter Student Loan Repayment Program Does Not Negate Good Faith
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The Shame of Student Loans
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More bad news for student loan borrowers
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Survey shows half of U.S. high school seniors don't understand cost, terms of college student loans
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Shipping:

HSH Nordbank cuts bad ship loans through deal with Navios
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Shippers buying vessels to avoid possible levy
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Economy:

The Strongest Evidence Yet That The Austerity Movement Has Suffered A Huge Blow
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El-Erian: What You Won’t Know About the Sequester
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Credit card delinquency rate falls in March
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Female Education Has Completely Changed Marriage In America
(DBN)

Caterpillar Whiffs On Earnings, Cuts Guidance On Soft Economy
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Tale Of 2 Cities In New York
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Previously Owned US Home Sales Unexpectedly Fell in March --- Limited Inventory
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Prices Rise Most Since 2005
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U.S. Housing Recovery Is Taking Hold, But Analysts Say Challenges Remain
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CREL CDO Delinquencies Remain Stable
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How Wall Street Is Scooping Up Single Family Homes In America
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ResCap Seeks More Time to Control its Chapter 11 Case
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Oak Brook firm wins prime McCormick parcels with $65M bid
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Soccer:

Bankruptcy case opens for Swiss club Bellinzona
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Retailing:

JCPenney Is Allegedly Investigating Whether Execs Told Builders Not To Worry About Permits
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10 Facts About JCPenney's Epic Decline
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Newspapers:

Which of These Billionaires Will End Up Owning the LA Times?
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Electricity:

Montana power co-op trustee fights $46M claim
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Bankruptcy judge OKs motion to keep Southern reorganization details secret
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Energy Future Holding Corp preparing for bankruptcy
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Tepper bets on Energy Future's debt
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Food/Beverage:

Salahi Oasis Winery Foreclosure Auction Scheduled For May 11
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Corporate Reform:

U.S. Consumer Bureau Says $425 Million Went to 6 Million
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SEC picks two attorneys to head enforcement unit
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CFPB fills empty posts, recruits from government agencies
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Judge Rejects Stay in SEC Subpoena Fight with Deloitte
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Social Media:

Debt woes weigh on Foursquare
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Municipalities:

Detroit Is Keeping Restructuring Options Open, Buckfire Says
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Gov. Cuomo ready to work with NY’s troubled cities
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Politics:

Quiz: Do you know Elizabeth Warren?
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Coal:

Court to consider Patriot’s motion to end salaried retiree benefits
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Furniture:

Assets of Linwood Furniture being sold
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Financial Literacy:

How Financially Literate Are You?
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Autos:

Terrible European Auto Sales Are Now Triggering Layoffs And Plant Closures
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US takes $21 million from Fisker as automaker misses payment
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Pensions:

Q&A: Josh Gotbaum on bankruptcy, saving pensions and singing
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Buhl Man Sentenced for Concealing Asset from Bankruptcy Estate
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Aviation:

Will This New Airline Be an Earnings Juggernaut?
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Sequester: Airlines Seek Permission To Keep Passengers Waiting On The Tarmac For More Than 3 Hours
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Fraud:

Judge Voids Transfers for Duped Ponzi Investors
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Cleveland Rocks… Potential IRS Fraud From The Owner Of Their Football Team
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Ex-Madoff attorney named chair of N.Y. ethics panel
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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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:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Avoidance Actions:

Southern District of New York Dismisses Insider Preference Claims Against Affiliates of Goldman Sachs
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Plan Confirmation:

Insider Distribution Violates Absolute Priority Rule, and Competition Is Essential Element of New Value Corollary
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Recent Court Decisions Hold That The Absolute Priority Rule Still Protects Creditors of Individual Chapter 11 Debtors
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Professional Employment:

Some Courts Offer Little Guidance in Determining Who Is Considered a 327(a)Professional
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Bankruptcy Fees Out of Control: Reform Panel
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Personal Bankruptcy:

Acceleration Clause Clears Way for Modification
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Securities:

A Must-Read for 'Repo' Counterparties
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Litigation:

New York Courts Address Electronic Discovery Of Social Media Data
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Finance:

Enforcing ‘Bad Boy’ Guarantees in Nonrecourse Financings
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Health Care:

Trustee to take over Universal Health Care operations
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Ahead of reform, medical care slowdown hits US companies
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Mass Torts:

First Responders In The Texas Plant Explosion 'Didn't Have A Chance'
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Halliburton in Gulf spill settlement talks, takes charge
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Agriculture:

U.S. bankruptcy court has dismissed the case of former Grafton, N.D., farmer Tom Grabanski
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Ethanol:

Buffalo Lake ethanol plant closes amid allegations of wrongdoing
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Banking:

FDIC Scores $6.4M Judgment in ANB Financial Case
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Finance:

Top US regulator wants Libor, Euribor scrapped
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Sovereigns:

Pay Dick, Ditch Harry: More on 'Ratable Payment' and Its Implications
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Argentine Bonds Drop After Holdouts Reject Payment Proposal
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US courts make mark in Argentina creditor spat
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Argentina CDS Widens, Debt Weakens After Holdouts Reject Proposal
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UK:

Tax fraud prosecutions double
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Surge in UK corporate confidence
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EU:

European austerity yields meager results in 2012
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Barroso questions austerity, looks to federalism to tackle EU?s problems
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Euro-Area April Manufacturing, Services Contract
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The Economic Crisis Has Infected Europe's Core
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PIIGS:

Spain Has EU's Largest Deficit, Undermining Rajoy Pickup
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France:

French Flash PMI Continues To Be Awful
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China:

Chinese Flash PMI Falls To 50.5
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