July 12, 2013

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Law:

Law Firm Partner Layoffs Should Be Routine
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Most Highly Regarded Firms: Insolvency & Restructuring 2013 --- Roundtable: Insolvency & Restructuring 2013 --- Research Trends and Conclusions: Insolvency & Restructuring 2013
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Cross-Selling in a Boutique Law Firm
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Eckert Seamans Adds New Bankruptcy Lawyer
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Latham ties bonuses to knowledge management performance
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Enduring Passion: Bankruptcy Attorney Trains And Helps Others
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Is It Too Late for You to Get Pregnant?
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Corporate-Centric Firms
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AFAs Open Creative Doors, Offer Clients Predicable Costs
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Shearman's New Leaders Set Sights on Comeback
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Ex-Fried Frank Employee Who Stole Toner Imprisoned
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UK: Law firm financial results: The winners --- The losers --- UK financials show smaller firms feeling the squeeze
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State Bar Proposals Fail to Address Law Students' Woes
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Lawyer Gets In Big Trouble For Asking A Client To Clean Up His Facebook Page
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Privilege protects in-house law firm communications about malpractice claim from client discovery
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How I'm Going to Law School for Free
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The Ultimate In Law School Funded Employment
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This New Must-Have App Completely Automates Your iPhone: It's So Helpful You'll Want To Use It Every Day
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Dead, whistleblowing attorney found guilty of 'massive tax evasion scheme' --- A sham of a trial
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Zimmerman Prosecution Tries To Restore The Credibility Of Controversial Witness --- Prosecutor: George Zimmerman Was A 'Wannabe Cop' Who Wrongly Profiled Trayvon Martin --- Meltdown: Judge Walks Out In Tense Exchange With Zimmerman Counsel --- Zimmerman prosecutor invokes Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech --- Jury in Zimmerman trial may consider lesser charge --- The Manslaughter Option in Zimmerman’s Trial: An Explainer
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Report: Microsoft Lets NSA Access Your Emails Before They Get Encrypted --- Microsoft Denies --- How Much Is the US Government Spying On Americans? --- The NSA Slide You Haven't Seen --- Ex-FISA Judge Reflects on Post 9/11 Briefings --- US intel braces for more NSA exposure --- Moscow airport: Snowden to meet with human rights groups --- Snowden's Letter --- The many mysteries of Snowden's transit zone --- NSA’s Snowden case review focuses on possible access to China espionage files, officials say
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Woman sentenced to write an essay on ‘how a lady should behave in public’
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Cops: Aaron Hernandez feared break-ins --- Making Aaron Hernandez Disappear
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Psychic sued for failing to lift love curse
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Poo horror at firm
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Lawyer: Apple Should Protect Me From My P--- Addiction
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Former surgeon charged with choking and harassing flight attendants
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After $323,307 in federal court sanctions since 2011, lawyer now faces federal ethics investigation
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Fired lawyer charged with stealing client fees from former firm
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Man, Son Arrested For Lighting 7-Year-Old Boy On Fire, Videotaping It
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Judges:

Federal courts are understaffed. It’s everybody’s fault.
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Decades after ex-attorney killed 2 lawyers, shot judges in Texas courtroom, fatal conflicts continue
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Scalia v. Ginsburg, a musical saga
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Wall Street:

Stock futures dip ahead of bank results, consumer data --- U.S. Stock -Index Futures Little Changed Before Results
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Dow, S&P 500 close at all-time highs
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Layoffs:

Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Rise to Two-Month High
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Where The Jobs Are (And Where They Aren't), In 1 Graph
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

Petters Fights to Shorten Sentence
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Goldman to Be Elephant In Room at Tourre Trial
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The SEC Case Against 'Fabulous Fab' Will Be An 'Enormously Challenging Task'
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How the RRA liquidation settlement was worked out
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Derivatives:

US and Europe Do a Derivatives Deal
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Municipalities:

Time for Detroit to take bankruptcy plunge
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Detroit pension overseers begin talks over plan to cut benefits --- Battle lines harden over Detroit pension cuts
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Health care changes highlight second day of Orr team negotiations --- Kevyn Orr floats plan to end health care for early police, fire retirees
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Detroit uses bankruptcy threat to spur settlements
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Who Can Stop The Destruction Of Detroit?
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Will Orr Get Detroit’s Debts Lowered? Restructuring Could Make History
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President Barack Obama 'is aware of the situation in Detroit,' press secretary says
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Lessons from Detroit's collapse
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Emergency manager adopts new Detroit city budget
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San Bernardino Bondholder, Insurer Support Bankruptcy
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Economy:

Bernanke: Economy still needs Fed stimulus
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Claims for unemployment benefits jump 16K
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Gas Prices Expected to Rise Sharply
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US Delivers Its Biggest Budget Surplus In 5 Years
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Fed’s Duke to Resign Aug. 31 After Five Years as Governor
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The Rise of Food Stamps in America --- GOP Drops Food Stamps from Farm Bill
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American Has Learned Nothing from the Financial Crisis
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Two Sentences that Explain the Crisis and How Easy it Was to Avoid
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US average rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 2-year high of 4.51 pct.; 15-year at 3.53 pct.
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Home Buyers Cast Wary Eye on Rising Rates --- New home purchase mortgage apps decrease by 15%
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Where home prices haven't hit bottom
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Sacramento: Conventional Sales in June highest in Years, Inventory increases 18% year-over-year
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GOP bill proposes to end Fannie, Freddie in housing finance revamp
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Fed researcher: Underwater homes are not holding jobseekers back
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Utah's foreclosure rate drops 47 percent in 2013
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Utah's foreclosure rate drops 47 percent in 2013
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Here's What $3,000-A-Month Rent Really Gets You In New York City
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Retailing:

June Same-Store Sales Top Wall Street Estimates
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Sears Lampert Struggles to Turn Around Ailing Retailer
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Billionaire Eddie Lampert Is Running Sears Like The Coliseum, And It's A Disaster
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Tech:

Endicott Interconnect Technologies Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Engineering:

Bergen County ends last ties to disgraced engineering firm
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Banking:

Glass-Steagall Act Would Be Revived In New Bill From Elizabeth Warren, Bipartisan Coalition --- Warren Joins McCain --- Five Facts About the New Glass-Steagall --- Wall Street's Worst Nightmare
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Brokers:

Gigantic bankruptcy leaves future of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine at risk
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice & Husband Accused Of Fraud In Bankruptcy Petition
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Blixseth seeks damages over Mont. bankruptcy suit
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Millionaire Blixseth says Schweitzer orchestrated $57M tax claim
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Debt Collection:

It Just Got A Lot Easier To Get Debt Collectors Off Your Back
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Tax:

GOP to IRS: It's Payback Time
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Swiss Banks Near Deal on US Tax Cheats
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Environmental:

At the Intersection of Environmental and Bankruptcy Laws
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Alternative Energy:

Criminal charges against Solyndra founder are unlikely - sources
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Tech:

Global PC shipments sink again
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Mass Torts:

US government assessment of BP oil spill 'will not account for damage'
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Leaner BP Blanches at Bill for Cleanup
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BP Spill Medical Benefits Accord Unfair, Plaintiffs Say
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Ethanol:

Stanley-based company buys bankrupt ethanol plant
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Autos:

Sergio Marchionne's high-wire act at Fiat-Chrysler
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Coal:

Coal Mine Hardball and Jackpot Justice
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Personal Finance:

I tried to stop spending money for a month and failed miserably
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Corporate Reform:

Dodd-Frank complete by end of the year say financial regulators
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 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 (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (82 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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Insiders:

A Lot Of Company Insiders Buy Stock Right Before Filing For Bankruptcy
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Insiders switch to selling as bankruptcy approaches
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Cross-Border:

Two US Decisions Remind Investors to "Know Their Foreign Borrower"
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Professional Compensation:

US judge taps examiner to review Nortel professional fees
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Arbitration:

In Kansas, Arbitration in Bankruptcy is Not Granted Cavalierly
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Plan Confirmation:

Seventh Circuit Extends New Value Plan Protections to Insider Context
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Litigation:

Privilege Covers Law Firms' Talks With In-House Counsel
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Aviation:

Russia's top aircraft-maker Sukhoi denies bankruptcy
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Health Care:

Your Zip Code Could Indicate When You Will Die
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The American Health Care System Should Be Terrified Of The Rise Of The Pharmacy Clinic
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Food/Beverage:

4 Turnaround Tips From Bennigan's CEO
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Student Debt:

Elizabeth Warren Rips Dem's Proposal On Student Loans --- Sen. Warren Uses CBO Numbers -- and Still Gets Dinged by the WaPo Fact Checker --- More than 1000 professors voice support for Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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Why Millionaires Are Lining Up To Help Students Pay Off Debt
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Student Debt Relief Firms Should Be Probed, Senators Say
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Education:

Where is Lon Morris College one year after declaring bankruptcy ?
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Telecoms:

LightSquared fight over Ergen's trades to continue
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Sovereigns:

German court rules in Argentina favour against 'Vulture Funds'
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The 25 Most Failed States On Earth
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UK:

Guidelines issued for defunct wind farms
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British Banks ‘Bamboozled’ Government, Ex-BOE’s Jenkins Says
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PIIGS:

The Greek nightmare gets worse
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Portugal crisis abates, but expected to return
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Spain's Prisa Has Weighed U.S. Bankruptcy Filing
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Canada:

Applying the "Bad Faith" Test in Canada
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Germany:

Praktiker Files For Insolvency
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Brazil:

What Is Left For Eike Batista And His Investors?
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Brazil's Economic Slowdown And Protests Are Just The Beginning Of Its Problems
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Brazil Rushes into Popular Revolt
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MENA:

Egypt braces for violence as Morsi supporters plan march --- Egypt escalates crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood --- Egypt's new leaders take heat from all sides as they plow ahead --- Egypt's transition teeters as PM moves to form cabinet --- US reviews Egypt aid as Arab nations pour $12 billion into post-Morsi regime
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