July 29, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

How Badly Has Biglaw Been Battered?
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Revenues Up at Larger Law Firms
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Biglaw Practice Today — Cruel Expectations
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Introducing the Price Point Law Firm
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Bankruptcy Trends
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A Biglaw Partner’s Big-Ticket Divorce Bill
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Barrister puts wig and gown on eBay and issues dramatic warning to Bar wannabes
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Profitability plummets at growing number of UK firms
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The Future of Fees
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Million Dollar Law Degree: Repetitive (and avoidable) mistakes
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Being A Partner Isn’t The ‘Worst Job In Biglaw’ — Being A Pregnant Associate Is
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Kate's Baby Belly: Doing more for women (including lawyer moms) than book "Leaning In"
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At the Supreme Court, Number of Women Advocates Improving
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Lawyer: Going Part-Time After Having A Kid Was 'Career Suicide'
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How to Handle Your Evil Clients
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Man who worked as office boy for Morgan Lewis before eventually making partner dies at 96
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A Dangerous, Million-Dollar, Law School Distraction
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Law School Reformers Create 'False Sense of Doom'
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How Not to 'Retire and Teach'
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I Bet You Thought Going To Charleston Law Was Already Rock Bottom
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Law Professor Defends Law Schools; Blames Media, Students, Advisors, Everybody But Himself
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The most expensive apps for iPhone and iPad --- 13 Ridiculous Things Siri Says
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Why I Sold My iPad
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The Am Law 200's Secret Pro Bono Weapon
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Of Biglaw, Nazis, and Princes
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Legislator wants apology from Akin Gump for tweet
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Armed Man Robs $53 Million Worth Of Jewels From Cannes In Broad Daylight
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Glenn Greenwald: Even Low Level NSA Analysts Can Spy On Phone Calls And Emails --- The White House Should End The Bulk Collection Of Americans’ Phone Records --- NSA Faces Backlash Over Phone Data --- NSA Critics to Testify Before Congress --- Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords --- The 217 Representatives Who Voted To Keep NSA Spying On All Your Data --- Who Are We at War With? That’s Classified
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Tim Tebow calls Aaron Hernandez murder charge 'heartbreaking and sad' --- Bail for Hernandez associate set at $500,000 cash --- Jobless pal lived at Hernandez pad --- Legal experts, lawyers discuss judge's release of Hernandez warrants
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Cleveland Kidnap Victim Amanda Berry Surprises Concert Crowd --- Ariel Castro takes plea in Ohio kidnap case, expected to get life plus 1,000 years
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7 Dead In Florida After Negotiations With Gunman 'Just Fell Apart'
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Bankruptcy attorney who admitted theft still has law license
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Backhoe stolen from construction site and used to break into Queens bank
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BMW Driver, 72, Cops To Intentionally Running Over Mother Duck And Ducklings Crossing Road
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Judge OKs Weight Discrimination at Work
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8 horrible courtroom jokes and their ensuing legal calamities
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Denied a pay raise, lawyer stole $15K from firm as he ‘spiraled down’
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Mug Shots
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Man Wearing Only Boxers Goes On Rampage Inside Fancy Beverly Hills Eatery
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Florida Police Shoot Man Who Was Retrieving Cigarettes From His Mother’s Car In Family’s Driveway
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Former 'American Idol' contestants sue for $25 million each
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Neiman Marcus Settles Suit Filed By 'A Woman Scorned' Who Tried To Return $1.4 Million In Goods
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Judges:

Surveillance State Not John Roberts' Fault
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Justice Alito came into a ton of money
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SCOTUS favorability rating drops below 50% for the first time in almost 30 years
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Ginsburg calls Southern states’ actions in wake of Voting Rights decision ‘predictable’
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Fired court worker says she saw judge have sex with bailiff; judge calls claim ‘false and baseless’
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Have robe, will travel
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Is Ginni Thomas' Expanding Activism a Problem for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas?
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Court official fired after video of woman complaining of assault goes viral
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Wall Street:

Stock futures point lower
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People Are Using Borrowed Money To Buy Stock Like It's 2007 And 1999
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From Refineries To Power Plants — A Rundown Of JP Morgan's Huge Portfolio Of Physical Assets
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Wall Street Interns: Here Are The 21 Rules For Getting Hired That No One Else Will Tell You
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Wall Street Interns: Here Are The 21 Rules For Getting Hired That No One Else Will Tell You
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Goldman's Blankfein: The Worst Case Scenario 'Absolutely Will Happen'
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JP Morgan to Exit Commodities Trading
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Layoffs:

Why we're working less than our parents did
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Obama Disputes Job Projections For Keystone XL Pipeline
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No, Really, How Do We Keep Robots From Destroying Humans?
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Fraud:

OVERSTOCK.COM CEO: Steve Cohen Is Directly Responsible For Corruption That Has Cost Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Their Jobs ---CEO mocks SAC Capital indictment in WSJ ad
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SAC on the Chopping Block: Cui Bono? --- SAC Capital courtroom showdown to come --- Indictment Of SAC Capital Doesn't Stop Steve Cohen From Throwing A Huge Party
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SAC’S Cohen Risks Losing Fortune While Keeping His Freedom
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Mass Torts:

Tennessee victims in U.S. meningitis outbreak win new avenue for lawsuits
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Halliburton pays the max fine for destroying evidence in the Gulf oil spill case ---- $200k
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Confusion Clouds BP Settlement
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Metals:

Suit could impact Ormet sale
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Credit Cards:

Interchange Updates: Canada, EU, and the US
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Corporate Reform:

5 Years and So Few Charged in Financial Crisis
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Telecoms:

Dish Chair Would Profit From LightSquared Bid, Sources Say
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Economy:

Obama likely won't announce Fed chair pick until fall --- Obama Says He Has Narrowed Decision on Next Fed Chairman --- Obama Gave His Clearest Comments Yet On What He Wants To See In The Next Fed Chair
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Consumer Sentiment Shows Improvement in July
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AP: 4 In 5 US Adults Face Near-Poverty, No Work For At Least Parts Of Their Lives --- Whites below poverty line at 41%, twice number of poor blacks
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The Whole World Is Getting Richer, and That's Good News
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Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric
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Who Isn't Being Left Behind in the Recovery?
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Treasury's Lew: Congress needs to pass debt limit
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5 Reasons The Fed Taper Will Kick Off In September
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CBO: Sequester II Could Cost 1.6M More Jobs --- Ouch More Americans say sequester hurts: NBC-WSJ poll
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Motor city mess Why the middle class needs to pay attention to Detroit
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Detroit Is A Tragedy, But The Retirement Crisis Touches Us All---Especially Generation Y
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What the World’s Middle Classes Are Really Protesting
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home-loan rates ease, Freddie Mac says; 30-year fixed at 4.31%
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More mortgage delinquencies cure on improved home prices
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Annual home prices rise 7.9% in latest LPS report
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Investors are moving out of housing. Here's why
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GMAC Mortgage joins independent foreclosure review settlement
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Housing sparks a recovery, but could QE exit put out the flames?
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Strong housing market powers subprime, alt-A RMBS
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Bank cleans out wrong house, denies owner's compensation claim
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China's Newest Real Estate Investment Craze: Detroit's Housing Crisis
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Detroit's Developers Unfazed by Bankruptcy
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Reinvigorating A Detroit Neighborhood, Block By Block
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ResCap paying $198M for US foreclosure claims
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$21.5 Million Sale Of Renzo Renzi's Brickell Site Closes
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Plan approved for repairs to Carter's Grove mansion
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Municipalities:

Chapter 9 and State Law: the Dubious Applicability of the Supremacy Clause
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Jeffco bankruptcy lawyers were in running to handle Detroit's $18 billion filing
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Naming mediator brings authority to fractious Detroit bankruptcy case
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Detroit: Myths and truths about bankruptcy
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Detroit: Little Hope of Happy Ending
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How Detroit fell so far, so fast
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Hottest trade on Wall Street: Detroit bonds
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In cash-strapped Detroit, few question sports arena funding --- Detroit again leans on Tigers, other teams to lift city's spirits
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Detroit's Orr Prefers Not to Sell City Assets --- Detroit looks at grim economics of garage sale
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Detroit Bankruptcy Underscores Rift Between City, Suburbs --- Official Says Suburb Unaffected by Detroit Struggle
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Detroit goes bust as auto industry booms, and here's why
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Trying to save part of Rosie the Riveter's factory
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George Will links Detroit bankruptcy to ‘cultural’ problems and ‘unmarried mothers’
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Animation: Detroit v. Detroit in Bankruptcy Court
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Detroit default exposes lie of phantom returns
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Detroit Bankruptcy Official Says No Special Treatment for General-Obligation Bonds --- U.S. muni board watching general obligation debt in Detroit case --- Imported from Detroit: financial fallout --- Bankrupt Detroit takes a hard line with its creditors --- Systemic risk from Detroit bankruptcy played down --- Detroit Bankruptcy a “Game-Changing Event,” Meredith Whitney Says --- Detroit case may alter distressed U.S. city behavior -Moody's
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Will Detroit's Bankruptcy Kill This Key Market? --- Moody’s: Detroit Bankruptcy ‘Profoundly Meaningful’ For Distressed Cities --- Detroit bankruptcy case could bring unwanted change for muni market
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Detroit bankruptcy will set the tone for troubled communities across U.S., says investors service --- Today, Detroit . Tomorrow, Hometown, USA
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Snyder more popular after Detroit Bankruptcy is filed --- Michigan Governor Discusses Detroit Bankruptcy Exit
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Lew: No federal bailout for Detroit --- Why not use auto bailout money? --- Treasury secretary defends letting Detroit go bankrupt --- Detroit Will Have to ‘Work With Its Creditors’ to Resolve Bankruptcy --- Michigan Gov. Snyder vetoes bailout for Detroit --- Detroit retirees ask Obama for pension help
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Bailout?: More Than One Way To Skin A cat - Detroit Looks to Obamacare to Ease Costs
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Detroit bankruptcy another setback for unions --- Let It Rip Weekend: Unions v. DIA & Tuition Breaks for Illegals --- Retirees: Detroit's bankruptcy filing is a 'declaration of war' --- Mich. AG on pensioners' side in Detroit bankruptcy --- Michigan Law Protects Pensions, State AG Says --- Fight on Detroit Retiree Funds Looms --- Retiree Benefits Protected by State Constitution, Attorney General Says --- Can't blame Detroit's failure on public pensions --- Public pensions from Detroit to South Florida one reason for taxpayers’ distress
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In Detroit , the social contract broken
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Detroit: Bondholders v. Pensioners v. Taxpayers
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Financial Lessons from Detroit's Bankruptcy
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Come See Detroit, America's Future
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Art may be Detroit's renaissance
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Denial in Detroit as City Plans $400 Million Taxpayer Funded Hockey Arena --- Hockey Arena Investment: No Brainer
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Could a Private University Have Made a Difference in Detroit ?
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Bullish on Detroit gaming despite bankruptcy
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Detroit's bust, but its hotel industry is booming
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Detroit , the 'used to be' city --- Detroit faces up to its past
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In One Chart, Here's Why Detroit Failed
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Can We Finally Lose Detroit ?
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Detroit’s 86-Cent Water Debt Seen Delivering Profit
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'Robocop' Starts Campaign To Save Detroit
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Can Detroit reinvent itself? --- Creditors need to face Detroit's harsh fiscal reality --- Detroit's decline: Five myths about city's past and present
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As bankruptcy's bad buzz spreads, biz leaders drum positive news
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Insurers, hospitals could take hit from Detroit bankruptcy
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Michigan's troubled cities are also faltering economic engines
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Someone Attending The International Property Expo In Singapore Will Win This Mediocre House In Detroit
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What Detroit Can Learn From Other Cities --- Lessons to be learned from Detroit
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Fitch says Detroit's bankruptcy shows state intervention limits
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American Roads Seeks Fast Track Out of Bankruptcy Court
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New York governments fear Detroit -like fiscal cliff --- Detroit -style bankruptcy can't happen in Indiana --- Tough choices saved Toledo from fiscal crisis --- Memphis' fate isn't Detroit's outcome --- Chicago Is Not The Next Detroit --- If Detroit Went Bankrupt , Why Is Philadelphia Paying? --- Portland may follow rusted, busted Detroit --- Honolulu could be America's next Detroit --- Detroit's plunge into the rapids of bankruptcy is a message to all city leaders
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Bankrupt , but Stockton isn't Detroit
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Bankrupt New England town offers Detroit a bleak preview
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San Bernardino bankruptcy crisis can give way to opportunity
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El Dorado County fire district teetering on insolvency
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Pensions:

California tries to mandate retirement savings for private workers
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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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 (64 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Bankruptcy doesn't come cheap for companies struggling to survive
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Cravath: Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law
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Estoppel:

Gender discrimination suit not disclosed in bankruptcy can move forward
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Recharacterization:

The Ninth Circuit Recharacterizes Recharacterization Jurisprudence
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Avoidance Actions:

Failure to Negotiate Mortgage Note: “Strong Arm” Powers With A Twist
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TBTF:

Too Big To Fail: What Detroit Bankruptcy Now Means For Bailouts
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Banking:

Banks on Brink of S&P 500 Supremacy Amid Profit Gains
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Litigation:

Texas Lawyer Announces its Litigation Departments of the Year
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Aviation:

Creditors, others wrap up voting on American Airlines bankruptcy plan
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How to Cut the Airport Line
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Sometimes Packing Your Suitcase Can Be Challenging
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Air rage in China amid long delays
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Religion:

Pope Francis Gives Candid Speech On 'Exodus' Of Followers From The Catholic Church
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Celebs:

Toni Braxton Loses Rights To Many Of Her Songs Due To Bankruptcy
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Spike Lee, Seeking A Kickstarter Handout, Owns $30 Million Manhattan Mansion, Martha's Vineyard Estate
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Cleveland "Hero" Charles Ramsey Seeks To Trademark His Name For Halloween Costumes And Masks, Other Merch
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Love and Basketball — The Director’s Cut
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Sinbad -- My Broke Days Are Over!!!
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Hugh Grant, the blonde lawyer and Hacked Off¿s cosy links to a ruthless law firm whose investigators illegally invaded privacy
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Lehman:

Lehman Seeking to Collect $3.2 Billion on Derivatives Through 2015
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Personal Finance:

5 Of The Most Overpriced Items In The Grocery Store
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Student Debt:

The Student Loan Problem
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It's costly to ignore student loan bills
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Health Care:

What's more feared than death? Long-term care
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Sovereigns:

France to back legal argument in Argentina case against creditors
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France is Man Enough to Pari Passu
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Europeans could support Argentina
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UK:

Church of England's Lending Mission
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Proving for Pensions – UK Supreme Court rules that secondary pensions liability imposed by the Pensions Regulator ranks alongside other unsecured creditors in an administration
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Sports club and facilities insolvencies fall by a third post-Olympics
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Joint trustees appointed after Kerry Katona's second bankruptcy
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Gov't says credit unions must meet bank insolvency rules
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Women lead tally of bankruptcies among under-35s as household bills mount
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EU:

Europe should let its hopeless causes go bankrupt
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Europeans could support Argentina
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Lacquer on Europe's Decline
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PIIGS:

EU demands tougher Monte Paschi plan
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Canada:

Detroit pension meltdown a wake-up call for Canadians
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Germany:

US cities got €18.5 billion from German banks
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Germany's Praktiker may lose 4,000 jobs after insolvency-report
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Now Max Bahr goes down after insurers pull the plug
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China:

China Is #1 At These Twelve Things
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China Announces Urgent Nationwide Audit To Find Out How Much Debt The Country Really Has
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Brazil:

Oppenheimer to test Brazilian bankruptcy law
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