July 8, 2013

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Law:

ResCap Bankruptcy Exit to Halt Am Law Firms' Fee Feast
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Keker & Van Nest, Wachtell, Paul Weiss: Business of Law
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Grabbing the Canoe: Or, Reflections on Crisis Management
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Are Berkeley Law Students Cooler than Average?
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AdmitIt iOS App Easily Tracks Trial Exhibits for $10
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WikiLeaks: Edward Snowden Asylum Apps In 6 Countries --- Lawmakers Say U.S. Being Taunted Over Snowden ---What Snowden Needs Now Is A Good Lawyer --- The Letter The US Sent Venezuela Urging Them To Arrest Edward Snowden If He Shows Up --- Nicaragua Reveals Edward Snowden's Letter Pleading For Asylum --- In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A. --- The Precedent For NSA Domestic Snooping Was Set By Abraham Lincoln --- NSA Recruiters Grilled By Wisconsin Students --- Assange and Snowden exemplify romance of contemporary fugitive --- EU Threatens to Suspend Data Sharing w/ US --- Privacy vs. security: 'False choice' poisons debate on NSA leaks
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I Spent 9 Years In Prison Wondering If I'd be Executed For A Gruesome Murder I Didn't Commit
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Mothers of Zimmerman, Martin testify... Both say voice screaming for help was their own son --- Prosecution Rests
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8 Secret Features Hidden Inside Windows 8.1
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Thief Tells The New York Times How To Steal Purses At Happy Hours
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School board lawyer launches into profanity-laced tirade at parents
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Police Reportedly Demand To Use Home As Stake Out Despite Refusal of Family, Bash In Door, Shoot Homeowner with Pepperballs, and Arrest Him And His Father
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Former Miss USA Has To Pay $5 Million For Defaming Donald Trump's Pageant
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Soccer ref quartered, decapitated after stabbing player to death
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge back at private practice
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No guns allowed, but punishment varies for those caught packing at federal courthouse
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Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg too old to be a Supreme Court justice?
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Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NSA’s surveillance state?
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Wall Street:

Wall Street eyes earnings season kickoff
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Asian shares hit two-week low on Fed taper fears after jobs data
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For Millions of Workers, Getting Sick Doesn't Pay
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Stocks, dollar rally
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Stock rally's fate hinges on 4 questions
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Layoffs:

Job Gains Show Staying Power
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Why the BLS Jobs Report is Meaningless
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Jobless About to Take a Big Hit From the Sequester
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650,000 defense employees start furloughs Monday
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Skilled workers still can't find jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Religion:

Milwaukee archdiocese files show pressure on Dolan
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Few Milwaukee clergy abuse victims get large sums
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Student Debt:

College loan debt burden is growing for retirees
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Why Republicans Want To Tax Students And Not Polluters
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Celebs:

Toni Braxton resolves bankruptcy problems
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Alternative Energy:

Stock short-selling scheme led to ECD bankruptcy, lawsuit says
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Q-Cells fails to stave off insolvency
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Batteries:

Frisco, state file motions in bankruptcy court over financing for Exide cleanup
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Alternative Energy:

Hoku , Solar and Fuel Cell Aspirant, Bankrupt With $1B in Debt
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Fisker fails to make $10M payment to Energy Dept.
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Banking:

US and European banks prepare for capital race
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Deutsche Bank CFO sees no capital transfer to U.S. unit -paper
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Metropolitan National ownership to be sold to Texas group | Business, Political, and Cultural News in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas
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Economy:

Fed Spreads Confusion With Efforts to 'Clarify' Bernanke's Remarks --- It Looks Like Everyone Owes Bernanke A Big Apology
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Jobs Strength Keeps Fed on Track
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Market Now Expects Fed Taper in Fall
(DBN)

Poverty In America Looks Worse Today Than It Did In 1980
(DBN)

Dollar Hits Multi-Week Highs Amid Signs of US Recovery
(DBN)

IMF's Lagarde Says US Budget Cuts Were 'Absolutely Inappropriate'
(DBN)

IMF's Christine Lagarde says may trim global growth forecast
(DBN)

$400,00 for 3 Speeches: Geithner Makes Big Bucks
(DBN)

How Many Female Millionaires Are There?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

ResCap bankruptcy plan set --- ResCap Sheds Light on Chapter 11 Exit
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Perry Capital sues U.S. government over Fannie Mae Crisis
(DBN)

First Signs Of Rate-Driven Weakness In Housing
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Mortgage REITs Slide Most Since 2011 on Fed Tapering Concern
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Brokers:

How Peregrine Financial's convicted CEO, Russell Wasendorf Sr., wasted more than $200 million in client funds
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Privacy:

Morningstar says clients' credit card data may have been leaked
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Aviation:

Plane Crash In San Francisco --- South Korean Boeing 777 Had No Known Problems, Experienced Pilots --- Pilot in deadly plane crash had no experience landing 777 in San Francisco --- Was On First Training Flight With Boeing 777 --- Pilots Tried to Abort Landing Before Crash --- First Fatalities in 18-Year 777 History --- Airline CEO: No mechanical problems --- Asiana Airlines Shares Tumble --- A Closer Look at Asiana Airlines --- Inside The Plane --- Amateur Video Of Crash --- Audio: Listen To The San Francisco Crash Landing On Air Traffic Control --- Survivor Description --- Crash Survivor Clutching Toddler Sensed Danger in Descent
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Small Business:

The Decline Of America's Job-Creating Small Businesses
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Health Care:

Obamacare Will Be Judged On These Three Questions
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Museums:

Interstate 80 arch may be too big to fail
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Kearney Archway Submits Bankruptcy Plan to Court
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Television:

Trustee Who Won Big Judgment Against Luken Wants To Interview Luken Officials; Objects To Hiring Of Attorney Ray
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Municipalities:

San Bernardino Seeks Ruling on Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Eligibility
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How much is too much for Detroit?
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Detroit Sues Bond Insurer Amid Effort to Reach Deal With Creditors
(DBN)

Insurer seeks to block millions in casino payments to Detroit; city retaliates with lawsuit
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Kevyn Orrs' plan for paying bondholders could cost Michigan cities
(DBN)

Kevyn Orr giving creditors a tour won't fix problems
(DBN)

Detroit in Struggle Over Revenue
(DBN)

Stockton: City bankruptcy trickle-down effect
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CalPERS exerts its influence
(DBN)

Committee could be independent voice in Stockton bankruptcy proceedings
(DBN)

Jeffco officials issue warning to bankers on $19 million sewer bond
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After 3 years with an emergency manager, Benton Harbor considers an income tax
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Metals:

Oetinger aluminum smelter files for bankruptcy
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Fraud:

Iowa high court slams marketing company for fraud
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SEC Announces New Task Force To Root Out Financial Reporting Fraud
(DBN)

Many Paths Remain for a Case Against SAC Capital Advisors
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Mass Torts:

Louis Freeh Will Probe Oil Spill Fraud Claims
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Complaint details unethical conduct by asbestos attorneys
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 new filings today)
(DBN)

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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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead: Orchard Supply Seeks Bankruptcy Auction
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Finance:

American Airlines Relieved from Paying Make-Whole Premiums Under Plain Reading of Indentures
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Food/Beverage:

High debt, slowing sales: Lessons learned from Twinkies demise
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Claims mount in Walla Walla Gardeners' Association bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

LightSquared Debt: Could Get Ugly Between Ergen, Flacone --- Falcone works to block Ergen from LightSquared
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Politics:

How Obama Has Changed His Promises
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Gambling:

Foxwoods restructuring gambles on complexity
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Telescopes:

Telescope maker Meade Instruments at a turning point, bankruptcy possible
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UK:

Kerry Katona forced to postpone wedding due to bankruptcy trouble --- 'How Dare They Tell Everyone': Bankrupt Kerry Katona Slams Payday Loan For Making Sacking So Public
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Celebrities told to think twice about appearing in TV adverts for 'irresponsible' high-interest loans firms
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EU:

Trichet Says Flexibility Is Implicit in ECB's Forward Guidance
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IMF’s Lagarde: Central Bank Tightening Must be Visible, Predictable
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As Europe Struggles to Employ Young, Germany Seeks to Re-Employ Retired
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PIIGS:

(Broke) Italy "Would Love To" But Can't Pay Its Bills This Year
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ie: 'Debt-collecting banks' need to soften their approach --- Debt law will allow mouse to scare cat
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Tycoon's Rise and Fall: A Modern Greek Drama --- Greece, foreign lenders close in on deal to unlock aid --- Greece, Troika Optimistic on Reaching Deal Before Meeting
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Portugal Shows EU Crisis is Not Over
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Canada:

Runaway Freight Train Destroys Canadian Town After Huge Explosion --- Foul Play Not Ruled Out --- No Conductor On Board
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Starfield Resources Inc. Makes an Assignment in Bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
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MENA:

Egypt's New President Asserts Authority --- Brotherhood to Remain on Streets Until Morsi Reinstated --- Morsi Spurned Deals, Seeing Military as Tamed --- Shooting of pro-Mursi protesters deepens Egypt crisis --- US Mulls Suspending Aid to Egypt Amid Turmoil --- Sexual Assaults Rampant --- Clashes Continue In Egypt As New Government Falters
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Gang throws rivals from top of building
(DBN)

IDB Holding presents new debt restructuring offer
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China:

Chinese Company Town Struggles
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Brazil:

Brazil's grupo Rede creditors approve Energisa takeover plan
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