June 10, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Proof of the Profession's Crisis
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Legal Sector Springs Back, Loses 500 Jobs in May
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Orrick Cuts Staff, Shakes Up Executive Ranks
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Howrey artwork to be auctioned
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Holland & Knight, DLA, Nixon Peabody: Business of Law
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Legal recruiter sues Davis Polk for $1.4m
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See the video: Crowell & Moring makes way for ducklings
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Law school offers a three-day taste of campus life for about $1,000
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Which Law School Has Liquor on Tap for Students?
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Winners and Losers Of The Great Law School Application Reduction
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How to Improve Your Résumé This Summer If You’re Applying This Fall
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Nationwide Layoff Watch: And Then They Came For Management
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Laptops Are So 2007
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Obama Administration To Open Criminal Investigation Into NSA Spying Leaks
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Ex-CIA Employee Named as Source of Leaked NSA Reports --- 29-Year Old NSA Whistleblower Makes Mindblowing Claims About What Kind Of Power He Had --- Why A 29-Year-Old Contractor Had Access To Government Secrets --- PRISM: Google and Facebook DID allow NSA access to data and were in talks to set up 'spying rooms' despite denials by Zuckerberg and Page over controversial project --- NSA Memo: Rethink the 4th Amendment --- Mounting Concern Over NSA in Congress --- Senators: Why Is Everyone So Worked Up About Verizon Spying? We’ve All Known About It Since 2007 --- Few options for online users to avoid spying
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Lawyer-turned-blogger broke the story on collection of cellphone data; will he be prosecuted?
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What Happened to Eric Holder?
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2 former workers get over 1 year in $788K law firm theft
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Dozens Of US Marines Nabbed In Massive SoCal Crime Ring
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Some Of You Talk Funny And Don’t Know How To Pronounce Your Own Career
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Disgraced Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Stan Chesley: He’s Baaack….
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Prosecutor fired after posing as an accused killer's girlfriend on Facebook
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Taxi-Hailing Apps Move Forward After Typo-Plagued Biglaw Clash
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Grand jury to investigate paralegal’s death in lawyer’s bathtub
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Judges:

The Best Gift I Got From A Convicted Killer
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise, boosted by Japan data
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Jobs report contributes to a strong close for the market after a volatile week
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Ways Wall Street Interns Waste Time While Still Looking Busy
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:

US Employers Added 175,000 Jobs
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May Jobs Report No Cause for Celebration
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The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever
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Kodak to lay off 61 workers by September
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Manufacturing And Mining Employment
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The Massive Difference In Unemployment Between Those Who Do And Don't Have A College Degree
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Where Are the Jobs Today?
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The May Jobs Report Contains Warning Signs That The Economy Is Stalling
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Two Of The Most Exciting Areas Of The US Economy Are Hardly Creating Any Jobs For Americans
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Awards:

Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Scott M. Grossman Elected First Vice President of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida
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Tech:

Micron deal for Elpida Memory appears to clear legal hurdle
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Lehman:

Full payout to Lehman customers begins Friday: trustee
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Retailing:

Orchard Supply Said to Consider Bankruptcy Filing Next Week
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Education:

Morris Brown Rejects Reed's $10 Million Bailout
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Economy:

Fed Seen Holding to QE Strategy Even as Payrolls Beat Forecasts
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Greenspan: Taper Now, Even If Economy Isn't Ready
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Solid growth outlook lifts shares, dollar
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CBO: The Deficit Has Shrunk Massively Over The Past Year
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Consumer Credit in US Climbed in April on Non-Revolving Loans
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Most economists see US Fed scaling back bond buys by year-end
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Jobs Report Not Enough To Stop The Great Bond Short
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Why You Will Be Blindsided By The Next Financial Crisis
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What Retirement Crisis?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Mortgage Rates Rise for Fifth Week With 30-Year at 3.91%
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Bank of America once prepared to put Countrywide in bankruptcy court
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Florida governor signs bill to speed up state's foreclosure process
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Home price growth projected to exceed 7% in 2013
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Homeowner equity reaches highest level since 2008
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Autos:

Taxpayers ' loss on GM bailout looks to be about $10 billion
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The Taxpayer's Gift to Chrysler
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Auto bailout a bust for taxpayers
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Student Debt:

Duke Grad Student Secretly Lived In A Van To Escape Loan Debt
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How To Pay Off Student Loans When You Have No Money, No Job, And Nowhere Else To Turn
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Municipalities:

Detroit Emergency Manger to meet with creditors
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To See Detroit's Decline, Look at 40 Years Of Federal Policy
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Balancing Act Starts This Week With Detroit's Future On the Line
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Detroit wades into uncharted territory with possibility of bankruptcy
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A city in the balance: Kevyn Orr must satisfy creditors without ruining Detroit
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The bill has come due for our bad decisions
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Detroit retirees fear their own financial crunch as city works out its fiscal troubles
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Bankrupt Detroit's culture going to the highest bidder?
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Meredith Whitney on the Bankrupt City Near You
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Fitch Maintains Rating Watch Negative on Stockton Public Finance Authority
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Gov's office: options on 38 Studios bonds explored
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Details of Jeffco's bankruptcy deal some may have overlooked
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10 Fastest Growing Cities for Retirees
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Coal:

Patriot Coal files appeal of bankruptcy order
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Miners, supporters protest Patriot
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Orchestras:

A look at Nashville Symphony's remaining options
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Who will save the Nashville Symphony?
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Nashville Symphony faces a future of unknowns
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Office Supplies:

National Envelope Prepares Bankruptcy Filing
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Bonds:

The Day The Big Fat Junk-Bond Bubble Blew Up
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Prisons:

Defunct Philly penitentiary lets visitors try prison food
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Tax:

2010 Email Altered IRS in DC to Targeting
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IRS Official Says White House Wasn’t Involved in Review
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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 (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (76 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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Automatic Stay:

Fraudulently Conveyed Property: Part of the Bankruptcy Estate and Subject to the Automatic Stay (Or Not)?
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Cross-Border:

Analyzing Ch. 15 Recognition Motion And Provisional Relief
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DIPs:

Duties of Counsel for a Debtor-in-Possession
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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead in Bankruptcy : ResCap, Arcapita, Eastman Kodak
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Litigation:

Can E-Discovery Violate Due Process? Part 1
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Batteries:

Battery maker Exide Technologies files for bankruptcy
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Exide weighs second bankruptcy filing in 10 years
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Aviation:

Judge sets dates for creditors to vote on American Airlines bankruptcy plan
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American Airlines CEO Tom Horton $20 Million Severance Approved. WOW! Fight To Stop This Abomination.
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American Airlines sees dip in revenue measure
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Betting on a Bankrupt Airline Is Risky Business
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Non-Profits:

With millions at stake, Omaha nonprofit at center of bankruptcy case
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Autos:

American auto industry about to go on hiring spree
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Shipping:

STX Bankruptcy Filing Reflects Global Slump in Shipping
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Asset Protection:

How To Protect Your Cash In Times Of Crisis
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Telecoms:

Jefferies cleared to arrange financing for bankrupt LightSquared
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Powerwave drops bankruptcy survival bid as deposit fight looms
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UK:

UK Treasury Committee to Probe Bank of England Appointments
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EU:

Euro bailout Troika nears end of road with patchy record
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PIIGS:

ie: Don't look back in anger but warnings were there --- Noonan refuses to abolish VAT on personal insolvency service
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IMF and Greece: Institutional Monstrous Failure --- On the IMF's Big Fat Greek Woulda-Shoulda-Coulda
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Germany:

German central bank cuts growth forecasts for 2013 and 2014
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China:

Chinese Trade Numbers Come In Massively Below Forecasts
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China inflation slows to 2.1% in May
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