June 18, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Debtor Facing Sanctions Nabs High Court Review --- Will the Supremes Trim Back Bankruptcy Courts' Powers? (or, "Supreme Court Lays Down the 'Law' on Bankruptcy Exemptions")
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Judge Calls Out Heller Ehrman Filing 'Flurry'
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Which Firms Offer Women the Most Power and Highest Pay?
(DBN)

SEC, Mitchell Silberberg, Rimon, Seyfarth:Business of Law
(DBN)

Lawyers Can't Use DMV Records to Solicit Clients
(DBN)

Will an easy-to-pronounce name get you a better shot at partnership?
(DBN)

Summer Associate Tips—How to Work the Lunch and Cocktail Party
(DBN)

You Don’t Sound ‘Jaded’ on Law School Debt, You Sound Like a Law Professor
(DBN)

How Many Deans Does It Take To Run A Law School?
(DBN)

The Truth About Media Appearances
(DBN)

Stealth Lawyer: Karen Krueger, Alexander Technique Instructor
(DBN)

The average lawsuit thus pits Tweedledee against Tweedledum, and, sadly, they can't both lose.
(DBN)

Patriot Act Architect Cries Foul on NSA Spying --- Edward Snowden Is In The Process Of Destroying Any Support And Sympathy He Has Built Up --- Snowden: 'Being Called A Traitor By Dick Cheney Is The Highest Honor' --- Snowden's Questionable New Turn
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Court: Arizona Citizenship Proof For Voting Illegal
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6 Laws From 'Lord Of The Rings'
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Ex-NFL star Chad Johnson apologizes for pat on lawyer’s posterior, wins release from jail
(DBN)

'Zombie Drug' Makes People Willingly Empty Their Bank Accounts For Criminals
(DBN)

In Internet P--- Spat, Prenda Law Firm Claims Judge Overstepped
(DBN)

Lawyer Says Arpaio's Deputies Beat Him Bloody
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Drunk Guy Falls 15 Stories After Trying To Climb Into His Locked Apartment -- And Lives!
(DBN)

Teenage Girl Beheads Father
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Judges:

Arizona Gets Rare Smackdown From Justice Scalia --- Supreme Court rules Arizona needs to prove something
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Clarence Thomas’s Legal Time Machine Zooms to 1789
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Clarence Thomas Briefly Becomes A Liberal Hero, Making It Harder For A Judge To Lock You Up And Throw Away The Key
(DBN)

Judge Learned Hand, American Idol?
(DBN)

Ex-Clerk Says Judge Was a Horn Dog
(DBN)

Which stocks are SCOTUS justices picking?
(DBN)

Who Is The Richest Supreme Court Justice? A Net Worth Ranking
(DBN)

Justice Stevens Address: Guys Who Wear Bow Ties…
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Introverts And The Fifth Amendment: Or, Justice Alito On Why You Should Go To Law School
(DBN)

Fudge your crappy town, biscuits
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Wall Street:

Stock Futures Rise as Investors Await Fed's Next Move
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Most Asian Share Markets Advance Before Fed Meeting
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Stocks Close Higher
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:

A Day in the Life of the Long Term Unemployed
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Don't Do These Things When You Lose Your Job
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The 50 Best Employers For Older Workers
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Mahwah Dentist Found Guilty of Tax Evasion, Bankruptcy Fraud
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Coal:

Union Coal Miners Vow to Fight for their Benefits
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Twelve arrested in UMWA protest
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Lehman:

Lehman Trustee Reaches $8.5 Million Settlement, Updates Progress
(DBN)

Lehman Derivative Litigation Still Looms Large
(DBN)

'Zombie Entity' Takes Aim at Novato Nonprofit, Report Says
(DBN)

Lehman Netherlands Affiliate Gets $2.4 Million Claim
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Health Care:

OnCure Holdings, Cancer Clinic Operator, Files for Bankruptcy
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Health care costs to slow in 2014
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Tobacco:

Owner of bankrupt Mocksville tobacco companies faces fraud sentences
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Aviation:

American Airlines offers answers to customers’ questions in advance of US Airways merger
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Airlines' performance improves, lags other industries
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Passenger On Inbound Flight To Newark Restrained After Saying Everyone On Board Had Been Poisoned
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Fraud:

Madoff ruling should prompt service providers to review their own contracts
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Trustee plan to compensate Pearlman victims gets key support
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Hedge fund manager used postal box to hide $6 million fraud, Feds say
(DBN)

Ex-Purdue Students Charged With Massive 'Grade Hacking' Scheme
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Economy:

Good New York Fed Manufacturing News Not as Good as It Looks
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Ben Bernanke under pressure to spell out QE timeline
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Obama Says Bernanke Has Stayed at Fed 'Longer Than He Wanted'
(DBN)

How Rock and Roll Explains US Economy
(DBN)

The Chart That Eviscerates Five Terrible Talking Points About Taxes
(DBN)

Blunt Reason For Why Hedge Fund Managers Don't Like Bernanke
(DBN)

What A Map Of Kickstarter Usage Tells Us About America
(DBN)

$100 Oil Looms Again for US Consumers
(DBN)

Now That The Cheap Money Is Coming To An End, We Can See The Bubble To End All Bubbles
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US home builder sentiment rises to highest in 7 years in June
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Lowe's Buys Into the California Housing Rush
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California home prices soar to new highs
(DBN)

S&P expects home prices to keep rising
(DBN)

In Countrywide Case, Watchdogs Without Any Bark
(DBN)

Bank of America Paid Bonuses to Foreclose: Lawsuit
(DBN)

Ex-BofA employees allege mishandling of HAMP applications
(DBN)

Lawsuit Tries Creative Approach Against Fannie and Freddie Bailout
(DBN)

Mastros say they aim to “retire in peace” --- Blame the banks, say they fled U.S. 'just to survive' --- Bankruptcy trustee to Mastros: Tell it to the judge --- Mastros, free from French extradition, want their big diamonds back
(DBN)

Supreme Court to Hear Housing Discrimination Case
(DBN)

Servicer's Confusion During Mortgage Loan Modification Process Not Result of Fraud
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Machinery:

Terex shares tumble on lower 2013 profit outlook
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Retailing:

Confusion Leads To Huge Rally In Bankrupt Orchard Supply
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Orchard blames former owner Sears for bankruptcy
(DBN)

Orchard Supply bankruptcy: What's next?
(DBN)

Did Lowe's Just Pick Low-Hanging Fruit or a Bad Apple?
(DBN)

5 takeaways from the Orchard Supply bankruptcy and Lowe's deal
(DBN)

Rand's Hallmark Stores Closing Monday, Being Auctioned Tuesday
(DBN)

Owners of Lincoln Mall file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Municipalities:

Detroit default, restructuring plan break new ground: Moody's
(DBN)

How Detroit’s recovery plan could threaten the US$3.7-trillion municipal market
(DBN)

Detroit's Restructuring 'Unconventional and Precedent-Setting'
(DBN)

Detroit's New City Czar Is Acting Like The Car Czar
(DBN)

Detroit Manager Paints a Bleak Future
(DBN)

Muni market seen more interested in FOMC than Detroit
(DBN)

In Embattled Detroit, No Talk of Sharing Pain
(DBN)

Detroit's Recovery Plan Dips Into Pensions to Keep City Afloat
(DBN)

Reduced pension payouts, worker concessions a tough sell for Detroit's emergency manager
(DBN)

What The Declines Of Microsoft And Detroit Have In Common
(DBN)

Fitch drops Detroit bond rating to D due to payment default
(DBN)

Detroit Roundup: There’s Good News and There’s Bad News (Mostly Bad News)
(DBN)

Will Pontiac go bankrupt after emergency manager leaves? --- Pontiac emergency manager says city should be ok after he leaves
(DBN)

Key figure in Stockton bankruptcy plans to retire
(DBN)

Jefferson County Debt Plan Is Costly
(DBN)

The Most Disaster-Prone Places In America
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Mobile, Alabama Is Desperate To Show Us That It's Not One Of The Most Miserable Cities In America
(DBN)

International Cities Are Turning Into 'Elite Citadels'
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Autos:

European Car Sales Fall to 20-Year Low Amid Unemployment
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What's Going On At Fisker These Days ?
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Celebs:

Miss Utah Falls Apart While Answering An Easy Question About Women Earning Less Than Men
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Financial Literacy:

Cordray encourages businesses to provide financial education programs for employees
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Software:

SCO v IBM case resurrected
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Protests:

Patriot bankruptcy protest prompts arrests
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Telecoms:

Creditors cleared to vote on KIT digital Chapter 11 plan
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Video Games:

Rhode Island’s Credit May Drop on Schilling Debt Coverage
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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 (31 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (12 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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Exemptions:

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Bankruptcy Case Involving Charge on Debtor’s Property
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Jurisdiction:

Bankruptcy Court Has Jurisdiction To Enter Final Judgment On Fraudulent Transfer Claims
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Bankers Fleecing the Poorest Among Us as Workers Receive Pre-paid Credit Cards Instead of Paychecks!
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Sanctions:

Small Sanctions May Be Big Answer to Deterring Repeated Frivolous Pleadings by Certain Creditors
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Corporate Governance:

CO: Ruling gives LLCs more limited liability
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Tax:

IRS Official Contradicts Claims About Reviews
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Tax havens hit back at G8 pressure
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Swiss Lawmakers Reject Deal to End US Tax Spat
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$57M Blixseth tax case to resume in July
(DBN)

Citigroup Is Desperately Trying To Find Ways To Pay More U.S. Taxes
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Golf:

Stroud Township buys defunct Evergreen Golf Course for $230000
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Accounting:

Judge Rejects Reliance Group's Claims of Improper Deloitte Accounting
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Newspapers:

Tribune files post- bankruptcy financial results
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Office Supplies:

National Envelope obtains $65 million in financing to avoid closing sites and laying off employees
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National Envelope avoids layoffs for now, seeks buyer
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UK:

Bankrupt businessman who blasted solicitor to death with a sawn-off shotgun after losing legal battle found guilty of murder
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UK's Co-op Bank agrees 1.5 bln stg "bail-in" rescue plan
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David Rubin administrators line up buyer for Coventry City FC
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Firms' growth attempts stumbling
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UK charges ex-UBS trader Hayes in Libor investigation
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Hearts: UBIG approach insolvency firm to become administrators
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EU:

Euro zone ministers to discuss bail-in rules in bank rescues
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PIIGS:

Spain's La Seda de Barcelona files for insolvency
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Greece: Sell-off target will not be met
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NAMA set to take €6m home of Priory Hall developer
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Canada:

Canada Is In Big Trouble
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The typical bankrupt Canadian: A 43-year-old man owing $61,000, not counting a mortgage
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Sou'West Fishery creditors to meet
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Germany:

German Investor Confidence Rises as Recovery Strengthens
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Austria:

Alpine bondholders are asked to support debt package
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France:

Court orders liquidation of Virgin Megastore France
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China:

China Super-Stimulated Its Economy ... And Now The Nightmare Is Beginning
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Serbia:

Poll : More than 50 percent of Serbian citizens are near bankruptcy
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