October 17, 2013

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Law:

As The Weil Turns: Insights From Partner Departure Memos
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5 Threats Contract Attorneys Pose For Biglaw Associates
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Will Millennial Men Change the Workplace?
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Restructuring Lawyer John D. Leslie Joins Dickinson Wright
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Stealth Lawyer: Megan Grandinetti, Health Coach
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The Aspiring Lateral: The Succession Plan
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Do You Really Need to Work So Hard?
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A Biglaw Partner’s Big Twitter Meltdown
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Johnson Named NY Protection Bureau Chief: Business of Law
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Did Ropes & Gray retaliate by giving info to Above the Law about ex-associate’s discrimination case?
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Cooley Adds Dow Lohnes Washington Office: Business of Law
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10 Questions with Jay Edelson from Edelson LLC
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Law Schools Unperturbed by Budget Crisis—Well, Mostly
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Court Upholds St. John's Law School Rescission Of Admission; Student Was There For Three Semesters
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Toilet Law School: This Is Not A Metaphor
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Law School Pecking Order Has Proved Durable, Study Says
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Law School Grad Sentencing Set In Vegas Bird Death
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Letting 3Ls earn both school credit and pay for externships could make a dent in debt crisis
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DA raids dissolving law firm
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‘Bulletproof Asset Protection’ author, a former lawyer, is sentenced
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Frustrations With Outside Counsel
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Nineteen lawyers leave Morgan Lewis in Paris for another firm
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Chevron Trial Gets Off to Acrimonious Start --- Trial to Unravel $19B Pollution Judgment Against Chevron Opens
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Financial Adviser Accused Of Murdering His Client With A Briefcase
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Despite All Of Its Surveillance Capability, The NSA Still Depends On Hackers --- NSA Director Alexander Expected to Bolt --- Snowden's Father: My Son Has More Secrets To Share
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Georgia High School Students Punished For S-- In Cafeteria
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Not Our Problem: Six Flags responds to fatal accident: We don't design or build rides
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Firm hires ‘Huge Dong’
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63 Cleveland Police Officers Suspended After An Unarmed Couple Was Shot At 137 Times
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Boy, 9, who took flight to Las Vegas without ticket is removed from family home
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Judges:

The Supreme Court May Issue A Ruling That Makes The Government Even More Dysfunctional
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An Artistic Tribute to Four Female Justices
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Federal Courts Reducing Space to Save Money
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Federal Judge Chides Bharara for ‘Tabloid’ Press Operation
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Federal Judiciary Budget Increases in Last-Minute Budget Deal
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This Judge Was LUCKY To Get A Reprimand
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Wall Street:

US stock futures trade lower after budget deal
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Stocks rally after Senate announces debt deal
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Wall Streeters Are Passing Around This Awful Email A Student Sent To A Recruiter
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Stocks Fluctuated Amid Back-And-Forth On Capitol Hill
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Layoffs:

SunTrust Eliminating 800 Mortgage Employees
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In Silicon Valley, Salaries For Engineers Are Starting At $165,000
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Electricity:

Apollo Firming Stance in Energy Future Talks
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Green groups seek assurances Energy Future can clean up coal mines
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Report finds no corruption: City releases a review of cooperative
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Dolman files complaint against mayor
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Batteries:

Exide Wins Sole Chapter 11 Plan Filing Right Through May 2014
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Banking:

Park Cities' Bank Holding Company Files for Bankruptcy
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JPMorgan Admits the Obvious: We Were Reckless
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A Regulator Cuts Its New Teeth on JPMorgan in 'London Whale' Case
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Dimon Said to Have Given Up Role at Bank Unit on OCC Request
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Golf:

Golf course war heating up
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Economy:

It's Over: Obama Signs Bill To End Shutdown And Raise Debt Ceiling --- Obama: 'We've Got To Get Out Of The Habit Of Governing By Crisis' --- Deal Opens Door to Tax, Entitlement Changes --- Ryan Budget Plans Ignored as Lawmakers Craft Debt-Limit Deal --- S&P: The Shutdown Took $24 Billion Out Of The US Economy --- Study: Congress' Battles Have Cost Economy $700 Billion --- Lessons Learned From The Political Madness We Just Witnessed --- During The Vote, A House Stenographer Was Removed From The Chamber After Screaming About Freemasons --- Citi Summarizes The Post-Deal State Of The Markets In One Brutally Sobering Paragraph --- Harry Reid And Mitch McConnell Announce Fiscal Agreement — Ted Cruz Won't Block --- Two Of The Country's Most Conservative Groups Helped Bail Out Harry Reid At The Last Minute --- Debt Ceiling Deniers And Spending Cuts --- Boehner To Let The Senate Debt Ceiling Deal Come To The Floor --- The S&P Ratings Committee Chairman Explains The Absurdity Of The Debt Ceiling --- Houston Chronicle Regrets Support for Cruz --- Viewing U.S. in Fear and Dismay --- Dow jumps more than 200 points on debt deal
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The US default risk may be passing, but a downgrade could still lie ahead
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Warren Buffett Surprised The Most Powerful Women In The World Last Night With A Song
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America's Children Are The Silent Victims Of The Great Recession
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TX: Most Fast Food Workers on Public Aid
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Builder Sentiment in US Shaken by Budget Battle
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Why A Ritzy San Francisco Neighborhood Has America's Best Trick-Or-Treating
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Beale Street Deal Would Pay Handy Park Debt
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CFPB Releases New Guidance on Mortgage Servicing Rules
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10 Tips For Buying An Investment Property In New York City
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Report: Law Firms Losing Edge in Office Space Race
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Greenberg duo works 'sophisticated transaction' in purchase of former Versace mansion
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Coakley files lawsuit against foreclosure relief groups
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Municipalities:

Dept. of Justice defends constitutionality of Ch. 9 bankruptcy
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Judge hearing Detroit bankruptcy case grills state attorney over EM
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Detroit's DIP Deal Could Pave Way for Bankrupt Financing
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Report: Detroit's cash flow improves but remains 'dire'
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Status quo won't survive bankruptcy
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Detroit Arts Commission resolution affirms vow to protect DIA works
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Mayor Bing Unhappy With Work Of Emergency Manager --- Detroit mayor criticizes emergency manager's style --- 'That's not a way to run the city'
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Detroit Scraps Benefits for City Pensioners, Puts Them into ACA Exchange --- Obamacare Is Double Trouble for Detroit Retirees
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AG's office argues on behalf of emergency manager
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Puerto Rico denies rumors of bankruptcy , takeover
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State: Stockton dragging feet on finances
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Health Care:

High Out-of-Pocket Costs Called a Hidden 'Side Effect' of Treatment
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Lake Shore Hospital to close; 460 jobs to be impacted
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Michael Glyn Brown's Hand Centers to Fold
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Only 36,000 Have Signed Up for Obamacare
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Why Hospital CEOs Make So Much Money
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Why State-Run Health Exchanges are Faring Better
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Medicare Had Messy Rollout, Too
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The bigger test for Obamacare
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Pharma:

Savient Receives Court Approval Of Key "First Day" Motions
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Corporate Reform:

'London whale' costs JPMorgan $100M more
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Sullivan & Cromwell Crafts $100M CFTC Deal for JPMorgan
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Tech:

Marc Faber: Apple Today Reminds Me Of Polaroid In The 1970s Before It Went Bust
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IBM's huge revenue miss worries Wall Street
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Politics:

Thank you, Elizabeth Warren
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Fraud:

SEC Loses as Mark Cuban Triumphs in Insider-Trading Trial --- Mark Cuban Slams Insider Trading Case As 'A Horrific Example' Of How Government Works
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U.S. SEC battles with industry fund over Stanford victims' claims
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Corporate Governance:

6 Essential Tasks of the Board and the CEO
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Aviation:

Judge Approves American's $785 Million Aircraft Financing Pact
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AA, US Airways won't challenge ruling in merger lawsuit
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Italian minister confident EU will allow Alitalia rescue plan
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A Southwest Airlines Worker Sued A Passenger Over Tweets Blasting Customer Service
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Autos:

Fiat Union Pushes UAW on Chrysler Deal
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 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 (32 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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Exclusivity:

Don’t Get Cute with the Court: Filing “Draft” Plan During Debtor’s Exclusive Period Can Cost You, No Matter What You Call It
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Good Faith:

Debtor Files Chapter 11 to Avoid Posting Bond; Dismissal of Case Affirmed
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Recent Pleadings:

Church Street Health Management Plan Agent Sues King & Spalding To Recover $969,891 In Pre-Petition Legal Fees As Preference
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TBTF:

Bernanke Won't Testify in AIG Lawsuit
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Litigation:

Advisen Report: Corporate and Securities Lawsuit Filing Continue Downward Trend in Third Quarter
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The Brave New World of Electronic Discovery
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Privacy:

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Seeks to Stop Sale of Bankrupt Online Dating Service on Privacy Concerns
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Personal Finance:

The man who lives without money
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Defaults:

US junk-rated defaults decline in Q3: Moody's
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Telecoms:

Here's What Will Break Our Nostalgic Hearts When BlackBerry Finally Disappears
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Mass Torts:

Jensen brothers enter plea deal in cantaloupe listeria case that killed 33
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Alternative Energy:

Creditors look to 'harvest' company's assets
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Lehman:

Cargill Unit Says Lehman Ignored Its Bid on Bankruptcy Claim
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Lehman Australia Creditors Approve Insurance Payment Plan
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Celebs:

Mickey Rooney's Stepson Declared Bankrupt Amid Elder Abuse Dispute
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Will Casey Anthony have to answer questions?
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Denny Hecker's former wife settles with bankruptcy trustee
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UK:

UBIG hearing to end Hearts administration delay --- Hearts crisis nearing crucial point
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EU:

ECB to put banks - and itself - to the test
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PIIGS:

Spanish appliance maker Fagor fights bankruptcy threat
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Hines Italia awaits Ligresti bankruptcy settlement to take over funds --- EU court orders Italy to fully recoup $400m in state aid from US aluminum giant
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Greek protesters march on finance ministry with gifts of food --- In Greece, the Banking Chief Draws Scrutiny
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Canada:

Canada to let Quebec crash railroad keep operating through end January
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MENA:

Egypt US Relationship in Turmoil
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Brazil:

OGX CEO ouster may open door for bankruptcy protection filing
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Batista’s OGX Surges Amid $200 Million Bailout Speculation
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New Zealand:

Alarm at 'absurd' clawback decision
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Mexico:

Floods devastate an already bankrupt and blood-soaked Acapulco
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