September 20, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

The State of the Lateral Lawyer Market
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Our Arms’ Race
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What Millennials Want on the Job: Mommy and Daddy
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Why Silicon Valley’s biggest investors are betting on alternative legal companies
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Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies? (2013)
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Choosing the Third Way - Hiring Big Law can be costly; a boutique may be risky. What's a GC to do?
(DBN)

UK: Belt-tightening takes its toll as newly qualified recruits dip 6%
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Ex-FEC Chairman McGahn Rejoins Patton: Business of Law
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Hogan Lovells was reviewing stress policies when partner died
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Student With Weird ‘Other People Eating’ Disorder Harangues Entire Law School
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The Stupid Pro Se Legal ‘Theory’ Making the Rounds
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ABA task force report proposes scrutiny of law school funding, pricing and accreditation standards
(DBN)

Resist the Robolawyer
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Problematic
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Corporate Crisis: The Critical 4 Hours
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Former K&L Gates Partner’s Dispute Ordered to Arbitration
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Do Jobless Lawyers Feel This Way About Their Misfortunes?
(DBN)

A Few Points on iOS 7 --- How to Find Everything That's Moved in iOS 7 --- iOS 7: Siri starts to shine
(DBN)

Dean: Law Firms 'Support' NYLS's 2 Year Degree Program
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Bankruptcy judge puts lawyer under close watch
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19 Tips You'll Need To Master iOS 7
(DBN)

Private Prison Contracts Are Forcing States To Pay For Empty Beds
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America Is Sentencing Way Too Many People To Die In Prison
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What We’re Not Talking About When We’re Talking About Guns
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Applebee's Calls The Police On Family For Having Hyper Toddlers
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Insane Clown Posse Sued By Their Former Attorney For Harassment and Abusive Conduct
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New York Man Found With 850 Snakes In His Home
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Now-convicted burglar left rap sheet at crime scene, authorities say
(DBN)

95-Year-Old Man In Nursing Home Resists Going To Hospital . . . Police Arrive And Shoot and Kill Him With Stun Gun And Bean Bag Rounds
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Illiterate website of the week
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Judges:

Bankruptcy petition preparer convicted in case involving Detroit bankruptcy judge as witness
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Bankruptcy judge Robert John Hall dies at 82
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Judge Asked To Provide ID To Clear Security, Calls 911 Claiming He’s Being ‘Unlawfully Restrained’ Instead
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Judge to take plea in case linked to slain sheriff, US Attorney says; removal of prosecutor sought
(DBN)

Judge resigns after top state court says he can’t moonlight as stand-up comic
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Kagan: Hunting trips with Scalia began with pledge
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Wall Street:

Wall Street stock futures stuck in neutral post-Fed
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US stocks edge lower as Fed-fueled rally cools; Dow dips 0.26%
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Rosenthal: Wall Street rules, sells us short
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Goldman Sachs finally ends litigation over 1999 eToys IPO
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Layoffs:

US jobless claims rise but true picture murky
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Arizona Unemployment Rate Up In August
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The 25 Best Small Businesses To Work For
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U.S. Textile Plants Return, With Floors Largely Empty of People
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Workouts:

Out-Of-Court Debt Restructuring And The Problem Of Holdouts And Free-Riders
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Celebs:

Jon Gosselin Waiting Tables After Losing Reality TV Fortune
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Dan Patrick walked away from large business debts
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Economy:

IMF urges US to bury budget hatchet, back fund reforms --- Supports Fed decision against stimulus taper
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24 Hours Later, Fed's Surprise Keeps Investors Scratching Their Heads
(DBN)

Median Incomes Have Increased In Just Two Of The Last 11 Years
(DBN)

America's Sinking Middle Class
(DBN)

New Jobless Claims Rise to 309,000
(DBN)

Ted Cruz's Bad Day Doesn't Mean A Government Shutdown Is Averted
(DBN)

Pentagon: Budget Uncertainty Is Wreaking Havoc On The Military
(DBN)

How Incomes In Washington DC Have Left The Rest Of The Country In The Dust
(DBN)

Everything you need to know about money
(DBN)

House Republicans Vote To Cut Food Stamps By $39 Billion
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

30-year mortgage rate falls to 4.5%
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Home Sales Climb as Americans Rush to Lock in Rates
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August existing-home sales reach six year high
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Municipalities:

Detroit bankruptcy foes beg for judge's help
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Residents, retirees praise bankruptcy judge for listening
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Voices from Detroit's bankruptcy hearing
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Emotional Retirees Object — Loudly — To Detroit's Bankruptcy
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Anguish in court as Detroit residents object to bankruptcy filing
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Residents, retirees praise bankruptcy judge for listening
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Objector insists to judge 'there isn't a bankruptcy' because all global debts have been erased --- Detroit residents, workers take 3-minute turns venting
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Should constitutional questions be decided in Detroit bankruptcy court?
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Obama auto czar Bloom said to face ex-ally in Detroit bankruptcy
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Detroit Bankruptcy attorneys' bills piling up
(DBN)

When it comes to DIA rumors, here's what's really true
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Judge says conversations between governor's lawyers and Detroit EM partially privileged
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Detroit bankruptcy judge says Orr must give second deposition but limits questions
(DBN)

Former Mayor Archer talks bankruptcy, Detroit comeback
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Obama administration officials coming to Detroit next week to meet on bankruptcy response
(DBN)

Museum curators move 2014 event to Detroit to show support for DIA
(DBN)

Investors warm to Michigan's debt since Detroit bankruptcy filing
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Pennsylvania court approves Harrisburg's new recovery plan
(DBN)

The Next Urban Crisis, And How We Might Be Able To Avoid It
(DBN)

Road to financial distress varies by city
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America: Richest and Poorest States
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Banking:

Bank of America's $56B in Post-Crisis Legal Costs
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Scandals cost JPMorgan $1 billion in fines
(DBN)

As Inquiries Persist, JPMorgan Loses Favor
(DBN)

In Bank Crises, Blame the French
(DBN)

Wells Fargo To Lay Off Another 1,800 Workers
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Mass Torts:

Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying oil spill evidence
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Lawyers in BP Spill Claims Probe Retain Defense Counsel
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Finance:

Taper Time? Not if You Look at Bank Loans
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Lehman:

The Survivor - Lehman lawyer finds a niche and takes it global
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Museums:

Archway Ready to Move Forward After Bankruptcy Settlement
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(No 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 (15 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (15 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:

The Fed and Chapter 11
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Bill on Bankruptcy : Sex Doesn't Sell Enough to Avoid Bankruptcy
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The Bankruptcy Files: Amid Lehman Anniversary, More New Filings
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Consultants:

The future of the Firm
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Cross-Border:

Cutting in Line Will Not Be Tolerated: Third Circuit Grants Recognition to Australian Bankruptcy Proceedings and Prevents Unsecured Creditor From Seizing U.S. Assets
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Mail:

Post office may need an urgent rate increase, Congress is told
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Autos:

Allied Systems Holdings' Car Wreck of a Chapter 11 Case May Finally Be at an End
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Marchionne Said to Hire Obama Car Czar Bloom for Chrysler
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Personal Finance:

Everything you need to know about money
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Health Care:

Home Depot to switch part-time workers to health-exchange coverage
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Devonshire PGA Files Bankruptcy With Restructuring Plan
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Peninsula trustee alleges fraud lead to closure
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Fairbanks mental health organization cuts staff
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Sovereigns:

The FT To The President Of Argentina: 'Grow Up'
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Aviation:

AMR Merger Risk Seen Ebbing as US Airways Rallies
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Passengers still owed money by Direct Air could get partial refunds
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Electricity:

Contractors Sue Longview Power Over Disputed Letters of Credit
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UK:

Pinsent Masons cashes in on Cobbetts collapse
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Freshfields and Herbert Smith Freehills settle £140m negligence claim
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Canada:

Former Oilers owner Peter Pocklington scores another conviction in California
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FairWest defaults under debtor-in-possession financing
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China:

Two Years After That Famous Report On Chinese Ghost Cities, Things Might Be Getting Even Worse
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Brazil:

Goldman Becomes Second Biggest Holder in Batista's OSX
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