August 18, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Business of Law
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Canada moves closer to non-lawyers owning firms
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Lawyerly Lairs: A Powerful Partner’s $5 Million Mansion
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Trustee of Dreier Estate Hits Back at Diamond McCarthy
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Large-Scale Layoffs Come To Cooley Law School --- How Will Laid-off Professors Reinvent Themselves?
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Western Michigan Cutting Jobs
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The ABA Task Force Might Not Think Grad PLUS Loans Are a Problem
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Why You Absolutely Should Care About Law School Rankings --- Why Law School Rankings Matter More Than College, Business School, and Medical School Rankings
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A Biglaw Partner’s Good Deed For A Florida Family
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Are You A Hunter Or A Farmer?
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Litigation Funding Still a Frontier 30 Years Later
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When And How To Take A Mental Health Day
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?Is depression the last taboo for law firms?
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8 Things The iPhone Still Can't Do
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Six New iPhone Productivity Apps
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'Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies'
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What It's Like Having Everything Done For You With An App
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28 Items Every Modern Gentleman Should Have In His Kitchen
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An Easy Way To Make Small Talk Way Less Awkward
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Mom Creates App That Remotely Locks Kids' Phones Until They Call Back
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We Now Know A Lot More About Edward Snowden's Epic Heist
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National Troops Deployed To Ferguson --- Ferguson protests reignite overnight as cops again fire teargas at demonstrators --- Unarmed Black Teen Killed By Police Was Shot Six Times: NYT --- Fact-checking --- Ferguson Curfew to Remain After Clashes With Protesters --- Armed store owners fend for themselves --- One Person Shot, Seven Arrested After Protesters Defy Curfew In Ferguson --- Deep Tensions Rise to Surface After Ferguson Shooting --- The Serpico of St. Louis County --- Bleed on a Ferguson police officer? Get charged with destruction of public property --- Justice Department Reportedly Asked Ferguson Cops Not To Release Alleged Robbery Video Of Slain Teen --- How Obama can do more than “express concern” about violence in Ferguson, Mo. --- KKK Raising Money for Police Officer Who Shot African-American Teen --- Holder Orders Second Autopsy for Ferguson Teen's Death --- Michael Brown Autopsy Finds Six Shots Struck Teen as Ferguson Protest March Ends in Chaos --- Autopsy: Michael Brown Killed by Shot to Head --- Photos show moment ` Michael Brown was shot dead --- The Song of Ferguson --- What It's Like To Grow Up Black In A Town Where 94% Of Cops Are White--- In Ferguson, three minutes — and two lives forever changed --- Why Ferguson Was Ready to Explode --- US Rethinks Giving Excess Military Gear To Police --- Federal Judge: STFU
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Al Gore Sues Al Jazeera for Withholding Money From Sale of Current TV - David Boies also blasts Al Jazeera
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Gov. Rick Perry Indicted On Abuse Of Power --- Attorneys: Prosecutors Have Uphill Battle in Convicting Rick Perry --- Special Prosecutor Speaks After Grand Jury Indicts Gov. Rick Perry --- Even Liberals Think The Indictment Of Rick Perry Looks Weak --- Defiant Texas Gov. Perry Says He Would Veto Money Again --- Five Things to Know About Perry's Indictment
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Oil Baron Could Be Forced To Split His $17 Billion Dollar Fortune In Divorce
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A Woman Allegedly Stole A $4 Bottle Of Wine So She Could See Her Boyfriend In Jail
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Cop mistakes daughter for intruder, shoots her
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Dozens of boys abducted
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Lashes for woman who called morality police liars
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It's the Principle, Darn It! - 71-Year-Old Lawyer And Escorts Dicker Over Price, What Could Go Wrong?
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Woman arrested smuggling cocaine in breast implants
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Mom faces disorderly conduct charge for dropping F-bomb while shopping with kids
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Man arrested after videotaped beating of autistic boy goes viral
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Office manager steals $600,000 from firm
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Fugitive bail jumper captured in Nepal through facial-recognition technology after 14 years
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80% Of Police Officers Are Overweight
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Judges:

Phoenix resident appointed judge of U.S. Bankruptcy Court
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White recalled as memorable, meticulous Akron federal judge
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Toledo US Courthouse Gets Facelift, After New Courthouse Is Built, Bankruptcy Judges Will Stay In Old Building
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What should US District Judge Mark Fuller do if he beat his wife?
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Federal Judge Accused Of Beating His Wife Allegedly Has Sleazy History With Women --- Arrested federal judge keeps getting $199K salary
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How to avoid mucking up the most crucial part of discourse
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Attorney in custody battle announces judicial run against the judge on his case
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Man bills federal court $16,800 for jury duty, unleashing judge's fiery scorn
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Nevada chief justice who served as jury foreman wouldn’t have put himself on the jury
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Wall Street:

US stocks : Futures up as Russia-Ukraine tensions ebb
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Stocks close mixed on renewed geopolitical concerns
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Shiller: The Market Is At One Of Its Most Expensive Levels Of All Time, And There's One Thing Can Take It Down
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Goldman: Here's The Simple Reason We're Probably Not About To Have Another Huge Crash
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US stocks a safe haven, even after panic selloffs
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What Scares Investors Most
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
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Layoffs:

Workforce Investment Act Leaves Many Jobless and in Debt
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John Deere Lays Off 600
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4 Signs You Need To Quit Your Job
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Autos:

Judge Picks Attorneys to Represent Plaintiffs in GM Ignition-Switch Litigation
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Warren Buffett buys more GM stock
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Saab’s New Owners are Almost Bankrupt
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Batteries:

Exide hit with federal grand jury subpoena over Vernon battery plant
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Mass Torts:

Major asbestos firms giving hundreds of thousands to Democratic Congressional candidates
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Former peanut plant manager testimony dominates first 2 weeks of salmonella outbreak trial --- Peanut trial shows food safety relies on honor system
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Agriculture:

Sources: Turner Grain Appears Headed to Bankruptcy, Losses in Millions
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Alternative Energy:

Bankrupt Ambient Seeks Buyer to Keep Its Grid Tech Alive
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Education:

120 American Charter Schools and One Secretive Turkish Cleric - Charter Schools and Fiscal Mismanagement?
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Weather:

CA: Cities Ask Residents to Scrap Grass Lawns
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California Drought on Verge of Major Water Crisis
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Economy:

Consumer Confidence at 9 Month Low
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Robust manufacturing output buoys US economic outlook
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Here Comes The Moment That Fed-Watchers Have All Been Waiting For
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Krugman: All About Zero --- The Forever Slump
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American Workers: 12 Blood Boiling Charts
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Federal Reserve Bets It Won't Wait Too Long on Rates
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Demolition as Stimulus
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Bonds Persist In Their Warning About The Economy
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Central banks in focus as experts gather at Jackson Hole
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All U.S. Treasurers Since 1949 Have Been Women
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US Retirement Savings Are At An All-Time High
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The Rise in Food Stamps: What It Means
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Poll: Millennials Report Spending More Than a Year Ago
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Jobs That Are Basically Guaranteed To Be Taken Over By Robots
(DBN)

An Ultra-Simple Summary Of What's Happening In The US Economy
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The Majority Of The U.S. Population Almost Never Unplugs From Gadgets
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Supreme Court ace challenges America's highest minimum wage
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Lawler: Table of Distressed Sales and Cash buyers for Selected Cities in July
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Early Read on Existing Home Sales in July
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The deal that cost Bank of America $50 billion – and counting
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Ackman Files Second Lawsuit Against U.S. Government
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Why Are So Many Real Estate Investors Going Bankrupt?
(DBN)

Property Tax Foreclosure: Tax Authority May Have to Pay for Equity in Property
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U.S. Regulator Hires Former Freddie Mac Executive as Mortgage Expert
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Ira Shapiro Sends Sister Irene to Buy $26 Million Church for Condos
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Pittsburgh: A housing complex for the needy is undone by owner's bankruptcy
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Colony Lender demands $5 million from unit owners; Yablon fires back
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August Wilson Center deposition in limbo as judge urged to quash subpoenas
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Short Sellers Beware: Unless Congress Passes Extension, Underwater Sellers Could See Income Tax Consequences
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American Cities Can Now Be Divided Into 4 Different Categories, Depending On How They're Gentrifying
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Municipalities:

Detroit to Sell Millions in New Debt to Settle Bankruptcy
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How Detroit got here (and who's profiting from its woes)
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Syncora stinking up bankruptcy
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Detroit bankruptcy expert bills city more than $300,000 for services
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Police tell Detroiters to buy guns in city riven by race issues and crime
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Massive Neighborhood Rehab Gives Detroiters A Much-Needed Boost
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Atlantic City fears closing casinos may be eyesore
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Trump on Atlantic City: "When I left, that's when it went bad"
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Record Bonds Lure Michigan Cities as Pension Plug
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Puerto Rico’s Power Agency Wins Bank Loan Extension to March
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Telecoms:

NII Holdings skips debt payment
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Financial Literacy:

25 Financial Terms Every Functioning Adult Should Know
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Politics:

Hillary Clinton Demands A 'Presidential Suite' For Speaking Engagements
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Tax:

Judge Prods IRS on Effort to Save Lois Lerner's E-Mail
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Investors lose out when companies flee US tax
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Debt Collection:

Bad Paper: Outsmart the Debt Collectors
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'People Will Scream And Yell At You, Call You Names, Hang Up On You, And Cry'
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A National Debt Registry?
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Currency:

Investigators work to close the net in Mt Gox probe
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Lehman:

Unsecured Lehman Brothers creditors to see first $4.9bn
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Sentencing: Star earns nearly $5,000 monthly for promoting Hair Care Line
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Healthcare:

M*Modal shakes up management team
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Natchez: Plenty of questions remain in hospital sale --- Sinkhole not too different from hospital
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SEIU: $700 million pension fund at risk at Daughters of Charity
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Personal Finance:

The Smart Ways To Spend $1,000
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How The Costs Of Owning A Home Drove Me Back To Renting
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Aviation:

American airlines settles 99% of creditor claims
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Why You Shouldn't Panic When A Pilot's Arm Comes Off In Flight
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The 9 Most Heroic Airline Pilots Of All Time
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Banking:

Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 447 Institutions
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Financial Privacy:

Albertson's stores hacked for credit card data
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Construction:

Three National Contractors Leave Creditors and Employees Stranded in Liquidations
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Corporate Reform:

Sentencing Commission to consider penalties for economic crimes
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Television:

Crane feels new TV deal is good for fans and team
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 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 (24 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (19 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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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Bankruptcy Rules:

Proposed Bankruptcy Rules Amendments Published for Public Comment
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Bankruptcy Remoteness:

How Remote is Bankruptcy Remote? Is an Operating Agreement Restriction Against a Bankruptcy Filing Without the Unanimous Consent of All Members Enforceable?
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Plan Confirmation:

Fourth Circuit Issues Reminder to Plan Proponents: Evidentiary Support is Required for Non-Debtor Releases
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Trustees:

Dealing with Difficult Debtors
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TBTF:

Fed blow to banks over 'living wills'
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Fraud:

Accused of $100 Million Ponzi Scheme, Utah Man Walks Free On Technicality
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Medicare scam targets motorized wheelchairs; Billions lost
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FedEx indicted on new criminal money laundering charges
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California Man Fires Lawyer; Claims He Was Forced To Plead Guilty To $125 Million Latex Glove Ponzi Scheme
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Criminal Charges Dismissed Against Alzheimers-Stricken Attorney Accused Of $6 Million Ponzi Scheme
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Retailing:

JCPenney's Brief Stock Surge Is Over And Now It's Tanking
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Food/Beverage:

Market Basket Customers Rally
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Gambling:

Chips are down for Atlantic City's hard-luck Revel Casino
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Revel casino to close 8 days earlier than planned --- Revel wanted to close Atlantic City casino Monday
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Revel: Right idea at wrong time and place, say many
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Glory days of AC casinos are gone
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Accounting:

Holding Auditors Blameless
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Sovereigns:

Argentina tweets hate on US Judge Griesa
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Trust in Argentine reliability has vanished, as a result of the bonds' litigation
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Who cares about Argentina?
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Argentine Bonds Tumble as Elliott Talks With Banks Fail
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Acceleration could deepen Argentina crisis
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Paul Singer's Next Trick Could Make The Argentine Government Way Angrier Than The Time He Took Its Boat
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Argentina's Fernandez Calls Holdouts Greedy, Bent On Thwarting Deal
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NML Atty Says $3B Hunt May Unearth Argentine Corruption
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Argentina and the holdouts A fight without a hero
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Business unusual
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Biggest losers from default waiting on US$4B
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Argentina to make loan payments to World Bank
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Euro investors appeal ruling in Argentina debt case
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Argentina Takes on Pirates and Vultures
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UK:

Muhammad is now the most popular name for baby boys in Britain
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Scotland's last commercial shipbuilder goes under
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Barclays in second client money probe
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S Club 7 stars file for bankruptcy
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Barclays legal bill estimated at £1.2b for dark pool and other claims
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UK Property Prices Suffer 'Largest Decrease Ever'
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EU:

Banks To Return 2.86 Billion Euros In Crisis Loans To ECB
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Europe’s Greater Depression is worse than the 1930s
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PIIGS:

Credit Suisse Caught Up in Espirito Santo Mess
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Germany:

Germany's Strauss stores get new owner, insolvency plan due in Q4
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Bulgaria:

Steve Hanke Recommends Bankruptcy for Bulgaria’s Troubled Corpbank
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MENA:

ISIS militants 'kill 300 more Yazidi men and kidnap their families' --- Captured women fear the Islamic State will force them to wed --- US Conducts More Air Raids Against ISIS
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Hamas Rejects Egyptian Proposal for Long-Term Gaza Truce
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Australian:

Bankrupt Geoffrey Edelsten Faces Australian Investigation After Allegedly Lying About Secret Fund
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Argentina:

Scioli finds Donnelley bankruptcy 'very strange' --- RR Donnelley Argentina Justifies Bankruptcy Filing
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'I don't rule out problems in companies and more layoffs'
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South Africa:

Capitec Cut by Moody’s After Failure of Rival African Bank
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China:

China’s First Bond Default in Focus as Debtholders Meet
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