December 3, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Reform Wishlists: Richard Chesley: Companies Need Time to Reorganize ---

Lisa Donahue: Take a Second Look at BAPCPA ---

Jack Butler: Allow Smaller Businesses More Options to Reorganize ---

Jay Goffman: Make Code More Friendly to Prepacks ---

Marshall Huebner : Fix Bankruptcy Code’s ‘Errors and Glitches’
(DBN)

The 100 Law Firms With The Most Bankruptcy Partners
(DBN)

BTI Client Service A-Team 2015 - Top 30 --- Report Highlights
(DBN)

Whiteford Taylor Preston Adds Two New Bankruptcy Lawyers In Wilmington
(DBN)

Beyond Biglaw: Tell It To A 4th Grader
(DBN)

Disbarred bankruptcy lawyer gets new trial after appeals court throws out fraud conviction
(DBN)

Business of Law
(DBN)

Arent Fox's Revenue Grows Again About 10 Percent
(DBN)

Womble Carlyle Hit With $33M Legal Malpractice Suit Related To Viatical Bankruptcy
(DBN)

IBM's Watson Coming to a Firm Near You
(DBN)

Happy Clients, Happy Life
(DBN)

Leading Global Law Firm Appoints African Rising Star Joshua Siaw As Youngest Ever Partner
(DBN)

Verrill Dana to hire 20 lawyers from Connecticut firm, will tie Pierce Atwood as biggest Maine firm
(DBN)

The Road Not Taken: Be Useful
(DBN)

How Successful People Build Exceptional Professional Relationships
(DBN)

Protecting Privilege: Best Practices For Sharing Documents And Information With A Litigation Funder
(DBN)

How Legal Marketing Is Changing The Way We Do Legal Research
(DBN)

Meet the oldest student at Nashville School of Law
(DBN)

Law School Dean Suggests Black People Lack ‘Reason’ And Other Delightful Post-Ferguson Talk
(DBN)

Typical California law graduates' debt has jumped 35 percent since 2008
(DBN)

Constitutional convention quietly gains traction
(DBN)

I Rejected An iPhone 6 And Bought A Big, Square BlackBerry Passport Instead — And I Love It
(DBN)

The 12 Best New Apps You May Have Missed
(DBN)

Attorney Accused In Law Firm Revenge Stabbing Allegedly Threatened Yet Another Boss After Being Fired From Another Firm
(DBN)

Bond is denied for lawyer accused in assault of managing partner; possible defense is aired
(DBN)

Why Texas is closing prisons in favor of rehab --- A Moment of Simple Justice – Jails for Sale
(DBN)

Police investigate Michael Brown's stepdad for possible role in riot
(DBN)

WhatsApp Messages Are Being Cited In Nearly Half Of All Italian Divorce Proceedings
(DBN)

Judge stays enforcement of city ordinance making it a crime to feed the homeless
(DBN)

Lawyers targeted in sophisticated email hack attack seeking insider-trading info, consultant says
(DBN)

10 Of The Strangest Drug Laws In America
(DBN)

Lawyer suspended over accusations of sexting clients, telling one she could ‘r--- b-------’ with him
(DBN)

Kid Buys $1M McLaren, Wrecks It Next Day
(DBN)

Say What?!
(DBN)

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Judges:

Supreme Court Chief Justice Raps Eminem Lyrics During Oral Arguments
(DBN)

Judge R. Baxter scheduled as commencement speaker
(DBN)

Scalia and Kagan Heading South For Law School Talk - And Duck Hunting
(DBN)

Gavel Passing to Mark Changing of the Guard for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
(DBN)

Capital murder trial begins for ex-justice of peace accused of slaying DA, wife and prosecutor
(DBN)

Judge Explains Why Prosecutors Don't Want To Fix Our Broken Justice System
(DBN)

Federal judge: If we trust cops, we should insist upon body cameras
(DBN)

The Man Behind the Robes–A Q&A with Richard Posner
(DBN)

68: Happy Birthday Judge
(DBN)

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Wall Street:

US Stock -Index Futures Are Little Changed Before ADP Report
(DBN)

U.S. stocks post biggest gain in a month
(DBN)

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Layoffs:

Federal bankruptcy judge allows Truland WARN class-action suit to continue
(DBN)

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
(DBN)

Animated Map of Unemployment
(DBN)

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Retailing:

Key backer may give up on RadioShack
(DBN)

RadioShack, Lenders At Odds Again - Electronics Retailer Says Lenders Are Blocking Its Plan to Close 1,100 Stores
(DBN)

RadioShack, Salus Capital Spar Over Alleged Leveraged Loan Covenant Breach --- RadioShack Lender Claims Retailer Broke Loan Agreement
(DBN)

RadioShack Corporation Calls for Restructuring Amidst Breach Notice
(DBN)

RadioShack clashes with lenders; trading in stock halted
(DBN)

Teen Retailers Aren't Cool Anymore
(DBN)

What Women REALLY Want For The Holidays
(DBN)

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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls below $72 after sharp rally in volatile market
(DBN)

Gheit: Oil Could Fall to $55
(DBN)

The Inevitable Oil Price Rebound
(DBN)

Jones Day: Risk and Opportunity Amid Falling Oil Prices
(DBN)

Iraq is Pumping Oil Like There's No Tomorrow
(DBN)

Saudi would consider output cut if Russia, others join in: official
(DBN)

Crashing oil prices hurting drillers
(DBN)

Oil War: New US Shale Permits Fall 40%
(DBN)

America defiant in 'oil war' with OPEC
(DBN)

How Are Declining Crude Prices Affecting Lenders Of US Shale Players?
(DBN)

Why America's Fracking Revolution Won't Be Hurt (Much) By Low Oil
(DBN)

Energy Industry Spending Might Get Crunched, But The US Economy Will Barely Notice --- US Federal Reserves' Dudley says oil price drop a net benefit for US
(DBN)

OPEC's War on Fracking Is Good News for the Rest of Us
(DBN)

Nervous times ahead for energy bonds, but whose problems would you rather have?
(DBN)

Oil Drop Shifts Billions to Europe, Japan, America
(DBN)

Clash of the (Oil) Titans
(DBN)

Gas for $2? Appears likely, AAA says
(DBN)

Why the sudden drop in gas prices matters
(DBN)

Chart of the Day: US Oil Production by the Numbers
(DBN)

11 Things You Should Know About The Crude Oil Drop
(DBN)

Cheap oil comes with a cost in jobs
(DBN)

Two cheers for the sharp falls in oil prices
(DBN)

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Weather:

Poll: 83% in US Believe Climate is Changing
(DBN)

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Economy:

Why the Middle Class Can't Get Ahead
(DBN)

Fed: US Economy May Finally be on Track
(DBN)

Fischer Says Fed Nearing End of 'Considerable Time' Rate Pledge --- Fischer: Decisions on Rates Remain Data-Driven --- Fed only needs to see inflation stirring to lift rates
(DBN)

This Fed rate-hike cycle won't be like the last one, Dudley says
(DBN)

Fischer: We still need to deal with shadow banks
(DBN)

Lower Oil Prices Will Help Boost Global Economy, IMF's Lagarde Says - IMF Chief Expects Low Prices to Advance U.S. Economy to 3.5% Pace Next Year
(DBN)

CEO Expectations for U.S. Economy Declined in Fourth Quarter--- Big CEOs Plan To Hire More
(DBN)

Republican Boehner pushes long-term spending to avoid shutdown fight --- Boehner seeks Republican support for plan to avoid government shutdown
(DBN)

The Divorce Surge Is Over, but the Myth Lives On
(DBN)

Whatever Happened to Overtime?
(DBN)

People With These College Majors Get The Biggest Pay Raises
(DBN)

Black Friday Revealed How Poor Americans Really Are
(DBN)

Oil heads lower again; stocks move higher
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
(DBN)

Economic Indicators Dashboard
(DBN)

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Real Estate:

Housing boom floating-rate mortgages face years of payment hikes
(DBN)

Mortgage applications take a dive for second week in a row
(DBN)

Emails About Loans Plague Credit Suisse
(DBN)

Construction spending up 1.1% in October --- Largely on government projects
(DBN)

Home prices moderate into late fall
(DBN)

Wacker Drive office tower hit with $135 million foreclosure suit
(DBN)

The 12 Hottest Housing Markets In America
(DBN)

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Municipalities:

Bankruptcy lawyer billed Detroit $34K for Florida travel
(DBN)

Orr: Detroit must move forward as a sustainable city --- As $18B bankruptcy winds down, Detroit EM Kevyn Orr describes changed city
(DBN)

Kevyn Orr: Resignation as Detroit's EM coming soon
(DBN)

Orr proud Detroit held together as it faced EM change
(DBN)

Detroit power outage: Bankrupt Michigan city's police stations, schools and jails left in darkness --- Power outage? Welcome to Detroit --- Huge power outage closes Detroit courts and many other buildings --- Electricity fully restored in Detroit after outage
(DBN)

WCCC strikes deal over arena garage completing Detroit bankruptcy plan
(DBN)

Drone Footage Of Desolate Detroit Looks Like Something From 'The Walking Dead'
(DBN)

Borrowing A Bond Ruler From Warren Buffett
(DBN)

The Stockton case changed the legal landscape for Chapter 9 ý here's how
(DBN)

N.J. Senators Introduce Legislation to Aid Atlantic City --- Bill would aid Atlantic City, casinos on taxes --- Atlantic City can survive, but goals must shrink
(DBN)

Houston Stadium Debt Backfire Spurs Restructuring
(DBN)

Farrell makes plan for Act 47 exit
(DBN)

Gas Prices 2014: Relief At The Pump For Motorists Means Pain For State Governments
(DBN)

Public Pensions Need Gamblers Anonymous - Retirement funds for Illinois and California hold 75% risky investments. The Texas teachers' plan: 81%.
(DBN)

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Defaults:

Increased Defaults as Interest-Only Loans Recast -Fitch
(DBN)

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Politics:

House moves to vote down Obama immigration
(DBN)

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Autos:

Dutch sportscar maker Spyker files for bankruptcy protection
(DBN)

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Healthcare:

Supervisors set to vote on plan to save Doctors Medical Center
(DBN)

Marion General Hospital announces layoffs
(DBN)

Groups: Lack of coverage a factor in bankruptcies
(DBN)

Exploding the Myths of American Health Care
(DBN)

100 Brains Missing From University of Texas
(DBN)

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Aviation:

CPA to act on proposed leases once Freedom Air case is resolved
(DBN)

North America's 15 Least Frustrating Airports
(DBN)

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Corporate Reform:

Fed’s Brainard Sees Need to Tailor Regulations to Size of Institution
(DBN)

Tight new rules may boost shadow banks, US risk watchdog warns
(DBN)

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Tech:

GT Advanced Creditors Want to Question Apple Executive --- Sapphire supplier's creditors want Apple exec to spill secrets
(DBN)

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Celebs:

Now you can own a piece of Burt Reynolds --- Burt Reynolds auctions items, denies he's broke
(DBN)

Ray Rice tells 'Today' show he had 'one bad night'
(DBN)

Teresa Giudice Jail Sentence On Horizon: Desperate For Post-Prison Job – Not Getting Bravo Cooking Show!
(DBN)

New Lawsuit Will Bring Bill Cosby into Court --- Latest Cosby accuser claims he molested her at 15
(DBN)

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Hotels:

Z Capital wins approval to take over Canyon Ranch Hotel in Miami
(DBN)

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Nonprofits:

Unsecured creditors back YMCA Chapter 11 plan 'in principle'
(DBN)

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Paper:

California investment firm submits winning bid for Great Northern Paper mill --- Firm places $5.4 million bid on Maine paper mill
(DBN)

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Coal:

Walter Energy Stock Plummets After BB&T Capital Predicts 2015 Bankruptcy Filing
(DBN)

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Gambling:

Inside The Latest Atlantic City Casino Teetering On The Edge
(DBN)

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Religion:

Letter calls on Vatican to investigate Milwaukee bankruptcy --- Abuse survivors, priests ask for papal review of archdiocese
(DBN)

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Mining:

Thompson Creek Metals: The Bankruptcy Risk Is Real
(DBN)

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Personal Finance:

7 myths millennials believe about mortgage lending
(DBN)

How To Figure Out Whether You Can Afford To Have A Baby
(DBN)

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Student Debt:

This Chart Reveals Which Majors Will Have The Hardest Time Paying Off Student Loans
(DBN)

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Shipping:

OW Bunker Subsidiaries Look to Carry On, Distance Themselves From Bankruptcy
(DBN)

OW Bunker creditors in Denmark may not have dibs on S'pore units' receivables
(DBN)

Sanko Steamship emerges from court protection
(DBN)

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Cemeteries:

Hawkins County Memorial Gardens now under state control
(DBN)

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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
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (14 new filings today)
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (16 new filings today)
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
(DBN)

Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Toledo: November bankruptcy cases down
(DBN)

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
(DBN)

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Bankruptcy Reform:

House OK of bank bankruptcy bill pressures Senate to act
(DBN)

House Passes Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014 and Takes Significant Step Towards Establishing a Separate Bankruptcy Process for Bank Holding Companies and Large Financial Institutions
(DBN)

House passes rules for big banks in bankruptcy
(DBN)

#BankBankruptcy: House Passes Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act
(DBN)

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Avoidance Actions:

In Search of the Meaning of "Unreasonably Small Capital" in Constructively Fraudulent Transfer Avoidance Litigation
(DBN)

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Sales:

Sale Proceeds: Better Get the Carve-Out Right the First Time
(DBN)

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UCC:

JPMorgan Defends $1.5 Billion GM Loan as Horse, Not Cow
(DBN)

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Privacy:

USTP Announces Successful Conclusion of Settlement Protecting Consumers’ Personal Information
(DBN)

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Obits:

Tributes to Jean
(DBN)

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TBTF:

Too big to Fail? Congress rewrites bankruptcy legislation
(DBN)

SEC Tried to Close Lehman in the Sixties
(DBN)

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Litigation:

7th Circuit Provides (No) Clarity on Compulsory Counterclaims
(DBN)

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Fraud:

US says ex-Sentinel CEO deserves 20 years in prison
(DBN)

World's Most Corrupt Industries
(DBN)

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Telecoms:

NII Holdings ad hoc noteholder group slams plan settlement proposal
(DBN)

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Mass Torts:

Final order grants access to Rule 2019 filings in Garlock proceeding
(DBN)

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Corporate Governance:

The Tenure For S&P 500 CEOs Is Getting Shorter And Shorter
(DBN)

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Food/Beverage:

 

How Restaurants Cut Corners To Save Money --- San Fran Chinatown Restaurant Cook Caught Tenderizing Meat -- On Sidewalk!
(DBN)

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Sovereigns:

Argentina Bondholders Gain as Oil Rout Cuts Energy Costs
(DBN)

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UK:

FCA Slams Banks, Asking ‘Is Our Action Effective At All?’
(DBN)

The UK's Poor Got Even Poorer Despite The Economic Recovery
(DBN)

Threat of insolvency weakening at factory gates
(DBN)

Co-Op Bank Bond Investors See Risk of Losses in Bank of England Test
(DBN)

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EU:

Lagarde to Pope Francis: Europe Can’t Be ‘That Haggard Grandmother’
(DBN)

Europe Is Crumbling
(DBN)

Another chart piling pressure on ECB: Producer prices slide most in a year
(DBN)

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PIIGS:

Developer Sean Dunne to stand liable for €700m owed
(DBN)

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Canada:

Secured Creditors Can Appeal to Tax Court on Behalf of a Bankrupt
(DBN)

Consumers debt load higher, Equifax says
(DBN)

Smaller oilsands players like Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd feeling the pinch of falling prices
(DBN)

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Mexico:

Mexico's Urbi seeks bankruptcy protection to restructure debt
(DBN)

Mexican Homebuilder Urbi Files Prepackaged Bankruptcy Plan - Restores Ability to Get Bridge Loans, Inject New Capital and Modify Terms of Existing Debt
(DBN)

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Russia:

Russian for the Exits
(DBN)

Putin's failures leave Russia reeling
(DBN)

Russia's Brain Drain Is Astounding
(DBN)

Oil, the Ruble and Putin Are All Headed for 63. A Russian Joke -- for the Moment
(DBN)

Falling oil prices hit Russia much harder than Western sanctions
(DBN)

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Ukraine:

Ukrainians feel the pinch as winter closes in
(DBN)

Ukraine Prime Minister: There Has Been An Accident At A Nuclear Plant In The Southeast
(DBN)

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Nigeria:

Nigeria's Tumbling Currency a Victim of Falling Oil Prices
(DBN)

Oil Has Been The 'Glue' That Has Held Nigeria Together, And Now It's Failing
(DBN)

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Cayman Islands:

Cayman Islands Clawbacks: Another Brick in the Wall
(DBN)

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Argentina:

Gov’t calls for a deep investigation on HSBC Swiss accounts
(DBN)

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MENA:

Egypt court hands down 185 death sentences for police station attack
(DBN)

Jihadists write home: 'My iPod is broken. I want to come back'
(DBN)

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China:

China Throws Trillions at Wasted Investments
(DBN)

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Australia:

Insolvency Update
(DBN)

Australia's economic growth slower than expected
(DBN)

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