January 13, 2014

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Law:

How 'Big Law' Can Reinvigorate the Practice of Law
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This BigLaw firm’s ‘CV blind’ policy aims to tamp down university bias
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If Not Law Jobs, Then What? 7 Tips To Move Forward (Part 1)
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‘Double The Retainer’
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Transitioning from Associate to Partner: What Now? --- New Partner: Your Role in Marketing and Business Development --- The New Partner Cheese
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Dear Young Lawyers: Here’s How To Take Control Of Your Life
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The Effects of Mentoring on the Duty to Supervise
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The Seasons of a Lawyer's Career
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How to Build Great Relationships Online
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Business of Law
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In-House Counsel at Center of JPMorgan Deal
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Why Offices Are Ditching Desktop Computers For iPads
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Media mogul donates $10M for Harvard law fellowships
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‘Religious’ Law School Rankings: Does Your Law School Make Jesus Happy?
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Law Prof Seeks ADA Accommodation To Continue Yelling At Students
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Happy lawyers do these things, expert says
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Governor Chris Christie Did What We All Should Have Expected From An Old Prosecutor
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Myth of the Anti-Government Constitution
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4 Essential Suits Every Man Needs In His Closet
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Cops: Man Stole 12 Bottles Of Hand Sanitizer From Hospital To Make Cocktails
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Man stabs woman for bringing home pizza instead of chicken sandwich
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Man Shot And Killed After Being Chased More Than 10 Miles By 'Road Rage' Motorist
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Bank Of America Has New Work Rules For Junior Bankers After Overwork Death Of 21-Year-Old Intern
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Woman Sues Lawyers for Not Warning Her Divorce Would End Her Marriage
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This Sharp Legal Argument May 'Eviscerate' The President's Appointment Power
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?Judge Acquits Drunk Driver Because He's Asian
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11 Accessories Every Guy Needs To Survive This Winter In Style
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Pimp Sues Nike For $100 Million Since Shoes He Stomped Victims With Didn't Have A Warning Label
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Judges:

11th Circuit Won’t Recuse Itself from Murder Case Involving One of Its Own
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Indianapolis judge suspended pending disciplinary decision
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Chief Judge Preska Is On This Street Lingo Thing Fo’ Shizzle
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Judge Gets A Public Spanking For Using Staff Members As Babysitters, Chauffeurs
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Drop as Investors Await Earnings
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Wall Street mixed after jobs data
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Goldman Sounds The Alarm On Stocks
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Layoffs:

Forget Jobless Numbers: People Don't Have Jobs
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13 Surprising Things That Affect Whether You Get Hired
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The Good And The Bad News For The Future Of America's Jobs- Top Projected High Paying Job? Lawyer
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Jobs That Make You Gain Weight - No. 6? Lawyers
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More layoffs coming to C&K Market stores
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Mass Torts:

Judge: Asbestos attorneys made ‘startling’ misrepresentations while pursuing claims --- Garlock Sues Law Firms, Alleging Fraud Over Asbestos Claims --- Embattled Gasket Maker Sues Asbestos Lawyers For Fraud --- The Judge Won't Call Asbestos-Lawyer Shenanigans Fraud, But It Sure Smells Like It --- U.S. Chamber: Garlock Bankruptcy Order is a Watershed in Exposing Asbestos Litigation ‘Impropriety’ --- The Opinion
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EnPro shares jump on bankruptcy court ruling
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Freedom Industries cited for Elk chemical spill
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West Virginia's Capital Is A 'Ghost Town' After Chemical Spill --- 'I Haven't Been Able To Cook Anything' ---W. Virginia's Gov. Declares Emergency ---US opens criminal probe
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Bankruptcy Court Could Take Up Meningitis Settlement Soon
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BP Oil-Spill Settlement Approval Upheld by Appeals Court
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Tax:

Trustee: THR failed to submit payroll taxes, more than $4M owed
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Video Games:

RI Sen. Renews call for 38 Studios commission
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Schilling lawyer says allegations are contradicted by release documents
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Health Care:

Fate of Lake Shore hospital may be clear next week
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Records in former hospital will be destroyed
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State Funding is Lifeline for Bankrupt Hospital
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Before LICH pitch, Brooklyn Hospital bounced back from bankruptcy
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Obama administration cutting ties with HealthCare.gov contractor --- Accenture Now Heads Up Obamacare Website
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Obamacare Will Cost Much More If Young Americans Don't Start Signing Up
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Study: Cellphone 18 times dirtier than public bathrooms
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Aviation:

Some refunds coming to Direct Air fliers
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Trucking:

Teamsters Reject Contract, Raising Bankruptcy Fears for YRC
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Fashion:

Cesare Paciotti Filing for Pre-Pack Bankruptcy
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Oil/Gas:

Tronox Episode Worrying, But Overall Anadarko In Strong Position
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Steel:

World's biggest steel trader eyes assets of troubled Lucchini
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Food/Beverage:

More Fresh & Easy properties sold
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Agriculture:

More action on G & R Feed's bankruptcy
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Economy:

Chart: How Far to a Real Full Recovery?
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Payroll Miss Jumbles U.S. Outlook as Jobless Rate Falls --- Dollar Tumbles as Below-Forecast Payrolls Gain Trims Fed View
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More on the Terrible December Jobs Report --- Jobless Rate Still Far From Normal
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Study Predicted Historic Labor Market Drop
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US jobs numbers blamed on the weather
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Jobs Data Gives Hope for Benefits Extension
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Fed Unlikely to Alter Course After Jobs Report
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Long walk for Yellen to the top
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A New Fed Study Destroys One Of The Central Tenets Of Monetary Policy
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The Vicious Circle of Income Inequality
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Study: Millions of Women at Risk of Poverty
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Minimum Wage Has Lost Ground Since 1968
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Economists Are Thrilled To Hear Stanley Fischer Will Be Joining The Fed --- Senator Warren doubts whether Fischer should be vice chairman of Fed --- Fischer as Financial Statesman May Help Fed Smooth QE Unwinding
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Priced Out: Where Higher Rates Could Hurt Home Buyers Most: Home, Sweet Unaffordable Home
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The switch to self-employment has mortgage implications
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Can Kahn hold on? Influential Columbia, SC developer faces financial crisis
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The 5 Hottest Real Estate Markets for 2014
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Mystery surrounds killing of Orthodox NY developer
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Final Renzi parcel set for bankruptcy auction
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Municipalities:

Scranton wants to declare bankruptcy
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Closing arguments resume today in pension debt deal case
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Deal could come as early as today to protect DIA art, Detroit pensioners
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Bankruptcy swaps deal settlement could give direction to other creditors
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Detroit Pastor Removed From Bankruptcy Trial: “Jones Day Is Not The City Of Detroit!”
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Free Press investigation of Detroit bankruptcy wins national award --- Free Press bankruptcy truth squad on alert with media in town for Detroit auto show
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Talks with banks delay release of Orr's plan for Detroit bankruptcy
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Buffing a Battered City's Image
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Be vigilant or live like a Detroiter
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Calif. city could cease to exist over budget woes
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Why Peduto Wants Act 47 to Stay for Now
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Scranton's Act 47 recovery coordinator welcomes outside financial consultant --- Why Scranton's broke
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Ex-Bell city manager to plead guilty in tax case
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Banking:

Mt Pleasant man associated with Trump Jr. goes from high-flying biz deals to bankruptcy and back
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Why Zions needs to bite the bullet and sell its CDOs
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Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 613 Institutions
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Gambling:

Nevada's biggest casinos lose $1.3 billion in '13
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Casino Closure: Gambling's New Reality
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NJ's Atlantic Club Casino Hotel nears final hours
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Victim of casino glut, NJ's Atlantic Club closes
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Distressed Investing:

Investing in Distressed or Underperforming Companies: Recent Challenges to Favored Deal Structures
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Alternative Energy:

Companies Vie for Fisker Auto Assets --- Judge Rejects Planned Fisker Sale, Puts Automaker Up For Auction --- Fisker assets headed to public auction
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The Homeowner's Guide to Solar Power
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Publishing:

Church-owned publisher falls victim to Amazon
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Financial Privacy:

Target says data breach up to 110 million customers --- Target’s CEO Buffeted as Breach Lessens ‘Tarjay’ Cachet --- Cost of Breech and Target's Sticker Shock --- Legal Exposure is Uncertain
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Credit Card Hackers Hit Neiman Marcus --- Data Breaches: Target, Neiman Marcus
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More well-known U.S. retailers victims of cyber attacks - sources
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Telecoms:

Apple Ought To Worry About Becoming the BlackBerry of 2014 --- It's Time To Admit Apple Knows Exactly What It's Doing With Its iPhone Business
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Report: LightSquared plan to exit bankruptcy rests on unwilling regulators
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Ergen Confidante Testifies in LightSquared Case
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Dish Official in LightSquared Case Didn't Consider Role
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Ergen Called to Defend $1 Billion LightSquared Debt Deal
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Dish Investors Ignore Ergen's Failures as Spectrum Value Grows
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Personal Finance:

25 Great Things You Can Buy For Under $25
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12 Surprising Things That Can Make You Successful
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The Financial Benefits Of Being Beautiful
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6 Documents Everyone Should Have To Protect Their Money
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8 Tiny Personal Changes That Can Yield Huge Financial Results
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Politics:

Thunder Road - Christie A "Dope In The Dark"?
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Celebs:

'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Crawls Out of Bankruptcy
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Brynne Edelsten dumps 70-year-old husband Geoffrey - has nothing to do with his declaring bankruptcy in the US
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 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 (21 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 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:

Bankruptcy decline could reverse amid better jobs picture
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Nebraska bankruptcies fall to seven-year low
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TN-GA-AL: Bankruptcies and foreclosures declined last year; but the tri-state still leads the nation in going broke
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Distressed Debt & Bankruptcy Restructuring Review -- Restructuring Advisors
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Jurisdiction:

Argument preview: A sequel to Stern
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ABA Provides Data on Bankruptcy Courts for Supreme Court's Upcoming 'Executive Benefits' Case
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Exemptions:

Argument preview: Justices assess penalties for lying bankrupt
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Trustee's Press Release: Supreme Court To Hear Case on Non-Existent Bankruptcy Lien
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Eligibility:

Authority to File Bankruptcy: What Will a Court Consider?
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Standing:

No Leg to Stand On: Section 362(k) of the Bankruptcy Code is No Exception to Standing Requirements
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Recent Pleadings:

UST Denounces Third Party releases In GMX Plan
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Dewey LeBeouf Rolls Out $12.8M Claim Against Former Partner: Equity Distributions While Insolvent
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Judge Nixes Loehmann's Executive Bonus Motion, But Leaves Door Open
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Retailing:

Sears Shares Crushed On Eddie Lampert's One Year Anniversary As CEO --- If You Work for Sears, Quit Now, Find New Job --- Sears Can Stand the Bleeding for Only So Long: Analyst
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New York Shoppers Hit Loehmann's GOB Sale
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Woman who had $200,000 in cash filed bankruptcy, federal indictment says
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Bankruptcy judge found Billings man hid assets, orders house sold to help pay debt --- 12th Planet developer's home to be sold
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Tech:

Analysts: 2013 Marked 'Record Drop' in Global PC Shipments
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Sovereigns:

US Supreme Court to hear Argentina case --- Argentina Default Case Gets High Court Hearing
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Argentina's bondholder battle turns on Supreme Court review
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Why eurozone should monitor US Supreme Court decision on Argentina
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UK:

Fergus McCann's battle to save Celtic from bankruptcy detailed in unseen board documents
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Defunct payday lender Toothfairy was under investigation
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Squatters check in at bankrupt Swindon hotel
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PIIGS:

ie: Legislation not needed to improve insolvency process, service director says --- The professionals seeking out deals with lenders to avoid spotlight --- Sean Dunne has applied for green card to stay in US indefinitely
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Monte dei Paschi board meeting sets agenda for Italy's banks
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Three investment funds interested in recapitalization of bankrupt Pescanova
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Germany:

German wind park group Prokon warns insolvency possible
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Catholic Church-owned German bookseller Weltbild files --- Church-owned publisher falls victim to Amazon --- Thousands of jobs at risk
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Bavaria considers financial backing for insolvent Weltbild bookseller
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France:

Francois Hollande Is Running Out Of Time
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Chile:

Pesca Chile sale process goes forward
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Chilean government updates 20-year-old bankruptcy legislation
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Brazil:

Brazil gives Batista's oil co. time to show financial viability
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Montenegro:

Buyers line up for Montenegro's bankrupt aluminum plant
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Australia:

Edelsten files for bankruptcy in US
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Iceland:

How Iceland Recovered Economically
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Iceland Loses Patience as Bank Creditor Settlements Drag On
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Argentina:

Is Argentina trying out the 5-point economy wrecking plan?
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Serbia:

Serbia expects to adopt the law on bankruptcy by the end of January
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