January 7, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Predictions — Based On Empirical Evidence — For 2014
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Law 2014: Law Firms Grapple with a Transformed Marketplace
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Study: Law Firms Shouldn't Chase Growth Just to Grow
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How GCs Are Shaking Up the Legal Landscape
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Pepper Hamilton Elects New Bankruptcy Partner --- Evelyn Meltzer
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Fowler White Burnett Launches Bankruptcy Practice
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Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr Elects Bankruptcy Partner As New COO
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New York Report on The Cloud and Small Law Firms: Reasonable Advice But Wrong Solutions
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Business of Law
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8 Superior Cultural Groups, According To 2 Yale Law Professors
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6 Cars Law Students Drive: Please Show Us Yours
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Characteristics Of Desirable Singles - Lawyers and Drinkers
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You Should Go To Law School Because… Skiing? Sure, Why Not?
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Above the Law’s 2013 Lawyer of the Year Competition: The Winner!
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ATL Holiday Card Contest: The Winner!
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Law Professors Give ABA an Earful on Tenure's Future
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30 Under 30: The Top Young Lawyers, Policymakers And Power Players
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Saudi Arabia has its first female law firm-but judges can ignore the lawyers
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21 Ways Your Office Job Is Destroying Your Body
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Steubenville Rapist Ma'lik Richmond's Lawyer Is Tone-Deaf, Incoherent
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Cops: Couple Dismembered Roommate, Burned Torso In Campfire
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Sex Offender Who Finished In The Top Third Of His Law Class Can't Take The Bar
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Parents call police, cops show up and kill 18-year-old son
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Drug Dealer Under House Arrest Begs for Jail to Escape Nagging Wife
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Businessman who slapped crying toddler on Delta flight is sentenced to prison
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Man fatally stabs wife in argument over cable bill
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Judges:

Retirement of Judge James B. Haines, Jr.
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Deep freeze closes SE Michigan's US courts
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ED MI Closed
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Climb After S&P 500 Declines Third Day
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US close : Global services data dampens stocks
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Two Wall Street Hangouts Quietly Closed Down Over The Holiday Break
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Slump in Trading Threatens a Wall Street Profit Engine
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Layoffs:

Unemployment Insurance: 6 Need-to-Know Insights
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1,600 applicants flood Maryland ice cream factory for 36 Jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Awards:

John Higgins Named to College of Bankruptcy
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Startups:

Startups Don't Go Bankrupt -- Founders Do
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Retailing:

Madison Capital buys bankrupt Loehmann's leases --- Loehmann's Says Liquidator Group Submits Best Bid at Auction
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Hedge fund to lose most of $80M Loehmann's investment
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Hotels:

Lafayette Yard Hotel & Conference Center in Trenton Sold for $6 Million at Auction
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Aviation:

THAI clarifies bankruptcy rumors
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Economy:

Senate confirms Fed's 1st female chief --- Janet Yellen Will Be a Fed Chair for the Real, Everyday Economy --- Nobody Is Better Prepared Than Yellen --- Yellen's Record-Low Senate Support Reflects Fed's Politicization
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Services in U.S. Expand at Slower Pace Than Forecast
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The Fed's Miracle-Gro Policy
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There's A Huge Economic Debate About 2013 — And Paul Krugman Is At The Center
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US Fed heads debate slow growth 'riddle'
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Central Banks Split on Stimulus in 2014 as Fed Tapers
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Factory orders up in Nov. on aircraft demand
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How People Around The World Think About America
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

US apartment vacancy rate falls, rents rise in 4th quarter
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Post financial crisis, recession and slow recovery, the housing bubble is back
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Municipalities:

Detroit bankruptcy case delayed a full week due to bad weather
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Detroit emergency manager freezes city employee pensions --- Creates 401k-type plan --- Detroit Retirees Will Lose Health Insurance In 2 Months If City Manager Gets His Way --- Detroit emergency manager "freezes" pension benefits, then backs off--temporarily
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Detroit Pensions Are Frozen, Then Thawed
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Snow day reading: Catch up on Detroit's bankruptcy
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Blackrock steps into Detroit bankruptcy fight
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Calaveras to follow Stockton path?
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Puerto Ricans Flock North Away From Battered Economy
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One fight against JeffCo bankruptcy plan ends
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Chart: SAT Scores By State
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'Small Town Shallow Pockets': Here Are The Crude Names Data Companies Use To Describe The Poor
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Fraud:

Trial to focus on trades by SAC's Cohen --- NY Judge: Fund Manager's Faint No Proof of Guilt
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Trader Tells Frontline About 1st Inside Trade --- 'Frontline' Got Steve Cohen's Deposition Video Off A Bugs Bunny USB Drive From An Anonymous Source
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Reports: JPMorgan's $2 billion Madoff settlement to land soon
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J.P. Morgan Officials Excluded from Penalties in Madoff Deal
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Lehman:

Lehman Bankruptcy Court Issues Safe Harbor Decision
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Student Debt:

5 Things Student Loan Lawyers Ask Borrowers Who File for Bankruptcy
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Tech:

OCZ Creditors Protest $2.25 Million Investment Bank Fee Arrangement
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Weather:

Goldman: What Brutal Cold Weather Means For The Economy
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Chicago Smashes Records --- Blowing and drifting snow halt movement of 3 Amtrak trains in Illinois --- South Pole warmer than O'Hare --- Chicagoans Can No Longer Tell Where Lake Michigan Ends And The Sky Begins
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Photos: The Coldest Weather In 2 Decades Hits The Midwest
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Watch A Water Bottle Freeze Within Seconds Of Being Exposed To The Midwest's Polar Vortex
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Now The East Coast Is Being Hit With Ridiculously Low Temperatures
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Why Cold Weather Doesn't Mean Global Warming Isn't Real
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American Airlines Cancels Flights Over Frozen Fuel Supply, Cold Employees
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Avg Temp In USA 17.2°F
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Chill Map
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Food/Beverage:

Bankrupt Mi Pueblo evaluating possible sale or financial lifeline
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Restaurants Fear Clout of a New Food Giant
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How To Lose Weight Eating McDonald's
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A Professional Chef Reveals The 7 Most Common Mistakes Made By Amateur Cooks
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Mass Torts:

Accused Lawyers Denounce BP Claims Fraud Allegations
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Oil/Gas:

Creditors Balk at Green Field Bankruptcy Restructuring Deal
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Autos:

Fisker creditor agrees to Hybrid Tech deal
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Buses:

Township schools close because bus company files bankruptcy
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Television:

Rockets request more time as lead negotiator in CSN Houston bankruptcy case
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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 (44 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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:

San Antonio-area bankruptcies fall for 4th straight year
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Hawaii bankruptcies drop 18% in 2013
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Milwaukee-area bankruptcy filings fall again
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Bankruptcy filings lowest since 2007; business cases down 24%; Tennessee tops in per capita filings
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Sanctions:

Law Firm Sanctioned Under Rule 9011 For Filing 'Baseless' Adversary Complaint
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Disclosure:

Creditors of Distressed Companies Seek Disclosures
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Bankruptcy Forms:

National Form Changes Effective December 1, 2013
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Cross-Border:

The Cross-Border Resolution of Banking Groups
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Derivatives:

SDNY bankruptcy court upholds swap provision that modifies the method to calculate amounts owing upon the counterparty's bankruptcy
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Recent Pleadings:

Co-Defendant Diocese of Seattle Objects To Christian Brothers Plan - "Bad Faith"
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Telecoms:

Harbinger Files Suit against DISH
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Some lenders oppose LightSquared's new financing arrangement
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Sovereigns:

Argentina May Get Supreme Court Review For Its First Debt Case, But Not The Second
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UK:

Co-Op Bank, Ex-Managers Face Probe of Capital Shortfall
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Insolvency falls but debt is a worry
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Glass supplier sold in pre-pack deal
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UK bus company Terravision battles bankruptcy case in Italy
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Signs of UK business growth hit record highs, says R3
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EU:

Euro-zone inflation falls back in December
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This Worrisome Inflation Trend Should Keep Mario Draghi Awake At Night
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PIIGS:

Huge Demand For Irish Debt
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Spain's Princess Cristina Charged With Tax Fraud And Money-Laundering
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Canada:

Reconsidering the Safe Harbours for Derivatives Contracts in Canadian Insolvency Law
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Lone Pine Resources Announces Creditor Approval of Restructuring Plan
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France:

Workers 'boss-nap' 2 managers at French Goodyear factory
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Goodyear managers held hostage by French workers
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Germany:

German unemployment unexpectedly declines in December
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Czech Republic:

Number of personal bankruptcies up 13% at record 19165 in 2013
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Luxembourg:

Over 1,000 bankruptcies in Luxembourg in 2013
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Netherlands:

Dutch aluminum smelter Aldel applies for bankruptcy
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China:

A Candid Account Of What It's Like To Be A Western Nanny For A Superrich Chinese Family
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