March 11, 2014

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Law:

Patton Boggs plans to shrink some more; leaders will suspend draws in 'showing of the flag' --- Layoff Watch: Partners In Peril At Patton Boggs
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Dewey & LeBeouf Criminal Indictment and Law Firm Management Liability Insurance --- The Challenge of Linking Dewey's Leader to Possible Accounting Shenanigans --- Accounting fraud case against Dewey & LeBoeuf recalls Enron and WorldCom collapses
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Smell The Prestige --- A Sneak Peek At The 2015 U.S. News Law School Rankings --- Once Again, U.S. News Ranks Yale No. 1 Law School
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Business of Law
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The Myth of Disruptive Technology
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4 Ways You Are Screwing Up Legal Knowledge Management
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Her Novel Is a Hit - and She's Quitting
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Law Firms' Prime Data Security Threat: Their Own Employees
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Judge Orders NSA Surveillance Records Preserved
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On Dr. Dolittle And The Law: Learning To Advance The Cause
(DBN)

Drug-laden drone found 'hovering' near prison
(DBN)

Two drivers crash into tree, get stung by 600 bees
(DBN)

Man attacked with bowling ball
(DBN)

Why Extensive Mental Health Treatment Didn't Stop Adam Lanza
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Pictures From The Out Of Control UMass Party That Led To Dozens Of Arrests
(DBN)

Missing lawyer is arrested upon return from Turkey; indictment alleges bank fraud
(DBN)

U.S. Prosecutors Seek Records on Port Authority Chairman
(DBN)

Woman Bites Off Driver's Finger In Parking Lot Dispute
(DBN)

Belle Knox, The Duke P--- Princess, Is Coming To A Law School Near You!
(DBN)

Producers seek ‘everyday lawyer’ to host reality TV show
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Judges:

James Mixon, US bankruptcy judge, dies at 72 --- Retired bankruptcy judge dies at Little Rock home
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Coalition Pushes Cameras in U.S. Supreme Court
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DC federal court proposes elimination of reciprocity rule
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Untimely ‘Joint’ Filings Result In Very Timely ‘Joint’ Benchslap
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Wall Street:

Stock futures dip as global stocks fail to inspire
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Stocks Drop on China Data
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Layoffs:

US jobs growth last month hit by weather: Fed's Plosser
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Why the Rise of the Robot Workforce Is a Good Thing
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:

American Airlines, JetBlue To End Interline Traffic Agreement
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Holders of old AAMRQ stock to get more shares of new American Airlines Group --- Big pay day for shareholders who stuck with the old, bankrupt American Airlines
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Justice Department Defends AMR, US Airways Merger --- Justice asks judge to approve American, US Airways merger
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Search for Missing Plane Proves Fruitless --- Search For Malaysia Air Flight Widened As Probe Finds Scant Evidence Of An Attack --- Probe Is Profiling Passengers, Exploring Many Possibilities --- Ten countries scour sea for Malaysia jet lost in 'unprecedented mystery' --- This Is NOT A Door From The Missing Malaysia Air Flight --- Official: Oil Slicks Found Off Malaysia's Coast Are Not From Missing Plane --- Pilot: No Mayday Call Not Surprising --- Wild Theories Fill Void Left By Missing Malaysian Plane --- Flight 370 conspiracy theories develop --- Five Passengers Didn't Board... Mystery Iranian businessman --- Why Thailand Has A Large Market For Stolen Passports --- Officials Identify Stolen Passport Holder As Iranian Man With No Terror Link
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A Drunk Groom Forced An Emergency Plane Landing By Fighting With His New Bride
(DBN)

Will Merpati Airline be Just a Memory?
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Public Transit:

Americans Board Public Transit in Booming Numbers
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Religion:

Pope names cardinals, lay experts to new Council for the Economy
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Mass Torts:

Turning the Tables: Asbestos Defendant Sues Plaintiffs' Firms in Fraud
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Celebs:

Bieber Videotaped Deposition... Like You've Never Seen Him Before
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Backstreet Boys and bankruptcy trustee head for trial over $3.4 million
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Nonprofits:

Rainbows United restructuring is paying off
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Politics:

If Democrats Want to Appeal to the Working Class, They Really Need Some Policies That Benefit the Working Class
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Electricity:

Energy Future Said to Hold Last-Minute Talks to Ease Bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:

10 Ways To Brag About Yourself Without Sounding Like A Jerk
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I'm Scared To Pay Off My Student Loans
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Economy:

Fed Should Stick To Current Tapering Pace: Fed's Plosser
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Fed's Plosser : Taper pace may be too slow
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Morgan Stanley: The Economy's Slow Growth Is Now Permanent
(DBN)

Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge
(DBN)

Boomers Are Doomed
(DBN)

US Profit Growth Is Much Weaker Than Reported
(DBN)

Why Millennials Need Constant Feedback At Work
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Fannie, Freddie could send $179.2 billion to taxpayers: White House
(DBN)

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if IndyMac MBS plaintiff filed too late
(DBN)

Now Even Non-Millionaires Can Flip Real Estate In San Francisco
(DBN)

U.S. Housing Sector Is in Big Trouble
(DBN)

Chicago Spire's fate on the line as trial gets underway
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Municipalities:

Suburbs could owe $675 million for DWSD pensions
(DBN)

Detroit Suburbs Devise Ways to Dodge Takeovers as Decay Widens
(DBN)

Testing small portion of Detroit's 11,000-plus rape kit backlog identified 100 serial rapists
(DBN)

Final Demolition Starts at Infamous Detroit Housing Project
(DBN)

Once bankrupt, Vallejo still can't afford its pricey pensions
(DBN)

Puerto Rico eyes 8 pct coupon on $3 bln bond sale
(DBN)

Puerto Rico gets a break with rates on its bonds
(DBN)

Fearing bankruptcy, some Puerto Ricans hope for U.S. help
(DBN)

Benton Harbor: No more financial emergency, now what?
(DBN)

Disgraced Bell Council Members Blame Their Woes on Attorneys
(DBN)

The US Public Pension Funding Crisis
(DBN)

California's Budget Is Looking Massively Better Than Expected
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Food/Beverage:

Burned To A Crisp: Sbarro Files For Bankruptcy (Again) --- Pizza chain Sbarro files for bankruptcy protection --- Sbarro Again Files for Ch. 11 Reorganization --- Second in 3 years --- Files as Mall Traffic Dwindles --- All out of dough
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Dilenschneider Advises Sbarro in Chapter 11
(DBN)

McDonald's Sales Hurt by Fourth-Straight US Drop
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Retailing:

More big box chains closing doors: RadioShack, Staples' turn
(DBN)

Reinventing RadioShack? Been there, done that, repeat
(DBN)

No consensus on how to notify Target data breach victims
(DBN)

Staples Is Trying To Revamp Its Business By Becoming More Like Amazon
(DBN)

Ashley Stewart files for Chapter 11 --- Avenue sizes up bankrupt Ashley Stewart
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Corporate Governance:

From Icahn, a Wall Street Billionaire's Version of Monopoly
(DBN)

For Companies With Women Execs, US Ranks Near Bottom
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Autos:

GM Taps Former Lehman Investigator to Lead Recall Probe
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Television:

Prospect Park Networks Declares Bankruptcy --- Soap opera producer Prospect Park files for bankruptcy protection
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Banking:

1st Mariner Bank auction set for April
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Autos:

General Motors Ignition Switch Debacle: Could Families Sue The 'New' GM For What The 'Old' GM Did?
(DBN)

GM hires law firms to probe Its recall response
(DBN)

GM Ignition Probe Puts Lehman Investigator on a Deadline

GM Investigator Faces a Quick Dig Into Firm's Turbulent Decade
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Congress to investigate GM recall
(DBN)

Ohio Senators Seek Delphi Health Coverage Help
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Alternative Energy:

Bankruptcy auction begins for Big Island Carbon plant
--- Activated Carbon Processing Facility & Biomass Power PlantIn Hawaii Hit The Auction Block
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Platinum files for insolvency as inverter consolidation continues
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Uranium:

USEC bankruptcy filing won't affect daily operations in Oak Ridge
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Student Debt:

Changes Take The 'Forgiveness' Out Of Student Loan Forgiveness
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(9 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 (68 new filings today)
(DBN)

Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 new filings today)
(DBN)

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:

March Madness: Weil’s Sweet Sixteen
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Avoidance Actions:

A dark side to the trustee's strong arm powers
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Discharge:

Creditor Fails to Show Willful and Malicious Action
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Currency:

Mt. Gox files for Chapter 15 in U.S. --- Files for US bankruptcy to halt class action --- Mt. Gox Shielded From U.S. Suits During Japan Bankruptcy --- Mt. Gox files U.S. bankruptcy, opponents call it a ruse
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MtGox, that bastion of unregulated e-currency Bitcoin, turns to judge for protection
(DBN)

The $350 Million Bitcoin Heist May Have Been An Inside Job
(DBN)

Getting Goxed: Mt. Gox's US bankruptcy and hacker attack
(DBN)

Does Mt. Gox CEO still control all those stolen bitcoins? --- So Where Are Mt Gox's Stolen Bitcoin Millions?
(DBN)

Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman: Bitcoin Confuses Me
(DBN)

The Real Reason Bitcoin is Doomed
(DBN)

Is UCC Article 9 the Achilles Heel of Bitcoin?
(DBN)

Think Fees On Normal ATMs Are Expensive? Check Out What It Costs To Use A Bitcoin ATM
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Awards:

Deirdre Ruckman Named American College of Bankruptcy Fellow
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Healthcare:

SUNY to ax between 300 and 350 LICH staffers
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NC: Hospital plans ‘significant’ cuts, lay-offs
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Prisons and jails signing inmates up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act
(DBN)

1 in 50 in US Have Artificial Hips, or Knees
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Keswick Man to Serve 30 Months for Federal Fraud
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Sovereigns:

The pari passu clause and the Argentine case
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Argentina’s day in court
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How not to bail out a country
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UK:

Deloitte propose rent reductions in LA Fitness CVA
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Banks are 'still squeezing' SMEs
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PIIGS:

Beware Greeks selling bonds as EU frets on reforms
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Ukraine:

Oil tycoon Khodorkovsky backs Ukraine's new leaders --- Khodorkovsky in Kiev Says Putin's Russia Not Law-Based State --- Putin's Big Lie On Ukraine (If It Weren't So Serious It Would Be Funny) --- Putin troops seize hospital, missile base --- Former US Defense Secretary: Crimea Is A Lost Cause --- World Bank to provide Ukraine up to $3 billion this year --- Russia Shuns U.S. Crimea Plan --- Yanukovych: I Am Still President And Commander-In-Chief Of Ukraine --- Putin Will Pay --- Ukraine 'will not lose' if Crimea secedes, official says
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Austria:

Austria warns regional bank failure costs rising
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Japan:

Corporate bankruptcies hit 23-year low in February
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Russia:

Khodorkovsky applies to settle in Switzerland
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China:

China suggests full interest rate liberalization in 2 yrs
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China Approves Trial Program for Five Privately Owned Banks
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China still a 'dirty' netting jurisdiction for banks
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Chinese Property Sector Will Not Implode Like America's Subprime Market
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Chinese steel mills defaulting?
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MENA:

Syrian Medics Have So Little Medical Supplies That They Knock Out Patients With Metal Bars To Perform Surgery
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