May 14, 2014

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Law:

Energy Future Unsecured Creditors Form Ranks, Hire Morrison & Foerster
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Respected Biglaw Firm Plans To Suck Up Almost 40 Jobs With Buyouts
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Mintz Levin Names New Bankruptcy Partner
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Trustee Has Questions on Firms' Roles in Casino Bankruptcy
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Winter Park bankruptcy lawyer pleads guilty in tax case
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Law Firm Competitive Intelligence: Q&A
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Patton Boggs defends role reversal in Chevron case
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Beyond Biglaw: The Personal Touch
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Once-prominent KC lawyer pleads guilty to money laundering
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Top Law School Admitted Dozens Of Unqualified — But Politically Connected — Students
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Law School Sends Phony Email Threats During Finals Because It Hates Students
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Sad Ivy League Law Grad Says: ‘So Many Years Of Schooling Have Led Nowhere, Just To Debt.’
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Law school chief chides faculty; buyouts reached
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Man pleads guilty to attempted murder in attack on law professor
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3 Problems With PowerPoint As Used By Lawyers
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So You Are a 1 Percenter
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FBI calls missing lawyer ‘armed and dangerous’
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Lawyer shot at his home was targeted for theft by acquaintance and 3 others, say authorities
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Man is freed after 34 years in prison; DA agrees to vacate sentence based on ‘shameful’ misconduct
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The Best Apps to Pay Friends Back
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Top London solicitor and law student who worked as prostitute sent each other ‘behaviour contracts’
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How A Men's Dress Shirt Should Fit
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The Most Expensive iPhone And iPad Apps In The World
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Forced catheterization alleged; suit says cops wanted quicker urine sample after traffic stop
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Cops: Woman Jailed For Calling 911 Because Subway Made Pizza Wrong
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Cell Phone Video Shows Police Choking, Kicking 6th Graders
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The 5 New Rules For Tipping While Traveling
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68 lawyers charged with blasphemy
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Judges:

Federal District Judge: Supreme Court Partisanship "Disturbing" - "Scares the living crap out of me"
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Obama Has Started Making Major Progress on Nominating Judges—and This Is His Most Important One Yet
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Court garage sale, case delays and long lines are result of California cost cuts
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Are Little Changed After Record
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Layoffs:

700,000 Jobs at Risk If Highway Trust Fund Falters
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Corporate Reform:

Attorney General Holder Tightens the Squeeze on Banks
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Banking:

Big Banks and the Rise of Corporate Impunity
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Aviation:

Flight cancellations this winter worst in decades
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Electricity:

Energy Future Creditor Committee Includes Plan Opponents
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MoFo’s Peck Picked by Energy Future Committee: Business of Law
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Rail:

Lac-Megantic: a lawyer for one of the accused says arrest was over the top
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Student Debt:

Sallie Mae Prepping to Pay $173 Million in Penalties for Alleged Borrower Violations
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Lehman:

Lehman’s Remains Reap Billions for Hedge Funds
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Weddings:

Jilted by a wedding venue: How to protect yourself
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Religion:

Court Sets August Deadline for Sex Abuse Claims Against the Diocese of Stockton
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Chemicals:

Momentive files reorg plan; disclosure-statement hearing set for June 19
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Economy:

US March business inventories up 0.4%
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Looks Like the Economy is About to Roar
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Tim Geithner Says Having Elizabeth Warren Set Up the CFPB Was His Idea --- Geithner's Book Facing Lots of Blowback --- Tim Geithner Fires Back At His Many, Many Critics --- The bigger beef between Tim Geithner and his critics --- An excerpt from Timothy Geithner's 'Stress Test'
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This Is What $11.65 Trillion Worth Of Household Debt Looks Like
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The 15 Wealthiest Zip Codes In America
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Housing regulator signals shift in policy on Fannie, Freddie
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More Homes are Beyond Reach of Middle Class
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Here We Go Again: Looser Mortgage Rules
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Geithner: We Didn't Have Great Options on Housing Relief
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A U-Turn On the Path to Fannie and Freddie's Future
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Watt Reverses Efforts to Shrink Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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LA: Home prices rise in April, but gains ease amid sales slump
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Scammers renting out foreclosed homes across Vegas
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Hawaii development Hokulia to emerge from Ch. 11 bankruptcy
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Wells Fargo Must Answer for Failed Home Loans, U.S. Says
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Municipalities:

Orr tells Michigan lawmakers: 'We need your money' --- Orr: State Money Key to Healing Detroit
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Business must ante up to get Detroit out of bankruptcy fast
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Poll: Results show voters want state money earmarked for pensions, art --- Support for state funding crosses geography, political leanings
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A bad bailout or a good investment? Non-Detroiters weigh in on state aid proposal
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Attorney general likely to drop challenge to Detroit pension cut if retirees approve them
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Next step for bankrupt Detroit: Ending abandoned home crisis
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Detroit 3 consider aid to art museum in city's bankruptcy
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DIA tells bankruptcy judge: Inspecting art puts it at risk
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Bankruptcy judge rips Detroit's law firm for sharing confidential info
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Duggan acknowledges limited role in Detroit budget
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Chafee blasts Block, Fung on 38 Studios debt
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RI Gov: We can't let credit agencies devastate us
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RI: The bond-default debate --- Chafee: Pro-default GOP hopefuls 'unfit' to serve --- Chafee blasts Block, Fung for favoring default
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Pittsburgh: Peduto: City's Financial Situation Is 'Grim But Solvable' --- Budget shortfall of $60M
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Stockton bankruptcy battle may foreshadow Detroit showdown
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Stockton bankruptcy judge to decide if pensions should share losses --- Judge focuses on pension contract
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Day 2 of Stockton's bankruptcy trial wraps up
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Philadelphia: America's Poorest Big City
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Retailing:

Retail sales slow, but growth outlook still upbeat
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Bankruptcy Could Soon Be RadioShack Corporation's Best Option
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Sears Considering Selling Its Canadian Operations
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Celebs:

Alec Baldwin Taken Into Police Custody For Biking On The Wrong Side Of The Road --- 'Belligerent' --- 'They don't even know who I am'
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Donnan says he won't testify
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Jury deliberations to start in Donnan trial
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Judge: Where is Casey Kasem?
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Teresa and Joe Giudice celebrating after $260k mortgage fraud case against him is dropped
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Politics:

Bill would force Congress to fly coach
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Video Games:

Analyst to go before panel on 38 Studios report
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Shipping:

Genco Shipping equity panel seeks to delay plan hearing by 45 days
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Personal Finance:

24 Ways To Pay Off Your Debt Faster
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Tax:

IRS paid $13b in bogus credits, inspector says
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Healthcare:

Only hospital in Nicholas County shutting down
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Philly CCRC Seeks Buyer, Re-Org Following Bankruptcy Filing
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Morehead Memorial Hospital to cut 22 positions
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 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 (22 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (44 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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Jurisdiction:

In re Bellingham Insurance Agency: To "Protect" the Article III Jurisdiction of the District Courts, the Supreme Court May Radically Alter the Bankruptcy System (and Toss Out the Federal Magistrate System To Boot)
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Avoidance Actions:

ResCap Sues to Recover Money Paid Before Bankruptcy
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Plan Confirmation:

Post Confirmation Loan Documents: What Happens If The Parties Don’t Agree?
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Trustees:

5th Circuit affirms bankruptcy trustee standing in qui tam case
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Credit Bidding:

Recent Challenges to Credit Bidding - A New Trend?
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Appeals:

How NOT To Argue That A Court Should Avoid Creating A Circuit Split
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Insurance:

Corporate Employment Practices and D&O Liability Exposure
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Aviation:

Ranked: The Best Frequent Flyer Programs In America
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Mass Torts:

Asbestos bankruptcy trust transparency bill introduced in Senate
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Lawsuit accuses Bishop Cronin of not supervising priest accused of abuse
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Wal-Mart settles with Colorado cantaloupe victims
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Currency:

At Least A Hundred Million Dogecoins Are Believed To Have Been Stolen
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Bitcoin needs regulatory framework to change "risky" image
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Television:

No movement on CSN Houston carriage deal
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Heating Oil:

Norton Oil Co. creditors seek foreclosure, payment of more than $400,000
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Fraud:

Claims on Madoff Victim Fund Reach $40B
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Madoff victim fund swamped with claims
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Nearly 52K seek relief from Madoff Victims Fund
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Former Sentinel CEO Asks Judge to Overturn Fraud Conviction
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Geithner Ordered To Give S&P Documents In US Fraud Lawsuit
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SEC lawsuit on $300 million Ponzi scheme too late, judge rules
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Another Broward Sheriff's Deputy Admits To Being In Scott Rothstein's Pocket
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UK:

UK Unemployment Hits 5-Year Low
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EU:

Time for Draghi to open the sluice
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The ECB Is Finally Ready To Act
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PIIGS:

US judge seeks list of Drumm's alleged frauds
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Spain’s Codere Says Latest Restructuring Deadline May Be Missed
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Canada:

Court Clarifies Principles for the Distribution of Sales Proceeds and the Allocation of Costs in Receivership Proceedings
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Canadians Getting Mixed Messages on Debt
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Germany:

Berlin halts €320m sale of bailed out bank Depfa to US buyer
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Japan:

Sony Sinks to $1.3B Quarterly Loss --- Sony CEO to take up to a 50 percent pay cut
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Ukraine:

Ukraine Carve-Up Risks Debt Default
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