August 31, 2015

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Law:

Experts Say Dewey Defendants Must Weigh Risks of Testifying Will Dewey Defendants Take the Stand?
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More Bad News For Biglaw Associates?
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2015 Associates Survey: Satisfaction By City Midlevel Associates, In Demand and Loving It Midlevel Associates: A Sunny Outlook in the West The Best Places to Work
(DBN)

Is there a ‘right time’ to go to law school — and if so, what is it?
(DBN)

Mind the Gap: GCs, Firms Wide Apart in Perception
(DBN)

New GC Job No. 1: Fire a Law Firm
(DBN)

Referee: Disbar all 3 lawyers who ‘maliciously’ set up opposing trial counsel for DUI arrest
(DBN)

Lawyers Are Just As Likely To Lose Their Jobs To Robots As Truck Drivers And Factory Workers
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The Most Liberal And Conservative Lawyers By Practice Area
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Firms Scramble to Find Corporate, Real Estate Associates
(DBN)

Interview Horror Stories: How To Respond To A Raging Racist?
(DBN)

Unusual Sanctions for Jones Day Lawyer Rejected
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Acquisition Spree Sees Slater and Gordon Revenues Soar
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UK: Gibson Dunn's Geffen: US firms at point of no return
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Building a Career After Big Law
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Senators Start Asking Questions About Hedge Funds Betting on Lawsuits
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Lawyer Reprimanded For Being A Concerned Friend
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Lawyers Sanctioned $317K for Statements in Divorce Case
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In-House Counsel — Myths vs. Realities
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5 Takeaways From McKinsey’s ‘Diversity Matters Report’ For The Legal Profession
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Partners to dissolve litigation boutique after 35-year run instead of signing new lease
(DBN)

Alleged ‘office creeper’ charged in law firm burglary and other thefts
(DBN)

Former Dole general counsel and CEO found liable for $148M for undervalued buyout A Closer Look at the Massive $148 Million Damages Award Against Dole’ s CEO and General Counsel
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Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 5
(DBN)

Citizens Taking Video of Police See Themselves Facing Arrest
(DBN)

Police: Mother Lived With Daughter's Dead Body for Months After Killing Her
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Houston sheriff's deputy fatally shot down at gas station 'Execution-style' while fueling patrol car Seeking Answers in Deputy's Slaying
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White Supremacist: Wish I Killed More
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Interrogatory Asks Model To Discuss Her . . .
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Former Biglaw Associate Looks For Love On TV… Again
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Judges:

New Chief Judge For 1st Cir. BAP
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Appeals court says protesters don't have right to congregate in front of Supreme Court
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MD PA Amends Rule On Compensation of Ch. 13 Attorneys
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Bankruptcy papers show Judge Gasaway, wife deep in debt
(DBN)

Appeals court chides judge who asked if domestic violence victim and defendant ‘get it on’
(DBN)

Leave. Donald Trump’s Sister. Alone!
(DBN)

We Call Trial Judges ‘The’ Court For A Reason
(DBN)

Learning New Words from the 9th Circuit – Risible
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Wall Street:

Stock futures down sharply on China worries, Fed uncertainty
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US stocks close with a whimper in roller-coaster week of trade
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Jim Paulsen: Overvalued market has further to fall
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Some Stock-Market Experts Still Bracing For More Trouble
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Layoffs:

Asarco plans layoffs after cuts at Freeport
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Bloomberg News to lay off 80 staffers by Labor Day
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Social Media:

Ashley Madison CEO Noel Biderman steps down
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Politics:

Don’t listen to politicians, especially about the markets
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Gambling:

China slowdown hits the Vegas Strip
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Caesars Ruling Paves Way for Trial
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Shipping:

Bunkers International Corp files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Lake Mary fuel company files bankruptcy citing $40M in debt
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China's private shipyards face hard times
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Coal:

Suppliers Feel Pain as Coal Miners Struggle - Thousands of firms scramble for new customers; 'it's been catastrophic'
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In Appalachia, the coal industry is in collapse, but the mountains aren’t coming back
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Fayette cuts budget to offset taxes lost to bankrupt coal companies
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Leveraged Loan Default Rate Soars on Coal Miner Bankruptcies
(DBN)

Insider leaves Alpha amid its bankruptcy
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Peabody Energy - Will The Rally Continue?
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Coal Isn’t Dead Yet
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Resorts:

Judge Presents Alternatives to Baha Mar Case Dismissal
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Baha Mar's $150m Contractor Wipe-Out
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US bankruptcy judge tells Baha Mar dispute parties to ‘keep talking’
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Economy:

Fed, ECB, BOE Officials All Say They See Inflation Rising Fischer: These 7 charts give me 'good reason to believe' inflation will move higher
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US economy still looks the same
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Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Declines to a Three-Month Low
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Consumers in U.S. Deflect Slump in Stocks and Keep on Spending
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Jackson Hole roundup: No clear path for Fed in September Fed Appears to Hold Line on Rate Plan Where every Fed member stands on raising interest rates Fed rates hikes usually end in disaster, history shows Fed shouldn't pull trigger in September: Mobius
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Show Some Spine, Federal Reserve
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Central banks can’t save the markets from a crash. They shouldn’t even try
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

 

Judge orders RBC to pay $45 million in housing crash suit Baltimore attorney Joel Sher wins $45M from RBC Capital in financial crisis case
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Judge denies unit owners as Colony asset sale looms
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico deadlines loom: What you need to know
(DBN)

Puerto Rico Delays Restructuring Plan Because of Tropical Storm
(DBN)

Puerto Rico Task Force Director James Albino Leaving White House
(DBN)

Sweeney: Restoring pension COLAs would bankrupt N.J. system
(DBN)

In a bankrupt Pa. school district, teachers plan to work for free
(DBN)

Moody’s Hikes Detroit’s Water, Sewer Bond Rating
(DBN)

The Death and Life of Atlantic City
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Oil/Gas:

The Characterization of an ORRI Conveyance in Bankruptcy
(DBN)

Oil prices down with markets off to a shaky start for the week
(DBN)

Fri.: US oil settles up $2.66, or 6.25%, at $45.22 a barrel
(DBN)

Weekly oil-rig count edges higher, but total rig count falls US oil rig count rises for a 6th straight week
(DBN)

Creditors Squeeze the Last Drop Out of Oil-and-Gas Companies
(DBN)

Home Values in U.S. Oil States to Fall With Drop in Crude Prices
(DBN)

Oil plunge deepens high-yield gloom
(DBN)

Will Oil Ever Recover?
(DBN)

Are hopes for an oil bounce short lived?
(DBN)

Oil volatility will continue: Fmr. Shell president
(DBN)

Halcon Resources bonds slide on latest debt exchange
(DBN)

Canada’s Oilfield Service Sector Battered By Low Prices
(DBN)

Kristi Alfaro, wife of Primera Energy owner Brian Alfaro, testifies about couple's assets during hearing related to investors' lawsuit
(DBN)

Catch A Falling Knife? - Investing in energy stocks could land you in a huge ‘value trap’
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Politics:

Democratic leaders frustrated by Clinton's handling of email issue Democratic support for Hillary Clinton is eroding
(DBN)

How Trump confounds the money-in-politics debate Donald Trump's forgotten but incredible TV and movie cameos Trump: I’m winning because Americans are 'tired of being the patsies' Donald Trump Promises Detailed Tax Plan Soon Trumponomics 101: Does It Make Sense? The Donald vs. The Jed (Clampett) Fact Check - Trump: "We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world." Donald Trump's ex-wife: Trump kept book of Hitler's speeches by bed
(DBN)

Here's the case for a Joe Biden 2016 run Ridin' with Biden? Clinton challenge a rough road for the VP Democratic Insiders: Joe Biden Won't Run
(DBN)

Jeb Bush's foot-in-mouth problem Three Jeb Bush fundraisers reportedly left campaign
(DBN)

Ben Carson Edging Close to Front-Runner Trump in Latest Iowa Poll
(DBN)

Lindsey Graham first to drop out of race?
(DBN)

Carson Edging Closer to Trump in Iowa
(DBN)

Sanders Within Striking Distance of Clinton in Iowa
(DBN)

Christie Says Track Immigrants Like FedEx Packages
(DBN)

Scott Walker: Building a Wall Along U.S. Border with Canada a 'Legitimate Issue'
(DBN)

State: Another parole board member’s bankruptcy under investigation, understated income?
(DBN)

Assembly candidate defends bankruptcy, home foreclosure
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Student Debt:

New evidence that the college debt bomb is hurting the economy
(DBN)

Bankruptcy Ruling Leaves Student Loans in Limbo
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One in 9 student loan borrowers would eat a tarantula to pay their debt off faster
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Banking:

Banking magnate heir says he can't repay creditors
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Distressed Investing:

Jefferies' Distressed Trading Desk Hit With $100 Million Loss
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Celebs:

Will Creditors Join Hands With 50 Cent and Sing “Kumbaya”?
(DBN)

Sneak peek at David Cassidy's swanky house on auction block
(DBN)

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Debt Collection:

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Fair Debt Collection Class Action - Acquiring Defaulted Debt Does Not Make The New Owner A "Debt Collector"
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Video Games:

Judge says records will be unsealed in 38 Studios lawsuit
(DBN)

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Food/Beverage:

Bankrupt grocery-store chain sells stores to save jobs
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(11 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 (27 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (61 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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Miscellaneous:

The Week Ahead
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Lookback Period: Eight Weeks (Part 4)
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UST:

Paralegal Job Opportunity - San Diego Regional Auditor (Bankruptcy)
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Chapter 22:

Return to Bankruptcy Court After Emerging From Chapter 11
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Elizabeth Warren And Joe Biden Used To Battle Over Economic Inequality
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Trustees:

CD CA: Court Questions Chapter 7 Trustee’s Commission - "section 326(a) is a statutory cap of commissions, and not a minimum prix fixe"
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Insurance:

Life Partners Dodges Plans Trustee Says Endanger Reorganization
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Healthcare:

Court hearing to determine Children's Hospital's future
(DBN)

1 in 3 Americans have trouble paying this bill
(DBN)

Doctors at Hutcheson Medical Center will stop delivering babies Tuesday
(DBN)

Futures of Irving hospital, nursing home becoming clearer
(DBN)

Former medical director Roger Rousseau guilty of $63 million Medicare fraud
(DBN)

Millions Face Huge Medicare Premium Increase
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Awards:

Greenberg Traurig’s Scott Grossman Sworn in as President of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida
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Orrick Bankruptcy Partner Named Best of the Bar by Sacramento Business Journal
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Marinas:

Corps Of Engineers Closes Lake Belton Marina
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Ex-Cranberry couple charged in bankruptcy fraud, embezzlement cases
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Retailing:

Family Christian's Next Chapter: Niche retailer emerges from bankruptcy with plan for modest growth and profitability
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Fraud:

Lawyers Are Prone to Fall for Email Scams
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Pensions:

In strategy shift, CalPERS looks to cut financial risk
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Taxis:

5 things you need to know about N.Y.C.'s taxi king Taxi King Gene Freidman Appears Concussed in Bloomberg Video
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UK:

UK GDP growth confirmed as China darkens outlook
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Scotland’s McClure Naismith finally calls in administrators
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PIIGS:

Greek second-quarter GDP growth revised up Greek opinion polls show Syriza leads but by narrow margin Greek Capital Controls Can Work If Fair, Iceland’s Expert Says Syriza promises to apply bailout but fight to ease Greek pain IMF's Lagarde says restructuring should suffice for Greek debt
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Canada:

Canada Banks’ ‘Phony’ Profitable Quarter Belies Future Trouble
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France:

Alcatel-Lucent boss under fire over huge reported bonuses
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China:

What China Needs To Learn: Bankruptcy Is The Most Important Part Of Capitalism
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Investor: Forgive China's debt and it will recover
(DBN)

Goldman takes a knife to China GDP forecasts
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Fed watching China closely, Fischer says Case for September rate hike was ‘pretty strong’ before China devaluation, Fischer says
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China Construction Bank Posts Zero Profit Growth on Weak Economy
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If the Options Market Is Right, China's Stock Rescue Is Doomed
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Australia:

Call to extend directors' safe harbour to insolvency
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Norway:

Swiss repay Norwegian creditors after huge fraud
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