January 2, 2015

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Law:

Cleary Sued By Former Project Attorney With Reality TV Past
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Most Bonuses Tracked Davis Polk's: Business of Law
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Above the Law’s 2014 Lawyer of the Year Contest: The Finalists!
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Oops! Law Firm Promotes Associate Who Likely Wasn’t A Lawyer To Partner --- Kimberly Kitchen - Deception Happens All The Time, In Many Forms
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Nostradamus-Style Predictions for Consumers in 2015
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Firms Find Creative Outlet Through Art Collections
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The Declining LSAT Scores of Law School Matriculants
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BigLaw: The Budget and Tech Needed to Guard Client Data
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Manhattan Law Firm Associates - Hey, Not Every Big Apple Career Path Has You Living Like Monks, Pulling Serial All-Nighters
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Ex-Law Firm Chief Hardwick Tells His Side of Missing Millions
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New York Police Quit Arresting Most People --- NYT To NYPD: Do Your Jobs --- NYPD Insubordination: Right Should Oppose --- The NYPD Might Inadvertently Prove 'Broken Windows' Theory Is A Sham --- The NYPD's 'Virtual Work Stoppage' Could Actually Make New York Much Better
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Billionaire says he's too broke for $1 billion divorce
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Mom Shot By Toddler At Wal-Mart Was A Successful Nuclear Scientist --- Gun Expert: 2 Year Old Shot His Mother? --- How Often Do Kids Kill with Guns?
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The 20 Most Beautiful Apps Of The Year
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12 Legal Research Apps for iOS
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Survey says Only 5% of US iPhone users say they’re very likely to buy an Apple Watch
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12 Public Speaking Habits To Avoid At All Costs
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LawProse: joust
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Here Are The Watches 9 Wall Street Titans Wear --- How And Why Rolex Prices Have Increased Over Time
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Georgia police chief calls 911 to report he accidentally shot his wife — twice
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Florida man charged with beheading mother because she wouldn’t stop ‘nagging’ him
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Prosecutor’s recitation of ‘Dixie’ leads to overturned conviction
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The 2014 Mug Shots Of The Year
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judge Reviews "The Interview"
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Supreme Court to Adopt Electronic Filing --- U.S. Supreme Court to Put All Documents Online as Soon as 2016 --- Supreme Court to Post Filings Online — But Still Prohibit Cameras --- Supreme Court Embraces . . . Pneumatics!
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Judge Approves $26MM Revel Tax Settlement
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise After S&P 500’s December Decline
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Layoffs:

 

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Taxis:

On New Year's Eve, Surge Pricing in Chicago Was…Not That Bad
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Retailing:

The Unending eToys.com Bankruptcy
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Mass Torts:

Dangerous Oil Trains To Return to Lac-Megantic While Town Still Recovers
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Marijuana:

Pot-derived assets should be protected in bankruptcy
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Fraud:

December 2014 Ponzi Scheme Roundup
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History's Greatest Fraud Yields One Of The Greatest Legal Slugfests Of Our Time
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New trial denied in Benchmark Capital fraud scheme
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Healthcare:

How did abortion records from defunct clinic end up in warehouse?
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Nutritional Supplements:

Bodybuilder’s Supplement Company Sold Out of Bankruptcy
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Asset Protection:

The Year In Wealth Preservation 2014
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Gambling:

Taj Mahal lets customers know it's staying open
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Caesars Restructuring Imminent—REIT Seen as Likely
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Autos:

This Is The Key Difference Between New GM And Old GM
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GM Redeems Preferred Shares, Will Take $800 Million Charge
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Currency:

Police suspect fraud took most of Mt. Gox's missing bitcoins --- Tokyo Police suspect internal system manipulation behind 99% of missing Mt Gox bitcoins
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Economy:

Fewer Americans Filed Applications for Unemployment Benefits in 2014 --- US jobless claims rise more than expected last week
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How many payroll jobs will be added in 2015?
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Government Spending, Edging Up, Is a Stimulus
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Fed's Policy-Setters Likely to Be More United --- Philadelphia Fed’s Plosser Warns Delay for Rate Increases Carries Risk
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Fed tightening will have turbo-charged effects on system addicted to zero rates
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The World's Biggest Economies Owe These People Money
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Understanding the Soaring Wealth of the 1%
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How much will the economy grow in 2015?
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Buckle Up for a Wild Ride in 2015
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What the Economic Forecasters Got Right—and Wrong—in 2014
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5 Resolutions for the 2015 U.S. Economy
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5 Questions on the U.S. Economy for 2014, Revisited
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Five Surprising Economic Trends in 2014, and What They Mean for 2015
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Credit Managers' Index for December Ends Year on Weak Note
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Is the U.S. Economy Creating Part-Time Instead of Full-Time Jobs?
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Demographic Trends Have Created Two Americas
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The Dust Bowl Still Resonates
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Middle Class Dilemma Over Healthcare
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Our Lawless, Gotcha Capitalism Economy
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2014: How Every Major Asset Class Did
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The shocking number of moms who move in with others, and how much money they save
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Compared to Previous Generations, How Bad Are Millennials' Finances?
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Houses Move: Economy Lifts Pending Sales
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Fannie, Freddie net income up 20%
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The 10 hottest housing markets right now
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10 States Missing Out on Housing Recovery
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Housing in 2015: 'We Are in a Slow March Back to Normal'
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Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates end 2014 below 4%
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Bank of America sued by Ambac over Countrywide mortgage bonds
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Golden First Settles U.S. Mortgage Fraud Claims for $36 Million
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A New Mortgage Trap
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FL: Penny stock real estate firm dragged into bankruptcy over $5.5M in claims
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Chicago: LaSalle Atrium Building investor seeks refuge in bankruptcy
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Trinity Place Holdings Secures Loan
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Municipalities:

Costs of Detroit's Bankruptcy Reach About $178 Million - Expenses Stay Within Budget but Tally Tops All Municipal Restructurings in U.S.
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Municipal defaulters decline amid improving economy
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Scranton considering injunction to halt pension raises
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Detroit: 2015 will test the city of a thousand comebacks
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Enron Billionaire Helps Kill Public Pensions
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Texas Led the Nation in Job Growth
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What's Wrong With Georgia?
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NJ Pension Restructuring Will Be Messy
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Education:

Billionaire Mark Cuban Warns Of Massive Crash That Will Wipe Out America’s Colleges: “You’re Going To See A Repeat Of What We Saw In The Housing Market”
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Politics:

Poll: Hillary Clinton most admired woman
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Democrat Planted Story Tying Top Republican To White Supremacists
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GOP Pushes Ahead on Phoney Math for CBO
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5 Federal Agencies in the GOP's Crosshairs
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Budget Wars Looms Between Obama, GOP
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Oil/Gas:

AAA Says Motorists May Save $75 Billion on Gasoline This Year
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Can OPEC Survive a Prolonged Shale-Driven Oil Glut? --- The Story Behind Saudi's Oil Games
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Energy's Biggest Winners and Losers for 2014
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Layoffs in the Oil Patch
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Hundreds with oil company get layoff notices
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IEA Head to US: Raise Your Gas Tax
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Could 2015 herald a 'new oil order'?
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Gasoline: At Bottom or the Next Black Swan?
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Hedge Funds Finally Surrender to Oil Rout
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Good and the bad: Here is how low oil prices will shake things up in 2015
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice offers her New Year's resolutions — fewer bad carbs, more positive people
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (14 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (9 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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Bankruptcy Reform:

ABI Commission Report Recommendations on DIP Financing Would Eliminate Lender Protection
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Miscellaneous:

The Year’s Bankruptcy News in 11 Chapters
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TBTF:

U.S. Treasury Sells Ally Financial Stake; No More Government Motors
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Resorts:

After Bankruptcy, Huge Ski Resort for the Rich Is Bouncing Back
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Trustee Says Two Undisclosed Blixseth Properties Identified
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Retailing:

Once the Largest Mall, Being Torn Down
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Personal Finance:

12 Financial Experts Weigh In On How To Grow Your Wealth In 2015
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Finance:

Finally, payoff time for Advanta investors
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Libraries:

Swets bankruptcy will cost libraries time, money
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Food/Beverage:

Restaurant Performance Index shows Expansion in November
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Tech:

Apple's bankrupt sapphire supplier petitions to pay $3.7M in bonuses
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Sovereigns:

Argentina Path to Singer Bond Deal Opens as Legal Clause Expires --- New year might save Argentina from debt debacle, or not --- Clause expires, could help settle Argentine debt --- Both sides in no hurry
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UK:

Rangers are the same club that existed before liquidation, says SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster
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Law Firms: Shakeout in Scotland
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Thousands of Scots 'face bankruptcy in the year ahead'
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Company director lives it up in Mexico while staff go unpaid
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Administrators lay off most of the workforce at UK's collapsed City Link delivery firm
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City Link Confirms 2356 Job Losses
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Phones4U's Entire Inventory of iPhones and iPads is Being Liquidated
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EU:

Troika set for Cyprus return
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European Industries Just Had A Disastrous Quarter --- Euro-Area Manufacturing Near Stagnation as ECB Readies Stimulus
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PIIGS:

Greek House dissolved ahead of Jan. 25 poll
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Canada:

Nortel allegations finally fade away, with no apologies and no blame laid
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Five big corporate law decisions you might see in 2015: Livent
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France:

France Quietly Kills Off Its Failed 75% Super-Tax
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China:

Chinese economy set to miss growth target for first time since Asian financial crisis
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Russia:

Ruble Contagion Can Cross Borders
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Venezuela:

Venezuela in Recession, Inflation 63.6%
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MENA:

Afghanistan's Economy Is In Trouble
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