June 25, 2015

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Law:

Biglaw Partner Tells It Like It Is
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Biglaw Mommy: It’s Work, Either Way
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Emails Show Infighting at Dewey Dewey Defense Digs Deeper Into Ex-Partners' Emails
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Middle class lawyers are a dying breed
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2016 Vault Law Firm Rankings: Self-Perpetuating Prestige
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Cardozo Program Lets Firms Hire Law Grads For $38k/Year
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Partner Doesn’t Give A Damn If Associates Freeze To Death
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Both Napoli and Bern Contest Receiver's Fee Request
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Justices disbar bankruptcy lawyer who took clients' fees, moved to Australia
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This Is How One Law School Is Trying To Game Its Job Statistics
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I Am An Adjunct Law Professor Who Teaches Five Classes. I Earn Less Than A Pet-Sitter
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Law school could lose $3M in funding; are lawmakers penalizing outspoken prof?
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Biglaw Partner And Associate Destroyed Evidence, Suborned Perjury
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The View From Up North: The Wisdom Of Calling The Law Society A ‘Turd’
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Bankruptcy law firm's closure could result in nearly 300 job losses
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10 Best Legal Jobs
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The 10 Practice Areas That Are Hiring Now
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The real reason you’re not sleeping
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A Georgetown law professor just perfectly captured the absurdity of Confederate pride Virginia Gov. Orders Flag Off License Plates
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Big Law Firms Spending More on Technology, Experts Say
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Cleared in second neglect case, ‘free range’ parents plan to sue
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Jury awards patient $500K due to doctor’s defamatory comments while he was sedated
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Judges:

Judge Posner: Lawyers Still Suck At Their Jobs
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CNN intern learns lesson after wearing GoPro camera in Supreme Court press room
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Supreme Court Guide: Six Big Decisions Remain
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American minds made up on SCOTUS cases: NBC-WSJ poll
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Oakwood University's Clifton R. Jessup new federal bankruptcy judge in Decatur
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A Call to Expose the Unnecessary Secrets of the Supreme Court
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Justice Kagan brilliantly exposed a flaw in the huge challenge to Obamacare
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock Futures Gain Before Economic Data Amid Greek Talks
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Stocks Close Lower
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Carl Icahn warns market is ‘extremely overheated’
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Layoffs:

Parexel to lay off 850 amid restructuring
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300 employees laid off from EDMC
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Student Debt:

How a Student Loan Bill Can Go From $97K to $236K
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Our Student Loans are Choking the Life Out of Us
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Government’s former student loan pointman takes on for-profit college
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Education Department Vastly Undercounted Troops Overcharged By Student Loan Giant, New Data Show
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Northwestern JD/MBA Racks Up $350k In Student Loan Debt
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Healthcare:

Bienenstock On King v. Burwell
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Judge to allow county judge, county commissioner to be in room during UMC, Children's Hospital mediation
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Bankruptcy Court continues to unravel finances at Spectrum Analytical
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Nonprofit KC-area hospice files for bankruptcy
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Supreme Court Affordable Care Act subsidy ruling could have $414M impact on N.C. hospitals
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Recruiting:

CTPartners' asset sale won't save it from bankruptcy
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Celebs:

Wyly Family Battles SEC Over $300 Million in Court-Frozen Assets
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Wyly brothers' family fights SEC asset freeze in $550 million fraud
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Retailing:

Busy bankruptcy hearing on tap for RadioShack Thursday
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Economy:

Millennials Now Outnumber Baby Boomers
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Dark side of America’s reluctant part-time workers
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This Big Retailer Just Raised its Minimum Wage for US Workers — Again
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Fled US to Save Taxes, Now Needs Feds' Help
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Call It a Comeback for Risky Home Buyers
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Recording Errors: A Typo Is Not Always Fatal
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How to Break a Commercial Lease: 2 Checklists
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That free house may not be such a great deal after all
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US Homeownership Lowest Since 1993
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The 9 hottest housing markets in the world
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Municipalities:

Scranton officials improperly doubled pension payments to city workers
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Chairman of Puerto Rico bank resigns amid economic crisis
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Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Mounts With Key Deadline Just Week Away - Bloomberg Business
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Federal oversight of Puerto Rico is necessary (and legal)
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Puerto Rico's PREPA, creditors to meet Thursday
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Atlantic City rescue bills up for final vote Thursday
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Detroit: Top companies with most blighted foreclosures
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Detroit's bankruptcy woes didn't clip state bond deals
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State winners and losers in race to woo business Worst state for business in 2015: Paradise lost Top States for Business 2015: The full list
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Fastest, Slowest Economies by State
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Autos:

Ford Thinks You'll Rent Your Car to Help Pay Your Monthly Payment
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Coal:

Run Screaming From the Coal Stocks Bloodbath
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Here's Why Peabody Energy Corporation's Stock Is Slumping Today
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Shepherd Bend decision shows coal industry struggles, mining commission director says
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U.S. lawmakers promise scrutiny of coal cleanup program
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Education:

Judge orders Education Management Corp. to continue paying bondholders
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Oil/Gas:

A threat to the US oil boom no one's talking about
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OPEC crude market share at its lowest in more than a decade
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BP economist: Oil industry should hunker down for “a couple of years” as prices recover
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Why the EIA's Energy Forecasts are Horrible
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Hockey:

Arizona Coyotes vs. City of Glendale: What the Fight Is About
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An NHL Relocation Rumor, The Arizona Coyotes, And A Waiting Game
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Security:

Duke survey finds 80 percent of CFOs say firms have been hacked
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Tech:

Local.com Files for Bankruptcy
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Food/Beverage:

Jersey City grocery bag supplier says A&P owes it $3.7 million
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Guns:

Colt Avoids Bondholder Showdown With Financing Deal Colt Secures $20 Million To Continue Operations
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Mining:

Molycorp Files for Bankruptcy , Proposes Debt Restructuring Plan
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Non-Profits:

Malden non-profit files bankruptcy after receiving millions in tax dollars
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Gambling:

Newly approved bill to allow smaller casinos in A.C.
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Newspapers:

Board recommends denial of KC Star abatement extension request
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(3 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 (37 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (10 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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Structured Dismissal:

Trucker's bankruptcy exit may roughen road for small creditors
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Bankruptcy Poetry:

E&P Companies
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Avoidance Actions:

Bill Amending CA Fraudulent Transfer Law Heads To Governor
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Bankruptcy Reform:

ABI Commission Report – Designation of Votes
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Unexpired Leases:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Holds That Vacating Premises After Rejection of a Lease Does Not Constitute Termination of the Lease
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Litigation:

Difficulties in Pursuing Non-Bankruptcy Litigation in Bankruptcy Court
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Trustees:

Bankruptcy trustee got the goods on jewelry store owner
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Manufacturing:

Newton Manufacturing sale progressing
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Debt Collection:

Judgment Creditors: How Building a Strong Record During Citation Proceedings Can Pay Dividends in Bankruptcy
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Corporate Governance:

The Ties That Bind: LLC Operating Agreements as Binding Commitments
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Politics:

How Much Corporations Paid to Fast Track Obama's Trade Bill
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Religion:

Charges may let Archdiocese insurers avoid abuse payout
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Sovereigns:

Scioli Scolds Argentine Opponents for Seeking to Pay ‘Vultures’
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ICMA publishes creditor engagement clauses for sovereign debt
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UK:

FCA says debt management companies are 'failing Britain's most vulnerable'
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Europe's bankers fear Brexit more than Grexit
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Bank of England Could Trigger Next Financial Crisis
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PIIGS:

Greece’s lenders threaten ‘take it or leave it’ choice NO DEAL Greece, creditors in new bid for loan deal as deadline looms Dueling Greece Plans Presented as Ministers Race for Aid Deal Greece's fragile banks are painting Tsipras into a corner Nostalgia for drachma grows in Greece Europe, a big phony Greek deal Q&A: What's holding things up? Leaked: Creditors' counterproposal to Athens
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Greek crisis: deal unravels as both sides reject reform measures Creditors demand sweeping changes to Greek proposal Greece's Tsipras, creditors struggle to bridge debt gaps Protesting Greeks want government to stand its ground Why Greece must default (or restructure its debt) Germany says work needed for bailout Greek Debt Deal Seen Swirling Plughole As Tsipras And IMF Disagree Charities struggle to plug gaps in gutted Greek welfare state Greece faces hostility at home and abroad
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Is Greece Lehman Brothers, or Is It RadioShack?
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13 mind-blowing facts about Greece's economy
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Greek debt crisis brings discord within Syriza as Tsipras hopes for leap of faith
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Good News for Bad Loans in Italy
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Spain’s recovery quickens but one in four still unemployed
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Ukraine:

Central bank declares Ukraine's 16th largest bank insolvent
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MENA:

Dubai Seen Prepared as Home Prices Predicted to Tumble 20%
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Japan:

15 reasons you should never travel to Japan
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