September 23, 2015

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Bankruptcy Judge Lifts Sanctions Against Duane Morris Partner Lida Rodriguez, Judge Persuaded To Vacate By Yom Kippur
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Rejection Letter Of The Day: A Firm That’ll Make You Pay Proper Postage To Be Rejected
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The Legal Profession’s Gender Imbalance in a Chart
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This Is Not At All How To Do Your Job
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When I Think About You, I Manage Myself
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Guess Which Law School Dominated The Florida Bar Exam? It’s Not Who You’d Expect…
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How To Deal With Your Colleague, Professor Narcissus
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Best Thing Football Coach Can Say Of Opponent: ‘Great Law School’
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Disbarred lawyer Stan Chesley sues former fen-phen clients in bid to block collection of about $25M
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Not All Clouds Are the Same – Questions You Should Ask Yourself About Security
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Apple’s new iPad Pro can’t replace the laptop
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An Embarrassing Typo… In The Bluebook?
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Federal Judge Rules 'Happy Birthday' Song in Public Domain
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Arizona Town Pretty Sure Jesus Never Followed The First Amendment Either
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Nightclub Lawyer Issues Embarrassing, Damning Video Statement
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Kim Davis Rejects Yet Another Same-Sex Marriage License?
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Lawyer who bought detox shampoo for client is disbarred
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Chinese restaurant accused of sickening lawyers had history of code violations
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Sheriff says staff was wrong to tell female lawyers to remove bras when visiting jail
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Fired Dallas Prosecutor's Stories About DA grappling with mental health issues
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Judges:

Justices favor William Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll in literary references, study finds
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Texas judge opined that some people ‘need to be killed,’ reprimand says
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Judge’s campaign committee loses 6th Circuit appeal in challenge to fundraising restrictions
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Dallas Judge Reprimanded On R--- Comment
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Wall Street:

Futures are getting slammed
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Stocks close down as oil and other commodities sink
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Goldman Chief Blankfein Discloses Curable Lymphoma Disease
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Layoffs:

Groupon slashes 1100 jobs, ceases operations in 7 countries
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Gadgets:

Quirky filing for bankruptcy Smart home platform Wink for sale after Quirky seeks Chapter 11 Gadget Startup Quirky Goes The Way Of The Sharper Image: Bankruptcy Here's a list of companies, people that Quirky owes money to
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Hollywood:

Relativity Media Sale Faces Obstacles
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'The Crow' in Danger of Losing Director Corin Hardy Due to Relativity Bankruptcy
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Relativity Bankruptcy : Viacom, HBO, A&E, And Brett Ratner Want Protection In Sale
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Politics:

Fiorina's Disastrous Record at HP
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Trump threatens to sue over attack ad
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The Guileful Gipper
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Fact Check - Ben Carson: There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
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The FBI has recovered deleted private emails from Hillary Clinton's server
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Jeb Bush: 'We should not have a multicultural society'
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Coal:

Bankrupt Patriot Coal proceeds with sale to Blackhawk Mining Blackhawk Says It's Winning Bidder of Patriot Coal Assets
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Arch Coal needs to burn more coal than cash to avoid Chapter 11
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Mines in America's Coal Country Just Sold for a Total of Nothing
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Economy:

Economy Grows as Workers Earn Les
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Greenspan warning from 1998 finally rings true in 2015
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More households entering retirement with debt
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Mystery emerges for identity of two of the Fed doves
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Spending bill on track; shutdown threat persists
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Government Shutdown Non-Event for U.S. Economy That Has Moved On
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Bill Gross To The Fed: Raise rates now!
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Number of homes losing value monthly triples in past year
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First-time buyer mortgage risk index climbs again in August
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Aug architects' billings signal construction slump
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Mortgage applications surge 13.9% on rate dips
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Neighbors’ suit contends boy with autism is a public nuisance Sue The Autistic Kid, Not His Parents
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CFPB turns microscope on mortgage industry practices
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico utility PREPA says reaches deal with lenders
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Puerto Rico Agency Reaches Tentative Pact With Fuel Lenders
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Fitch: U.S. Municipal Ratings Higher than GO Ratings Not Usually Warranted
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Autos:

Volkswagen’s scandal may put its survival on the line
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'This is company-killing kind of stuff'
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VW Woes Infect Broader Auto Credit
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Volkswagen Hires Kirkland & Ellis in Pollution Controls Scandal
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'European Detroit' Fear Grips VW Company Town as Scandal Widens
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VW Sets Aside $7.3 Billion for Emissions Crisis
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Putting a Price on Volkswagen’s Emission Fraud Mess
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With Turbulence Building, Volkswagen GC Faces Scrutiny
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Putting a Price on Volkswagen’s Emission Fraud Mess
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Volkswagen Has Ruined Diesel For Everybody
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Move Over Volkswagen, Cadillac Did It Too
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Banking:

Moynihan Remains BofA Chairman After Vote, Fends Off Critics
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Oil/Gas:

Oil falls 2 percent as concern over demand bites
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Weatherford backs down from $1 billion fundraising plan
(DBN)Weatherford backs down from $1 billion fundraising plan
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The Booming Business of Oil Tankers
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Total Cuts Oil Output Target as Prices Expected to Stay Low
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How Oil Companies Can Survive Price Drop
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Petrobras Sees ‘Great Wave’ of $100-Oil Never Coming Back
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Celebs:

50 Cent Tries To Keep Vitamin Water Deal Terms Secret In Bankruptcy Proceedings
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50 Cent suing TV consultant for allegedly improperly acting as his agent, damaging his reputation
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50 Cent Files Lawsuit Over ‘Young White Girl’ Reality Show
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

N.J. couple indicted for filing false Sandy claims, bankruptcy
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Retailing:

Don't count on a very merry Christmas
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Sears is making an investment that could save it from the grave
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Golf:

Deadline passes with no resolution on Empire Ranch Golf Course
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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 (23 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:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Administrative Claims:

Checkmate: Trumping a Supplier’s Administrative Claim
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Exemptions:

Prohibited Transaction Causes IRA To Lose Bankruptcy Exemption
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren's truth in sentencing bill for corporate crime just passed the Senate
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Man who flagged Credit Suisse to seek reward
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Peanut executive avoids maximum 803-year sentence in food-safety case
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Insurance:

Insured vs. Insured Exclusion Applies Even When Claimants Include Both Insureds and Non-Insureds?
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Healthcare:

State health agency tells judge not to waste time, resources on Children's hospital plan
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Food/Beverage:

The "A&P" Bankruptcy Filing Saga—Anomaly or Canary in a Coal Mine?
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Judge approves sale of A&P stores to Acme, Stop & Shop
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Consultants:

EPIQ Systems Lifted to “Hold”
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Student Debt:

Why PricewaterhouseCoopers Wants to Pay Student Debt
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Religion:

Diocesan Bankruptcy Battles Color Pope Francis’s First U.S. Visit
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Pope’s 5 best life lessons
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Sovereigns:

IMF chief Christine Lagarde urges all lenders to join Ukraine debt deal
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UK:

Law firm issues warning ahead of insolvency changes
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Insolvency group Begbies Traynor poised for further growth
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Why RBS may pay small firms it allegedly ruined
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China:

China factory gauge hits 6 1/2-year low
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Australia:

Lawyers question billionaire's claims over bankrupt businessman
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Indonesia:

Berau Debt Workout Clouded by Caribbean Court Loan Dispute
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