April 26, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Zimmermann: Up to 20% of AmLaw 200 "Badly Weakened"
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The 2013 Am Law 100 --- Gross Revenue: A New Number One --- Spring Awakening --- Cull The Partners? - Disappearing Act --- K&L: All Business --- Perkins Coie: Double Identity --- How DLA Went Global --- Kilpatrick: Striking It Rich --- Bracewell: No Pain at the Pump --- Dorsey: Cold Streak --- Fragomen: Playing the Visa Card --- Shook Hardy: Separation Anxiety --- Fried Frank: A Blow to the Bottom Line --- Where's Chadbourne? --- The Ten Year View
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This Year’s AmLaw 100: “Fundamental Recovery” for Some
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There's A New Ranking Of The Highest-Grossing American Law Firms
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Am Law 100 firms make modest gains in revenue and profits: Is the legal market recovering?
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Ex-Dewey Partner Pulls Former Firm Leaders Into Capital Loan Lawsuit
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CEO Pay Escapes Bankruptcy Scrutiny, and More
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When measuring achievement of lawyers, should hours or results matter most?
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DOJ: No Employee Furloughs Though September
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ATL’s Unofficial Orientation to Law School (Part III)
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Brooklyn Law grads can't sue over misleading job data: judge
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How to force change at law schools? Little agreement emerges at ABA conference
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Bar passage or your money back: Law school offers partial refunds to some students
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Five Defenses Used By Law Schools for Poor Graduate Employment Outcomes
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Law Revue Video Contest 2013: The Finalists!
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Never Ever Send Word Files as Correspondence
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The Best Career Advice I Ever Got
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Big Law's Bamboo Ceiling—Is It Finally Broken?
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In M&A Litigation, Attorneys' Fees Under Attack?
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Judge boots both bickering attorneys from civil case, sends copy of order to disciplinary body
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Woman Calls 911, Asks Police For Help Getting Refund From Her Drug Dealer
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The ‘Law of Irresistible Attraction’
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Musician, Actor, Emcee, Lawyer
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Disabled woman who couldn’t afford to take pet to vet is convicted of felony and jailed
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Registered sex offender charged with using law firm computer to distribute p---
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Judge orders plaintiffs' firms to detail campaign contributions
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Mug Shots
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Maryland Prison Was Run By Gang Leader Who Impregnated Four Guards
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The Fierce Battle Continues: Skirt Suit v. Pant Suit
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Lawyer accused of slitting dog's throat declines preliminary hearing
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Brown Student Falsely Linked To Boston Bombing Found Dead --- Gas Station Clerk Describes Boston Carjacking Victim Fleeing From The Tsarnaev Brothers --- Bloomberg: Boston Bombers's Next Target Was New York --- Judge Insisted On Miranda Rights For Boston Suspect And FBI 'Was Not Happy'
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The Sorority Girl Who Wrote That Nasty Email To Her Sisters Has Resigned
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Judges:

ED VA: New bankruptcy court judge named
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The Most Important Supreme Court Cases Nobody Has Ever Heard Of
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SCOTUS is often ‘simply irrelevant’ to daily work of trial courts, federal judge says
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Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged (By an Ethics Panel)
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City Gets Benchslap With a Rolled Up Newspaper Over Dead Dog
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Court of Appeals upholds judge's removal for sexual encounter with niece
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And the Funniest Justice is…
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Judge resigns after arrest
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‘Scared to death’ of snakes, clerk is not happy to discover them in courthouse filing system
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Judge stands alone in perfect attendance at Fla. triathlon, which he hopes to complete for 30th time
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Wall Street:

US Stock Futures Drop as Investors Await GDP Report
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Wall Street gains on earnings, data, but S&P record a hurdle
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Layoffs:

Survey: Americans feeling better about jobs
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More Americans feel confident about their jobs
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Unleashing job hoppers could give economy a bounce
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Brokers:

MF Global Still Leaves Gaping Investor Protection Hole
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Economy:

Jobless claims fall, point to improving job market
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Big Miss: Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Unchanged At -5
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America's Middle Class Is More Anxious Than Aspirational
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The Year-To-Date Performance Of Every Major Asset Class In The World
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Mortgage rates fall for 4th straight week; 15-year at record low
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Lawmaker pushes for foreclosure settlement monitor
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GSEs, MERS and Lenders Fight Fee Litigation
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Eric Schneiderman Challenges Obama Administration Over Mortgage Investigations
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The Continuing Saga of Mortgage Errors: Not All “Boo-Boos” Are Fatal
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Aviation:

Law Prof Has New My Sequester Solution Proposal
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Southwest posts lower first-quarter net profit on record revenue
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United Posts Sole Airline Loss as Southwest Beats Views
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The TSA Won't Allow Small Knives On Planes After All
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Telecoms:

Maxcom Considers Bankruptcy After Takeover Deal Collapse
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Health Care:

Liberty Medical Seeks Protection for Former Parent Medco Health
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Corporate Governance:

Fiduciary Duty Bound (Part 2): On Second Thought, Maybe “Default” Fiduciary Duties Do Apply in Delaware LLCs…For Now
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Municipalities:

California city council finds it can't afford to quit Calpers
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Former Oak Park village manager takes on bankrupt city in California
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How Jerry Brown Scared California Straight
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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing files for 2nd 4-year term
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Will The Next Wave of Chapter 9 Filings Be From Public Hospitals?
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Coupons:

Son of founders buys Entertainment Publications out of bankruptcy for $17.5 million --- Rehiring employees
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Coal:

Patriot Coal, salaried retirees reach deal
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Ethanol:

Delivering Reality Check to Big Ethanol
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Banking:

US bank regulator warns on short-term deposit advances
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Oil/Gas:

Ex-Delta exec Parker takes aim at bankruptcy committee of creditors
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Ethanol:

Minn. plant in bankruptcy files claim against former employees
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Fraud:

Chicago man charged in Phony bankruptcy petition scam involving impounded cars --- Feds: Drivers Faked Bankruptcy To Avoid Auto Impound Fees
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Education:

School Specialty bankruptcy advances
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Television:

Kit Digital Files for Bankruptcy After Shareholder Accord
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Autos:

Fiat, UAW trust both score points in Chrysler hearing
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Food/Beverage:

New Twinkie Maker Shuns Union Labor
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Accounting:

Europe imposes mandatory rotation on audits
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (58 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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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Corporate Bankruptcies on the Decline
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Jacksonville bankruptcies fall to lowest levels in 5 years
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Subordination:

Equitable Subordination: Lenders Beware – It Is Not Enough That Actions Are Permitted Under the Loan Documents
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Sales:

Bankruptcy Sales: Can LLC Interests Be Sold Over a Member’s Objections?
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Recent Pleadings:

Greenberg Seeks To Pay $4.9 Million To Settle Malpractice Claim By Heller Ehrman
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Student Debt:

Student Loans: Nondischargeability Questioned in Seventh Circuit and Beyond
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If You Don’t ‘Like’ Your Student Loan Servicer on Facebook, You Will Default
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TBTF:

Brown-Vitter Bill Creates More Problems Than It Solves
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Awards:

Litigation Department of the Year Awards
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Rating Agencies:

Federal judge remands Conn. lawsuit against S&P to state court
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Credit Cards:

Judge threatens trade groups with contempt in card-fee pact
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Waste:

Synagro Technologies Receives Approval of Interim Financing
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Tax:

Irritated Judge Frees Woman Caught in IRS Crackdown
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Asset Protection:

The One Foreign Asset Protection Trust 'Win' Turns Out To Be A Dud After All In The Arline Grant Case
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Entertainment:

Girls Gone Wild Trustee to Joe Francis: Keep Away!
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Sovereigns:

Individual Argentina Bondholders Can't File New Appeal Brief
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UK:

Ex-Cobbetts partner joins creditors group amid questions over money owed
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EU:

EU pensions ruling saddles Dublin with huge bill
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PIIGS:

Spanish court accepts Pescanova insolvency --- Orders Pescanova's board to step down
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Greek bank deposits steady in March- cenbank
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EU against austerity: Protesters clash with police amid unrest in Spain, Portugal
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China:

China jails more than 1400 in lending crackdown
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