August 16, 2013

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Law:

Study: Slack Large-Firm Hiring is Everybody's Headache
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Please Stop Telling People The Market Is So Bad, It’s Good For New Law Students
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Thompson & Knight, Barnes & Thornburg: Business of Law
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Where’s the Beef: Law Practice Commoditization
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Legal Job Market Is So Bad, It's Good, Says New Paper
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Boutiques Look For Edge Against BigLaw Firms
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The Huge Signing Bonuses Offered To Ex-Supreme Court Clerks Have Reached An All-Time High --- The Missing Part of The Signing Bonus Story
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Judge expresses doubts about AMR bankruptcy exit
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Unlocked office door can be as big a threat as computer hackers, experts say
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Interview Tricks You Should Know
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Law Firms and Congressional Gridlock
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How To Finance Your Legal Education By Posing In Playboy
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Some Thoughts About On-Campus Interviewing
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The financial aid arms race at law schools
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Lawyer pays the price for pro bono cases
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NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year --- Obama said the NSA wasn’t “actually abusing” its powers. He was wrong.
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Police upgrade charges in bicyclist death after seeing teen bragged about speeding on Twitter
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Assistant U.S. Attorney In Trouble For Negative Comments About Trayvon Martin, Barack Obama
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Lawyers Debate Best Ways To Sell Marijuana--No Joke
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Eight Years for Bizarre Robbery of Law Firm Partner
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Heidi Fleiss Busted For Running ‘Bordello of Bud’
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Judges seek sequester relief
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Complaint on Judge Who Changed Baby's Name
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Good Advice: Third Circuit Reverses District Court on Issue of Advisory Opinions
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Judge indicted; feds say he tried to frame romantic rival for fake crimes
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Judge Judy’s son, a New York DA, sues sheriff for alleged defamation
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87 Chief District Judges put Congress on notice
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Abuse Victims: Crypts Purchase Created Conflict for Judge
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Wall Street:

Stocks set for a modest rebound
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Layoffs:

Mass. jobless rate edges up to 7.2 percent in July --- Illinois unemployment rate climbs slightly in July --- NY reports 7.5 percent July unemployment
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Cisco Rewards Employees For Best-Ever Profit By Firing Them
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Photography:

Unsecured creditors approve Kodak reorganization plan
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Judge denies motion by Kodak shareholders ---- Shareholders won't get voice, creditors back Chapter 11 exit
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Lehman:

Lehman Moves to End Citi's 'Interest Rate Arbitrage' in Bankruptcy Fight
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Autos:

Report: Treasury played central role in pushing GM bailout and union talks --- The SIGTARP Report
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Treasury Urged Bailout Funds to Delphi Pensions, Watchdog Says --- Obama auto team had big role in Delphi pension decisions --- Treasury report offers no remedy for Delphi salaried retirees
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Buffett Raises Stake in GM by 60%
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Retailing:

Lowe's Set to Take Bite out of Orchard Supply
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Celebs:

Kate Gosselin Broke And Bankrupt? What Happened To All The Money Reality Star Made On TLC Show 'Jon And Kate Plus 8'?
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Laundry products co. asks Philly judge to enter judgment against ‘Real Housewives of N.J.’ star
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Bethenny Frankel Accuses Bravo Of Hiring Real Housewives Who Are “All Show”; Says 75% Are Broke!
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Prosecutor rejects Real Housewives' Teresa Giudice plea deal
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Did 'Real Housewives' ruin Teresa Giudice's life?
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Lenny Dykstra Will Sign Whatever You Want For $25
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Pharma:

Biovest finances strengthen after emerging from bankruptcy
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Religion:

Editorial: Judge Rudolph Randa erred by not disclosing potential conflict
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Hedge Funds:

Cohen Said to Refuse SAC Client Push to Return Cash Early
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Economy:

Consumer Prices in US Increase, Supporting Fed Forecast
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US weekly jobless claims fall 15,000 to 320,000
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Workers earned less but paid more for goods in July
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US jobs, inflation data support tapering of Fed bond buying
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Manufacturing conditions continue to improve
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Obama's Economic Approval Rating Falls
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Did Larry Summers really save the world?
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Buffett targets cars, oil and satellite TV
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Survey: Conditions improve for NY manufacturers
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America Can't Afford Wall Street's Terrible Investment Advice
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Genius Maps Show How Manhattan Has Become A Garish Center Of Wealth
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100 Years Of Tax Rates For The 0.01%
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Homebuilder Confidence in US Jumps to Highest Level Since 2005 --- Confidence Rises For Fourth Consecutive Month
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Homeowner 'securitization theory' BofA claim dismissed
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Foreclosures Down 32% Year Over Year
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The Narrowest Home In New York City Just Sold For $3.25 Million
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Why the Banksters Love Holder
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A Stunning 60% Of All Home Purchases Are "Cash Only" - A 200% Jump In Five Years
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Overdevelopment widens Florida sinkhole problem
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A chance to own a home for $1 in a city on the ropes
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Retailing:

Wal-Mart Cuts Profit Forecast as Higher Taxes Damp Sales
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New Wal-Mart outlook reveals a tale of two consumers
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Which 30% Of Walmart Employees Do You Think Should Get Fired?
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Retailers Complain About Uneven Recovery
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Municipalities:

BDA Bankruptcy Paper: Detroit May Be Game Changer
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First public debt is issued in Michigan since Detroit bankruptcy
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Detroit pension funds to object to city's bankruptcy
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Detroit Crisco can artist ad offers Joe Louis fist for $375, and 'so much more'
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No Banker Left Behind
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Detroit And Wall Street: The Moral Conflict Between Pensioners And Bankers
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Bankruptcy's impact felt across Michigan
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Municipal Workers in Bankrupt Cities Facing Financial Nightmare
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CNN Money says ‘hottest downtown’ in the country is in bankrupt Detroit
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Detroit bankruptcy : What ails American manufacturing cities?
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Normandy hopes to avert bankruptcy this school year
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Moody's affirms Ca rating on Jefferson County sewer warrants
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Pennsylvania Prosecutor to Probe Incinerator, Paper Says
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A City Borrows So Its Schools Open on Time
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Aviation:

Airlines Preview Merger Defense
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Judge Expresses Doubt on AMR Bankruptcy -Exit Plan --- Judge delays bankruptcy decision while he ponders whether the Justice lawsuit means he shouldn’t confirm yet
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AMR-US Airways Merger Limbo Puts CEOs to Workers on Hold
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Stormy skies ahead for American, US Airways
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AMR-US Merger: Why DOJ's Action Makes No Sense
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Justice Department is right to block US Airways-American merger
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US Airways-American merger; third strike and they're out
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US Airways’ executives have been pretty obvious about their plans to raise prices
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Dueling viewpoints: Is blocking American Airlines merger good or bad for consumers?
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Pensions:

Report details why salaried Delphi retirees lost pension
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Electricity:

Edison Mission: 'Ready, Willing and Able' to Sue Parent
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Banking:

Taxpayers to absorb $133 million loss on Anchor bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:

JPMorgan Bracing for Big London Whale Fines: Report
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Is the CFPB Going to Meet Joe Black?
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Coal:

Little Healthcare for Retirees in UMWA, Patriot Coal Agreement
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Tableware:

Flamingo Products of South Florida files Chapter 11
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion 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 (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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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Metro Phoenix bankruptcies dip in July
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Bill on Bankruptcy : US Airways Need a Merger More than AMR
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Safe Harbors:

Fourth Circuit Concludes that Certain Commissions and Margin Interest Payments are Protected from Avoidance by "Stockbroker Defense"
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Video Games:

38 Studios: The Broken Road to Bankruptcy
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Explosives:

Louisiana Explosives Deactivator Files for Bankruptcy
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Hotels:

As empire collapses, Red Rose Inn and Suites up for auction on Friday
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Health Care:

Faithful rally for Interfaith?
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AIM Records Destroyed in Midst of Bankruptcy , Class-Action Suit
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Adair County Hospital Declares Bankruptcy
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Student Debt:

The Wall Street Journal Finds the Most Inane Angle Yet on the Student-Debt Crisis
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Banking:

CFTC asks court not to dismiss suit against U.S. Bancorp unit
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Tech:

Endicott Interconnect chief grilled for an hour in bankruptcy court
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Distressed Investing:

How To Invest Like Wilbur Ross
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Tax:

Can the Issuance of Form 1099-C Cancel a Debt?
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Computers:

Dell Profits Plunge With PC Revenue Shrinking
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UK:

Why Six Of The 20 English Elite Soccer Clubs Are Now Owned By Americans
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EU:

Investors Are Rotating Out Of The US And Into Europe
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PIIGS:

Ireland Enacts New Help For Bankruptcy , But It Still Costs A Bundle
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Canada:

Trustee urges criminal probe of Jean-Claude Lacasse, Golden Oaks
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Quebec demands CP Railway help pay for disaster clean-up
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Canada's red hot housing market teeters on the brink
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Germany:

German Sportscar Maker Wiesmann Files For Bankruptcy
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China:

Steeled for change: China's bloated industry to face market forces
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I Ain't Lion
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MENA:

Egypt's Surreal 'New Normal'
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Egypt unrest threatens its $260B economy
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Egypt Braces for Far More Violence
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Hong Kong:

Hong Kong July bankruptcy petitions rise 28 pct from June
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