August 22, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

The Truth about Working from Home
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Miles & Stockbridge, Baker Donelson: Business of Law
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What Should You Do If You Get No-Offered?
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Poolside cabanas replace meeting rooms for some businesspeople and lawyers
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Stealth Lawyer: Danielle Vogel, Grocer
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A Federal Government Lawyer Bags Her Legal Career
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Contract Attorney Problems
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Attorneys Are Awesome
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Legal workers beat accountants when it comes to pride in their profession
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Women Attorneys Take the Lead and Lean In
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The Aspiring Lateral: The Culture Question
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Alexandra Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi: The ‘He Said, She Said’ Battle Rages On
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Fudging admissions data brings ethics troubles for two former law school officials
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Harvard’s Still Hard to Get Into, Law School Promises
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LSAT Scores at Top Law Schools Hold Steady Amid Applicant Plunge
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11 of the most amusing ‘Things Law Students Don’t Say’
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Blaming The Media Didn’t Work, So A Law Dean Is Going To Change Everything, Except Tuition
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NSA surveillance reach broader than publicly acknowledged --- Has access to 75 percent of US Internet traffic, including VOIP
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Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for giving US intel to WikiLeaks
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Allen West on 'bored' teen murderers, ‘Who will President Obama identify with in this case?’
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Parents Upset Elementary School Students Forced To Kneel Before Principal 'Like A King'
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Police arrest suspected 'Pink Panther' jewel thief in France
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People Using Fake Service Dogs To Travel, Shop --- ' Renting ' Disabled People to Skip Lines at Disney World
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San Fran city attorney demands Nevada pay up for shipping 500 psychiatric patients to California
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Lawyer to be disbarred for forging letters from state OK’ing condo conversions
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Worsening Plight of Courts Prompted Plea to Congress
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Gibson Dunn Hires Philip Alito, Son of Supreme Court Justice
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So How Many H------ Did Justice Ginsburg Kill For Their Loot?
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Wall Street:

Stocks inch higher as traders ponder Fed exit
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US stocks fall on Fed minutes language; Dow down 0.70%
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Layoffs:

Our Long-Term Jobless Problem
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Wells Fargo Said to Eliminate 2,300 Mortgage Jobs
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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:

Time to Bring Bankruptcy Back for Student Loan Debt --- Four Ideas For How Obama Could Really Transform The Cost Of College
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Health Care:

De Blasio files motion in bankruptcy court in support of Interfaith
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Judge approves DC's $48M settlement with Chartered
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Banking:

FDIC Gets a Win in Court's Reversal on BankUnited's Tax Refunds
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Tax:

NY: Don't Pay Taxes, Lose Driver's License
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Pensions:

First Circuit: Private Equity Fund Liable for Bankrupt Portfolio Company's Pension Obligations
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Auto Racing:

Truro Raceway faces race to bankruptcy
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Office Supplies:

Cenveo Enters into a Definitive Agreement to Purchase National Envelope
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Economy:

The new Fed chair should not be one of the usual suspects
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Treasury Yields Trade at Almost 2-Year Highs Before Fed Minutes
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FOMC Minutes Show Broad Support For Bernanke's Tapering Timeline
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Recession's pain reaching deep into the economic recovery
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US Manufacturing Won't Rebuild Middle Class
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Median Income Rises, but Is Still 6% Below Level at Start of Recession in ý07
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The Myth of the Modern Welfare Queen
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Financial Crisis-Era Derivatives Are Making A Comeback
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Existing home sales up 6.5% as housing recovers
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Homebuilder CEO: The American Housing Recovery Is Only Beginning
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Toll Brothers to lift prices again amid housing recovery
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Consumer-Finance Agency Chides Mortgage Servicers
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Colorado foreclosure uproar could go national
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Further evidence of housing recovery? Lowe's earnings jump 26% --- Lowe's Knows How Badly You Want That New Washing Machine
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Elizabeth Warren Presses Eric Holder On Mortgage Settlement
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Municipalities:

Detroit to Meet With Syncora on Status of Restraining Order
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Detroit in Context: Understanding Municipal Defaults and Bankruptcy
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How Underfunded Are Detroit's Pension Plans?
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Retirees chosen to represent pensioners in Detroit bankruptcy case --- New retiree committee will grapple with pension underfunding dispute
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Bankruptcy judge questions secret database with information on Detroit's financial future --- Questions Detroit's use of secrecy agreements
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Bankruptcy judge a multi-faceted man of integrity
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Detroit bankruptcy judge wants to lift stay of lawsuit challenging emergency manager appointment, but with conditions --- Activist Robert Davis' lawsuit may be allowed to continue if he doesn't seek Orr's removal
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I Am My Father's Son: Full Apology interview with Detroit EM Kevyn Orr
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Detroit's Crony Capitalism Problem
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Detroit Schools bond sale a bargain, despite city bankruptcy, state says --- Largest Michigan Muni Deal Since Detroit Bankruptcy Comes At A Cost
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Detroit Beset By Wild Dogs
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The Decline and Fall of Detroit, cont.
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In Detroit, bankruptcy comes with a cost
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How will Detroit's bankruptcy affect insurers?
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NJ shore mayor priced out by local property taxes
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Flint manager: City not ready for local control
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Bankrupt California city readies debt plan, vote to be held
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Retailing:

Ackman says retail investing has not been his 'strong suit'
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J.C. Penney: Weak Results Support the Bankruptcy Thesis
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Tech:

NextIO Hits The Deadpool
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Coal:

Court keeps Peabody on hook for some Patriot retiree benefits --- Peabody obligations to retirees remain in effect --- Patriot Coal statement
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Credit Cards:

Fed appeals ruling on its debit-card fee cap
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Gambling:

Detroit Seeks to Bar Syncora From Disrupting Casino Cash
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Furniture:

Shares drop for Furniture Brands
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Compensation:

Proving CEOs Overpaid for Luck Helped Stir Pay Backlash
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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 (13 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (20 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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Secured Debt:

Receipt of notice of plan confirmation is not "participation" required to extinguish lien through plan confirmation
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Is This What Passive-Aggressive Means? Fifth Circuit Allows Secured Creditor that Took No Action During Chapter 11 Case to Protect Its Lien to Exercise Rights Post-Emergence
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Post-Confirmation:

Bankruptcy Name Game
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Ethics:

Counsel Disqualified From Representing Both Debtor and CEO Accused of Embezzlement
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Sales:

U.S. Supreme Court Says Secured Creditors Have Unqualified Right To Credit Bid For Collateral In Chapter 11 Asset Sales
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Electricity:

Did PG&E CEO Tony Earley Lie to Bloomberg News on Bankruptcy Statement on CPUC San Bruno Fine?
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City of San Bruno: PG&E CEO Misleads with Claim that San Bruno CPUC Penalty Could Cause Bankruptcy for Utility
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Aviation:

TWU objects to Alliance lease
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Transport Workers Union is first to file arguments in favor of plan’s confirmation
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Airline to offer child-free zones
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Photography:

Harvard's Shih on Kodak's Bankruptcy -Exit Plan
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UK:

July's business insolvency figures continue 2013 downward trend
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Insolvency rate remains steady in the South West
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RSM Tenon appoints administrators
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Banks face $2 billion UK credit card scandal bill
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Top 10 Defunct Scottish football clubs
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EU:

Business data buoys euro as Fed minutes support dollar
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Eurozone Recovery Gathers Speed: Flash PMI Report Is Best In Over Two Years
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PIIGS:

Portugal raises $1.34 billion amid recovery hopes
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Canada:

Aylward expresses concern about growing number of seniors facing bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy is expensive: the Ontario Court of Appeal forces insurers to pay up
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MENA:

Fear returns to Egypt as state crackdown widens
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Egyptian Court Orders Hosni Mubarak Freed
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Egypt Risks Further Radicalization
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China:

China factory report points to stabilizing economy
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