December 23, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Due to the Christmas holiday, The Daily Bankruptcy News will not publish on December 24 and 25

Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: Kirkland & Ellis Shatters Kinda Scratches The Bonus Market Ceiling
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Associate Bonus Watch: Quinn Emanuel
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Would you go to law school if you had a do-over? 40 percent of young lawyers in this survey said no
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Newbie JDs/Current Law Students: Trapped in time
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New BLS Employment Projections: Only 196,500 New Lawyer Jobs by 2022
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Business of Law
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For Attorneys, It's the Season for Collecting
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Alston Snags Former Dewey Space
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Juggling Family And Firm Life
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We Were Just Having Fun On The Internet And A Law Professor Decided To Attack Us. Us, Of All People!
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Locke Lord and Patton Boggs end merger talks; did Chevron case play a role?
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Top 10 ways to run your legal department like a business unit
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Lawyers second only to fashionistas in partying
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Fictitious Facebook Name Is Unethical!
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10 Things Guys Think About Suits That Are Totally Wrong
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America's Schools Are Getting Way Too Strict
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Kansas Law Censure: ABA Fines School For Trying To Make Money Without Asking Nicely First
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Georgia Law Schools Buck Falling Enrollment Trend
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New lawyers facing ‘a depression’ says Wisconsin state bar
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Should Firms Grade Lawyers on a Bell Curve?
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Former BigLaw partner gets 17 years in sex-trafficking case, says FBI may have saved him from hell --- Edward De Sear: No ordinary lawyer miscreant
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Santa Claus Forced to File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy :)
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Woman, Just Out Of Prison, Arrested For 397th Time
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Exhibit A: Reality TV footage becomes a legal tool
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Burglar turns in tapes showing sex abuse that he swiped from home
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Maps of the Seven Deadly Sins in America
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Attorney Sanctioned Because Client Skips Deposition
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Best Christmas Card Ever
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Two drivers called to pick up drunken driving suspect are also charged with DUI
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Walmart Dress Caused Sexless Marriage, Lawsuit Claims
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Woman Publicly Shames Man Who Beat Her Up After She Rejected Him
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Penn State GC’s testimony says ex-president tried to cover up Sandusky scandal
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Cop Threatens to Ticket Man for Washing Car -- In His Own Driveway
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Judges:

Judge In 'Affluenza' Case Sentenced A Black Teen To 10 Years For Killing A Guy With A Single Punch
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State AG joins prosecutors’ call for SC supreme court justice to be recused from criminal cases
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Judge O’Connell Recuses, Reverse Bench Slaps Chief Judge Kozinski In Class Action Intervention
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Do what's right
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Advance Before Economic Reports
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Dow, S&P 500 hit new records on strong GDP growth
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Is an MBA Bubble Popping?
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Layoffs:

Unemployment benefits for 1.3 million expire next week. Here’s what you should know.
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17 High-Paying Jobs That Only Require A High School Diploma
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Here's An Alternative Labor Force Measure That Seems To Offer A Truer Look At US Unemployment
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Alternative Energy:

Fisker Says Former Employees' Claims Not Valid
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Fisker's Bankruptcy Reminds Us Fossil Fuels Are Here To Stay
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Gambling:

Atlantic Club casino craps out --- Tropicana, Caesars to buy, close Atlantic Club Casino Hotel
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And then, there were 11 in A.C.
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Caesars won't run AC hotel after casino shutdown
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Demise of Atlantic Club may be felt most by workers
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Mining:

Casper bentonite company tries to rebound from bankruptcy , layoffs
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Video Games:

38 Studios Debacle: Gov. Lincoln Chafee vs. Curt Schilling --- 'People panicked and gave a retired baseball player a huge amount of taxpayer money'
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Banking:

Lean years leave banks short of savvy dealmakers
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Economy:

Economic growth picks up the pace --- US economy expands at 4.1% rate
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Economic Growth in US to Quicken Next Year, Lagarde Says
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ATA Trucking Index increased 2.7% in November
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Pretty Soon We Have To Talk About Inflation
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The Federal Reserve was created 100 years ago. This is how it happened --- A Locked Door, A Secret Meeting And The Birth Of The Fed
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The Hidden Impact of Obamacare and the Economy
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Obama Seen Rescued From ‘Terrible’ Year by Better Economy
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Deutsche Bank to pay $1.9 bln to settle US mortgage case
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Calif. to receive nearly $300 million from nationwide settlement with loan servicer
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New Bel-Air mansion reflects resurgence of behemoth L.A. homes
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California Anti-Deficiency Laws: Is Your Trust Obligor a “True” Guarantor Or Merely a Primary Obligor in Disguise?
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Blackstone’s Big Bet On Rental Homes
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Municipalities:

Bankruptcy judge urges appeals court to insist on normal appeals process for pension groups --- Judge: Let appeals process go slow so we can work it out ourselves
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Challenge to Mich. manager law can go ahead
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Detroit bankruptcy plan threatens survivor benefits of families of fallen cops, firefighters
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Detroit threatens to sue Bank of America, UBS without better settlement on swaps deal --- Barclays' $350 million financing deal was best city received, Orr says --- City, creditors to work toward swap settlement over holidays
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Detroit faces new speedbump in bankruptcy process
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Multi-Million Detroit Art Collection Is Tainted If Sold --- Top 11 most valuable at-risk masterpieces of the Detroit Institute of Arts
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Detroit’s New Hockey Arena Gets Partial Approval From Council
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Bankruptcy aside, Detroit saw a lot of good, too, in 2013
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Gov. Rick Snyder must take charge to solve Michigan's growing crisis
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Packard-plant buyer predicts rebirth for symbol of Detroit decay
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How to Save the City
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East Cleveland 'worst city in Ohio' financially
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How Does Your State Stack Up?
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Retailing:

Shoppers pack the mall for last-minute gifts
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Target faces lawsuits, probes
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Target offers 10% off as credit fraud apology --- Stolen Target Credit Cards Are Selling For $20 - $100 Each
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Target Store Traffic Down After Data Breach
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Chase limits debit card use for customers at risk in Target breach --- Chase Bank Open Sunday After Target Security Breaks --- Target credit card hack: What you need to know --- US Lags on Credit Card Security
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Fraud:

Fake Profit E-Mails at AgFeed's Farms Back Fraud Claims
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AG Coakley to investigate $25 million hedge fund loss at MBTA pension fund
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Ex-Oak Rock CEO Pleads Guilty to $100 Million Fraud Scheme
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New developments in recovery efforts for Madoff investors
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Former Airline Pilot Charged With $44 Million Telecom Ponzi Scheme
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Authorities File Criminal and Civil Charges Against ZeekRewards Ponzi Employees
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Aviation:

Creditors seek payment from Evergreen --- Evergreen International Airlines' creditors get tough
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On Jammed Jets, Sardines Turn on One Another
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Religion:

Gallup Diocese has loans totaling $229000
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Golf:

Glen Cannon files for bankruptcy
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Corporate Reform:

Washington gains clout in white-collar prosecutions
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Mass Torts:

BP Caused Gulf Spill to Last Longer, Victims’ Lawyers Say
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Consumer Finance:

Auto Lender to Pay $100M for Unintentional Discrimination
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Food/Beverage:

A US Bankruptcy Court approves honey supplier Groeb Farms Inc to proceed with its restructuring plan
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(2 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 (18 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (57 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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Avoidance Actions:

New York Bankruptcy Court Awards Billions in Damages Arising from Corporate Spin-Off Avoided as Fraudulent Transfer
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Automatic Stay:

When is Cause, “Cause” Enough?
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Litigation:

Perils of E-Discovery Reflected in Sanctions Opinion
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Weather:

Massive Storm Creates A Giant Mess For Holiday Travel --- 95,000 People Without Power In The Northeast Due To Ice Storm
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Telecoms:

Christmas Eve scramble on for LightSquared --- LightSquared Said to Seek Fortress-Sponsored Financing --- Fortress in talks for $2B to back LightSquared bid
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BlackBerry Staggers to a Deeper, $4.4 Billion Loss ---Following Results, BlackBerry CEO Sends Letter to Employees
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Brokers:

Peregrine Trustee, Customers Strike Deal Over Legal Claims
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Laurel couple denies bankruptcy fraud charges

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Health Care:

St. Francis courting other suitors
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Hospitals have some duplication, job risks
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Health Quest bids for bankrupt Poughkeepsie hospital
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Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center to close
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Mediation fails to keep bankrupt Brooklyn hospital open
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Company needs patient OK to sell PHI
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Young, healthy and essential
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Manchin: Obamacare Headed for “Complete Meltdown” If Prices To High and People Unhappy --- The Forgotten Middle Class of Obamacare: “not poor enough for help, but not rich enough to be indifferent to cost” --- Obamacare Initiates Self-Destruction Sequence
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Obamacare Support Plunges To An All-Time Low In Another Poll
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Sovereigns:

OMG! SOS! SDRM! ... LOL ... (wherein we uncover the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Conspiracy)
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EU:

Cyprus gets next IMF aid installment under bailout
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Delay and Pray Is the European Union's Specialty
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PIIGS:

Like Generations Past, Irish Youth Search For Better Life Overseas --- Irish Try to Eradicate Ghosts of a Housing Crash --- Bankruptcy , bans and PR blunders ground high-flyers
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China:

How the $5 billion bankruptcy of a Chinese coal company’s could trigger financial panic
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Russia:

Khodorkovsky Says He Will Not Go Into Politics Or Seek Oil Assets --- Freed Khodorkovsky Says He'll Fight For Other Political Prisoners --- Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Son Speaks Of Meeting His Father After A Decade Of Separation
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Japan:

Ties sour in Abe's 1st year
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Thailand:

Slowdown sees rise in personal, business bankruptcies
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MENA:

Debt-strapped tycoon Dankner gave share of home to wife
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UAE makes progress on new insolvency laws
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Australia:

Hedge funds eye troubled Australian mining and farming companies
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