March 12, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Diamond McCarthy Opens Los Angeles Office With Bankruptcy Litigator Kathy Bazoian Phelps At Its Helm --- Snapshot: Kathy Bazoian Phelps
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Ex-US Senator Scott Brown Joins Nixon Peabody Law Firm
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Ex-Dewey employees can sue as a group, judge rules
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Links and Davis Polk push through landmark $9bn Lehman settlement
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Law Firm Leaders Q&A: DLA Piper's Frank 'Rusty' Conner III
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Attorney’s mug shot winds up next to his law firm’s ad, in marketing effort gone awry
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Competing, Collaborating, And Compromising
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Tips on Keeping Clients (Very)Happy
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Store's Malpractice Claim Proceeds Against Winston
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Some Grads Face Longer Odds
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Northwestern trims class size by 10 percent, raises tuition
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New Data "Unmasks" Schools, Says US News Law School Rankings Czar
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Law School Making Excuses About Its Low Ranking Before U.S. News Is Even Released
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For-Profit Law Schools Offer Miniscule ‘Refund’ As A Publicity Stunt
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‘Law is broken.’ Will these legal tech gurus bring about change?
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Do You Want to Micromanage Your Lawyers? There’s an App for That!
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Judge Blocks Bloomberg's Soda Ban — Calls It 'Arbitrary And Capricious' --- The Opinion --- Judge Gives Brief, Brutal Demonstration Of The Soda Ban's Arbitrariness --- Would 'Eviscerate' Separation Of Powers --- Bloomberg Vows To Fight Back
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Judge tosses case, holds DA in contempt for refusing to testify
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Did You Honestly Expect the Harlem Shake to Be Free of Copyright Violations?
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Saudi Arabia may stop beheading due to swordsmen shortages
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Officer fined $2 for hitting handcuffed suspect
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Millionaire's Estranged Wife Gets Court To Rip Up The Prenup She Signed Days Before The Wedding
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Kagan & Sotomayor Do 180s On Video
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Courthouse’s new security measures add estimated 30 minutes to entrance time
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Is There a Place for Judges in the Twitterverse?
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Wall Street:

Stock index futures signal lower Wall Street open
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Dow Closes At Brand New All-Time Record High
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Layoffs:

 

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Telecoms:

Agent Alliance Asks Court to Force Decision on TNCI Contract
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Celebs:

Paul Krugman Bankrupt? Boston Globe, Breitbart.com Fall For Satirical Daily Currant Story --- The Daily Currant strikes again
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Real Housewives of Miami Karent Sierra in Double Foreclosure
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Food/Beverage:

Billionaires Vie for Stake in Vodka Maker
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Hostess creditor among those with hankering for Twinkies
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Hostess says PE firms to buy snack-cake business, no auction needed
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Corporate Reform:

Elizabeth Warren Comes Out Swinging Against Banks
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Celebs:

Stephen Baldwin strikes tax evasion deal
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Oil/Gas:

Macquarie Sues ATP in Bankruptcy Court Over Royalty Rights
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Agriculture:

Report: Mystery surrounds Stamp Farms bankruptcy deal
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Grant Family Farms' leases, trademarks go to auction March 20
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Gambling:

Atlantic City casino revenue down 12.5 pct in Feb
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Student Debt:

A hidden hazard of private student loans
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Economy:

Fed shifts focus to jobs
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Republicans Feeling Sequester Pain as Democrats Highlight Local Cutbacks
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CPAs Express Wide Optimism Gap
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Owner of St. Louis loft apartment building files for bankruptcy
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Former Countrywide shareholders hope for another chance to bring Mozilo to justice
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13 arrested at Wells Fargo protest
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Municipalities:

Krystal Crittendon: 'Bankruptcy is a Better Tool to Manage Detroit’s Debt' --- Muni market looks past politics in Detroit --- History suggests Detroit bid to avoid state takeover is futile --- Emergency manager protest ties up Detroit traffic --- Detroit City Council ready to fight emergency financial manager --- JoAnn Watson Leads Detroit's Last-Ditch Fight Against An Emergency Manager --- Detroit leadership, not Snyder is cause for financial mess --- Detroit Mayor Dave Bing tweets he will be a 'teammate' to an emergency manager --- Detroit: An American Autopsy --- Former mayor of Detroit convicted
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Illinois settles SEC fraud charge over pensions
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WA: Small school district says state funding cuts have it on brink of bankruptcy
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Here's Where All The Hot Foreclosure Deals Are Hiding
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Alternative Energy:

Satcon Technology's closing leaves Hawaii solar installers scrambling
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Fisker says A123 hiding true size of creditor claims
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Suntech Power May Already Be In Bankruptcy
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Health Care:

Florence Hospital in Arizona Declares Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Ex-worker charged with stealing more than $642K from Warrington Community Ambulance
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Serco Group, Frederick Memorial Hospital plan layoffs
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Has Healthcare Reform Made Hospital Layoffs Inevitable?
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Personal Finance:

The Best Time To Buy Everything
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Dot-Coms:

Bankrupt 1990s Internet Toy Company Still Thinks It Was Undervalued
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Biotech:

Cooley Helps Cylex Use Chapter 11 Bankruptcy For Sale
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Aviation:

The best online read on new American Airlines CEO Doug Parker
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Airlines Soar in Typically Slow First Quarter
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Retailing:

Tandy Brands trades higher after hiring chief restructuring officer
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Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager James Dinan Is Shorting JC Penney
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Professor: 'JC Penney Serves No Compelling Customer Purpose'
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Albert Boscov being inducted into Retailers Hall of Fame
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Hollywood:

Potential Rhythm & Hues buyer doesn't want to liquidate, may move more jobs to Asia
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Hollywood's visual effects industry in crisis
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Hardware:

Texas Company That Owes Mississippi $3.5 Million Files For Bankruptcy
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Autos:

US Says It Sold $489.9 Million of GM Shares in February
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Photography:

Kodak fourth-quarter loss more than tripled
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Electricity:

Plan to save Southern Montana Electric doesn't add up
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Southern bankruptcy plan deserves to be fought
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Fraud:

Merkin sued by charity over Madoff-related losses
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Madoff trustee and NY AG fight over Merkin's money
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New York to Seek Approval to Complete Merkin Deal
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SEC Charges Illinois With Fraud Over Pensions
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Fugitive Fund Manager Stuffed Underwear With Cash, Fled
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Arrested 'rogue financier' led colorful life
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SEC Nominee White to Face Conflict Questions at Senate Hearing
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Serious Fraud Office to investigate Autonomy, says HP
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(5 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 (29 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (14 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
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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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Miscellaneous:

Week Ahead in Bankruptcy: Lehman, Dynegy, Ambac
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The Bankruptcy Files: Ailing Detroit Hires Jones Day
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Access To The Courts:

Access Granted: Delaware District Court Rules that Public Has a Presumptive Right of Access to 2019 Statements
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Sales:

Using Chapter 11 Bankruptcy's Sale Process To Achieve An Exceptional Sale Price
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Valuation:

Ninth Circuit BAP Holds, for Purposes of Determining Venue, a Debtor’s Intangible Assets are not Necessarily Located Where the Debtor Resides
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Recent Pleadings:

Dewey Employees' WARN Case To Move Forward
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Heller Gets Summary Judgment On Most Issues In Claims Against Firms Which Hired Departing Heller Shareholders
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TBTF:

Sens. Brown, Vitter developing legislation to end “too big to fail”
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Arbitration:

Arbitration: Coming Soon to a Transaction Near You?
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Lehman:

Ex-Lehman Exec Is Living Proof Of The Need For Work-Life Balance
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Banking:

Survey: Bankers Upset Because They're Underpaid
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Ruling sends bankrupt United Western Bank toward liquidation
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The bonus dash beginneth
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Would FDIC deter wrongdoing by announcing settlements with banks?
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Sovereigns:

And the beat goes on, pari passu and sovereign restructuring edition
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UK:

Bankrupt jailed for hiding cash to avoid paying tax and benefits debts
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Former Leeds United director faces criminal charges
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Jessops collapsed under £81m debt as creditors left empty-handed
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Industrial Production Data Out Of The UK Is Frightful
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PIIGS:

Italian debt underperforms after Fitch downgrade
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Greek finance minister: 'we are out of the woods' --- Greek Economic Decline Moderates --- Greece: UK banks first choice for cash sent abroad --- Greece stops paying 0.4% of its pensions due to suspicions of fraud --- Greek economy shrank by 5.7% in 4th quarter last year, by 6.4% for whole of 2012 --- Half of Greek companies fail to pay employees on time --- Finance Ministry to hire 4,000 extra tax inspectors and revenue collectors
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Spain will not merge nationalised banks -economy minister
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Germany:

German bankruptcies fall on strong economy
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Japan:

Two Years on, Fukushima Casts No Shadow Over Nuclear
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Netherlands:

Dutch bankruptcies hit record in February
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Russia:

393 lawsuits worth of $10 billion filed by Mezhprombank got upheld
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Caribbean:

Grenada Restructuring Adds to Caribbean's Debt Troubles
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Cyprus:

Cyprus mulls tax increase as lesser of two evils
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Venezuela:

Hugo Chavez's Horrible Economic Legacy In One Chart
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