October 15, 2013

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Business of Law
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White & Case Elects New Restructuring Partner --- Andreas Kleinschmidt
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What Life Is Like At The Best Law Schools In America
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The Best Bags For Guys To Carry To Work
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Is Your Salary Fair? Calculator Will Help Lawyers Decide
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Don't Put Down Staff Attorneys!
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It’s Not All About The Money
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Taking A Break
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Can lawyers ethically smoke pot in states where it is legal? One bar group seeks ‘yes’ answer
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Law Student Of The Day: Alleged Social-Media Hoaxer
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Are LSAT scores and GPAs declining at the top law schools? Not by much
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U.S. News Undecided on Using Law School Expenditures in Rankings, Despite ABA's Decision to Stop Collecting Data
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Are New Law Schools Really The Problem?
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LinkedIn Accused Of Hacking User Accounts And Spamming Contacts
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Tightening the Reins on Personal Data Privacy - Precautions you can – and should – take when using Facebook
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DLA Piper Appoints Hans Co-Managing Partner in NYC
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Lawyer Keeps Fighting To Have Fees Discharged
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A guide to determining which type of fat cat lawyer you are
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Family Forced Out Of Missouri Town After 14-Year-Old Girl Accuses High School Football Player Of Rape
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This Latest Snowden Revelation Will Make Your Head Spin: The NSA Steals Your Email Contact List
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7 Ways To Kill Time While Working At A Law Firm
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How A Cop Accidentally Coerced An Innocent Woman Into Confessing To Murder
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Drunk driver leads police on chase - to buy time to finish his Big Mac
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Los Angeles Raid House Because It Smelled Like Meth Lab, Kill 80-Year-Old In His Bed In Claimed Self-Defense . . . And Find No Meth Or Lab Equipment
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Justice's wheels slowed as shutdown hits courts
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Federal Court Closure Update -- I Was in the House When the House Burned Down!
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Government shutdown is a matter of life or death for the 5th Circuit
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Judiciary's Defiance of Shutdown Raises Ethics Question
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A Correction For Justice Ginsburg
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Poll Results: NJ Bankruptcy Judges Judicial Qualification Scores
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Blamin’ It on the ACA
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock Futures Rise Amid Budget Talks
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Markets Going Nowhere On Critical Day For The Deal
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Stocks close higher on debt talks progress
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Why A Humble Secretary Made More Money Than A Wall Street Executive
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Layoffs:

10 American companies cutting the most jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Food/Beverage:

 

Professional Chef Reveals The Four Reasons She Loves Eating At McDonald's
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The Owner Of One Of Wall Street's Favorite Restaurants Sold A Russian Oligarch A $95,000 Truffle
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Fraud:

Conspiracy trial of Madoff employees set to open --- Prosecutors allege Madoff in 'love triangle'
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Implications for Banks as Madoff Litigation Grinds On
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Furniture:

Furniture Brands Chapter 11 Judge Cuts Exec Bonuses
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Tobacco:

Judge denies side deal with Renegade assets
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Coal:

Coal companies to provide $400 million for mine workers' health care
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Alternative Energy:

New Litigation Trips Up Suntech, Trina, Yingli
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Bondholders Seek to Force Suntech Power Holdings Co. Into Bankruptcy Proceedings in U.S.
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Telecoms:

BlackBerry Seeks to Reassure Customers by Running Newspaper Ads
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Verizon wins heated OKC bankruptcy auction for Stelera assets
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Economy:

Senate Nears Deal on Debt, Shutdown --- The New Senate 'Deal' On The Shutdown And Debt Ceiling Seems Far From Certain To Pass The House --- Cruz: Don't Know if I'll Block Senate Vote --- Obama's Options on Default: Impeached If You Do, Impeached If You Don't --- Debt Ceiling Showdown: Default Threat Shrugged Off By Investors --- Hope Edges Out Anxiety on Wall St. --- Clearing Firms Gird for Treasury Default --- Dollar Downgraded as Standard Life Predicts Damage --- Central Banks Gaming Out U.S. Default as Deadline Nears --- Debt default fears haven't gone away yet --- Postponed: Meeting At White House Is Off, And It's A 'Good Thing' For Negotiations --- Debt ceiling crisis could leave millions in lurch --- US has defaulted at least twice --- Debt ceiling: Questions and Answers about the crisis --- Into The Land Of The Debt Ceiling Deniers --- For Many Hard-Liners, Debt Default Is the Goal --- Tea Party Overreach Splitting GOP --- How bad would a US default be? --- Debt default damage already unfolding --- Lew's Vow Not to Shift on Debt Limit Frustrates Republicans --- Q&A: What Happens If US Breaks Borrowing Limit? --- Facts About Debt And Deficits --- GOP Out of Touch with Spending and Deficits --- Two Weeks Of Government Shutdown Have Helped Erase Two Years Of Consumer Confidence Gains --- How Republicans weaponized the debt ceiling --- The Real Cost of the Government Crisis --- The Tricky Proposition of Hiring Furloughed Workers --- Here's The Last Day The Treasury Could Go Without Defaulting If No Debt Ceiling Deal Is Reached --- This Republican Congressman Wants To Put The US Through Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
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Goldman: Inequality is soaring
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Federal Reserve Balance Sheet to Hit $4 Trillion in Assets
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Corporate Cash Piles Up on Washington
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What Janet Yellen's New Fed Will Look Like
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NY Fed to Seal Documents in Examiner's Suit
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Why our nation isn't as divided as we think
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Who Will Actually Save the World Economy?
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5 Myths About US Manufacturing
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Fama, Shiller, Hansen Win 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics
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Aging America and Never Fully Retiring --- Most Americans expect to work during 'retirement,' poll finds
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U.S. Bill Supply at Eisenhower-Era Low Seen Bolstering Bonds
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Shoppers Stampede Walmart After Glitch Temporarily Lifts Food Stamp Spending Limits
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Robert Shiller's Devastating Takedown Of Housing As An Investment Will Have You Renting For The Rest Of Your Life
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SoCal Realtor: 'Serious' Homebuyers Have Finally Come Back To The Market
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Hokulia group will pay Hawaii County $20M instead of building bypass
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Reese Witherspoon Struggles to Sell Ojai Estate, Reduces Price From $10 Million to $5.9 Million
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Municipalities:

Detroit bankruptcy eligibility decision moves forward with hearings Tuesday --- Detroit to defend decision to file for bankruptcy in court today
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Detroit council unanimously rejects 30-year lease of Belle Isle to state, offers 10-year deal
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Under oath: What we learned from Rick Snyder, Andy Dillon and Rich Baird depositions
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Orr cuts Detroit retirees' health care benefits
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Snyder adviser explored legislation to help low-income Detroit pensioners, he testified
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Dan Gilbert blasts 60 Minute' Detroit piece as 'me too story of mostly ruin p---'
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Billionaire Owners And Millionaire Players Prosper In Bankrupt Detroit
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New York City lawyer relishes role as Masonic Temple's protector
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Homer the sloth gnaws at bankrupt Detroit as zoo becomes burden
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New Yorkers Say These Neighborhoods Have The Hottest Residents
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San Bernardino: Lavish pay, pensions led to bankruptcy
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Moody's lowers Stockton, Calif., pension bonds deeper into junk
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Sacramento County Selling Debt to Pay for Pensions
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Retailing:

Report: Macy's to open on Thanksgiving for the first time
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Banking:

Two Major Issues Are Spoiling The Party For Wall Street Bank Earnings This Quarter
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Aviation:

EU Commission says Italy needs to notify Alitalia bailout
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IAG Attacks Alitalia Rescue As Illegal
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Alitalia Shareholders To Vote On €500 Million Bailout Plan
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Alitalia Secures New Financing
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Alitalia shareholders agree to rescue package
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Alitalia Rescuers Seek to Sway Air France to Buy More Stock
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Brussels warns Alitalia on capital increase
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Obese Man Says Airline Made Him Book 2 Tickets, Then Gave Him Seats 2 Rows Apart
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New Seats Let Airlines Squeeze in More Passengers
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Doggone: Air Canada Faces International Outcry Over Its Response To Losing Dog
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Autos:

Chrysler trust VEBA values its share of company at $3.6 billion --- Fiat fails to get quick trial in Chrysler stake dispute
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U.S. Balks at Investors' Bid to Have GM Estate Pay Legal Fees
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Pharma:

Savient Pharmaceuticals files for bankruptcy protection
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (19 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (21 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:

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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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Cross-Border:

The Many Dimensions Of A Cross-Border Practice
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Litigation:

Technology Assisted Review Isn't Perfect, but It's Here to Stay
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Banking:

FDIC Statement Inveighs Against D&O Insurance Exclusions and Coverage for Civil Money Penalties.
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J.P. Morgan's Earnings Were So Terrible They Dragged Down The Entire S&P's Growth Rate
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JPMorgan Chase's political persecution
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Hero or Goat? Jamie Dimon Inspires No Consensus
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Enron:

Enron's August 2000 Ethics Guide Is Still A Jaw Dropping Read To This Day
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Brokers:

Corzine makes moves to lift $30M defense-fund cap
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MF Global Administrator: Corzine, Others' Defense Costs 'Exorbitant'
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Electricity:

Energy Future's Creditors Fail to Reach Restructuring Deal
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Creditors Squabble Over Utility's Future - Prospects for a 'Prearranged' Bankruptcy for Energy Future Holdings Are in Doubt
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Energy Future's Pre- Bankruptcy Talks Continue as Lender Leaves
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EFH creditors can't agree on reworking massive debt
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Energy Future creditors still at odds on bankruptcy talks: sources
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Opera:

No Merger, but New York City Opera to Sell Thrift Shop, Move Archives to Columbia
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Health Care:

Brooklyn hospital plagued by staffing woes
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Judge approves auction for former medical center
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Doctor Choice in Obamacare? Not so Much
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Tax:

Funds Say Downey Ruling Boosts Claim to Colonial Tax Refunds
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UK:

More zombies are stalking the land – but for how long?
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Bankruptcy emigration to Britain increasingly popular among Latvians
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PIIGS:

Court orders ex-All-Ireland hurler to appear in court over bankruptcy --- Sean Dunne's bid to overturn bankruptcy set for next month --- Judge orders arrest of former hurling star Codd --- Irish budget: More cuts expected despite bailout exit date
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Portugal considers debt exchange to ease funding burden
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Canada:

Limitation Periods Will Continue to Run During the Appeal of a Bankruptcy Order
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Argentina:

15 Crazy Things That Only Happen In Argentina
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Australia:

ASX urges stricter director checks
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Denmark:

Unexpected bankruptcy leaves travelers scrambling for other options
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Brazil:

Mubadala, Trafigura win control of Batista port in $996 mln deal
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Brazil's OGX Seeks to Preserve Fields While Seeking Debt Solution
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Brazil BNDES to Extend $253 Million OSX Loan for 30 Days, Source Says
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