April 16, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Jewel Risks In Lateral Partner Hiring
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7 Thoughts About The Lateral Hiring Process
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Profit Pressure Prompting Firm Leaders to Swing Ax
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Bankruptcy Lawyer Calls Niche Practice 'Misunderstood'
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Bankruptcy Attorneys Mikel Bistrow and Christopher Celentino Join Ballard Spahr
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Will Work for ... Well, Anything at This Point
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Fitzpatrick Cella reorganizes staff, confirms ‘associate attrition’
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Nixon Peabody lays off 38 staffers
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Beyond Biglaw: Family Time
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Brown Rudnick rescinds offers to 10 associates, cites declining client demand for first-year lawyers
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Sea Change - A recruiter’s perspective on hiring in the Texas legal market
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UK: Law graduate salaries plummet by 17%
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Yet Another Law School Is Offering Buyouts To Its Tenured Professors
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Law Professor Outraged By Plan To Use His Raise To Fund Jobs For Unemployed Graduates
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Wherein Black People Have To Go To School With Confederates
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Yet Another Defense Of Law Schools (Yawn)
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How The Flori-duh Bar Screwed Up Your Exam Results
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Exploring Alternatives - Today’s job market is tough, but there are options
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Firm Challenges Venue of Jacoby Bankruptcy Petition
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Judge Allows Class Action Against Dewey to Proceed
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DA Taps Dewey Prosecutor To Be Tax Crimes Chief
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Business of Law
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Three Good Reasons Why Even the Most Cutthroat Lawyers Should Want to Cooperate
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Review: Cloak -- automatic VPN for privacy on public Wi-Fi
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Jersey Boys And The Book Of Mormon
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Blast You, Elle Woods!
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Taxi driver films himself rebuffing lawyer’s sexual advances — litigation ensues
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Rare ‘Perry Mason’ moment in court wins dismissal for defendant, desk duty for 5 police officers
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Defendant wins mistrial after prosecutor’s claim that he tried to run her down is disproven
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Couple stole car, drove it to courthouse to get to hearing, police say
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9th Circuit affirms lawyer’s conviction for attempting to extort rabbi by threat of court testimony
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Man gets jail time and a big bill for urinating on Alamo
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Driver hits a basketball star’s SUV, and asks for an autograph
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Cops go undercover in Amish garb
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The 10 Most Wanted Fugitives In America
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Memorial Event For Judge Tuohey
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Lawyer is tossed out of court for wearing shorts after knee surgery
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Because Those Dissents Won’t Write Themselves
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Climb
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Stocks close higher as volatility returns
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Layoffs:

Obama Announcing $600 Million US Job Training Initiative Today
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The 50 Best Employers In America
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The Best-Paying Companies In America
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Tax:

Some corporate tax loopholes to envy
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Yes, the IRS will negotiate, but you probably won't like the outcome
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Did you just overpay or underpay your taxes? Donald Rumsfeld has no idea.
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Food/Beverage:

10 Delicious Things You Can Make With Matzah
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Celebs:

'Chrisley Knows Best' Reality Show Cast: Todd's Creditors Heading to Bankruptcy Court Due To Owing Nearly One Million?
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Economy:

Yellen says Federal Reserve considering tougher rules for big banks
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NY Fed: Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates "business activity was flat" in April
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Manufacturing is doing great — but not for workers. Here’s what that means.
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CBO: Food Stamp Cost Could Fall by $24bn
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Food, housing costs rise sharply in March; overall inflation low
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Big Day For US Economics
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Key Inflation Measures Shows Slight Increase, but still Low in March
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Foreign purchases of US Treasuries highest since 2011
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Gallup: 52 Percent Of Americans Say Federal Income Taxes 'Too High' --- America's love/hate (but mostly hate) relationship with taxes, in 7 charts --- Who Will Pay More Tax for 2014?
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Ryan's Budget Facing GOP Resistance
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Where Income Growth Has Exploded In The Last 5 Years
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These Job Applicants Were Told They'd Be Paid Nothing If They Were Hired
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The problems of HFT, Joe Stiglitz edition
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Home-builder confidence steady but weak in April
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Lawler: Early Read on Existing Home Sales in March
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Southern California median home price jumped to $400,000 in March
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SoCal: March Home Sales down 14% Year-over-year, Conventional (Equity) Sales increase
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Housing Market Slow to Hit Its Spring Stride - Expected Growth Remains Sluggish as Supply Issues Persist
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American Homebuilders Are Running Out Of Land
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Port board: Don’t let Channelside plaza ‘slip through our fingers’
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The 22 Richest Neighborhoods In Silicon Valley
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Municipalities:

Retired police, firefighters reach deal with Detroit --- No pension cuts in deal reached with Detroit fire, police retirees --- Mediators say deal in Detroit bankruptcy means no pension cuts --- Smaller COLAs --- Pensions Deal Lifts Hopes --- The city's deal with pensions: At a glance
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Breaking Down the Deal: What the pension settlement is and means
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Chapter 9 turns page in Detroit, but remains far from closed
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Detroit's 'grand bargain' in Lansing's hands now
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Obama, Michigan in talks to free up $100M to aid Detroit pension deal --- Is Obama Riding To The Rescue For Detroit Pensioners?
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Duggan: More than 80% of Detroit parks will be regularly maintained
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High-Speed Trader’s Hockey Team Seeks Bond Bailout
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Stockton Council approves updated bankruptcy exit plan
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Christie says he 'will force conversation' on fixing state pensions
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Central Falls marks 1-year anniversary of end of state receivership
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The Most Abnormal States In America
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Best Cities And Neighborhoods For Millennials
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Fraud:

U.S. Attorney Mourns ‘Human Price’ of DBSI Convictions
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Citing SCOTUS, Judge Revives Madoff Feeder Fund Claims
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Lawyer involved in Miami’s NCAA case accused of ethics violations
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Massachusetts Regulators Allege TelexFREE Is $1 Billion Ponzi Scheme
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Banking:

Judge reopens 1st Mariner auction; National Penn says it will drop out
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RKJS wins bid for First Mariner after National Penn drops pursuit
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Credit Suisse Profits Down 34 Percent
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Fed chair Janet Yellen hints at more bank rules in the future
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Telecoms:

BlackBerry May Exit Devices Business If It Remains Unprofitable --- BlackBerry Reaffirms Its Roots As a Device Maker
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Currency:

Mt. Gox Files for Liquidation
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'Emergency Hearing' Could Lead to New Discoveries in Mt. Gox Case
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Defunct Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox Gives Up On Plan To Rebuild Itself
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Jackson man pleads not guilty in bankruptcy fraud
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Autos:

GM seeks bankruptcy ruling on its product liability protection --- The Motion
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GM to ask bankruptcy court for lawsuit protection
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GM's Barra: 'We know the world is watching'
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Hybrid Tech just made $65 million from bankrupt Fisker loan
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Coal:

Alpha Natural Debt Slumps With Coal Decline
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Hotels:

SW Boston wins key appeals court backing for W Hotel bankruptcy plan
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(9 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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (6 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:

Eleventh Circuit Holds That Trustee Cannot Recover Tax Payments IRS Already Refunded
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Chapter 12:

Tenth Circuit Solves Sec. 101(18)(A)’s Riddle and Gives the Definition of a Family Farmer
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Sales:

Fisker'd!!!11 - Free Lance-Star Court Caps Credit Bid
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TBTF:

Yellen says big banks may need more capital
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Examiners:

Gannon International’s bankruptcy is dismissed - Won't Pay Examiner
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Coal:

Coal Plunge Pushes Alpha Natural Creditors Toward Distress
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Retailing:

Private equity and retailers court each other
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Electricity:

Administrative Expenses: Are Electrons Movable So That Electricity Is a Good?
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Energy Future Misses 10-K Deadline as Credit Talks Go On --- Noose tightens
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Energy Future restructuring talks progressing, but slowly
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Media:

Judge Orders KSL's Long-Time Accountant To Testify - "A guy who knows where many of the proverbial bodies are buried"
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Lehman:

Banks Say Lehman Seeks Unfair Edge in 'Flip Clause' Fight
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Golf:

Forest Oaks Country Club ‘closed until further notice,’ ES2 S&L files for bankruptcy protection --- Forest Oaks Country Club closing stuns club members --- Former Wyndham Championship site closed
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Garland’s Eastern Hills sells for $4 million at bankruptcy
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Personal Finance:

How To Know If You're Saving Enough Money
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13 Resume Mistakes That Can Make You Look Unprofessional
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7 Beliefs About Your Job Search That Are All Wrong
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Mass Torts:

Insurer Wins Access to Evidence in Asbestos Case
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Healthcare:

Hospital closing roils North Adams
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Pensions:

Controversial Bridgewater report says most public pensions could fail
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UK:

Britain's jobless rate falls below 7% for first time in five years
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EU:

Key EU banking reform laws approved
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PIIGS:

Ireland Talks Up Economic Recovery --- Noonan still wants €2bn in budget cuts and taxes --- Ireland still facing one more austerity budget despite upturn --- Irish construction sees sharpest growth in eight years
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Former Italy PM Berlusconi To Serve Tax Fraud Sentence By Doing Community Service
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Spanish 'zombie' stock count rises to 13
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Ukraine:

Ukraine leader says anti-terror operation under way in Donetsk region --- Russia’s PM slams Ukraine’s interim leaders, says nation at brink of civil war --- Troops Enter Eastern Ukraine Town Bearing Russian And Separatist Flags --- Ukraine on the Verge of Major Armed Conflict
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Mexico:

Second Mexican Oil Company Accused of Defrauding Citigroup Unit
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Mexican judge cuts off payments to creditors of firm in fraud case
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China:

Chinese Economic Growth Continues To Slow
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Steelmaker Haixin facing debt crisis as chairman disappears
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