December 29, 2014

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Law:

Associate Bonus Watch: More Market Matches
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Business of Law
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What Could Disrupt Diversity in Law? The Economy, Stupid.
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Four Lessons from Latham Chair's Remarkable 20-Year Run
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Enrollment Declines at Washington, D.C. Law Schools: A Tale of Two Cities
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Law School Intentionally Cuts Enrollment by 36%
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ATL Holiday Card Contest: The Finalists!
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7 Stress Management Tips For Busy Biglaw Attorneys
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How to Spend Time with Non-Lawyers During the Holidays
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U.S. often had more lawyers than demand required
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Getting Away from the $1000-an-Hour Lawyer Syndrome
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70% Of People Don't Know How To Give A Proper Handshake — Here's How
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How to protect your new gadget
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Partners Who Could Be On Way Out - 5 Red Flags
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23 Incredible Benefits Of Getting More Sleep
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TX: Lawyer Faces Arraignment for Aggravated Assault
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Thousands gather in NY for shot police officer's funeral
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Ferguson, Missouri's Police Spokesman Has Been Suspended After Calling The Michael Brown Memorial A 'Pile Of Trash'
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Say What?!
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Judges:

MI: Blind judge makes history
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Wall Street:

Wall Street set to take a breather after record gains --- Stock futures edge lower, still close to record index highs
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Wall Street quietly breaks more records
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Blackrock: Accounting Trickery Has Boosted S&P 500 Profits By 86%
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Stock swings may signal bull run is in its last throes
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President Obama Made One Of History's Greatest Stock Market Calls
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How you could have turned $1,000 into billions of dollars by perfectly trading the S&P 500 in 2014
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Layoffs:

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Strengthens as Libya Conflict Offers Relief From Glut
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Crude oil falls again, loses 4.2% for week
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Oil Jobs Squeezed as Prices Plummet
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Oil price collapse stokes financial crises in producing countries
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OPEC's comedy routine
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Energy Sector Share Of Economy, Markets
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Environmental:

Bankrupt Exide Fields New Pollution Lawsuit
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Celebs:

Reality Star Teresa Giudice Reportedly Panicking, Looking for Temporary Housing for her Girls Before Going to Prison For Bankruptcy Fraud
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Teresa Giudice Attends Daughter Gia's 3TK Holiday Concert Days Before Prison Sentence Begins
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How Teresa Giudice Is Spending Her Last Days Before Prison
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Mark Cuban: Here's The Hardest Part Of Being A Billionaire
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Michael Vick has almost paid off all 18 million of his restitution
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Obsession Phrases and Dating: The George Clooney & Amal Alamuddin Dates
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Autos:

GM's Mary Barra: Crisis manager of the year
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Is Saab defunct? Not at this dealership
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Coming Soon: Taxed for Every Mile You Drive
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Banking:

Unofficial Problem Bank list unchanged at 401 Institutions, Q4 2014 Transition Matrix
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Shipping:

Red October: OW Bunker Was on the Brink 3 Weeks Before Bankruptcy
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Education:

Innocent students exploited by some for-profit schools
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Gambling:

Revel Backup Buyer Wants Price Cut by $8.4 Million
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Student Debt:

I'm Really Screwed With These FFEL PLUS Loans My Parents Took Out
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Economy:

Wage stagnation puts the squeeze on ordinary workers
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US bond sentiment is worst since disastrous '09 as Fed shifts
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21 States to Boost Minimum Wage in January
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The Ultra Wealthy Just Made $2 Trillion More
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White Americans who don’t finish high school have better job prospects than black Americans who go to college
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Consumer sentiment rises strongly from November
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The Economists Who Studied All-You-Can-Eat Buffets
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Goldman's Top Economist Just Answered The 8 Most Important Questions For 2015
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Small businesses signal growing economy, hiring more
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AP-Times Square poll: Feeling optimistic for 2015
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The Bizarre Fears Of The Super Rich
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Emerging-Market Distressed Debt Loss Worst Since 2008
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

The most competitive neighborhoods for homebuyers in 2014
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The cities with the largest homes
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Why this room is now a must-have home feature
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Morningstar: True cost of Ocwen settlement far exceeds $150 million
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Who Gets to Decide Whether a State is a Judicial Foreclosure State or a Non-Judicial Foreclosure State, Legislatures or the Mortgage Industry?
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Municipalities:

Detroit Homeowners Face New Test in Foreclosure Notices - County Set to Clamp Down on Delinquent Property Taxes
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Cellphones cut off, Ohio suburb weighs bankruptcy
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Some States See Budgets at Risk as Oil Price Falls
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Atlantic City eager for 2015 after its worst year
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Retailing:

Amazon Says 10 Million New Members Tried Prime This Holiday
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With Christmas Over, Millions of Gift Returns Begin - Purchases Boomerang Back to Retailers, Costing Them Dearly
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Retailers Save Discounts for Bargain Hunters
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Big discounts, crowds, return fraud expected with post-Christmas sales
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Shoppers' Late Rush Gives Hope to Retailers
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US looks into retirement plans for employees at RadioShack
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RadioShack faces a tough January
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Holiday sales buoyed by low gas prices, falling jobless rate
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Corporate Reform:

Can Wall Street reform survive 2015?
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Banks had to pay more fines in 2014 than ever before
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Opera:

New York City Opera's Name and Other Assets Attract Suitors
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Toll Roads:

Some Toll Road employees may land bankruptcy bonus
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Brokers:

Wall Street's Watchdog Doesn't Disclose All Regulatory Red Flags
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Television:

Aereo auctioning off its TV streaming tech assets
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Politics:

Elizabeth Warren: Can this scourge of Wall Street make it to the White House?
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Trucking:

El Paso high-tech guru's bankruptcy filing draws businessman's protest
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Tax:

Israeli Bank Leumi Admits Helping US Taxpayers to Hide Assets Offshore
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Agriculture:

Water Source for Almonds in California May Run Dry
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Coal:

Patriot Coal Idles Two Western Kentucky Mining Operations
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Personal Finance:

Cable TV, 9 more things not to pay for in 2015
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Apparel:

Cash-strapped American Apparel to ‘slash’ factory hours --- Lion Capital sends letter to American Apparel urging it to explore options: source
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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 (4 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (1 new filing 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)

St. John's University School of Law Now Offering Bankruptcy Reorganization CLE Online
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Aviation:

Airbus's Flagship Plane May Be Too Big To Be Profitable
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Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer
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Why airlines bump passengers, and what you can do about it
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AirAsia Flight to Singapore Missing --- Here's all we know about the Indonesian Airbus 320 --- AirAsia has little margin for error in crisis over missing jet --- Here’s how AirAsia’s CEO is handling his airline’s first major crisis --- Objects Spotted During Sea Search Are Not From The Missing AirAsia Plane --- AirAsia Once Bragged That Its Pilots Would Never Lose A Plane --- Official: Missing AirAsia jet likely at 'bottom of the sea' --- AirAsia shares drop after jet disappears
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Kingfisher Airlines' flying permit to expire on Dec 31
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This Has Been A Historically Bad Year For Malaysian Air Travel
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Russian Airlines Are Taking A Major Hit From The Ruble Collapse
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Debt Collection:

Feds bar companies’ long-distance lawsuits against soldiers
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Sovereigns:

'Vultures' win NY ruling on assets
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'Argentina is capable of paying all of its creditors'
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In the Case of Vultures v. Deadbeats, the Market is Winning
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UK:

Billionaire Scot Young 'left mental health facility' hours before death
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The Reason City Link Went Bust On Christmas Day --- Xmas Day redundancies? This firm did it --- Union tells of “truly horrific” mismanagement at City Link --- City Link collapse 'not mishandled'
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Royal Mail, DX Snubbed City Link Rescue Deal
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Serious Fraud Office targets JJB boss Chris Ronnie as a 'lifestyle criminal'
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UK retail sector expands by over 7%
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PIIGS:

Sean Dunne and Ireland's most expensive home
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Greek stocks tank as early election looms
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Here's Why Monday's Greek Vote Matters --- Greece Crashes After Crucial Vote Fails --- Greek Assets Sell Off Sharply --- Greece Fears New Financial Crisis --- Euro Is 0.2% From Two-Year Low as Greece Faces Early Elections
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Goldman Sachs may seek remedies on Banco Espirito Santo decision --- Novo Banco Has Four Potential Buyers - But Sale Price Unlikely to Cover Bailout Costs
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Russia:

Russia forecasts economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds
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Russia's Finance Minister Says The Economy Could Shrink By 4% Next Year
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Russian Economy Contracted in November for First Time Since 2009
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Russia forecasts economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds
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Russia empties the vault to prop up the ruble
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Russian Banks Warm to Shariah as Crisis Looms
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Putin is trying to save Russia’s economy with one weird trick
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China:

China's Nov industrial profits suffer sharpest fall in 27 months
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China factories kept open to give illusion of prosperity
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Zombie Bond Cleanup Seen as Priority by Brokerages
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Ukraine:

Putin Just Made A "Goodwill Gesture" To Ukraine
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Ukraine's parliament approves austerity laws needed for draft budget
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Japan:

The 94% Plunge That Shows Abenomics Is Losing Global Investors
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MENA:

US court directs Arcapita creditors to file claims
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