February 19, 2014

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Law:

Ouch: The Law Schools With The Biggest Drops In Enrollment Since 2010
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Ruling May Curb Mobility of Lawyers at Struggling Firms
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Report About Spying on Law Firm to Get Spotlight in Congress --- Mayer Brown was reportedly spied on by NSA ally; law firm says it wasn't subject of alleged scrutiny --- Mayer Brown Balks at Idea It Was Spied on by U.S. Ally It Once Advised
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Cadwalader's Partial Win on Malpractice: Business of Law
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Fordham University Apologizes After Offensive Email Sent To Entire Law School
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Bernstein Shur Welcomes Will Hueske and Tim McKeon to Bankruptcy Practice
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Professor Writes Poem About Plight of Legal-Writing Instructors
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Beyond Biglaw: Mediation Matters (Part 2)
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Will ‘Tiny Law’ Replace Solos And Small Law Firms?
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Negotiating your next deal: It's okay to, literally, sweat it
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Carlton Fields Revenue Up 3 Percent, Net Income Flat
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George Zimmerman: I’m Homeless & Broke
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Everything We Know About The iPhone 6
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Retired bankruptcy lawyer killed by mailbox bomb helped defend son-in-law in earlier arson case
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Cops: Shopper assaulted supermarket worker with pair of steaks
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Homeless man caught in law firm said he had been sneaking in since October
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Fraudster fakes superhuman powers to rob victims
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Security Camera Catches A Man Trying To Murder His Girlfriend By Shoving Her Down A Manhole
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Legal Luminary’s Daughter Appears N----
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Chevron Rewards Survivors of Fracking Explosion With Pizza Coupon
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How I Went From Being An Entitled Kid In Seattle To A Drug Kingpin
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Judges:

Lehman Bankruptcy Judge Peck to Join Morrison & Foerster
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Bankruptcy Judge Pamela Pepper Recommended For Federal District Court Position
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Ad campaign supports SCOTUS cameras
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Scalia criticizes Chicago pizza, but skirts question of American 'tipping point'
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Posner questions basis for ‘archaic’ hearsay rule, proposes flexible approach
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Justice Accuses Colleagues Of Lying And Falsifying The Record
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Federal District Judge Charged With DWI
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Wall Street:

US Stock -Index Futures Little Changed Before Housing Report
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S&P 500, Nasdaq close higher
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The Story Of How A Reporter Got Busted Crashing A Super-Secretive Wall Street Fraternity Party
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Banker Arrested For Allegedly Hitting A Guy With A Beer Bottle In An NYC Nightclub
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Layoffs:

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

Failed Bank D&O Litigation, Trends, and Economics
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Unofficial Problem Bank list declines to 586 Institutions
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Fed wants to tighten regulation on largest US, foreign banks --- Fed issues tough final capital rule for foreign banks
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Europe's Banks Fret About Stress Tests
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Olympics:

Who Said Sochi Athletes Don’t Have Money Woes?
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Credit Cards:

Capital One's new contract: We can visit your home or work any time
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Mass Torts:

Freedom Paid Millions to Leaders, Related Companies Before Spill, Bankruptcy
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Payments to Firm's Former Owners Face Scrutiny After West Virginia Spill
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Cincinnati law firm to represent W.Va. chemical company creditors
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Uranium:

U.S. to announce $6.5 billion loan deal for Southern Co nuclear plant
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Economy:

Empire State Manufacturing Plunges
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Household Debt Service Ratio at lowest level in 30+ years
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Household borrowing picks up as economy recovers
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Consumer Debt Rises: That's Good and Bad News
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Real Household Debt down 17% from Peak, Real Mortgage Debt down 21%
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Economist: Here's Why We're Permanently Doomed To Have Slow Growth
(DBN)

5 Things to Know about Incoming Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester
(DBN)

U.S. Population by Age and Distribution, 1900 through 2060
(DBN)

The U.S. Middle Class Is Turning Proletarian
(DBN)

Income Gap Between College, HS Grads Grows
(DBN)

Summers Says Closing Tax Loopholes Would Help Curb Inequality
(DBN)

Summers: US faces a 'Downton Abbey' economy
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Young Adults Living at Home Less Likely to Be "Thriving"
(DBN)

Report: A Minimum Wage Increase Would Kill 500,000 Jobs — But Lift 16.5 Million People's Incomes
(DBN)

5 Takeaways From the CBO Minimum Wage Report
(DBN)

5 years on, how did Obama stimulus fare?
(DBN)

Fog over economy unlikely to lift soon
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Worsening U.S. Divorce Rate Points to Improving Economy
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Homebuilder Confidence Plunges --- Darker US homebuilder mood not just due to bad weather
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Delinquent Property Tax Sales (Again): “Reasonably Equivalent Value” – No Way, No How
(DBN)

Chicago Spire developer in deal to get $1 million in Related Cos. financing
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MBA: Mortgage Purchase Index lowest Since September 2011
(DBN)

The Bust And Recovery Of California's Inland Empire
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Here's How Much Money You Must Earn To Buy A Home In 25 Big US Cities
(DBN)

New Foreclosure Case Analyses Standing and Tangible Net Benefit
(DBN)

How Ralph Nader learned to love Fannie and Freddie | Bethany McLean
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Federal judge rejects Port Tampa Bay’s Channelside bid
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Municipalities:

Dispute between bondholders, Detroit reaches bankruptcy court today
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Detroit readying blueprint for bankruptcy exit
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Detroit's Bankruptcy Is Reducing Crime, Says Charlie LeDuff
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Detroit Ruin, Street by Forlorn Street
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Detroit privatizes trash collection
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The Most Disturbing Thing You Will See All Day
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Mo. agency to oversee school district's finances
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Stockton City Manager Has Plan To Pull City Out Of Financial Rut
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Cradle-to-grave debt load leaves no Chicagoan free
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Fraud:

The Fight Between HP And Autonomy Over Alleged Fraud Gets Uglier --- HP execs were aware of Autonomy's loss-making hardware sales
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Madoff trial surprise: Defendant takes stand --- Ex-Bernard Madoff Employee Testifies He Didn't Know About Ponzi --- Madoff big insists he was fleeced like the rest of us --- Bernie Madoff, conned key workers, investors all the same, ex-operations chief tells jury --- Madoff's public respect, 'generous, kind' side made his lies easy to believe
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Ex- Madoff Employee: 'He's a Terribly Ill Man'
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' Madoff always seemed to have the right answers' - ex-employee
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Finance:

Microfinance Has Been A Huge Disappointment Around The World
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Personal Finance:

Trade In Your Smartphone!
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Record number of couples committing financial infidelity
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Health Care:

WMC takeover of SFH wins kudos
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Want to see a doctor? Be prepared to wait
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States take advantage of Obamacare loophole to pass on huge inmate health costs
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Retailing:

Sad Photos Of Deserted Sears Stores
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(4 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 (32 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:

(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:

Distressed Company Watch List
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Labor:

Worker Representation in Bankruptcy
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Union-Hater 'Joe The Plumber' Just Got A Union Job At Chrysler
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TBTF:

Resolution of Systemically Important Financial Institutions: The Single Point of Entry Strategy - Sheila Bair: Firms not bankruptcy-ready
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McConnell's Tea Party Challenger Loved TARP
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The Stimulus Anniversary
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Health Care:

Gilbert Hospital Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
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Court Approves Sale of St. Francis Hospital Assets to Westchester Medical Center
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Medical Bankruptcies are Still a Problem, Here's What to Expect
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Alternative Energy:

Delaware judge approves Fisker sale
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Student Debt:

Student Debt is Terrible, in Charts
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Food/Beverage:

Quantum Foods Files for Bankruptcy ; Company Finalizing Sale
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Scalia, Ever The Originalist, Issues Dissent On Deep-Dish Pizza
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Tech:

Bitcoin Exchange Prices Plummet as Investors Brace for Bankruptcy
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Religion:

Archdiocese plan morally bankrupt
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Los Angeles: Archdiocese to settle priest abuse cases for $13M
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Celebs:

Lisa Vanderpump Asks Brandi Glanville to Retract Bankruptcy Rumors... Again
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Real Housewife of New Jersey Still Trying To Get Out Of Trouble With The Law
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Josh Peck Will Not Help Drake Bell With His Money Woes
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Secret-Sharing App Claims Gwyneth Paltrow Is Cheating with Lawyer
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UK:

UK firms to slow hiring, tackle weak productivity: survey
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London banks are getting around pay limits by calling bonuses "allowances"
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Insolvency practitioners to be prevented from charging by the hour
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Business be wary, despite positive indicators
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PIIGS:

Troika to return to Greece later this week: Eurogroup head --- Greek 2013 fiscal outcome may be better than expected: EU's Rehn --- Greece sticks to plan for bond sale in second half of 2014: government official --- Greece Just Posted Its First Current Account Surplus In History
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Canada:

Court Terminates Director’s Charge and Refuses to Grant All-Encompassing Releases to Monitor and CRO
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Public learns Bixi lost $6.5 million in 2012
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Iceland:

Shunning creditors, Iceland goes it alone as economy rebounds
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China:

“A large portion of China’s $1.8 trillion in trust products may be headed for default this year”
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Brazil:

Batista Dines With Nadal as IMX Venture Comforts Partners
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Kazakhstan:

Kazakhstan denies bankruptcy reports of country's banks
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