March 25, 2014

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Law:

Dewey & LeBoeuf Case Should Be Mostly Unsealed, D.A. Says
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Billing Survey Shows Rates Ticking Up as Demand Dips
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Higher-income kids were more likely to become lawyers than doctors, study finds
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ATL March Madness: The Worst Law School In America — Sweet Sixteen
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Curtis, Mallet Adds New Restructuring Partner
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Business of Law
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Outlook for Corporate Restructuring: Philip C. Dublin --- Lisa Donahue --- Richard A. Chesley --- Bob Caruso
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Dewey LeBoeuf Staff Indictments: Time For Law Firms to Have Whistle-blower Programs?
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LOL Cooley Law School
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Out-of-State Clients: An Expanding Worry for Law Practices
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10 Tips To Avoid Getting Stiffed By Your Clients
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No More Discounts
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Writing A Persuasive Online Bio
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A New iOS7 Feature May Be The Beginning of a Truly Connected World
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Have a Better Legal Career by Being Less of a Lawyer
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Former FBI Chief Robert Mueller Takes Job at WilmerHale
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Litigation Finance Is a Tangled Web: Just Ask Spider-Man
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Overhaul of NSA Data Collection Takes Shape --- Obama Is Proposing To End The NSA's Bulk Data Collection As We Know It
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'The Good Wife' Creators Write Letter To Fans After Last Night's Shocking Twist
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Man Receives $567K In Damages After Being Forced To Motorboat
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Fatal Attraction: Was The Biglaw Associate Accused Of Abuse Actually The Victim?
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Drug Busts Yielded Lots of (Pizza) Dough for Kansas Prosecutor
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Florida Woman Claims Police Made Her P--- on Her Lawn During Bust
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U. of Alabama Greeks Win Fight For Their Right to Be . . .
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Man Admits To Assaulting Wife After She Mocked His Mother’s Death By Repeatedly Singing “Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead”
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Little Kid Recites Every Bad Word He Knows
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Cops: Drunk Motorist Wearing Pants As Shirt When Found Passed Out At Wheel
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Old-fashioned bank robberies are declining
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Judges:

Justice Scalia Took Offense At This Question About Gay Rights
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Justices Won’t Rescue Delaware’s Confidential Arbitration
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U.S. Supreme Court to decide if a business has religious rights
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The ‘Nuclear Option’ Part Two?
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Judge Joe Brown Arrested and Jailed for Contempt of Court
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Wall Street:

US stock futures see quiet trade
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U.S. Stocks Decline --- Nasdaq skids 1.2%
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Layoffs:

Freelancers Piece Together a Living in the Temp Economy
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Aviation:

Compensation may push Malaysian Airlines to bankruptcy
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Malaysia Says Flight 370 Ended in Ocean --- Lives 'lost'; weather causes search suspension --- Here's How British Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down The Missing Malaysia Plane --- Finding The Missing Malaysia Jet's Black Box Will Now Be Insanely Difficult --- The Text Message Malaysia Airlines Sent To The Families Of The Lost Passengers --- An Australian Ship Is Close To Finding Possible Debris From Malaysia Plane
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How To Make Your Flight Attendant Like You
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Retailing:

Online auction set for Crestwood Court
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Wal-Mart Reveals How Poor Its Shoppers Are
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Celebs:

Curt Schilling drops the price of his Medfield home
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Food/Beverage:

North Carolina company buying NM peanut plant --- Judge to decide whether to reopen bidding on defunct New Mexico peanut butter plant
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Bankruptcy Filings Give Quiznos, Sbarro Chances to Change
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Opera:

Requiem for (Another) Opera Company
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Telecoms:

Dish Chief Offers Late Evidence In Dispute Over LightSquared
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LightSquared Seeks to Bar Ergen From Re-Opening Debt Trial
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Electricity:

Oncor the shining light during dark times at EFH
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Newspapers:

Judge hears evidence in FLS case
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Radio:

Clear Channel Boss Gets New Mist Tunnel as Company Inches Towards Bankruptcy
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Economy:

Fed unlikely to have significant losses as rates rise
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Fed's Williams sees no hint at earlier move --- San Francisco Fed's Williams Backpedals From Yellen Rate Hike Remark
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Plosser: 'Puzzled' by market reaction to statement
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Survey: Economists see US growth pickup this year
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Grantham: 'The Next Bust Will Be Unlike Any Other'
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Meet the 'hand-to-mouth' wealthy
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The Way Old People Spend Is Bad News For The Economy
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Stub Rent Debate Continues: Another Jurisdiction Adopts the Billing Date Approach
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How to Rescind a Mortgage Refinance? SCOTUS May Address Circuit Split
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Billy Joel Can't Sell His Beach House In The Hamptons
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The 15 Best Places To Rent If You Want To Raise A Family
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The Fastest-Growing Moving Destinations In America
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Municipalities:

Job alert: Detroit bankruptcy judge seeks municipal finance expert
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Detroit’s Orr Says Time for Bankruptcy Talks Running Out --- Detroit emergency manager wants bankruptcy plan confirmed by fall --- Orr: Creditors need to 'get serious'
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Kevyn Orr Confident of Detroit Rebound From Bankruptcy
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$120 million Detroit financing plan going to vote on Tuesday --- The Balloting: Preparing for 32k pensioner votes on the Plan of Adjustment
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Snyder, Orr discuss Detroit bankruptcy at policy forum
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What Detroit Wants From Washington
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Pressure's on Orr to close DIA fund deal
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Detroit to issue $150 mln in sewer bonds-report
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Detroit gets creative as it attempts to rebuild housing
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Snyder Continues To Press Obama On Detroit Immigration Plan
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Bankruptcy and Children: How Detroit’s youngest are faring and what they face
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California GOs Different – and Stronger – Than Detroit’s
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CA and MI: Different approaches to financial challenges
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Undertaker Mayor Says Connersville, Indiana, Will Cheat Death
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The US Cities Where The Poor Are The Most Segregated From Everyone Else
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Fraud:

Five Ex-Madoff Employees Found Guilty of Fraud
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Sentinel's Bloom Defrauded Clients, Prosecutor Tells Jurors
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Non-Profits:

Michael Lynch Foundation Draws on Restructuring Circles
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Mass Torts:

Asbestos claimants’ reps fight against unsealing of information in Garlock case
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Quebec police conclude criminal probe into deadly derailment
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Personal Finance:

13 Things Successful People Do During Their Lunch Hours
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Why You Should Stop Bragging About How Busy You Are
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The 19 Best Places For Men To Shop Online
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9 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Financial Aid For College
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Banking:

When Is a Bank Too Small to Stress Over?
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Regulator liquidates Parsons Pittsburgh Credit Union
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Gambling:

Money Centers of America files bankruptcy , fights tribe judgments
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Consumer Finance:

Payday-Lending Rules Near as US Agency Sees Debt Traps
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Tax:

Caterpillar Previews Tax Defense for Senate Offshore Hearing
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Corporate Reform:

SEC Is Probing Dealings by Banks and Companies in Loan Securities
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Waste:

Gregory Canyon bankruptcy dismissed
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Theme Parks:

Jury: Bankrupt water park gets no insurance
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Healthcare:

State to step in as Holyoke Geriatric Authority closes
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(6 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 (17 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (7 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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Equity:

Professor Kenneth N. Klee on the Supreme Court's Holding in Law v. Siegel
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Recharacterization:

Recent Supreme Court Decisions Do Not Preclude Recharacterization Of Debt To Equity
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Claims:

Non-Debtor Spouse Has Pre-Petition Claim Against Husband's Bankruptcy Estate
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Arbitration:

Enforcing international arbitration clauses in bankruptcy proceedings
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Recent Pleadings:

 

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Litigation:

What Draft Rule 37(e) Suggests for Evidence Spoliation
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Shipping:

Coast Guard works to reopen part of Houston Ship Channel
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Texas City oil spill affecting local economy
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Risk of Financial Distress in Container Shipping Industry Rises for Third Straight Year, Says AlixPartners Study
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Autos:

Did GM Commit Bankruptcy Fraud? --- Feds Probe GM Bankruptcy --- US Eyes Bankruptcy Link in GM Case
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New Details Emerge in GM Cobalt Recall - GM managers knew of ignition woes
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U.S. senator calls on DOJ to force GM compensation fund
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Chrysler Bankruptcy Decision Could Shield GM on Cobalt Claims
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Rep. Burgess: GM bankruptcy was not normal
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A Complete Guide To The Stunning GM Recall That May Be Linked To Over 300 Deaths
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Law firms join for big GM suit over recalled cars --- Litigation Mounting Over Alleged GM Ignition Defect
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GM misled grieving families on lethal car flaw
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G.M.'s Own Findings vs. Drivers' Experiences
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Sovereigns:

Argentina’s debt saga shows why we need a better way to deal with bankrupt countries
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Pari Passu VIPs and Mexico's CAC Gravitas
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UK:

Chris joins insolvency elite after qualifying as practitioner
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Aussie insolvency case invites UK Test
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Pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond to appoint administrators
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Troubled pawnbroker giant pulled plug on turnaround plan after investors backed out
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EU:

Europe's banks step up sales from $3 trillion "non-core" loans
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PIIGS:

One in five Irish mortgages is behind on payments --- ECB's Draghi: Irish Banks Face Issues
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Canada:

What bubble? Canadians have their mortgage covered, study shows
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Germany:

Prosecutors search German law firm in Deutsche Bank-Kirch case
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Ukraine:

Russian Economy Grinding To A Halt As Ukraine Crisis Takes Heavy Toll --- Russia braced for $70bn in outflows --- US, other powers kick Russia out of G8 --- Russia shrugs off threat --- Stocks slip as tensions with Russia simmer --- BNP Paribas says to cut 1,600 jobs in Ukraine --- German business optimism slips amid Ukraine crisis --- Wall Street wary of potential escalation in Ukraine --- NATO Chief: 'We Are Very Much Concerned About The Russian Military Build-Up Along The Borders Of Ukraine --- Ukraine FM: Chances of War Are Growing
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Brazil:

Brazil's Credit Rating Cut to BBB- by S&P on Sluggish Growth
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China:

Collapse Rumor Causes Customer Withdrawals And Panic At Small Chinese Bank
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China defaults are unnerving bond markets
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Short China Stocks to Win From Rising Defaults, Maglan Says
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