March 6, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Dewey Know Why Patton Boggs Is Consulting A Top Bankruptcy Lawyer?
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Dewey Finally Have Criminal Charges Against Former Leaders Of This Failed Firm? --- Criminal Charges Expected for 3 Former Dewey & LeBoeuf Executives --- Former Dewey law firm executives to be criminally charged -source
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Pope Francis, Turnaround Expert: What Patton Boggs can learn from him
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As The Weil Turns, Revenue And Profit Tumble
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Covington's Profits Per Partner Dip
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Always Be Hustling — Finding Clients
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Business of Law
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This Firm Is Cooler Than Your Firm
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Strategic Career Choices And (Yawn) Cover Letters
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Career Alternatives For Lawyers: Inherit Valuable Property
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How to Teach Law to Millennials
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Calling Document Review ‘Legal Work’ Was Just A Marketing Ploy, Says Boss
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BigLaw partner used his briefcase ‘as a weapon’ to bash opposing counsel, lawsuit says
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9 Tips And Tricks For Getting The Most Out Of LinkedIn's Apps
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3 Kinds Of Work Burnout And How To Avoid Them
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William And Nancy Styler Accused Of Murdering Socialite In Colorado Resort Town
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Ohio Woman Finds 8 Pounds Of Marijuana In Spare Tire Of New Car
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U.S. Seizes Largest Ever Embezzlement by Foreign Dictator
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Persuaded by pocket-dial recording of victim’s final minutes, jury convicts law graduate of murder
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Dad must pay half of his daughter’s law school expenses at Cornell, appeals court says
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Fuhgeddaboudit: New Jersey Judge Rules Against Teenager In Effort To Force Parents To Pay For College
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CIA under investigation for monitoring Senate
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The Price For Killing A Lawyer Is $1,000 (Plus Sex!)
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Mass. High Court: Subway Upskirt Photos Not Illegal
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Wal-Mart customer, angry with self-checkout machine, loses tooth in fight
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Judges:

Bankruptcy Judgeship Opportunity/Central District of California
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Judge Compliments Olympic Athlete’s Hair After He Bites His Lawyer
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Retired Bankruptcy Judge Joins Mediation Panel
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Prosecutors seek password for indicted judge’s personal computer
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Judge who officiated at lawyer’s wedding but didn’t go to reception can hear attorney’s cases
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Judge is removed from office for rude conduct, delayed dispositions and retaliation
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Judge in videotaped daughter beating loses seat
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Wall Street:

Futures climb amid lull in Ukraine turmoil
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Markets In Europe Are Up
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US close : Stocks flat, S&P 500 pauses at record after weak data
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Layoffs:

ADP: Mediocre job growth continues
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The 7-Step Guide To Switching Careers
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Pharma:

Bankrupt KV offers $12.8 million settlement of investor lawsuit

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Celebs:

Oksana Grigorieva -- It's Mel Gibson to the Rescue ... In Bankruptcy Case
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Michael Vick bounces back financially

NFL players learn a new skill: Avoid going broke

Joe Giudice, Wife Teresa Seek Staggered Sentence: 'We Have Children!'
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'Real Housewives of New Jersey's' Teresa Giudice Filmed Before and After Pleading Guilty Drama
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Retailing:

Hardwick Clothes clears hurdle

Judge sets new hearing in Village at Knapp's Crossing's tangled bankruptcy petition

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Trucks:

Navistar nearly out of gas in turnaround

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Brokers:

Stockbrokers Fail to Disclose Red Flags - Many prior bankruptcies --- How to Run a Background Check on Your Stockbroker
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Economy:

Yellen commits Fed to boost still-weak US economy

Companies in U.S. Added Fewer Jobs Than Forecast in February

Slump continues in services PMI --- 43-month low

Fed confirms weather-related drag on US economy in early 2014

Minimum Wage Boost Would Cut Food Stamp Tab by $4.6 Billion

Yellen Says Fed Still Missing Its Goals

Bill Gates Is $9 Billion Richer This Year, And Most Of His Wealth Is Not In Microsoft

'Secretive' woman named world's youngest billionaire

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Real Estate:

Wall Street Captivated By Fannie and Freddie

San Francisco Commercial Rents Are Getting Insane

Court Clears Release of ResCap Probe Interviews to Government

Man left with nothing when contractor clears out wrong apartment
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Lawyer gets one year in federal prison for his role in $14M mortgage fraud
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Municipalities:

Judge considers slight delay to Detroit bankruptcy timeline
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Bond insurer may oppose new deal to end Detroit swaps
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Detroit seeks quick trial on debt deal with banks

Detroit retirees, unions wary of debt deal with banks

Detroit bankruptcy judge criticizes liability insurance plan

Editorial: Will judge sign off on key settlement in Detroit's bankruptcy ? --- Third time a charm?: New pensions swaps deal scheduled for hearing

Could foundations be crossing a line in Detroit’s “grand bargain”?

Critics of Orr's bankruptcy -exit plan gather

3 Elite Grads Share Why They Moved To Detroit

No, Chinese buyers are NOT buying up Detroit

California Residents Go Ballistic Over L.A. Area School Superintendent's Ridiculous Salary

Puerto Rico warns of risks to bond buyers, including restructuring

Puerto Rico hires restructuring expert as financial adviser --- Hires Millstein Affiliate to Study Debt Load
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Gambling:

Why New Jersey’s Beautiful Revel Casino Is Struggling
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Editorial: Casino rule: When marry met silly
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Fraud:

Fraud On The Market: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in the Halliburton Case
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Former SAC Trader Mathew Martoma Just Lost His Stanford MBA

With billions at stake, U.S. court weighs Madoff clawback claims

A Legal Standoff in the Madoff Case

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Banking:

Former BankUnited Financial chairman's law firm to pay company’s bankruptcy estate

United Community Banks, Inc. Reports Warrant Purchase and Settlement of Potential Claims

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Tax:

House IRS Hearing Explodes Into Near-Chaos After Key Witness Refuses To Testify
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Personal Finance:

15 Ways To Travel The World For Free
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Compensation:w

Now It's Official. Big Company CEOs Just Aren't Worth What We Pay Them
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Food/Beverage:

Pizza chain Sbarro could file for bankruptcy by next week --- Sbarro Preparing to File for Bankruptcy Protection
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Auto Racing:

Trustee puts brakes on Speedway proposed sale: Final lap nearing?
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Corporate Governance:

Court Rules Houston Astros Cannot Strike Out Fiduciary Duties in Bankruptcy
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Autos:

Regulators Forced Ally's Hand on Unlawful Auto Lending Settlement
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Mass Torts:

Freedom wants an expert to help it wind down business
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How BP Decided to Fight the Deepwater Settlement
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Credit Cards:

Surprise! Many Credit Card Agreements Allow Repossession
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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 (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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:

February Bankruptcy Filings Decrease 12 Percent from Previous Year, Commercial Filings Fall 24 Percent
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Bankruptcies Rise 2 Consecutive Months

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Miscellaneous:

Business Restructuring + Insolvency Year-End Review 2013
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Safe Harbors:

Safe Harbor Provision in Section 546(e) Does Not Apply to State Fraudulent Transfer Laws
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Avoidance Actions:

Health Insurer to Bankruptcy Trustee: I’d Prefer You Not Avoid That Transfer

Bankruptcy Court Holds Junior Lienholder Liable for Payments Debtors Made to Senior Lienholder as Preferential Transfers
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Currency:

Mt. Gox's Bankruptcy Case Will Be Unlike Any Other

Recording Shows Mizuho Pushed to End Dealings With Mt. Gox

Mizuho to Mt . Gox : 'Close Your Account'

Bitcoin exchange CEO found dead in Singapore

Online sleuthing by Mt . Gox dispossessed throws up few clues

Why it's not just the hackers that killed the Mt . Gox bitcoin exchange

Plaintiffs in Suit Seek to Freeze Mt. Gox's US Assets

After Mt Gox: Bitconned

Winklevoss twins plan space trip, funded by Bitcoin

Bitcoin Holder Greene Asks Court to Freeze Mt. Gox Assets

Police probe suicide of virtual currency exchange CEO
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Healthcare:

Governor signs NRMC bankruptcy bill
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California Nursing Home Operator Files for Bankruptcy
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Sovereigns:

US backs Argentina in bank subpoena case over holdout creditors
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UK:

PwC pays Lehman creditors 100% return

Begbies Traynor remains on course
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Barclays: We paid bonuses to avoid 'death spiral’
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EU:

Euro zone economy expands faster-than-expected in February

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PIIGS:

Date finally set for David Drumm's bankruptcy trial --- Has Barroso had a change of heart on Irish banking debt?
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EU Sees 'Excessive' Imbalances in Italian Economy
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Argentina:

Supreme Court Revives $185 Million Award Versus Argentina

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Germany:

Germany's solar sell-off: picking up the remaining pieces
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Korea:

25 percent of Listed Korean Companies Facing Insolvency Risk
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Switzerland:

The Latest Legal News, Research and Legal Profiles - Who's Who Legal

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Ukraine:

Ukraine's economy wilts under crisis but rescue hopes rise --- EU ready to provide 11 bln euros of financial aid to Ukraine --- EU leaders to hold emergency summit on Ukraine crisis --- EBRD offers Ukraine 5 bln euro package, sticks with Russia --- State Department accuses Putin of lying on Ukraine --- Big power talks on Ukraine crisis make little progress --- Here Are The American Executives Who Are Working On Behalf Of Putin --- Vladimir Putin Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
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Want to Bet on Ukraine? You Better Know What You're Doing
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