May 7, 2014

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

ABA Joins Battle Over Dead Law Firm Profits
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Howrey Trustee Cuts $4.2 Million Deal With Ex-Partners
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Biglaw’s Eroding Edge (Part 2)
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America's Taxpayers Are Footing The Bill For Massively Overpriced Law Schools
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As Law Schools Recover, Online Learning Part Of The Equation
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Again With The Law School Rankings: Winners, Losers, Critics, And U.S. News
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Summer Associate Trivia Showdown
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Former Detroit mayor Dennis Archer to lead law school financing task force
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Competitive Intelligence & Law Firms: An Integral Part of the Legal Business
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Law School Has 3L Football Agent? Yes, One More Law Grad Employed In A ‘JD Advantage’ Position!
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For America’s Oldest Law Firm, Longevity is a Selling Point
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Do Girls Like Guys In T14 Law Schools?
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That signature moment - Can your paralegal ethically sign for you?
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Apple P--- Guy Wants To Marry His P--- Filled Computer — Let’s All Laugh At His Motion
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Shocking Testimony! Literally — Lawyer Administers 750-Volt Shock To Witness
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Donald Sterling Goes Law Firm Shopping
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More girls abducted by militants for attending school --- Girl Describes School Kidnapping — 276 Of Her Classmates Are Still Missing
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Cops: Wedding couple are caught having s-- on church lawn
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Drunk Woman Busted Having Sex on Flight that her Parents Were Also On
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Pistorius Accused Of Making Sinister Remark To Witness
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Judges:

Remembering Bankruptcy Judge Larry Kelly
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New phrase in hiring SCOTUS clerks: the "Full Kagan"
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Nearly All Of The Biggest Supreme Court Decisions Are Upcoming Business Cases
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Wall Street:

U.S. Stock -Index Futures Little Changed
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Wall St. falls in broad selloff
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Layoffs:

 

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

Nortel’s Hush-Hush $7.3 Billion Court Fight
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Photography:

Calumet Photographic Sold to C&A Marketing
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Walleye Technologies, maker of a camera that sees through walls, files for bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Bujak federal trial set to start
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Bujak: Rolex was a victim of divorce
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Mass Torts:

Secrecy Crumbling As Judge Gives Ford, Insurers Access To Asbestos Files
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NECC seeks $100M bankruptcy deal after meningitis outbreak
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Religion:

Milwaukee Archdiocese cemetery trust bankruptcy case arguments on June
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Post-discharge sex abuse suit filed against Portland church
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Archbishop Says the Vatican Has Punished Thousands of Priests
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Private Equity:

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Conclusion that PE Funds are Potentially Liable for Pension Obligations of Portfolio Companies
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Celebs:

Teresa Giudice Trial 2014: 'Real Housewives' Star's Legal Team 'Pleased' After Mortgage Fraud Civil Case Dismissed?
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Manholes:

GSE May Borrow Up To $35 Million in Bankruptcy Financing
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Gambling:

Are Caesars' Debt Holders Being Dealt a Losing Hand?
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Fraud:

Madoff Victims To Be Reimbursed $12B Total
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Company run by accused West Roxbury Ponzi mastermind files for bankruptcy
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3 new pleas linked to ex-law firm chief serving 50 years in $1.2B swindle; 20th conviction now looms
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Education:

McDonald Hopkins issues alert on the looming financial crisis facing Higher Education
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Pharma:

Morrisville pharma files Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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Economy:

US trade deficit narrows, but not enough to help GDP
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Capital Goods Trade Is Firmly in Deficit
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Millionaires' Poll: Raise Our Taxes
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New Report Finds Climate Change Already Having Broad Impact --- Harming Economy
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What Tim Geithner Got Wrong - Choosing banks over people
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7 Ways Rich People Think Differently Than The Rest Of Us
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How Super Rich Families Blow Their Wealth
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Facts That Summarize The World We Live In Now
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Pimco's bad bets add to firm's troubles
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Higher Gasoline Prices Coming
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Landlord Lease Claims: Avoiding the Statutory Cap – Round 2
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Reality Check on Housing
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Florida Real Estate Developer Indicted in $6.2 Million Fraud Scheme
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Roy Black Says He Never Represented Worldcenter Developer, Just Friendly Advice Before A Bankruptcy Deposition
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Judge asked to reject August Wilson Center sale
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Bill Ackman's Presentation On How You Can Make An Insane 1,000% Return Betting On Fannie Mae
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2 lawyers among 6 charged in $30M mortgage fraud conspiracy
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Municipalities:

Michigan would send $195M to Detroit - not $350M - under lump sum bankruptcy settlement option
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Detroit vote: Key to comeback
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Detroit heads to confirmation
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Detroit bankruptcy vote hinges on creditors' homework
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Bankruptcy: Bad News for Bond Insurers
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Michigan appoints special committee to deal with Detroit bankruptcy legislation
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Michigan House committee to consider state money for Detroit
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Detroit Bonds Lead Seven Moody’s-Rated Municipal Defaults in ’13
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Snyder, Orr obstruct scrutiny of PA 436
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Lawmakers split on upfront payment to help settle Detroit bankruptcy
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A new chance for Lansing to do the right thing for Detroit
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Report: Ex-Detroit council president working as a waiter in New York
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Dave Bing reflects on life as Mayor and making difficult decisions as city headed toward bankruptcy
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Detroit bankruptcy plan moves ahead; more cities facing fiscal crises: Richard Ravitch
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Is Your City Drowning in Debt?
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Retailing:

Office Depot to close 400 US stores, shares jump
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Stores Face the Retail Plague, Close Doors in 2014
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Coldwater Creek Begins Liquidation With Hilco, Gordon Deal
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Telecoms:

Judge to Rule Thursday on LightSquared Plan, Ergen Trial
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Ergen Seeks To Sink LightSquared Bankruptcy Plan
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LightSquared lawyer discredits Ergen testimony
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Compensation:

Apple Grants New Retail Chief Ahrendts Stock Worth $68.1 Million
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Corporate Reform:

Morgan Stanley CEO says bankers' bad judgment was not a crime
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The Difficult Task of Criminally Charging Big Banks
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Autos:

Another GM recall?! Now it's the transmission...
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GM offers employee pricing to owners of recalled cars
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Wiesmann Factory Closed: Employees Quit and Repairs Are no Longer Possible
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CA: Bill Wants to Tax Drivers by the Mile
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Healthcare:

Pauls Valley: A season of healing for hospital
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Four Bidders Are Finalists for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II
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Student Debt:

You Can Get Student Loans Forgiven in Bankruptcy, but It's Far From Easy
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The Little-Known Student Loan Bait & Switch
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Aviation:

American Employees Locked Out of 401K Plans
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 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:

April Commercial Bankruptcies Decrease 24% Y/Y
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Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Privilege:

New ruling denying privilege to defunct businesses challenged
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Avoidance Actions:

Judge Rules for FPL in Adelphia Clawback Suit
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Safe Harbors:

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses District Court, Follows Trend of Applying Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbors Literally and Expansively
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Cross-Border:

Jurisdictional limits on recognition of foreign non-debtor releases
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DIP Finance:

James River creditor panel objects to ‘extraordinarily expensive’ debtor-in-possession loan
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TBTF:

Washington delays big banks from writing wills before a collapse
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Banking:

HSBC profits hit by fall in investment banking revenue
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Video Games:

RI's probe into 38 Studios loan expanding
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Official won't testify in Schilling case
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Debt Collection:

How New York Collection Lawsuits Will Get Harder For Debt Buyers
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UK:

Ahmad loses cash freeze bid as judge rules out Rangers insolvency
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Construction administrations down 19% in year to Q1 2014
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PIIGS:

Dunnes win planning to build $22m Manhattan property
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Dunne seeks protocol for his dual Irish-US bankruptcy
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Canada:

Women's clothing retailer Jacob files for bankruptcy, set to close 92 stores
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Equitable Subordination in Canada — Waiting for the Right Facts
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France:

Hollande Promises to Turn Around Economy With Tax Cuts
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Schneider Electric to unveil French restructuring in June
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Ukraine:

Border Getting More Tense --- U.S. Trade With Russia Grows in March Despite Ukraine Crisis --- Ukraine: 34 Dead, Mostly Insurgents --- Both sides bury dead as Ukraine slides towards war --- SocGen writedown on Russia unit
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China:

China Doesn’t Want Its Economy to Be No. 1
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Brazil:

Aralco Bondholders Said Preparing Bid to Avert Chapter 11
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South Africa:

New policy on the appointment of insolvency practitioners – could this be a turning point in the South African insolvency industry?
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New Zealand:

The New Giant - plotting the course between Admiralty and cross border insolvency rules
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Hong Kong:

HK to Amend Bankruptcy Ordinance
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MENA:

The Sultan Of Brunei Just Imposed A Draconian Set Of Laws — Here's What They Mean
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Iceland:

Biggest Icelandic Mortgage Bank to Be Wound Down Amid Losses
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