December 30, 2016

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Law:

Fraud Claims Against Arizona Summit Law School Tossed
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Editorial: 'Unconscionable' Leaders Hid Charlotte Law School's Problems To Keep Revenue Flowing; 'Catastrophic Fiasco May Destroy Lives Of Hundreds Of Innocent Students'
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Not Even Your Own Family Likes A Gunner
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Another State Adopts The Duty of Technology Competence
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Trial technology can be friend or foe: top traps to avoid
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21 everyday words you're probably mispronouncing
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Woman Beheaded For Shopping Alone
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Two Expelled Russian Diplomats Were On FBI Most Wanted List
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During Sabbatical, UC-Berkeley Professor Rented Home On 'The Airbnb For Academics' To Visiting Professor, Who Used California Law To Squat In Home Without Paying Rent
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Westin Builds Hotel Next To Music Center . . . Then Charges That Music Is A Nuisance
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Judges:

‘Orphaned’ Scalia Clerk Breaks His Silence On Finding A New Home With Justice Thomas
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Trump Press Secretary: No Timeline on SCOTUS Nominee
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Wall Street:

US stock futures point to positive end for 2016
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U.S. stocks close fractionally low
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Trump rally delivers solid 2016 results, and analysts see more gains ahead Why the US equity rally may peter out in the New Year
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Layoffs:

 

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

Struggling Sears is borrowing another $200 million from its CEO to stay afloat Sears Jumps After Lining Up $200 Million to Help Stay Afloat Sears , Kmart prepare for another round of store closures
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Limited Stores may be headed for bankruptcy : Report Limited closing stores at malls across the country
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Distressed Investing:

Diva of distressed debt finds two agreeable appellate judges
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Personal Finance:

Smart answers to 3 stupid interview questions
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11 habits that can make you lose respect at work
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8 terrible email sign-offs everyone should avoid
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Retailing:

GNC temporarily closes more than 4,000 stores to reset strategy
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Believe it or not, this could be the best holiday season in more than a decade
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Autos:

No Car Households Becoming More Common
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Politics:

Why Trump’s secretary of state pick shows up in leaked offshore documents Can Donald Trump Hire Ivanka Trump? The Insiders Already Cashing In on the Trump Presidency Americans ‘took Trump literally.’ That could hurt him. Donald Trump Says ‘Nobody Knows Exactly What’s Going On’ Because of Computers Trump says US will buy, hire American Trump will take credit for every job creation opportunity: George Trump Breaks His Silence Will Trump Face Immediate Impeachment? It’s President Trump versus candidate Trump on the big issues
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Democrats Have a Religion Problem
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What counties that flipped from Romney to Clinton have in common
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Russia's election hack is a serious threat to US democracy Lindsey Graham: 99 of 100 senators think Russia hackers targeted U.S. election
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Georgia GOP Senate candidate says his bankruptcy gives him economic insight
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Americans believe crazy, wrong things
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Tech:

BlackBerry Non-GAAP Sausage Couldn't Avoid The Cash Burn
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Economy:

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 265,000 Jobless claims tumble 10,000 US Labor Market Near Full Strength
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A plan to make America 1953 again
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Duy: Is The Fed About To Experience A Repeat of 2016?
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The Fed is ‘constrained by the rest of the world’: HSBC economist
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The words that show what Janet Yellen is thinking
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The Most Important Financial Charts of 2016
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What Economic Forecasters Got Right (and Wrong) in 2016
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New Year, New Worries: How Americans Feel About 2017
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The world today looks ominously like it did before World War I
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What RVs Say About the American Economy
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Trade war would disrupt markets in China, US, expert says
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It doesn't matter how many US jobs Trump 'saves' in the long run — we still have a giant problem
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Goldman Sachs describes two different Trump economies, so which is right?
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The best U.S. cities for job seekers in 2017
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NAFTA End May Cost Auto Industry Billions
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

NAR: Pending Home Sales Index decreased 2.5% in November, down 0.4% year-over-year
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Mortgage rates wander slightly higher to close out year
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These 5 Trends Will Shape the Housing Market in 2017
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As mortgage rates march higher, a few reasons not to panic
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Here are the least affordable places to buy a home in the U.S.
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Fannie Mae: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate increased in November Freddie Mac: Mortgage Serious Delinquency rate unchanged in November
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Serious Delinquency Rates for Single Family Homes Since 1998
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Municipalities:

Are U.S. Territories Now Junk? Puerto Rico Creates Ratings Rift
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Will 2017 Be Better for Atlantic City Than 2016 Was?
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Kankakee park district facing insolvency ; nearly whole staff laid off
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Troubled Dallas pension authorizes private equity investment
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Steven Rhodes ready to pass the baton as leader of Detroit schools
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San Bernardino Faces Its Post-Bankruptcy Future
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Oil/Gas:

The End Of The Oil And Gas Bankruptcy Wave
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US refiners export record amounts of gasoline, diesel
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Shale Spending Set to Soar
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Oil traders face 'big punishment' if OPEC doesn't deliver output cuts
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Energy firms improve outlook, despite OPEC doubts
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Oil settles lower after rise in U.S. crude inventories Oil Prices Steady After Slim Inventory Build
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Oil prices won’t soar in 2017, and OPEC is the reason
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Shale drillers to move cautiously as oil prices rise U.S. Shale Could Break The OPEC Deal Within Months
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Basic Energy emerges from bankruptcy with growth momentum
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Bonanza Creek Enters into Restructuring Support Agreement and Launches Solicitation of Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan
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Memorial Production Partners: The Limits Of Hedging
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Distressed Investing:

Does Trump Have a Secret Master Plan for Wilbur Ross? - We need a good distressed investment guy to buy up the distressed properties of the world economy
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Auto Racing:

Filing: IndyCar race CFO used finances as ‘piggy bank’
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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 (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (49 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Report: Oil Sector Bankruptcies Drop to Two-Year Low
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Mediation:

Five Lessons From A New Court Ruling: How a Mediated Settlement Creates Further Disputes
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Bankruptcy Research:

Research Looks at Implicit or Explicit Bias in the Bankruptcy System
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Chapter 12:

Chapter 12 Eligibility Requirements Construed Liberally in Favor of the Debtor
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Proofs of Claim:

Lack of “Scientific Certainty” Does Not Excuse Late Filing of a Proof of Claim
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Toll Roads:

They went bankrupt, but say tollway agency still demanded $26,000 in tolls and fees erased by court
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Coal:

Peabody extends debt deadline amid creditor support
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Outlook For Coal Unlikely To Improve
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Taxis:

New York Taxi Mogul Must Surrender 46 Cabs
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Healthcare:

More objections filed to Go Ye reorganization plan
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Autos:

Jenner & Block's Levin tapped as examiner for Transtar bankruptcy
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PIIGS:

Italy's bailout fund makes offer for small banks' bad loans: sources
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Bank of Italy says state to put up about 6.6 billion euros for Monte Paschi rescue
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Is Monte Dei Paschi's Bailout Enough To Save Investors?
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Canada:

Quigg files bankruptcy, leaving nine properties, $80+ million debt
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Japan:

Toshiba is 'burning cash at an alarming rate': Battered Toshiba out of easy options to plug nuclear hole, facing wipeout of equity
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Bahamas:

Baha Mar can't save Bahamas from credit downgrade Ex-Minister: Bahamas Is 'Nowhere Near' Junk
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India:

RBI raises red flag on bad loans
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South Korea:

Koreans at Risk of Defaulting on W80 Trillion of Debt
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