October 20, 2016

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Law:

Think higher billing rates are the key to higher law firm revenue? Think again, report says
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Time Capsule: The Original Am Law 50 From 1985
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Law Firms Are Resisters to Change, Says In-House Attorney
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Defunct Law Firm Sues Wells Fargo Over Foreclosure Work Defunct Zucker Goldberg Sues Wells Fargo Over Unpaid Fees
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Ex-Chadbourne Partner Discusses Decision to Join Gender Bias Suit
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A partner’s advice to aspiring female lawyers
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Women Law Students Are Pissed About The Biglaw Pay Disparity
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Bar Exam Passage Rates Continue To Plummet Across The Nation
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Twitter — The People’s Network — Remains Valuable For Lawyers
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Litigation Finance: What Lawyers Need To Know
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As Rates Soar, Some Firms Profit by Coming Down to Earth
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Do You Want To Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work?
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Seeking The Litigators’ Perspective On Litigation Finance
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Are You Unemployable?
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Bad habits that are hurting your productivity
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10 business-etiquette rules you're probably breaking without realizing it
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Kansas brief cites Dred Scott decision You Don’t See Dred Scott Cited Approvingly Everyday
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Judges:

Grassley: GOP can't 'stonewall' a Clinton Supreme Court pick Hatch, Lee say they would not back wholesale block of Clinton high court picks John McCain is right: Senate Republicans could block a Clinton Supreme Court nominee indefinitely
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Petition seeks ouster of judge who sentenced man to 60 days for s-- with 12-year-old daughter
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Versus Colin Kaepernick
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Fmr. Judge Arrested After Young Men Say They Performed S-- as ‘Community Service’
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Data on judges’ tendencies featured in new predictive analytics tool from Bloomberg Law
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Judge should be removed from office for ‘aggression and bigotry,’ state high court says
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Wall Street:

US stock futures in holding pattern after debate
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US stocks close higher, boosted by energy sector and Morgan Stanley
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Layoffs:

Harley-Davidson expects to lay off 5 percent of workforce, 225 jobs
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Electricity:

Homer City power plant fends off debt holders amid restructuring efforts
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Distressed Investing:

This Goldman Sachs trader made a killing on junk bonds
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Healthcare:

What it's like to use NHS as an American living in the UK
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Hedge Funds:

Platinum Partners' Flagship Hedge Fund Files for Bankruptcy Platinum Partners' hedge fund holding Norman Seabrook's $20M investment files for bankruptcy Platinum Partners the Latest Hedge Fund to Shut Down Portion of Operations
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Education:

Crack down on for-profit colleges? Front Burner
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The average University of Texas football player is now worth more than $670,000 per year
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Career Point College students wait on defunct college's next move
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Owner of Defunct For-Profit Charged With Illegal Closing
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Celebs:

Schilling Stunned Corso Not Charged Criminally, Says He Does Not Owe RI Apology
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Arenas:

Official: Yum! Center faces bankruptcy
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Debt Collection:

Creditors and Debt Collectors Should Pay Close Attention to the CFPB’s Consent Order with Navy Federal Credit Union
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Toll Roads:

The end of the road
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Private Texas Toll Road Goes Bankrupt
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Economy:

The Fed should let the economy run some more
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One of the Fed's Most Influential Officials Expects a Fed Rate Hike This Year
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Four Nations Are Winning the Global War for Talent
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Year-over-Year Change to U.S. Inflation Since 1990
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Don’t Break Out the Party Hats for the End of the Earnings Recession
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Social Security Taxes to Rise for Higher-Income Americans
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Yes, Ford is building plants in Mexico. No, it’s not cutting US jobs.
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Global Markets Stumble Into a High-Debt, Low-Investment 2017
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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:

Foreclosure: Failure to Timely Record Sale Deed (Oops)
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Home Construction Fell 9% in September
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Demand for Full Payment Does Not Accelerate Mortgage Maturity Date
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Borrowers Who Make Less Money Are Now Getting Jumbo Home Loans
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Why housing numbers are not as horrible as they look
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Municipalities:

Bankrupt California City Seeks to Fix Politics and Balance Sheet
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Oil/Gas:

Saudi oil minister says many non-OPEC countries will join deal to cap output
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Halliburton reports tiny profit as the oil bust begins to fizzle out
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Crude prices climb as U.S. stockpile falls Oil Prices Close To One Year Highs On Bullish Inventory Report
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Oil prices rise on signs crude inventories likely fell last week
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Exxon CEO Doesn’t See Supply Shortage Pushing Up Oil Prices
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The US Has Its Own Oil Curse
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No Near-Term Recovery For Offshore Rig Market
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Saudi Oil Boss Pushes Cuts And Warns Of Shortfalls
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Tervita Seeks US Protection To Finalize Canadian Restructure
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Why Oil Could Head Back To $90 Sooner Than Thought
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Politics:

Trump won’t commit to accepting result of election Trump's Claims of 'Rigged' Election Could Hurt His Own Campaign, Research Shows 'What authority do I have?': Trump's call for supporters to monitor 'rigged' election draws mix of confusion and concern Trump support during presidential debates being bolstered by social media bots, new research claims New report details Trump-inspired surge in anti-Semitism I’m a Republican election lawyer. Here's why the election can’t be rigged. Trump in 2013: We must 'leave borders behind' because future of US 'depends on a cohesive global economy' Donald Trump is making America more Russian by the day So Donald, Where’s the Lawsuit Against The New York Times? RNC members agree with Trump: It's rigged Confessions of a Trump Fact-Checker
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Marco Rubio Won’t Talk WikiLeaks, Warns Republicans to Do the Same
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Maybe Trump Won't Be Clinton's Biggest Problem There's a new “silent majority,” and it's voting for Hillary Clinton If Hillary Clinton wins, here’s what will happen next
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump gear up for Round 3 as their ugly race nears its finish There's something bizarre about how Clinton prepared to debate Trump AP FactCheck: Last Night's Debate Takeaways from Last Night's Debate
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Elizabeth Warren builds political capital — to what post-election end? ‘Put on your big-boy pants,’ Elizabeth Warren tells Donald Trump Elizabeth Warren Fires A Warning Shot At Hillary Clinton On Stock Market Regulation Same Old Rig-marole
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Maine Governor Predicts a Rigged Election
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Kansas senator defendant in lawsuits filed amid business bankruptcy
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Clinton, Trump both decline to embrace ‘grand bargain’ on entitlements
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‘Bad hombres’, ‘puppets’, and ‘nasty woman’: Blow by blow of the final Trump-Clinton debate
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Democracy in Decline: It Could Happen Here
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Turnarounds:

How liquidation can actually help a struggling business
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Chemicals:

Lyondell Hearing Raises Ghosts Of Ill-Fated Debt-Laden Merger
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Gambling:

Caesars unit close to deal with holdout creditor -lawyers
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US watchdog raises concern over Caesars creditor deal
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Skiing:

Mahwah company files Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to block foreclosure
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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 (12 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 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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Cross-Border:

Platinum Partners filed for chapter 15 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy court in Manhattan Liquidators seeks US bankruptcy for Platinum Partners' funds
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Standing:

Lenders to SPEs: Be Aware, You May Not Have Standing to Appeal a Substantive Consolidation Order
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Sales:

Profit-Sharing Clause Unenforceable in a Bankruptcy Lease Auction
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SCOTUS:

Supreme Court Watch 2016-2017 – Part I: Structured Dismissals and Insider Claims
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Engineering:

Engineering Firm Aricent Offers to Buy Filip Technologies
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Shipping:

Korean court embarks on package sale of STX Offshore
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ABG appoints investment bank to revive business; stock jumps 16%
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Hanjin alliance partners lose out with transpacific market share up for grabs
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Hundreds to Lose Their Jobs in Hanjin Shipping Bankruptcy
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Metals:

Aluminum company denied loan approval
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UK:

Sir Philip Green is 'sad and very, very, very sorry' over BHS collapse
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Britain could miss 2019 deadline of leaving the EU, Theresa May hints
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Brexit ‘Bad Losers’ Test Constitution And Judges’ Patience
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Hundreds of British lawyers register in Ireland
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The return of Turpin! – Validity of Administration Appointments by Directors and the Duomatic Principle
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EU:

Architect of the euro now says it is a house of cards
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PIIGS:

Greece Might Just Get a Boost From an Unlikely Source
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Greek debt relief will not lead to fourth bailout: Greek FinMin
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Canada:

The Bankrupt Barges of the Mackenzie River
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Shale industry adapting to survive OPEC price war
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MENA:

IMF welcomes UAE plan for bankruptcy law
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IMF says UAE plan for bankruptcy law will help lift growth in non-oil economy
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China:

China GDP Grows by 6.7% (Again)
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Brazil:

Oi bankruptcy spurs urgent talk of Brazil rule changes -official
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Oi May Part With PJT in Hunt for Brazilian Expertise, CEO Says
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Oi case speeding up Brazil rule changes that rivals endorse
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France:

Solocal Bonds Fall as Shareholders Reject Debt Restructuring
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