April 14, 2017

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Law:

Choosing your law firm’s optimal markets
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Dean Of Struggling Law School Quits After Less Than A Month On The Job
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Kevin Finger Returns to Greenberg Traurig
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Legal experts say United should settle quickly with the passenger was dragged off the plane Lawyer for man dragged from plane sees lawsuit likelihood, wants to stop airline bullying
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Norton Rose Fulbright merger target mired in discrimination scandal
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How A Law Professor Sparked A Global Event To Demand Trump's Tax Returns The Quick And Easy Way To See Trump’s Tax Returns
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United Broke Its Contract With Frequent Flyers
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Is The Grass Any Greener On The Other Side? Reflections From An In-House Lawyer
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Boies Schiller Flexner merges with Caldwell Leslie & Proctor
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Florida Bar wants to regulate Avvo and other legal marketers. Will state Supreme Court allow it?
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Jeff Sessions and the Odds of Imprisoning Innocents
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Inmates build computers, tap prison network, apply for credit cards
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Clifford Chance partner caught with secretary in the office
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Associate prosecuted for allegedly ignoring entire case
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Oscar Winning Film 'Manchester By The Sea' Inspired Real Life Murder of Disabled Boy, DA Says
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Bill Cosby Loses Bid to Question Accuser
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Aaron Hernandez Judge, Attorney Should Be Embarrassed Over Fight About White Juror
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Judges:

New Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Will be Good for Bankruptcy Law
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Should lawyers repeat a justice’s mispronunciation? Take this ‘antecedent’ example
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Court allows suit claiming judge retaliated against investigator who tried to serve summons on him
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Do judges contribute to injustices? A conversation with Judge Jed Rakoff
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NY Legal Community in Shock Over Abdus-Salaam's Death Legal community shocked by judge's death
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Wall Street:

Wall Street slides as investors weigh bank results, global risks
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Global stocks drop after Trump talks down dollar
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No, The ‘Charging Bull’ Artist Can’t Force Anyone To Take Down ‘Fearless Girl’
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Newspapers:

Storm Lake Times Pulitzer Win Highlights Decline of Family Newspapers
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Politics:

Remember When Trump’s Campaign Chairman Denied Receiving Secret Cash From a Putin Ally? Well ... Paul Manafort’s exit strategy: Trump’s campaign chairman set up shell company to get loans from Trump-tied businesses The Trump Official the FBI Was Investigating 'There's something not right here': British spies warned the US about 'extensive' contact between Trump team and Russia Former Trump adviser shifts his story about conversations with Russian officials
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All the President's Flip-Flops Trump Reverses Himself on Major Campaign Pledges in the Space of a Few Hours How The Apprentice Manufactured Trump Trump's Shifting Surveillance Claims Being president is hard: The education of Donald Trump Trump's Wall Street faction is starting to win him over Spring: Trump Approval 48% Who Is That Man in the Oval Office, and What Has He Done with President Trump?
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Trump's EPA is seeking a 24/7 security detail for its new leader
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Trump's Shifts Shine a Light on West Wing Sparring Bannon friend likens him to 'terminally ill family member who had been moved into hospice care' Watchdog Claims They Have Evidence Bannon Was Illegally Paid as Trump's Campaign Chair
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Banking:

JPMorgan has a record-breaking quarter
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Consumer Finance:

Pawn America files for bankruptcy protection
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Economy:

US weekly jobless claims total 234,000 vs 245,000 estimate Initial jobless claims cling near post-recession low Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 234,000 U.S. Unemployment Rate Decreases Further
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A Crack Shows in the Economic Sentiment Boom
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Here's why the dollar could defy Trump and keep marching higher
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Loan growth stalls despite profit, trading gains at some big banks
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Repealing Obamacare and reviving the GOP’s once-doomed bill are top priorities once again, despite a vow to move on to tax reform.
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Trump Administration Draws Up Plans to Make ‘Deportation Force’ a Reality Trump administration moving quickly to build up nationwide deportation force
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Trump Says He Offered Trade Concessions to China in Exchange for Help on North Korea
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Can Trump And Congress Solve The Rubik’s Cube Of Tax Reform?
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JPMorgan, Citi Take Trump "At His Word" as Broken Pledges Mount
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Credit Suisse has its own 'Fear Barometer,' and it's flashing red
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Paul Ryan and McCain Side With Dems to Stop Border Wall Funding Trump’s Wall: How Much Money Does the Government Have For It Now?
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LA area Port Traffic increased in March
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This labor giant is preparing for ‘catastrophic’ changes under Trump
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Lawmakers: Arrests if Gov't Shutdown
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50 US Firms Have $1.6 Trillion Offshore
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Americans Name Dissatisfaction With Government as Top Problem
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Jamie Dimon says there's something shameful going on with the mortgage market
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Sacramento Housing in March: Sales down 2%, Active Inventory down 23% YoY
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Mortgage rates fall to their lowest levels of the year Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates drop four weeks straight
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Citigroup continues moving away from mortgages as originations plummet
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Wells Fargo first quarter mortgage originations drop
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Despite beating revenue expectations, JPMorgan Chase mortgage banking struggles in 1Q17
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Municipalities:

Bondholder Negotiations And The Road To Nowhere
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San Diego achieves pension win in appeals court
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Oil/Gas:

Stone Energy Considering Options After Bankruptcy
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Oil rises after IEA finds market nearing balance
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I Still Can't Believe Enterprise Products Partners L.P. Spent $189 million on This Bankrupt Company
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March drilling permits up, but well completions still remain low
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Healthcare:

Ballooning bills: More U.S. hospitals pushing patients to pay before care
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How GOP Voters Are Getting in the Way of a Medicaid Rollback
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Autos:

Q: Why is Tesla worth more than GM? A: The sins of Detroit
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Whitney Tilson On Tesla " almost daily I'm tempted to short it"
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Retailing:

Retailers are closing thousands of stores — but there could be a bigger problem hiding in the distance
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Bad News for Retailers Means Good News for Handful of Restructuring Specialists
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Electricity:

The $18B plan to purchase Oncor is in trouble
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Lehman:

Federal Home Loan Bank Settles Lehman Lawsuit for $70 Million
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Fraud:

Broker-dealer prez accused in "Hamilton" Ponzi scheme case says investor's fraud claims fail
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Auctions:

Midwest Public Auction owner Smotherman files bankruptcy
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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 (10 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

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:

ABI Study Finds That Individuals Account for More Than a Quarter of All Chapter 11 Filings
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Top 3 bankruptcy trends from past 2 quarters
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First Quarter Bankruptcy Filings Decline
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Structured Dismissal:

Important Lessons for Secured Lenders and Lessors in the Bankruptcy Litigation Industry
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Professional Compensation:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules That Bond Indenture Fee Defense Provision Satisfies Asarco Standard
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Credit Reporting:

Credit Reports Don’t Have to Disclose Bankruptcy Plan
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Travel:

Embattled United chief accepts responsibility for treatment of passenger, saying he felt 'shame' watching video United Airlines Offers Refunds as Outrage at a Violent Removal Continues Airlines forcing fewer people to give up their seats United dragging incident fuels push for passenger rights That time passengers were told to give up their seats for United's CEO and his family United to Reimburse All Passengers on Flight That Caused Uproar Man dragged from United flight gears up for legal battle, says he lost teeth, broke his nose, and got a concussion The man dragged off a United flight allegedly needs reconstructive surgery for the injuries he suffered 'Airlines have bullied us': Lawyer of the man dragged off United flight slams the industry In Bizarre Interview, United CEO Just Practically Hands Huge Legal Win to Ejected Passenger United's fiasco, manufactured outrage and the airline industry's race to the bottom In Brief: A United Airlines Theory
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Nuclear:

VC Summer Expansion Threatened By Westinghouse Bankruptcy
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Healthcare:

Yonkers medical practice files for bankruptcy
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Will Trump’s $42 Billion Bet Bring Democrats to the Table on Health Care?
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CNN panel goes off the rails after Trump surrogate claims Trump is the 'Martin Luther King of healthcare'
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Food/Beverage:

AlixPartners: Restaurant Industry Faces a Defining Moment
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Asset Protection:

The Panama Papers: One year on
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Advisors:

Carl Marks Advisors Promotes Two on Investment Banking Team
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UK:

A private NHS contractor has gone bankrupt. And in doing so it sums up the Tories’ health policies
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Insolvency Rules 2016 - New Decision Making Procedures
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EU:

Trump’s Plan to End Europe
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New EU Regulation on Cross-Border Preservation of Accounts Potentially Useful Tool to Secure Assets in EU Member States
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PIIGS:

Debt Relief for Greece Essential, Peterson Institute Working Paper Concludes
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Canada:

Take Me to the Water: the baptism of bankruptcy and student debt write-offs
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Alberta Courts Confirm Restructuring Transactions with Select Creditors Not Oppressive and Comment on Availability of the Oppression Remedy in CCAA Proceedings
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Bankruptcy threatens vegetable growers
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South Korea:

Gov't retools restructuring policy
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