December 28, 2017

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Law:

Life Lessons For Lawyers From Winston Churchill
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Andy Warhol art pieces destroyed by allegedly drunken first date at attorney's home
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How To Explain Law School Loans To Fellow Millennials
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Penn Law’s Holiday Letter Adroitly Avoids That Whole ‘Superior Culture’ Incident This Year
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JPMorgan Software Does in Seconds What Took Lawyers 360,000 Hours
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Ex-lawyer for pharma exec Shkreli convicted of aiding fraud scheme Jury Finds Former Martin Shkreli Attorney Guilty in Stock Scheme
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Law Student Killed In Plane Crash On Christmas Eve
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How Smaller Firms Compete in a Supersized Market
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Pittsburgh AI Startup Promises to Boost Law Firm Margins
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Mueller is reportedly zeroing in on the Trump campaign's data operation — and the RNC Mueller Probes Campaign Ties with Russia Trump's lawyers reportedly want to cast Michael Flynn as a liar Trump expects Mueller's Russia probe will end soon. Few experts agree with him
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Justice Department Is Just As Terrible At Handling Harassment As Everybody Else BuzzFeed White House reporter fired for alleged inappropriate comments
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'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Legal Edition)
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Haircut from hell lands stylist behind bars
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JFK Files: Suspicion of a Defector's Claims New Leads Emerge in Released JFK Files
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Trump Sends Fewer Mexicans Home Despite Deportation Talk
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Teens face murder charges after tossed sandbag kills man on highway
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NYC Murder Rate Drops to 1950s Levels Chicago homicides decline
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Judges:

Judge Dies In Peace After Owning Argentina
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Wall Street:

Wall Street set for a positive open amid thin holiday trade
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Stocks close mildly higher; utilities, real estate gain
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Layoffs:

November Unemployment Rate by State vs. 2007 Recession Figures
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Politics:

Roy Moore Files Lawsuit to Stop Doug Jones Certification
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'He's already done enough to get my vote again': In Trump country, the president remains a celebrated 'fighter'
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Trump is right when he says ‘there’s never been anything like it before’
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FactCheck: I've Signed Must Legislation Ever
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Trump's wild first year of the presidency in one chart
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Trump’s Twitter Approval Rating is Even Worse than His Presidential One Rasmussen: Trump Approval Hits 1 Month High Donald Trump's Approval Rating At Christmas Makes Him the Least Popular President Ever Poll: Trump Likely to Start a War
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Trump rarely ventures outside White House, hotel while in D.C.
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Russia is accusing the US of 'direct interference' in its elections
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Gallup: Obama, Hillary Retain Most Admired Titles Barack Obama Reflects on Leaving the Presidency
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How to Undermine a Democracy
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Trump, GOP Hill leaders to meet at Camp David in January
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Gerrymandering Is Bipartisan. The Court's Ruling Should Be, Too
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Celebs:

Mel Gibson’s Bankrupt Baby Mama Accused of Refusing to Pay $108k Bill from Child Support Battle
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Healthcare:

GOP congressman wants to slash federal contribution to D.C. Medicaid costs
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How US Hospitals Are Failing Black Mothers
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Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
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The uninsured are overusing emergency rooms — and other health-care myths
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Coal:

US approves 60-million ton expansion of Montana coal mine
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Autos:

AI in 2018: Waiting for driverless cars to become a reality
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Tesla Model 3 Still in Manufacturing Hell
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Compensation:

CEOs in U.S., India Earn the Most Compared With Average Workers
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Food/Beverage:

OR: Wong Potatoes files for bankruptcy protection
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Economy:

U.S. Consumer Confidence Index Fell to 122.1 in December US consumer confidence dips, but remains high
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5 Questions for the Fed in 2018
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Wage Growth Tracker: Down 11% MtM
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This Map Shows Where the Most Debt-Burdened People in America Live
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Why some countries are seriously considering handing out free money
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New tax law eliminates NOL carry backs 'It's been insane here': People are lining up in droves to prepay property taxes before the GOP tax bill kicks in IRS says 2018 property taxes are deductible only if assessed and paid in 2017 ‘Orwellian’ Offshore Tax Will Hit PE Firms The New Tax Law Is 'Manna From Heaven' For Tax Lawyers, Especially Young Tax Lawyers Hussman: Trump’s tax cuts are a ‘quickly planned looting through a broken window in our nation’s character’ Race on to prepay property taxes before Republican tax law slaps limits on ‘SALT’ deduction Barclays Takes $1.3Bn Write Down on Tax Law Wells Fargo To Share (Very Small Amount) Of Tax Windfall Wealth Reagan would have supported Trump tax reform: Reagan budget director Director Ridley Scott Defends Trump Tax Reform... Going to Get Growth, People Employed The Next Step in Tax Reform Is Tax Repair Tax Bill Will Deliver a Corporate Earnings Gusher
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Americans more concerned about health care than taxes in 2018
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Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 35 states in November
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If the United States wants to be secure, it needs to have balanced trade
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Trump administration setting the stage to unveil tough new trade penalties against China Hard Line on China Trade Could Backfire
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Banks are actively headhunting for workers again — but they want very specific skills
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Ten Economic Questions for 2018 Q4 Review: Ten Economic Questions for 2017
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Lots of turmoil, no disasters — 2018 global outlook
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Trump's Infrastructure Plan Next Month
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Rent for the Poor Really Is Too High
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Hundreds of thousands of poor Americans will soon be able to move to better areas, thanks to this judge
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Nurses Keep Healthy Lead as Most Honest, Ethical Profession
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This Is How Much The .01% Pay Staff To Keep Their Households Running
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Home sales flatten in November NAR: Pending Home Sales Index Increased Slightly in November, Up 0.8% Year-over-year
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IRS warns prepayers: 2018 property taxes need to be assessed first Can you save a lot of money by prepaying your property taxes? Key questions and answers.
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TX: Sale possible for Flying L entity
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VA: Traveller's Rest removed from bankruptcy, clearing way for development
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Municipalities:

Puerto Rico's Power Struggle
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Citing Puerto Rico power crisis, judge shields utility from lawsuit
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No regrets for outgoing Atlantic City mayor
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Fast-Growing UK Law Firm Heads to Puerto Rico
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US Tax Overhaul to Hurt Puerto Rico, Governor Says
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How teachers & parents prevented school closings in the wake of Hurricane Maria
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Thousands of Puerto Rican police owed overtime call in sick
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Due for a Sharp Correction in 2018
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Oil near mid-2015 highs on strong China data, tighter 2018 outlook What Drove WTI Above $60?
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Once a Cash Cow, Venezuela’s Oil Company Now Verges on Collapse
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A more restrained U.S. oil industry among energy predictions for 2018
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Personal Finance:

Reality check: you probably won’t be able to work part time in retirement
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Pharma:

Drug Maker Teva in a Serious Crisis
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Currency:

Bitcoin drops 11% as South Korea moves to regulate cryptocurrency trading A very big bitcoin trading firm says cryptocurrency regulations are a good thing South Korea is trying to cool its red-hot bitcoin market This May Be Bitcoin's Moment of Truth The easiest way to tell that bitcoin is a huge bubble Bitcoin Tumbles Over Exchange-Closure Fears
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How a startup rode bitcoin craze
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Bitcoin 'doesn't pass the smell test,' says Massachusetts securities regulator
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Bitcoin is an Implausible Currency
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Media:

Creditors seek bankruptcy for US media entrepreneur Sillerman
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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 (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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Jurisdiction:

SDNY Bankruptcy Court Chimes in on Bankruptcy Court's Jurisdiction to Consider Third-Party Releases
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Professional Compensation:

BK CD IL Revises Standing Order On Attorney Compensation In Ch. 7 and Ch. 13 Cases
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Discharge:

Discharge of Securities Law Violations: Nothing Is Ever Straightforward
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Committees:

The First Committee of the New Year? Rentech. January 3rd at 10:00 a.m.
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Retailing:

Retail Legal Department Leaders Reveal Issues in Store for 2018
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Shoppers spent over $800 billion this holiday season
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Prime helps Amazon capture nearly half of all holiday e-commerce sales
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Troubles mount at Toys ‘R’ Us
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Department stores had a bad 2017. Expect more closures, smaller stores and reinvention in 2018
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Return to Santa: Consumers are shipping 1 million packages a day back to retailers, says UPS
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Was This the Last Christmas for These Struggling Stores?
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Will Dying Department Stores Fare Better in 2018?
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Weather:

Bitter cold weather takes hold of northern US
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Nuclear:

Vogtle 3 & 4 Nuclear Reactors Are a “Go” for Completion
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Electricity:

Power plants bloom even as electricity prices wilt
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Music:

Deal to take over San Antonio Symphony falls apart A US orchestra teeters on the edge of bankruptcy
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Travel:

American Airlines apologizes for accusing pro basketball players of stealing blankets, kicking them off flight
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UK:

Yes, there should be a second Brexit referendum
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India:

Debts come due
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Amendments to bankruptcy code tabled in Lok Sabha
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Creditors seek rebids for Monnet Ispat, Jyoti Structures, citing new evaluation criteria
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Bill replacing IBC ordinance to allow promoters of insolvent companies more time to repay dues
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Personnel shortage: IBBI asks IIMs, law schools to promote insolvency research
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Govt does not want Air India to go defunct like Kingfisher Airlines
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Government To Push Ahead With Banking Reforms In New Year
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China:

Judges urge bankruptcy trial reform
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China : Unfinished Skyscraper To Be Auctioned Online
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Austria:

Insolvent Niki's Austrian workers to get monthly wages
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Venezuela:

Venezuela Looks to Russia and China
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Bahamas:

Chinese contractor sued over $3.5bn Bahamas resort Bahamas Developer Cries Fraud Over Chinese Construction Job
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