Residents, retirees take center stage in Detroit bankruptcy fight – A parade of Detroiters and retirees tried to derail the city’s bankruptcy case Thursday, arguing the filing was not made in good faith and would slash constitutionally protected pensions.

US Commercial Real Estate: Will the Good Times Last? – The CRE market has experienced a gradual recovery in asset pricing since the 2008 financial crisis, but it is uncertain whether this will continue.

Copyright Industries Pushing for Search Engine “Voluntary Agreements,” – Despite Risks to Users A Congressional hearing and a glossy new paper published yesterday by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) both underscore a major push by the copyright lobby to establish extra-legal “voluntary agreements” with search engines, similar to the “Copyright Alert” surveillance machine already in place with some ISPs. These sorts of agreements represent a troubling move towards enforcement regimes that have the speech-squashing capabilities of actual law, but not the corresponding due process or accountability.