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Supreme Court:
Till v. SCS Credit (cram down interest rate):
Opinion
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Merits Briefs: Petitioner,
Respondent
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Argument
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Court
Rules in Favor of Consumer Debtors
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Court
Addresses Bankruptcy Questions
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Consumers
Win Top Court Ruling on Bankruptcy Debt Interest Rate
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Tennessee Student Loan Assistance Corp. v. Hood (bankruptcy court
jurisdiction):
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Merits Briefs: Petitioner,
Respondent,
Petitioner
Reply
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Oral
Argument
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High
Court Rules Courts Can Forgive Student Loan Debt
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NY
Lawyer Wins Supreme Court Bankruptcy Case
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Student
debt, 11th Amendment separate
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Supreme
Court Affirms Hood
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Bankruptcy
as strategy -- As the stigma fades, more troubled firms make use of Chap.
11 to deal with debt
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Law:
Law
firms descend on China to help safeguard trademarks
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Wilmer
Cutler celebrates merger with top NY hire
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NY
Lawyers Receive Layoff Notices
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Top
Firm Hires Former CSFB Counsel
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Linklaters:
average profits fall on unchanged turnover
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UK
firm smashes ceiling on associate salaries
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Freshfields
edges ahead of Linklaters in profits race
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Professional
indemnity cover is continuing to rise to astronomic proportions -- How
partnerships are responding
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Winnie
the Pooh Judge Won't Step Aside
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Have
you got the right stuff to be an equity partner?
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Is
conversion to LLP status a panacea for all risks?
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Partnership
- no longer till death do us part.
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Partnerships
are not just about individuals. The bigger picture is partnerships between
law firms.
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Cheating
death
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Corporate Reform:
SEC
fines Lucent $25 million
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SEC
Charges 9 Lucent Employees with Fraud
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Black
Offered to Have Mediator Seek Settlement With Hollinger
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Former
Dynegy Exec's Sentence Looming
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Scrushy
takes on Sarbanes-Oxley
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Some
Questions on Fees Insurers Pay to Brokers
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Bill
expands factors for corporate directors to consider
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Judge
OKs Leniency for Ex-Rite Aid CFO
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Plea
Deal Sets Up Cendant Testimony
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Scrubbing
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Judge
Upholds $1 Billion Fen-Phen Award
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Judge
upholds agreement protecting probe of Hollinger finances from Black
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Telecoms:
New
Jersey lifts ban on MCI
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Allegiance
Telecom Announces First Quarter 2004 Results
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Shaky
IGC loses $14 million
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Pillowtex
asset sale begins in Mauldin
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Court
approves Oglebay's $305m debt facility plan
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Adelphia:
Concealing
Adelphia's woes was a 'relief,' ex-VP testifies
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Time
Warner Considers Bidding for Adelphia
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Paul
Allen resurfaces in cable waters
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Eddie
Bauer parent buys more time
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Gadzooks
FY03 Net Loss $62 Mln Vs $1.3 Mln
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Spiegel
sells Newport News unit to Pangea
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Asbestos:
Wolin
recused from hearings
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Federal
Judge Removed From Some Asbestos Bankruptcy Cases
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Elliott
Management Corporation Commends Third Circuit's Recusal Decision
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Federal
judge removed from some asbestos cases
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Opinion
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ABB's
turnaround gains momentum with Moody's upgrade
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The
Power of the Bankruptcy Court to Enjoin Creditor Claims Against
Nondebtor Parties in Light of 11 U.S.C. 524(E): In Re Dow Corning Corp.
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Airlines:
Air
Canada union won't budge
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Air
Canada, Auto Union Working Into The Night
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Air
Canada deal still leaves it short
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CAW
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Hargrove
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Air
Canada concession demands 'too heavy'
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Air
Canada to Make `Final' Wage and Benefits Offer to Union
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Air
Canada Still In Talks With Key Unions Over Concessions
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Air
Canada Attendants Agree on Wage Cuts; One Union Remains
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CAW
union says it won't concede $10,000 wage cuts to Air Canada
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Finmin
to Rule on Air Canada Pension Soon
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A
great time to fly, unless you're a major airline
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US
Airways asks pilots for $300 million in cost cuts
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US
Airways' Regional Partners May Fly More In Latest Plan
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BA
chief warns airlines will collapse as fuel costs rise
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Great
Plains sees cash dwindle to $2,157
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Hawaiian
Airlines Fate To Be Known Soon, Strong Interest
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DT
Industries To Be Delisted From Nasdaq May 24
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Toys
R Us 'Sales Stink', Stock Drops
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Economy:
U.S.
Stocks Fall, Led by Airlines, Retailers
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Dow
Closes Down More Than 100 Points
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Dow
falls below 10,000 on Iraq, inflation fears
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U.S.
Housing Starts May Have Slowed in April, Survey Shows
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Jobs
going offshore faster than estimated
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Kmart:
Kmart
turns a tidy profit
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Symbols
of excess are sold
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Bankruptcy
Prompts Some Gold's Gym Closings Downtown Dallas, Carrollton Gyms Close
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U.S.
judge allows sale of Rosemont casino license
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Miami
Vice star selling ranch
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Don
Johnson puts up Colorado ranch for sale amid bankruptcy and lawsuits
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Restitution
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Lacy
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Good
news for fans of Ground Round
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Paper
company FiberMark reports huge loss
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Judge
in TSP case to rule Wednesday
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Gosman:
Stake in home granted for wife's sake
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Texas
Petrochemicals emerges from bankruptcy
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Absent
Executives Blamed in Closure of San Antonio Clothing Store
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ATX
creditors fire away -- The case, they argue, is being run for the
benefit of management and secured creditor
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The
wild tail end of housing boom -- Lenders are making riskier deals as the
era of ultra-low interest rates begins to fade out
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Owners
of Insolvent Fla. Company Charged with $60 Million Theft, Racketeering
and Conspiracy
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Viatical
firm's got cash
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Receiver:
Viatical firm has funds, 'duped' SEC
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New
Bankruptcy Opinions
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Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Recent
Ch. 11 Filings
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Weird
News
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Robbing
from Peter to Pay Paul to Pay Peter: Has Preference Litigation and the
Policy of "Equality of Distribution" Run Amok?
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Keystone
Bank Civil Trial Opens
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Kaiser
Aluminum Signs Agreement to Sell Its Interests in an Alumina Refinery
and Related Bauxite Mining Operation
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Kaiser
to sell Louisiana refinery, stake in Jamaica refinery
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Kaiser
loss narrows; closer to end of Ch.11
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Energy:
City
power group after NorthWestern hires consultant
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Court
OKs NorthWestern Chapter 11 Disclosure Statement
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Judge
tentatively approves NWC financial plan
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Power
coalition to hire consultant
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Assembly
passes bill to ban PG&E from paying bonuses with ratepayer funds
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Land
Swap Could Keep Sacramento, Calif., Port from Defaulting on Bond
Payments
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Two
Former Executives of Collapsed Software Firm Hide from U.S. in Cyprus
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Accounting:
SEC
leads assaults on 'structured finance'
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Turmoil
in Iraqi Oil-for-Food Audit
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A
$2 million consolation prize in Bush Industries bankruptcy (scroll down)
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Author
talks up failure as a tool
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Bankruptcy
Court tries to go long
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Implementation
of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and Adoption of Rules
Governing Applications or Requests for Benefits by Delinquent Debtors
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UK:
Revenue
reveals new disclosure rules
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Mayflower
coach-making unit sold in MBO
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Survival
hopes fade for Bradford City
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Extra
money for SFO as part of fraud crackdown
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Current
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Italy:
Bank
of America Was Biggest Buyer of Debt It Sold for Parmalat
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Parmalat
Says Will Create New Company For Debt, Assets
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Parmalat
Revenue Falls To EUR1.58B As Of April 30
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Parmalat
proposes company for debt
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Parmalat
prosecutors aim for trial
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India:
India's
Gandhi faces crisis, stocks crash
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Investors
stunned
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Australia/New Zealand:
Creditors
to have last say on South
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Creditors
paying for bad law
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France:
Alstom's
EU3.2 Billion Aid to Be Approved, Monti Says
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Court
puts Festival's French subsidiary into liquidation
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Philippines:
Court
orders halt most of Nenaco fleet
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Korea:
Hanbo
Steel Under Investigation for Rebate Scandal
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Founder
of Bankrupt Hanbo Iron Vows to Repay Debts
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Japan:
Japanese
GDP Grew at Annual 5.6% Pace in 1st Qtr
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Indonesia:
Govt,
House Start Elaborating Revision Of Bankruptcy Law
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Spain:
Terra
Mitica moves closer to bankruptcy
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