September 20, 2004 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Enron:

Enron Trial Is First to Link Accounting Fraud to Wall Street
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Enron trial gives a nod to the absurd
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First Enron trial to shine a light on Wall Street practices
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Trial of executives over sale of Enron barges begins today
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First Enron trial brings a Wall Street touch
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Enron cases are building on pleas
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Enron to SV Power: You owe us $147M
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Law:

Attorney to stars Mitchelson dies
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Brobeck wins payout from Morgan Lewis
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Firms target trial lawyers
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Expert witnesses balk at depressed fee rates
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Lawyer Gets Fired on "The Apprentice," But Biglaw Associate Hangs On
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Deutsche Bank in global bid to slash legal spending
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The sentencing of CSFB banker Frank Quattrone to eighteen months in prison has blown the issue of privilege wide open
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Fern Holland's War
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Piper Rudnick in Early Merger Talks With Gray Cary
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Firm Makes Accused Associate Disappear From Web Site
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Only six of the nation's 100-largest law firms are headed by women.
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A Decade as a Solo
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The sweet smell of law firm politics
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Malpractice renewal season looms
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A happy firm is a flexible firm
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The incredible bulk
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Spitzer: NY Judge Pressured Lawyers for Defense Money
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Law Firm Networks Go Global
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Steel:

AK Steel not out of woods yet
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Corporate Reform:

Watchdog says few make the grade
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Outfit insider is talking
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Greed poses threat to firms
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Infineon to Pay $160M Price Fixing Fine
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Two businessmen plead guilty in $40 million bank scheme
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US officials step up investigation into Shell case
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Appeals court limits 'dirty divorce trick'
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Equipment finance company sees economic recovery
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MCI looking to sell, execs say
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As Income Gap Widens, Uncertainty Spreads
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Earning your MBA? Don't go broke
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Struggling Atlanta hospital files for bankruptcy protection
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IBC's future uncertain; experts say bankruptcy is likely
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Woman who filed for bankruptcy kept car, got new job
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Heilig-Meyers offers plan / Reorganization proposal, given to Bankruptcy Court, details repaying creditors
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Judge rejects Bush firm's bankruptcy exit plan
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Airlines:

Clipped workers of airlines warn: Fight cutbacks at own risk
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US Airways waits, wonders if Bronner will invest again
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Airline may ask court to void labor pacts
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Business as usual?
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US Airways' collapse and you
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Airline experts agree on one thing: change
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Pensions' Empty Pockets
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US Airways CEO Bruce Lakefield
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If airlines want to live in past, let them go bust
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Troubled US Airways owes state nearly $1m
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Bankruptcy filing is a Category 5
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Know ABCs of airline industry
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US Airways passenger? Consider the options
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Prepare for departure?: US Airways' latest bankruptcy filing prompts what-ifs about its Arlington HQ and almost 2,000 jobs
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US Airways pilots union plans meetings
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US Airways Watch
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US Airways Unsecured Creditors To Meet Monday
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US Airways' upheaval represents a long and economically disruptive goodbye for many
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End of the rainbow for United employees?
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United plans big, new round of cuts
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United says it needs $1.16 billion in cuts
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Reprieve wards off United Airlines threat
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Boeing to receive $66.5 million to settle claim against Hawaiian
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Just Another Unhappy Flier
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Plenty of blame to go around for US Airways failure
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Delta: Problems, problems everywhere: Any of many factors could trigger a bankruptcy
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Analysts call plan by Delta uninspiring: Florida could be key to company's success -- and survival, industry experts say
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Alitalia shares up as deal struck
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Another SAA chief joins exodus
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Struggling Air Canada cuts service
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Why the Big Airlines Can't Get Off the Ground
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Judge: Ch. 12 is a big zero
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Hockey:

Jacobs says NHL shutdown necessary
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Accounting:

Rollins dumps E&Y in favor of Grant Thornton
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Lawyer: Diocese to seek Chapter 11 protection this week Settlement talks failed, plaintiffs' attorney says
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Pension crisis: Act now
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Pension agency's problems sure to get worse
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Runaway business has brides fuming
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Hurricane Ivan hits Cayman law firms
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FBI: Mortgage Fraud Is Rampant in U.S.
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And not just in US . . .
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Huntsman: Planning a corporate reincarnation
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SF Housing Authority may declare bankruptcy
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Weird News
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SEC Probes WorldCom Creditors-Committee Trades
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Tru-Circle Corp. on bankruptcy court's auction block
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Fitness foundation sets a bankruptcy auction
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$210 million bid for 11 National Benevolent facilities
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INTERMET Sees 3Q Loss, Default, Possible Bankruptcy
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Tobacco's $280 Billion Rackteering Trial Begins This Week
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Trenwick Amer Files To Offer $125 Million Nts In Reorganization
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Be on the 'preferred' list when creditor seeks transfer payments
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Bankrupt Stark Printing will roll online auction
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Conseco CEO's signing bonus: $1.7 million
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UK:

Bankruptcy rules set to change again
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Lawrence Graham wins Enterprise Act first
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Polygon puts British Energy to the vote test
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British Energy on brink again as investors 'play dangerous game'
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Bankruptcy overhaul mooted as too many walk away from debts
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Australia:

Winemaker Garrett evicted
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Russia:

Yukos to stop oil exports to China
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Yukos Denies Political Motive for Halting CNPC Shipments
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Yukos raises oil reserve estimate
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Yukos CFO: Reiterates Company Is "Close To Bankruptcy"
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Yukos Bankruptcy May Be Best Way out of Tax Minefield
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Japan:

U.S. funds may aid Kokusai Kogyo
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Korea:

Hynix, Samil Face Sanctions for Bookrigging
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Creditors Pick Preferred Bidder for Major Textile Maker
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Half of Employees Consult Fortunetellers on Job Problems
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Canada:

New Skeena Forest Products heads for receivership
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Poland:

Fewer bankrupt companies this year
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Argentina:

As protesters' ranks swell, Argentine's middle class turns on poor
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Argentina asks Brown to help ease debt burden
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Indonesia:

Court invalidates APP bond issue
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