April 16, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

AirTran not planning to increase Midwest bid: COO
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Airline Employees Resent Exec Bonuses
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New Delta directors must choose CEO
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Court rules against NWA flight attendants
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Outgoing Delta CEO talks about successes, failures and future
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United Pilots, Flight Attendants Oppose Board Nominees Over Pay
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Law:

The Myths Of Ms. JD
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Where Does All That Associate Money Go?
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The Man Behind the Democratic Assault on the DOJ
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Email Sheds More Light on U.S. Attorney Flap
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Pay war looms as London giants raise salary stakes
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Excellence is One Thing: Out-Performance Another
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Fox Hunts for Partners Left Behind by Growing Firms
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Work/Life Balance For Lawyers More Lip Service Than Anything
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Work Plentiful for Law Students
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Say What?!
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Paying the Tab of Rogue Lawyers: Misconduct Fund Braces for Surge
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Federal Judge Dismisses Case Against Former Baron & Budd Associate
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Do Large Firms' Partner Class Numbers Hint at Strategy for Nonequity Partners?
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Midwest Firm Rider Bennett Closes Shop
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Bills Would Ease Student Loan Payments for Public Sector Attorneys
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Fee Litigation Puts Spotlight on Foreign Lawyer's Unlicensed Work
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How GCs select law firms
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Anonymous Lawyer
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Cell Phone Parking - $4 a Day
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Corporate Reform:

CA special committee accuses founder of fraud
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Federal Judge Signs Off on $52 Million Restitution in Accounting Fraud Case
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Former CA boss to pay shareholders $800m
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Justice Probes Abramoff Ties to White House
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Federal Judge Axes CNET Stock Option Backdating Claims
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If convicted, Nacchio could forfeit up to $100.8 million
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Municipalities:

The Iowa town that nearly went bankrupt
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Religion:

Church owes AIB $29m
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Judge to confirm Portland diocese's reorganization plan
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Relieved Catholics hope for healing, forgiveness
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Publishing:

OJ Simpson Book Sale Thwarted By Bankruptcy
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Autos:

Cerberus has big appetite for auto firms
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Chrysler bidder has 'fierce' reputation
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Stung by Indictment, a Power Broker Punches Back
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Car dealer files Chapter 11 after bank suit
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Tower, UAW agree on closure
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Tower Automotive on path out of Chapter 11
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Nissan May Push Back Sales Target
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Magna reviewing Chrysler sale
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Banking:

Wolfowitz Vows to Stay on Job
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Wolfowitz Rejects Calls to Quit; Panel Cites 'Great Concern'
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The Wolfowitz Files
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Enron:

Enron jurors discuss the big case
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Tax:

Alternative Tax Hits Home the Hardest
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Student Debt:

Kennedy to limit student loan backstop
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Blackstone Considers $20 Billion Bid for Sallie Mae
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Lenders Sought Edge Against Federal Student Loan Program
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Lending to students 'a gold mine' for creditors
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Lenders Misusing Student Database; Improper Searches Raise Privacy Fears
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Sallie Mae Accepts $25 Billion Bid From Funds, Banks
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Sallie Mae Shares May Gain on $25 Billion LBO Report
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Economy:

Workers get smaller slice of bigger pie
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Greenspan Says Global Economic Growth to Cushion US Economy
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Expected price rise may fuel inflation fears
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Subprime Mortgage Crisis Warrants BAPCPA Changes
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Credit Cards:

Bankruptcy judge has true tales to tell
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Warren: Dept of Defense Leaves Military Families Exposed
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Mass Torts:

Brewing breast implant fee scandal?
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Accounting:

PNC's claims against Ernst & Young settled for $9M
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Corporate Governance:

The Difference Between Revlon and the Business Judgment Rule
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Bankruptcy as a Legal Process
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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
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11)
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'For Sale' may mean 'you lose' - Sales inside the U.S. corporate bankruptcy world hurt bondholders/creditors, enrich insiders
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Real Estate:

Home prices rise despite housing woes
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Plan for buyout is filed by Kara
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The Truth Hurts
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Survey: It's 'More Difficult' to Escape Foreclosure under Bankruptcy Law
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Food Fight
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New Century's accounting raised red flags
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New Century founders speak out
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Cutting-edge company becomes a cautionary tale
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Subprime lenders shrink in NJ
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How New Century ran out of money
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Impossible loan turns dream home into nightmare
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Seller beware 'We Buy Homes' deals may be too good to be true
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GE Executives: Co Has Tightened Consumer Mortgage Guidelines
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US Homebuilders Face Bankruptcy Risk in '08, Lawyers Say
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Let lenders fix mess created by subprime scheme
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Subprime Lender Fremont's New Challenge: Finding Auditor
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Wake-up call for American dream
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The New Home Mortgage Bankruptcy Proposals and the Constitutional Right to Housing
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Health Care:

Decision on Prince George's Hospital Closure Pushed Back
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Graceville-Campbellton Hospital Bankruptcy
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Bayonne Medical to declare bankruptcy
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Intellectual Property:

Assumption Of Intellectual Property Licenses In Bankruptcy: Are Recent Cases Tilting Toward Debtors?
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Film Review: In Debt We Trust
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UK:

PwC called in at Jessops - Debts at camera specialist reportedly ballooned
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Profit warnings jump 20%
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Restructuring expert to rescue Sea Containers
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Is buy-to-let primed for a fall?
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One in ten pubs to cease trading by 2011
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Alarm over loans that can make debtors homeless
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Canada:

Bay Street lawyer appointed to probe pension-fund scandal
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Taiwan:

Benq CEO and president detained
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