April 27, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

NWA, flight attendants reach deal
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Schultze Takes On MAIR
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UAL Loss May Signal Rough Ride Ahead
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Law:

How to Attract Top Associate Candidates
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Spring Break, BigLaw Style
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Nevada court OKs lawyer ad rules
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Slower-Moving Firm Is the Latest to Raise New Associates' Pay
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Best lawyer toy
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Law is the most depressed profession
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Minority Lawyers Wait for Large Firms to Catch Up
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Second Life - The Chance Of A Lifetime For Some Law Firms
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Florida Judge Awards Willie Gary $22.9 Million
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Court: Davis Polk Didn't Commit Malpractice, Is Entitled to Fee
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California Is Plaintiff Haven
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Economic Outlook for Law Firms
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Scandal Over U.S. Attorneys' Firing Could Cloud Other Cases
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Paul Weiss Joins the $50k Club!
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"She's not one of our brightest, but she's got . . ."
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Who's More Ethical: the Lawyer With the Client Who Lied or the Lawyer Who Withheld Evidence of the Lie?
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Judge Blasts Plaintiff's Lawyers in Denying Class Certification
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Shoe Shopping with the Gals at Bryan Cave
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Clifford Chance plagued by phantom IT worker
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Say What?!
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Lawyer's Price For Missing Pants: $65 Million
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Firm in clay pigeon lunacy
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Health Care:

Hospitals' Former Owner Sues Over Unpaid Debts
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US intervenes in HealthEssentials suit
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Court Approves Sale of Werner Co.
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Judge finds Findlay bank entitled to 2 firms' assets
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Autos:

Court OKs Allied-Yucaipa Settlement
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Can Detroit Accelerate?
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Nissan quarterly earnings plunge 54 percent
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Can an American Auto Industry Town Regain Past Prosperity?
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Corporate Reform:

Payments approved 6 times, Black trial hears
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Conrad Black trial lawyers try to undo testimony
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Will Jobs Keep His Job?
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Backdating: Namibia's Back in the News
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Senior Debt:

Bankruptcy Among Boomer Seniors Rising Faster
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Food/Drink:

Pittsburgh Brewing Strikes Deal On Back Water Bills
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Pittsburgh brewery gets another week to reach financing deal
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Committees:

SEC said to be investigating claims of improper activities by Barclays traders using bankruptcy committee information
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SEC civil action looms for Barclays
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Retailing:

Hancock reschedules hearing on lease, property sale
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Credit Cards:

Monthly payment rates, the amount cardholders pay on their outstanding balances each month, continues to spiral down
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Future of Credit Card Regulation
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Fraud:

Japanese fooled in poodle scam
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Economy:

Claims for unemployment benefits fall by largest amount in 9 weeks
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Economic growth at a four-year low
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Poyner & Spruill Bankruptcy Partner Terri Gardner Receives NCACPA's Outstanding Chapter Speaker Award
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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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Firms Bet on Upswing as Bankruptcy Filings Plummet
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Are Risk Levels Rising For The Debt That's Financing Private Equity Deals?
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Real Estate:

Countrywide 1Q profit falls 37 percent due to bad loans
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Spike In Foreclosures Raises Alarms
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Housing picture remains bleak
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Lenders' earnings statements detail subprime damage
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NovaStar financing puts limits on dividends
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Ocwen stock escapes subprime meltdown
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Big Homebuilders Button Up
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Are Mortgages the New Credit Cards?
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Unions:

The Union Wanted Wage and Benefit Increases. Management Saw That As the Path to Bankruptcy
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Intellectual Property:

Software Company's IP Theft Case Takes a Turn for the Weird
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Derivatives:

CME Delays Credit Indexes Again As CFTC Extends Review
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UK:

ICAEW lifts lid on insolvency licences
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Up to our eyes in debt we can't see
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Repossessions to double even if interest rates are held
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Why is there a High Street Bank exodus?
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Austria:

Austria Takes Action Against BAWAG
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Australia:

Former HIH chair committed to stand trial
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