December 14, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

Also available on the Web (with links to the news stories) Click Here
Prior editions: Click Here
Search prior headlines: Click Here
Search prior New Opinions: Click Here

 

Law:

Latham Ramps Up Parental Benefits; Will Other Firms Follow?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dealing With The Legal Profession's Generation Gaps
(DBN Subscription Required)

No 1800 hour target" at Freshfields
(DBN Subscription Required)

Keeping The Baby Boomers - How Are Law Firms Doing It?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Trend Of the Day: Big Law's Switch Hitting
(DBN Subscription Required)

Schulman sues Milberg Weiss for attorneys fees
(DBN Subscription Required)

Chadbourne's Larry Savell Rocks
(DBN Subscription Required)

Why Are So Many Lawyers So Depressed?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Saddle Up for the Cadwalader Holiday Party! (And Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Securitization Lawyers)
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bonus Watch: Chadbourne & Parke
(DBN Subscription Required)

Boies' Jamaican Surprise: $168K Starting Pay
(DBN Subscription Required)

What to Tip Your Administrative Assistant? Here's a Chart
(DBN Subscription Required)

Barclays' Legal Team Still Has Worlds to Conquer
(DBN Subscription Required)

$14 Million Med-Mal Verdict Tossed Out due to Judge's Actions
(DBN Subscription Required)

No Insurance Coverage for Lawyer Who Committed Suicide After Being Accused of Stealing Client Funds
(DBN Subscription Required)

High Stakes for Missteps in EDD
(DBN Subscription Required)

Escaping BigLaw's Golden Handcuffs
(DBN Subscription Required)

Lawyer who concocted kidnap may be charged today
(DBN Subscription Required)

Client Loyalty for the Attorney or the Firm?
(DBN Subscription Required)

One partner's thoughts on balancing motherhood with law firm life
(DBN Subscription Required)

A New Model of Flexibility
(DBN Subscription Required)

The Mitchell Report: Spotlight On McLaren and Hardin
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bar Judge Recommends Disbarment for 'Gladiator' Lawyer
(DBN Subscription Required)

Obit Blames Lawyer's Death on Stress of Law Firm Job
(DBN Subscription Required)

In the courtroom, timing can be everything
(DBN Subscription Required)

Lawyer may lose license for blog entry
(DBN Subscription Required)

Should Lawyer Be Disbarred For Harsh Criticism Of a Judge
(DBN Subscription Required)

Say What?!
(DBN Subscription Required)

What action is required of an attorney who receives privileged documents through inadvertence
(DBN Subscription Required)

Kent hires DeGuerin in harassment case; Top defense attorney says judge committed 'no crime'
(DBN Subscription Required)

Judge summons gods to court
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Economy:

Economists: Housing market may be harbinger of recession
(DBN Subscription Required)

Barclays '08 outlook: coming weeks crucial to avoiding recession
(DBN Subscription Required)

Why the Fed is running scared
(DBN Subscription Required)

Inflation Accelerated Last Month
(WSJ: separate paid subscription required)

Money-Market Rates Fail to Respond to Bank Measures
(DBN Subscription Required)

Central bankers worry whether action plan will work
(DBN Subscription Required)

A textbook case of recession
(DBN Subscription Required)

Californians pessimistic on economy
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Wall Street:

Lehman's Good, Not Great
(DBN Subscription Required)

Goldman to post profits aided by subprime woes
(DBN Subscription Required)

Asian stocks close lower on US concerns
(DBN Subscription Required)

World stocks calm after sharp losses
(DBN Subscription Required)

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Drop
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Banking:

Citigroup to Consolidate Seven SIVs on Balance Sheet
(DBN Subscription Required)

Citigroup Rescues SIVs With $58 Billion Debt Bailout
(DBN Subscription Required)

Citigroup's SIVs
(DBN Subscription Required)

Citigroup says it will absorb SIV assets
(DBN Subscription Required)

Moody`s cuts Citigroup`s debt rating
(DBN Subscription Required)

Investors look to banks recouping losses, eventually
(DBN Subscription Required)

Warren: Organizing Bank Customers
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

 

Real Estate:

Housing Crash Deepens in 2008 as US Realtors See Record Drop
(DBN Subscription Required)

Mortgage Lenders Face Long Rehab
(DBN Subscription Required)

New Twist on "Making a Federal Case Out of It"
(DBN Subscription Required)

2 Attorneys General Probe Countrywide
(DBN Subscription Required)

Countrywide: Home Loans Up From October
(DBN Subscription Required)

Countrywide reports doubling of foreclosures
(DBN Subscription Required)

Countrywide's Loans Drop 40 Percent In 1 Year
(DBN Subscription Required)

Colorado foreclosures set record in '07
(DBN Subscription Required)

Dog Days at Cerberus
(DBN Subscription Required)

AG settles with mortgage rescue firm
(DBN Subscription Required)

Realtors Win, FTC Loses Multilist Case
(DBN Subscription Required)

E*Trade Bailout Signals Trouble Ahead
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Furniture:

Tough times in furniture
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Health Care:

Bailout May Save Nearly 900 Jobs at Bayonne Medical Center
(DBN Subscription Required)

Fig Workers Learn Final Paychecks Bounced
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bay Ridge hospital wins death reprieve
(DBN Subscription Required)

Is This Year For Reform?
(DBN Subscription Required)

Hospitals file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Valley Health System's Chapter 9 filing done to give breathing room
(DBN Subscription Required)

Memorial Hermann asks judge to consider competition
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Horse Racing:

Proposed changes to plan irk NYRA chief
(DBN Subscription Required)

Late entry from Capital Play
(DBN Subscription Required)

Special Senate Session Starts as NYRA Deadline Edges Near
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Food/Drink:

Teamsters and Yucaipa Announce Proposal for Interstate Bakeries Reorganization
(DBN Subscription Required)

Brewery could face foreclosure sale if no deal reached, says judge
(DBN Subscription Required)

Judge gives trustee 3 weeks to secure sale of brewery
(DBN Subscription Required)

Creditors Want Jays Foods Probe
(DBN Subscription Required)

Former Le-Nature's head fighting for the right to remain silent
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Finance:

Shares of MGIC Fall on Goldman Downgrade
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Mass Torts:

Insurance Company Reinsurers off Hook for 'Long-Tail Liabilities'
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Court Facilities:

County mulls eviction of bankruptcy court
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Bankruptcy Crimes:

Prosecutor settles fraud accusations
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Steel:

Wheeling steel firm may face job cuts
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Predatory Lending:

Battle on payday lending scrutinized
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Credit Cards:

'Subprime' cards often add to debt, credit headaches
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Personal Finance:

5-minute guide to managing debt
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Aviation:

Judge denies Mesa retrial
(DBN Subscription Required)

Delta merger talks must include pilots, union boss says
(DBN Subscription Required)

Atlas taking last step in bankruptcy case
(DBN Subscription Required)

Rome fears losing Alitalia bid
(DBN Subscription Required)

Alitalia Falls on Report That Bids Are Lower Than Share Price
(DBN Subscription Required)

Air France bids 0.35 euro/shr for Alitalia -source
(DBN Subscription Required)

American Recalls About 250 Attendants
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

 

 

New Bankruptcy Opinions
(1 new opinion today) 

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
(DBN Subscription Required)

Recent Ch. 11 Filings
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12)
(DBN Subscription Required)

_____________

NEW
Claim Trading Alerts
The easy way to monitor
bankruptcy claims trading
30-Day Free Trial

Corporate restructuring The walking dead - With credit conditions tighter, more companies will be pursued by their creditors. But restructuring is becoming increasingly complex, contentious and costly
(DBN Subscription Required)

Corporate Reform:

Small company SarbOx delay only postpones the inevitable, analysts say
(DBN Subscription Required)

Nacchio: Government Ate The Evidence
(DBN Subscription Required)

Most corporate criminals draw less than two years' jail time in Bush fraud crackdown
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Bankruptcy Reform:

The Home Mortgage Stripdown Bills - Why We Should Not Hurt People for No Gain to Anyone Else
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Chemicals:

Monsanto is odd man out in Solutia reorganization
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Autos:

Lack of financing delays Dura's bankruptcy exit
(DBN Subscription Required)

Blackhawk Automotive Gets OK To Sell Assets (scroll down)
(DBN Subscription Required)

Lampert increases stake in AutoNation
(DBN Subscription Required)

European Car Sales Fall 1.1% on Fuel, Borrowing Costs
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Gambling:

Atlantic City's Tropicana fears bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Tropicana's bankruptcy card
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bankruptcy cap could trump The Donald's casino bid
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Politics:

Jackson: Candidates failing to address subprime mortgage crisis
(DBN Subscription Required)

In U.S. campaign, housing mess will illuminate parties' divide
(DBN Subscription Required)

_____________

Utilities:

Calpine says most creditors vote for Chapter 11 exit plan
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

UK:

A stress-test for Britain's economy
(DBN Subscription Required)

£120 million office party
(DBN Subscription Required)

Bankrupt farmer says he won't leave without a fight
(DBN Subscription Required)

The £100,000-a-year ex-TV man sleeping rough on seafront bench
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Canada:

Quebecor World deal abandoned
(DBN Subscription Required)

Walkerville brewery declares bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

Berkshire fined $500,000 for not properly supervising Ian Thow
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Mexico:

U.S. Slowdown Seeps South Of The Border
(DBN Subscription Required)

Cemex plans to reduce work force
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Japan:

Confidence Falls Among Japan's Manufacturers
(DBN Subscription Required)

Woman was left jobless in Japan after language school bankruptcy
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Malaysia:

Credit cards lead to bankruptcy in Malaysia
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

EU:

European leaders to weigh action on banking crisis
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

Australia:

Aust feeling the effects of global credit crunch
(DBN Subscription Required)

______________

 

Please note that the Daily Bankruptcy News is primarily a news link gathering service.   This means that most of the headlines contained in the publication are a collection of links to stories posted on the Internet by various third party publications.  Such content is owned by third party sources, not the Daily Bankruptcy News, and in some cases, these links change or expire, which means you may not be able to view some news stories in prior editions of the Daily Bankruptcy News. The DBN subscription fee for access to certain links is not a fee for access to the content of the links, but is a charge for the considerable work involved in gathering, organizing and presenting the links. Use of this site and The Daily Bankruptcy News is subject to our Terms of Use.If you received the Daily Bankruptcy News via email (and you have a paid subscription account), to view a news story, click on the headline, and the story should open in your web browser. To view additional stories, click back to the email and click on additional headlines, which will cause new stories to open in your web browser.  You can view the Daily Bankruptcy News on the web by clicking here, or by going to BKINFORMATION.COM and clicking on the Bankruptcy News button.  Note that the Daily Bankruptcy News is distributed via "HTML email" in which the links to the news stories are embedded in the headlines.  The email you receive should look like a 3-column newspaper, with headlines for each story. If you receive the Daily Bankruptcy News by email and the copy you receive is not formatted like a 3-column newspaper, or does not seem to contain links to the news stories, you may have an email client that is not capable of receiving HTML email, or is not configured to display such email.  You can however, receive a daily email notifying you when the Daily Bankruptcy News is updated on the web site. If you would like to receive such an email, please let us know at admin@bkinformation.com.You can search the headlines from prior editions of the Daily Bankruptcy News by clicking here.

Advertising
Advertising is available in the Daily Bankruptcy News in a variety of places, formats and prices. Go to http://bkinformation.com/DBN_ADs.htm  for a list of choices.  Feel free to contact us with any questions.

Passwords
Access to certain links in the Daily Bankruptcy News is available only to readers holding a paid subscription.  These links are currently marked with a "DBN Subscription Required" notation. The cost of a subscription is $50/year, payable annually.  Volume discounts are available for sites with multiple users. Click here to see a schedule of discounts. Complimentary subscriptions are available for full-time educational and governmental employees and for full time students. For information about discounts or educational/governmental subscriptions, contact us by clicking here. A separate password is required for each member of a firm wishing access to restricted links. New readers can receive a free password good for 30 days by going to http://bkinformation.com/RegistrationForm.cfm. Readers who wish to change their passwords should go to http://bkinformation.com/ChangePasswordForm.cfm. Readers who have forgotten their password should go to http://bkinformation.com/GetPassword.cfm

Adding Your Email Address To The Distribution List
If you would like to start receiving the Daily Bankruptcy News by email each day, go to http://bkinformation.com/SubscribeDBNForm.cfm  and fill in the information requested.  There is no charge to be placed on the distribution list to receive the headlines, although access to many of the links behind the headlines requires a paid subscription (see above, under Passwords). If, after adding your email address to the distribution list, you do not receive an email confirming the addition, please contact us by clicking here for help.  

Removing Your Email Address From The Distribution List
If you already receive Daily Bankruptcy News by email and you wish to remove your email address from the distribution list, click here and send the email that should appear.  Note that the email must be sent from the same email address at which you are receiving the Daily Bankruptcy News. You do not need to type anything in the body of the email message.   If you do not receive an email confirming deletion of your email address from the distribution list  for the publication, contact us by clicking here for help.

Daily Bankruptcy News is published each business day by BKINFORMATION.COM, L.L.C.  You can reach us at 281-242-6208 or at accounting@bkinformation.com