February 12, 2007 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

Pilots Union Plans To Appeal Decision Forbidding Strike
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US Airways CEO booked on drunk driving charge
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Northwest Seeks Contempt Order Vs. Group Of Holders
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US Airways chief had DUI arrests in past
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Comair, pilots get closer
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Northwest's cost-cutting measures are paying off
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Goldman sees upside at UAL, says it's trading at discount
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Symphony Suitors Line Up
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Law:

Law Firm Leaders Have Mergers on the Mind
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After a busy '06, lawyers expect more of the same
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A Third of 4th Circuit Seats Could Be Vacant
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Court Upholds Sanction for Lawyer's Use of Racially Charged Word
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Increased Demand for Lawyers at Firms, In-House
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WilmerHale rocked by exit of corporate stars to Heller
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Firm to headhunt frustrated London associates
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Depositions as a Grudge Match
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From Coudert Brothers to Messy, Complicated & Litigious
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Lawyer Hired Because of Good References, but Not the Kind You'd Want
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Associate Pay Raises: Arent Fox; K&L Gates; Heller Ehrman; Keker & Van Nest
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A Little Dose of Good News for Milberg Weiss
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Lerach Lawyer Fired By Trump Trying to Stay in Public Eye
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Forecast Calls for Fatter Paychecks in the Sunshine State
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Freshfields overhauls management to do away with conflicts
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White & Case City office posts 67 per cent PEP hike
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Judge Revokes Bail of Man Charged With Defrauding NY Firms
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San Antonio court rules against National Benevolent
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How to Fix Your Law Firm's Compensation Plan
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Partners reject Lovells' plan to bypass lockstep
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Delaware's Morris Nichols Is the M&A Go-to Specialist for Other Firms
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Marsupial Alert: Don't Refer to Appellate Judges as a 'Kangaroo Court'
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Say What?!
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The Firm of The Past, the Firm of the Future?
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Anna:

Conn. lawyer finds TV fame following Smith's death
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The Litigation-Filled Life of Anna Nicole Smith, and the Legal Aftermath of Her Demise
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Anna Nicole Smith Leaves Behind a Legal Tangle
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King: Anna Nicole was 'genuine, special person'
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Financial Literacy:

Bankruptcy Court sponsors educational program
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Sports:

Few options left for strapped Winding Hollow
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Autos:

Unions try to stall sale of Dana unit
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Chrysler, CAW talk buyout terms
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1,000 salaried Chrysler jobs to go
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Rennert in talks for Delphi interiors unit
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Delphi chief reassures workers: Preserving pensions a priority
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For Ford, It Doesn't Add Up - Investors' Valuation of Stock Is Off When Considering Firm's Liabilities, Assets
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UAW vows fight for Delphi jobs
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Former Lear employees react to new ownership
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Takeover clouds future for Lear
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Real Estate:

Couple tied to USA Capital draws probes
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Collapse socks retirees: Some say they were duped in billion-dollar loan program
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Merrill Loaded for Bear in Mortgage Market That Humiliated HSBC
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Losses in Home Loans Prompt HSBC to Shake Up Management of Unit
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Mortgage fraud's new super sleuths
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Rules tighten for subprime loans
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Subprime lenders and builders expose risks in U.S. stock and bond markets
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Banks That Took Greenspan's Advice Pay the Price
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Creditors request Dwek bankruptcy
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Defaults up as home prices fall
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In Freefall Without a Parachute
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Defaults 15 - 20% Of Memphis' For-Sale Inventory
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Exotic Mortgages: The Never-Ending Story
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Economy:

Data expected to support Bernanke's hopeful view
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Health Care:

St. Vincent's Plan Reveals a Remarkable Turnaround
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Big, Smaller, Plans for St. Vincent's
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Doctors Medical Center JPA to meet for first time
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"Health Care Gluttons" in Bankruptcy
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Operating in the shadows
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A split forms, with homes caught in middle
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Wall Street:

Top-Producing Banker Resigns Abruptly at Lehman Brothers
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Religion:

Catholic diocese in Iowa battles financial woes, is spared civil trial
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Corporate Reform:

HomeGold: Victims still bitter despite sentences
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Will the SEC Follow Deputy AG McNulty's Lead?
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SEC Slammed Over Hedge Fund Test
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Timber:

Palco's shadow company?
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Accounting:

Levi Strauss Dumps KPMG as Accountant
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Former Ipix CEO back for the gold
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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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The Complicated End of an Ex-Law Firm
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DLA Piper Names 66 New Partners, 1 Restructuring
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For 'Badges of Fraud,' Lawyer Is Denied a Bankruptcy Discharge
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Pensions:

Payback Period on San Diego Pension Debt Could Get Political
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Mining:

Asarco fights parent firm for refund
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Municipalities:

Despite bankruptcy, Osos hires lawyer to fight fines
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Student Debt:

College debt increasingly is a burden to graduates
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Bankruptcy attorney admits faking judge's signature, gets prison time
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Office of Inspector General Audit reveals historical bankruptcy fraud referral data
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Mass Torts:

Clients Prevail Over Former Baron & Budd Associate in Federal Court
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Publishing:

The next chapter may be 13 -- Charlie Winton and his indie publishing dream are caught in a huge bankruptcy tangle
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Credit Cards:

Consumer revolving credit pancaked in December
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Adelphia Asks for Bankruptcy Court Approval of $5.2M Worker Bonus Plan
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When things go bust, people aren't as likely to declare themselves broke
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Arizona Bankruptcy Court Discusses Split Re Whether the Confirmation of a Chapter 13 Plan Should Be Given Res Judicata Effect
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UK:

Torex bailed out by RBS
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Strapped Scots lead the rush to go bust
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Insolvency Practitioners' Association to regulate IVAs
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Treasury stands firm as Lloyd's Names voice bankruptcy fears
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Insurance pirate of the Mediterranean: the extraordinary life of Mark Langford
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Glass firm in crisis seeking buyer
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Ulster bankruptcies rise 25% in a year
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Alarm at demands to cut UK tax relief
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The taxman made me homeless
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Health reforms cause financial disarray at top eye hospital
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Russia:

Chevron May Put in Bid for Yukos Assets
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Korea:

29% of Households in Deficit
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