February 14, 2007 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

Delta says it considered 'business combination' with Northwest
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Northwest seeks information about merger talks with Delta
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Comair looks to future after pilot deal
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Will Delta's battle against AirTran lead to a 'predatory price war?'
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Dissenting MAIR shareholder gets seat on board
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Who's Next in Airline Merger Merry-Go-Round
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Law:

Some Firms See No Rush to Raise Associate Pay
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Weil Gotshal revenue sneaks up four per cent
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Cozen O'Connor and Wolf Block End Merger Discussions
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'Speed' Factor Revs Up Big-Firm Love
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Akin Gump Names 18 New Partners, 1 Bankrutpcy
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Whoops: One in, one out
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Amid Merger Talks, Firm Reports 8 Percent Increase in Revenue, PPP
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Sonnenschein Plans to Open Three New Offices
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Midsized Firms Stepping Away From Traditional Recruiting
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N.Y. Federal Judge Faults Leak of Sealed Documents
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Associates: Your Money, or Your Life?
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Vial, Hamilton Loses Nearly Half its Lawyers - Firm May "Go Into Windup"
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25-Year-Old Legal-Mal Litigation Against Andrews Kurth Lives On Despite Plaintiff's Death
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Seyfarth Shaw Makes Itself At Home on the List of Shame
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Say What?!
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Business Intelligence Puts Marketing on Target
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GCs Work to Keep Teams in Place Post-M&A
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Lawyer and Prognosticator Katherine Bierlein
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Davis Polk Opens Beijing Office
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ABA Supports Federal Judge Pay Raise
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Food:

Prospective Latrobe's LeNature's buyers listed
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Health Care:

Norman, OKC groups seek to purchase Moore hospital
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Predatory Lending:

NM governor announces payday loan compromise
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OR House passes bills on payday lenders, rates
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Payday lending measure gets support of VA House panel
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Enron:

Cast the Enron Movie!
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Hunt For High-yield Debt Goes Far Afield -- And Faces A Challenge
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Autos:

Chrysler to announce restructuring plan
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In Humbling Overhaul, Chrysler Faces Big Cuts
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How Chrysler's gains turned to pain
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Teamster Leaders Approve Plan to Save Allied Carhaul Company
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GM stock rise defies skeptics
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Sales Slump Ahead For U.S. Carmakers
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Realistic autoworkers are pinching pennies
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Credit Cards:

No Social Security number? No problema
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Test card forgoes credit history
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The booming 10-credit-card club
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Corporate Reform:

Futures Fraudster Sentenced to Probation
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Irrational Sentencing, Top to Bottom
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Windy city set for Black trial
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Study: Sarbox Curbs Fraud Whistleblowing
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Retailing:

Copeland Sports Files Liquidation Plan
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Layoffs:

1444 mass layoffs created 256K job separations in 4Q
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Coke Bottler Plans to Cut 3500 Jobs
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Real Estate:

Subprime lender ResMAE files for bankruptcy
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Fears grow over subprime loan market
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American Business Financial Lawsuits OKd
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ResMae Seeks Bankruptcy; Credit Suisse to Buy Assets
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It's their default position
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Housing slump hits jobs
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KB Home loses nearly $50M
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Rising defaults are prompting some lenders to clamp down on the use of "piggyback" mortgages
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Morgan Stanley debates the subprime credit crunch
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A Sinking Sensation for Subprime Loans
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NovaStar's water torture
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Subprime Bust: Everyone May Suffer the Consequences
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Fremont General Eliminates Subprime 'Combo' Programs
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Mining:

Bronco prepares liquidating bankruptcy plan
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Mass Torts:

Dangerous When in Power
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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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Student Debt:

Kennedy asks SEC to investigate SLM stock sales
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High Noon for the Student Loan Bandits
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Economy:

Bernanke Hearings to Focus on Labor; Democrats Press Inequality
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Publishing:

Bankruptcy Jolts Indie Publishers
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Anna:

With Smith's Death, Eric Brunstad Becomes a Talking Head
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Hedge Funds:

Fund Manager With NFL Clients Fined $20 Million
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Accounting:

Chalk One Up for the Feds in KPMG Case
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AZ bankruptcy filings nearly double in January
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Clear Thinking Group Promotes Three Consultants
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Junk bond rally keeps going and going
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Unmasking the micro-credit success lie
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New Characterizations of a Classical Bankruptcy Rule
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UK:

Torex's Fate Hanging in the Balance
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PwC secures sale of part of rental clothing business
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UK Revenue gets man on his yacht in Spain
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Russia:

Russia's Gazprom, nickel giant Norilsk Nickel to bid for Yukos assets
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Court backs jailed Lebedev's bid for documents
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Canada:

Deadline looms for Mount Real fraud victims
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Maldives:

"Improving Credit Institutions A Priority": World Bank, Absence of Bankruptcy Law Makes Credit More Difficult
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South Africa:

Bankrupt Fidentia employees expect marching orders
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Austria:

Former head of Bawag bank is extradited to Austria
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