July 23, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

A Lawyer's Fall - How Can It Happen Like This?
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Mayer Brown Facing Lawsuit for $17 Million
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Lawyer by Day...
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Pay Raise Watch: Biglaw Partners Are Doing Just Fine, Thanks
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Pay Raise Watch: Fulbright & Jaworski
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Perk Watch: Part-Time Status
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Lawyer treats gene pool to 30 ball parks
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The Da Vinci Code Judge In Puzzling Judicial Scandal
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Lawyers Behaving Badly
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What If the Katten Kreep Met Aquagirl?
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U.S. Firms Beef Up Their Presence in Germany
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Have You Been Injured... By Hogan & Hartson?
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Judge Lends Accused Mob Boss Shirt and Tie for Murder Trial
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The History of Allen & Overy: 1998 - 2007
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How BigLaw Firms Handled Violent Midtown Explosion
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Coloring Your Law Firm's Brand
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Say What?!
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BigLaw Know-It-Alls
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The Rise And Rise Of The London 'Magic Circle' Law Firms
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'Devils Advocate' Lawyer And Others Reap Millions
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Economy:

Fed minutes: Risks 'more balanced,' but inflation is worst
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Federal Minimum Wage to Go Up to $5.85 an Hour
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Welcome to Richistan, USA
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Analyst says downturn will lead to a recession
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Student Debt:

Mass. schools linked to lender in probe
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Broken student loan program makes millions on the backs of students
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Congress Acts on Student Loan Debt
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Religion:

Some answers in sex-abuse scandal
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Lawyer says state of Oregon agrees to settle priest abuse suit
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What will be impact of abuse settlements?
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Oil/Gas:

Rumford seeks more time
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Publishing:

Family Feud
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Telecoms:

Amp'd Mobile shutting down July 24
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Golf:

Push comes to shove for Running Horse -- again
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Entertainment:

More Creditors Line Up Against Wild West World
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Wild West Fallout Continues
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Some States Lag As Bankruptcy Rates Fall
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Tennessee leads nation in bankruptcies
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Banking:

Banks feeling the heat
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Layoffs:

Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, July 2003 to June 2007, seasonally adjusted
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CFS: Former billionaire making comeback with motivational speaking
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Autos:

GM and Ford, After UAW Concessions in 2005, Seek More Union Aid
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Chapter 11 'grossly unfair' - Bosal CEO
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UAW talks start with whiff of change
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Chrysler Fires Opening Salvo In Talks With UAW
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Big Three May Gain Bargaining Power
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Hard bargaining ahead in Detroit
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GM retirees wary of health care trust funds
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Carmakers don't need concessions, union says
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Union nixes temp workers pact
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Union takes step toward Delphi strike
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Conflicts surface during UAW talks
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Workers unpaid as ASC shutters Lansing-area site
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Dana Workers to Vote on New Contract
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Real Estate:

Miami Condo Glut Pushes Florida's Economy to Brink of Recession
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Agent probed by bankruptcy trustee for real estate fraud
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No relief for foreclosure wave
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Home-buying firms see no end of eager sellers
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Payments skyrocket as values decrease
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Big homes, large loans raise rate of foreclosure
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Bankrupt condos to be bought by creditor
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Subprime Survivors
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Mariner Bridge's Shares Fall After U.S. Subprime Losses
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Barclays considers options for recovering losses at Bear Stearns
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Worst yet to come in housing
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The mortgage mess
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Subprime lending misconceptions
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Hello, domino: CLOs feeling subprime heat
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Homeowner bailout is state's mistake
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Foreclosures hit Nevada harder than any other state
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The epicenter of foreclosure
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Wall Street can't cage its mortgage monster
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Wall Street's reaction to subprime mortgage fallout seen as overblown
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Meth house a lender's nightmare
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Credit Suisse/Tremont Index Implodes On Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Meltdown
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Escrow no sure therapy for subprime ills
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Tax:

Strike a Deal With the IRS
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Health Care:

Hospital's ex-CEO accused of failing to comply with bankruptcy laws
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Bankruptcy court gives Tyrone Hospital to August to do paperwork
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The Bankruptcy Study is Baaacccckkk!!!
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Hospital Operator Warns About Need to Rework Debt
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Hospital Crises Could Buckle Area Network - Possible Closings Would Overwhelm Other Facilities
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Bankruptcy sale pending for Doctors' Hospital
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Monsour family could get hospital property
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NY State Opposes Parkway Chpt 11 Plan
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AHA, Hospital Collectors React to Senate FDCPA Proposal
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Aviation:

United Airlines buyback talk raises ire, eyebrows
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The skies are still friendly, but the smiles are often forced
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Air travelers in it for the long haul
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United Airlines stays at the gate as rest of world adds new planes
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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), (12)
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Frozen pay drives out bankruptcy judges
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Companies take a radical step in reconstructing amid bankruptcy: Moving abroad
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Refco:

Refco fallout may hit lawyers
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Horse Racing:

NYRA asks to retain Getnick law firm
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Corporate Reform:

Ten Things We Hate about Fraud
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Credit Cards:

Warren: Stacking the Deck
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Accounting:

It's hard to smile about Grant Thornton's mess
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Justice Department drops massive accounting-fraud case
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Food/Drink:

Interstate Bakeries Can Sell Properties
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Corporate Governance:

The C.E.O., Off the Pedestal
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Minority Claims Against Majority Allowed To Proceed As Direct Action
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Hedge Funds:

Hedge funds opt to be lenders of last resort
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The Hedge-Fund 'Clones'
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Retailing:

Broke-O-Matic -- But wait! There's more woe ahead for bankrupt Ronco
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Credit Reporting:

Is Incorrect Credit Reporting A Violation of the Discharge Injunction?
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Junk bond market 'in nosedive'
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FBI, IRS raid office and home of philanthropist
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UK:

Court of Appeal confirms that trustee in bankruptcy can apply for sale of matrimonial home
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Banks face mortgage 'timebomb'
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Australia:

Bankruptcy rules being rorted
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Wheatley ponders an appeal
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Regulator snares record number of bankruptcy fraud cases
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India:

Being in debt: No longer a dishonor
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Indians learn a new shame - the debt collector
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Russia:

Yukos minority shareholders to get funds left over after bankruptcy
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Canada:

Government accused of milking student loan plan
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