March 15, 2007 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

Trustee calls for investigation of Northwest's merger potential
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US Airways won't be gun-shy after Delta setback
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US Airways workers protest negotiations
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Law:

Top NY Firm Expands Manhattan Offices
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What students want
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IP Litigators: Worth Their Weight in Gold?
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Was S.F. Judge the Catalyst for Firing of U.S. Attorney?
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Why Were They Fired?
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Democrats consider subpoenas in firings
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Former U.S. Attorney: Why I Was Fired
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Six Partners Jump From Powell Goldstein to McKenna
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"Human Greed Has No Bounds," Says MSFT in Fee Dispute
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Say What?!
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Female partners plunge as UK firms cut back equity
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Bald to be wild
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Anonymous Lawyer
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Web Networks Reprogram the Way Law Firms Market Themselves
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N.Y. Judge Orders Lawyer Depositions on Charney Settlement Meeting
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Corporate Reform:

Dismissal, light sentences in Hewlett Packard case
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Trump May Testify At Conrad Black Trial
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The Extravagant Fall of Conrad Black
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Small-Firm Stars Get Set to Defend Conrad Black
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Conrad Black's lawyer gets on wrong side of judge
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Potential jurors show disdain for big paydays
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Bank of America Fined $26 Million for Research Abuse
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Accounting:

Court enters ruling on Keystone losses in Grant Thornton vs. FDIC civil case
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Court Avoids Debtor's Payment Of A Supersedeas Bond As A Preference
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Autos:

Model Planes for Troubled Autos
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GM Faces Rough Road
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Equity groups called Chrysler front-runners
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GM's U.S. Blues
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Ford's comeback effort still sputtering
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Real Estate:

Nervous neighbors eye California subprime lender
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Making Sense of the Mortgage Mess
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Regulators in 4 states order New Century to stop doing business
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Mortgage lenders can't claim that no one told them so
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Who will get caught holding the subprime hot potato?
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Barclays demands New Century buy back loans
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Betting the bank on New Century
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Sub-Prime Lenders in Bankruptcy Need New, Better Names
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Blame basic instinct, rather than sub-prime evil
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Shakedown
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Why Wall Street is worried
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Sub-prime market: Isolated or a Tipping Point?
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Top 10 subprime originators lean to left coast
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Government May Punish Subprime Lenders
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H&R Block Mops Up Its Mortgage Mess
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Option One's Dwindling Options
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Lehman CFO Says Subprime Mortgages Are Hedged
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Subprime woes may end liquidity glut
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USA Capital reorganizes
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As Subprime Customers Struggle, Discounters May Feel Pain
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Mass Torts:

Disparities Between Asbestosis and Silicosis Claims Generated By Litigation Screenings and Clinical Studies
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Bankruptcy dispute over "serious errors" by trustee goes to mediation
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Judge OKs Radnor's Liquidation Firm
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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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Entertainment:

Judge OKs trustees in 2 Pearlman bankruptcy cases
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Textiles:

Bankruptcy sale of Malden Mills completed
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Yao Guilty of Bankruptcy Fraud
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Lawyer's trial in bankruptcy case delayed
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Religion:

8 priest suits settle
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In an era of easy money, with increasingly complex debt packages, companies are finding new ways of insuring against a downturn
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Credit firm head found in contempt
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11th Circuit Ruling in Mutual Benefits Viatical Case a Defeat for Insurers
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Banks face rise in credit default protection
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UK:

Pru hires Freshfields refusenik to unlock fund
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Mountain Of Debt
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Brown to sell off students' £16bn debt
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Poland:

Court proceedings start for causing JTT bankruptcy
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Taiwan:

BenQ faces insider trading probe as CFO gets locked up
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Japan:

Livedoor Verdict Could Highlight Changes
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