March 16, 2007 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

United Chief Says Industry Mergers Still Possible
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Delta makes extra payment to non-pilot pension plan
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JetBlue Cancels 215 Flights Due to Storm
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Valentine's day massacre for an industry already in decline
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Judge gives NWA more time to file recovery plan
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FBI raids N. American HQ of Japan airline
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Law:

Summer Hiring Is Heating Up
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Law Firm Downsizing: Who's Next?
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Williams & Connolly Weighs In
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S&C: It Gets Better By the Day
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Restructuring Group Revises Firm Affiliation
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E-Lawyering Requires Rethinking Technology and Law
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Lawyer Who Demanded Payments From Wife's Lovers Found Guilty on 3 Counts
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Senate Panel Clears Way for Subpoenas in Probe of U.S. Attorney Firings
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Bush's U.S. Attorney Purge Vs. President Clinton's . . .
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Grand jury to look at diet-drug attorneys
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From Monica to Malibu to "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"
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Giuliani '08's in Full Swing, and Bracewell's Under Scrutiny
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Six Jenkens Lawyers in Dallas Join Winstead
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Say What?!
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Firm wants lawyers to "work till it hurts"
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Ghostwriting Is OK, so Long as It's Disclosed
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Law Librarian Hotties: The Winners!!!
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A Lawyer Like a Hurricane
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Economy:

Greenspan: Subprime Spillover Unlikely
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Greenspan expects some spillover from subprime mortgages
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Food/Drink:

IBC turnaround clock ticking - With bankruptcy deadlines looming, three key areas must be righted
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Interstate Bakeries gets approval to sell 2 West Coast plants
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Bankruptcy Plan Approved For Calif. Winemaker
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Media:

Granite revenue increases
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Bankruptcy plan offered by TV stations
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Autos:

GM to tackle unions over $68bn health liabilities
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UAW strike, failed Delphi talks among top threats to GM in 2007
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Delphi, investors still seeking deal with unions, GM
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G.M. Says It Has Found Serious Flaws in Accounting
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The Competition for Chrysler
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Corporate Reform:

Black jury selection should wrap up
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Jurors Says the Darndest Things
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Jury picked in Black fraud trial
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Jury has common touch
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Ex-Telecom CEO Fields 'Black Box' Trial Defense
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Real Estate:

AG: Bankruptcy Could Speed Up Company's Foreclosures
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Red Star developer files bankruptcy
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Bear Stearns Shrugs Off Subprime Worries
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New Century probes examine what execs knew about accounting
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Accredited Home Lenders to Sell $2.7 Billion of Loans
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Contractor accused of scamming victims in seven states
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Community Group Urges Lending Reform
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Where `subprime' borrowers can go: FHA
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"The Trend Is Accelerating": Massachusetts
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Fraud charges at Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities settled
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Ameriquest parent announces cuts
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Outside the sub-prime loan box
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Many Flip for Get-Rich Ad; Now, Firm's Founder Is in Trouble
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IndyMac: "Not a Subprime Lender"
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Hedge Funds:

Fund disclosure to be decided on appeal
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Wall St Trade Groups See Big Harm From Hedge-Fund Disclosure
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The Latest On Northwest Airlines And The Hedge Fund Disclosure Issue
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Jury hears recording about photos and threats
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A Convicted Ex-CEO, A Law-Firm Partner, A Playmate . . .
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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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Learning the 'Habitudes' of bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Reform:

Bankruptcy lawyers: creditors not cashing in on 2005 law changes
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Fitness:

Bally Total Fitness may file for Chapter 11
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Enron:

Desks belonging to Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling listed on eBay
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Wall Street:

UBS investment bank chief threatens to leave
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Economy:

Wholesale inflation surges in February
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Credit Cards:

Warren: Getting the Monster's Attention
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Congressional scrutiny of card billing gives hope
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Entertainment:

"Ponzi" Pariah Pearlman Is Sued
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Banking:

Assault By Overdraft
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Religion:

Claim deadline set for diocese bankruptcy
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Bankruptcy Work Falls, but Megacases Still Provide Hefty Fees
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UK:

Don't fall for false advertising regarding IVAs
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The great property divide amid the boom
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Romania:

Bankruptcies up 44%
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Japan:

Disgraced Livedoor internet guru found guilty
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