May 30, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

Northwest attendants narrowly accept concessionary pact
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Pension Crash Landing
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Midwest Airlines tries to elude AirTran
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Law:

Super Lawyers Unmasked
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Rubin & Levin Lawyers Named 2007 Super Lawyers
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Law Firms See Benefits Hike With Salaries
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Reed Smith Summers Making More Than First-Years?
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Stephen Ravin Joins Forman
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The way of the Mastodon
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Firms Miss the Boat on Diversity
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Are You Recruiting Warlords? Or Partners?
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Judges' Pay in New York Trails 47 States
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Career Clerks v. Non-Career Clerks
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Coffee, Tea or Torts?: NY Flight Attendant Studied for JD in the Wild Blue Yonder
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The Clifford Chance Million Pound Party Time
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Another Update on Judge Elizabeth
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Abraham Lincoln, Esq.
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Lawyer of the Day
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On Judge's Advice, Brocade Drops Wilson Sonsini
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Addison, Clements, Caldwell make top 50 list
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Freshfields reviews conflict procedures
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Roundup: The U.S. Attorney Mess
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Dechert's 43 per cent grant hike sparks UK outrage
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Say What?!
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Food/Drink:

Lee Food Services: Ready to leave bankruptcy
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Telecoms:

Satmex sale in final stage, buyer could be announced next week
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Pac-West to Hire More Turnaround Experts
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Lending:

Debtor-in-Possession Financing
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Mass Torts:

Robles Case Shows More Sealing of Documents
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Idaho bankruptcy ranking improves in 2006
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Autos:

Ford denies it's in talks to sell Volvo
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104 Years of Ford Motoring Going Down the Drain
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Big 3 Ponder Pawning Health Care On Unions
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Optimism builds in Delphi-UAW talks
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The dog that ate Detroit
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Real Estate:

US Home Prices Drop for the First Time in 16 Years
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Moody's may cut Archstone-Smith's unsecured ratings
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US mortgage applications fell last week
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Prospects dim for quick home-price recovery
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Pulte Says It's Cutting 16% of Workers
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Fed to Hold Public Hearing on New Law Protecting Borrowers
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Measuring the Problem: Foreclosures
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Testimony begins in Met exec fraud trial
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Utilities:

Calpine plans expansion at Geysers power plant
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Health Care:

Doctors' Hospital sale postponed
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Lawyer's 'Happy Meal' comment eats at judge
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InSight Files for Bankruptcy Protection
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Another buyer interested in Kessler
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Religion:

Chicago Diocese Pays $6M in Settlements, Sues Law Firm
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Bankruptcy Compensation:

Delaware Bankruptcy Court Considers Whether Key Employee Incentive Plan Milestones Can Be Lowered Without Triggering The Restrictions On Retention Plans
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Mining:

Asarco gets judge's OK to auction land in Salt Lake City
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Pensions:

Who's getting fat at NJ pension trough?
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Deliberation and Security Design in Bankruptcy
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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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Student Debt:

UTSA staff got treats from loan companies
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Entertainment:

Lou Pearlman Auction To Take Place June 12
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Debt Collection:

Agencies are Expanding Facilities, Collection Staffs
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Corporate Reform:

Expert says Black New York apartment worth $8.5 million
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Conrad Black jury sees tapes of him removing box
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Conrad Black's defense expected to begin case
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Feds Want the Book Thrown at Scrushy
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The hottest investor in America
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Court, creditors approve Amtrol reorganization
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UK:

Thomas Charles Adviser Shortlisted for Debt Counsellor of the Year
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Largest Number of CCJs In Nearly Ten Years
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Canada:

Accused advisor likely a no-show
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Highly-touted sawmill goes bankrupt
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Australia:

Housing costs and bankruptcy numbers show big increases
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More people going broke
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France:

AutoLogic's GAL unit to file for bankruptcy, group has no liability for debt
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Russia:

Auction winner Prana pays for Yukos office building in full
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