June 29, 2007

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

Northwest Meets With Pilots
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Northwest's troubles continue
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United Airlines refinances about $1 billion in debt
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UAL is struggling with a dispirited staff, poor consumer ratings and mediocre service, 17 months after leaving Chapter 11
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US Airways Pilots File Suit To Vacate Seniority Arbitration Award
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Law:

GCs Showing Smart Growth in Hiring
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Capital Market Access? Be Careful What You Wish For
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Firm Scores Marketing Trifecta Trotting Partner Out for TV Cameras
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Howrey to Ditch Lockstep Compensation for Merit-Based Model
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Local Firms Fear That Phoenix May Rise as BigLaw Nest
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BigLaw Firm Puts Old Homestead Up for Sale
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Oona O'Connell, Lawyer Turned Model
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Firm Merger Has Southwestern Flavor
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A Law Firm Ashamed of Its Roots?
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Pay Raise Watch: Pittsburgh
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Thelen Reid Associates: On the Trail of Tiers
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The "A-List" Unveiled; Debevoise On Top
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Report: Weiss and Lerach Reject Prison Plea Deal
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Bermuda Shorts and Reeboks at Biglaw? Dude, It's True!
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Supreme Court OKs retail price fixing by manufacturers
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Lawyer of the Day: Alison Maynard
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Texas Firms See More Money, Hours and Alternative Billing
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Celebrity:

Pearlman's bankruptcy case inches closer to deciphering finances
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Court asks bank, hotel about Pearlman
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Toys:

Lionel's sole right to file Chapter 11 plan extended
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Golf:

Running Horse Deals Gets More Complicated
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Running Horse May Be a Tough Sale in Bankruptcy Court
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Wall Street:

A Body Blow at Bear Stearns
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MetLife Searches Beyond LBO Funds as Returns May Have Peaked
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Autos:

GM Sells Allison Transmission for $5.6B
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UAW Votes on Delphi Pact
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UAW Local 686 votes against concessions
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UAW members back Delphi deal in early returns
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Delphi vote 'a matter of demographics'
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Even if ratified, Delphi pact may face hurdles
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Bankruptcy court OKs Dana's settlement with supplier
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Economy:

Limping along
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Fed not convinced inflation has slowed
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After the Fed: Hesitation
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Jobless Claims Decline
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Corporate Reform:

Jurors at Black trial ask to see summary chart
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Jurors thrust on center stage as deliberations begin
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Fraud trial's near-invisible man
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What price justice? High and rising
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Scrushy was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for bribery
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Health Care:

The New Parkway Hospital emerging from bankruptcy
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'Sicko' puts health care at the fore
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Ex-Napa hospital chief to take reins at Doctors
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Tax:

IRS Private Tax Collector Plan Survives House Challenge
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Food/Drink:

What's Behind the RJ Gator's Bankruptcy
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Pensions:

PBGC Assumes Responsibility For Malden Mills Pension Plan
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Derivatives:

Subprime derivatives shake-up call rejected
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Debt Collection:

Debt Collection & Private Tax Collection update
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Updated Fla. Bankruptcy Law Encouraged as Alternative to Federal Filing
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Debt crisis hits close to home
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Person or Property? On the Legal Nature of the Bankruptcy Estate
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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:

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Timber:

Specialized lumber maker files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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Real Estate:

Mortgage firms are offering deals to avoid foreclosures, but the effort may create clashes with mortgage-backed debt investors
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Kara Homes getting new name
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Mutually Assured Mayhem
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S&P, Moody's Hide Rising Risk on $200 Billion of Mortgage Bonds
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More Woes For Housing
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Buffalo has high rate of default and foreclosure on mortgages
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KB Home reports loss as slump persists
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LevX loan CDS index below par on subprime concern
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Beazer stock dives after firing
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Bank Regulators to Unveil New Subprime Loan Standards
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Foreclosure auctions grow bigger
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Bottom Not in Sight
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Paper:

Creditors, PT Paper OK bankruptcy agreement
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UK:

E&Y called in as music fades at Fopp
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China:

Bankruptcy law gives boost to investor trust
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Uzbekistan:

Bankruptcy Gets Easier in Uzbekistan
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Australia:

Gen X 'would struggle with rate rise'
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Credit Bubble Will End in More Than Tears
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