March 8, 2007 

Daily Bankruptcy News

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Aviation:

Judge to rule on hedge fund disclosure in NWA bankruptcy case
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Delta gives more details on post-bankruptcy employee benefits
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February traffic steeply down at Mesaba
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Delta, creditors reach CVG deal
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Law:

Buchanan Ingersoll Changes Strategy Post-Merger
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Buchanan Bankruptcy Group Moves to Greenberg
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The Pearl Harbor Day Massacre: The Plot Thickens
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Oxley to Join Baker Hostetler
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The Hot Law Firm That Shuns The Crowd
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The Departure of Women From Large Law Firms
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Former N.Y. Gov. Pataki Joins Chadbourne & Parke
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These Are the Best of Times to Be a Gay Lawyer
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S&C: An Insider's View
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But Gay Associate's Suit Against Sullivan Raises Some Ugly Questions
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S&C's Cohen Comments to AmLaw in re: Charney
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Just Throw Blueberry Muffins at the Problem!
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Once Clintonites, Big Wig Lawyers are Flocking to Obamalot
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Knives Out? Law Firms In New Era - As More Corporate Defenders Take Contingency-Fee Work, Payouts, Risks Bring Conflict
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Lawyer fined for 'abusive' act
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Freshfields reaches end of sweeping equity overhaul
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Heller 2.0 pulls off one heck of a reboot
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Overmedicated Lawyer Awarded $2.7 Million
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Mayer Brown London office avoids brunt of 45-partner de-equitisation
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Firm's partners in line for windfall with LongAcre sale
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Say What?!
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Lovells’ US arm faces profit slowdown

White & Case lawyers to choose their hours
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Firm to outsource bulk work
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Law Firms Checking Web Sites When Hiring
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Hotels:

Hyatt is sole bidder for Hyatt Regency
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Health Care:

Nevada Bill Caps Interest, Fees in Medical Debt Collection
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Autos:

Delphi Files Registration Statement With SEC
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Collins & Aikman plans to sell much of its US plastics business
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Inside Chrysler's pitch to suitors
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Gettelfinger: Union aims to keep Chrysler in DCX
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Chrysler workers reject pay cuts
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Higher health bills loom at Ford
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Ford, supplier asked to keep negotiating
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5,000 applications for 18 Honda jobs
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GM CEO Sees No End to Overcapacity
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Economy:

Nation Experiences Modest Growth in Feb.
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US Failing To Prepare For Economic Future
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Religion:

Victim's Group Rallies Against Catholic Diocese
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Victims shouldn't rest until Diocese pays
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Credit Cards:

Senate panel scrutinizes credit card practices
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Bill would block credit cards for illegals
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Panel Slams Banks Over Credit Practices
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US lawmakers pledge close watch on credit card practices
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Credit card firms promise more transparency
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Real Estate:

Fremont in talks with 6 suitors
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The Mortgage Mess Spreads
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Steel:

More red ink for Stelco
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Bankruptcy Reform:

The Totality of the Circumstances of the Debtor's Financial Situation in a Post-Means Test World: Trying to Bridge the Wedoff/Culhane & White Divide
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Bankruptcy Crimes:

Forged signature on bankruptcy petition leads to bankruptcy fraud
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Corporate Reform:

The SEC is trying to decide whether and how harshly to penalize firms that backdated stock options. The issue has delayed a vote on a settlement with Brocade
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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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Personal Bankruptcies Growing Slowly
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Harvey Miller to Return to Weil Gotshal as Partner
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'Old Love' Beckoned Miller
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Weil Gotshal -- In With the Old, Out With the New?
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Insolvency legend Miller rejoins Weil Gotshal
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Firms Want High Bankruptcy Fees, Until They Have to Disgorge Them!
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Retailing:

Is the Death Knell Sounding for Retail Reorganization?
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Corporate Governance:

The Business Judgment Rule
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Appointment Of Interim Trustee Before Section 546's Two-Year Statute Of Limitations Expires Insufficient To Extend Period For Bringing Preference Actions
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Reading recommendation from a Judge's web site
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Consumer Borrowing Rises 3.2% in January
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UK:

Interest rates left unchanged
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Lawyers scramble as Govt unveils surprise company law countdown
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Russia:

Yukos bankruptcy receiver nominated for Rosneft board
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Australia:

Where's justice if Elliott can start business again?
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Lashings of loot at Aristocrat
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ASIC fails in bid to freeze Rold assets
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Czech Republic:

Agrobanka to file bankruptcy petition
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Canada:

Insolvency lawyer called to Superior bench
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