Bankruptcy Law

The Bankruptcy Law Center in California Helps Financially Distressed Consumers Save Their Home – SBWire

San Diego, CA — (SBWIRE) — 07/09/2012 — Consumers who are financially distressed and on the verge of losing their home may find help at the Bankruptcy Law Center in California. The firm helps consumers save their home by filing … Continue reading

Dewey Docket: Fighting Over the Bones – Wall Street Journal

There could be some fireworks Monday afternoon in federal bankruptcy court in lower Manhattan. The team winding down the defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is expected to square off against the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog and la …

Freshfields, Covington, Clifford Chance: Business of Law – Businessweek

The company’s lawyers are the New York-based law firm White & Case LLP … Dynegy put the unit into bankruptcy last year. Under the proposal approved by Morris, the holdings unit will merge with the parent company and creditors will … Continue reading

Pittsburgh firm settles Adelphia lawsuit – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The settlement is subject to the approval of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber. Tracie Gliozzi, a spokeswoman for the law firm, said: “Agreeing to settle the matter allows us to focus on our clients and our goals. We are pleased … Continue reading

Downtown law firm will pay $60M in Adelphia bankruptcy – PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

A Downtown law firm agreed to pay $60 million to a recovery trust as a result of its representation of the bankrupt Adelphia Communications Corp. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney will pay $20 million to the Adelphia Recovery Trust, which is … Continue reading

Purple Leads Offers New Bankruptcy Leads – WebWire

After focusing a great deal of time and effort into updating both its current lead generation tools and new lead generation technology, Purple Leads’ High Quality Bankruptcy Leads are new and numerous. Clients, such as law firms, accountants and debt … Continue reading

Tobacco company Renegade Holdings looking to exit bankruptcy in 2013 – The Business Journal

Renegade currently employs 85, down from 140 when the company initially entered bankruptcy in January 2009. Owen Covington covers health care, commercial real estate, economic development, law/bankruptcy court, media/advertising, tobacco …

Sanko bankruptcy blow for bulk shipping – Financial Times

According to US bankruptcy court filings, Sanko owned just 16 ships on … owners will simply withdraw their vessels,” said Chris Howse, a partner at Hong Kong law firm Howse Williams Bowers. “Sanko had similar financial difficulties in 1985 and … Continue reading

Bankruptcy Law Information and Advice. – PR-USA.net

Bankruptcy is a legal tool available to people to relieve themselves of their debts and start fresh . There are two chapters of consumer bankruptcy: Chapter 7 Chapter 13. Chapter 7 is appropriate for debtors with low income who are … Continue reading

It’s stupid economists, people – Sydney Morning Herald

well-developed commercial law, with independent courts to enforce contracts; bankruptcy laws to deal with failed businesses; audited financial statements that were roughly believable, and so forth. Developing countries possessed none of these stabilising institutions.