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Why Bankruptcy Reform Is Bad For Entrepreneurs
In 2005, after years of debate, Congress significantly toughened federal bankruptcy law. Many opponents charged that the law would unfairly burden the poor, the elderly, military personnel, and their families. Five years later, a different and
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:48A
Machu Picchu collection is Peru-bound
After a lawsuit initiated by Peru and an acrimonious high-level public battle, Yale University has signed an agreement Peru that will result in the return this year to Peru of some 5000 artefacts taken a century ago from Machu Picchu.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:48A
Reason No. 172 Not To Practice Family Law
by Burt Likko on March 7, 2011 For the uninitiate, the term “family law” is a vaguely Orwellian euphemism for “divorce,” — just as Oceania's Ministry of “Peace” was all about making war, “family law” court is all about breaking up families,
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:47A
Bettman, Daly headed to Phoenix
The league bought the team out of bankruptcy for $140 million and have accumulated losses in the neighbourhood of $30 million while operating the club. A sale to potential owner Matthew Hulsizer has been mired in legal and financial difficulties.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:47A
Publishers Ask Borders to Return Inventory
As the Borders bankruptcy finishes its third week, some publishers are trying another tack to recoup at least part of their losses. Yesterday Source Interlink and Thomas Nelson Publishers filed motions of reclamation for the return of
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:47A
Ultra-nationalist Seselj demands acquittal by UN court
"I propose that you acquit me of all charges, since there is no evidence for a guilty verdict," Seselj told the tribunal. "I demand to be compensated for more than eight years spent in detention without any reason and for everything I went through," he
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:46A
Nicaragua troops told to avoid disputed border
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), or world court, was asked to rule on a lawsuit lodged by Costa Rica last November which accused Nicaragua of sending troops to accompany dredging workers it said were illegally on Costa Rican territory.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:46A
Nicaragua troops told to avoid disputed border
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), or world court, was asked to rule on a lawsuit lodged by Costa Rica last November which accused Nicaragua of sending troops to accompany dredging workers it said were illegally on Costa Rican territory.
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:46A
French flight attendant can pursue employment discrimination lawsuit against
Laurence Rab, a French citizen, saw her employment being terminated after 15 years of service because the company said it caught her misusing company-issued travel vouchers. Rab, however, has alleged that the company had fired her because it
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:42A
Raj Rajaratnam in court for insider trading trial
He also fought, unsuccessfully, to suppress the FBI's secretly recorded phone conversations from trial. The case is USA v Raj Rajaratnam et al, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 09-01184. (Reporting by Grant McCool,
Updated: 03/08/2011 10:42A
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