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Normal business continues at Robb & Stucky's as liquidation sale nears
US Bankruptcy Judge Caryl Delano issued an order late Wednesday approving the details of the sale by Newton, Mass.-based Hudson Capital Partners and HYPERAMS LLC of Vernon Hills, Ill. The assets of the company, faced with more than $60 million in debt,
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:52P
Too Big to Sue
Over a million other women who have worked at Walmart, most as hourly wage earners, are part of the Dukes' class action lawsuit. But the Supreme Court will not be deciding the merits of their discrimination case. What's at stake is the very definition
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:52P
Boutique Investment Bank Hires Retired Skadden Partner
Saggese, based in Skadden's Los Angeles office, most recently worked with Skadden restructuring cochair Jay Goffman as part of a team from the firm advising Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on its bankruptcy. The studio began prepackaged bankruptcy proceedings in
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:51P
Kansas Wants To Keep Unconstitutional Laws About Homosexuality on the Books
That is actually what the Kansas Judicial Council was trying to do: resolve inconsistencies in the Kansas criminal code and remove unconstitutional laws. But now the law that was supposed to bring the rest of the Kansas criminal code up to date,
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:51P
Mark Brewer: Michigan emergency financial manager legislation 'kind of a
Richardville: If we don't turn these individual municipalities around and renegotiate some things to get them back on foot, bankruptcy is the next step. What we're trying to do is avoid bankruptcy. Nobody wins when these units go into bankruptcy.
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:51P
Bank of Spain Sees $21 Billion Capital Shortfall at Lenders
Cajas' exposure to the real-estate and building industry amounts to 217 billion euros. About 100 billion euros of that is already classified as “potentially problematic,” of which 38 percent is covered with provisions, the regulator said.
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:51P
Guillermo Del Toro in a lose/lose situation
He walked out on The Hobbit films when MGM's bankruptcy issues cause the project to stall. He decided he wanted to make a new kind of horror movie that combined slick 3D effects with the whole indie vibe that true horror lovers really go for.
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:51P
Last-ditch talks may decide Blockbuster's fate
NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters Legal) - Parties to the Blockbuster Inc bankruptcy were in talks on Thursday outside of a courtroom where a judge was expected to either decide to sell the movie rental chain or essentially shut it down.
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:50P
Aldine agent sued after robbery
Magnolia residents Glen and Tanis Stanfield filed a lawsuit on March 8 in the Harris County District Court against Texas Farmer Insurance Co. and Bryan Smith of Aldine, alleging breach of contract, unfair settlement practices, violations of the Texas
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:49P
Associate's suit against Bingham set for trial
Lawyers Weekly Staff After months of pre-trial litigation in a case that many thought would quietly settle behind the scenes, a former Bingham McCutchen associate is set to take her sexual harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit to a Suffolk County
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:49P
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