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Tampa bankruptcy court filings
(8:11-bk-04186) The listed businesses have filed bankruptcy petitions in US Bankruptcy Court in Tampa. Under the US Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 7 filings are for companies whose assets are being liquidated to pay creditors. Chapter 11 is for businesses
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:03P
Deedar's re-hiring as NAB chief under consideration: Awan
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Babar Awan has said reappointment of Justice (retd) Deedar Hussain Shah as NAB chairman is under consideration. He said this while addressing a press conference here in the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday.
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:02P
Senate seeks Awan's opinion on Punjab's objection
“After detailed deliberations at Secretariat level, Chairman Senate Farooq Naek has finally referred the letter to the law and justice division for a legal opinion,” Senate sources told The News here Friday. The official memo has created an interesting
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:02P
Nepali CJ for cooperation among judiciary of S Asian nations
The chief justice of Supreme Court of Nepal, along with his delegation, on Friday inaugurated a new IT Centre at the Lahore High Court for SMS and email service aimed at timely informing lawyers and the litigants about the date of their cases.
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:01P
Terrorists getting bails for lack of evidence: PHC
A single bench presided over by Justice Dost Mohammad Khan issued the directives to the provincial government during the bail petition hearing of two terror suspects char-ged with various acts of terrorism. Justice Dost Mohammad observed that both the
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:01P
China investigated 783 judges for law, discipline violation in 2010
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China investigated 783 judges who violated laws and disciplines in 2010, a decrease of 1.51 percent year on year, said Wang Shengjun, China's chief justice and president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Friday.
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:01P
Propriety of Barring Blumenfeld Ruling in DA Case Questioned
Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York County Lawyers' Association's Ethics Institute and a coalition of law professors. The District Attorneys Association of the State of New York submitted an amicus urging adoption of the Queens District Attorney
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:01P
Propriety of Barring Blumenfeld Ruling in DA Case Questioned
Criminal Defense Lawyers, the New York County Lawyers' Association's Ethics Institute and a coalition of law professors. The District Attorneys Association of the State of New York submitted an amicus urging adoption of the Queens District Attorney
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:01P
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's wife files for divorce
to talk about the separation beyond the lone TV interview, and to deter people from publishing rumors about their personal life, the couple hired Philadelphia lawyer Richard A. Sprague, who is known as a fierce litigator and criminal defense attorney.
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:01P
The reality check about Punjab's 'stay order govt'
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Musa K Leghari, on Feb 25, disqualified PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, the Punjab Chief Minister, from contesting elections and holding public offices, upholding the
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:00P
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