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Posh poseur over
In bankruptcy documents filed in Manhattan last month, social hustler Justin Ross Lee, who regularly boasts about his luxe lifestyle to his 5000 Facebook fans, claimed that his aptly named “Pretentious Pockets'' silk-pocket-square business is a dismal
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:12A
IMF warns Greece to cut deeper as default threatens
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos admitted that the coming week would be "very difficult" for the eurozone as well as for Greece. The IMF warning is a strong signal that auditors from the International Monetary Fund, European Union and
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:06A
Solyndra: The Logical Endpoint of Obamanomics
The bankruptcy of solar-panel maker Solyndra neatly encapsulates the economic, political and intellectual bankruptcy of Barack Obama's Big Idea. It was the president's intention back in 2009 to begin centrally
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:57A
JOEY KENNEDY: Jefferson County's settlement avoids bankruptcy for now; is that
Was it the Jefferson County sewer bond creditors, most of them Wall Street bankers who were staring at the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history? Or was it the members of the Jefferson County Commission, who agreed in a special meeting on Friday
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:49A
There ought to be a law….easier said than done.
There has been much talk lately about the very significant success that the 232-unit Spa at Sunset Isles condominium community obtained in Bankruptcy Court under its Chapter 11 proceedings. This community was able to hold banks liable for surcharges
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:47A
GM, UAW agree on new 4-year contract; any local jobs planned ?
Details weren't released, but the union says the deal reached late Friday includes some major goals, including improvements in profit-sharing, promises of new jobs and better health care benefits. The deal serves as a template for contracts still being
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:42A
IN RE JUVE
We have jurisdiction over this appeal from the final judgment of the bankruptcy court. See 28 USC § 158(b). For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand this matter to the bankruptcy court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:40A
IN RE TURNER
P. 3001(c); and (3) violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC § 1692 ("FDCPA"). The Amended Complaint alleges that the Defendant "is attempting by fraud, deceit and abuse of the bankruptcy process to receive disbursements from the
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:40A
IN RE HAFNER
As expressly permitted by 11 USC § 327(e), notwithstanding that he had represented Debtor prepetition, Feldstein was then retained and employed by the Trustee as his special counsel to prosecute the personal injury claim on behalf of the estate. [Doc.
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:40A
IN RE LeBARRON
United States Bankruptcy Court, WD North Carolina, Charlotte Division. THIS CAUSE coming on to be heard and being heard before the undersigned Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division,
Updated: 09/19/2011 06:40A