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Three California federal bankruptcy judges set to retire are being replaced by an attorney from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a partner from Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP, and a solo practitioner. The announcement was made by the chief ... Read full article

I just went to pay my NACBA dues online and discovered that our own Peter Lively is the NACBA member of the month this month and our own Erik Clark was so designated three months ago. So we can say... ... Read full article

"Bernard Madoff’s son Andrew must submit to a bankruptcy judge’s decision to permit a $198 million lawsuit to go forward because he sought that court’s protection when he filed a claim against his father’s estate, a federal judge said. U.S.... ... Read full article

Three California federal bankruptcy judges set to retire are being replaced by an attorney from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a partner from Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP, and a solo practitioner. The announcement was made by the chief ... Read full article

On December 23, 2011, President Obama signed into law HR 3765, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, extending the current 4.2% Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) tax rate for employees to wages paid ... Read full article

Leon Bayer, (aka The Bankruptcy Blogger, http://www.bankruptcyblogger.org/) is a Certified Bankruptcy Specialist by the State Bar of California and will be interviewed live on Public Radio station KALW, San Francisco, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 from 7:30 ... Read full article

"Evelyn Lozada -- one of the stars of 'Basketball Wives' who was once engaged to former NBA All-Star Antoine Walker -- is being sued for allegedly receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars illegally. The story is shocking. Walker raked ... Read full article

"Multiplatinum rapper Young Buck could lose his name and other assets in a bankruptcy case that the rapper says is frustrating his attempts to sign with a new record label. Davidson County Bankruptcy Judge George Paine converted the artist’s ... Read full article

The Annual Seminar of The Financial Lawyers Conference April 20-22, 2012 Ojai Valley Inn & Spa Bankruptcy After The Fall: Emerging Issues In The Wake Of The Financial Crisis The bursting of the housing bubble in 2007, the financial panic... ... Read full article

"Hostess Brands, America’s biggest bakery, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy again — perhaps as early as next month, The Post has learned. Staying out of Chapter 11 is proving tough for the Twinkies maker, a source said,... ... Read full article

"In a single declarative sentence, U.S. bankruptcy court judge Dennis Montali captured the essence of what was at issue during a nearly two-hour hearing Wednesday over professional fee applications in the Howrey bankruptcy: 'This is not an ATM ... Read full article

"American Laser Centers LLC has filed for bankruptcy protection along with its parent, as a weak economy dampened demand for its laser hair removal treatments leading to cash constraints, court documents showed." Read more here. ... Read full article

"A Missouri bank has joined with four companies seeking to force a failed artificial sweetener factory in Moberly into an involuntary bankruptcy case." Read more here. ... Read full article

"Round Table Pizza Inc. said Friday it is expected to emerge from bankruptcy next week. The company filed for Chapter 11 protection in February with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Oakland. Its reorganization plan was approved Dec. 12." Read more... ... Read full article

​"The slogan 'It's Good Mood Food' doesn't appear to be case with several Arby's restaurants in Arizona. In fact, the mood's downright depressing. The Republic reports three related Scottsdale limited-liability companies, ... Read full article

"Wall Street creditors asked a judge Thursday to throw out the record bankruptcy filed by Alabama's largest county over more than $4 billion in debt, arguing state law doesn't allow it." Read more here. ... Read full article

"Buried deep in American Airlines' Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is a striking asset -- a town house in one of London's most expensive residential streets that property experts say could be worth up to $30 million." Read more here. ... Read full article

The most widely used feature of the federal Judiciary’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) service has gone mobile. Read more here. ... Read full article