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Federal Practice in the Central District: Changes, Trends, and Updates 2011

06/06/11

06/16/2011 Presented by: Los Angeles County Bar Association Subsection/Committee: Federal Courts Coordinating Committee Co-Sponsored by: Litigation Law Section Get an insider’s view of what’s new at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California from the judges themselves....

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Thomson Reuters News & Insight

06/04/11

To: [email protected] Subject: [bank-sub-committee] sheri_bluebond@####### has shared: I guess we didn't manage to kill this. Thomson Reuters News & Insight Source: newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com "California's Assembly approved a bill on Thursday that would require local governments to go into mediation before they...

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San Fernando Valley Bar Association

06/04/11

Dear All: The San Fernando Valley Bar Association is at it again. Its Business/Bankruptcy/Real Property section is presenting four brief topics of interest to bankruptcy practitioners. Louis Esbin and Steven R. Fox are the speakers. They will present brief topics...

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Call for Papers Regulation in the Fringe Economy

06/03/11

Here is an opportunity for law professors or other authors who may be working on a paper on “fringe economy” credit and its regulation. Washington & Lee Law Review is asking for paper submissions by Aug. 15 to be considered...

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Amendment to Title 11?

06/03/11

On May 26th, Sen. Durbin (D-IL) introduced S.1102 a bill to amend Title
11 with respect to certain exemptions to discharge in bankruptcy. The bill is Durbin's previously introduced, in other Congresses, student loan in discharge bill. According to Durbin's statement,...

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Major Victory!

06/02/11

The Honorable Michael S. McManus denied the U.S. Trustee's Motion to Dismiss a legally married same-sex couple's Chapter 7 case. The UST moved to dismiss alleging that the Debtors' joint petition was improper and unauthorized because the term "spouse" as...

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Feds look to give trustees more power

05/31/11

"Federal legislation introduced last week is giving credence to a battle being fought in Middle Tennessee by bankruptcy trustee Henry "Hank" Hildebrand. Hildebrand was the subject of a Friday story related to a growing movement across the country: Judges and...

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Schulte Roth & Zabel News: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge rules in favor of JANA Partners vs. former clients of Marc Dreier

05/30/11

Hi Jonathan, I’m writing to share with you the news that a U.S. bankruptcy judge has ruled in favor of the hedge fund JANA Partners LLC in its defense against claims from former clients of disbarred attorney Marc Dreier. The...

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Listed in 25 Best Blogs for Bankruptcy

05/30/11

Hi, I posted an article, "The 25 Best Blogs for Dealing With Bankruptcy" (http://www.accountingdegree.com/blog/2011/the-25-best-blogs-for-dealing-...). I just thought I'd share it with you in case you thought it would appeal to your readers. I am happy to let you know that...

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State Bankruptcy

05/23/11

Steven Schwarcz, law professor at Duke, has an article forthcoming in the May 2012 issue of the UCLA Law Review discussing the issue of state "bankruptcy." He argues that the bankruptcy of a state cannot fit appropriately into the present...

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