Cases of Interest

Cleveland water revenue bonds take Puerto Rico-related downgrade - Bond Buyer

07/30/19

Cleveland water revenue bonds take Puerto Rico-related downgrade  Bond Buyer

Cleveland's water revenue bonds joined the list of credits to feel the impact of Puerto Rico's special revenue court ruling. Moody's Investors *Service* downgraded ...

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Direct action, choice of law and time limitation - International Law Office

07/30/19

Direct action, choice of law and time limitation  International Law Office

The Maritime and Commercial High Court recently examined a direct action claim against a Dutch freight liability insurer in a carriage of goods by road dispute ...

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Bankrupt Stearns: DOJ Is Wrong to Challenge Its Hire of Skadden - Bloomberg Big Law Business

07/30/19

Bankrupt Stearns: DOJ Is Wrong to Challenge Its Hire of Skadden  Bloomberg Big Law Business

Mortgage lender Stearns Holdings LLC defended its choice of hiring Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP as its lead bankruptcy counsel, refuting the U.S. ...

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Sears Retirees’ Life Insurance Payouts Could Be Just $135 Each - Bloomberg

07/30/19

Sears Retirees’ Life Insurance Payouts Could Be Just $135 Each  Bloomberg

Workers who retired after years of folding shirts and selling refrigerators for Sears Holdings Corp. banded together earlier this year to complain when the ...

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'Eagerly awaited $13m claw back verdict upheld - Bahamas Tribune

07/30/19

'Eagerly awaited $13m claw back verdict upheld  Bahamas Tribune

A Bahamian liquidator's bid to “claw back” a $13.148m pay-out by serving the recipient outside this jurisdiction was yesterday upheld by the London-based Privy ...

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A timeline of the month since Blackjewel declared bankruptcy - Casper Star-Tribune Online

07/30/19

A timeline of the month since Blackjewel declared bankruptcy  Casper Star-Tribune Online

Despite the wave of bankruptcy announcements erupting from Wyoming's coal sector in recent years, none of the coal companies shut down mines, until ...

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Is Student Debt Relief on the Horizon? Here's How 1 Senator Is Fighting for It - Yahoo Finance

07/30/19

Is Student Debt Relief on the Horizon? Here's How 1 Senator Is Fighting for It  Yahoo Finance

Millions of Americans are drowning in student debt -- but help could be on the way.Image source: Getty Images.

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CNN to host town hall on the climate crisis, Solar microgrid saves wedding: pvMB 7/30/19 - pv magazine USA

07/30/19

CNN to host town hall on the climate crisis, Solar microgrid saves wedding: pvMB 7/30/19  pv magazine USA

Hello all of you wonderful people and welcome to the pvMB. Today we've got our eyes on Georgia Power's solar+storage Smart Neighborhood, a scathing ...

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RERA must be amended for more power to regulatory authorities, say MP and Haryana realty regulators - Financial Express

07/30/19

RERA must be amended for more power to regulatory authorities, say MP and Haryana realty regulators  Financial Express

The MP regulator said the RERA bars jurisdiction of civil court but it is silent on different consumer forums and as a result, homebuyers continue to approach ...

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Ex-Teamsters leader John Coli pleads guilty in Chicago extortion case - Chicago Sun-Times

07/30/19

Ex-Teamsters leader John Coli pleads guilty in Chicago extortion case  Chicago Sun-Times

When longtime Chicago Teamsters boss John T. Coli realized in 2016 the secret cash payments he'd been pocketing from Cinespace Chicago Film Studios ...

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