Cases of Interest

PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Triggers Complex Reorganization Case - Wall Street Journal

01/29/19

PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing Triggers Complex Reorganization Case  Wall Street Journal

PG&E filed for bankruptcy protection as expected as it struggles with billions in potential liabilities from its role in sparking California wildfires, triggering one of ...

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Thief steals ring, then tries to pawn it at same company less than 24 hours later - KATU

01/29/19

Thief steals ring, then tries to pawn it at same company less than 24 hours later  KATU

Detectives are looking for a jewelry thief that stole thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise Sunday night, and then tried to pawn it off less than a day later.

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IBC: Supreme Court Permits Anytime Withdrawal Of Insolvency Proceedings - BloombergQuint

01/29/19

IBC: Supreme Court Permits Anytime Withdrawal Of Insolvency Proceedings  BloombergQuint

The recent Supreme Court ruling in Brilliant Alloys' insolvency may just prove to be the saving grace for promoters who have lost control of their insolvent ...

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Why bankruptcy is no longer an easy route out of your debt troubles - Daily Nation

01/29/19

Why bankruptcy is no longer an easy route out of your debt troubles  Daily Nation

Three years after the old Bankruptcy Act was repealed, the number of cases filed under the now-tightened Insolvency Act have drastically fallen — meaning that ...

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Oregon prepares for next federal government shutdown - KATU

01/29/19

Oregon prepares for next federal government shutdown  KATU

Anticipating possible additional federal government shutdowns, Oregon's Senate president has prepared a bill that will allow federal employees who are ...

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Life After Bankruptcy: Why Some Brands Survive and Others Don't - The Business of Fashion

01/29/19

Life After Bankruptcy: Why Some Brands Survive and Others Don't  The Business of Fashion

NEW YORK, United States — By the time Gordon Brothers bought Wet Seal out of its second bankruptcy, the teen retailer had shrunk from hundreds of stores to ...

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Longview police looking for man accused of grabbing girl near bus stop - KATU

01/29/19

Longview police looking for man accused of grabbing girl near bus stop  KATU

LONGVIEW, Wash. — A man grabbed a 12-year-old girl Monday morning while she and her friend were walking to the bus stop, Longview police said.

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Abrupt closure of Boston Language Institute spurs review by state Attorney General’s office - The Boston Globe

01/29/19

Abrupt closure of Boston Language Institute spurs review by state Attorney General’s office  The Boston Globe

The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office is reviewing the abrupt closure earlier this month of the Boston Language Institute, a Kenmore Square school that ...

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Modi government sets March deadline to resolve Essar Steel, Jaypee Infratech and 7 other insolvency cases - Business Today

01/28/19

Modi government sets March deadline to resolve Essar Steel, Jaypee Infratech and 7 other insolvency cases  Business Today

In a bid to complete the resolution of large stressed accounts, the central government has set a March deadline for lenders and resolution professionals to clear ...

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Ian O'Doherty: 'Of course we're shocked by callous M50 footage - but not surprised in an age of moral bankruptcy' - Independent.ie

01/28/19

Ian O'Doherty: 'Of course we're shocked by callous M50 footage - but not surprised in an age of moral bankruptcy'  Independent.ie

Another week, another litany of deaths on our roads. The crash in which four young men died in a single-car accident in Donegal on Sunday night brought the ...

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