News Topic: Current Affairs

"This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Beso’s back in the news and football players are fumbling. Also, actor Tobey Maguire may need to ramp up his Spidey senses for next year’s poker-lawsuit trial." Read more here. ... Read full article

"The Crystal Cathedral megachurch has restored the voting rights of its founder, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, on the church's governing board." Read more here. ... Read full article

"Tobey Maguire's legal battle against the bankrupt trustees of convicted conman Bradley Ruderman is heading to trial in January, 2012. The Spider-Man star is accused of beating Ruderman in a series of unlicensed poker games in California, taking ... Read full article

"Richard Francis Sanford, 54, of Lexington, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbia to bankruptcy fraud and was sentenced to two years’ probation, 30 days’ home confinement and 100 hours of community service, U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said ... Read full article

"Alabama's Jefferson County on Tuesday hired outside bankruptcy lawyers ahead of a critical decision on its debt that could result in what would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. The hiring of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & ... Read full article

Subject: [Bankr-L] new Bankruptcy Mortgage Project website Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:55:01 -0400 From: John Rao Reply-To: The National Consumer Law Center has set up a website that collects and makes available for download a variety of documents... ... Read full article

July 22, 2011 Dear Insolvency Law Committee Constituency List members: The following is an EBulletin prepared by Insolvency Law Committee member Robert G. Harris: Governor Brown signs bill protecting California homeowners from claims by junior mortgage ... Read full article

"Borders Group Inc., the bankrupt bookstore chain, may avoid a total wind-down by selling as many as 35 stores to Books-A-Million Inc. (BAMM) in a deal involving liquidators, Borders lawyer Andrew Glenn said." Read more here. ... Read full article

KOBO COMMENTS ON BORDERS’ LIQUIDATION TORONTO – July 19, 2011 – The management of Kobo, a global leader in eReading with over 4.2 million users in more than 100 countries worldwide, has issued comments relating to the ongoing liquidation of... ... Read full article

"The Los Angeles Dodgers fought on Wednesday to keep control of their finances while in bankruptcy, arguing Major League Baseball's offer to provide a $150 million loan was a 'deal with the devil.' " Read more here. ... Read full article

Jon, Please let the world know about this via your Blog! Thanks! Scott http://ecf-ciao.cacb.uscourts.gov/unclaimedfunds/ Hon. Scott C. Clarkson United States Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse ----- Forwarded by Scott ... Read full article

From Aki Koyama's Facebook page: If a motion to avoid lien has been granted by the Judge, both Judge Donovan and Judge Klein now require the order granting the motion to be entered before the plan will be ordered confirmed.... ... Read full article

"Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan brutally assaulted outside Dodger Stadium on Opening Day, will play a role in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pending bankruptcy case. Representatives of Stow, who suffered brain damage in the attack, were named ... Read full article

"Looking uncomfortable during three intense hours of grilling Thursday at a second creditors hearing in the U.S. Trustee's office in downtown Los Angeles, beleaguered financier David Bergstein said he didn't know, didn't remember or ... Read full article

"In a little-noted court decision with potentially long-term local consequences, a federal judge has ruled that Severstal Sparrows Point LLC is not liable for the pollution that occurred at the Point before the bankruptcy court approved the sale of ... Read full article

"David Irons Sr., a former Detroit Lion who typically spends his days training professional athletes at his Atlanta-area sports facility, is instead dealing with the fallout of the long-running NFL lockout. Irons, who is also the father of Auburn ... Read full article

"The bankruptcy case that became one of many battlegrounds in the fight over the Defense of Marriage Act has come to an end, with the Justice Department and congressional Republicans bowing out of the fight. The latest filing leaves in... ... Read full article

"Los Angeles Dodgers fans can’t post anti-owner letters on the Major League Baseball team’s bankruptcy docket, a judge said, ordering them removed from the court record. The letters, obtained before the docket was swept clean, included one from Greg ... Read full article