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Free online bankruptcy qualification tool is game-changer for consumers and marketers - PRLog (free press release)

06/06/12

Nationwide Law firm offers free online tool to consumers to find out if they qualify for chapter 7 bankruptcy. Financial professionals and marketing experts now have a new and effective way to earn referral fees easily. PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 06 ...

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Stockton Bankruptcy: East Bay City's Lawyers Prepare Plan - Huffington Post

06/06/12

STOCKTON, Calif. -- A California city that has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing if officials are unable to broker a deal with the city's creditors. Stockton would become the nation's ...

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Tribune Co. might be on verge of emerging from bankruptcy - Chicago Tribune

06/06/12

Moreover, the plan sets up a litigation trust that will allow the junior group ... It is likely a new board won’t be announced until the company is ready to exit bankruptcy court, the sources said. Representatives of Tribune Co. and the ...

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Privacy protection, costs clarification added to asbestos trust bill - Legal News Line

06/06/12

The trust system operates independently of the tort system. More than 90 companies have gone through bankruptcy as a result of asbestos litigation, creating at least 60 trusts. "The trust funds are being depleted by the filing of fraudulent claims," Quayle ...

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Tom Martino’s lawsuit over gyro plane settled - Denver Post

06/06/12

Radio personality and self-styled consumer troubleshooter Tom Martino won a small but significant victory in his ongoing personal bankruptcy case with a settlement against a New Mexico man who blamed Martino for the crash of his experimental airplane.

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Foreclosure Settlement With Banks Filed in Federal Court - Bloomberg

06/06/12

Smith Jr., who left his position as North Carolina’s banking commissioner to take the monitoring job, said he’s set up a website where housing counselors, bankruptcy lawyers ... The settlement agreement, filed in federal court in Washington ...

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Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios files for bankruptcy - Boston Globe

06/06/12

The troubled video game company founded by retired Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, 38 Studios LLC, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Thursday, leaving behind more than 1,000 unpaid creditors as government officials confirmed they launched criminal ...

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Tribune, creditors to present plan to leave bankruptcy - Chicago Tribune

06/06/12

Tribune filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 8, 2008, a year after its purchase by Chicago real estate investor Sam Zell. Banks lent Zell more than $11 billion to acquire Tribune, but court documents now value the company at about $7 billion.

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Tribune, creditors to present plan to end lengthy bankruptcy case - nola.com

06/06/12

CHICAGO — It took three-and-a-half years and more than $400 million in fees to lawyers and other professionals, but it appears that Tribune Co. may finally be on the verge of winning approval for a plan to emerge from bankruptcy court. At a hearing ...

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Strauss Auto stores close in bankruptcy - myfoxny.com

06/06/12

New Jersey based Strauss Auto has declared bankruptcy and closed all of its stores ... would enable the Company to operate and at the same time market the Company for sale with the goal of securing employment to most of its employees."

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