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Prominent metro Detroit real estate broker Ralph Roberts files for Chapter 11 - Detroit Free Press

06/05/12

Ralph Roberts, author and local real estate broker, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors including his mother. Roberts, 55, a prolific author of real estate books including "Foreclosure Self-Defense for Dummies" and ...

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Why is filing for bankruptcy taking forever?! - Yahoo Finance

06/05/12

The attorney may have discussed a way to legally and appropriately protect those assets prior to filing the case. This can delay the filing for a long time. Previously filed a bankruptcy case: You can only file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy ...

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Prominent metro Detroit real estate broker Ralph Roberts files for Chapter 11 - Detroit Free Press

06/05/12

Ralph Roberts, author and local real estate broker, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors including his mother. Roberts, 55, a prolific author of real estate books including "Foreclosure Self-Defense for Dummies" and ...

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Alabama Officials File $1.6 Billion Claim Against County - Bloomberg

06/05/12

State and city officials in Birmingham, Alabama, filed a $1.63 billion claim in Jefferson County’s bankruptcy case on behalf of sewer system ratepayers, alleging county employees engaged in criminal conduct. Birmingham City Council President ...

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Luongo’s Centolire to Close Amid Restaurant Bankruptcy - Bloomberg

06/05/12

“We will close the business,” Luongo said in a June 1 filing in U.S Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The restaurant holding company’s May 14 filing under Chapter 11 for court protection -- done without the aid of a lawyer --initially ...

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Jamal Lewis in bankruptcy court in Atlanta Tuesday - Atlanta Journal Constitution

06/04/12

Lewis filed for bankruptcy in April, listing $14.5 million in assets and $10.6 million in debts. The 32-year-old Lewis retired in 2009 after nine seasons with the Ravens and Cleveland Browns. His off-the-field investments have included trucking ...

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U.S. bankruptcy lawyers resist scrutiny over fees - YAHOO!

06/04/12

The lawyers tried to make their case on the 7th floor of Washington's Justice Department at a rare public meeting called to consider whether bankruptcy fees are inflated, unjustified or wasteful. The airing of ideas took place amid tales of limousine rides ...

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U.S. bankruptcy lawyers resist scrutiny over fees - Reuters India

06/04/12

Legal fees are at issue also in the bankruptcy of MF Global Holdings Inc, whose estate has paid $17 million to lawyers in four months, according to court filings on Monday. Bankruptcy lawyers bill at higher rates than lawyers in most other ...

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Owner of nail from Uniroyal Tire files for bankruptcy - detroitnews.com

06/04/12

Ralph Roberts, the author of several books on real estate, sales techniques and investing, filed for bankruptcy in Detroit on May 25, the same day his real estate company, Ralph Roberts Realty LLC, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The bankruptcy ...

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Bankruptcy lawyers resist scrutiny over fees - YAHOO!

06/04/12

In one recent example, during the two-and-a-half-year restructuring of Lehman Brothers, payments to the law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges totaled $383 million, according to a securities filing in March. Legal fees are at issue also in the bankruptcy of MF ...

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