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Dewey Bankruptcy Docket Report: Next Up, Stephen DiCarmine - Wall Street Journal

06/04/12

On Friday, Mr. DiCarmine filed a notice of appearance in Dewey’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. According to his lawyers at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, he has a claim on the estate under the aforementioned employment contract. One wonders how that ...

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Brant M. Felter Joins Bankruptcy Team at Danna McKitrick - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)

06/04/12

and other general commercial litigation. Feltner brings considerable experience in the area of creditors’ right, bankruptcy and commercial law to the expanding practice of the firm. He also has previous experience as a financial and budget ...

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MF Global trustee may sue ex-CEO Corzine - New York Post

06/04/12

Corzine. In a 275-page report filed with a bankruptcy court Monday, James Giddens, now winding down MF Global's US brokerage unit, outlined how the aggressive trading strategy pushed by Corzine, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. chairman and New Jersey ...

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Poland's PBG seeks bankruptcy over Euro 2012 snags - The Guardian

06/04/12

It had already shed more than three-quarters of its value this year. PBG is the biggest Polish builder to declare bankruptcy in the wake of Poland's 20 billion euros ($24.7 billion) spending spree to develop and upgrade its infrastructure ahead ...

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MF Global trustee urges new customer safeguards - msnbc.com

06/04/12

More than three quarters of the firm's customers had claims below $100,000, he said. MF Global filed for bankruptcy on October 31, after investors and customers became rattled over the firm's $6.3 billion bet on European sovereign debt and downgrades by ...

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Cullen and Dykman LLP Opens Albany Office; Names Brian T. FitzGerald, Partner-In-Charge - StreetInsider.com

06/04/12

A full-service law firm, Cullen and Dykman LLP is focusing its growth in the Albany region in the areas of energy law and utility regulation, banking, education, construction law, bankruptcy and litigation. “Establishing an office in the state capital is ...

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Cullen and Dykman LLP Opens Albany Office; Names Brian T. FitzGerald, Partner-In-Charge - Yahoo Finance

06/04/12

A full-service law firm, Cullen and Dykman LLP is focusing its growth in the Albany region in the areas of energy law and utility regulation, banking, education, construction law, bankruptcy and litigation. “Establishing an office in the state ...

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Rochelle on Houghton Venue, Dewey Committees, Marianas: Audio - Bloomberg

06/04/12

... reorganization in Manhattan bankruptcy court before the U.S. Trustee can arrange for the bankruptcy judge to consider her motion transferring the case to Boston where the headquarters is located, as Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia and Bloomberg ...

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Feds Eye MF's False Promise - Wall Street Journal

06/04/12

MF Global tumbled into Chapter 11 on Oct. 31. The bankruptcy trustee trying to recover money for the firm's U.S. customers has estimated that the shortfall now is roughly $1.6 billion. A large chunk of the money is stuck outside the U.S. Enlarge ...

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Trustee Report Details Possible Claims Against Corzine and Others - New York Times

06/04/12

Foreshadowing potential litigation to recover money for customers ... is the most comprehensive telling to date of the MF Global bankruptcy. The findings focus on the tenure of Jon S. Corzine, a former Democratic governor of New Jersey who ...

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