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SFC Associates Continues Expansion With Additional Hiring - YAHOO!

04/19/12

Serge Cherny, who joins SFC Associates as a Principal, specializes in the application of finance and economic analysis to complex business litigation. He has extensive experience in the areas of complex valuation and bankruptcy and has provided consulting ...

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Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Announces A Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed On Behalf Of Shareholders Of Delta Petroleum Corporation - Yahoo Finance

04/19/12

Additionally, the Company warned investors that would be forced to seek protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code should it ... behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed lead plaintiff ...

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Exclusive: CVC nears a deal to buy AlixPartners: sources - msnbc.com

04/19/12

With some 900 professionals around the world, the firm has also worked on Chapter 11 reorganizations of firms such as Enron, General Growth Properties and Eastman Kodak . Hellman & Friedman led a leveraged recapitalization of AlixPartners ...

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JPMorgan Wins Narrowing of $8.6 Billion Lehman Lawsuit - Bloomberg

04/19/12

JPMorgan, the largest U.S. bank, has tried to move the case to a district judge, saying it raises legal issues beyond the jurisdiction of a bankruptcy judge. Peck can’t rule on Lehman’s allegation that JPMorgan caused monetary damage to ...

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Getting Status - AA Flight Attendant files brief decrying APFA union - USA Today

04/19/12

It’s no secret that American Airlines is going through chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in an attempt to reorganize their debts and obligations in an attempt to turn a negative cash flow situation into a profitable airline.  On April 6th the court ...

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Roberts' South Carolina hotel files for bankruptcy - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

04/19/12

Roberts Hotels Spartanburg LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court in St. Louis. The hotel, owned by St. Louis developers Michael and Steven Roberts, operated as a 200-room Clarion hotel before closing earlier this year. The hotel lists ...

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In an Apparent First, a Public Pension Plan Files for Bankruptcy - Workforce Management

04/19/12

At the moment, it's only 38.8 percent funded, thanks to low investment returns and a benefit structure that's been increased without raises in funding, according to the bankruptcy filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana ...

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Bankruptcy Leaders Call for Chapter 11 Overhaul - Wall Street Journal

04/19/12

In the era of the iPhone, businesses that are struggling to survive turn to a bankruptcy process that was invented during the time of typewriters. The 34-year-old Bankruptcy Code, which has endured with only minimal and largely consumer-related ...

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Working Using a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Attorney - Victoria Advocate

04/19/12

Yet, making things worse just might often be the outcome that occurs when you muddle through your own representation instead of doing the right thing which will be retaining the services of an bankruptcy attorney. Ultimately, if you wish to ...

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Jersey City Developer Liberty Harbor North in Bankruptcy - Bloomberg

04/19/12

The bankruptcy was first reported by the Jersey Journal newspaper. The case is Liberty Harbor North, Inc. 12-19664, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey (Newark). To contact the editor responsible for this story: John Pickering at ...

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