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Fort Myers Injury Attorneys: Is Spring Training Making Our Roads Less Safe? - jdsupra.com

04/12/12

Our strategy also includes the process of assembling the right talent and experience at the right time – what we call the Team Approach. We have divided the firm into two teams: Bankruptcy and Litigation.

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7 credit tips for after bankruptcy - MSN Money

04/12/12

This post comes from Britt Klontz at partner site Credit.com. Declaring bankruptcy is a decision that affects not only your finances but also your credit score. While your score may decrease after financial hardship, there are practical and real ways to ...

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Tax refunds being used to pay for bankruptcy filings - USA Today

04/12/12

Some Americans spend their tax refunds on high-tech gadgets and long-awaited vacations. Others use the cash to file for bankruptcy. More than 200,000 money-strapped households will use their tax refunds this year to pay for bankruptcy filing and ...

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Religious order in bankruptcy has ties to several local high schools - Chicago Sun-Times

04/12/12

The attorneys didn’t know what had happened to Ryan, or even if he’s still alive. The bankruptcy case does not at all involve the Lasallian Christian Brothers, a separate order that still teaches at De La Salle Institute and St. Patrick High ...

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Buffett takes a stake in Lee Enterprises - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

04/12/12

Lee owed about $965 million as of January. In December, Lee filed a "pre-packaged" refinancing plan in Bankruptcy Court.  The plan had the support of more than 90 percent of creditors, and the court forced the holdouts to accept it.  The company emerged ...

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Trustee May Sue MF Global Officials - New York Times

04/12/12

When MF Global filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 31, regulators found that large ... It is unclear whether the trustee will ultimately pursue the litigation route. A spokesman for the trustee said no decision has been made. “We are the advocate ...

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Game play on gate led to 7-year-old's death, Tampa police say - St. Petersburg Times

04/12/12

Early Wednesday, two little boys pushed 7-year-old Zhanaye Williams back and forth on their ... The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on its Brookside property in 2009, attributing its troubles partly to capital improvements ...

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BBA wants legislative fix for JeffCo crisis - The Business Journal

04/12/12

In addition to its bankruptcy filing, the county's general fund is struggling with the loss of revenue from the occupational tax, which was ruled unconstitutional last year. The BBA, which is the area's largest economic development organization ...

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Shelton: Warren Sapp speaks out on bankruptcy filing - St. Petersburg Times

04/12/12

The voice is the same, a low growl that can turn blunt and pointed over the length of a conversation, punctuated by short bursts of laughter. It is the same sound you heard in the good times, and now that bad times have hit, it has not changed.

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Approval Of Dodgers' Sale Not A Slam Dunk - Forbes

04/12/12

“There is going to be a lot of due diligence on this sale,” says Bailey, though he still believes that final approval is more likely than not. Approval by the bankruptcy judge, the first hurdle before the owners give final approval, is ...

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