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Higher Ed Law Firm Takes on Bankruptcy Trustees in Tuition Battles

06/29/16

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The law firm that has bailed colleges and universities out of NCAA athletic-compliance trouble is getting dragged into the bankruptcy courtroom, where fights are increasingly breaking out over tuition payments.

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Coming and Going Concerns

06/27/16

Jeffrey D. Pawlitz has joined law firm King & Spalding as a partner in the financial restructuring group. Mr. Pawlitz, who most recently worked with Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, will be based in New York. He has advised managers and directors in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. He has also advised private-equity firms and hedge funds. Mr.

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Coming and Going Concerns

06/20/16

Thomas M. Horan will lead the law firm Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin’s new office in Delaware. Mr. Horan, who most recently worked with law firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, has represented debtors, creditors’ committees and other parties in chapter 11 cases. Mr. Horan is on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s board of directors.

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Peabody Is Paying Laurence Tribe to Fight Climate Plan

06/20/16

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Coming and Going Concerns

06/13/16

Alvin F. Benton Jr. has joined law firm Dorf & Nelson in the litigation department. Mr. Benton has experience in debt restructurings, receiverships and other bankruptcy matters, and he also has experience in business and real-estate litigation. He earned his law degree from Florida A&M University College of Law.

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Coming and Going Concerns

05/23/16

Timothy Bennett has joined law firm Seyfarth Shaw as senior counsel in the firm’s corporate department. Mr. Bennett focuses on distressed and special situations sectors and has worked with brokerages, hedge funds and banks. He has experience in bankruptcy claims, loan portfolios and interests in liquidating funds. Mr. Bennett earned his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.

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50 Cent Nears Bankruptcy End With $23.4 Million Payout Plan

05/19/16

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Coming and Going Concerns

05/16/16

Jorge Neri Bonilla has become partner at legal and business counseling firm JNF & Asociados in Los Angeles, where he will work on strategic business consulting and negotiation. Mr. Bonilla, an entrepreneur who speaks English and Spanish, has experience in bankruptcy, restructuring, banking transactions and mergers and acquisitions. He also has experience in energy and petroleum deals.

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One Word in Bankruptcy Law That Could Lead to More Forgiven Student Loans

05/11/16

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The instructions from Congress for how a struggling student loan borrower can attempt to leave that debt behind in bankruptcy contains one word that can have two meanings.

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Coming and Going Concerns

05/09/16

David Ampaw and Chris Parker have been promoted to partner in the restructuring group in DLA Piper’s London office. Mr. Ampaw has advised clients in restructurings, workouts and insolvencies in the U.K. and abroad, and he has experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Parker has experience with fraud, investigations and litigation in complex restructurings.

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