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Feds, Bankruptcy Settle Battle Over Rothstein Assets

07/23/14

: In this July 27, 2009, photo, Scott Rothstein is shown in his former office.; Associated Press

More than four years after Scott Rothstein’s

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Family of Slain Sbarro Employee Can Go After Insurance Money

07/23/14

: A customer orders food at the Union Station location of Sbarro in Washington, D.C., in March.; Alex Wong/Getty Images

The family of

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Detroit Bankruptcy Judge Set to Rock ABI Conference

07/18/14

: The Indubitable Equivalents play at the House of Blues in Cleveland; Indubitable Euqivalents archives

For a few hours on Saturday night, Judge Steven Rhod

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Coming and Going Concerns

07/17/14

Thomas Duignan and Jeffrey Rosenthal have joined the Otterbourg law firm as members of the banking and finance group. The two will coordinate with the workout, distressed debt and insolvency group. Mr. Rosenthal focuses on advising clients on workouts of existing loans and debtor-in-possession, or DIP, financing. Mr. Duignan focuses on asset-based lending, commercial lending and on representing people buying or selling financial assets.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: Crummy Edition

07/11/14

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, there may soon be some sweet news for Crumbs Bake Shop , and a jury said the Dodgers were partially responsible for the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan. Also, Joe Francis won’t give up the keys to two fancy cars.

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D.C. Restaurateur’s Past Includes Drug Conviction

07/08/14

Well-known Washington, D.C., restaurateur Xavier Cervera, whose restaurants helped fuel Capitol Hill’s dining boom, has a drug conviction in his past.

Mr. Cervera, who sold the restaurants in 2012, pleaded guilty in 1988 for his role in a cocaine ring that operated in Virginia Beach and distributed the drug at local bars and restaurants, according to court records.

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