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The Daily Docket: US Airway CEO Warns Against AMR Merger Delay

07/19/12
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U.S. Airways Chief Executive Doug Parker speaks about a merger with AMR Corp.
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Islands Hit With Bill for Failed Pension Fund Bankruptcy

07/18/12

It’s no secret that the corporate bankruptcy process is expensive.

But government leaders of the Northern Mariana Islands found out that even the expense of getting thrown out of bankruptcy court has an eye-widening price tag.

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LeBoeuf Retirees: Not Fans of Proposed Dewey Settlement

07/18/12
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So it’s been nearly a week since the team winding down the defunct law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 

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The Daily Docket: Deutsche Bank Settles Lehman Derivatives Suit

07/18/12
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Deutsche Bank AG has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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The Daily Docket: Appeals Court to Review Jefferson County Sewer Ruling

07/17/12

An appellate panel has agreed to hear pleas from Wall Street banks who want power restored to John Young, the sewer expert who took over Jefferson County, Ala.’s, system when its leaders got tangled in a corruption scandal but who was ousted earlier this year by the county’s bankruptcy judge. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Botticelli Painting’s Fate up to Bankruptcy Judge

07/16/12
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In this March 18, 2010 file photo, gallery owner Lawrence Salander, center, leaves New York Supreme Court with his son Jonah, right, and his attorney Charles
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The Daily Docket: Tribune Wins Plan Approval

07/16/12

Tribune Co. won court approval of its Chapter 11 plan after a long and contentious bankruptcy proceeding, clearing the way to action before the Federal Communications Commission that will be anything but easy for the publishing and broadcasting operation. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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Nothing in Life Is Freeh

07/13/12
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Louis Freeh

Louis Freeh’s investigations pack a punch, but at $850 an hour the ex-FBI director doesn’t come cheap.

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Who Is John Galt?

07/13/12

Depending upon your political views, Ayn Rand’s revolutionary character John Galt is either friend or foe. But we can offer an objective answer: he’s a debtor.

A company named for the protagonist of Rand’s 1957 novel “Atlas Shrugged” filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Thursday, court papers show.

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The Broke and the Beautiful: The Rock Edition

07/13/12

This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is accused of being a fraud “co-conspirator,” and “Real Housewife” counterpart Tareq Salahi’s lawsuit was thrown out. Also, rapper Young Buck’s possessions will be auctioned by the IRS.

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