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General Motors Corp. , which is preparing to sell its best assets to a streamlined new entity, will carry with it liabilities of $48.4 billion, a bankruptcy judge said.

Fontainebleau Las Vegas employees have moved into new offices in Las Vegas while the developer tries to get the bankrupt Strip project back on track. Company attorneys on Wednesday filed a motion asking the Florida bankruptcy court for permission to ...

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General Motors Corp. , which is preparing to sell its best assets to a streamlined new entity, will carry with it liabilities of $48.4 billion, a bankruptcy judge said.

Fontainebleau Las Vegas employees have moved into new offices in Las Vegas while the developer tries to get the bankrupt Strip project back on track. Company attorneys on Wednesday filed a motion asking the Florida bankruptcy court for permission to ...

NEW YORK - Lenny Dykstra, the former star centerfielder for the Phillies and Mets, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Reuters news service reports. Reuters ' report comes from court records. Dykstra, 46, has no more than $50,000 in ...

Freeman was previously sentenced to life in prison for his activity in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise.

In 2005, the Togolese woman fled to Chicago , seeking asylum in the Unites States to escape persecution she and her family had suffered in their native country of Togo .

No conversation about reform of our health care system is complete unless it includes a discussion of how medical costs are driving Americans to bankruptcy court.

Three of the suits were filed in Ohio and the fourth in Wisconsin . The four women who filed suit suffered either deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and/or stroke while taking these products.

Bourke, of Greenwich, Conn. , was convicted following a six-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin .

Reporting from Los Angeles and Oakland -- Kimberly Young has recurring nightmares.

July 11 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. , Chrysler Group LLC and Nissan North America may help Ford Motor Co. loan its former parts-making unit money to reorganize while in bankruptcy, GM lawyers said in court papers. Ford has been trying to ...

W ayne Gretzky has done a quick about face on his willingness to turn over personal financial records as part of the legal battle over the future of the Phoenix Coyotes. On Thursday, Gretzky told reporters he was willing to hand over tax records and ...

General Motors Corp., Chrysler Group LLC. and Nissan North America may help Ford Motor Co. lend its former parts-making unit money to reorganize while in bankruptcy, GM lawyers said in court papers. Ford has been trying to arrange financing for ...

I lost my job in Dec., due to the economy & we have alot of credit cards. It is getting harder to pay them w/ me not working.

Kelly Gearhart accused of diverting $1 million to Salinan Indian casino effort: The former Atascadero developer is also accused of trying to hide his involvement with the Salinans from his creditors Jul.

Haines & Krieger, P.C., the leading consumer bankruptcy law firm in Las Vegas, has announced the launch of its new consumer-friendly bankruptcy and loan modification website this week Las Vegas, NV, July 11, 2009 -- -- Haines & Krieger, P.C., the leading consumer bankruptcy law firm in Las Vegas, has announced the launch of its new ...

Unresolved personal injury claims against Chrysler LLC and General Motors have little chance of advancing after their bankruptcies, experts say.

PHOENIX (AP) ? Lawyers for Phoenix Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky are trying to keep his personal finances out of the team's bankruptcy case. Responding to a motion by the City of Glendale to review Gretzky's income tax returns, Gretzky's attorneys ...

Mercedes Homes Inc. said Friday that the homebuilder has filed its reorganization plan for emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

The developer said it was forced to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month because key revolver lenders 'refused to honor' contractual commitments to provide the final-stage funding for the more than $3 billion project, which is about 70 percent complete.

CIT shares are down more than 20% early Monday after weekend reports that the company has hired lawyers to prepare for a bankruptcy left investors jittery about the company?s survival. The company?s main problem: Some $2.7 billion in debt due ...

Rattner leaving auto task force Ala. jury says it's deadlocked in drug suit trial McGraw-Hill might turn the page on BusinessWeek Ark. man gets $25M award in suit over Texas hotel Steven Rattner, head of government's auto task force is leaving; Ron ...

The Las Vegas office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP is pleased to announce that 13 attorneys have received recognition in the 2009 edition of the prestigious Mountain States Super Lawyers publication.

Kimberly Young has recurring nightmares. She is rolling over and over and over, helpless, pinned inside a car.

In an indication of just how far former Twin Cities auto mogul Denny Hecker has fallen, he now faces demands that he hand over his wristwatches to help pay off creditors. But in Hecker's case, the watches sought by a U.S. trustee are a number of high ...

Miami bankruptcy judge sent the Fontainebleau Las Vegas and its lenders back to the mediation table on Monday, after a testy four-hour hearing in which the two sides traded accusations ranging from breach of contract to cynicism to hiding financial problems.

CHICAGO ? The corporate owner of the Cubs is considering having the baseball team file for bankruptcy protection as a legal step to hasten its long-awaited sale, according to two people with knowledge of the process. Tribune Co., which itself filed ...

YOUNGSTOWN ? On the eve of a major court hearing in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, the beleaguered Forum Health was buffeted by a strike threat from one of its registered nurses? unions and by a finding that its pension plan is ...

CHICAGO ? The corporate owner of the Cubs is considering having the baseball team file for bankruptcy protection as a legal step to hasten its long-awaited sale, said two people with knowledge of the process. Tribune Co., which itself filed for ...

Tribune Co., which itself filed for bankruptcy protection in December, intends for the Cubs' own stay in Chapter 11 to be as short as a day or two. If pursued, the filing would be done to give the team's next owners as "clean" a title to the Cubs as ...

WORCESTER ? A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge cleared the way for the sale of printing company LaVigne Inc. during a hearing yesterday. Judge Joel B. Rosenthal gave the company the green light to continue paying payroll and benefit expenses to the firm ...

For General Motors, it's lights out in the Big Apple and game over in Lansing. A federal judge Monday let General Motors Co. shed dozens of sponsorship deals and pricey perks that included VIP suites at international speedways, naming rights for a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? So much for the plan to have Manny Acta?s patient optimism lead the Washington Nationals out of the doldrums. The abysmal win-loss record cost him his job at the all-star break. Acta was fired after the team reached the ...

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CHICAGO (AP) -- The corporate owner of the Chicago Cubs is considering having the baseball team file for bankruptcy protection as a legal step to hasten its long-awaited sale, according to two people with knowledge of the process. Tribune Co., which ...

CHICAGO (AP) ? The corporate owner of the Chicago Cubs is considering having the baseball team file for bankruptcy protection as a legal step to hasten its long-awaited sale, according to two people with knowledge of the process. Tribune Co., which ...

NEW YORK : Attorneys for Young Broadcasting cancelled the asset auction scheduled for today.

When my husband was divorcing his previous wife she received their house in the divorce.

Former GM Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner -- ousted by President Barack Obama in March -- will collect an $8.2 million exit package, plus a $74,030 annual pension, according to a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That's ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The corporate owner of the Chicago Cubs is considering having the baseball team file for bankruptcy protection as a legal step to hasten its long-awaited sale, according to two people with knowledge of the process. Tribune Co., which ...

Submitted by Journal Staff on July 16, 2009 - 9:54am. Legal Notices NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

PITTSBURGH, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Cohen & Grigsby , a business law firm with offices in Pittsburgh, PA; Bonita Springs, FL; and Naples, FL, is pleased to announce that two of its Florida-based attorneys have been included on the 2009 lists of Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars , which were published in the June 2009 edition of Florida Super ...

On July 15, 2009, Psystar filed a Motion with the Court requesting allowance for substitution of counsel from the firm of Carr & Ferrell, LLP to K.A.D Camara of Camara & Sibley, LLP of Houston, Texas and David Vernon Welker of Welker & Rosario of Davis, California.

Despite efforts by the federal government and banks to stop the home foreclosure disaster, frustrated borrowers still are battling red tape and delays in their attempts to negotiate lower payments, even as hundreds of thousands of them lose their homes every month.

Warren Beatty has made a living in front of the camera, but he doesn't want one at his upcoming deposition in a bankruptcy court fight with the Tribune Co.

Stillwater Mining Company has filed a motion in bankruptcy court objecting to General Motors dropping its price agreement with the company.

Attorneys for Beatty filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a Delaware judge to prohibit the videotaping of his July 23 deposition in a dispute with Tribune over the rights to cartoon detective Dick Tracy.

Carl Courtright III, of Granite City, Ill., was sentenced today to life plus 10 years in prison for production of child pornography and other offenses, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Courtney Cox announced.

Rene Oswald Cobar, a Guatemalan national, and Luis Angel Gonzalez-Largo, a Colombian national, were each sentenced today to 235 months in prison on federal drug charges, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced.

Lev L. Dassin, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph M. Demarest Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the FBI's New York Field Division, announced today the filing of a criminal information in Manhattan federal court charging David G. Friehling, the accountant for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC ...

A federal appeals court today found that the U.S. government had not adequately justified its denial of a visa to a Swiss professor and leading scholar of the Muslim world.

There are two main types of bankruptcy for individuals: Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, both of which fall under the jurisdiction of federal courts. Wailuku bankruptcy attorney David Cain said Chapter 7 is for people looking to get rid of as much debt as ...

WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The fol lowing is a statement from American Association for Justice President Les Weisbrod regarding the settlement by the Minnesota Attorney General with the National Arbitra tion Forum: "The appalling business practices of the National Arbitration Forum illustrate how forced arbitration fails to ...

RISMEDIA, July 21, 2009- -Despite efforts by the federal government and banks to stop the home foreclosure disaster, frustrated borrowers are still battling red tape and delays in their attempts to negotiate lower payments, even as hundreds of thousands of them lose their homes every month.

Dr. Dipak Desai, center, owned the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, where dangerous injection practices have led to eight confirmed cases of hepatitis C. Companies at the center of Nevada's hepatitis scare filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Friday, potentially affecting the recovery of financial damages by patients at clinics operated ...

July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Marc Dreier ?s Manhattan apartment is still home to a half-eaten raspberry peach pie, a collection of Christian Liaigre furnishings and seven pairs of black Ermenegildo Zegna shoes, mostly size eight. If all goes as planned ...

I'm needing to file bankruptcy. But I have recently gotten married. How will me filing affect my spouse.

A recent study shows more people are filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, the most common option for those seeking debt relief. The Warren Group, the Boston-based publisher of Banker & Tradesman, released a report yesterday that suggests such ...

The California Attorney Group specializes in winning personal injury cases for their Southern California clients.

The University of South Carolina is expected to receive $106 million over 20 years by leasing the building that houses its business school to the Department of Justice, USC announced Monday.

Bi-Lo is expected soon to complete a five-year business plan that company officials say will be the foundation for the Mauldin-based grocer's emergence from bankruptcy as a new or rejuvenated company.

Bi-Lo is expected soon to complete a five-year business plan that company officials say will be the foundation for the Mauldin-based grocer's emergence from bankruptcy as a new or rejuvenated company.

Creditors move to force Wilton into bankruptcy Two creditors with a total of $208.7 million in claims against Wilton Holdings Inc. filed a petition in federal court to force the baking- and crafts-supply company into bankruptcy. Creditors Deutsche ...

Consolidated Resorts, a Las Vegas time-share company that filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, was forced to close when a key creditor cut off a $250 million line of credit, bankruptcy attorney Lenard Schwartzer said. Schwartzer, who represents ...

The three medical clinics at the center of last year's hepatitis outbreak filed for bankruptcy Friday, a move that threatens to delay the first civil trial involving a patient infected with hepatitis C. The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada ...

DOWNINGTOWN ? Kristine and Carl Valenti put all their possessions from their four-bedroom house in storage with McGarity Moving and Storage. That was in June. On July 9, K.W. Larkin Enterprises, the owner of McGarity, filed for bankruptcy under ...

A motion by T.H. Properties of Harleysville (THP) to borrow $3 million to complete and sell 39 houses in six of its suburban developments was denied yesterday after a six-hour debate in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Philadelphia. In denying the company's ...

Bi-Lo is expected soon to complete a five-year business plan that company officials say will be the foundation for the Mauldin-based grocer's emergence from bankruptcy as a new or rejuvenated company. The company disclosed in court filings that ...

WEST CHESTER ? Barry DiLibero may spend the majority of his time at the property he owns on North Pottstown Pike in West Vincent. He may sleep there, work there, get mail there, and be registered to vote there. But in terms of the law, his ...

We are having a snowball effect,?? said Anthony Frate, a Stoneham lawyer who represents consumers filing for bankruptcy. ?People try to hang in there for a while, but they can?t anymore - particularly when credit card companies are jacking ...

The recession has pushed more Bay State residents into bankruptcy, with the number of new filings up 35 percent in the second quarter over the same period last year, and more than doubling over the past four years. Several bankruptcy lawyers said the ...

Franklin Joseph Ryle Jr., a former Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper, pleaded guilty on July 20, 2009, in federal court in Wyoming to depriving a man of his constitutional right to be free from unreasonable seizures by kidnapping him.

Warren Mumpower of Spokane, Wash., was sentenced to life in prison today for his activity in a global child pornography trafficking enterprise, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida Thomas F. Kirwin and FBI Executive Assistant Director Thomas J. Harrington announced.

Stephen Baldwin has filed for bankruptcy. The Usual Suspects actor owes owes 1.2 million dollars in two mortgages on a property about 30 miles north of New York City, according to court documents. The filing from a New York federal court also shows ...

NEW YORK - Court records show actor Stephen Baldwin is millions of dollars in debt and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A filing Tuesday in federal court in New York shows that Baldwin owes $1.2 million in two mortgages on a property about 50 ...

Bankruptcy filings spiked in June, according to statistics from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court?s Albany office. There were 465 filings out of Albany for the month, up almost 32 percent from the same time last year and up 75 percent from June 2007. The ...

Arizona?s largest chain of retail grocery stores is liable to get smaller as a result of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization filed July 12. Edward ?Trey? Basha, a senior vice president, said the company has already secured $45 million in ...

NEW YORK - Susan Boyle says sudden fame hit her like a "giant demolition ball." The Scottish singing sensation tells NBC's "Today" show, in an interview airing today, that adjusting to her overnight celebrity has been difficult. Her first appearance ...

It is imperative that a person not file for personal bankruptcy until after they have fully and thoroughly considered all of the bankruptcy alternatives which exist. Personal bankruptcy should only be considered as a last resort, and only after all ...

A federal bankruptcy court is expected to decide Thursday whether to approve the sale of Ritz Camera to its CEO and a group of investors, a move that could allow at least some of the company?s stores to remain operational. David Ritz teamed up with ...

In a deal reminiscent of last year's Boscov rescue, David Ritz's $51 million offer has won a marathon 25-hour auction to regain control of what's left of the bankrupt Ritz Camera Inc. chain over rival bidders who wanted to liquidate the firm, Ritz ...

ATLANTA (AP) The $1 million won by state schools Superintendent Kathy Cox on a game show last fall is still in limbo as the state and a bankruptcy attorney fight over the money. Cox had announced she was giving the money she received from her August ...

Topeka developer Gene Jani and his wife, Heather Page Jani, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., court records show. Tom R. Barnes II, a Topeka attorney representing the Janis, submitted a 106-page ...

BILLINGS ? A federal bankruptcy judge has granted a request by General Motors to drop its precious metals contract with Montana?s Stillwater Mining Co. Stillwater attorney Garry Graber says the cancellation was approved Wednesday following a ...

ATLANTA ? A bankruptcy lawyer is fighting to get control of $1 million that the state's top educator won on a game show and planned to give to schools for deaf and blind students. Georgia Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox had announced she was ...

ATLANTA (AP) ? A bankruptcy lawyer is fighting to get control of $1 million that the state's top educator won on a game show and planned to give to schools for deaf and blind students. But the superintendent and her husband filed for bankruptcy Nov ...

NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. cable operator Charter Communications Inc Chief Executive Neil Smit told a court on Wednesday he is not aware of any plan by bondholders to take control of the board when the company emerges from bankruptcy. The ...

WILMINGTON, Del., July 22 (Reuters) - Racetrack operator Magna Entertainment Corp ( MECAQ.PK ) fraudulently transferred more than $125 million to companies controlled by Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach before filing for bankruptcy, creditors ...

Court records show actor Stephen Baldwin is millions of dollars in debt and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A filing Tuesday in federal court in New York shows that Baldwin owes $1.2 million in two mortgages on a property about 30 miles north of ...

Even the rich and famous can't seem to escape the recession, especially when their fame peaked long ago. Stephen Baldwin , the star of films including "Bio-Dome" and "The Usual Suspects," filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York Tuesday ...

BILLINGS, Mont. ? A federal bankruptcy judge has granted General Motors? request to drop its precious metals contract with a Montana mining company so it can use foreign suppliers instead. Stillwater Mining Co. attorney Garry Graber says the ...