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{ Monthly Archives } April 2008

Martindale-Hubbell To Hold Counsel To Counsel Best Practice Forum In San Francisco on E-Discovery and Managing Electronically Stored Information May 7

On May 7, 2008, Martindale-Hubbell will hold a Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forum entitled Increasing Predictability, Mitigating Risks: Next Generation Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Management and E-Discovery Approaches . The session will be held at the Pal

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Shackelford Melton & McKinley Adds Commercial Litigation Attorney

DALLAS – The Dallas law firm of Shackelford Melton & McKinley, LLP, has announced that Brian P. Shaw has joined the firm as an associate

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Subprime Advisory Team Formed By Boston Firm Burns & Levinson

BOSTON – Responding to turmoil in the securities and credit markets following the collapse of the subprime lending industry, Burns & Levinson LLP, a full-service law firm, has announced the formation of a Subprime Advisory Team to advise investors, brokerages, fiduciaries and businesses whose investment portfolios and credit arrangements have been significantly disrupted. &nbs

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Standing Not Properly Contested

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky federal judge on April 4 affirmed a bankruptcy court’s ruling that a creditor had standing to pursue an adversary complaint against the debtor and held that the record did not indicate that the debtor properly moved to dismiss the proceeding ( Raymond Gilbert Ross Jr. v.

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8th Circuit Says Plan Not Feasible

ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 2 affirmed a lower court’s decision that a bankruptcy court did not err in failing to confirm a debtor couple’s bankruptcy plan because it was “not feasible” ( Darwin Gene Rice, et al

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Concealment Intentional

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge on April 4 ruled that a debtor willfully concealed a pending lawsuit for wrongful termination against his former employer when he filed for bankruptcy and granted summary judgment to the former employer ( James Edward Smith v. American General Life Insurance Company, as successor in interest to Franklin Life Insurance , No

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Convert Or Be Dismissed

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas bankruptcy judge on April 4 ruled that a debtor’s student loan obligations did not meet the criteria for special circumstances under 11 U.S. Code Section 707(b)(1) and said the case would be dismissed if the debtor failed to convert it to Chapter 13 ( In Re: Christine Ann Champagne , No

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Joel H. Levitin Joins Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP as Partner

NEW YORK –Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP today announced that Joel H. Levitin has joined the firm as a partner in New York

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LexisNexis Collier Authors Among Panel Speakers at 16th Annual NACBA Convention, May 16-18 in Hollywood

The 16th Annual Convention of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) is scheduled for May 16-18, 2008 in historic Hollywood.

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Public Counsel, Nation’s Largest Pro Bono Public Interest Law Firm, Names Hernan D. Vera New President and CEO

LOS ANGELES – Following a nationwide search, the Board of Directors of Public Counsel voted to approve the appointment of Hernan D. Vera to be its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Vera assumes the position effective immediately

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