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Bankrupt Alabama county names new top lawyer

By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Thu May 16, 2013 6:26pm EDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Read more »

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Settlement: Wells Fargo Ordered to Pay $203M in Overdraft Fees Class Action Settlement

May 16 2013 San Francisco, CA: US District Judge William Alsup has issued an order to reinstate a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo Bank. The judgment is based upon the court’s findings, as affirmed on appeal by the Ninth Read more »

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Treveria and Hatfield clash over defaulted German loan

By Owen Sanderson Fri May 17, 2013 9:04am EDT LONDON, May 17 (IFR) – Special servicer Hatfield Philips has sought to reassure investors in the Talisman-6 CMBS worried about the future of the EUR360.4m Orange Loan, which has been in Read more »

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Hong Kong April bankruptcy petitions rise 2.6 pct from March

Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and Read more »

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PRESS DIGEST – Wall Street Journal – May 16

Thu May 16, 2013 1:44am EDT May 16 (Reuters) – The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * A heated takeover battle has Read more »

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Detroit recovery plan a negative for bondholders-Moody’s

Thu May 16, 2013 11:15am EDT May 16 (Reuters) – A financial recovery plan released on Monday by a state-appointed emergency manager running Detroit has negative consequences for the city’s bondholders, Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday.”The plan is negative Read more »

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UPDATE 1-Detroit recovery plan raises specter of default -Moody’s

Thu May 16, 2013 11:55am EDT May 16 (Reuters) – Detroit’s bondholders face a heightened chance of default or bankruptcy by the city under a financial recovery plan released on Monday by a state-appointed emergency manager running the city, Moody’s Read more »

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Suntech lenders agree to defer $541 mln bond repayment again

Wed May 15, 2013 8:19am EDT May 15 (Reuters) – China-based solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, whose main unit is in insolvency proceedings, said it reached an agreement with some lenders to further defer its obligations on Read more »

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Kirkland Cleans Up on PE Shop’s $1.4 Billion Buy

By&nbspBrian BaxterContactAll Articles The Am Law DailyMay 15, 2013 Kirkland & Ellis clinched its latest large M&A deal on Wednesday as private equity client Pamplona Capital Management acquired the largest laundry equipment service provider in the U.S., as well as Read more »

Ropes Settles Age Discrimination Suit With Ex-Partner

Ropes & Gray has settled a two-year-old discrimination lawsuit brought by former partner Patricia Martone, who claimed Ropes management routinely passed her clients off to younger male partners and unfairly pushed her out of the firm.In a one-page stipulation filed Read more »

DISH Selling Debt Ahead of Possible Sprint Deal

A month after shaking up the telecommunications industry by making a $25.5 billion bid to acquire Sprint Nextel, DISH Network has announced a $2.5 billion debt offering meant to help finance part of the proposed deal. Read more »

Ugliness Inside the Am Law 100—Part II

In Part I of this series, I explored the possibility that a key metric—average partner profits—has lost much of its value as a measurement of anything meaningful about big law firms. Read more »

The Score: Dentons Partner Doubles as Fantasy Sports Pro

Like many lawyers, Glenn Colton is a baseball fan. But the Dentons white-collar and government investigations practice chair has taken his love for America’s national pastime to the next level, scoring his own fantasy baseball column for NBC Sports’s Rotoworld Read more »

Law Suit Filed: Viacom Video Music Awards Spam Text Messages

May 16 2013 Los Angeles, CA: Viacom, parent company of MTV is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it sent out unsolicited, promotional text messages to people who voted in the 2011 Video Music Awards (VMAs), in violation of the Read more »

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