Newsroom Headlines

  April 18, 2006 Utah  Falls to No. 3 in U.S. in Households per Consumer Bankruptcy Filing At one filing per 39.5 households in 2005, Utah fell to a No. 3 ranking among all 50 states and the District

  April 17, 2006 Commentary: Bankruptcy Law Reforms Punish Lawyers, Middle Class While it is difficult to tell who has benefited from the tightened regulations of the new bankruptcy law, it is certain

  April 14, 2006 Autos If Detroit  Calls, U.S.  May Not Replay the Bailout Role Similar to Chrysler’s situation nearly 25 years ago, General Motors, which is skirting with bankruptcy, and Ford are

  April 13, 2006 Congoleum Insurers' Examiner Request Denied A federal judge ruled that Gilbert Heintz & Randolph LLP doesn’t deserve to be paid for its work in Congoleum Corp.'s asbestos-related

  April 12, 2006 Congoleum Attorneys Appeal Disgorged Fees Gilbert Heintz & Randolf LLP, a former insurance counsel for Congoleum Corp., is appealing a bankruptcy court order that voided $13 million

  April 11, 2006 Acting Trustee Appointed to Northeast Region Diana Adams has been appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for New York , Connecticut , and Vermont (Region 2) for an interim period effective on

  April 10, 2006 Commentary: The Great Asbestos Scam in Pre-Pack Bankruptcies In a move barely noticed in the press, federal Judge Kathryn Ferguson recently ordered the law firm of Gilbert, Heintz &

  April 7, 2006 Midwestern Congressmen Introduce Legislation Aimed at Corporate Bankruptcies Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced S. 2556 and H.R. 5113, the 'Fairness and

  April 6, 2006 Study Says New Orleans Should Weigh Bankruptcy Bankruptcy should be considered as an option for New Orleans ' financially crippled city government and public school system, which are

  April 5, 2006 Consulting Firm Says First Quarter Bankruptcies Hit 20-Year Low Bankruptcy filings plunged to their lowest level in 20 years in the first three months of 2006, according to Lundquist