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  February 21, 2006 Pension Measures Remain Far Apart Reconciling the House-and Senate-passed bills to force companies to better fund their pension plans and shore up the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp

  February 17, 2006 Pension Bill Faces Yet Another Hurdle as Senate Debates Number of Conferees Legislation overhauling the nation's pension laws hit a snag Thursday in the Senate as a dust-up over

  February 16, 2006 Sen. Specter Expects Another Asbestos Vote Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said the asbestos compensation bill he is co-sponsoring is 'very much alive' and that Senate Majority Leader

  February 15, 2006 Asbestos Asbestos Legislation Blocked in the Senate The Senate derailed legislation to create a trust fund for asbestos victims, a victory for Democrats and their trial-lawyer

  February 14, 2006 Asbestos Law Firm to Disgorge $13 Million in Fees in Asbestos Case A bankruptcy judge has ordered the disgorgement of more than $13 million in attorney’s fees paid to law firm

February 13, 2006 Asbestos Debate Tops Senate Agenda The early part of the week represents a make-or-break point for the asbestos bill, which would bring a halt to asbestos exposure lawsuits and

February 10, 2006 Survey Shows Tougher Bankruptcy Law Haunts Card Issuers, for Now After spending more than eight years and $100 million lobbying for tougher bankruptcy laws, early estimates suggest

February 9, 2006 Large and Small Businesses Part Ways on Asbestos Bill As the Senate opened debate on legislation that would create a $140 billion fund for victims of asbestos, some of the fiercest

February 8, 2006 Bankruptcy Rewrite Predicted to Bring a Flood of Appeals The country's top bankruptcy lawyers say the BAPCPA is intellectually and linguistically insolvent, The Recorder reported

February 7, 2006 Asbestos Senate Likely to Reject Asbestos Litigation Reform Bill A bill to overhaul asbestos litigation, which the Senate will take up this afternoon, is in serious trouble and has