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October 28, 2005 Bankruptcy Law’s ‘Special Circumstances’ Loophole The new federal bankruptcy law has been widely billed as reducing judicial discretion and making it far harder for Americans to

October 27, 2005 Refco Lawyer Knows Bankruptcy J. Gregory Milmoe’s position as the lead bankruptcy lawyer for Refco Inc. has put him squarely at the center of one of the fastest-dissolving

October 26, 2005 Company Fined for Misrepresenting Itself as Certified Credit Counseling Agency under BAPCPA A Walpole, Mass., company has been fined for misrepresenting itself as an approved credit

October 25, 2005 District Court Nearly Ready to Return to New Orleans The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, which moved out of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, will be

October 24, 2005 Bankruptcy Filings Still Being Tallied About a half million Americans may have filed for bankruptcy protection for the 10-day period ended Oct. 16, trying to beat the Oct. 17 deadline

October 21, 2005 Asbestos Fear of Cancer Drives Federal Asbestos Suit Four former employees of Illinois Central Railroad filed a Federal Employers’ Liability Act suit on Oct. 17, alleging fear of

October 20, 2005 U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Advocated Asbestos Fund Earlier this year, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers argued for an asbestos compensation fund favored by leaders of the

October 19, 2005 Inflation Soars in September Wholesale prices jumped 1.9 percent in September according to Labor Department reports, the sharpest monthly surge in 15 years. The culprit was soaring

October 18, 2005 Ga. Bankruptcy Court Invalidates "Debt Relief Agency" Provision in BAPCPA In the first judicial shot across the bow of the new bankruptcy law, effective yesterday, Chief Bankruptcy

October 17, 2005 U.S. Senate Plan More Than Doubles Pension Premiums A plan to sharply increase pension insurance premiums and collect even larger sums from companies that shed pension obligations in