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October 25, 2000 House OKs Bill To Reduce Bank Risk The House passed a bill yesterday (H.R. 1161) designed to reduce risk to the nation's banking system should a major financial institution become

October 24, 2000   Change Expected in Bankruptcy Filings for Financial Institutions The House is expected to consider banking legislation today that would alter the way some financial contracts are

October 23, 2000   Bankruptcy Bill to be Last Bill of Session Republican Senate leaders are expected to file cloture this week, timing it so that a vote on bankruptcy overhaul legislation (H.R. 2415)

October 20, 2000 Senate Makes Motion to Proceed with Bankruptcy Measure The Senate opened debate yesterday and made a motion to proceed to the bankruptcy conference report, despite the guarantee of a

October 19, 2000 Lott Likely To Bring Bankruptcy Reform Bill Up Today Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) could bring up major bankruptcy reform legislation "at any time” and will likely offer

October 18, 2000 Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud A Saugus, Mass., lawyer pled guilty to two counts of bankruptcy fraud for concealing about $140,00 from his bankruptcy creditors and making a

October 17, 2000   Claridge to Consider Park Place Entertainment Bid Last Friday the Atlantic City, N.J.-based Claridge Hotel and Casino Corp., which operates the Claridge Casino Hotel, informed the U

October 16, 2000 Senate to Vote on Bankruptcy Legislation This Week After overcoming an expected filibuster by critics in the House last Thursday, the bankruptcy overhaul measure (H.R. 2415) is

October 13, 2000   Promised Veto Appears to Doom Congressional Agreement Congressional efforts to overhaul the nation's bankruptcy system appeared all but doomed today when the White House said that

October 12, 2000   House Attaches Bankruptcy Bill to State Department Authorization Republican leaders last night launched a last-ditch effort to secure passage of legislation to overhaul the U.S