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April 12, 2000 Sen. Lott Looks to S. 761 to Free H.R. 833 from Impasse Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said on Tuesday that S. 761, legislation regarding digital signatures, could provide

April 11, 2000 House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Governmental Regulatory Powers in Bankruptcy The Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a

April 10, 2000 Florida Jury Awards $12.7 Million to Three Sick Smokers In a verdict that set the stage for a potentially massive punitive damages award, a Florida jury ruled on Friday that America's

April 7, 2000 Gibbs Construction Reveals Plans for Bankruptcy, Cites Collection Problems Gibbs Construction Inc., Garland, Texas-based general construction contractor, said yesterday that since

April 6, 2000 Nursing Homes Filing for Bankruptcy at Increasing Pace More than 1,600 of the nation's 17,000 nursing homes have filed for bankruptcy since last fall, many of them in the West, as they

April 5, 2000 Florida's Senate Sets Deadline for Tobacco Settlement Sale Options On Tuesday, Florida's Senate set a three-week deadline for lawmakers to explore ways to protect the state's $450

April 4, 2000 Casmyn Corp. Announces Nearly Unanimous Plan Confirmation Casmyn Corp., Agoura Hills, Calif., a gold mining company, announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of

April 3, 2000 Personal Savings Dip to a Record Low In a report last week, American consumers were found to spend more than double their income growth during February at a rate that allowed personal

March 31, 2000 Tobacco Lawyer Fights Damage Claims of Three Sick Smokers Fighting their $14.4 million damage claim, a tobacco attorney, representing Philip Morris Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co

March 30, 2000 Milberg Weiss Files Class Action Suit Against Fruit of the Loom Milberg Weiss announced yesterday that a class action has commenced in the U.S. District Court for the Western District