http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog Las Vegas Bankruptcy Lawyers and Attorneys Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:54:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Satisfy Your Credit Counseling Requirement Before Filing Bankruptcy 1 Before Filing http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=130 1 After Filing Personal Financial Management Instruction http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=129 Jaaskelainen v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In re Jaaskelainen), 391 B.R. 627,645-46 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2008) (Hillman) (Debtors in bankruptcy have no obligation to tender funds received at defective mortgage closing as condition of rescission when debtors established violations of Massachusetts Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure Act. Debtors did not receive ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=128 Bankrupt fire truck maker American LaFrance LLC (AFL) has sued its former owner, Daimler Trucks North America LLC, alleging that Daimler breached agreements it entered into when it sold off American LaFrance's assets, Bankruptcy Law360 reported yesterday. ALF's complaint, filed June 19 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=127 Whitehall Jewelers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy yesterday, becoming the latest jewelry retailer to seek court protection as the sagging U.S. economy cuts into consumers' discretionary spending, Reuters reported. The company, which operates stores under such names as Whitehall and Lundstrom, is seeking to sell itself by July 18, according ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=126 Acting U.S. Trustee Roberta A. DeAngelis objected to Linens 'n Things Inc.'s motion for approval of a severance plan for certain noninsider store-level employees, arguing that it lacks adequate details and that the debtors have not acknowledged relevant legal precedent on severance pay, Bankruptcy Law360 reported yesterday. The debtors did ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=125 Fremont General Corp., the former subprime lending giant that regulators forced out of the mortgage business last year, said Friday that it probably would seek bankruptcy protection to hasten its liquidation of assets, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. Fremont General said that its board would wait to make ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=124 General Motors Corp., the biggest U.S. automaker, agreed to provide as much as $200 million to help American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. end a two-month strike that has idled all or part of 33 GM plants, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. The aid will be used for costs such as ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=123 Bondholders who are owed hundreds of millions of dollars by Tropicana Entertainment LLC asked a judge to put the casino operator under the control of a court-appointed administrator, saying the company's leader steered it into financial distress, the Wall Street Journal reported today.  The bondholders asked Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=122 Securities regulators refused a congressional request to disclose why they dropped an investigation into whether Bear Stearns Cos. harmed investors by improperly valuing complex debt securities, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The Securities and Exchange Commission cited confidentiality in its decision involving the late-stage probe of the Wall Street ... http://www.bankruptcy-lawyers-lasvegas.com/blog/?p=121