Recent Updates
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USC football player accused of rape appears in Utah court
Bankruptcy 10/01/2016A suspended University of Southern California football player charged with rape in Utah and facing allegations involving the same woman in California was ordered Friday not to contact the alleged victim. Making his first court appearance for the Utah...
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High court won't step into Mich. dispute over harness racing
Bankruptcy 04/25/2016The Supreme Court won't step into a dispute between Michigan gaming officials and a group of harness racing drivers over allegations of race-fixing. The drivers had refused to speak to state investigators without a grant of immunity from prosecution....
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Despite court ruling, China gay rights movement makes gains
Bankruptcy 04/15/2016For years, Chen Tiantian could only read about the gay rights movement in faraway places. She knew that there were activists in Beijing and a vibrant community in Shanghai, and that in San Francisco, a distant mecca, gay pride parades took up entire ...
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Passport mark for sex offenders law challenged in court
Bankruptcy 03/30/2016A judge in Northern California is set to hear arguments over whether to block a new federal law that requires sex offenders to have "unique identifiers" in their passports. U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton has scheduled a hearing Wednesday ...
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Attorney: Court orders release of anti-nuclear activists
Bankruptcy 05/16/2015A federal appeals court has ordered the immediate release of an 85-year-old nun and two fellow Catholic peace activists who vandalized a uranium storage bunker, their attorney said Friday. The order came after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of App...
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Court hearings resume in Jefferson bankruptcy case
Bankruptcy 01/05/2012Court hearings in Jefferson County's record-setting bankruptcy filing are scheduled to resume Thursday. The Birmingham News reports that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett is expected to consider a variety of motions. Jefferson County filed the lar...
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Saab files for bankruptcy after Chinese deal fails
Bankruptcy 12/19/2011Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy on Monday, giving up a desperate struggle to stay in business after previous owner General Motors Co. blocked takeover attempts by Chinese investors. Saab CEO Victor Muller personally handed in the bankruptcy appl...
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Wall St. seeks dismissal of Ala. record bankruptcy
Bankruptcy 12/16/2011Wall Street creditors asked a federal judge Thursday to throw out the record bankruptcy filed by Alabama's largest county over more than $4 billion in debt, arguing state law doesn't allow it. Lenders claimed during a hearing and in court documents t...
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City Council in Pa. capital again seeks bankruptcy
Bankruptcy 12/12/2011The City Council has appealed a judge's decision to throw out the bankruptcy petition of Pennsylvania's debt-choked capital city, its attorney said. The appeal was filed Saturday in federal court, City Council attorney Mark Schwartz said in an email....
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American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
Bankruptcy 11/29/2011The parent company of American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, seeking relief from crushing debt caused by high fuel prices and expensive labor contracts that its competitors shed years ago. The company also replaced its CEO, and th...
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Ala. county files for largest municipal bankruptcy
Bankruptcy 11/10/2011Alabama’s most populous county filed what became the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history in an effort to retake control of its beleaguered sewer system and wipe away as much of its whopping $4.15 billion in debt as possible. Jefferson County...
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MF Global faces class-action suits after bankruptcy
Bankruptcy 11/06/2011Two class-action lawsuits have been filed against bankrupt brokerage MF Global as customers struggle to recover funds from the first major US casualty of the European debt crisis. On Saturday, Seattle-based Hagens Berman said it was "investigating wh...