Case Update - Re Timminco Limited by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 2/17/2012 Re Timminco Limited (2012) ONSC 506 (Ont. Commercial List) and (2012) ONSC 948 (Ont. Commercial List). Timminco Limited and Bécancour Silicon Inc. (together the “Timminco Entities”) sought and...more
K&L Gates: On Notice - February 2012: TUPE by K&L Gates LLP on 2/3/2012 How far does the insolvency exemption go? The Court of Appeal recently gave its long awaited judgment in Key2law LLP v Gaynor De'Antiquis, in relation to the scope of the exemption to TUPE for companies which...more
December 2, 2011 - The Federal Crimes Watch Daily by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 12/2/2011 The Federal Crimes Watch Daily is a daily newspaper that discusses current federal criminal issues written by a federal criminal defense attorney....more
Harrisburg, PA files for Bankruptcy by Aaron Nielson on 10/13/2011 Harrisburg, PA files for Bankruptcy Pennsylvania’s capital city Harrisburg filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday October 12, 2011. Municipal bankruptcy filings are not common. These cases are filed under Chapter 9...more
Are bankruptcy filings increasing or decreasing? by Aaron Nielson on 10/13/2011 Are bankruptcy filings increasing or decreasing? This is a common question I receive. Are more people filing bankruptcy now or has it slowed down? The number of cases filed each month isn’t a secret. The courts...more
How to obtain a Chapter 7 Discharge? Be Honest with the Trustee! by Raymond Kenney on 9/15/2011 When clients hire the Law Office of Raymond A. Kenney, PLLC to assist them in the preparation of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case their preeminent goal is to obtain a discharge of their debts as quickly as possible. This is an...more
Management Update - July 2011 by Ford & Harrison LLP on 8/3/2011 In this issue: Supreme Court Rejects Nation-Wide Sex Discrimination Class Action; Nevada Prohibits Discrimination Based Upon a Person's "Gender Identity or Expression"; and Refusal to Hire Applicant Did Not Violate Bankruptcy...more
Perry v. Schwarzenegger and Marriage Equality: Where Do We Stand? by Christopher Buechler on 7/15/2011 An update on the federal Prop. 8 trial in California and the 9th Circuit and other federal marriage equality litigation....more
In re Balas & Morales (Bankr. C.D. Cal.) Order Dismissing Appeal by Rob Pfister on 7/11/2011 Series of court filings from In re Balas & Morales, the California case in which twenty bankruptcy judges jointly signed an opinion striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional to the extent it...more
In re Balas & Morales (Bankr. C.D. Cal.) Debtors' Response to U.S. Trustee's Motion to Dismiss Appeal by Rob Pfister on 7/6/2011 Series of court filings from In re Balas & Morales, the California case in which twenty bankruptcy judges jointly signed an opinion striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional to the extent it...more
In re Balas & Morales (Bankr. C.D. Cal.) U.S. Trustee's Motion to Dismiss Appeal by Rob Pfister on 7/6/2011 Series of court filings from In re Balas & Morales, the California case in which twenty bankruptcy judges jointly signed an opinion striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional to the extent it...more
Stop Foreclosure Automatically Using the Power of Chapter 13 by Phyllis Voisenat on 7/3/2011 How to Automatically Save Your Home From Foreclosure When the Bank Won't Work with You or Modify Your Loan. ...more
In re Balas & Morales (Bankr. C.D. Cal.) Debtors' Request for Certification of Direct Appeal to the Ninth Circuit by Rob Pfister on 6/30/2011 Series of court filings from In re Balas & Morales, the California case in which twenty bankruptcy judges jointly signed an opinion striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional to the extent it...more