Bankruptcy Legal News

News comments: Only a bankruptcy judge can give Harrisburg the kind of help it needs

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 4th, 2010

“It was a very good and informative meeting last night. Bankruptcy is not something to fear. It will actually give us taxpayers a safe haven, so to speak. Everything will have to be laid out and all parties will have to come to the table.

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Bankruptcy Case Frustrates Omaha Woman

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 3rd, 2010

An Iowa construction company with an Omaha office files for bankruptcy protection, leaving some small businesses in a money pinch.

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Bankruptcy Protection & Economic Teetering in a Strange Economy

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 3rd, 2010

Bankruptcy protection may be needed for the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It’s just a sign of the times in a down economy, right? Dauphin County, which is a guarantor of Harrisburg bonds, has given permission to a bond trustee, TD Bank, to sue the city over $35 million it owes on bond payments for an incinerator project, the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal reported Thursday. These days …

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Bankruptcy judge says Houser’s Rome trial to continue

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 3rd, 2010

ATLANTA — A federal bankruptcy judge in Atlanta ruled Thursday that a civil case filed against a former Rome nursing home owner can continue today in Floyd County Superior Court. George D. Houser …

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Bankruptcy filings fall in August

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 2nd, 2010

The number of bankruptcy filings in New Hampshire dropped sharply in August compared to last month and a year earlier. It was second consecutive monthly decrease in what had been an unrelenting four-year climb in bankruptcy filings.There were 421 filings in August, according to unofficial figures, 52 fewer than July and 73 fewer than the previous August. That’s a monthly percentage drop of 11 …

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Bankruptcy Filings Fell Last Month

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 2nd, 2010

Personal bankruptcy filings fell in August, nearly erasing the rise in filings the prior month, a new report shows.

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Bankruptcy Filings Fell Last Month

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 2nd, 2010

Personal bankruptcy filings fell in August, nearly erasing the rise in filings the prior month, a new report shows.

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Bankruptcy filings let up

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 2nd, 2010

The number of Hawaii residents filing for bankruptcy protection in August eased slightly from July, but cases remained above the 300 mark for the sixth month in a row.

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Area bankruptcy filings rise in Aug., buck trend

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 2nd, 2010

BLADE STAFF Bankruptcy filings across northwest Ohio rose in August, reversing a four-month trend in which the number of cases had been declining from last year. Last month had 785 filings, up 6 percent from the same month last year for the 21 Ohio counties within the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Toledo. It was the highest number of filings for an August since 2005. Through the first eight months of …

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Harrisburg Bankruptcy Is ‘Real Option,’ Council Says

Posted in Bankruptcy-News by admin on September 1st, 2010

Bankruptcy “has become a real option” for Pennsylvania’s capital of Harrisburg, City Council Vice President Patty Kim said.

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