The managing partner of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne’s St. Louis office has stepped down to tend to a burgeoning bankruptcy practice. Partner Nick Franke took on the managing partner duties about a year ago, when the practice wasn’t as ...

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Charter Communications’s bankruptcy will shift control from Chairman Paul Allen, prompting a default under an $8.5 billion loan and making the company’s reorganization untenable, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said. Charter, the fourth-largest U.S. cable company, filed for bankruptcy last week ...

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At least 1 million Americans would be able to use bankruptcy to reduce mortgage payments under legislation approved by the U.S. House last week, part of Democratic efforts to stem a crisis that has erased more than $2.4 trillion in ...

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Bankruptcy filings in the U.S. surged 37 percent in February from a year earlier, with more Americans seeking protection from their creditors as the economy sank into its deepest recession in at least a quarter century. Total filings for individuals ...

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As part of his plan aimed at preventing home foreclosures, President Barack Obama last week announced his support for legislation that would allow for bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages, hopefully allowing Americans to stay in their homes. But the ...

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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck in Manhattan, who is overseeing the liquidation of collapsed securities firm Lehman Brothers, was charged with attempted assault for allegedly slapping his wife. Peck, 63, was arrested Jan. 31 for third-degree attempted assault and second-degree ...

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