The courts use it to establish priority in bankruptcy proceedings and real estate sales.
San Esteban is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings and its assets are being sought by creditors.
Dewey is working to unwind its affairs under judicial supervision in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
If people want to look out for bankruptcy proceedings for Hopewell, they will be disappointed.
In bankruptcy proceedings, unsecured creditors such as shareholders and employees are last in line.
Bankruptcy proceedings in Europe are messy, and merely to avoid the tangle of multiple jurisdictions is appealing.
We simply cannot trust the judgment of a desperate company as it seeks refuge in bankruptcy proceedings.
Lawyers familiar with bankruptcy proceedings said that isn't a legal basis for cloaking a lawsuit in secrecy.
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The long-drawn bankruptcy proceedings have been inching toward a possible reorganization plan slated for later this year.
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This notice is used by courts to establish priority, as in bankruptcy proceedings or sales of real estate.
Many governments are trying to shake up their lethargic legal systems in order to speed up bankruptcy proceedings.
Of the four mobile satellite services companies now active, two, Iridium and ICO Global Communications, are in bankruptcy proceedings.
They either are still trying to right themselves in the bankruptcy proceedings or have been sold off cheaply.
But it has presented problems when it comes to working out which assets belong to whom in bankruptcy proceedings.
They complain that the bankruptcy proceedings left WorldCom in an unfairly strong position.
Earlier this decade two companies Stern ran, Grupo Xtra of New York and Clothestime Stores, ended up in contentious bankruptcy proceedings.
Keys, 26, was a former web producer for the Tribune-owned television station KTXL who was discharged during the company's bankruptcy proceedings.
And both parties get what they want at a discount price, since MCI's bankruptcy proceedings left it with relatively low debt.
Flowers has said he wants to buy all of Refco, much of which has entered bankruptcy proceedings in a New York court.
"Bankruptcy proceedings are supposed to be open proceedings where business is conducted in the sunlight, " said Michael Goldberg, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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In rich countries, bankruptcy proceedings take less than two years on average.
Since subordinated debt has less protection than senior, secured debt in bankruptcy proceedings, Triangle is able to charge higher, junk-bond rates to borrowers.
Even so, the merger of these two firms through joint bankruptcy proceedings gives the combined entity a major head start towards achieving these goals.
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In his order this week allowing Stockton, Calif. to enter into bankruptcy proceedings, Judge Christopher Klein admitted he was heading into uncharted territory.
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They contain, among other things, controversial proposals to speed up bankruptcy proceedings and make it easier for creditors to foreclose on bad debtors' assets.
Bankruptcy proceedings generally halt efforts to collect judgments in other courts.
The minutes of the finance council meeting emerged as part of Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy proceedings, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said Wednesday.
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Gabayzadeh isn't helping: He pleaded the Fifth 540 times in American Tissue's bankruptcy proceedings last April, making it even harder for creditors to track down their money.
In bankruptcy proceedings, it is against Federal law to obtain higher wages when performance pay is nil for those leading a much more difficult company to manage.
Instead of filing a lawsuit, Richard Rathvon and 20 other former employees formed a committee to participate in Enron's bankruptcy proceedings alongside banks and other bigger creditors.
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