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Utah Bankruptcy — BLACKMORE v. L&D DEVELOPMENT, INC.

Leagle.com (2/17/12)
We agree with the Utah Bankruptcy Court's explanation in In re McNeely, 51 BR 816 (Bankr. D. Utah 1985), that a writ of attachment is a "provisional remedy" that aims only to protect the property until final disposition of the case. See id. at 818

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah couple faces multiple counts of fraud

Associated Press (2/16/12)
Federal prosecutors also accuse the couple - now living in Utah - of wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud. The charges stem from an investigation into Crestwood Construction and Crestwood Inc., companies engaged in remodeling and reselling homes in Utah ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Hang Time Construction Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

BUSBK.com (2/8/12)
Hang Time Construction, LLC of Woodland Hills, Utah filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in Utah Bankruptcy Court on February 8, 2012. Represented by Provo Bankruptcy Attorney Douglas L. Barrett...

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah bankruptcy judge named chief of appellate panel

Salt Lake Tribune (12/10/11)
Utah Bankruptcy Judge William T. Thurman has been named chief judge of the 10th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.Thurman also serves as the chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Utah, which handled 18,414 cases in 2011...

Utah Bankruptcy — Once-bankrupt business makes good on donations to schools

StandardNet, Jesus Lopez Jr. (12/7/11)
Business students at Utah State University and the University of Utah will have more help when they look for careers or seek money for college. FJ Management, formerly known as Flying J, is donating a total of $3.5 million... The company emerged from bankruptcy in 2010, and Maggelet said the donations are a way the company has fulfilled its prior commitments...

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah bankruptcy filings up 2%, but pace slows

Salt Lake Tribune, Steven Oberbeck (1/11/12)
The number of Utahns who filed for bankruptcy rose 2 percent in 2011 to the highest level in six years, although the pace of filings declined sharply during the final half of the year. US Bankruptcy Court for Utah Clerk David Sime ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Sen. Orrin Hatch's Own Geothermal Solyndra Scandal

The New American, William F. Jasper (1/10/12)
A little over a year later Raser would be filing for bankruptcy. A Bloomberg article for May 4, 2011 states: Raser Technologies Inc. (RZTI), the owner of a six-megawatt geothermal electric generating plan in Utah, filed a Chapter 11 petition on April ...

Utah Bankruptcy — WaMu, Statistics, Coach America, Transwest, SP: Bankruptcy

Business Week, Bloomberg (1/4/2012)
Last year, filings declined in every state except Utah, where bankruptcies increased only 1 percent. Per capita, the most filings last year were in Nevada, even though that state's bankruptcies declined 19 percent from the year before ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Power Balance Bankruptcy Causes Competitors to Speak Up

Sacrament Bee, Stander, Inc (12/28/11)
Industry leader Power Balance recently announced their filing for bankruptcy after year-end reports show the company has suffered a new loss of more than $9 million in the last year ...

Provo Bankruptcy — Provo paper's parent files for bankruptcy

Salt Lake Tribune, Staff Writer (12/12/11)
Lee Enterprises Inc., the publisher of The Daily Herald in Provo, ... filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday as part of a previously announced refinancing plan. Lee made a prepackaged filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Trustee asks Supreme Court to resolve payment-plan dispute

Westlaw Journals, Press Release (12/5/11)
resolve a dispute among federal courts over whether bankruptcy laws require a minimum duration for plans under Chapter 13 ... decisions from the 9th Circuit, the 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, and bankruptcy judges in Idaho, Pennsylvania, New York and Utah support the Bauds' position, the petition says. A third group of courts has held that Section 1325 requires ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah Symphony musicians agree to salary cuts

Salt Lake Tribune, Press Release (12/3/11)
Utah Symphony orchestra musicians have agreed to $1.1 million in salary cuts ... Orchestras and opera companies across the nation have confronted major financial struggles in recent years because of the economy, with many facing musician strikes or being forced to file Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah�s Mrs. Fields seeking refinancing deal

Salt Lake Tribune, Press Release (11/29/11)
Earlier this month, Bloomberg News reported that Mrs. Fields was poised to swap its debt for equity to avoid bankruptcy. However, the report said the company could file a prepackaged bankruptcy if the swap wasn't approved by next month ...

Bankruptcy — Bankruptcy: Failure or a New Beginning?

WCTV, Lee Gordon (11/21/2011)
So what does the profile of someone filing bankruptcy look like? ... Half of those who file for bankruptcy have experienced a serious health issue and the highest bankruptcy states are Tennessee, Utah, Georgia, and Alabama ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Panel endorses cuts to jobless premiums

Salt Lake Tribune, Tony Semerad (11/16/201)
Only a year ago state managers were warning the fund was headed to bankruptcy under the pressure of record jobless claims ... "We feel much more solid about it now" Utah Unemployment Insurance Director Bill Starks said Wednesday of the trust fund ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Bankruptcies Fall 8% in Fiscal 2011

Bloomberg, Dawn McCarty (11/08/2011)
U.S. bankruptcies fell 8 percent in the year through September ... �The decline in consumer bankruptcies is the residue of a sustained debt deleveraging by U.S. households,� ... Utah, with an increase of 6.5 percent, had the highest percentage gain in total filings ... gathers and interprets data on bankruptcy filings ...

Bankruptcy — MF Global demise may show US willing to let bigger firms fail

Bloomberg, Dakin Campbell (11/06/2011)
... As MF Global Holdings careened toward bankruptcy, US lawmakers ... Orrin Hatch of Utah and Richard Lugar of Indiana, both Republicans up for ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Arrow estate, lender forge�agreement

Tulsa World, DR Stewart (11/01/2011)
A Utah bank would pay $850,000 while both parties would dismiss all claims against each other ... bankruptcy trustee and a Utah bank have reached a proposed settlement ... must be approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge ...

Utah Bankruptcy — CS Mining Exits Bankruptcy with New Operational Team and Strategy, Announces Acquisition of Assets of Western Utah Copper Company

PRWeb, Press Release (11/01/2011)
... completed through an asset purchase agreement approved by the US Bankruptcy Court in August of 2011. Empire and Clarity are the co-lead investors and worked for more than two years to complete the acquisition ...

Bankruptcy — Obama administration orders energy loan review as Solyndra probe widens

Alaska Dispatch, Brad Knickerbocker (10/29/2011)
Orrin Hatch (R) of Utah, who has criticized the Obama administration's backing of Energy Department loan guarantees to Solyndra, pushed for more than $20 million in government funding for a clean energy firm in his home state ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Hatch requested federal funds for now-bankrupt Utah firm

Salt Lake Tribune, Thomas Burr (10/28/2011)
... a Provo-based company that was developing geothermal power as well as technology to convert ... The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May ...

Bankruptcy — GOP's Hatch urged $20M in earmarks for bankrupt clean energy firm

USA Today, Ammer Madhani (10/28/2011)
... critic of the Obama administration's backing of a Department of Energy loan guarantee to solar manufacturer Solyndra, pushed for more than $20 million in government funding for a bankrupt clean energy firm in his home state of Utah ...

Bankruptcy — Interior Department Announces 'Solar Energy Zones'

International Business Times, Ashley Portero (10/28/2011)
... solar energy projects on public lands, part of the administration's push for solar power despite the recent bankruptcy of the federally-funded solar panel maker, Solyndra. About 285000 acres of desert land across Utah ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah Bankruptcy Rates Buck National Trends

Declare BK (10/25/2011)
... In a KSL report, Utah bankruptcy filings will be up about 7.9 percent for 2011 if the current rate of bankruptcy filings continues through the rest of 2011 ...

Bankruptcy — CIT Swings to Loss on Steep Debt Prepayment Costs

Market Watch, By Andrew R. Johnson (10/25/2011)
... third-quarter loss as the corporate lender continued to face steep costs related to its prepayment of high-cost debt ... emerged from bankruptcy protection nearly two years ago ... working to pay down and refinance debt at more favorable terms ... CIT filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

Utah Bankruptcy — How to Secure Your Home During a Foreclosure

KSL, By Andrew Johnson (10/24/2011)
... Take a look at a few statistics regarding bankruptcies and foreclosures: According to the United States Bankruptcy Court, bankruptcy filings in Utah have increased 7 percent so far this year, even though the national rate has fallen 10 percent ...

Provo Bankruptcy — Pratt & Whitney: Utah�s Raser Caused Own Downfall

Salt Lake Tribune, By Steven Oberbeck (10/24/2011)
... The company filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code earlier this year ... In September, after emerging from the protection of the bankruptcy court, the Provo-based Raser filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Delaware against the maker of the �PureCycle� ...

Orem Bankruptcy — Fraud Contributed to Midtown Village Failure, Lawsuit Alleges

Daily Herald, By Jim Dalrymple (10/23/2011)
... the lawsuit argues that money intended for the construction of Midtown Village was improperly given to the wrong people and for the wrong reasons ... not named as a defendant in the lawsuit because he has since filed for bankruptcy ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah Bankruptcy Rate Up 7%

JD Supra Press Release, By Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Center (10/20/2011)
... Utah has seen an increase in bankruptcy filings the first nine months of this year ... in Utah, the number has increased by 7% ... the bankruptcy court revealed that in Utah, the state�s 7% increase continues ... According to US Bankruptcy Court in Utah 14,552 Utahans filed for bankruptcy protection ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Utah Bankruptcy Filings Buck The National Trend

Salt Lake Tribune, By Steven Oberbeck (10/17/2011)
Bucking the national trend, Utah bankruptcy filings rose in the first nine months of 2011 as the state continued to be the victim of its own comparative economic success. Nationally, the number of consumers filing for bankruptcy ...

Provo Bankruptcy — General Growth Sells Non-Core Assets

Daily Markets, By Zacks Investment Research (10/17/2011)
... Riverside Plaza, a retail strip center in Provo, Utah, for $21 million ... voluntarily sought relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code ... the company continued all its day-to-day operations ... to emerge from bankruptcy as quickly as possible ... emerged from bankruptcy in November 2010 ...

Provo Bankruptcy — Provo Student-Housing Project Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Daily Herald, By Grace Leong (10/15/2011)
... student housing project in northeast Provo ... dispute over financing for the construction of Joaquin Village resulted in its developer filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month to block a partner from foreclosing ... hoping that the bankruptcy reorganization will allow the project to be made viable ...

Utah Bankruptcy — Consumer Debt Looms as an Unresolved Crisis for Utah Businesses, Families

Examiner, By Michael Fife (1/6/2010)
... Uintah, Washington, and Wasatch counties led the increase in mortgage delinquencies, while Uintah, Kane and Grand led the way in consumer credit card delinquency ... Utah ranked fourth in the U.S. in the increase of bankruptcy filings per capita, with over 12,000 Chapter 7 and 13 filings ... Utah�s household economic fortunes turnaround with a rebound in employment and the ability to service these historically high debt ...

Provo Bankruptcy — Douglas L. Barrett Named To Utah "Legal Elite"

Legal Elite, Press Release (1/1/2010)
Douglas L. Barrett of Orem has been named for the fifth consecutive year as one of the top bankruptcy lawyers in Utah in a recent poll conducted by Utah Business, a state-wide publication ... the very best in their respective areas of practice ... Barrett was selected for his expertise in bankruptcy law ...

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