Sentences with phrase «governments in federal bankruptcy court»

U.S. mining company — defended a major domestic mining company in litigationof environmental cost recovery and natural resource damage claims by federal / state governments in federal bankruptcy court, received a favorable settlement for the client

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But federal bankruptcy courts are actually limited in their ability to force structural changes on local governments — which is why at least one prominent liberal Democrat, former Assemb.

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The Official Receiver is a federal government employee in the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy and an officer of the court with specific duties under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

A bankruptcy is done through the courts, and must be supervised by a professional who is licensed by the federal government to assist in any insolvency situation (Trustee).

Generally, in those cases, a legislative body has to authorize the appropriation «voluntarily» from whatever source of funds it choses to impose, and usually, when push comes to shove, state and local governments do pay the judgments they owe (there are limited federal bankruptcy options for municipalities and states), although there are instances of state governments stubbornly refusing to take the actions necessary to comply with court orders directing that public schools be funded for many, many years.

According to Law 360, «[t] he federal government on Wednesday [December 10, 2014] joined state bar associations from California, Florida, New York, Texas and others urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision that overturned fees associated with Baker Botts LLP's $ 117 million fee award for defending Asarco LLC in the mining company's bankruptcy.»

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