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		<title>Big Banks Continue to Settle Charges of Defrauding Homeowners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Maniscalco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, newspapers regularly publish articles about big banks settling charges that they routinely “misled investors while selling billions of dollars of investments linked to home loans.&#8221; The unfortunate reality is that homeowners were likely ill-advised (if at all) by these same banks of the intricacies of the loans they were taking, including the impact of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October Bankruptcy Filings Up 16% Over Previous Month; Commercial Filings Up 19%</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Maniscalco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Total bankruptcy filings in the United States for the month of October increased 16 percent compared to September, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. October bankruptcy filings totaled 101,278, up from the 87,522 filings registered in September 2012. The 96,498 total non-commercial filings for October represented a 16 percent increase from the September [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure Filings Rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Maniscalco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many people, Long Island and the American dream of home ownership were synonymous. People felt as though they could purchase a home and live the life they imagined. Things seemed well and good, and money was cheap and free flowing. Since the real estate &#8220;bubble&#8221; burst, Long Islanders have suffered dramatically. Foreclosure rates are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gestures Increase Productivity on the iPad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Blansky, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gestures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While &#8220;giving the finger&#8221; is generally frowned upon in a civilized society, the use of multi-finger gestures can increase productivity on the iPad. In October 2011, Apple released an upgrade to iOS, iOS 5, which officially incorporated the use of multi-finger gestures. Once mastered, these gestures nearly eliminate the need to press the Home Button [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware Bankruptcy Court Amends Standing Order of Reference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Blansky, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an apparent response to the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Stern v. Marshal, 131 S. Ct. 2594, 180 L. Ed. 2d 475 (2011), on February 29, 2012 the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued an Amended Standing Order of Reference stating that if a bankruptcy judge or district judge determines that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Sense of the Settlement Between the Owners of the Mets and Picard in the Madoff Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Blansky, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madoff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On March 19, 2012, the day the trial of the lawsuit by Irving Picard, the bankruptcy trustee in the Madoff case, against the owners of the Mets was to begin, the parties reached a settlement of Picard&#8217;s claims.  The material terms of the settlement were placed on the record before District Court Judge Jed Rakoff.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>District Court Partially Overturns Bankruptcy Court Decision Concerning MERS Authority</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Blansky, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 28, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Joanna Seybert vacated part of the decision made by Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert E. Grossman in In re Ferrel L. Agard, 444 B.R. 231 (Bankr.E.D.N.Y. 2011), wherein he concluded that MERS&#8217;s &#8220;nominee&#8221; status did not confirm upon it authority to assign mortgages.  A copy of the decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure Firm Steven J. Baum to Close Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Blansky, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A law firm that had become a lightning rod in the controversy over mortgage-foreclosure practices has shut down, costing 89 employees their jobs. The Steven J. Baum P.C. law firm, which has offices in Amherst, N.Y., and Westbury on Long Island, has filed papers with government agencies notifying them that it plans to close. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sbarro Fast-Food Pizza Chain Wins Court Approval for Bankruptcy-Exit Plan &#8211; Bloomberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Blansky, Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sbarro Inc., the fast-food pizza restaurant chain, won approval of its plan to restructure and exit bankruptcy protection. Sbarro will give ownership of the reorganized company to senior lenders owed about $176 million under the proposal approved today by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Shelley C. Chapman in Manhattan. The company, based in Melville, New York, started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox Wants Dodgers&#8217; Bankruptcy Case Dismissed, Slams McCourt, MLB</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Blansky, Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a sharply worded court filing late Wednesday, Fox Sports said it would ask a U.S. Bankruptcy Court to dismiss the Dodgers from bankruptcy. In the process, Fox slammed Major League Baseball as &#8220;Prime Ticket&#8217;s former ally&#8221; and claimed the only reason Dodgers owner Frank McCourt wants to sell the team&#8217;s television rights now is [...]]]></description>
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