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PG&E Faces Jury Trial for Fire as Bankruptcy Continues

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A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that a jury should determine whether Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. is responsible for the Tubbs fire of 2017, one of California’s worst wildfires, which could account for as much as two-thirds of the wildfire claims for 2017 and 2018.

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San Francisco Eyes PG&E Grid as Utility Preps for Fire Season

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San Francisco on June 4 hired a financial advisor as it considers buying distribution assets from the beleaguered utility Pacific Gas & Electric, which filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection in January as it faced more than $30 billion in liabilities stemming from 2017 and 2018 wildfires that burned many thousands of acres and destroyed thousands (..)

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Water on the Brain

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During the rest of that decade, while NYC teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, work proceeded at a snail’s pace. Bloomberg set a deadline of 2017 for completion of the project. City officials recognized they had no choice but to build Tunnel No 3, what would become one of the largest public works project in U.S.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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Wildcat Point is expected to become operational in 2017 and generate approximately 1,000 megawatts of power, enough to serve 390,000 homes annually. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware and said it expects the sale to be completed in two to three months. The company filed for a Chapter 11 reorganization of its debts in U.S.

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#83:  The Impact of Bankruptcy on Perfecting a Mechanic's Lien

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Suppose the owner files for bankruptcy protection before that step is taken. ” Until a bankruptcy case in New Hampshire directly addresses the post-petition perfection of a mechanic’s lien, we won’t know for sure whether the lien can still be perfected. Bruce Topjian, Inc. , 481 (1987). Can the lienor still take it?

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Yes, we know that Detroit became the largest city in history to file for bankruptcy protection, a process the city is expected to emerge from this year. Cerberus, an equity player who had acquired a majority stake in Chrysler from German auto giant Daimler-Benz in 2007, went into bankruptcy in 2009. Names Innovation Hubs.

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Solar Panel Tariff Fight Makes Strange Bedfellows

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Suniva, a solar panel manufacturer, now in bankruptcy, initially submitted a petition to the ITC on April 26, 2017. The petition seeks duties of 40 cents per watt on imported solar cells and also a floor price of 78 cents per watt on solar panels made by foreign manufacturers.

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