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...“[P]eople don’t pay that kind of money for BS,” US District Judge William Alsup remarked....
...By taking a stand on ESG issues, a company invites people to judge it on a higher moral plane....
...“The crisis is complex, but it’s healthy,” said Raul Padilla, chief executive of Bunge Brazil, the agribusiness company. In recent weeks, however, there have been signs of a pushback....
...Angela Padilla, Uber’s associate general counsel, said in an emailed statement: “We look forward to our first public response laying out our case on Friday, April 7....
...Bondholders had favoured the election of governor Ricardo Rosselló, who replaced Alejandro García Padilla in January....
...Arthur González, the judge who presided over the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies, and Carlos Garcia, a former head of Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank, are among the seven-person board....
...The board will be joined by governor Alejandro García Padilla as an ex officio member, who will not have the ability to vote on its decisions....
...It includes Arthur González, the judge who presided over the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies, and Carlos Garcia, a former head of Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank....
...The segregation of revenues at an independent bank removed some risk of an immediate shutdown if a judge were to intervene at the GDB....
...“If . . . what we proposed is in their best interest and it follows Puerto Rican constitutional law, the judge can force it down,” Mr Millstein says. “This is exactly what happened in Detroit.”...
...For one thing, openness seemed the more honorable course; he had been open with me, after all. For another, I wanted to submit my research to this final check....
...The Government Development Bank, the island’s de facto central bank, has hired Steven Rhodes, the bankruptcy judge that oversaw Detroit’s restructuring, to help on this gambit....
...The passage of the so-called Recovery Act last June by governor Alejandro Padilla would have allowed some of its largest utilities, such as the Puerto Rico Power Authority, to negotiate with bondholders...
...governments across the US are also facing potential reviews of their credit ratings and higher funding costs if the proposed treatment of general obligation bonds in Detroit is endorsed by a bankruptcy judge...
...To judge by Pemex’s recent performance, few will disagree....
...“Be honorable. Live up to your agreements that you’ve made with us.”...
...In February, an Ecuadorian judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to merit a warrant against Mr Santos or Gen Padilla....
...Over to you then, The Honorable Douglas F. Eaton, United States Magistrate Judge....
...Related links: SEC Seeks Additional Charges Against BofA – WSJ Judge 3, SEC 0 in Bank of America/Merrill case – FT Alphaville Judge Rakoff rocks the SEC boat – FT...
...The Honorable Reed O’Connor, U.S....
...The asset freeze order, entered on February 19, 2009, by the Honorable Amy J. St. Eve of the U.S....
...Mr Padilla’s conviction had bolstered the administration’s war on terrorism....
...Even Mr Padilla’s counsel has a good word to say for the judge....
...And I’m grateful to the 41st President and his bride of 63 years, and for their outstanding example of honorable service to our country....
...While Observer has no reason to doubt Luttig’s sincerity, it is surely good news for Boeing that the former judge has clarified the mix-up with the justice department....
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