Nancy B. Rapoport In The News
AARP
The receptionist at the doctor’s office gives you a sheaf of papers to fill out. As the air-conditioning repairman leaves, he hands you a contract. In a spa’s waiting room, you’re asked to sign an agreement before your Swedish massage.
Kiplinger
A recent article, Overbilled by Your Lawyer? You’re Not Alone, told the story of a lawyer whose firm touted expertise that she didn’t yet have and billed for time that she didn’t work. That story led to an e-mail captioned “Bravo” from Professor Nancy B. Rapoport of William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Nasdaq
A federal court in southern Texas quickly moved to reassign about 3,500 bankruptcy cases after the sudden resignation of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones in Houston, transferring his large-company Chapter 11 cases to two judges who are already among the busiest in the U.S.
BNN Bloomberg
There are few bankruptcy courts in America busier than the one in Houston. The top judge there, David R. Jones, has handled more than 1,000 corporate insolvencies in his time on the bench and routinely oversees the nastiest debt fights that come out of Wall Street.