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How Does "Ruden Yoss" Sound?

 Hey, I'm trying to think outside the box:

Financial troubles at Ruden McClosky are deepening, with the Fort Lauderdale-based firm suspending all capital payouts to former equity shareholders.

In a letter to about 50 to 60 former equity shareholders Saturday, co-managing partners Michael Krul and Carl Schuster said the firm was declaring a "moratorium" on all capital account repayments. The three-paragraph letter stated the firm would review the situation "later in the year."

The survival of the firm has been a subject of open debate for months. Sources at two law firms that were approached said Ruden has been shopping for merger partners.

Aren't the repayments a contractual obligation?  How can you declare a "moratorium" on paying back a debt?

Oh well, I don't do transactional work.

Full post as published by South Florida Lawyers on January 27, 2011 (boomark / email).