http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Landis Rath Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132687 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has asked a bankruptcy court to modify the automatic stay for Washington Mutual Inc. to allow the agency — the receiver for WaMu's banking unit — to compel JPMorgan Chase & Co. to turn over roughly $4 billion in deposits while the three figure out to whom the money belongs. http://www.law360.com/articles/132687 http://www.law360.com/articles/126843 A group of lenders to bankrupt credit card processor Cynergy Data LLC has objected to $21 million in cure payments the company is proposing to transfer to Harris Bank NA, claiming the debtor is taking sides between creditors and the bank. http://www.law360.com/articles/126843 http://www.law360.com/articles/126573 JPMorgan Chase Bank NA is asking a district court to revoke a bankruptcy court's jurisdiction over an adversary case it filed against Washington Mutual Inc. regarding claims to billions of dollars in assets, which the bankruptcy court refused to give up last week. http://www.law360.com/articles/126573 http://www.law360.com/articles/125255 A bankruptcy judge has shot down JPMorgan Chase Bank NA's bid to revoke her jurisdiction over an adversary case it filed against Washington Mutual Inc. regarding claims to billions of dollars in assets, calling JPMorgan's position that she lacks jurisdiction “frivolous.” http://www.law360.com/articles/125255 http://www.law360.com/articles/123458 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has filed an appeal brief over a bankruptcy court's denial of motions to stay or dismiss two adversary cases in Washington Mutual Inc.'s Chapter 11 proceedings, seeking a determination on whether the bankruptcy court overstepped its bounds. http://www.law360.com/articles/123458 http://www.law360.com/articles/123144 Merrill Lynch Capital Corp. has asked a bankruptcy judge to prevent a Tribune Co. bondholder from investigating Merrill's role in an $8.3 billion leveraged buyout with the now-bankrupt Tribune, arguing that it had already offered to provide the documents being sought outside of court. http://www.law360.com/articles/123144 http://www.law360.com/articles/120420 Several Florida real estate companies have agreed to pay WCI Communities Inc. $200,000 as part of a settlement of the companies' $3.85 million claim against the homebuilder's estate as the debtor ties up loose ends in its bankruptcy case. http://www.law360.com/articles/120420 http://www.law360.com/articles/120077 The bankruptcy court overseeing CCS Medical Inc.’s reorganization won't appoint a committee to represent disgruntled second-lien lenders, leaving it to the investors to fund their own opposition to a prearranged plan that largely neglects their $110 million claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/120077 http://www.law360.com/articles/119619 Bankrupt satellite radio company Worldspace Inc. has announced that its deal to sell its assets to Yenura Pte. Ltd. is off now that its debtor-in-possession lenders have thrown in the towel. http://www.law360.com/articles/119619 http://www.law360.com/articles/119529 A group of Tribune Co. bondholders has won its bid to expedite hearings on an order that would allow an investigation into an $8.3 billion leveraged buyout the bondholders argue saddled the bankrupt media giant with debt. http://www.law360.com/articles/119529 http://www.law360.com/articles/118768 A collective of Tribune Co. bondholders has asked the judge overseeing the company's bankruptcy for an order allowing it to investigate an $8.3 billion leveraged buyout it says saddled the company with debt. http://www.law360.com/articles/118768 http://www.law360.com/articles/116103 A bankruptcy judge has ordered bankrupt newspaper company Tribune Co. to turn more information about its proposed $69.9 million bonus plan over to a union representing its employees, which has objected to the plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/116103 http://www.law360.com/articles/115746 JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, which has been battling bankrupt Washington Mutual Inc. over claims to billions of dollars in assets, has asked a judge overseeing the failed thrift’s bankruptcy to compel noteholders claiming to be principal creditors to fully disclose their interests. http://www.law360.com/articles/115746 http://www.law360.com/articles/113738 Bankrupt holding company Washington Mutual Inc. and the buyer of its banking operations, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, have won approval for a settlement in a dispute over a Washington Mutual Bank employee retirement savings plan. http://www.law360.com/articles/113738 http://www.law360.com/articles/113535 A bankruptcy judge has refused to reverse an earlier decision allowing Washington Mutual Inc. to go ahead with its investigation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. for evidence that JPMorgan sabotaged WaMu in order to acquire it at a depressed value. http://www.law360.com/articles/113535 http://www.law360.com/articles/112950 Canon USA Inc. has objected to Ritz Camera Centers Inc.'s proposed asset sale to RCI Acquisition LLC, saying it amounts to a disguised transfer of potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in assets to an entity controlled by Ritz's former CEO. http://www.law360.com/articles/112950 http://www.law360.com/articles/111578 JPMorgan Chase Bank NA has fired back against Washington Mutual Inc., enlisting the support of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in a feud over what court should hear two adversary proceedings concerning the control of assets that include $4 billion in demand deposits. http://www.law360.com/articles/111578 http://www.law360.com/articles/110438 Washington Mutual Inc. has accused JPMorgan Chase Bank NA of trying to derail WaMu's Chapter 11 case by seeking to withdraw from the bankruptcy court two adversary proceedings over a disputed $4 billion in assets. http://www.law360.com/articles/110438 http://www.law360.com/articles/109471 Despite a bankruptcy judge's order greenlighting the request, Washington Mutual Inc.'s bid to get its hands on JPMorgan Chase & Co. records for evidence of sabotage continues, with WaMu now fighting the bank's request to have the order overturned. http://www.law360.com/articles/109471 http://www.law360.com/articles/108394 The judge overseeing KB Toys Inc.’s Chapter 11 proceedings has denied a bid by the unsecured creditors committee for derivative standing to sue some of the debtors' officers and directors, but the court left the door open for the committee to seek standing to bring an amended claim against the officers and directors for breach of fiduciary duty. http://www.law360.com/articles/108394