Bankruptcy Archive » August, 2008

Bankruptcy - August, 2008

138 articles

• Allied Shareholders Lose Bid To Stay Ch. 11 Plan
• CORRECTED: Twtr Inc. Asks For More Time To Craft Ch. 11 Plan
• Foreign Secrecy Laws And American Courts
• Judge OKs Sale Of Whitehall Jewelers Stores
• Sea Containers' Ch. 11 Plan Hits ERISA Roadblock
• Delphi Plots Changes To Reorganization Plan
• Insurer Told To Pay Ex-Refco Exec's Legal Team
• Portola Files Prepackaged Ch. 11 Plan
• GE Commercial Ponies Up For Dura Emergence
• Italy Makes Moves To Allow For Alitalia Survival
• Aloha Judge Signs Off On Payouts
• County Lets Gov., Lawyers Take Over Creditor Talks
• American Home Sells 'Alt-A' Mortgages For $19M
• Mervyn's Wins Final Approval For $465M Financing
• Silicon Graphics, Samsung Settle Bankruptcy Appeal
• Mrs. Fields On Track For Short And Sweet Ch. 11
• Grupo Mexico Moves To Regain Control Of Asarco
• Trustee Wants Levitz Converted To Ch. 7
• Court OKs Ch. 11 Plans For Vertis, ACG Merger
• Judge Tosses Appraisal Suit Against IndyMac, FDIC
• Dot Hill Negotiates With Ciprico To Buy IP Rights
• Auto Parts Maker Cadence Heads For Ch. 11
• Ind. 6th State To Sue Countrywide Over Risky Loans
• Judge Approves Goody's Disclosure Statement
• Bankruptcy Practice: Dewey & LeBoeuf
• Asarco Pledges $200M For Wash. State Cleanup
• Judge Approves Delphi Settlement With Furukama
• Calif. AG Won't Probe Schumer Over IndyMac Collapse
• Tropicana Seeks Better Bid For Ind. Casino
• Judge Greenlights Fedders' Liquidation Plan
• Bankrupt Lumber Co. Files For Ch. 15
• Citibank Can Go After Adelphia Grid Payments: Judge
• U.S. Energy Files Ch. 11 Reorganization Plan
• Creditors Seek To Oust Law Firm From Ch. 11 Case
• Mrs. Fields Makes Bittersweet Move To Ch. 11
• Orrick Hires NY Bankruptcy Head From Mayer
• Judge Gives Thumbs-Up To Steve & Barry's Sale
• Judge OKs Sale Of Syntax-Brillian Assets To Olevia
• Fortunoff Asks Judge To Dismiss Ch. 11 Case
• NZ Jeweler To Pick Up 17 Whitehall Stores For $5M
• Judge Confirms Bombay Co. Liquidation Plan
• Ch. 11 Disclosure Approved For Leiner Health
• $300M Malpractice Suit Against Deloitte Lives On
• Appaloosa Keeps Up Fight Against Delphi Suit
• Steve & Barry's To Be Sold For $168M
• U.S. Trustee Wants 30% Fee Holdback In Levitz Case
• Taiwan Co. Sues Syntax Bigwigs Over SEC Filings
• Pappas Gets Another Week To Access Cash Collateral
• Foamex Loses Bid To Toss ERISA Class Action
• Delta Financial Wins Extension To Finalize Plan
• Pillsbury Winthrop Accused Of Delaying Discovery
• Sharper Image Creditors Get OK To Seal $500K Deal
• L.I.D. To Rework Disclosure Statement
• Panda To Appeal $200M Claim Against Calpine
• Intermet Wins Interim OK To Use Cash Collateral
• Judge Drops Creditors' Call For More Propex DIP Docs
• Wickes Creditors Seek Return Of Almost $800K
• Judge Approves $8.3M Settlement In Charys Ch. 11
• Fried Frank Confirms Support Staff Layoffs
• CORRECTED: Whitehall Asks Judge To OK $146M Liquidation
• Circuit City Balks At Sale Of Syntax-Brillian Assets
• Judge Grants American Home Use Of Loan Sale Cash
• Air Purifier Plaintiffs Seek $767M From Sharper Image
• Judge Ups Wickes DIP Financing To $17M
• American Home Mortgage Files Liquidation Plan
• Court OKs Asarco Asbestos Claimants Committee
• Trustee Asks To Hold Back Part Of L.I.D. Fee Request
• J.M. Smucker Sues Pierre Foods Over Crustless PB&J
• Deja Vu For GMAC In Aloha Case
• Creditors Balk At Steve & Barry's Payout
• Ala. Retirement Czar Calls For County Ch. 9 Filing
• Cookie Maker Crumbles, Announcing Ch. 11 Plan
• Insurers Object To Treatment Under Fedders Plan
• U.S. Govt. Warns Delphi Over Pension Funding
• Cooper Commons Carve-Out, A Cautionary Tale
• Judge Tosses Claims Against Banks In Refco Suit
• Judge Spurns Countrywide Deal With Pa. Trustee
• Boscov's Announces 10 Store Closing Sales
• Linens 'N Things Gets OK To Close 57 More Stores
• Judge OKs Extension Of Tricom Reorganization Plan
• Aloha Creditor Begs Judge To Hold Off On Payout
• Judge Sets Interim Spending Plan For Pappas
• American Color Graphics Wins Final DIP Approval
• Leighton Gets 60 More Days Of Exclusive Control
• Judge Approves $35M DIP Loan For Pierre Foods
• Judge Won't Expand W.R. Grace Stay To Mont. Claims
• Auto Supplier Intermet Flees Into Ch. 11
• U.S. Trustee Calls For Probe In SemGroup Ch. 11
• What To Consider In Buying Home Mortgage Loans
• Business Bankruptcies Erupt In July
• Lawyers Trade Shots In Mortgages Ltd. Bankruptcy
• ABFS Bondholders Get Green Light For BDO Suit
• Bombay Liquidation Plan Draws Protest
• Atlantis Plastics Files For Ch. 11
• Whitehall Wins 3rd Extension Of $80M DIP Order
• Tropicana Gets Boost In Brawl Over Casino
• EnCap, Creditors Fight Wachovia Bid To Toss Ch. 11
• Trustee Protests Countrywide's Deal With Pa.
• Fannie Mae Exec Says Losses To Worsen
• Judge OKs Wickes, Deloitte Settlement Of $1.25M
• GM Agrees To Up Loan To Delphi By $300M
• Auto Suppliers At Risk For Bankruptcy: Report
• Perelman Settles Suit Over Marvel Notes For $80M
• Bennigan's Restaurants May Stick Around After All
• Judge Approves $23M Syntax-Brillian Financing Deal
• U.S. Recognition Of Offshore Insolvency: Impossible?
• July Surge Suggests Shifts In Ch. 11 Landscape
• Top 5 Ways To Make Nice With US Trustees
• Judge OKs $250M DIP Loan For Boscov's
• Levitt & Sons Lender Slams Exit Plan Disclosures
• Friedman's Objects To Whitehall Motion For Sale
• Coudert Creditors Want To Probe Former Partners
• Squire Sanders Adds 6 To N.Y. Office
• Charys Plan Pitches Compromises
• Conversion Fight Over Mortgages Ltd. Rages On
• Judge Green-Lights Ampex's Reorganization Plan
• Judge Allows WCI To Use $50M In Cash Collateral
• Lake At Las Vegas Gets $147M DIP Financing
• Judge Appoints Trustee In TV Bankruptcy Case
• Frontier Says It Found Better DIP Deal
• In Bankruptcies, Private Equity Becomes The Target
• 5th Circ. Stresses Equitable Subordination Rule
• Calif. Justice Joins Morrison & Foerster
• Judge OKs $150M SemGroup DIP Loan
• Ascendia Brands Seeks Buyer As It Files For Ch. 11
• Steve & Barry's Gets $163M Offer To Avoid Liquidation
• Homebuilder Plummets Into Bankruptcy Court
• Big Bankruptcies On The Rise, Bain Report Shows
• Credit Crunch Drives Boscov's To Bankruptcy
• IndyMac Honchos Face More Legal Woes With Suit
• SemGroup Subsidiary Tries To Block Financing Deal
• GM Will Take Part In Delphi's Appaloosa Suit
• Sonnenschein Scores Big In Aloha Spat
• Parmalat, UniCredit Reach €271M Deal
• U.S. Trustee Objects To Fedders Liquidation Plan
• Sea Containers' Plan Transfers Interests To Newco
• IndyMac Files For Chapter 7
• Asarco's Reorganization Plan Implements $2.6B Sale