Bankruptcy Archive » November, 2008

Bankruptcy - November, 2008

154 articles

• Refco Settles Adversary Case For $17.5M
• Superior Offshore Equity Holders Push Own Plan
• Eclipse Aviation Corp. Lands In Ch. 11
• New Century, Ohio Settle Loan Origination Suit
• LandAmerica Ducks Into Ch. 11 To Sell Assets
• Syntax-Brillian Execs Cost Co. $300M: Creditors
• GWLS Holdings Gets OK On Auditor, Special Counsel
• WR Grace Reaches $60M Deal With Zonolite Plaintiffs
• Superior Offshore Files Disclosure Statement
• NJ High Court Nixes Tropicana License Appeal
• US Aims $800 Billion At Consumer Lending
• Deloitte To Pay Pa. $40M In Reliance Insurance Deal
• Bankrupt VeraSun Entertains Buyout Offer
• Court Approves Sea Containers Reorganization Plan
• Asbestos, Agent Orange Suits Send Co. Into Ch. 11
• Downey Savings Prepares To File For Ch. 7
• Top Firms Help Shape Citigroup Bailout
• No Relief Of Stay For Developers In Lehman Ch. 11
• The Risk Of Equitable Subordination, Post-Enron
• Giftware Retailer Lenox Group Files For Ch. 11
• Merrill Wants Ch. 11 Trustee In Leighton Case
• Delphi Pushes For Extra Time On Loan Hearings
• Quigley Urges Court To Overrule Insurance Protests
• Avoiding The Bankruptcy Black Hole In Construction
• Boscov's Credit Pact Sale OK'd Despite Bank Protest
• Paul Hastings Lures Bankruptcy Pro From Milbank
• Judge OKs Reliant Channelview Liquidation Plan
• Bankrupt Cos. Likely Fraud Probe Targets: Study
• US Seeks Late Claim In Asarco Bankruptcy
• Obama Team Denies Pursuing Big 3 Bankruptcy Plan
• Tropicana Walks Away From Casino Sale
• Judge OKs Sale Of Boscov's To Family-Led Group
• Superior Offshore, Creditors File Liquidation Plan
• SCL Revises Ch. 11 Plan After Trustee Objections
• Ex-Mervyn's Workers Bring WARN Class Action
• Value City Gets Green Light For Closeout Sales
• Ex-Circuit City Workers Seek Automatic Stay Relief
• Steve & Barry's Workers Sue After Mass Layoff
• Limits For An Equitable Subordination Claim
• General Growth Hires Sidley Austin Bankruptcy Attys.
• Judge OKs $40M DIP Loan For Value City
• NetVersant Moves To Block Subcontractor Claims
• 6th Circ. Revives Dana Securities Class Action
• Creditors Approve Reliant Energy Channelview Plan
• Barclays Sues Ritchie Over Investments In Petters
• S&B To Close As New Owner Files For Ch. 11
• Reuters Objects To Lehman Services-Sharing Plan
• SemGroup Asks Court To Force Insiders To Appear
• Fremont Says Ch. 11 Blocks Ex-Counsel Wage Case
• UC, Grace Settle Asbestos Claims For $1.1M
• Sentinel Trustee Sues FTN Financial For Fraud
• Syntax-Brillian Goes On Offensive Against Its Execs
• NetVersant Solutions Files For Chapter 11
• Lehman Seeks To Block Bid To Lift Automatic Stay
• Corporate Bankruptcies To Rise Steadily Through 2010
• People's Choice Settles WaMu Claim For $2.6M
• Winston Welcomes 19 Thelen Attorneys
• Mexican Billionaire's Stake In Circuit City Grows
• Bankrupt Jeweler Wants $3.5M Brooch Back
• Judge Expunges $5.4B In Delta Debt Claims
• Tropicana Squeezed By Casino Sale Controversy
• Senate Eyes Auto Industry Rescue Plan
• Bankrupt Transmission Plant Hires Midwest Firm
• Federal Judge OKs WaMu Legal Appointments
• Creditors Try To Stick Fork In Buffets' Ch. 11 Plan
• Harbinger Asks For Probe Of Lehman Transfers
• WR Grace Judge Rebuffs Hospital For 2nd Time
• Judge OKs Greatwide Sale Procedures
• Pfizer Seeks To Limit Discovery In Quigley Ch. 11
• Chrysler Plant Fiasco Prompts Ch. 11 Filing
• Consignors: What If Your Customer Goes Bankrupt?
• Mervyn's Asks Bankruptcy Court To Sell Store Leases
• Wellman Pitches Plan In Bid To Stay Afloat
• Sovereign Bank Objects To Boscov's Asset Sale
• Alitalia Keeps Creditors At Bay
• Wendel Rosen Draws Butler From Squire Sanders
• DBSI Granted Limited Access To Cash Collateral
• Creditors Say Greatwide Is Rushing Asset Sale
• Lehman Seeks Court OK For Deal With European Units
• NWL To Sell Or Liquidate Before Thanksgiving
• Tousa Exploring Alternative Reorganization Plan
• Calif. County Sues Lehman Execs Over $150M Loss
• Skadden, Thelen Spar Over Liability In Securities Suit
• Mortgages Ltd. Sues Developer Over $36M In Loans
• Hong Kong Opens Probe Into Massive Lehman Losses
• Mall Owner Faces ERISA Probe Amid Credit Strife
• WaMu Seeks $7.4M Transfer To Prop Up Subsidiary
• McCarter & English Nabs Former Wachovia Counsel
• Judge Orders Shell Bank Exec To Pay $80M
• Treasury Shifts Bailout Focus From Illiquid Assets
• Beleaguered Mall Owner Weighs Bankruptcy
• Deutsche Bank Sues Lehman To Recover $72.5M
• EC Signs Off On CAI's Alitalia Takeover
• Landlords, Managers Object To Linens Auction
• CEOs Seek Stronger Rules For Credit Rating Agencies
• Trustee Objects To Sea Containers Reorganization
• Tort Victims Challenge Privilege In Quigley Ch. 11
• EU Proposes New Rules For Credit Rating Agencies
• Tropicana Creditors, Debtors Feud Over Casino Sale
• GM Should Eye Prepackaged Bankruptcy Plan: Expert
• Accentia Seeks Ch. 11 Shelter, Blames Credit Crunch
• Credit Crisis Forces Posh Yellowstone Club Into Ch. 11
• Fabrikant Assets Trustee Fires Off Dozens Of Suits
• Post-Petition Privilege In Corporate Bankruptcies
• Judge Approves Firm's Malpractice Settlement
• Pension Shortfalls – The Next Wave?
• Forbearance Agreements, Problem Real Estate Loans
• Circuit City Gets First-Day Boost
• Storm Cat Ducks Into Ch. 11 During Dark Times
• Judge OKs $20M Loan For Tweeter Liquidation
• Circuit City Pulls The Plug
• Delphi Seeks $300M More From GM
• Creditors Seek Conversion To Ch. 7 For Empire Land
• Tropicana Signals Reorganization Strategies
• Real Estate Co. DBSI Moves Into Bankruptcy
• Unsecured Creditors Blast Tousa Ch. 11 Exit Plan
• Investor Class Takes Aim At UBS, Lehman Execs
• Slashed Fees For McDermott In St. Vincent's Suit OK'd
• Sea Containers To Tap $150M In Exit Financing
• Court Grants WaMu's Request For Trade Restrictions
• MPC Files For Ch. 11 As Gateway Buy Falters
• VeraSun Seeks Additional $30M In DIP Financing
• Swiss Agency Probes Credit Suisse, Other Banks
• Univision Can Intervene in Ameriprise Suit Over Fund
• ResCap Future Unclear As GMAC Posts 3Q Loss
• Barclays Files LandSource Disclosure Statement
• All American Creditors Tweak Plan After Settlement
• Kosher Meatpacker Faces Battle With Creditor
• Judge Won't Bring Back Delphi Fraud Claim
• Judge Won't Freeze Evergreen Shares
• Asbestos Victims Demand Voice In Quigley Case
• No Need To Argue 'Tolerance Of Accuracy': 3rd Circ.
• Lehman CEO Fuld To Step Down By End Of '08
• Congoleum Settles Prepetition Asbestos Dispute
• Back In Bankruptcy, Tweeter Prepares To Liquidate
• Boscov's To Sell Assets To Family Group
• Code Writer Boots Up WARN Act Suit V. Lehman
• Notice To Revolving Lenders: Beware PBGC Liens
• Simpson Thacher Applies To Join Cast Of Lehman Pros
• NJ Commission Seeks Land From Busted Developer
• Recent Developments In Assets Sales
• Judge Approves $3.2M Loan For Bankrupt Jancor
• Testing The Limits Of Fraudulent Conveyance Law
• Following Italian Bankruptcy, Alitalia Files Ch. 15
• Treasury Taps Two Firms For Bailout Work
• Circuit City Shorts Out 155 Stores
• GE Provides $250M In Exit Financing To Vertis
• Home Interiors Calls For Trustee To Speed Up Sale
• VeraSun Gets Interim Approval For DIP Loan
• Trustee Opposes Disney's Call For Lehman Examiner
• Plan Lets Levitt Creditors Out Of Woodbridge Deal
• Judge Paves Way For Outsourcing At Frontier
• McCarter Takes On 3 Partners From McElroy Deutsch
• Banks Getting Over Reluctance To Take US Money