Bankruptcy Archive » November, 2008

Bankruptcy - November, 2008

154 articles

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