Bankruptcy Archive » December, 2008

Bankruptcy - December, 2008

141 articles

• QHL Asks Judge To OK Deal With Hedge Fund
• LyondellBasell Mulls Ch. 11
• Pilgrim's Pride Gets Up To $450M In DIP Financing
• DESA 1st-Day Motions Granted
• Constar Files For Ch. 11 Eyeing Debt-For-Equity Swap
• Propex Gets Green Light On $65M Exit Funds Deal
• 1st-Day Motions Fly In Heller Ehrman Ch. 11
• PBGC Tells Lehman Creditors To Butt Out
• Treasury Dept. Bolsters GMAC With $5B Investment
• Judge Nixes WaMu Confidentiality Request On Sales
• WARNings For Firms Facing Layoffs Or Bankruptcy
• MediCor Offers Secured Creditors Limited Payment
• Goody's To Shell Out Over $7.5M To Ch. 11 Pros
• Chesapeake Corp. Files Ch. 11 With Plans For Sale
• Oil Giant Flying J Lands In Ch. 11
• 503(b)(9) Claims – Not Merely A Bargaining Chip
• Dash Into Ch. 11 Lost Lehman $75B In Value: Study
• Challenging The 'Pay' In Pay-To-Play
• GM Sues Cadence In Bid For Access To Equipment
• Ex-Fremont General Counsel Gets OK For Wage Suit
• Superior Offshore Founder Seeks Ch. 7 Conversion
• SCO Asks To Stay $2.5M Payout In Novell Feud
• GE, Lehman Spar Over Hundreds Of Millions In Trades
• Heater Maker DESA Files For Ch. 11 Again
• Archway Creditors Oppose Faster Ch. 7 Conversion
• Court OKs Lehman Restructuring Officer, Lease Deal
• Pilgrim's Pride Board Targeted In ERISA Suit
• Court Agrees To End Whitehall Credit Card Program
• Judge Grants 1st-Day Motions In Key Plastics Ch. 11
• Circuit City Cancels Lease Auction
• Trustee Opposes KB Toys' Employee Bonus Plan
• Best Buy Looks To Cut Costs By Thinning Ranks
• Tyson Foods Puts Up Assets As Collateral
• TERI To Enter Student Loan Collection Business
• Lender Offers $50M For Control Of Kosher Meat Packer
• AHM Seeks $5M To Defend Execs In Securities Suits
• Zonolite Claimants Seek Approval Of WR Grace Deal
• Lehman Makes Deal With German Bank Over €139M
• Auto Supplier Key Plastics Files For Ch. 11
• EZ Lube Seeks Emergency $2M For Insurance Payouts
• Utilities Protest Early Ch. 11 Motion By Pilgrim's Pride
• High Court To Hear Travelers Asbestos Liability Case
• Natural Gas Co. CDX Heads For Ch. 11
• Hawaiian Telcom Creditors Committee Appointed
• Auto Supplier Precision Parts Seeks Ch. 11
• Trustee Taps Unsecured Creditors In Bally Ch. 11
• Propex Seeks To Negotiate $65M Exit Financing
• Trustee, Lawyers Face Tough Road In Madoff Scandal
• Judge OKs 1st-Day Motions In KB Toys Ch. 11
• PBGC Looks To Kill Lehman Pension Plan
• Role, Not Pay, May Be Behind Skadden Star's Jump
• Pierre Foods Exits Ch. 11 As New CEO Takes Reins
• Visions Of Auto Bankruptcies Haunt Industry
• Creditors, Trustee Object To WaMu Asset-Sale Plan
• KB Toys Re-Enters Ch. 11, Plans To Close All Stores
• Jarden Wants Lehman Taken Off $1.5B Credit Deal
• Court OKs 1st-Day Motions In EZ Lube Ch. 11
• A Not So Merry Christmas For Retailers
• Monitor Oil Bankruptcy Shifts To Ch. 7
• GMAC Struggles To Become Bank Holding Co.
• German Reinsurer Seeks Ch. 15 Protection
• With Plan Cleared, Pierre Foods To Exit Ch. 11
• Equity Media Lender Seeks Ch. 7 Conversion
• Reliant Unit Loses Bid To Toss Breakup Fee Appeal
• Tousa To Get $250K In Settlement With Appraiser
• Nortel Weighs Ch. 11 Amid Credit Crunch, Tight Sales
• Delta Financial Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Confirmed
• GOP Misgivings Latest Speed Bump In Auto Bailout
• Dreier May Have Stolen $38M In Client Funds: SEC
• Bankruptcy Practice: Paul Hastings
• Barclays Cash Lifeline To Bankrupt Tribune Co. OK'd
• When An Insurance Company Goes Bust
• Labor Leaders, Economists Push For $900B Stimulus
• Bankrupt Tribune Co. Seeks Cash To Fund Operations
• Wachovia Balks At Levitt's Proposed Voting Process
• Auto Bailout Designed With Bankruptcy In Mind
• DBSI Wins Court OK To Further Tap Cash Collateral
• Empire Land's Ch. 11 Converted To Ch. 7
• Icelandic Bank Dives For Bankruptcy Protection
• Amended Charys Plan Seeks Deal With Creditors
• EZ Lube Seeks Ch. 11 After Sales Slump, Lawsuits
• Pilgrim's Pride Creditors Committee Appointed
• Twinkie Maker Wins Approval For Reorganization Plan
• Linens 'N Things Outlines Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Enron Settles $44M In Commercial Paper Claims
• Pappas CEO Opposes Trustee's Asset Sale Motion
• Judge Rejects Bid To Block Wachovia Sale
• $15B Auto Aid Draft Proposal Heads To White House
• Trustee Objects To Pierre Plan's Liability Releases
• Tribune's Ch. 11 Filing Underscores Industry Turmoil
• Power Of Atty Not Enough To Sue By Proxy: 2nd Circ.
• Tweeter Gets OK To Convert To Ch. 7
• NetVersant Sale Date OK'd Despite Trustee's Protest
• VeraSun Gets Approval To Tap $230M In DIP Funds
• Getrag Sues Chrysler Over Aborted Ind. Plant Deal
• CORRECTED: Adelphia To Pay Duke Energy $4.8M In Contract Spat
• Alitalia Gets Protection Of Assets From US Court
• Ch. 11 Trustee Sues Citadel, Goldman Over Transfers
• Fees Could Top Enron Levels If GM Goes Bust
• Bankruptcy Boom A Boon To Employment Attorneys
• Neuberger Team Wins Lehman's Asset Division
• NetVersant Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks Delay Of Asset Sale
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Bankruptcy Expert To Team
• Judge OKs 11 Hawaiian Telcom First-Day Motions
• Bally Gets Operating Cash As Sale Talks Progress
• UBS, AgStar Tussle Over VeraSun Collateral
• 11th Circ. Denies Debtor's Subject Jurisdiction Claim
• Citing Downturn, Kimball Hill Opts For Liquidation
• Bankruptcy Legislation To Watch In 2009
• Tweeter Abruptly Shuts Down, Seeks Ch. 7
• Southwest Secures Deal To Buy Slots From ATA
• Outlook For Bankruptcies In 2009
• Challenge To Sandler O'Neill's Refco Deal Rebuffed
• Mystery Bidders Vie For Lehman Asset Mgmt. Unit
• Ch. 11 Deja Vu For Bally Total Fitness
• Bankrupt CEO Must Pay $4M In Camera Patent Suit
• Chicken Giant Gets Interim OK For $365M In DIP Cash
• UAW Offers Concessions For Auto Industry Bailout
• Motor Coach, Bus Fire Plaintiffs Move To Mediation
• People's Choice Settlements Get Preliminary OK
• Iceland's Largest Bank Acts To Guard US Assets
• Big 3 Unveil Big Plans Before Bailout Hearings
• Aspects, Analysis Of Debt Guarantees By The FDIC
• More Landlords Balk At Circuit City DIP Deal
• Judge OKs Tweeter Utilities Payment Plan
• Le-Nature's Trustee Names Wachovia in RICO Suit
• Leiner Seeks To Buy Time To Appease IRS, Buyer
• SemGroup Examiner Gets Court OK To Quiz Execs
• Kirkland & Ellis Welcomes Back Restructuring Pro
• HSBC Loses Appeal Over Boscov's Credit Cards
• BofA Sues Lehman Over $509M In Setoffs
• Circuit City Creditors Balk At WARN Act Payments
• Mega Bankruptcies Set To Crack 100 Next Year
• Wachovia Tries Again To Get EnCap Ch. 11 Tossed
• The In Pari Delicto Defense Stiffens In The 1st Circ.
• Class Action Over Metropolitan Collapse Certified
• Poultry Giant Pilgrim's Pride Files For Ch. 11
• Economy, Rivals Push Hawaiian Telcom Into Ch. 11
• Delphi Gets OK To Tap $4.35B DIP Loan Into 2009
• Big 3 Make Their Case To Skeptical Senators
• The New Dynamic In SARE Cases