Bankruptcy Archive » February, 2009

Bankruptcy - February, 2009

142 articles

• Facing Bankruptcy, Tomar Seeks To Stay Traffic Case
• Creditors' Trustee Sues First Magnus Execs For $1B
• Bankrupt Nortel Looks To Sell Off Unit For $14M
• National Wholesale Liquidators Switches To Ch. 7
• Pilgrim's Pride Plans To Idle 3 US Chicken Plants
• Lehman Moves To Let Insurers Pay Defense Costs
• Judge Sides Against Milbank In Document Spat
• Post-Confirmation Assumption And Rejection
• Trustee Takes Issue With Tarragon's Lazard Hiring
• Bankruptcy Judge Bars Moves Against Lyondell Parent
• Ex-Loral CEO Wins Shareholder Suit Over Bankruptcy
• Stimulus Money Could Avert Cleantech Ch. 11s: PwC
• HomeBanc Mortgage Case Converted To Ch. 7
• Trustee Objects To Circuit City's $2.3M Bonus Plan
• Wells Fargo Tapped For Muzak Creditors Committee
• WR Grace Hid Asbestos Risk At Mont. Mine: US
• Bankrupt Reliance Can't Recover Paid Claims: Court
• Financiers Get OK To Foreclose On SouthStar Homes
• Physical Supply Contracts Under Bankruptcy Code
• Builder Levitt & Sons Gets Go-Ahead For Liquidation
• Flying J Creditors Balk At Terms Of $10M DIP Loan
• Madoff Investors Must Abide By Claims Deadline
• Smurfit-Stone Gets Green Light For $750M DIP Loan
• Epstein Becker Nabs 7 Dreier Bankruptcy Attys
• Phila., New Haven Newspaper Publishers File Ch. 11
• DRAM Maker Qimonda Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
• Bankrupt PCA Too Slow On Recalls: Texas
• The 4th Circ. Reversal On Swap Agreements
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Cadwalader Bankruptcy Guru
• Ritz Camera Files For Ch. 11
• No Evidence Madoff Bought Securities: Report
• GM's Saab Can Reorganize For Sale: Swedish Court
• Objections Fly As John Laing Homes Files For Ch. 11
• 2009 Brings Explosion In Corporate Bankruptcies
• Court OKs Lehman Examiner's Plan
• SemGroup Creditors Slap Ex-CEO With $362M Suit
• Chrysler Objects To PPI Assets Sale
• For Those Too Big To Fail, Experts Suggest 'Ch. 10'
• 'Ordinary Course Of Business,' Extraordinary Times
• Flying J Seeks Fast $10M In DIP Cash To Sell Fuel
• Circuit City Gets Green Light For Liquidation
• Saab On Brink Of Bankruptcy: GM
• Former KPMG Arm Ducks Into Ch. 11
• Foamex Tumbles Back Into Ch. 11
• Fifth Third Objects To HomeBanc Ch. 7 Bid
• Section 363 Bankruptcy Sales
• Propex Looks To Sell Assets To DIP Lender For $61M
• GM, Chrysler Share Plans, Seek $17B More In Loans
• Sirius XM Rescued From Bankruptcy By Liberty Loans
• Sheppard Mullin Lands Wells Fargo Senior Counsel
• Bankrupt Aleris Gets OK To Borrow $150M, Pay Claims
• Midway 1st-Day Motions OK'd As Noteholders Object
• Peanut Corp. Of America Files For Ch. 7
• Clawbacks Loom As Madoff Trustee Subpoenas Firms
• Squire Sanders Nabs Holland & Knight Guru
• Air Canada May Be Headed For Bankruptcy
• Young Broadcasting Pushed Into Ch. 11
• Trump Entertainment Enters Ch. 11
• Aleris Hit With Emissions Suit As It Goes Bankrupt
• SemGroup Execs Sue To Oust Catsimatidis, Associates
• Pliant Gets Interim OK For $75M In DIP Cash
• Bankrupt Levitt, BofA Reach Deal On $102M Claim
• Hunton & Williams Nabs Veteran Akin Gump Litigator
• Sirius XM Ch. 11 Filing May Be Imminent
• Mortal Kombat Creator Files For Ch. 11
• Following Sale And Assignment Notices
• Sirius XM In Talks With EchoStar Rival
• Landlords Call Circuit City Bid Procedures Unfair
• Muzak Gets Green Light To Tap Cash Collateral
• 4th Circ. Reverses Rulings On National Gas Contracts
• Aleris Goes Bankrupt As Aluminum Prices Plunge
• Proskauer Nabs 3 Winston & Strawn Bankruptcy Gurus
• Charter Communications To File For Ch. 11 By April
• AHM Liquidation Plan Gets Nod
• Barclays Drops Suit Over Bear Stearns Funds Flop
• Troubled DRAM Maker Qimonda Hit With WARN Suit
• Pliant Files Prepackaged Ch. 11 Plan
• Court Approves $3M Superfund Deal In Asarco Case
• Cashed-Out Madoff Investors Fear Clawback Suits
• Kimble Hill Stay Lifted For Claims V. Insurance Cos.
• Sirius XM Hires Simpson Thacher As It Eyes Ch. 11
• Sky Darkens For Charter Communications
• Propex Wins Approval For $65M DIP Package
• Levitt, Creditors Swipe At $102M BofA Claim
• The Intersection Of IP And Bankruptcy Law
• Muzak Holdings Files For Ch. 11
• Latest Mortgages Ltd. Dispute Centers On Legal Fees
• More Homebuilders Expected To Duck Into Ch. 11
• Bankrupt Tronox Sues US, NJ Over Cleanup Cases
• Fortunoff Prepares To Liquidate If No Buyer Surfaces
• Goody's Unsecured Creditors Retain Cooley Godward
• Alternative DIP Loans Available But Pricey
• Bruno's Gets Green Light For $4M In DIP Cash
• Phone Directory Cos. May Be On Path To Bankruptcy
• Oneida Prevails In $6.3M Spat With Investment Firm
• Lazard Loses Bid For $3.25M NWA Success Fee
• Barclays Settlement Lacks Key Information: LBHI
• GM Could Buy Plants From Bankrupt Delphi
• The End Of Triangular Setoff As We Know It?
• Securities Suit Against Lehman Execs Tossed
• Lyondell Scores TRO Against Creditors, Noteholders
• Getting Tough On 'Critical Vendor' Status
• Wells Fargo At Center Of $137M Lehman CDS Spat
• Obama Names Volcker-Led Economic Advisory Board
• Spectrum Brands Gets Green Light For $235M DIP
• Sirius XM At Risk For Ch. 11, EchoStar Takeover
• Judge OKs $125M In DIP Cash For Tronox
• Banks To Pay Parmalat $136M In Deals Over Collapse
• Delphi Tries To Dump Retiree Health Benefits
• VeraSun Strikes $280M Deal With Valero
• American Home Mortgage Files Amended Ch. 11 Plan
• US Hires Cadwalader, Sonnenschein On Auto Crisis
• Madoff Victims Include Jailed Milberg Attys, Celebs
• Lehman Asks To Employ Jones Day
• Loral Plaintiff Can't Give Class Legal Advice: Judge
• Fortunoff Backslides Into Ch. 11
• Sales Slump Sends Bruno's Supermarkets Into Ch. 11
• HomeBanc Slouches Toward Ch. 7
• Wachovia Gets EnCap Golf's Ch. 11 Case Dismissed
• Bankrupt Subprime Lender Fights To Reclaim $1.5M
• Casino Seeks Support For Prepackaged Ch. 11 Filing
• Lehman Unit Sues To Halt $137M Payout In CDS Deal
• 3rd Circ. Holds Lucent As Insider In Winstar's Demise
• Landlord Wants Dreier LLP To Pay Up
• Judge Tosses Appeal In Global Power Case
• Madoff Trustee Recovers $950M For Investors
• Lehman May Hold Bad Assets, Give Creditors Stock
• Lehman Brothers Whittles Liabilities To $200B
• Tropicana Conservator Seeks More Time For Sale
• $4B In Debt, Spectrum Brands Files For Ch. 11
• Trading Partner Sues Lehman For $71M
• Buchalter Nemer Boosts Insolvency Practice
• Dechert Nabs Bingham Bankruptcy Guru
• Suggested Amendments To US Bankruptcy Code
• Lehman Examiner Seeks More Latitude In Probe
• Corn, Ethanol Prices Send Renew Energy To Ch. 11
• Lehman Bankruptcy Judge Arrested For Slapping Wife
• Quigley Tries To Bury The Hatchet With Insurers
• Mirant Investors' Ch. 11 Lawyer Stuck With $15K Fee
• Car Parts Maker Contech Files For Ch. 11
• Restructuring Practice: O'Melveny & Myers
• Class Slams Santander Offer To Madoff Victims