Bankruptcy Archive » August, 2009

Bankruptcy - August, 2009

212 articles

• Delta Financial Looks To 3rd Circ. In Coverage Spat
• Taylor Bean Gripes At FDIC Over Mortgage Portfolio
• Tribune Wins OK For Cubs Sale Process, Notice
• Lehman's UK Administrator Prepares $100B Claim
• Reader's Digest Taps Kirkland As Ch. 11 Counsel
• Trustee Asks Court For Madoff 'Net Equity' Ruling
• Freedom May Be Next Newspaper Co. To Enter Ch. 11
• Asarco, BNSF Settle Claims Over Rail Yard Cleanup
• Huntsman Offers $415M For Tronox Assets
• Credit Suisse Sues Thornburg Over Collateral Rights
• Worldspace Sale To Yenura Called Off
• 8th Circ. Rules In Epic Spat Over Crooked Coin Shop
• Lyondell Files Suit Over $1.3B In Defaulted Notes
• Spansion Tells Court To Nix Deal With Apple
• TXCO, Creditors Defy Bank's Bid To Seize Rigs
• Satellite Maker Says DBSD Plan Wrongly Blocks Claims
• Ensuring Insurer Standing To Object To Reorganization
• Emergency Stay Denied For Ex-Haynes & Boone Client
• Guaranty Financial Group Files Ch. 11
• MagnaChip, Lenders Shun Creditors Ch. 11 Plan
• Trump Entertainment Plan Will Face Examiner: Report
• Tribune Bondholders Win Fast Hearing Over Buyout
• Chrysler Group To Accept Liability Claims
• Lessons From General Growth Properties
• Defunct La. Hospital Slams Insurer With $59M Suit
• Battle Heats Up Over Pacific Energy's Alaska Assets
• Spectrum Exits Ch. 11 With $840M Less In Debt
• Chicago Ed. Board Wants Out Of Lehman Swap Deal
• NJ Agency Backs Billionaire Icahn's Tropicana Plan
• Fontainebleau $3M Contract Spat Headed To Trial
• Auto Supplier FormTech Files For Ch. 11 To Sell Assets
• Tribune Bondholders Seek Probe Of $8.3B Buyout
• Winston & Strawn Lures Andrews Kurth Ch. 11 Vet
• Citadel Signs Over Lehman Claim To Credit Suisse
• Casino Creditors Attack Claim From Donald Trump
• Former Lehman President Files $233M Claim
• WCI Set To Emerge From Ch. 11 After Plan Approval
• Dana Shareholder Suit Tossed Again
• Lyondell Creditors Seek To Limit Use Of D&O Policies
• Colonial BancGroup Files For Ch. 11 Amid Probes
• Mayer Brown, Auditors Dismissed From Refco Suit
• MagnaChip Creditors Hatch Rival Ch. 11 Plan
• Mediation Ordered In Lehman Derivatives Feud
• Spansion Noteholders Seek OK To Sue Samsung
• Schlumberger Appeals $32M DIP Approval For TXCO
• Tribune Wins Speedy Hearing For $845M Cubs Sale
• Madoff Feeder Wants Court To Toss Trustee's Suit
• Ex-Haynes & Boone Client Seeks Emergency Relief
• Lyondell Seeks Approval Of Sumitomo Joint Venture
• Apple Balks At Spansion Bid To Void Contract
• SemGroup Ch. 11 Plan Features Settlement Offers
• Deutsche Bank Tops Taylor Bean Unsecured Claims
• A Cautionary Tale: Boucher V. Shaw
• 10th Circ. Strips Novell Of Unix Copyright
• 7th Circ. Says Apex Cleanup Not Discharged In Ch. 11
• Winstead Lures Hunton & Williams Bankruptcy Vet
• Citadel Says Lehman Owes $471M For Derivatives
• NH Hits North Star Up For $2M Over Enviro Deal
• Daimler Balks At Chrysler Creditors' Counsel Bid
• Circuit City Hits Sirius With $7M Adversary Suit
• KB Strikes $2.1M Deal To Sell Marks, Domain Names
• Spansion Seeks Approval For $35M Sale Of Subsidiary
• Awaiting Clarity On Automatic Stay Provisions
• Renew Gets OK For Severance Pay, Just In Case
• Reader's Digest Aims To Reduce Debt 75% In Ch. 11
• Lender Taylor Bean Blames Bankruptcy On Regulation
• Hughes Hubbard Adds Gibson Dunn Bankruptcy Vet
• Satellite Insurer Objects To DBSD Reorganization Plan
• Trump Casinos Defends Ch. 11 Plan From Noteholders
• Tribune To Put Cubs Into Ch. 11 For $845M Sale
• Fabrics Estate Liquidation Plan Gets Court OK
• Greenberg Loses 5 Bankruptcy Attys To Phoenix Firm
• Chrysler Sues Daimler Over Supply Contract Disputes
• The Insolvency Of Important Financial Institutions
• Lehman Says It's Paid Advisers $308M So Far
• Bally Total Fitness Ch. 11 Plan Wins OK
• Texas Instruments To Pay $173M For Qimonda Assets
• UK Court Rejects Lehman European Asset Return Plan
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Daniel Litt
• Accredited Creditors Stop Objecting To $22M Deal
• Smurfit-Stone Shareholder Asks To Form Equity Panel
• Caraustar Emerges From Bankruptcy As Private Co.
• Jasco V. Dana — Back To Bankruptcy
• WCI Ch. 11 Plan Draws Fire From US, Insurers
• GE Capital Bolsters Sportsman's Ch. 11 Exit With $50M
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Tony Davis
• Judge Gives Thumbs Up To Pliant Insurance Deals
• Turbine Debts Force Lehman Unit Into Ch. 15
• Questions For International Accounting Firm Networks
• CFTC Hammers At Loopholes In OTC Regulation Plan
• Real Estate Investors Object To LandAmerica Fees
• Creditors Win Bid To Sue Magna Unit
• General Growth Heir Sues Law Firm, Trustee
• Silicon Graphics Debtors' Plan One-Ups Ch. 7
• NHL Tries To Force A Turnover In Coyotes Case
• WL Homes Product Liability Suits To Proceed
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's William L. Schorling
• Midway Gets Nod For Sale Of Foreign Subsidiaries
• Communicating Effectively When Bad News Breaks
• Court Approves $3M Chemtura, Solvay Settlement
• GM To Pump Up To $210M Into American Axle
• Extended Stay Head Tries To Block Remand Of Suits
• Lenders OK'd To Join $22B Suit Over Lyondell Merger
• Mounting Debt Sends 2 Harp Group Hotels Into Ch. 11
• Thornburg Asks Court To Stop Suits Against Officers
• SonicBlue Bondholders Can't Collect Admiral D&O
• Joint Pliant, Apollo Disclosure Statement Approved
• District Court Takes Reins In Congoleum Ch. 11
• Accredited Creditors Say Deal Will Tank Insurance
• Chrysler Creditors Sue Daimler Over Sale
• Judge Refuses To Halt Ch. 11 Sale Of Thornburg Unit
• Grupo Mexico Ups Asarco Bid To $2.2B In Cash
• Greenberg Traurig Bankruptcy Pro Joins Alston & Bird
• Tessera's Bid For Info In Spansion Ch. 11 Falls Flat
• Pacific Energy Seeks Asset Exchange Approval
• CIT Staves Off Ch. 11 With Tender Offer
• Reader's Digest Pens Prepackaged Ch. 11 Agreement
• Greenberg Traurig Agrees To Hold Off On 1031 Fees
• WR Grace Pitches Allstate Asbestos Claim Deal
• Q&A With Locke Lord's David Wirt
• Ace, Delphi Strike Deal Over Insurance Contracts
• Lear Plan Aims To Convert $1.6B In Secured Claims
• AHM To Pay Unit Execs $5M To Settle Securities Suit
• Republic Beats Southwest, Takes Frontier
• Judge OKs Sealed Objections To Charter Ch. 11 Plan
• Chemtura's Prebankruptcy Settlement Approved
• Lyondell Wins Approval To Amend DIP Package
• Goody's Plan Admin Wants $17M Back From CIT
• Creditors Bash Quinn Fees In LandAmerica Case
• 5th Circ. OKs SeaQuest Ch. 11 Claim Subordination
• Ch. 9 Still Uncertain For Plagued Detroit Schools
• WaMu Fights Back In $7.6M Madison Sq. Garden Claim
• Pearlman Ponzi Victims Spared Clawback Suits
• CFTC Proposes New OTC Derivatives Class
• Securities Class Clings To $39M Claim In WaMu Ch.11
• Agents' Suit V. Brooke Lending Arm, Banks Quashed
• Chrysler Creditors Win Right To Sue Daimler Over Sale
• EU Signs Off On GM Purchase Of Delphi Steering Unit
• Calif. Fights LandAmerica Stay Bid In Property Spat
• Remy Seeks Probe Of GM Debtors' Asbestos Liability
• Ala. Church Wants Tronox Suit Back In State Court
• Creditors Seek Probe Into Hayes Lemmerz Ch. 11 Plan
• 1031 Tax Group Trustee Blasts $3.4M Dreier Bill
• Bally Workers Can't Pursue Class Action: Judge
• Hayes' Plans Could Taint Negotiations: UAW, USW
• Treasury Wants Chrysler Lien Protected From Claims
• Lenders Lose Bid To Toss Malls From GGP Ch. 11
• Trump Bondholders Push For Rival Plan
• AHM Asks To Use D&O Policy In $24M Fraud Deal
• Canada To Review Nortel-Ericsson Sale: Report
• Tribune Must Give Union Details On $70M Bonus Plan
• Sterlite Ups Bid In Battle For Asarco
• Houlihan Hits Back At Judge's Scathing Ruling
• Lehman's $70M Collateral Suit Against BoNY Survives
• CIT Delays SEC Filing In Struggle To Stay Afloat
• Daimler Scoffs At Chrysler Creditors' Bid To Sue
• PBGC Takes Over Delphi Pension Plans
• Protecting IP Rights Before A Bankruptcy Filing
• GGP Asks Judge To Toss Ch. 11 Appeal
• CDX Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• Southwest Ups Bid For Frontier To $170M
• Tropicana Lenders Object To Trademark Action
• Trustee Objects To Thornburg Asset Sale Termination
• Spat Over Caribbean Telecoms Gets New Home
• IRS Wins Remand In Excise Tax Fight With WorldCom
• NHL Steps Up Fight To Keep Coyotes In Arizona
• JPMorgan Seeks Disclosures From WaMu Creditors
• Lenders Decry TitleMax Bid For Prolonged Ch.11
• Attys Apologize For Leaked Coyotes Bid Details
• Greenberg Seeks $6M Paycheck For TV Maker's Ch. 11
• Bankrupt Frontier, Teamsters Settle Contract Dispute
• Midway Gets Hearing On Sale Of Foreign Units
• Former Lyondell Execs Blast Proposed Benefits Cuts
• Q&A With Covington & Burling's Michael Hopkins
• Blank Rome Snags Sonnenschein Bankruptcy Partner
• Spansion Balks At Ch. 11 Discovery Bid By Tessera
• Objections Pour In Over Grupo Mexico's Asarco Plan
• Lehman Settles $85M Loan Spat With Bermuda Unit
• FDIC Sues Baker Botts To Get Bank Fraud Docs
• Borrowers Lose Bid For Panel In Accredited Ch. 11
• Q&A With Orrick's Roger Frankel
• Jeweler Finlay Seeks Ch. 11 To Sell Assets
• Noble Group's $65M Bid Wins SemGroup Auction
• Court OKs Class Cert. In Fraud Suit Against Lehman
• Publisher Cygnus Business Media Files For Ch. 11
• Elliott Drops Objection To Lehman $625M Aurora Deal
• Jilted General Growth Lenders Land $2.75M Payday
• Coyotes Owner's Contempt Hearing Pushed Back
• Unions Fight Tribune's $70M Employee Bonus Plan
• Fremont, BNY Mellon Settle $14M Wire Transfer Spat
• Ex-Accountant Dropped From SEC's Delphi Case
• Quality Home Loans Disclosure Statement Gets OK
• Crunch Creditors Blast Proposed $40M Asset Sale
• Caraustar Wins OK For Plan To Slash $135M In Debt
• Nortel Gets OK To Sell Enterprise Unit For $475M
• Eddie Bauer Completes $286M Sale To Golden Gate
• Bankrupt Aleris To Pay $8.8M To Settle CAA Suit
• 4th Circ. Revives BearingPoint Shareholder Action
• Chrysler Creditors Seek 'Billions' From Daimler
• Energy Partners Wins Approval For Chapter 11 Plan
• Analysis: Biltmore Assocs. V. Twin City Fire Ins. Co.
• Oil Sludge Plaintiffs Fight Chrysler Notification Method
• Oracle Opposes Metaldyne Powertrain Sale
• Noteholders Left Luckless In Trump Ch. 11 Proposal
• Bankruptcy Attys Start New Firm Outside Detroit
• Kirkland Snags Skadden Restructuring Pro
• VeraSun Plan Seeks Canceling Of Stock, Consolidation
• StarTrib Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• Auto Parts Maker Cooper-Standard Files For Ch. 11
• 2nd Circ. Revives $20M Dana Trade Secrets Suit
• Tax Restructuring Of Hayes Lemmerz Unit Halted
• ConocoPhillips To Turn Over $26M To SemCrude