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Bankruptcy - March, 2010

196 articles

• CFTC Finalizes New OTC Derivative Class
• Corrected: Sprint Nextel Loses Appeal On DBSD Claims
• SemGroup Litigation Trust Seeks $56M Recovery
• SEC Inks 3rd Deal In SemGroup Insider Trading Probe
• Smurfit-Stone Clears Ch. 7 Bid By Noteholders
• After Settlements, Ciena Capital Eyes Ch. 11 Exit
• Door Reopens For Icahn In $700M WestPoint Sale
• Rising Star: Mayer Brown's Sean Scott
• Lyondell Settles $5.5B In Cleanup Claims
• Fremont General Shareholder Suit Tossed
• With Creditors' Support, Finlay Eyes Liquidation
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Ray Schrock
• Trident Plan Proposes $800M Debt Reduction
• Malpractice Suit Against Paul Weiss Time-Barred
• Pacific Ethanol Seeks To Unload Debt, Keep Plants
• Xerium Ducks Into Court To Slash $150M From Debt
• Madoff And The Scope Of SIPA Protection
• Smurfit Ch. 11 Plan Prompts Fierce Objections
• Greenberg Adds Restructuring Partner In London
• Cooper-Standard's Disclosure Statement Gets OK
• Rising Star: Bilzin Sumberg's Jay Sakalo
• $180M Lasik Plaintiff Gives TLC Plan The Stink Eye
• Magna Disclosure Gets OK, Clearing Way For Plan Vote
• Nortel Deal With PBGC OK'd After Canadian Deal Nixed
• Judge Rejects Dish, Sprint Challenges To DBSD Plan
• WaMu Files Ch. 11 Plan Without FDIC's Blessing
• Granting Third-Party Releases Under Chapter 15
• Fla. City Sues Wachovia Over $15M Lehman Loss
• Cooper-Standard To Settle Cooper Tire Suit For $18M
• Charter Investor Cries Foul On Ch. 11 Deal With Allen
• TLC Vision's 4th Amended Ch. 11 Plan A Go
• Rising Star: Akin Gump's James Savin
• Bankruptcy Court Denies $6.5M In Asarco Bonuses
• White Energy To Pay $13M To End Spat With Creditor
• Dubai World Proposes Plan To Restructure $23.5B Debt
• DIP Lenders' Delays Forced Loan Default: Phila. News
• Lenders, Colony Capital To Acquire Station Casinos
• Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Lydia Protopapas
• SEC Warns First Horizon Exec About Sentinel Claims
• Attorneys Evade Sanctions In GGP Shareholder Action
• PCAOB To Weigh Auditor, Board Communications
• Ambac Eyes Bankruptcy As State Takes $35B In Assets
• Lehman, IRS Settle Tax Disputes For $125M
• Bosque Power Fires Up Ch. 11 Petition
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Natasha Labovitz
• Gateway Loses Bid To Force MPC Ch. 7 Conversion
• Another Take On SPEs: The Sky Isn't Falling
• Midway Games Inches Closer To Ch. 11 Exit
• Examiner Fights To Unveil Players In Lehman Auction
• ProtoStar Creditors Appeal $5M Satellite Sale Bonuses
• Ch. 13 Debtor Can Purge Student Loans: High Court
• Lehman To Access $3.1M In Previously Frozen Funds
• Ch. 11 Barred Nutrition Bar Maker's Bonuses: Trustee
• 3rd Circ. Blocks Phila. News Lenders From Credit Bids
• Rising Star: Akin Gump's Philip Dublin
• Workers Seek OK On FLSA Deal With Delta Financial
• Oracle Fights $75M Spheris Sale To MedQuist, CBay
• Fleetwood Trustee OKs Snipped $7.5M Gibson Dunn Fee
• Nortel Pensioners Appeal Stay Of $3B UK Suit
• Madoff Victims Take 'Net Equity' Ruling To 2nd Circ.
• Tribune Seeks To Hold Bondholder Trustee In Contempt
• Judge Lets Eddie Bauer Hike Out Of Bankruptcy
• AIG Agrees To $9M Lehman Derivatives Swap Deal
• Ex-Supplier Aimed To Send Cirrus To Bankruptcy: Suit
• Revised Cooper-Standard Plan Would Boost Liquidity
• Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Amy Caton
• Regent Communications Disclosure Statement Gets OK
• Predicting The Future Of Disposable Income?
• Philly News Says Lenders' Group Acted As One Unit
• Court Approves Atrium Disclosure Statement
• Bondholders Reach Deal To Take Over Six Flags
• 7th Circ. Puts Sentinel Trustee Back On BoNY Warpath
• Visteon Retirees Ask To Stay Health Care Termination
• Asarco Sues Sterlite Over $2.6B Purchase Agreement
• Lehman Creditors Fight Barclays Over $45B Asset Sale
• GGP Secures Plan To Reorganize More Units
• 9th Circ. Rejects En Banc Bid In $450M Superior Case
• IP Agreement With Spansion Can't Be Rejected: Apple
• Funds Accused Of Vote Manipulation In Fremont Case
• When Elephants Fight: Participant Lender Disputes
• Metavante, Lehman Settle $7M Claim Over Swap Deal
• Stone Barn Manhattan Inches Toward Liquidation
• Samsung Dealt Blow In Spansion ITC Flash Patent Fight
• Court Won't Refer Rothstein Claims To Ch. 11 Trustee
• Extended Stay Picks $905M Starwood Investment
• Trustee Blasts Bankrupt Tribune's Bonus Scheme
• Fleetwood Trustee Fights Pachulski's $1.5M Bill
• Senate Eyes Expanded Ch. 12 For Small Businesses
• American Home Asks To Settle $17M In Sale Claims
• Asarco Fights Barclays $9.2M 'Discretionary' Fee Bid
• Freddie Mac Submits To Taylor Bean's Examination Bid
• Delta Says Worker's $100M ERISA Claim Not Priority
• 11th Circ. OKs Trustee's Recovery Of Marathon Funds
• MarketXT Fraud Case Against Colo. Law Firm Tossed
• VeraSun, AgStar Settle 'Multitude' Of Sale Disputes
• Spansion Blasts Rival Tessera's Expense Claims
• Lenders Blast Trump's Bid To Reclassify Payments
• House To Examine Lehman's Regulators
• Brobeck Plan Trustee Can't Revive $4M Claim: Judge
• TitleMax Disclosure Statement Wins Court Approval
• The High Court Stance In Milavetz V. US
• Middleman Fund Added No Value To MarketXT: Judge
• BearingPoint Trustee Sues Yale To Recover $8M
• Madoff Kin Say They're No Bernie, Want Suit Tossed
• Citadel's Disclosure Statement Wins Court OK
• Sullivan & Worcester Grabs 5 Edwards Angell Attys
• Uno Ch. 11 Plan Gives 100% Equity To Senior Lenders
• Ch. 11 May Be Looming For Blockbuster
• Law Debenture, JPMorgan Spar Over Tribune LBO Fees
• House Signs Off On Bill Adding 35 Bankruptcy Judges
• Hedge Funds Aim To Block Visteon Ch. 11 Plan
• On The Rise: Corporate Carveouts In The US
• Microchip Wants Sealed $1.5M Delphi Case Axed
• Aleris' Disclosure Statement Gets Go-Ahead
• Lehman Files Ch. 11 Plan, Will Launch New Branch
• Starwood Objects To Competing Plan For Extended Stay
• Trustee Gives Vinson, Genovese Bribery Claims To Feds
• Modified Plan Would Up GSI Shareholders' Stake
• BlackRock's Anthracite REIT Files For Ch. 7
• Status Quo: The Section 502(2) Divide
• CCS Medical's Ch. 11 Plan Approved
• FairPoint Wins Approval Of Disclosure Statement
• MPC Computers Fights Gateway To Stave Off Ch. 7
• WaMu Settles $4B Dispute With JPMorgan: Report
• Nortel Fights UK Fund Trustee's Bid To Sidestep Stay
• Lyondell To Raise $3.25B To Finance Bankruptcy Exit
• Inyx USA Wins Reorganization Plan Approval
• Citizens United: A Congressional Opportunity
• Demand, Price Drops Send EnviroSolutions To Ch. 11
• Lehman Manipulated Balance Sheet, Examiner Finds
• American Bridge Trustee Can Go After Ex-Receiver
• Lyondell Wins Approval Of $450M Deal
• Treasury Should Have Let GMAC Go Bankrupt: Report
• Tavern On The Green Gets Ch. 7, Loses Rights To Name
• Taylor Bean Creditors Say BofA Snubbed Contract
• Ford Correctly Classified Ex-Visteon Workers: 6th Circ.
• Tax Assets Spark Unusual Plan Fight In Fremont Ch. 11
• Grain Co. Loses Appeal Of $5M Claim Against Renew
• Hedge Funds Seek To Revamp Visteon Ch. 11 Plan
• 363 Sales In Light Of Economic Recovery
• Extended Stay Examiner Makes Bid For Public Report
• Judge OKs Fairfield Residential Disclosure Statement
• Boeing Rips Litigation Bid By Sea Launch Creditors
• Smurfit Judge Orders Hearing On $4.3M Bond Payment
• Madoff Cash In/Cash Out Ruling Heads To 2nd Circ.
• PBGC Fights Aleris' Plan Over $91M Claim Treatment
• Freedom's Plan To Shed $445M In Debt OK'd
• Trustee in NPG Ch. 11 Wants Blackstone To Tell All
• Creditors Pledge $4B To Help GGP Exit Ch. 11
• Bid For TLC Vision Equity Committee Shot Down
• Lawyer Debt Advice Law Constitutional: High Court
• Icahn Group Eyes Winnings As Tropicana Exits Ch. 11
• Abuse Victims Fight Wilmington Diocese's Bid To Seal
• Willkie Farr Atty Named To NY Bankruptcy Bench
• Aviva Can't Dodge Covering Flintkote Asbestos Suits
• Lyondell Rejects Reliance Bid
• Rule 2019 Revisited
• Trustee Appeals Bruno's Bankruptcy Sale Bonuses
• Casino Operator Centaur Files For Ch. 11
• Lehman, Creditors Slam Minibond Appeal Effort
• Penton Wins OK For Plan To Wipe Out $270M In Debt
• Ex-Thornburg Execs, Orrick Partner Face Fraud Suit
• Bondholder Group Sues Banks Over Tribune Buyout
• Fleetwood's Ch. 11 Plan Aims To Wrap Up Liquidation
• Colonial Sues FDIC Over Tax, Property Proceeds
• Ropes & Gray Adds Weil Gotshal Bankruptcy Partner
• Philly Papers Pleads For Chance To Probe Recordings
• Examiner Backed In Bid To Unseal Lehman Report
• Administrator Seeks Bids For Reader's Digest UK
• CBS Rips Waste Co.'s Efforts To Elicit Cleanup Funds
• Applicability Of Automatic Stay — Who Decides?
• Schulte Hits Back At FDIC Over Colonial Fees Issue
• Kazakh Bank Gets OK For US Bankruptcy Protection
• Judge Greenlights Affiliated Media Prepack Plan
• General Growth Secures Exclusivity Extension
• Creditors Battle Renew Energy Ch. 7 Conversion Idea
• DLA Piper Snags Restructuring Attys In NYC, SF
• Oneida Pension Ruling Could Spur Backlash
• Lyondell, EPA Work Toward Deal In Cleanup Suit
• Coudert Bros. Administrator Blasts Statek $85M Appeal
• Verizon Fights $182M Sale Of Nortel Unit To Genband
• Black Gaming Says Ch. 11 Won't Be A Roll Of The Dice
• Affiliated Media Seeks Prepack Plan Blessing
• FDIC Lambastes Schulte's Bid For Colonial Payday
• Baker Botts Moves To Protect Asarco Fees
• When Is It 'Safe' To Collect Foreclosure Fees?
• $6M Oneida Ch. 11 Claim Spat Heads To 2nd Circ.
• Xerium Plans Prepack Ch. 11 To Address $150M In Debt
• Orleans Homebuilders Files For Ch. 11, Eyeing Sale
• Madoff Trustee's Cash In/Cash Out Method Gets OK
• Ex-O'Melveny Atty Joins Fried Frank Bankruptcy Team
• Steve & Barry's Investors Try To Dodge WARN Suit
• Tribune Unit Guards Claim Against MediaNews Owner
• ITC Seeks Immunity From Stay In Spansion Ch. 11
• Broadcaster Regent Seeks Speedy Trip Through Ch. 11
• FTI Consulting Asks For $3M For TXCO Bankruptcy