Bankruptcy Archive » May, 2010

Bankruptcy - May, 2010

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• 3rd Circ. Revives Suit Tying PwC To Hospital Fraud
• Centerbridge's $3.9B Bid Wins Auction For Hotel Chain
• Viacom Dodges Suit Over 'Making The Band' Rights
• WaMu Moves To Keep Examiner Spat Out Of 3rd Circ.
• Chevron Fights For Setoff Of SemGroup Debt
• GGP Prevails In Dispute Over Brookfield Deal Trigger
• St. Vincent's Attys' Retainer Requests Face Scrutiny
• DIP Hearing Opens Door For Bids On MLB's Rangers
• Union Takes Another Swipe At Tribune Bonuses
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Adelphia Creditors' $4.3B Claim
• Spansion, Tessera Reach $130M Patent Claim Estimate
• Morgan Lewis Wins Fee Approval For Chemtura Probe
• Lehman Suit Seeks Return Of $9B From JPMorgan Bank
• Aussi Child Care Giant ABC Learning Files For Ch. 15
• Ch. 7 Trustee Wants Nearly $1M From Baker Hostetler
• Ex-MarketXT CEO Fights $25M Bankruptcy Judgment
• Remedial Clears Hurdle For $120M Sale To Creditors
• Phila. Papers Allows Union Funds Voting Claims
• Fee Disputes Erupt In Saint Vincent's Bankruptcy
• Dispute Sends North American Petroleum To Ch. 11
• Phoenix Coyotes File New Disclosure Statement
• WaMu Shareholders Ask For JPMorgan Files
• Rangers Filing Not A Prepackaged Plan: US Trustee
• Lehman Wins Nod For $5.2B Archstone Restructuring
• Bricolage Trustee Wins Access In Proskauer Probe
• JAL To Postpone Reorganization Plan By 2 Months
• AbitibiBowater Amends Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosure
• WaMu Pays $9M To Settle Spat With Homeowners
• Back To The Future: How To Deal With The FDIC
• Law360 Survey: Most Admired Bankruptcy Attys
• Mesa Wins Delay In Breakup Of Delta Service Contract
• Visteon Judge Delays Hearing On Ch. 11 Disclosure
• Texas Rangers File Ch. 11 To Aid $575M Sale
• Crescent Resources Wins Plan Approval
• FDIC Calls For Colonial Ch. 7 To Pay $1.3B Claim
• Firms Bank Over $50M For Lyondell Work
• Midway Games Wins OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Smurfit-Stone Reaches Settlement With Shareholders
• Credit Suisse Blasts Proposed Ciena Settlements
• Visteon Shirks $1.25B Bid From Johnson Controls
• Admiral Owes SonicBlue D&O Policy Premiums: Judge
• Plains Sues Flying J Unit Over Oil Foreclosure
• Movie Gallery's $74M Liquidation Deal OK'd
• Willkie Farr Scores 2 Kaye Scholer Bankruptcy Attys
• AM NY Peddlers Look To Certify OT Class
• Lessons From In Re Hydrogen LLC
• Tribune Must Update Ch. 11 Plan Before Vote: Judge
• Tronox, Feds Reach $25M Deal Over Toxic Cleanup
• La Toya Jackson Creditors Seek To Reopen Ch. 11
• Sapp Dons Legal Helmet To Recover Rothstein Funds
• Worldspace Dials In On $5.5M Ch. 11 Sale To Yazmi
• Centaur Creditors Add To Ch. 11 Plan Opposition
• Lehman Limits Exercise Of Setoff Right In ISDA Pacts
• Orleans Nixes Sale To NVR, Plans Bankruptcy Exit
• Ambac Fails To Derail Las Vegas Monorail Ch. 11
• Visteon Equity Holders Lose Bid To Appoint Examiner
• WaMu Equity Holders Appeal Rejection Of Examiner
• Dubai World Reaches Preliminary $23.5B Debt Deal
• Creditors Try To Quash Movie Gallery Liquidator Deal
• Amedisys Revives Claims Against National Century
• Wells Fargo Balks At Centaur's Disclosure Statement
• Aerocrine Resolves Apieron Patent Claims In Asset Buy
• Asarco Resolves Environmental Claims For $1.75M
• Plan Revisions Leave WaMu Equity Holders Unsatisfied
• Adelphia Trust Argues For Revival Of Fraud Case
• Tribune Creditors Slam Opponents' 'Holdup Tactics'
• Creditors Flay Latest Meruelo Disclosure Statement
• Lloyd's Wants Taylor Bean Fraud Suit Coverage Nixed
• TLC Vision Plan Approval Sparks Outcry From MMA
• FDIC Shutdown Triggers R&G Financial Ch. 11 Petition
• Teligent Wins Bid To Limit K&L Gates Discovery
• Chemtura Wins Right To Pay Up To $19M In Bonuses
• Filene's To Settle Fendi Trademark Claims For $2.5M
• PCAA Ch. 11 Plan Gets Green Light
• Case Study: In Re Circuit City Stores
• Delta Had Right To Cancel Mesa Contract: Judge
• 'Villain' Transocean Unit Fined $2M For Legal Tactics
• Circuit City, Ex-Workers End Dispute Over $14M Claim
• Liability Claimants Lodge Appeal Over GM Sale
• Neff's Ch. 11 Filing Calls For Eliminating $400M In Debt
• Icahn Continues Ch. 11 Fight With Donald Trump
• Oil Producers Sue Goldman, BP Units For Fraud
• Almatis Wins Final Approval To Use Lenders' Cash
• WaMu, JPMorgan, FDIC Agree To Compromise
• Citadel Ch. 11 Restructuring Plan Wins Judge's Nod
• When Is A Win A Win With Attorneys' Fees?
• PCAA's $141M Ch. 11 Asset Sale Approved
• Samsung Revives Bid To Block Antitrust Arbitration
• Phila. Newspapers Inks Key Ch. 11 Deal, Ousts CEO
• Pachulski Stang Bankruptcy Pro Joins Venable
• FDIC, PBGC Balk At WaMu's Disclosure Statement
• The Importance Of In Re Condor
• AHLH Aims To Stop Creditors From Hijacking Claims
• Lenders Fight Tribune's Latest Exclusivity Attempt
• Glidden Contracts Spell Doom For Lyondell Unit: Atty
• Carco Estate Asks To Preserve Suit Against Daimler
• FDIC Proposes To Make Banks Draw Up Living Wills
• Judge OKs Value City Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Aleris Bankruptcy Plan Gets Court OK
• Trustee Objects To Release Provisions In PCAA Plan
• Adorno & Yoss Picks Up 15 Attys In Wong Merger
• Xerium's $150M Debt Elimination Plan Approved
• In E-Discovery, Ignorance Is Not Bliss
• Citadel Fights Challenges To Ch. 11 Plan
• Heller Ehrman Renews Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Restructured Bi-Lo Moves Out Of Bankruptcy
• Ambac Trying To Derail Monorail Co.'s Ch. 11 Case
• Visteon Wins Exclusivity Over Shareholder Objections
• St. Vincent's Monitor Offers Plan For Malpractice Claims
• Chemtura Fights Proposed Diacetyl Tort Committee
• WaMu Securities Holders Call Plan 'Unconfirmable'
• OK'd Cooper-Standard Plan Trims Debt By $650M
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Mortgages Ltd. Collapse
• Case Study: In Re Flexible Flyer
• Professionals Bag $37M In Reader's Digest Ch. 11
• Sen. To Block PBGC Director Pick Over Delphi Pensions
• Spansion Reaches $8M Deal In WARN Suit
• Spansion Says It's Out Of Ch. 11, With $1B Less Debt
• CKX Unit Loses Bid To Pay Lawyers, Accountants
• Uno Restaurants Wins Nod For Disclosure Statement
• Lender Squeeze, Loan Defaults Push Chem Rx To Ch. 11
• Movie Gallery To Roll Credits On Last Stores
• Creditor Group To Buy Canwest Newspapers For $1.1B
• Clifford Chance Scores Pillsbury Restructuring Partner
• GSI Reaches Shareholder Deal To Speed Ch. 11 Exit
• Young Broadcasting Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed
• Federal, Fremont Settle E&O Coverage For $10M
• Newark Group Inches Toward Prepackaged Ch. 11
• GGP Execs Remain On Hook In ERISA Suit
• EPA, Others Slam Smurfit-Stone's Superfund Reserves
• Dish, Sprint Lose Bid To Delay DBSD Reorganization
• Philadelphia Newspapers: Consideration Of Fairness?
• Greenberg Denies Conflict In CKX Unit's Bankruptcy
• Barclays Knew Of Cushion In Lehman Deal: Exec
• NexBank Seeks To End FX Luxury's Exclusivity
• Minority Xerium Equity Holders Object To Ch. 11 Plan
• TLC Vision Wins Confirmation Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Trustee Moves To Reclaim Tavern On The Green Name
• Visteon Goes After MiTAC With GPS Patent Suit
• Brookfield Deal Wins Nod In General Growth Ch. 11
• DTCC Atty Mum On Barclays-Lehman Deal Pressure
• Sheppard Mullin Scores Manatt Bankruptcy Chair
• Home Depot Fights To Block Fedders Doc Destruction
• Young Broadcasting Creditors Fight Plan Confirmation
• 3rd Circ. Sides With Insurers In Delta Finance Spat
• Case Study: Marathon Petroleum V. Cohen
• Senate Approves 'Too Big To Fail' Compromise
• Fla. Law Firm Hit With Negligence Suit Over $30M Loan
• Freedom Paper Carriers Drop Ch. 11 Plan Appeal
• WaMu Shareholders Lose Bid To Appoint Examiner
• $11.4M Securities Deal OK'd In Chemtura Bankruptcy
• Trustee Calls For Examiner In Visteon Case
• US Trustee Balks At CitiApartments Debtors' Counsel
• US Trustee Objects To Crescent Resources Plan
• AbitibiBowater Files Initial Ch. 11 Plan
• Hogan Loses 6 Attys To New Shipman DC Office
• Chrysler Wants 'Clear Message' On Rejected Contracts
• Circuit City, Mitsubishi Settle Product Sale Spat For $5M
• New Simon Offer Complicates GGP Love Triangle
• International Aluminum Ready To Leave Ch. 11
• Orrick, Ex-Thornburg Execs Try To Boot Fraud Suit
• EnviroSolutions Disclosure Statement Wins Approval
• Lehman CDO Assets Worried Barclays: Sidley Atty
• Examiner Bid Nixed For Now In Flowers Funds Ch. 11
• ITC Fights For Regulatory Power Over Bankruptcy Stays
• Claims Related To A Broker's Bankruptcy: A Case Study
• Judge Named Mediator In Wilmington Diocese Ch. 11
• Tronox Narrows Claims In Adversary Suit With Anadarko
• Barclays Almost Bailed On Lehman Deal: Top Lawyer
• Six Flags Rides Out Of Ch. 11
• Deal With Lenders Moves Aleris Closer To Ch. 11 Exit
• Fox Rothschild Adds Greenberg Bankruptcy Pros
• Fla. Madoff Suits Stayed Pending Action By Trustee
• Davies Ward Advises Shaw On $2B Canwest Acquisition
• 3 Myths Of In-House Attorney-Client Privilege