Bankruptcy Archive » June, 2010

Bankruptcy - June, 2010

162 articles

• FTC Requires Divestitures For $2B Flying J Deal
• Dreier Client Loses Bid To Stay Blackstone Settlement
• Lehman Judge Cracks Open Door For BNY Appeal
• Finlay Liquidation Plan Gets Go-Ahead
• PBGC Settles ERISA Dispute With Crucible Materials
• US V. Apex Oil: Will High Court Revisit Ohio V. Kovacs?
• Freddie Mac Fights BofA's Examination Bid
• Bear Stearns Liquidators' Suit Against Deloitte Pared
• MoFo Added To SonicBlue Malpractice Mess
• Clifford Chance Seeks $4.8M For Lyondell Work
• Mont. Tries To Kill Flying J Enviro Liability Releases
• Philly Papers Reorganization Plan Wins Approval
• AmFin Fights Arbitration Stay Involving Mall Ventures
• Claims Agent Sues Spansion's Japan Unit For $178M
• Vt. Regulators Put FairPoint Ch. 11 Exit In Jeopardy
• USA Commercial Trust To Get $5.5M From Contractor
• Black Gaming Ch. 11 Plan Wins Court Approval
• Goldman Units Must Pay Bayou Creditors $21M: FINRA
• AbitibiBowater Backstop Deal For $500M Offering OK'd
• Visteon Reorganization Plan OK'd For Shareholder Vote
• Movie Gallery's $3M Sale Of Video Games OK'd
• Judge Greenlights Twin River Casino's Plan
• The Outer Bounds Of Safe Harbors
• Lehman Bankruptcy Fees Top $805M
• Neff's DIP Loan, Firm Retention Request Under Fire
• Del. Diocese Can't File Amicus Brief In Abuse Case
• In Re Grossman's And Asbestos-Related Future Claims
• Hearing On Texas Rangers' Plan Delayed For Mediation
• Texas Tax Steward Fights Flying J's Nondebtor Plan
• Judge Compels Tronox DIP Atty To Disclose Fee
• Game Co. Aims To Block $3M Movie Gallery Asset Sale
• Apartheid Victims Spar With GM Over Alleged Abuses
• Garlock Wins Injunction Halting Asbestos Suits
• Tribune Examiner Seeks More Time For Report
• Lake Las Vegas Reorganization Plan OK'd
• AbitibiBowater Looks To Better-Deal $500M Plan
• Examiner Wants Out Of Trump Casino Ch. 11
• Intercreditor Terms Between 1st- And 2nd-Lien Lenders
• Victim Wants Diocese, Young Conaway Held In Contempt
• Congoleum's $25M Pact With Insurers Upheld
• Proskauer Fee Bid Challenged In Power Co.'s Ch. 11
• Midway Games Settles Suit Over Unpaid Wages
• Barclays CEO Admits He Sought Buffer In Lehman Deal
• US Concrete Equity Holders Lose Bid For Committee
• Vote's On Deck After Texas Rangers Disclosure OK'd
• Lenders Lead Hawkeye Renewables Out Of Ch. 11
• Objections Pour In Over Phila. Papers' Ch. 11 Plan
• Lehman Left In The Dark After Barclays Sale: Exec
• Smurfit-Stone Ch. 11 Plan Wins Court Approval
• Black Gaming Trustee Says 3rd-Party Release Too Broad
• MMA Fires Off Appeal Of TLC Vision Plan Confirmation
• Wilmington Trust Fights Builder's Ch. 11 Agreement
• $47M Creditor Swipes At ABC Child Care's Ch. 15 Status
• Chemtura Files Ch. 11 Plan With Creditors' Support
• AHERF Ruling: Limitation Of Imputation For Auditors
• Tarragon's Reorganization Plan Wins Confirmation
• WaMu Hearing On Examiner Delayed
• Syntax Trust To Settle 2 Suits Against Execs For $3M
• Extended Stay Creditors Tout Rival Starwood Plan
• Noteholders Thrash EnviroSolutions Ch. 11 Plan
• Grappling With The FDIC's New Rule Proposals
• Debtor's Loss At High Court May Lead To Bigger Gain
• Lehman OK'd To Bid $255M On Office Tower Investment
• Ex-Taylor Bean Owner Charged With $1.9B Fraud
• Paul Hastings Hands $18M Bill To Six Flags
• Trident Resources' Plan Gets OK, Cuts $790M In Debt
• Judge, Parties Seek More Facts In Dreier Deals
• Bankrupt Calif. City Can Reject Union Contract
• Penn Traffic Plans Liquidation Of Last Assets
• Creditors Blast Del. Diocese Over Sex Abuse Defense
• 2nd Circ. Says Courts Can Stop Involuntary Bankruptcy
• Beleaguered Corus Files For Ch. 11 With $530M In Debt
• Rangers Lenders Say MLB Blocked Competing Bids
• Comdata To Pay $9M To Settle Fuel Card Antitrust Suit
• Integrity Trustee's Case Not Up To Snuff: 11th Circ.
• Starwood Tries To Block $4B Extended Stay Sale
• WaMu, FDIC Object To Renewed Call For Examiner
• US Seeks To Block Asarco Bid For Financial Papers
• CKX Unit Withdraws Prepackaged Liquidation Plan
• How Ch. 9 Can Solve The Pension Shortfall Crisis
• Madoff's Largest Feeder Seeks Ch. 15 Protection
• AHM Creditors Hit Deloitte With $75M Negligence Suit
• Canwest Creditors Approve $1.1B Newspapers Sale
• Liquidity Crisis Puts Trico Marine On Bankruptcy Brink
• Aviva Settles Flintkote Asbestos Claims For $150M
• Distinguishing 'Excusable Neglect' In Filing Late Claims
• $138M In DIP Financing OK'd For Envelope Maker NEC
• Blockbuster In The Market For $150M DIP Loan
• Fedders Trust Drops BofA, GE From Adversary Case
• Newark Group Files Prepack, Aims To Emerge In July
• Judge Sinks Class In Suit Over Superior Offshore IPO
• Icahn Raises Specter Of Ch. 11 Over Lionsgate
• Icahn Seeks Expedited Appeal Of Trump's Plan
• GGP, Safeco Strike Deal Over $33M In Surety Bonds
• Visteon's Trade Claimants Seek Their Own Committee
• US Trustee Moves To Block Latest Tribune Bonus Plan
• Paper Envelope Purveyor NEC Sent To Ch. 11
• Crescent Sues Ex-CEO Over $2.4M In Tax Payments
• Adding Clarity To 503(b)(9) Claims For Utilities
• Asarco Fails To Nix $7M In DOJ, State Ch. 11 Bills
• WaMu Court Fast-Tracks Hearing On Examiner
• Pa. Dishes Out Tax Objection To Uno Plan
• Pacific Ethanol Units To Escape Bankruptcy
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Barclays Restructuring Pro
• Extended Stay Seeks OK Of Centerbridge's $4B Buy
• After Long Haul, Congoleum Wins Plan Approval
• Ernst & Young Wins Rehearing Of Malpractice Damages
• AIG Must Produce Docs In $1B Insurance Fraud Case
• Ambac Commutes $16.4B In ABS
• Bankrupt Lawyers Can't Erase Contempt Debt: 6th Circ.
• WaMu Equity Group Renews Call For Examiner
• National Union Denied Expenses In LTV Steel Case
• US Concrete Wins Disclosure Statement Approval
• Willkie Farr Adds 2 More Restructuring Pros
• Protecting Potential Tax Refunds For Secured Creditors
• St. Vincent Monitor Says $46M Claim Is Too High
• Samsonite Unit Asks Court To Pack Up Ch. 11 Case
• USACM Payment To Bingham Found Fraudulent
• Fighting FDIC, Colonial Seeks Exclusivity Extension
• Judge OKs Tribune Disclosure Statement
• FDIC Says Imperial Ch. 11 Doesn't Need More Pros
• InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Set For Auction Block
• Asbestos Claims Send EnPro's Garlock Into Bankruptcy
• Expected Income Changes Count In Ch. 13: High Court
• The Art Of Client Alerts And Bulletins
• Ex-Lehman Execs Fight To Toss Securities Case
• Pappas Wins Fight To Toss Bankruptcy
• A-Rod Named To Texas Rangers Creditors Committee
• Lehman Seeks To Sell More Objets D'Art In Ch. 11
• Chem Rx To Keep Biz Open With Existing Cash
• Technicians Get Class Cert. In New Vision FLSA Suit
• Ex-Velocita Workers Off Hook For Secrets Settlement
• Panel Nixes SportsStuff's Deals With Insurers
• Extra-Territorial Application Of The Automatic Stay
• Refco Trustee's Claims V. Mayer Brown Still Won't Fly
• No Restitution For Victims Of Petters' $4B Ponzi Scheme
• US Concrete Equity Holders Seek Ch. 11 Committee
• WaMu Agrees To Discuss Discovery With Shareholders
• Lehman Sells Real Estate Funds To Former Managers
• 3rd Circ. Hands 'Exide' Mark To Rival EnerSys
• Greenberg Traurig OK'd For FX Luxury Bankruptcy
• US Trustee Fights Toss Of Pappas Bankruptcy
• FDIC, Federal Reserve Balk At WaMu Examination Bid
• Asarco, Baker Botts Battle Over $142M Fees
• Bryan Cave Partner Moves To Bankruptcy Bench
• Thelen Secures Exit From Loewen Bond Offering Suit
• Claims Trimmed In Fontainebleau Contract Spat
• Kaupthing, Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Win OK For Deal
• GSI Group Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• The Pervasive Problem Of Numerosity
• Icahn, Beal File Adversary Suit In Trump Casino Ch. 11
• Bondex Seeks Ch. 11 Protection From Asbestos Claims
• Eyeing Emergence, Flying J Files Updated Ch. 11 Plan
• DekaBank Tries To Nix W Hotel Ch. 11 Case
• GM Tort Claimants Fail To Sway Judge To Allow Suits
• Citicorp Seeks To Intervene In Tousa Lenders' Appeal
• Visteon Pooh-Poohs Johnson Controls' $1.3B Offer
• Accentia Files Plan Aimed At Boosting MS Drug
• WaMu Faces New Round Of Disclosure Objections
• NVR Sues Orleans Homebuilders Over Jilted $170M Sale
• NEGI To Settle Derivative Suit Over Asset Sale For $9M
• Examiners: When 'Shall' May Be A Matter Of Discretion