Bankruptcy Archive » September, 2010

Bankruptcy - September, 2010

169 articles

• Energizer's Bid For American Safety Razor OK'd
• Innkeepers Shareholder Group Loses Committee Bid
• Brooke Corp. Honcho Ordered To Turn Over Docs
• Tronox Shareholders Drop Competing Ch. 11 Plan
• Nortel's $65M Sale Of Switch Unit To Ericsson OK'd
• Chem Rx Creditors Want Exclusivity Extension Blocked
• 'Ordinary' Visteon Shareholders Fight Confirmation
• Namvar Partner Pleads Not Guilty In $23M Fraud Case
• Lehman's London Ephemera Fetches $2.6M
• Health Care Staffing Firm MSN Exits Ch. 11
• ASR Exec Defends Tough Stance On Energizer Offer
• US Gov't, States Lose Asarco Cost Claims
• Pa.'s Capital City Mulling Ch. 9 Protection
• US, Texas Object To Aegis Mortgage Ch. 11 Plan
• No Safe Harbor In A Bankruptcy Storm
• Ford Settlement Opens Door For Visteon To Exit Ch. 11
• Energizer Intervenes in ASR Asset Sale With $300M Bid
• NCoat Sale Approved Over Creditors' Disapproval
• Chrysler Can't Dodge $5M Verdict In Fatal Defect Suit
• Takefuji Files For Bankruptcy Amid Liquidity Crisis
• Tribune Bank Creditors Rip Oaktree Disclosure
• Baker Hughes Fights To Keep Pacific Energy Cash
• Equity Holders Submit New Plan For Meruelo Ch. 11
• FDIC Puts Off Resolution Authority Rule Vote
• Fortress Settles Gambling-Cruise Workers' WARN Suit
• Blockbuster Can Pay Studios, Tap $45M In Financing
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chair's $2B Fraud Case Stays In Va.
• Judge OKs Chemtura's $38M Fund For Enviro Claims
• WaMu Creditors Sue Bank Brass Over Pay
• Case Study: In Re Longview Aluminum LLC
• WaMu Judge Tells JPMorgan To Give Docs To Insurers
• Tronox Wins Green Light For Disclosure Statement
• Canadian Court OKs AbitibiBowater Plan
• Rock US Investors Blast Prepack Ch. 11 Plan
• Meruelo Maddux Ordered To Retract Creditor Bashing
• Circuit City Workers Want Class Status On WARN Claim
• Thompson Looks To Sell Assets As It Enters Bankruptcy
• Centaur Junior Lenders Object to Proposed Foreclosure
• Bankrupt Imperial Opposes FDIC's $48M Demand
• Coast Crane Files for Ch. 11, Plans Asset Sale
• Lenders To Pick Up Philly Papers For $105M
• LA Real Estate Tycoon Indicted For Alleged $20M Fraud
• Bankrupt Chemtura To Pay $10M For Pa. Cleanup
• SemGroup Execs To Pay $30M To Settle Fraud Charges
• JW Acquisitions Snatches Up Bankrupt Cargo Airline
• Blockbuster Files Prepack Ch. 11 To Reduce $1B Debt
• Friendly Foreclosure Sales Vs. Other Ch. 11 Alternatives
• Phoenix Coyotes Debtors Skirt Trustee Appointment
• Lehman Says It Hopes To Exit Bankruptcy By 2011
• Chadbourne Can Rep Tribune Creditors In Mediation
• Lenders, Perelman Enter Bids For Philly Papers
• Pacific Energy, Alaska Reach Deal Over Oil Leases
• Innkeepers Trustee Says Equity Committee Not Needed
• Neff Scores Chapter 11 Plan Approval
• Madoff Victim Fights To Revive Claim Cut From Appeal
• Taylor Bean Files Ch. 11 Plan After Sealing FDIC Deal
• AHLH Noteholders Enter Mediation With Lone Star
• Ashley Stewart Parent Plans Asset Sale In Ch. 11
• Lehman To Settle With Societe Generale, Net $445M
• Disgruntled Investor Becomes Pitcairn's New Chair
• US Creditors Support AbitibiBowater Ch. 11 Plan
• Case Study: Rubin V. Eurofinance
• Tribune Creditors Blast Aurelius' Bid To Bar Chadbourne
• Kirkland Files $24M Fee Application In Flying J Case
• Insurer Must Pay $2.5M Over Oriental Trading IP Suit
• Creditors Lose Battle To Dilute EBG Lender Protections
• Mesa Ch. 11 Plan Gives US Airways 10% Stake
• 'Overbroad' Ruling On Bayou Fund Transfers Reversed
• Bankrupt Franchisee Sues Yum Over Co-Branding
• Oaktree, Angelo Gordon File Alternative Tribune Plan
• Bankrupt Print Co. White Birch Goes On Sale Tuesday
• Bankruptcy Court Approves Almatis Ch. 11 Plan
• GGP To Pay Hughes Heirs $230M In Development Spat
• $40M Oriental Trading DIP Financing OK'd
• Chemtura Settles Union, Environmental Claims
• UK Plans New Insolvency Rules For Investment Banks
• Funds Accuse Merkin Of Funneling Assets To Madoff
• Tronox Wins Approval For $185M Plan Backstop Deal
• Visteon Settles Retiree Spat With Union For $11.5M
• Icahn May Play Big Role In Blockbuster Restructuring
• Philly Newspapers Judge Says Sale Will Stick To Plan
• Chemtura Battles Equity Holders Over Ch. 11 Plan Bid
• Accredited Home Plan Would Divide Cash, Shutter Biz
• Bankruptcy Primer For Sellers Of Goods To Debtors
• Bill Allowing Discharge Of Student Loans Advances
• Rock US Says Ch. 11 Will Help It Unload NYC Buildings
• Verizon Faces Suit Over Idearc Spinoff
• House Panel OKs Bankruptcy Code Reform Bill
• Fight Heats Up Over Meruelo's Disclosure Statement
• Jones Day Wins Special Counsel Role In Tribune Ch. 11
• Lenders Want Opening For Rival Innkeepers Plan
• Lehman Seeks Billions Over Payment Priority Flip
• Creditors OK AbitibiBowater Bankruptcy Plan In Canada
• Bankrupt Penn Traffic Nears Deal On Pensions
• Judge Lets WaMu Creditors Bring Avoidance Cases
• Neff Defends Ch. 11 Plan Against Committee's Attack
• Aurelius Wants Chadbourne Out Of Tribune Mediation
• Most Admired Attys: Weil's Harvey Miller
• Insurers Say Chemtura Plan Is Unfair To Them
• Uno Trustee Calls E&Y Fee Application Vague
• $139M Sale Of Philly Papers Falls Through
• Madoff Judge Approves $35M For Baker Hostetler
• FDIC Appeals Loss In $905M Setoff Fight With Colonial
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• SemCrude Gets OK For $1.8B Claims Estimate
• PPI's Plan Spells Out Low Recovery For Creditors
• Meruelo Creditors Say $10M Backstop Aids Ch. 11 Plan
• Feds Back Probation For Ex-NHL Owner In Ch. 7 Case
• Chemtura To Pay $3.8M Over NC Cleanups
• US Trustee Balks At Tribune Bid To Hire Jones Day
• The 3rd Circ. Interpretation Of 'Stub Rent'
• Most Admired Attys: Kelley Drye's James Carr
• Judge Approves Movie Gallery Disclosure Statement
• Starwood's $199M Bid For Sea Island Resort Nixed
• Most Admired Attys: Quinn Emanuel's Susheel Kirpalani
• Lehman Judge Lets Experts Stay In Barclays Deal Trial
• Anadarko Pooh-Poohs Tronox Rights Offering
• Claim Jumper Aims To Erase Debt Through Ch. 11
• 99% Of Dubai World Creditors OK $25B Restructuring
• Most Admired Attys: Alan Halperin
• Ex-Auto Dealer Chief Pleads Guilty To Borrowing Scam
• DuPont, Others Object To Chemtura Ch. 11 Plan
• Circuit City's Ch. 11 Plan Gets Court OK
• 2nd Circ. Strikes Down Challenge To BAPCPA
• Centaur Disclosure Statement OK'd
• Truvo USA Wins Court OK For Disclosure Statement
• Ships In The Night: Buyers And Sellers Of Trade Claims
• Credit Suisse Loses Bid For $229M Of Loan To Resort
• Caribbean Petroleum's Ch. 11 Will Stay in Del.
• Most Admired Attys: Cooley's Larry Gottlieb
• Retirees Want Committee Status In Visteon Ch. 11
• Case Study: In Re Almatis
• Pitcairn To Appeal Dismissal Of Ch. 11 Case
• Pillsbury Fights For Fees In Tronox Bankruptcy
• Judge Finds Pfizer Manipulated Subsidiary's Ch. 11
• Inventor's Fraud Suit Revived Against Katten
• Tropicana Noteholders Lose Appeal For $2M Legal Tab
• Early Report From WaMu Examiner Delays Ch. 11
• Fed Lacked Details When It Backed Lehman Sale: Atty
• New GM Snaps Up Transmission Unit From Ch. 11 For €1
• Most Admired Attys: Reed Smith's Kurt Gwynne
• Taking Advantage Of The Insolvency Process
• Neff Creditors Attack Ch. 11 Plan
• Peanut Corp. Salmonella Settlements Approved
• General Growth Reaches $5.8M ERISA Settlement
• Fremont Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks New World Fee Probe
• Petters Creditor Loses Bid To Oust Trustee
• Goldman Sachs Seeks To Toss Basis' $1.6B Suit
• Judge Restarts Wilmington Diocese Bankruptcy
• Most Admired Attys: Bracewell's Evan Flaschen
• River Road's Ch. 11 Exclusivity Zapped
• Equity Holder Plan Values Tronox At $1.25B
• Chemtura, United Steelworkers Ink Deal On Benefit Cuts
• Madoff Victims Decry Bid For $35M In Attys' Fees
• South Beach — Death And Taxes Assured
• Pitcairn Enters Ch. 11 To Fend Off Investor Takeover
• WL Homes Suits Over Alleged Defects Get Green Light
• Blockbuster Misses Bond Payment Deadline
• Innkeepers' Equity Swap Deal With Lehman Nixed
• Ernst & Young Settles CBI Malpractice Suit
• FDIC's $905M Demand From Colonial Bancgroup Nixed
• $209M Black Diamond Debt Sends GSC Into Ch. 11
• PBGC Drops $214M Claim Against Tronox
• Mediator Tapped To Resolve Tribune Creditor Fights
• Old GM Files Plan To Wrap Up Bankruptcy
• Hitachi Has No Patent Deal With Read-Rite: 9th Circ.
• Defining 'In the Ordinary Course' Of Business
• Most Admired Attys: Skadden's Jack Butler
• Capmark Tries To Block Creditors' $1.5B Loan Suit