Bankruptcy Archive » November, 2010

Bankruptcy - November, 2010

168 articles

• BearingPoint Trustee Says Execs Cost Co. Over $1B
• Judge To Approve Orleans Homebuilders' Ch. 11 Plan
• Barclays Fires Back At SEC In Lehman Asset Dispute
• Madoff Trustee Continues Pursuit Of Family Assets
• Diocese Creditors Win Counsel For Pensions, Appeal
• Japanese Bankruptcy Court Clears JAL For Takeoff
• Excuse Or No, A Late Claim May Cost You
• CDG Ordered To Pay $7.4M In EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• Lehman Sues BofA, Barclays Over $150M Liquidation
• Tribune, Creditors Spar Over Disclosure Statements
• Liquidity-Strapped Palm Harbor Files For Ch. 11
• Chemtura To Pay For Pentair Product Liability Suit
• MBSMS' Katrina Damage Suit Against Insurers Slimmed
• American Media Wins OK For $565M Financing In Ch. 11
• High Court Won't Rehear Asbestos Insurance Fight
• Stub Rent Case Won't Go Before Supreme Court
• Herrick Can't Access Info In Almatis Ch. 11: Judge
• More Madoff Relatives Hit With Suits By Trustee
• SunCal Asks 2nd Circ. To Lift Stay In Lehman Ch. 11
• EBG Wins OK For $1.1B Asset Sale To Constellation
• Irish Lender Escapes Bondholder Bid To Force Wind-Up
• Bankrupt Denver Condo Developer Flips Ch. 7 Switch
• Thompson Hine Adds Bankruptcy Atty To Atlanta Office
• Tribune Creditors Get OK For Unredacted Complaint
• Mesa Wins Final OK Of Ch. 11 Exit Plan
• Trustee Suit Claims UBS Facilitated Madoff Fraud
• Tricadia Seeks To Preserve $17B Tax Claim For WaMu
• Empire Land Trustee OKs Use Of D&O Policy
• Barclays, Lehman Make Last Arguments In '08 Sale Row
• Judge OKs Creditors' Bid To Probe Blockbuster Ch. 11
• Revised Aloha, Yucaipa IP Sale Deal Cuts Out Mesa
• Sentry Clawback Suits Stay In Ch. 15 Court For Now
• AbitibiBowater's US Reorganization Plan OK'd
• Midland Fights Kirkland's Innkeepers Fee Bid
• Breakdown Of $888M Payout Fair, Northwest Union Says
• The Content Marketing Revolution
• PFF Bancorp Settles With FDIC On $44M Tax Refund
• Madoff Feeder Fund Files For Ch. 11 To Aid Settlements
• Fred Leighton Owner Hit With Fraud Charges
• Marathon, Pacific Energy Pitch Ch. 11 Platform Deal
• Environmental Claims Get Harder To Discharge
• Pension Deal Assists AbitibiBowater Exit Plan
• Resort Co. Files For Ch. 11 As Lenders Seek Receiver
• CIBC Continues To Dog Attys In Chem Rx Ch. 11
• Nortel Blasts Genband For Slashing Offer To $143M
• Thompson Publishing Sold To Lenders For $42M
• Lehman Pro Se Gadfly Appeals Judge's Dismissal
• The 21st-Century Law Firm
• Banks May Be Liable For MBS Losses, Ambac Unit Says
• Platinum Management Faces $20M Suit Over Oil Deal
• Noteholders Aim To Push Vitro America Into Ch. 11
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Refco Trustee Fraud Claims
• Mesa Passes Disclosure Hurdle For Ch. 11 Exit Plan
• Bankruptcy 'Not An Option' For Detroit Suburb: Mich.
• Riviera Bankruptcy Plan Wins Court Approval
• Vertis Holdings Plans Quick 2nd Trip Through Ch. 11
• Yellow Pages Publisher Local Insight Files For Ch. 11
• Advanta Creditors To Depose Execs On $52M Claim
• Tronox Wins Judge's Blessing For Restructuring Plan
• Owner Of Steve & Barry's To Be Liquidated
• Issues For Secured Creditors In Insurance Insolvency
• LNT Trustee, Conair Settle $13M Adversary Case
• DOL Objects To Tribune Plans' ERISA Provisions
• National Enquirer Publisher Files For Bankruptcy
• TerreStar Wins Approval For $75M DIP From EchoStar
• Judge Tells BofA To Return $500M To Lehman Bros.
• Home Of Latham Watkins, Madoff Offices Files Ch. 11
• Are Your Counterparty's Promises Enforceable?
• Ch. 11 Trustee Fights For Rothstein Firm Funds
• Blockbuster Creditor Seeks To Probe Icahn Involvement
• CIBC Fights Fox Rothschild Fees In Chem Rx Ch. 11
• Specialty Products Told To Narrow Asbestos Discovery
• Capmark Creditors Want To Go After Goldman
• Wells Fargo Deal Would End QOC's Ch. 11 Case
• Asarco, EPA Strike $2.4M Deal Over Blue Ledge Mine
• Bankrupt Wolverine Tube To Sell Component Biz
• Attys Collect $10M From International Aluminum Case
• Oaktree Wants Akin Gump Disqualified In Tribune Case
• Implications Of In Re Marshall
• Loehmann's To Shed $115M In Debt In Ch. 11
• AbitibiBowater Offers Concessions To Bondholders
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $70M From Ex-Employees
• Bowing To Mortgage Crisis, C-Bass Files For Ch. 11
• MGM Wins $500M Financing Bid, Board Seat For Icahn
• Cynergy Creditors See Little Return Under Ch. 11 Plan
• Mesa Air Creditors Say Ch. 11 Plan Is Cloudy
• Tribune Creditors Want More Leeway To Bring Suits
• BofA Wants RICO Foreclosure Class Action Tossed
• Taylor Bean Wins OK For Liquidation Plan Disclosures
• Circuit City Inundates Creditors With Adversary Suits
• Shane Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan To Repay Creditors
• Bankrupt AHM Wins $5.5M Waterfield Settlement
• Lehman, Lloyd's Try To Block Securities Action Claim
• Goody Goody: Stub Rent As Administrative Expense
• Lightstone Hit With $100M Suit Over Hotel Bankruptcy
• Del. Diocese Creditors Argue For 'Reverse Veil-Piercing'
• Plan For Rock 5th Ave. Building Gets Judge's OK
• Innkeepers Wins Extension For Exclusivity Window
• Madoff Judge Greenlights New Wave Of Investor Suits
• $43M In Tribune Bonuses OK'd; 5 Execs Excluded
• Case Study: Kirschner V. KPMG
• Chemtura To Pay $3M For Cleanup Of Calif. Sites
• GGP Exits Ch. 11 After Financial Overhaul
• Old GM Hits Snag In Finalizing Disclosure Statement
• Allianz Affiliates Seek US Protection For UK Pool Runoff
• 10th Circ. Affirms Mining Co. Creditors Violated Stay
• AHM, Creditors Wail On Borrowers' Atty Fees
• Ambac Sues US To Protect $700M In Tax Refunds
• Reorganization Securities And Second-Lien Structures
• Imperial Capital Creditors Object To Hiring Of KPMG
• Chemtura Judge Blocks $20M Set-Aside For Pentair
• Funds Unfazed By Report On $4B WaMu Stock Transfer
• Tribune Creditors Want To Strip Execs Of Bonuses
• Steady Bankruptcy Stats Belie Growing Business Woes
• Ex-Fidelis Owners Barred From Soliciting In 11 States
• Lehman Seeks $90M To Pay D&O Legal Fees
• Mexicana Ends Fee Disputes, Gets Ch. 15 Protection
• Chemtura Judge Mulls $20M Set-Aside For Pentair
• $21M Arbitration Award Withstands Goldman Challenge
• Ambac Declares Bankruptcy Without Prepack Deal
• Bankrupt Garlock, Asbestos Trusts Spar Over Docs
• Nortel Accuses Repair Contractor Of Counterfeiting
• Judge OKs 2nd-Lien Lenders' FX Reorganization Plan
• Objections Pile Up To Tronox Reorganization Plan
• Centaur Creditors Can Seek $99M From Credit Suisse
• Insurers Want Court To Ax Orleans Ch. 11 Plan
• 10 Appellate Tips From A Former Chief Justice
• AbitibiBowater Makes Last Push To Confirm Ch. 11 Plan
• Circuit City Trustee Attacks Millions In Claim Bids
• Arent Fox, Elliott Greenleaf Tossed From UBP Ch. 11
• Perfect Storm: Lessons For Distressed Retailers, Part II
• Credit Suisse Balks At Thornburg Witness Request
• Judge Seeks To Put To Rest Bayou Clawback Suits
• Sea Island Bankruptcy Plan Wins Court Approval
• Gulfstream Airlines Touches Down In Ch. 11
• Innkeepers Faces Resistance To Fried Frank Retention
• Judge Hands Win To BNY In Sentinel Fight
• Yellowstone Club's Ch. 11 Plan Back On The Table
• Judge Allows Bankrupt MGM To Use Cash Collateral
• Court OKs Landry's $77M Bid For Claim Jumper Assets
• Creditors To Get Stakes In MGM Under Ch. 11 Plan
• Securities Markets At Stake In Enron Suit: Investors
• Tronox Strikes Truce With Equity Committee
• Rothschild OK'd As Blockbuster's Financial Adviser
• Delphi, GM Battle Over $450M UAW Payment
• Ex-Heller Ehrman Atty's Claim Denied Priority Status
• Political Scandals Push ACORN Into Ch. 7
• Icahn Dodges Disclosure On MGM, Lionsgate Plans
• Cloverleaf Contract Claim Against Jockey Club Nixed
• Ramping Up Rules For Covered Financial Cos.
• Chem Rx's $70M Sale To PharMerica Gets Green Light
• Prepack Ch. 11 May Be Ambac's Only Hope
• Insurer Objects To WCI Drywall Trust Procedures
• Circuit City Wins Appeal To Nix Labor Class Claims
• Foley Lardner, Young Conaway Accused Of Malpractice
• Tribune Creditors Sue Zell, Lenders Over Failed LBO
• Murky Waters After Bayou Reversal
• Tropicana Las Vegas Owners Balk At Kirkland Fees
• Bond Insurer Can't Derail Vegas Monorail Ch. 11
• Examiner's Report Gives OK To WaMu Settlement
• Tribune Creditors Submit Rival Reorganization Plans
• Judge OKs $975M Capmark Settlement With Lenders
• Madoff Recovery Lags Despite High Legal Fees
• National Enquirer Publisher Plans Prepack Ch. 11
• Tropicana Lenders Battle Over Final Fees
• Ambac In Talks For Prepackaged Ch. 11 Plan
• Wolverine Files For Ch. 11, Plans To Exit Within 90 Days
• How The Biggest Industrial Bankruptcy Will Give Back