Bankruptcy Archive » February, 2011

Bankruptcy - February, 2011

163 articles

• DBSD Noteholders Try To Salvage Ch. 11 Plan
• SEC Counsel Says Madoff Ties Didn't Warrant Recusal
• McGuireWoods Lands Bankruptcy Partner From Katten
• Judge Won't Step Down In Yellowstone Club Ch. 11
• Judge OKs $31M Sale Of Hines Nurseries To Lender
• Bankrupt Hotel Owner Girds For Battle With Singapore
• Case Study: In Re DBSD North America
• Korea Line Files For Ch. 15 To Stymie US Litigation
• Crucible Settles Honeywell, EPA Claims For $21M
• Old GM Creditors Voice Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Stay Remains In Investor Suit Over $25M Solar Venture
• House Republicans Eye Top SEC Atty's Madoff Ties
• Most Claims Live In Madoff Trustee's $1B Adviser Suit
• Calif. Coastal Gets Plan OK, Plans March Ch. 11 Exit
• What DDJ Management Means For Lenders
• Horse Breeder Bucks Baker Hostetler In Fee Appeal
• Ex-US Mortgage Head Gets 14 Years For $136M Fraud
• Tile Maker, Parent Spar In Asbestos Liability Spat
• Mets Owners Delay Fight For Discovery In Madoff Case
• Ex-Taylor Bean Treasurer Pleads Guilty To $2B Fraud
• Case Study: In Re Colonial BancGroup
• Dykema Beefs Up Dallas Bankruptcy Practice
• Blockbuster Hit With $6.4M Claim Over Movie Titles
• Trust Funds Lose Discovery Round In Asbestos Saga
• Orchard Brands' Creditors Target Golden Gate
• Lyondell Unit Loses Fight Over $74M Glidden Claim
• SEC's Top Lawyer Faces Madoff Clawback Suit
• Judge OKs $11M Emivest Stalking Horse Deal
• Uncertainty For Prepackaged Bankruptcies In Mexico
• Barclays Not Entitled To $5B From Lehman: Judge
• Gottschalks Settles Real Estate Row To Win Ch. 11 OK
• High Court Denies Appeal Of Exide Trademark Ruling
• Prudential's $27M Suit Over Ethanol Plants Survives
• Judge OKs Constar Statement, Rebuffs Bidder
• Trustee Hits Citi With $430M Suit Over Madoff Deals
• Blockbuster Announces Auction, $290M Creditor Bid
• Replacement Liens As Adequate Protection
• Famed NY Bagel Maker Files For Bankruptcy
• JPMorgan Says Lehman Dumped 'Goat Poo' Assets On It
• Centaur Wins OK For Plan That Cuts Debt To $260M
• Axed Chrysler Dealerships Sue US For $130M
• Judge Refuses To Overturn Ambac Tax Injunction
• Mesa Reaches $912M Settlement Over Aircraft Leases
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit
• Deep In Debt, Pizza Chain Giordano's Enters Ch. 11
• Judge OKs $3.25M Settlement In GSI Shareholder Case
• Stars Among Creditors In Starr & Co. Bankruptcy
• UniCredit Says Picard Lacks Standing In $60B Suit
• The Lessons Of Follett Higher Education V. Berman
• Landlords Ask Ch. 11 Judge To Make Blockbuster Pay Up
• Zell, Tribune Creditors Spar Over Ch. 11 Plans
• EchoStar Abandons Plans To Take Control Of TerreStar
• Bankrupt Townsends To Sell Assets For $76M
• Credit Agricole Loses $478M Claim Over Repo Deal
• Borders Wins OK To Hand 200 Stores To Liquidators
• GenOn, NRG Settle Contract Suit Over Lehman Payment
• Anchor Blue Liquidation Plan Wins Court Approval
• In Pari Delicto: Not For Third-Party Liability
• Bankruptcy Pro Jumps To Latham From Paul Hastings
• Picard Never Met Madoff, Atty Says
• Kasowitz Takes Center Stage In Borders Bankruptcy
• Paul Weiss, MIG Spar Over Limitations In 2nd Circ.
• Ambac Says DOJ Tax Suit Violates Injunction
• TerreStar Parent Seeks Ch. 11 On Heels Of Subsidiaries
• Refining Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Claims
• Bankrupt Borders Wins Access To $400M In Funds
• Corning Loses Appeal Bid In Century Insurance Dispute
• Bankruptcy Filings Up In 2010, But Pace Slackens
• Tribune Seeks Info On Aurelius Trades
• Quigley To Meet Deadline Or Face Asbestos Claims
• Tronox Exits Ch. 11, Sets Sights On Stock Listing
• Ind. Eatery Challenges Tavern On The Green Mark
• NY Judge Derides $49M Aetna Suit V. Lehman Affiliate
• State Bankruptcy Carries Problems, Experts Tell House
• Feds Want In On $84M Crown Forex Fraud Suit
• Creditor Vote Sets 2-Plan Race In Tribune Ch. 11
• Funds Want Old GM Plan Blocked Over $369M Payment
• Lyondell Affiliate Battles $74M Glidden Claim
• A Bankruptcy Regime For States: Pros And Cons
• Seahawk Drilling Enters Bankruptcy, Plans Asset Sale
• Heller Ehrman Defeats Appeal Over $13.6M Lease Claim
• Court Smashes Tousa $480M Disgorgement Order
• Judge Clears Ultimate Electronics To Liquidate Stores
• SEC Hits 3 IndyMac Execs With Fraud Charges
• Ex-Minn. Auto Chief Gets 10 Years, Fined $31M
• Ericsson Offers EU Remedies On $65M Nortel Deal
• Dish Network V. DBSD And Recovery Gifts
• Le-Nature's CEO Made $28M Off Ill-Gotten Jewels: Feds
• Advanta Settles Class Action Claims, Wins Ch. 11 OK
• Judge OKs Bankrupt Trico's Noteholder Settlement
• Bankrupt Electronics Co. Sued Over Employee Firings
• Mario Cuomo To Ref Madoff Trustee, Mets Showdown
• Insurer Seeks Quick Win In $4.5M WaMu Coverage Row
• Retirement Community Sues Over Lehman Swap Deals
• Blockbuster Eyes Auction As Creditors Balk
• Pierce Atwood Boosts Boston Litigation Group
• The Viability Of Loss Mitigation Programs
• Magna Loses $10M Suit Against Casino Operator
• Salmonella Victims Seek Criminal Case For PCA Exec
• Shareholder Appeal Of $10B WaMu Deal Untimely: Judge
• Judge OKs Mediation Over Chemtura Pool Filter Claims
• Employees Challenge Nortel's $38M Deferred-Pay Grab
• Judge Bars 3rd-Party Suits Against Madoff Relatives
• C-Bass Ch. 11 Plan Would Repay Unclassified Claims
• Advanta Seeks OK For Liquidation-Heavy Ch. 11 Plan
• Nummi Fights Old GM's Bid To Dismiss Pontiac Suit
• Experts Spar In House Over State Bankruptcy Option
• JPMorgan Seeks Transfer Of $6.4B Madoff Suit
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• Troutman Tries To Nix Taylor Bean Exec's Info Demand
• Ambac Should Cough Up $700M To IRS Now, DOJ Says
• Sunwest Settles With Merrill Over $2.2M Claim
• Pryor Cashman Nabs 3 Day Pitney Bankruptcy Pros
• 2nd Circ. Blocks Adelphia Fraud Claims Against Banks
• WaMu Files New Ch. 11 Plan With Judge's Suggestions
• NY Judge Recuses Self From Extended Stay Loan Cases
• Ex-Lehman Execs Hid Subprime Woes, CalPERS Says
• Court OKs Leslie Ch. 11 Plan, Asbestos Injunction
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Bill Wallander
• Founder's Death Puts Penthouse Suit On Hold
• Ultimate Electronics Heads To Liquidation In Ch. 11
• Judge Greenlights Loehmann's Bankruptcy Exit
• Caribbean Petro Plan Resolves Debts, Enviro Liability
• 20-Year Fraud Sentence Upheld For HomeGold CEO
• Jennifer Convertibles Ch. 11 Plan Mostly Confirmed
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Scores 10-Member Bankruptcy Team
• Zurich Buries Bond Claims In Orleans Ch. 11
• Noteholders Challenge $1.1B Dish Bid For DBSD
• Implications Of In Re Rahim
• Bankrupt Animal Biotech Co. Seeks Buyer
• Conrail Not Shielded From Asbestos Claim: DC Circ.
• Going, Going, Gone: Cubs And Rangers Bankruptcies
• KB Home Might Cover $180M Loan In South Edge Ch. 11
• Madoff Trustee Claims Mets Owners Owe Victims $300M
• Lyondell Ch. 11 Trust Settles Lead Claims For $8.7M
• Twilight Film Distributor Seeks $10M From Blockbuster
• NorthStar Hard Rock Foreclosure A Ploy, Lenders Say
• Mets' Owners Done Negotiating With Madoff Trustee
• JPMorgan Knew Of Madoff Fraud, Trustee Says
• Lehman Inks $6.6B Deal With German Affiliate
• Del. Diocese Strikes $77.4M Deal To Escape Ch. 11
• NY Tax Officials Object To Tribune Ch. 11 Plans
• Judge Gives Late Filers Shot At Claim Against Old GM
• Judge OKs $3M Deal In PFF Bancorp ERISA Action
• No Equity + No Other Assets = No Attorneys' Fees?!
• WaMu Contests Shareholders' Appeal Of Ch. 11 Deal
• Law360 Bankruptcy Editorial Advisory Board
• Judge Nixes Investor Appeal In Mortgages Ltd. Ch. 11
• BASF Battles Lyondell Over $135M Award
• Summit Media Ch. 11 Plan Aims To Cut Debt In Half
• CORRECTED: DLA Piper Scores 5 Paul Hastings Attys
• Investor Suit Over Verizon's Idearc Spinoff Gets Boot
• Centaur Reaches $8.5M Deal With Churchill Downs
• Lehman Fights JPMorgan's Fraud Claims
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 1
• Mets Owners Fight To Keep Madoff Trustee Case Sealed
• Facing Smurfit-Stone Suit, AES Unit Files For Ch. 11
• Hedge Funds Object To Probe Request In WaMu Ch. 11
• Bankruptcy May Be Only Chapter Left For Borders
• Judge Approves $55M DIP Loan For Constar
• Dish Network Floats $1B Deal To Pull DBSD From Ch. 11
• Anadarko Reaches Deal With US On Tronox Docs
• Grand Wailea Owner Seeks Ch. 11 Amid Foreclosure