Bankruptcy Archive » April, 2011

Bankruptcy - April, 2011

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• Peregrine Keeps Ch. 11 Afloat With $3M Payment
• Fair Finance Trustee Guns For Durham Political Handouts
• Barclays Seeks Assets From 2008 Lehman Buy
• 2011 Sees Slow Start For Bankruptcy Filings: Report
• No Proof Borders Can Pay For Operations, Trustee Says
• South Edge Loses Appeal Of Involuntary Ch. 11
• Statek Wants 2nd Circ. To Revive $85M Law Firm Claim
• Lyondell Spurns $340M In Liability Claims
• Expertly Navigating Federal Expert Disclosure Rules
• AHM Trustee Takes On Barclays Over $45M Claim
• Lehman Unit Sues MedQuist For $4.4M Consulting Debt
• Horizon Avoids Ch. 11 After Judge Cuts $45M Antitrust Fine
• Spongetech Gets Green Light For Bankruptcy Asset Sale
• Morgan & Finnegan Trustee Wants Former Attys' Docs
• Bankrupt A&P's $4M Incentive Plan Gets OK
• Judge Affirms Constitutionality Of RI Insurance Law
• CalPERS Plan Seeks More Cash For Lehman Bondholders
• Lyondell Battles BP Ch. 11 Claims Over MTBE Suits
• Barnes Bay Creditors Want COI Answers From Consultants
• Orchard Trustee Sues Golden Gate Over $310M Payout
• $3.8M Qualcomm Claim OK'd In Terrestar Ch. 11
• Tavern On The Green, NYC Settle Over Name Rights
• Ultimate Electronics Seeks Conversion To Ch. 7
• Majestic Star Settles Ch. 11 Fight With Ind. City
• Cadence Liquidation Plan Includes Key $30M Note Deal
• Ex-Lehman Boss Appeals $20M Barclays Severance Suit
• DESA Parent Off Hook In Workers' WARN Act Suit
• Le-Nature's CEO Seeks New Forum For Fraud Trial
• Dewey Hit With 10% Fee Holdback In Ambac Ch. 11
• Venable Skewers $1.6B Conspiracy Suit
• Sbarro Trustee Balks At Rothschild Legal Fee Bid
• Madoff Investors Demand Report On Ponzi Probe
• NAPC To Pay $98M To End Fight With Lenders, Partner
• Tribune Noteholders Again Revise Ch. 11 Plan
• Mortgages Ltd. Successor Sues Greenberg For Malpractice
• Banks' Lehman Plan Bilks Retirees, CalPERS Claims
• DIP Agreement Fair To Creditors, Harry & David Says
• Ambassadors Wins $10M DIP Loan To Prep Asset Sale
• GSC Ch. 11 Plan Aims To Put Sankaty In Charge
• Dish Closes $320M Blockbuster Buy After Judge's OK
• Nortel Asks Courts To Help Split $4B In Sale Proceeds
• Boston Generating Dodges Hundreds Of Ch. 11 Claims
• Spotlight On The Pension Predicament
• Akin Gump Atty Appointed To Oversee LA Dodgers
• New Stream Opens Asset Sale To Competing Bids
• Levine Leichtman Unit Drops LNT Noteholder Loss Suit
• Goldman Sachs, Others File 3rd Lehman Ch. 11 Plan
• Law Firm Meltdowns A Boon For Lawyers' Counsel
• Lyondell Trustee Hits Blavatnik Unit With $145M Suit
• C-Bass Plan Sails To Confirmation
• US, Insurer Object To Petroleum Co.'s Ch. 11 Plan
• E-Trade Sues To Unload $1.6M In Spongetech Cash
• Lehman Still Faces $43B In Brokerage Claims: Report
• Judge Calls Oildale's $14.5M Chemtura Claim Weak
• Creditors Call Harry & David DIP Agreement Unfair
• American Apparel Buoyed With $43M Bailout
• Utah Investors Hit Idaho Loan Fund With Fraud Suit
• Borders Wins OK To Pay Managers Incentive Bonuses
• Sprint Seeks To Void Liens On TerreStar's FCC Licenses
• Jones Day Restructuring Pro To Take On Europe
• JPMorgan Agrees To Hand Lehman Brokerage $861M
• New Equity Committee Sinks Point Blank Ch. 11 Plan
• Fed Seeks Input On Big Finance Bankruptcy Process
• Charity Donors Say McGuireWoods Abandoned Them
• Lyondell Resolves $2M Claim Against Interplastic
• A New Threat To Former Tribune Shareholders
• FairPoint Wins Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Judge OKs $40M Bid For Ambassadors International
• MLB Takes Over LA Dodgers Operations From Team Owner
• Bankruptcy Trustee Can Sell Mining Rights: 10th Circ.
• MetaMorphix Scores Ch. 7 Conversion
• TMST Ch. 11 Trustee Can't Block Docs In Fraud Suit
• Diocese Ch. 11 Plan Includes $77M Sex Abuse Settlement
• Bowe Bell & Howell Wins $127M DIP Loan In Versa Sale
• The Trouble With Ch. 11 For Nonprofits
• Fund Seeks Docs Backing WMI Investor's Trading Claims
• Capmark Aims To Scale Back Business In Ch. 11 Plan
• Specialty Products Attys Ripped For Stalling Ch. 11
• Pillsbury Loses Bid For Fees From Malpractice Suit
• Lenders Send Maronda Homes Into Ch. 11
• South Florida Trustee To Plead Guilty To $16M Fraud
• Cash-Strapped Cities Still Leery Of Ch. 9
• Bayou, Brooke And 'Substantial Contributor' Claims
• Ex-Townsends Workers Sue For Unused Vacation Pay
• Glassmaker Says Bondholders Breached Confidentiality
• TerreStar Seeks Permission To Sell Assets At Auction
• Federal-Mogul Asbestos Trust Settles With Zurich
• Italian Court Clears 4 Banks Over Parmalat Collapse
• No Quick Win For Centerview Over $10M NPG Claim
• FDIC Says Bankruptcy Cost Lehman Creditors Billions
• The Bankruptcy Version Of A 'Full Body Scan'
• Welcome To The New Law360
• Ex-Fred Leighton Owner Pleads Guilty To $20M Fraud
• Ex-MLBer Dykstra Arrested For Bankruptcy Fraud
• Wolverine Tube Disclosure Statement Wins Court OK
• Vitro Asks US To Recognize Mexican Bankruptcy
• Bankrupt Levitt Settles Securities Class Action
• Ambassadors Creditors Call Ch. 11 Plan Too Hasty
• NuStar Gets Bargain On Bankrupt Texas Refinery
• Making Good Lawyers Into Great Partners
• Real Estate Funds Want Resort Ch. 11 Subpoena Nixed
• Releases Will Trip Up Tribune Plan, Noteholders Say
• Orchard Wins Ch. 11 Plan OK With Golden Gate Deal
• Borders Strikes Deal With Creditors On Bonus Plan
• Bankrupt DBSD Files 2nd Reorganization Plan
• Forex Fraud Receiver Blasts BofA, UBS, Others
• Pension Funds Can Join Lehman Securities MDL: Judge
• Effects Of Roswell V. Alternative Construction
• Bankrupt A&P To Sell 25 Stores, Exit Mid-Atlantic
• Trustee Blasts Ambassadors' Ch. 11 Sale Procedure Plan
• Creditors Slam Financing Plan In New Stream's Ch. 11
• Alabama Aircraft Moves To Terminate Pension Plan
• Anguilla Resort Creditors Ask For Ch. 11 Trustee
• Judge Boots $52M Winstar Suit On Remand
• Zell Objects To Claims Against Him In Tribune Ch. 11
• Station Casinos Units Seek Ch. 11 Under Parent's Plan
• Wolverine Tube Files Ch. 11 Plan After Pension Deal
• Judge Sets Hearing For Lehman Reorganization Plans
• Judge Allows Satmex To Take Steps Toward Ch. 11
• Allied Health Founder Cops To $87M Lease Fraud
• The Courtroom Of The Future
• Judge Unseals Names In Madoff Suits
• Credit Suisse Dodges Suit Over National Century Fraud
• Radical Bunny Execs To Pay $3.7M In SEC Fraud Case
• Qwest, Golden Gate Object To Orchard Ch. 11 Plan
• Tribune, Noteholders Resume Ch. 11 Confirmation Fight
• Superior Offshore Strikes $2M Deal In Suit Over IPO
• Creditors Lose Bid To Push 3 Vitro Units Into Ch. 11
• Hinshaw Grows Fla. Offices With 8 Ex-Yoss Attys
• Icahn Seeks Sanctions In Blockbuster Bondholder Suit
• UBS Sued Over Alleged Lyondell Contract Breach
• FDIC Seeks Dismissal Of WMI Reconveyance Actions
• Chem Rx Liquidation Plan Wins OK After Amendments
• Saving Failed Biz Insiders From Fiduciary Duty Claims
• Howrey Bankruptcy May Cause Headaches For Ex-Attys
• Capmark Creditors Get Chance At $96M Goldman Claim
• Baker McKenzie Faces $600M Suit Over Stock Option Plan
• Innkeepers Plan Includes Lehman, Five Mile Sale
• Advanta GC Rejoins Pepper Hamilton As Partner
• Chemtura Can Alter Former Execs' Benefits: Judge
• UBS To Pay $11M Over Lehman-Issued Note Losses
• Goldman Sachs Gets To Keep $63M From Adelphia
• Secured Lender Review: 7 Cautionary Rules — Part II
• Vitro Files Motion To Sell US Operations
• DVI Trustee To Take Merrill To Trial Over Transfers
• Bankrupt Racino Operator Wins $5M DIP Loan
• US Trustee Protests Borders' $8.3M Bonus Plan
• Pfizer Wins Approval Of Unit's $265M Asbestos Deal
• Judge Clears Accredited To Seek Ch. 11 Plan Votes
• A&P Settles Suit Over Ex-VP's Stop & Shop Move
• New Stream Delays Ch. 11 Plan As Opposition Mounts
• Ex-Point Blank CEO Fights Deregistration Plan
• St. Vincent's Inks $260M Sale To Real Estate Kingpin
• Investors, WMI Reach Settlement In Securities Suit
• River Road Asks 7th Circ. To Let It Block Credit Bids
• Colonial BancGroup Wants BB&T To Return $24M
• Judge Nixes Releases In Chem Rx Ch. 11 Plan
• Picard Sues Private Swiss Banks Over Madoff Millions
• E&Y To Hand Over Tax Docs In Tropicana Fee Fight
• Aventine Hits Green Plains With $48M Adversary Suit
• Angiotech Wins US Approval Of Canada Restructuring
• Emivest Cleared To Sell Assets For $3.5M
• Giving Teeth To A Repeat-Filing Statute
• Indianapolis Downs Heads To Ch. 11 Stables
• 3rd Lehman Reorganization Plan In The Works
• Blockbuster Wins Approval For $320M Sale To Dish
• Vitro US Units Request Chap. 11 Protection
• Emivest Staves Off Liquidation At Last Second
• 4Kids Files For Ch. 11 To Dodge 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Suit
• Lehman Drops $54M Axa Trade Fight For $8.6M
• Exide Agrees To $67.5M Settlement With EPA, NOAA
• Satmex Launches Another Prepackaged Ch. 11
• Seahawk Sale To Hercules Wins Court Approval
• Jones Day Adds Kirkland Product Liability Partner
• Tribune Creditors Try Last-Ditch Mediation Effort
• Brand-New NYC Hotel Files Ch. 11 Over Contract Liens
• Creditors Balk At Lehman Discovery Framework
• Sbarro Wins $35M Infusion In Ch. 11
• Ambassadors Charts Course For Speedy Sale In Ch. 11
• SIPC Joins Madoff Trustee's $6.4B JPMorgan Battle
• Enron Beats Appeal Over Bank's $50M Ch. 11 Claim
• Cordell Can't Enforce Injunction In Fraud Case
• 7 Ways To Avoid Privacy And Data Security Trouble
• Dish Network Wins Blockbuster With $320M Bid
• Madoff Feeder Sues Abu Dhabi Fund For $300M
• A&P Sues Former VP To Stop Defection To Rival
• WMI Edges Closer To Ch. 11 Exit With $13M Deal
• Ethanol Maker Files For Ch. 11 Amid High Corn Prices
• Capmark To Auction Management Stake In $1B Fund
• Anchorage Funds Seek To Push Zais Debt Into Ch. 11
• 5 Hunton Partners Head To DLA's New Miami Outpost
• Google Agrees To Bid $900M For Nortel Patents
• Foley & Lardner, Young Conaway Move Malpractice Suit
• Secured Lender Review: 7 Cautionary Rules — Part I
• Sbarro Says Made-To-Order Ch. 11 Will Slash Debt
• Old GM Settles Enviro Claims For $11.5M
• Opposing Investors Win Standing In New Stream Ch. 11
• Barnes & Thornburg Snares Bankruptcy Pro In Midwest
• Anchor Blue Switches To Ch. 7 Liquidation
• American Apparel Eyes Ch. 11 Amid Deep Losses
• Madoff, Lehman Trustees' Fees Could Bankrupt SIPC
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part II
• $200M Mortgages Ltd. Fraud Suit Survives
• Hartford Can't Dodge $10M Student Loan Bond Suit