Bankruptcy Archive » May, 2011

Bankruptcy - May, 2011

173 articles

• Lehman Reportedly To Settle $22B Derivatives Claims
• Madoff Trustee Could Lose Venue Fight In $60B Kohn Suit
• Wolverine Tube Sues To Stop Ch. 11 Objection
• Upper Deck Breached 4Kids Trading Card Deal, Judge Says
• Capmark Grants $2.4B In Unsecured Loan Claims
• NCR Sues To Keep License For Blockbuster Kiosk Mark
• Q&A With Latham's James Brandt
• Lehman Insiders Hoodwinked Real Estate Investors: Suit
• Judge Tosses Pa. Condo Developer's Ch. 11 Plan
• $14.3M Deal Ends LandAmerica, SunTrust ARS Dispute
• Highview Point Agrees To Dismiss Ch. 11
• 2nd Circ. Spares BofA Parmalat Investors' $300M Claim
• Q&A With Cleary's Tom Moloney
• Beware Calif.'s 'One-Action Rule'
• Nev. Gaming Regulators OK Station Casinos Ch. 11 Plan
• ML Servicing Says Greenberg Suit Belongs In State Court
• Citi Seeks To KO Lehman Trustee's $1.3B Clawback Suit
• Seattle's Best Objects To Borders' Bid To End Contract
• TMST Execs Lose Bid To Appeal Trustee's Document Access
• Colonial Asks Judge To Reconsider Ch. 11 Plan
• Mets Score $200M Investment, Try To Strike Picard Suit
• Calif. City Cleared To Submit Ch. 9 Plan For Approval
• Madoff Investors Want Trustee's $44M Fee Bid Blocked
• Ill. Court Says Winterland Investors Can Sue Owners
• Bankrupt A&P Sells 12 Supermarkets For $40M
• 501(c)(3) Trouble For Bankruptcy Counseling Agencies
• Station Casinos Hands Aliante Assets To Lenders
• Ambac Won't Change Ch. 11 Filing Date Over Wis. Row
• Jackson Hewitt Cleared To Use Lenders' Cash Collateral
• Lehman Blasts SunCal For Ignoring Automatic Stay
• Tribune Execs Cleared To File Indemnity Claims
• 6th Circ. Revives Fraud Action Against Ex-Dana Execs
• US Bancorp, JPMorgan Rip Capmark's Disclosure
• Bankruptcy's New Rule 2019
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Bill McKenna
• Black Diamond Blasts Rival Lenders' GSC Ch. 11 Plan
• Del. Diocese's Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement Gets OK
• WaMu Nears Ch. 11 Exit With Shareholder Deal
• Jackson Hewitt Files Prepack Plan To Slash $350M Load
• Ambac Fights $116M NYC Tax Bill
• Dreier Victim Can't Shirk Forged $6M Hedge Fund Deal
• Q&A With Jones Day's Joe Finley
• Trico Lenders Say They Were Misled Into $65M Loan
• Of Screen Shots And Hearsay
• Judge Won't Move Madoff Trustee's JPMorgan Suit
• US Trustee Pans Part Of Innkeepers' Reorganization
• Madoff Investor Can't Stop $7.2B Picower Forfeiture
• Judge Clears Trico Ch. 11 Plan For Creditor Vote
• Judge Clears DBSD To Solicit Votes On $1.4B Dish Deal
• BofA Fights To Keep $500M Lehman Setoff
• Colonial Ch. 11 Plan Could Rip Off Creditors: Judge
• Banque Syz Hit With $73M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Capeco To Pay $8.2M For Blast Site Cleanup
• FAQs About Indian Corporate Insolvency
• Tropicana Lenders Reach Deal On Kirkland Fees
• Borders Wants To Kick Coffee Habit To Save Money
• Sullivan & Cromwell Settles Fee Fight With Ex-Partner
• Constar Gets Green Light For Ch. 11 Plan
• Insurers Can Object To 'Neutral' Ch. 11 Plans
• Trico Files Ch. 11 Plan After Deal With Bondholders
• Ex-Humboldt Creamery CEO Hit With 2.5 Years For Fraud
• Madoff Trustee Presses $1B Suit Against Mets Owners
• Delphi Allows $54M In BofA Claims In Ch. 11
• Accredited Wins Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Approval
• Yellowstone Club Founder Dodges Bankruptcy Petition
• Barnes Bay Cleared To Unload Resort At Auction
• Judge OKs $39M Sale Of Ambassadors' Assets To Anschutz
• The Latest In Exit Financing Structures
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Bill McErlean
• Sbarro Drops Rights Offering To Court Bidder
• Ambassadors' Unsecured Creditors Fight Asset Sale
• Lehman Approved To Sell Berkshire-Backed Muni Shares
• Judge Stays Case Over Point Blank Deregistration Plan
• Nortel Settles With Israel Affiliate For $2M In Ch. 11
• Capmark Management Stake In $1B Fund Sold For $12.7M
• Madoff Trustee Settles $212M Claims With Feeders
• Judge Taps Mediator In Fight Over Tropicana Collapse
• Getting The Right Bankruptcy Trustee
• Anschutz Unit Wins Ambassadors' Assets For $39M
• Dreier Trustee Seeks OK Of $12M Settlement With Fund
• Corus Execs, Investors Settle Class Action For $10M
• Judge Freezes $600M Suit Against Indy Downs CEO
• Firm Fights Icahn's Sanctions Bid In Blockbuster Case
• Failed Colo. Real Estate Project Files Liquidation Plan
• Hogan Lovells Sacks Bankruptcy Pro Over $2M Expenses
• Tribune Noteholders Win Info To Sue Ex-Shareholders
• Vitro Ch. 15 Folded Into Affiliates' Ch. 11 In Texas
• $184M Sale Of New Stream Life Insurance Assets OK'd
• Madoff Trustee Wants $114M From Investment Funds
• Ansell Settles Ch. 11 Suit Against Exide For $2.7M
• Diocese's Ch. 11 Plan Needs More Pension Info: Judge
• Recent Developments In Acquisition Finance
• WMI Flooded With Objections To Ch. 11 Plan
• DLA Nabs Skadden Restructuring Pro For NYC Office
• Ex-Chicago Sun-Times Co. Files Liquidation Plan
• Innkeepers Wins Approval Of Disclosure Statement
• Barnes Bay Ch. 11 Trustee Fight Ends Abruptly
• Jury Backs Bayou In $13M Clawback Row With Hedge Funds
• Asarco Sues BNSF Over $80M Cleanup
• Texas Development's Lenders Seek Info On Ch. 11 Plan
• Absolute Assignment Of Rents: Maybe Yes, Maybe No
• Old Chrysler's Fraud Suit Against Daimler Nixed Again
• Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Get Tronox Claims Trimmed
• 3rd Circ. GIT Ruling May Reduce Tort Claims, Attys Say
• UniCredit Presses To Move $60B Madoff Clawback Suit
• Judge OKs $80M Versa Bid For Bowe Bell & Howell
• Prepare For Takeoff: Creative DIP Financing
• Enron Remnants, Hewitt End $9M Settlement Battle
• Dreier Trustee Makes $1.5M Deal With Federal Insurance
• Judge Allows Ex-TMST Execs' Claims To Shift Liability
• Satmex Ch. 11 Plan Gets Green Light
• Rothstein's Wife To Hand Over Luxuries In Ch. 11 Deal
• Sex Abuse Victims Fight Del. Diocese's Ch. 11 Statement
• Post Office Warns It Could Become Insolvent
• Bankrupt Indianapolis Downs Seeks To Stay $600M Suit
• Disney, Citadel Ink $14M Ch. 11 Settlement
• Appraisals For WaMu Caused $283M Losses: FDIC
• Grand Wailea Owner Seeks Time To Build Ch. 11 Plan
• 112 Ex-GM Execs Sue Over Slashed Retirement Benefits
• Harry & David Wins Creditor Support For Ch. 11 Plan
• Nortel Faces Flood Of Claims From European Affiliates
• Ex-MLB Star Seeks Lower Bail In Bankruptcy Fraud Case
• Failed Banks And Attorney Liability: A New Trend
• Picard Sues Safra New York For $111M Over Madoff Funds
• Lehman Trustee Agrees To Pay Barclays $1.1B In Assets
• Parmalat Presses To Move Auditor Suits To State Court
• Innkeepers Files New Ch. 11 Plan After $1.1B Deal
• Madoff Trustee, Fairfield Sentry Call Truce
• Spansion Claims Agent Inks $8M Settlement With TSMC
• Peregrine Converts Bankruptcy To Ch. 7
• Pepper Hamilton Scores Bankruptcy Ace From Greenberg
• Howrey Lessons: The Downside Of Contingent Fees
• Judge OKs Capeco Plan To Escape Explosion-Fueled Debt
• Former Torex CEO Charged In Fraud Case
• Ex-MLB Star Dykstra Indicted For Bankruptcy Fraud
• Rothstein Partner Agrees To Pay Firm Trustee $1.6M
• Barnes Bay Creditors Fight For Ch. 11 Trustee
• Ambac, Underwriters To Settle Class Action For $33M
• Tribune Taps LA Times Publisher As New CEO
• Crucible Inks $3.8M Deal Over Wis. Steel Plant Cleanup
• FTI Settles Syntax-Brillian Shareholder Fraud Claims
• Business Bankruptcies Fall 11%, Other Filings Rise
• Q&A With Skadden's George Zimmerman
• Movie Gallery, States Settle Debt Collection Suit
• Judge Advances Summit Media Ch. 11 Plan
• LBI Trustee Brawls With Barclays Over $4B Sale Assets
• Vitro Parent Plotting To Buy Back Co., Creditors Say
• Caribe Media Nears Ch. 11 Deal With Lenders
• Garrison Quickly Steers Properties To Ch. 11 Exit
• 2nd Circ. Paves Way For K&L To Fight Teligent Deal
• Howrey Wants Bankruptcy In DC, Not Calif.
• Grant & Eisenhofer Adds Hogan Lovells Bankruptcy Pro
• JPMorgan Can Fight Picard In District Court: Judge
• TerreStar Cleared To Sell Assets At Auction
• 3rd Circ. Says Insurers Can Challenge GIT Ch. 11 Plan
• Case Study: In Re MacMenamin's Grill Ltd.
• EFI Trustee Hits Bryan Cave With $100M Malpractice Suit
• Cerberus, Chatham Buy Innkeepers Assets For $1.1B
• Ex-Orleans Exec Settles Ch. 11 Scrap Over Salary
• Ultimate Electronics Converts To Ch. 7
• Sbarro Secures $35M DIP Package In Ch. 11
• Barnes Bay Allows Court Oversight Of Discount Offer
• Surety Insurer Rips Vitro Ch. 11 Sale Of US Assets
• Puma Agrees To Clean Up Caribbean Petroleum Blast Site
• Greenberg Atty Seeks Exit From Malpractice Suit
• Dewey Fails To Revive Claim In $1B Malpractice Suit
• Holland & Knight Engaged In IEA Fraud, Suit Says
• Lehman Says Barclays Fell Short Of $2B Bonus Promise
• Thornburg Mortgage Sues Citi, Chase, Others For $2.1B
• Aleris Settles Southwire Claim For $3.3M Ahead Of IPO
• Google Unit's $900M Bid For Nortel Patents Gets OK
• Vitro Blocks Defiant Noteholders From Demanding Debts
• Rough Waters In Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbors