Bankruptcy Archive » June, 2011

Bankruptcy - June, 2011

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• Jackson Hewitt Creditors Win Time To Probe Ch. 11 Plan
• McCourt Plays For Time With Dodgers' Ch. 11 Filing
• Drinker Biddle Adds Corporate Trust Pro From Dewey
• 2nd Circ. Backs Matrix Realty's $9M Contract Penalty
• Barnes Bay Ch. 11 Disclosure Sent Back For Revisions
• Thompson & Knight Exits Sunwest Fraud Action
• DBSD Wins Tentative OK For Plan To Emerge Under Dish
• FDIC Wins Bid To Toss WaMu Mortgage Kickback Suit
• Judge Approves Nebraska Book's $125M Loan Request
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues Lion Capital To Recoup $50M
• BankUnited To Settle Securities Class Action For $3M
• Two Bidders Pledge $50M For Banning Lewis Land
• White House Appeals Bankruptcy Judge's DOMA Ruling
• Pa. Senate Adopts Bill To Thwart Harrisburg Ch. 9
• Judge Approves Cadence Disclosure Statement
• Judge OKs $22M Settlement In 1031 Tax Group Suit
• GSC Lenders Fight To Halt $235M Black Diamond Sale
• WaMu Investors Denied Access To Insider Trading Docs
• Lehman Strikes Deal With Citi Over $2.5B In Assets
• Resort Co. Fends Off Singapore In Bankruptcy Hearing
• Anderson Examiner Spots $75M In Avoidable Payments
• Madoff Feeder Fund Investors Can't Sue Under SIPA
• LA Dodgers Win $60M DIP Loan, But MLB Wants In
• Prying Jurisdiction Away From Bankruptcy Courts
• River Road Must Allow Lenders' Credit Bid: 7th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Denies Enron Appeal Of Securities Settlement
• Goldman Says Icahn Fund Held Up $140M Delphi Debt Deal
• Judge Urges Continued Talks In Tribune Ch. 11 Fight
• Judge OKs $212M Settlement With Madoff Feeders
• Opposition Mounts To Barnes Bay Ch. 11 Plan
• LandAmerica Trustee Hits Execs With Fraud Suit
• College Bookstore Co. Nebraska Book Enters Ch. 11
• Tribune Closes Marathon Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Fight
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Tech Co.'s Bad-Faith Ch. 11
• IRS Deference To Bankruptcy Courts
• CORRECTED: Deb Shops Agrees To Ch. 11 Sale To Lenders
• Bingham Fails to Win USACM Payments In 9th Circ.
• LA Dodgers Throw MLB A Curveball With Ch. 11
• EX-MLB Star Can't Lower Bail In Bankruptcy Fraud Case
• Vitro US Noteholders Can't Pursue Mexican Parent
• Del. Diocese Settles Pension Feud In Ch. 11
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $19B From JPMorgan In New Suit
• Prentice Can't Ditch Ex-KB Toys Workers' WARN Action
• Old, New GMs To Pay $7.4M To Mercury Program
• 1st Circ. Nixes HSBC Bid For $100M Ch. 7 Interest
• Judge Clears Harry & David Ch. 11 Plan For Creditor Vote
• DC Circ. Revives Insurer Suit Over JPMorgan's WaMu Deal
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• Howrey Sheds Leases In Former Strongholds
• FTC Clears Intel To Bid On Nortel Patents
• Millennium Holdings Settles $8.7M Lead Paint Suit
• E&Y, Ex-Lehman Execs Hit With Accounting Fraud Suit
• Lehman Sues First Commercial Bank For $12M
• Ex-SemGroup CEO Asks Court To Toss Fraud Suit
• Innkeepers' OKed Ch. 11 Plans Include $1.1B Hotel Sale
• JPMorgan To Pay Lehman Trustee $800M For Asset Mishaps
• High Court Ends Anna Nicole Estate's Inheritance Bid
• Apple Gets Antitrust OK To Bid On Nortel Patents
• $794M Tyco Claim Undermines Smooth CIT Ch. 11: Suit
• Hilton, Others Fight Jefferies Fee In MSR Ch. 11
• Madoff Feeder Funds Alter $212M Settlement
• Maguire Sued Over Ponzi-Funded Poker Winnings
• Aurelius Objects To WaMu Plan, JPMorgan Settlement
• Dreier Trustee Inks $55M Settlement With Hedge Fund
• Bankruptcy Jurisdiction — Beyond Section 1334
• Borders 'Getting Raped' On Lender Fees, Judge Says
• Blockbuster Creditor Escapes Icahn's Sanctions Bid
• Jackson Hewitt Creditors Try To Slow Down Ch. 11 Plan
• WMI Investors Renew Fight For Insider Trading Docs
• Greif Must Pay Cleanup Costs From Asset Deal: 5th Circ.
• Victims Retract Support For Del. Diocese Ch. 11 Plan
• Senior Class Gifting Is Not The End Of The Story
• Borders Trustee Objects To Attys' Fees Again
• Dish's $1.4B TerreStar Bid Approved For Auction
• Mets Owners Deny Shopping For Madoff Fraud Insurance
• Judge OKs Retirement, Disability Groups In Nortel Ch. 11
• Grace Angles For Big Acquisition As Ch. 11 Exit Nears
• Keep $1B Mets Owners' Suit In Bankruptcy Court: SIPC
• Judges Order Nortel Units To Mediate $4B Asset Fight
• Lyondell Workers Urge Court To Hear $10M Racism Suit
• Nortel's Patents To Give Buyer A Boost Against Rivals
• Borders Expects Bankruptcy Sale By End Of July
• Enron Creditors Strike Deal With Lay Widow
• JPMorgan, RBS Units Sued Over $800M In Risky MBS
• 4th Circ. Orders Bank's Auditor To Pay $23M For Error
• PBGC Fights Lower Claim In Harry & David's Bankruptcy
• Bidder Beware: Collusive Bidding In Bankruptcy Sales
• Court OKs $14M Ch. 11 LandAmerica Deal With SunTrust
• Preferred Shareholder Fights Innkeepers Ch. 11 Plan
• DPC Investors' Fraud Claims Cuffed By Ch. 11: 5th Circ.
• Nortel's Portfolio Auction: The Changing IP Market
• Sunwest, Investors Resolve $1.9M Land Project Fight
• Pittsburgh Corning Ch. 11 Plan Rejected Again
• Ex-WaMu Execs Buy Time With FDIC Settlement Offers
• Court Freezes $230M In Illarramendi Ponzi Scam
• Texas Court Nixes Trans-Gulf Director's $2.8M Payout
• Lehman Chief Raises Asset Recovery Estimates To $65B
• Post-Petition Benefits Are Ch. 11 Admin Claims: 3rd Circ.
• Court Approves BPP Disclosure Statement
• Ex-Fidelis Owners Indicted For Fraud In Mo.
• Ambac Fights To Nix IRS' $807M Tax Claim
• KB Home, Others To Pay $250M For Failed Vegas Project
• Nortel Postpones Patent Auction Amid High Interest
• Getting The Gist Of GIT
• Borders Reaches Deal To Avoid 45 Store Closures
• WMI, Investors Can't Find Common Ground On Ch. 11 Plan
• Feeder Fund Investors Challenge Madoff Trustee Deal
• Lehman Wins Approval To Sell NY Building For $161M
• Madoff Feeder Fairfield Sues RBC To Recover $11M
• Shareholder Wants Ch. 11 Trustee In Raser Bankruptcy
• Bankrupt Ambac Names New GC, CEO Amid Departures
• Madoff Brother's Aston Martin Goes On Auction Block
• GSC Trustee's Counsel Agree To Trim, Hold Back Fees
• CORRECTED: Sullivan Reps Dish In $1.4B Bid For TerreStar
• Blackstone Sued Over $8B Extended Stay Buyout
• DOJ OKs Google's $900M Bid For Nortel Patents
• Retirement Village Files For Ch. 11 As Occupancy Falls
• Perkins Parent Wins Initial $16M In DIP Funds
• River Road Objects To Lenders' Ch. 11 Plan
• Lehman Subpoenas Docs From Bank of Montreal, 5 Others
• When Rights Offerings Go Wrong
• Barnes Bay Strikes Deal With Creditors On Ch. 11 Plan
• Bankruptcy Judge Rules DOMA Violates 5th Amendment
• Microsoft, AT&T Object To Terms Of $900M Nortel IP Sale
• UBS Told To Pay 76ers Prez $2M Over Lehman Notes
• Noteholders Battle To Make Vitro Filings Public
• Majestic Star Tries To Escape $16M Tax Claim
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Mike Stenglein
• US Trustee Blasts $1M Bonus For GSC Head
• Effects Of In Re Fairfield Sentry Limited
• Investment Firm Wins $1.3M In Suit Over Tousa Claims
• Perkins Parent Seeks Ch. 11 Amid Sales Plunge
• Goldman, Others Join Protest Over Lehman Disclosures
• First American Liable For $4.5M Sham WaMu Loan: Judge
• AmFin Ch. 11 Halted By Noteholders
• Borders Saves Six Stores Slated For Chopping Block
• Appeals Court Revives $34.7M Harrisburg Debt Suit
• Allen Family Foods Wins Access To $3M In DIP Cash
• Wolverine Tube Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Bondholder Deal
• Broadband Operator Xanadoo Takes Ch. 11 Plunge
• Ch. 11 Prospects In The New SARE Landscape
• Greenberg Can't Shake Suit Over $200M Securities Fraud
• Resort Founder Hits Ex-Atty With $375M Malpractice Suit
• Lehman Creditors Voice Outcry Over Disclosure Bid
• Ethanol Co.'s Ch. 11 Sparks Fight Over $4.7M Of Corn
• LandAmerica Execs Hit With ERISA Class Action
• Lyondell Settles Severance Claims For $3M
• Allen Family Foods Looks To Spin Off Assets In Ch. 11
• Facing DIP Default, Borders Asks To Liquidate 51 Stores
• Station Casinos Wins Last Court OK To Exit Ch.11
• PBGC Rips Harry & David Bid To Terminate Pension Plan
• Accredited Home Settles Labor Class Suits For $2M
• AmFin Made No Promises To Back Up Bank, Judge Says
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Golf GPS Patent Suit
• CORRECTED: US Mortgage Employee Beats Jail Time For $136M Fraud
• WaMu Shareholder Deal Still Up In The Air, Atty Says
• Trustee Backs $236M Black Diamond Deal For GSC Assets
• DOI To Pay $5M To Settle BearingPoint Contract Suits
• Solvent Schemes Come To America
• Nortel Units Fight For Arbitration Over $4B From Sales
• Howrey Moves To Liquidate After Ch. 11 Conversion
• Downey Receiver Accuses Amerifund Of $1.2M Fraud
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $975M From Kingate Founders
• 2nd Circ. Revives Claims Against Steve & Barry's Owners
• Be Careful What You Wish For, You Just Might GIT It
• Judge Won't Stay Ambac's $641M Suit Against JPMorgan
• Court Nixes Deutsche Bank's $2.5B Tribune Suit
• Blockbuster Canada Says Dish Deal Threatens Operation
• Barclays Loses $4B Asset Fight With Lehman Trustee
• Ala. County May Slash Jobs To Avoid Ch. 9 Filing
• Howrey Wants Bankruptcy Case Converted To Ch. 11
• A&P Strikes Crucial Ch. 11 Deal With Major Supplier
• Creditors Rail Against AmFin Disclosure Statement
• Q&A With Akin Gump's David Zensky
• Eliminating Purchase Price Disclosures
• Dickstein Shapiro Snaps Up 3 Bankruptcy Pros In NYC
• DOJ Probes Google, Apple Bids For Nortel Patents
• Arent Fox Slams 'Flimsy' Bankruptcy Malpractice Suit
• Colonial BancGroup's Ch. 11 Plan Wins Approval
• Sun Capital Affiliate Wins Vitro Units With $55M Bid
• Baker Hostetler Adds Windels, Venable Bankruptcy Aces
• Huntsman To Pay $33M To Exit Urethane Antitrust MDL
• Covered Or Not Covered — That Is The Question
• Sentinel Trustee Balks At FTN Bid To Delay Bribery Trial
• Calpine To Settle Last Big Bankruptcy Claim For $110M
• Tribune Creditors Blitz Ex-Shareholders To Recover $2.5B
• Steve & Barry's Workers Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Suit
• Corus Execs Reach $10M Deal With Investors
• Judge OKs $80M Sale Of Bowe Bell & Howell To Versa
• FTC Clears Station Casino's $500M Green Valley Buy
• Judge OKs Kirkland Fee Deal With Tropicana Lenders
• FTN Fights For Docs In Sentinel Trustee's Suit
• Judge Frees Borders From Seattle's Best Contract
• Getting Your Slice Of The Dodd-Frank Liquidation Pie
• JPMorgan, Lehman Resolve $223M Claim Fight
• BNP Can't Recast Vote For Meruelo Ch. 11 Plan: Judge
• Raser Wins $12.5M DIP Loan, Drops Auction Plan
• Bancorp Blasts AmFin Plan's Liability Releases
• Pulling Seattle's Best Coffee Won't Infringe IP: Borders
• ReGen Sues FDA Over Menaflex Clearance Repeal
• Picard Fee Objector's Tactics 'Abusive': Judge
• Lehman Says Goldman Stonewalling Rumor Investigation