Bankruptcy Archive » July, 2011

Bankruptcy - July, 2011

205 articles

• Mortgage Co. Seeks Defense in Lehman Contract Suit
• Creditors Can't Block Dynegy's $1.7B Refinancing Plan
• Lehman Appeals Barclays' $13B 'Windfall'
• Apple, Spansion Deal Counts As Patent License: Judge
• Resort Owners Reach Deal With Miller Buckfire For $2M
• WaMu Creditors Balk At Proposed LTW Holders Committee
• MLB Says Dodgers' Counsel Has Conflicting Interests
• Case Study: In Re Ebadi
• Ch. 7 Trustee Slammed For 'Baseless' Autozone Suits
• Pension Agency To Cover Aircraft Co.'s $59M Shortfall
• Convicted Ex-Lawmaker Must Amend Ch. 13 Plan
• Ex-Thelen Partners Will Pay Clawbacks: Ch. 7 Trustee
• Borders Wants To Sell Off IP Assets
• Judge Scraps Bulk Of Madoff Trustee's $9B HSBC Suit
• WCAS Fraser Sullivan Eyes Managing Lehman Loans
• K&L Gates Wants Confidential Info In Teligent Row
• Vallejo, Calif. Wins Court Approval For Ch. 9 Plan
• Ala. County Delays Ch.9 Vote To Mull Creditor Truce
• Judge Clears Del. Diocese's Reorganization Plan
• Tremont Strikes $1B Deal With Madoff Trustee
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• Ex-Beso Partner Wants Longoria Grilled Over Eatery Owner
• South Florida Trustee Gets 7 Years For $16M Fraud
• Judge Denies Court Transfer For Madoff Feeder Funds
• JPMorgan Dealt Blow In Freedom Loan Suit With Luxor
• Denim Co. Can't Block Contract Assignment: 7th Circ.
• Del. Diocese To Bar Payments To Abusive Priests
• GAO To Review Madoff Trustee's Clawback Suits
• Lehman Pursues $385M Real Estate Sell-Off
• Allen Family Foods Wins OK For $48M Sale To Harim
• Class Claims Trimmed In Lehman Securities MDL Suit
• UK High Court OKs Flip Clauses In Lehman Notes
• A Common-Sense Approach To D&O Policy Exclusions
• Citibank Tries To Sink $430M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Movie Investor Hit With $190M Tortious Interference Suit
• AmFin Compromises With Noteholders In New Ch. 11 Plan
• Raser Cuts Deal With Creditor To Avoid Rival Ch. 11 Plan
• Dish's $1.4B Bid For TerreStar Wins Antitrust OK
• Feds Seek Long Sentence For Trustee in Fraud Case
• 4Kids To Keep Ch. 11 Shelter Through 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Trial
• Judge Clears Barzel Creditors To Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
• Rothstein Trustee Sues TD Bank Over Ponzi Losses
• UniCredit Fights Madoff Trustee's Racketeering Claims
• JPMorgan Says FDIC Should Pay For $650M MBS Suit
• Books-A-Million Drops Bid To Buy 30 Borders Stores
• Unsecured Creditors Say $68M Isn't Enough For Allen's
• WR Grace Gets OK To Bid At Secret Auction
• Sbarro Lender Fights Loan's Debt To Equity Switch
• Raser Creditor Looks To Offer Competing Ch. 11 Plan
• Asbestos Trusts Dodge Specialty Products' Discovery Bid
• Horse Breeder Trustee Settles Fraud Claims For $27M
• Withdrawing From Multiemployer Defined Benefit Claims
• Ex-Fred Leighton Owner Gets 6 Years For $20M Fraud
• Cassa Hotel Developer's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Deal
• Judge Ejects Dodgers' $150M DIP Financing Plan
• Taylor Bean's $1.6B Deal Overcomes Freddie Mac Protest
• Judge Won't Speed Up Challenge To $235M GSC Sale
• Gulfstream Creditors Lay Out Ch. 11 Plan
• Nebraska Book Gets $200M Back-To-School Season Loans
• Lehman Approved To Move Ahead With SunCal Plans
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Thomas Battistoni
• Greenwich Ch. 11 Plans Detail $212M Picard Deal
• WaMu Investors Wrap Up Arguments Against Ch. 11 Plan
• Heller, Covington Strike $5M Deal Over Atty Transfers
• Drilling Co. Trustee Can Sue Shareholders: 5th Circ.
• Judge Knocks War Chest In $62.5M HSBC Madoff Deal
• Lehman, Barclays Square Off In $500M Bonus Pay Beef
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Linda Addison
• Borders' Final Chapter: Liquidation Plan Approved
• Ernst & Young Can't Escape Tax Shelter Case
• A New Negligence Standard For Compensation Clawback
• MLB, Dodgers Trade Hits Over $150M Ch. 11 Funding
• At Home Trustee Sues AT&T, Verizon Over 4 Patents
• Enron Creditors' Deal With Lay Widow Gets OK
• Madoff Trustee Drops Some Claims Against UBS
• Extending Section 546(e) To Commercial Paper Redemption
• Gowling Lafleur Reps CNOOC In $2B Opti Buy
• Key Lehman Settlement With Creditors Wins Approval
• GAO Says Bankruptcy Code Unclear For Financial Cos.
• Anadarko Loses Bid To Split Tronox Spinoff Suit
• Heller Settles Fee Dispute With Former IP Client Katz
• Aurelius Attys Aided Wrongful Trading: WaMu Shareholders
• Ex-LandAmerica Execs Fight Tolling Agreement
• Madoff Investor Fights To Block $7.2B Picower Deal
• Ambac Wins OK For $33M Payout In Securities Actions
• Cassa Hotel Developer Nears Ch. 11 Exit
• AmTrust Unit Settles Ex-Banker's FLSA Suit
• Jury Trial In Bankruptcy Case — Why Not?
• First Horizon Seeks $25M Coverage For Sentinel Suits
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs Bonus For Blockbuster Exec
• Man Group Takes On Lehman Exposure For $355M
• Credit Union Admin Hits RBS With $629M Securities Suit
• Hedge Fund Denies Insider Trading Claims In WaMu Ch. 11
• Imperial Creditors Sue Board Over $800M MBS Purchase
• Judge Chastises Attys Over Lyondell Race Bias Fight
• DLA Piper Can't Rep CTS Committee, Judge Says
• PBGC Backs St. Vincent's Auction With Reservations
• Borders Abandons Sale, Moves To Liquidate
• Dodgers Creditors Say MLB Loan Deal Beats Fund Offer
• All American, Micron Settle DRAM Antitrust Suit
• Nebraska Book Plans To Recast $450M Of Debt
• Perkins Plan Would Leave Unsecureds With New Equity
• Environmental Considerations For Loan Transactions
• Shareholders Question Value Of Reorganized WaMu
• MLB Sweetens Terms In Fight For Dodgers DIP Loan
• Workers Slam Lyondell's Bid To Toss $10M Race Claims
• Texas Rips $5M Fee For Ultimate Electronics Liquidator
• Ex-Owner Of Extended Stay Must Pay Lenders $100M
• Centerbridge Says Lehman Ch. 11 Plan Not Confirmable
• CORRECTED: Resort Attys Defy Claims In $375M Malpractice Suit
• DBSI Trustee Sues 6 Brokers Over $500M Ponzi Scheme
• UBS Wins Bid To Move Madoff Trustee's $2.6B Suits
• Priest Payments Imperil Del. Diocese's Ch. 11 Plan
• Ex-Terra Prez Protests New Evidence In Haiti Bribe Case
• 6th Circ. Panel Revives Firm Fight For Ch. 11 Retainer
• Texas Court Remands Fight Over Construction Payments
• European Sovereign Debt — Why We Should Care
• Borders Wins OK To Move Forward With Auction
• Ex-Kirkland Partner Pleads Not Guilty To Tax Charges
• NJ Seeks To Block $15M Coverage Payment To Lehman
• Barclays, LBHI Seek To Delay Payments In Assets Fight
• Capmark Ducks $2M Claim Over Mortgage Servicing
• WaMu Resumes Ch. 11 Plan Battle With Shareholders
• Borders Faces Liquidation After Bid Falls Through
• Sbarro Creditors Demand E&Y Earnings Report
• Judge Tables Ch. 11 Exit For Cassa Hotel Developers
• Crystal Cathedral Nixes $47M Sale To Developer
• Electronics Distributor Gets $50M To Fund Ch. 11 Sale
• 1031 Tax Group Clients Lose Bid For Class Cert.
• Case Study: In Re River Road
• BearingPoint Trustee Allowed To Move $1.9B Suit To Va.
• Judge Won't Rehear Rejected Vitro Ch. 11 Petitions
• Borders Sees Hurdles For Sale Procedure Hearing
• Greenberg Traurig Demands Docs In $200M Fraud Suit
• MLB Gets Limited Discovery Of Dodgers' Lender
• Citibank Tries To Block Bonuses For Howrey Employees
• Freddie Mac Fights Taylor Bean's $1.6B Settlement
• Q&A With Cravath's Daniel Slifkin
• DLA Piper Snags Skadden Restructuring Pro In Chicago
• Qimonda Creditors Cleared To Vote On Liquidation Plan
• Madoff Victims To Receive $272M In 1st Payment Round
• WaMu Creditors Fight Attacks On JPMorgan Settlement
• Zurich Balks At Lifting Stay In WL Homes Ch. 7
• MIG Brings Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit To High Court
• Barnes Bay Blasts $6.8M Real Estate Commission Bill
• SIPC Opposes Mets Owners' Bid To Dodge $1B Madoff Suit
• Vertis Wants Ex-CEO's $5.8M Pay Claim Reduced
• Borders' Landlords Fight Planned Asset Sale Procedures
• Trico Ch. 11 Plan Skirts $27M Claim, Tennenbaum Says
• GSC Gets Court OK For $235M Black Diamond Sale
• Q&A With Haynes & Boone's Brian Antweil
• Affiliated Trustee Sues Board Over $11.5M Check Fraud
• Judges Clear $4.5B Nortel Patent Sale
• 'Unequivocal And Specific' Claim Preservation
• Md. Appeal Won't Breach Stay In Jackson Hewitt Ch. 11
• DOJ Won't Contest Joint Bankruptcies By Gay Couples
• WaMu Securities Holders Jeopardize Ch. 11 Plan
• Del. Diocese Begins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Fight
• Revised Barnes Bay Disclosure Statement Wins Court OK
• Enron Deal Tabled As Insurer Objects To Lay Payout
• Bonus For GSC Head Approved Over Trustee Objection
• MLB Wants Info On McCourt's $5M Highbridge Payment
• Oil Shipper Omega Navigation Slips Into Ch. 11
• Sabertooth Sues Lender For $4M Over Ch. 11 Failure
• CNA Can't Shake Asarco Suit Over $33M Calif. Cleanup
• Sears Says It Owns Worker's OT Suit, Wants It Tossed
• Mets Lawyers Ask Judge To Toss Picard's $1B Suit
• District Judge Likely To Take Up Picard's UBS Case
• Burn Lawsuits Push Candle Fuel Maker Into Ch. 11
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Rob Friedman
• BofA Releases $1.2M In WL Homes Ch. 7 Agreement
• Dissecting Stern V. Marshall
• Koch Sued Over PCB Cleanup At Asphalt Plant
• Judge OKs Dish's $1.4B Buy Of Bankrupt TerreStar
• Wis. Insurance Regulator Targets Ambac's Ch. 11 Plan
• Dodgers' MLB Discovery Requests Land Foul: Judge
• Inyx Shareholders Win Class Cert. In Fraud Battle
• Dime Bancorp Investors Seek Committee In WMI Ch. 11
• Specialty Products Can't Share Privileged Docs: Judge
• GGP Fights Interest Award To Lender In Ch. 11 Case
• Capmark Creditors Cleared To Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
• GSC Fights Lenders To Advance $235M Sale Pitch
• Horse Breeder Trustee Settles With Ex-Parent Co. For $2M
• Bankrupt Vegas Monorail's Voting Procedures Win OK
• AAI Urges Antitrust Probe Of $4.5B Nortel Patent Deal
• FDIC, Ex-WaMu Officers' Deal Talks Break Down: Attys
• FDIC Paves Way To Reclaim Pay From Failed Banks' Execs
• Trustee Objects To Bonus Plan In Blockbuster Ch. 11
• Creditors Back $46M University Bid For Crystal Cathedral
• Objections To Del. Diocese's Ch. 11 Plan Pile Up
• Chemtura Rejects $13M Payout For La. Superfund Cleanup
• Silicon Valley Law Group Fights Class Cert. In Okun Suit
• St. Vincent's, Siemens Settle Contract Claim For $1.2M
• Dodgers Look To Depose MLB, Selig In DIP Row
• Texas Tax Men Blast Jackson Hewitt Ch. 11 Plan
• Ensuring Insurer Standing In Insured Ch. 11 Cases
• Pittsburgh Corning Asks Court To Reconsider Ch. 11 Plan
• Mets Owners Score Win In Forum Fight With Madoff Trustee
• Mass. Hospital Enters Ch. 11 To Ease Sale
• St. Vincent's Lands $34M Starting Bid For Nursing Unit
• Lehman Forges Ch. 11 Pact With Key Creditors
• Investors Get $208.5M In WaMu Settlement
• Navigating The Intersection Of Bankruptcy And Insurance
• Borders Receives $215M Offer From Najafi Unit
• Apple, Microsoft, Others Win Nortel Patents For $4.5B