Bankruptcy Archive » November, 2011

Bankruptcy - November, 2011

220 articles

• National Century Exec's Sentence Cut In $2.4B Fraud Suit
• New MF Global Trustee Vows 'Efficient' Ch. 11 Path
• Bankruptcy MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Andrew Dietderich
• When Insurers Can Object To Asbestos Trusts ...
• Garlock Pledges To Pay Off Asbestos Claims In Ch. 11 Plan
• Southern Montana Ch. 11 Trustee Named Amid Squabbles
• GSC Ch. 11 Plan Mired In Dispute Over Disqualifying Votes
• Fox Can't Pull McCourt, Selig Into Dodgers TV Rights Feud
• OppenheimerFunds Sues WestLB Over Altered Credit Deal
• Creating An E-Discovery Process For Google Apps
• Lehman Creditors Throw Support Behind Ch. 11 Plan
• American Airlines Can Make Payments To Keep Flying
• Credit Ratings Agencies Suffer Blow To MBS Defense
• MF Global Trustee Seeks $2B More In Customer Payouts
• Golden Eagle Flies To Victory In Injury Defense Row
• Tronox Battles Bid To Cap Damages In $15B Enviro Suit
• Greenspoon Marder To Absorb Bankrupt Ruden McClosky
• Syms, Filene's Prepare To Auction Off IP Assets
• Fremont Investors Lose Bid To Revive Securities Suit
• Saab's UK Distributor Veers Into Bankruptcy Protection
• Ala. County's Ch. 9 Judge Trims Receiver's Challenges
• Film Co. Rips Bankrupt 'Real Housewife' Over Late Filing
• $200M In Missing MF Global Client Funds May Be In UK
• Soaring Labor Costs Clip American's Wings
• TD Bank Caused NY High-Rise Builders' Ch. 11: Suit
• Syms, Filene's Creditors Seek To Disband Equity Committee
• Dodgers Rip Fox For Disrupting Bidding On TV Rights
• Senate Eyes CFTC Chairman Amid MF Global Collapse
• MF Global Trustee Gets OK To Dump Leases
• H&H Bagels To Sell Last Location For $10M
• High Court Won't Touch Appeal Over Oil Co.'s Bankruptcy
• Robbins Geller Drops Conspiracy Case Against Banner
• MF Global's UK Clients Could See Cash By Spring
• Judge Throws Out Harrisburg's Ch. 9 Bankruptcy Petition
• Madoff Trustee's Fraud Suit Against Mets Headed To Trial
• Loehmann's Lays Wage-And-Hour Action To Rest For $1.3M
• PMI Group Seeks Ch. 11 After Regulator Takeover
• After Reorganization, Flowers Funds Ch. 11 Cases Closed
• Willkie Farr Kicked From Extended Stay Loan Case
• Tobey Maguire Exits Suit Over Ponzi-Funded Poker Booty
• Enviro Trust Says GM Owes $13.5M For Site Cleanup
• IRS To Hand Over $326M In False Madoff Taxes
• Tribune Settles Pay Dispute With Ex-CEO Randy Michaels
• Solyndra Weighs Abandoning Turnkey Sale Efforts
• Ex-Customers Lose Bid For Power In MF Global Liquidation
• Mogul Ted Field Says Film Co. Stolen In Takeover Plot
• Graceway Cleared To Sell Assets To Medicis For $455M
• Real Estate Investor Wants Bankrupt Partner Ousted
• House Calls On Corzine To Explain MF Global Meltdown
• Quincy Medical Center's Ch. 11 Plan Gets Nod
• PSEG Wants Dynegy's 'Bogus' Ch. 11 Axed
• JPMorgan Snags LME Stake From MF Global
• Picard Fights To Keep Suit Against Madoff Sons In Play
• Allied Health Founder Gets 16 Years For $87M Fraud
• Keeping An Eye On MF Global Fallout
• MF Global Judge To Consider Creditor Bids For Power
• Harrisburg City Council Fights Pa.'s Receiver Bid
• Judge Taps Mediator To Umpire Dodgers TV Deal Fight
• Chemtura Settles Carbon Black Co.'s $20M Indemnity Claim
• Goldman, Others Hid MF Global's Doomed Debt Bets: Suit
• MF Global Trustee Says $1.2B May Be Missing
• Tribune Offers New Ch. 11 Plan With Eye On Feb. Exit
• When A Hospital Becomes A No-Standing Zone
• Judge Balks At Las Vegas Monorail's Ch. 11 Plan
• Bankrupt Beacon Power Will Auction Assets
• $61.5M Giordano's Sale Ends Food Fight
• Retail Leases In Bankruptcy And Reorganization
• Judge OKs $90M Deal In MF Global Investor Class Action
• General Maritime Gets $30M, Plots Swift Ch. 11 Course
• Ala. County Bank Creditors Back Sewer System Receiver
• Bankrupt Graceway Faces Copyright Suit Over Drug Promos
• Pa. Gov. Taps Ex-Cozen Atty As Harrisburg Receiver
• Diocese Takes Over Crystal Cathedral For $57.5M
• Firm Wants Robbins Geller Conspiracy Claims Nixed
• Bankrupt TerreStar's Shareholders Slam Elektrobit Claims
• $150M Sale Of NHL's Dallas Stars Wins Approval
• Morgan Stanley Fights For TBA Claims In Lehman Dispute
• CFTC Struggles To Gain Foothold Amid MF Global Meltdown
• SP Newsprint Goes For Ch. 11 With Lenders' Cash Collateral
• Judge Nixes Barnes Bay's Ch. 11 Case
• PBGC Miscalculated Bankrupt Pension Values: Audit
• When Is A Trustee's Sale Really 'Final'?
• Sbarro Ch. 11 Ready To Be Pulled Out Of Oven
• Progressive Can't Shake Bank's Ponzi Settlement Claims
• CBRE To Shop 11 Hotels From Innkeepers Portfolio
• Cerberus Atty Pins $55M Loss On Paul Hastings
• FDIC's $129M Suit Over WaMu Losses Trimmed
• DOE Chief Chu Defends $535M Solyndra Loan
• Judge Tosses Investors' Suits Against Madoff Family
• Credit Suisse Gets Linens 'N Things Pact Suit Pared
• Tanker Operator General Maritime Sets Sail For Ch. 11
• $520M Released To Some Ex-MF Global Customers
• Solyndra Delays Auction As Good Bids Fail To Materialize
• The Impact Of Privacy On FDIC Resolution Plans
• NYC Developers Sue McDonald's Over Bankruptcy Claims
• Missing MF Global Customer Funds Remain A Mystery
• Dodgers Sue Fox Affiliate In Row Over Media Rights Sale
• Ex-RHI GC Says Bankrupt Co. Ripped Him Off
• Debt-Ridden Freight Co. Seeks Ch. 11 Protection
• Mayer Brown Asks 7th Circ. To Fine Trustee Over $17M Suit
• Hussey Copper Cleared For $108M Asset Sale To Patriarch
• PE Firms Hit With $104M Suit Over Greek Tragedy
• Extending Bankruptcy Patent Protection — In Re Qimonda
• JPMorgan Says Lehman Wind-Down Wasn't 'Fire Sale'
• Lehman Judge Calls For Atty To Advise Workers On Benefits
• CFTC Commissioner Blasts MF Global Repayment Plan
• State Of The Real Estate Market
• Prepared-Foods Co. Cleared To Unload Assets For $70M
• Hartford Can Intervene In Privacy Case Over Drivers' Info
• Tribune Creditors Urge Judge To Rethink Plan Rejection
• Syms, Filene's Get Green Light For Liquidation
• Tilton's Patriarch Snags Hussey Copper For $107M
• Sbarro Says Creditors Back Reorganization Plan
• GSC Can Get Black Diamond Info Over Ch. 11 Plan Voting
• Paper Co. SP Newsprint Seeks Ch. 11
• Clyde Blowers Buys Wind Turbine Co. Moventas For $135M
• MF Global Collapse 'Nefarious Or Illegal,' Regulator Says
• The Long View Following In Re Longview Aluminum
• Pilgrim's Pride Settles Securities Fraud Suit For $1.5M
• Ex-MF Global Clients Say JPMorgan Wants Unfair Leg Up
• Appaloosa Bought Post-Bankruptcy MF Global Stock
• Verizon, JPMorgan Shake Idearc Class Action In 3rd Circ.
• Lehman Reaches $1.4B Deal Over Natural Gas Purchase
• Trial In $15B Tronox Enviro Liability Suit Set For May
• Ex-MF Global Employees Sue Over Mass Firings
• Dynegy Creditors Ask For Probe Of Pre-Ch. 11 Transfers
• Executory Contracts With Multiple Personalities
• Ch. 9 Is Not Ala. County's Ace In The Hole
• Lehman Asks To Settle $7.7B In MBS Suits For $40M
• White House Agrees To Share More Solyndra Docs
• Reorganized Raser Sues Over $4.3M Pratt & Whitney Claim
• ICE, Customers Sound Alarm Over MF Global Cash
• Evergreen Solar Gets Green Light To Sell Assets For $35M
• Fremont Investors Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Securities Case
• Hussey Sale Shouldn't Mean Payoff For CEO: Creditors
• Crystal Cathedral Creditors Give Blessing To 2 Upped Bids
• Judge To Approve Borders' Disclosure Statement
• Case Study: D'Amico V. Tweeter Opco
• Delta Petroleum Eyes Bankruptcy Barring Major Deal
• Lehman Eyes Sale Of Neuberger Berman Interests
• MF Global Unsecured Creditors Hire Dewey & LeBoeuf
• House Panel Probes Broadband Co.'s $267M USDA Loan
• Lehman Reaches $87M Truce With Hedge Fund
• Ala. County Seeks Largest US Municipal Bankruptcy
• NewPage Creditors Seek Probe Of $25M Transfer
• Viacom, Others Pay $7.5M In 'Making The Band' Rights Row
• Bankrupt SSI Could Sell Souper Salad For $1.6M
• Judge Clears $12.5M Deal In NetBank Investors' Suit
• Ally Considers Bankruptcy For Mortgage Unit
• Dynegy's Crafty Filings Threaten Bankruptcy Status Quo
• MF Global Clients Face Claims Process To Recover Cash
• Dynegy Aims To Loan $15M To Keep Power Plants Running
• Smith Moore Nabs 5 Ex-Shapiro Fussell Attys In Atlanta
• Legal Services Co. Gallo Gets OK For $103M Ch. 11 Sale
• Trustee Fails To Dock Dodgers Attys' Fees
• Madoff Family Owes As Much As $226M: Trustee
• Bankrupt Pa. Capital To Sell Assets To Block Takeover
• The Importance Of Being Earnest About Bankruptcy
• Madoff Investors Hit JPMorgan With $19B Class Action
• Rothstein Investor To Pay $25M To Skirt Fraud Claims
• Dynegy Heads To Ch. 11 In Deal To Restructure $4B Debt
• Lehman REIT Asks Judge To Confirm Arbitration Win
• Borders, Random House Settle On $36.4M Unsecured Claim
• GM Won't Renew Tech License With Saab's Chinese Buyers
• ResCap Woes Portend Possible Bankruptcies For Lenders
• CIT Pushes For An End To Tyco's Suit Over $794M Tax Deal
• MGM Loses Bid To Buy $11M In United Artists Debt
• Sen. Eyes MF Global Collapse After CFTC Chief Exits Probe
• Sprint Strikes Deal With Dish Over DBSD Bandwidth Claim
• Verizon Wants Local Carrier's Antitrust Suit Nixed
• Insurers' Asbestos Claim Challenge Won't Hit High Court
• WaMu Wins 2 More Weeks For Ch. 11 Talks
• White House Rebuffs House Panel's Solyndra Subpoena
• Top Legal Talent Take Center Stage In MF Global Suits
• Lawyer Targeting MF Global Sees Massive Case In Store
• For Corzine, Silence Will Not Be Golden
• Investors Should See Payout In Syms, Filene's Ch. 11: Atty
• Lehman Ch. 11 Plan Faces Objections At Voting Deadline
• Real Mex Gets Green Light To Auction Assets
• 5 Former Borders Locations Sign New Big Box Tenants
• Taylor Bean Gets Go-Ahead For $15M WARN Action Deal
• CFTC Chief Urged To Exit MF Global Probe Over Corzine Ties
• Case Study: In Re Tribune Co.
• MF Global Trustee Gets Green Light To Subpoena Execs
• Corzine Resigns From MF Global Amid Scandal
• BNP Paribas Unit Hit With $1B Suit From Madoff Trustee
• Hagens Berman Contract Suit Will Go Forward: 3rd Circ.
• Investor Sues MF Global Execs For Alleged Deception
• Kodak Pins Hopes On Patent Sale As Outlook Dims
• Alabama Aircraft's Ch. 7 Conversion Approved
• Sea Change — Ch. 11 For Foreign Shippers
• Phone Book Publishers' Ch. 11 Plans Get Approval
• VF Says Denim Brand Founder Used Marks After Sale
• CFTC Head Pledges Action Over MF Global Meltdown
• House Panel Votes To Subpoena Obama Solyndra Docs
• 'Solyndra Firestorm' Drove Beacon Power Into Ch. 11: Atty
• MF Global May Have Stripped Client Accounts, CME Says
• Idearc Investors Can't Block Ch. 11 Plan: 5th Circ.
• European Restructuring Atty Joins Kaye Scholer
• 1st Circ. Won't Rethink Insurer Liability In Faulty RV Suit
• Syms, Filene's Enter Ch. 11 With Plans To Liquidate
• Case Study: In Re Qimonda
• Ruden McClosky Ch. 11 Fate Could Await Other Firms
• MLB, Dodgers Agree To Blackstone-Led Sale
• $21B Slashed From Madoff Trustee's UBS, JPMorgan Claims
• Jameson Inns Units Win Access To Lender's Cash Collateral
• MF Global's Debt Bets Ignite Fears Of Global Crisis
• First American Must Back Lender Over Failed $100M Project
• Lehman Ch. 11 Could Provide Roadmap For MF Global
• In MF Global Collapse, SIPC Looks To Familiar Face
• MF Global Bankruptcy Creates Financing Snag For REITs
• Madoff Trustee Loses Bid To Consolidate Adversary Suits
• Mafia Charged With Looting $12M From Texas Lender
• Creditors Sue Verizon For $2B Over FairPoint Deal
• Boeing Blasts Alabama Aircraft's $1B Contract Suit
• Lehman Sells Stake In Va. Real Estate To Goldman
• Black Diamond Entities Lose Bid To Lodge Late GSC Claims
• Sun Capital To Kick Off Bids In Friendly's Asset Auction
• DBSI Trustee Says Foley Complicit In Ponzi Scheme
• Heller Ehrman Sues Greenberg For Malpractice