Bankruptcy Archive » December, 2011

Bankruptcy - December, 2011

177 articles

• Maywood Trustee Moves To Foreclose NY Properties
• Real Estate Finance Co. Merchants Seeks Ch. 11
• SEC Backs Lehman Trustee In $1.3B Barclays Asset Appeal
• Orrick To Face Coudert Claims In District Court
• Judge Scraps Jameson Inns Unit's Ch. 11 For Bad Faith
• Parmalat Ponders Appeal After Latest Loss To Citigroup
• A Primer For Construction Bankruptcies
• Madoff's Sons Can't Appeal Picard's $198M Suit: Judge
• MF Global Trustee Reveals Clash Over UK Funds
• Equipment Co. Ahern Rentals Declares Ch. 11
• Tyco Prevails In Fight With CIT Over $190M Claim
• Lehman, Merrill Reach Deal In Mortgage Bond Face-Off
• Petra Offshore Fund, REIT Unit's Ch. 11 Disclosures OK'd
• Madoff Feeder Funds' Ch. 11 Plan OK'd
• US Settles WaMu Savings, Loan Claims For $50M
• A Broader Charging Order Against Single-Member LLC
• Some Of AMR's $5B Not Properly Invested: Feds
• Solar Millennium Files For Insolvency In Germany
• Harrisburg Fights Appeal Denial Over Ch. 9 Toss
• Sen. Grills CFTC Chief Over MF Global Collapse
• Zell's $1.3B Bid For Archstone Survives Lehman Challenge
• Lehman Drops $200M Loan Suit Against Bethany
• How New Bankruptcy Rules Affect The Mortgage Industry
• Omega Lender HSH's Ch. 11 Dismissal Bid Denied
• 9th Circ. Taps 3 For Calif. Bankruptcy Bench
• MF Global Won't Tap Newly Bankrupt Units For Cash
• Deutsche Bailed On Madoff Debt Deal: Feeder Funds
• Vitro Ordered To Pay Bondholders Interest On $1B Debt
• Clean Burn Opposes Perdue's Ch. 7 Conversion Bid
• Judge Greenlights Backup Auction For Solyndra Assets
• Pang Da Drops Deal In Wake Of Saab Bankruptcy
• Zell Sues Tribune Investors To Ensure Buyout Recoveries
• JPMorgan Presses To Depose Lehman's European Director
• Delphi Owes Unsecured Creditors $300M: Suit
• Judge Denies WaMu Bid To Nix $49M MBS Claim
• JPML Consolidates 44 Tribune Clawback Suits
• Money Tree Enters Ch. 11 Protection With $100M In Debt
• Lyondell Trustee Goes After Smaller Shareholders
• Rust Joins Bankruptcy Services Space With Omni Buy
• Ex-Morgan & Finnegan Attys Fight Trustee's Fee Claims
• In The Aftermath Of MF Global
• Approved Liquidation Plan Closes Book On Borders
• Cayman Fund Files Ch. 15 Over $72M In Subprime Loans
• Zell Fund Joins In Delta Petroleum Bankruptcy Loan
• Deal With Noteholders Puts A&P Closer To Ch. 11 Exit
• Hedge Fund Gets Drier Trustee's $137M Suit Pared
• Trump OK'd As $150M Stalking Horse For Miami Resort
• Real Estate Co. Dodged $2M Judgment: Investment Firm
• Saab Hits The Dust After GM Disapproves Sale
• Lyon Homes' Prepackaged Ch. 11 Aims To Cut Debt By 37%
• USBNA Says AMR Debtholders Need More Transparency
• Judge Orders Probe Into Dynegy Restructuring
• Lear Says Ch. 11 Case Should Block Bid-Rigging Suits
• Chrysler Brake Defect Suit Moved To Bankruptcy Court
• SP Newsprint Gets $12M Loan OK'd To Fund Ch. 11 Sale
• Patriarch Partners Completes $108M Hussey Copper Buy
• Delta Petroleum Heads To Ch. 11
• Corzine Denies Knowing Of Improper MF Global Transfer
• Lehman Sues BofA, Barclays To Halt Archstone Sale
• Friendly's Creditors, PE Owner Settle Credit Bid Fight
• Heller Ehrman Puts Client's $7M Malpractice Claim To Rest
• Steve & Barry's Parent Dodges Mass Layoff Suit
• General Maritime, Creditors Reach Deal On $75M DIP Loan
• Borders Gains Creditor Support For Liquidation Plan
• Dynegy, PSEG Units Reach Truce Over Plant Leases
• A Tale Of Two Bankruptcies
• Syms Asks Examiner To Probe Management Misconduct
• Lehman Can Sell $1.5 Billion Neuberger Stake
• New Ch. 11 Plan To Emerge As GSC Ends Creditor Feud
• Madoff Investors Look To Sue Picower Associates In Fla.
• Lyondell Trustee Targets 1,700 Investors In $5.6B Suit
• General Maritime Pushes For $75M DIP Loan
• Judge Kills Harrisburg's Bid To Appeal Ch. 9 Dismissal
• Billing Records Reveal Solyndra Faces Grand Jury Probe
• Judge OKs Envelope Maker's Move To Liquidate
• MF Global Can Use Disputed JPMorgan Cash: Judge
• Sale Order May Not Protect You From Everything
• Heller Ehrman Claims Can Stay In Bankruptcy Court: Judge
• Jefferson County Stands Firm On Ch. 9 Eligibility
• Corzine Was Told Of Commingled Funds: CME Head
• Int'l Bakeries Exec's Insurers Off Hook For $56M: 8th Circ.
• Friendly's $267M Debt Transfer Was Legal: PE Owner
• Credit Suisse Hit Up For $375M In Madoff Funds
• $2M Deal Ends Blockbuster Sexual Harassment Suit
• Complicating Reorganization Of Multiple-Debtor Cases
• Archstone Nabs $131M NY Building Amid Suitor Battle
• WaMu's Shareholder Deal Paves Way For Ch. 11 Exit
• Harrisburg Council Appeals Decision Tossing Ch. 9 Bid
• MF Global SIPA Trustee Fights Conflicts Allegations
• NewPage Creditors Rebid For Pricey Consultants
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch Publisher Heads Into Ch. 11
• General Maritime Creditors Balk At Oaktree Ties
• 4th Circ. Nixes Release Approvals In Charity's Ch. 11
• Kilpatrick Townsend Nabs Alston Bankruptcy Pro
• River Road Credit Bid Appeal To Get High Court Review
• A Lesson On Good Faith Artificial Impairment
• Lehman Won't Need Gleacher For Archstone Talks: Trustee
• American Laser Gets Go-Ahead For $13M Bankruptcy Loan
• Ex-Clark & Washington Client Seeks Cert. In Fraud Action
• Morgan Stanley Loses Bid For TBA Claims In Lehman Case
• CBRE Not Entitled To Ch. 11 Sale Commission: Megachurch
• Mexican Court Must Decide Fate Of Vitro Debt: Judge
• HSBC Asks Court To Decide Row Over MF Global Gold Bars
• DOE Aims To Protect Bidding Rights For Beacon Power
• MF Global Trustee Reveals Suspicious Transfers
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $76M From 2 Swiss Banks
• 2011 Year In Review: Chekhov's Gun
• Fox Strikes Out On Bid To Halt Dodgers' TV Rights Sale
• American Laser Heads To Ch. 11 To Ease Sale
• White House Denies Cherry-Picking Solyndra Docs
• Patron, Halcyon Pay $59M For Insolvent Von Essen's Hotels
• Pinnacle Air Says No Ch. 11 Coming Despite Cost Cuts
• WaMu Making Progress In Mediation On Ch. 11 Plan: Atty
• I Never Intended To Break Rules At MF Global: Corzine
• McGuireWoods Adds Financial Litigator From Mayer Brown
• Blogger Can't Duck $2.5M Verdict In Obsidian Case
• Fox Lambasts Dodgers' Bid To Sell Off TV Rights
• MF Global Trustee Told To Disclose JPMorgan, PwC Ties
• Syms Equity Holders Strike Back At Creditors
• Judge Tosses Dykstra's Attempt To Restrain Ex-Manager
• Saab Admin Calls Off Restructuring
• Madoff Investors Lose Bid To Appeal $44M Trustee Fees
• 'Recovery' Looks A Lot Like Recession
• Buying A Distressed Hospital Out Of Bankruptcy
• Wells Fargo Seeks $5.6M From Capmark In Ch. 11 Case
• A&P Lays Groundwork For Ch. 11 Exit With $490M Deal
• Retirement Community Hurt By Recession Enters Ch. 11
• Foreign MF Global Units Want Changes To $2B Payout
• Perdue BioEnergy Pushes Ethanol Co. Toward Ch. 7
• Colony Capital Battles Debtor Jameson Inns' Bankruptcy
• Republican Sens. Skewer CFTC Over MF Global Response
• TMP Says 95% Of Creditors Back Liquidation Plan
• GM Tech License Still Eludes Saab's Chinese Buyers
• CDC Corp. Creditors Ask For Ch. 11 Trustee
• Lehman's Path Out Of Historic Bankruptcy Confirmed
• PBGC Rips Sun Capital Bid To Nab Friendly's Out Of Ch. 11
• Lehman Board Selected To Complete Liquidation
• TPG, Apax Sued For €268M Over Hellas Notes
• Ex-Sentinel Exec Says SEC Is Lumping Him Into Fraud Suit
• Lehman MDL Plaintiffs Settle With Underwriters For $417M
• Union Scores Seat On AMR Creditors Committee
• MF Global Segregated Accounts Should Get Priority: Sapere
• Creditors Seek Info On Cerberus, NewPage Relationship
• Grandy's, Souper Salad Sell For $10M In SSI Bankruptcy
• Developer Wants Station Casinos' Ch. 11 Case Kept Open
• Bankruptcy MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Lisa Schweitzer
• Ex-MF Global Managers Sue Corzine, Directors
• Levenfeld Scores Coleman Bankruptcy Lawyer
• Ethanol Dispute Drives Getty Petroleum Into Ch. 11
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues Ernst & Young For $900M
• Brisar: A Rare Happy Ending for Everyone In Ch. 11
• CFTC Adopts 1st Post-MF Global Rule
• Publisher Plans To File Ch. 11 To Refinance $1B In Debt
• Chamber Asks High Court To Nix Fraud Suit Against Deloitte
• MF Global Client Says $50M Account Disappeared
• Magic Johnson Looks To Score Bankrupt Dodgers
• Investor Bests Clawback Suit Over $4M Refco Payment
• Dynegy Holdings' Ch. 11 Plan Includes Parent's Wealth
• NewPage Creditors' Bid For Pricy Consultants Shut Down
• Taylor Bean Trustee Targets AIG, Others Over Payments
• Judge OKs Receiver To Manage Harrisburg's Books
• Bankruptcy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Anup Sathy
• Resort Owner Sues Hilton Over Undisclosed Agreements
• Upsides Of The Largest Muni Bankruptcy In US History
• House Panel Votes To Subpoena Corzine Over MF Global
• Dreier Trustee's Deals With Hedge Fund, Ex-Wife OK'd
• Madoff Trustee Cleared To Appeal JPMorgan Suit Dismissal
• Goldman Says Capmark Is Forum-Shopping In $147M Suit
• Lehman Inks Deal On Fannie, Freddie Claims
• Judicial Watch Sues Obama Admin For Solyndra Docs
• Regulators Float New Rules After MF Global Meltdown
• Lehman Sues Katten Over Bungled Hotel Loan Docs
• Unions Accept Wage, Benefits Cuts From Bankrupt A&P
• Diocese Gets Vatican's Blessing To Buy Crystal Cathedral
• Bankruptcy MVP: Skadden's Jay Goffman
• Enron: 10 Years Later
• Landlords Object To Sale Of Souper Salad Leases