Bankruptcy Archive » January, 2012

Bankruptcy - January, 2012

214 articles

• Trouble Looms For Retail Sector In 2012
• Ally Takes $270M Charge For ResCap, Foreclosure Issues
• Blackstone, Others Disclose Stakes In Bankrupt Kodak
• WR Grace Nears Ch. 11 Exit With Insurance Settlements
• US Files $92M In Liens In American Airlines Bankruptcy
• GM Trust To Pay $21M Over 3 Polluted Sites
• Talking Nontraditional Ch. 11 Strategies
• Versa Plucks Hair Removal Chain Out Of Ch. 11 For $40M
• Stock Drop ERISA Case Develops For Kodak Execs
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• Taylor Bean Trustee Reaches $16M Deal With Sovereign
• US Can't Sue Ch. 13 Trustees Over Orders: 6th Circ.
• Adelphia $150M Stock Fight To Stay In Bankruptcy Court
• Inner City Media Parent Targets Lenders To Shield IP Assets
• Real Mex Asset Sale Gets Consumer Privacy Ombudsman
• ACLU Accuses RI City's Receiver Of Abusing Power
• Outten Tapped To Rep Class In MF Global Employee Suits
• 9th Circ. Rejects Insurer's Contract Claims Against Thorpe
• Price-Fixing Fine, Sales Drop Sink Canadian Foam Maker
• Risky Loans Cost Calif. Bank $42M, Led To Demise: FDIC
• US Objects To Open Range Creditors' Demands
• A Study In State Law Barriers To Ch. 9
• Megachurch Sale Held Up By Claims Of 99-Year Lease
• Dynegy Examiner Can Subpoena White & Case, Others
• Coach America Rolls Onto Auction Block In Ch. 11
• Trustee Seeks High Court Review Of Garment Antitrust Suit
• Defunct Firm Coudert Loses Fight Over Lease Valuation
• Trident Creditors Object To $55M Sale, $10M Employee Payout
• Trustees Fight Stay Extension On Tribune Clawback Suit
• Syms, Filene's Creditors Can't Disband Equity Committee
• US Trustee Balks, But AMR Holds On To $4.1B
• Case Study: In Re XMH Corp.
• Linklaters, SNR Denton Join Petroplus Bankruptcy
• Graceway's Ch. 11 Plan Hinges On Asset Sale
• Lloyd's, LandAmerica Strike $38M Deal In E&O Coverage Row
• Judge Cuts Lehman Unit Down To Size Over $16B Claim
• Petroplus Disputes Bankruptcy Fraud Allegations
• Retirement Fund, Alberta To Head Corzine Class Actions
• Judge Taps Trustee For Clean Burn Ch. 11
• Battery Maker Ener1 To Recharge With Prepackaged Ch. 11
• Case Study: ZING VII
• American Laser's Auction Plan Draws Creditor Objection
• Music Startup Beyond Oblivion Files For Bankruptcy
• US Futures Firms Properly Separated Customer Funds: CFTC
• US Airways Hires Latham To Explore Possible AMR Merger
• Kodak's Bid To Pay Critical Vendors Shelved
• Private Equity Can Clear Feared Wall Of Debt: Experts
• Wrigley Rooftop Venue Sold In Bankruptcy For $5M
• A&P's $750M Exit Financing Package Gets Court OK
• Marilyn Monroe Estate To Snag Image Rights For $3M
• PBGC, Sony Pictures Tapped For Kodak Creditors Committee
• Mohegan Sun's Owner Seeks to Restructure Debt
• Quiznos Dodges Ch. 11 With Restructuring Deal
• 5th Circ. Routs Attack On Vitro Affiliates' Protection
• Capmark, Feds Reach $4M Deal To End FCA Suit
• Lehman Investors Can't Move $640M Fraud Suit To State Court
• WaMu Judge To Consider Vacating Insider Trading Findings
• 'Extend And Pretend' Meets The Great Deleveraging
• Syms Examiner Fight Delayed For Ch. 11 Plan Talks
• US Trustee's New Ch. 11 Fee Rules Rankle Attys
• Insurers Can Challenge Thorpe Reorganization: 9th Circ.
• Ex-Lehman Boss Loses Carter Ledyard Malpractice Suit
• Lehman Fights Trustees' Bid For Evidentiary Hearing
• AMR To Thin Management, With More Cuts Possible
• Mont. Regulator Wants To Intervene In Power Co-Op Ch. 11
• European Restructuring Strategies: Chasing Ch. 11
• Ex-Richards Atty To Lead Fulbright's NY Bankruptcy Group
• AES Thames To Liquidate After Asset Sale Collapses
• Oil Refiner Petroplus Announces Insolvency
• Ex-Capmark CEO Sued For $17M Over Stock Redemption Payments
• Most Pensions Safe Despite Bankruptcy, AA Says
• Evergreen Energy Files Ch. 7 In Wake Of Failed $30M Deal
• Kodak Switches Restructuring Head Days After Ch. 11 Filing
• Lehman, Creditors Rip JPMorgan Funds' 'Absurd' $80M Claims
• Goldman Wins Removal Of Thornburg Trustee's $19M Suit
• Publisher Lee Gets Green Light To Restructure $1B In Debt
• As Lehman Closes $1B Archstone Buy, Next Round Looms
• Sun Capital Unit Buys UK Retailer Bonmarche
• PFF Execs Strike $8M Deal To End Securities Suit
• Case Study: Jefferson County
• Tyco Accuses CIT Of Dragging Feet On $190M Tax Claim
• Lehman Sues Mortgage Co. Over Sales Of Home Loans
• MBS Investor Class Seeks $273M Claim In WaMu Ch. 11
• 7th Circ. Revives General Growth Trust Mishandling Suit
• Struggling Pinnacle Airlines Says Ch. 11 Possible
• GOPs Badger Obama On Solyndra Bonuses
• Dodgers' Ch. 11 Plan Promises Full Debt Repayment
• Lehman's Swiss Unit Fights For $16B Claim
• Flaster/Greenberg Nabs Cohen Seglias Bankruptcy Pro
• Anadarko Loses Damages Cap Fight In $15B Tronox Suit
• Turkish PE Firm To Throw Hat Into Ring For Saab
• 'Superior' Strength — How To Bend Barred Claims
• Kodak To Face Challenges To Patent Portfolio Sale In Ch. 11
• Ex-WaMu Execs' Insurers To Pay FDIC $40M
• Ala. County To Probe JPMorgan Deal With Astros Owner
• No Attys' Fees From Bankrupt Insurer: Fla. High Court
• Poultry Co. Fights $26M Price Manipulation Fine
• Buffet Chain Owner Cleared To Borrow $30M In Ch. 11
• Union Pacific, Anschutz Dodge Mine Cleanup Suit For Now
• PE Firms Swap Debt For Equity In Strapped Nutrition Co.
• Bakery Union To Lead Charge Against Hostess In Ch. 11
• Harrisburg Ignored Red Flags On Doomed Project: Audit
• Real Mex Asset Sale Raises Privacy Concerns: Trustee
• Domain Name Collateral And Trademark Tangles
• Kodak Noteholders Battle Over Ch. 11 Cash
• Lyondell, BASF Lock In $180M Resolution Of Contract War
• WaMu, Firms Call Investors' Info Request A Stall Tactic
• Open Range Creditors Press To Get Docs From Agencies
• FDIC Sues Execs For $417M Over R-G Premier Collapse
• Idearc Investors Want High Court To Review Ch. 11 Plan
• Canada's Catalyst Paper Pursues Ch. 15 Protection
• Munich Re To Insure Against Solar Panel Co. Bankruptcies
• Buffet Chain Owner Gets Seconds In Bankruptcy Court
• Solyndra Looks Ahead To Auction As Bid Deadline Passes
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
• Argentina Dodges Gas Co.'s $185M Arbitration Award
• Lehman Wants Fontainebleau Loan Counterclaims Booted
• Madoff Trustee Loses Bid To Appeal In Mets Clawback Case
• Ex-Solyndra Workers Try To Knock Down Bonus Plan
• Dynegy Examiner Demands Broad Subpoena Powers
• Pillsbury Bags 3 Bankruptcy Partners From Cadwalader
• PBGC Demands Info On AMR Pension Plans
• FDIC Rips Imperial's Disclosure Statement, Ch. 11 Plan
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Skadden
• People's Choice Trustee, Ex-CFO Settle For $5M
• Open Range Creditors Get Extension Over US Objection
• Picard Sues 4 Firms For $187.5M In Madoff Funds
• American Airlines Postpones Antitrust Trial Against Sabre
• Bankruptcy Veteran Joins Loeb & Loeb In LA
• Deconstructing WaMu
• Lender Drops NY Suit Over Jameson Inns Foreclosure Sale
• Lawmakers Ask MoFo, Wilson Sonsini For Solyndra Docs
• Bankruptcy Group of the Year: Sidley Austin
• Ex-MF Global Customer Payouts On Hold For Now: Trustee
• Plaintiffs Seek To Lift Stay Of Tribune Clawback Suits
• Hostess Ch. 11 Runs Into Confusion Over Union Talks
• Bankrupt Hospital Sues Over Malpractice Coverage
• Delta, TPG Capital Said To Weigh Bids for AMR
• Hooters Casino Bankruptcy Auction Gets Judge's OK
• Deutsche Bank Denies $1.6B Deal To Buy Madoff Debt
• USAID Ducks Contractor Claim Over Delayed Grain Shipment
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Quinn Emanuel's Kirpalani Tapped To Probe Dynegy
• WaMu Shareholders Blast Ch. 11 Deal With Hedge Funds
• Syms Creditors, Equity Holders Rip Adviser Hirings
• Lawmaker Tells CFTC To Form MF Global Task Force
• Bankrupt Qimonda Confronts LSI Over Circuit Patents
• 2 More Le-Nature's Scammers Get 5 Years Over Fraud
• Lehman Wins Go-Ahead To Buy $1B Archstone Stake
• Dodgers Clear Way For Sale With Fox Settlement
• High Pensions Key Ingredient In Another Hostess Ch. 11
• Key Provisions In Account Control Agreements
• MF Global Trustee Asserts Claims Against Brokerage Unit
• Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Dewey & LeBoeuf
• US Slams Open Range Creditors' Extension Bid
• American Laser Cleared To Auction Assets In Ch. 11
• TerreStar Wins Approval For Ch. 11 Disclosures
• Latham's $13M Deal With Trump Entertainment Gets Nod
• 2nd Circ. Scraps Refco Customers' Securities Fraud Suits
• Sanchez V. Northwest — A Dangerous Exception
• Congressman Says Daley Resigned Due To Solyndra Probe
• Lehman Brothers Australia Seeks Ch. 15 Protection
• Lehman Creditors Back $1B Archstone Buy, Wilton Sale
• ELNY Beneficiary Blasts Receiver's Bid For Insolvency
• Carlton Fields Expands With Bankruptcy, Health Care Hires
• Hostess May Have 2nd Ch. 11 Filing In The Oven
• Ernst & Young Says NY Can't Go After Lehman Fees
• Dodgers, Hartford Headed To Arbitration Over Payout
• It Depends On The Meaning Of 'Or'
• Ex-Empyrean Exec Can't Appeal Fraud Ruling: 2nd Circ.
• International Media Group Turns To Ch. 11 For Asset Sale
• Pa. Plans $106M Bond Sale For Harrisburg Building
• Judge OKs Auction Of $180M InnerCity Media Assets
• White & Case Enlisted Amid ResCap Bankruptcy Rumors
• High Court Nixes Deloitte's Appeal Over Fraud Suit Standing
• Lehman To Reserve $5B For Fannie Mae Claims
• JPMorgan Can Depose Lehman's Former European Director
• Lehman Loses Bid To Block Zell's Archstone Offer
• Judge Limits Ala. County Sewer System Receiver's Power
• Arent Fox Brings Bankruptcy Pro To DC Office
• Borders Buries Hachette Claim With $38M Settlement
• Cash-Strapped Mets Deny Bankruptcy Rumors
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $56M From Kuwait, Others
• 7th Circ. Does The Math, Settlement Upheld
• Lehman To Drop Its Beef Over Nomura's $720M Claims
• FDIC Shakes Ruling Over Colonial Setoff Transfer
• Debtors Propose March Sale Of Hooters Casino
• Lehman, Banks Face Off Over Zell's $1.3B Archstone Bid
• Ambac Nears $1B IRS Deal In Quest For Ch. 11 Exit
• Getty Accuses Landlords Of Slacking On Cleanup Efforts
• Skadden Snags Restructuring Partner From Weil
• Coach America Cleared To Borrow $15M In Ch. 11
• MF Global UK Clients To See Quick Return Of $1B
• Madoff Feeder Fund Investors Can't Recoup Cash: Judge
• Madoff Trustee Tries To Stop Calif. AG Lawsuit
• Lyondell Reaches Deal Over $110M Canadian Class Claim
• AES To Sell Power Plants To Bondholders For $300M
• WaMu Doesn't Owe Cash To Warrant Holders: Judge
• Kodak Preparing Ch. 11 Filing
• Amended Rule 2019 — Clarity And Confusion
• Judge Clears Ambassadors To Settle Whippoorwill Claims
• Judge Casts Doubt On Marco Polo's Ch. 11 Exit Strategy
• Trident Enters Ch. 11 With Bidder For Set-Top Boxes
• American Laser Trustee Protests Speedy Sale
• Coach America Drives Into Ch. 11 Due To Economy
• 7th Circ. Cites Anna Nicole In Nixing Debtors' Appeals
• Ex-Le-Nature's Exec Receives 15 Years For $668M Scam
• Ohio Pumped Up Chrysler's Tax Liabilities: Suit
• Union Knocks Inner City Media's Bankruptcy Sale Plans
• Case Study: Goldman Sachs V. High River
• Garlock Asbestos Claimants Win BofA Discovery Bid
• Assessing The European Financial Crisis
• Baker Botts Sues SEC Over Denied FOIA Request
• Bankruptcy Outlook For 2012